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 of the late Tefl'tlence. 87 ftempers, a faulty Way of Living, and the different Means of Communication, both with Refpeft to Virulence and Degree. THE Symptoms of the fir ft Clafs are Horror, Vomiting, Delirium, Dizzinefs, Head-ach, and Stupefaction. F the fecond, a Fever, Watching, Pal- pitation of the Heart, Bleeding at Nofe, and a great Heat about the Precordia. THE Signs more peculiar to a Peftilence, are thofe Puftules which the common People call BlainS) Buboes, Carbuncles, Spots, and thofe Marks called Tokens-^ of ail which diftinctiy. 1 do not know indeed throughout the whole Compafs of Nature (as before it hath been frequently hinted) any Thing fo fubtileas the peftilential Poifon, and what will penetrate the Body with fo much Swiftnefs and Secrecy, infomuch that it is not perceived fometimes till long after its Entrance • what therefore is commonly faid of its fenfible Attack, and that the Infected feel its fir ft Infult as from a fudden Blow, is more the Effect of a deluded Imagination and Conjecture, than any folid G 4 Judg*