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grains to an ounce ; or with a very little blue vitriol diflblved in 

 it, as a grain to an ounce; but nothing fo inftantaneoufly cor- 

 rects the putrid fmell of ulcers as a folution of alum, about half 

 an ounce to a pint of water, which fhould be a little warmiih, 

 and injected into the fauces gently by means of a fyringe. Thete 

 fhould be repeated frequently in a day, if it can be done eafily, 

 and without fatigue to the child. A little powder of bark taken 

 frequently into the mouth, as a grain or two, that it may mix 

 with the faliva, and thus frequently (limulate .the dying ton- 

 fils. Could a warm bath made of decoction of bark, or a 

 cold alluviation with it, be of fervice ? Could oxygene gas mix- 

 ed with common air ftimulate the languid fyftem ? Small elec- 

 tric fhocks through the tonfils every ho,ur ? ether frequently 

 applied externally to the f welled tonfils ? 



As this difeafe is attended with the greateft degree"of debility, 

 •and as ftimulant medicines, if given in quantity, fo as to produce 

 more than natural warmth, contribute to expend the already too 

 much exhausted fenforial power •, it appears, that there is noth- 

 ing fo neceflary to be nicely attended to as to prevent any un- 

 neceffary motions of the fyftem ; this is beft accomplished by the 

 application of cold to thofe parts of the fkin, which are in the 

 lea(t too hot. Dr. Mofman, of Bradford, directed a boy of 

 eight years of age, who was very hot, and covered with the fear- 

 let eruption, to be taken naked out of bed, and moiftened his 

 fkin all over with cold vinegar, by means of a fponge, with great 

 and good event. It is probable that cold vinegar might dimin- 

 ish the inflammation and confequent heat of the fkin more ef- 

 fectually than cold water, as its application to the lips renders 

 them pale, probably by ftimulating the abforbent extremities of 

 the veins into greater action. Annals of Medicine, Vol. IV. 

 1799. Secondly, that the exhibition of the bark in fuch quan- 

 tity as not to opprefs the ftomach and injure digeftion, is next to 

 be attended to, as not being liable to increafe the actions of the 

 fyftem beyond their natural quantity ; and that opium and wine 

 fhould be given with the greateft caution, in very fmall repeated 

 quantity, and fo managed as to prevent, if poffible, the cold fits of 

 fever ; which probably occur twice in 25 hours,obeying the luna- 

 tions like the tides, as mentioned in Sect. XXXII. 6. that is, 

 I fuppofe, the cold periods, and confequent exacerbations of fe- 

 ver, in this malignant fcarlatina, occur twice in a lunar day > 

 which is about ten minutes lels than 25 hours ;.fo that if the 

 commencement of one cold fit be marked, the commencement of 

 the next may be expected (if not difturbed by the exhibition of 

 «'ine, or opium, or the application of blifters) to occur in about 



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