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effect. Ifthe inflammation runs so high astothreaten 
ger of suffocation, bleeding may be necessary. Other-— 
is necessary is, to keep the head cool, the feet warm; — 
n equalized, and the pores open, by relaxing and diluent 
ting useof the fever powders, if the fever runs high; keep — 
wels gently open ; blisters and clysters, if necessary. hae 
t the commencement of the quinsy, an early emetic will fre- — 
quently check its formation. Seven drops of oilofamberonalump 
of sugar, and kept in the mouth without moving till dissolved, has 
often produced amazing effects. Gum guaiacum is almost. a speci- 
fic in this disease ; half a drachm in powder may be mixed with cur- 
rant jelly for a dose, and repeated occasionally. ae 
_ When asuppuration will take place, in spite of our efforts to pre- 
vent it, we must then promote it by letting the patient inhale the 
en aay ee water through a funnel ; applying warm poultices, 
milk, about the neck, and roasted figs kept constantly 
the mouth. It sometimes happens, before the tumor breaks, that 
_ the swelling is so great as entirely to prevent any thing getting into 
_ the stomach. In this case, the patient can only be nourished by 
 ¢lysters of broth, &c. 
__ Indesperate cases, where the breathing is likely to be stopped, 
the operation of opening the windpipe may become necessary, to 
save life. With proper treatment, however, this can seldom happen. 
_ Phe “ anodyne wash,” applied freely to. the neck in a beginning 
quinsy, is excellent to allay inflammation. ~ 
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it if, from exposure 
natural process of the disease be interrup tio 
of the morbid matter takes place. The tumors about the throat 
suddenly e, and are followed by swellings of the testicles of the 
- malesex, and of the breasts in the female, accompanied with a fr 
exacerbation of the fever. If the swellings of these parts be im 
ntly checked by exposure to cold, or if they sudder 
