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Thefe fufferings of the patient are genera y re- 
warded by a return of appetite, much greater than 
what exifted before the taking of the medicine. 
But thefe fufferings are not at all neceffary ; 
they are the effects of our inexperience, and would 
in fimilar circumftances, more or lefs attend the ex- 
hibition of almoft every active and powerful medi- 
ciné we ufe. 
Bettas the reader will better underftand how it 
ought to be given, from the following detail of my 
own improvement, than from precepts pesemnpors, 
ly delivered, and: their —_— verled * in obfcurity. 
AGE tI oes it tl a , tiie in ala 
continue the ficknefs, in order to enfure the di = 
: effects. 
T foon learnt that the naufea being once excited, 
it was unneceflary to repeat the medicine, as it was 
certain to recur frequently, at intervals more or lefs 
diftant. a 
~ Therefore my patients were ordered to perfift — 
until the naufea came on, and then to flop. But 
foon appeared that the diuretic effects would 
tale place firft, and fometimes be checked wl 
licknef{s or a purging Le edigii 
