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  • noun Plural form of quartan.

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Examples

  • Fevers are, — the continual, some of which hold during the day and have a remission at night, and others hold a remission during the day; semi-tertians, tertians, quartans, quintans, septans, nonans.

    Of The Epidemics 2007

  • The quartans attacked many at first, in the form of regular quartans, but in no few cases a transition from other fevers and diseases into quartans took place; they were protracted, as is wont with them, indeed, more so than usual.

    Of The Epidemics 2007

  • Irregular fevers, quartans, quintans, septans, and nonans should be studied, in order to find out in what periods their crises take place.

    Of The Epidemics 2007

  • The summer quartans are, for the most part, of short duration; but the autumnal are protracted, especially those occurring near the approach of winter.

    Aphorisms 2007

  • Persons attacked with quartans are not readily attacked with convulsions, or if previously attacked with convulsions, they cease if a quartan supervene.

    Aphorisms 2007

  • As deposits form most readily in persons below thirty years of age, so quartans most commonly occur to persons beyond that age.

    The Book Of Prognostics 2007

  • The constitution of quartans is agreeable to the same order.

    The Book Of Prognostics 2007

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