Excerpt from First Lines of the Practice of Physic, Vol. 2 of 3 In the former, or the difiinfi fmall pox, the eruptive fever ls moderate, and appears to be evidently of the inflammatory kind, or what we name a Synocha. It generally Comes on about mid day, with fome fymptoms Of a cold Rage, and commonly with a confiderable lan gnor and drowfinels. A hot flage is foon formed, and becomes more confiderable on the fecond and third days. During this courie, children are liable to frequent flartings from their flumbers and adults, if they are kept abed, are difpofed to much fweating. On the third day, children are fometimes af fetted with one or two epileptic fits. To. Wards the end Of the third day, the eruption commonly appears, and gradually increafes during the fourth appearing firft upon the face, and fucceflively on the inferior parts, fo as to be completed over the whole body on the fifth day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.