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Show 284 Of the MATERIA MEDICAI Of the MATERIA MEDICAI 235 This has been in the Beginning ofinflammatory Fevers, and of putrid malignant Fe.- extolled for its Efficacy in cleanfmg internal Ulcers ofthe Lungs, Blad- TEREBINTHINA VENETA, Venice Turpentine. It promotes Urine, and gives it vers, nor yet in the Beginning of Difeafcs, when no l‘ufiicient Evacuation has been premit‘ed. W/Jerz B/i/z'err biz-ye he}: applied, a free Ule of Diluents and contem- a Violet Smell. and is prevalent in Heat and Suppreflivn of Urine, and to Prevent Fits ofthe Gravel by expelling the Caufe; as a‘fo in Gleets, perating Liquors 1's neceflary. In heat, or dribbling, 0r S‘uppreifion of Urine proceeding therefrom, Emulficns With Gum Arabic, or Al- Gonorrhoeas, and the Whites. But in all Inflammations it is hurtful. The Dqfiz is from Sis. to gifs. in a Bolus, or in a convenient Vehicle, after it has been dillolved with the Yolk of an Egg. It is of great Ufc the Thighs or Calves of the Legs and continued there too long, have in Clyiters for the bloody Flux, Ulcers of the l‘ntefiines, Fits of the rived to thoie Parts; therefore they fliould never be laid to the Met, Legs, or Thighs, When they are oedematous, but rather to the lnfide of der, Kidneys, and of all the Vifcera; in obfiinate Coughs, purulent Spitting, and incipient Confumptions. Gravel and Suppreflions of Urine, ANIMALS and their PARTS. CANTHARIDES, Spend/7) Flier. Thefe are frequently to be met with in Spain and Italy, and fome Parts of France. They are well known by their green, bright, {hining Colour, and their firong un- pleafant Smell. They are full of a molt acrid Salt and confequently are a very great Stimuli", for applied to the Skin they raife Blillers, as every one knows; and they afeft the urinary Paffages fo much as {ometimes to cauie a Strangury. Given inwardly injudicioufly they caul‘e great Heats, Inflammations, bloody Urine, and fcalding Heat. Prinpifnis, frequent Pollutions, and other bad Confequences. And yr: {ix or {even Grains may be taken fafely with the fame Quantity of Camphire diflblved in Oil-Olive, and made into a Bolus. Thus cor. reeled they are good for the Leprofy, Gravel, Dropfy, virulent Go‘ nerrr.oca, the Whites and Ulcers of the Bladder. In the lafl Cafe it may be proper to give the C'mtlvarider an Hour or two before the Camflirt. Ifqflinmz fays, Calzl/Jarz'de: mixed with Salt ofTartar, withthc Addition of a few Grains of Nitre and one of Camphire, will cure Ihc Dropiy, by caufing a great Flux of Urine. Sometimes they are fool- iihly and railrly given as a Love~powder to the endangering the life of the l'erfon, in which Cafe a Scruple of Campfire muft be given every fix Hours till the Effefts ceafe. He would have Eli/ism laid to 11%" Nape of the Neck in Lippitudes, Fits of an Apoplexy, and the cenvulfive Althma from the driving back Hrbore: and other Eruptions. _He adds, that Blifters and rubefying Remedies are good in Dileafes oith6 Head that proceed from an flz‘onia and lmbeciliry, {uch as Weaknéii of Memory and of the Senfes, Sleepinefs, and the Palfy which fuccceci an Apoplexy. BL IS'I‘ERS are [iieeui/e bmefia‘al in a Defeé‘t ofthe vital Heat, when th‘; Pulfe is weak and languid, ili nervous Fev-ers; towards the End ofpulr‘iU malignant Fevers when Nature wants a Spur; in the Beginning of {:15 Small-pox, when the Pufiules will not come out, but he buried m ["5 Skin ; in the cryfialline Small-pox; in pulmonic Difeafes, when 'dl" plied to the Legs. 1 BLISTERS are not proper for the Lean, the Hefric, for thofe that .2bour under meorrhages, or who have the Fibres of their Bodre: mo tenfe and rigid ; met yet in Infiammations of the abdominal \rlccr‘a, Fits of the Gravel, Stone in the Kidneys or Bladder, plethonc Hahn; monds, or Barley-water are proper. Sometimes Acrid Bliflers laid to produced a Gangrene, becauie Fluxes of Humours are more ealily de- the Arms, VVriilzs, Nape of the Neck, or Head. Eli/Yer: at? in Fever: by fiimulating the Solids, attenuating the Fluids, deriving them to the l"art affected; as all-o by Revuliion, and by bringing out the morbiiic Matter. Caz/Mamas: Inuit be Very (mall. In common Cafes the Def: of" See Page 130. CASTOREUM, Caz/far. This is the inguinal Glands of the Banner, an amphibious Animal about the Size of a Fig of fix Mcnths old. The largeli are three or four Foot long, and weigh frer forty to fixty Pounds. The belt is brought from Ruflfn, and are large round hard Cods, and when cut are ofa red Liver-colour. It is looked upon to be highly nervine and hyllzeric, and to be good in Dileaies of the Head and Brain, the l'ali‘y, Epilepiy, Lethargy, Spafms and Convulhens; as alto in Dil‘eal'es of the Utmzr, to promote the Menfes and to cafe Pains after Child-birth, but principally in the hyfleric Paiiion. The Do/e is from Sis. to sis. CORNU CERVI, Hart/born. This is uieful in all Difeafes where an Acid predominates. The G‘s/[5) is good in flaw heéiic Fevers which proceed from fome Diforder in the l'i/crra, and attended with a Cough and {pitting of Blood. It is feldom preicribed unprepared, tho' iome gwe it in Powder from Bj. to 31'. COCCINELLA, Coz/yinml. This is an lnicft brought il'Cm fir'exr't‘p and New Spain, and has been thought cordial, fudoriflc, and alan- pharmac, but is uied now chiefly on Account of i:s Colour. . MEL. Honey. This is cleanling and apericnt, and is proper to dif{0ch grofs \‘ifcid Humours, and (‘Olliliqllt'nCly is good in Difcrders of the Breai'r, and to promore Expeftoration. It agrees bcl‘tuvith ‘phlegmatic Conll'itutions, and is improper for the bi'ious, the nyfleric, and the melancholic. MILLEPEDJE, Hog-lice, or 113011-1215. . ‘ There are diuretic, an:_are gOOd to cleanfe the Kidneys and Bladder from all Vii-Cid and {HbUEOUS Contretins, and coniequently to prevent the Gravgl. For the lame RWon they are of great Service in the L‘ropi'y; fir ti Cy. attenuate, and evacuate the gelatinous Serum. Taken mth Nutmeg in a diure- z"j :‘VJTCI‘ they prevail againfi the Tyinpany "they open Obflrut‘tinns (:1 the Liter, Spleen, and Meientery, and are powerful in infarctions Of the Lung; and the moii'c Alihma, in an incipient Phthnis, and the Egopiiig'tjough; nor are they to be cefpn'cd in {RC lxirrgsvevlil, forerHEAO'Js i‘cmors, and old Ulcers. They cure the jaundice, lrc.p_Dim"'45 05 Sight, and defiroy the hrll Rudiments of a Catarafi, if we CI‘CGl: I l; l i I l "Ml" Ill \'\l|l| \ -\\\\ i i l |