156 Concerning the Cure finple Oxymely without any other previous Emetick given. AFTER Vomiting is over, in order to enable the Stomach the better to keep any Alexifharmick Medicines, its Force may be greatly ftrengthned by adding Sto- machich to the Alexifharmich : But if a Reaching to vomit prove Symptomati- ca!, Emetich are by all Means to be a- voided ; leaft the Phyfician (like old Nur- fes, who are altogether ignorant of the Rules of Practice) ihould promote that Symptom, which by fruitlefs Strains wafte the Spirits, and follicit the peftilential Ve- nom into the Stomach from diftant Parts ^ which, when fixed there, ftill irritates into more violent Reachings, that cannot be af~ fwaged by any Remedies. ALTHOUGH in other Cafes a Vo- miting may be removed by Emetich) yet in a PefHIence it is dangerous to follow fuch Pradice-, becaufe the Malignity, or rather Nitro-faline Effluvia, vellicate the Mouth of the Stomach, and fo invert its nervous Coats, although empty, as to bring on. Convulfions : And fome Perfons feem to have their Stomachs full, as overloaded with
