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blo.ai azolrmad vison ART RBS BADIM Atos nian eae 
“OTHE ‘afthma is a difeaft of the lungs, which feldom admits of a cure, Perfons- 
jn the: decline of life are moft liable to it. It is diftinguifhed into the moift ‘and 
dry, or humoural and nervous. - The former is attended with expectoration or fpit- 
ting; but in the latter the patient feldom fpits, unlefs fometimes a little tough 
phlegm by the mere force of coughing. An afthma is known by a quick laborious 
breathing, which is generally performed with a kind of wheezing noife, Sometimes 
the difficulty of breathing is fo great, that the patient is obliged to keep in an erect 
pofture, otherwife he is in danger of being fuffocated. A fit or paroxyfin of the 
afthma generally happens after a perfon has been expofed to cold eafterly winds, or. 
has been abroad in thick foggy weather, or has got wet, or continued long\in’ a 
damp place under ground, &c. d 
- CURE.--- All windy food, and whatever is apt to fwell in the ftomach, isto be 
avoided. Strong liquors of all kinds, efpecially malt-liquor, are hurtful. The. 
satient fhould eat a very light fupper, or rather none at all, and fhould never 
fuffer himfelf to be long coftive. His cloathing fhould be warm, efpecially. in 
the winter-feafon. As all diforders of the breaft are much relieved -by keeps: 
ing the feet warm, and promoting the perfpiration, a flannel fhirt or .waiftcoar, » 
and thick’ fhoes, will be of fingular fervice. But nothing is of fo great impor. 
tance in the afthma as pure and moderately warm air. Many afthmatic: per- 
fons, who cannot live in Britain, enjoy very good health in the fouth of France; 
Portugal, Spain, or Italy. Exercife is likewife of very great importance in-the 
afthma, as it promotes the digeftion, preparation of the blood, &xc. ” The blood of 
aithmatic perfons is feldom duly prepared, owing to the proper aétion of the lungs 
“being impeded. For tht refonfach people ought dily 10 eke as much exerci, 
either on foot, horfeback, or in a carriage, as they can bear. Almoft all that can 
be done by medicine in this difeafe, is to relieve the patient when feized with a violent 
fit, Bleeding, unlefS extreme weaknefs or old-age fhould forbid it, is highly pro- 
cr bladders filled with warm mill: aid water, maj be applied to the\part affected, 
and warm cataplafms to the foles of the feet. The patient muft drink freely of ’ 
diluting liquors, and may take a tea-fpoonful of the tindtore of ealtor and of faffron og 
mised together, in a cup of valeriatl-téa; twice Gi thrice a-dayv Sometimes a-vomig! 
has a very good effet, and Sndtches the patiehty abit weres from the jaws:of deaths 
“hig however will be more fafe after other evacutions have been premifed: A very” 
ftrong infufion of roafted coffee is {aid to give eale in an afthmatic paroxyfm, “In 
he vest affhane, fach tits as protiote expe€tOration o {pitting oughe tobe wled 
as the fyrup of fquills, gum ammoniac, and fuch like. A-common at 6 ; a, 
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