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ficians obferving, that when the cof- 

 tivenefs was overcome, the patient was 

 foon cured, from thence diredted all 

 their endeavours towards relieving this 

 iymptom^ while the caufe of the difeafe 

 was wholly negledted. For this reafon, 

 draftic purges were incelfantly admi- 

 niftred ; and Anodynes, though ftrongly 

 indicated, were prohibited, left they 

 mould impede the operation of the 

 Cathartics. Later Phyficians, how- 

 ever, being better inftrudted in the 

 caufe of the difeafe, copioufly exhibit 

 Anodynes and Antifpafmodics, which, 

 with the 01. Ricini, or Caftor oil, ta- 

 ken by the mouth, and injected by 



This is, indeed, a nervous poifon, known to pro- 

 duce fymptoms fimilar to thofe which characterize 

 the Wejl India Dry Gripes, and which, in every 

 part of the Weft Indies^ is received internally, either 

 by the drinkers of Rum, or of Red Wines from 

 France. 



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