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A letter, about a good management under the distemper of the measles, at this…
A letter, about a good management under the distemper of the measles, at this time spreading in the country. Here published for the benefit of the poor, and such as may want the help of able physicians.
Boston : s.n., 1713
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Letter: A LETTER, About a Good Management under the Distemper of the MEASLES, at this time Spre…
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You have been taught already what you shall do for Faintness in your Patient. Or, Give him a few Drops of the Spirit of Hartshorn
For his Vomiting and Purging, you need not go far for a Remedy. Give scalding Hot water; Do this, even to nine or ten times, if it be needful, & as he can bear it. Then give a little Hot Wine with a bit of toasted Bread. Or a little of the Coarse Composition, you were formerly told of; Or another, that is akin to that, and as well-known as that. In twenty four hours, more or less, it may be hoped, the Storm will be over.
For a considerable while after this, the Patient must be mighty careful of taking any Cold, and Eating too soon of any Flesh-meat. Let him not be well too soon, and throw himself into a Fever, and throw away his Life, as many have inconsiderately and presumptuously done. Let him take Time, and spend his Time, in Studying to be Thankful.
If a Cough continue, let him fly to the usual Remedies. To take a spoonful of shavings of Castile Soap in a Glass of Wine or Beer, for a few Nights following, has been very successful for the cure or that inconvenience▪ If • Flux follow, whether a common, or a Bloody, a Tea made of Rhubarb, and sweetened with a Syrup of Marshmallows, given daily, so much as to cause one or two Stools, is a way to carry it safely off. The same Tea will also carry off the Worms, that so often follow the Measles; especially in Children.