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colrlnors of .he ex:re;ne par", efpeci. lly cf .he
feet, and Coles of the
f~~t
;
a coflh'ene(s ; a
fre(luent
de·
(jn,! of nuking water, bUI lhe urine is fm:\11 in (luf'.ntity;
a weaknefs of the
~e:ld,
an univerf4!.l languor of the whüJe
bod)'. a falfe
:¡ppfti lC,
thidl, ditF.cnhy of fwallowing, a
Clirnulus in
the
l.tr}:lx ; a hear in
lhe
noflrils and fauces,
auer,ded with (ncez.iog; a \\ eight in the
brean: la..
W:ilrOS night, heal. and a quicker, fuller
pulfe,
with a
ddluxion of rheuOJ, a hcat in
lhe
f:'luces, unquiet fleep,
a fwe:u ing in lhe morning, a hea·.:inefs and
¿ulnefs
of the
whole body, and a lofs of appetite.
The immediate
c...1ufe
of this difarder is a {hilrp acrid
rerum or lympha, (ubG!ling in the gl:mdulo\1s
lunies,
and
irrttating them with paio, tumour, and redocfs. This
happens io the whole region of the noHrils, palate, and
fauces ; as airo in the
afpera arteria,
with tbe
brcn–
chial br.mches; and
farther
in
lhe
oefophagus, llomach,
and
iOlcllines.
Hence a hoarfenefs
1
a cough, a hawking
U?
of
vi[cid
mattc!r, a foeezing, a dl!fluxion of {he lungs :
likewife a nallrea, fometimes a vomiling; a heat about
the p,,"eordia; a griping of the gulS, followed with a fa·
lutary flux .
lt
more frequently attacks women and ehildren than
men, and thoCe that indulge themfelves in {\rong li–
quors .
lt
fometimes hap?ens rrom the drying up of
a
tCald
head and othcr
eruplions.
Somctimes
it
is epidemical.
This diCeafe
¡,
mon
rrequent in lhe fpring
and
autumo
J
in fuddeo changes of the weather from hot tO cold, fro",
dry to moill, and
vic( verJa;
as
al
Ca
from 'change of air
J
if of different quolities; from being expofed to the eold
air of lhe night, and from throwing off
winter-garmeols
tOO Cooo.
T his difeaCe is not dangerous iD itfelf, if rightly ma·
nf\ged, acd
terminales iD
(even or
[cun een
days
al
fac·
thea : for the loffitude of the body then difappears ; and
the otber compl. ints, efpccially the he.d-ach and hemi–
crania are
aype;tfen,
whC'n
the
eatarrh appears, and there
is
o
plontiful difeharge from the noHrils.
lt
orten gocs off. in fome, in the begioning, with an
iocreared pcrfpi ration or
by
fweat
i
io othen a[ter a few
days, by
hawking
up a
large 'lu:1ntity
of vifei,1
mau cr.,
or
a plentirul
d,fl.harge
or a
m UCOU$
ferum
by
(he
nofe, in
others,
by
a locfeoefs,
when
the urine at the Carne time,
whieh
before: was thio and
Jitde, becomes copious
and
heavy,
wilh
t\Vice
the quantity
of rediment
as in
a
n:uural
nav:.
The intentioos
of
cure
are
three,
l .
T o
(heath the
acrimony of
th~
Iympha.
2 .
T o
increar~
perrpiration .
3. To promote
the
expeéloration
of
lhe vif, id mucus.
T ho f. linc Ihorpners of the lympha maybc t. kcn offby
the abforbc.:ot aod
diaphoretic powders,
hum~éling
and
oleuus remedies ;
fueh
JS,
oil
of (wect alOlonds.
fperma
ceti, milk, cream, almond emulfions, with
the addition
or white poppy feeds, ba rley· broth, water.grue!. chic–
ken bro.h, \Vith the yolk of on egs : as alCo liquorice.
juicc,
liquoricc
te~,
dricd
figs
and
r.ti(jr:s.
If
lhe
acrj ~
mony
i,
very
fubtlc
and
cQrro¿ir.c .
gtnde anouynes
fltOuld
t.keplace, fueh as f,tffron, diacodiutO, .nd flo–
r,ax pill•.
To
promote
a
diJphordis,
h .
T "kc a C" uple of the pOll'dcr of
c~ntrayer
.. ; Viro
E.
r.inia!l fnake· root
and
fafi'ron,
of each S
grain"
,Mix
and makc them
into
a po ......dcr. To be rcpcJt...
ed
iD
4 or 6 hOla s,
ir
nfctffary.
T o app"f. the eo"gh,
2. T akc
oil
of o)ives , an ounce and
a ho..If¡
purewater,
6 ounees ;
fpirit of
hattlhorn,
40 drops;
peélor<tl
Cyrup, one o
"r.ce. Mi y. them, and take a fPOODful
every four hours.
'
To
promote perfpiraticn, order
te:!.,
Wilh leaves
of
,·eronicd., hy!iop, Jiquorice. root. elder flhwcrs,
wild pnpo.
pies, and [ennd Cceds ; as alfo the more
fi.<eu
diapho–
retíc
powders, with
antifpafmodic waters;
but efpeciaJly
bodi ly
motioo and excrcife.
To
promote lhe
excrc[ion of
the thick,
vircid
mueus,
figs
apd
raifins are proper,
with
brandy burnt, and redu–
ced .Imoa into a fyr"p. Likewife a peétoraJ elixir, made
of
gum
aOlmoniac, myrrh,
JiqllOrlCe.root,
elecampane–
root,
faffron.
benjamín, and
oil
of
~nnireed,
whofe
vir....
tue may be heightened by the vino"s fpirit of fal ammo–
niae
or
tin(ture of tanar.
The Hagnating
mucus of
the
nofe m.y be dilfolved by often holding tO the nofe the
dry volatiJe
fal
ammoniac,
Olixtd with a
fcw
deops of ge–
nuine oil of marjoram.
The regim<n fhould be temperate; and eooliog things,
as well as .cids, fltO"ld be .voided.
The alimeot fltOuld be fparing, the drink \Varm ood
wholefome ; the bea is a decoétioD of p.,rl·barley and
fhavings of haníborn.
~as
alfo
water'grud.
If
the body is collive; befides
w:Hcr·gruel,
manna.
prunes,
and
raiGns,
nothing is
better
than
aD
eRlollicnt–
cllaer.
lo the decline of the difeofe, when the cough i. too
moia, ,he denuxion great and obninate, it \ViII be proper
tO take
a
b.rge
dofe of manna,
lO
t\Vo
or
theee
ounees
in
fennel.water,
to carry the
humour,
downwa rd.
W'heo the cough is very violent, it mul! be appe.fed
with a mixture of oil of f\Veet .lmoDds frefh drawo, aDd
French fyrup of eapillaire.
\ Vben women labour ucder
a
fuppreffion of the men–
fe" the bGdy mun be kept open with d ylle,,; bezo.rdic
powders mul! be r,iven, ;nd a grain of f, lfron added to
eaeh dofe,
or
a
few grains of
flowers
of
fulplltlf; but
a–
void fweet
things and
expté'tor"nts.
' Vhcn
lhe
ft:ve r
is
vflnq~ifhed.
2nd the luogs continue
in
a Jax (hite,
which
i5
knownfroril too
lolr~e
a fpitting, to
the b<zoardie powders mufl be addcd a frw graios
01'
cor–
tex
elcmheri~.
In:\ violcnt ohfiinate couCh, fwect p:él:or;I!', and in–
crafl~ting
remeJies too plcntifull)' given,
bri:1
ó
on a ca–
chcxy,
or
plnhifis,
by
fpoiling
lhe appelite, and hurtiDg
the rene of lhe h:m&, . H o
FFMAN .
\Vhat \Ve commonly call
C AT CH ' NG CO LD
J
m;¡y
be
cured by lying much io bed ; by drinking plentiful! y of
warm fack.whey, wilha fcw drops
of fpiri t
of hartl11orn,
polT\!H..I ri r.k,
w:'tH:r.gruel, or
any
c;uher
WOlT!l1 fmall
li.
quor ;
livil"lg
upon
fpoon-meats,
pudding,
and chicken,
í!1:c.1
drinkir.g
every thin}!
w:'Irm: In
a word, trcat
it
l e
f. lfl
as a
fmalJ
fever,
wi,h gentlc
di ..
phorerics ; :Inll
~fler
...
warGs,
if
any cough or
fpitting
fhou ld remain,
by
forten.
ing
~ he
brean
with
i\
liule
fl~::.tr.candy
and
oil
of
fwcl"t
almonds, or
a folution of f¡um
ammoni~e
in
an
O'J !lCC
of
bad o!y..