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60 not in less than four; they appear at first in small red Spots, like Flea-Bites, yet a little rising above the Skin, by which they are distinguished from petechial or scarlat Marks, which accompany Malignant Fevers: Sometimes they come out distinct, and but little less in Size, than those of the mild kind, but afterwards when they grow bigger, and are joined daily with new Recruits, they run together and become the Confluent Sort. Sometimes the Pustules are so small, that scarcely any Space or Interval is discernible between them, but they imitate a general Inflammation of the Skin, with some Roughness and Inequality like a St. Anthony's Fire, all over the Neck, and Breast, and Face, as I have said: before, and sometimes they appear at first in a middle State between those I have recited, that is, not so large as the first, nor so small and numerous as the last; the first of these Sorts is dangerous, the second more so, but the last is incurable, and usually come forth on the first, or early, on the second Day.

In the first Stage, which ends at the Eruption of the red Spots, I have already declar’d my Judgment, that Evacuations only take Place, and that warm Cordials are not to be admitted; and I have discoursed likewise on the extraordinary Symptoms, that sometimes happen in this Season of the Small-Pox, and have mentioned what are the most proper Means to have Recourse to in such Exigencies;