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For his drink, he m:¡y

ure

milk

'and

\Vltei',

or a

pOlioD

madc with

rODlS

of marlhmallows, parfley, and IIquo.

rice.

BUl

he has beco i'ccu(lomed

more

g~nerous

liquo"" he may drink fmaff puneh made wi.holl' aeid, .

Spirits mufl no', b: drank a, aJl, oor ,he we. k puneh but

very fparingly.

wiJl be alfo proper 'o forbe. r .he ufe

"()f

Cale meats, honey, and acid

(ruin,

m,oH

ure

them fparingly. Artiehoaks, afpar.gus, fpinnase, Ic,–

tuce, fllccory,

padley,

purflolne, turnips, carrots, po–

I llOCS,

radllhes, green·peafe, may be fafely . fed; but

onions, le,ks, and eelery, Ihould be preferred

mofl 0-

ther vege.ables.

The pa.ient ought to drink na. more of any liq uor than

is fufficient to quench his thirH; and he fhould retaio his

urine as long as he can withouc uoea(i oe(s, thar

may

have the

gre,Hcr

tim~

on the llone .

If tbe lime

W;Her occafions

cofiivenef"

will

be oe–

necelTary now and then

(,0

take a .purgative

th~

moa

proper are aloes, manna, rhubarb,

renna,

or jalap.

Sueh

~ave

a flone in .he bladder, Ihould, while they

are

taking the medicines, have four ounces or upwards

o f tepid Ihell lime·water

mje~e4

io.o ,he bladder every

day, and retain it as long' as lhey can withaut paio, ii\nd

lhauld evacuate ebeir urine immediately befare injeltion.

Wele it not fa r rhe troubl:: of inuoducing rhe collheter,

00 injeétion. might be made at leafl twiee a·d<1J; and if a

flexible catheter \Vere always kept in the bladder, it might

dooe at pleafu re, and thedi(folu.ion of the largefl flooe

<¡ ü.iekly proeured .

T har the inj:étion of the bladder may be more fafe,

ood ...ended wi,h lefs uneafinefs, a d ram of flareh may

beo oiled io

or feveo oúnces of lime·WQter, aod jun be

brought

boil over the 6re. The founh pare of .he

yalk of an egg, being mixt with

lix

ounces oflime-water,

does not weaken its .irtues any more thao the fiarch, aDd

may be oeeafionally ufed io irs flead.

Sueh as have 00 flone in the bladd.., but are fre–

qnently troubled wi.h 61S of the gravel io .he kidoeys,

may probably prevent the:n, by d riokiog every morR–

jng a pint of

(hell

liOleawater, two or three hours be·

fore b", kf. fl; and ,hough i, may be too fm all a quanti.

ty tO dilforve the flooe, yet it may preveot any new coo–

credons.

Oj' ¡h.

RH EUMATISM .

T HE rbeum. tifm ehieOy

~t!.eks

perfons in .he

Bower

oftheir age, after

violeQ[

exercife, or a great heat of tbe

body from aoy o.her eaufc, ond .hen beiog too

f~dden

ly cooJed. bur rpar'es ne.ither meo nor wornt'o, old nor

young. efpeei.lly if the perfon is full of I>lood depra–

..ed with aoykiod of aerimooy. Tbe difeafe is oearly a·kio

to the goue.

bes;n. with ehilnefs and

Ihiv~ring,

followed by in–

'luie.ude aod thidl. Wh ieh is preceded wi.h fpootaneoos

Ja(Ji.ude, a heavioefs of .he joiot.., aod eoldnefs of the

extreme parts

When lhe fever appears, there is an in.

ward heat, chiefly about lhe . prrecordia, 3nended with

.anxiMY. The pulfe is quick and Orail, the appelite is

lofl, aod the body eofli,e. 10 a day or two, fometimes

fooner, the patient feels a racking paio, fometimes in

ene joint, fometimes io ano.ber, bu. more frequently iD

the wrifls, Ihoulders, and knees; frequently Ihif.int frol11

place tO place, aod Jca\fing a rednefs and [welllog in eh::

p' "

vi~ted

I.fl.

Th e piÚn is exafperated upon ,he leal!

motioo ; it Cometimes

auacks

the loios and coxc.odix.

W heo it felze:s the loins, it is cal led the luanb.tgo; and

there is a mofl . iolent pain in the fmall of .he baek ,

which Cometimes exteods

the os

fol ..

rUDl,

ana is

like a

of (he gravel, ooly lhe patienl docs Dot vomlt.

chis

di(t!a(e is unflcd fulty treated, it mayo continue -f-evera t

monlhs

years, but not always wieh

(he

fam

violence,

l,Ut by 6tG, If it continues and ¡ncreares, it may cauCe

flifF joint, whieh will fea ree yield to any remedy.

lts proximate cauCe reems

be the inflammation

tbe Iymphatic,arteries, of tbe membranes near the liga–

ments of lhe joints, but "ot fo violent as tObring

on a

fuppu ration. T he blood is like .h•• of perfons affi.tlecl

\Vi th tbe pleu rify .

T ake away teo ouoees of I>lood on ,he Gde .ltclled_

T his mull be repe.ued three or four times, or ot'tener,

once every other or every third

according as the

Hrens th of the pa.ieot ",,11 be.r.

The diet mufl be very'hin, andan emulfioo ofthe four

eold feedo may be prefe.ibeu ; and alfo •

pou l~iee

of white

bread and milk, tinged wi.h a ti.tle f.!Troo, may be laid

00 .he parts affeéted.

If the patieot eanoot bear frequeot bleediog. after the

recond or lhird time,

give

the cornmon purging potíon

every other

and an ounee of diacodium al night, till

he patient reco·,'ers .

the r heumatifm begins wi.h a febrile e!Tervefeenee,

temperate diaphoretics, with nitrous things. in

mode–

rate dore, and often rc:peated, are beneficia!; r9ch

crabs-eyes, bu rnt hartl'horn, amber, cinnabar, puri6ed

nitre, with díapnoic and gendy anopyne waters, alfo ci..

tron-juiee, or its fyrup. The eommoo drink Ihould be

whey acidulated with cil Ton-juice or cream of tartar

decoélions of (he Chavings of harfhorn, roors of fcorzonera-.

fuccory, li'luorice, or fen nel·feeds.

To purge, it may be proper to chew or eat rhubarb,

{rom twO fcrupJes

dram,

witb

raifins or ..:urranlS.

ID aD incipient r.heumatifm of tbe fhoulders, oothing

is beller .».n a blifler

I.id

between the feapul.,.

But if the pa.ietn happeos tO be plethorie, nothing

better than adecoBion of the fudorinc woods, to lhe quan·

tity of a quart a..day, for a month or

fix

weeks togetber.

This laH is good in .he

.eoer~a1

rheuma.ifrn, when af–

fi(bd

with crude antÍmoDY and mercuriu$ dulcis,

Young perfons \IIho are temperate livers, and nOt ad..

diéted ro flrong liquors, may be eured by a fimple refri–

gerating dieto and moderateJy nourifhing. as certainly a•

by repeated bleeding; for ioflance,

L e••he patient live four days upon whey .Iooe; aod

after .bat white bread may be allowed for dinner, ando on

the lafl days of bis illoefs, he may be ,1I0\Ved it for fup –

per. Wheo the fymptom. eeafe, he may be a1lolVed

boiled ehiekens, or o,her thing' of <ofy digerIioo; but e–

very third day he mue! live upon wbey ooly, tiH his

firength returos.

E k H

AV E

's method of cure i5

the fame effeél.

only he ad,ifes warm baths and (lrong bliflers .0 be

I.id

upon the part

affe~ed,

even eauteri.. themfelves.

ARBUTHNOT