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proper, besides the fomentations, to rub the part with a littlesweet oil, and to give gentle diuretics ; as juniper watersweetened with the syrup of marsh-mallows, or a tea-spoonfulof the sweet spirits of nitre, now and then, in a cup of thepatient's drink. He ought likewise to take exercise on horse-back, or in a coach, if he be able to bear it.

When the disease is protracted beyond the seventh or eighthday, and the patient complains of a stupor and heaviness ofthe part, has frequent returns of dullness, shivering, &c, thereis reason to suspect that matter is forming in the kidney, andthat an abscess will ensue.

When matter in the urine shows that an ulcer is alreadyformed in the kidney, the patient must be careful to abstainfrom all acrid, sour, and salted provisions ; and to live chieflyupon mild mucilaginous herbs and fruits, together with thebroth of young animals, made with barley and common pot-herbs, &c. His drink may be whey, and buttermilk that isnot sour. The latter is by some reckoned a specific remedyin ulcers of the kidneys. To answer this character, however,it must be drank for a considerable time. Chalybeate watershave likewise been found beneficial in this disease. Thismedicine is easily obtained, as it is found in every part ofGreat Britain. It must likewise be used for a considerabletime, in order to produce any salutary effects.

Those who are liable to frequent returns of inflammationor obstruction of the kidneys must abstain from wines, espe-cially such as abound with tartar, and their food ought to belight and of easy digestion. They should use moderate ex-ercise, and should not lie too hot nor too much on their back.

INFLAMMATION OF THE BLADDER.

The inflammation of the bladder proceeds, in a great mea-sure, from the same causes as that of the kidneys. It isknown by an acute pain towards the bottom of the belly, anddifficulty in passing urine, with some degree of fever, a con-stant inclination to go to stool, and a perpetual desire to makewater.

This disease must be treated on the same principles as theone immediately preceding. The diet must be light and thin,and the drink cooling and diluting. Bleeding is very properat the beginning, and in robust constitutions it will often benecessary to repeat it. The lower part of the belly should be20