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A gentle Laxative taken once in a Fortnight, or three 
or four Weeks, according to the Difpofition of the Bo- 
dy, could not be amifs 5 but it muft be done with great 
Care, and keeping within Doors. I generally tor that 
purpofe made ufe of the EjJentia Laxativa, which is now 
eonftantly prepared and fold by the Apothecaries, but 
was firft found out by my Father, who praftifed in this 
Town 36 Years, and at firft kept it as a Secret, but af- 
terwards communicated it to others. It confifts of the 
Extract. Rulp# Colocynthidis cum Spiritu vini par at. part. 
2, and the Solutio Refine Jalappe & fcammontj Ha par iter 
cum Spiritu vini reUific. fact, part. 1. Thefe muff hand to 
digeft in Balneo vaporis for feme 'Days. Other Laxa- 
tives have been likewife fuecefsfully made ufe of, if but 
ordered at a right time, and the Patient took care of 
bimfelf. 
But much more ConGderation and Regard ought to 
be had in refpeft to Vomiting and Bleeding. If we 
have Regard to the Indications, we can not refolve 
upon either of thefe without Danger. Bleeding is in- 
deed generally allowed, if the Patient is Plethorick, and 
there is Blood enough ^ which may be eafily by a diffe- 
rent and foreign Matter brought to an Ebullition, and 
fo is rarified, and coiiRquently requires a larger fpace^ 
and then there is an Indication that it wants Vent. 
But here during the Contagion, we very feldom per- 
ceived any fuch Commotion in the Blood, but rather 
obferved a Concentration of the Spirits, and a Defeat 
of the Natural Heat 5 to prevent which we were forced 
to confider more the Preservation than the Diminution 
of the Mafs of Blood. Befides, thefe can be no Indica- 
tions how to preferve Health, confidering what I have 
obferved as a mortal Sign in this Diftemper^ to wit, 
Hemorrhages. If the Hemorrhages had happened criti- 
cally, and not fymptomatiealiy, which prefently indi- 
cated a Colliqwation, and commonly threatned Death, 
