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'Head Ach too much, we put the common Poultice 
to his Feet/\f he be very Sick at the Stomachy 
we give him a gentle Vomit^ yea, we commonly do 
thefe Things almofl of Courfe, whether we find the Pa- 
tient want them or no. And we reckon the fooner we 
do thefe Things, the better. If the Fever be too high, 
in fome Conftitutions, we Bleed a little : And finally, 
to haflen the Eruption, we put on a Couple of Blifers* 
7. On or about the Third Day from the Decumbi- 
ture the Eruption begins. The Number of the Puf 
tules is not alike in all, in fome they are a very few^ 
in others they amount to an Ehndred, yea, in many 
they amount unto feveral Hundreds \ frequently unto 
more than what the Accounts from the Levant fay 
is ufual there. 
8. The Eruptio'n being made, all Illnefs vanifhes; 
except perhaps a little of the Vapours in tbofe that 
are troubled with them 5 there is nothing more to do, 
but to keep Warm, drink proper TeaV, eat Gruel, 
Milk Pottage, Panada, Bread, Butter, and almoft any 
thing equally Simple and Innocent. 
9. Ordinarily the Patient fits up every Day, and 
entertains his Friends, yea, ventures upon a Glafs of 
Wine with them. If he be too Intent upon hard Read^ 
ing and Study, we take him off. 
10. Sometimes, tho’ the Patient be on other Ac- 
counts eafy enough, yet he cant Sleep for divers 
Nights together. In this Cafe we do not give him 
Anodynes or Opiates, becaufe we find. That they who 
have taken thefe Things in the Small Pox are gene- 
rally peflered with miferable Biles after their being 
recovered. So we /<f/ them alone Sleep will come 
of it felf, as their Strength is coming on. 
IT. On the Seventh Day the Puflules ufually cOme 
to their Maturity ; and [oon after this they go away, 
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