STAGGERS, &c. 323 



When the fit is gone off, fhould the fubje(ft 

 be left in a kind of ftupor or nervous debilita- 

 tion, with fpafms or twitchings in the ftomach 

 and bowels that occafion great pain, it will be 

 readily perceived, and more particularly afcer^ 

 tained by his frequent looking back to one fide 

 or the other, with his nofe towards the feat of 

 pain, and his uneafy fhifting from place to 

 place. In fuch cafe anodynes will afford the 

 greateft certainty of relief; therefore give either 

 the following i^a/I or drmk fo foon as con- 

 venient ; 



Take galbanum, afafoetida, and florax pill, each half 

 an ounce; 

 Syrup of diacodium fuSicient to make the ball. 



Or, 



Take of valerian root one ounce and a half, fnake root 

 half an ounce ; let both be bruifed to a grofs 

 pov.'der» and infufe in boiling water a pint and a 

 quarter, with fafFron two drachms , v/hcn fufEci- 

 ently cool, ftrain ofF, and add tindlure of afafoetida 



one ounce, liquid laudanum two drachms, giv-' 



ing the whole a little warm. 



If the fpafms or twitchings are frequent and 

 violent, the drink will be preferable to the ball, 



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