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thins all the mucous feGrcdons^ particularly thofe of the 

 mouth and fauces, and affeas the breath very early^ would 

 be beneficial in it, and either prevent the formation of this 

 membrane, or promote its feparatloa andexpulfion? when 

 already formed, Di% Douglas viewing the matter in this 

 li^^ht firft tried it, and meeting with fuccefs^ afterwards 

 r^ommended it to others; and in a very few words has 

 explained both his theory and pradlice in this particular. 

 «^ Any alTeaion of the throat (feys he) does frequently 



«^ produce a natural ptyalifm. Mercurials ufcd with difcre- 

 ** tion, area kind of fpecific in fuch like ulcers and ulcuf- 



^^ cula, and in fad: here moiflen the throat and mouthy Hop 

 ** the fpreading of theulciifculas and promote the caftin| 

 ^* off of the iloughs; and as an acceffary advantage, the pa- 

 ^^ tients being moftly children, deftroyed worms. Amongll 

 «* all the preparations calomel anfwered be(h The gentle 

 « vomiting and few ftools that it occafioncd in iome. 



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''did not confound the natural courfe of the diftcmper, 

 u Turbith produces too ftrong a revulfion, and the criip* 

 «« tlon is thereby too much diverted. This diflemper did 



./ „^«. «,^ii kn-^r ■^n-trni-lipr pv:^rnafion bill: Mtrcorials. And 



" not well bea.r any other evacuation butMercuri 



in another iilacc, faya, ^' the defpumation of thi?^^ acrid in 



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qulnation of the juices in our clifterapcr, that is, its na 

 " tural crifis, fecms to be by the patent and faiutary croiinc 

 « tortes of the fauces and Ikin. In corrofive taints, v. g. 



'^ venereal and others, a mercurial ptyalifm, and fudorific 



" dccodion of the woods anfwer beft, ibis gave m the 

 *< hint of promoting the tendency of nature incur illneft, 

 " by mercurials and gentle breathing fwcats in bed, which 

 with good management feldom failed, excepting where 

 the necrofts was irremediable from the beginning." 

 There is a fmgularity in this Gentleman's ftile, but \m 

 obfcrvations are accurate and judicious ; and, as he fays him 

 lelf, bein"- founded upon real, not imaginary cafes, muft 

 therefore be of permanent truth. And indeed the cafe I 

 met with, in which the diforder (and in no trifling degree' 

 was carried off" by a very copious fallvation, is, of itfelf, 



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