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Or rperrua eeli, the rat or animals ureJ internally and ex–

t ero

tlly,

anfwcr evcry purpC'lfc.

Countryair, and followlIlg lhe plough. are beneficial

t o rcnore lhe

deuilitatcd tone

of lhe Jungs;

aod

lca,

nl::lde with hyCfup.

vt:roniC3,

ground ivy, hquorice, and

d.d.ify

f)-.>\Vcrs, cannal

be enoueh

commencted.

BUl

Cweet

things, in evcry kind of aHhma, an: hunrul. eCpecially io

lhe humid or (erous, and .he hypoehondrideal.

Of a

COUGB.

T II

COl1gh

now uoder conCideration is a

primary

dir–

caCe, which nreatly di(orders lhe

whole

body

liS

ve–

hemence and obHinacy.

h s

caufe ¡s. a flux of

lerous

h umours from lhe outwarcl p.ut5 and extr..:nllties of lhe

body tO lhe

lungs.

Olnd is felclom without f't:verifh heats

and lhi verings

tO',vards lhe evening.

is eilher moil\ or Jry: Ihe fOrlner alHias the phleg–

malie, whofe fi Gres are I;¡x and mu(cles fort, and who 3·

bound wuh (erous anu pituitous humours . \;Vomen are

more ]jable

n men

as alfo ¡nrants, boys, and old

men, nlOre than (hoCe in the vigour of thc!ir 2ge.

l~he

dry eough prineip. lly attacks ,he hypoehondriae) lhe feor–

butie, the cacheétic, and thoCe who are lean and Oender,

"nd fubj ea to eonvulGve dirorders, aod whore bodies ·like·

wife

abound with a fharp (erum.

The

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violent or th<fe kind or eoughs is Ihe

lufliJ

convuljivo,

f~rillo,

who[e efFetl:s

~re

violen t

al ·

mon tO put the patirnt in danger of fuCFoca(ion: In chil.

dren, (his is called lhe hooping cough. Somctimes this

is dry in the beginning; or lhe p:Hient brings up a little

t hin (erurn, more or lefs fh arp. Sometimes

is moiH ;

and then a(ter a very laborious fit, lhe patient expettorates a

(ubJi\'id, :\nd commonly a mofl tough mucus. The extreme

P U tS

grow cold, {he body is coHive. the urine 2nd the

vital fluids are orin;" in greater plenty 2nd force lOWJrds

the breall "nJ head ; lo tha, \Vhile Ihe p",oxyrm I,(fs,

the face ís red .lnd turgid wit h blood, the veins f\Vl'II , the

arteries beat (Iuicker and flrongcr, {he eye! are ready to

llart out of the

hea~,

the teus Oow, the eycl:ds fweJl,

and fometimes the bJood, afler fneel.ing, fprings from the

oofe. Some,imts Ihe

very

vetrds or the lungs buril, and

a fpitting of bloon enfues.

Somctim~s

a hiccu p fupen'enes,

and lhen at the fame time {he p<t:.ient is aíft:!lf!d with

laborious vomiting ; fome difcharge thcir excrement:; anJ

urine infeofihly; ;\nd lhe coughing of othcrs is fo villlcnt

caufe ruptures, efpeciali y in chi ldrcn.

As to lhe prognoHi¡;s, a dry cOllgh oftcn {urns to:\

moi (L by huning the digeflion, and rcndcring the p

t·

tieot

c.tchcé1.ic

. \'Vhrn a moia cOllgh bccolllcs fuddcllly

dry, anJ lhe

brean

rcmaíos opprdE'd, \Ve mal' conclude

thín a pUlr:d or hcél ic fe,'cr, or an cX'J"-:eratton of the

lnngs. are ncar at haud . In lhe CO"\'uJfivecough ofehil·

Oren thcre is dJoger of a fufFvcation; which cough fome–

times happens in JifTicuh dentitioo, and in lhe 1Ilt'.ln.:S.

fomct imcs Cí\llf..:S

gi ~bc(jty

and rllptUrCs in hoys; in

womi:n abon ioo

in :\duhs a fpitting of blood and a

phthfis. COtlghs that

procl~ed

fmm

:'l

Cchirrus of the

Jungs or otha vifcl.!ra, are

incur~blt' :

(roll) clri\'ing

in of

cx:tnt)¡cOlltt~,

or brcakincs ou t o(

th~

{kin, it grows

Cílfyas Cuoo ;.¡s

thf

are t1trown ou t

Aí'••

lin

Al!

COll

!ItS

.,,"!!ud

\'lid. lvfs vf i!ccp are baJ; as

.!lo

Ihat

whidl

frequent, tedious, obHin:lte,. aild proceeds from a defluc ..

tion

011

the Jungs.

ttte eontttry,

moder¡¡tt:

he.tt

th~

níghl limt:, wilh an eq\l ..

brC:.l.thing

Cwe.lt

througilout

the whoJe (mdy, a Idrg:::r

¡IJ X

of unn\!, and che body

pen at [he fJ111e time,

more quiet

O~c:p,

and

tin

ecl–

fier expcétoration, are cena!n figlls [hat the d,Corder

ís

going off.

the cough is recent, and there ís no rever, nor o·

ther figns o( a ballard pc:ripncufllony

or if It is DOt the

conCeqtll:nce

a pleurify or a peripneumooy ill eured.

ncc1etl:

fufli ..:ic:nt bleeding; the p.u ic.!n;: need only ...

b–

naio from

wiLl~

.incl

fid h

(or fome

d~ys,

and uCe the:: fol·

lowing remedy.

T . ke

drops or balrdm or fulphu r, wilh a bit

of caodied fugdr ;

be ufcd twice Qr thriee io the

d ay.

R eeent eoughs, arler blceding, are fortened by a mu–

cilage o( lioCeeu , or by any COOlmon fweet 011 : Hur

the

oi ls are made more

~ffic;lcious

by the additioo of a

\'ola~ile

aJka line f:dt, in thls m<loner :

T ake an ounee and a half of oilof oJi ve!, 6 0unces

of w:.uer,

6.:>

drops of fpi ril of hartfhorn, an ounee

or peao..1fyrup : T , ke three Or four fpoonruls

e–

very founh honro

Ir Ihe eough \ViII not yield tO thefe remedies, th<n it

will be to no purpofe

rely on pellorals, efpeeially if

Ihere is

fever along wi, h it, or if it p\ oeeeds from

pleuri ey or peripneumony; {or theo ir is

be cured

hy bleeding 2nd purging. in the Came manoer as the ba..

HarJ p·eripneumony.

\<Vhen there is a thin, (, 1[, (harp defll1xion, jellies

are proper, and a dccoétion made of barley, fh aviogs of

hartfhorn, viper-grafs root, and liquorice; or {he de–

c08ion o( turpenline. wich fil gar

and abo\'e all things,

oil

fwect :dmonas (rdh ur",,,,,n.

When a tuflis catarrhalis aITc:8s Ihe whote habit or body,

with a lofs of appetite ane! a t3bes, [he C\lre mutl be at·

tempted \I.:ilh alTc.!s milk or whey, or milk with equal parts

of Selters walers. and efpeciall y ridi ng

a moi tl, laPoin

s '

piluilOus cough, the borly mua

be kep'[ open with manna, t\VOounces at ' )eaft dtffoh'ed

io ltny 'con" enient vehicle. to which m,¡y be aclJc:d. [\Va

drams of terra foliata tartarí, aod a few drops of oil of

anifeed. l fthe fiomaeh \ViII nO[ be3r

Jaxativ~s,

cJyllf: rs

muf! be ureo.

' Vhen the

eou~h

is outrazeous, (;tfFron mixeu with

bezo rdics is \'ery fri endly

the brea!l ; nor are llorax

pills, mixed \'.'irh

th~

aromatic pills, !tfs

benefici.tI,

You

nMy order abuut 6 grains of lhe tlorax pdls. wirh a (crn–

pie orlhe aromatie, ílnd

r.il,

lc thl!m

bc!J·til~lt·;

!o.

t h~

mc:\n while nOl negle,[ting lhe c""peaorants. od

{wac

almonds, :lOd rpama ceti. L IJ..C:WICCthe

thc:b.ILC

tin ... 'lure

mixt Wilh fpirit of h.\rtlhorn is nllt unufl.·{u! fll r the Cune

purporc.

llut lhe ucfl opiatc in this caf ...·• is lhe

eli~ir

n,n egC':i–

cum: thlo!

do fe fu r childr... n is fll)l11 5

~-o

drC'rs: I...-r

:1(lalt"', from

1(}

100

;1I:d cp\'

l.Hd:

is ¡'e':llli,uly

'ba:clknt fur chi!dn:n in the

h(lopi ng. cl)ll~h

or chin·

cO\Ir,h.

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paticn[ fholl lJ •.

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