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Symptoms (Chills flushed face skin hot)

Chills, flushed face, skin hot, eyes red, pulse quick, full, strong, and regular, great thirst, tongue white, urine high-colored and small in quantity, bowels costive, breathing quick, etc.

Causes . Cold, violent exercise while exposed to the heat of the sun, intemperance, the indulthe heat of the sun, intemperance, the indulgence of gence of unruly passions.

Treatment. Bleed the patient, if he be robust, at the very beginning of the attack. The quanthe very beginning of the attack. The quantity of blood to be taken should be regulated by the strength and age of the person, and the violence of the symptoms. In this country, where diseases are very acute, from twelve to fifteen ounces is an average quantity for a robust man. If there be great pain in the head, shave it and apply a blister, or cloths wrung out of iced vinegar and water, frequently renewed. The bowels are to be freely opened with Epsom salts or citrate of magnesia, and the diet should consist of plenty of cold water, rice water, or lemonade. If the heat of the body be excessive and burning to the touch, and there is no perspiration, let cold water be applied with a sponge to his head and limbs, and then wipe him dry and cover him in bed. If there be intense pain in the head or side, apply a blister. The saline mixture, below, will be found useful throughout.

An emetic, at the very onset, sometimes cuts short the disease. The room should be kept quiet, cool, and dark, every source of excitement being removed.