Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1806-09-15

tines, TO their annoyance, and potion tie
whole body
To cooperate, therefore, with this health
reftoring bile, in extraordinary circumitance-,
and to reinforce its alkaline power, Teens to
be our Indispensable duty.
h Fthen theie nli'ieading terms, bifors frva''
biIi0As collie" g cholera suarbss, &c. Tho Ia DO
<expunged, and terms more erprefive uf the
nature and feat Of thefe difeafes fublFituted,
great good would rebound to mankind
Much light alto, might be thrown upon the
minds Of fuch practitioners as are not fur
nlfhcd with modern authors, who, by their
laboured reiearches have been enabled 10 de-
tecf the falIacy cfthele i'll chofen terms. 4
With a view to enl ghten the minds IF my
patients, in thefe dileafcs have, oflate years,
defcribed their cafes as being J ecsfazef fg,.
of the body. Antidotes, therefore, have been
earneidy fought for, and taken with av:di;N
In the autumn Of l79s, and in the three
fucceeding morths, ffty-fve perlons iickencd
with a malignant epidemic fever, in Stroud-
waier village: A particular dsfcri piion CT
which is contained in the third v0luflc Of Tie
Medical RcPohto-y. I attended City one cf
thele patients; fifty recovered.
DR.. Nam, fellow of the NJ. W. Society,
has lately written prize dfiIertztion on the
caufes, the nature and cure Of the auru-rnal
difeafes Of infants, termed rbclcra ue,b \; in
which he has rejected theie terms az being il
judged, and fhewn that the morbid zffettiors
Of the aimentary canal, which uluaIly invade
children, tho lometines adults, ID the fall
months, all depend upon no1ious aefcs ii the
ftsmach, however diver6Eed with relpeet TO
their form OF fynfptoms. M
In the treatment of this difeSfc called etals-
msbrs, lie has given alkaline 'faIts, and az
kaiine earths an impartial trial; and found
that, after fuissble evacuanrs, they have been
attended with happy effects lie ALTO EN-
ployed calorneI with view Of enabling the
xIvER TO perfornir It's Office Out Of hundred
Atents he oa but one.
He dilailows aitrirgent and heating 4 Zee
ries; as well as fpirituous ftimuants, before
the noxious caule is fubtued, and the tsc4ils
diaurbance fubhdes; even then to be rEed
with the greateif caution.
For this learned and jndicicus dife-fatica
Or Mann was honored with : gold rfedal,
from coramittee appointed ~ the President
and Fellows Of harvard CcIlege,in c. nbridae,
70 PROFOUND prize que[tions, and to examine
dnIertations.
This committee ccnffled Of DIS. FIotycl.e,
Lloyd, Tufts, Danfortl, fen. Rand, fer Filler.
Warren, fea. Warerhoufc and Dexter.
notwithstanding the labors ofthefef ticrtihc
phylcians 10 dilolve faIfe aFociations VI IDEAS,
whereby Medical and Chemical .xnoyvleige
has been remarkably perverted and retarded
and to combine facts according TO their nat
uraI and juf relations, which conftiture per-
fection III the intellectual faculties. " mar.
ft1aN Err Co.
ed with empires, who neither read nor rea-
fon
Worms, bile and weakhess. are fupFcfed br
| them, to be the eifential caufes Of fever Of
courie PINK root, bilious pills, and fpiri;s. make
up the chief Of Prescriptions
\ In the courfe of my tours among the fck,
frequently find patients Iaboring under IN
hamatory fevers, accommodated, as it were, in
grog-ihops !-Bottles Of wine, brandy, and
ciove-warer, arc PLACED ii bati.e array, with
which the burning patient Is copioudy plyud,
while begging for little water to COO. The
tongue !
What has been the confequence Of this
mode Of treatment "A fndden and fatal ter
mination Of the difeafe, where medical aid was
NOT ieaionably interpreted, or long and tedi-
Gus corvaelcence
/, When patient becomes nearly deftruredbv
this unprecedented mode Of Practice and, III
process Of time, happens to recover, then the
empiric BOATS Of having made great cure.
Ia Auguft was called to Young man "a
boring under a malignant fever, |" biIFcus," IA
il was termed, on the fourth dav OF the difeals.
He complained of great oppre:Eon Of tkc fto-
mach, unlverial heat, and intenle thirn Dulfe
full and quick the mind grcatlv arita ed. W
On the I'd day. an euefic had been ei~ca,
which operated snce.. After this, c.o--e water,
brandy, and wine were the oul., means admin
iitered, till my arrival II gave an kaline
emetic, which repeatedly elected bottle green
matter, and detected black and very tr.sd
fools &
Lime -svater and Soda were Their hberall,
given, which, common experience has taurfz
u, purifyall 6lthy recepTacies, and rem pr-
trefacticn.-S pirito,s liquors were laid affCe.
and wArER, an article detected bv erinir;csi;,
fevers, was fnsltitnted. Els fever, guh
hded IN few days, and H. recovered.
though found II necefary 20 give three
emetics, aud four mercufiai. ,ca,haIries, 10
remove the accumulated lead Of putrefcen.
matters ;-and 70 produce copious How
Of bile fromthe LiHfRs q TIE graf f,54ytA7atY st
Soda,' and faithful foap maker, for tie trpc.,.
es oftke animal fy ltem.
Soon after was called to a man II The n
terror of rhe country on the 7tlfday of X Laiour
feso," who was under the hands IF Cusck
iaid TO be Killed in Indian remedies for fever
No evacuants had been given bccanfe ,scrfoofh,
he was weak. Bur lac was iuppAed wrh
giais of rurn, cnce ID two loGrss III = tca cos
poied OF make reot and xother artis les e.,g,i-
ly pungent, 10 keep up bis ftFenSth
When entersa1he room, wltirh va .fr..i
and ufventilated, tEe'aiTsott 1alialrf \ IVY ien-
uttered the following words win * r-ur tcar7.