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'of a bbck hile ; that tbe )'I.;ricardiu m is dry· ; (hat che

Jungs "re incredibly diIL·nd:..d with bload

that the

hc:u t

is fuI! of 3n

31man

¿ ry

t"'lood

lh:n tht

arteries

iHI!

full,

:tnJ Ihe vcins

almon

erapt,)'; Ihal the

blood

is very

fluid,

;¡r:d \Vi'l

hJ.idly

coagul;ne

when expofeJ

{he air ;

~Yhereas

that which \Vas drav,;n {rom a vein three days

before, coag\lt.ltcd as

urnal ;

thar

all

Ihe mufl les,

vi[cer;¡;

brain,

cerebcllun~,

and fpinal marrow, are more dry than

comnlOIl.

Tbe prcvention and cu re of th is

diCcare,

exccpt in a fcw

innances, are very doubtful and

unceruin:

which

Olíl y

be attributed

the boafling pretcnces of fome to (pecifies,

"nd the negleét of a due method of cure, founded on the

hi(lory 01 the diCorder.

So far th" erore as may be eonjeélured from the pre–

cecling hi(lory of the diforder. and from eomp"ing it

with ocher

ddeafes.

alfo from lhe

few

inCl.mces which

have been auended Wilh

happy event,

fecms chieAy

to c;oll(ifi in an afF:t'tion of the nerves, which mo(l neally

Tefem~

convuHions, wh;ch occupY Ihe v¡rcera and lhe

-vetrcls thereDr;

whence

a.ri

(es a diforder in {he blood and

humours. which

J10t unilke

gangrenous inftamm:uion.

The feat of the diC.afe is ehieOy about the Homach aod

..he neighbouring pam.

The preventive cure con(ills in making deep fcarifi cati·

ons,

(oon as poffible arter lhe bite, io 1I:e part afFc8ed ,

.and thofe adja::ent lOlt; th:n they make a confiderahle

diCeharge of blood,. aod apply large etlpping' glaffes

th~reon;

or it may be burnt pren y dcep with an atl:ual

cautery. Then i't fhould be made to fuppurare by fome

corrofive application proper for that purpo(c ; and duriog

all that time it fhould be eootinu.lly fomeoted with a

piekle made with vinegar aod fah : ,his fhould be eon–

rinued for

fix

Olonths at lea(l.

"-rhe

garments he had on

the time of Jhe bite fh ouJd be ea"riou(ly

I.id

aGde or

<le(lroyed. He fhould likewife with all eonveoient fpeed

be dipped in

river, or the fea, making him believe that

he is going to be drowned. This is

be often repeated ;

for the e!Fea eon(ifh in terrifying the mind, not in Ihe

falt· water, as

have learnt from experienee . T'hrn he

fhould alCo be of,en and IIroogly purged with rhubarb,

agaric, and the juiee of elder·b¡.¡rk.

The

patient fhould alfo be

put

ioto

fwcat every mor–

ning fafiing. witha mixture 9f arom:uic

vi negar,

rea. ralt,

and hot water. His feet aod haods fhoul d alCo be daily

(omented in a IVarm bath; .od he fhould walh his head,

moulh, and fauces.

L et him-often drink cold water, aod throw it

up ..

gaio

by vomitiog; aod let his drink be aeiduJatcd. H is aliment

lhould be moiel. light, and laxative, and often taken

fuch a quantity as tO vomit

up again.

O\ould like.

wife abltain from things that are to fpicy, from wine, from

healing IhinC', from violent exercife, and from eommoti ·

ons of Ihe mind.

The cure fhould be allr mpted ",hen the diCeaC. is io

the (¡rn <legre<, and in the begi oning of rhe feeond. by

treatin~

J¡ighly inflamm1rory, by lettlng blood (rom

a Jarge orifice evt'n to

deliquiu!'!I,

giving clyfiers

foon after wi to nirrpu, or moJer:ltcly (<lh Water.

After this Jet rhe patient be bli nd ·folcled, .od thrown

iOlO a pond of eold warer; or Jet eold water be thrown

upon hi:ll

ti l!

the ¿read of it ;tlmon ccafes;

then Jet a

I.\rg:: CJ ua ntity be rOlct!J nowr'l his throat :

Jet

this be his

treJlnlt:O[ dai ly.

21ld

O1gh:

let

!1t.t }J

be:

pro-.;urcd. And

this mcthoJ IS beua tilan Ihal perniclous one of giving

him the moCl ael id

heaung

And drying

med~incs ~

whlch ex–

a(per cue th< nervdus fyU em. and

art:

this care as bad

as poiron, to a p.nient alreddy almoH parched with heat.

Celfus informs us, that Jt wJs -the pratlice of old to

put the patient

bit.by

a maJ dog into a bath. and there

to .Iet

hiOl

fweal as Jong as h.s Hreogth wilI permit. at

the Carne time l{eepmg ' the wouod open, that the virus

might be d,feharg, d from it; and theo to give him plen–

ty of good geoerous wine . Thi. being dooe for three

day., they judged him out of danger.

This may give fome light into the nature of rhe pulvi.

antilyffu, publifhed by Dr. Me.d, and reeeived ioto the

difp: nf.tory of the eollege, wherein pepper

ooe of the

ingredienrs :

Take (our drams of afh-colcured grouDd liver-wort.

and two dr<l ms of blaek.pepper, beat intn

powd~r.

This

tO be divided ioto four doCes, whereof one to

taken.in

warm milk io

morniog, faftiog . for four mornings

fueeet1ivdy. After this he i. tObe put ioto a eoJd bath.

pond. or river. for thirty days togetber, earJy

th~

morning before ureakfalL

Anoth« famous fpeeifie is the E all-india medicine;

whioh i. doubtlefs ao egregious amifpafmodie, aod i. a•

follo\vs :

Take D:uive and faélitious

ciDna~ar,

of each

graios, and

grains of mufk. Make them joto

powder.

This is to be takeo iD a tea·eup full of arrae or braody,

and is faid to feeure the patieot for thirty day., at th.

expirarían of which it is to be repeated; but, iJ he has

any fymptoms

the difeafe, it mu(llie repeared

three

hours.· which is raid to be fufficient for

cure.

Dr. Wall of Woree(ler ha. fouod two dores of murk.

of xv grains eaeh, to produce very happy . fFeéls oo..two

pcrfoRs Jabouring uoder a fuhfultus tendinum, with ex–

treme aoxiely,·and \Vant of flc:ep. (rom the bite of amad

dog ; for it perfeélly relieved them from Ibeir eomplaints.

W e have" (¡ogular

e.fe

of a won\an aéluaUy (e;ud witb

an h)'d roprobia. giveo by Dr. Nugeot; who was eured.

ordeH'~d

this powderto be taken in honey every three

hours, after rne had

10(1

ouoees of blood, ..nd a pill

grains of pure opium aloog witb

,b-<

powder, tiU

tell

was procured.

OfPOtSON •.

T H

E kE

are lhree effeotial inarks of poifons whieh di(lin–

guHh

them from other things Ihat are ooxious to human

bodies. The fir(l is, that they eonfi(l of mo(l fublile

parts, and confequently are peroicious in a fmal! quanti–

ty. The recond. thal they penert,

in a

flton time, the

«guiar motions of the folids and fluidithroughour the bo–

dy, and induce the mo(l gnevous Cymptoms, even de.llh

itfelf. And the third, that they exereife their eru.lty

lhe mofl rubtile fl uid, and lhe mon ne-rvous parts.

A JI lhe tb ree kingdoms have poifons IJeculiar to theOl–

felves; bm lhe animal kingdom ólfFords Ihe moH rUblile,

whieh are eommuDjeated by ,he the bite of m.d or v.oom–

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