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appears suitable, it may be administered in a large quan- 

 tity of cassia-water. Otherwise, the mallows and cas- 

 tor-oil have appeared to me the most suitable reme- 

 dies. The drink that can be prescribed, though very 

 simple, will contribute with efficacy to expectoration, 

 and will dispose to purging. I administered with suc- 

 cess the following diet drink : 



Boil, during about half an hour, in a pint of wa- 

 ter, a half handful of spinage of the country, amaran- 

 thus altissimas long'ifolhis, spicis everidi albicantibus 

 (Plumerii Cat. pag. 6), and a half handful of buds of avo- 

 catier (Persea clusii. hist, plant. 2). When taking the li- 

 quor from off the lire, they will put into it a table spoon- 

 ful of common honey, and after having passed it through 

 a sieve, they will add to it half a pint (English measure) 

 of sweet oil. They will make the patient take a glass of 

 this potion every two hours, and, when he has been bled 

 and purged sufficiently, according to the indications, they 

 will destroy what remains of the disease with an opiate, 

 made with the barks of the lemon-tree, and with the eyes 

 of craw-fishes (yeux d'ecrevisses), the whole incorpo- 

 rated with a sufficient quantity of honey. 



There is very commonly found in those countries u 

 prejudice which makes the people view bleeding as a poi- 

 son in a cold, which, nevertheless, for want of this assist- 

 ance, turns very often into a pleurisy and a suppuration. 

 In the latter case, the matter not being expanded in the 

 cavity of the breast, but only in the bronchial vesicles, 

 the following remedy I have always administered with 



