twigs, and swallowing the juice; and also by chewing 
Soap will sometimes give relief. — abe 
As pregnant women are yery subject to this uneasy — 
they should first consider whether it proceeds from any of the causes) 
above explained ; in which case the medicines prescribed will pro- _ 
bably remove it. But ifthe internal sense of heat be owing to the 
state of pregnancy itself; if it arises from the consent between the 
stomach and the womb, and is not accompanied with much spitting 
or any acid eructations, the white of an egg, mixed with a little su- 
gar, and water, will often afford the only relief that can be expected 
for some time. a 
PALPITATION OF THE HEART. 
This is owing to plethora; to a deficiency of nervous influence, 
or a disproportionate influx of it; weakness of the blood, acid gas, 
spasms, &c. 
Trearmenr.—The general cause, whatever it is, must be re- 
moved. ‘To relieve the palpitation, and regulate the action of the 
heart .and arteries, give anti-spasmodics; as stramonium, « 
camphor, valerian, &e. BF cl, gk ge IG 
NERVOUS DISEASES. 
Of all the diseases incident to mankind, those of the nervous 
kind are the most complicated and difficult to cure. A volume 
would be insufficient to point out their various appearances. They 
imitate almost eyery disease, and are seldom alike in two dif- 
ferent persons, or even the same person at different times. They are 
continually changing shape, and upon every fresh attack, the pa- 
tient thinks he feels symptoms he never experienced before. Nor 
do they affect the body only ; the mind likewise suffers, and is 
thereby rendered extremely weak and peevish. The low 
“ timorousness, melancholy, and fickleness of temper, which 
‘attend nervous disorders, induce many to believe that | 
tirely diseases of the mind; but this change of temper is 
consequence than the cause of nervous diseases. 
Causes.—Every thing that tends to relax or weaken the body, 
disposes it to nervous diseases, as indolence, profuse venery, impo- — Poe 
tence, drinking too much tea, or other weak and watery liquors 
warm, frequent bleeding, purging, and the use of metalic medicinese _ 
Whatever hurts the digestion and prevents the proper assimilation 
of food, has likewise this effect; as long fasting, exeess in eating 
drinking, the use of windy, crude or unwholesome aliments, an 
avorable posture of the body, &c. _ 
disorders often. proceed from intense applicati 
dious persons are entirely free from t 
ed at; intense thinki 
