Medical Topography of Onondaga. 17 



Persons attacked with the fever complain of the 

 following symptoms : lassitude, a frequent inclination 

 to yawn, an irregular sensation of cold, approaching 

 to chilliness ; a confusion in the head, delirium, vio- 

 lent pain in the head, redness of the eyes, heat and 

 redness all over the surface ; a quick and full pulse ; 

 nausea, vomiting and purging of bile, obstructed per- 

 spiration, high-coloured urine, voided in small quan- 

 tity, and that attended with great pain in the region of 

 the kidneys, &c. 



The tongue, from the beginning, is covered with a 

 mucus, which turns yellow and dark-coloured at the 

 root, as the fever advances. The patients also com- 

 plain of a soreness of the flesh, aching of the bones, 

 &c. 



The remedies which have been found most suc- 

 cessful are the following, viz. : frequent bleedings, 

 from one to four times ; then antimonial emetics are 

 essentially necessary. These remove the bile from 

 the stomach ; they promote perspiration, and open the 

 bowels : important effects in the cure of these fevers. 

 The bowels are then to be kept open with small doses 

 of salts, castor-oil, clysters of milk and water, so as 

 to work the bile from the bowels, as fast as it accu- 

 mulates from the biliary ducts, giving large and re- 

 peated draughts of some weak, bland, diluting drinks, 

 such as Sarsaparilla*, Spikenardf, Balm or Apple 

 teas, &.c. 



* Aralia niulicaulis, I suppose. This is a very common plant 

 in New- York, and other parts of the United-States. It is often 

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