124 SURFEIT. 



After the courfe of phyfc is regularly gone 

 through, and properly condud:ed, let ftridt 

 attention be paid to the very neceffary direc- 

 tmts of FOOD, dreffings, water, &c. given un- 

 der the laft article of ** hidebound;'* and in 

 three days after the laft dofe of phyfic begin 

 the following courfe of alternatives, per- 

 feverlng for a month with unremitting punc- 

 tuality, if you wi(h to fucceed in the acqui- 

 fition of events fully enumerated in the indi^ 

 cations of cure : 



Take of antimony levigated and fulphur, each half a 

 pound ; 



iEthiop^s mineral and cream of tartar, each four 

 ounces. 



Mix well together, and divide into tvjclve equal parts 

 of two ounces each, giving one every night with 

 the feed of corn ; which being firft fprinklcd 

 with water, will retain the powders and enfure their 

 confumption. Two ounces of nitre mud be given 

 every morning in a pail o^J'cft water, and continued 

 daring the whole time of giving the powders. Should 

 it.ny trifling efchars, fcabs, or excoriations, prove ob- 

 ilinatc upon any part of the body, they may be 

 v/a£hed v/ith equal parts of lye (procured from 

 the foap-boilers) and lime water. After a re- 

 gular continuation of the above proportionf-, ihould 

 no confidcrable advantages appear, the dofes 



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