Theses medicae de febrium continuarum diagnōsi & therapeia

L.
The matter underlying a continuous fever is in the larger veins, which, putrefying there, pours either the putrefaction itself or a putrid vapor into the heart continuously; from this arises a continuous putrid fever, which is called concluded.

LI.
It is divided into the pituitous, the bilious, and the melancholic continuous fever.

LII.
The pituitous is rarely seen; it is wont to flare up in the evening and at night without cold or shivering, and it is entirely devoid of sweat. But it is indicated by excretions and urine.

LIII.
The continuous tertian arises from bile putrefying in the large veins but more distant from the heart. Its causes, signs, and treatment will be explained under Causus a burning fever.

LIV.
The fever caused by melancholy, which becomes continuous, is exacerbated every fourth day. The pulse is contracted. Vomiting is generally pituitous, and the urine is thick and black.

LV.
It is rarely resolved by sweat, but is more often indicated by urine. Therefore, the physician should move the urine, not neglecting melanagogue black-bile expelling medicines. Diuretic oxymel, syrups of Byzantium, epithyme, and savory should be ordered. Bloodletting also comes to be celebrated. This fever is for the most part deadly.

LVI.
The Causus burning fever arises from yellow bile, together with blood, putrefying in the wider veins adjacent to the heart. It is frequently called by Hippocrates by the name tû pyròs of fire, because of the remarkable heat by which it surpasses other fevers.

LVII.
Its causes, like the previous ones, are non-natural things,