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Rh both in respect of its Rise and Appearance, and also of its Continuance; for sometimes the Salivation is suspended, even till the Scabs on the Face are dry, and sometimes longer. I remember an extraordinary Case of a Lady, that had no Spitting till the fourteenth Day, and till she was recovered and sat up, and then the Salivation began and continued about a Week; and I have observed likewise, this Salivation in some others, that appeared at its usual Season, has after the fourteenth Day been greatly augmented, and continued many Days.

The Swelling of the Face, which usually begins on the eighth Day in the distinct Kind, happens most commonly on the ninth in this Sort; and the greater the Swelling is, the greater Prospect there is of the Patient’s Recovery. This Swelling arises from the inflammatory little Tumours that flow together: It is the Nature of all Inflammations, to cause Prominence in the Parts affected: A Boil, a Phlegmon, an Erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire, Anginas, Rheumatisms, or scorbutick Inflammations, are all accompanied with Swellings in the Places where they happen; which Tension, that is, the Stretching of the Fibres beyond their Staple, creates Pain; and the Swelling is produced by an afflux of Humours to the Part, from the Vellication of the Muscles, or Tendons, by the sharp and crude Matter of the Distemper; and the immoderate Heat is occasioned in the solid Parts Rh