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Ir
tileTe is an
e'l r:, \,~,r.ttio:1 \lnJ~ r
lhe pcricraniunl. and
l h l'
I!~mou r
is
lo
Hnu p as
tu
b('üin
(O
rendt. r
t ht!
bone:
('"Hioe!',
lJ¡~n
rt:courr.::
muH be hao
lO ;ln
¡ncdion, ..
5 il' a
whido.: .
ln fome kinds of head·ach,
it
\ViII be proper
tO
opcn
l he Ironl::>l ,'cio .
' Vhrn the
p:Hicn t's
fl rr:nr,th \Vi II nnt hcu the
lor50f
blood.
tempel at!.:
l'cd du vi.t will
b~
bt ndicí;d.
:i ncl tlrung
fritlions of Ihe fc.'ct
wit h
a
,o.11 re
do.uh;
as
alfo
Ctt.t:t–
pla(ms of
ho rl~· r,t¿dh
and Lit
l.uJ(he leto.
O( Ih.
H EA RT
H URN.
J
H E
heart·burn is a p;¡in
m Ore o r
It-(s violent
<tbol1t
the
pit of lhe llomach , wi th an.xiety. a naurea, and orten a
¡'each,og. or aétnal vomit ing.
The caufes are, viliated Rumou rs in the
nomach. velli·
c;\tine: 2nd gn:.\wi ng lhe HomJch itCd f, or its
lel"l
ori~ce.
whl ch (he
an..:iem s
C:.11l
ca.'Jia.
T ht·
rIolOach thus ir' ita–
ted , a painful fcofa lioo is exciled\' aod fpafmodic con(!.
jc–
tioos,
WhiQ.l
occafion a
nauf:!a
and \'omll inll ' B Ul com –
m oo hea rt:Wurns
are
geoetally without vomiting. 'l'he
hean-
bu rn
may alCo proceed from wind
~nd
indlgi...ltion,
~oJ
now and lhen from
wórms;
but
mOre
frtqucntl y
from congen ions of blood about (he HomAch , which mcl.y
happ~ o
10
lhore
\Vho
are
full of blood,
but
more efpeci–
ally
to lhe h)tpochondriac
and
hyíleric
J
wllen vem;ting
uf
blood oot fcldom
enfues.
The cure of a
common
heart-born
from indigenion and
'the acrimony
of lhe
contents of the
H0:11ach, wlllch chien}'
h appens in a morni ng with wind , may ,be performed e oly
by
drinking le:a er coltee, or a decoétion o( camollllle
flowers ; as
alfo by 'laking biners, or a d ram of powder
of orange peel,
or
camomile fl owers, in a fmall glars of
wine
madc preu y ·hot. anJ (weetened with fuga r. 'l'he
teftaceous and abforbent powders are
excel1eot
in
this
cafe ; Cuch
i:lS
the
tabella! caldialgi:e, o r l(17.cnges fo r
t he heart-burn,
which
may be carrien io t he pocket
and laken
al plearure ; abeul
a dram is {uflicient fo r a
d ore.
' \f hen
il
:¡rifes from a crapula, gentlc emetics wiIl be
ufeful.
[f
the
patient bcgins tO vamit wit hou t them ,
large
dI
:mghts of warOl water
\1,
i
11 afli(l tO eleanfe the
Oomaeh ; or
carduus benediétus tea ("keo freely ,
1
f
the cardialgia procceds froOl a congefhon of blood ,
a nd the painful fpafm, thcn ari"ng. bleeding wi ll be con·
ve:nient , and emeties h urdul.
lf
the
menres are
Hoppt:d,
bleed in tbe
fuot.
N(lr muH anooyne a nd cmolJient clyners be omitt ed,
It \\'ill Iokcwife be p,ope r to a ppl y a bl.ddcr lill,d wi tlo a
<leeoétion of chamomile,
preuy
hOI . tO {he fiomac h . Af–
ter recovery, riding will be eOl1venieot to regai n
l :lC
Ion
I\rength.
I f
wurms are: Ihe caufe of the heíl rt
burn,
no acr'd
a nthelmíntics mu(l he niven, bm
W;lI 01
mllk mix ed wi lh
oil of (weel alnHlnds. whi¡;h, if dr¡tnk in fu fIlcie m qllan–
lit
y,
may caufe
lh(,1\1
lO be
thrown ur.
O; Ih.
T OOTII·Ac lI .
1~ H ~
tnoth-ach
is
C:lUrCO
by
im r urc
rcrum.
which cor·
fode,
;¡mu n:nds ¡he li o
.lIm.lHs
anJ nc: n.o- blaod\du\ls
e
N
F..
coats, by which the rooi.s. of
(lIe
tc..'cth
a r~ k~pt
fi rm in
lheir
{od.:ets,
and whel(!with
;.h~y
.1re
ill"C::ll ...J _
It
is
~
klnd of rht'lIlllílt i..:
Jííurút r ;
for \Ve h¡tve ofl cn
oblt-rvCtllhat p:uns of dle: joillts al1.1
Ihúulders
ha\'c Ilu fleJ
tO lhe fide 01
th~
htlld , anJ
hav~ ilwad~d
th ::
t~l!th
anJ
¡;:U IIlS
widl violtnt
pClin ,
O n the contr.try, p.tins uf tht:
head amI tet:th h2\'e rJI!...n ioto
[he
arras :loe! fhouldcrs .
l 'he
1e::1l of lhe looth·¡:¡ch nlay Oilfo
be in the
C:.t.VilY or
intan:'ll parts uf Ihe !{'elh themfd ves. dlCil is, in trie: Iilllc
vdiclILu eoru compofed
of the
nervous
rncmbrdne,
:m
artery. a
vt:in.
ar:d a
Iymph.nic
v
erre
I, w hich
may
eilh~ r
bt' d dttnded by fl.agn. ting ferum, or bt: óff\::tkd
Wllh
a
f¡,aHie
conllriéb on,
cfpeci.dly if .he
tooth
15
carious, anJ
the
c:Hics
l each~s
Ihe
(aid cord_
As in lhe
,gOIH
there is a pain, rednefs, a t UmOl.r, and
ti.
¡ill le
ft vt r,
fo
Ihey
fomelimes Oippear wirh the looth"
ach.
"1
hert:
i$
alfo írequen dy a
copious difclurgt: of
(a li va, ",1,ich proceeJs [rom a pain ful fpaCm, whlch con
4
flri nges tbe
Iymphat, c anu
\'cnous vefI'els.
As lhe rhcumalifm appears in temperate, and a fudden
change of wea ther; (o
ir
is wilh rhe
looth~ach,
efpecia;ly
when l he weather
is hOI
aod
cold
by
(¡cs.
T he whole imention of cure: coníi¡fs in deriving anJ
d iverting lhe im pure
rC~)fbl> tic
ruum
(rom
lhe head , a nd
lhen carrying
it
off lhrough proper emunltories; and aC4
wards
in
{l rengthening the pans .
, 'his is
lO
be
done
by
faline, e:moIEent. purgati\'c:
c1yfiers ;
by
wa rOl ped iluvia of rai n-water and wheat
bran, with ve!1ice focl.p, and
uled
jull before bed-time ;
by laxa tives of manna and callid. dilTolved in whey
or
alTes-Olilk or mineral waters .
Ir
the patlent is
pletholic
or full of bloud . bleeding in the foo. will deriv, the
haniours from lhe
head.
Sudori(jc
remedies, are aIro proper, bu t more efpeciall y
3n eleétua ry
made
oE
rob of elder-be:rrles,
burnt
han ':i
4
horo,
d Laphoretic anlinomy, ann
a few
grains of nl1re,
which
canOOl be toO
hlghly
prai fed . O r
an
ounce ot lhe
roo
may he taken in brOlh tO promote a
dlaphordis ;
and it may be ufed eXlern;.d ly, dilTolved in
beer,
in lhe
ntanner of a garglc. which will yield
immeJ iate
rdief
to
the pitti(nt .
OUlwardly may be applied bag'. fi lled wi th paregoric
aod
emoll ient fpecies. Icch as
eIJt-r,
medilol, and camo
4
",ile flowe rs, bay ano j uniper berries, carraway and mll let
f..:cds, and
d~crepit:\1cd
(.lIt. ,.'hey
mull
be:
l.lid on
wa rm,
anu are very fafe.
1
A drop o r
( WO
of oi l o( c1ovls, or box. :l.rplied tO a
carious (001h wilh
COl
t'!n, are medicines nut to b;! d efpifed.
Cílmphorat L'd fpiri t
of
\Vine mixed
Wilh
f.dFron,
cd!lor,
anu opium. made
in to
:J
Jinimeot, and laid
tO
the gurns
aod
hollow
t~elh,
o (ten givcs the p::uient
edre,
' Vhen
the tOOl!) ach proceeds
(1'010
a rOlten, hollow
1001h,
it wil l
be ben to buro the
l.u le
Ilcn'uus
corJ, which
is Ih(..' fcitt of lhe p.lin. with an aét\Jal camery; a nJ lhen
l h~
ravi tv may
be
lillccl t1p with a mixlure
oC
w
x ..
na
nl.lOich.
Jt'
lhis cannot. or is nor permi ttcd
t \)
be ¿une:. the only
rcmc\! y
Id t
is
lO
have
,he
lOoth
CIL :H\Il.
But if lhe:
p.llicI11;IS plethOlic,
il
\Vi!!
be
fal"dl
tu
J...h cd
::rl!, {\,.)r fc,l r
ofa
f.r. JJ
h-;,.:.tlonh.lgr .
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