^4o FEVERS. 



firll: by Its retention will have rekxed the in^ 

 durated contents of the inteitines, and rendered 

 them ready for immediate expulfion, by the 

 adlive power of the additional fiimulants here 

 prefcribed. In tv\'o or three hours after fuch 

 evacuations (or foonerif feemingly requifite) let 

 a mafli oifcalded bran be placed in the manger 

 to which, if he refufes, a handful of oats may 

 be added by way of inducement^ if ftill de- 

 clined, let them be removed and a fmall quan- 

 tity of very fweet hay be left in the rack. Let 

 him be gently rubbed over, moderately' clothed 

 and well littered up with clean dry ftraw, after 

 giving him one ounce of nitre dilTolved in a 

 fmall draught of warm water, {lightly iinprcg- 

 nated with a proportion of thin grueL 



Previous to farther directions for the 

 treatment of fevers, or instructions for the 

 preparation of medicine, it becomes unavoidibly 

 neceffary to fay fomething upon the quality and 

 indifcriminate ufeof that excellent article nitre ^ 

 the purpofes of which are fo frequently proPii- 

 tuted in its general application by.^/Zclafres, and 

 in all cafes, in compliment to Bartlet's uii^ 

 limited eulogiums^ who bas not only, iii a 



variety 



