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Early in the spring, at the same time as the cold snaps which occurred, were many malignant casesOr, forms. of erysipelas, some from a known exciting cause and some not. Many died, and many suffered pain in the throat. Voices impaired; ardent fevers; phrenitis; aphthae in the mouth; tumours in the private parts; inflammations of the eyes; carbuncles; disordered bowels; loss of appetite; thirst in some cases, though not in all; urine disordered, copious, bad; long coma alternating with sleeplessness; absence of crisis in many cases, and obscure crises; dropsies; many consumptives. Such were the diseases epidemic. There were patients suffering from each of the above types, and fatal cases were many. The symptoms in each type were as follow.