SECT. II.—OF THE PRINCIPAL CONSIDERATIONS TO BE INQUIRED INTO WITH REGARD TO FEBRILE AFFECTIONS.
The first thing to be considered is, whether the disease will prove fatal or not; then, if it is not to prove fatal, whether it will be acute or chronic (these considerations apply to other great disorders); and, third, whether it will come to a crisis all at once (which is peculiar to fevers), or be resolved gradually.
Commentary. This Section, and great part of the contents of this book are taken from Galen (Therap. ad Glauc. i,) or from Oribasius (Synops. vi.)