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den fright, or fixing the eyes intensely on some object ; or any thing 
that attracts the mind from it. Proceeding from wounds, profuse 
evacuations, in asthmas, or at the close of a malignant fever, it is al- 
‘Ways a dangerous, and often a deadly symptom. a 
_ Essente of peppermint on sugar will often relieve; alkalies, as 
sal wratus, with rhubarb; the cleavers infusion, cools and allays it, 
_ Anti-spasmodics, as valerian, lady slipper, castor, musk, &c., are 
proper. Emetics and cathartics ‘are sometimes indicated, if the 
PULMONARY CONSUMPTION. 
——- A consumption is a wasting or decay of the whole body from an 
ulcer, or tubercles in the lungs, an empyema, or a nervous decay of 
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At the present day, consumptions, or reputed consumptions, 
a ce up about one fifth of the bills of mortality in the principal cities 
United States. An the country, it, perhaps, falls a little short 
ov raat Proportion. One hundred years ago, they formed Jess than 
one tenth. —— s 
Young persons, between the age-of fifteen and thirty, of a slender 
make, long neck, high shoulders and flat breasts, are most liable to 
this disease. 7 ie 
~ Cavses.—It has already been observed, that an inflammation of 
the breast often ends in an imposthume of the lungs.” REPT SS 
Other diseases, by vitiating the habits, may likewise occasion con- 
sumptions ; as the’scurvy; the” serofula, or king’s evil, the venereal 
__ Consumption may also proceed from an orig small size and 
timited capacity of the lungs, or from tightness of the chest, where- 
by a sufficiency of vital heat is not generated for its free diffusion 
throughout the system. In consequence, cold and decay follow.— 
From this cause, consumption may be hereditary. hae 
This disease, when really seated, is seldom or never cured. We 
shall endeavor, therefore, the more particularly to point out — its — 
causes, in order that it may be avoided. They are: rife 
Confined or unwholesome air : when this fluid is impregnated with 
_ the fumes of metals, or mincrals, it proves extremely hurtful to the 
= , and often corrodes the tender vessels of that necessary organ: 
ent passions, exertions, or affections of the mind, as grief, dis- 
appointment, anxiety, or close application tothe stud y of abstruse arts 
or sciences. sat 
Great evacuations, as sweatin 
nery, the fluor albus 
f apparel, or whatever greatly 
