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This drink, or one of the above balls, may 

 be continued every fix or eight hours according 

 to the emergency, till relief is obtained, or cir- 

 cumltances urge an alteration in the mode of 

 treatment. Small quantities of drink (about 

 two quarts) (hould be given once in three or 

 four hours, prepared in the proportion of a 

 quart of thick gruel to a gallon of watery in 

 each draught of which may be given half an 

 ounce of nitre ^ or an ounce of cream of tartar^ 

 with the farther addition of a quarter of a pint 

 of the following acidulated liquid, feparately 

 prepared for the purpofe. 



Take of good honey one pound ; 



Beft vinegar a pint and a half; boil over the fire 



a few minures, taking off the fcum, and fet by 



for ufe. 



Should any fwellings appear upon the glands 

 of the head or neck, a cough come on, or a 

 critical difcharge be perceived at the noftrils, 

 keep the head warm that the flux may be pro- 

 moted to that part. 



If the predominant fymptoms fliould not 



fubmit in four-and-twenty, or fix-and- thirty 



R 3 hours. 



