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per before there are any fuppuration or fymptoms of tabes; the Peruvian bark, 
when there are running fores, and a degree of hettic fever; and the hemlock in old 
invetetate cafes, approaching to the fcirrhous or cancerous) ftate, , » Hither the ex. 
tract or the frefh juice ofthis plant may be ufed.. The.dofe, muft be {malk, at, firft, 
and inatealad gradually as far as the ftomach is able to bear it, and 
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THE itch is feldom a dangerous dileafe, unlefs when it is ; centlened fo by neg, 
or improper treatment. If it be fuffered to continue too Jong, ity may, ‘Vitiate the 
whole mafs of humours ; and, if it be fuddenly thrown in, without proper evacua- 
tions, it may occafion fevers, infammationsof the vifcera, or other internal diforders, } 
. CURE.---The beft medicine yet known for the itch is fulphur, which ought to 
be ufed both externally and internally. The parts moft affected may be rubbed. 
with an ointment made of the flour of fulphur, two ounces ; crude fal ammo- 
niac, finely powdered, two drachms; hogs lard, or butter, four. ounces... Ifa fcru- 
ple or half a drachm of the effence of lemon be added, it will entirely take away, 
the difagreeable {mell. About the bulk of a nutmeg of this may be rubbed upon 
the extremities,-at bed-time, twice or thrice a week. Itis feldom neceflary. to rub 
the wholebody 3 but, -when it is, it ought not to bedone all at once, but by turns, 
asit.is dangerous to ftop too many pores at the fame time. Before the patient begins. 
to ufe the ointment, he ought, if he be of a full habit, to bleed or take a purge or, 
two... It will likewife be proper, during the ufe of it, to take every night and morn- 
‘ing as much of the flourof brimftone and cream of tartar, in a little treacle. or new 
milk, as will keep the body. gently open. I never knew brimftone, when ufed as 
direéted above, fail to cure the itch; and I have reafon to believe, that, if duly per- 
fifted in, it never will fail; but, if it be only ufed once or twice, and cleanlineis. 
neglected, it is no wonder if thediforder returns, The quantity of ointment men 
tioned above will generally be fufficient for the cure of one perfon ; but, if any 
fymptoms of the difeafe fhould appear again, the medicine may be repeated, oat is. 
both more fafe andefficacious when perfifted in for a confiderable time, than when 
ips antity- is applied at once, . As moft people. diflike the fmell of fulphur, 
mul b ule, i in ey place, the powder of | white hellebore root made ' up into an oint- 
the manner, which will feldom fail to cure the itch. People ought. 
to: beastie, left they take other eruptions for the itch ; as the ftoppage_ 
of thefe may he attended with fatal, confequences... Many of the eruptive diforders . 
towhich children areliable have a near refemblance. to this difeale ; and I have often. 
known infants killed by being rubbed with grealy ointments, that made thefe erup- 
tions ftrike fuddenly in, irae nature had thrown. out to paclerve, the ‘patients life, 
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