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ment, no larger doses of rdtrc should be ven- 

 tured upon to hazard a too great and sudden 

 dissolution of the blood, or an obstruction to 

 the critical perspiration, upon which a speedy 

 cure very much depends. 



Upon the non-submission of symptoms to 

 these means, the following gentle system 

 must be adopted and regularly continued, to 

 relax the rigidity of the pores, and produce 

 a pliability of the surface, preparatory to the 

 perspirable crisis, which is now become ne- 

 cessary to solicit, by every proper medicine 

 that can be offered for that purpose. To 

 promote this, give one of the following balls, 

 and let it be repeated every six or eight 

 lK)urs, as may be found necessary : 



Take mithridale six drachms ; 



Aniseed and compound contrayerva powders eact 



half an ounce ; 

 Snake-root (in powder) two drachms ; 

 Salt of hartshorn one drachm ; 

 Syrup of saffron sufficient to make a ball. 



But wbere the administration of medicine, 

 in this form may be objected to, or a drink 

 thought more convenient, the following may 

 lie substituted in its §tead : 



