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a day, and continued for some time, provided theybe found beneficial.

The conserve of roses is likewise a very good medi-cine in this case, provided it be taken in sufficientquantity, and long enough persisted in. It may betaken to the quantity of three or four ounces a day;and, if the patient be troubled with a cough, it shouldbe made into an electuary, with balsamic syrup, anda little of the syrup of poppies.

If stronger astringents be necessary, fifteen ortwenty drops of the elixir of vitriol may be given in aglass of water three or four times a day.

Those who are subject to frequent returns of thisdisease should avoid all excess. Their diet should belight and cool, consisting chiefly of milk and vegeta-bles. Above all, let them beware of vigorous effortsof the body, and violent agitations of the mind.

VOMITING OF BLOOD.

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This is not so common as the other discharges ofblood which have already been mentioned; but it isvery dangerous, and requires particular attention.

Vomiting of blood is generally preceded by pain ofthe stomach, sickness, and nausea; and is accom-panied with great anxiety, and frequent faintingfits.

This disease is sometimes periodical; in which caseit is less dangerous. It often proceeds from an ob-struction of the menses in women; and sometimesfrom the stopping of the ha;morrhoidal flux in men,It may be occasioned by any thing that greatly stimu-lates or wounds the stomach, as strong vomits orpurges, acrid poisons, sharp or hard substances takeninto the stomach, &c. It is often the effect of ob-structions in the liver, the spleen, or some of the otherviscera. It may likewise proceed from external vio-lence, as blows or bruises, or from any of the causeswhich produce inflammation. In hysteric women,vomiting of blood is a very common, but by nomeans a dangerous symptom.

A great part of the danger in this disease arises from

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