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deprived of proportional distributions to 

 every part of the frame^ bepomes too feeUle 

 to sustain the shock, and, sinking under the 

 putrid or malignant miasma, displays the de- 

 grees of oppression nature labours under in 

 symptoms so very uncertain, that no literary 

 description can accurately correspond with* 



It will theiefore (as repeatedly recom- 

 mended) prove highly necessary to attend 

 particularly to symptoms, and proceed ac- 

 cordingly. At any rate blood should be im- 

 mediately drawn upon the very first appear- 

 ance of disease (in quantity corresponding 

 with condition), that its quality may be the 

 better ascertained. Should obstructions be 

 observed in the body, they must be directly 

 removed by gently stimulating or emollient 

 glj/sfers ; the appetite should be attended to, 

 and gratified in mashes of 7?ialt and bra7i, bran 

 and oats, or plain bran, stirring into either of 

 the last, four ounces of honey. Common 

 drink of gruel water, impregnated with 7/zVrc 

 or cream of tartar, as before directed, may be 

 given as occasion requires. Every five, six, 

 eight, or lew hours (according to the state 

 and dan.^er of the disease), let one of the fol- 



