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11 Ol<W~ denlílion ís líke lo be had , if lhe child ís pero
peUl",lly cryin~. thruns his fingers ioto hís · mouth, and
bile! che nurfe', nipples : ir uncCJual (ubereJes are per–
cc:h·cu in che gunlS, bOl h by che figh t and toueh, where
,he lee,h are expeéled to appe:\f: ir there is heae in lhe
OlOUlh and lhe whole horly; if lhey nar! withoUl a eaure,
erpecially in fl«p. There dn not come on wilhaul greal
Ihlvering, and fometimes :l diarrh~aJ as was mentioned
aboye.
Harrí, obferves. lhat when an infl.lmmation appears,
,he phyficla n willlat:-"our in vain, ir che cure is nO{ begun
Wilh applyine a leeeh under eacb ear. When lhe rwell·
¡Dg of,he gums Ihews it is limeto cu t ¡t, lOmake wayfor
lhe tOOlh, he would have il done with a penknifc, nOl with
a fine IAncet, leO rhe waund lhould heal, and form a cica~
tríx The food he direéls lO be no more lhan luke .
Heiflerintern;allyadviru aqúeous mixtures, temperati ng
powuers; extc rnally, oil orrweet almonds, with fyrup or
. iolm, or fyrup of wild poppic., lighdy aeidulatcd Wilb
fpirit or vitriol , whercwith Orten tOrub the gums; as "lfo
wi,h lhe coral or olher fmoolh lhiogs, whieh wiJl
Ihe f,OIe effeét.
M organ affirms in lhi. cafe, it will be bdllo abale lhe
eff.,ve(ccoce of lhe blood wilh dilulers; lO appeare lhe
pain with geode opiates; 10 open lhe hody Wilh purge.
and c\yflt rs; 10 dr.w off lhe fermenled ferum by bli·
Ocrs; tO promote lhe cutting DE the teeth by cooling, re –
luíng, and opening lhe gums ; for Ibis purpofe diaeo·
díum is good; or a nrong deeoétion of marfh· mallows
and poppy heads. in Ihick milk, cream, or ~ealS· fool oiJ :
Thcre take off lhe heat, and affwage lhe paíl\.
Oflh. R' CKET ' .
~H 1LDUN are fcidom allacked Wilh ríckel$ befare
they are "ninc months, and arter lhey are two years old ,
but il frequeody happens io lhe iotermediate fpaee be·
twero lhefe lWO periods. 1: rruy proeeed originally from
lhe diforders of lhe paronls, and may be ioereared by
Ihofe of lhe nurre.
11islike",ife promoled by feeding lhe child wilbaqueous
and mucou, fubfhnces, crude fummer.frui ts , fi(h; by
unlenened fa"naceous aliment, aDd tOO great a quantity
of fweel things ; by an ¡nterminent autumnal ague, or
other chronic or acute diforderJ ; by a flriking iD of lhe
¡teh or herpes i by rhe fuppreffion or injudicious cure
of uleers; by being enervaled with b:nhs, fomentatioD!,
oiotRlenu, or moiO vapours; by continual ren iD a pero
forated chair. with his COalS up.
T his dirorder is known, in lhofe who canoot walk,
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M tD,c'H s, whateverfubflances rerve 10renOre heallh .
ledlcines are eirhcr limpie or compl"und : the foro
mer being (or:ned by nHure alone : and the lauer owing
ID lhe induflry of men, by v.rioufly mixing the fimple
ones eo~ether.
Medicines are likewife dininguifhed, from the mano
ner of uGnC eheru. ioto intcrn~1 or external j and with
r<~.,d lo lheir efi"e{ts, lhey . re lO be anringent,
o lh n ic, emetic. 6c.
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frorn lhe c:'lufes rreceding; (rom his bro.thers or fi ner!
havin., the (3me diCeare; from a Baccid tumour uf
the head and face ; from a Rdbby loore fkin; from "
fwelling oflhe abdomen ; from a f.lling away of lhe ren
of the part' , efpeeially of lhe mufci<s; from p¡-ot~bc .
rances of lhe epiphyr.. of lhe j oi~lS , fuch as lhe ",rills ,
aocles, knees, e1bows, ác. ; from the magnilude o( the
jugular vd ns and arteries, while lhe reíl d. T he
lees erow erooked.
In lhore lha! have begun lO walk, befides the forme r
{jgns, lhere is a flownels, debiJlty, Olnd louering in his
mOllon ; which {oon procceds lO a conftant dtlire of fit~
ting. and afterwards changes to Jying down; infomuch
that nothíng at JaU is move-.ble, but lhe ncck flnd head.
Add tO there. aneArly wil, an underClaoding which excee:ds
his age. while the appetite and d'geClioo continue unhu rt.
As he grows older, his head is eolarged, with aOlple
futures; his thorax is comprelfcd on the fiJes; and his
(lcrnum rifes up (h"rp , while lhe eXlremities of lhe ribs
are knotty. The abdomen is protuberaOl , and the teeth
black and carious. Tbefe difolders fenfibly increafinj¡,
are the caufe ever arter of pernicious direares o, lhe fame
kind; principally a rpina "entofa, aod a caries ofthe ·bones.
In lhe mean while a no," feverifh diforder prey. upon
the whole hody, tílllhe lime of death ; and lhen all lhe
6bres, . veffc!s , aod vifeera appear 10 he fofl, a .ecid, 'od
the /luids diffolved .nd mueou•.
The. cure is to be attempted with Jight, nourifhing,
dry allment. not fat, but fearoned, and eaken ofteo:
V¡ith. litlle found drínk, fuch as beer, not /lale, but
well boiled and 6ne: Wilh a dry "'arm .ir, and dry
warm woolen cloathing: With bting carried about in
the arms, and often Otook. f\\'ung, and put in motion :
W ilh heing drawn in a vehiele over lhe- 1I0nes : W ith
repeated friétiono w ith warm. d ry Ilanne!, fprinlUcd Wilh
aromaties; efpeeially lhe abdomen and fpioe of the
bade : W ilh prudeody repeated bliflers, Wilh nrenglhen–
ing purges, for rever.1 day. fuceellively: As alfo hy lhe
eonlinued ufe of fuenglhening, arying, antifcorbude re–
medies , and fueh as raife the {pirits.
Particularly for food, the bread fhould be bifcuit, Wilh
• liule fafrron and fpiees. T be nefh Ihould be pigeons.
pullets, veal, rabbcts. multon, gently roafied, minced , OInd
mi"ed with bifeuil, , a Iiule parncy, !hyme. nUlmeg,
or lhe li~e.
L ikewife rice. millet, pearJ barley, boiled with rairins;
to whieb add a liltle wine and fpite. T he drink may be
geDerou!l French red wine.J of wbich give an Ounce three
or fou r times a.day.
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,,·MEDIClN..,., in furgery, thofe whieh a furgeoa
ought to carry ahvays about him, iD a box or conve~
oieot ca reo
Tho(e, according to Heifler, are the common di–
gdli\"c oinement, and che bro\\n or Egypr ian t IOcrnc:nt,
for eleanfine and digening foul ule<rs, and fome v. lne·
rary balfams, as Ihe Jinimeotum arczi, or lhe balf"OJ of
Peru, of G ilt.d or Cap,vi. or the Samaritan b.lf.m :
lO !hefe mufl alfo be added a planer or two, as lhe
U u di.chyloD.