Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-24

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ilfal Ii may be each plant has lis sPec'he
ry.r,uc, aud so also for each distee'Pef
,,Eefe EXISTS the means of curing it,
A, the period when the small pox hrss
sppesred,, all the efforts OF the greatest
phvsicians, and their most complicated
prescriptions, failed Of success against that
terrible scourge: it was the hand OF time
thar pointed our the simple and fortunate
method of subduing t. and 1t was fime
which afterwards, at two distant periods,
produced lady VI onsague, and the celebrat-
cd Jtnner, who have gwen to that disease
tie death blow.
= Were not intermittent evers and the sY-
phili,ic disorder for a long time the re.
proach of The greatest practitioners, < The
rock on which they split? Nevertheless,
7 cath o. those disorders nave now it. sP1c,
] 6c, The Peruvian bark, that simple bark
tie product OF az annual vege tation, iniai
F, lbiy destroys the ones and mercury. that
cameion, fluid, a metal properly admi.
n;siered aud carefully prepared, annlhllsies
the other.
The remedy Of which we speak, 10 al!
families is in daily use, and appears to
have been, BY Providence, scattered witl1
! 1psofusion not oGly as q cure FOR she yellow
fever, but also IS the means Of presergation
! from it.
The an:ior Of this interesting discovery,
Thoroughly persuaded Of its efficacy III a
I state OF sickness, by tire favorable results
t!1ay he has uniforaIy obsaiaed from ii, be.
lieves also that his fueans employed, 10 the
pte-dispostion 10 sickneeS Can p;eserye Is
( well trom ,he evil rs from the danger Of
| IT,
'~ re even believes this remedy, we'll ap.
Piled, might have happy eject sgaluss the
| plague.
Z ne better 70 make known TO .he p@blic
both the e,tiisposlnon and tie diSorder,
he viii in the first Place l4y down the indi-
cations Of The former anc The symptoms Of
| The latter, abd viii then add some dssai!s
on the curing sHl CTS of this remedy, his
he believes the more necessary, sluce tor
want Ut information, ADD because a pro.
! teas.oual character is not called n time,
and the use OF The preserving re edy IS
delayed, The majority o. patients iaho'ing
| under the disorder fall victims 10 IL with.
out a possibility OF being succored.
Firss the pfediSPosI,ioo 70 the yellow fe.
! ver=the patient GENERALLY complains OF a
| slight ind,sposition, sach as is usual before
| the attack of common levers, a general TO-
| easiuess, !owness of spirits, debility, drow-
sluess, WEAKNESS, fol owed by pains in
4, =, ~ Oh
| wnlch proceed from the lower extremity 10
the reins with the qulekness oihghinlng,
| ADD long re aspiration, :he SALIVA and MUCOUS
OF the nose, ,h!n, rare and hot singing IN
the ears, q heaYInesa 10 ihe eyes, az lnvo-
iunlary melancholy, want ct appetltea and
foul mou,h. A.! these elgns or many at
the m, exist for greater or less t!me be-
tore the develoPetnens ofthe fever, accord.
ing 10 the constitution, The state Or he at
n.osphere, o. Of the coutagion for have
witnessed patients die in times OF great 'n,
fsctioo, tcEoTc experiencing he se6'lle cri.
els, for instance, q patIeDt "oo consu!tTG
! me- about an ndisposlrion characterized by 1
some predsPosing s,sns, died at The door !
ar the moment was feeling his pulse,
which was by po"meansf feverlsE3.
Second, lhe4-al symptomsot toe state
Of sickness, according to the observations
Of the aulhor AID acE 'owlelgsd 5y the
h1st pracglloutrs, are In naost instances,
but nos invariably chilly TT; IN sfolt
time violent pains CONS or ID she fore.
pa: Of The head, IN the eyes, !eips.h 2s, and
Thighs. / he face becomes HusheCs tie eyes
of a fery red. and nio'e}an, Of !i8h:, wiki
< singing OF burpiog Esa, in the skin The
pulse Is fell, quick. and hard ; the resPEa
toa deep ard q hcu!t +; The tongue. IS CO.
vered with a witish far, and moist the
shrs, is sometimes excessive at others mo-
deratt; the stomach is distended, and II.
ritabIe with pain and burning heat, accom-.
c;cL.,..ss ~ s. Nh