Sect。III
1。Theyearwassoutherly，rainy;nowindsthroughout。Droughtshavingprevailedduringthepreviousseasonsoftheyear，thesouthwindstowardstherisingofArcturuswereattendedwithmuchrain。
Autumngloomyandcloudy，withcopiousrains。Wintersoutherly，damp，andsoft。Butlongafterthesolstice，andneartheequinox，muchwinteryweatheroutofseason;andwhennowclosetotheequinox，northerly，andwinterlyweatherfornolongtime。Thespringagainsoutherly，calm，muchrainuntilthedog—days。Summerfineandhot;
greatsuffocatingheats。TheEtesianwindsblewsmallandirregular;
again，abouttheseasonofArcturus，muchrainswithnorthwinds。
2。Theyearbeingsoutherly，damp，andsofttowardswinter，allwerehealthy，exceptthoseaffectedwithphthisis，ofwhomweshallwriteafterwards。
3。Earlyinspring，alongwiththeprevailingcold，thereweremanycasesoferysipelas，somefromamanifestcause，andsomenot。
Theywereofamalignantnature，andprovedfataltomany;manyhadsore—throatandlossofspeech。Thereweremanycasesofardentfever，phrensy，aphthousaffectionsofthemouth，tumorsonthegenitalorgans;ofophthalmia，anthrax，disorderofthebowels，anorexia，withthirstandwithoutit;ofdisorderedurine，largeinquantity，andbadinquality;ofpersonsaffectedwithcomaforalongtime，andthenfallingintoastateofinsomnolency。Thereweremanycasesoffailureofcrisis，andmanyofunfavorablecrisis;manyofdropsyandofphthisis。Suchwerethediseasesthenepidemic。Therewerepatientsaffectedwitheveryoneofthespecieswhichhavebeenmentioned，andmanydied。Thesymptomsineachofthesecaseswereasfollows:
4。Inmanycaseserysipelas，fromsomeobviouscause，suchasanaccident，andsometimesfromevenaverysmallwound，brokeoutalloverthebody，especially，inpersonsaboutsixtyyearsofage，aboutthehead，ifsuchanaccidentwasneglectedintheslightestdegree;andthishappenedinsomewhowereundertreatment;greatinflammationtookplace，andtheerysipelasquicklyspreadallover。
inthemostofthemabscessedendedinsuppurations，andthereweregreatfallingsoff（sloughing）oftheflesh，tendons，andbones;andthedefluxionwhichseatedinthepartwasnotlikepus，butasortofputrefaction，andtherunningwaslargeandofvariouscharacters。
Thosecasesinwhichanyofthesethingshappenedabouttheheadwereaccompaniedwithfallingoffofthehairsoftheheadandchin，theboneswerelaidbareandseparated，andtherewereexcessiverunnings;andthesesymptomshappenedinfeversandwithoutfevers。
Butthesethingsweremoreformidableinappearancethandangerous;
forwhentheconcoctioninthesecasesturnedtoathesecasesturnedtoasuppuration，mostofthemrecovered;butwhentheinflammationanderysipelasdisappeared，andwhennoabscesswasformed，agreatnumberofthesedied。Inlikemanner，thesamethingshappenedtowhateverpartofthebodythediseasewandered，forinmanycasesbothforearmandarmdroppedoff;andinthosecasesinwhichitfelluponthesides，thepartsthere，eitherbeforeorbehind，gotintoabadstate;andinsomecasesthewholefemurandbonesofthelegandwholefootwerelaidbare。Butofallsuchcases，themostformidablewerethosewhichtookplaceaboutthepubesandgenitalorgans。Suchwasthenatureofthesecaseswhenattendedwithsores，andproceedingfromanexternalcause;butthesamethingsoccurredinfevers，beforefevers，andafterfevers。fevers。Butthosecasesinwhichanabscesswasformed，andturnedtoasuppuration，oraseasonablediarrheaordischargeofgoodurinetookplace，wererelievedthereby:butthosecasesinwhichnoneofthesesymptomsoccurred，buttheydisappearedwithoutacrisis，provedfatal。Thegreaternumberoftheseerysipelatouscasestookplaceinthespring，butwereprolongedthroughthesummerandduringautumn。
5。Incertaincasestherewasmuchdisorder，andtumorsaboutthefauces，andinflammationsofthetongue，andabscessesabouttheteeth。Andmanywereattackedwithimpairmentorlossofspeech;atfirst，thoseinthecommencementofphthisis，butalsopersonsinardentfeverandinphrenitis。
6。Thecasesofardentfeverandphrenitisoccurredearlyinspringafterthecoldsetin，andgreatnumbersweretakenillatthattime，andthesecaseswereattendedwithacuteandfatalsymptoms。Theconstitutionoftheardentfeverswhichthenoccurredwasasfollows:atthecommencementtheywereaffectedwithcoma，nausea，andrigors;feveracute，notmuchthirst，nordelirium，slightepistaxis，theparoxysmsforthemostpartonevendays;and，aboutthetimeoftheparoxysms，forgetfulness，lossofstrengthandofspeech，theextremities，thatistosay，thehandsandfeet，atalltimes，butmoreespeciallyaboutthetimeoftheparoxysms，werecolderthannatural;theyslowlyandimperfectlybecamewarmed，andagainrecoveredtheirrecollectionandspeech。Theywereconstantlyaffectedeitherwithcoma，inwhichtheygotwhichtheygotnosleep，orwithinsomnolency，attendedwithpains;mosthaddisordersofthebowels，attendedwithundigested，thin，andcopiousevacuations;urinecopious，thin，havingnothingcriticalnorfavorableaboutit;neitherwasthereanyothercriticalappearanceinpersonsaffectedthus;forneitherwasthereanyproperhemorrhage，noranyotheroftheaccustomedevacuations，toproveacrisis。Theydied，asithappened，inanirregularmanner，mostlyaboutthecrisis，butinsomeinstancesafterhavinglosttheirspeechforalongtime，andhavinghadcopioussweats。Thesewerethesymptomswhichmarkedthefatalcasesofardentfever;similarsymptomsoccurredinthephreniticcases;butthesewereparticularlyfreefromthirst，andnoneofthesehadwilddeliriumasinothercases，buttheydiedoppressedbyabadtendencytosleep，andstupor。
7。Buttherewerealsootherfevers，aswillbedescribed。Manyhadtheirmouthsaffectedwithaphthousulcerations。Therewerealsomanydefluxionsaboutthegenitalparts，andulcerations，boils（phymata），externallyandinternally，aboutthegroins。Wateryophthalmiesofachroniccharacter，withpains;fungousexcrescencesoftheeyelids，externallyandinternally，calledfig，whichdestroyedthesightofmanypersons。Therewerefungousgrowths，inmanyotherinstances，onulcers，especiallyonthoseseatedonthegenitalorgans。Thereweremanyattacksofcarbuncle（anthrax）throughthesummer，andotheraffections，whicharecalled\"theputrefaction\"
（seps）;alsolargeecthymata，andlargetetters（herpetes）inmanyinstances。
8。Andmanyandseriouscomplaintsattackedmanypersonsintheregionofthebelly。Inthefirstplace，tenesmus，accompaniedwithpain，attackedmany，butmoreespeciallychildren，andallwhohadnotattainedtopuberty;andthemostofthesedied。Thereweremanycasesoflienteryandofdysentery;butthesewerenotattendedwithmuchpain。Theevacuationswerebilious，andfatty，andthin，andwatery;
inmanyinstancesthediseaseterminatedinthisway，withandwithoutfever;therewerepainfultorminaandvolvuliofamalignantkind;
copiousevacuationsofthecontentsoftheguts，andyetmuchremainedbehind;andthepassagesdidnotcarryoffthepains，butyieldedwithdifficultytothemeansadministered;forinmostcasespurgingswerehurtfultothoseaffectedinthismanner;manydiedspeedily，butinmanyotherstheyheldoutlonger。Inaword，alldied，boththosewhohadacuteattacksandthosewhohadchronic，mostespeciallyfromaffectionsofthebelly，foritwasthebellywhichcarriedthemalloff。
9。Allpersonshadanaversiontofoodinalltheafore—mentionedcomplaintstoadegreesuchasInevermetwithbefore，andpersonsinthesecomplaintsmostespecially，andthoserecoveringfromthem，andinallotherdiseasesofamortalnature。Someweretroubledwiththirst，andsomenot;andbothinfebrilecomplaintsandinothersnoonedrankunseasonablyordisobeyedinjunctions。
10。Theurineinmanycaseswasnotinproportiontothedrinkadministered，butgreatlyinexcess;andthebadnessoftheurinevoidedwasgreat，forithadnottheproperthickness，norconcoction，norpurgedproperly;forinmanycasespurgingsbythebladderindicatefavorably，butinthegreatestnumbertheyindicatedameltingofthebody，disorderofthebowels，pains，andawantofcrisis。
11。Personslaboringunderphrenitisandcaususwereparticularlydisposedtocoma;butalsoinallothergreatdiseaseswhichoccurredalongwithfever。Inthemain，mostcaseswereattendedeitherbyheavycoma，orbyshortandlightsleep。
12。Andmanyotherformsoffeverswerethenepidemic，oftertian，ofquartan，ofnocturnal，ofcontinual，ofchronic，oferratic，offeversattendedwithnausea，andofirregularfevers。Allthesewereattendedwithmuchdisorder，forthebowelsinmostcasesweredisordered，accompaniedwithrigors，sweatsnotofacriticalcharacter，andwiththestateoftheurineasdescribed。Inmostinstancesthediseasewasprotracted，forneitherdidthedepositswhichtookplaceprovecriticalasinothercases;forinallcomplaintsandinallcasestherewasdifficultyofcrisis，wantofcrisis，andprotractionofthedisease，butmostespeciallyinthese。Afewhadthecrisisabouttheeightiethday，butinmostinstancesit（thedisease？）leftthemirregularly。Afewofthemdiedofdropsywithoutbeingconfinedtobed。Andinmanyotherdiseasespeopleweretroubledwithswelling，butmoreespeciallyinphthisicalcases。