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for the above compound infusion, you may Uf^e & 

 warm t€a of cayenne or good red pppper, with x 

 portion of nerve powder and bitter ront in it; but 

 in either case, if the patient should h*ive vomit- 

 ed so H9 to have thrown up (he medicine, the 

 dose should be repeated, with an occasional 

 ilrink of spearmint lea, until the stomach retains 

 a sufficient quantity to enable him to undergo the 

 operation of the vapor bath. It may not be a- 

 * ipiss to remark in this place also, that other ar- 

 ticles (with the exception of cayenne or good 

 red pepper upon which therein much depentfence 

 lo be placed,) may, in some cases, be sithjititut- 

 ed; such al>ennyn>yal, spice- wood roots, sassa- 

 fras, ginger, of sweat weed, and seneka snake 

 toot and camjihor, in decoction, given occasion- 

 ally, with either of the above teas, is al.-o a very 

 Excellent article: in cases of pleurisy, when the 

 patient is preparing for tlie steam bath, much ds- 

 pendence may be placed on a «lec<>ction or infu- 

 non of red pepper, [)!eurisy mot, and spice- wood 

 roots. These articles I have frequently tried, 

 and in many cases have found them to be ex- 

 tremely useful when preparing the patient fortlie 



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Flan ofateaming. Bj the time 

 {reatm^entis completed, and the perspiration ap- 

 peal on the forehead and breast, the experienced 

 practitioner, oi; attendant should have stones 

 and water Beit, and other necessary arlicks in 



