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The fame me,hod is ' o be obferved in ,his difeofe.
Ir
lhe patient is plethoric, additled to fpi riuwus Jiqllors•
• nd more efpecially ir lhe difo"fe attaCk ,he head, blecd·
iog is necerr ..ry.
h will be Cafen
l a
avoid
external applications, unle(s
a powdc:r made of eld..:r-fiowe:rs and liquorice fprinkled
on lhe
pan; orlime
water, mix t with a fourth
pan
of
{pirit of wine and canJphire, dippiog a lineo cloth in
it
fevc:ral times doubled. and
applYlng
it
hot
la lhe
part. -
An ¡nfufion of fcordium, elder.flowers, and [eonel·
feed , "drank in the maoncr of tea, is ufeful
lO
expel
lhe
morbific
mltter.
lf
,he difeafe does no' yield 'o ,he Srfi bleeding, le, i,
be repeated:
ir
that will
nOI
do, let
it
be reitcrated
lwice
more; one
dAy
heing
interporC!d
between.
O n ,he days free f,om bleeding, prefcribe a clyfier of
milk and fyrup of violelS.
Sorne think purges
DOl
nece(fary in lhe begioDing of
this diCeare
j
bUl
iQ
an eryfipelas of the head, when it
.afF~éls
the braiD with a coma and a delirium, either the
caCe is deCperate,
or
calhan ics
will
Cucceed. Howefer,
/irfi apply blifiers
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,he neck.
If,
~rcer
all , the tumor remaios, and begios to turn livid ;
if (he paln Iies deep, and (eems to reach che periofleum,
and the pare has
a.
tendeocy tO
ulcera
te ;
rhen it
will
be
propcr to
promote
a
ruppuration; at the {ame time en–
de.vouring 'o fiop ,he progrefs of ,he putrefadion. For
lhis purpo{e cbe common platler
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be
proper, with a
fu fficicl}l quantity of camphire and Cafrron. Wheo lhere
is maller that lies deep, die tumour is
10
be opeoe4 wi th a
hnce" and ,be pus
j.
'o be go, ou, by degrees, no' all
·toge,h'er.
When ,be abfcefs is in a gland ulous part, aod has dege·
nerated ioto a fifluloas ulcer, after evacuatiog lhe matler,
a. balCamic liquor is to be ínjeéled, made of tioélure'of
S,.
J oho', wort, ,inélure of balfam of. peru, cboice
rnyrrh, and
a
rew drops of the {pirit of lurpc:ntine.
When
t~cre
is a morti6c-ation coming
00,
give thing.s
inwardly' that refin putrefallion, as nitre and a little
cam–
~hire,
[or r>!her ,he Peruvia. bark.] Ou,wardlyapply
a
mixture of lime-water, camphoralcd (pirit of wine and
."inegar wieh litharge; as alCo tinBure of myr rh, [or of
-myrrh aod aloes] made preuy hot, Wilh a lineo clo,h
doubled, and of,en repealed.
In the Ccorbutic erylipelas, which contioues for fome
time, it will be: próper
10
give gende laxatives aFld puri6·
ers of ,he blood, wi,h di.phore,ics. Af,er ,he body h><f
beco opeocd for fome days, give diuredcs aod diaphoreti cs
ahcrnately for
a
conCidcrab1e time; ami for comOlon drink,
order
a
lempente decoOion of mucilaginous waods and
,aau with bit1ers; panicularly fuccory roots, dandclion·
roots,
~nd
raifio5 .
O/ Ihe
SY NO € UU5,
Dr
Continua/
FEV E I\.
witholll
remiJIioll.
THU fever, by fome called S YNOCHA , by o,hers
a
CONTINUAL FEVtR, i5
an acute rancuineous fever, be–
caufe i, is raifed by a congefiioo of ,he blood. chiefiy in
¡he
ntrvo{o-rnembranou5 parts ; which, unlcfs timely dif–
~f1'ed
by
~he
oeoeG, of oa,ure
anJ
art, produces a fa,al
1Olhmlnatloo.
.
e
N
E.
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![
begins, in fome, with a
mi
Id
{enCe of cold, and
¡,
Coon a(tended ,Wilh very grievou5 rymptoms, cantinuing
without rcmiffion
till
the cri tical
time,
Wilh
a great and
full pulfe.
lf
the blood i. forced 'o ,he head , fo r i, al–
ways aff'c{ls one part more than another, the face
wiU
fwell, the eyes
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be red and
full
of tears ; there
is a
pain
in
the head, with a pulCation of the temporal arteries,
a
vertigo.
JI.
Oeepinefs, torpor, or
a
raviog. \ Vhen the
blood ruChes impctuoully into the ventricles of the heart
and pulmonary vefTe)s, cauling a dirlention therein; then
the breathing will be thick and difficult, with
a
firaitne{s
of ,he breall, as alfo ao anxie,y and palpi,ation of ,he
heart, ..!tended wi,h a lofs or lIrenglh, and a dejeélio,!
of ,he mind. A lIigh, ioflamOla,ioo of ,he cerophagus,
wi,h a fpallic firitlu re of ,he glaods of ,he fauces, wil!
caufe ,hirfi, drynefs and blackners of ,he ,ongue.
If
,he
inAammatory
congenion
happens in the ltomach, it wiU
crea te
a naurea,
a
reaching
10
vomit, and {ometimes
a
hiccup. If in the intellines, there will be inBations
gr,evoully'exafperating the diCeare, tog,ether with
a
co–
ltiveneCs, or
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ejeétion of fetid eXCJements.
lf
iD
the
velfels proceeding from the meraraic arteries and vena
portre, there wiJl be
a
fixed pain
a[
the 6rCl vertebra of
lhe loins: if in the membranes of tbe fpinal marro\V.
tl)e patient \ViII tumble and toCs and líe ¡rregularly
in
bed~
and will have a torpor and languor oftbe limbs, fometlmes
auended with convulCions.
Ru, all ,hefe fympt.oms never happen 'o a1l, nor i.
thei r violence conllandy alike. Sorne dillingulOl this
fe–
ver io'o ,he fimple and putrid. The firll is caufed by a
congefiion of good blood in improper place., Bu, when
it
attacks perfons {ull of im pure juices, who have beea
weakened by a preceding difeafe, coollan' anguifh of ,h.
miod, exceffive coition, or ioordinate living, the {YOlp–
[oms are much more grievous, with lors of Hrength, and
the difeaCe will continue till the fourteenth ar the Iwenty–
firH
day, fometiDles with erUptiODS,
dufky
or black fpon,.
with immediale danger.
lf
,he caufe is no' violen" ,his di reafe will often dif–
appear, merely by the bene6t of nature, on the fourth, fe–
venlb, .or eleventh days. with a large fweat or bJeeding
a, ,he nofe, and, ,hough very feldom, by a flux of the
be
11Y',
unl. fs i, has foOlething of maligni,y.
V/hen ,he direaf. is righ,ly managed io ,he beginniog,
,ha, is on ,he fi rfi. fecond, and ,hird day, wi,b bleeding
and coo!ing things. and gentle diaphoretics, it
will
end
on lhe fourtb . But if the bleeding is omined. or is toO
Hu le, it Olay cantinue liJl Ihe fou rteenth or feventeenth
d;ty,
wÍth
Ihe more grievous fymptoms, as airo
a
deJi–
rium ',
but it
will
termínate al JaH by
a
f\Veat or looreners.
'Vhen it proves fat.d, the patient gencrally dies of
a
fphacdous inllaru\ ration ofIhe: braio, or otherpans, as
the
fioOlach or ¡n leUines.
The intentions of cure are,
l .
T o free Ihe vital parts
from
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great a congenion of bJood , which will eithu
difperCe a llight inB.tOlíl.tion, or prevent a great ooe.
2 ...
T o ' ppeafe ,he exreflua,ion of lhe blood and ,he fpaUic
affefllon of ,he fyfiem of ,he nelves.
3,
To difcufs ,he
fiagnating and corrupted fluids , and to refio re a free cir·
cula,ion of ,he blood, chieay ' o ,he furface of lhe body.
To anf,..r ,be firfi inteo,ion, ,he pa,ioo, mun 10G,
blood