M E D I C A.- 3 g s 
This domeftick remedy I learned in Smyrna, 
where it is faid to be ufed in the moft defperatc 
Afthmas. 
9. Hyfteria. Hyftericks. 
Fill a date with the powder of mu-lick, after 
taking out the ftone ; clofe it again, and lay it on 
coals to roaft. The patient is to place herfelf 
over the coals, and draw the fmoak of ir, which 
is of an agreeable fmell, up her nofe ; when the 
date leaves off fmoking, or when the mafticb is 
melted and mixed with the juice of the date, the 
patient eats it. This is to be done under the 
paroxyfm, which I am told will certainly be ob- 
viated. 
Another : Lay the eggs of the fepia octopodia 
the cuttle filh with eight claws on coals, and draw 
the fmoke of it up your mouth and nofe. Both 
thefe methods are ufed in the Levant. 
to. Imaginationis firatagema. 
A man afflifted with the hypochondriac dileafe 
and of a very difturbed mind, continually com- 
plained of fomething in his throat which almofl: 
luffocated him. 1 endeavoured to cure him by 
ftratagem. I ordered a hen to be killed, and an 
fgg to be taken out •, I then prefcribed for the 
Fatient a light vomit, perfuading him that it 
"'ould bring up what troubled him. While he 
"'as vomiting, I ordered the egg to be privately 
conveyed into the pot, and when the vomit had 
ceafed operating, I (hewed him the egg amongft 
"'hat he had brought up ; he was overjoyed, de- 
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