46 Notice of the Telloiv- Fever, 



when blood-letting was emplojed. In the employ- 

 ment or omission of the lancet, however, they were 

 regulated by the existing state of the sjmptoms. 



In general, they had recourse to the warm-bath, 

 immedia ely after the free operation of a purgative; 

 and, as soon as the patient was put to bed, they en- 

 deavoured to produce copious perspiration, by large 

 doses of acetated potash, which they preferred to acc- 

 tated ammonia, and the liberal use of warm diluting 

 drinks, particularly by infusions of Eupatorium. 



When these means succeeded in producing copious 

 perspiration, with an alleviation of the pain in the 

 head and back, the disease generally came to a speedy 

 and favourable crisis : but when those symptoms 

 were aggravated by the bath (and, in some particular 

 cases, they appeared to have been aggravated by it), 

 they spunged the whole trunk and limbs of the pa- 

 tient with cold water and vinegar, with the most re- 

 freshing and happy effect. 



In the second stage of the disease, when a disor- 

 dered stomach was the predominant symptom, after 

 due attention to the state of the bowels, they em- 

 ployed the bath of a much higher temperature than 

 in the preceding stage ; and, immediately after the 

 patient was put to bed, they applied blisters and sina- 

 pisms to different parts, and especially to those most 

 affected, and directed additional covering, and such 

 mild, palatable drinks, as, upon trial, were observed 

 to remain best on the stomach. When the patient 



