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intermitting pulft! and a dc1irium Cucceed, and continue

{or (evell or

eight days , the

frequency of

lhe intermiHions

increafing every day:

bUl

a general moderare moifture

comes ene al

chis,

or any

orher

time of

the diforder , and

conrinues, lhe palient recavers.

A violent

paio in the

h«d and back, and tliffieul.y of breathing, are general

complaints. Sudden

languors.

and bilious vomitings, are

[requent tbrough a great part of lhe time.

S orne are takcn with a great heat . and a llrong quick

putre,

without

any

fhiverings

remiffions,

as abovemen·

tioned. In (his C.lCe: the palient fooner dies upon (he ap'

pearance of bad fymptoms, anu is looger in recovering

upon the 'ppearance of good enes.

The Jofs of eight or ten ounees of blood, in the firrl

attack of thefe feve,s, has funk the pulfe beyond a poffibi.

lit

rairing

afterwards. and that eveo"in plethoric

habits,

atunded with great pains of the head.

¡s,

in-o

deed, furprifing ho" Jittle thefe fevers

wiJl

bear of eva–

cuaúons of . ny kind, efpeci.lly bl<eding.

Af!er profufe fwealS, .he pulfe becomes extremely Oow;

ando tbough the fwealing goes off, continues fo for two

Or three ddyS; with anxiety and renle{fnefs; after which

the pulfe grows quiek, the Odo parched and hot, and a

feries of bad fymptoms comes on.

The fiek are always comatofe and llupid; ,!"hieh fymp.

tom

liule dangerous when attended with a warm moi–

ftur e on lhe fkin,

bUI

otherwire it is generalIy fatal.

is of great coofequence to keep up the pulfe; but

here lhe cornmon cordial medicines are ineffcdual; yet

the decoélion of the bark, \Vith the camphonted julep,

and fpirit of vitriol, anfwers this purpofe efftélually, fo

render any other medicine unneceírary, except occa–

fiooally a gen"e emelie or laxative.

O; th.

I NFLAMMAT!ON

th.

STOMACH.

TH E

in82.mmation of the Oomach is known bya buro–

inS, 6xed and p,.ungent paio in che fiomach, which is

tX–

arperated at che ioOant any thiog is taken into it; and is

fueceeded by a morl painful vomiting aod hiccup. There

¡,

always a violent internal heat. high anxiety, and

srievous pain about lhe pr:Ecordia, chiefly al the pit of

the llomach, an acute, continual rever, great thirU,

dir·

6CI1lt bre..hing. inquietude, tolling of .he body, cold·

neCs of tbe extreme parts, a hard, contraéted, quick, and

fometimes un<qual pul fe.

may be diUinguifhed from other diforders of .he llo·

mach; for in the c2rdialgia, there is alCo a great aoxicty

about the pmcordi2, a prefTing acute paio reaching

lhe

back, a coldoefs of the extremities, a connant tlimulus

to vomiling, wilh ioquietude: But the heat in the regi-

of the Homach is nor fo viulent, nor is the thirn 2nd

drynef. of the tongue fo great, nor the pulfe fo quick and

contnded. and the flomach can llener bear <tnd retaio

any thinS taken inwardly ; nay, is fcequently relteved

thereby. An in8ammation of the intellines has a pain

gripe! more about the region of the navd, with frcquene.

frothy~

bilious Hools, or a littlebloody, with a heítt over

all the furface of the body, and a quick large pulfc e

\Vhesre2s in this di(ea(e the extremities are cold.

caufed uy drinkioll cold liquors whcn the body'

is hot; or from

efFufion of the bile arter"violent com–

motIons of the minu; the danger is nOI very great, as

there wdl be room for Cuitablo! medicines to take

cff.:él:

(hat which arifes from draftic purges, fharp emetics,

or eaulbe pOlrOnS, k"l. quickly without fpeedyalliOance.

Thi, dileafe likewife often proves faral tO the old, the io–

firm, the fcorbu tic, and perrons full of grief, as alfo iD

the end of acute diCeaCes .

When there is a refllef, tolling of the body; \Vhen

li–

quids are immediate1y thrown up; when there is

hiccup.

a fainting, ah hippocralic face, an intermiuing putfe, and

convuJ(jons, a fatal mortificatioo wiU

Coon

termínate the

patient's Jire.

Thi. difeafe, if oot fuddenly cured, is generally mor–

tal: And therefore, as foon as i( is diCcovered, plentiful

bleeding is necelfary, and Olull

repeated as the violence

of the fymptoms increares. L et the drink be vcry foft,

antiphlogiflic, and emollieot; as alfo clyllers of the fame

kind.

The pa.ien! fhould totally abflain from every thing that

acrimooious; even the cooling,

Ditrou~

fahs, wbich

are beneficial in other inflammations, ¡rrhate too much.

Vomits, cordiaIs, and fpirituous Jiquors, are Hule beuer

th~n

poifon.

Aliments fhould be given frequently, 2nd by a fpoonfuL

at a time; for any ditlention ¡ncreares the inOammation.

A thin gruel of barley, oatmeal, whey, with very liule

fugar or honey, or chlt-ken-broth, are proper aliments;

whey~emul(jons,

barley"water, eOlolJieDt decoaions,

are

proper drinks.

The ¡ndications of cure are,

r .

To open the obaruc...

tions caufed by tenacious juices impaéted into.incoogruou$

velfels;

:2.

To remove the fpallíc Oril'tures which coo–

traél the velfels, aod tO rellore .he equable and natural

progrefs of

t~e

blood through the fubllan ce of the 110-

maeh. Thefe ends are to be obtained by

dilu.ntJ , hu-

1IUnan/t,

demulunlJ.

anlifPafmodiCJ,

and thiogs lhat

rellrain the heat which thiekeos the fluids, and Telax the

eonOriéled fi bres.

But as there are more caufes than one that produce an

inflammation, tbey will re<¡uirediffcrent remedies to bring

about a cure .

Therefore,

tt be owing to a cauaic, reptic, arCenical

poiron. or

llrong emetic or cathartic, or

metallic me–

dicines iJl prepared

and tbence the inflammation; oily

féU th ings are proper, as new milk,

cream,

oil of fweet

almonds, or olive·oil taken often and plen.ifully.

If from a fparm, fucceeding a violent commotion of

lhe mind . then

nitrous abrorbent powder wilJ be proper,

in an emulfion of white poppy feeds . \Vhen .he fpafm

~ppeí\fed.

rhubarb with raiGas will be necelfary to carry.

off .he bilious fordes.

When an erllptive matter is repelJed 2nd cauCes this diC–

e ..fe,

uCe

emulrions of the greater cold Cceds, with tem–

p.;r~te

bezoílrdic powder ; now and then addiog a liule

Ditre ;;mI a fmall mauer of camphi re.

If from a

caufl.íc

bile, as in the cholcra morblls, an in–

IhOlITIJtion is apprehendc:d, eanhy abCorbents and hans_

horn philofophieally prepared fhould be given, with gela–

tiDOUS decoflioDS of calves and neats

fce.,

or nanfllorn_

jelJies.