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bread and mili<. with a liule fa!Tran mixed wi ,h it . The
fuccl!fs of fetons and ¡(fues is uf!.
cert3.in.but a perp:tual
bhHer on the nape of
lhe
ncck is of g rl!at (en'iec.
BUl
it
rnufl. be"cuntinued for a conriderable time.
Ofth<
FIS1'U'LA LA CH RYMAL's .
THE finu la lacbrym.lis is a difoafe which auacks the
great caruncle in the inward carner of (he eye, and
Hop~
jng up (he ·natUral
paIrdge
of the
lcars,
forces
tbem
to
run dawn ,he cheek: but this i. the
~rfl
dogree af the
diCcare. The
recand.
¡s, wheo pus is
mixed
Wilh
(he
tears, which proceeds
fometimes
from
3n
opening in the
l1dn between the nofe aud {he
gre:H
carner of (he
eye.
The lan is, when the pus has no' anly carroded ,he ncigh–
b auring parts which are fart, bu, has affdled the bone
which lies underDeath. This fart of 6nula fame,imes
turns caDcerous;
and Riverius advjfes
DOl to
meddle with
j,
at all.
Whatever may be the caufe of thi. difarder, whether
Ibe
fm~pax
or ,he F rench difeafe, it alw.y. naps up
Ihe nafal conduit, which is opened by ao aperatioo. See
SVRGERY,
Of
DE AFNES'.
TH E c.ufe. of deafnefs are a cuuing off th.. external
.car, or
3n
obfiruél:ion of tbe auditory palTage {rom wax
or other things; {rom a ruptur'e of the Ole.rnbrane of the
l ympanum, or when it is corroded or uJcerated, or the
audito,y nerve is abflruéled or comprelfed. External
~aufes
are, fall. fram high places, exceílive naife. fuch as
the
~xplo{jon
of cannon; likewife acute
di
farden
near
t heir {late, whicb are Jike to terminate
by
a critical hz·
JDorrhage.
As to ,he prognoílics, thafe wha are boro deaf are
rareJy cured. A real deafnef. is hard to remedy. A
.deafoefs in acute difeafes, with crude urine, foreteJJs a
delirium; bm, when the figns of coétioo are good,
it
portend! a critical hzmorrhage.
W ith regard la ,he cure; if the obnruélion be in the
exteroal c.vity af the ear, it i. difcernible by Ihe fi¡¡ht.
If there
is~occa(jon
la fy ringe lhe ear, a decoélíao of f. ge
.Dd rafemary-Rowers will be proper, with equal parts of
water and white·wine;
bUI
gre-at caulion fhould be ufed.
Some pump the he.d wi,h warm bath water>. Same
(ay, the eggs of ants bruifed and put into lhe ear, with
the juice of aDonion, cure the moll ipveterate deafnefs.
Others affirm , that a falivatian will fometimes perform a
cure.
A critical deafnefs will ceafe of itfelf. Etmuller re"
cornmends amber and muOe
H affman fays, deafnefs fame,imes .rife. fram .Ilack–
nefs of the auditory nerves) whichorten happens {rom too
gre" a húmidilY. wh(ch. if negleéled. will ,erminal< in
a perpetual and incurable de.fnefs, and may be difperfed,
if taken in time, by proper cephalics and fudori6cs
S am< far ,his
purpof~
recommend equal par" of fpiri, of
lavender and hungary w:uer, which fhould be dropt warm
inlo ,he ear. Li ndanu. advif.. ,he gall of on eel mixed
,vith fpirit af wine; and o,hers. ,he fume. of fu/phu r
conveyed iota lhe
en ,
with a pipeor runnd. But regard
mtúl be h ad
to
the caufe, if difcoverable.
"."
!~
E.
Of
a TIN NITU' ,
or
NoifeJn
th.
Ear•.
HorrM AN obferves, th" this is caufed by the fpafm.
of the caats af lhe ear, which line the inward paru,
fucl. as ,he labyrin,h, cornea. aDd auditOry pall:'ge, which
is often a[[cnded with intolerable anxielY.
The Cure is ta be performed, fays Heiner, by tempe–
rate d,apharetic powders, and refolving e{feoces.. cam ..
manly caJled antieatarrbales; as af amber, lhe waods,
rafemary; together with diaphoretics and alexipharOlac..,
taken often in a
da
y,
with tea of belany. with
rorem.uyflowers, fage, or lavender and ra{fiitJras . lo the marning,
and at noan,
(he
elTences are to be takeo; aDd at Digbt
the paIVders.
Outwatdly, e!Tence of amber may be applied. either
alone) ar with a few drops of oil of amber. or one or lWO
drops of camomile put iota the ear with conan, marning
and evening ; or a grain or two of amber and muOe, or
callar in conOD, either aJoDe or with Peruvian balfarn;
or carminative oils,
fueh
as aaife, feonel, earraways) or
calomel; nat negleéling pediluvia, aod frequeDt rubbiDg
of
th~
feet and head.
Of
a
CORYZA,
or
Catarrh
if
th<
Nafe.
A Ca R
y
Z A
is too greal a moinure of the nofe. by a
thin Iharp ferum, whicQ gradual/y becomes tbick, and
fometimes colaurcd.
The caufe of thi. diforder proceed. from the Iympha
and maf. of blaad, mon °cam111aoly in tbe winter"time,
which bur.. the nanrils; at 6rn it arife. {ram a thin,
1harp humaur. which excoriares the parts; which, beco–
-ming more th,ck, almofl /topo the noflril. and hinders
breathing. Sometimes it arifes froal Clernutatories too ofteo
talcen, and from miDeral fumes ; ,his is accompanied with
fpitting and a cough. Sometimos the emuvia, affeéling
the nanril., have tbe nature of a ferment, and"become
inf.élious.
A. to the prognanic., it i. IVi,haut danger. oDlef. tbe
Iymph is exceeding
Ih.rp.and ulcerate. the no/tril., aod
fo degenerates iDto an ozzna, or {ardid ulcer of lhe
oaRriJ"
H affman fay., ,hi, excretian i. aheo falutary,
and 'is exafper"ed by purges.
With regard ta ,he CUTe, the irritation i. to be flapped
in ,he beginniog. by joining laxative. wi,hfudorifics, ac–
eardiog 'o the C'ondi,ian af ,he patieat. ,he feafan of ,he
year, and ,he reigning difeaf.. .
1;"0
nóp ,he irritatioo,
oil of anifeed is very proper; but if ,he Donrils are red,
painful. and éxcoriated, i, mufl be mixed IVi,h barley–
lIaur well dri.d. C. mphar di!Tol"d in oil of a/mond. i.
likewife good extern.Jly applied. and ,he (me
JI
of horo.
when rafped , as weU as the vapours of gam·anime. re·
ceived inta lhe mouth and oore. The vapaurs of amber.
frankincenfe, maflic. and benjamin. are likewi(e ufeful.
A coacervation of ,he mueus may be evacuated by dillilled
oil of marjoram, amber and anifu d: nlixed with Jeílves
of marjoram, and made ioto rnuff ; or,
by
a
lternutalory
af calcined white vitrial, twelve grains of which may be
mixed with
tWO
ounees af marjoranl water, and 6ltrated.
If ,he noflrils are obnruél<u, ,h. vapour af vineg.r upon
hot iron will be prafitable.
If
,he he. d is heavy . nd duJl,
tbe verte"
fhould~e
anoioted
Wilh
balfam af
P.TU, which
m.y