tertian

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It therefore furnishes the basis of classification of simple intermittents into the following forms: quotidian, tertian, and quartan.

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A certain Person, who purposely sunned himself for a considerable Time, in the clear Day of an intermitting tertian Fever, underwent the Assault of an Apoplexy, which carried him off the following Day.

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It has been observed in intermitting fevers, that paroxysms of the quotidian recur in the morning, the tertian at noon, and the quartan in the afternoon; in no instance do they take place at night.

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Cures.—Intermittent fever, quotidian and tertian fever; sore throat, quinsy—had very good effect.

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Two, the so-called benign fevers, are intermittent; namely, tertian and quartan fever, in which the fever recurs every second and third day respectively.

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