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rtntíne orris, an ounee; of dried red rOles. a dram

and 3 half. Infufe ,hefe, af,cr ,hey have beeo cu'

and bruiít'd,

two quarts o( fmall aJe

and Jet the

paticnt driok

ó\

glars

of the colature

\!Jice ·a-da)'

with

,he quantilY of a nUlmeg of lbe followiog elecquary:

T'ake of the powder of

lhe

Penl'rian

bark. fax drams;

f.C(a,fras b:uk in powder, two ounees. M"ke Ihem

i010 3n eleltuary Wilh afufficienl quanli,y of lhe Cyrup

of fug.r .

D r FOlhcrgill has likewife long given ,be bark io fero–

phulous diforders, and affirms tballt may nOl only be given

Wllh faCely, bu, 'o maoifeíl adYanlage in many of thefe

eares.

'H e gives ,he bark io a liquid fo rm, in ,he following

manner:

3. Take of Peruvian bark in powder, an ounee; aod

boil ir in a quart a( pure water

pinto

Towards

, he end, add of Oieed liquoriee- rool half an Ounee.

To the calature add of nutmeg· water

t \VO

ounees,

aDd mix them. The dofe is

twO,

threc, or {our

fpoonfuls, with ten, twcmy.

forty drops of

vo)atile lÍnéture of gu ...iacum, twice

tbrice in a

day.

A Cm. 1I quanli,y of wio,er's bark, added to ,his me–

dicine, gives

a gratcful warmth, and renders a quaDlity

of the compound water lefs neceffary

and a little

Ji·

quoriee, a few

rai{j~s,

gum arabic, or the like. added

. he decoaion before i, is taken off ,he fire, by making

,he liquor viCcid, enables i, 'n Cufpend more of ,he fioe

partie/es of ,he bark, and a, ,he fame time renders i, leCs

diCagreeable.

The Cwellings of lhe joinlS, commooly called white–

fwellings, are of the flrumous kiod, and of two fon, :

lhey are bOlh made by eongellion, and iocreaf. gradually;

the one arifes externally upon the tendons. and between

them and the fkin\ or betweeD them and the bODe; the

olher lDternally, witbin the hODe ¡trelf.

T ha, which arifes eXlerna/ly affeas ,he ligamenlS and

tendoos firfl; and fometimes relaxes them tO rueh a de·

gree, that lhe heads of the joints frequently feparate one

from a'nother,

aDrl

th~

memher walles away and grows

ufel. Cs.

BUl moO eommooli lhe humours, by oyer–

moifleDin~

the

ligament~

and tendon!, produce a weak·

nefs and uneafinels in the joints, ra¡fing a lumour ex.ter·

nally, ando in

ilS

progrefs, lhe membranes and bones are

corroded

the humour.

will be more cenain that

the lumour 1S lhe ofFspri""J of lhe king's

eyiJ,

ir [here are

Ilrumous Cymploms in aoy olh.. par' of lhe body

lo order tOthe cure, in the begionioz of the Auxion,

apply allringen' and drviog plallen of red lead aod bole,

Wilh moderate bandagc, and place the member in Cucb a

pofilion as may prevenl the defcent

the humours. The

intelOal remedies mé\y be the fzme as in the general curc.

Che)'oe aod Alleo fay, wa'er pumped 00 lhe lumour is a

certaio remedy.

Of Ih,

CA ~ct

•.

CA.NCE-R

is a hard, round, uneqoal, painru!. anct ge·

ner ..

tly

irnmoveable lumour,

a livid ,

blotckilh.

or le. en

colour, furround d witb [" ,11 d, crocked, varieou, vef-

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fels, in Come for ' «fembliog ,he feet of a crab, from,

wheDce this lumour takes ¡ts Dame.

A cancer is either oecult oCr manifell. An occult

begios a' firll Wilh a fmall aod almoll indolen, ,umour, a–

bOUl the fize of a pea, or a hazle .. out, which does noc

change lhe colour orthe

íkiD,

and fomecimes lies dormant

for leveral years ",ilbou, makiog aoy progreCs.

But as foon as the viruleot humour begins ro be.

come more aaive, lhe Cmall luberele beeomes all of a

fudden a Jarge. round, 1¡vid lumour, with an unequd

fuperficies.

is generally at,ended Wilh . an inlenfe

lhoo'ing pain.

A, lenglh il begins 10 eat and break

through the flcin, and fo becomes a manifdl or ulcerated

caneer, from whence procecds a fordid, viCcid, bJoodr,

{anious or ichorous m:l.tter, aHended with an infupponiílbJc

lleneh.

Though a eaoeer may iofell any part of ,he body, it

generally appears iDlhe

br~all.,

armplls, behiod ,be ears, .

io the lips, nofe, and prívate paru: womea are more Cub..

jea 10 lhem ,han meo. lIS geoeral feat

¡.

,he glands,

and is a·kin to a Ccirrhus.

An occult caneer is knowo to be formed, wheo, afree

the (jgns of a preceeding Ccirrhus, a titillalion, itching.

heat, redoefs, are gradualJy perceived, with a fhooting.,

buroing, prieking pain. The eolour of ,be Ikio likewife

changes from a earoation to a deep red

then it becomes

purpl.., blueilh, livid, and a' leng'b blaek: The part

feels very hard, unequal, and rough ; then ir rife. with

ao apex io lhe middl. ; the Cwel/ing inere.Ces, and ,he

adjaceot veios become tumid, kaotty, varicous, th¡ck

and blaek.

When

ir begir.s to break, the

nún

is excoriated, and

,her. ".ofudes ,hrough i, a lhio lharp ichor.

Af,er lhis lh. Cound ye(fels 00 ,he edges of' lbe eancer,

being difleoded by lhe rifing of ,he lumour, are brokeo ;

hence ariCes a putrefaélion, which turns ioto a (ubtil,

fha~p.

relid, cadílvcrous Canies, which, corrodiog and

eattog away ,he Cound pam, makes a

progt.fs

io dep'h

as well as in circumferen'ce, Oled (ends ronh malignant

roolS, by which il take, fall hold; ,he lips b<come ,umid,

parched, and offeofive 10 lhe (¡ghl : ,he pain is in

,oler–

able, Wilh a Ceofe of buroing, priekiog. aod gnawiog'

che colour becomes cineritious, üvid and black .

A(ter~

wards arife occult caoeers commuoicating with lhe g!íiods ;

hrernorrhages ; convuHions; a flow rever

a general

",a(jing

10C.

of fmel/

callolls luberele. in ,he earS IVilh–

ou, pai n

fain,ing filS. The parts beiog thus ea'eo a.

way and confumed, dcath enfues.

lo perfoo. of a good h.bil, an oceul! eaneer may be

prelly eafily borne

bUl if i, be dillurbed, lhe precedíog

ravage muf! be expeaed.

A fmall, ¡ncipient, (ree cancer, feated in a ruitabJe

pla.ce

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joining to Jarge velTeJs, ari(jng rront an ex.

ternal cauCe, in a jm'enile, found body, and being lhe

ooly ooe io lhe body, fl,ould be eXlirpaled WilhoU l delay.

OUlward appliea,ioos of al/ kinds, ."eepl lhe plum–

bcous and narcotie, are to be {hunned, bccau(e they have

a ter,deoey

u!ccr."te an occult cancer.

the canter be large, old , adherene, in a place unapr:–

f;)r exttrpalioo, -¡¡rowing 'o or Iyiog upon large ve(fel•.

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