Case 3
In Thasus, Pythion, who was lodged above the Temple of Hercules,
from labor, fatigue, and neglected diet, was seized with strong rigor
and acute fever; tongue dry, thirsty, and bilious; had no sleep; urine
darkish, eneorema floating on the top of the urine, did not subside.
On the second day, about noon, coldness of the extremities, especially
about the hands and head; loss of speech and of articulation; breathing
short for a considerable time; recovered his heat; thirst; passed
the night quietly; slight sweats about the head. On the third, passed
the day in a composed state; in the evening, about sunset, slight
chills; nausea, agitation; passed the night in a painful state; had
no sleep; small stools of compact faeces passed from the bowels. On
the fourth, in the morning, composed; about noon all the symptoms
became exacerbated; coldness, loss of speech, and of articulation;
became worse; recovered his heat after a time; passed black urine,
having substances floating in it; the night quiet; slept. On the fifth,
seemed to be lightened, but a painful weight about the belly; thirsty,
passed the night in a painful state. On the sixth, in the morning,
in a quiet state; in the evening the pains greater; had a paroxysm;
in the evening the bowels properly opened by a small clyster; slept
at night.
[p. 138] On the seventh, during the day, in a state of nausea, somewhat
disturbed; passed urine of the appearance of oil; at night, much agitation,
was incoherent, did not sleep. On the eighth, in the morning, slept
a little; but immediately coldness, loss of speech, respiration small
and weak; but in the evening recovered his heat again; was delirious,
but towards day was somewhat lightened; stools small, bilious, and
unmixed. On the ninth, affected with coma, and with nausea when roused;
not very thirsty; about sunset he became restless and incoherent;
passed a bad night. On the tenth, in the morning, had become speechless;
great coldness; acute fever; much perspiration; he died. His sufferings
were on the even days.
Explanation of the characters. It is probable that the excessive sweats
caused death on the tenth day.
