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This drink, or one of the above balls, may 

 be corxtinued every fix or eight hours, according 

 to the emergency, till relief is obtained, or cir- 

 cumftances urge an alteration in the mode of 

 treatment. Small quantites of drink (about 

 two quarts) (hould be given once in three or 

 four hours, prepared in the proportion of a 

 quart of thick gruel to a gallon of water j in 

 each draught of which may be given half an 

 ounce of nit7'e, or an ounce of cream of tartar^ 

 with the farther addition of a quarter of a pint 

 of the following acidulated liquid, feparatcly 

 prepared for the purpofe. 



Take of good honey one pound ; 



Beit vinegar a pint and a half 5 boil over the fire a 

 i^^ minutes, taking ofF the fcum, and fet by 

 for ufe. 



Should any fwellings appear upon the glands 

 of the head or neck, a cough come on, or a 

 critical difcharge be perceived at the noftrils, 

 keep the head warm that the flux m^ay be 

 promoted to that part. 



If the predominant fymptoms fhould not 

 fubmit in four-and-twenty or fix-and-thirty 



R 3 hours. 



