may be poured to make it more active. This pafte, 

 applied over the belly, and kept there, will raife a 

 ccniiderable inflammation. But a lefs troublefome, 

 a more fpeedy, and lefs expenfive mixture, is the 

 following, which fliould be well rubbed over the 

 belly, avoiding the flieath : — 



Oil of vitriol, half an ounce. 



Oil of turpentine, four ounces. 

 Mix very gradually. 

 All the particulars of the treatment muft be re- 

 peated, if complete fuccefs docs not attend the firft 

 efforts. 



CORDIALS. 



Cordials and llomachics are fuch medicines as are 

 given either to invigorate the circulation in general, 

 or to ad; on the ftomach in particular. 



Cordials invisforate the conflitution either by their 

 contents being immediately received into the mafs of 

 blood from the abforbing veflels, or they aft by fym- , 

 pathy through the medium of the ftomach : thus a 

 dram, when a perfon is faint, inftantly exhilarates 

 before it can get into the blood veffels; but the eat- 

 ing of any thing requires fome digeftion before it can 

 invigorate much, becaufe it principally depends on 

 being received into the general mafs of blood for its 

 effeds. Neverthelefs, it is not eafy to draw exad 

 lines ; and all cordials, natural and artificial, a^t 



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