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is abad rign

(he epilepfy makes iu

fira

auack arter

the tweoty

fidt

y.::u,

bUI mlleh ....

·orfe ir

lhe

(jtS

grow

more (requent; for

(hen

lhe

anim:;.1

fun!lions

,ue

oftc.\

de–

ítroycd. and nOl onlythe rncmory, wit, and judgmenl are

iOlp.ired, bUl lh. pati'Ol graws fi"pid and faal ilh. II

Comctinlc!s

cnds

m:!lJncholy

or madoefs. \Vhen

turns

p;¡,lfy

or apoplexy

monótl.

T he epilepfy is <x"em:ly difli<ul, la b. eured in a–

oults.

bUI

in childrcn

is [he (cverfe. BliCters

hid

lhe back p:ut of lhe

hC.ld

are of grcat

ure

a liule before

lhe paroxyfm is cxpcétcd: and the time may more cer–

u iOlly bl' foreknov.'Il, as Ihis dift:afe i5 infiuenced by

lhe

moon, and 2.ueods up.)" ¡es phares. erpecially lhe ncW or

full moon, T he

man

proper medicines

correl\:

lhe

juices fl.!cm

be nati,'c c,"naba r, and wlld valerian rOOl ;

ddOl

of .vhich may be given morniog aod evening for

three or four monLhs, aod afterwards lWQ or three days

befare ,he n:w and full.

Howev~r.

it mua not be forgot, that this diCeare owe,

its origin to

ruany different coluCes, ;md is bred

nuny d;{fu eOl connitutions of che body, and the (ame

remedy which fucceeds in one cafe Orteo f"ils in aDother;

and lhereforcdiffúent medicines are lO be tried, e(pecial.

adul... And

gr.al

reg.rd

mull be had la Ihe limes

which lhe paroxyfms ufually returo,

order to effefl

cu:e.

If lhe vdf:ls are full af bload, ar il is carried wilh

~oo

gre.t

:iID

impetuo:ity towards the head, then bleeoing

ia lhe 'Dkles will bepraper, arleeehe. applied la lhe h", ·

marrbaid.1 veios. This af,en h. ppens lO hypaehandriaeal

or hyOerica.1 perfoDs, to lhe mela.ncb01ic, and women

Wilh

ehild. Samelimes i, will be praper la bleed in lhe ju–

ul.rs

; ar la apply el1ppio¡¡ glaffes Wilh fearificatians la

the oee!:., and parts oear Ihe head .

Ir has iu

origin from

fharp, impure ferum in the

head, or

the membrants and vefTels, as

eaehelt.ie

;tl

Ccod:.utical perfons. or thor: who have beeo incoori–

lieralely eured of ",demalau. fwell ings af lhe feet. ald

lJleers, or ¡fTues drifd up., the driving in of the itch,

«abs, ar lhe ulceraliog humau r af a feald head; lhen

Ihe cure may be allenlpled by ea,hanic., by purir.e" af

the bJocd, byevaeuJtinr. the impure humours

with

fetons,

ilTues,

cauteri,s,

and

bhllcrs.

proceeds

(rom

violent

pAtO.

as for

¡nnanee, from

a none

fiicking

the ureter, from the tooth-ach, ear–

aeh, ar Cp.fms af lhe f1amaeh and

uawcl.;

lhen elylle..

oil

fwcct almonds, or

lhe like,

are tO be

adOli·

nillped.

If, in ehildreo, il praceed. fram

~ripes.

a r lhe breed·

j.ng

of te;:th,

nOlhing

is beBer

th~n

c1eanfc!

the

prhlll

vi"

fram filth, by milk.c1yrle.., Wilh aliule veoiee roap

'd iff"lved in lhem •

. If

fram wor ms, afler .nliCeplics aoJ Car, aily lhings,

anthelmíoti¡;s muft: be giveo, fueh as tolnrey, g:\Tlick. cam–

phor. aCa

[(;lid ...,

worm fecd, mereurius

dukis, and

ethiops

miDeral, or

powder o(

tino

~'hen

lhe fits

rerUtO

ceruin periolh, or;H the

qU3-

dratures

th·.!' moun,

dy'~cr

YOOlit

\Vil!

propcr

firll

01'

al1 , a f half a dram af ipoeu.nha, io a deca8ion

of raiGo:.,

the lime af lhe IilS, lOO Cree a

uC.

af ,"alaliles,

rpiritous liquon, and firong rmells, are hunful. as cau–

fillg

lhe humours

60w

tOO

much

the head : .T'he ben

method is

place the patient

in an

erea pocture, aDd

ru') lhe hands and fotl prelly b"lkly.

T he betl drink is water, which wiII mitigate.

nOl

cure the Cymptoms.

' oV"heo the patic:nt is

happy

t O

foreree the acceffiorl

the fit, theo let him havc immediale rccourCe to cly–

H(rs

and friétions of the lower pans .

milk·diet alone has e!.lred an ioveterate epilcpry.

M iDeto

Caid tO cure an cpilepCy as (ure as the bark an

intermiuing fc\·er. The dore tO grown perfons is

ha.lf

•

dram or more,

powder, every úxth hour, drinking

aC.

ler il a drallghl of a flrang infufoaa af lhe

f.me

plaol. If

every ounee of the powder.

¿ram of

¡(ji.

fetida be

added , Ihe medicine will be nill more erre8ual.

Cinnabar of antimony is greatly celebraled for the cure

of this diCcaCe; and

may

be lakcn from four grains to

fcruplc, in conCerve of roCemary J'lowcrs .

Ferreus and J¡chinus. afilrm, they

ha\~e

cured many

cpilepúes with

limpie decot\ion of gu.liacum, giving

fiK

or eight ounces of it twice a-day, aod tbe Cecondary de..

coétion of the fame for their ordinary drink. Thi, de.

coélioD (bould be continued

days, tOwhich

may

be added male piaoy raal, ar faonelhing af [he fame–

kind; and every dafe may have a fcw draps af lhe fpirit

of vitriol added thereto.

After

aH,

there i5 no medicine that can bedepc'nded more

upon than

K ;

for it is an exceJlent remcdy in alL

d ireares of the' nerves, particulolTly cramps, convulrioo,

vertigoes, and epilepfie5. Ten graios may be takeo moro:

iDg and night, made up ioto a bolus; ir the f"me quand–

óf

f.~itiaus

eiunabar be added la eaeh dafe, il will

not be tbe \VorCe.

Of SI

V'TUS ' S DANC E,

ondolh"r convuljiw diforderl,

Vitus's dance

a fon of

eonvulfion, whicn boys

and girls are Cometimcs fubj eét tu, from the age of

r~n

ye"', la. Ihe lime af puberlY.

difeave" "fe lf 6rft

by a kind af I"menefs, ar an inllabilily af ane af lhe legs,

which tbey oraw after them in

ridic~lous

manner, nor

eaa lhey hald lhe .. m af Ihe

C.me

Gde rI"l far amo–

ment ; for if they

J..y

it on their brean , or aoy other part

af lheir b.ady,

il.is

p«fontly fareed away framlhenee by

convulhvc: motloo.

th.ey

are dtfirous of drinking,

b>!fore they eeln briog lhe cup 10 their moulh, they ufe a

lhauf. nd add gellieulatian. like a mounlebank; far lhey

CrUlOOt bring lhdr hand

in a

direa

Jine

lO ,he,r mouth

bUl il is fareed lhis IV. y "nd lhal, .. 11 dl lenglh, if l he;

have

the good

fartunc.to

hit the

mark,

lhcy thro\V the

li–

quar do.", lhoirthruJl .s greoJily as ,f lhey defigocd lO

raife I",ur..htl.!r io lhe fpd\.Hors .

In a eonnllf,ve p. roxyfm, lh e limbs are f1raogcly asi–

tatcd with various diff'crcnt pollures and mations . Somc.

times

th~

h,mds are pm behind thc01 as if lhcy defigned

lo fit upan lhem, .od faon .f,er Ihoy f<cm la be beating

lhe.: air

then thdr legs will

d, ...wn hither and thÍlher

if Ihey were Jaociog fome anlÍe

dJnte.

Sometimt$.

,hey \ViII uend lheir b.eks like a bolO. al lhe fame lime

r:,¡rlllg their

br(':~n

as high

they cao : th( n thci r whole

body will sra.. Ih!}" ar,d .s immal'caLle

a nanc. They

Ilenerall