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morbific matter of ulcers, of the gout, the eryfipelas, or other difeafes, to the {to- 
mach and bowels. { 
CURE. --- When vomiting proceeds from a Foul ftomach or indigeftion, it is not 
to be confidered as a difeate, but as the cure of a difeafe.. It ought therefore to be 
promoted by drinking lukewarm water, or thin gruel. . If this. does not put a ftop 
to the vomiting, a dofe of ipecacuanha may be taken, and worked off with weak 
camomile-tea, - If vomiting proceeds from weaknefs of the {tomach, bitters will be 
of fervice. - Peruvian bark infufed in wine or brandy, with as much rhubarb as will 
keep the. body gently open; is an excellent medicine in this, cafe, The elixir of 
vitriol is’ alfo a good medicine; it may be taken in. the dofe of fifteen or twenty 
_ drops, twice or thrice a day, in a-glafs of wine or water: © Habitual: vomitings, are 
fometimes ‘alleviated, by making oyfters a principal part of diet. A vomiting, 
which proceeds from acidities in the ftomach, is relieved by alkaline purges. The 
beft medicine of this kind is the magnefia alba, a tea-fpoonful of which may be 
taken in a difh of tea or a little ‘milk, three or four times a-day, or oftener if necef- 
fary, to keep the body open. . I have always found the faline draughts, taken in che 
act of effervefcence, of fingular ufe in ftopping a vomiting, from whatever caufe it 
proceeded. Thefe may be prepared by diffolving a drachm of the falt of tartar inan 
ounce. and a half of frefh lemon juice, and adding to it an ounce of peppermint-water, 
- the fame quantity of fimple cinnamon-water, and a little white fugar. This draught 
_mutt be fi wallowed before the effervefcence is quite over, and may be seapais every 
two hours, or * oftener, if the YoBMRInE be violent. , ; 
Op gue DIABETES. 
aa diabetes, ‘the urine generally exceeds in quantity all the liquid. food which 
the | patient 2 ke Se a (3 is thin and.pale,. of. a fweetith taite, and an agreeable {mell. 
ent ha sac continual thirft,, with fome degree of fever; his mouth i is dry, and 
he ‘pit frequently a ‘frothy fpittle.,. . The ftrength fails, the appetite decays, and the 
~ flefh wattes away | till, the patient is s reduced to fkin and bone. There i is a heat of the 
“bowels: 3 and frequently the Toins, tefticles, and: feet, are fwelled. ? 
3 but, after it has 
“pied long, ‘the cure becomes very difficult. Every thing ok ftimulates the 
urinary paflages,: or tends to. relax the habit, mut be avoided. For this reafon the 
‘patient fhould live chiefly on folid food. His thirft may be quenched with acids; 
as forrel, juice of lemon, or vinegar. “The nucilaginous vegetables, as rice, fago, | 
=e with milk, are the moft proper food. Of animal fubftances, fhell-fifh — 
preferred; as oyfters, crabs, 8cc. The drink may be Briftol-waters, when 
he Seis. 2 ed, i ime-water, in which a due Proportion of oak- be ; been 
