are: A fetid breath, with ulceration and sloughing of the throat and glands; a smarting and weakening diarrhoea; involuntary evacuations of the bowels; dizziness, deafness, coma, grinding of the teeth; retention of urine; petechiae; a rapid decline of the patient's strength; a quick, small, weak pulse; rapid breathing; twitchings, tetanus, hiccough, &c.--Closing up of the nose frequently precedes a dangerous affection of the brain. A sudden disappearance of the rash, or of the inflammation of the throat, is a bad omen. With such symptoms as these, there is usually little or no rash, and the little there is, of a pale, livid color, and the skin, in general, inactive. FOOTNOTES: [1] The expression _scarlatina_ does not imply, as it is believed by many, on account of its diminutive form, a peculiar mild form of the disease: it is nothing but the Latin and scientific name for scarlet-fever. [2] Captain Claridge. [3] Thomas Watson, M. D. Lectures on the Principles and Practice of Physic. [4] Sydenham. [5] G. C. Reich, M.D. Neue Aufschluesse ueber die Natur und Heilung des Scharlachfiebers, Halle, 1810. [6] L. Hesse, M. D. in Rust's Magazin, Vol. XXVII., H. 1 S. 109. PART II. TREATMENT OF SCARLET-FEVER. DIFFERENT METHODS OF OTHER SCHOOLS. 33. Before giving the description of hydriatic treatment of scarlet-fever, I shall, for the sake of a better appreciation, glance over the different methods which have been recommended by other schools. 34. THE EXPLETIVE METHOD (_blood-letting_)