AND FAMILY DISPENSATORY > af, 
fiefh-bruth, are likewife-beneficial;. but it is ftill more fo for the patient to Grin a 
bath of warm water upto the breaft.. He oughtto do. this frequently, and fhould 
continue in it as long as his ftrength will permit. . Numberlefs. Britith herbs are 
certain cures for this difeafe, as maybe feen inthe Herbal. I have known confidera- 
ble benefit, in a very obftinate jaundice, from a decoétion of hempfeed. Four oun- 
ces of the feed may be boiled in two Englith quarts of ale, and. fweetened with coarfe 
fugar. The dofeis half a pintevery morning, It may be continued for eight or 
nine days, A very obftinate jaundice has been cured by fwallowing raw eggs. 
Perfons fubject to the jaundice ought to take as much exercife as poffible, and to 
avoid all heating and aftringent aliments. Hf it attacks maidens after the age of pu- 
berty, marriage is a certain cure. 
i}? (ee. tet) vis fk, 
THE dropfy is often owing to an hereditary difpofition. It may likewife praceed: 
ei drinking ardent fpirits or other ftrong liquors. It is true almoft to a proverb, 
that great drinkers die of a dropfy. The want of exercifé is alfo a very common, 
caufe of the dropfy. Hence it is juftly reckoned among the difeafes of the fedentary. 
It often proceeds from exceffive evacuations, as frequent and copius bleedings, 
{trong purges often repeated, frequent falivations,’ &c, “The fudden ftoppage of 
cuftomary or neceffary evacuations, as the menfes, the hemorrhoids, Auxes;of the 
belly, and, in fhort, whatever obftructs the perfpiration, or prevents the blood from 
being duly prepared, occafions a dropfy. It generally begins with a fwelling of the 
feet and ancles towards night, which, for fome time, difappears in the morning, In 
the evening the parts, if preffed with the finger, will pit. The fwelling gradually 
afcends, and occupies the trunk of the body, the arms, and the head. Afterwards 
the breathing | becomes difficult, the urine is in fall quantity, and the thirft great ; 
the body is bound, and the perfpiration i is greatly obftruéted. To. thefe fucceed 
torpor, heavinefs, a flow wafting fever, anda troublefome cough, This Jatt is ge- 
nerally a fatal fymptom, as it fhews that the lungs are affected, When the difeafe 
: comes fuddenly on, and | the patient is young and ftrong, there i is reafon to hope for a 
cure, e, efpecially if medicine be given early. But, if the patient be old, has led an 
irregular ora fedentary life, or if there be reafon to fufpect that the liver, lungs, or 
any of the vifcera, are unfound, there is great Sipe to fear. that the confequences ‘i 
will prove fatal. 
CURE.---The patient muft ia, 23 ‘much: as poflible, ‘from_ all. drink, efpe- 
erally weak and watery liquors, and muft quench his thirft with no 
acids, as juice of lemons, « oranges, | forrel, or fach like. His aliment Pies to be é 
: dry, ofa ftimulating and _ diuretic quality, as toafted bread, the fieth of ; birds, ce 
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