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in every refpecT: to that fold under the denomination 

 of James's Powder. 



Diuretic Medicines form a clafs of remedies, whofe 

 effects would be very defirable, were they not fo 

 precarious. No diuretics that we know are much 

 to be depended upon for certainty of operation, 

 efpecially in fuch cafes as we mod defire to have it, 

 Thofe that are fafeft, and lead offenfive to the fto- 

 mach, are the fweet fpirit of nitre, and the fweet 

 fpirit of vitriol, which may be taken in the dofe of a 

 tea fpoonful in a glafs of water, or other cold liquor, 

 once or twice a day, and continued for two or three 

 weeks. Some of the vegetable infufions, as of 

 horfe-radtfh and muftard feed, will fometimes pro- 

 duce the fame effect, and may be continued, if fuc- 

 cefsful, a long time without injury to the conftitu- 

 tion or health in other refpedb. The infufion may 

 be made by pouring hot water on the muftard-feed 

 bruifed, and horfe-radifli frefli fcraped, and letting 

 them (land together a few minutes. An ounce of 

 each of the ingredients is enough for a quart of 

 water j and about a quarter of a pint of this infu- 

 fion may be taken twice a day. The above in- 

 fufion, or one fimilar to it, is often ufed with fuc- 

 cefs in the fwelling of the belly and legs, which 

 often fucceeds obftinate intermittent fevers, and is 

 generally attended with thick turbid urine, which 



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