Wesley Corpus

199. Small Pox. 738. Drink largely of Toaft andWater : 739. Or, let your whole Food be Milk and Water, mixt with a little white Bread : Tried . 740. Or, Milk and Apples : 741. Take Care to have a free, pure, and cool Air. Therefore open the Cafement every Day, only do not let it chill the Patient : 742. If they ftrike in, and Convulfions follow, drink a Pint of cold Water immediately . This inftantly stops the Convulfions , and drives out the Pock : Tried. There may be Puftules a fecond Time, coming out and ripening like the Smallpox, but it is barely a cutaneous Disorder. " In violent Cafes, bleed in the Foot : Bathe the Legs in warm Water twice or thrice a Day, before and at the Eruption ; and apply boiled Turnips tothe Feet . Never keep the Head too hot. " In very low deprefled Cafes , Wine may begiven And if the Puftules lie buried in the Skin, a gentle Vomit. In many Cafes, a gentle Purge of Manna, Cream ofTartar, or Rhubarb. " In the crude, ichorofe Small-pox, a Difh of Coffee now and then with a little think Milk in it, has often quieted the vexatious Cough. After the Incruftation is formed, change the Sick ; but let it be with very dry, warm Linen." -Dr. Huxham.