FEVERS. 5^3 



warm, and future proceedings regulated by 

 fymptoms and circumftances: increafing ap- 

 pearances of DANGER muft juftify exertions 

 of ALACRITY and FORTITUDE. Enlarge youc 

 quantities, and multiply your dofes, aiding your 

 judgment by frequent references to the diffe- 

 rent prefcriptions under fimilar fymptoms: 

 proportion your medicines by the didlatcs of 

 reafon and the degree of hazard to which the 

 patient is expofed. 



Should any critical fwellings or formations of 

 matter appear at the decline oi fever or epidemic 

 difeafe, their fuppuratlon and difcharge muft be 

 promoted by the rules laid down under thofe 

 heads; obferving if a horfe difplays in his gene- 

 ral habit (as eyes, heels, &c.) a great degree of 

 foulnefs, to embrace the firft opportunity of 

 carrying it off by the infertion of a rowel, and 

 regular courfe of either ajitimonial or mercurial 

 aheratives, whichever upon inquiry may ap- 

 pear mofl: applicable to the cafe. 



On the contrary, fhould the original com- 

 plaint fo relax the ftomach, impair the digeftive 

 powers, or debilitate the fyftem, as to produce 



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