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trtffing febrile licat and flulhing, indicating a fice circtila- 

 tion of the blood ihroujrli the extreme arteries on tlie fur- 

 face of the body, whicii hud been fiifpended or impeded 

 during tlie precedi.ig (lagc. 



The diapliorefis, or fweating ftage, which foon fuccecds, 

 maybecoi.lidercd as the crisis of that rARO.xvsMi and ge- 

 nerally of tlie dife-.ile, if proper meaiis be employed to pre- 

 vent its recurrence. 



A vernal ague is eafily cured ; but an autumnal one is 

 more obftinale, efpecially in aged and caehcclleal perfons ; 

 ai;d, particularly, if complicated v.itii a dropfy, perip- 

 jieumony, &c. 



When an ague proves fatal, it is ufuidly in the cold fit. 

 The cure is ufually begun with an emetic of ipecacuanha, 

 an hour before the acceis, and completed with the corlcx 

 Peruvianus, admiiiiftered in the interval between two fits ; 

 and continued, at times, to prevent a re'apfe. 



We meet with divers other methods of curing agues, be- 

 fides that by the carttx ; as by means of 20 grains of Do- 

 ver's powder ; or ten grains of James's powder, with one 

 of opium ; or a quart of any hot tea, taken before the 

 acceinon of the fit, in order to prevent, or greatly dimi- 

 r.ilh the fcverity of the cold ftage : by willow bark ; by ar- 

 fenie ; by f J-ammoniac ; and hy fal-vohiiUe, &c. which may 

 aft by attenuating the blood : in the ifland of Tino, by an 

 infufion of flowers of little centaurv. See Phil. Tranf. 

 N- 145. ' , 



From the great variety of the means by which the ague 

 lias been, or appeared to be cured ; we may conclude tliat 

 any thing which can make a ftrong impreflion either upon the 

 body or mind, a little while before the paraxyfm, will 

 cure the generality of agues. Etmuller gives divers in- 

 flances of agues cured by putting the patent in a fit of 

 palTiun. Others have been effefted by a fright, a fit of 

 drunkeiinefs, &c. ' Do we not often fee agues cured by 



• amulets andj>ericar/>ia? I myfelf, fays Mr. Boyle, v\-as cured 



• of a violent quotidian bv applying to my wrifts a pafte 



• made of bay-falt, new_ hops, and blue currants, which 

 ' has alfo relieved many others both of quotidians and ter- 



• tlans.' Philof. Works abr. torn. i. p. 80. 



Lord Bacon fays, ' It is often tried, that juices of ftock- 

 ' gilly-flowers, rofe-carapion, garlick, and other things, 



• applied to the vvriils, and renewed, have cured long 

 ' agues.' He likewlfe recommends in the heats of agues, 

 to hold eggs of alaballer, and balls of cryftal, in the 

 hands. 



Agues, it is fa'd, have not been unfrequently cured by 

 cleflricity. The moft efFeftual and fure mode of applying 

 this poiverfnl flimulant, has been to draw fparks through 

 flannel or the clothes, for about 10 or 15 minutes, either at 

 the time of the fit, or a little before it is expefted. In 

 vol. ill. of the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, 

 we are told, that an obftinate quartan ague of five months' 

 continuance was cured by this means. On the acceflion of 

 the fit t'ne patient 'was ordered to receive ten or more fmart 

 ftrokes through her arms and thorax, from a ten ounce vial, 

 till (he was feized with fear, and began to fweat, and then 

 to go immediately into a warm bed and promote the fudori- 

 fic tffeft far fome hours, by taking frequent draughts of 

 tepid fniaD wine whey. By repeating this operation a few 

 hours, fays Dr. Ilower, fhe was cured. 



Acui-caie, the popular name for a hard tumor on the 

 left fide of the belly, lower than the falfe ribs, faid to be the 

 effeft of intermitting fevers. 

 r A-GVE-tiroJis. See Arsenic. 



Acvt-tree. See Laurus. 



AGUE-/ra is a name given by fome to s.\ssafk..4S, on 

 account of its febrifuge virtue. 



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AGUEDA, in Geo^rapLy, a town of Portiigal, in the 

 province of Beira, i;pon a branch of the river Vouga, fix 

 leagues north of Coimbra. W. long. 8^ 26'. N.lat.40°3')'. 



Agveda, a river of Leon, which pafles by Civdad- 

 Rodrigo. 



AGUELAON, one of the Laccadive iflands, in the 

 Indian fea. IC. long. 73' 25'. N. lat. 11''. 



AGUEPERSE, or AicvEPERsr, a town of France, in 

 the department of Puy-de-Dome, fcven leagues north-north- 

 call of Iliom. 



AGUER, a fea-port town of Africa, fituated at the 

 foot of Mount Atlas, in the kingdom of Morocco. This 

 town was built by the Portuguefe, near a remarkable cape, 

 on t!ie north-well of the mouth of the river Sus, now called 

 Cape GtER. It was taken by Diego Lope/ de Scguerra, 

 who afterwards made a voyage to the Enil-Indies. As the 

 town had a convenient harbour, and was fam.ous for its " 

 firtieiy, this adventurer crefted a ftrong fort to defend it. 

 He fold it to Emanuel, king of Portugal, who added other 

 fortifications, and a ftrong garrlfon. But after a vigorous 

 defence, in which the enemy loft 16000 men, it was fur- 

 rendered, A. D. 1536, to Moliammed, who became emperor 

 of Morocco and Fez ; and in revenge for his lofs, he put 

 the whole garrifon to the fword, except the brave govei-nor 

 Mont Ro)^, whom he fpared and favoured for the fake 

 of his daughter. Donna Mercia, who confented to many 

 him, on condition of being allowed the free exercife of her 

 religion, and of being regarded as his lawful wife. 



AGUESSEAU, Henry Francis D', in Biograpl.'y, 

 a chancellor of France, was born at Limoges in 1668, of an 

 ancient family of Saintonge. He owed the firft rudiments 

 of that literature to which he was devoted, to the inftrudlion 

 of his father, and his diftinguiftiing talte for poetrj' to the 

 foclety of Boileau, Racine and other eminent writers of 

 that clafs. After having held the office of advocate-general 

 of Paris for ten years, he was appointed procureur-general 

 in I 700 ; and in this fituation he diftinguiftied himielf by 

 introducing feveral regulations, which contributed to the 

 improvement of jurifprudence. He alfo directed a particular 

 attention to the hofpltals, and to the hardfhips occafioned by 

 the fcarcity in 1709, which indicated the amiable philan- 

 thropy of his temper, and in which he was Angularly ufefnl. 

 He alfo approved himfelf the ftrenuous defender of the li- 

 berties of the Galilean church, in oppoutlon both to Lewis 

 XIV. and the chancellor Voifin, who follclted his con- 

 currence in favour of the bull Uni^etihus. After the death 

 of Voifin, and in the regency of the duke of Orleans, he was 

 made chancellor ; and performed the duties of this office 

 with that eminent wifdom and iirmnefs, which the circum- 

 ftances of the times demanded. In his rtfiftance of the 

 financial projeifl of Law, he was for fome time fuc- 

 cefsful ; but when the regent determined to adopt it, he was 

 conftrained in I 7 1 8 to retire to his country -feat at Frefnes ; 

 but in 1720 he was recalled and reinftated in his office. He 

 was again deprived of it in 1722, recalled by Cardinal 

 Fleurj' in 1727, and reinvefted with the fealsin 1737, which 

 he held till his death. From the year 1729 to 1749 he was 

 feduloiidy employed in reforming the laws, and remedying 

 many notorious abufes that difgraced and obftrufted the ad- 

 miniftration of them. His obieft was to fupply their defects, 

 and to facihtate the execution of them, without changing their 

 fundamental principles ; but in this cxtenfive and laborious 

 employment his progrefs was (low ; and he met with difficul- 

 ties, from his extenfive views and from a regard to the profits 

 of the legal profefiion, which produced Indeclfion in his own 

 judgment, and ferved to retard his difpatch of bufmeis. For 

 the flownefs of fome of his determinations, he makes this 

 very xeafonable apology : " when I recoUevl. (faid he) that 



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