tyS A Treatise on 
they commonly term Vapours •, for, on the con- 
trary, being mixed with Cream of Tartar, or boil- 
ed with Tamarinds, it will be found very bene- 
ficial to Perfons under fuch Indifpofitions : And 
the fame Management will render it entirely harm- 
lefs in bilious Temperaments. Laftly, as to its 
flow Operation, it may be made brifker by joining 
other Catharticks with it, as Scammony, Sena, 
jalap, Manna *, or likewife antimonial Emeticks, 
which are added to it as a Stimulus , or the Caflia 
is mixed with them to qualify their Force. Thus, 
in a Pleurify, Peripneumony, and other inflamma- 
tory Difeafes, whenever an Emetick or Cathartick 
is proper, this Medicine is of extraordinary Service. 
It aifo does Wonders in a painful Tenflon of the 
Abdomen , which fometimes fucceeds an injudicious 
Adminiftration of Antimonials. In this Cafe it 
ought to be ordered in a liquid Form, to ferve 
the Patient inftead of all other Liquors, except a 
little Broth that may be taken now and then betv/een 
Whiles. 
Many Phyflcians of Credit allure us, that the 
Pulp of Caflia is effectual for preferving new-born 
Children from the Small Pox, by voiding the thick 
Matter which flagnates in their Inteftines. For this 
Purpofe two or three Drachms are diffolved in fix 
Ounces of Veal-Broth, or Whey, and the whole is 
given by Spoonfuls in about eight or twelve Hours, 
before the Child is put to the Bread:. 
This Pulp is prefcribed from ^ij. to ^ifs. in the 
Form of a Bolus, or diffolved in Liquors •, and in 
DecoCtions from §fs. to §iv. to be drank, or in- 
jected by Way of Clyfter. 
Take of the Pulp of Caflia freih drawn Xy Rhu- 
barb powdered 9j. Cream of Tartar gfs. Mix 
and make a Bolus to be taken in Wafers on 
an 
