2CO COLDS, &c, 



immediate care and fimple remedies 5 particu-f 

 larly if proper refpcd is paid to the excellent 

 maxim of ** never letting alone till to-mor- 

 *^ row what may be done to-day 5" for blood 

 fhould be inftantly taken away according to 

 iymptoms, fize, (late, and condition. Be 

 accurate in quantity, and preferve it a few 

 hours to afcertain its ftate 3 if livid, or black, 

 with a coat of fize upon its furfacc, you have 

 evident demonftration of its viscidity and 

 obftruded circulation through the finer veffels 

 of the LUNGS. In three or four hours after 

 bleeding give a mafli of bran and oats equal 

 parts, upon which pour boiling water fuffi- 

 cient; then ftir in unadulterated anifeed and 

 liquorice powders each one ounce, and of 

 honey four. In two hours after the mafh give 

 a gallon or fix quarts of foft water moderately 

 warm, in which has been diflblved two ounces 

 of NITRE* Let the maflies be continued 

 every night and morning, giving a moderate 

 feed of dry oats in the middle of the day, 

 good fweet hay in fmall quantities, and the 

 fame proportion of nitre to be repeated in the 

 water after each mafh. To thefe muft be added 

 the neceffary regulations of good drefling 



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