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BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. ee 
_ sliced onions may be placed about the room, in malignant fevers; 
"nor would it be a trifling, melioration of the air, to set pots near the 
bed with some of the aromatic plants growing in them, as mint, rt 
rosemary, &c. Clean dry linen refreshes, and may be safely allow- 
edevery day, or every other day at farthest. Let him not be con-. 
ned wholly to his bed, but sit up every day, as long as he can with 
ut fatigue. Few visiters should be allowed, as nothing spoils the 
air of a sick person’s chamber, or hurts the patient more, than 
number of people breathing init. He shouldbe plied plentifully with 
_ diluting liquids, for it is impossible that he can drink too much; what 
__ the fluid is, is not very material, provided it be taken in immense 
quantities ; even cold water, if required, may be drank with safety 
_ and-advantage. The following diluents are very suitable : teas pre ‘6 
pared from the spice bush bark, or balm, sage, mint, pennyroyal, — 
catnip ;_cider-whey, boiled buttermilk, barley-water, é&c. 
then Nature verges towards a secretion, sweating, or at least 6 
_ Warmer regimen becomes necessary to help on a crisis; depuration 
is the work of Nature; if she is languid, assist her with cardiacs, 
aromatics and cordials. Then blisters and poultices are highly pro: 
per to quicken the circulation, dissolve the too viscid particles of 
blood, and forward the secretion. 
aay 
in these untoward hankerings of Nature similar to that deprava 
tion of appetite in the green sickness, where the eager desire of chalk 
and tobacco pipes is b 
ours.—Never bleed in a fever of any description, unless i 
upon the brain are threatened, 
common sense. The Yankee 
