Feval

Paul, a French novelist; born in Rennes, Sept. 27, 1817; died in Paris, March 8, 1887. Fever (from Latin febris, connected with ferveo, I burn), a disease that may be described thus: After a degree of chilline and shivering, ac companied and succeeded by a feeling of languor, restle ne , weakne , nausea, and want of appetite, and more or le headache, there is a preternatural heat of the body, which is indicated by a dry, burning skin; there is also exce ive thirst, cold water being the drink which the patient has the*most craving for, The pulse becomes much accelerated, there is increased waste of ti ue, great muscular debility, and most of the functions are disturbed. This morbid state is noticeable among the phenomena of many diseases, and is then termed symptomatic fever, but the same symptoms, when observed in other circumstances, are characteristic of the fevers proper, which may be cla ified as follows: 1. Continued Fever.—(1) Simple fever, or febricula. (2) Typhus fever. (3) Typhoid, enteric, or gastric fever. (4) Relapsing, or famine fever. 2.