o frequently as at _Paderborn_. Decoctions of
Gum Arabic, with some of the _spiritus nitri dulcis_, and oily
Mixtures, and Opiates, commonly gave immediate Relief, and soon
removed this Complaint.

One of the first salutary Symptoms which most generally appeared in
those who recovered, was a Dullness of Hearing, or Deafness[17]; which
came on about the Height of the Fever, and continued a longer or
shorter Time, generally till the Fever was entirely gone; and
sometimes for a considerable Time afterwards. For the most Part we
did nothing for this Complaint, and it went off as the Patient
recovered his Strength. When it continued long, Blisters applied
behind the Ears, or on the Neck, and washing the _meatus auditorius_
with the emollient Decoction, in which a small Quantity of Soap was
dissolved, proved of Service.

[17] _Riverius_ tells us, that, according to _Hippocrates_'s
Doctrine, Deafness is a very dangerous Symptom in the
Beginning of acute Disorders, though it be a good Omen, and
portends Health, when it does not appear till the Height of
Fevers, especially those of a malignant Kind; and adds, that
he himself has a thousand Times observed, that those
labouring under this Fever have recovered, when this Symptom
of Deafness came on at the Height (_in statu_) though the
other Symptoms threatened much Danger. _Prax. Medic._ lib.
XVII. sect. iii. cap. i. p. 451.

This Symptom of Deafness occurs in other Fevers as well as in
this, and often proves a good Symptom in them likewise, as I
have frequently observed. Two remarkable Examples of which I
had under my Care in St. _George_'s Hospital, in the Year
1759. On the 17th of _January_ 1759, _James Donaldson_, a
young Man of nineteen Years of Age, was admitted into the
Hospital for a Fever, attended with a Stupor and a Delirium,
a parched dry Tongue, and other Symptoms of a Fever of the
inflammatory Kind, for which he had been blooded, and used
other Evacuations. On the 19th, after the Application of a
Blister, he was seized with almost an entire Deafness; after
which, all his other Symptoms became milder, and he mended
daily, and was entirely free from the Fever by the 30th. On
the 10th of _April_ 1759, a Youth, _John Young_, fifteen
Years of Age, was admitted into the same Hospital for a
Fever, which had already continued fourteen Days. His Speech
was affecte