w CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSTCIAN, 
- fncreafes the heat of the body, fatigues the patient, and retards, inftead of promot: 
ing, the perfpiration. In this and all other fevers, attended with a hard, full, quick, 
pulfe, bleeding is of the greateft importance... This operation ought always to be: 
performed as foon as the fymptoms of an inflammatory fever appear. The quantity: 
of blood to be taken away mwft be.in proportion to the ftrength of the patient and’ 
the violence of the difeafe.. Hf.after the firft bleeding the fever fhould rife, and the: 
pulfe become more frequent and hard, there will be a neceffity for repeating it afe- 
cond, and perhaps a third, or even a fourth, time, which may be done at the diftance, 
of twelve, eighteen, or twenty-four, hours from each other, as the fymptoms requite. 
If the pulfe continues foft, and the patient is tolerably eafy after the'firft bleeding, 
itought not to be repeated, Ifthe heat and fever be very great, forty or fifty drops 
of the dulcified or {weet fpirit of nitre may be made into adraught, with an ounce 
of rofe-water, two ounces of common water, and half an ounce of fimple fyrup, ora: 
bit of loaf-fugar. This draught may be given to the patient every three or four hours, 
while the fever is violent; afterwards, once in five or fix hours will be fufficient. 
If about the tenth, eleventh, or twelfth, day, the pulfe becomes more foft; the: 
tongue moifter, and the urine begins to let fall a reddith fettlement, there is reafon. 
to expect a favourable iffue to the difeafe. But if, inftead of thefe fymptoms, the’ 
patient’s fpirits grow languid, his pulfe finks, and his breathing becomes difficult, 
witha ftupor, trembling of the nerves, ftarting of the tendons, &c. there is reafon to 
fear that the confequences will be fatal. In this cafe blifters muft be applied'to the — 
head, ancles, infide of the legsor thighs, asthere may be occafion; poultices of wheat: 
bread, muftard, and vinegar, may likewife: be applied to the foles of the feet, and. 
the patient muft be fupported with cordials, as {trong white-wine whey, negus 
fago-gruel with wine imit, and fuch like. - Should the patient recover, he sabia A 
take fome gentle laxative. An ounce of tamarinds, and a drachm of fena:may' be: 
boiled for a few minutes in a pint of water, and an ounce of manna diffolved:in the: 
cottio ; afterwards: it may be ftrained, and a tea-cup full drunk-every hour till. 
operat ‘: “This dofeimay be repeated. twice or thrice, five or:fix days intervening: 
bec pants and the Patient Saat be ste aes till seston setiecitp ana 
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reat. Irmay be occafioned by whatever obftruéts the perfpiration:, 
as cold northerly winds 5 drinking cold Jiquors when the body is hot; fleeping:with-), 
out doors on the damp ground; ‘wet’ clothes; plunging the -body into cold water,’ 
seers itto the cold air, when covered with fweat, 8c.’ ee 
