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Rh then the Vomit before-mentioned will be demanded; and at the same Time, to succour and support the Spirits in their Labour, more generous Cordials should be used, that the crude Matter in the Blood may be digested, and the Growth of the Putrefaction resisted.

From the Beginning of the Maturation, to the Conclusion of this great Distemper, commences the third Stage of its Progress. The swelling of the Face proceeding from the inflammatory State of the Pustules, near the Time of their Separation, as I have before described at large, begins most commonly on the ninth Day from its Invasion; but if it appears before, as it sometimes does, it is a discouraging Sight, for then it is evident, that Nature is oppressed by the great Corruption of the Blood, and to deliver her self from her Enemy, proceeds too hastily in her Operations, and would come to a State of Maturation by untimely Advances, as the Case is when unable at the Beginning of the Disease to endure the Fury of the putred Matter, she excludes it on the first or second Day, while it is yet crude and undigested; which unseasonable Effort is attended with the greatest Danger. If the swelling of the Face does not appear at its proper Time, the Vomit before described is very proper to bring it on, and at this Time more active and cordial Medicines are to be administred, and the cooling and astringent ought to bear a less ,