of the late ^Peftilence. 5 5 upon a Subject fo plain, and therefore J fhall pafs to what is of more Confequence. AS for what concerns the next Means of Remedy, an Emetick may be given in the Infancy of the Difeafe, where the Sto- mach is loaded either by over-eating, or by a Crowd of bad Humours, or when there is a Loathing, or a Bitternefs in the Mouth ; fo that any particular Conformation of the Breaft and Neck doth not contra-indi- cate j and amongft. thefe Remedies, they are preferrable . which plentifully excite Vomiting without working alfo down- wards. O F this kind are the Syr. Dlafari Fcr- ?ielij y Syr. Scabief. comfof. Oxymel. Scillit, and chiefly the Sal Vitrioli •, but the Antimonial Preparations are not fo advifable. The Dofe of the Emetick ought to be lar c e enough to empty the Stomach fcon} and the PolTet-d rink ufed in the Operation, in order to rince off its Coats all Filthinefs, is to be impregnated with Carduus, Scordivm, Meadow-fweet, Butter-Burr , &c. boiled in it. In my own Practice, I have always found good Service from large Draughts of the Polfet-drink abovementioned, fwectned with fimfle
