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Rh confirming the Parts of the Blood, and securing their Connexion and Coherence, to prevent the Progress of the Putrefaction and at the same Time to invigorate and empower the sound and active Parts to subdue, concoct, and expel those that are already putrefied: and therefore such Decoctions may be very useful through all the Stages of this Distemper.

Sometimes in this Season of the Disease a copious Separation of the Serum by the Strainers of the Kidneys proves very advantageous to the Patient; for a plentiful, pale and almost limpid Urine, carries off in its Current, a considerable Quantity of the noxious Matter, with which it was charged; for this is another Effort of Nature, to throw off by the Glands of the Kidneys, the residue of the putrid Materials, which she was not able to exclude by the Glands of the Skin, or those of the Mouth, and she often attempts this last Shift with Success. To promote this Separation the Decoction above preferred and generous and enlivening Medicines blended together are most proper and beneficial. I know that some eminent Physicians have recommended in this Case Pulvis Bufonum calcinated; but I must acknowledge, that upon Tryal, I never knew it produced any considerable Effect, and therefore it is not to be relied on. About the tenth Day at Night, when Nature will be most alarmed, the Guards ought to be doubled, and an Ounce of Diacodium is to be given in the Evening, Rh