ART. VII. i.i. TORPENTI A. 7 3 



Externally the fmoke of burnt feathers, oil of amber, vol- 

 atile fait applied to the noftrils, blifters, finapifms. 



II. Inverted motions of the ftomach are reclaimed by opium, 



alcohol, bliflers, crude mercury, Gnapifms, camphor and 

 opium, externally, clyfters with afafoetida. 



III. Inverted motions of the inteftinal lymphatics are reclaim- 

 ed by mucilaginous diluents, and by inteftinal forben- 

 tia, as rhubarb, logwood, calcined hartihorn, Armenian 

 bole ; and laftly by incitantia, as opium. 



IV. Inverted motions of the urinary lymphatics are reclaim- 

 ed by cantharides, turpentine, refin, the forbentja, and 

 opium, with calcareous earth of alum, by oil externally, 

 warm-bath. 



V. Inverted motions of the inteftinal canal are reclaimed by 



calomel, aloe, crude mercury, bliiters, warm-bath, clyf- 

 ters with afafoetida, clyfters of iced water ? or of fpring 

 water further cooled by fait diflblved in water contained 

 in an exteriour veflel ? Where there exifts an introfuf- 

 ception of the bowel in children, could the patient be 

 held up for a time by the feet with his head downwards, 

 or be laid with his body on an inclined plane with his 

 head downward, and crude mercury be injected as a 

 clyfter to the quantity of two or three pounds ? 



ART. VII. 

 TORPENTIA. 



I. THOSE things, which diminifli the exertion of the irritative 

 motions, are termed torpentia. 



1. As mucus, mucilage, water, bland oils, and whatever 

 pofTeffes lefs ftimulusthan our ufual food. Diminution of heat, 

 light, found, oxygene, and of all other ftimuli ; venefedion, nau- 

 fea and anxiety. 



2. Thofe things which chemically deftroy acrimony, as calca- 

 reous earth, foap, tin, alkalies, in cardialgia ; or which prevent 

 chemical acrimony, as acid of vitriol in cardialgia, which pre- 

 vents the fermentation of the aliment in the ftomach, and its 

 confequent acidity. Secondly, which deftroy worms, as calo- 

 mel, iron filings or ruft of iron, in the round worms ; or amal- 

 gama of quickfilver and tin, or tin in very large dofes, in the 

 tape-worms. Will either in clyfters deftroy afcarides ? Thirdly, 

 by chemically deftroying extraneous bodies, as cauftic alkali, 

 lime, mild alkali in the (lone. Fourthly, thofe things which lu- 

 bricate 



