th
others--Chalk in Electuaries, or Juleps, with others--anodyne
and astringent Clysters with others--while others receive
more Benefit from other Remedies--and severals find
themselves better when they use no Medicines of this Kind.

4. And by the occasional Use of Opiates, and a free Air: And
by moderate Exercise on Horseback, or in a Machine in the
convalescent State.

I ought not to omit mentioning, that I have seen some Cases
where Evacuations had been used in the Beginning, which,
after they had continued for some Time, were cured by a
regular Diet of Broths, and white Meats; riding daily on
Horseback; and drinking a generous good Claret Wine. However,
it ought to be remarked, that this Method only succeeded
where the Disorder was mild, and its Violence had abated by
previous Evacuations.

OF THE CHOLERA MORBUS.

The Cholera Morbus, or a sudden and violent Vomiting and Purging, was
very frequent in _July_ and _August_ 1701; and several were attacked
with it at _Munster_.--It was attended with great Sickness, with Pain,
and Inflation of the Abdomen, Thirst, and a small quick Pulse: Some
had it in a pretty violent Degree, but in general it was mild; and
although the Sickness, Vomiting, and Purging, continued, in one or two
Cases, for above a Day; yet none of those died whom I saw.

This Disorder weakens the Patient much, in a short Space of Time; and
sometimes, when violent, kills in less than twenty-four Hours. It is
always most frequent in Summer and the Beginning of Autumn; and is
taken Notice of by _Hippocrates_, _Aretaeus_, _Celsus_, and other
antient Authors; and is very accurately described by many of them.--It
is of the bilious Kind; and the Cure principally depends upon the free
Use of warm mild Liquors in the Beginning; to dilute and blunt the
Acrimony of the Bile, and other Fluids, and to promote their
Discharge; and afterwards of gentle Cordials to support the Strength;
and warm Fomentations to allay the Pain when violent; and mild Opiates
to procure Rest; and if the Sickness or Griping remains next Day after
the Cholera is stopt, to give a Dose of Physic and an Opiate in the
Evening.

An Officer, who had been wounded on the 15th of _July_, at the Battle
of _Fillinghausen_, began afterwards to live very freely, and was on
the 4th of _August_ seized in the Night with the Cholera.--About ten
o'Clock next Day I was sent for; and fo