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four times in the twenty four hours. Ig 

 generally agrees with the ftomach, and 

 commonly, in a few days, lefTens the 

 purging. While he ufes this medicine, 

 I give him no other but fome laudanum 

 at bed-time, to procure reft. If he be- 

 comes coftive, which fometimes hap-- 

 pens after taking the decodlion fix or 

 feven days, I leave out part of. the confec 

 tio japonica, and give fome rhubarb to o- 

 pen the body. 



The bark, given in this manner, will 

 either prevent, or, at leaft, mitigate that 

 aphthous inflammation, which frequently 

 comes on towards the end of a dyfente- 

 ry, and carries off the patient : Nay, af- 

 ter the aphthae have actually appeared, 

 the bark will often make a cure: Of 

 ■which I have had various inftances ; but 

 Ihall only mention the two following, as 

 being the moft remarkable. 



r. A gentleman, aged (ixty, who had 



almoft all his life enjoyed good health, 



was, in the beginning of November 1759, 



feized with violent gripes, and, next day, 



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