BOOK 1. 19

Edition Chartier X. [356.] Edition Basel IV. (199. 200.)
Then one must pay even more attention to the other diagnostic signs, as the condition may not be only a daily or quartan fever, but also a semitertian fever original: "hēmitritaiou" (Greek) / "semitertiana" (Latin); a complex and dangerous fever combining a continuous and a recurring cycle. or some other kind of continuous fever. The other signs are the quality and quantity of the heat, the movement of the arteries the pulse, the specific sensation of the shivering itself, the season, the region, the state of the environment, the nature of the patient, their age, and the events that preceded or followed the onset. For the heat must be great and sharp; the pulses must be large, hot, strong, fast, and frequent, and without any irregularity except for that which is typical of fevers. The shivering is like the skin being pricked by something sharp rather than by something cold; this differs from those with quartan and daily fevers, who feel a cold shivering. The season (200) should be summer, just as the region should be hot, as well as the current state of the weather. Let the nature of the sufferer be hotter and more bilious original: "cholōdestera" (Greek) / "biliosior" (Latin); a temperament dominated by yellow bile, associated with heat and dryness., and their age that of a young man. Let exercise have preceded the illness rather than idleness, exposure to heat rather than cooling, and hunger rather than fullness. Also wakefulness, griefs, labors, and intense...

...they are, since it may be not only a daily or quartan fever, but also a semitertian or another from the class of continuous fevers. Other signs must be sought from both the quality and quantity of the heat, the movement of the arteries, the specific sensation of the shivering, the time of year, the region, the condition of the air, the nature and age of the sick person, and from those things which preceded and follow. For the heat indeed ought to be great and sharp, and the pulses large, hot, vehement, fast, and frequent, free of all inequality except for the febrile kind. The shivering is as if the body is pricked by something sharp more than by something cold, whereas in quartan and daily fevers, a cold shivering is felt. Let the time of year be summer, just as the region and the current condition of the air are hot. The nature of the laboring person should also be hotter and more bilious; the age should be youth. Exercise should have preceded more than idleness, heat more than cooling, and a sparse diet more than a heavy one. Wakefulness also, and sorrows, and fatigues, and persistent cares contribute to this great...