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vent the entire dilrolution of the blood and latmours.

To temperate and dllute lhe

r ..

lino fulphureous acrimony

of the humours, and

rhe (ame time

ketp

th~

fluids

/luxile. 3.

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promote gently th. exeretions uy 11001,

urine, the O,in, and fpiule.

To a!Tin and reflore the

Ion nrength.

T'o prevent

lhe pUlrid

dilfolution of

lhe

humours, dirca

Tinegar, lhe jl1lces of oranges and lernoos, i\nd fy rups of

lhe (ame; (VIril of

vilriol,

fpirit of

fah,

fpirit of nnre,

c1peeially thoCé that .re dukilicd.

To abate the

3crimony,

abCorbcnt.

teCbceous,

and

bezoardlc powders will be proper. To dilute at the Carne

time,

yllu

may arder a

dceoaion

of barlcy \Vith (corzo·

ner. and nu\'inr,s of hanfhoro;

alCo the fyrup of 0-

range.juice, chicken broth . and lhe Jike.

To promote the

cuticulOtT

excretions, give diaphoretic

limpie waters, alexi le'cal waters, w:th [he tlntlure of va–

JuiaD root, or

(nake

root.

affitl the excrecions by

!lool, eommon domenie elyl!ers will be ufeful; or thoCe

made of

dl:coétion of barlC'y, oil of {wee( almonds, ca–

momile flowers, e1dc.:r flowers, {yrup of viole(s, common

falt ,

or nitre.

Or you may order the following laxative, whieh mun

be given with caution.

T ake

ounees of r.:.anna,

dram of ere::\m or tartar,

ounees of Ceorzonera water, half an ou nee of Cyrup

of violets,

drops of oil ofjuniper. M.x and make

them into a drauglH.

T o raiCe the fpiri" and renore the nreogth, a little

wine \ViJl not be improper, with hanfhurn jellies, China

orange or Seville orange juiee with Cugar.

A eongruous regimtn in theCe diCeaJes is of very great

( onfequence; for if the patient is kept toOhot, the diC–

{olution of the blood wiJl be promoted,

cofliveneCs \ViJl

be indueed, theanxietywill be inereaCed, the impurefa"

and acrid humours \ViII be aéluat<d, the arength will be

exhauCled, the Cweating wi)) be

ioo

Cpeedy and profuCe, and

fpots \ViII appearon the Ikin. On the other hand . if cold

i, ineautiouOy admitted, efpecially

the fect, perCpira–

tion wi)) be ehecked , the eruptions and Cpo" will ue dri–

ven baek: T here will be griping p.,ins, a 100Ceners, and

the critieal evaeuation. wi\! be

dinur~ed.

AII C"dden

(hanges from hot to eold, or cold tOh"" are equally bad.

A temperate regimen is beCl . However, eare OlOuld be

taken thac the paticnt does not brcache his own atmo–

fphere fu\! of morbid ."halations,

,'ery '.rejudieial 'o

heohh; but the airfhould be drawo out of the room, and

frdh admitted.

T he perCpiration fhnuld conClantly be k<pt up, anel ,he

lin'en of any kind fhould not raO,ly be eh_nged. nor fhould

the r:ttient

removed {rom one bed tO another.

fhould be enjuined not tO rife frequ'·ntly. And if the

bed.c1oa.hs

are wet and mul! needs b" ehonged, let them

wtll- ~!rcdt

and pretty much \\'orn.

An ereél ponure of the head and nody is tO be O.unned

eithl.:r in or outof bed, cfpecial

l \,

ir the pulfe i! \lr:.ry wl';·k

and lhe fi,ength

lude;

as aBo whln tb::

[c;\íc

is m:zr

lhe

a .,e

T he mind O,ou'd he kept a. chearf,,1.s po!Tihle, "nd

all occafiur's 1I:t' nned of excitin$! .Ingcr,

fe¡~r,

terror. or

pufillaaimity iD the patient. }lis hope of rceol"ery fhould

be kept up as muen as po!Tible, ioaead of being terrified

with the prediélion of d<ath.

is an undoubted axiom, that all C\:rong

mcdi~ines

are

hunrul in tbis difcare; fuch as emetics, purgati ves, and

cijuretlcs; as ., Ifo fudorifics of too fptrjtuous

nature:

Hut temperate and moderate things are very ufeful.

mua be rememoered likcwife, that theie fe\'crs have

eerrajo types and periods, and cxae6i'bdtions ano remiffions

at ccrtain times; wl1lch a phyfician Olould always carefull y

obft!rve. In the frebite heat, and when the fymtoms are

maHiotenre, hUl1leélants, diluenu, and the abrorbent

ni~

trous powders i!l.boveOlentioned

'.ViII

be moa proper, \Vith

very moderate externa! regimen, \Vhen

(he

pyfoxyfm

is ended , the nein la:<, more Coft, and difpofed for exere–

liaos: lhen analeplics, medicines that Climulate; and

there is occafion, bt:zoCirdics, and lhings that promote

per~

fpJfation; as airo the ¡nfufion

veronica, fcordium. and

liquorice, drank as tea, are likely

do the grea«n

Cer–

vice, And becaufe a piarrhcr.a frequently carries off the

diCeaCe, it is nevcr

be llopt, eCpecially.bout the eriti–

cal tiOl(!S, neither with aíl ringents, fedattves or opiates:..

But if n¡Hure tends tO this excrelion, and is toO

Ouggi.fb

fhe is

be .!TiHed by the laxative draughl above deferi–

bed,

with (he acidltion of tamarinns.

There is no evacuation fo dangerous as bleeding at the

noCe; for then there is a congdlion of blood

the head

from the CpaCms of the 10IVer p. ns . However, if the

flux

of blond is modera.., and the body abounds witn ir,

inJlead of being hunflil it will rdieve the head, though

this feldom happens. When there are a few drops only

wi dlOUC

il.llc\'iation, they portend

deliriumand

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¡nRam–

mation of the fauces : Buc when the flux is copious,

the

ílrength will diOlinifh . and che eruptíons return iowards

not \\Iithoul

danger.

Therefore. to prevenl

con flux

blood tO the head, the feet mun be allVays kept in

moderate

he.:

and moiOure; mild bJiflers'fhould be laid

to ,he,eah'es of the legs, and the body fhould be opened

with c1yaers or Coludons of m.nna, Thtfe will alio be

ft.'f\'i ce"ble when the hxmorrhage is too hrge. Bue when

lOO

Jiltle, and

the eyes look red and wiJd, with

Jlrong pulCation nf the temporal arteries, befides the for–

mer,

will be proper

apply cuppiog;glalres to the n'pe

the

neck, or tOthruO a Hraw up lhe

nofe

cauCe

blred, or tO uCe a Ccarifying inClrument.

BI«ding in theCe fevers mun b.e uCed wilh great circum–

(pedion; for it is much more propcras

prefervative than.

a cure. But when the d¡fcart! has made its onCet Wilh

great 10Cs of (lreng.h, eomplieated wi.h eat.rrhal diforders,

and whcn punid and

mali~naot

fevers are rife, it mua be

alw,ys omittcd. I f ,he 1I0roaeh has lately been furfeited

\\,¡lh

¡ncoogruous

;tliment~

gr:tin or

t\VO

(}f

C3rtar

emelic

Colutioll of m.nna will be ne« lr"ry. Blillers \\"ill be

p,reat ufc

when a

rClroceffion

lhe eruptions is appre–

hended, whcn lhe cxeretions are

(low,

and "hen there

is .

í1eepin.Cs

and .orpor : in whieh caCes, they may be laid

the

arm.

and eah'<s of the Icgs.

,L,<

Malignont, G oal,

alld

Spotted

FEVERS.

T H

true fponed fe\'ers are n:ry malignant, contagi–

ous, and detrimenta) tO the hcad and llrcngth, auended

\Vith fpotS oí various colours, anfing from a <orruption