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44 When proper Evacuations previous to the Eruption have been prescrib'd, there is little to be done for four Days after it; for the Fever, during that Time, is most commonly mitigated, and the Heat suspended till about the eighth Day, when the Maturation beginning the Fever rises to a higher Degree, and then in this last Stage of the worst Distinct Sort, cooling and diluting Means and Medicines, such as Juices of Lemons and Oranges, Spirit of Vitriol, in common Drink, ought to be administred more plentifully to suppress and reduce the excessive Heat, or, at least, to prevent the Growth of it: And in this Season likewise quieting Remedies, of which Diacodium, or Syrup de Meconio, are found to be the most friendly and successful, may be given in a greater Degree, or more frequently, especially at the Time of their Turning, when Nature is at her greatest Plunge, and obliged to exert her utmost Vigour for making a decisive Effort; at this Time an Ounce of the Syrup before mentioned given early in the Evening, and repeated six Hours after, will be proper and beneficial; and if five or six Drops of Spirit of Vitriol be added to it, it will yet be more advantageous, since those Drops will make it more effectual for abating the immoderate Heat, as well as render it more agreeable to the Stomach.

During this Stage, when the Small-Pox are coming out, or only riling and enlarging their Bulk, Medicines of no Kind are manded,