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want of it, great-drinefs-of the skin, coftivenefs, a retention of urine, a fmall.drop,. 
_ ping of blood:-from the nofe, finging of the ears, and extreme fenfibility of the nery~ ~ 
ous fyftem. When the, brain itfelf is inflamed, the pulfe is always foft and low; 
bur, when the inflammation only affects the integuments of the brain, viz. the dura 
and pia mater, it is hard. 19) 2 
~CURE..---As this difeafe often proves iietah in a few days, it requires the. al 
fpéedy applications. When it is prolonged, or improperly treated, it fometimes ends. 
in madnefs, or a kind of ftupidicy which continues for life. . Two things,are chiefly 
to be attended to, in the cure, viz. to lefien the quantity of blood in the brain, . and, 
to retard the circulation towards the head. Nothing more certainly relieves the Ho S 
tient than a free difcharge of blood from the nofe. When. this comes of itso 
accord, it is by no means-to be ftopped, but rather promoted, by applying cloths ph 
ped ity -warm' water to the part. When bleeding at the nofe does not happen fponta, 
neoufly, it may be provoked by putting a ftraw, or any other tharp body, up 
the noftril. Bleeding in the temporal arteries greatly relieves the head :, but, as 
this ‘operation cannot always be performed, we would recommend in its ftead bleed- 
_ jfg’in'the jugular-veins. When the patient’s pulfe and fpirits are fo low, that he 
cannot bear bleeding with the lancet, leeches may be applied to the temples. ‘Thefe 
not’ ofily draw off the blood more gradually, but, by being applied nearer to the part 
affected, generally give more immediate relief. If the inflammation of the brain be 
_ occafioned by the ftoppage of evacuations either natural or artificial, as the menfes, 
- iffves, fetons, or fuch like, all means mutt be ufed to reftore them as foon'as poffible, 
or to fubftitute others in their ftead. The patient’s body muft be kept open by 
ftimulating clyfters or fmart purges ; and fmall quantities of nitre ought frequently 
to’be’ mixed with his drink. Two or three drachms, or more, if the cafe be dan- 
gerous, may be ufed in the {pace of twenty-four hours. If the difeafe proves abftis. 
nate, and does not yield to the: andes it will be beeetines to apply @ Aha 
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Pony THE ‘INFLA M MATION OF THE EYES. 
STEEG dioider i iguttendadwithecue pain, leit rednefs, and fwellinger-The 
atient i “not able to bear the light, and fometimes he feels a pricking | pain, as if 
hive € pierced with athorn. The pulfe is generally quick and hard, with 
fome’ fever: When the difeafe is violent, the neighbouring parts fwell, 
and there is kexbhets i or pulfation in the temporal arteries, &c. A flight inflam- 
mation of the eyes, efpecially’ from an external caufe, is eafily cured ; but, when the 
difeafe is violent, and continues long, it often mean iets erent: Py 
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