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it. All violent purgatives are tobe avoided; the body however muft be kept gent- 
ly open. A decoétion of tamarinds, with a little honey or manna, will anfwer this 
purpofe very well. The fide affected muft be fomented in the manner direéted in 
the foregoing difeafes. Mild laxative clyfters fhould be frequently adminiftered ; 
and, if the pain fhould notwithftanding continue violent, a bliftering-plafter may 
be applied over the part affected. Medicines which promote the fecretion Of urine 
have a very good effect here, For this purpofe, half a drachm of purified nitre, or 
a tea-{poonful of the {weet fpirits of nitre, may be taken in acup of the patient's 
drink three or four times a-day. All inflammations of the vifcera muft in general 
be treated upon the fame principles as thofe already mentioned. The chief rule, 
~ with refpect to all of them, is to let blood, to avoid every thing that is ftrong, or of 
a heating nature, to apply warm fomentations to the part affected, and to caufe the 
patient to drink a fufficient quantity of warm diluting liquors. 
Or rue CHOLERA MORBUS, 
: THE cholera morbus is a violent purging and vomiting, attended with gripes, 
ficknefs, and a conftant defire to goto ftool. It comes on fuddenly, and is moft 
common in autumn. There is hardly any difeafe that kills more quickly than this, 
when proper means are not ufed in due time for removing it. Ir is generally pre- 
ceded by the heart-burn, four belchings, and flatulences, with pain of the ftomach 
‘andinteftines, Tothefe fucceed exceffive vomiting, and purging of green, yellow, 
or blackith, coloured bile, with a diftention of the ftomach, and violent griping 
pains, There is likewife a great thirft, with a very quick unequal pulfe, and often 
a fixed acute pain about the region of the navel. As the difeafe advances, the pulfe 
Often finks fo low.as.to become quite imperceptible, the éxtremities grow cold, or 
cramped, and are-often covered with a clatnmy fweat ; the urine is obftructed, and 
there is a palpitation of the heart. Violent hiecup, fainting, and convulfions, are 
*the figns of approaching death. = ioe ant a oR 
- CURE.---At the beginning of this difeafe, the efforts of nature to expel the of- 
fending caufe thould be affifted, by promoting the purging and vomiting. For 
this purpofe the patient muft drink freely of diluting liquors; as whey, butter- 
milk, warm water, thin water-gruel, {mall poffet, or, what! is perhaps preferable co 
any of them, very weak chicken broth. This thould not only. be drunk plentifully 
to promote the vomiting, but aclyfter of it given every hour in order to promote 
the purging. Warm negus, or ftrong wine whey, will likewife be neceffary to 
fapport the patient's fpirits,/and promote peffpiration.’ His legs fhould. be bath 
in.warm water, and afterwards rubbed with flannel cloths, or wrapped in warm 
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