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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 476 of 653malaise, stretching and yawning, drawing pains in the extremitiesthese symptoms are soon succeeded by chills down the spine, and ba feeling of coldness in the extremities and whole body, attendedwith shaking of the body and chattering of the teeth. On the partof the body most remote from the heart, the skin generally losesturgescence, its temperature falls quite considerably, its colorbluish and as if dead. On the other hand, the temperature in theIntermittent Fever. 665axilte as well as in the mouth is considerably higher. The chillvery generally accompanied by violent headache and a distressingthirst, and, if any food had been introduced into the stomachshortly before the paroxysm, it is ejected when the chill sets inThe chill seldom lasts less than half an hour, nor more than threhours. The pulse is small and contracted, the urine has not muchcolor, the spleen is somewhat enlarged.The second or hot stage never sets in all at once ; the chill abagradually and is interrupted by local flashes of heat, until thefinally becomes permanent and general. With the heat, the turgescence of the skin likewise returns, the temperature graduallyincreases to a considerable height, sometimes over 100° F., and tpulse becomes full and bounding. The headache, restlessness andthirst increase considerably, delirium is not unfrequent, the colof the face changes to a bright-red. The enlargement of the spleecontinues during this stage which seldom lasts less than two tothree, but frequently upwards of six or eight hours.The sweaty stage likewise sets in gradually; perspiration firstbresiks out on some parts and gradually covere the whole body. Atthe same time the temperature sinks rapidly, according to Wunderlich, in regular stages, and a feeling of comfort is soon restorethe patient. As a rule, the urine at this stage is strongly saturwith urates. The sweat lasts from one to six and even ten hours ;the apyrexia commences as soon as the sweat ceases. This periodwhich is of the utmost importance to a homoeopathic practitioner,always shows some, although sometimes very trifling morbid symptoms which differ in diiFerent individuals.Fever-and-agne, in its uncomplicated form, generally follows thetertian type ; in other words, forty-eight hours elapse between tsuccessive paroxysms. If the intensity of the fever remains thesame, the paroxysms generally return at the same period. In proportion as the disease decreases in intensity, the next paroxysmalways sets in at a somewhat earlier period, and in a less degreeintensity ; it is much less frequently the case for the paroxysmset in with less force and at a later period. If the paroxysm setin sooner and with more violence, a transformation of the tertianinto the quotidian type may be expected ; a change of this kindalmost always takes place, if the fever lasts a good while. At thsame time the affection shows a higher degree of intensity andobstinacy. The quartan type, that is, the return of the paroxysmsat intervals of seventy-two hours, only sets in after the disease566 Epidemic and Endemic Infectious Diseases.http://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt