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liq\1orice.root .dded to it wiJl make it more paJat.ble.
, 'his quantity is enough fo r twenty-four hours, and may
be given al twO or th ree do les eithcr warm or cold. It
muO be f,.fh every o.her day, and what is not efed
on .he day it is boiled muO be kept in a cold ceJlar.
T he pa.ien! fhould live abllemiouOy whil< he takes it, par–
ticularly with regard to wine.
There i5 anorher compendious and efficacious method
of curiog th~ Jues venerea, whicb has formerJy beco at·
tempted by che (ame medicine, but iD a differem manner,
and not Wilh the (ame fuccer"
Dr. Pringle recommended a method of curing .he lue.
"en~reaJ which al lirO was brought inco a regular praélice
by baroe Van Swieten. H is methad confifled in giviog
corrofive fuhlimate in FreDch brandy or mololTes Cpirits.
The proportían was a graio of tbe mercury to twO ounees
of the {pirits; and his ccmmon dofe Was from half aD ounee
to 3n onnee, Of, which is the (ame Ihing. rrom one fpooo .
fui '0 tWO, t",iee a·day; adjufling ¡ho quan.i.y to the
flreng¡h of the patieot and to the virulence of the difeafe.
Thc: operation \\las eilher by fw~a[ or unne, efpecially whco
the medicine proved mon fuccefsfuJ. Ir was ContiDued as
long a5 any of lhe fympton1s remained, witb a low, (pare
diet, plenty of b.r1ey-water, .nd a li!tle milk, or (ome fueh
diluting liquor.
O( Ih. Y AWS.
TitE Yaws i, a dillemper eademieal to Guinea and the
bomr clima,es in Afriea; but has of late fpread by in–
feaion over maoy parts of Europe. AII are liable to it,
bu' more efpecially in ehildhood or youth.
lt makes ilS hre! appearaoee in Jittle fpots 00 the euti–
ele, not bigger lhao a pio's POiOI, which ¡ncreafe daiJy,
.od become prolUberant like pimples. 5000 after, the
cuticJe frets off'; and then , infiead of pus or ichor, there
appear white ílough. or fordes, under which is a fmall
red fu~gus. Thefe inereafe gradu.lly, fome to the fize
of a fmaU wood·flrawberry, others 'o that of a rafpberrYi
others again exceed ¡he largefl mulberry, which io fhape
Ibey very much refemble. In tbe meao time, the blae"
hair in the yaw5 turn to a tranfpareot whiteo
It is not an eafy malter to determine the exatl: time
which the yaw. take in going through their differeot fla·
dia. Lufly weJl·fed oegroes have had feveral yaw. a•
big as a mulberry in a month's time; whereas the Jow in
flefh, wi¡h a feanty allowaoee, nave pa(fed three mooths,
\Vithout th€ir growing to the hze of a firawberry.
The yaws appear in all part5 of the body, but they are
mofl plentiful and of .he I.rgefl fize abo", the groin, pri–
Yy pans, anus, arm·pilS, and faceo They .are Jargell when
fewell iD number, and viu verff!. They are not paiaful
unlefs handlcd roughly, .flor eaufe a lofs of .ppeti.e. They
continue long without any fen(jble alteration; and whether
they would oot in time, when the peccaot matuer is ex·
haufied through the (Ido, vanifh of themfeJves; or turn
to corro(jve ulcers, and affelt tbe bODes with nodes, exo–
fiofe!>, and caries; or, by enlarging me excretory duéts of
the miJiary glands, caufe a fluid totranfude more vifcid
than fwea., which by drying on ¡he would render the
pa.ien. , feabby, or leprous' is bard to fay. lt
is an ¡nfc8ious difeafeo '
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The yaw. are oot dangerous, if the cure is íkilfuJly
maoaged al a proper time ; but if Ihe parient has beeo
once f..livated, or has taken any quantity of mercury. Oled
his once eleared thereby, the cure will be very diffi–
cult, ir not impraétical>le.
The negroes who have beeo emed in Africa never have
them again in America. r
A. foon as the yaw. begin to appear on a oegroe, he
mull be removed to a houfe by himfdf; or, if It is not
cenaio whetber the eruption is the yaws or .not. !hut him
up feyen days, and look on him agaio, as the Jews were
commanded tO do with their lepers, and in that time you
may be cornmooJy cen ain.
As foon as you are convinced that it is the ,
T .ke a fcruple of flowers of fulphur; 6ve grains of
camphorated fpirit of wine; a .dram of Androma–
chus'. !reaele ; and a fufficieot quantity of Cyrup of
faJfron. Make them into a bolu., tO be ,aken at
bed·time.
Repeat this bolus every night for a fortnight or ,three
weeks, or tiJl lhe yaws come lO the hei&ht i that is, when
(hey nei[heT ¡ncreafe in fize or number: Then throw your
patient into a geDtle fal ivation with calomel given io fmall
dofes, without fanher preparation; five graios repeated
ooce, Iwice, or thrice a.day, is fufficient , as lile patieoc
can bear it. If he fpits a quart in twenty.four hours, it
is enough . Generally, wheo the falivation is at lhis height,
aU the yaws are eovered with a dry fealy crull, or feab;
which, if oumerous, look terribly. Thefe faJl off dail),
in fmaU white fcal.., aod io· teo or twel ve days leave the
fmoo.h .nd eI"n, Then the calomel may be omit–
ted, aod the falivation permitted to go off of itfelf. A
dram of eorrohve (uhlima.e diOolved in an ounce 01 rum
or brandy, and the folution daubed on the yaw., will
elear the íkin io two days time. After tbe falivatioo,
fweat the patient twice or thrice.
H e may likewife drink ¡he decoaioo of guaiacum .nd
fa(fafras fermented .with molo(fes, for his .cooflant drink.
Sometimes there remai'os one large yaw, high and knob ..
bed, red and moifl; tlli. i. eaJled the mafler.yaw. Thia
mufl be confumed an eighth or atenth pan of an ineh below
the lkin, with equal parts of corro(jve mercury and burnt
alum, 2nd digoO~d with an ounee of yeUow b.filicon and
. a dram of corro(jve mercury, and cicatrized with liDt
prelfed out of fpirits of wine, and with the vi..iol flone..
To children under fiK or feveo yea.. old, at the proper
time of falivating, [when .ho yaws are come to .heir full
growlh.] give a grain or uvo of calomel in white fuga r,
once aaday, one in two days, or once in three days, ro
a. only 10 keep Iheir a linle fore till the yawa
dry, and, falling off in white fcales, leave the l1<in clean.
TIú. fuceeeds always, bUl requires a longer time than iD
adul...
The venereal difeafe and the yaws feem to be very di–
flina dillempers; bu. the fymptoms, in confequence of
the yaws ill cored, coincide fo exaa ly with1he fymptom.
of ao inveterate French pox , that in moH cafes it wllI be
ver, difficult if oot impollible '0 diflioguifh .hem.
Oí ¡he SeRoPHuLA, or King" .
Tu E King's evil is ..tended with hard, (eirrhous, acd
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