in the Island of St. Thomas. 13 



Of the following medicine I gave two table-spoon- 

 fuls every hour, until it began to operate : 



R. 01. Ricini Amcr. %\\\. 

 Sal. Mirab. Glaub. %\. 

 Aq. Commun. ^|. 

 M. 



Four or five hours after, I generally found my pa- 

 tients in a sound sleep, and in a plentiful perspiration. 



In order to prevent them from getting cold, when 

 under the operation of the purging medicine, I or- 

 dered their nurses to furnish them with a bed-pan, 

 and not to allow them to be uncovered. 



When the perspiration was over, I found the pa- 

 tient without any fever; and, in general, the only 

 symptom of disease that remained, was a vertigo. 



I continued rubbing with the olive-oil, three or 

 four times a-day ; and the mistura oleosa sallna was 

 given as many times, in the same period. 



When I found an inclination to vomit, I applied a 

 plaster of opium to the stomach, and prescribed 



R. Mistur. Rivcri. ^viii. 

 Sp. Lavend. com. 31. 

 M. Give a table-spoonful every ho.ir. 



