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m:'l)' be m:;,de nronger with oil of amber. To preferve

the mOl:1lh, troches may be

held

therein, made

wlch

midlridate and

olibanum.

'r.o preferve the

fauo',

:md windpipe,

carnmOD

take railins fieeped in fpifi t of anifeed.

Ih.

OZJEN A .

T H"E

OZ1!na is a

[ardid ujeer afTeéling the

no~ , ils

;

,~· herein

the humeu r is very acrid or corrofive, imoJerably

fe¡id, fan ious, and Órten mixed with a blcody

m\.lCUS.

\V ith regard

lhe cure, the I:-aves of

taca

eco,

tobacco ointment, are very ufe fuJ : Ifit

~a,hers

crun,

nuy be removed

oil of [wep.t almonds. Sorne make

\l fe of Ihe rllmes of

cionabar, .or

injetl-

mercurius

dulcis ;

Others ufe precipitate mixed with an emollient ointmenc,

?nd applied wi th

teOls.

Some ure

injeétion of oiL of

fwee.

almonds, an

o~nce twith

a dram of aíl of calcor ta

foften loe acrimony of the',humours. I f rhe

pain

be great,

,hey ldd a feruple of eamphor and faffroo, -\Vi,h half a

fcruple of opiltnl .

take away the crul1, they make a

powúer of rofcmary and lavender Ilowers, dried lernon–

poel. aod eommon fnulF....)'

\Vhen the ;nauer is

welJ

digefled, the running abated,

~nd

the pain gone, it may be cicatri(ed with lotioos, and

wa(hed with warm milk .

WA T CH ¡ ~G .

WATCH I NG

is produced by too great

determination

the nerVOllS fluid to Ihe organs of the renCes: from

its tOO great ¡nfluence in tbe brain, while the lower pans

are obfl rutl:ed wirh colds or other cauCes, as in hypochon–

driac, melancholic, and mad patients, whore lower pans

are cold: by any irritating body, in whatroever part it

is plaeed, whieh diflurbs ,he fenfes, aod efpecially ,he

brain': from too great a motion of the humours, while

the pa([ages of the brain are opeo: from diforders, in

which the caufes ab6ve·mentioned are predominant;

fevers, phreDfy, melancholy, paíns, fuppuralíons, and

fueh·like diforders.

When the caufe is known, it mufl he removed , if

poffible

and the irritated [pirits

mull

be appea[ed with

<mulf.oos, efpeeially of poppy feed, or' with the ,hebaie

tinéture, or theriaca and other opiales

general, not

negleéliog ,he original difeafes. In fe vers, a moifl fof,·

eniog diet is be:oehcial; as al[o preparations of barley,

e–

mulr.oos of poppy-feeds, and almonds, deeoélion of feor–

zonera·rOOIS, almond-cream, and winter-Runlmery, ufed

as aliment; líkewife tea nude of cowOip-flowers, and

.gentle laxatives.

When

the patient is refUe[s and wake–

fui ,he nigh, before a erif.s, no hypoo,ies fhould be

givcn.

\V hen ,here is no o,her difeafe. Ihe pa,ieo, fh ould fhu n

~¡iJ

ca re, and iotenCe thinking, efpecially in the evening ;

he fllould ufe exereif... aod ea' ligh, fuppers .

i, is

call(ed by pains, ,hey fhou ld be appeafed by an,ifp. fm o–

dtes, things which temperate, and diaphoretics : if

, hefe \ViII no' do, mild opiates mufl be added. In old

r erfon" .11 eare aod foliei,ude n,ould be b.oilhed, ,he

fl)illd f'h.ould

quiet, and lhe moderare ufe of generous

U'in~

m;ty be allowed in the evcning; likewife medi-

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cines of amber aod mlllk \ViII be proper, aod coofcél 10

alkermes

therí2.ca

witlt . wine. The drinking of ho–

water, and principally coñee, mua be [orbid after dioner.

0/ Ih.

IN CUBUS,

Nigh,.mare.

WI LL IS

obCerves . thac the incubus rarel)' [eizcs any

_one, except during Oeep, and when lhe Oomach is op–

prelfed \Vi,h alimen' 'of hard digellioo, efpeeially if ,he

p.u ient lies on his back.

T hofe that are feized wilb it, feem to have a heavinefs

on their breafls, and about rheir prrecordia ; and, if they

want to Cpt:ak, they c-aonM : [ometímes they [ee [peares

of various forms, anQ cannot

&,et

rid of {he load , or move

,heir body, bu, after a 10ngJ IIruggle: a' leog'h ,hey

awake, and the imaginary weíght vanifhes; bur fome·

times they fi nd a tremor of rhe heart•. and maoy times a

quick and violent vibrarían of the Cliaphragm.

Heiller ob[erves, thallho[e \l/ho have troubJed dreams,

or walk ir1 their {Jeep, are to be cured in the fame man·

ner,

proceeding from the fame caufe,

acd

(honld purge"

bleed, aod ufe a fpare diet.

EtmulJer is rr.uch of the Carne opioion, and advi[es

the

patienl to eal !1ight fuppers, and to lie with their heads:

raifed pretty high .

i, be very troublcfome, aOli·epi.

leptics may be u(ed , 3S well as medicines prepared of

lleel. 1, frequently ,ffeéls ehildreo, beeaufe Ihey eat

more ,hao ,hey eao digefL Thore are fome inllanees of

its being mortal, though it is generally without danger.

Dr White has provet;l that .he íncubus is owjng to wiod

in che fl omach and bowels; and therefore recommends

dram of brand)' before going 'o bed.

O/ Ih,

S Y'COPE,

Fain,ing .

H EISTER obferves, ,ha' ,his diforder may arife (rom

wan' of flreog'h.from profufe bleediog, from fuddeo and

violent terror and dread, or from the (jght of any grea\-Iy

affe~ing

,hi ng . The patient-is deprived of feofe and mo–

tion, either wholl y or

pan, wirh paleneCs of tRe face,

and , very we,k or low pulfe. They are generally rou –

fen by n,.kiog and pulling, or by vol.,ile medieioes; whieh

difhnguintes i, ¡rom the apoFlexy.

T here are t\Vo kinds; lhe one llight, the other grie–

vous. The night kiod i, at,ended \Vi,h palenefs of ,he

face, diClurbed vifion, fingiog of the ears, and rometimes

wilh

vertigo; the fl rength fails, and lhe patienl

is al–

mofl deprived of fenfe, falls or f.oks down, ,ill fome pro–

per remedy is applied

the oo[e and mouth . The more

J:rievous Cort is, wheo

~he

palient

falls

into a deliríum,

and is deprived of

all

[en(e

and motion, excepr breathing,

and a very fmall pulfe ; bu, ye, he may be rouzed by fpi–

riluous medicines and other means, much more eafily

rllJD

in ,he apoplexy.

Hefides the cau(es already mentioned, there may be

added the hyfleric pallioo, whll.:h (eeOls

proceed .from

fpafms ; fome of ,his fon are ,hus . !feéled ",¡'h ,he fmel!

of f",ee< ,hings. Sorne ine"'r ,his diIordu by deep lluJy,

gre:lt inanitions, and ftt fli ng.

\ Vith regard to the prognonics, it has

gener~Jly

more

terror than úang,er attending ir, unler! it proceecis rrom

profure ble<ding, or \Vollnns . or a lore of flreng'h by 0-

lb"