132 INFLAMMATION OF THE KIDNEYS, &C. 



him in small quantities, attended with difficulty, 

 it will in such case be proper to take one or two 

 quarts of blood from him every day, or every other 

 day. As soon as the body has been sufficiently 

 opened, let him have the following ball. 



(RECIPE, No. 95.) 



Compound Fever Ball. 



Take — White antimonial powder; gum arable, in pow- 

 der; and Castile soap, of each two drachms; 



Camphor, one drachm : 



Make into a ball, with conserve of hips ; add 

 a few drops of spirit of wine to the camphor, 

 which will make it pulverise. One to be 

 given every night and morning. 



This ball must be continued twice a day until 

 the symptoms begin to abate ; afterwards once a 

 day will be sufficient. Let him be fomented across 

 the loins twice a day with hot flannels wrung out 

 of the fomentation (No. 40, p. 66)^ and after let 

 the part be well rubbed with the following 



(RECIPE, No. 96.) 



Take — Flour of mustard, four ounces; 



Euphorbium, in powder, half an ounce; 

 Water of pure ammonia, two ounces ; 

 Vinegar, a sufficient quantity to form into a 

 thinnish paste. 



