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nant kind, 'and without any aphthae ; and 

 I always obferved, that it not only fooa . 

 abated the purging, but fenfibly Ilrength- 

 ened the patients. However, it will be 

 proper to add, that I have never prefcri- 

 bed it, till after bleeding, vomiting, and 

 giving feveral dofes of rhubarb. 



In dyfenteries of the worft kind, after 

 the hiccup comes on, (which 1 take to be 

 a fign of a mortification beginning in the 

 ftomach or bowels), I have found no be- 

 nefit from the bark ; which is agreeable 

 to an obfervation of my ingenious friend 

 Mr Cleghorn of Dublin, who iome.times 

 gave the baik, in Minorca, wich a view 

 to prevent the mortification of the inte- 

 ftines in the laii ftage of the dirtem- 

 per *. 



Of the ufe of the Bark in a Hoarfenefs after 

 the Meajleu 



When a hoirfenefs after the meafles 

 is attended with a quick pulfe, and a 



diffi:ulty 



* Obfcrvations on the difeafes of Minorca, p. 237. 



