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Auguft, and, during the remainder of 1772, in— 
fedted a very large proportion of the children of 
the whole town j about the end of the year, the 
diforder almoft entirely ceafed. In Liverpool, 
the chincough became epidemic in May, and de- 
clined in November., From the Table of difeafes it 
appears, that mod: of the children, who died of 
this diforder^ were under two years of age. Vomits 
of emetic tartar were of fignal fervice, during this 
epidemic, in mitigating both the cough and fever. 
When we refledt, that the weakeft infants puke 
up their food without much difficulty or fatigue, 
that nature takes this method fo frequently of re- 
lieving them, and that emetic tartar, when dif- 
folved in water, imparts to it no fenfible tafte, fo 
that there could be no difficulty in giving it, 
there is a high degree of probability, that this re- 
medy might have faved many more lives, if it 
had been more generally adminiftered to children, 
in early infancy. 
In the Table of difeafes (No. II.) the technical 
are added to the vulgar names, and the arrange- 
• ment of a juftly celebrated profeffor is adopted, 
in order to convey more diftindt ideas to the fa- 
culty, and to place diforders of a fimilar nature 
•neareft each other, for their mutual illufiration. 
