ued fevers with strong pulse the stomach is affected
secondarily, and thus acts feebly from deficient excitement of the power of
association; but the accumulation of the power of association thus produced
in an organ subject to perpetual and energetic action, is so great as to
affect the next link of the associate train, which consists of the heart
and arteries; these therefore are exerted perpetually with increase of
action.

In continued fevers with weak pulse the torpid stomach is affected
primarily by previous exhaustion of its irritability by stimulus, as of
contagious matter swallowed into it. The heart and arteries act feebly from
deficient excitement of the power of association, owing to the torpor of
the stomach, with which they are catenated; but the accumulation of the
power of association, thus produced in organs subject to perpetual and
energetic motion, is so great, as to affect the next link of the associate
train; which consists of the capillaries of the skin or other glands; these
therefore are exerted perpetually with great increase of action.

The continued fevers with strong pulse terminate by the reduction or
exhaustion of the sensorial power by violent action of the whole system;
which is followed either by return of health with the natural quantity of
irritability, and of associability, or by a total destruction of them both,
and consequent death.

In continued fevers with weak pulse the stomach remains torpid during the
whole course of the fever; and at length by the recovery of its
irritability and sensibility effects the cure of it. Which generally
happens about the first, second, or third quarter of the lunar period,
counted from the commencement of the disease, or continues a whole
lunation, and sometimes more; which gave rise to what are termed critical
days. See Sect. XXXVI. 4. on this subject. If the stomach does not recover
from its torpor, the patient becomes emaciated, and dies exhausted by the
continuance of the increased action of the capillaries and absorbents, and
the want of nourishment.

The cure of continued fever with weak pulse consists first in weakening the
undue action of the capillaries of the skin by ablution with cold water
from 32 to 80 degrees of heat; or by exposing them to cool air. Secondly by
invigorating the actions of the stomach, by decreasing them for a time, and
thence accumulating the power of irritation, as by an emetic, or by iced
water, or iced wine. Or