fi62 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



dyfentery baffled all our attempts j and now, 

 defpairlng of his recovery, I ordered him to 

 drink lime-water, with a third part milk, to 

 the quantity of an Englijh pint and a half every 

 day: It was at the latter end of November 

 1752. In three days time, there was a fen- 

 iible change to the better, his ftools were 

 lefs frequent, and his pains abated. Encoura- 

 ged by this happy beginning, he was ordered 

 to drink lib. iii. of lime-water a-day. This, 

 in three weeks, made him fo coftive, that I 

 was obliged to clyfter him, and diminifli the 

 nq. calc. to the quantity firft ordered. In fix 

 weeks from his taking this medicine, he was 

 fo thoroughly recovered, that he was difmif- 

 fed the hofpital, and foon after marched to his 

 company at Carlijle, where he flill enjoys 

 perfed: health. The diforder was on him 

 full 14 months ; and I have reafon to think 

 his recovery was chiefly owing to the lime- 

 water, after the moft celebrated antidyfen- 

 terics had been ufed in vain. 



The dyfentery is endemic at Maryburgh, 

 near Fort-William^ and commonly attended 

 with proccdentia ani^ piles, dyfury, abdomi- 

 nal inflations, oidemds^ and hiccup. Many 

 pf the foldiers died, efpecially the more in- 

 temperate ; 



