d, and he had entirely lost the Use of his Limbs,
was delirious, and had other bad Symptoms. On the 12th, his
Hearing became exceedingly dull, and he recovered daily
afterwards, and was discharged, cured, the 2d of _May_,
having recovered the Use of his Legs as well as got free of
the Fever.

Swellings of the parotid Glands appeared in many Subjects, towards the
Decline of the Fever, which came to Suppuration, and proved critical.
In two only, out of those I attended while in _Germany_, they came on
early in the Fever, but did not suppurate. Both Patients died; all
the rest recovered, except one old Man, an Invalid at _Bremen_; who,
after having one Swelling appear on the right Side, which came to
Suppuration, and seemed critical, relapsed into the Fever; and another
formed on the other Side, which came likewise to Suppuration, and the
Fever ceased, after having reduced him very low; but the great
Discharge from the Sores wasted him gradually, and he died hectic in
about a Month after the Fever had left him[18].

[18] But although these parotid Swellings were in general so
favourable with us, we are not to imagine that this will
always be the Case: for _Riverius_, though he speaks of these
Swellings proving for the most part critical; yet he tells
us, that, in the Year 1623, this Fever was epidemic at
_Montpelier_, and that almost one half of the Sick died; and
particularly, that most of those who had Swellings of the
parotid Glands appearing about the 9th or 11th Day, were
carried off within two Days of their Appearance. Having
attended several who died from the Swellings not coming to
Suppuration, he began to consider in his own Mind, what might
be the Cause of their Death, and concluded, that it was owing
to there being a greater Quantity of morbid Matter in the
Blood than the Part was able to contain, and that Evacuations
by blooding and purging were the only Remedies which were
likely to give Relief; and therefore, in the first Case of
this Kind, in which he was afterwards consulted, he ordered
three Ounces of Blood to be taken away, notwithstanding the
Patient was so low that the Surgeon was afraid he would have
died in the Operation: The Pulse rose on bleeding, and he
ordered four Ounces more to be taken in three or four Hours
afterwards: The Pulse rose still more, and he ordered a Dose
of Sena and