 AND° FAMILY DISPENSATORY) > ~ 22g, 
cafioned: by drinking: ftrong liquors; by thectoppave of ufuak evacuations; jasole 
ulcers, iffues, fweating of the feetor hands, &&c. ithée-fudden ftriking in of any erupy 
tion, as the itch, the meafles, or the {mall-pox. A:pléurify may likewife be octafioned: 
by violent exercife, as‘running, wreftling, leapingy or by fupporting great weights, 
blows on the breaft, &c.. ~The pulfein this difeafe is commonly quick and hard, the 
uriné high-coloured; and if blood be let it is covered with a tough cruft, or buffy 
coat. The patient’s fpittle‘is at firft thin, -but afterwards it becomes groffer, and is, 
often ftreaked with blood. Y Sis ciuiols e210 bin f ; 
SCURE..--Nature generally endeavours to carry off this difeafe by a critical dif. 
charge of blood-from fome-part of the body, by expectoration, fweat, loofe ftools, 
thick urine, or the like. We ought therefore to fecond her intentions by lefiening 
the force of the circulation, relaxing the veffels, diluting the humours, and promot-, 
ing expectoration. Copious bleeding, in the beginning of a pleurify, bas a much, 
better effect than repeated fmall bleedings. A man may lofe twelve or fourteen ounces | 
of blood as foon as it is certainly known that he is feized with a pleurify.. Fora 
younger perfon, or-one of a delicate conftitution, the quantity muft belefs: If, after, 
the firft bleeding, the ftitch, with the other violent fymptoms, , fhould continue, it. 
will be neceffary, at the diftance of twelve or eighteen hours, to.Jet eight or nine, 
ounces more. If the fymptoms do not then abate, and the, blood. fhews a Atrong, 
buffy coat, a third, or even a fourth, bleeding may be requifite. But this operation 
~ is feldom neceffary after the third or fourth day of the fever, and ought not then to be , 
performed, unlefs in the moft urgent circumftances.. The blood may be attenuated _ 
without bleedings- and the pain of the fide abated by fomenting, bliftering, ec. Fo-_ 
mentationsmiay be made by boiling a handful of the flowers of elder, camomile, and. 
comnion mallows;-on any other foft vegetables, recommended for this epmplaint in. 
the! Herbal.’ "Fhe herbs may. be either put into a flannel bag, and applied warm to 
the fide} or'Gannels may be dipped in. the decoétion, afterwards wrung, gut, and 
applied-to the part affected; withas much warmth as the patient can ¢alily bear. Fo-_ 
- of the:blood and other humours. © Leaves of various plants might likewife be ap-. 
plied to the patient’s fide with advantage. I have often feen great benefit from young . 
cabbage-leaves applied warm to the fide ina pleurify. Thefe not only relax the } 
parts, but likewife draw off a little moifture, and may prevent the neceffity of blif- 
tering platterss:which, however, when other things fail, mutt be applicc. | Whats 
called'the'crifisy or height of the fever,’ is fometimes attended with very alarming, 
riptoms, as-difficulty of breathing, anirregular. pulfe, convulfive motions, €¢. 
aor tofriehten the attendants, and induce them to do improper things, 
