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and, finking under the putrid or maligyiant mi^ 

 qfma, difplays the degree of oppreffion nature 

 labours under in fymptoms fo very uncertain y 

 that no literary defcripiion can accurately cor- 

 refpond with. 



It will therefore (as repeatedly recommended) 

 prove highly neceffary to attend particularly to 

 fymptoms, and proceed accordingly. At any 

 rate blood ihould be immediately drawn upon 

 the very firfl: appearance of difeafe (in quan- 

 tity correfponding w^ith condition), that 

 its quality may be the better afcertained. Should 

 obilrucflions be obferved in the body, they muft 

 be diredly removed by gently ilimulating or 

 emollient glyjiers-, the appetite ihould be at- 

 tended to, and gratified in maflies of 7'nalt and 

 bran, bran and oats, or plain bran, ftirring into 

 either of the laft, while hot, four ounces of 

 honey. Common drink of gruel water, impreg- 

 nated with nitre or crca:n of tartar, as before 

 directed, may be given as occaficn requires. 

 Every five, fix, eight, or ten hours, (accord- 

 ing to the ftate and danger of the difeafe), let 

 one of the following alexipharmic balls 

 be adminiftered, firfl removing any inteftinal 



cbfirucflion 



