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whiti íh. a.d b':(l'l \\ith a lI.;d, 11H1 ;JS ; (:"n :.:ti,n ::s ít is
blA.~k anll dry : h.: b C:C.)illl'" c,<c... lli\¡.:ly wt.'.tk. and is quirc
ddbtUl\! of f¡ illt~ ; :I" hth,; ur ,¡ thrufh "pprar 111 hi'3
nlou th tlnd ll, , l lpCLi.t!ly ir t h.' C\,\cu,\\i(lt! (JI lhe IHJ r–
bi ~c nl.lttcr IU5 becn [Ht:r utl.rtlldly Pl c\ cll"cd hyaH,i ll–
Rents. ;\1~J lh~ fOIHes of lhe d¡\calc h.l~ nUl hecn cxpd–
Jed hy calhan;cs. SOl11ctim':s, when a ft'vcr is abrcnt.
the ¡;npl:s I,-"J (he "JO. :l:lU t!1 :! rd I of th..: fymplOl1ls
follow.
l'ho(e \\'h~rt: Homl \:!ls are lod~'\' Wilh mucll indigen.
(d !luner, are troublc:J wilh a n,Hl rC,I, reachings and vo·
miting ; mally ha re tlO intolerabll' IH!.lnbllrn and 'ty
or the prxcordí,l. 1\11 ;~rcam i~hd with :1 p\.!rpclual defire
of going lO Clool, and fu en :l viulcnt tenc(mus as is nOl
felJ om anenJed with a pro..:idt:ntia ilnio
I n (ome, the t xtreme p,~ns ttre cold, while the in ,
ward feem to burn, and a perpetual fenfe of heat antl a
pulradon torture Ihe ¡mdlines, 1~!J lhcfe Juccccd hie·
cupsJ cold f\Ve;u~ , ti. pelle countcnance, walbng of the
body, infl¿~rnations, and apluh:e of Ihe f.tuces, Al hlfl,
all pain cealt'!5 al once, the thi,n v.d.OIfhes , lhe fi,)ols
come away infenfibly with a cad,tYerous Hench, l he pu fe
becomes fl ender, .nJ de.,h is .l This is
often contagious.
P rognofiics. D yfentl!rics are dangcrolls to prcgnant
,vomen, toold men, and to boys . T herc i9 commonly linle
hope when il auacks lhe fcorbulic, lhe conruluplive, and
lhe caehe~tic ; \hofe thal art! wcak alld ..tIRiéled in mind ,
OT troubled with wormso ' Yhen it begins Wilh vomiling,
fueceedeJ \'.'ith hiccu rs, there is danger of an infiammation
of the fiomach. Nor is lhe cafe bettcr when the flools
are green, black. mixed with earu neles, a;'ld of ti. noifome
ílcncho It is a filt .¡1 GOlen when c1ylters are irnmediáte·
Iy re.u rned, or lhe . obllinately clored tllAl no,hing
c.n be injeéled; ror i, is a fign or. p. lry or ,he reélum.
\Vhen the pulfe is \Vc.l.k, the extreme p"rts cold, and
the inward burn, or are without f~nfe, nothing good
be expeéted. ' ''hen (wallowing ¡, anended with a mur–
muring noife, it fllews lhe 3í'proaeh of a dclirium, an
in{bmmation of the f.wees, aphth~, or a palfy of lhe
whole refophagus. J[ is nece(fary to know, that (his
difeafe rom~timcs quickly terminates, efpcci.t11y ir there
be a r.l'llign:lOl fl \re r. and lhen iI kills in reven o ninc, Of
[ouneen days; fomctimcs it tloes not c\!afe til! lhe (or–
tiClh or up·...,ards ; whcn it continu~s a long while. it ei,
ther kills lhe patient, or hrings on a d ropfy, a lientery.
lhe creliac p.dlion, a ta"es or hcélic, whidl are incurable.
T he COOlmon O1! thod of curing a dyfcntcry, is firn tO
blccd, then lO \'Omil wil" ipccacuauha, afler\\'ards te
purgo! with rhubalh, ill1 ::1 ha of all \0 give aH ringents .
B orrlllan diTeéls a fcrnp!cor halr a d r:ltll uf Ihe ip~eacuílnha,
Wilh a teHaceOlu po",ocr. Jrinkinf! a I.:rgc qu.tntity oC
WMm \Va:er :tftl r it. This \'omil IS fe:l~ct iraes tO be re.
pcat eu. 1t is the modcrn pr:\élicc, aflcr ,he fi rfl vomil ,
t n ~i\'c twú úr lhrCt! r.,r:lins of Iplc.tcuitoh. lVc:ry eigln or
t... n Itours, in .. uolus, wilh did.(corun"n , nr lhe like.:, \Vith
fome pr pl l juh:p. 1 h.fflll;~n w(luld Ita\ e tllI: IIUlhilrb
eivcn i.. ful,ll.tnec , th,t( IS, half a dl.!1l1 in puwder: Dc.:nrr
:!IWoS It t\vdvl: hours altlT \hl;! ,"omit, rrpl,i\ing It in fm:dl
dor<s.
.Ir Ray , tha, ,h: fur'!lous f"LCI..¡)cc bCI"'ccn ,ho
e N E.
Iv:, ...·9 of :\ wJ)nuc, ~hi.:...1 :'ud l>ll"/c!.:rcd. 3nJ r,i\'cn in a
Jlh),Ic.:IAtc.: (luAnu,)' In Wlnt:, cur.:d lh~ Eo 6 11n, .t.rmy ltf a
Ic:ni t.1c J)I~nt~l y In l rclJnJ . wlu:n all olhcr rc.:IlIc.:Jlcs
I••kel.
.l ufJi.:u f.t ys, ;t thick yello\V biHk, eóllicd ~maruba, h:ls
ht."t.:n found Juccefsful In Ihe cu re or a dyfcntcry. T hc
do/e is a third pj ¡ t of a qual t uf a dc.:c!J\.<'llon m,tde! Wil h
IWO uramli or ,he lurk. ,\nd el" Imel lf1\1IeS us, \Ve may
ut pcnJ IIpon thz f.tnH: dro:!'~t flonl the decoébon of COOl –
olon md .:ed, c,tlkd St Amorof..:·s fy rup, whieh Lu-'
thcr lool~c.:d upon as a cme lor the eohco Count A r–
genton took Il lil n .by hls alh'ice, OIcrely tO (1:.lCnch
his tlaidl, in lhe mannc r of tC.d., by which med ns he
got rid of his thirtl and dyfemery in twclve hours tim~.
Another ,~eófic is lhe VltrlUI1t an{jmonji c.:ratum, which
hítS uecn in l!fl;! ror fomc ¡¡nle, but \\,'a5 kept a fecret ¡lIl
it \Vas com:nunicatcd by O r Young of EJln!>urgh to th:
public.
rh~ lI/'1fl1/rr r;f prc/,.Iring il t/ nl/oll01u/ ..
T of gl.l(s of tlntin1Jo)" in powder, one ounce; bces·
\VilX, one dram: ml:h the WdX in an iron Icldle, then
add the powdcr: let them on a llow fire without
n.tme, for tht! fpa ce of hJlf ao hour, conlinuall y
H,rring them with a fpltul a ; lhen take it from lhe
fi re; puur it upon a piece of ch:ao white paper, pO\V·
der ¡t, and kcep il for ufe.
T he orJioary dofe fo r an adult is ten or twelve grains ;
bU I fo r greater fafc\y begin with (ix.
N cvc!r givc opiates 10 lhe bcginning, erpecially where
there is gr~.H Ii.,;kn~fs ; bceau(e, though opl.tles give re·
licrto (ome, yCI i\l othe r timr:s bOlh lhe fickoefs and pur·
ging ,he following cldy.
Hontius, in his account of the difeafl!s of the E o\fi· Tn·
d¡es, aliirms, that extraél oC (,dTron is a fpce,fic in lhe
dyreOlery of ,hofe p.m, evell ,hough il (holllJ proceed
rronl poifon.
Of Ih. H EAO ·AcH.
T HE head-ach is a mofi troubleromc feor:ltion in
the nen "ous membrancs or lhe h ~a~I, produ.:cJ by va·
,ious eaufc..s, ami attended with dlff.!rco t fYn1PIOnlS, ac–
cordiog tO ilS dlfferent dcgrc~s, ami the place whcrc it
is feated.
Thc mofl common fe,u of this diro(t! is the perk ra.
n¡nm; :\ mem!Jr.tnc which i(lvdls t ~h~ Il.. cll, cohc:r..!s with
the mufclc.:s nex t lhe (ku ll. an~l is joinc.:J 10 the dllr.t
maler by fome fihrcs which p.\fs lhl'ough th.: futures. It is
:\ thi n n('I\'OI1S of cxquditc (::n(co It nuy
l,kewi(1! be in lile Ikin that co\'crs thc n.~ull, and in lhe
dura maller. l °his 1<,(1 bm rddo:n b"I)P n:;; but 'dl'!'n ic
ouoes, it is vcry J .tnp.l'rOUSo Ther..: 111 AYItkC\\'lfe 'iC.J \ CI y
acute paio in the thin ll1c:mbranc \\'hich CO\', rs lhe hnus ul
the os rlomis.
Ir lh.: h:aJ-ac h be Ili!jllt, :HlJ .Inol ...'l.s a p.1rti\oul.1r r ;lrt
of lhe , il IS(;tIJui cc..° ",; 11' t!:c \\ h..,It:. ¡;c'
ph.tlx.1 i ir une liJ.: only, lu:miclol0i'\ ; lf lhl rc 15 a I~cd
n on tlt.: f whieh m.l yl,,· c..u\crt."J \\'.lh lhl.!'~I1\1
uf lhe lhlllllb, il is c dkd d .\\'uS h) fft.":inls.
'f h: glllt'rrll (,lufe of t hc.: Itcad .h.:h i.s d hin~lr.\n~c of
Ihc: fn::! CiICld..tio:l of tillO!.>!ooJ lilloll:;h ¡:;~ \ ..1!"..15 o! t11:
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