Although the eruption may, and without doubt does give rise to some peculiar symptoms and so modifies the fever, yet the true character of the disease, or _the disease as a subject of medical treatment_, depends entirely on the nature, that is in truth on the intensity of the fever. If, therefore, the Exanthemata can find no place under the genus fever consistently with the principles of nosological arrangement, it appears to me that these artificial distinctions ought to be abandoned: because it is better to reject nosology, than to overlook or to mistake pathology. Footnote 23: Observations on the Prevention and Treatment of Epidemic Fever, by Henry Clutterbuck, M.D. p. 15. Footnote 24: See pathology—chest cases. John Potter. Footnote 25: See page 107. Footnote 26: See page 163, 1. Footnote 27: See page 163, 2. Footnote 28: Those morbid appearances which, not being constant in fever, must be considered as accidental, are placed in brackets throughout this chapter. Footnote 29: See Case L. Footnote 30: See page 51. et seq. Footnote 31: Observations on the Diseases of the Army, by Sir John Pringle, Bart., p. 11. et seq. Footnote 32: Observations on the Diseases of the Army, by Sir John Pringle, Bart., p. 36. Footnote 33: See a Memoir on Contagion, more especially as it respects the Yellow Fever, &c., by N. Potter, M.D., Baltimore. Footnote 34: In pursuing these researches, I hope to have the advantage of the co-operation of my friend Dr. Dill. Footnote 35: It would be trifling, while treating of so momentous a subject as the proper management of fever, which requires the prompt, vigorous, and yet cautious exhibition of the most powerful remedies, to spend any time in discussing the merits of saline, refrigerant, diaphoretic, antimonial medicines, and the rest of the apparatus, which unfortunately continues to hold the place of direct, honourable, and well-earned (if any thing can be well-earned) remuneration to the practitioner. Footnote 36: Watchful of the convalescence as experience had taught us it is necessary to be after so severe an attack, still he was allowed to put himself too forward. When to all appearance recovered, though still weak, he undertook a journey of fifty miles, that he might the more completely re-establish his health in the country. He had not arrived at his journey’s end an hour before he relapsed. He was again bled, and the cold dash was applied a second time with success. From the commencement to the termination of the disease, 120 pounds of blood were abstracted in this case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.