PART 20
XX. The painful swellings by the ears in fevers
in some cases neither subsided nor suppurated when
the fever ceased with a crisis. They were cured by
bilious diarrhœa, or dysentery, or a sediment of
thick urine such as closed the illness of Hermippus
of Clazomenæ. The circumstances of the crises,
from which too I formed my judgments, were either
similar or dissimilar ; for example, the two brothers,
who fell sick together at the same time, and lay ill
near the bungalow of Epigenes. The elder of these
had a crisis on the sixth day, the younger on the
seventh. Both suffered a relapse together at the
same time with an intermission of five days. After
the relapse both had a complete crisis together on
the seventeenth day. But the great majority had
a crisis on the sixth day, with an intermission of
six days followed by a crisis on the fifth day after the
relapse. Those who had a crisis on the seventh day
had an intermission of seven days, with a crisis on
the third day after the relapse. Others with a crisis
on the seventh had an intermission of three days,
with a crisis on the seventh day after the relapse.
Some who had a crisis on the sixth day had an
intermission of six and a relapse of three, an intermission
of one and a relapse of one, followed by a
crisis ; for example, Euagon the son of Daitharses.
Others with a crisis on the sixth had an intermission
of seven days, and after the relapse a crisis on the
fourth ; for example, the daughter of Aglai+das. Now
most of those who fell ill in this constitution went
through their illness in this manner, and none of
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those who recovered, so far as I know, failed to
suffer the relapses which were normal in these cases,
but all, so far as I know, recovered if their relapses
took place after this fashion. Further, I know of
none who suffered a fresh relapse after going through
the illness in the manner described above.
