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CXXXIV The Introdudtion. 
awak’d till he died. I had him bliftered, gave him ftrong Purgers, 
held irritating Medicines to his Nofe, ¢xc. and did all things] could 
think of to raife him out of his Sleep, but to no purpofe. 
Intermitting Fevers of all kinds, were very Epidemic all over the 
Iland when I was there, fo that the third part of Mankind were 
taken ill of them, from Children at the Breaft to old aged People. 
They were generally very violent, fo that idle talking, light-headed- 
nefs, (c. were ordinary, and they very feldom yielded to any of 
the common febrifuges, but generally grew worfe on the ule of 
them, and lafted a very great while. In thefe Fevers if the Per- 
fon died not by the violence of the Fever, but recovered, they 
were often very much difcolour’d, fallow, Cachectic, and ufually 
had f{wellings in the left Sides, called Ague Cakes, which were 
very painful, and in time kill’d them. Ac other times a Dropfte 
follow’d, which rarely mifs’d, buc certainly brought death. Thefe 
intermitting Fevers, and drinking extravagancly, I look on to be 
the reafon of Dropfies being fo common here, I us‘d, if fent for 
in the Fit, to give fome Medicine forwarding the motion of Nature, 
as if 1 found the Patient Vomiting, I would help ic forward, by 
warm water, a Feather, dc. if hot and thirfty, I fuffer’d him to 
drink cool Drinks as much as he pleas‘d, and if I found the Fit going 
Of inter- off by Sweat, I gave fome Sp. C. C.. in Decoéto Salvia vel rorifmarini, 
pitting to forward that. If the Fever affeted the Head very much, I gave 
' order for Bleeding, Blifters, Cupping, ec. So foon as the Fit was 
over, I immediately gave the Cortex Pern. in powder about one 
Dram every four hours in a Glafs of water, till they had caken Two 
Ounces of ict. If there was fufficient time in the day before the nexe 
return to give Six Drams of the Bark, then I troubled them not in 
the night, butif the Symptoms were.dangerous,. and little intermif- 
fion, | order'd it to be given as well in the night as in the day. [If iz 
purg'd violently Igave it ina Bolus with Confery, Rof. into which 
was dropt a very litcle quantity of Laudanum to take of its purging 
quality, which infringes in fome meafure its vertue. If it purg’d 
only the firft or fecond Dofe eafily, there was no need of any thing 
for very often afterwards it would bind up the Belly. According tO. 
the prefent Circumftances of the Confticution of a Man, or Seafon 
of the Year, it purges or purges not with him. I advifed Chil- 
dren fhould take it in Chocolate well fweetned. Sometimes | 
gave it in Pills made up with Gum Tragacanth. Mucilage. The 
belt and eafieft way of giving it is in fair water {weetned with Syr, 
Cariopbyll. and aromatizd with Cinamon water. | ufually after 
the Fit was off begun to give it them, or {o foon as they found 
themfelves a little eafie, It I found the cafe urgent | gave it at any 
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