ON FEVER. 389 



The following generals to be obferved in 

 Fevers, have jufl occurred to me : The mouth 

 and throat fhould be frequently cleanfed with 

 vinegar, honey, and infufion of fage. All 

 cathartics are to be avoided, unlefs in cafe of 

 extreme neceffity, when the purging falts are 

 to be ufed ; the glyfters to be mild and often 

 repeated. In that profufe ftaling, and debility 

 which fometimes happens, Gibfon direfts the 

 drinks to be made with lime-water. Bark is 

 then indicated — In great reftleffnefs, or very 

 inflammatory fymptoms, opium may be given ; 

 or half a drachm of liquid laudanum in the 

 fever drink. — In heftic fever, very moderate 

 friftions mav be ufed, feveral times a dav- 

 Sometimes on the termination of the fever, a 

 horfe's legs fwell and crack ; reftringent fo- 

 mentations, camphorated fpirits, walking exer- 

 cife, according to abihty : See latter part of 

 Chapter II. 



PLEURIS Y,PERIPNEUM ON Y, SUPERFICIAL OR 

 EXTERNAL PLEURISY, INFLAMMATION OF 

 THE DIAPHRAGM, &C. 



Thefe are obftruftions in the parts fpecified, 

 from the effeds of exceffive labour, repelled 

 perfpiration, or a too denfe and fizy blood ; a 

 fymptomatic fever attends, generally inflamma- 

 tory. On pleuretic difeafe, there is a p^eneral 

 agreement between Gibfon, and the befl: medi- 

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