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CURE.---When the hiccup proves very obftinate, recourfe mutt be had to 
the moft powerful aromatic and antifpafmodic medicines. The principal of thefe is 
mufk ; fifteen or twenty grains of which may be made into a bolus, and repeated 
occafionally. Opiates are likewife of fervice; but they mutt be ufed with caution, 
A bit of {ugar dipped in compound fpirits of lavender, or the volatile aromatic tinc- 
ture, may be.taken frequently. External applications are fometimes alfo benefi- 
cial; as the ftomach plaifter, or a cataplafm of the Venice treacle, applied to the 
we of the ftomach. | 
CRAMP or raz STOMACH, 
THIS difeafe often feizes people fuddenly, is very daneerent, adi requires imme- 
diate affiftance.. It is moft incident to perfons in the decline of sie baits the 
nervous, gouty, hyfteric, and hypochondriac. 
CURE..---Let the ftomach be fomented with cloths dipped in. aM j water; or 
bladders filled: with warm milk and water conftantly applied. to it,. Thefe often 
produce the moft happy effects. In very violent and Jatting pains of the ftomach, 
- fome blood ought to be let, unlefs the weaknefs of the patient forbids it... When the 
_ pain or cramps proceed from a fuppreffion of the menies, bleeding is of ule; . If they 
be owing to the gout, recourfe muft be had to {pirits, or fome of the watm cordial 
waters. Blifters ought likewife, in this cafe, to be applied to the ancles.. Violent 
cramps and pains of the ftomach are often removed by teri 
oes of Venice treacle. | 2 
OF ‘THE NIGHT- MARE. 
IN this difeafe the deste sacniaseal fleep, imagines iiccaahichilaednametes ‘op- 
preffion or weight about his breaft or ftomach, which he can by no means fhake off, | 
He groans, and fometimes cries out, though oftener he attempts to fpeak in ‘vain. 
Sometimes he imagines himfelf engaged with an enemy, and in danger of being 
killed, attempts to run away,. but finds he cannot. Sometimes he fancies himfelf 
. in a houfe that is on fire, or that he is in danger of being drowned ina river. He 
often thinks he is falling over a precipice, and the dread of being dafhed to _ 
Pieces fuddenly awakes him. This diforder has. been fuppofed to proceed from 
too much blood; from a ftagnation of blood in the brain, lungs, &c.. But 
it is rather a nervous affection, and arifes chiefly from indigeftion. Hence we 
find that perfons of weak nerves, who lead a fedentary life, and live full, are moft 
commonly afflicted with the night-mare. Nothing tends more to produce it thaa 
heavy fuppers, efpecially when eaten late, or the patient goes to bed foon afters 
pays? : AS 3 
