small crowded Wards,
recovered surprisingly on being removed to a freer Air; of which we
had a remarkable Instance in the Hospital at _Bremen_, in _January_
1762; upon removing some Men, afflicted with very bad Coughs, out of
small Wards, which were damp, into one large one, which was dry and
airy.

When the Weather was good, we made the Patients walk out a little in
the Day-Time; for we observed, that remaining always in the Hospital,
and breathing nothing but a foul Air, helped to encrease the
Disorder.--When we knew the Men to be sober, and not apt to commit
Irregularities, we used to procure them good Billets, and make them
come daily to the Hospital for their Medicines.

Equal Parts of Lime-Water and Milk, drank to the Quantity of a Quart a
Day, was of Use to some; and the _infusum amarum_, and other gentle
Bitters, taken to the Quantity of an Ounce or two, Morning and
Evening, to others[53].

[53] Asses Milk, and _Bristol_ and _Seltzer_ Waters, which
are found so serviceable in pulmonic Disorders, could not be
had in the military Hospitals; and riding on Horseback was
too expensive a Remedy for a Soldier.

In chronic Cases, where we suspect Obstructions and Tubercles
to be formed in the Lungs, which have not already come to
Suppuration, Dr. _Russel_ recommends the Use of Sea Water for
resolving them; but we were at too great a Distance from the
Sea to try this Remedy. See his _Treatise on Sea Water_, Page
17.

A Decoction of the Cortex removed some Coughs which had continued for
a considerable Time. In one or two of these Cases, slight hectic
Symptoms had already appeared[54]. However, for the most part,
where-ever Obstructions of the Lungs were confirmed, or there were
evident hectic Symptoms without a free Discharge of purulent Matter,
the Bark did no Service; but rather heated and increased the Fever,
and made the Sick more restless and uneasy.--It was of most Use where
there seemed to be no confirmed Obstructions, but the Vessels much
relaxed; which we judged to be the Case from the Patients having no
fixed Pain, nor the Breathing much affected. If the Sick were
plethoric, or in the least feverish, we ordered a little Blood to be
taken away, before we began the Use of this Medicine.

[54] _Mary Shepperd_, a Woman twenty-six Years of Age, was
admitted into _St. George_'s Hospital the 6th of _June_,
1759, for a Cough; attended with a constant hectic F