'214? GXJS^ARD iO FOWLS. 



virtues attributed to it ; but no one, I believe, has hitherkX 

 thought of anal}'nng this fubftance. 



It occurred to me, that it would be ufeful to the art of 

 healing, were a few chemical fa6ls added to the knowledge 

 already poirelFed of the medical ufes of gizzard, particularly- 

 after reading in the " Journal d'Econonue Rurate and Domcjlique, 

 ou Bihliolhequc des Propriclaires ruraux, Pluvoife, an 12;'* 

 a letter, wherein is announced the fuccefs obtained by its 

 ufe in agues. As this letter contains the details of the pre- 

 paration, and adminiftralion of this remedy, I (lull tranfcribe 

 it at length. 



'• Amiens, 25 Fmnaire. 



Letter refiiei^- *' YOU mention animal gelatine as a febrifuge, I will 



Jng it' inform you of a more fimple and lefs expenlive remedy. I 



as ""febrifuge know not by what fatality this great fpecific has been negled- 



by the French ed, notwithftanding it was publiflied by government full forty 



^overnmen . years ago, and in fpite of its efficacy, of which I have had 



long experience; for, of about a thoufand cafes. In which 



during that period, I have adopted its ufe. I can atteft the 



cure of eight-tenths. 



" I have refided at Montpelller during fifly-fix years; the 

 climate of the place and its environs is mild and falubrious; 

 but the inhabilants along the coaft are fubje6l to agues, on 

 account of the vicinity of the Mediterranean, and of flagnant 

 pools, M. de St. Prieft, intendant of this province, pub- 

 lirtied the order of government relative to the remedy above 

 alluded to. 

 Prefciipuon. tt j^einddi/. — This remedy confifts of the gizzard of fowls, 



dried and pulverized. 

 Thegirzards are " Preparation.— -T^ike. tlie gizzard of white poultry, as 

 wafted, dried, f^^^,] tyrkies, 8ie. (I never made ufe of thofe of black fowls, 

 and pulverized. , , « 



as pigeons, ducks, &c.) open them, and clear away the 



gravel they contain ; having (lightly waflied them, let them 

 be put on a (tring and hanged in the fun, or up a chirai>ey to 

 dry, after which they muft be reduced to powder, Cfted, and 

 kept in a bottle clofely corked. 



" Dofc, — The dofe is about a drachm for adults, and from 

 half a dram to a feruple for children. 

 The dofc is one " Mode of taking. — Mix the proper quantity of the powder 

 i "wLk.^ ^^ '" ^ ?)^^^ ^^ half-glal^ of good old white ^yine, and let the 



patient 



