he first Day. These Spots came
out first on the Neck, the Back and Breast; and it was
observed that none escaped unless these Spots extended
themselves as far as the Nails of the Toes, vanishing by
Degrees on the upper Parts. He tells us likewise, that this
Fever was attended with an Inflammation of the Throat, which,
about the Height of this Disorder, terminated in a white
ulcerous Crust. This sore Throat should seem to be the same
which we now call _the malignant ulcerous sore Throat_, which
I never once saw while I was with the Troops in _Germany_.

[4] Dr. _Huxham_, in his _Essay on Fevers_, ch. viii. p. 97,
tells us, that sometimes, about the eleventh or twelfth Day,
on the coming on of profuse Sweats, the Petechiae disappear,
and vast Quantities of small white miliary pustules break
out.

[5] Dr. _Hasenohrl_, in his Treatise _De Febre Petechiali_,
cap. i. p. 12. relates a very particular Case, where the
Petechiae appeared on the fourth, and the white miliary
Eruptions on the seventeenth Day of the Fever.

[6] Dr. _Lind_, in his _second Paper on Fevers_, p. 105.
mentions Spots which rise above the Surface of the Skin, and
are of the miliary kind, as common in contagious Fevers, as
he observed among the _French_ Prisoners in _Winchester_
Castle, in the Beginning of the Year 1761.

Many had no Petechiae through the whole Course of the Disorder; but in
all who were very bad, the Countenance looked bloated, and the Eyes
reddish and somewhat inflamed; and though the Skin was commonly dry,
yet the _Perspiration from the Lungs_ was strong. By these
Circumstances one might frequently discover that the Patient laboured
under the malignant Fever, without asking any Questions.

* * * * *

When Men were taken ill of a Fever, which we suspected to be of the
malignant kind, our first Care was to lay them in airy Places,
separate as much as possible from the other Men, and to keep them
extremely clean; and they were put on low Diet, and allowed as much
Barley or Rice-water as they chose to drink, which was commonly
ordered to be acidulated with the _Spiritus Vitrioli_.

For the first two or three Days we could seldom distinguish, with
Certainty, that the Fever was of the malignant kind, though we had
often Reason to suspect it. The Pain of the Head, the Fulness and
Quickness of the Pulse, and other