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powers. As the stomach ofte'i soon nauseates the me- 

 dicine, it ou^^ht to be mixed in a room apart from the 

 invahd, and brought to him at the proper time. He 

 should then swallow it without delay, rinse his mouth 

 with V ater before inspiring, and chew a piece of bread ; 

 there nil! then be litde difficulty in retaining the bark. 

 From thirty to sixty drops of laudanum, if taken upon the 

 first sympton of the cold fit, will suspend or shorten it, but 

 a much more agreeable remedy is the warm bath. This 

 should always be used for children. If the stomach be 

 very delicate, a lump of sugar dipped in compound spirit 

 of lavender, and eaten, will quiet it. A small portion of 

 manly resolution will greadyaid in preventing the stomach 

 from rejecting the medicine. If the b irk produce consti- 

 pation, ten grains of rhubarb may be added to every other 

 dose of it ; or if the stomach will permit, he may chew 

 small portion of the root, and swallow the saliva. Those 

 who have an uncontrollable aversion to the bark, may take 

 the sulphate of quinine in doses of one, one and a half, or two 

 grains. A cheaper remedy is ** Fowler's solution of arse- 

 nic." Six, eight, or ten drops of this medicine may be taken 

 three times a day, one hour after meals, in a wine glass of 

 water, to which a tea -spoonful of the compound spirit of 

 lavender may be added, if nausea should occur. Children 

 to whom the bark is very disagreeable, may take two, 

 three, or four drops, according to their ages, twice or 

 thrice daily ; ample experience of this medicine enables 

 me to attest its virtues, and to pronounce it perfectly 

 safe, if not too long continued. After two weeks use it 

 should be omitted, and a dose of rhubarb, or castor oil 

 taken. During its use, the person must avoid taking 

 cold, or being wet. The diet of persons in this disease, 

 must be savoury and nourishing. A change of air, or a 

 journey, often will cure this disease without medicine. 



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