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boil('J in miJlt; emullioos mJd;! with barley.water and al..
!noojs; Mor"Jle, or Rheni:h wine plentifully dilu,ed wi,h
water ; or ílny olher thing. of this. kind.
In che: ClJr~, Sydc!nhlnl direéts bl.~c:ding on any of lhe
thrc:~ fi rll d.&)'s tO nioe or ten ounees j and (hen ao–
ounee, or ao ounee and a halr of emetic \Vine. BUl fome
phylicilns wdl not allow a ,"amit by any m~ans. uolc:fs
rher\! is a naurea, and (he hc:ad is mueh afFc:élc:d. Yet
}:Ioffman judge. i, tO b: prop" on ,he firfi day of ,he in·
"¡¡Iion, and prefcribes two graíos of eme tic tartardilfolw
ved in cinna01on. ~atc:rl. tO adults.
In youth, and adults, ir is often nccdrary to take away
,blood tWO or (hree times . only with ~n íntc:rmil1ion of
t\Yo or three d,¡ys bClween each time. Blood-leuing is
fo far froro being an obrbde 'o ,he erup,ion of ,he pu·
llules, if ~hc: patic:nt ¡s. OOt too wcak, that it'forwards it
'~bly.
After BLE(.OI:iG, a .omit lhoUld be given, if the Ha·
.m~ch ab9und. wi,h phlegm or bile, or be loaded wi,h
food unCe.fonably ,.ken. O lhe,wife a purge may he
preCcribed before ,he erup,ioD of ,he pu llul<s : whicb
mily be ,he iDfufioo of {coa wilh manoa, or manna alonl:,
~rpeci.lly for children; for no difiurbance is 'o be raifed
io ,he body.
To keep ,be inAamma,ion of .he, blood .wilhin due
,bounsls, and 'o ar¡¡n, ,he expulfioll of ,he nlorbific mauer
tbrough ,he fhiD,
Take half 'aQ ounee 01' bezoar in powder, 2 dran1s of
puri6ed nitn;: Mix, :and be:t~.ioto a powder.
H alf a dram of ,his may, be taken by aD,adul, ,hree Qr
four times in a day ; dimininliDg ,he quan,i,y for chil–
d(en in proportiqo to ¡heir age,
Sometimes equaLparts qf [hefe iDgredients may oe pre–
fcribed ; aou if the d ferveCcénce of the fever ruos very
high, a proper quan,ily of ,he fpiri, of vitriol may be
added 'o .he pa.' ien,'s drink. Bu, if ,here be any reach–
ings to vomit, they' will be removed by drangh,s con–
taining half ao ounee of the juiee of Jernons, with OBe
fcruple of .he fah of wormwood.
V'hen .he erup,ion of ,he pullulesis complea'ed" which
generally happen¡ on ,he fi x,h day from ,he altack, let ,he
padent take ao ounee of díacodi.uro every evening tiU tbe
ten,h day .fter ,he invafion. 00 ,hat nigh', if ,he fma ll–
pox be of ,he confinent kind, ,he dofe ,mull be increaCed
to ao Ounee and a half: and 3D ounce in tbe morning.¡
.nd fo aD ounce and half every ,nig,b, till ,he pa,ieo, is
rccovered.:
Whatever.:ilre the fOft , and al whatever time of tire
dif.afe a phrenfy fhall happen, it is 'o be curbecl by pa–
regorics, given one after another till ¡he end is obtaincd,
only wai,ing 'o fee ,he effetl of oile doCe b.fore aDo,her
¡, ordered.
In the mean time, if the patient is collive, which
is generalIy the cafe, and the ft ver continues, the bocJy
j. 10 be opened wi,h a d yller eveoy fecond or ,hird day.
lf ,he method is proper ir! ,he dill intl -pox, it wiJl
be found more neceíl"ítry in lhe confiueDl, which is attend·
ed with greater fear and danger.
In every for' of ,his i, is proper 'o op.n ,he
boc1y on the decline, lhat is, on the ninth or lenth day
(rom ,he erup,ion, becaufe a putrid fever generally comes
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on about that time, while the ¡)ldltll:s :H Cdryin~, or up·
on ,he fu~5Jenc< of ,he fwe lling of ,he ioH.med rJ,.in.
where th: re 1S no fuppuration, whic!l reve r (annOI be ta·
ken off wi,h equ,1 fafe,y by . ny o,her nl"ans ; ~Ul gentl¿
cat1llrtics alone are lObe employed in thi3 caCe, fuch as
weredir.l1ed before ,he erup,ion of ,he pulll1les.
It will alfo be of ufe a, ,hi. time 'o ,alte .w.y fome
blood, ir ,he he.. be ' 00 gro.., aad ,he pa,ien, have
ctrength tO beu it.
This putrid fever i. by Syd.nham cl lled ,he fccondary
fever, which comes 00 Wilh heal, inquietud:!. toffing,
ce. ando unlcfs preveoted, ukes ofFthe patient in two or
three days. He meDtioos (bis fever as comiug 00 lhe
elevenlh day, -or later; bUI this is to be underHood from
lhe time of the invaGon, wbereas ~1ead reckons [rom die
¡ime of ,he erup,ion, Sydenham prefcribes large bleed~
ing, and a eHhan ie two days af,er. viz. one ounee of
lenith'e eleétuary di crolved in 4 ounces of limpie alI!Jo:c¡
terial water, together with lhe free ure uf paregorics. ,
If ,he (piule ,hrough hea! is fo ,ough ,ha! i, canaot L~
hawked up, 1« a gorgle be frequeDtly injetled in'o rhe
,hro", wilh a fyringe. It may be compouoded of barley:
water and honey of rofes.
\Vhen t he mauer of fal iva,ion gr,?ws very vifad• .anJ
begins 'o dog ,he larynx :lnd ,rachea, ,h• .bel! me·
thod is to boil marlh mallows, rpyrfll, and honey, in a
fuffi cieot quantity of water and vinegar, and to tranfm.i,t
the lleam of lhe decoélion into lhe patient's mouth, thro'
a glaCs or ,in.,ube, offuch a fhape and I<nl\,h as is mon
commodious for a recumbent pofiure.
From ,he eigh,h day ' o ,he end of ,he d¡feaCe, gar~
Jick may be applied ,'o the foles Df the fee<; which murt
be renewe~ every day, efpeci.lly whea the brain es af–
fetled.
\'1hen ,he pullules are perfetlly ciry .nd w"hered, the
(.lee m~y be ¡¿noiQted Wilh a linimento made of equal parts
of oil offweet almonds and pomatum, for ' wo days and
no longer.
Twenty one days after the ¡nvarioD, let a veío be 0-
pened in the arm, and (he next day give a cathartic.
\vbich may be repeated every other day three times more.
This is necelTary, becaufe no fpccies of fever requires
,he body 'o be 'horoughly c1eorcd of ,he remains of ,he
more ,han ,his. Af,er,,he cotharti••, "he body
is to be refiored ' o i" former fiate by a cou rf. of milk,
efpecially ,ha, of arres, wi,h f"i'abl.e [ood, aod ,he air
élnd amurerncnu of lhe: country. .
As there are puucuJaraccidenu in lhe fmaJl-pox \vhich
do nOt commoI1Jy occur, it \ViII be proper tO [ay fome·
thing of Ihem Sometimes lhe patient is feized with con..
vulfions jun before Ihe eruption, which is ralher a good
,han. bdd fign in children. In ,his cafe, blood-Ietting is
carefully 'o be avoided; bu, a bliller is 'o be applied 'o
,he neck, . nd to ,he foles of ,he fe';' . PI"irle" made
of equal pa", of Ihe ceplcalic and hlirlering plaifiers; no~
forgelling tO give antirpalmodic medicines inwardly.
The chicf are wild V alerian root, Ruman cafior, 3nd the
rpirits of volatile ralts chemically eXlra{l~d (roOl anim~ds.
In adu"s. lhe thing is other\l.:i{e; for Ihey, ir nOI tOO
weak, may 10Ce a moderate qn.nti,y of blood, and ,hen
be pu, jD'O 'hc,foregoing ,melhQd.
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