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cafes where the ^inquina has failed. It is given 

 in any form, but moft commonly in an aqueous 

 infufion, in the proportion of one drachm to a 

 pint, the dofe of which is one ounce. 



The hiftory of this drug is accompanied with 

 a figure of the leaf, and parts of frudification. 

 Three cafes of its good effeds (from trials made 

 in Sweden) are inferted, and which are not con» 

 fined to fevers only. 



[There is a confirmation of its virtues in febrile 

 cafes from Mr. Farley of Antigua^ inferted in the 

 PhiL 'Tranf, vol. Iviii. p. 8t, in circumftances 

 where the Peruvian bark would not (lay on the 

 ^omach.] 



123. Raphania. G. Rothman. 1763. 



The difeafe here defcribed is defined in the Ge- 

 nera Morborum of our author to be " a fpaftic con- 

 " tradion of the limbs or joints, attended with 



convulfions, and excruciating periodical pains." 

 The author gives a full defcription of this difeafe 

 from the two moft capital Szvedijh Vv'riters on the 

 fubjed. He had feen it hinifelf, and obferves, 

 that it had frequently been epidemical in that 

 country : moreover, that fome phyficians had 

 thought it a new difternper. He has however 

 traced it in the writings ot a numerous fet of au- 

 thors, from the year 1596 to 1727 ^ by which it 

 appears to have been comm.on to other parts of 

 Europe, 



This dreadful diftemper fometimes held the fick 

 for three or four weeks, and thofe who perifhed 



Z 3 generally 



