u“To enumerate all
the almost infinite Symptoms, Degrees and Kinds of Vapours is impossible, and perhaps very little to the Purpose.”
u“In general … the
symptoms are many, various, changeable, shifting from
one Place to another, and imitating the Symptoms
of almost every other Distemper described.”
u“Those who suffer …
are all of weak Nerves, have a great degree of sensibility; are quick Thinkers, feel Pleasure or Pain
the most readily,
and are of most lively
imagination.”
u“Not withstanding
all this, the Disease is as much a bodily Distemper as the Small-Pox or a Fever.”
uWorst in winter
& cities. Blamed on bad air, bad
diet & bad habits.
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