652 PRACTICE OF PHYSIC. 



b. Tonic medicines, which are either, 

 *. Fossil, as, 



*. Saccharum saturni, &c. or 

 ft. Vegetable, as, 



**. Peruvian bark. 

 B. Stimulants, as, 



a. Aromatics, &c. 



b. Wine. 



III. To obviate or correct the tendency of the fluids to pu- 

 trefaction, by 



1. Avoiding the application of putrid or putrescent matter, 



by 



A. Removing the patient from places filled with corrupt- 



ed air. 



B. Correcting the air from which he cannot be removed. 



C. Avoiding the accumulation of the patient's own efflu- 



via, by 



a. A constant ventilation, 



b. Frequently changing the bed-clothes and body-linen. 



D. Removing carefully and speedily all excremental matters. 



E. Avoiding animal food, or correcting it. 



2. Evacuating the putrid or putrescent matter already pre- 



sent in the body, by 



A. Evacuating frequently the intestines. 



B. Supporting the excretions of perspiration and urine, by 



a. Diluents, 



b. Neutral salts. 



3. Correcting the putrid or putrescent matter remaining in 



the body, by 



A. Diluents, 



B. Antiseptics, 



C. Fixed air. 



4. Resisting farther putrefaction, or obviating its effects, by 

 Supporting the tone of the vessels, by 



Tonic remedies. 



." If there is any imperfection attending this view of the 

 treatment of continued fevers, I think it is this, that I have 



