The method how to apply a blister is described under the article of Blister Plaister, in the second section, p. 75.
When the patient is rid of the fever, a general weakness will be left behind; this is best assisted with the _elixir of iron_; and now and then as a stomachic, a tea spoonful of _Turlington’s balsam_ (W), or some few drops of _oil of peppermint_ (U), as also the malt decoction, and fresh diet.
Malignant fevers are generally attended with eruptions on the skin, which is sometimes in favour of the patient, and therefore by no means to be hindered; but if there appears purple spots on the skin, and that they incline to turn black, it is rather a dangerous symptom, and indicates very little hope of the patient’s recovery.
The same method as above must be observed; which if medicine can avail, will afford benefit.
On the whole, I have this to observe, that all acute fevers are liable to become malignant and putrid; and in my practice I never found, that there was any real distinction to be made in the method of cure, whether the acrimony was generated in the habit by disease, or introduced by contagion; and if I may be allowed to judge by comparison, it must appear that my method is superior to the more general doctrine; because I have ever found it to be attended with much more success.
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Having in the foregoing said what I thought most material to be observed in fevers, as the universal disorder that attends almost every ailment in the human body, I shall for regularity sake, treat on the most material diseases, as they may seem to follow in order in the various divisions of the human body; and be as concise in their description and cure, as their nature will admit of.
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_Of Diseases of the Head,_ _Of the Apoplexy._
The apoplexy is a disease, wherein the patient falls down motionless, void of sense and sensation, and is, in fact, a temporary death. It will scarce however admit of a strict definition; for there are not only various degrees of this disorder, but even different disorders under the same denomination, that have quite distinct different causes for their effect. Many indeed may be accounted for, but many more cannot.