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circumftances, was (1:111 very traclable. 

 A gentleman, who laboured under it four 

 months, was diredled to lie fome days in 

 bed, to live on fpoon-meats, and ufe pro- 

 per drinks. Every fix hours, he took a 

 bolus of puh, C'^ntrayerv. comp» with a 

 few grains of camphor, and a neutral 

 draught. When the conrfe was finilhed, 

 he returned to his ordinary way of li- 

 ving, and felt no more of his complaints. 

 Afterwards he ufed the bark. When a 

 ftridt confinement was not complied with, 

 by going very early to bed, rifing late, 

 and carefully ufing the remedies defcri- 

 bed, the difeafe went of, though more 

 ilowly. 



To take another view of the diftemper, 

 it will not be amifs to confider it fi:ill 

 farther in combination with other dif- 

 eafes of the feafon : '* In fome cafes," 

 fays a correspondent, " I have feen the 

 catarrhal complaint and the intermitting 

 fever complicated ; and thefe cafes were 

 always attended with uncommon low- 

 riefs, anxiety, and pain about the prae- 

 cordi^. Th^y all ended in regular in- 



termittents 



