S24 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



ry quantities, ought to be given : And, 

 during the time of purging by the eme- 

 tic or cathartic medici"ne, the patient 

 ought to drink warm broth plentifully.— 

 The vom.it& and purgatives ought to be 

 repeated at proper intervals, till the unea- 

 finefs in the flomach and guts, from the 



difeafe, is gone. -If thele medicines o- 



"ver do, an opiate may be given at night ; 

 but this is to be adminiftred fparingly, 

 left it bring or increafe coitivenefs, which 

 is the wosft thing can befal the patient. 

 At the fame time, emollient, anodyne, and 

 laxative clyfters, are frequently to be in* 

 je<5led for emptying the guts, if the pur- 

 gatives do not their duty. 



When blood or matter are paifed with 

 the foeces, the emetics and purgatives are 

 to be abftained from, till, by healing, bal- 

 famicbut laxative clyflers, and mild food, 

 this appearance ceafes. 



Whkn the belly is much fwelled, e- 

 mollient fomentations fhould be often ap- 

 plied to it ; but, if the madnefs is begun, 

 little elfe can be done, than to endeavour 



to 



