PLEURISY, &c. 217 



Should (notwlthftanding thefc efforts to re- 

 lieve) the fymptoms continue equally predo- 

 minant and alarming, not dilplaying the leaft 

 tendency to fubmiffion, after waiting a proper 

 time for the defirable effedl of previous admi- 

 niftrations, let the bleeding be repeated, and 

 that in quantity proportioned to the neceffity 

 or feverity of fymptoms, continuing the de- 

 codtion and nitre every three or four hours, 

 repeating the glyjier, if plentiful evacuations 

 have not been obtained by the former in- 

 jedion. 



The diluting drink^ before prefcribed. Is in- 

 troduced here in preference to a ball, that its 

 medicinal efficacy may be expeditioufly con- 

 veyed to the feat of difeafe. So foon as the 

 wifhed-for advantages are obferved, and the 

 predominant and dangerous fymptoms begin 

 to fubfide, when he labours lefs in refpiraiion 

 is brijker in appearance^ heaves lefs In ihtflank^ 

 dungs frequently^ Jlales freely^ runs at the nofe^ 

 eats his warm mafhes of fcalded bran, with 

 four ounces of honey to each, and will drink 

 thin gruel for his common drink (in each 

 draught of which fhould be diffolved two 

 ouncQS of cream of tartar jj in fhort, fo foon 



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