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bots in the intestinal canal ; sharp acrid me- 

 dicines ; a repulsion of any morbid matter 

 from the surface, without its beino- carried 

 off by proper evacuations ; or wounds, dis- 

 locations, &c. They are frequently known 

 to attack very suddenly^ and terminate in 

 death very speedily : at others the approach 

 is indicated by the symptoms before recited. 

 The most rational methods of cure will be 

 to correct or discharge the primary cause, to 

 allay the spasms, and to reduce the extreme 

 degree of irritabihty, by strengthening the 

 nervous system ; the causes of irritation are 

 not only remote but various, and relief must 

 consequently be occasionally obtained by dif- 

 ferent means. 



The first step to cure will be, at all events, 

 to draw blood, and that in quantity accord- 

 ing to exigencies and the state of your sub- 

 ject. In cases of real alarm and danger bleed 

 in two veins remote from each other, to cause 

 the «;reater revulsion. Althous^h it becomes 

 absolutely necessary to stimulate and rouse 

 the animal powers after the paroxysm, little 

 can be done during the fit ; however, a 

 glyster may be prepared, according to the 



