3 1 4 Appendix. 



ipecacuanha powder in half a tumbler of tepid water, and one 

 hour afterwards commence the following 



FEVER MIXTURE. Take of nitre or saltpetre one 

 dram, sweet spirits of nitre half an ounce, mindereris spirit, 

 or aqua acetatis ammonia, three ounces ; mix, and give a 

 tablespoonful every three hours. Sponge the body with 

 lukewarm water, containing a little vinegar, and apply cold 

 wet cloths to the head. If fever persists two days after 

 above treatment, and without remissions, give the follow- 

 ing 



FEVER PILLS.Take of quinine ten grains, calomel 

 six grains, rhubarb and jalap each fifteen grains ; mix with 

 sufficient honey to make a mass, and divide into twelve pills. 

 Dose, two every four or five hours. 



Pain in back, chest, and abdomen, may be relieved by hot- 

 water fomentations, bran or linseed poultices, or turpentine 

 stupes. Diet, soups, beef-tea, arrow-root, corn-flour, and, if 

 much weakness is complained of, half wineglassful of port 

 wine, or table-spoonful of brandy, or arrack, in water, may be 

 given two or three times a day. 



INTERMITTENT FEVER, AGUE, OR JUNGLE 

 FEVER. 



Cause. Exposure to malaria. 



Symptoms. Sighing, yawning and stretching, languor, 

 pain in head and back, quick pulse, violent shiverings and 

 chattering of the teeth, followed soon after by great heat of 

 skin and profuse perspiration. 



Treatment. Cover the body with blankets, apply hot 

 sand, bran, or salt, or hot water bottles, freely, drink copiously 

 of hot tea or rice water, and take a wineglassful of sherry or 

 port, or half that quantity of brandy, whisky, or arrack, 

 with hot water. 



If tongue is foul, give at the outset an emetic of twenty 

 grains ipecacuanha powder, or a tea-spoonful of mustard or 



