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THE SICK MAN^S COUPAHZON* ^^5 



one tea spoonful^ and of pleurisy root, gome- 

 limes called butterfly weed, four tea spoonsful. 

 The whole of these articles are to be (previ- 

 ously) finely pulverised, and as they are mea- 

 sured out, put them into an earthen or tin vessel, 

 pour on one pint of boiling water, slir the whole 

 well together, and let it stand to settle, on un- 

 till it becomes sufficiently cooll to be taken:— 

 then you are to administer to the patient three 

 or four table spoonsful at a time, repeatedly, 



the 



until the throat and mou 

 moiet, and the saliva or ; 

 ly. At the same time ni 



tea (which may be prep 



ng 



discharged 



bark, bay her 



ryroot bark, hemlock bark, or witch bazle 



kaves,) and let the patient drink freely of this, 

 together with the above compound infusion, fre- 

 quertly wetting the face, hands arid feet with cold 

 water, until you succeed in raising the internal 

 heat, by which means ydu will perceive that the 

 external heat is let down; or in other words, so 

 far diminished as to have raised the fountain of 

 life above the stream, sufficiently to have pro' 

 duced a natural action, & caused a perspiration 

 to appear on the forehead and breast. When 

 this is accomplished, the patient is ready for the 

 ■team bath. / 



It may here be remarked, tbfat. as a substitute 



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