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- fote Kable either to an hemorrhagy of the nofe, or to fom 
_— caufe of erofion ; and in mott cafes, by looking rai 
he fauces, the diftillation of the mines if it come from 
thence, will be perceive 
at mucus only ; whereas, 
when it . rom t it is commonl 
darker colour, more grumous, and mixed with the other 
contents of that organ ; and that the coughing or vomiting, 
ee ae as 3 the one or the other fir/ arifes, in the cafes m 
ich are afterwards joined, may fometimes point out 
po fource of tl the blood. ot to mention that the vomiting 
of blood rat 28 ~ a to females. (See — 
T EMESIS.) o all thefe confiderations we add t 
obfervation of pss Hoek ac which may concur “a 
point out the lungs as the feat of the dgeste, th the prefence of 
eras commonly be fufficiently afcertained: thefe 
fp 
Sida ‘if, ae with ae fome of the exciting 
caus have immediate 
“pri be, ft, t to remove 
Ms diathefis, and every fpecies of irritation, which ‘may 
contribute to keep it up 5 sa which we mu vour 
occafional caufes, as may fill. continue to operate. 
be generally Se, therefore, to purfue the 
antiphlogiltic regimen, with more or lefs rigour, according 
to the trengeh = = patient. When the temperament is 
fanguine, aud the ftrength not impaired, it is. cated 
advifable to iat = a ood-letting, in order 
‘reduce eneral inflammatary ftate of the fyftem. This 
evacuation was formerly carried to a great extent, in confe- 
“quence the appearance of inflam cruit, or 
ba fv t, upoa the blood drawn: but farther experience 
ption, and, therefore, 
base aide to the ufe of t te ; 
about atl Dleedings afford 2? 
e 
relief, yet, as 
‘contribute to reduce the ————- oer 
patient » they are not generally reforted to in the dekeste 
ee ‘that are mott oh oli the fubjeGs of hemoptyfis. 
fis may be more fafely combatted 
by gele bist s efpecially of the faline clafs; and by 
ee ating the temperature. =a ra apartment of the patient, 
fo as to avoid theinfuence: Snares — retaining a 
e sachailis and alfo by avoiding the ufe 
tranfition from fia cal 
heat to cold, or the ccmrary, by pafling fom a warm. houfe j 
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to the cold and moifture of a wintry or vernal atmofphere, 
and vice ver/d, is {till more pernicious, and ought to be feru-. 
puloufly. fhunned. igi 
ps fame objest will be aided by the medicines, which 
called refrigerants oe ga or fuch as ia the 
pe secede of the heart and arteries. Hence tlie 
ufe o vegetable 7 es mineral acids is frequents re- 
oan = qf the neutral falts, efpecially Bathe hay: 
confiderably extolled for their yirtues in. the cure of ik 
tyfis. Dr. Dickfon affirms, that, when ae was giver 
early in hemoptyfis, he could alnolt equally depend upon 
it, as upon the Peruvian bark for the cure of an intermittent 
fever. (See Med. Obf and Inquir. vol. iv. p. 209.) The 
elixir of vitriol, as it was formerly called, or the diluted 
fulphuric acid, has alfo been an efteemed ene for {pitting 
of blood; and it is ftill commonly prefcribed, and often 
with advantage, under the form of the infufion of rofes (of 
the pharmacopeeias). muft be cbferved, however, that 
hxmoptyfis is very liable to ceafe fpontaneoutly after a 
time, fometimes to appear no more during the progrels. of 
the confumption, which too often follows it, but often 
and ceafe again : whence, it 
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the continental phyficians, and by 
tolled : but the deleterious. sconlequnce which are. known 
to refult from the poifon of lead, however introduced i into 
the fyftem, have rendered Enghih practitioners, | id generaty, 
eet to the employment of this medicine. 
mane the —- £ bleod fr om the Cae to o the ee 
extremities. Blifters aeaies to the brealt, or. ba 2 
fometimes beneficial. 
Both during the prefence of hemopty yfis, am 
ceffation, the diet fhould be exceedingly light, 
any {timulant properties. Spirituous and» ferment 
fhould be totally refrained from, as well as folid: i 
the wees preparations of ale, vegetables, the f 
and fruits, thould conftitute the chief or fole aliment 
nt. is plan is not lets ufeful ork a view to. 
a return, than to aid in the removal of the diel 
