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' Vhen thcre is

:lO

o;r.~rm

in lh.::

hliJuJ ,

anJ lhe

pulfc:

is imjH lUOUS . 0.1

n ....

ouj.!.

1·.lke a pounJ of

W,Her,

u r:\l11 of

nitre, anJ

half

ou ncc of fyrup

\Vi lJ

poppics.

TÍlis~

taken lu¡;ccHi\'e!y :lnd l:.!mpcr,nely. will be very

effi,=acious in pcrfl:tling a cure.

' Vhen lhe

r('~¡on

ol' lhe

rr~cordia .

cfpecially 00 (he

Jefe fide , is aflhél eJ.

Wilh

pricking anu

velllc;Hing

paios,

:lno

fpJfmodic

(lritlurc:~.

tO}!c!th<. r with hea t

and Ihi rft,

emullioos will be proper.

"l'hefC! l1lult

be made

Wilh

(he

f our cold ft=eds, ünd white poppy fecd;

VJh ich

mU li

be "ddt:d a tilde nitre. and a proper

qU<iOli,y 01'

dla–

codium.

L ike\vi(e, in order

too

rclax the fpafOlodic (lriétu res

of che inteO ines, anJ

d¡,'ere the llux of (he

humoul!

[ rom lhe pan aff..:éled,

emol lient

clyllers, frc:q uently io–

jeél.ed

, wiIl be proper, wlth

gende nimulus, and

the

.addition of nitre.

Outw. rdly, ' o rela" ,he

fp.fm

••nd nrenglhen the no–

mach,"'noth"ifig

beuer than the oi l of camphor; which

is mOlde by dl\Tolving

dram of c:1mphor

in.an

ounce of

oil of fwee, . I"

,or.ds

, 'ood ,hen by add¡n¡: ,wen,y drop.

of oi l

of rhodium. Let the reglon o f the przcordia and

t he left hypochondrium be aooinled

Wilh

this od; and af–

terwards lay • b'g on the part , . ffdl<d, filled Wilh ea–

momile and elder·fio\Vt! rs, with mint and wormwood,

boiled in vinegar oí rofes or red \\ine pretty hoto

If blood is lhrown up in grea, quanlily, wllh lof.o(

flrength, ligatu res made upon the joiot9 may

fer–

viceahle, as alfo puniog lhe legs aod arms

cold water.

When , he paro"yfm is off,

h.lf

a dram o(

rhub.rb

will be highly beneficia l, either wilh or withoUI teltaceous

po\vder,; or t I,\. eh·e grains of compound powder of am–

ber. with halr

grain of camphor taken t\Vlce a·week, at

n ight

goin~

to bed, in a draught of fpring water . R hu–

b.rb

is a kind o( • fpeeifie in opening obflrutlion.. The

patient. inaead of tea, ma y drink' adecoétion of yarrow,

Jiquorice, and fenntl feens . The common drtnk Olay

fpriog wacer, in ", hich iron has been quenched, or aci–

duloted whey.

,his d,feafe proeeeds (rom • fuppreflion of the men–

fes;

bleed

in che foot, and give cly(lels prepattd of

mug–

\Vore, pennyroyal. waJI-flowers, bay and junlper-berflcs,

prcu y frt'luend y.

i, is eJufed by {harp .eid liquors eorroding ,he

vefrcls of th.e llomach, then td taceous alkaline pow–

ders are proper ; and fl arch boilcd in nlllk will heal

Ihe verrds.

Opiatc:s muO: be (]lU nned in thefe cafes, bccaufe they

briog

great wc..knefs and lors of Clrt:ngth,

10 l h e

great

.detriment of the patient. L lkewife all Hyptics. aUrin–

geots, and \itriohc menicines, mu(l be lludiouf1y avoided:

thc:Ce. ind(td, will fl op lhe erupeion of blood

bur then il

will

fl "gnate;\nd PUlrt (y io lhe vefrt:!5. \Vith dJngcr of 3n

in–

fl..

mm"lion "nd mortitication ; or at leaO, if the patient

caehetl,e, il \V,II

h.II<

"O a droply.

DIARRHot!A,

Lo o sl. sC SJ .

DI AR & HOEA

Crcq\h.'nt

anu

COpiOUi (\'Jcua.

F..

tion of liquid exc rell1cnts oy

/l001 ;

and may

proce~,l

from alimcols, or 1ll1nlours o f

V<tl

ivus kinos,

der¡."cJ

from dtfli.:rent

p.4rtS

ioto

Ihe

inldlul\!S,

'1"he

caure is

Himulus wluch irrittltes the vifcen, oc.

ca(jonin~

lhe

(xpu~!ion

of thcir lIuids; anu

mAy

tIlercfui~

prvcced

om the

vdl~ls

of the 11\'er, p..ncrcas.

IlH:tcntCrv,

and intefbnes; \yhen al lhe f"IHe tune tht: " loudlS of

dle

mcf"c ntefic veins alld the laéteaJs are obOrulled. O r

there I1ltty be 3n extraordinary laxity of the int,ellln.u

fibres; or, lanly il m.y . rife from.

flopp.gc

of olh«

exc;:retioos.

lt is frequt:ntly anended

wllh

grtpi"gs.

'I'he

patient

weak, makes Lur Jiule urine,

has a

de.

prclfed pulfe,

depravc.:d appetite, and is lometimes fe.

veriJh .

a d:arrhcca arifing from Iharp fermenting j uiccs in

the

prillllC

vi~,

which aecelerate the pcriHaltie mOl

ion

the inteltines, the

j l

indication is

di!charge the ni–

mul.Hing

m2.tt

er; which

m..

be dreeted by

a doJe

or tWO

oí rh"oorb.

A t nighl the patient may take (jfteen drops of the

thebaie unéture, in two or thlee fpoor.fuls

01'

limpIe

cinnamon wat::r. The rhubarb 15 to ue repe:ned

t¡JI

the

Joofeoefs abates) which is gener::lJJy afte r lhe Cecond dofe.

I f there is

:.t

fabu rra of

111

concoéled mdtter In the Ho·

,mch, a vomit

wiJl

be neecfr.\ry of ipecacuanha, ( or an

ounce

iu wine ]

I f the d iarrhrea continues to be violeo t. it

will

be pro–

per to mix an-ringents Wilh

lhe

riluba rb.

Ifl he di , ,, 1"". proc<eds from fupprerred perfpira,ion ;

ano if the Oools are thin, and the patlem feverilh ;

fidt

blecd , lhen gi ve an

emet.ic

... aflerwards a purge of rhu ..

bArb, and 1,([ o( all aHringenlS.

BUl lhe ben and fafen aHringen' of .11 is logwood,

given

deco[Jion .

A biliou. diarrhce. ough, no' 'o be

'00

fudd enly nop.

ped, bUI the humours are to be correlted gradually

fo r

whieh purpofe, a fCruple o( rhubarb nightly lo.Cled, Wilh

a few g r.lÍns of nitre, is very ufeful. L ikewlfe half

dr.tm

of the exprelfed oil of nmmegs, either alone or

mixed with a grain of opium, and

r.iv

in broth . is very

('fficacious. T he humou r5 are Ilke

ife correél:ed

Wilh

thln emulfions of almonds

añd

white

poppy.fl

!eds, witb

the addit ion of diacodium.

Vihen ít diartha:a is "ay obllinate, . fter toaCted rhu–

barb has been given fo r fome days, prefcribe

fweat

witb

a dr¡lm of new venice t((.'acJe, and twelve graios of burnt

han/horn, cítlx amimon. and pcri 6t.d nitre_

An habitua l dl¡urhrea is greately rellt'ved by wearing

a fLtnnel

!hin,

and kecping lhe body w.lrm.

In Vol. 1. of lhe

L ondon

!l1d ;C3/

Offtrvationt and

Inquino,

D r P ye proves, by

long enumt:r3tion of

In–

'bnces, that in allloofeneOi::s whcre emelics are advifeable

in every age and fex, though lhe palient be in the \l:cakdl

circumfiances. ipecacuanha , froln half a graio,

t O

{our

Or fix grains, m:ly be j!i\'en

wnh ,he

utOlQH

bfc:ty.

and

\ViII

ltlJom

f.ti

l of "nfwtring ,he inu'nttoll o( lhe

pre~

ce,

¡ber; and actds, thut for m.lIlY)kaTs he had experienced

lhe grc:u dJic""cy of il, in curlllg

.dll'fllllJ: in

che

cure

d iarrha:as

cJ.ildl

eo, whcn .uJmiuitlt!rcu in

dyflel!.

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