uf CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICUAN; 
gentian root, camomile, horehound, &c. Thefe:may be infufed in water or wine, 
and a glafs of it drunk frequently. Agrecable amufements, cheerful company, and 
riding about, are preferable to all medicines in this difeafe. For which reafon, when 
the patient can afford it, we would recommend a Jong journey of pleafure, as the 
mott likely means to reftore his health.. What is called a fymptomatic confumption can- 
‘not be cured without firft removing the difeafe by which it is occafioned, Thus, 
‘when a confumption proceeds from the fcrophiula or king’s-evil, from the {curvy, the 
afthma, the venereal difeafe, &c. adue attention muft be paid to the malady from 
whence it arifes, and the regimén and medicine directed accordingly. Whenex- 
ceflive evacuations of any kind occafion a confumption, they mutt not only be re- 
Atrained, but the patient’s ftrength muft be reftored by gentle exercife, nourithing 
diet, and generous cordials. Young and delicate mothers often fall into confump- 
tions by giving fuck too long. Ass foon as they perceive their ftrength and appetite 
begin to fail, they ought immediately to wean the child, or provide another nurfe, 
otherwife they cannot expeét a cure. 
Or tue SLOW or NERVOUS FEVER: 
NERVOUS FEVERS may be occafioned by whatever depreffes the fpirits, or 
impoverifhes the blood ; as grief, fear, anxiety, want of fleep, intenfe thought, living 
On poor watery diet, unripe fruits, cucumbers, melons, mufhrooms, 8c. They may 
‘likewife be occafioned by damp, confined, or unwholefome, air. Hence they are 
‘very common in rainy feafons, and prove moft fatal to thofe who live in dirty, low, 
houses, crowded ftreets, hofpitals, jails, or fuch-like places. Perfons whofe conftitu- 
tions have been broken by exceflive venery, frequent falivations, too free an ufe of 
purgative medicines, or any other exceflive evacuations, are very liable to this difeafe. 
_ CURE.---The patient muft not be kept too low. His ftreneth and fpirits ought 
__ tobe fupported by nourithing diet and cordials. For this purpofe his gruel, panada, 
or whatever food he takes, muft be mixed with wine according as the fymptoms may 
‘Yequire. Pretty {trong white-wine whey, or fmall negus, fharpened with the juice 
of ors ge or lemon, will be proper for his ordinary drink. “Where a naufea, load, 
and ficknefs at ftomach, prevail at the beginning of a fever, it will be neceffary to give 
the patient a gentle vomit. Fifteen or twenty grains of ipecacuanha in fine powder 
enerally anfwer this purpofe very well. This may be repeated any time before 
the thitd or fourth day, if the above fymptoms continue. Vomits not only clean the 
ftomach, but, by the general thock which they give, promote the perfpiration, and 
have many other excellent effects in flow fevers, where there are no figns of inflamma- 
tion, and nature wants roufing. Such as dare not venture upon a vornit, may clean the 
bowels by a finall dofe of Turkey rhubarb, or infufion of fenna and manna. In all 
fevers, 
