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warm. The breaft and privities muft be rubbed foftly. In 
a cold climate fuch as ours, thofe parts only into which the 
oil is rubbed muft be expofed naked. The other parts muft 
be covered with warm clothing. In this manner each part 
of the body muft be rubbed with oil in fucceffion, as quickly 
as poflible, and be then inftantly covered. If the patient 
has boils or buboes, they muft be rubbed over gently with 
the oil till they can be brought to fuppurate by means of 
emollient plafters. The perfons who attend the patients to 
rub in the oil muft take the precaution to rub themfelves 
over in the like manner, before they engage in the operation. 
They mutt, if poffible, avoid the breath of the patient, and 
not be under any apprehenfions of catching the infe¢tion, 
P. Luigi then fays: In order to prevent the patients from 
lofing their ftrength, I preferibed for them, during four or 
five days, foup made of vermicelli boiled in vinegar without 
falt. I gave them fix or feven times.a day a {mall {poonful 
of preferved four cherries; preferved not with honey, but 
with fugar, as the former might have occafioned a diarrheea. 
When convinced that the patients were getting better, I ufu- 
ally gave them the fifth morning a cup of guod Mocha coffee, 
with a piece of toafted bifeuit (di/cofto) prepared with fugar, 
and I doubled the latter according to the ftrength and im- 
provement of my patients. 
At dinner and fupper I allowed them for 15 or 20 days 
nothing but rice or vermicelli, boiled in water. After that 
period, I increafed the quantity of bread in proportion to 
their appetite. In fummer they had foup made of fmall 
pompions, and of herbs in winter, without any other addi- 
tion than a little oil of almonds.. I gave them alfo, according 
to their condition, either fome oranges or a very ripe pear, 
boiled ifin winter, and as much toafted bread as might enable 
them to digeft their food cafily and leave them fome appetite 
Temaining. After the thirtieth or thirty-fifth day I allowed 
them morning and evening foup made from a fow! or neck 
ef lamb; but I did not allow them flefh till after the fortieth 
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