Writing in 1800, Willan said that intermittents had not, to his knowledge, been epidemic in London at any time within twenty years.
The same authority for Cleveland says that intermittentswere frequent and obstinate in the spring of 1760.
It is to be observed that all the respectable writers of the profession speak of agues or intermittents as epidemic over the country for a definite period, and as disappearing thereafter for years together.
Joined with galls or tormentil, and given in sufficient quantity, it has not failed in any intermittents in which I have tried it.
Sydenham a century later, intermittents were mixed up with continued fevers which had nothing malarial in their cause or circumstances.
The indications of treatment in remittent fevers differ from those of intermittents in two leading essentials.
It therefore furnishes the basis of classification of simple intermittents into the following forms: quotidian, tertian, and quartan.
Want of timely medical treatment or of proper medical treatment may convert intermittents into remittents.
Statistics gathered from a great many sources and relating to many countries and climates indicate that quotidian intermittents are more common than tertian.
It may then be assumed that the natural type of intermittents is that form characterized by diurnal paroxysms.
No intermittents are ever produced on the western or northern shores by the sea fogs, and for the plain reason, that there is no land whence they arrive.
Some Intermittents are distinguished as pernicious or malignant, from every Fit's being attended with the most violent Symptoms.
If a sufficient Dose of it be given, the next Fit is very mild; the second is prevented; and I never saw a Relapse in these Cases, which sometimes happens after the Fits of common Intermittents seemed cured.
In this last Respect Intermittents in the Spring differ considerably from those in the Fall, which continue a long Time, and sometimes even until Spring, if they are not removed by Art, or if they have been improperly treated.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "intermittents" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
