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mun be oponed; if ,h< bcdy is eonive. an emolli=nt clyf–

' er or a geo"e laxative will

proper_

,hefe fail.

ch~Iybeate

medicinel

mu(l

ufed, {ueh as lhe dnél.\lTC

vi–

Iriol of m>rs. flecl-fil ings finely powdereo

6. 8.

graios, or oil of cinnamon

Wilh

fugar, .or

biners,

fplW.

waters,

Wilh

confiant excrcife.

OjWOR"S_

WOR.MS

are various

\Vith

~erp('él

thcir Ol;:lpe and

magnitude. an'd hílVe their reatin the

Uomach

ano

intdlines.

The round are furoifhod with a probofeis. aod a kind of

crook~d

claws, wherewitll they fometimes cnaw and teu

, he membraoes_

Ih.(e lod¡¡e in ,he 1I0madl. Iheir

hites

Ate

attendcd wil.h

inexprdIible paio, anxiclY, in·

quielude~

naufe•• and flux o0"pittle; a fetid (mell exhale.

(rom lhe mouth; lhe countcnancc is now paJe, and Ihen

red; there is ao ¡tchiog of lhe oollrils, \l.'i\h ao inclination

'o ,·omit. ODd • dry and lrouble(ome cough by filS. and

fome times

fainting .

\VI

,hey are eontaioed in Ihe in,e!lines, efpecially

,he ilion.

,h~n

,hey prod uce ,he following fymptoms .

'The belly is flrangely difiended. efpeeially in infants. aod

, hey feem

be aIDiélcd wit}t the tympany. with now and

then a diarrhre3, and the

r~ces

are of

aOt·colour

not

uolike cow.dung; lhe upper parts wafle away, infomuch

tbat the bones are vi(jbJe. and

yet

lhe appetite is great.

The faee is generally pale and tumid; the exeremeo"

fcem tO be full of eueumber· (eed. or the like.

The figns of the a(c.,.ides are as (ollows : Their fcat

is ehieAy in the gro(s intellines. and they are mol! plen .

t iful io the reélum. They are like.book·worms. and are

thrown out in Jarge quantities . Tlrey have many thinns

in cammon

with

the other

¡oteas,

and produce in(lation

\lf the belly: Icanoe(s. and a naufea; they are attended

with

a great

itching of the anus, and caufe fetid excre·

meOlS.

:rhe brcad worm, caIled lamia, is Jike a narrow tape

two or three ells long. or longer. divided through ,he

wholc length with crors joints or

knols.

Andry affirms,

t hat Ihere is only Oije in the bodyat a time. and therefore

.is ealled foliuOl.

The Greeks ealled the remedies againn \Vorms antheJ–

mintics; lhe mofi

approved

of which are

ara-rcetida

311d

fagapenum. efpeeially if mixcd wilh purges. (ueh as mer

curius dulcis,

Olnd

extraét of

rhub:ub

lis

;

with

Ihis

caution, that befare and

afler

lhe ufe of lhem, a few

fpoo.(uls of (alad oil . or oil of (weet . Imonds fhould be

..ken. for all things of that kind are of great ufe. The

feeds of

cina, faOlonieum, and tanfey, are likewiCe uCefuJ,

by refilling the putrcdinous eolluvies••nd renoring the

tone of the intefiines.

Some affirm, that b:tters are gooel remedies.

the

tops of wormwood. the JelTer eeotaury, fcordiuOl, and

flowers of lan(ey; like\Vife Pa uvian bark, :lno elel1theria.

heer or wine, ehief1y canar)', in which (ame fpoonfuls of

the infufion or Jccodion fllOuJd be taken every day. AJoes,

myrrh. and

corallin~.

are likewife po\Verful medicines in

propervchicle, or with honey. in lhe forOl ofancleélu:1ry.

The frdh juice of

water·eretr~s,

taken every moroíng for

lome

d<tys, is likewife proper.

Tbe filiogs of freel diUurb the lumbrici and afearidcs ; as

al[o Spaw water'; Jikewife fpirit of vitriol or (u'phu r,

and ,he elixir of vitriol: Wio. i,(elf i. not abad tJ.ing

drank at mea ls .

Medicines of quitkfilvcr are likewi(e ¡:ood. efpeeially

haH an ounee of

boiJed in a pinr

worrnwood water.

in a gl

"fs.vc

:1cl, for half

hOllr, lIirriog lhe ql1iekfilver

with

fli ck : lhe dofe 'is

fpoanful for

boy, often

in a

d:~y:

3n adult nny takl!..

thre~.

in an aunee Or t\Vo of fo–

IUliv\, fyrup of roles; or i, may be boilod in milk.

the

ehildren pr.fer it.

thefe fail. a purge Otould be given every thirdor fourt h

daY i [ueh as mercurius dukis, with aloes. diagridium,

relin of jalap. or troehes of alhandal.

' Vhco internal things are rtjeéled. the belly may be

anointed with oxes gall made hoct two or three times a·

day, 6r with oil of coloquintida, or of wormwood,

wi th

dinilled oils of wormwood 'nd tanfey. to IVhieh the de–

eoélioo of

quiekfilve~

with milk may be added.

To kill the a(earid's. ehalybeates are good. aod me!eu–

rial purges, with c1yHcrs of 3 deeotlion of \Vornpvood,

f«ds

eioa. myrrh, and quiekfilver. to whieh may be

added an ounee and

half or two ounees

01.

oil of worm–

wood mado by dccnélioo. Or the dyfler may be of f.–

lad oil. or oil of (wcet almonds, or linfeed alooe. and in–

jeéled often.

The pOlVder of ,in hao been ufed many yea" a. a re–

medy againr\ \Vorms.• aod partieularly the llot kind whieh

oflen elude lhe force of other medicines'; but the {uceers

of ¡his dep.nds upon the proper dofe. and then it will have

remarkable effeéls.

Take ao ounee and an half of pewter, and griod it

fine powder,. and

Olix

it with half

pint of

~reacle.

To aduhs give rwo ou nees of the powder of pure tin,

Gf..d through the fioell hair fieve. mixt with. eight ounees

of "cade. afltr the patieDt has been purged wilb an infu–

Gon of fena and manna.

D ,FF l cuc"&y.r

SUPPRE.SS

I ON

URINE_

FFI

l1L T Y

of urine arifes generaIly {rom a none, or

{rom

inOdmi'llation

of the kidnt:ys or

tbe

neek of

the

bladder. l n fanguine per(ons. it niay proeeed from the

fuppret'lion of fome u(ual h",

motrh.ge.

or from the blind

pilt s; or ,here may be a eoogenion of blood in the fpun–

gy or cavernous part of the urethra, whieh may

(o dir·

tended and inflated, as DOl la u anfOlit Ihe urine, or

lcon wi,h great dillieulty. In fome it may be owing to a

fpafm of the oeek of the bladder. or to fharp urine; iD 0-

thelS to a palfy of the bladder. or a eamncle of the ure–

thra; or from a lumour. abfeers, or ul eer, in the pront3te

Aland; or from ¡es being too large, orindurated.

oflen

¡" ppens. Likcwi(e in bloody urioe it is not feldom fup–

preCfed; at lean it is expeJled with great pain and trauble,

whieh proceeds from a eonerction of blond. Etmuller

ani

rms, thH

dyfury is generally

oee:a{jon~d

from the \Vant

mUCllS

of lhe urioary palTage. or its heing \Vorn off.

As lhe caures of ao ifchu-ry

~re

v3rious , the)' ought

he e."fully dillinguifhod from eaeh other. Whco it pro–

eccds froOl

infl..mm,uion of the k,dneys, Ihe pain and

heat

Are

principally

in th:u

regioo, attended \Vilh a

fe~e.r;

if from a Hone in

lile

J...idncys,

is accomp3liicd with

,'0'"

mit ins

~((rom

a llonc: in the bladdcr"

th~re

is a v¡ulén[

pJtn