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each three drams: mix them well together, 

 and difsolve them in a quart of linseed de- 

 coction. 



This mixture may be given every two hours, 

 until purging takes place ; and its action may be 

 promoted by the following clyster : 



Take linseed, three ounces, boil it in four quarts 

 of water half an hour ; pafs the decoction 

 through a coarse cloth, and difsolve in it 

 half an ounce of aloes in fine powder. 



Let this clyster, a little warm, be thrown up 

 the rectum two or three times a day. 



By this method of treatment, purging generally 

 takes place in twenty-four hours, and the dis- 

 agreeable symptoms gradually subside. 



A rowel on each side the chest, will likewise 

 be found very useful in promoting resolution. 



After the action of the physic is over, and 

 until all the symptoms, of the disease are com- 

 pletely removed, it will be necefsary to keep the 

 body open ; for which purpose, the above-men- 

 tioned clyster may be used every other day, and 

 the linseed decoction, with the nitre, cream of 



