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this kind, if taken before it is too late; but to have this egies they 
must be persisted in for some time. When fresh vegetables cannot — 
be obtained, acids of all kinds, particularly the elixir of vitriol, re 2 
vinegar, may be used freely. _ 
To the above regulations of diet, may be added the followi 
medicines: Indian turnip made into a conserve with sorrel, “ah 
horse-radish, or mustard. Infusions of bitter plants; decoctions — 
of dandelion, dock, or sarsaparilta, and such like, are proper. All — 
kinds of sallad are wood m the seurvy, and ought to be used, freely. 
Sulphur is beneficial in some cases, but should be’ given cautiously, 
or it may weaken too much, 
In the land scurvy, a milk diet sometimes produces extraordinary 
effects. This preparation of Nature is a mixture of animal and vege- 
table properties, which of all others is the most fit for restoring 4 
decayed constitution, and removing that particular acrimony of the 
humors, which seems to constitute “the very essence of seurvy- 
In some states of the scurvy, cleansing and alterative syrups are 
proper. 
LEPROSY AND ELEPHANT LEG. 
‘The leprosy is a cutaneous disorder, which appears in whitish dry 
* scabs, and often spreads over the whole body. Sometimes one 
cat is affected, which swells toan enormous bulk. 
= ~ Cavsus.—Obstracted perspiration, weakness of the solids, poverty 
of soos ill-cured itch, the remains of which will often lurk, appeat- 
: for many years, and at length will break forth 
is itis scurf, gradually enlarging. 
proms.—Sometimes it is confined to the palms of the 
with fissures which run parallel to each other; sometimes 
little below the elbows ; one while to the face only ; another in wi 
shard scabs on the hands and arms; ; intolerable itching ; ihe . 
phant’s leg. 
_ Tue Cure.—For the Jeprosy give the most nourishing diet, and 
use precisely the same method as recommended under scurvy: ‘For 
leg, let it be wrapped up ina cloth on wht tar 
as been spread. 
eae is paid te clear 
m of watery pustules, first ab: 
he fingers ; afterwards it affects the arms, 
pustules are attended with an intolerable 
; whe the patents warm ned Sc by fire. 
