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A condition which was frequently noted by the patient was an indescribable weakness and prostration which appeared early, sometimes before any other symptoms were noted or before any elevation of temperature. The young soldier was in apparent perfect condition when he arose in the early morning. During the “setting up” exercises he did not feel so fit, and a few hours later appeared extremely weak. When his condition was called to the attention of the medical officers he was found to have a slight elevation of temperature and was sent to his bed.

In former epidemics, as also in this one, marked prostration was recognized as coming at the height of the disease and remaining persistently during convalescence. But it does not seem to be recorded as among the first symptoms.