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You ought also to take small doses of 

 opium, (either solid or in tincture), with 

 lime-juice, every hour or two. The warm 

 bath and frictions, as before recommended, 

 will be also serviceable. Opium with lime- 

 juice is an excellent remedy, but it should be 

 employed without other medicines being 

 taken by the mouth about the same time. 



Cream of tartar, reduced to a fine powder, 

 taken in the dose of three drachms in a con- 

 sistent fluid, and repeated every six hours, is 

 also an excellent medicine, but it ought to be 

 taken uncombined with other remedies, un- 

 less with opium ; opium, either in a solid or 

 fluid form is the best remedy that can be 

 given with the cream of tartar, in this disease, 

 when it is attempted to be combated under 

 circumstances which preclude the special care 

 and direction of a medical man capable of 

 ascertaining the operation of compound re- 

 medies. Under proper medical care, it may 



