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boiled, .rtrcarin'(lhem prettyofren fOrt\\'cnly.(ourñoun ;
in lhe mtan ",hile, (he fpirits of the: palient are la be
kepr up ",irh com(orring brOto.. T oe by.Clandcro OlOuld
forbear to wlpe cfT (he [weat. Dor fuould lhe patient
punge his linen aJl that time, which j, a necdrary cau
tion; ir il be floppcd befo. e tbat time, jI will be 10 DO
manner of purpofé; during lhe {\Veat, lhe , ir
aoy, and lhe vamiting, will Hop of lhelr Qwn accord.
Theriaca, and lhe like folid medicines, beíog offenfive to
the nOlndch, are nOI lhe mall propcr rudorihcs. Ao in–
fufioo of Virginia fnOlke root, in boiJing \later, or, (or
lIIant of lbis, of fome otber warm aromatic, wlth lhe ad–
dition of about a fOLanh pan of ¡qua theriacalis, is fafer.
Thofe who are ohliged 10 be Dear rhe fiek, muCl take
care that lhe miarmata do nOI approach thc::ir vital juices.
;,or l"" rhe falival. To !hi, purpofe, frequeDl fp"ring,
aod wafhing the moulh with vinegar, or wine, or fn ufling
them up lhe nofe, are ufeful. The ellie",y will ',e l!ill
gruter. if 'J1ey are imbued whh rue or citroo rind .· For
20 .cid i. rhe genuine aDlidore o( a pUlrid and fulphu.
reous miafma. Wherefore it is much fafer to hold acids
in lhe mouth. tban aJexipbarmic roots . It \Viii be like–
",ife proper ro get 2 few fPOODfuls of Rhenilb wine, or
bezoardic vinegar, diluted with water or wine. and fo
uh rbem, The Turks deal much iD rbe juice of Je·
mons.
. When lhe plague is aélually begun , and lhe body i.
( oni,e, a genrle dyCler Ibould he ufed. Theo a fweat
lhould he promored (twenry.four hour. al JeaCl,) lhal rhe
poifoDmay exhale aod paf. rhrough rhe OdD; and epi·
them, 10 lhe heart will DOl be wilhour henefil, rhough
'they reaeh only 10 the right orifiee of rbe Clomaeh, and
¡ti nervous coats; they may be made of ,herioc. e:xprefs–
id oi! of nUlmegs, camphire, fa!fron, caflor, and bal·
fam of Peru. But .hove .11, .eids .re highly praifed ;
fuch 21, juiceof citrons, SeviJIe oranges, Jemons, vioegar.
0<. whieh refin poifon, pDrrefaélioD, .nd prevenl lhe
dilfolulion of rhe blood.
WheD lhe Clrengrh of rhe is vaDquilbed, gentle
Ia"ali,.. will he proper ro e"pe! rhe fordes during rhe
courfe of lhis difeafe.
lt is worthy obCervation, that fcw medicines are befi ;
{(n whieh reafon yeople of!he Jower daf. geoerJlly come
off hen« lhan perfons ofdiCliotlion; and there is nnrhiog
w"rfe ,han to give oale:xipharmics ahounding with a hot
volatile oil ; much lefs ought volatile fpirits to be given,
for they fix lhe poifon upon lhe nervous p.m. Ycr herbs
and rOOlS of Ihis kind are not altogether to ue condemn–
cd, if mixcd Wilh acids and nitre. A mixture of cardutll
~fnetlinuJ water, and v.'ine vinegar, when given 10 {our
fpoonfuls, wÍth a dram of crabs-eyes and theriaca. and
repealed, were , ery uf<fuJ io rhe pl'gue at H all io , 682.
lo rhe plague likewife in Lomb. rdy, r5 , 6, many re·
covered with the juicc: of goats rue, vinecar, water of
l.rduuJ. luneáifluJ, and a Hule thtriac. given 10 ~akc
the patlent (weóft : and Thoner obfer.yes, rhat nothing
was of any advanlage in the plague exccpt theriacal vinc–
gar given in Ihe ueginning to promote a fweat. And in
the year 1544. when a mali.cnanl (ever raged among Ihe
foldicrs, a whole regjmr:nt \Vas faved. 10 whom this vine~
gar was given in due time. cxcepl a ve ry few. And in
YO L. 1U. N°. 12. . 2
e 1 N E
tbe plague at Rome, vinegar with rue, . pimpernal roor,
belony, garlick, and juniper-bcrries, with a liHlc cam–
phi,e ..dded to the ¡nfufion, caufed many 10 efcapc¡
L ikcwife lhe prefcrl'ative water of Sylvius has been great·
Jyelleemed, heeaufe of lbe vinegar. And Mindereruc
alfens, that unlefs alexiterials bcglveo within twcnly-four
hours, aH medicinesare vain.
Of th. M'LtARV FEVER.
A miliary re:ver is not'unlike a cauarrhal, and is at·
tended with a more intenCe motion of the vafcular and
nervous {yUem, whereby a corrupt Iymphatic maner of a
pecuJiar nature is expelled from Ihe inward, and more
efpecially (he ncrvous parts, to the fu rrace of the lkin, in
the formof [maJl, rough, miliarypuClules, fom.limes red,
.nd fomedmes whitc:.
nde puOuJes are exeeeding numerous, eaufing
a corrugation, roughneCs, and drync(s of the Il<in, and
have a f. rid fmell peculiar 10 lhemfelves . There is no
eruptioD fo ioeonOant as this, for it will Cometimes Clrike
in fuddenly, and as fuddenly agaio, and is at·
tendtd with aD itching pricklng fenfadon more than aoy
other kind. Orher cruptions are commOD to all coun..
tries, and are equally vexatious to meo as well as women;
but the miliary Ceems familiar and endemic to Come placel
only, aod more frequ ently attaeks rhe fex, efp<;'
ciaJly in ehild bed. lt is nd rher epidemic nor eontagi•
ous and feems rather owing lO a fault in we vifcera and
fluids, than the intemperature of the air,
The Oliliary erUptiODS are: either red or whitc, and arc
both more or lets acute, benign or malignant_ The red
are lefs dangerous, are generaJly free rrom a fever, and
rhen are ehronieal, appearing al nared [ea{{¡ns of rhe
year; bUl fometimcs they 3re accompanied with aD aeute
fever. The whire feldom or oever appear wilhour • fe·
ver, and therefore are more dangerous. In thefe the
Jympha is alFeéled with a kind of acidiry ; forthe patÍ<nt
difeharges plenly offerum hy f"ear, urine, nool or faJi.
vation, which are the effelb of an acid which coagulates
lhe rhicker pan of rhe blood, aod feparares lhe ferum
(rom it. Befid«, aJl kind. of .eids and ref.igeran.., not
excepting nilre, frecly laken. are moll hunrul in Ihis dif..
cafe. On the contrary, abCorbents and anti·acids, and
rhings whieh render lhe bJood fpirilous, are moCl faJura.
ry. Women who ear mueh Iruir, .nd fueh Jike tralb, of
the acercenr kind, and Jíve idJe fedentary Jivcs, are DlOa
fuhj eél 10 lhis difeafe.
Sometirnes Ihe miliary eruptions are idiopalhic, and
fometimes fymptonlatic, and fupcrvene 10 orher revers,
cfpeciaJly rhe eonrinual, when on rh. decline. T hey
likewife ' ppear very eommonly Wilh rhe meaOes, (mall.
pox, putrio and fpotfcd fevers. when drawing towards:ln
end ¡ and then they raire a new rever, whofe attack the
dehiJirared patienr is nOl able ro Cland.
The ,idiopalhie hegios Wilh o O.~hr Ibiveriog, fuceeed
ed witb heat and lors of ti rength, romctimes: even tO
faiDt ing. There is a IlraitneCs about the bre:ln, ¡[tended
with ooxiely and dcep fighs, rdlle/l'nefs and w",
Thcrc is a prieking kinci ora hcat pcrccived in the" b.ICk,
with an alternatc fucerffion of cold. lhi\'cring, and heat
under lbe fl<Ín, bUI molr fenfibJe in ,he palms of .he
T t h.nds.