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1':

portioo

(he ulccrs

dnd

thickners of rhe

lhJl1ths

d )out

lhe

pa~

15 of lhe mOUlh, may

happr n

al lhe

cnd

t\venty·

ene daY3, or a month from its

n(lng;

lhar is, from lhe

time

(riu:ng a pint ;tnd a halC a day.

tiJl

comes

threc pints , or cven five piors, in lwcnty-follr hours , when

il gradually goes off agalO. F or o fle n the firll four or

fi,'e days, or a wcek , are (peor in bringing ir to lhe rirel

prorortion.

InOthe more

fl-ubborn .and rebeBious

pox,

attended

"01

only wíth cruel night p:ains, gumnlata, tophs, Dodes, and

airo

rOllen or

foul

bODes,

the

palient

has beco ufed to

mercurials. or

(" Iivaled

before, then rhe cure muCl: be

:fIttempted with fal ivation

unétion .

You may mix

ounee of quickfilver

Wilh

.hree ounees

ofaxungia ; of which.

eighth

pan

is to

be ufed night

and moroins, leteins (he patient rub it in Wilh his

own hands genl1y by lhe

6re,

beginning with his ancles

up to his I'hins and knees, all round his joinu, and fo to

his Ihi&hs,

which

are prefendy after tO be covered with

yarn· rlockings and Aannel d rawers; rhen let him u{e

",har remaios of

his

eighth pan aboul his t: lbows and

Ihoulders, wiping bi s hands ele.n about the glaods of hi.

arm-pits, or IhoCe of his groio. H is body. during Ihe

unélions. /hould be Ikreened from the eold with a blanket

huog behind him, and lhen be Wntpt up in a warm flan

Del

that ¡s, he muH have a fl ano-el fhin, waillcoat and

drawers, a cap.

mufRer piooing it up thereto behind,

and

covcring all hiS throO:lt, chin"

and

cheeks before, lO de–

fend Ihem from tbe eold airo Tbe fame tbings are re–

quiGle in the (ormer way. The weak need only be ".

Dointed once a·day.

1(,

when lhe ointment is divided into four parts, after

lhe third undion the patieot begins to complain of his

·chap., you mul! nay a day or two before you proeeed

{anher: Thefame when gripes or bloodynool..pproaeb.

Where the re ..re

gummata. lophs, and nodes, the

oinlment mua be chafed particularly iato thofe pU1S, and

then apply the mercu rial planer upon them. I f " ,. fpit.

ting declioes 100 fudd"nly, give a fcruple of calomel e·

very day , or every olher day, for t\Vo or thrce times,

you /hall fee oecaGon.

When he is a little recovered, and

his

ch"ps pretty well,

m..

ea e a little chickcn, veal, rabbit, or mUHon. well

TCJafied. witbout Cauce or gravy.

The patient /hould be prcpa red for a falivation by a

lenitive purge or t\Vo; and , ir plethoric, he Olou ld blet"d :

L ikewife bathing in warm water, for fome hOl, It:ítn , e–

macialed peoplc, has bt:en fOUDd rerviceable.

Womcn

Jhf.uJd be bid down jul1 afler lhei r mennrual llux

over.

T emperate wealhcr is lhe moH flllt ?ble.

lhe palient

j::

troublt"d wilh fickn(-fs and vonliling;

if mild, j!ive hin> fr« ly of a fma ll ehieken· brolh , po/fet–

urink, or thin

\Valer·~ rud ,

refrt'Oling him

with

tiBIe

mulled wine betwcen whi lcs.

RUI

Ifthere

acardi<ilgia ,

:!nd intolerable pains

Ihe mOUl h of lhe Hornach, wuh

¡ne<:lTant vomilÍng. fpOl(ms

Ihe members, f:tintlng, culd

{we:us of rbe fo rehead and ryebrows. ,.he paticnt

lhe

ulmofl: d.lOger. and you murl eeare: givlr g mHcury,

and

poffi~le

turn il down wards,

d:reéltng lhe com o

mon cJyflt:r Wilh

ounc!s

brown fuga r,

and as

mueh cil.oJivc.

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T o prevent lhe j .l\'lS from lJeínfl Jocked up . it is n e–

c<.·rr:uy

ole

¡(

bit

01'

Hick

covered wllh a fo(t

ng.

which

mufi be hdd bi!t\Vccn his lJackwanl [t!elh :

Bl.!t,

ir thele

nlQuld !" ppen an aoheGon of Ihe infloe of tho ch<ck 10

,he gum, hilldering lhe píltienl from eílting and opening

his mouth, the fam e is

be carerully divided.

I f, during the [..Iivation,

blood·vetrd burfls open,

makc a liule pelJet of liot, and cover it wit h the fine pow–

ders of etlum or v¡lriol, or dip

in lhe [inétura llyptica,

and thrun it clofe down into the cílvily, which

will

fc:–

cure tho .ffuGon, being heJd ligbt with the finger for a

li"le whilc•. If it happens from the fepa13tion of the

1I0ughs from the Cide of the eheeks, a li"l" oxycrate ho" l

io the mouth

will

do tbe bufinefs, or an afiringent decoc ..

tion of oak bark.

the patie", has becn without a nool (or fome day.,

give 3n emollieot clyaer

warm milk, fugar, Olnd oil.

At this time be m.y drink fr « ly of fmal! beer with a

toan, b.rley .wat<r, fmal! faek.whey, or po/fet.drink.

F or dier, w.uer.gruel, oatmeal·caudle, fmaH chickcDoc

veal brolh,

roafied pippin, or a few fiewed prunes.

If, notwithHanding

~our

care

giving fma lI dofes of

mereu ry, the f.u ce. /hould fuddenly inBa me and tumefy,

endangering a fufFocation of the palieot, lhe ",on cenain

relief is

bring rhe humours do\Vnward by (harp el y–

!lers,

and, if he can fwallow it,

cathanic by the mbuth.

oz:cna, or uleer of lhe non ril,

befl cured by

cinoabarine fumigation, whieh fubdues the

m ...

lignity,

dríe5 up lbe ulceralion, aod di{pofeth the caries, if

aoy,

a fepa r.uion beyond

all

orhers . after WhlCh, and (ome –

times be(ore. calomel

murl

be given and purged off; or,

if ¡here are olbe,. fymptom, of • pro(ound iofeélion, you

mu(l fa livate by unéllOD.

The like mt lhod mu(l be ured for ulcers of ¡he pala..,

uvula, and tonflls. The (ume ..rely fails tO /lop the faro

ther erofioD, and dlcrefore ie is always

be dircaed,

lhougha faJivOlli oDis iatended. It cu res. in t\Vo or lhl ee

days time,

lhe

mo(l putrid and corrofivc vcnercal u1cer3,

or after lhe Cecond Or third {mok,ng .

Aflruc dirapproves of any ot her metltod of fitlivuion

bUI by friétioAS; and he wouJd hO:lve pure mercury ground

in a monar, with jufl ro much turpentine as

",ill

reduce

into

brown or bla ek powder, and mix

with

ít equl l

r arls of fre(h

I:trd,

and

wclJ

mixl,

th .n

the particles of

the mereury nl>l! DOt be viCible

a m,gni fy illg gl. fs.

H e alfo allo\\"s tb.. oeealioo. lly Ihere may bo double the

quandty of lard.

Ht;

dil1lllgu.ifhes lhe {riétions into wcak Olnd

rong ;

for Ihe

{(rong he

allows nOI lefs than

I\VO

drams of the

oimmcnt. normore thitn (OUI'. The nlfltime,

Ihe

pali(nt

is lO

O:Joolnted (roOl

lhe

fcct to

dlt;

calves

lhe

Jq~s

;

two days a(ter, (rom tllence

lhe middlt:

tht: lhigh ;

the:'! the tbird time,

ótS

rt\r

lhe bultocks.

;¡ftcr Ihe

{t'vcnth

d.ly

lhere appears no fign of a fahvíllion,

you mufl

procc:ed

lhe foun h (r¡étlon. (rom

lhe

bultocks along

lhe IOJos _nd back tO lhe

n~ck ,

\Vith a J.uge quantilY of

ointmcnt.

lh e

ninth

d~y

nothing

O:Jppca r~,

ano·

lh er fri{t ion l11ufl

fr0111 lhe wrilbi lO the (houlders.

D un ng

lhe falivílti<,'n, he allows

Ihe

p:llicnt . if he

has

fi rcngth,

~Ct

up 1(llllcliOles, ano

(i t

by Ihe

file ;

or, if

he cJunot,

10 fi l

up in bcd : wh,n he hes

UOWD,

he wOllld

ll;we