Following from the above, the writer of the letter asked his brother for instructions about what to do if the patient had stopped vomiting and diarrhoea: "It so happens that once vomit, diarrhoea and cramps are gone, the patient develops fever.
A tal punto que, a renglón seguido, quien escribía la carta solicitaba a su hermano instrucciones para el caso de que el enfermo superara los vómitos y diarreas: "Sucede que desaparecido el vómito, diarrea y calambres, tiene el enfermo fiebre.