Wesley Corpus

18. Or, drink a Pint of Decoction of Camomile, fweeten'd with Treacle. Take it warm in Bed, and fweat two Hours. 19. Or, in the hot Fit, if violent, take ten, twelve, or fifteen Drops of Laudanum : If coftive, in Hierapica : It is proper to take a gentle Vomit, andfometimes a Purge, before you use any of thefe Medicines. If a Vomit is takentwo Hours before the Fit is expected, it generallyprevents that Fit, andfometimes cures an Ague : Efpecially in Children. It is also proper to repeat the Medicine ( whatever it be) about a Week after, in order to prevent a Relapfe . Do not take any Purge foon after.-The daily use of the Flefb-brufb, and frequent Cold Bathing are ofgreat ufe toprevent Relapfes. 3. A Tertian Ague. 20. Is often cured by taking a Purge one Day, and the next, bleeding in the Beginning ofthe Fit : 21. Or, boil a Handful of Ribwort in Whey. Drink this warm an Hour before the Fit comes, and lie down and sweat : 22. Or, a Tea-fpoonful of Salt ofTartar in Spring Water. This alfo cures double Tertians, triple Quartans, long lafting Fevers, and most Difeafes rifing from Obstructions : Efpecially if Sena be premised twice or thrice . 23. Or, before, yea in the midft ofthe Fit, take twenty Drops of Spirit of Sulphur, in a Pint of cold Water : 24. Or, That is, An Ague which returns every other Day. - In this ufe light and sparing Diet on the Day between.