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adding or diminifhing the ftrong or Ample 
Water, in what Proportion one pleafes. 
2. Some innocent and fafe Application to 
mollify the Pain when intenfe and infuf- 
ferable, or the Inflammation fo high, that 
it threatens a Mortification. Whatever is 
now applied muft have thefe two Qualities, 
viz. that it relax, foften, and fmooth the 
rigid, ftretched, and diftended Fibres to 
let out the Gouty Humour, in the Part 
efpecially. To anfwer both Intentions, 
take old Venice 'Treacle as much as will fpread 
over the Part affetded^ pretty thick , moijlen 
it well with camphorated Spirit of Wine , 
and a Dram of liquid Laudanum j apply this 
Mixture as hot as it can be endured, and 
renew it as it grows cold, by heating it 
again ; one may ferve two or three times 
before it is thrown away. It will enrage 
the Pain a little at firft, but in a few Mi- 
nutes it leflens both Pain and Inflammation 
with Safety ; becaufe, inftead of repelling, 
(which muft never be done) it draws out 
the Malignity in a few Minutes. But Hill 
let the outward Application be what it will, 
it will be found the fhorteft Way to affift 
Nature, to expel the Venom. But fome- 
times the Pain is fo intenfe that human 
Nature 
