Page:Loimologia 1721.djvu/126

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io6 Of the manifefi Signs and by whole colliquative Quality even the fieihy Parts are dirTolved and exhaled in vapour. THESE Sweats likewife of the Infefted are not only profufe, but alfo varioully co- loured j in fome of a Citron Hue, in others Purple^ in fome green or black, and in others like Blood; which I take to be from the various Difpofitions of the morbifick Venom, to give different Tinftures to the Humours : And by this Means fome experienced Nur- les could prognosticate the Event of the Diftemper from the Colour of the Cloaths or Linen tinged with the Sweat. THE Sweat of fome would be fb fetid and intolerable, from a kind of Empyreu- matick Difpofition, poilibly of the Juices, that no one could endure his Nofe within the Stench ; fometimes it was fharp, and in a Manner cauftick •, and hence it was eafy to judge from what Origin the PefHlence de- rived its Qualities, viz* From a iharp and burning Ichor , that would even excoriate the Parts, and fometimes veiicate them, as if fcalding Water had been poured upon them, SOMETIMES cold Sweats would break out, while the Heat 3 raged inwardly, and excited