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camphor ; and though I will not say that musk is not a more 

 heating and inflammatory remedy, I would employ large doses of 

 it. If I can be relieved from some part of the ambiguity, and 

 find that the subsultus tendinum, tremor, and even the con- 

 vulsions are considerable, while the pulse does not increase, 

 either in frequency or fullness, while there is no flushing of the 

 face, or suffusion of the eyes, I would also have recourse to the 

 opium. I had occasion to say before, that I have seen in- 

 stances of maniacal delirium entirely cured by the use of this 

 remedy ; and here we must follow the advice of Celsus, ' prae- 

 stat anceps remedium quam nullum experiri ;' and, in giving 

 musk and opium, we have this encouragement, that, if the case 

 is truly inflammatory, it is almost as certainly fatal, so that we 

 at least cannot blame ourselves for having killed the patient by 

 the remedies we employed. 



" I have thus finished all the particular cases that I think 

 necessary to put, in order to illustrate our doctrine with respect 

 to the treatment of Continued Fevers, and to give the particular 

 application of it." 



Sect. II. Of the Cure of Intermittent Fevers. 



CCXXVIII. It still remains to consider the cure of inter- 

 mittent fevers ; and, with respect to these, we form also three 

 general indications : 



1. In the time of intermission, to prevent the recurrence of 

 paroxysms. 



2. In the time of paroxysms, to conduct these so as to obtain 

 a final solution of the disease. 



3. To take off certain circumstances which might prevent 

 the fulfilling of the two first indications. 



CCXXIX. The first indication may be answered in two 

 ways : 



1. By increasing the action of the heart and arteries some 

 time before the period of accession, and supporting that increas- 

 ed action till the period of the accession be over, so as thereby 

 to prevent the recurrence of the atony and spasm of the extreme 

 vessels which give occasion to the recurrence of paroxysms. 



2. Without increasing the action of the heart and arteries. 



