384 ON FEVER. 



of herbs, or gruel, as before. Nitre in about 

 double the quantity of the antimony, may be 

 deflagrated in the crucible with it and the 

 hartfhorn : and if to the powder there be added 

 calcined mercury, in the proportion of a fcrupie 

 of the mercury to two drachms, a moft potent 

 medicine will be produced. Keep it clofe flop- 

 ped up in glafs. 



Fever drink fromBartlet. Contray- 

 erva and fnake-root, two ounces each ; liquorice- 

 root, diced, one ounce ; faifron two drachms ; 

 infufe in two quarts boiling water, clofe covered, 

 two hours ; ftrain off, and add half a pint diflilled 

 vinegar; four ounces fpiritof wine, in which half 

 an ounce camphor has been diifolved, and two 

 ounces Venice treacle ; dofe, one pint, every 

 four, fix, or eight hours. In cafe of cough and 

 forenefs of the breafl, give frequently three 

 ounces cold drawn linfeed oil, fame quantity 

 honey ; one ounce fait or cream of tartar in an 

 infufion of rue and chamomile. 



In the worfl fpecies of putrid or pesti- 

 lential FEVER in horfes, the diagnoftics are 

 as follow : Dimnefs, with a glazed and lifelefs 

 appearance in the eyes, and a difcharge from 

 them ; running at both the nofe and mouth of 

 a brown or greenifh colour, and fcetid fmell, 

 which flicks to the noflrils ; no appetite, par- 

 ticularly to drink ; putrid breath ; exceffive de- 

 bility, fo as to ftagger when led; trembling; 



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