Synopsis medicinae ; or a summary view of the whole practice of physick / [John Allen].

  • Allen, John, 1660?-1741
Date:
1756
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Credit: Synopsis medicinae ; or a summary view of the whole practice of physick / [John Allen]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Article 10. at the End. A fangui nary or nervous Fever. I A m very fenfible there is another moft ufeful Divifion of Fevers, and which ■ feems more accommodated to Practice; namely, afanguinary and nervous, which are abfolutely different and diftindt from each other. A fanguinary Fever is al¬ ways attended with a remarkable Heat, and Ebullition of the Blood, a quicker, and ftronger Pulfe than ufual, and very often has fome Inflamation attending it. A nervous Fever is more mild as to the Heat and Velocity of the Pulfe, attended with Languors, Depreffion of the Spirits, difficult Circulation of the Blood, painful breathing, Sighing, Anxiety, a weak, creeping, and intermitting Pulfe, Hic¬ cups, with various other Symptoms, of the worft Sort. Very frequently, foon after the Beginning of thefe Fevers, Cu- taneous Eruptions break forth, red like the Bite of a Flea, purple, violet, and black Spots, fpiry, chryftal and milliary Pim¬ ples, &c. «