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tions, large doses of aether have been found very
efficacious in removing a fit of the asthma. I have
likewise known the following mixture produce very
happy effects : To four or five ounces of the solution
of gum-ammoniac add two ounces of simple cinna¬
mon-water, the same quantity of balsamic syrup, and
half an ounce of paregoric elixir. Of this two table-
spoonsful may be taken every three hours.
For the convulsive or nervous asthma, antispas-
modics and bracers are the most proper medicines.
The patient may take a tea-spoonful of the paregoric
elixir twice a-day. The Peruvian bark is sometimes
found to be of use in this case. It may be taken in
substance, or infused in wine. In short, every thing
that braces the nerves, or takes off spasm, may be of
use in nervous asthma. It is often relieved by the
use of ass’s milk; I have likewise known cow’s milk
drunk warm in the morning have a very good effect
In every species of asthma, setons and issues have
a good effect; they may either be set in the back or
side, and should never be allowed to dry up. We
shall here, once for all, observe, that not only in
asthma, but in most chronic diseases, issues are ex¬
tremely proper. They are both a safe and efficacious
remedy; and though they do not always cure the
disease, yet they will often prolong the patient’s life.
CHAP. XLI.
APOPLEXY.
Tke apoplexy is a sudden loss of sense and motion,
wherein the patient is to all appearance dead; the
heart and lungs however still continue to move.