ny_, that he had given this antimonial Powder with
great Success in the Remitting Fever, while the Eighth
Regiment of Foot (to which he was formerly Surgeon) lay in
_England_.--Dr. _Pringle_, in his fourth Edition of his
_Observations_, Part iii. ch. iv. tells us, that having given
a mild Purge immediately after Bleeding, he next Morning,
when there was almost always a Remission, gave a Grain of the
Tartar Emetic, with twelve Grains of Crabs-Eyes, and repeated
the Dose in two Hours, if the first had little or no Effect;
at any Rate, in four Hours. This Medicine not only vomited,
but generally opened the Body, and raised a Sweat. By these
Evacuations, the Fever was sometimes quite removed, but
always became easier.--This Medicine he usually repeated the
second or third Day; if not, he opened the Body with some
mild Laxative, or a Clyster; and continued this Medicine,
till the Fever went gradually off, or intermitted.--Dr.
_Pringle_ says, that Dr. _Huck_ treated this Fever in a
Method similar to this, both in _North America_ and in the
_West Indies_. In the Beginning he let Blood; and in the
first Remission, gave four or five Grains of Ipecacuana, with
Half a Grain of Tartar Emetic: This Medicine he repeated in
two Hours, taking Care that the Patient should not drink
before the second Dose; for by that Means the Medicine passed
more readily into the Bowels, before it operated by vomiting.
If, after two Hours more, the Operation either Way was small,
he gave a third Dose; which commonly had a good Effect in
carrying off the Bile; and then the Fever either went quite
off, or intermitted so far as to admit the Bark. On the
Continent he found no Difficulty after the Intermission; but
in the Islands, unless he gave the Bark upon the first
Intermission, though imperfect, the Fever was apt to assume a
continual and dangerous Form. Dr. _Huck_ never varied this
Method, but upon a stronger Indication to purge, than to
vomit. In which Case he made an eight Ounce Decoction, with
Half an Ounce of _Tamarinds_, two Ounces of _Manna_, and two
Grains of _Emetic Tartar_; and dividing this into four Parts,
he gave one every Hour, till the Medicine operated by Stool.

When the Fever came to remit, we were obliged, for the most part, to
continue the Use of the mild Diaphoretics, as before; for, alth