ARMED FORCES MEDICAL LIBRARY

Washington, D. C.
MEDICAL POCKET-BOOK.
Containing a fhort but plain Account of the

SYMPTOMS, CAUSES^n&METHODSoiCURE,
OF THE
DISEASES INCIDENT TO THE HUMAN BODY:
Including fuch as require

SURGICAL TREATMENT:
Together with the

VIRTUES AXD DOSES . /

MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS AND SIMPLES

EXTRACTED FROM THE BEST AUTHOR?,
AND DIGESTED INTO ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

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By Si r J OH /ELLIO T, M-D^
. THE THIRD AMERICAN EDITION,
Copied from the latejl Englijh Edition ; ivith Additions, /ivjroic-
ments, and C Trillions.

Printed at BOSTON, by MANNING ~cf LORING,

For THOMAS t5* ANDREWS,
Fault's Statue, No. 45, Newbury-Street.

1795-
 [gjP IN this third American Edition, feveral im-

provements are made ; fuch as, tiling the letters

over each page, in the manner of a Dictionary, and

inferting the additions and corrections (neccffary

to make the work agree with the laft edition of the

London Pharmacopoeia) in their proper places, inftead

of putting them at the clofe of the work, &c]
 TO '

Sir JOHN PRINGLE, Bart.

PHYSICIAN TO THEIR

MAJESTIES;
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF
PHYSICIANS AT LONDON AND

EDINBURGH ;

AND OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON
AND PARIS, &c. &c.

THIS WORK
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS FAITHFUL

AND DEVOTED

HUMBLE SERVANT,

The AVTHOR.
Great Marlborough-Strett, 1
Aug. IX, 1781. J
 PREFACE.
1 h e advantages of a publication of this kind

to the practitioner in medicine, are too obvious

to need enumeration ; I mail, therefore, only

premife a few necefikry obfervations relative to

the work itfelf.

I. The dofes of medicines, &c. are fet down

as for adults j and therefore the prefcriber will

eafily vary them for other ages. For example,

children of two years old may, in general, take

about a third part of the dofes for adults, or a

little more ; and fo in proportion for other ages,

the conjlltution being alfo confidered.

II. Where it could conveniently be done,

I have mentioned the intervals at which the

medicines are to be repeated : but thefe may be
varied at the prefcriber's difcretion. For brevi-

ty's fake I have, in many places, ufed the word

frequenter ; by which 1 would have it under-

stood, that every three, four, fix, eight, &c.

A 2 hours
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hours are meant, according to the exigency of
the cafe.

III. When any particular indication is to be

obferved, the clajes (as cathartics, diuretics, af-

tringents, &c.) may be referred to ; under which

heads as many of the compofitions and fimples

as were judged neceffary are arranged.

IV. The limits afligned to the work would
not admit of formula ; nor do I think them by
any means neceffary. The dofes of all the ar-
ticles ufually adminiftered are fet down ; and I
will not fuppofe that there is any medical prac-
titioner who cannot give directions for making
them into draughts, bolufes, or other forms that

may be required. The vehicles fliould be either

perfectly innocent, (as aq. pura, fyr. fimp. &c.)

or of fimilar virtues with the medicines to be
given. And if two articles of the fame virtues
(cathartics, for example) be employed, it fcarcely
need be mentioned, that the dofe of each muft
be proportionably lefs. It may be added, that

ingredients
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ingredients of a volatile nature fliould be given

in a liquid form, left their virtues exhale ; and

very naufeous ones mould, if convenient, be given
in the form of pills or bolufes.

V. In the alphabet I have, for the moft part,

made ufe of Englifh names ; or, at leaft, have
ufually referred from thofe where technical ones
are employed.

This work was drawn up originally for my

own ufe, and in the courfe of practice I have

found it very convenient to refer to occafionally.

It was the opinion of thofe medical gentlemen
who faw the M. S. that it would be equally ufe-

ful to others, and this was my motive for making

it public. If it aflift the practitioner's memory
in matters already known (at leaft till he has
Ieifure to confult larger works, where neceflary)
my defign is anfwered.
J. E.

ADVERTISEMENT
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THIRD EDITION.
IN the prefent edition the old names of medicines

heme been exchangedfor thofe of the New Phar-

macopoeia of the London college ; thofe now firjl ad-
mitted into that Pharmacopeia inferled, with the ad-

dition of a few not deemed by the college fuffciently

e/labli/hed for that purpofe, though adopted into the

private praclice offome eminent phyficiansy and of

too much importance for a knowledge of them to be

thought fuperfluous to any praclitioner ; thofe omit-

ted by the college are expunged : the dofes have been

carefully corrected from the bejl authorities ; in the

treatment of difeafes fuch alterations have been made

as later experience has approved ; and a few have
been added to the catalogue which were not noticed
in the former editions.
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MEDICAL POCKET-BOOK.
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ABORTION.
S.TMPTOMS. Pain in the back, loins, and
lower part of the belly ; Ihiverings ; a flax of
blood from the womb ; naufea, anxiety, pal-
pitation of the heart, fyncope, an opening and
moifture of the os tincse. Mod commonly
happens between the fecond and fourth months
of pregnancy, though it may occur later. It
may be occafioned by frights, falls, ftrong
emetics or cathartics, or by any violent com-
motion of body or mind.
Treatment. If the pulfe be ftrong, bleed, give
nitre, and purfue the antiphlogiftic regimen :
if the patient be weak, the bark and chalybe-
ates. In general the medicines mould be of
the tonic and fedative kinds. The body
fhouid be kept open with clyfters, or other-
wife ; the diet light broths, and the like ; and
the patient fhouid be kept very cool, ftill, and
quiet in bed. To ftop the hemorrhage, ftyp-
tics may be applied to the os uteri, and a
cloth
i-o ABS ACI
cloth dipped in vinegar to the os externum,
and pubes. Some recommend acetated ce-
ruffe internally in large dofes.
If, neverthelefs, abortion follow, difcontinue the
corroborants, and give fpermaceti medicines
with opiates, &c. as after child-birth.

ABSCESS.
Treatment. Common abfeeffes may be treated
by bringing them forward with proper cata-
plafms, and when ripe, opening, digelting, and
cicatrizing. Avoid evacuations during the
fuppuration, unlefs inflammation require. See
alfo boil, phlegmon, and ulcer.
ABSORBE N T S.
Opening. Magnefia. AJbringeni. Chalk, burnt
hartfhorn, oifter fhells, crabs' claws, red coral,
French bole, lime-water.

ACID, ACETOUS.
This is radical vinegar as it is called. It is
ufed for fmelling to in faintings.
'
MURIATIC.
Tonic, ftimulant, diuretic, lithontriptic gu
;
xx. to xl.
NITROUS.
Tonic, ftimulant, diuretic ; gt. v. to xx.
VITRIOLIC
Tonic, ftimulant, lithontriptic ; gt. ij. to r.
Dilute, gt. xxx. to lx.

ACONITUM.
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ACO AGU u
A C O N I T U M. See Wolfsbane, blue.

^ETHER, NITROUS, SPIRIT OF.

Diuretic, diaphoretic, fedative, febrifuge, car-
minative ; ^j* t0 5>
VITRIOLIC.
Antifpafmodic, nervous ; gt. xx. to ^fs. Alfo
externally as an anodyne. Spirit of. As
of nitrous; to 5ij. Compound. Anodyne,
&c. 5fs. to 3ifs.

AGUE.
Symptoms. The fit begins with cold fhiverings ;
a fmall quick pulfe ; pain in the back and
head ; naufea. To thefe fucceed great heat
and fever, which terminate in fweats. The
urine during the fit, pale, clear, and without
fediment ; but in the interval, turbid, with a
copious fediment of a reddifh colour.
In the Quotidian Ague the fit returns once in
a day.
In the Tertian, every other day.
In the Quartan, the intermifiion is of two
whole days.
Treatment. The bark fubftance
5j. every
in
two hours during the adding an
intermifiion,
opiate, if it run off by (tool. If the ftomach
will not bear the powder, give it in decoclion
or infufion, or. the extract in pills. Camo-
mile flowers, fnakeroot, acid of vitriol, kali,
or
 ti ALM ALT
or opium, may be added according to cireum-
ftances : or an emetic and cathartic may be
premifed if neceffary. The repetitions may
be lefs frequent after the fit has been miffed
once or twice. Blue vitriol, gr. fs. diffolved
in ^j. of proof fpirit, and given before the fit,
has fucceeded in fome defper'ate cafes ; fo has
electricity, in or jufr. before the fit. White
arfenic (which fee) has been very effectual.

ALMOND, BITTER.
Sedative, diuretic.

SWHET.
Obtunding. Milk of. ^iv. to ffrfs. or more.
Oil of. Pectoral, opening ; 5'j- t0 % iy-
Externally foftening, relaxing.
ALOES, INSPISSATED JUICE.
Cathartic, anthelmintic ; '^fs. to ^ij. Emme-
nagogue ;
gr. v. to x. twice a day. Exter-
nally applied, vulnerary. Compound pills
OF, tO 3j. PlLI.S OF, WITH MyRRH.
The fame. Powder
with Canella* of,
with Guaiacum. with Iron.
See Powdks. aloetic, &c. Tincture of.
2$fs. to ^ifs. Compound. §fs. to 5ij
Wine of. 3j. to 5ij. As. a cathartic;
to gij.

ALTERATIVES.
Mercurials, antimonials, hemlock, mezereon,
water-
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water-parfnep, guaiacum, farfaparilla, (aflafras,

prepared natron, tar, fulphur. Any medicine
that works a cure gradually, by correcting the
patient's habit of body, may be called an al-

terative.

ALUM. Externally
Tonic, aftringent ; gr. iv. to $j.
aftringent and cooling. Burnt. Efcharotic
Alfo internally, particularly in colic ;
gr. ij.

to ^fs. Compound water of. Aftrin-

gent, cooling. Cataplasm of. The fame
as an epithem ; chiefly in opthalmies.

AMBER.
Tonic; 5fs. to Oil of, rectified.
5j.
Stimulating, nervous, emenagogue gt. v. to ;

xx. Salt of, purified. Nervous, diu-

retic; to 9j.

AMMONIA, PREPARED.
Antacid, attenuant, ftimulant, diaphoretic ; gr.
iij. to xv. Spirit of. The fame ; gt. xx.
to Ix. or more. Compound. Alfo cepha-
lic ;
gt. xx. to Ix. or more. Fetid. An-
tihyfteric; gt. xx. to lx. Succinate©, or
Eau de Luce. Chiefly for fmelling to. Wa-
ter or. Gt. xx. to lx. or more. Water
of ace tat id a. Attenuant, cooling, fudo-
rific, diuretic ^ij. to |fs.
;
Water of pure
A. Cauilic volatile alkali. Liniment op.
15 Difcutient,
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A MM ANG
Difcutient, rubefacient. Stronger l. of.
The fame.
AMMONIACUM, gum.
Stimulant, aperient} $fs. to $j. Milk of.
| is. to 1).

ANALEPTICS.
Cantharides, aromatic confection, faffron, cochi-
neal, aromatic* zn&Jlimulants.

ANASARCA. See Dropfy.

ANEURISM,
OR AN ENLARGEMENT OF AN ARTERY,
(known by its pulfation.)
Treatment. Bleeding, and proper evacuations ;
with low fpare diet. Lead may be bound
down pretty tight on the part. If thefe fail,
recourfe muft be had to the operation of ty-
ing it above and below the tumour.
ANGELICA, root, stalk, leaf,and seed.
Stimulant, aromatic ; $&. t0 3U«
ANGINA GANGRENOSA,
OR PUTRID SORE THROAT.
Symptoms. Giddinefs in the head, alternate
heat and cold, and at length, after fome hours,
conftant great heat fometimes vomiting or
:

purging ; pains in the head ; eyes inflamed

and watery, as in the meafles ; anxiety, faint-
pefs, fore throat, with florid colour ; or elfe,

ft broad
 A NG 15

a broad irregular fpot, of a pale white colour,

furrounded with red. On the fecond or third
day the face, neck, breaft, and hands fwelled,
and as if eryfipelatous ;an efRorefcence of
many fmall red pimples fometimes appears on
the arms and other parts. The throat (loughs,
ulcerates, and is very painful. OfTenfive tafte,
and delirium towards night.
Treatment. Avoid bleeding and evacuation,
gentle fudorifics and a flight emetic at the be-
ginning excepted ; and purgings mould be
checked. Gargle, or rather fyringe the
throat with the compound decoction of bar-
ley, which vinegar, myrrh, and honey of
to
rofes maybe added. If the Houghs do not
feparate, touch them with a rag dipped in a
mixture of oxyrael of verdigris, 5j- and 3*ij.
of the preceding gargle ; or gargle with water
acidulated with muriatic acid. But the prin-
cipal reliance rauft be on the bark given freely
with wine and acids. To reftore the patient
give bark and vitriolic acid, with proper
{lengthening diet.
ANGINA MAXILLARIS.
Symptoms. Laffitudc, heavinefs, general reftlef?
uneafinefs, gentle rigors, and flight fever
thefc are followed by a ftiffnefs, with obtufe
pain, in the articulation of the lower jaw : the
parotid glands, neighbouring fkin, and cellular
membrane,
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membrane, fwell : fometimes a dufky eryfipe-
latous inflammation covers the tumour. If
the fwelling fubfide fuddenly, an exacerbation
of the fymptoms comes on, with tumefaction
of one or both tefticles. If this fubfide in
like manner, the head is affected, and deliri-
um follows, with convulsions, and other alarm-
ing fymptoms, fometimes proving fatal.
Treatment. Promote perforation from the parts
affected by keeping them warm ; cover the
fwelling with a blifter and give diaphoretics,
;

with opium, if neceffary. 'JJhe body fhould

be kept gently open ; but bleeding muft be
carefully avoided, unlefs the moft preffing in-
dications require it.

ANGINA PECTORIS.
Symptoms. A
pain underneath fome part of the
fternum, with a fenfe of Strangling and anxi-
ety, coming on fuddenly whilft walking, par-
ticularly foon after a meal, and vanifhing on
ftanding ftill : after fome months it does not
ceafe fo inftantaneoufly on ftanding ftill ; will
come on when the patient is lying in bed ;

and fometimes even when ftanding ftill, or

fitting : the pain ufually extends acrofs the
breaft, and is felt particularly at the infertion
of the pectoral mufcle into the os humeri it :

is generally on the left fide, fometimes on

both ; it recurs more or lefs frequently, per-

haps
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haps for years ; and at length terminates in

fudden death.
Treatment. Wine and cordials have generally
been found to prevent or alleviate the night
fits, and opiates (till more fo. In one inftance
antimonials, and the fetid gums, relieved the
difeafe confiderably in an early flage.

ANISEEDS.
Carminative ; gr. iv. to gr. xv. or in infufion to
^iv. Compound spirit of. 5j- t0 3^~s '

Essential oil of$ gt. iv. to xx.

ANODYNES. See Sedatives.
ANTACIDS.
All alkalis, fixed or volatile, and Abforbents,
ANTALKALINES.
All acids, wine.

ANTHELMINTICS.
Tin, mercurials, cowitch, fern, Indian pink, to-
bacco, camphor, ailafcetida. Lubricating.
Oils of almonds and olives, caftor oil. Tonic.
Wormfeed, tanfy,favine, camomile, rue, worm-
wood, lime-water. Cathartic. Hedge-hyflbp,
bearsfoot, gamboge, aloes, fcammony, jalap,
vitriolated natron.

St. ANTHONY'S FIRE. See Eryf.pelas.

ANTIMONY, PREPARED.
Alterative j j)fs. to 5|. Calcined. Diapho-
B 2 retic,
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retic, naufeating
gr. v. to 3fs. ;
Muriated.
Caufhc. Precipitated sulphur of. Al-
terative, emetic gr. ij. to viij.
; Saffron of.
Emetic gr. ij. to vj.
; Tartarised. Su-
dorific, febrifuge ;
gr. \ to i. Emetic ; gr. ij.
to iv. Vitrified. For making the Wine
of a. Wine of. Alterative, diaphoretic ;

gr. x. to lx. Diuretic, cathartic; 3j. to 3ij.

Emetic ; 3 j
1
- to ^w. Tartarised, wine
of. The fame. Antimonial powder;
gr. v. to xv. Said to be the fame with James's
Powder.
ANTISCORBUTICS.
Antifeptlcs. Alteratives.

ANTISEPTICS.
Refrigerant. Acids, cold water, cold air. Tonic.
Bark, columbo, quama, camomile, wormwood,
fouthernwood, maftic, lime-water. Stimulant.
Alcohol, wine, madder, rattle-fnakeroot, horfe-
radifh, brook-lime, water-crefs, fcurvy-grafs,
cummin. Antlfpafmodic. Camphor, myirh,
afTafoetida.

ANTISPASMODICS.
Stimulant. Electricity, fpirit of vitriolic aether,
animal oil, oil of amber, mulk, caftor, mille-
pedes, foffil tar, camphor, afTafoetida, galba-
num, myrrh, lady's-fmock, ipecacuanha. Sed-
ative. Opium, compound fpirit of vitriolic
cether,
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aether, valerian, warm-bath. Tonic. Bark,

ginfeng, rue, calcined zinc, blue vitriol, cold
water.
APHTHAE. See Thrufh, and Fever Aphthofe.
APOPLEXY.
Symptoms. A fudden privation of fenfation, and
voluntary motion. The face red, and bloat-
ed ; the mouth commonly open ; the pulfe
ftrong and quick, efpecially at firft ; refpira-
tion ftrong, and attended with fnorting.
Treatment. Blifters mould be applied to the
back and legs, and muftard poultices to the
feet. Medicines of the warm, nervous kind, as
caftor, valerian, camphor, afFafcetida, and vol-
atile falts, mould frequently be administered.

Authors diftinguifh between a fanguineous and

pituitous apoplexy : The firft arifing from a
turgidnefs of the veffels of the brain ; the laft,
from ferous matter in the ventricles. In the
latter cafe, emetics of the antimonial kind are
ferviceable, and bleeding mould be prefcribed
with great caution in the former, bleeding
:

and evacuations are proper. A foft, mild,

and opening vegetable regimen is prefcribed
for patients fubjedl to the fanguineous ; and a
contrary one, with exercife, for fuch as are
recovered from a pituitous apoplexy.
APPETITE, canine.
Treatment. If an acid in the ftomach be the
caufe,
20 APP ARS
caufe, vomit, and give teftaceous powders,
magnefia, or alkalis. If worms, give anthel-
mintics. If it be natural, or proceed from
other caufes, oils, fat meats, and broths, milk,
and flour diet, will be proper : alfo opiates.
Smoking tobacco is likewife of fervice.

APPETITE, loss of.

Treatment. If the ftomach be foul, give a gen-
tle emetic of ipecacuanha and if neceffary, a
;

gentle cathartic alfo. proceed from re-

If it

laxation, the bitters, chalybeates, or bark, with

or without vitriolic acid. If acidity and wind
abound, join kali, or calcined magnefia, with
the bitters. Sena, rhubarb* tartarifed kali, or
other laxatives, may occafionally be employ-
ed, if neceffary.

ARABIC, gum.
Obtunding ; j}j. to 5ij.

ARNICA. See Leopard''s-Bane, Gern

AROMATICS.
Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, mace, pimento, gin-
ger, canella alba, cubebs, calamus aromaticus,
clove-july-flower, elecampane, angelica, caf-
carilla.

ARSENIC, white.
This has lately been employed with great fuccefs
in intermittent fever, and periodical head-aches,
in
 ART AST 2i

in the following form. Diflblve 64 grs. with

an equal quantity of pure kali, by gently boil-
ing in a Florence flafk, in half a pint of wa-
ter. When cold, add as much water as will
make the whole a pint. Of this the dole
fliould be fufficient to excite naufea, generally
from gt. viij. to xx. twice or three times a day.
It fometimes vomits, gripes, and purges.

ARTICHOKE, leaf.
Diuretic j a fpoonful or two of the exprefled
juice. Alfo in infufion.

ARUM, root.
Stimulant; *$&. to "^j. Conserve of, $&.
to 3).

ASAFCETIDA.
Stimulant, antifpafmodic, vermifuge ;
^fs. to
3j. Milk of, ^fs. to ^ij. Tincttoe of,
gt. x. to lx.

ASARABACCA, leaf.
Stimulant, emetic, purgative ;
5fs. to 3j. It is
alfo powerful fternutatory.
a Compound
powder of. Errhine ; gr. v. or vj.
ASCITES. See Dropfy.
ASTHMA.
Symptoms. A difficulty of breathing, attended
with wheezing ; it returns at intervals ; is
preceded by difinclination to motion, lofs of
appetite,
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appetite, oppreflion, flatulency, and frequent
eructations. At length, the cheeks become
red, the eyes prominent, and there is fuch an
anxiety and fenfe of fuffucation, that the pa-
tient can only breathe in an erect pofture, and
can fcarcely (peak or expectorate. If he hap-
pen to fleep, he fnores much ; at the height
of the fit is defirous of cool free air fweats ;

about the neck and forehead coughs up a;

little frothy matter with great difficulty ; no

fever ; pulfe extremely fmall and weak urine ;

pale and copious as the fit abates, an expec-

:

mucus ; the urine becomes higher

toration cf
coloured, and depofits a copious fediment.
Treatment. During the fit bleed, if age or weak-
ness do not forbid ; blifter between the fhoul-
der*. or at the pit of the ltomach the body ;

fhomd be opened with gentle cathartics then ;

give the pectorals and expectorants, joined, if

neceflary, with antifpafmodics and fedativesi
In the fpafmodie aftbma ipecacuanha in fmall
dofes has Succeeded : fo has extract of hem-
lock given freely.
ASTRINGENTS.
Acetated cerufTe, alum, iron. Opium, log-wood,
oak, galls, pomegranate (hell and flower, tor-
mentil, fimarouba, cinnamon, red rofe, rhu-
barb, floe, quince, catechu, lime-water, burnt
bartfhorn, French bole. Externally. Prepa-
rations
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rations of lead, calcined and vitriolated zinc,

calamine, tutty, water of vitriolated zinc with
camphor, white calx of quickfilver, decoction
of white hellebore, cerate of fbap, ftavefacre,
cold water.
ATROPHY.
Symptoms. A nervous confumption, or wafting
of the body ; without fever, or other he&ic
fymptoms.
Treatment. This mud be varied according to*

the caufe. If the appetite and digeftion be

bad, give a gentle puke, and afterwards the
bitters with iron. If fcrophulous, chalybeates
with bark. If worms be the caufe, anthel-
mintics. If lues venerea, mercurials and de-
coct, of farfaparilla. If hyfterics or hypo-
chondriac's, join chalybeates with the gum pill
or other medicines of this clafs. If M^xfe
evacuation, as fluor albus ; the bark, Ipaly-
beate waters, farfaparilla, and exercife. If
attended with fcurvy, the fcorbutic juices,
vegetable acids, and bark. If afthmatic
fymptoms appear, the fquill preparations, or
other pectorals and antifpafmodics, and blif-
ters. Diet, however, muft aflift medicine
in the cure ; which, where nothing forbids,
fhould be of the foft, nutritive, and ftrength-
ening kind, and eafy of digeftion ; as milk,

calves feet, and other jellies, &c. The coun-

try air is good. AT-
24 ATT BAR
ATTENUANTS.
Diluent. Thin watery liquors, whey. Solvent.
Mercurials, alkalis, nitre, fal ammoniac, foap,
millepedes, burnt fponge, pareira brava, deadly
nightfhade, broom, black hellebore, horfe-
radifh.

BALAUSTINES.
Tonic, aftringent ;
$fs. to 5fs. Alfo in de-
coction.
BALM.
Tonic.
BALSAM, Canada.
Tonic, ftimulant, diuretic ; gr. x. to xxx. Ix.
or more.

BALSAM of capivi.
Corroborant, diuretic ;
gut. x. toxxx. or up-
w^jds.
BALSAM of Peru.
Gut. iv. to xv. for nervous complaints and head-
aches, gonorrhoeas, afthmas, Sec. Tincture
of, 9j. to 5j.

BALSAM of Tolu.
Gr. v. to 5j- f° r coughs, &c. Tincture of.
5j- to gij.

BARK, Peruvian. See Cinchona.

BARLEY, decoction or.
Emollient, obtunding; as common drink. Com-
pound. The fame. BA-
 BAR BIT 25

BARYTES, MURIATED.
DeobOxuent, diuretic, tonic ;
gt. iv. to x. Twen-
ty have been given without producing naufe 1 :

but in large dofes it has deleterious effe&s.

BAY, LEAVES AND BERRIES.

Tonic. The leaf is alio narcotic.

BEARING DOWN, See Procidentia.

and Prolapfus.
BEARSFOOT, leaf.
Anthelmintic ; 5j. to gij. in decoction, 5i> t0
^fs. of the exprefTed juice.

BENJAMIN.
Or. v. to 5fs. as a peroral and aithmatic.
Flowers of, the fame; to ^j. Compound
tincture of. Stimulant, tonic, 3j. t0
5ifs. Externally vulnerary.
BISTORT root.
Tonic ; to ^j.

BITES and STINGS

OF VENOMOUS ANIMALS.
Treatment. To thofe of fmall infects, as goats,
bugs, v/afps, fee apply volatile liquor of hartf-
horn, milk, oil, honey, or vinegar : to that of
the viper,its own fat, oil of almonds, or wa-

ter of ammonia ; foment, poultice, and bleed,

if inflammation require ; and give milk in-
wardly, with fait of hartfliorn, opiate confec-
C tion,
26 BL A BLO
tion, or other antidote. For the rattlefnake's
bite, two of the juices of
give a fpoonful or
plantain and horehound, and apply a tobacco
leaf fteeped in rum to the part.
BLADDER inflamed.
Symptoms. Acute burning pain,and tenfion in

the part; with fever, frequent inclination -to

go to /tool, and conftant defire to make water.
Treatment. As directed for kidneys inflamed.

BLEEDING external.
Apply the Jlyptics mentioned under that word.
Bleed at the arm, purge, and give cooling
medicines if neceflary. Keep the patient cool.

BLEEDING at the nose.

Treat as in Bleeding external ; vinegar, or other
ftyptic, may be fnuffed up the noflrils, or
alio
cotton plugs, dipped in them, put up. The
patient in this cafe alfb muft be kept cool.

BLIGHT. See Eryfipelas.

BLOOD, SPITTING OF, OR HSMOPTOE.
Symptoms. A cough and fliort refpiration at-
tend. If the blood coughed up appear florid,
liquid, and frothy, efpecially if the patient be
confumptive, it indicates a rupture of fome
veffel in the lungs; and is attended with pain
if occafioned by a fall, or bruife.
Treatment. Bleeding, laxatives, and ftyptics ;
as alum, barkr compound tin&ure of benjamin,
citte,
 BLO BOL :-7

nitre, and occafionally an opiate ; the feet

bathed in warm water ; a (lender cooling diet,
and no exercife. A table fpoonful of fine

fait, taken in a dry form, has been found ex-

tremely efficacious.
BLOOD, VOMITING OF.
Symptoms. no cough when the blood
There, is

comes from the ftomach a fenfe of weight ;

and oppreffion precedes the vomiting the ;

ftomach is often diftended ; the blood of a

darker colour than in an hamoptoe.
'

treatment. As in the preceding cafe. Small

dofes of vitriolated iron calcined are efficacious
in this, and alfo in a rupture of a vefTel in the
interlines, and a confequent d'tfcharge of blood
byJlooL .

BOIL S.
Treatment. They are to be ripened with proper
poultices opened, digefted with ointment of
;

yellow &c. and healed with cerate of

refin,
calamine, or the like. If fungous flefh ap-
pear, deftroy it with red nitrated quickfilver,
or other proper efcarotic. Alteratives a«d
edulcorants, with corroborants, if necefTary,
fhould be given internally.
BOLE, French.
Abforbent, aftringent ; $j. to gij. Externally
deficcative.
BORAX.
f8 EOR BUC
BORAX.
Emmenagogue, flimulant, diuretic ;
gr. v. or x.

to '£)ij. Externally to aphthae.

BREASTS INFLAMED.
Symptoms. A few days after delivery the
fometimes feel uneafy, or painful, and
breafts
fwell, the milk ftagnating.
V reatment. Gentle purges and cooling diapho-
retics. Apply the plafter of litharge, or ot
ioap, warm cloths, or the like, to the parts,
and to the axillae. If inflammation, foment,
and poultice with bread and milk. If fuppu-
ration, continue to poultice, and let it break
of itfelf ; after which, digeft with poultices or
otherwife, and cicatrize.
If fever appear during the inflammation, treat it

as directed fox fever (milk.)

if the brcalrs be merely hard, fomentation?, poul-
tices, and oil cubbed over them, are belt.

BROOKLIME.
Antifeptic.

BROOM, TOP AND SEED.

Aperient, diuretic ;
$f$. to 5ifs. Extract of
the top, 5fs- to 5j«

BRUISES. See Cimtujions.

BUBO. See Venereal Difeafe and Abfcefs,
B U C K B E A N.
Tonic, aperient ; cf the infufion a pint a day.
BUCK-
 BUG CAN 29

BUCKTHORN, berry.
Cathartic ; freih about xx. in number, dry 5j :

of the juice ^j. Syrup of. §j. to 3UJ.

BURDOCK, root.
Diuretic, fudorific ; 5j-

BURNS. See Scahh.

CACHEXY. See Dropfy.
Treatment. Acetated kali, fquills or other diu-
retics ; cathartics ; then chalybeates, bark,
&c. with proper exercife.
CALAMINE.
Aftringent. In collyriuras for inflamed eyes.
Cerate of. Epulotic.

CALAMUS AROMATICUS..
Aromatic ;
gr. v. to ')>

CAMOMILE, flowers.
Stomachic, tonic, antifeptic ;
gr. v. to 3^
Some recommend a cold infulion. Extract
of. $j. to $ij.
CAMPHO R.
Diaphoretic, diuretic, antifpafmodic ;
gr. iij. to
5fs. or more. Liniment of. Stimulant.
In local pains, chiefly of the head.

CANCER.
Symptoms. A round unequal tumour, of a livid
colour, furrounded with varicofe veffels, and
C 2 featcd
yj CAN
foaled in the glandular parts of the body.
Some cancers are fixed, others moveable ;

fome pale, others red and inflamed ; fome-

times they remain harmlefs for years, at others
they increase haftily, ulcerate, difcharge a fe-
tid fanious ichor, and foon prove mortal.
Treatment. Bleeding ; in cafe of inflammation,
cooling laxatives ; fait water, extract of hem-
lock, magnefia, foap, or the like, in fmall dofes
as alteratives ; muriated barytes, the deadly
nightfhade, and arfenic, have alfo been found
ferviceable. Externally, apply lint only if
the tumour break : ablution with cold water
has been recommended, but water a little

warmed would, perhaps, be preferable. Hem-

lock fomentations- have been found beneficial,
as hath alfo theherb called clivers. Calm-
nefs ofmind and proper regimen mud be ob-
ferved but extirpation with the knife, where
;

it can be done, is the only certain remedy.

For cancer in the womb, fee womb.
CANELLA ALBA.
romatic, flimulant ; ')> t0 5>>

CANTHARIDES.
Analeptic, diuretic ; gr. •£. to gr. ij. Tinc-
ture of. The fame ; gt. x. xx.
to Ce-
rate of. For raifing or keeping open
blifters. Ointment of. For perpetual
blifters.
 CAR CAS $r
blifters. Plaster of. For railing blif-
tcrs.

CARAWAY, seed.
Carminative; ^fs.. to 3fs. or in infuiion. Es-
sential oil of. gt. i. to iij. This is faid
by fome to be alio diuretic. Spirit of.
5j. to 3iij.

CARDAMOMS, LESSER.
Carminative; gr. iij. to ;}fs. Tincture of,
3fs. to 3ij. Compound. Stomachic; 3j.
to gfs.

C A R D I A L G I A. See Heart-burn.
CARMINATIVES.
Anifeeds, caraway, leffer cardamoms, coriander,,
fennel, juniper, rofemary, fpirits of nitrous and
vitriolic asther, Aramatics.

CARROT, WILD, seed.

Stimulant, diuretic ; )]. to ?)ij. in infuiion,

CARUNCLES. See Urine.

C ARU S.
Treatment as in the apoplexy, of which this is
only a {lighter degree.

CASCARILLA, bark.
Aromatic, tonic; ^j. to 3j. Extract of.
^j. to 3fs. Tincture of. 5j< to 3ij.

CASSIA FISTULARIS, fruit.

Laxative ; 3'j- t0 ?'j- of the pulp. Electu-
ary of. 3ij. to
31J. CAS-
32 CAS CAT
CASTOR, RUSSIAN.
Nervous, antifpafmodic, emmenagogue ; gr. iv.
to '^j. Tincture of. 5fs. to 3ij.

CASTOR OIL.
Laxative ; S[fs. to ^j. alfo nephritic and icteric.

CATALEPSY.
Symptoms. Sudden lofs of fenfe and motion,
the limbs retaining any pofture into which
they are put.
treatment. Antiipafmodics, fromachics, bark,,
and opiates.

CATARR H. See Cold and Cough.

CATECHU, THE RESIN".
Aftringent; ^fs. to 5fs. Tincture of. 5j;
to 3iij.
CATHARTICS.
Stimulant. Elaterium, gamboge, fcammony, col-
ocynth, buckthorn, elder, aloes, jalap, freili
juice of orris root. Refrigerant.. Vitriolated
and tartarifed natron ; vitriolated, tartarifed,
and acetated kali ; cryftals of tartar, common
fait, purging mineral waters, flowers of ful-
phur, caflia fiftularis, tamarinds, prunes.
Af~
tringent. Rhubarb, rattle-fnakeroot, damalk
rofe, violet, fenna.Emollient. Caftor oil, oil
of almonds, foap, manna, honey, fugar. Nar-
cotic. Fox-glove, meadow-fafFron, white and
black hellebore, hedge-hyflbp, tobacco.
CAUSTICS.
 C AU CHI 35.

CAUSTICS.
Pure kali, lime with pure kali, nitrated {liver,

muriated antimony, mineral acids.

CENTAURY, LESSER, tops.
Tonic ;- j)j. to gj.

CEPHALIC S.
Compound fpirit of ammonia, lavender, rofe-
mar y, nervous medicines.
C E R U S S E.
Externally cooling, aftringent. Acetated,-
The fame. Ointment of. The fame.
Compound powder of cerusse. The
fame. Acet. Cer. has been given internally,
from gr. fs. to gr. iij.

CHALK.
Abforbent, cardialgic ; ^j. to 5j. Compound
powder The fame, alfo aftringent "^j.
of. ;

to 5j. with opium. 434 gr. contain 1

of opium. Troches of. Chiefly for the
heart-burn.

CHICKEN-POX. See Pox.

CHILBLAINS.
If not broken, bathe them with camphorated
fpirit, oil of turpentine, urine, brine, melted

fait butter, or rub them with fnow. If they

break, drefs them with warm digeftives, and
afterwards with the cerate of calamine.
CHILD-
34 CHI CHO
CHILD-BIRTH.
If there be a profufe difcharge of the lochia, give
cooling medicines and acids. If the lochia
be [topped, clyfters,- laxatives, and antimonials
in naufeating dcfes : but be cautious of bid-
ing. If a puerperal, or milk fever, treat thefn '

as under thofe articles. Alter delivery, and 1

the after-birth, fpermaceti, with gentle opi-

ates ; and, if neceflkry, caltor, or other uterine
remedy. ]7eep the body open, and let (tools
be procured the fecond or third, day after da-
livery at fartheft.

CHLOROSIS. See Menfes obflr*Bc&

CHOLERA MORBUS.
Symptoms. Violent vomiting and loofenefs, from;
bile abounding in the fbmach and bowels.;,
fharp pains, gripmgs, and flatulency ; thirff,
heat, anxiety, with quick
and unequal pulfe ;..

cold fweats, and at length fyncope, and cold-

nefs in the extremities. Chieriy attacks young
.
perfons, and in the fummer and autumn.
Treatment. Large and frequent draughts of
chicken broth, without fait, to the quantity of
a gallon or two ; and clyfters of the fame
fhould be continually injected. If the vomit-
ing continue, give an infufion of oat bread,
toaflcd brown, in water ; afterwards cinna-
mon water, aromatic confection, columbo
root.,
 CO CLO 35

root, compound powder of chalk, or the like,

with opium. An emetic may be proper, as
alio ripe fruit, &c. See Colic, bilious.

CINCHONA, THE BARK.

Tonic, febrifuge, antifeptic, ftomachic ; j}j. to
3j. or more, feveral times a day. The red
bark is the fpecies that ought to be preferred.
Decoction of. ^ij. or upwards. Ex-
tract EXTRACT OF WITH THE
OF, and
rezin. Tincture of, and
Qj. or more.
COMPOUND TINCTURE OF. 5> t0 %&• or
more. Ammoniated tincture of. 5fs.
to 5> or more.

^CINNABAR.
Alterative, vermifuge ;
gr. iij. to 3j.

CINNAMON.
Aromatic, carminative, aftringent ; ^fs. to £fs.
Tincture of. 3> t0 3ih Compound.
5fs. to 3ifs. Spirit of. Cordial; 3j- to
3iij. Water of. |j. to ^ij.

CINOJJEFOIL, root.
Tonic ;
3fs. to 3ij.

CLOVES.
Aromatic, ftimulant ; gr. v. to j)j.

CLOVE-JULY-FLOWER.
Aromatic, tonic.
COCHINEAL,
36
COC COL
COCHINEAL.
Cordial, fudorifk. Now chiefly ufed as a col-
ouring drug.

CCELIAC PASSION.
Symptoms. A purging or difcharge of aliment
indigefted, and fomewhat like chyle, with
waiting of the body.
Treatment. An emetic ; ftomachic, aitringent,
and warm tonic remedies ; as bitters, extract
of logwood, chalk, opiate confection, opium,
&c. with proper diet.

COLD and COUGH.

Symptoms well known. In phlegmatic habits,
the cough is moift ; and in the hypochondriac
and fcorbutic, dry.
Treatment. Gentle and regular warmth ; bleed-
ing, if nothing forbid and especially if a fe-
;

ver, or pain in the breafr, 6cc. arife. Oily, or

fpcrmaceti medicines, or other pectorals, with
opiates. IfcoiKve, proper laxatives ; and if
the ftomach be loaded with phlegm, an emetic.
Where greafy medicines difagree, give muci-
lages of linfeed, tragacanth, or quince feeds,
fquills, lozenges of liquorice, &c. Blifters
are very efficacious, as are alfo gentle fudorif-
ics repeatedly taken, with diluents and faline
febrifuges, when the perfpii *tion is obft ructed,
and fever appears.
COLIC,
 COL 37

COLIC, BILIOUS.
Symptoms. An acute pain, and obstruction in
the inteftines
; accompanied with a vomiting
of yellow or greenifh bile. A
bitter tafte
in the mouth, with great heat. The pain
fometimes fixed about the region of the navel,
fometimes all over the abdomen, at other times
fhiftirtg from one part to another. pulfa- A
tion and cold are likewife felt in the belly.
Urine little or none. Frequently hoarfenefs,
with thirft and fever. Mod prevalent in
fummer.
Treatment. Bleed, and give an emetic, with a
large quantity of infufion of camomile, or the
like, to work it off; then give cathartics (pills
chiefly, or caftor oil) with opium, and open-
ing emollient clyfters. Ifthefefail, put the
patient into the warm If the vomiting
bath.
continue, faline with tincture of
draughts,
. opium. In this cafe columbo root has been
particularly ufeful. Pills of gr. fs. or gr. j.
of crude opium are moft powerful in removing
pain and fpafm, and enable the cathartics to
take the better efFedr.

COLIC, HYSTERIC.
Symptoms. This is which women of
a difeafe to
lax and grofs habits, and of irritable difpofi-
tions, chiefly are fubjecc. It begins with vi-
D olent
38 C O L
olent pain in the region of the ftomach, much
green and yellow matter is vomited, and great
lownefs of fpirits fucceeds ; the pain goes off
day or two, and frequently returns again
in a
few weeks with equal violence.
in a Some-
times it is attended with jaundice, which in
a few days goes off.
Treatment. Avoid bleeding and purging, unlefs
plethora or coftivenefs indicate ; clear the
ftomach with warm water, camomile tea, &c.
then give a carminative antifpafmodic, with
opium, (as caftor, aromatic confection, opiate
confection) which may be occafionally repeat-
ed. Recruit the ftrength with bark, bitters,
;iir, exercife, chalybeates, &c. This diforder
in men is called the Hypochondriac Colic, and
mould be treated in like mannet

COLIC, INFLAMMATORY,
OS. INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS.
Symptoms. A vehement burning fixed pain is

felt in the parts moft affected, with heat of the

whole body, quick pulfe, lofs of ftrength,
anxiety and reftlefsnefs.
Treatment. Bleed largely, and repeat it if ne-
ccflary, and the pulfe will bear it ; procure
(tools with foft mild cathartics, as caftor oil,
oily mixtures with manna, and tartarifed kali,
or the like ; or if thefe will not ftay, with
pills
 COL 39

pills of the comp. ext. of coloeynth and opi-

um ; emollient clyflers mould be frequently
given, and foft emollient liquids drunk ; the
bowels fhould be fomented, bladders of water,
bags of fait or oats heated, the fkins of ani-
mals jufl: killed applied to the part ; and the
warm bath mould be prefcribed, if thefe prove
ineffectual. In cafe of violent vomiting, give
the faline draughts in the act of effervefcence ;

and the pain and fpafm, if violent, may be

abated with pills of crude opium ; blifters may
be applied to the part affected. The fumes of
tobacco may be thrown up the fundament, if
all other cathartics fail ; or give quickiilver.

COLIC, NERVOUS,
CALLED ALSO THE DEVONSHIRE COLIC, COLIC
OF POICTIERS, DRY GRIPES, AND THE DRY
BELLY-ACHE.
Symptoms. It begins with a fenfe of weight or
pain at the pit of the ftomach, attended with
lofs of appetite, yellownefs in the counte-
nance, a flight naufea, and coflivenefs ; a vom-
iting of acrid flime, and green bile, fucceeds
the pain often defcends to the navel, (hooting
thence to each with great violence ; the
fide,
inteftines fpine, with con-
feem drawn to the
vulfive fpafms ; the pain continues without re-
miffion for feveral hours together ; pulfe as in
health
 4© C 0. L.

health ; no fever, but rather Iownefs wheo ;

at length the pain abates, an odd tingling is

felt along the fpine of the back, which ex-
tending to the legs and arms, they become
weak and paralytic.
Treatment. Vomit feveral times with warm cam-
omile tea, then give opium in pills or other-
wife, as alfo by clyfter ; the pain and tenfion
being removed by thefe, give gentle cathartics,
fuch as caftor oil, infuf. of fen. with falts, and
the like ; laxative clyfters may alfo be pre-
ferred ; bleed, if the pulfe be high ; (tools
being procured, an anodyne, carminative, and
antifpafmodic may be given, as camphor, va-
lerian, caftor, aromatic confection, or the like,
with opium. If the pain return, have recourfe
again to opium pills ; if paralytic fymptoms
come on, embrocate the limbs and fpine with
lin. of ammonia, camphor, fpirit, or other
warm liniment. If convulfions, give muik
with opium. After the diforder, bark, with
bitters and rhubarb, fhould be ordered to- ;

gether with a light, but nutritive diet. Flan-

nel may alfo be worn round the waiit.
Painters and glaziers, who are fubjecT: to this dif-
order on account of the lead ufed in their
work, rely on burnt gin, which I have ken
them take with furpriling fuccefs. A
dofe or
two of alum, of ')]. each, have been found to
be a powerful remedy. COLIC,
 COL 41

COLIC, STONE, OR NEPHRITIS.

Symptoms. Thewhich fometimes arifeth
colic
from the (tone, may be known from the other
kinds by the following figns There is a fix-:

ed pain in the kidney, which is propagated to

the genitals ; (tools afford prelent relief in
other colics, but not in this ; after eating, the
pain is increafed in others, but leflened in
this ; in others, the urine is thicker in the be-
ginning than afterwards, but in this, it is at
firft clear and thin, and afterwards lets fall
gravel, or other fediment.
Treatment. Turpentine clyfters are given with
good effect ; foap with opium, or other ne-
phritic anodyne ; care alfo being taken to
keep the body open. But for more on this
head, fee the article STONE.
COLIC WIND.
Symptoms. A
wandering pain in the bowels, with
rumblings, which abate on the expulfion of
air ; the pain is not increafed by preffure ;
thirft not extraordinary ; and the pulfe but *

little difturbed.
Treatment. Bleed, if the patient can bear it ;
ftools muff be procured by faline or other ca-
thartics, and emollient clyfters previous to ;

which, an emetic may alfo be given, if judged 1

neceffary ; fomentations, or bladders of hoc I

water, may be applied to the belly ; as may

D 2 likewife
4J COL CON
likewife anodyne, fpirituous, and aromatic
embrocations, as the foap liniment with opium
and oil of mint, or the like. pafTage being A
procured, carminatives joined with opium may
be administered.
COLICA meconialis. See Meconium.
COLOCYNTH, pith of the fruit.
Cathartic ;
gr. viij. to xij. Compound ex-
tract of. gr. xv. to 'v)ij.

COLTSFOOT.
Obtunding, tonic.
COLUMBO, root.
Tonic, ftomachic, antifeptic, antiemetic ; 5^s - t0
5ij. Tincture of. $k. to 5'j-

COMA. See Cams.

CONFECTION, AROMATIC.
Cordial, carminative ; '^k. to 5j-

CONFECTION, OPIATE.
Alexipharmic, anodyne ; j^fs. to ^ij.

CONSUMPTION, nervous, ^tt Atrophy.

CONSUMPTION, pulmonary, or
phthisis.
Symptoms. Habitual fever ; wafting of all parts
of the body ; dry cough ; quick fmall pulfe ;
moderate heat ; laflitude ; faintnefs ; night
fwcats ; flying pains and flitches ; uncafinels
about
 C ON 43-

about the diaphragm and breads ; the expec-

torated matter purulent ; fometimes bloody
and offenhye, with white round lumps. If
the fymptoms be violent, a fpitting of blood
foon follows, which is thin, florid, and frothy ;

but it afterwards becomes paler, and the dis-

charge changes at length into pus. Towards
the end of the dileafe a diarrhoea frequently
comes on, and the legs are apt to fwell. Ul-
cers, or tubercles in the lungs, are the caufe.
In general the complexion is florid, and the
teeth found, and of a milky whitenefs more
or lefs opaque.
Treatment. At. the beginning, whilft fymptoms-
of inflammation occur, bleed in fmall quantity,
and repeat it if neceflary, giving nitre, and pur-
fuing the antiphlogiftic regimen. Ipecacuanha
in fmall dofes, or decoclion of feneka root, is
fometimes ufeful. IfTues or fetons are frequent-
ly ferviceable, or a perpetual blifter at the pit of
the ftomach. But the antiphlogiftic plan mult
be purfued no longer than the inflammatory
ftage continues. After that has fubfided regard
mult be had to Strengthening the fyftem by
the bark, chalybeates, &c. Opiates may be
adminiftered at night, if neceflary, to appeafe
the cough, and procure reft. Myrrh given
to 5'iij. or 3iv. a day, with camphor and ni-
tre, has been found an efficacious remedy by
44 CON
fome : others have recommended burying the
patient up to the chin in frelh dug earth for

fome time. For fweats give the vitriolic

acid ; or let a calico waiftcoat, fteeped in a

flrong decodlion of bark, well dried, and re-
newed daily, be worn next the flcin. Change
of air, and gentle exercife, are good : the
body mould be guarded againfr. cold ; and the
diet be light, mild, and nutritive ; as jellies,
broths, milk, butter-milk, &c. Dr. Simmons's
excellent treatife on this fubject may be con-
futed.
CONTRAYERVA, root.
Tonic, ftimulant, diaphoretic ; gr. v. to $j. or
more. Compound powder of. Sudorif-
ic ; $j. to 5j.
CONTUSIONS.
Treatment* Bathe the part with vinegar, lin. of
foap, or of ammonia, water of acetated am-
monia, or arquebufade ; and, if necehary, ap-
ply a poultice of oatmeal and vinegar. If
there be inflammation, bleed, and purge, ufe
emollient fomentations and cataplafms. If
fuppuration appear, apply proper topical rem-
edies to forward it, and treat as in abjcejjts.

CONVULSIONS.
Symptoms. Involuntary contractions or fpafnis
of the mufcles, and confequent motions of the
p«rts
 COP COR 45

parts which they ferve. Children, and women

of delicate constitutions, are moil fubjecl to
this complaint.
Treatment. If a plethora be indicated, bleed
if otherwife, avoid it ; blifters, laxatives, and
emollient clyfters, if nothing forbid ; the ner-
vous and antifpafmodic medicines, as aflafoeti-
da, caftor, camphor, mufk, volatile falts, ani-
mal oil, with opium, if necefTary. If the bow-
els be convulfed, opium may be added to the
clyfters alfo. The parts may be rubbed ex-
ternally with fome warm anodyne embroca-
tion free air fhould be allowed to the patient.
:

In children, this complaint often proceeds from

an acid in the prims vise ; magnefia is then
proper. Worms may alfo occafion it ; an-
thelmintics are in this cafe to be given. Blif-
ters, and anodynes, ufed with caution, are good.
Valerian, in very large doles, both in powder
and decoction, has cured violent convulfions,
• of a long (landing. A
fpalm of the cefopha-
gus, preventing deglutition, has been cured by
cataplafms of hemlock and henbane.

COPPER, AMMONIATED, WA-

TER OF.
Externally deterfive.

CORAL, RED.
Abforbent ; ^j. to 3j.
CORIANDER,
4
6* COR COU
CORIANDER, seed.
Aromatic, ftimulant ; $j. to 5j.
CORNS.
Cover them with litharge or other platter, after
bathing them in warm water, and paring them.
as much as convenient away. Large eafy
(hoes mould be worn, and a little cotton may
be laid over them, to prevent their being rub-
bed or preffed.

CORROBORANTS.
Incrajfants, and Tonics.
COUGH, HOOPING.
Symptoms. It affefts children ; who by reafoa
that the phlegm is difficult of expectoration*
{train violently to bring it v.^ ; with a whoop-

ing noife, till they are almoft furfbcated and

convulfed.
Treatment. If inflammatory fymptoms, or fever
appear, bleed ;
give fmall dofes of ipecac, or
tartariild antimony, to bring up the phlegm.
Keep the body rather lax ; and prefcribe an-
tifpafmodics : gentle fedatives of fyr. of white
poppy are efficacious ; blifters, gentle fudo-
rifics, and but nourishing diet.
a fpare, thin,
Bark may be given, with caftor, to fupport
the patient's Strength. But change of air,
frequently repeated, fometimes does wonders
in thefe cafes.
COW-ITCH.
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COW-ITCH.
Anthelmintic. The hairs covering the pods are
given in fyrup or melafles ; thofe of one pod
a dofe.
CRAB, THE CLAWS.
Abforbent; ')]. to 5j. Compound powder
of. The fame.

CU B E B S.
Aromatic, ftimulant ; gr. v. to ^j.

C U C K O W-P INT. See Arum.

CUCUMBER, WILD, Fresh fruit.

Strongly purgative, ftimulant ; gr. fs. to ij. or
iij. of the dried fecule of the juice.

CUMMIN, SEED.
Stimulant, antifeptic ; ^j. to 3j. Poultice
of. The fame. Plaster of. Difcutient.

CURRANT, BLACK and RED, the

TRUIT.
Cooling, antifeptic. Inspissated juice of
the black. In recent catarrhs, attended
with flight fore throat.

CUTANEOUS DISEASES.
See the articles Itchy Scurvy and Tetters.
CUTS.
Apply compound tincture of benjamin, afterwards
drefs with fome mild digeftive, and then cica-
trize.
43 DAN DEA
trize. If an artery be wounded, itmuft be ta-
ken up, or the fponge tent applied. See Wounds.

DANCE, St. Virus's.

Symptoms. Convulfions of the legs, arms, and
head ; inarticulate fpeech, and lolling out of
the tongue ; drawing one leg after, like an
ideot ; with variety of odd and ridiculous ges-
tures. Chiefly affects the youthful.
Treatment. Emetics, cathartics, valerian root
in large quantities ; bark, chalybeates, fea-
bathi'ng ; electricity, millepedes, and quick-
filver with fulphur, have been of ufe ; blifters
and bleeding, if judged neceffary. If worms
be the caufe, give anthelmintics.

DANDELION, root and herb.

Aperient, diuretic ;
^ifs. to ^iv. of the exprefled
juice.
DEAFNESS.
Treatment. If it proceed from hardened wax,
fyringe the ears with warm water, or foap and
water, or apply a tent made of the frefh pith
of a cabbage (talk. If the wax be deficient,
drop in oil of almonds, with a little oil of rofe-
mary, or the like. If cold be the caufe,
warmth, the remedies ufed againft colds, and
fyringing with fome warm foil liquid. If it
be nervous, give the nervous medicines, bark,
&c. and apply blifters. Electricity has been
found
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found ufeful. If inflammation, bleed, purge,

blifter, foment, poultice, and prefcribe the
pediluvia. If there be ulcers, uie injections,
with of myrrh, honey, &c.
tinct. If infects
be in the ear, fill the meatus with warm oil
or water, or throw in the fumes of tobacco.

DELIVERY. See Child-birth.

DENTITION. See Teething.

DETERGENTS.
Verdegris, water of ammoniated copper, tincture
of myrrh, fimple oxymel, honey of rofes, hon-
ey, turpentine.

DIABETES. See Urine.

DIAPHORETICS. See Sudorific*.

DIARRHCEA.
Symptoms. A purging, without much ficknefs
or pain fucceeded by lofs of appetite ; and
;

fometimes naufea, fever, with weak pulfe, dry

fkin, and thirft.
Treatment. If it proceed from any thing offen-
bowels, give rhubarb frit, either in
five in the
powder or tincture ; and afterwards aflrin-
gents and abforbents, as chalk mixture, com-
pound powder of chalk, extract of logwood,
columbo root, Sec. with or without opium as
you fee neceffary. Starch clyflers, with
opium, and bleeding, if requifite, may be pre-
fer ibed.
E If
5° BIG DIS
If wcaknefs of the bowels and indigettion occa^
fion the complaint, the bitters, bark, or cha-
lybeates. If obftructed perfpiration, gentle
fudorifics mould be interpofed.
Sometimes a purging is an effort of nature, to
relieve the conftitution from offending mat-
ters, or it is critical. You mult be careful to
diftinguifh in thefe cafes, as checking the
purging may be followed by a fever, or other
bad confequences.
In diarrhoeas, vegetable and acefcent diet mould
be refrained from ; decoct, of hartfhorn is
bed for common drink, and rice victuals for
food. When purgings proceed from a pu-
trefcent caufe, ripe fruits and antifeptics are
proper.
DIGESTIVES.
Turpentine ; ointments of gum elemi, yellow re-
fin, and tar ; platter of wax.

DILL, SEED.
Stimulant, (lightly aromatic ; $k. t0 3j- W-4 -
ter of. To infants, 5j«

DISCUTIENTS.
Liniment of ammonia, all ointments and platters
with quickfilver, fal ammoniac, camphor, lin-
iment and platter of foap, hemlock, platter of
cummin, wormwood in fomentations, decoc-
tion for fomentation, electricity.
DIU*
 PIU DRO 51

DIURETICS.
Stimulant. Salt of amber, oil of turpentine, tur-
pentine, balfams of Canada and capivi, juniper,
wild carrot, broom, artichoke, parfley, mead-
ow-faffron, fennel, pareira brava, fquill, foap,
millepedes, cantharides. Refrigerant. Kali,
nitre, acetated kali, fpirits of nitrous and vit-
riolic aether. Diluent. Watery liquors, min-
eral waters. Narcotic. Fox-glove, tobacco,
woody nightfhade, dandelion.
DRAGO N's-B O O D. JL
Tonic ; 5^.
^fs. to
DROPSY.
Symptoms. A
collection of water or ferum in
fome part of the body. Before the dilorder
is perfectly formed it is called Cachexy ; when

the lymph is accumulated in the cellular mem-

brane it is called Anafarca, or Leucophlegma-
tia ; when there is a collection of water in
the abdomen, it is termed Afcites ; if in the
head, Hydrocephalus ; if in the bread:, Hy-
drops pctloris ; if in the womb. Hydrops uteri
and if in the fcrotum, Hydrocele.
In common dropfies the legs ufually fwel!, and
a pit remains for fome time after preflmg the
flefh. with the finger ; the appetite abates ; the

face either bloats or becomes thin and pale ;

little urine is made ; and thirft, flow fever,
fhortnefs of breath, lafiitude and hea>"inefs, at-
tend.
52 DRO
tend. Thefe fymptoms obtain efpecially in
the anafarca and afcites. In the hydrocepha-
lus, convulfions, fquinting, (hunning the light,
opening of the futures, and vomiting of bile,
commonly occur, efpecially if the difeafe be
far advanced.
Treatment. In the Anafarca and Afcites, purges
with jalap, fcammony, calomel, gamboge, ela-
terium, or the like, twice or thrice a week.
Squills, tinct. of cantharid. prepared kali, or
acetated kali, with bitter infufion. Emetics
and fudorifics, blifters and fcarifications, pre-
ferred with due caution, have often good ef-
fect, otherwife they may do harm. Bark
may be given if the ftrength flag, or confump-
tive fymptoms appear. Weak liquids of all
kinds ufed to be avoided, but are now allow-
ed freely with fuccefs, efpecially after the
draftic purges. Cryftals of tartar, given in
large quantity, have had good effect. Gum
guaiacum has alfo been recommended. Of
late fox-glove has been much celebrated and ;

infufion of tobacco has been remarkably effi-

cacious. In Germany the deadly nightihade
is faid to have been very fuccefsful. In this
complaint bread is generally ordered to be
toafted, and flefh to be baked, roafled or
broiled. Smoking is of great ufe, and muf-
tard-feeds taken whole have oft;n been of
fervice. If
 DRO 53

If the diforder arife from the too copious ufe of

weak liquids, or obftrufted perfpiration, fudo-
rifics are much to be depended upon. If
from drunkennefs ; riding on horfeback and
the ufe of wine, or rather geneva diluted with
-water, in moderate quantity, will be ufeful.
If from a confumptive tendency ; diuretics,
joined with corroborants. If after great lofs
of blood, or from tedious fevers ; cathartics
fhould not be ufed too freely, but chalybeates,
bark, and bitters fhould be chiefly relied on.
In the Afcltes, tapping muft be performed, if

the methods above recommended fail.

In Dropfy of the breaj}, diuretics are chiefly to

be employed, cathartics only occafionally.
Blifters applied below the breaft, and even on
the thighs or legs, and kept open, are alfo
very effectual.
In the Hydrocephalus Internus, a falivation ex-
cited by mercury has of late been recommend-
ed, but its efficacy is not yet clearly afcer-
tained ; purges may be given, and medicines
of the carminative and antifpafmodic kind.
Blifters, fetons, and iffues, fhould alfo be pre-
scribed*
In the Dropfy of the womb, emetics, ftimulating
clyfters, and occafionally cathartics ; diuretic,
attenuant, and refolvent medicines fhould be
given ; and fomentations and vapour baths
advifed.
E 2 In
54 DRY DYS
In the Hydrocele, let out the water with the tro-
car at the bottom part of the fcrotum, and in-
ject wine to produce adhefive inflammation.
If pure wine give too much pain, dilute it
with water if it do not excite fufHcient in-
;

flammation, acuate it with fpirit. When water

is contained in the cellular membrane, treat
It as an Anafarca.

DRY GRIPES, OR DRY-BELLY-ACHE.

See Colic, Nervous.

DYSENTERY, or bloody-flux.
Symptoms. A difcharge of mucus, blood, and pu-
rulent matter by Itool ; violent gripings ; pain
in the loins, and anus ; tenefmus, and fever.
Treatment. A
rhubarb, or other gentle purge,
and, after proper evacuation, chalk mixture
with fpermaceti, and an opiate. Avoid bleed-
ing, unlefs the pulfe be hard, full, and ftrong ;
and give ftarch clyfters with opium and aftrin-
gents columbo root, and bolufes of bees wax
;

and fpermaceti, with compound powder of

chalk, are efficacious. Small dofes (a grain
or two) of ipecac, have often fucceeded. Su-
dorifics are fometimes of ufe, by promoting a
determination to the fu'rface of the body.
Emollient fomentations, and balfamic clyfters
with opium, will belt remove the tenefmus.
The diet as ia the diarrhoea. Milk with mut-
ton
 DYS ELE SS

ton fuet boiled in it, and the fat afterwards

taken off, is efteemed excellent.

DYSURIA. See Urine.

EAR-ACHE. See Deafnefs.
ELATE RIUM. See Cucumber, Wild.
ELDER,
INTERIOR BARK, FLOWER, AND BERRV.
Bark ftrongly emetic and purgative ; gfs. to |j.
of the expreffed juice flozuer and berry lax-
:

ative. Inspissated juice of the berry.

Diuretic, laxative, fudorific ; 5j. to §j. or
more. Ointment of. Cooling, emollient.

ELECAMPANE, root.
Aromatic, ftimulant ; 5j. to 5ij.

ELECTRICITY
Has been found beneficial in rheumatifm, gout,
deafnefs, tooth-ache, fwellings not fuppurated,
inflammations, gutta ferena, fiftula lachryma-
lis, palfy, ulcers, cutaneous eruptions, nervous

head-ache, ague, fupprefEon of the menfes,

St. Vitus's dance, and contractions of the
mufcles. It mould be applied by directing a
ftream of the fluid to the part. Shocks in
general fhould be avoided, or be at moft very
flight.
ELE MI, gum.
Stimulant. In ointments. Compound oint-
ment of. Digeflive.
ELM,
56
ELM E MP
ELM, INNER BARK.
Tonic, aperient. Decoction of. fofs. to foj.

EMETICS.
Irritating. Blue vitriol, vitriolated and calcin-
ed zinc, vitriolated quickfilver, titillationof
the fauces. Heating. Muftard, horfe-radifh,
bleffed thiftle, camomile. Naufeating. An-
timonials, fquill, ipecacuanha, elder bark,
warm water. Narcotic. Tobacco, fox-glove,
white hellebore.
EMMENAGOGUES.
Iron, mercurials, antimonials, black hellebore,
favine, madder, horehound, pills of gum,
aloes, myrrh, cantharides, borax, rectified oil
of amber, efTential oil of juniper, garlic, horfe-
radifh, electricity, compreffion of the femoral
arteries.
EMOLLIENTS.
Exprefifed oils, lard, fpermaceti, mucilages, mal-
low, marfh-m allow, coltsfoot, fenugreek, figs,
raifins, liquorice, fw<.et almonds, barley, warm
vapour, the warm bath.

EMPYEMA.
Symptoms. An enlargement of the cavity of the
thorax, and cedematous fulneis of the fkin
and fkm of one fide thereof; dry cough, and
difficult breathing. It arifeth from matter

formed, and lying loofe in the thorax.

Treatment,
 EPI „
Treatment, may
be much like that prefcribed in
the Vomica. Medicines which promote ab-
fbrption, and blifters, may alfo be ufeful.
But letting out the matter, where it can con-
veniently be done, is the belt cure.

EPILEPSY.
Symptoms. Languid pulfe, pale countenance, and
afterwards great pain- in the head, with flupor
and drowfinefs, fometimes precede the fit ;
though it often comes on without thefe pre-
vious fymptoms. The patient falls down Sud-
denly, gnafhes the teeth, froths at the mouth,
ufes many difagreeable gefticulations and dis-
tortions, and fometimes difcharges involunta-
rily by ftool and urine.
Treatment. If the vefl'els be full, bleed ; emet-
icsand laxatives are proper ; warm, nervous,
antifpafmodic, and attenuating remedies, as
caftor, valerian, aflafoetida,cinnabar, animal
oil, faitof hartfhorn, &c. mould be directed.
Bliflers kept open, and fetons, are very Ser-
viceable ; flowers of zinc have Succeeded well,
a grain or two at a dofe once or twice a day.
To and prevent returns,
reftore the ftrength
the bark, or other corroborant, and the cold
bath, with proper diet, air, and exercife.

EPISPASTICS.
Rubefacient. Burgundy pitch, muftard, nettle,
horfe-radilh, volatile alkalis,, liniment of am-
monia,
r$ , ERR ESC
monia, liniment of camphor, oil of fofitl tar,
effential oil of lavender. Veficating. Cantha-
rides, frefh inner bark of mezereon or fpurge-
laurel. Suppurative. Iflues, fetons, perpetual
blifters.

E R R H I N E S.
Sternutatory. White and black hellebore, ipe-
cacuanha. Evacuant. Vitriolated quickfil-
ver, afarabacca, tobacco, Syrian herb-maftic,
marjoram.
ERYNGO, root.
Stimulant, diuretic.

ERYSIPELAS,
Symptoms. The ufual precurfory fymptoms of a
fever ; the face, or other parts affected, in-
flamed, with fcurf, pimples, and blifters, heat,
rednefs, itching, and fmarting ; drowfinefs
and difficulty of breathing commonly attend.
Treatment. If fymptoms indicate, bleed, and
give proper lenitives, and cooling diaphoretic
febrifuges,Blifters, and cordial fudorifics, as
camphor, contrayerva, &c. if low pulfe and
malignancy require. In the prefent practice
the baj k is chiefly relied on. The parts may be
bathed with fjftenitig fomentations, milk, &c.
ESCHAROTICS.
Blue vitriol, red nitrated quickfilver, burnt alum,
vcrdegris, Caujl'us.
EXPEC-
 EXP EYE .59
EXPECTORANTS.
Stimulant. Ammoniacum, aflafcetida, guaiacum,
elecampane, orris. Nanfeating. Squill, gar-
lic, tobacco, tar. Ant'ifpafmodic. Warm bath-
ing, aqueous vapour, vapour of fpirit of vitri-

olic sether, blifters. Irritating. Acid va-

pours, tobacco fmoke.
EYES INFLAMED, OR OPHTHALMIA.
Inflammation of the outward coats of the eye,
attended with pricking pain, heat, pulfation,
rednefs, fwelling, and fcalding tears.
Treatment. Bleed, purge, apply leeches to the
temples, and blifter the back or behind the
ears ; cooling febrifuges may alfo be given ;
direir. collyriums, with vitriolated zinc, ace-
tated cerufle, or alum ; or, if aftringents difa-
gree, warm milk, decodHon of mallow leaves'
in milk or water, or other emollient fomenta-
tion ; or poultice of milk and bread, and bathe
the feet in warm water. If it arife from mere
weaknefs cf the vejfels, aftringent collyriums,
or alum curd ; and bark, or other tonics, may
be given internally. If Nervous, join vale-
rian, caftor, or the like, with the bark. If
Scorbutic, or other humours attend, perpetual
blifters or fetons, with mercurial, or other
proper alteratives. If Tubercles in the eye
be the caufe, anoint them with ointment of
quickfilver, and give fmall dofes of calomel
till they difperfe. For
60 FAL FEV
For watery eyes, gentle cathartics and alteratives,
and wafh them with brandy and water.
For Jpecls in the eye, blow lap. cal. fugar, of.
white vitriol with fugar, or tht
faepiae, tutty,

like, through a fmall tube into the eye ; or ]

drop in folutions of vitriolated zinc, acetated

cerufle, &c.

FALLING SICKNESS. See Epihpfy.

FEBRIFUGES.
Bark, arfenic, tartarifed antimony, wine of anti-
mony, antimonial powder, water of acetated
ammonia, nitre, fal ammoniac, fpirits of n;
trous and vitriolic sether.

FENNEL, SYvT EET, seed.

Carminative, diuretic in ^'
; 3j. t0 9u* or in
Hon. Water of. The fame.
FENUGREEK, seed.
Obtunding, emollient chiefly; in cataplafms, ft
mentations, and clyfters.

FERN, root.
Anthelmintic ; 5j. to gfs. fading.

FEVER APHTHOSE,
OR THE THRUSH FEVER IV ADULTS.
Symptoms. Fever, with ulcerations or aphthce ;

diftinguifhablefrom the putrid fore throat by

the whitenefs of the floughs, by the edges not
being red, and by there being no fhining red-
nefs over the fauces. Treatment.
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Treatment. Febrifuges, and antifeptics ;

bark,
blifters if Proper laxatives, and
neceiTary.
detergent gargles. Borax, alum, or vitriolic
&
acid, when mixed in fmall quantity
with hon-
are good to touch the aphthx with. See
ey,
alfo Tbrujh.

FEVER, erysipelatous. See Eryfpelas.

FEVER, INFLAMMATORY.
Symptoms. Slight mivering, followed by heat,
and quick pulfe ; naufea, anxiety, reftlefsnefs,
white and dry tongue, third, and fometimes
pain in the head and back.
Treatment. If there be fulnefs of the vefTels,
bleed ;
give proper laxatives, and if the ftom-
ach be foul, an emetic faline febrifuges, with
;

fmall dofes of wine of antim.- or tartarifed an-

timony, and if diaphorefis be wanted, add con-
trayerva. If delirious, blifter, and give camph.
mixture. If colliquative /-weals, the decoft.
of bark, with or without vitriolic acid. If

Jpafm and catching of the tendons, with low

pulfe, blifter the arms and legs, and apply
ftimulating plafters to the feet, firft bathing
them with warm water. If hiccups, give mufk.
While the pulfe is high, and inflammatory fymp-
toms continue, the antiphlogiftic treatment,
cooling febrifuges, acids, and gentle aperients,
are proper. But care muft be taken not to
F bring
6z F E V
bring the patient too low, elfe he will- want
ftrength to carry him through the difeafe.
Gentle opiates may be ordered at night occa-
fionally in cafe of reftlefsnefs. If the pulfe
fink, he mould be fupported with proper cor-
dials. Coftivenefs mould be avoided, and
even a purging fhould be checked with cau-
tion, being generally either critical, or at leaft
falutary. The prefent and pad fymptoms
compared, will bed direct the treatment in
fevers. Diluting acidulated liquids are prop-
er ; the food may be panada, gruels, pud-
dings, and chicken-broth, with bread, but no
flefh. Food particularly longed
or liquids
for mould be Care mould be taken
given.
"*
to avoid too great heat, and impure air.

FEVER, intermittent. See Ague.

FEVER, MILIARY.
Symptoms. Shivering, heat, lownefs of fpirits,

opprefEon ahout the prsecordia, fighing. On

the third or fourth day the eruption (preceded
by a profufe fweat of a peculiar frowy fourifh
fmell, with tingling or pricking fenfation)
appears, chiefly on the neck, breaft and back.
It confifts of little bladders refembling millet-
feeds, (from which the fever is denominated)
either white or red, according to the colour
of the liquid they contain, and fometimes both
forts.
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forts. The eruption being out, the fymptoms

ufually abate ; the urine, which before was
pale, becomes higher coloured. The erup-
tions commonly dry in about fcven days, and
the fkin peels off.

Treatment. Bleed, if neceffary, (but this mould

be done with great caution) and give faline

febrifuges, accompanied with laxatives and

diaphoretics, as the fymptoms may require.
If bilious matter be fufpe&ed in the ftomach,
an emetic will be proper. If delirium appear,
blifter low nervous fymptoms, give proper
; if

cordials if putrid ones and petichae, the

;

bark if aphthse, gargles with tincl. of myrrh,

;

honey of rofes, or the like. Acidulated li-

quids, fruit, &c. mould be given in this difeafe,
the, air kept pure, and the room not too hot.

FEVER, milk.
Symptoms. It arifeth about the third or fourth
day after delivery, with fwelling of the breafts,
and pain mooting towards the axillae the ;

breafts fometimes are hard, hot, and inflamed ;

it generally continues a day or two, then ter-

minates in copious fweats and difcharge of

urine.
Treatment. Bleed, if the inflammation be great
keep the body open, and let the breafts be fre-
quently drawn. In cafe of hardnefs or inflam-
mation, emollient fomentations and poultices.
FEVER,
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FEVER, mixed.
A fever wherein the lymptoms of inflammatory,
nervous, putrid, and other fevers, are more
or blended together ; and muft therefore
lefs

be treated according to their appearances.

FEVER, PUERPERAL.
Symptoms. It begins in two or three days after
delivery, with the ufual fymptoms.
febrile
The pulfe is fmall, contracted, and feldom fo
flow as 130 in a minute ; breads flaccid, with
proftration of ftrength, pain in the abdomen
with exquifite tendernefs of fome part of it,
flufhed face, fhort breath, and commonly a
pain in the fore part of the head.
Treatment. In cafe of coftivenefs, emollient clyf-
ters; and, if neceflary, gentle cathartics ; then
mild diaphoretics, as faline draughts with wine
of antim. and proper diluents. If putrid fymp-
toms appear, the bark. Emetics (ipecacu-
anha gr. vj. or viij.) exhibited early, and re-
peated twice a day, as long as neceflary, have
been attended with remarkable fuccefs in the
Hotel Dieu at Paris.

FEVER, PUTRID OR MALIGNANT.

Symptoms.A giddinefs precedes the attack ;
then burning heat, fudden lofs of ftrength,
heavinefs, lownefs of fpirits, watching, pulf*
weak, low, and unequal, pains in various parts
of
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of the body, anxiety, oppreflion at the prse-

cordia, naufea, vomiting, noife in the ears,
delirium, coma, catching of the tendons, and
thin crude urine. The
tongue is generally
black and dry, though fometimes it continues
clean throughout the difeafe. Petechia often
appear on the fourth, fifth, and feventh days.
'Treatment. Avoid bleeding ; give fmall dofes
of tartarifed antimony, with the camph. mix-
ture, and, if neceffary, rhubarb, or other gen-
tle laxative, mould be occaGonally interpofed.
An emetic in the beginning is often efficacious.
Antifeptics, the bark, and cordials, of which
wine given freely is the belt, are proper ; as
are alfo blifters. Opiates fhould be freely ad- .

miniftered, and purgings, unlefs critical, fhould

be checked. Muftard poultices to the feet
are proper in cafe of ftupor ; antifpafmodics
and the muflc mixture in cafe of convulfive
fymptoms, or hiccups. The liquids drunk
fhould be acidulated fruit may be allowed
; ;

the air in the room fhould be kept as pure as

poiTible, and not too warm ; vinegar fhould

be fprinkled on the floor. Picking the bed-

clothes in this difeafe is a bad fymptom.

FEVER, REMITTENT. (SlMPLE.)

Symptoms. The remittent fever differs from the
continual and intermittent, in that after a cer-
tain number of hours it remits, or abates, but
F 2 does
66 F E V
does not go off. It is alfo called the autum- ,

nal remitting Fever, the bilious Fever, the

marjh Fever, and the camp Fever. It ufually
conies on fuddenly, with debility, lownefs of
fpirits, chillinefs, and other febrile fymptoms

the hands tremble ; countenance pale or yel-

lowifh ; /kin dry, breathing difficult, and pulfe
fmall and quick ; great naufea fucceeds. Vom-
iting of bile, and fometimes difcharge of it by
flool ; the tongue becomes foul, delirium en-
fues, with moiiture on the face, and at length
on the other parts, when the renujfion follows.
As the diforder increafes the rcmiffions are
lefs, and at length fcarcely perceptible ; the
mouth, teeth, and lips, covered with a black
cruft ; tongue very dry and (tiff, fo that the
patient's voice can hardly be heard.
Treatment. An emetic is fometimes proper ;

the body fhould be opened if neceffary ; then

prefcribe the bark with wine copioufly.

FEVER, scarlet. (Simple.)

Symptoms. The ufual precurfory fymptoms of a
fever, viz. Shivering, heat, &c. then an efflo-

rekence of a fcarlet colour appears all over

the (kin, but does not rife above the furface ;

with heat, drynefs, and itching. In three or

four days it difappears, and the cuticle comes
off in branny fcales.
Treatment.
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Treatment.. Cooling faline febrifuges, with gen-

tle laxatives and diaphoretics, if ueceffary.

FEVER, scarlet. (Malignant.)

Symptoms. Chiilinefs, languor, ficknefs, oppref-
fion,fucceeded by heat, naufea, vomiting, fore
throat, quick pulfe, and difficult breathing ;
the tonfils inflamed and ulcerated. On the
third day the efflorefcence appears.
1 rcatment. As in malignant angina,

FEVER, SLOW OR. NERVOUS.

Symptoms. Shiverings, lafiitude, wearinefs, de-
bility, fighing, pale defponding. looks, great
anxiety, depreilion of fpirits, pain and giddi-
nefs of the head, white tongue (fometimes red)
with a yellow or brownifh lift running along
the middle of it, but no thirft
naufea, diffi- ;

culty of breathing, pulfe weak, quick, and un-

equal ; urine limpid and pale ; pain and cold-
nefs in the back part of the head ; drowfinefs.
Thefe fymptoms are at firft fo flight as to be
fcarcely noticed, but increafe gradually ; they
are all worfe towards night ; if a delirium,
not violent, but a muttering to themfelves ;

fometimes miliary eruptions and fweats ap-

pear, but feldom afford relief.
Treatment. Gentle cordial diaphoretics, with
wine ; previous to which, an emetic, if noth-
ing forbid. Coftiyenefs mould be removed by
gentle
68 FEV FLU
gentle laxatives ; bleeding fhould be- refrained
from, unlefs urgent fymptoms indicate ; b!ii-
ters ; if an intermiiTion appear, the bark ; if
convulfions, mufk with caftor or other anti-
fpafmodics, and opium ; if aphthae, gargles,
with tin ft. of myrrh, honey, decoft. of bark,
alum, or the like ; and in cafe of much
phlegm, oxymel of fquills or ipecac, to bring
it up. Care fhould be taken after the fever,
to reftore the patient by proper nutritious di-
et, chalybeate waters, bark, Sec.

FEVER, worm. See Worms.

FIG, THE FRUIT.
Aperient, obtunding.
FLOODING. See Menfes and Abortion.
FLUOR ALB US.
Symptoms. A
flux of thin matter from the va-
gina, of a tranfparent or white colour, fome-
times tinctured with yellow or green ; fome-
times it is fharp and corroding, with a fetid
fmi.ll, efpecially when of long continuance.
Treatment. An
emetic will generally be proper
at firft ; then give olibanum, balf. of capivi,
amber, bark, or the like. In phlegmatic con-
ftitutions chalybeates, alum, or vitriolated
zinc ; the extraft of hemlock is often of great
ufe ; ffrengthening platters may be applied to
the back and loins, aftringent injections ufed,
and
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and a light, but ftrengthening and nutritive

diet, with little exercife. Crabs eyes, given
to ^fs. in a day have been very fuccefsful, par-
ticularly where the difcharge was acrimonious.
FLUX, bloody. See Dyfintcry.
F O X-G LOVE.
Diuretic ;
gr. i. to iij. Alfo in infufion, 5'j- to

jpj. of water; |fs. to |ifs. It mould be

given twice a day, and defifted from as foon
as the urine begins to flow, the pulfe becomes
flow, or naufea commences, which ufually
happens when 3ls. of the powder, or fo r$. of
the infufion has been taken. In large dofes it

proves flrongly emetic and purgative, and ex-

hibits deleterious effects. Its diuretic prop*
erties are lefs certain if given in nurfeating
dofes. The leaf fhould be gathered about the
time that the blofloms are coming forth, and
the leaf-ftalk. and mid-rib fhould be rejected.

FRACTURES.
Treatment. Replace the ends or pieces of the
bone io as to be in their natural fituation ;
and keep them in that poflure by proper com-
prefles, fplints, bandages, &c. but not too
tight ; and vinegar may be poured on them..
If there be great inflammation or tumour,
bleed, and ufe other pro; er methods to re-
move them before you attempt reduction. If
there
7o FRA FUR
there be loofe fragments or fplinters which
hinder the ex.:enfion and reduction, or caufe
irritation, remove them by proper incifions, or
otherwife. The limb, or part, mint be kept
flill ; proper diet mult be ordered ; the callus
will be formed in a month or two, according!
to the bone injured, &c. ; the joint mould be

cautioufly moved at times to prevent (HrTnefs;!

the medical treatment mould be regulated ac-

cording to the fymptoms that ariie. If the

fracture be of a defperate kind, amputation
'

is neceflary ; but it fhould be deferred, if pof-

fible, till the fin! inflammation has fubfided.

FRANKINCENSE.
Stimulant, tonic. Plaster of. The fame.

FUROR UTERINUS.
Symptoms. Melancholy, taciturnity, rednefs of
the face, lafcivious looks, irregular hyfteric
fymptoms, as crying, laughing, &c. and at

length, an immoderate deiire of coition, ac-

companied with libidinous fpeeches and gef-
tures. It is peculiar to the female fex, and
proceeds from an abundance of acrimony of
the fluids fecreted in the pudenda.
Treatment. Bleeding, and cooling purges ; ni-
tre ; or refrigerant, diuretic, and diluting li-

quids anodynes and thin diet.

; Tartarifed
autimony in fmall dofes, with camphor, and
'
extract
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extract of henbane, has been employed with

fuccefs.
GALBANUM.
Mervous, antifpafmodic ;
gr. v. to ^j. alfo ex-
ternally in plafters. Compound pill of.
Nervous, emmenagogue ;
^fs. to 5fs. Tinc-
ture of. 5j. to 3ij.

GALLS.
Tonic, aflxingent gr. ij. to vj. or more.
; Alfo
outwardly in liniments for the piles, &c.

GAMBOGE.
Emetic, cathartic ;
gr. ij. to viij. it has been
given to j)j.

GANGRENE.
Symptoms. In fome cafes, when a part is vio-
lently inflamed, inflammation and pain
the
fuddenly difappear; the integuments turn pale,
blue, livid, or blackifh ; the fkin becomes flac-
cid and pitting, with bladders filled with yel-
low or reddifh ichor ; and this is termed
,
Gangrene.
'Treatment. Scarify the parts, and foment therrt
with the decoclion for fomentation and cam-
phorated fpirit ; apply poultices of oatmeal
and beer ; and giye cordial medicines, with
plenty of bark. In gangrene of the toes, par-
ticularly in old people, opium has been found

I
peculiarly ferviceable.
I
GAR.
7a GAR GON
GARLICK.
Expectorant, diuretic, emmenagogue, fudorific,

a chive or two at a dofe, or in infufion.

GENTIAN, root.
Tonic, ftomachic ; 3^s - t0 Sj« Compound is-.

fusion of. ^ifs. to ^iij. Compound tinc-

ture of. 3> t0 3'|j' Extract of. ^j-
to Bij.
GINGER, root.
Cordial, aromatic, earminative ;
gr. v. alfo in

infufion. Tincture of. gt. x. to Ix.

GINSENG, root.
Tonic, obtunding, antifpafinodic ; 5> or more,
in decodtion.
GLEET.
•See ; but if it do not proceed
Venereal Difeafe
from that caufe, the fame treatment will be
proper, viz. Corroborants, as bark, olibanum,
alum, vitriolic acid, balf. of capivi, &c. and it
necefTary, aftringent injections and the cold
bath.

GONORRHOEA, simple. See Gleet.

GONORRHOEA, spurious.
Symptoms. A purulent difcharge from minute
exulcerations round the corona glandis, pro-
duced by the febaceous fluid fecreted by the
becoming acrimonious.
glandulse odorifcrae It
has been miftaken for viniJent gonorrhoea.
Treatment
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Treatment. Nothing is necefTary but keeping

it with
the part clean by wafhing warm milk
and water, or warm water alone.

GONORRHOEA, virulent. See Venereal

Difeafe.

GOUT.
Symptoms. An acute pain in the joints, partic-
ularly of the feet. It is called regular when
it is feated in the extremities, returns at flated
periods, and gradually declines. Irregular,
when fits are uncertain and frequent, when
the
the fymptoms vary, and when the difeafe at-
tacks the ftomach, head, or other internal
parts. It chiefly affects the membranes, ten-
dons, and ligaments : the pain is like that of

a diflocated bone, with a fenfation as if warm

water were poured on the part, fucceeded by
chillinefs and flight fever : a breathing fweat
comes on at the end of the fit, and the part
fwells ; the fit returns at intervals till the
gouty matter is fpent ; the longer the inter-
vals,the more fevere the fit but the fymp- :

toms are too well known, to need further

enumeration in a work of this nature.
Treatment. Cordials are beft during the ft ;

the body fiiould not be coftive ; opiates may

be occafionally given ; the part fhould be wrapt
in flannel, and relaxing or other topical appli-
G cation s»
74 GRA H/EM
cations, as the cafe may require ; a temperate
diet, exercife, friction, and the Bath waters
fjme have ventured to blifter the part with
fuccefs.

GRAVEL. See Stone.

GUAIACUM, GUM, WOOD, AND BARK.

Sudorific, alterative, antirheumatic, antivenereal.
Gum in powder, ^j. to 3j. Wood and Bark
in decoction. Tincture of. 3j. to 5iij.

GUTTA SERENA.
Symptoms. A blindnefs, though the eyes feem
perfectly unaffected, the caufe being in the re-
tina, or optic nerve.
Treatment. Blifters to the head, back, or be-
hind the ears ; bleeding, if nothing forbid ;

valerian, caftor, afiafcetida, cinnabar, bark, vol-

utile falts, millepedes, rofemary, or other ner-
vous and attenuant remedies. Calomel, or
chalybeates, if obstruction be the caufe; emet-
ics and cathartics difcretionally fternutato- ;

ries mould alfo be ufed. Electricity has

fometimes fucceeded.

HAEMORRHAGE, external.
Apply compound tincture of benjamin, cobweb,
dry lint, flour, agaric, alum, or the vitriolic
ftyptics ; if an artery be injured, take it up,
or apply the fponge tent.
HJEMOR-
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HAEMORRHAGE, internal. Set Blood.

HAEMORRHOIDS. See Piles.

HARTSHORN, BURNT.
Aftringent, abforbent ; '3j. to 5j. Decoction
of. As common drink. Oil of. This,
when rectified, is called animal oil, which fee.
Salt of. As prepared Ammonia. Shav-
incs. In jellv, corroborant, nutritive. Vol-
atile liquor of. As Water of Ammonia.
HEAD-ACHE.
Treatment. If occafioned by plethora, ufe the
pediluvium, bleed or cup, and purge if by
:

vifcid blood, give attenuar.ts alfo it by a foul

:

Jlomach, an emetic if by cq/livcnefs, purges :

:

if it be nervous, caftor, valerian, bark, com-

pound tinct. of lavender, comp. fpirit of am-
monia, aifafoetida, or electricity, blifter the
back, and bathe the temples, forehead, &.c.
with aether, or water of amnion, with aJittle
roch alum in it : if a weak ftomach, give bit-
ters or other ftomachics. Head-aches may
arife from various other caufes, which, when
known, will indicate proper remedies. In
periodical head-aches arfenic has been found
very efficacious.
HEART-BURN.
The common heart-burn, proceeding from acid-
ity irritating the upper orifice of the ftomach,
7 5 HEL HEM"
is removed for the time by magnefia, chalk,,
lozenges of chalk, and alkalis fixed or volatile;.
but to cure it ftomachics mud be given.
Heart-burn may be occafioned by corroding hu-
mours of other kinds, and will not therefore
be eafed by alkalis. Emetics, with plenty of
camomile tea or other liquid, to cleanle the
fbmach, are here proper ; cathartics may alfo
be ufeful, and thefe may be followed by fto-
machics : but water with gum arabic diflblved
in it will give occafional relief. Worms will

alfofometimes occafion this complaint ; ver-

mifuges are then proper.

HELLEBORE, BLACK, root.

Deobftruent, attenuant, alterative ;
gr. v. to "^fs.

From gr. xv. to 5fs. ftrongly purgative. Ex-

tract of. 3&. to 3)' Tincture of. 5>
WHITE, root.
Violently emetic and cathartic, gr. v. to ^fs. alfo
iLrnutatory. Decoction of. Externally m
cutaneous difeafes. Ointment or.' The
fame.
HEM I C R A N I A. See HecJ-achc.

HEMIPLEGIA. See Palfy.

H E M L O C K.
In fomentations difcutient and refolvent. In-
spissated juice OF. Alterative, diuretic,
fedative ;
 HEP HIC 77

fedative ; in large dofes narcotic ;

gr. ij. may
be increafed gradually to 5nj. or iv. a day.

HEPATITIS. See Liver.

HERB-MASTIC, SYRIAN.
Stimulant, fternutatory.

HERNIA, OR RUPTURE.
Treatment. Return the intelline, if practicable,

and confine it wkh a proper trufs. Coftive-

nefs mud
be avoided, as muft likewife violent
exercife, drunkennefs, &c.
If it be ftrangulated, cold applications to the
part, as powdered ice, &c. are advifeable.
Clyfters of tobacco fmoke have facilitated the

redu&ion : fo has keeping the patient in a

warm bath till fainting came on. If nothing
- fucceed, the operation rauft be performed.
Be of bleeding, though apparent
cautious
fymptoms of inflammation with a full pulfe
feem to require it: thefe will foon go off
when the inteitine is reduced.

HERNIA humoralis. See Tcjllcks.

HICCOUGH, or hiccup.
The common hiccup is ufually removed by
drinking a draught of any weak liquid, by
holding the breath, and lometimes by fwal-
lowing dry bread.
For the hiccup or fingultus, which comes on in

G 2 the
78. HIP H YD
the laft ftages of fever, &c. give the rnulk
mixture, or muflc in fubftance, in large dofes ;
volatile felt, caftor, or the like; to which,
opium may be difcretionally added. When
a primary difeafe, fternutatories and emetics
have been ufeful : fo has the plafter of lada-
num applied to the pit of the ltomach.

HIP, FRUIT.
Cooling. Conserve of. At pleafure.

HOG's LARD, ointment of.

Softening, healing.
HONEY.
Pectoral, detergent, aperient. Acetated. An-
tifeptic, cooling, detergent.

HOOPING COUGH. See Cwgh.

HOREHOUND, white.
Tonic, aperient ; 5^- t0 5>
HORSE RADISH, root.
Stimulant, diuretic, deobftruent, ad lilitum. In-
fufed in water, wine, or fpirit, fjfs. to |iij.

Spirit of. gfs. to 5j.

HYDROCELE. L, n.,,
HYDROCEPHALUS.^ bce Ur0^'
HYDROPHOBIA.
[t is of more conlequcnce here to defcribe the
lvmptoms in the dog than thofe of the patient.
 HYD 79-

We may know the dog to be mad by his dull,

heavy look ; endeavouring to hide himfelf
Seldom or never barking ; being angry and
fharling at ({rangers, but fawning on his own-
er ; refuting all food, drooping, hanging down
his ears and tail, and often lying down as if
going to fleep. This is the firft ftage. He
next begins to breathe quick and heavy, (hoots-
out his tongue, (lavers, and froths at the
mouth ; looks half afleep fuddenly at
; flies

by-(landers; and runs forward in a curve line.

At length he knows not his owner, his eyes
become thick and dim, and water runs from
them ; his tongue is of a red colour ; he
grows weak and faint ; often falls down, then
rifes, and attempts to fly at fomething ; and

grows mad and furious. The nearer to this

(hue, the more dangerous the bite.
If the ftate of the dog cannot be obtained, he
may be known to hare been mad, or the dis-
order may be known to be this by the follow-
ing effedts, which will come on fooner or la-
ter. The bitten part begins to be painful,
wandering pains come on gra^ally, with
heavinefs and uneafinefs the patient has dis-
;

turbed fleep, frightful dreams, (cartings, fpafms,

Sighing, anxiety, and loves Solitude ; pains
(hoot from the bitten part up to the throat,
h ftraitnefs, SenSation of choaking, and hor-
ror
fto HYP
ror or dread at fight of water or other liquids,
which is a fufficicnt characleriftic of the dif-
eafe.
Treatment. Cut out the bitten part immediate-
ly, which is the only certain cure cupping-:

glafles mould then be applied ; cauterize and

wafh it daily with fait water, or rub in the
ftronger ointment of quickfilver, keeping it
open with efcarotics ; bleed, if the vefTels be
full ; vomit with vitriolated quickfilver : give
mufk gr. xvi. cinnabar 5fs. (to which camphor
and opium may be added) at night, and a
purge the next morning bathe in the fca, or
;

cold bath, and give a fudorific ; repeat thefe

for a week daily, and three or four times at
the next full and change of the moon. The
ointment of quickfilver applied externally, and
vitriolated quickfilver given inwardly, fo as to
raife a falivation for feveral weeks, are faid to
be efficacious. In Germany the root of dead-
ly nightfhade has been given, from gr. iij. io
vj. at a dofe, and is reported to have proved
infallible in the firft ftages. The Ormfkirk
medicine has failed in a variety of cafes, and
has indeed been found to be of no efficacy.

HYPOCHONDRIASIS.
Symptoms are generally low-fpiritednefs, (the dif-

ord^r being chiefly in the imagination) heavi-

nefs, oppreflion, and defpondency; yet at times
uncommon
 HYS 81

uncommon cheerful nefs and flow of fpirits ;

timidity, anxiety, fear, dread of dying, fhort

cough, difficult breath, flatulency, pale urine,
pains in the head, odd fancies, fpafms.
Treatment. Bark, and other tonics ; nervous
antifpafmodics, as caftor, valerian, affafcetida,
&c. attenuants, as volatile falts and fpirits ;
bitters and chulybeates if no fever ; emetics,
aperients, opiates, iffues, and buffers, difcre-
tionally the cold bath and chalybeate wa-
;

ters, food light and eafy of digeflion, cheerful

company, and gentle exercife.

HYSSOP, HEDGE.
Violently emetic and purgative, diuretic, anthel-
mintic ;
3fs. to $h. Alfo in infufion.

HYSTERIA.
Symptoms. In women fimilar to thofe of hypo-
chondriacs in men, but ufually more violent,
and attended with convulfive fits ; which gen-
erally come on with oppreflion at the bread,
difficult breathing, a fenfe of fomething rifing
in the throat, which feems to threaten fuffo-
cation ; convulfive motions ; frothing at the
mouth ; laughing, and fometimes crying.
May be known from a mere fyncope by the
pulfe and breathing continuing, whereas in a
fyncope they are not perceptible ; it alfo eomes.
on gradually, but a fyncope more fuddenly ;

ia
%2 HYS J AU
in that, the fit is of fhort continuance, in this,.,
ufually much longer ; with a colour in the
face, which is not the cafe in a fyncope.
Treatment of the diforder itfelf, as in the hypo-
chondriafis. In the fit fetid volatiles, fin-
ged feathers, &c. may be applied to the nof-
trils ; and cold water and fetid volatiles giv-

en. The feet and legs may be placed in

warm water ; the pure cold air Should be free-
ly admitted ; cold water may be fprinkled on
the face and bread ; and if a plethora be in-
dicated, bleed ; otherwife cautioufly avoidit.
In this difcafe, particular attention fhould be
paid to the ftate of the menfes, &c.
This difeafe appears often under a variety of
forms for a more particular account than
;

can here be given, Sydenham, and other au-

thors, may be confulted.

HYSTERITIS, or inflammation of the

womb. See Womb.
JALAP, root.
Cathartic ; gr. xv. to 5fs. or more. Extract
of. gr. yj. to xij. Tincture of. 3j. to 3 ij-

J AUND I C E.
Symptoms. Yellowntfs of the whole Ikin, but
chiefly the whites of the eyes ; the urine alfo
yellow ; laffitude, inactivity, anxiety, ficknefs,
opprefiion and difficult breathing ; pain at the
ftomach ;
 ILI INF 8}

"ftosiach ; bitter tafte in the mouth ; fome-

times, attended with purging, at others coftive-
nefs ; ftools generally like blue clay, but fome-
times of a dark earthy, and at others of a
deep yellow colour.
Treatment. If the vefl'els be very full, bleed •;

then vomit, purge, and give medicines with

foap ; to which may occafionally be added,
rhubarb, aloes, chalybeates or fquills. Saline
draughts if fever ; opiates in cafe of pain ;
gentle emetics may be occafionally repeated,
and the body fhould be kept open. Chalybe-
ate waters, or water or cyder with a red hot
iron quenched in it, may be ufed as common
drink ; gentle exercife, air, and cheerful com-
pany.
ILIAC PASSION.
Symptoms. Acute pains in the bowels, oppref-
fion at the fromach, tenfion of the belly, vom-
iting of bile, and fometimes of faeces, great
thirlt and heat.
Treatment as in the inflammatory Colic, of which
this is only a more violent kind.

INCRASSANTS.
Kino, ginfeng, farcocolla, farfaparilla, and fari-

naceous and mucilaginous fubftances.

INDIAN PINK. See Pink, Indian.

INFLAMMATION, superficial. See

Phlegmon. IN-
84 INF I S 3

INFLAMMATION of the bowels.

Sec Colic and Iliac Pajfion.

INFLAMMATION of other parts.

See the refpeSive Parts.

IPECACUANHA.
Emetic; Antifpafmodic gr.
gr. vj. to 5fs. ;
fs. j

to iij. and with opium, fudorific. Alio in

dyfenteries. Compound powder of. Su-

dorific ;
gr. v. to ^j. Wine of. gfs. to

IRON.
Tonic, aftringent, deobftruent ; ^fs. to 5fs.

Ammoniacal. gr. to x. Tincture ij. of.

gt. x. to xl. Muriated tincture of. gt.

x. to xl. Rust of. gr. v. Tar-

to 5fs.
tarised. gr. v. to 5fs. Vitriolated. gr.
j. to x. or more. Wine of. 3j. to .|fs.

ISINGLASS.
Corroborant, nutritive, in jellies.

ISSUES, to cut.
Pinch up the (kin and
with the thumb and
fat
forefinger, and divide them widi a lancet fo
as to admit a pea or you may apply a fmall
;

blifter or cauftic on the part. The peafe with

which it is afterwards drefied may be fmeared
with ointment of yellow rcfin, or of canthar-
ldcs, if necefiary ; and dipped in blue vitriol
water if fungus appear. The pea may be fe-

cutcd
 I TC J UN 8;

cured with the litharge plafter with refin ; if

the ifl'ue inflame, drefs with ointment of wax,
or bleed or purge.

ITCH.
Symptoms. An eruption in the form of fmall
pimples or puftules, chiefly about the joints,
wriits, hams, the bend of the arms, the waift,
and between the fingers ; the pimples gene-
rally hard at firft, afterwards watery, efpecial-
ly if rubbed or otherwife inflamed alfo itch- :

ing, which is greatefl when warm, or in bed.

It is infectious.
Treatment. Anoint with fulphur and lard, oint-
ment of quickfilver, or white calx of quick-
filver and pomatum ; hellebore, or fal am-
moniac, may occafionally be added ; or wafh
with a weak folution of muriated quickfilver,
a decoction of white hellebore root, or ftrong
compound water of acetated litharge, with
fait. A quickfilver girdle may be worn, but
fulphur is the mod fafe and certain. Flowers
of fulph. may
be given inwardly ; or vitriolic
acid, which has been faid to have performed
a cure alone. Bleed and purge firfr. in cafe
of inflammation or coftivenefs.

JUNIPER, BERRIES, AND TOPS.

Carminative, diuretic, in decoction or infufion ;
at pleafure. Compound spirit of. 3j. to
H §fs.
86 KAL KID
^fs. Essential oil of the berries.
Carminative, ftomachic ; gt. j. to ij. Stimu-
lating, diuretic, emmenagogue ; gt. vj. to x.

KALI, PREPARED.
Antacid, diuretic ; gr. iij. or iv. to xv. or xx.
Acetated. Diuretic, cathartic ; tys. to
3 ij- or more. Pure. This is the ftrong
common cauftic. Sulphurated. The fo-
wafh in cutaneous difeafes.
lution chiefly as a
Tartarisated. Laxative; 9j.to 3> Ca-
thartic ; 3ij. to 5J. Vitriolated. Ape-
rient ; 3j* t0 B'j* Cathartic ; 3U« t0 3 V«
Water of. As the prepared, in a quadru-
ple dofe. Water of pure kali. An-
tacid, diuretic, lithontriptic ; gt. v. to 5j-

KIBES. See Chilblains.

KIDNEYS, inflammation of.

Symptoms. Burning pain in the kidney, or kid-
neys ; vomiting ; eru&ations ; numbnefs of
the thigh ; pain in the groin, ilium, and tefti-
cle of the fame fide ; frequent, but fmall dis-
charges of urine, which is red and high-col-
oured, yet limpid and watery in the height of
the difeafe.
Treatment. Bleed ; open the body with cathar-
tics and clyfters ; give emollient diuretics,
with plenty of milk of almonds, or the like,
for common drink ; warm bathing ; and opi-
ates in cafe of violent pain. If
 KIN LEM ?7

If the pain abate, leaving behind a fenfe of weight,

with frequent fhivenngs, followed by heat, and
whitifh turbid urine, it denotes fuppuration.
In this cafe give balf. of capiv. with nitre, and
rhubarb, or other balfamic diuretics. The
pain fuddenly remitting, with cold fweats, in-
termittent pulfe, hiccup, fetid urine, and fup-
preflion of that difcharge, are figns of mortifi-
cation.

KING'S EVIL. See Scrofula.

KIN O, GUM.
Tonic, obtunding ;
3fs. to 3fs.

LABOUR. See Child-birth.

L A D A N U M.
Tonic, ftimulant, externally. Plaster of.
Stomachic.
LADY's-SMOCK, flower.
Antifpafmodic ; $j. to 3j.
LAVENDER, flowers.
Cephalic; nervous; Bj. to 3j. Compoun»
spirit of. gt. x. to c. Essential oil of.
gt. to v. Alfo externally ftimulating.
j.

Spirit of. 5fs. to 3j.

LEAD, RED AND WHITE.

Externally deficcative, repellent, fedative.
LEMON, JUICE AND PEEL.
antifeptic, opening 5j. to gfs.
JJuice, Cooling,
;

Peel,
*S LEO LIQ_
Peel, Stomachic; ^fs. to 5fs. In infufion

gj. to iij.

Inspissated juice of. As the juice in a

fmaller dofe.

LEOPARD's-BANE, German.
Stimulant ; 3j. to $k. in infufion, in the courfe
of the day.
LETHARGY.
This may be confidered only as a lefs degree of
Apoplexy, and mould be treated accordingly.
The chief fymptoms are, fleep, or great drow-
finefs.

LIENTERY.
In this difeafe the aliment is difcharged with but
little alteration, and the body wafl.es. The
Treatment as in the CAiac Pajfwn.

LIME, WATER OF.

Antacid, aftringent ; ziw to ft,].
In clyfters,

vermifuge. It has alfo been reputed lithon-

triptic, and good in fcrophula. With pure

kali. The milder common cauftic.

LINSEED.
Pectoral, diuretic ; in infufion and mucilage,
from 5ij- to gfs. The powder is ufed in cat-
aplafms. Oil of. ^fs.

LIQJJORICE, root.
Obtunding. Extract of. At pleafure.
Troches of. The fame. LI-
 LIT L I 8ij

LITHARGE.
Aftringent, fedative in external applications.
Acetated, cerate of. The fame. Wa-
ter of. 3\j- °f ^is with diflilled water
jfcij. proof fpirit 3ij« make the Compound
water of acetated l. commonly called
Goulard's Vegeto-mineral Water. Its virtues
the fame. Plaster of. Deficcative. Pl.
of, compound. Digeftive. With quick-
silver. Difcutient. With resin. Ad-
hefive.

LITHONTRIPTICS.
Antacid. Water of pure kali, kali, limewater,
foap. Tonic. Muriatic, vitriolic, and aerial
acids, mephitic alkaline water, uva urfi, wild
carrou
LIVER INFLAMED.
Symptoms. Obtufe pain in the part, mooting up
towards the throat and moulder, but never
great, unlefs the membranes affected ; hic-
cup vomiting ; dry cough ; latitude ; fe-
;

ver ; tenfion of the hypochondrium ; eyes,

flcin, and urine, fometimes yellow ; coftive-

nefs ; difficulty of breathing. The fymp-

toms are aggravated by lying on the left
fide.
"Treatment. Bleed as largely as the pulfe will
bear ; blifter the part ; purge ;
give cooling
H z febrifuges
9o L C LUM
febrifuges and diuretics ; direct cooling emol-
lient clyfters, fomentations, and poultices,

and pediluvia.
If a tumoilr appear, forward and open it, if

nothing forbid, and give the bark.

In the Eaft-lndies they cure this difeafe by
falivation, bleeding and purging being pre-
mifed.
If a Schirrus fucceed, foap, rhubarb, mercuri-
als, and chalybeates will be proper.

LOCHIA. See Child-birth.

LOCKED JAW.
Symptoms. A rigid contraction of the mufcles
which raife the lower jaw, whence the jaws
continue violently clofed, with great pain.
Treatment. The beft remedy is large and re-

peated dofes of opium. Blifters, purges,

clyfters, and antifpafmodics, may alfo be pre-

ferred.
LOGWOOD.
Tonic, aflringent; 51]. to giv. of the decoftion.
Extract of. j)fs. to 5j.

LUES VENEREA. See Venereal Difeafe.

LUMBAGO.
A kind of rheumatifm in the loins, or fmall of
the back, without any nephritic fymptoms.
Antirheumatic remedies prove mod effica-
cious. See Rheumatifm. Strengthening or
Simulating
 LUX MAD 91

{Simulating plafters, or even blifters to the

part, are alio ufeful : or cupping, and the
warm bath.

LUXATIONS.
Treatment. Place the limb or part, Co that the
mufcles may be relaxed, and the head of the
bone free from obftacles then reduce the
;

bone into its natural fituation, and apply

proper bandages, not too tight, to keep it fo,
till the ligaments have recovered their tone.

If there be inflammation, bleed, give laxa-

tivesand cooling remedies, foment and poul-
tice. Reft and proper diet fhould be ad-
vifed.
MACE.
Aromatic, ftimulant ; ^fs. to $Cs. Oi/ °f*
See Nutmeg, exprejfed oil of.

MADDER, root.
Aperient, diuretic, emmenagogue, antifeptic ;

5fs. to 3j.

MADNESS.
The fymptoni3 are too well known to need enu-
meration. Emetics, cathartics, blifters, oc-
cafional bleeding, antifpafmodics, opiates,
and low diet. Thefe may be varied ac-
cording to the nature of the complaint (that
is, whether it be Melancholy or the contrary)

and to the fymptoms that arife in either.

Dr.
92 MAG MEA
Dr. Simmons, who has made trial of a great
variety of remedies at St. Luke's Hofpital, has
often feen very remarkable good effects,
and even cures performed, by large dofes
of camphor, in maniacal cafes ; ^)j. every
hour or two.
MAGNESIA.
Antacid, opening ; "j^j. to 3ij. Burnt.
This is equally mild, though at lead doubly
as powerful as an antacid : it is alfo prefer-
able in many cafes, becaufe no fixed air will
be difengaged from it in the ftomach. Tro-
ches of. Chiefly for the heartburn. Vit-
riolated. Cathartic ;
^fs. to 2;ifs.

MALLOW, LEAVES AND FLOWERS.

Obtunding, emollient.
MANNA.
Aperient, obtunding ; ^j. to §iij.

MARJORAM, SWEET and WILD.

Stimulant ; '£)j. to 3fs. Alfo fternutatory.
Essential oil of. gt. ij. to iv.

MARSHMALLOW, root and leaf.

Obtunding, emollient.
MASTIC.
Tonic, antifeptic ; 3j- t0 5^*

MEADOW-SAFFRON, fresh root.

Strongly cathartic, diuretic ; in fubftance ftnall

dofes
 MEA 93

dofes produce alarming effects, but of the

Oxvmel |ij. or may be given in a day.
iij.

Of this the common dofe is from $fs. to 5^s.

at firft.

MEASLES.
Symptoms. Chillinefs,fhivering, pain in the head,
fever, ficknefs, and fometimes vomiting; cough,
heavinefs of the eyes, with fwelling, inflamma-
tion, and difcharge of watery humour from
them, and alfo from the noflriis. The thud
or fourth day, an eruption like flea-bites ap-
pears in the face, neck, and breaft, and Coon
after in the body and limbs ; it rifes above the
fkin, butdoes not fuppurate. The fever and
other fymptoms do not, as in the Small-Pox,
&c. abate on the appearance of the eruption,
which continues about three days, then dries
away, the fkin peeling off; but the other fymp-
toms remain and even increafe, efpecially the
cough, which is alfo attended in general with
difficulty of breathing, and oppreflion at the
breaft.
Treatment. Cooling and aperient febrifuges ;

gentle diaphoretics, if neceflary ; bleeding, if

nothing forbid ;
pectorals for the cough ; opi-
ates occafionally at night ; blifters, if the cough
be obftinate : and bathing the feet in warm
water. Gentle phyfic fhould be given as foon.
as the eruption difappears.
It
*4 MEC MEN
It has been propofed to inoculate the Meajles ?
but Dr. Simmons, in his differtation de Rube-
ola, obferves, that the different attempts in
this way, hitherto have proved ineffectual

Dr. Home's experiments, as related in his

Medical Fafts, not having been found to an-

fwer when repeated by others.

MECONIUM, RETENTION OF, IN INFANTS?
(called alfo Colica Meconialis.)
Treatment. Give raagnefla or fyr. of rofes, caf-
tor oil, or oil of almonds, with oil of anifeed,
or other oil in cafe of wind, and, if neceffary,

emollient clyfters. If purging, give chalk, or

other abforbents, &c If vomiting, fyr. of
white poppy, given with caution in fmall dofes.
MENSES, IMMODERATE FLUX OF.
Treatment, Tonics, as infufion of rofes, alum,
bark, amber, &c. with opiates. In delperate
cafes, fmall dofes of blue vitriol, or acetated
ceruffe, but with great caution.
Aftringent
fomentations to the part, as vinegar, alum, or
the like ; reft, and proper mild diet. Some-
times chalybeates are proper ; and, if neceffa-

ry, laxatives.

MENSES OBSTRUCTED.
Treatment. In phlegmatic habits, purge with
aloetics, and give chalybeates. In plethoric
habits, bleed, avoid chalybeates, and give the
compound
 MEZ MIS 9y
compound powder of myrrh, caftor, or the
like, with of black hellebore, aloes, oil
tinit.
or extract of favine, pennyroyal, and the like.
Bathing the feet, fomenting the belly, and
fittingover the fleams of hot water, are good
in both habits ; attenuants in cafe of vifcid
blood ; emetics are often efficacious, as are
fometimes fmall dofes of mercurials ; exercife,
and, if the appetite be vitiated, proper fto-
machics. Of late, electricity has been found
efficacious in cafes of this fort, by drawing
fparks, and fending gende (hocks through the
pelvis.

MEZEREON, bark of the root.

Antivenereal, alterative ; from gr. j. upwards.
In decoction, dofe 3ij. to iv. Chiefly in ve-
nereal pains of the bones, and affections of the
fkin. Externally the bark of raezereon raifes

blifters.

MILLEPEDES.
Diuretic, attenuant, deobftruent ;
gr. v. to

MINT.
Tonic, antiemetic. Essential oil of. gt. j»

to iij. or more. Spirit of. 3j. to §fs.

Water of. |j. to |ij.

MISCARRIAGE. See Jbortion.

MIXTURE,
f)6 MIX MYR
MIXTURE, CAMPHORATED.
Diaphoretic, antifpafmodic, diuretic ; 2jfs. to |iij.

CHALK.
Antacid, and in diarrhoea ; to J^j. or ij. in a day.

MUSK.
Stimulant, antifpafmodic ; |j. to ^iij. or more.

MONKSHOOD. See Wolfsbane, blue.

MORTIFICATION. See Sphacelus.

MULBERRY, the fruit.
Cooling, antifeptic.

MUMPS. See Angina maxillam.

MUSK.
Stimulant, antifpafmodic ; gr. yj. to 5^s «
MUSTARD, seed.
Stimulant. The powder mixed with crumb
of bread and vinegar, now called Mustard
poultice, formerly a finapifm, is ufed ex-
ternally as a famulus. Oil of. This has
been recommended in rheumatifm, but it ap-
pears to be perfectly bland.

MYRRH.
Tonic, deobftruent, antifpafmodic ; gr. v. to 3fs.
In phthifis to 5iij. or iv. in a day. Tinc-
ture of. gt. xv. to Ix. Externally, de-
terfive. Compound powder of. Emmen-
a£°S ue i 9j- to 5j.
NATRON,
 NAT NIG 97

NATRON, PREPARED.
Antacid, deobftruent in fcrophula ; ^j. t0 9*j*
Tartarised. Cathartic; §fs. to 51IS. Vit-
riolated. The fame.
NEPHRITICS.
Opiates, emollients, diuretics.

NEPHRITIS. See Kidneys.

NERVOUS COMPLAINTS. See Hypo-
chondriac and Hyjleric Difeafes.
The clafs of medicines called Nervous, with cor-
roborants, air, and proper regimen, are mod:
ufeful in thefe cafes.

NERVOUS FEVER. See Fever.

NERVOUS MEDICINES.
Fetid fpirit of ammonia, pills of gum, affafcetida,

galbanum, caftor, opoponax, fagepanum, rec-

tified oil and pure fait of amber, vitriolic aether,
valerian, rue, pennyroyal, balfam of Peru, cha-
lybeates, cephalics, tonics.

NETTLE, COMMON.
Aperient. Externally as a rubefacient.
NIGHTSHADE, DEADLY,
LEAF AND ROOT.
Narcotic, fudorific, aperient, diuretic, refolutive ;

gr. ij. to vj. It is recommended againft hy-

drophobia.
WOODY, STALKS.
Sudorific, aperient, diuretic.
I NIP
9S NIP OL
NIPPLES, SORE.
Treatment. Apply oil of wax, cream, mucilage
of gum wax, fuet, or the
arabic, ointment of
like. If they be moifl, ointment of wax, with
fome drying powder, as ftarch, Frencli bole,&c.
NITRE, PURIFIED.
Cooling, febrifuge, diuretic ; gr. ^fs. to 5j.
Troches of. Thefe have been employed
with fuccefs in fome cafes of difficult deglu-
tition.

NUTMEG,
ESSENTIAL OIL OF, AND EXPRESSED OIL OF.
Stimulant, aromatic gr. j. to vj. Spirit
; of.
5fs. to 5ij.

OA K, BARK.
Tonic, aftringent ; 3j. to 5j«
OIL, ANIMAL.
Anodyne, antifpafmodic ;
gt. x. to xxx.
OIL, SULPHURATED.
Stimulant, pectoral ;
gt. x. to xl. Externally
deterfive.

OISTER, THE SHELL.

Abforbent ; $j. to 3j.
OILS, ESSENTIAL.
The virtues of the plants they are drawn from,
in dofes of gt. j. to iij. on fugar, or otherwife.
OLIBANUM.
Corroborant ;
gr. v. to 3j.

OLIVE,
 OLI PAL 9$

OLIVE, oil.
As oil of almonds.

OPIUM.
Anodyne, antifpafmodic, &c. gr. -J
to ij. Pills
of. gr. Tincture of. gt.
jfs. to x. x. to
xxv.^Camphorated. 5fs. to 3ij.
OPOPONA X.
Nervous, ftimulant, aperient ; gr. v. to ^j. te
5j. purgative.

ORANGE, SEVILLE,
LEAF AND FLOWER, AND JUICE AND RIND OF
THE FRUIT.
Leaf, antifpafmodic ; 3fs. Floiver. The fame.
Juice and rind. As thofe of lemon, but
weaker. Conserve of the rind. 3ij.
Tincture of. 'i^j. to 3ij.

ORRIS, root.
Tonic ; "£)j. to ^ij. Of the frefh juice, ^ ilj.

or iv. prove cathartic.

PALPITATION OF THE HEART.

Treatment. In proper constitutions bleed re-
peatedly ; but where the diforder proceeds
from relaxation, the bark and corroborants.
Nervous medicines, mufk, volatile falts, &c.
are good ; as are alfo blifters. In bilious
Irabits it is frequently removed by ^fs. of pure

lemon-juice.
PALSY,
ico PAL PAR
PALSY, or PARALYSIS.
Symptoms. A lofs or diminution of the motion
or feeling, or both, of fome part or parts of
the body. Ifhappen to all the parts below
it

the head, it is called Paraplegia; if to one

fide of the body, Hemiplegia ; and if to a par-
ticular part, Paralyjts.
Treatment. Emetics, blifters kept open, and
flrong clyfters ; nervous, attenuating, and ftim-
ulating medicines, as valerian, caftor, muftard,
fait of hartfhorn, horfe-radifh, &c. flinging

the part with nettles, or muftard, or other warm

Simulating application rubbed into them, and
that part of the fpine from which the nerves
ferving the part ifTue. Electricity and dry fric-
tions are good, as are alfo chalybeate, and
Bath or Briftol waters.
Palfy of the lower ex'..;-mities, arifing from ca-
ries of the fpine, and accompanied with a dif-
toi tion of it, has been frequently cured by ap-

plying a large caufhc on each fide of the pro-

tuberant vertebra, and keeping the ulcers open
as uTues.

PARAPHYMOSIS. See Phymojis.

PAREIRA BRAVA, root.

Diuretic, attenuant ; "^fs. to 3ij. Alfo in de-
coction.

PARSLEY, ROOT AND SEED.

Stimulant, diuretic. PARSNIP,
 PAR PEM ior

PARSNIP, WATER.
The exprefTed juice, §ij. to 3-iv. every morning,
in cutaneous difeafes.
PECTORALS.
Oblunding. Oils of almonds, olives, and linfeed,
fpermaceti, linfeed, honey, liquorice, troches
of ftarch, compound powder of tragacanth.
Balfamic. Balfams of Peru and Tolu, ben-
jamin, ftorax, fulphur, fulphurated oil, ful-

phurated fofftl tar. Sedative. Camphorated

tincture of opium.

PELLITORY OF SPAIN, root.

Stimulant. Chiefly as a mafticatory.
OF THE WALL.
Mildly diuretic, aperient, emollient ; Jij. or iij.

of the exprefTed juice.

PEMPHIGUS.
Symptoms. Fever, accompanied with the fuc-
ceflive eruption from different parts of the
body, internal as well as external, of veficles
about the fize of an almond, which become
turgid with a faintly yellowifh ferum, and in
three or four days fubfide.
Treatment. The debility and tendency to pu-
trefaction indicate the bark and cordials yet :

a few grains of mild muriated quickfilver at

night, with a cathartic in the morning, have
been fuccefsful. When veficles appear on in-
I 2 ternal
io2 PEN PER
ternal parts, irritation mufl be guarded againlt
by opiates, demulcents, and gentle laxatives.

PENNYROYAL.
Stimulant, antihyfteric. Essential oil or.
gt. i. to v. Spirit of. 5j* t0 5 nj- Wa-
ter, of. ^ifs.

PEPPER, BLACK, the berry;

CAYENNE, the capsule LONG, the ;

FRUIT.
Thcfe are all hot and ftimulant ; the Cayenne
mofr. fo. "Ellis may be given to gr. vj. or viij.

PEPPERMINT.
Stimulant. Essential oll of. gt. fs. to ij.

Spirit of. gt. xx. to lx. Water of. §fs.

to gij.

PERIPNEUMONY,
OR INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS.
Symptoms. Difficult breathing, with oppreffion
and feeming load at the bread ; the breath
hot ; cough ; fever; rednefs in the face ;
pulfe fometimes hardly perceptible, but after
bleeding, fhong, though unequal. Differs
from a Pleurify in the cough being more
moid, the pain lefs acute, and the pulfe not fo
ihong.
Ti (fttment. Bleed repeatedly, if neceffiiry ; and
give nitre, with fpermaceti, or oil of almonds,
fait
 PER PHL 103

fait of hartihorn, gentle antimonials, or the

like. Cooling emollient clyfters are ufeful, as
are alfo bliftering and cupping,
PERIPNEUMONY, BASTARD.
Symptoms. Heat and cold alternately ; pain and
giddinefs of the head, when the cough is
mod troublefome ; vomiting ; quick, difficult
breathing, and wheezing ;
pain of the bread ;

urine with red fediment.

turbid, Differs
from a true Peripneumony, in not having ex-
traordinary heat, pain, thirft, or fever ; by its

ufually feizing of a relaxed and grofs

thofe
habit ; and by prevailing moft in moid foggy
weather, contrary to the other.
Treatment. Bleed not, unlefs the pulfe be very
full, and comatofe fymptoms appear ; blifters,

emetics, laxatives, emollient clyfters, attenu-

ants and diluents ; pedorals for the cough,
and opiates if neceffary.

PHLEGMON,
OR SUPERFICIAL INFLAMMATION.
Symptoms. Heat, pain, tenfion, rednefs, and
throbbing in the part ; fever ; if not refolved,
the part proceeding to fuppuration, gangrene,
or fcirrhus.
Treatment. Remove any perceivable external
caufe ; bleed, purge, and give diaphoretic feb-
fomentations and
rifuges ; a
ppty emollient
poultices
104 PHR PHY
poultices to the part, or preparations of lead.
If matter form, ceafe evacuation, and forward
the fuppuration ; when ripe, open the abfcefs,

and digeft. If gangrene appear, treat as di-

rected under that article.

PHRENSY, PHRENITIS,
OR INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN.
Symptoms. Conftant delirium and fever, difficult
breathing, violent pain in the head augmented
by light ; great fenfibility to found rednefs ;

of eyes and face pulfe quick, hard, and

;

fmall tongue black and dry ; urine thin and

;

tranfparent ; fudden ftartings picking the;

bed-clothes. Known from a common fever,

Sec. by the delirium preceding the fever.
Treatment. Bleed largely ftimulating clyfters,
;

blifters, the pediluvium, and finapifms to the

feet fpirituous embrocations to the head, firit

;

fhaved. Nitre, fait of hartlhorn, or other at-

tenuants, purges, and diluents ; opiates, if

neceflary ;
promoting the hxmorrhoidal flux
is of great ufe.

PHTHISIS. See Confumptlon.

PHYMOSIS and PARAPHYMOSIS.
Symptoms. The firfl is a clofing of the prepuce
over the glans penis, fo as not to be drawn
back ; the Lift, a conitritfrion of it behind the
glans, fo as not to be drawn over it.

Treatments
 PIL PIM 105

Treatment. Foment, and purge ;

poultice, bleed,
vomit if necefTary ; and give cooling febrifu-
ges. If thefe fail, proper inciiions mud be
made.
PILES,
OR. PAINFUL TUMOURS IN THE ANUS OR
RECTUM.
Treatment. Bleed, if neceflary ; and give ful-
phur, or quickfilver with fulphur, nitre, and
elect, of fenna ; if very painful, opiates ; if
they be external, foment them with warm
emollient liquors, or anoint them with oint-
ment of elder, or the like ; if they bleed
much, apply gentle aftringents ; if much fwell-
ed and inflamed, fcarify, or apply leeches to
them. Sulphurated oil is very proper to ap-
ply to the Piles, and the ointment of quick-
filver has alfo been found ufeful. They may
more expeditioufly be driven away by lini-
ments made of powder of galls, or acetated
cerufTe, orby waihing them with folutions of
white or blue vitriol. But as the hemorrhoi-
dal difcharge is generally falutary, caution mud
be ufed in repelling it.

PIMENTO, BERRY
%
Aromatic, ftimulant ;
gr. xv. to 5j. Spirit of.
3fs. to 5ij. Water of. §j.

PIMPLES.
Treatment. Wafh them with a folution of ace-
tated
io6 PIN PL A
tated cerufTe, or vltriolated zinc. Ifthefc
fail, try camphorated fpt. a fblution of prepar-
ed kali, or white calx of quickfilver mixed
with pomatum. If they proceed from foul
blood or a fcorbutic caufe (as it is termed)
treat them with alteratives, as directed for the
Land Scurvy ; with now and then a cooling
purge.

PINK, INDIAN, root.

Sedative, anthelmintic ; 5j« t0 3^s « Alfo in

infufion, 5iij. to £iv.

PITCH, BURGUNDY.
Stimulant, epifpaftic, externally applied. Com-
pound plaster of. The fame.

PLAGUE.
Symptoms. Shivering ; pain in the head, back,
and ftomach ; ficknefs and vomiting ; def-
pondency; anxiety; difficult breathing ; wild-
nefs of countenance ; high fever ; faintings
hiccups ; and catching of the tendons. Tu-
mours at length appear in the groin, arm-pits,
or behind the ears ; and then the fever abates,
but returns if the tumours fink. Fetid breath
and fweat ; livid fpots, fometimes broad, and
Suddenly difappearing. Carbuncles arife in
the worfr. ftate of the difeafe, which feldom
fuppurate kindly, but appear as red fiery cir-
cles : they are fmall tumours, with corrupted
flefh
 PL E 107

fleih underneath, and attended with great itch-

ing. The fymptoms, however, vary accord-
ing to the conftitution and ftate of the air, but
thefe are the moft general.
Treatment. The tumours are critical, and mould
be encouraged by ripening cataplafms, and
proper cordials ; the carbuncles mould be
poulticed with cataplafms of cummin, or the
like ; and if they appear gangrenous, fcarify,
and drefs them with oil of turpentine, and
hot digeftives, as in Mortifications.
The difeafe itfelf mould be treated with diapho-
retics, antifeptics, cordials, antiphlogiftics, or
other remedies, according to the fymptoms ;
but in general, camphor, nitre, fnakeroot, and
bark, Sec. an emetic being firft given, feem
moft eligible in this dreadful diforder.
N. B. The vapour generated by nitre, efpecially
if the deflagration be made with odoriferous
ingredients, is faid to prevent infection.
Inoculation has lately been recommended in the

Plague by Dr. Samoiloiuiiz,, a Ruffian phyfi-

cian ; but if the difeafe be liable to attack
more than once, which feems to be the cafe,

this can be of no ufe.

PLEURISY.
Symptoms. Chillinefs and fhivering, fucceeded
by heat, thirft, and reftlefsnefs ; a violent acute
pain on one fide, near the ribs, extending to-
wards
168 POI POM
wards the fhoulder-blades, back, and breaft,
and word when the affected fide is lain on ;

difficult breathing ; rednefs of the cheeks

naufea ; and dry cough ; the matter fpit up,
if any, yellowifh or bloody.
Treatment as in the Peripneumony ; but repeated
bleeding, laxatives, and cooling attenuants, as
fait of hartfhorn with nitre, are chiefly to be
relied on.

POISONS.
Treatment. When thefe are taken, if the time
have been but fhort, give a ftrong emetic of
white or blue vitriol, drinking plentifully of
warm water to w'afh the ftomach ; oily clyf-
ters fhould alfo be given repeatedly ; as ihould
likewife cathartics. If muriated quickfilver
were the poifon, give a folution of any fixed
alkaline fait. If opium, or other narcotic,
give acids (as vinegar) with water or broth ;

apply blifters ; and, if neceffary, bleed. A-

gainft all mineral poifons, fulphurated kali has

been recommended. Care muft be taken to

continue thefe operations a fufficient time

afterwards the ftomach and bowels fhould be
healed with proper balfamic remedies, broths,
&c.
POMEGRANATE, shell and flowers.
Tonic, aflringent ; £fs. to 5fs. Alfo in de-
coction. -
POPPY,
 POP POX 109

POPPY, CORN, FLOWER?.

Weakly fedative.

POPPY, WHITE, head.

Sedative. Syrup of. ^fs. to ^ifs. Extract
of. As opium, in about double the dofe.
POWDER, ALOETIC.
Cathartic, deobftruent ; "^fs. to 51s-

WITH GUAIACUM.
Deobftruent, fudorific, antirheumatic ;
gr. v. to x.
Cathartic ; j)j. t0 9'j*

WITH IRON.
Emmenagogue ; "^fs. to §k.
ANTIMONIAL.
See jfntimony.
AROMATIC.
Gr. v. to 9j.
OPIATE.
Gr. x. contain 1 of opium.

P O X. See Venereal Difeafe.

POX, CHICKEN; or SWINE POX.
Symptoms. Chillinefs, heat, and the ufual pre-
curfory fymptoms of fever ; but milder than
in the fmall pox. The eruptions appear about
the third day. They rife like thofe of the
fmall pox, but may be known from them by
the matter being more like water than pus
K by
mo POX QJJA
by little veficles, or bladders filled with water
on the top of fuch puftules as are whole ;
and by their turning about the fifth day
which the others do not till at leafr. the feventh.
Treatment. Cooling febrifuges, as nitre, with
magnefia, antimonials, faline draughts, &c. and
diluents ; and afterwards two or three purges.
The Swine Pox is only a -larger fort of Chicken
Pox.
POX, SMALL. See Small Pox.
PROCIDENTIA, vel PROLAPSUS ANI,
OR BEARING DOWN OF THE RECTUM.
Treatment. Corroborants, as bark, &c. laxa-
tives, clyfters, and aperientt, if coftive ; clyf-

ters of infufion of rofes, or other bracers;

chalybeates and cold bathing. N. B. If there
be inflammation, emollient fomentations and
poultices. The part fhould be gently reduc-
ed, and kept up with a bandage ; reft and an
horizontal pofture are proper.
Prolapsus Uteri. Treatment as in the pre-
ceding cafe. PefTaries are alfo proper to be
worn.
PRUNES.
Laxative, cooling.

QJJ A S S I A,
WOOD, BARK, AND ROOT.
Tonic, corrector of putrid bile ; grs. v. to xv.
in infufion. QUICK-
 QJJ I in
QJJICKSILVER.
All the preparations of quickfilver, taken inter-
nally, are antivenereal, alterative, deobftruent,
and vermifuge. Taken freely they induce
falivation. Thenow directed by
preparations
the college are Acetated. gr. ij. to vj.
:

Calcined, gr. fs. to ij, Muriated. gr.

-r& to fs. Mild muriated, or Calomel.
r Red
gr. i. PiLLS
to iv^ |}fs. to 3fs. of.
sulphurated, gr. iij. to *)j. Vitriolat-
ed. gr. fs. to j. As an emetic ; gr. iv. to
iij- Alfo an errhine. With chalk.
|}j. to 5^s * With sulphur, '^j. to 3j.
The following are for external ufe. Red
nitrated. Efcharotic. White calx
of. Repellent, difcutient. Ointment of,
milder and stronger. The fame. The
latter is generally employed to excite faliva-
tion. Ointment of nitrated. Chiefly
in cutaneous affections. Ointment of
white calx of. The fame. Plaster
of ammoniacum with. Refolvent. Plas-
ter of litharge with. The fame.
QJLTINC'E, fruit and seed.
Fruit, cooling, reflringent. Seed, obtunding.

QJJ I N C Y.
Symptoms. Inflammation of the throat, with
pain, great heat, tumour, rednefs, difficulty
in
ii2 RAI RHE
in fwallowing, and fever ; the uvula fome-
limes relaxed and inflamed ; the face red.
Treatment. Bleed according to exigency ;
open the body ; blifters to the back, and near
the part ; gargle with water of ammonia
And cornp. decoct, of barley, ftrong of the
former ; poultice the part with bread and
. milk, to which camphor may be added; and
the liniment of ammonia may alfo be applied.
If it fuppurate, ceafe to evacuate ; and inhale
emollient (learns. When ripe open the ab-
fcefs ; afterwards gargle with infulion of rofes
and tincl. of myrrh.
RAISINS.
Obtunding, aperient.
RASPBERRY, the fruit.
Cooling, antifeptic.
RATTLESNAKE-ROOT.
Diuretic, diaphoretic, antifeptic ; j)j. to 3&.
It fometimes lalivates.

REFRIGERANTS.
Nitre, water of acetated ammonia, cryftals of
tartar, forrel, Ample oxymel, tamarinds,
prunes, fummer fruits, acids.

RESIN, YELLOW, cerate of.

Digeftivc. Ointment of. The fame.
RHEUMATISM, acute.
Symptoms. Rigor, fhivering, fever, thiiftj cof-

rivenefi,
 R H E 113

tlyenefs,wandering gnawing pains, with

fwellingand rednefs in the part afFe&ed.
The pain worfe towards night, and in bed.
Treatment. Bleeding ; fait of hartlhorn, nitre,
camphor, guaiacum, antimonials, or the
like ; laxatives, and opiates occafionally.
The part may be rubbed with lin. of foap,
camphor, and oil ; lin. of ammonia, &c.
Warm fomentations are good j the part may
be covered with flannel, diluents mould be
freely given, and a diaphorefis kept up.
When the urine depofits a copious fediment,
the bark may be given ; it may be joined
with fome of the above, and opium, may b^
occafionally added.
RHEUMATISM, chronic.
Differs from the acute, in that not attended it is

with fever or inflammation in the part ; and

chiefly attacks thofe advanced in life, contra-
ry to the other.
Treatment, If necerfary, bleed, and purge with
.

eledt. of fcammony, lenna, &c. Compound

powder of ipecacuanha, or other anodyne
fudorific, may be given : calomel in fmall
dofes, with wine of antim. has been found ef-

ficacious ; as hath likewife precipitated ful-

phur of antimony, with camphor, about three
grains of each. Bark and farfaparilJa are
given by fome ; but gum guaiacum with vol-
K 2 atile
u+ RHU RIC
atile fait?, the guaiacura with an opiate, or
faitof hartfhorn with nitre, and the camph.
mixture, according to circumftances, are gen-
erally fuccefsful. Sydenham praifes con-
•ferve of arum. Warm embrocations to the
part, and flannel, are alfo ferviceable cold ;

bathing, where not improper on other ac-

counts a flannel fhirt worn next the fkin,
;

is good preventive of a return. N. B.

a
Muftard has been effectual, taken inwardly,
and rubbed into the part. Electricity, fric-
tion, and exercife of the part, are ufeful.

RHUBARB, root.
Cathartic j '3j« t0 5j- or. more. Stomachic;
gr. iv. Tincture, compound
to 5fs.
tincture, and wine of. 3j. to 3ij. As
a cathartic ; %(s. to ^ij,

RICKETS.
Symptoms, The head large ; the fontanels keep
long open ; the face full and florid ; the
teeth produced with difficulty, dark, irregu-
lar, and apt to decay ; the joints knotty, and
the bones protuberant, caufing incurvation
.ind diflortion ;' the ribs protuberate, and be-
come crooked ; the belly fwells ; cough and
pulmonary diforders fucceed. The difeafe
ufually appears about the eighth month, and
continues till the fixth year j the child moves
weakly
 RIN RUP 115

weakly and waddles; the understanding is

very early.
Treatment. Cold bathing ; friction ; bathing
the back with fpirituous embrocations, or
warm balfamic liniments ; ftrengthening
plafters ; gentle vomits of ipecacuanha
purges with rhubarb and quickfilver with
fulphur ; bark, chalybeates, air, and exer-
cife.

RING WORMS. See Tetters.

ROSE, DAMASK, the flower leaf.
Laxative. Water of. As a perfume.
RED, THE FLOWER LEAF.
Aftringent ;
gr. v. to Sfs. Conserve of.
5j. to 3ij. or more. Infusion of. ^ij.-to
§iv. Honey of. A
mild, cooling, deter-
gent. Chiefly in gargles.
ROSEMARY, top and flower.
Cephalic, carminative, nervous, in infufion. Es-
sential oil of. gt. ij. to iv. Spirit of.
3fs. to 3j- Externally as a ftimulus.
RUE.
Nervous, antifpafmodic, alexipharmic, antipefH-
lential ; ^fs. t0 3j» Alfo in infufion. Juice
•
in clyfters, vermifuge. Extract of. "^fs.
to9j.
RUPTURES. Set Hernia.
SAFFRON.
n6 SAF SAR
SAFFRON.
Cordial, gr. iij. to 3j. alfo in infufion. Syrup
of. 3j. or more.
SAGAPENUM.
Aperient, ftimulant, nervous ; gr. v. to $(s.

twice a day.

SAGE, THE LEAF.

Tonic.
ST. JOHN'S-WORT, flower.
Tonic.
SAL AMMONIAC.
Attenuant, febrifuge ;
gr. v. to ^j. Diuretic,
diaphoretic ; to 3j. In a large dofe it proves
emetic Externally difcutient.

SALT, COMMON.
Stimulant. Chiefly in clyfters. A
table fpoon-

ful, taken dry, has been found very efficacious

in flopping haemoptyfis.

SANDERS, RED, wood.

Slightly tonic.
SARCOCOLLA.
Obtunding, flightly ftimulant.

SARSAPARILLA, root.
Alterative, antivenereal, obtunding, tonic, 5^-
to 5ij.Decoction of. fofs. to ft>j.
Com-
pound, The fame. This is an elegant
roodc of preparing the Lifoon Diet Drink.
SAS-
 SAS SCA 117

SASSAFRAS,
WOOD, ROOT, AND BARK OF THE ROOT.
Alterative, antiscorbutic, tonic, fudorific ; dofe
as in Sarfaparilla. Essential oil of. gi.

j. to x.
SAVIN, LEAF.
Stimulant, diuretic, emmenagogue ; ^Cs. to 5>
In infufion, ^ij. to §iv. Compound tinc-
ture of. gt. x. to 5j. Extract of. 3fs.
to $ij.

SCALDS, OR BURNS.
Treatment. Apply
of linfeed alone, or
oil •

mixed with an equal quantity of limewater ;

but preparations of lead have been found par-
ticularly beneficial ; afterwards cerate of
calamine, or other cicatrizer. If inflamma-
tion render it neceflary, bleed and purge.
SCA LD-HEA D.
Treatment. Rub the part with ointments made
of fulphur, pitch, tobacco, or the like
; the
ointment of white calx of quickfilver has
been ufed with fuccefs ; bathing with felt
water mercurials, antimonials, or other al-
;

teratives ; blifters kept open, and iflues, are

proper.
S C A M M O N Y.
Cathartic ;
gr. v. to ^j. Compound powder
of. gr. iy. to xvj. -with aloes, to

ft.
Ii3 SCI SCR
3j- WITH CALOMEL. tO ^j. ELECTU-
ARY OF. 3fs. to 3ij.

SCIATICA.
Symptoms. A fixed pain in the hip, like the
rheumatifm. Called alfo the Hip Gont and
Jfch'tas.
Treatment as in Lumbago.
SCIRRHUS, OR HARDENED GLANDS.
Treatment. Endeavour to difperfe by mercu-
rial unction, ext. of hemlock, or mercu-
rials, with, farfaparilla, &c. and occafional
purges. If it incline to fuppurate, treat it

as directed in abfceflcs, &c. If it neither dif-

perfe nor fuppurate, extirpation is the only
cure, whereit can be done ; otherwife treat
it with coolers, and occalionai anodynes.

S C O R D I U M.
Aflxingent.
SCROPHULA.
Symptoms. Scirrhous unequal, tumours, which
do not readily fuppurate, afTecting the glan-
dular parts, but chiefly on the fides of the
neck ; frequently an enlargement of the
nofe and upper lip, and fometimes of the
belly.
Treatment. Purge occafionally with jalap and
calomel ;and give alteratives, as. calomel,
v/ith precipitated fulph. of amimon. or fome
other
 s c u 119

other ; millepedes are good ; burnt fponge

with rhubarb ; fea-water internally before
fuppuration, and bark and fea-bathing after
they foften ; exercife is good
;
grofs and
high feafoned diet muft be avoided ; vegeta-
ble acids, efpecially Seville oranges, are prop-
er ; electricity is fometimes beneficial. Mu-
riated barytes has lately been much com-
mended.
^^
SCURVY.
Symptoms. Heavinefs, laflitude, low spirits j
ofFenfive breath ; tender gums ; fallow bloat-
ed countenance hemorrhages from the nofe
;

and mouth ; difficult breathing ; fwelling of

the legs; yellow, purple, or livid fpots on
the fkin ; tumours in the limbs ; contraction
of the tendons of the ham. Other fymptoms
occur, but they differ in different fubje&s, as
do likewife thofe above mentioned ; and the
difeaie is in general fufficiently known. It is,

however, diftinguifhed into S*a and Land

Scurvy.
Treatment. In the Sea Scurvy, the juices are
difpofed to putridity from the ufe of animal
food, and moift air ; antifeptics therefore
will be proper, as vegetables, vegetable acids,
fruit,cyder, &c. Infufion of malt, in defeft
of thefe, or liquors made of molaffes or fugar.
Bark and vitriolic acid are good. Liquids
impregnated
 120 SCU SED
impregnated with fixed air for common drink,
and wholefome Chalybeates have been
air.

found ferviceable, efpecially when joined with

the bitters, or bark. Burying the patient up
to the chin in frefh dug earth has been found
extremely ferviceable.
The Land Scurvy (improperly fo called) is
rather a cutaneous difeafe ; fcurfy or fcabby
eruptions appear, either partially, or more uni-
verfally ; often with itching and heat.
The antimonial alteratives, with gentle mercu-
rials, are frequently efficacious ; lime water,
or the compound juice of fcurvygrafs, may
be ufed with them. Cryftals of tartar and
flowers of fulphur are good. The parts may
be anointed with faturnine liniments, with a
little white calx of quickfilver, if necefiary.

SCURVY GRASS, GARDEN.

Stimulant, antifcorbutic ; the juice or infufion,
£ij. to §iv. twice a day. Compound juice
of. 3J. to iv.

SEDATIVES.
Soporific.Opium, poppy, animal oil, oil of
wine, compound fpirit of vitriolic aether,
of nitrous and vitriolic ather.
fpirits Nar-
cotic. Blue wolf's-bane, deadly night-fhade,
hemlock, bay leaf, bitter almond, Indian pink.
Topical. Opium, preparations of lead, cerate
of foap. SENEKA.
 SEN SKI 121

SENEKA. See Rattlefnake-root.

SENNA, THE LEAP.
Cathartic; 5j. to 5iij. Compound powder
of. 3fs. to 5j. Electuary of. tfs. to §ij.
Extract of. Simple infu-
^ij. to 5j.
sion of. |j. to |ij. Tartarised infusion
of. The fame. Tincture of. gfs. to |ij.
SET ON, to make.
Pinch up the fkin and fat with the finger an J
thumb, and run a proper needle through them,
armed with a fkain of filk or thread fmeared
with disreftive ointment which mull be fhift-
:

ed a little every day, fo as to keep both ori-

fices running.

SHINGLES. See Tetters.

SIALAGOGUES.
Topical. Tobacco, pellitory of Spain, arum,
angelica, pepper, cloves. Internal. Prepara-
tions of quickfilver, rattlefnake-root.

SILVER, NITRATED.
Formerly Lunar Caujlic.

SIMAROUBA, bark.
Tonic, aftringent ;
$fs. to 3fs. Alfo in de-
coction.

SINGULTUS. See Hiccups.

SKIN, diseases OF. See Cutaneous Difeafe:.

L SLOES.
i22 SLO SMA
SLOES.
Aftringent. Conserve of. 3ij. to §ij.

SMALL-POX.
Symptoms. Chillinefs ; fhivering ; heat ;
pain
in the head and back ; ficknefs and pain at
the ftomach, and fometimes vomiting ; fever
coftivenefs ; convulfive fits fometimes in chil-

dren, which is a good fymptom. On the

third or fourth day the eruptions appear, like
flea-bites, in the face, breaft, arms, body and
feet fucceflively, with pains and forenefs in the
throat. The eruption being completed, the
fever goes off or abates. The eruptions fill,

or maturate like boils, and the fkin between

them is red the ej^e-lids, face, hands and
;

feet fwell fucceflively ; the pocks, from red,

grow whitifh and fmooth in the body, yellow

and rough in the face, and are full of white
matter. About the feventh day from the
eruption (fometimes the ninth) they dry, or
turn, as it is called, and fcale off, leaving red
marks, and fometimes pits behind.
Treatment. If the pulfe be full and ftroiig at
the beginning, bleed and, if neceflary, or the
;

period be fufficiently early, purge, and give

an emetic. During the eruptive fever, cool-
ing febrifuges, with laxatives, or clyfters oc-
cafionally ; but if the fymptoms require it (as
low
 SMA 123

towpulfe, &c.) gentle cordials and diaphoret-

ics. After the eruption, little is generally
required but a gentle anodyne at night, proper
diluents, and, if neceflary, opening clyfters,
&c. If purging come on, check it with cau-
tion if delirium or fever, apply blifters
; and ;

if the pock finks, give bark, with proper dia-

phoretics and cordials ;. efpecially if malignant
or putrid fymptoms, or petechias appear. Spt.
of vitriolic aether is alfo good in thefe cafes,
as are finapifms to the feet.
Pn the confluent kind, all the fymptoms are worfe
than in the diftintl. The eruption makes its
appearance a day or two later, and does not
come to its height till the eleventh or four-
teenth day after ; the fever alfo continues af-
ter the eruption appears, and a falivatton comes
on, which mult by no means be checked.
The patient requires to be fupported more in
this cafe than in the other ; care, however,
mud be taken in both kinds to avoid too
much heat, or a heating regimen ; and pure,
and even cool air, where no objection appears,
is falutary. If the puftules be opened, and
the matter let out, fo much the better ; ef-

pecially if danger of their (inking or ftriking

in appears. Purging is efteemed proper after
this difeafe.
To inoculate for the S?na!l Pox, take a little mat-
ter
i2< SNA SOA
ter from a puftule, after the eruptive fever, on
the point of a lancet, and infert it in the arm
(by making a fmall puncture or two) between
the true and fcarf fkin, which may afterwards
be preffed down with the flat fide of the lan-
cet. Three or four days afterwards the punc-
tures appear inflamed ; in about three days

more, the precurfory fymptoms come on, and

at length the eruption.
Previous to the inoculation, a mercurial purge
or two may be adminiftered, if the patient be
of a full or grofs habit ; and he mould alfo
be retrained to a milk and farinaceous or
vegetable diet, avoiding efpecially high feafon-
ed food. It is found beft to keep him out of
b.d, and much in the cold air. The fymp-
toms are generally fo favourable, that little af-

fidance is required from medicine, except a

few mercurial purges after the diforder goes
off.

SNAKEROOT, VIRGINrAN.
Stimulant, tonic ; r)fs. to gfs; Alfo in infu-

fion to 5j. or ii. Tincture of. 5j- t0 5> v<

SOAP.
Diuretic, icteric, lithontriptit, attenuant ; j)j. to
5 ij. twice a day. Cerate of. Aftringent,
iedative. Compound liniment of. Dif-
cuuent, fcrengtheninij. Plaster of. Re-
solvent. SORE
 SOR SPH 125-

SORE THROAT, putrid. See Angina

maligna.

SORREL, COMMON, leaves.

Cooling, antifeptic.

WOOD, LEAVES.
The fame. Conserve of. At pleafure.

SOUTHERNWOOD.
Tonic, antifeptic.

SPASMS. See Convulfions.

SPERMACETI.
Peroral, obtunding, emollient ; '3j. to 5j.
Ointment of. Healing, foftening.
SPHACELUS,
OR complete mortification.
Symptoms. This fucceeds a Gangrene (which,
fed) if it cannot be ftopt : the part lofes all

fenfation, and yields an intolerable fmell.

Treatment as in Gangrene. When the repara-
tion is advanced, amputate the limb, or cut
out the part, if it can be done with fafety ;
perfifting in the ufe of the bark, &c. till a com-
plete digeftion is procured. When accom-
panied with convulfive fpafms, or occafioned
by them, or by local injury producing irrita-
tion, large and frequent dofes of muflc and
fait of hartlhorn have proved very efficacious.
The dofes have been augmented from *^fs. to

5ij.ofeach. SPIRIT,
X. 2
126 SPI STI
SPIRIT, CAMPHORATED.
Externally ftimulant, difcutient.

SPLEEN. Sec Hypochondriacal and Hyjlcric

Difeafes.

SPONGE.
Externally ftyptic. Burnt. Stimulant, refol-

vent ; V)j. to 5fs.

SPRAINS. See Strains.

SQUILL, root.
Stimulant, diuretic, expectorant ;
gr. iij. to viij.

Emetic; ^fs. to ^j. Conserve of. 5fs.

to 5j. Oxymel of. 5^s ' t0 5^s « Emetic;

%fe. Pill of. gr. v. to xx. Vinegar
of. 5fs. to 5j. Emetic; £fs. Honey of.

5fs. to 5ifs. Emetic; to gfs. Tincture

of. 5fs. to 5j.

STARCH, MUCILAGE OF.

An ufeful clyfter in diarrhoea. Troches of.

Peroral.
STAVESACRE, seed.
Externally in fbme kinds of cutaneous erup-

tions, and for deftroying vermin.

STIMULANTS.
Electricity, sether, mufk, volatile alkalis, alcohol,
wine, rectified oil of amber, efTential oils, Ger-
man leopard's bane, afarabacca, Syrian herb-
maftic, pellitory of Spain, pepper, muftard,
horfe-
 STI STO 127

horfe-radifh, arum, fquill, ammoniacum, fnake-

root, zedoary, contrayerva, pepper-mint, mar-
joram, penny-royal, favine, elecampane, eryn-
go, fcurvy grafs, water-crefs, dill, cummin,
coriander, wild carrot, parfley, afTafoetida, fa-
gapenum, opoponax, frankincenfe, farcocolla,
borax, common fait, tar, fulphurated foflil tax

and oil, compound tincture of benjamin, min-

eral acids, Aromatlcs. Externally. Oil of
turpentine, camphorated fpirit, fpirit of rofe*
mary, ladanum, gum elemi, Epifpajiks.

STINGS, VENOMOUS.
Treatment as in Bites.

STOMACH, INFLAMMATION OF.

Symptoms. Heat, pulfation, and acute pain in
the part, which is increafed by fwallowing ;
tenfion at the pit of the ftomach anxiety ; ;

continual retching ; hiccup ; fmall, weak, in-

termitting pulfe.
Treatment. Bleeding, emollient liquids, and
clyfters ; fomentations ; gentle opiates ; blis-
ters ; mucilage of gum arabic ; with fmall
dofes of nitre occafionally.
STOMACH, pain in. See Heart-burn.
STOMACHICS.
Gentian, camomile, orange and lemon peel, co-
lumbo, quaflia, bark, rhubarb, eflential oil of
juniper, plafter of ladanum.
STONE
rc8 ST'O
STONE and GRAVEL.
Symptoms. Pain in the back and loins, or the
region of the bladder ; naufea ; vomiting ;

ftrangury fometimes bloody urine ;

; coftive-
nefs ; retraction of the tefticle of the affedt-
ed fide ; numbnefs down the thigh and leg.
When the calculus is got into the bladder, the
pain in the kidneys abates, and the urine be-
comes turbid.
Treatment. Bleed, if no objection appear ;

draughts with oil of almonds and large quan-

tities of gum arabic, with manna and opium
added occafionally. As folvents, the water
of pure kali from x. to xxx. or Ix. drops in
veal broth twice a day. Soap, oyfter-lhells,
and lime-water, are alfo good
in fome ; and
cafes, the faitof hartihorn, or marine acid.
Water impregnated with fixed air, or the
mephitic alkaline water, and the effervefcent
mixture, have been found folvents in fome
cafes ; as have alfo fpt. of nitrous sether, uva
urfi, live millepedes, and decoction or oil of
juniper. In violent fits of the diforder, the
fcmicupium is good ; and clyfters with Venice
turpentine, or oil of turpentine, and opium.
In naufea and vomiting, the faline draughts,
with tincl. of opium ; and care mould be taken
to keep the body properly open with cathar-
tics of the coojing faline kind, or rather with

nunnay
 S TO S UD uzf

manna, caftor oil, and inf. of fenna, or other

mild purge. Milk of almonds, decoction of
marlhmallow rools, or the like, may be ufed
freely as common drink. (See alfo Colic,

Stone; and Urine, Supprejfion of.)

STORAX.
Peroral, tonic ;
gr. v. to "j)j.

STRAINS.
If internal, give fpermaceti, or compound tinc-
ture of benjamin, with fpruce beer. If out-
ward, apply lin. of foap, vinegar, lin. of am-
monia, or arquebufade. If there be inflam-
mation, foment and poukice, bleed and purge.
STRANGURY.
Symptoms. A
difficulty of making water, attend-
ed with heat or fcalding: it often proceeds
from blifters.

Treatment. Give milk of almonds or mucilage

cf gum arabic freely. If thefe fail,bolufes of
camphor and opium. See Urine.
STYPTICS.
Blue vitriol, alcohol, compound tincture of ben-
jamin, vitriolated iron, alum, acetated cerufle,
lint, flour, fponge. Internal. All ajlringents.

SUDORIFIC S.

Cahfacient. Guaiacum, contrayerva, fnake-root,

rattlefnake-root, faflafras, rnezereon. Stimu-
lant.
 30 SUL TAB
lant. Volatile alkalis, antimonials, fal ammo-
niac, infpuTated juice of elder-berries. Anti-
fpafw.odic. Compound powder of ipecacuanha,
opiate confection, camphor, fpirits of nitrous
and vitriolic aether, warm bath, vapour bath.
Diluent. Vinegar whey, aqueous liquors.

SULPHUR, FLOWERS OF.

Pectoral, alterative, aperient ; 3j. to 5i> Pre-
cipitated. The fame. Washed flowers
of. The fame. Ointment of. For the
itch.

SWINE-POX. See Pox, Chichen.

TABES DORSAL IS.
Symptoms. A
wafting of the whole body, at-
tended with fever, but no fpitting or cough,
by which it is known from a Pbthifs. A col-
lection of matter in fome part of the body is

ufually the caul.', but it particularly attends

the inflammation of a fcirrhous gland.
Treatment. If it arife from a fcirrhous liver,

foap, and mild chalybeates. If the fcirrhus

or abfcefs be external, open or extirpate. The
bark is often proper in thefe cafes, as is alfo

myrrh with nitre, or variolated kali. The body

muft be kept properly open but purgings;

mould be checked. Gentle exercife, whole-

fome air, and proper mild diet, with the ufe of
affes milk, and the like, are often of much

£rw<*. TAMARIND,,
 TAM TEE J3i

TAMARIND, the fruit.

Cooling, antifeptic, laxative ; at pleafure.

TANSY, FLOWER AND HERB.

Tonic, anthelmintic ; Bj. to ^ij.
TAR.
Stimulant, diuretic. Made into pills with pow-
der of elecampane ; 3^* of the mafs is given
for a dofe in diforders of the bread, cutane-
ous difeafes, &c. Of Tar-water foj. or foij.
may be drunk in a day. Ointment of.
Digeftive. Alfo in cutaneous difeafes.
- FOSSIL, or BARBADOES.
Stimulant. Oil of. The fame, but more
acrid. Sulphurated. Stimulant, pecto-
ral ; gt. v. to xx.
TARTAR, CRYSTALS OF.
Cooling, opening ; 5\j. to |j.

TEETHING.
Symptoms. Inflammation and fwelling of thft
gums, with flavering ; fever ; and fometimes
convulfions.
Treatment. Cooling febrifuges in cafe of fever
the body mould be kept gently open. If con-

vulfions arife, give tincl. of aflafcetida and car-

minatives, or oil of anifeed with magnefia ; if
arafh appear, compound powder of contrayer-
va with nitre is ufually given ; if a cough, fpef-
maceti,
 132 TEN TET
maceti, or other balfamic perioral : leeches
and blifters may be applied if neceffary ; and
if the diforder be violent, the gums mould be
lanced. Gentle anodynes are often ufeful.

TENESMUS.
Symptoms. Frequent, or even continual inclina-
tion to go to ftool, without occafion, or being
able to void any.
Treatment. Clyfters, with mutton brcth and
opium ; or with ftarch, oil, and compound
powder of chalk ; or with fpermaceti, fuet,
or the like. Spermaceti with opium may al-
io be given inwardly.
TESTICLES, INFLAMED.
Treatment. Bleed, purge, and even vomit, if
neceffary, in order to caufe revulfion.
Warm emollient fomentations and poultices
are ufually recommended but cold applica-
;

tions to the part are much more efficacious.

Febrifuges and gentle diaphoretics, with an I

opiate at night, are good. If matter form,

open and let it out. The tefticles mould be
Impended, and the patient kept as much as

poffible in an horizontal pofture.

TETANO S.
Symptoms. A
rigid and painful contraction
of the mufcles of the neck and trunk of,
the body, drawing it backwards or for-1
wards!
 TET 133

wards in a curve, with convulfions ; fome-

times an attempt to fwallow liquids pro-
duces general convulfion, as in hydrophobia.
Treatment. Give large dofes of mufk and
opium, keeping the body open with caftor
oil, or other proper purge. The warm bath,
emollient fomentations and fpirituous embro-
cations to the parts, are good ; fo are fait of
hartfhowi, nervous medicines, and clyfters
with turpentine and opium. If it be the con-
fequence of local injury, excite inflamma-
tion in the part injured. After the difordcr
give bark, or other reftoratives.

TETTERS.
Treatment. They may be touched with ink,
a weak folution of or zinc,
vitriolated iron
acetated cerufle, prepared kali, or muriated
quickiilver. If thefe prove too violent, foft-
ening and cooling liniments, or cream.
Camphorated fpirit and the ointment of the
white calx of quickfdver are good. Some-
times alteratives of the mercurial and antimo-
nial kind, or cooling febrifuges and purges,
are neceflary.

Pimples, Ringworms, Shingles, Grubs, Freckles,

and other like cutaneous complaints, alfo give
way to fome of the above methods.

M THISTLE,
 i

134 THI TOB

THISTLE, BLESSED.
Tonic, if lightly infufed : ftrong decoftiofl
emetic. In powder, dofe ^j. to 3j.

THROAT, SORE.
See Quincy and Angina gangrenofa.

THRUSH.
Symptoms. Little ulcers in the mouth and
throat, of a white or yellow colour. Fre-
quent in children.
Treatment. Keep the body gently open with
maguefia or rhubarb ; give the faline mix-
ture, with comp. powder of contrayerva, and
touch the ulcers now and then with fyr. of
mulberries and borax, or with alum, French
bole and honey, infalion cf rofes, Sec. See
ulfo Fever Apbihofe, Fever Miliary, Angina
gangrenofa, and Venereal Difeafe.

TIN, POWDER OF.

Vermifuge ;
5lj. to =j.

TOBACCO, leaf.
Powerfullv diuretic ; fometimes emetic, purga-
tive, and diaphoretic : frequently produces
giddinefs and naufea. If one ounce of the
bc(t Virginian tobacco be infufed in a pint of
bailing water for an hour, and §xiv. be
ib .lined off, adding to them of alcohol,
51J.
gt. xl. to Ix. or more, may be given twice a
day.
 TON TOO 155

day. An ounce ofthis infufion, in half a

pint of gruel, maybe given as a ftimulating
clyfter, inftead of the common one of tobac-
co fmoak. Soma prefer an infufion in Span-
ifh white wine, §j. to foj.

TONICS.
Iron, alum, blue vitriol, vitriolated and calcin-
ed zinc, mineral acids, bark, quaflia, colum-
bo, gentian, camomile, oak, galls, letter cen-
taury, cafcarilla, logwood, pomegranate lhell
and flower, fimarouba, tormentil, biftort,
ginzeng, zedoary, bay, blefled thiftle, worm-
wood, horehound, fouthernwood, cincaiefoil,
tanfy,buckbean, uva urfi, mint, fage, balm,
elm, clove-july-flowers, valerian, fnake-root,-
contrayerva, iaflafras, farfaparilla, coltsfoot,
orris, kino, balfams of Canada, Capivi, and
Peru, frankincenfe, turpentine, maftic, myrrh,
olibanum, florax, compound tiniture of ben-
jamin, amber, dragon's-blood. Topical.
Vinegar, camphorated fpirit, liniment of
foap, AJlr'ingents.

TOOTH-ACHE.
Treatment. If hollow or decayed, apply com-
pound tincture of benlamin, or fome eflential
oil, upon cotton, to the part or pills with
;

camphor and opium ; or chew the root of

pellitory of Spain. _Some burn the nerve -
 136 TOR TUR
with vitriolic or nitrous acid, or a hot iron ;

or touch the antihelix with the latter. If

there be inflammation, bleeding, purging, and
blifters behind the ears. If it proceed from
Cold or Rbeumatifm, treat it as directed for
thofe complaints. Vitrioiated zinc in nau-
feating dofes has been effectual, • and like-
wife electricity.

TORMENTIL, root.
Tonic, aftringent ; ^ij. to 3j«

TRAGACANTH, gum.
Obtunding. Compound powdsr of. 5&* t0

TREMOR S.
Treatment as in Nervous Comphi'ir.ts and Pally.

TUMOURS, ENCYSTED.
Try to difperfe them with quicklrlvcr ointments
or phfters, friction, or ; if thcfe

fail, hemlock fomentations and poultices, and

give infpiihited juice of hemlock, or mercu-
rials, with farfaparilla, &c. and
purges. If you cannot difperfe the:
our at fuppuration ; if tl .dun,
where it can be done, is the only cure.

TURMERIC, root.
Aperient, diuretic ;
'Aj. to 5j.

TURPENTINE,
 TUR VAL 137

TURPENTINE, CHIO, and COMMON.

Diuretic, detergent, lrxengthening ; "j^j. to 5jfs.
The common is rarely given internally. Oil
of. Diuretic, fudorific ; gt. x. to xv. Rec-
tified oil of. gt. viij. to xij.

T U T T Y.
Externally in collyriums for the eyes ; cooling,
aftringent. Ointment of. The fame.

TYMPANY.
A collection of wind or air in the inteflines, par-
ticularly the colon, by which they become vi-
olently diftended.
Treatment. If fever and full pulfe, bleed ; keep
the body open with gentle laxatives, joined
with aromatics ; but refrain from ftrong purges,
and from carminatives not joined with proper
aperients. The belly mould be frequently
rubbed, and fwathed with flannel. Exercife
is good ; gentle corroborants, as camomile
flowers, and fmall dofes of chalybeates joined
with aromatics, are alfo very proper. It has
been relieved by clyfters with infufion of to-
bacco.

VALERIAN, WILD, r
root.
Tonic, nervous, antifpafmodic ; i}j. to Jj. or
more. Tincture of. 3j- t0 5 1V ' Alft-
moniAted. 3fs. to 3ij.

M 2
'
VARIX,
i$S VAR VEN
V R I X, A
OR ENLARGEMENT OF A VEIN.
Treatment. Keep it comprefled with proper
bandages, and, if neceflary, bleed and evacu-
ate. If thefe fail, treat it as in the operation
for Aneurifm.

VENEREAL DISEASE.
Symptoms. An itching at the orifice of the ure-
thra, fometimes extending over the whole
glans a little fulnefs of the lips of the ure-
:

thra : inflammation a difcharge from tlie

:

urethra, at firft whitifh, but fometimes chang-

ing to yellow or green, attended with pain,
and fmarting in making water, or without ei-

ther : commonly a fulnefs of the penis, par-

ticularly of the glans : frequently a forenefs
in part, or throughout the whole of the ure-
thra, occafioning pain in erection : when the
inflammation or irritability of the urethra is

great, the penis is incurvated downwards in

pain, and fome-

erection, with confiderable
times hemorrhage. Thefe fymptoms are
iometimes accompanied with fwellings of the
telricles, or fympathetic tumefactions of the
neighbouring glands. This Itage of the di£
eafe is called the virulent gonorrhoea.
Sometimes the infection is received by the viru-
lent matter remaining in contact with the pre-
puce,
 V E N 139

puce, or glans, in which it produces an ulcer,

indifpofed to heal, and. with a hardened bale ;

this termed a chancre

is if the matter pro-
:

duced by this ulcer be abforbed, we find bu-

boes in the groin blotches on the fkin, at firfl
;

attended with inflammation, which goes off,

and a white fcurf arifes, fucceffively peeling
oft and returning, at length becoming copper-
coloured, and finally forming a fcab with an
ulcer underneath ; ulcers in the throat ; nodes
on the tendons, ligaments, periofteum, and
bones caries
; and nocturnal pains.
;

Treatment. In the gonorrhea fome rely on mer-

curials given internally in fmall dofes : others
employ fome lay the chief
injections alone :

ftrefs on diuretics others combine thefe dif-

:

ferent methods. Quickfilver, however, is by

no means neceflary to the cure of this ftage of
the difeafe. If the inflammation be confider-
able, no injections fhould be ufed but thofe of
the fedative kind, as thofe compofed of opium
or lead if very great, emollients alone mufr
:

be ventured on, as milk and water, oil of al-

monds, or thin mucilage : when flight, aftrin-

gents may be employed : and in fome cafes

irritating injections are proper, as a weak fo-
lution of muriated quickfilver. Whatever
method we purfue, the conftitution fhould be
attended to, which, with the fymptoms, will
ia
14? VEN
in general bell direct the treatment. Painful
erections and chordee are frequently relieved
by opium, and in the latter leeches applied to
the part are fometimes fcrviceable at the be-
ginning.
When a gleet will not yield to the turpentine
balfams, as balf. of capivi, or aftringent injec-
tions, and amending the conftitution, irritating
injections are fometimes fuccefsful.
If the diforder be a confirmed lues, quickfilver is
the only remedy. Calomel, or calcined quick-
filver, may be given internally in fraall dofes,

or a portion of the ftrong quickfilver ointment

may be rubbed into the thighs every night.
The quantitymud depend on the conftitu-
tion of the patient. We mould always ftop
as foon as a flight forenefs of the mouth is
produced, refuming the mercurial in a few
days, and perfiiling in its till about a fort-
ufe
night after the fymptoms have difappeared,
but carefully avoiding a falivation. After the
cure, the bark, reltoratives, and a ftrengthen-
ing diet, are proper.
In obftinate venereal complaints, not yielding to
mercurials, decoctions of box-wood, woody
nightfliade, mezereon, daphne lagetto, epiden-
drum claviculatum, farfaparilla, or the outer
green {helis of walnuts, have been laid to have
proved fuccefsful.
Chancrit
 VER VIN Ht
Chancres may be drefled with fome preparation
of quickfilver mixed with ointment of wax, or
conferve of rofes. Recent ones may fome-
times be cured by confuming them with cauf-
tic, and afterwards healing : but it is never

fafe to omit the ufe of mercurials internally.

Buboes mould be difperfed by rubbing the ftrong-
er quickfilver ointment into die thigh, perine-
um, and root of the penis keeping the pa-
;

t'.ent at reft ; and the antiphlogiftic regimen.

Some recommend the liniment of ammonia

rubbed in, in the fame manner, every hour or
two.
For Hernia humoralls, fee Teflicle, inflamed.
See alfo Phymofxs.
VERDIGRIS.
Externally detergent, good, againft fungous flefh.

Ox y mel of. The fame.

VERTIGO.
Symptoms. Objects, though at reft, feem to turn
round; dimnefs of fight ; and tear of falling.

runt. Ble«l in the jugular, and cup in

the back part of the head ; blifters kept open ;
a vomit and laxatives ; the the nervous med-
p.

icines, and chalybeate waters.

VINEGA R.
antalkalme", antifeptic 5j. to gfs.
tooling, ;

Distilled. The fame, tut ftronger.

VIOLET,
14* VIO VOM
VIOLET, THE FRESH FLOWER.
Aperient.

VITRIOL, BLUE.
Emetic ^fs. to ^j.
;
Tonic ;
gr. ^ to j.

Externally efcarotic, ftyptic. Green. See

Iron. White. See Zinc.

ULCERS.
Treatment. Drefs them with proper digeftives

and if they be fungous, apply an efcar-

otic ; if foul, mix red nitrated quickfilver

with the digeftive, or ufe the oxymel of ver-
digris, or tindh of myrrh. Dry lint alone,
in fome cafes, is good. If callous, cut or eat
away the callofity. If the bone be carious,
either fcrape it, or make fmall perforations to
promote exfoliation ; or drefs with lint, ei-

ther dry, or wetted with tinit. of myrrh. If

humours abound, give proper alteratives and

purg-s ; and if putridity appear, the bark and
vitriolic acid.

VOMICA,
OR ABSCESS IN THE LUNGS.
Symptoms. Cough, difficult breathing, even after
the pain which preceded* it goes off; flight
Ihiverings, followed by heat ; a quick weak
pulfe ; ; wailing of the body ;
hectic fever
the patient cannot lie down but on the fide
aftefted.
 V O M 143

affected. It is foraetimes a i:onfequence of

pleurify.
Treatment. Gentle medicines of the turpentine
kind, balfamics and diuretics, fleams of hot
water, with half, of Tolu, benzoin, &c. receiv-
ed into the lungs ; occafional laxatives, bleed-
ing if inflammation, foft balfamic food, and
gentle exercife.

VOMITING.
Treatment. from foulnefs of iromach.
If it arife
(as bile, acidity,&c.) an emetic will be ufe-
ful and afterwards, if neceffary, a rhubarb
;

or other gentle purge ; and flomachics, co-

lumbo root, rnagnefia, opiates, &c. according
to circumftances. If from fpafms, the faline
draughts, and proper opiates : medicines of
the nervous clais, joined with laxatives and, ;

if neceffary, a blifter to the back. If from

inflammation, bleeding, cooling diluents and
draughts with proper
febrifuges, as the faline
laxatives ; and anodynes
at difcretion. If
from weaknefs of the ftomach, bark, bitters,
or other corroborants ; premifing a vomit if
judged neceffary. Chalybeate waters are alfo
proper. If the ftomach be fore, as it is
termed, the compound tincture of benjamin,
fpermaceti, or other balfamics, are good. In
vomitings, the beft form of medicine is pills.
Vomitings
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URI
Vomitings are often fymptomatic, as in fits of
the gravel, pregnancy, &c. ; the original dis-
order rnuft, in thofe cafes, claim the chief at-
tention.

VOMITING of blood. SeeBlooJ.

URINE, BLOODY.
The treatment may be hmilar to that prefcribed
for the Diabetes.

URINE,
PROFUSE DISCHARGE OF, OR DIABETES.
Symptoms. An exceflive difcharge of urine, pale
and fweet, having lofl: its natural appear-
ance and qualities, fometimes with a fragrant
odour ; the body emaciated. '

Treatment. Tonics, as bark, vitriolic acid, cha-

Jybeates, alum, bitters, and the like. Tin flute
of cantharides has been found efficacious, as
hath alfo blue vitriol, in dofes of half a grain,
twice in a day. Exercife, and l'ght, but
ftrengthening diet, are alfo proper.

URINE, SUPPRESSION OF.

Called Ifcbury, if total ; Strangury, it but in

part ; and Dyfury, if the latter be attended

with heat : by inflamma-
ufually occafioned
tion or fpafms on theneck of the bladder, in
conference of bliirers, or fome other caufe.
Tre&
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Treatment. Oily medicines, and plenty of gum

arabic, with opiates or camphor, if neceflary.
The body mould be kept open with gentle
laxatives, and emollient clyfters ; if neceflary,
bleed, foment the belly, rub the liniment of
ammonia into the perineum, and advife the
warm bath. If caruncles in the urethra be
the caufe, bougies, introduced with proper
caution, are ferviceable. When arifing from
gravel, the infufion of tobacco has been very
luccefsful, and frequently, in bilious habits,
5;fs. of pure lemon juice. Sometimes ifchury
has been removed by placing the feet and legs
in water as cold as poffible. If nothing fuc-
ceed, puncturing the bladder is the laft re-
fource.

UTERUS inflamed, &c. See Womb.

U V A U R S LEAF. I,
Tonic, antinephritic ; ^j* t0 3j«

WALNUT, UNRIPE FRUIT.

Anthelmintic ; of a watery extract about ^ij.
have been given as a dofe.

WARTS.
Touch them with fome. cauflic or efcarotic dai-
ly, paring off firft the decayed part ; or cut
them off with fciflars, and touch the roots
with blue vitriol, or the like. If it can con-
N veniently
i 46 WAT WOM
eniently be done, tie round the bottom a fine
hair, or filk thread, and they will die away.
The juice of celadine, or fpurge, rubbed over
them, is efteemed good.

WATERCRESS.
Stimulant, antifeptic ; |j. or ij. of the exprelTed
juice.

WAX.
Balfamic, antidyfenteric ; externally healing.
Ointment of. Cooling. Compound
plaster of. Drawing.

WHITES. See Fluor alius.

WHITLOW.
Treatment fimilar to that directed for Boils and
Alfcejfes.
WINE.
Stimulant, antifeptic. Oil of. Sedative, an-
tifpafmodic. Ufed for making the Camp. Sp.
of Vitriolic JEther t or Hoffmann's Anodyne
Liquor.
WOLFSBANE, BLUE.
Narcotic, and violently evacuant, in a large dofe;
and fudorific, in a fmall one ; from -£
fedative
of a gram of the exprefled juice to gr. vj.
twice a day.
WOMB INFLAMED.
Symptoms, Pulfation, pain, heat, and tumour
in
 WOM 147

in the part ; fever, tenefmus, pain on going

to (tool, and difficulty of making water.
Treatment. Bleeding, laxatives, emollient clyf-
ters,cooling febrifuges, diluting liquors, fo-
mentations and poultices, &c. as in other in-
flammations (See Stomach, Bladder, Kid-
:

neys, Sac.)but if the patient be weak, bleed-

ing and all confiderable evacuations rauft be
avoided.
If a Cancer fucceed, it mud be palliated with
gentle anodynes, occafional bleeding and lax-
atives ; and proper detergent, or other in-

jections.

WOMB RETROVERTED.
Symptoms. A of the urine and
total obftrudtion
feces, thefundus of the womb occupying the
hollow of the facrum, and the orifice being
turned towards the fymphyfis pubis. It gen-
erally happens about the third month of
pregnancy.
Treatment. Draw off the water by the cathe-
ter ; and replace the uterus, if it can eafily be
done. If it cannot, it is beft left to itfelf, as
it will naturally refume its proper pofition, if
care be taken to prevent an accumulation of
water in the bladder, by an occafional ufe of
the catheter if requifite. The flexible male

catheter is mod convenient, and fhould be

introduced
j 4* WOR
introduced flowly. After the water is drawn
off, a clyfter fhould be given, and repeated if
neceflary.

WORMS.
Symptoms. Itching of the nofe and anus ; hun-
ger, with ravenous appetite ; naufea gnaw- -,

ing pain in the ftomach or inteftines ; fetid

breath ;
and moaning
grinding of the teeth,
in fleep ; intermitting weak, pulfe, and hectic
fever ; faintings, and fometimes convulfive
fits ; palenefs ; wafting of the flefh. But
there are feveral kinds of worms. Itching
about the anus, with tenefmus, are figns of
afcarides, or fmall thread worms. Sudden
gripings about the navel, denote the common
round worms. Gnawing pains in the ftom-
ach, and voracioufnefs, the maw worms. And
a weight in the belly, like the rolling of a ball,
the taenia, or tape worm.
Treatment. Tin with rhubarb, or other
filings,

proper aperient ; fem. fanton. calomel, aethi-

ops, or oiher mercurials, every night, with a
purge now and then ; cowftch. The infufion
of bears-foot leaves is e (teemed good ; cab-
bage-tree bark has alfo been recommended.
Aloes, wormwood, rue, favine, efpecially in
clyftcrs ; and for the afcarides, oil of olives,
or the fumes of tobacco thrown up the rec-
tum ;
 '

WOR WOU r 49

turn ; for the tape worm, the male fern root

5j.every hour for three times, and prefently
after a ftrong draftic mercurial purge. See
Dr. Simmons's ingenious pamphlet on the
fubje<5l. Corroborants are proper after a
courfe of anthelmintic medicines.

WORMSEED.
Anthelmintic ; gr. v. to ^j.

WORMWOOD, COMMON.
Tonic, antifeptic, vermifuge ; §fs. to jij. of the
juice. In fomentations, difcutient.

SEA, tops.
Tonic, antifeptic. Conserve of. §fs.

WOUNDS.
Treatment. Remove extraneous fubftances ; if
the wound be Ample, clofe the lips with flips
of fticking-plafter, or the ftitch if neceflary ;

and apply lint, or wetted with

either dry,
compound tincture of benjamin, See. If nec-
effary, bleed and purge ; or give cordials, &c
according to circumftances. Drefs with fome
mild digeftive, or defenfative ; and if fungous
flefli appear, ufe efcarotics : afterwards cica-
trize.
If there be lofs of flefh, defend the part from
the air with proper, mild, vulnerary dreffings,
while nature fupplies the lofs. In other
N 2 refpccTts,
i$o ZED ZIN
refpe&s, (the future excepted) proceed as
above. If an artery or vein be wounded or
divided, apply ftyptics, ligatures, &c. accord-
ing to circumftances. If a nerve be divided
in part, (as violent pain, convulfions, and de-
lirium will indicate) divide it as muft
entirely ;

alfo be the cafe with a tendon or artery in like

circumftances. If there be fever, bleed,
purge, and give cooling febrifuges ; and if in-
•
flammation, apply emollient poultices and fo-
mentations. If the patient be low, and the
wound do not go on kindly, bark, or other
proper cordial and ftrengthening medicines,
with fuitable diet, mould be prefcribed.

ZEDOARY, root.
Tonic, flimulant; gr. x. to $fs.

ZINC, CALCINED.
Emetic, tonic, antifpafmodic ; gr. fs. to viij. It
has been increafed to 3fs. Alfo externally,
as Tutty or Calamine, to either of which it
is preferable. Vitriolated. Aftringent
gr. ij. to -x. Emetic ; gr. v. to ^Cs. Ex-
' anally, cooling, aftringent. Water of
vitriolated Z. with Camphor. Ex-
ternally aftringent. Diluted as a collyrium.

A TABLE,
A TABLE, exhibiting the Proportions
of Opium, Mercurials, and Cathartics,
contained in the fcveral Compq/ilions into which
they enter.

Opiate conftc- 7
36
gr.
, ,, :inJ o/
j Qmum
*
gr.
b I.
tion, J I
Pill of Opium, 1
* x
gr.
8
5 S
Compound pow-^|
der of Chaik \

- g •
u
with Opium, gr. *
j

43t J
Compound powO
der of Ipecacu- >• gr. I.

anha, gr. 10 J
Opiate powder, "I
u
gr. 10 \
Tintfure of Opi-1 ,u
um, m.* 3j. j
Camphorated "1

tin&ure of Opi- > >

gr -
*i
um, m. %]. J
Ointment of white 1 f White calx of
calx of Quick- 1 -j Quickfilver,

filyer, 13 parts J L 1 part.

Ointment

* Where m occurs, in this Table, it Hands for meaf-

vre, in contradiftkidion to -weight.
'5* TABLE.
Ointment of ni f Nitrated Quick-
trated Quickfil- > er i filver, 1

ver, 5 parts
Stronger oint-
1 C part.

\ Quickfilver, 1
ment of Quick-
P art -
fil ver, 2 parts 1 I
Weaker ointment "1
of Quickfilver, > 1 part.
6 parts J
Plafter of Am- '

moniacum with f
1 part.
Quickfilver, 5
parts J
Plafter of Li- ~]

tharge with
1 part.
Quickfilver, 5 j

parts
Quickfilver with"
3 parts.
Ch.lk, 8 pans
Quickfilver with
1 part.
Sulphur, 2 parts
Pill of Quickfil-'
gr. 2.
ver, gr. 5
Powder of Scam-
y Calomel, gr. I.
mcny with Cal- Scammony,
omel, gr. 4
Compound pov/-' {Scammony, gr. 4.
der of Scammo- Hard extract of
ny* g r 9 - Jalap, gr. 4.
Compound
 TABLE. 155

Compound pow-"J Scammony, gr. 3.

f
der of Scammo- I
j Hard extract of
"
ny with Aloes, J
Jalap, gr. 6.
gr. 1 J I Aloes, gr. 6.
Scammony,gr. 2.
Compound pow-
Senna, gr. 8.
der of Senna, j> J Cryftsds of Tar
gr. 19 tar, gr. 8.
Electuary of 1 ("Scammony, gr.

Scammony, ^fs. \
L 5'
Aloetic powder, 1
A1
Aloetic powder
with Guaiacum, y —— gr. I <

gr. 2
Aloetic powder
with Iron, gr.
1
}- » gr.

gr.
3.

12.
Pill of Aloes, 9j.
Pill of Aloes with gr. 14.
Myrrh, 3fs.
Wine of Aloes, 1 -^
m.
Tincfure of A1-' gr. 15.
oes, m.
Compound tine-'

of Aloes, gr. 45-

ture
m. gj. } J-

Tinfture of Jal-1
Tlnitme
ap, m. 3ij
j- ^
Wine
 TABLE.
Wine of Rhu-
Rhubarb, gfs.
of ^
barb, m. £j.
Tindure of Rhu
barb, m. 3J:
- 5&
§j. •
j
Compoundid tinc-
tine-
1
ture of '
Rhu- J-
gr. 34.
barb, m.
Tincture of Sen-'
- Senna, gr. 45.
na, m. §j.
Simple infufion of |

5ifs.
Senna, m. ^ij.
Tartarifed infu- f Senna, 5'^.
fion of jSfenna, - 1 Cryftals of Tar-
m. fx]. t tar, gr. 15.
'
Senna, gr. 25.
Pulp of Caffia,
Electuary of Sen- Bj. Pulp of
^

na, |fs. Tamarinds, ^j.

Pulp of French
Prunes, "^j.

rPulpofCaiGa,3j.
Electuary of Caf- I Manna, 5j. Pulp
J
iia, 5ij. f of Tamarinds,
I

THE END.
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