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purge, but only to keep the body gently open ; and, for further pre- 

 vention, a wine glafs of the [c] infufion of bark and orange-peel, la 

 water ; or a table fpoonful of a llrong [rf'j tinfture of bark, in fpirlts, 

 may be taken, diluted with water, occafionally, in a morning before 

 brcakfnft. When a perfon is attacked with a fit of fhivering, or the 

 chills of an ague, he ought to go to bed; and, mixing about two 

 ounces of white-wine vinegar with a quarter of an ounce of finely 

 powdered chalk, iliould drink them immediately, while in the ftate of 

 effervefcence. This draught generally fhortens the cold fit, brings 

 on a profufe fweat, and may be repeated in the fubfequent parox- 

 yfms. A mixture of fait of wormwood with lime or lemon juice> 

 taken in its elFervefccnt flate, is admlniftered for the fame intention ; 

 but the bcfl cure for an ague is the preparation fubjolned in the note [eV 

 which has rarely been found to fail in carrying it off. 



For perfons on the recovery from thefe and other debilitating mala- 

 dies in the Weft Indies, no food whatever contributes more or fooner 

 to the refloratlon of ftrength, than a turtle, or fifh-dict, or nourifhing 

 fifh-foup, warmed with the fpices of the country ; and, if necefTary, 

 rendered more palatable by the addition of a little juice of ripe limes. 



It has been a received opinion, that, upon change of air from a cold 

 to a hot climate, the firft fever or fit of ficknefs alters the conflitution 

 of the body, fo as to feafon it in the change ; and that fuch a ficknefs 

 is abfolutely necefTary to feafon and accommodate an European to it. 

 But this is fallacious. 



Sicknefs, though often primarily caufed by the alteration of climate, 

 does not always adapt the body, nof feafon it ; nor is it abfolutely ne- 

 cefTary for that purpofe. For many perfons, either from fome con- 

 flitutlonal ailment, fome latent predifpofing fource in their habit, as 

 a fcorbutic taint, may fuffer reiterated fits of illnefs, without perceiv- 

 ing themfclves better reconciled to the change, than they were after 



[f] §i. One our.ce of bruife.l baik, haU an ounce of four orange peel, half a pint of boiliiic 

 water; iafiifc thefe ingredients, and, alter fnffering them to fettle for fome time, pour off the 

 liqiior lb long as it lims clear. 



[(/] 52. One ounce of pounded or bniifed bark, eight ounces of Frcnth fplrit of wine ; let it 

 fumd in. a warm place tour days, theu ftrain oiT, and bottle itfyrufe; it may prove more ctfT- 

 cacious with a flight addition ot rhubarb; or, in hot temperaments,. a very httle nitre, Linuc. 



[t] 5^. Three drathms of bark, finely powdered, one drachm and half of Venice treacle, the 

 juice ot one a!)d halt comm'on-fized lemons, and fix table fpoonfuls of found red Port wine ; 

 mix the ingredients well, and divide into three equal parts ; one whereof to be taken at mornings 

 noon, and evening, of the well day, on an empty ftomach. This dofe is for a grouxi peifoa, 

 ind may be proportionably leflened for thofe of tender years. 



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