CLASS I. 2. 4. 14. OF IRRITATION. i.-r 



:noved b; rks repeated every day fora 



ugh the atTec"led i', 



:is of rhe fide may be fometimes occasioned by the adhe- 

 fion of the lungs to the 'pie,. an inlla 



the aclhefioa of fome abdominal vifcera to their cavity, or 

 to each other; which alfo are iu!>re liable to aire-il ladies from 

 the unnatural and Ungraceful preflure of tight itays, or by fil 

 'or lying too long in one po'iture. But in theic cafes the pain 

 fiioukl be more of the im art ing, than of the dull kind. 



M. M. Ether. A Milter. A plaller of Burgundy pitch. 

 An iifue or feton on the part. Electric i'hoeks. Fridion on 

 the part with oil and camphor. Loole drefs. Frequent ch.m ^ 

 of poflure both in the day and night. Internally, opium, vaj- 

 rian, bark. 



15. SciitL-a jrigidfi. Cold fciatica. The pain along the 

 courfe of the fciatic nerve, from the hip quite down to the top 

 of the foot, when it is not attended with fever, u improperly 

 termed either rhetimatifm or gout , as it occurs without inilani- 

 rnation, is attended with pain when the limb is at reft ; and as 

 the pain attends the courfe of the nerve, and not the courfe of 

 the mufcles, or of the fafcia which contains them. The theory 

 of Cotunnius, who believed it to be a dropfy of the (heath of the 

 nerve, which was compreiTed by the accumulated fluid, Ins not 

 been confirmed by difleclion. The dileafe ieems to coniiil of a 

 torpor of this fheath of the nerve, and the pain ieems (o be in 

 confequence of this torpor. Sse Clafs II. 1.2. 17. 



IvI. M. Venefetioii. A cathartic. And then one grain of 

 calomel and one of opium every night for ten fucceil^ve nights. 

 And a blilter, at the fame time, a little above the knee- joint on 

 the outfide of the thigh, where the fciatic nerve is nol 



.1. Warm bath. Cold bath. Cover the limb with - 

 iilk, or with a plafter-bandage ofempladrum de mi:ii:). 



1 6. Lumbago frigida. Cold lumbago. Yv'hen no fever or 

 inflammation attends this pain of the loins, and tiie pain exiits 

 without motion, it belongs to this genus of difeaies, and TV 



die pain of the loins in the cold (it of ague. As th. 

 branes are extenfive, and more eafily fall into qu'u- iher 



by fympathy, or wlien they are primarily affecled, th- 

 becomes yery afflicling, and of great per. ifs II. 



I. 2. I?. 



M. M. Venefecl:ion. A cathartic. IfTues on the Icins. 

 five plafter fp the loins. Blifter on the c urn, 



bath. Cold bath. Remove to a warmer climate in the v/incer. 



x>ut the waiil. Fri-ftioii daily wl-:i: 

 r-!ior. 



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