ever and
Night Sweats, which had begun in the Month of _April_, after
the Measles. She complained likewise of having the _fluor
albus_, and she had been blooded more than once before she
came to the Hospital.--I at first gave her some of the mild
Pectorals; and a Solution of White Vitriol in Water, _utenda
pro inject. uterina_. After a Week, finding no Alteration in
her Complaints, I advised her to become an Out-patient; and
to go down to her Friends in the Country, to live upon a Milk
Diet; to take gentle Exercise, and continue the Use of her
Medicines; which she did, but without any Alteration in her
Disorder, till the 6th of _July_, when I ordered her to take
thrice a Day two Ounces of the Decoction of the Cortex, along
with a saline Draught. Immediately, on beginning to use this
Medicine, her Disorder began to take a favourable Turn; her
Fever and Night Sweats left her, her Cough became easier, and
she recovered Health and Strength daily. She came to the
Hospital the 15th of _August_, seemingly in good Health, to
return Thanks for her Cure.

In similar Cases, I have sometimes observed good Effects from the Use
of the Balsam _Copaivy_, or _Peru_; given either in Juleps or made up
into an Electuary, as in the _electuarium e spermate ceti cum
balsamo_; but in whatever Form they were given, if there were
confirmed Obstructions of the Lungs, they rather heated and inflamed,
than did any real Service.

When Coughs continued long, attended with Pain in the Side, Difficulty
of Breathing, and Hectic Fever and Night Sweats, we always had Reason
to suspect, that the Disorder would terminate in a confirmed
Consumption. When this was threatened, we found, that the principal
Thing to be done, was to keep the Patients cool; and to endeavour to
allay the hectic Heat and Fever; and to retard, as much as possible,
the Progress of the Disorder. When the Case was recent, we were
sometimes so lucky as to make a Cure; but after it was confirmed, it
for the most part ended fatally.

We kept the Patients upon a low Diet; and where-ever Milk was to be
got easily, we allowed them a Pint a Day[55]; which was either mixed
with Water and given for Drink, or they took it to Breakfast or
Supper.--Their common Drink was either Barley Water or the pectoral
Decoction; which was occasionally acidulated with a few Drops of
Spirit of Vitriol; and we gave at the same Time the c