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firft affedted by it are the mufcles fubfervient to the 
motions of the lower jaw, from which it is ufually, 
if the difeafe continues, propagated to thofe of the 
neck. Caslius * Aurelianus has, as it is fuppofed 
from Soranus, defcribed it, and handed down to us 
luch methods of cure, as had been found in his 
time mod; fuccefsful. 
Pliny § mentions the Tetanus in many parts of his 
Natural Hiffory. He forbids the ufe of wine to thofe 
who labour either under this difeafe, or the Opiftho- 
tonus. He recommends in different parts of his work, 
as internal remedies, caffor, hellebore j[, the alhes of 
the fig-tree, pediculi marini, and pepper. Pie ad- 
vifes warm baths, with the nitre of the ancients dif- 
folved in them ; and diredts the patient at other times 
to be rubbed with the coagulum found in the fto- 
mach of a calf, or with the juice of Peucedanum, or 
hogs-fennel. This, it is to be prefumed, was the 
moft general method of treating thefe difeafes, in the 
age wherein this author wrote. 
This difeafe is frequent in Greece, Italy, and in the 
warmer parts of Europe, where its effedts are feverely 
felt. •f'Bontius, who refided long in the Eaft Indies, 
has briefly defcribed it ; which, though he fays it is 
* Morb. Acut. Lib. III. Cap. vi. 
§ Plinii Hift. Nat. Lib. XXVI. XXXI. XXXII. 
|| Ibid. Lib. XXV. The hellebore made ufe of, was to be pre- 
pared in (at that time) a newly difcovered manner, which was to 
prevent the effects of its acrimony. This was, by putting the 
hellebore between radifhes fplit, and then tied together, including 
the hellebore; which, by being macerated in this manner for 
about feven hours, was fuppofed to become more mild in its ope- 
ration. 
f Bontii Meth, Medendi, Cap. ii. De Spafino. 
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