124 SURFEIT. 



After the courfe of pbyfic is regularly gone 

 through, and properly condudted, let ftrift 

 attention be paid to the very neceffary direc- 

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

 der the lad article of *' Hidebound ;" and in 

 three days after the laft dofe of phyfic begin 

 the following courfe of alternatives, per- 

 fevering for a month v/ith unremitting punc- 

 tuality, if you wi(b to fucceed in the acquifi- 

 tioa of events fully enumerated in the indi- 

 cations of cure ; 



Take of antimony levigated and fulphur, each 

 half a pound j 



jEthiop's mineral and cream of tartar, each 

 four ounces. 



Mix well together, and divide into i"joelve^'C^A 

 parts of two ounces each, giving one every 

 night with the feed of corn \ which being firft 

 fprinkled with water, will retain the powders 

 and enfure their confumption. Two ounces of 

 nitre muft be given every morning in a pail of 

 foft water, and continued during the whole 

 time of giving the powders. Should any trifling 

 efchars, fcabs or excoriations, prove obftinate 

 npon any part of the body, they may be 

 walhed with equal parts of lye (procured from 

 the foap boilers) and lime water. After a 

 regular continuation of the above proportions 



fhould 



