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the obftinacy of the difeafe. “They fhould not be trong; gentle vomits Frequently 
_ tepeated arélefs dangerous, and more beneficial, than {trong ones. Many people 
believe that oily, pectoral, and balfamic, medicines poffefs wonderful virtues for 
the cure of thechin-cough, and accordingly exhibit them plentifully to patients 
ofevery age and conftitution, without confidering that every thing of this nature 
muft load the ftomach, hurt the digeftion, and of courfe aggravate the diforder. 
The millepedes, or woodlice, are greatly recommended for the cure of a chin-cough. 
- Thofe, whochufe to make ufe of thefe infe&ts, may infufe two ounces of them 
bruifed in an Englifh pint of fmall white-wine for one night. Afterwards the 
liquor may be ftrained through a cloth, and a table fpoonful of it given to the 
patient three or four times a-day. Opiates are fometimes neceffary to allay the vio- 
lence of the cough. For this purpofe a little of the fyrup of poppies, or five, 
fix, or feven, drops of laudanum, according to the age of the patient, may be 
taken in acupof hyffop or penny-royal-tea, and repeated occafionally. The gar- 
lic ointment is a well-known remedy in North-Britain for the chin-cough. It is 
made by beating in a mortar garlic with an equal quantity of hogs lard... With this | 
the foles of the feet may be rubbed twice or thrice a-day; but the beft method is 
to {pread i jt upon a rag, and apply it in the form of a plafter. It fhould be renew- 
ed every night and morning at leatt, as the garlic foon lofes its virtue. This is 
ah’ exceeding good medicine both in the chin-cough and in moft other ebbBhs of 
an-obftinate nature. It ought not, however, to be ufed when the patient is’ very hot 
or feverith, left it fhould increafe thefe fymptoms. — 
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH. 
RN inflammation of the ftomach may proceed from any of the caufes which pro- 
duce ao inflammatory fever; as cold liquor drunk while the-body is warm, obitruc- 
ted’ ‘perfpiration, or the fuddenftriking 1 in of any eruption. It is attended with a fixed 
“pain and burning heat in the ftomach ; great reftleffnefs and anxiety ;. afmall, quick, 
‘and hard, pulfe; vomiting, or, at leaft, a naufea and ficknefs ; -exceflive thirft ; cold- 
nets of the extremities 5 difficulty of breathing; cold clammy fwveats s and fometimes 
convulfions and fainting fits. The ftomach is fwelled, and often feels hard to the 
touch. - One of the-moft certain figns of this difeafe is the fenfe of pain,. which the 
patient feels upon taking any, kind of food or mages efpecially if it be either ooh. 
or too cold. 
~ CURE.---All acrimonious, heating: sik tailings food and drink are carefully oe 
to be avoided. — of te he weaknels of the patient may deceive the by-ftanders, “and: in 
duce them to give him wines, fpirits, or other cordials; but thefe never fail t to 
jhcreafe the difeafe, and often occafion fudden: death. The inclination to yom! 
