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Naturc many times Ilrives in vain to dircharge lhe ir–

riuting

m;nter,

vomit,

without

the aOiO:ance of

3rt;

2nd therefore (onlcthing

promote

will render

much

eafier; which may be done by an infuCion or decoétion of

ipecacllanha, or oxymcl

Ccilliticum,

with a flight ¡nfu–

Cion

ci\mnmile flnwe rs .

The primo: vi", Ihould be unloaded by very gend e me–

t hnds, ,fueh

dyflcrs of milk, fugar alld fai<; I.,,>tives

of manna, cre:tm of

lanar

Glauher's purging falt, ta·

marinos, and

hubarh.

When ,here are fi gns of redundaney of ,he bile, it

nlOuld be forthwi,h difcharged by vomit or (lool, as na–

,ure. points out; which is often fucceeded

<In -amazing

changc for the

betttr,

where <In inexpreffible anxiety, load

on the 'przcordia, perpetual Gcknefs, eruétation, and fio–

gul,us, had preceded.

Between the Ceventh and rourtcenth day,

natl1re

endea–

VOI.lrS to relieve her(df by vamit, or more frcquently by

loofe flools; Ihen given a gende laxa,ive the eighth and

nin,h day, unltfs fome erup,ion appear, or a kindly f\Veat

forbid it.

But the eon(}ant and grand erran of nature,

is ro

throw

off ,he putrid·mali1:nAncy ,hrbugh ,he pores of the fl<in .

it be a breadlÍng fwea, at ,he fla,e of ,he diCeale , and

,he pulfegrows moreopen, Coft , and ealm, a linle before

and

during

its

continuaoee, it is always falut2ry;

bUl

í,

be profufe, ebld, c1. mmy, or parti.d, abou, ,he head and

breafl only. the fign is no, good . Prorufe CwealS in ,he

beginning are generally perniciou., efpecially if a

rigor

fuperrenes.

Sweats lhould neverbe (oreed

vioJent hot medicines,

regim,",

&c.

Plen,irul fubacid diluenlS will be fufficient,

anu gende cordial diaphoretics.

As acids and fubaflringents are given ' o preCerve ,he

crafis of ,he blood and 'one of ,he ve([ds, and to preven,.

the (arther

pUfrefallion.of

lhe hllmours, diaphoretics

e–

(peeially camphire. nlOuld be joined with rhem .

Dr Brooke. ured ,he rollowing preCeription of ¡he b"k

for many years with (ucec(s, nót only in inlerminent and

pow nerVOllS fe,·ers, bm alfo in the putrid. pdlilential and

petechial, in

the

decline, though the reminions hay\! bc:en

very obft.ure; but

the patient is co(live, or hath a

,enfe or 'umid abdomen, he prelllifcd a dofe of rhubarb,

manna, or the like.

Toike two ounees of. Pcnp'ian bark in powdcr, an

ounce .nd a half Dr ora nge. fl, in,

dr.ms

of Vi,·

ginian fnake root,

feru pl.. of Engli(h f.fFron,

{cruples of cochineal, and

ounees of fpirit of

wine. Mix aod ¡nfuCe the ingredients in a clore

ve([d for ,hree or four dAY; , aod then (iltra,e th<

infufian.

Of ,his gil'e from a oram lo half an ounee every

founh, Gxth . or eighth hour, Wilh teo, fifteen, or

~wcn·

ty drops of elix:r of vitriol. out of any appropriaterl

draughr, or diluted wine. The above compofition te'mls

to Hrengthen the folids,

plevent rhe larthc:r d¡(folulIun

and corruptioo of the bJood, 'aud in the cvcnl

rd lure

in crafis.

\Vi th this view alfo Cive a gcnerous red wine, as a

mofl noble, n",ural. fub. flringen, cordial, which is o(

hi&h fcrvice in the !late, but more erpecially in ,he de·

¡oline of ,hefe fevers, aeidulated wi,h the juice of Seville

or::\nges or Jcmons, as alfo with cinn'l1l1on, the.::

rind of

Se..dle oranges, and rhe like. 'o which • few drops' uf

elixir of vitriol m. y be adJed. Rhenifl, and f'rench

wh ite wines, when ddutcd, are alfo a moHCalutary drink,

and geoerous cyder is linle inferior

either.

Oj'

lé.

PESTILENTr AL FEVER.

penilential fever is a mon acute one, ariCing (rom

poifonolls miaCma. b(ough t [rom canern eount nes; and

unlefs it is. i",media,ely expelled out of ,he body, by ,he

flreng,h of ,he vital mo,ions, by buboes and carbuncles,

is ratal.

differs (rom other contagious, malignant, and erup–

ti ve fevers, becaule il is the mofi ·acute; for it fometimcs

kili, on the Grfl, and rome,imos on ,he feeond dav. Be–

fiJes, In

our

climate

it is not epidemic or fp orad¡'e, from

abad w.y of living, or unheal,hful air; bu, happeno

when it

moH falutary, (rom contagion alone. 1 'herc

is fornclhing "ery fingular in this ¡nreaious miarma; fol'

lhough i, is apt tO fpread at a flrange rate, yet it will a–

bate by in,enfe eold, and be plainly eK,ingu.fhed : where–

rore in a eold feafon, and very cold counlries,

eithet

doe~

nOl ::\ppear at

all,

or in a very

mild

degree ; where–

the dimate is hOl, it

not ooly moll vc:hc:ment, but

moll

common .

In tltis, as in

other eontagious di(eaCes, the·veno–

mOlls miafOla is fwallowcd in Wilh the air, and infinuates.

i,felf in the f. lival juiec, where ilS tragedy is r,rfl aéted.

Whence it arfaults lhe head, braio, nerves, and animal

fpi rits. prodllcing

torpor in lhe head,

heavinefs,

fleepi ners,

violent pain, a Hupor of lhe fenres,

(or–

ge'lulncf"

inquie,u~,

lV. tching, and lofs of (Ireng'h_

from lhe fau ces ir procceds to the nomach, creating

loa,hing or food. n.urea. anxie,y of the prrecordia,

~ardi:¡,)gia,

í\ttended \Vith fainling, reaching lO vomit,

and vomiting ¡treJf. Hcnce itproceeds

the membranes

of the rpinal marrow, and lhe eoan

the arteries, pro–

d1lcing horrors, aldnguid,

fmall,

contralted, quick pulCe,

and even faioting.

AII

,heCe are generally figns and

fymplOms of lhe plague; which are of a more violent and

quick opc:ration, in proponion to the viruJcnce of the pe–

llilenti ::\1miaCma.

AII

pl'gues are not of ,he

f.me

na,ure, but vary ac–

cording to difrerent connilutions and circumltances.

Thofc \Vho have \Vrinen of ,he plague univerfally agree,

tlld!

fpungy and porou. bodics of an obeCe ,..bit, o{

Canguint: and phll'l;1l13tico-Canguine connitutions; women,.

young perrons,

~nd

ehtldrcn; pc:rfons of a timld dirpofition,

thOlt are poor, livt:' hard, or are given to luxury, and

lit

l1p

latl! al ni ghts: are more apt

be afRiétcd with lhis

diCeare, thitn the {lrong and intrepid, Jean, nervous ; lhofe

indued wi th Itlrge \'dfels ; men, orold pcrrons obnoxíous

tO the hremorrhoiuítl flnx , and who have illues and

pen ulcers . Nothing brings on this dlÍlcmper more than

fe:\r, dread of death, and a (oonern,Hion

the mind .

l'eflilential fel'e" are

eall.d. when ,he pa,ien, falls

into (udden wcaknef:; : ror it is a ki nd of malignant fe\'er,

attcnded with more grie\'ous {ymptoms

1he patienls die

in a (hon time, th at ¡s, in

{WO,

three , or

fOllr

days, and

{ometimcs fconer. Ir m¡Jignanl fe"ers adfe in war-time

among