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Rh Symptoms have been always removed, and the Sufferer relieved. At the Beginning of this Stage the Eyes are frequently so far inflam'd, as appears by their red and fiery Aspect or Coruscation, that plentiful Drops of watry Serum, as so many impassionate Tears, flow down the Cheeks. This requires no particular Application, for it will disappear of it self, as the Distemper advances; only for the Ease of the Pain and Anguish, the distilled Water of Plantain, Roses or Elder Flowers, may be applied warm to the Eye-lids.

In this Season it often falls out, that the Patient is seized with an obstinate Wakefulness, a Suspension of Reason, and an ungovernable Frenzy; and as Diascordium and Laudanum are of great use in the Small-Pox, so here the Quantity usually given may be increased a third Part, or given twice a Day, Morning and Night: But it is injudicious to raise it to a much higher Degree; for during this Symptom it is often unavailing, which will take its Course in Despite of all Opiate Medicines. The most proper and successful Method is to ply the Patient with the cooling and diluting Medicines above-mentioned, and above all to take him out of Bed and set him in a Chair for a Quarter of an Hour, or a little more, and at his Return to Bed, to give him immediately a quieting Draught; this I have often seen happily attempted. As