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hand.. Women in ehild·bed have the flux of the loehia

ílopped, and the milk reeedes from their orealts. To

thefe fueeeeds a rougbnef, of the

Ilr.in

like that of a goofo;

and a

great

numbcr of pufiules appear, (ometimcs whjte

ilnd fometimes red, or both togetbcr, of (he fize of mil.

·Ier (or multard) feed. .They firfl befet the DOck. then

the breaíl and baek, and afterwards rbe arms and hand,.

When thefe begin ro rife

rhe furface of rhe Odn, .he

more grievou, fymptoms ceafe. The pulfe, whieh be·

fore was hard,

contraaed

and quick, grows more foft,

free, and now; the dcjeélioo of miod goes off, the Odn

beeom.. moil!, and rhe belly, whieh was bound fo mueh

·tbat the patient could

nal

break wind, now fpontaneouOy

.admits him

go to ílool. Afrerwards the puflule, ri·

.pen, and are full of a ílinking ichor. The urioe 'ppears

more faturated. and a lingular

f(lid

(\Veat, proper

tO lhis

difeafe, breaks forth; the Bux of the lochia in females

returos, and withio the fpace of [even or eight days (be

punules difappear, with grear itching in rhe extreme parts,

<lryiog up and falling off in ·fcales• . Then rhe..patient

rccovers Clreogth, and regaios .health.

1t i, hard to derermine the day of the eruption of the

puflules; bu' i, is generally rhe tenth or eleventh

~ay

,he beginniog, if rhe fever m.kes a regular progref,;

{ometimes on (he eigbteenth, and Cometimes on (he twen·

'y.firfl, or tweory feeood day.

Bad ligns are, when ,he miliary pullules appe.. and

yanifh

turos, and lhe rymptoms conlinue

violent; but

is worfe if ,hey quite difappear : Henee an opprellion

of ,he breall,' wirh figh" • flrai,nef, of ,he fauces, lofs of

ílreng,b, and grea, anxiety.

Fatal Ggn, are, when ,he morbifie malter not being

~browD

·out agaio,

there

is an inward

heat.

and lhe

ex–

"eme par" are affeéled with eold and Ihivering, and

tbere is a cold .profuCe fwéat; or, on the contrary. when

. be extreme par.. are hol, and a notable fenfe of eold–

nefs- is perceived in the abdomen, . then the palient dies

in a fainting 6t, arifing from a ntortificauon of the

no–

mach, ¡ntellines, braio, or womb.

T he cure of this fel'er depends on the following ,hings.

1 .

To correa and temperate lhe acrid morbific maner

which diflurb, the nervous parts .

2 .

To rclax the

fpaflic Itriélures of tbe nervOu, fibres procecding from

,henee.. ; . T o evaeuate the prepared morbifie maner

through the pore, of the fkin , and prevenr i" Ilriking in.

To dilute the Iharpnef, of ,h¿ humours. and to appeafe

the ¡rritation of the nerVOU$ parts, the followiog deeoc–

tioo may ferve forccmmon drink.

T ake Ihaviogs of hartfhorn, feorzonera roo[, aad

f"faparilla, ofe. eh rwo OUDee.; and boil ,bem io 6

pounds of water.

L er rhe parienr be always kep' in an equal moderate

he.r, and .bílaio from Itrong .Iexi pbarmie., and thing.

. élually hoto becaufe they throw him into tOO profufe a

livear. Bu, wben there is an apprebenfionof the puflales

Uriking in, lben lhe dceoétion may be drank ho[, with

moderate expel!rnts, as the exigenee requires. Nor

ChouJd {he medicines be too cooling, bee;\ufe lhey iocreafe

tbe anxicty and faiDtncis. In the reel fort. when there.

is ao internal hear, with thirfl and a great pulfe. diapho–

m ies witb a ,1ittle oitre \ViII be proper

eyen Ibougb red

and whire puflules appe.r ' oge,her. Bu' oitre alon.

(hould be ufed with caudon, et"pecia\ly when there are

Ggns of maligoity. No mal, liquor Ihould be drank, but

the forme r decoétioo.

T he belly Ihould be nei,ber

' 00

much bound nor roo

opeo ; yet even the gentil:: Jax:ui,'es are not

be given t'iU

,he pullules begin to dry; and rhen there is oorhing e1f.

required but an emollieo, dyller.

Bleedinglhould bee.utiouny ufed; forwhen ,he we.k–

ncfs is exceffivl!J the fweau profuCe. aod the pul fe quiok.

it mua be oOliued. 00 the contrary,

is necelfary

for childbed womeo,

when

the loehia are fupprelfed.

and

,he fymptom. of a-miliary feve r begi n ro appear ; bur rhen

muH be done fpeedily. aod the great anxiety, faintiog,

and difliculty of breathing will ceafe, and rhe puflule.

break out.

I:Ilillers on ,be baek are very .proper for ,hi. difeafe

for they help to dr¡w off the IInpure ferol1s humours,

and ltimulate the fatigued nervous fibres to a.cootraélioD.

fo as

expel rhe morbific malter.

O[ ¡h.

S CARLET F EYER .

T H

fearle' fever may h.ppen a' any feafon of ,he year,

but

appears moO commooJy towards autumn.

l e

reigos

ebiefiy among ehildren.

hegins wi,h eoldoefs and Ihi–

vering,

other fevers, withoUI any "iolcnr fickneCs:

Afterwards the Ikin is covered with red fpot5, which

~re

lareer, more florid, and not fo uniform as che meanes ..

T he redoefs remains twOor three day!, and then diCap':

pea,, ; rhen ,he curicle f.lIs off, and leaves behiod i, a

fort of meally feale" fealte red over ,he body, whieh ap–

pear and difappear two or three times.

. L e. rhe parienr

abfl.in

from fielh, all ho' cordial"

aad rpiritoll'j liquon ; Itt him not go out of door5, Dor

be eonfined eonllanrly ' o his bed; and then medicioes

will be of liule ufe.

Applya bliflering plailler ' o tbe neck, and every oight

give a paregoric of diacodium; and after the fever eeaCe.;

le, the patient be purged wi,h a very genrle eathanic,

agreeable ro rhe age .nd eon(litutioo.

O[ ¡h.

MEA'LEO.

T HE

meanes are aneruplive eatarrh?! rever. generaIJ1

epidemic, which by the increaCed vitaJ motion of the

hean and an eries throws

the Ikin ao acrid. caufije.

infiamma,ory mauer, in the form of red fpolS . They

bogin with ebiloefs and Ihivering, and héat and cold fue–

oeerl by turns. The nex' day ,he fever comes on IVitb

great fieknefs, rhiríl, and lof, of apperi,e; the rongue i$

white, bUI not dry. There is a little cough, a hea"ioefs

of the head and eyes, and a eontinual

fl..

pinefs. There

i, a fneezing and a fwelling of the eye-lid" a ferous hu–

mour oft

di(~ils

from the nore and eyes. which are éen ain

figns Ihe eruptioo is at hand . In rhe faee ,he fpolS are

fmall ; bu, on ,he breall broad and red, no' rifing abov.

rhe furface of the fl,i n. The pa,ien< ofteo has a loofencfs,

wir.h greenilh {lools.

T hefe fymptoms eontinue ano inereafe rill the fourth ,

fonmimes rbe fifrh day ; a' which lime fpo" like Bea–

bites appear.

íDcr~a(jng

in number and magoitude. and

fome

~Iaces

rUO lo¡¡<ther, rcoderiog Ibe faee variouOy.

froucJ.