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& Property which renders it cooling in Inflamma- 
tions and Fevers, it does not produce this Effed 
immediately of itfelf, but only per Accidens , that 
is by foftening the Acrimony of the Humours, re- 
moving their Stagnation, refolving their Coagula- 
tion, and promoting their Difcharge by the cutane- 
ous Pores, or by driving them back into the Circu- 
lation by their proper Veflels ; fo that the Caufe of 
the Inflammation being removed, there follows of 
Confequence a Cefiation of Heat and Pain in the 
Part affeded : And this is no more than what we 
experience every Day from Spirit of Wine, and 
other Applications, which by all Perfons are allow- 
ed to be hot. 
Camphore is much ufed both internally and ex- 
ternally. The Virtue thereof internally is diapho- 
retick and anodyne, refilling Poifons and Maligni- 
ty of the Humours ; wherefore it is frequently 
given in the Plague, in putrid Fevers, and malig- 
nant Dillempers. It provokes the Menfes and U- 
rine ; and is ferviceable in uterine Suffocations. For 
this Intention it is taken either in Subftance, or is 
fet on Fire and quenched in fome hyfterical Water, 
and fo drank ; or elfe is diflolved in Clyllers by 
the Means of Oil. It cures Ulcers of the Womb, 
Kidneys and Bladder ; and is commended in a Go- 
norrhoea and Fluor Albus . Moreover, Dr. Groen - 
velt , in his Treatife Be tuto Cantharidum Ufu inter no , 
extols it as an excellent Corredor of Cantharides 9 
aflerting that it has a wonderful Efficacy in abating 
the Heat of Urine which is occafioned by giving 
them inwardly. The Dofe is from gr. iij. to 9j. in 
a Bolus, or diflolved in q. f. of the Oil of fweet 
Almonds. It is applied externally to paralytick 
Limbs, in rheumatick and gouty Pains, as alio to 
allay Inflammations and St. Anthony's Fire , to re- 
folve Tumours, remove Putrefadion, prevent Gan- 
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