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it is, that they chiefly drink the water of the Dsrxvent, which 

 arifes in a mountainous country, and is very frequently blacken- 

 ed as it paries through the moraiTes near its fourcc ; and is gen- 

 erally of a darker colour, and attended with a whiter foam, than 

 the 'Trent, into which it falls ; the greater quantity and white- 

 nefs of its froth I fuppofe may be owing to the vifcidity com- 

 municated to it by the colouring matter. The lower parts of 

 the town of Derby might be eafdy fupplied with fpring water 

 from St. Alkmond's well , or the whole of it from the abun- 

 dant fprings near Bowbridge : the water from which might be 

 conveyed to the town in hollow bricks, or clay-pipes, at no very- 

 great expence, and might be received into frequent refervoirs 

 with pumps to them ; or laid into the houfes. 



M. M. Twenty grains of burnt fponge with ten of nitre made 

 with mucilage into lozenges, and permitted to diffblve flowly un- 

 der the tongue twice a day, is averted to cure in a few months , 

 perhaps other animal charcoal, as candle-fhuffs, might do the 

 fame. 



I have direcled in the early date of this difeafe a mixture of 

 common fait and water to be held in the mouth, particularly 

 under the tongue, for a few minutes, four or fix times a day for 

 many weeks, which has fometimes fucceeded, the fait and water 

 33 then fpit out again, or in part fwallowed. Externally vinegar 

 of fquills has been applied, or a mercurial plafter, or fomentations 

 of acetated ammoniac ; or ether. Some empyrics have applied 

 cauftics on the bronchocele, and fometimes, I have been told, 

 with fuccefs ; which (hould certainly be ufed where there is 

 danger of fuffbcation from the bulk of it. One cafe I faw, and 

 one I was well informed of, where the bronchocele was cured by 

 burnt fponge. and a heltc fever fupcrvened with colliquative 

 fweats ; but I do not know the final event of either of them. 



De Haen affirms the cure of branchocele to be effected by 

 flowers of zinc, calcined egg-fhells, and fcarlet-cloth burnt to- 

 gether in a clofe crucible, which was tried wirh fuccefs, as he. 

 aiTured me, by a late lamented phyfician, my friend, Dr. Small 

 of Birmingham ; who to the cultivation of modern fciences add- 

 ed the integrity of ancient manners ; who in clearnefs of head, 

 and benevolence of heart, had few equal?, perhaps no fuperiors. 



21. Scrofula. Kind's evil is known by tumours of the lym- 

 phatic glands, particularly of the neck. The upper lip, and di- 

 vifion of the noftrils are f-.vdled, wirh a florid countenance, a 

 fmopth fkin, and a tumid abdomen. Cullen. The abf 

 ids in their courfe to the veins in the fcrofuln are arrefted in tli- 

 lymphatic or conglobate glands ; which fwell, and after a trreac 

 length of time, inflame and fuppurate. Materials of a pec 



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