ON FEVER. 383 



a horfe feized with a kind of influenza fome 

 years ago. 



Diaphoretic Antimony. Mix powdered 

 antimony with three times its weight of nitre, 

 and gradually put the mafs into a crucible juft 

 beginning to glow ; then, the mixture being 

 taken from the fire, let it be purified by wafliing 

 with water, as well from the falts as from the 

 grofler parts lefs perfedly calcined. 



Osmer's Powder. Take two parts nitre, 

 and one of antimony, firft rubbed together, 

 and deflagrate them over a fire in a crucible, by 

 putting in a little at a time. One or two 

 ounces of this may be given, once or twice a 

 day. 



Tounefort's Fever Powder. Hartf- 

 horn fhavings half a pound, boil in fpring water 

 full an hour ; then place them in a difii before 

 the fire, till dry enough to powder. Mix them 

 with an equal quantity of antimony, both in 

 powder; put the mixture in an unglazed earth- 

 en pan over a flow fire, and keep it ftirring 

 with an iron fpatula to prevent its caking to- 

 gether ; when it ceafes to fmoke, the procefs 

 is finifhed, and there will remain an a(h-coloured 

 powder. If defired more v/hite, calcine awhile 

 in a red-hot crucible. Dofe from one to two 

 drachms, in a ball with honey and liquorice 

 powder, twice a day, waflied down with a horn 

 or two of deco6lion of fcordium, or the infufion 



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