5 1 8 Dr. Fercival en the EffeSis of Famine ^ iic. 



an inftantaneous change in the nervous fyftem, 

 by which the organs of fecretion are diilurbed, 

 and the fecretions themfclves corrupted. The 

 common precautions, therefore, ought not to 

 be ncgle6led by thofe who expofe themfelves to 

 the influence of fuch vapours. The valetudina- 

 Brimdone would, perhaps, bp more powerful, but, ia 

 burning, it yields an acid, which niigiit be injurious to 

 the cotton. 



VI, Great attention ought to be paid to the privies. 

 They (hould be wafhed daily ; and ventilated in fuch a 

 manner, that the fmell arifing from them, ihall not be 

 perceptible in the work-rooms. 



Vn. The rancid oil, which is employed in the machi- 

 nery, is a copious fource of putrid efRuvia. We appre- 

 hend, that a purer oil would be much lefs unwholefomej 

 and that the additional expence of it would be fully com-, 

 penfated, by its fuperior power in diminifhing friftion. 



VIII. A ftrift obfervance of cleanlinefs fhould be en- 

 joined on all who work in the mills, as an efficacious 

 mean of preventing contagion, and of preferving health. 

 It may alfo be advifeable to bathe the children occa- 

 fionally. T^e apparel of thofe who are infefted with 

 the prefent fever, fhould be well fumigated, before it is 

 again worn. And the linen, &c. of the fick, fhould firll 

 be waflied in cold water, left the fleams arifing from heat 

 communicate- the diftemper to the perfons engaged in that 

 operation. Crofter's lye, when it can be procured, is pre- 

 ferable to water. The bodies of thofe who die of the 

 fever, fhould be clofely wrapped in pitched cloth ; and 

 interred as foon as propriety or decency will permit. 

 Smoking tobacco will be an ufeful prefervative to the 

 fuperintendants of the works, and to others expofed to 

 jnfedlion, who can praftife it with convenience. 



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