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be added, and repeat the Bolus thrice a 
Day without the Pill, and ufe the above 
Methods to bring the Gout to the Extremes j 
with their Drink may be given 20 or 30 
Drops of the Balfamick Tinffure 3 or 4 
Times a Day. To eafe the Inflammation 
and Tendernefs of the Parts after the Fit, 
4 Take Oil of Sweet Almonds one Ounce , white 
Wax 2 Drams , Sperma Ceti a Dram and 
a half Camphire 1 o Grains mix , and fpread 
on thin Leather , and apply. In Cafe of a 
Loofenefs during the Fit, Liquid Laudanum 
muft be ufed, if that fails, ufe with it the 
above Cordial in fmall Dofes. The In- 
tervals between the Fits may be made lon- 
ger or fhorter as the Sufferer pleafes, by 
Temperance, Exercife, and Regularity 3 
fuch as cannot give up with Gluttony , In - 
temperance , and Idlenejs , and take to a mo- 
derate Ufe of Venery, (and if young) little 
or no Wine, deferve to fuffer ; Abftinence 
will in a great meafure compenfate the Dif- 
ufe of Evacuations ; yet a little Powder of 
Gum Guaiacum may be ufefully taken twice 
a Day in a Difh of wild Angelica-Root Lea. 
Younger Sufferers fhould not omit ftrong 
Exercife , cold Bathing , and a Lea, or Milk 
Breakfajl , and forbear all animal Food to 
Supper, 
