(l*9) 
ceration •, and I could not but believe it proper, inaf- 
much as the Thinnefs of the Matter render’d it capa- 
ble of being abforb’d into the Mafs of Blood, and that 
the longer tc lay, the more acrimonious it would grow 
it not admitting of Concoction. 
In two Patients, I faw feveral of the Puftules fill’d 
with a bloody Sanies : I was furpriz’d to find * one 
of them get fo eafily over the Difiemper, tho’ fhe la- 
bour d alio under the Flux Kind. 
fhe Defquammation was very flow, the black Crufts 
adhering feveral Days, nay Weeks, after the Turn, 
while abundance of purulent Matter gleeted from un- 
der them. Thefe left very ugly Cicatrices. No Appli- 
cation feem’d to me to have a better Effedt, in this 
Cafe, than frequently fomenting the Parts with warm 
Milk, or Milk and Water ; this diluted the acrid Salts 
walh’d them olf, and foften’d the Skin : Oily ’Lini- 
ments, by ftopping the Pores, are frequently hurtful. 
In a Cafe or two I obferv’d a Repudiation of Pu- 
ftules under the Crufts in the Face and Hands, when 
thrown off. This particularly in the Boy, that re- 
cover d with Purple Spots. J he latter were diftincl 
tho’ the former were in the greateft Degree confluent.’ 
Nothing fo certainly abated, and took off the fecon- 
dary Fever after Bleeding, (if indicated) as gentle Ca- 
thartics • fuch as Rhubarb, Manna, Tartar lnfuf. 
Senn. and the like. Fhe hot, fcammoniate, aloetic 
Purgers feem not fo proper, at leaft, to begin with. 
Ihefe l gave the 10th, nth, 12th, or 13th Days, if 
I found the Patient have a quick Pulfe, feverilh Heat 
dry Tongue Head-ach, reftlefs Anxiety, and other 
Symptoms of the putrid Fever. Some one, or other of' 
thefe, being once or twice repeated, I gave Calomel 
aud purg d it olf. This was our general Methods and’ 
the molt fuccefsful. i’ 
Mr. Bafs’s Child. 
