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to bed, take a good dose of physic, so it shall operate well by the next morn- 

 ing, and ten chances to one you will not need much further treatment. Per- 

 haps some of the sweating tincture-, and a little of the cough syrup and a little 

 diuretic may be needed through the following day, or for a few days. But, if 

 this does not work such a decided improvement as to indicate that no serious 

 trouble remains, after the physic has operated, then take an emetic, or repeat 

 the previous process, at farthest, on the following evening, when the symp- 

 toms, fever, etc., would likely be worse than through the day. But should 

 you deem it best, from the violence of the symptoms, to take an emetic, one 

 of the diapJioretic or sweating medicines had better also be taken to keep a ten- 

 dency to the surface, according to the directions under that head. 



But if these cases are neglected, they run on into a chronic, or long stand- 

 ing disease, and become very troublesome to cure, and often set up a chronic 

 inflammation of the lungs, and finally consumption is the result. 



2- Bronch.itis — Chronic. — Chronic bronchitis must needs be of a sim 

 ilar character, and treated in a similar manner; but the emetic or sweating 

 need not be repeated oftener than once a week, nor the cathartic, and they need 

 not both be taken the same day; but a cough syrup, or some cough medicine 

 should be taken daily; and a diuretic be taken for a day or two each week, as 

 the case seems to demand, and a little essence of spearmint may be taken, a 

 few drops whenever the soreness or rawness of the throat is troublesome, 

 keeping a vial of it handy to taste, night or day, without water; or a drop or 

 two of cedar oil may be taken on a little sugar, and the throat have some of it 

 rubbed upon the outside as a liniment. The following combination of articles 

 will fulfill all the indications needed, except that of cathartic, which can be 

 used by itself, once in a week or 10 days: 



Acetic tincture of bloodroot, tincture of black cohosh, and of the balsam 

 of tolu, and wine of ipecacuanha, of each, J-^ oz. ; sweet spirits nitre, 1 oz. 

 Mix. Dose— tea-spoonful, in a little water, 3 to 5 times daily according to tht 

 amount of irritation present. 



SCARLATINA.— With Severe Fever. — In other cases of scarlet 

 fever, the febrile symptoms at the commencement are more severe; there is a 

 sensation of stiffness and pain on moving the neck, and it is also painful to 

 swallow; the voice is thick, and the throat feels rough and straitened. The 

 heat of the surface rises in a most remarkable manner; not only to the sensa- 

 tions of the patient or observer does the heat seem greater, but the thermom- 

 eter shows it to be 108" or 110", that is more than ten degrees above the 

 natural standard. There is sickness, headache, great restlessness and delirium; 

 the pulse is frequent but feeble, and there is great languor and faintness. The 

 tongue is of a bright red color, especially at the sides and extremity, and the 

 risfng points are very conspicuous. The rash does not appear so early as in 

 the milder scarlet fever, as is seen in patches, very frequently about the elbows. 

 Sometimes it vanishes and appears again at uncertain times without any cor- 

 responding cliange in the general disorder. When the rash is slight or goes 

 «ff early, there is little scaling^ off of the skin; but in severer cases, large 



