Of the F A RC I N (?r F A R C Y. 193 



The following is alfo recommended by 

 the fame gentleman. 



TAKE butter of antimony and be- An altera- 



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zoar mineral, of each one ounce ; "^'^ ^'^^^' 

 beat up with half a pound of cordial 

 ball, and give the bignefs of a wal- 

 nut, or three quarters of an Ounce, 

 every day for two or three weeks, 

 falling two or three hours after it. 



As moft preparations from antimony 

 are of ufe in the farcy, fo from two drams 

 of antihedicum Poterii to half an ounce, 

 may be given with a bit of cordial ball, 

 every other day, for fome time ; for in 

 thefe obftinate cafes the very crafis of the 

 blood muft be altered, which can only be 

 effeded by degrees, and of courfe is a work 

 of time. 



We (hall here take notice of what is The water 

 called the water farcy, which has no re- ^^^*^y» ^'^ 

 femblance to a true farcy, either in its ^"^^t^^* 

 caufe, fymptoms, or effeds, but has only 

 obtained this name through cuflom and 

 ignorance. 



This water farcy then is of two kinds ; Thedrop- 

 one the producl: of a feverifh difpofition, ^Vo^ ts^o 



O termi. ^^"^^' 



