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prelened, as coming into a more applicable 

 mode of administi:ation, the following will 

 prove equally serviceable: 



Take juniper berries (bruised) two ounces ; boil in a 

 pint and a half of water, for some time, then strain, 

 {to produce by squeezing the berries three quarters 

 of a pint) ; to this add of nitre and gum arable (in 

 powder) each one ounce. 



This drink, or the above ball, to be re- 

 peated at distinct periods of four hours each 

 (if a repetition of the first at the end of 

 four hours does not effect the desired pur- 

 pose) till relief is obtained by plentiful eva- 

 cuations. 



Thus much by way of instruction where 

 itrangiirij is occasioned by spasms, or inflam- 

 mation of the bladder or neck ; but it may 

 also proceed from an inflammation or ulce- 

 ration of the kidneys, and the paralytic af- 

 fection or palsy of the same parts : in either 

 of which symptoms are frequently doubtful, 

 and seldom certain ; circumstances may con- 

 sequently vary in different subjects, so as to 

 render the true seat of disease a matter of 

 conjecture onlv. 



