As an illustration of each form of the disease, as it is commonly met with in practice, I subjoin the following cases.
Case I.
John Colebert, æt. 28, admitted into the Fever Hospital August 1, 1828.
Attacked five days ago with chilliness, alternating with heat, pains of limbs, head-ache, and sense of weakness. At present complains of pain of head, with slight giddiness; pains of limbs, especially of back and lower extremities; skin moderately warm; tongue loaded with white fur; much thirst; three stools; respiration natural; no cough, no uneasiness in chest; no epigastric or abdominal tenderness on full pressure; pulse 96, soft.
6th. Skin natural; pain of head gone; pain of back and limbs continues; slept better; tongue more clean; three stools; pulse 102.
7th. Pain of head not returned; pain of limbs better; tongue still cleaning; three stools; pulse 96.
9th. Pain of limbs gone; tongue nearly clean; two stools; pulse 84.
10th. Convalescent.
13th. Dismissed cured.
Case II.