ated towards Night, he took an anodyne Draught; and next Day,
having still a little Sickness remaining, had a Dose of Physic and an
Opiate at Night, which removed all his Complaints.

The Rest, who were attacked with the Cholera at _Munster_, were
treated much in the same Way; only as they had not such acute Pain and
Fever as this Man, it was thought unnecessary to bleed them.

The Antients[46] recommended drinking freely of warm Water in the
Beginning, and the Use of both cold and hot Fomentations of the
Stomach and Belly;--and in the low State, the Use of Wine, mixed with
Water, and Polenta[47]; and to apply Rue, with Vinegar, and other
strong smelling Things, to the Nostrils; besides Variety of other
Remedies.--When Convulsions happen, _Celsus_[48] advises to anoint the
Belly with warm Oil; and if that does not remove them, to apply
Cupping-Glasses or Mustard to the Stomach; and, after sleeping, to
abstain the second Day from Drink; and the third, to go into the Bath;
and if any thing of a Fever remains after the Cholera is suppressed,
to give a Purge.

[46] See _Aretaeus_, Lib. ii. Cap. 4. and _Celsus_, Lib. iv.
Cap. 11.

[47] The Polenta seems to have been nothing but toasted
Barley Meal. See _Plinii Hist. Natural._ Lib. xxii. Cap. 25.

[48] _Celsus loco citato._

Dr. _Sydenham_[49] trusts principally to drinking freely of Chicken
Broth, and throwing up Clysters of the same, and afterwards giving
Opiates.

[49] _Processus integ. de Cholera._

Dr. _Ayton Douglas_, in the sixth Volume of the _Edinburgh_ Medical
Essays[50], recommends a Decoction of Oat Bread, baked without Leaven
or Yest, and carefully toasted as brown as Coffee, but not burnt; as a
Remedy very grateful to the Stomach, and useful in stopping the
Vomiting, and sometimes the Purging too: And he relates several Cases
where it had a good Effect. After the Vomiting was stopped, he added
the Use of mild Opiates; and, where the Patient was low, Wine and
other Cordials.

[50] Art. 65.

OF THE INFLAMMATORY FEVER.

On the Return of the Troops from the Winter Expedition into the
Country of _Hesse_, in the Year 1761, we had several Men seized with
Inflammatory Fevers without any topical Inflammation; and at the
Opening of each Campaign had always Numbers sent to the Hospitals ill
of this Disorder. Towards the End of the Campaigns, and throughout the
Winter, many were seized with Inflammatory Fevers; but these we