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low Dr. Fothergiirs advice. Fomentations applied to the 

 breaft, and fumigations with the fleams of fome mild aro- 

 matic herbs, and warm vinegar, not only give eafe, but 

 ferve, in fome meafure, to attenuate the mucus in the tra- 

 chea; and by gently ftimulating the lungs, raife a flight 

 cough, and promote the expedoration. The treatment of 

 any accidental fymptoms, after endeavouring to form a juft 

 idea of the difeafe, muft be left to the difcretion of the 



phyfician. 



Such are the fentirnents, which, from an attentive ob- 

 l^rvation of the fymptoms, and progreis of this difeale, I 

 have entertained of its nature, and mofi: proper treatment, 

 which nothing, but a real defire of contributing to the 

 flock of medical fads, has induced me to offer to the no- 

 tice of the public; thefe being the only foundation of a 

 certain and rational pradice; and I can anfwer for the 

 fidelity and candor with whicL I have related,, what are 

 here pcrfervcd.^ 



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Thefollonjving account of an Aurora Borealls %vas received' 

 from a Correfporident'i at hancafer^ in Pennfylvania^ viz.- 



HAT about half an hour after feven in the evening 



1769, there was feen at that place, 



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a bright crepufculums rifing out of the North; which in 

 about a quarter of an hour extended itfelf from N. E. to 

 N. W. — The upper part was deeply notched, and rofe in 

 one place to the height of near 40"?. above the horizon. 



"At three quarters after eighty it was fo light in the 

 Northern hemifphere, that a perfon, who felt no decay or- 

 infirmity of eye^fight, might eafily have read a book print- 

 in Double Pica Roman. 



" At nine o'clock, five columns or pyramids, of a very 

 vivid red, rofe perpendicular to the horizon, in theN. W<. 



They 



