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- if there be occafion, the operation may be repeated in two or three hours. A laxa- 
tive clyfter, with plenty of fweet oil, or frefh butter, and a fpoonful or two of coni- 
mon falt in it, may be‘adminiftered every two hours} and blittering plaifters applied 
betwixt the fhoulders and to the calves of the legs. As foon as the fymptoms area 
little abated, and the patient is able to fwallow, he ought to drink freely of fome 
_ diluting opening liquor, as a decoétion of tamarinds and liquorice, cream-tartar- 
whey, or common whey with cream of tartar diffolved in it. Or he may take any 
cooling purge, as Glauber’s falts, manna diffolved in an infufion of fenna, or’ the 
like. All fpirits and other {trong liquors are to be avoided. Even volatile fales 
held to the nofe domifchief. Vomits, for the fame reafon, ought not to Bé. given, 
hor any thing that may increafe the motion of the blood toward the head.) "When 
apopleétic fymptoms proceed from opium, or other narcotic fubftances taken into 
the ftomach, vomits are neceflary. The patient is hommes relieved as foon as 4 
=8 difcharged the poifonin this way. a * SORT BITES 
OFr THE HEART- BURN. 
WHAT iscommonly called the heart-burn is not a difeate of ai organ, atin 
uneafy fenfation of heat or acrimony about the pit of the ftomach, which is fome- 
times ‘attended with anxiety, naufea, and vomiting. “When the heart-burn /pro- 
ceeds from debility of the ftomach or indigeftion, the patient ought to take a dofe 
or two of rhubarb; afterwards he may ufe infufions of the Peruvian bark, or any 
other of the ftomachic bitters, in wine or brandy. Exercife in the opemair will 
_‘Vikewife be of ufe, andevery thing that promotes digeftion. When bilious humours — 
occafion the heart burn, a tea-{poonful of the {weet fpirit of nitre in aglafs of water, 
or a cup of tea, willgenerally give eafe.. If it proceeds from. the ufe of greafy ali- 
ments, a dram of brandyor rum may betaken. If acidity or fournefs of the fto- 
- gach occafions the heart-burn, abforbents are the proper medicines. In this cafe 
an ounce of powdered chalk, half an ounce of fine fugar, anda quarter of an ounce 
are may be mixed in an Englith quart of water, and a tea-cupful of 
‘as often as is neceffary. But the fafeftand beft abforbent is magnefia alba. 
: his not only aéts as an abforbent, but likewife asa purgative; whereas chalk, and _ 
Stherabforbents of that kind, are apt to lie in the inteftines, and occafion obftrue-. 
tions. If wind be the caufe of this complaint, the moft proper medicines are thole 
called'carminatives ; as annifeeds, juniper-berries, ginger, canella alba, cardamom 
feeds, &¢c.  Thefe may either be'chewed, OFinfuféd in wine, brandy, or other fpirits. 
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