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About ten years ago, a difeafe appeared in the 

 Midland counties, much "refembling the ulcerated 

 fore-throat, but differing from it in reality, and re- 

 quiring very different remedies. This was called 

 the fore-throat, attended with fcarlet fever, and 

 raged principally in the fummer and autumn, in 

 hoc and dry weather, and attacked principally ro- 

 buft and vigorous people. Vomiting in this dif- 

 order proved a very effectual remedy, and required 

 to be frequently repeated, during the heat of the 

 difeafe, even, in bad cafes, as far as twice in twenty- 

 four hours. Should the fame complaint again be- 

 come epidemic, the early admin iftration of emetics 

 will probably be of the utmoft confequence, and 

 ought to be carefully attended to. It was found 

 neceffary to ufe fuch as were of a powerful kind, 

 otherwife little benefit was received. 



The above are far from being the only cafes 

 wherein emetics are ufeful, but fuch only as occur 

 to me wherein they may be adminiftered without 

 hazard of being injurious, and have a probability 

 of being of fervice. It will be proper here to offer 

 fome Cautions relative to the Dofe and Management 

 of Emetics. 



Firft, then, I apprehend, that it is a miftaken 

 notion that gentle emetics, as they are called, are 



milde* 



