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difficulty in breathing, and in degultition or swal- 

 lowing; and his food is returned out of his mouth, 

 owing to the irritation it causes on the larynx 

 and plarynx, or top of the throat, 



There is sometimes a rattling in the throat, 

 cluinefs of the eyes, hard and quick pulse, with 

 lever ; the patient is in general costive, and a dis- 

 charge takes place from his nostrils, attended with 

 a, slight cough. 



On our first perceiving an enlargement of the 

 glands on the neck, or under the jaw, it will be 

 necefsary to determine whether we should at- 

 tempt the cure by resolution or suppuration : If the 

 glands are but slightly inflamed, it may be best to 

 attempt resolution. For which purpose, let two 

 or three quarts of blood be taken away immediately, 

 and the following gentle purge be given : 



Take Barbadoes aloes in powder, four drams ; 

 calomel, one dram ; ginger in powder, one 

 scruple: mix, and add mucilage of gum 

 arabic sufficient to form the ball. 



Let also the following blister ointment be applied 

 to the parts : 



