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Show 0/; t/iiei Fa/i'iizgzflc/qzzfi, and it! (WEI. Book 111-, whereupon they grow very unquiet and 9onvul1bd; and the Medicines vt adapted bx Nature tothe Cure of this Dileaie, do fweetcn the Acrimoniou; Malaria/"5%.," of mi Particles of the Crifialliiie Liquor of the Blood (the Ken on . JURCC) and give an allay to its Nitrovfirlphureous part:, by reducinrY it, and the Sumo Nerwfm in fome degree to a laudable Conl‘titution: whereupon the oppofite Elements of (hole various Liquors, are brought to liich a h'ie‘diocrit‘y, as to produce a due Fermentation, not odhndiug The fyfi'em of tender Nerves in the brain, and Plexes in other 13‘;th or the liodr: Antl Cephalicit hiedicines have not only a power to duleifie the {harp pain of the Blood, and exalt the grofs laline Particles (thereby giving 1 checlt to the orer-Permenrative principles of the Blood) but have alto an altridire faculty to corroborate the loofc Compage of the Nervous Fibrils, of which being 1311111911 the Brain is chiefly confiituted 5 And by reafon its fibrous frame flaccid by Porousl‘tet‘rements,is dilpoled for the reception oPa Smelt! Term/",- depraved with acid and laline Particles, highly agitating the Pyfiem of ten. der Fibrils, therefore Afiringent Cephalicks muPt be of great UPC, alier Cnrrt lm'a- ting Cephalitks very fweet Medicines have been advifed to fweettn and appeale the Vital and "fluid; Nervous Liquor, impregnated with {aline and acid parts, and over-tiered "m "4"" to a highFcr. with Nitro-lulplmreous Recrements, raifing the Paid Liquors mentation, produétive of Epileptick Fits. To {peak more clolcly to the Cure of this Rubborn Difeali‘, I conceive it Putative: $11,533ij very proper to advile Purgatives (to the Patient, if fitting) cf SCH/1.1, Agabe llrong. ritk, Rubarb, A'IL'CIJOJCLIIZ Jalape: Hellcbore mixed with Cclaphiclts, as allb the greater Fittidc Pills, or de Sutton), an! (Pi/1111‘ Diamlw, Hitm rum [figuria mixed witllCafior, Amber, Camplior, quiekned with fame Grains of Refine ofjalape, or Extract of find. or Hellebore. \='omits may be alto advilivtl, made of an Inhifion of Crown Metallorum, Salt of Virriol, or My!!- Vomitories. firbt's limerick Tartar in a few Grains 3 and in the working of. the Vomits, large quantities of Poii‘et-Drink may be taken made With three parts of Small llter, and one part White Wine, prepared with the Flowers of Paony, Lime, Lily of the Valley, and the like. liltcdluv m. K l t _ 118;- Sul‘thmigations of Afllfct'tidd, Galbamm}, Mirth 5 with a little of Amber my be received into the Nofirils, with great benefit in the time of the, v Fit. Sternutatories may be adminiflred, made of Pelitorv, Maioran Cafior‘ oi the Seeds of Rue, Cubebes, White-Pepper, to which , if itI be not thong enough, a few Grains of white Hellebore may be added. And out of the Fits, when Vomitories and Purging Medicines have been applied, Powders, Pills, Apozemes, and Julaps may be given. .1 As firl't, Powders made of red Coral, Captor, and the Roots Of Patony made up with Syrupe cf Lime-Flowers or Paeony. Or :1 Powder prepared, with MifletOWe of the Oak, Dragons Blood, Hngaricr \Vater, or with Wine or Brandy in which Cephalicks have bet" infitied. or G101? [r is very good to anoint the Noftrils with Extract of Garden RUG, O}l ol' Amber, Spirit of Calior, Harts Horn , of Salt Amom‘lc‘" fueeinated, l';«lfey Water, (9w. POW' 1 he Palate and Tongue may be anointed with Treacle, Nlithridatc. ,l irne Flo\VC‘1'~°a der of CaPtor mixed with the Juice or \rVarcr of l‘ltre,[,avender Seed powdered an Lily of the Valley, (five. or with Caitor, or lVluPtard mixed with Oxymel of Squills. Powders. Confer its. Powders of Milletowe, of the Roots of Paeony, Valerian, red Coral, Ca- hor, and with the Roots of Eryngium and Citron Pill condited, beaten in a Mortar, into the form of an Eleétuary, with Syrupe of the Flowers of Lily of the Valley. Oran Eleé‘tuary prepared with the Conferves 0F Rofemary, Cowflips,‘ Elefl aria. Peony, Goats Rue, mixed with the Powders of the Roots of Angelina, Conn-aycwa, Snakeweed of Virginia, white Amber, Cal‘tor, 6V6. made into an Eleé‘tualy with the Syrnpe of l,ime»flowers. Pills made of Calior, of the Roots of white Briony, Peony, Valerian powdered, with the Syrupe of Pxony. Pills. After the Pills or Powders, a good draught of‘ an Apozeme may be taken, prepared with the Roots of Valerian, Pzeony, Angelica, the Leaves APOZQR‘VI)‘. of Coats Rue, the Flowers of Lime, Lily of the Valley, flofemary, Raifins oi the Sun, (7c. and l'weetned with the Syrupe of Betony, or Paeony, adding to every draughtfome drops of the Spirit of Caltor, or Harts-Horn, Salt 0 Aimoniack fuccinated, and the like. Amulets may be made of CaPtor, Galbamtm, Opaponax, mixed with the Potrderof the Roots of Pasony, Mifletowe, put into a little Samzlm, and hung about the Neck. 1 A Plaifier compofed of Betony,Tacamabara,Carairnzzmiixed with the Powtier of Caflor, Roots of Paeony, Valerian, Milletowe, made into a due Confidence with Bees Wax, may be applied to the Synciput being (haven. a. Salisome Phylicianspromile a Cure by Mercurial Medicines, raifing ration, but others think it unfafe, becaufe it highly offendeth the Nerves, before debilitated by Convulfire motions in Epileptick Fits, and if a Salivarion be attempted, it muPt be done in robuf't fowl Bodies, and afterGniaatm, and of the Ward 3 Diet-drink muPt be advifed of Sarm Tarilla, Lily of the Valley, Lime, of Flowers the of Pxony, Valerian, of Roots Raifins of the Sun, (yr. this Decoétion may be taken three or four times a. to difcharge day for a Fortnight, or three Weeks, as an Excellent Sndorifick the Venenate Nature of the Epilepfy, and Mercury. Z I; Sum!- "LS: oiLimoFlowers, Lily of the Valley, Betony, Preony, Sage mixed with ulilch may be taken for many days. ie Liml‘S In the Fit, the Conrulfed Fingers may be gently opened, and rl Sternutam- . 0 And if Powders be unpleafant, Eleétuaries may be prcfcribed ofConferves - ‘ the Valley, Ectony, Sage, (9w aboundIn order to the Cure ofthis Difeafe out oFa Paroxylin, in a Body brought to a Ptraight pofltire,and that it maybe the better efflftedgheyflm aw. 15' be anointed with ()yl of Sweet Almonds, 'or Oyl of Fox, Worms, 0l (116511 the or \Vater, Policy with anointed be allo the whole Chine may Sufiumigalions. ()ynpormx, Calior, to which may be added Powder of a Man's Skull, Mnvnl. fllt‘ Ste. Sometimes a decoétion of Sarm 'Parilla, Guinmm, the Roots of Paeony, Milletowo of the Oak, Flowers of Lime, Rofemary, and Sage may be very advantageous, (after l'urgatives have been given) to provoke Sweat, luecelis. he pulltrl iu [LC l :t, 0f the Falling'flckm/r, and it: Cures. / of Valerian1 And aherward Apozemes may be prcl‘cribed with the Roots Lily oi Lime, Pagony, of Flowers the Rue, (goats Peony, the l eaxes of ' ing with Blood, a Vein may be opened, which [have advil‘ed with gOOd 1mm. mv Book III. And Amulet; Empliiflcrs. Mercurial Medicines weaken the Nerves. A S .livaricn may he railed in a {Irong and fowl Lollllituzion of Body. Diet- drink is proper in and if. tcr Salivation. |