Simple fever

or febricula, may last from one or two to 10 days, and may irise from cold or ay slight cause lis ordering the several functions of the economy. It commences with a feeling of chilline . ‘There are also a feeling of la itude, pains in the back and limbs, lo of appetite, and nausea. After a few hours the pulse becomes accelerated, and the temperature of the body rises; these phenomena are accompanied by thirst, headache, a furred tongue, a constipated state of the bowels, and a deficiency in the urinary secretion. The symptoms are generally aggravated at night, and may even be accompanied by slight delirium. After a few days the symptoms abate, and the patient begins to recover, but very often the convales- ‘cence is somewhat slow.