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warm fpirituous fomentations fhould likewife be applied to the region of af fto. ; 
mach. .'When-the violence of the difeafe is over,: to prevent a relapfe,. it, will be 
neceffary, for fome time, to continue the ufe of {mall dofes of laudanum. Ten or 
twelve drops may be taken in a glafs of wine, at leaft ‘twice a- “day, for eight or ten 
days. The patient’s food’ ought to be nourifhing, ‘but taken in {mall quantities, 
and he fhould ufé moderate exercife. As the ftomach and inteftines are generally 
much weakened, an’ infufion of the bark, or bitter herbs, i in {mall wine, fharpend 
with the elixir of vitriol, may be drunk for fome time. 
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Or A DIARRH@A, OR LOOSENESS, 
A LOOSENESS, in many cafes, is not to be confidered as adifeate, ‘but rather 
asa falutary evacuation. It ought therefore never to be ftopped unlefs when i it con- 
‘tinues too long, or evidently weakens the patient. 
CURE..---A loofenels, occafioned by the obftruction of any eulgran evacia- 
tion, generally requires bleeding. If that does not fi ucceed, other evacuations may 
_ be fubftituted i in the'toom of thofe ‘which ate obftruéted. At the fame’ time, every 
method is to be taken to reftore the -ufual difcharges, as not only the cure of the 
difeafe, but the patient’s life, may depend on this, A diarrhoea, or loofénefs, which 
proceeds from violent paffions or affections of the mind, muft be treated with ‘the 
reateft caution. -Vomits in this cafe Are highly improper, Nor’ are purges fafe, 
-unlefs they be very mild, and given in fmall quantities. Opiates, and- other anti- 
fpafmodic medicines, aré mote ‘proper. Ten or twelve drops of liquid laudanum 
may be taken ina cup of valerian or penny-royal tea, every eight or ten hours, till 
the fymptoms abate, Eafe, cheerfulnefs, and tranquility of mind, are here of the 
greateft i Importance. When aloofenefs proceeds from acrid or poifonous fubftances 
_ taken into the ftomach, the patient muft drink large quantities of diluting liquors, 
-with oil or fat broths, to promote vomiting and purging. Afterwards, if there. be 
-Feafon to fufpedt that the bowels are inflamed, bleeding will be neceffary. Small 
dofes of Jaudanum may li Jikewife be taken to remove their i irritation. Fre rom. what- 
ever caufea loofenefs. proceeds, when it is found neceffary to check it, the diet ought 
| ‘= t ofri rice e boiled with milk, and flavoured ‘with cinnamon; rf rice-jelly 5 ; fago, 
with red port; and meat Peat The drink ee be thin 
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Let ang arious ‘caufes, as as. i “eat 
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