The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Boston [Mass.]) 1770-1772, 1771-08-08
For the MASSACHUSETTS SPY..
To f5e PU BIZ e..

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TOHE number of fuddcn deaths from ex-
L cciiiye heat, even here upon this ceol
pehnlula, gives me very unsaly sppreher-
fions for the good people in the mole inland
and unven,ilated parts of tie country: To
preveht, OF remedy as much as may be, the
i'll effects of bad regimen in This dangerous
period is the deiign OF this eilay.
BY intenfe heat and hard cxercife the
blood and juices are rari6ed, and the thinner
parts discharged in great plenty. The fat
alto quihed and mixed with the circulating
fluid tends much TO thicken if, and render
its motion through the finer trainers more
difficult. OF all parts of the body the liver
in this cafe is mott futj.et to diforder.
Reing in the direct courfe of all the blood,
fat. Sc. collected in the abdomen, and placed
between the thin covering ofthe right hypo-
choGdrium and the homach, it IS extremely
T! liable to have IT'S contents chilled and thick
]. ned by cold drink taken down in large guam
,i.y, by TOO fudden an expofre to cold air,
or what, is very imprudent, plunging into cold
water, ltrcrching at length on the cold moin
ground, slafs, &c.
The concerted fat has after fuch rnifrha
nseements Been discharged by the bowels,
both of man and beait, and the bodies of
either reduced TO ikeletons hom the want of
| nouIiihment fuch total deprivation of the
dieefiive juices Caules. From this circum-
fiauce it clearly appears, tl.at as foon as the
patient begins TO complain of hoppsge of per-
fpiration, heavy, and lomeimes lharp con-
vulGve pains at the heart pit, as If a Cannon
ball was immoveabIy fixed in il, a fw,Bsming
in the head, ringing in the ears, dlmnei: Of
fight, &c. Some tea of any kind moh agree
able to tbs tafe, lbould be prepared, and
exhibited gradually as hot as the patient can
bear it, and if lugar or honey be not d;la-
greeable, the more Of them is added the
better.
The patient ihould be held in a mode
rateIy warm place, and a unlverfal fweat en-
couraged by every gentle method. A tea Of
lean beef, well charged with crude fal ar
moniac or even common falt, where the
other cannot be had, and drank very warm,
is very ferviceable. Purges of calomel and
Ihtibarb, each ten grains, made up with
conlerve of roles, or even melaiies, are me-
ccGsry, perhaps weekly. Ripe mild fruits
are NOT only good to prevent the ardent Thrift
which tempts to the exceiiive ufe of cold
water, but wonderfully ferve to remedy the
i'll consequences above defcribed. A very
mild and yet efFeetual remedy win be found
in an intuition of a quarter Of an ounce Of
rhubarb, and half as much pearl. alh, or falt
or NORWOOD, made in quart of foh fpring
or brock water, in aglafsbottle corked and
taken to The quantity of fn,aII ,ea-cup fall,
once or twice day. Vt. YOUNG.
p. S. To prevent injury from fudden
! draughts of cold liquors, take moderate
mouthfuI, and after holding it fome time,
iwaow it Icifurely and thus proceed twice
or thrice till gradually cooled. Moderate
uie of fpirhs (houd not be forbidden, but to
| drink rum when PERTURBATION is topped by
any accident is to iet the body on FIRE.
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