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Show and CON TRA~INDICATIONS. Of INDICATIONS, 7. When a vital Indication is urgent as well as fume other, n", vital Indication muf't be principally regarded. ‘ 8. When two unequal Indications olFer themfelves, theJ/l'i'airpfi cught to be wre‘r‘erred to the wra/cg/I'. ' g. The Indirm‘iorz: are chiefly taken from the 7141/0721sz and Le. (1127:1121, what is lie/ffzrl and what is hurtful. Io. Difeafes are cured by their Contraries. I I . Mme-r delights in caflomary Things, and fupports with Difficulty thole that are not familiar. 1'2. in great Difmfis we fhould make Ufe of the molt firming: Remedies, which {nould be adminil'rred as foon as pofi'ible. 3. [wi'z'a'Di/ia it require mild Kemtdz'cr, which {hould he give; by :1 [iii gaz‘ [.7 Time and often. 14. In mortal Diféa r: it is better to employ uncertain Ramada; than to abandon the Patient to certain Dear/2. 15. If any Remedy is likely to do more Hurt than Good it {hould dim Bleeding and flap/Gareth [afafiorm Slow Fawn, a gent and Laxative. 1H. Evacuations are never to be made in Dheafes unlefs Matter is fit for Excretion and the Patfihges open. Therefore the firft Intention in all r/eric Mflafir is to render thick Humours ..uid and moveable, to {often 717271127 725, and to relax the cozzflrifl‘rzl Paflagar ; after which the Ohltru: ions are to be opened, and the moi‘bzfc [Matter expelled. :i‘his Ital} holds good not oan in the Srurvy, L116! "UN/57W, Drnf/y, Q35aria72r, hypothaldriac M‘Zam/Jo/y, Stone, and zljf/Jma, but allo in acute Di/ira/Ls; for no Evacuation is to be made in the Height of the Family/2'71, or on thole Days which are not (riz‘n‘al. 1V. Evacuation: {hould be nude through thole Pall'oges which .rc molt convenient for the Excretion of the Humour. Carrapt bi/z'am flames/7'5 in the Stomach and Primre Via: fliould be e 'oeuated by Vomit. The infizrflr'd luff/Jim: {hould be emptied hy never be made Ute of. Laxatives and Gil/15" 3 the V‘fater in a Drojyy by Diuretics, and An Es‘mzji/c will make what has been {aid of Indication: more plain. Suppofe a Patient has a Fi/i'nla in .4720, the Solution of Continz/ify in this Cale indicates a Rafi/ion of the divided Parts; but the the like. Calla/Erin which attend this Ulcer require a painful Operation zllmm, waiting for a fit Ojipcri‘zmz'fy. which ought to precede it. If the Patient is too tuna/5, this [Vera/719'} is called a Cassrra Indication, and forbids the Operation. If the Pa- tient is/C'dwa and without :1 Fewer, this Circumi'tance encourages the Operation, and is called a (Ch-Indication. It the Patient has 3. Leg/ring it, or i? the Flt/[1117a extends itfelt‘hiqher than can be reachei1 by the Finger, the Opera .7311 ought not to be undertaken. Their Circumi‘lencrs‘ are called Cmtra-ty-indications. Hmiimxz lays dovn rrrfaz'u Ruler to be obferved in the Corr 01 Df/M 1, ‘ e as follow; 1. In all 1). yr: we mutt Carefully olvierve the Order and San :‘jfliriz of tllC/jjflh‘fflflifuf flJ/iazs and flfaiiflzs, as nifo the Times in which Nature zit/Elf makes an Attempt to throw on. the (hr glinrtrr. . Thefe felotfm and Times are in no Difeai'e more evident than in the Small-far. ' V. The Cure of Dilqeal'es is never to be attempted, nor Evacua- tion: to be made by via/mt fifth/Jails, but by Deer" and by gum. Therefore in molt Cafes the fll'mgifl .Medz'rz'm and the [arfiny'z‘ Defeat are to be ovoided. 'l. Sometimes it is necelln‘y to refirain the inordinate ;..7r£~z':l [Malia/'15, neglet‘f'ting the Can/é for {nine Time. This regards all violent jpzy'hmdic, and wand/Fm Motions. Yet this is not to be done by Uptlvz‘ss,fli‘o:zg Sadazivgr, or [Jar/rams, for by there means the Dry~br.'ly-mn'2, for Inllanee, hos been turned into 3 P1052", or even 2. trw Puffin VH. While a Paroxyy'hz is in its Vigour, or a Fit is coming on, C'J‘Crtv Thing mull be iorborn that oceuiions ‘L'I'almt' (To/,izazaz/mr or Emmet/am ; fuel) Things mull rather be ruled which gently rJ/Erair‘z the Motions, and nflore the Body to a due Temper. 'This Rule is commonly violated by all "75772372, Z‘Ilzzfl'r, and [Ms‘Z/"(Z/mfwy which Numbers have loll their Lives. in the 8mm!!- PQ'; [Wm M, mi/z'ary Fawn", and Plague, how many have been cut 011‘ by Vo/ati/c's and 1m /1"/exip/mrmac5? which is only adding Er: ll, Dz] far are to be encountered fizz/mall]; and in t'h e var; 35‘ lrji'i‘flflg, and the 711:2"er .4417th {hould be evacuated :‘r 10 {homil- to Fire. nnd dircf‘tcl} \Vay. tar/anus: are to be avoided, inflead of which, Remtdies which reflore mt; Strength and excite l‘v‘lotion fhould rather be made Ute of. ' C WU. When the Motions are become languid, flaoa'ynas and/[rang Thus a [Emit is proper at the Full Onlet otai} contagious {'il'c" 1:35: the Pxi'J‘CI/y, Jzifififfij', Camp and flowed Herr: - as all}. in 1i? ""1"en the Body iSfeeb/a, the Pulle [in/,2 and wad/r, and alhthe Surat/illpcx, J'Wrrifler, mi/z'ary, [15150115, and burning F. g.', Gout, 1' l"('t"{‘115flllggifli,Opiates will bring) on lleepy Dliiempers, efpecnilly that the Dime if pofiible may be cruthed in the find, or the St???" {my be rendered more mild. Iiifc‘i'imli [zzflmnmafimg require {nan-t in "M 171/15"; and Will fupprefs Secretions in the Plat/writ. In Fe:fi‘and other mnlignant Diflempers with Proltration of Strength, . ' ~ It}, r") [Ill/W [Li/mom necefl'ary to conquer the Dilcnfe, and bring on H 4, 1 \ III I- um. u v..- m |