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 When he was sent for to Children, he usually ordered them at first his Aqua Alexiteria, Three Drams; Tinctura Pestilentialis, with Tinctures of Coral and Antimony, of each Eight Drops; in an Ounce of Canary, or White Port Wine. At Night, going to Bed, a Quarter of a Spoonful, in a Glass of Wine, of his Tinctura Pestilentialis: And if they complain'd of Faintness, or Sickness at Heart, they took now and then this Cordial:

R Aqua Alexiteria, Half an Ounce; Tincture of Coral, Ten Drops: Mix for a Dose.

Upon the taking of these Antipestilential Remedies, the Sweats for the first Twelve, or Twenty four Hours, were like Drops of Water for Largeness, yet was there not any Depression of Spirit, but more Ease, and greater Liveliness; and the Continuation of the same Sweats was pleasant and refreshing: By which means, often, Buboes dissolved, and in the Third Day (at farthest) the Malignity was separated. But when Blanes and Carbuncles appear'd, their Sweats were not altogether so great, nor so continual: But usually, on the Third Day, the Blanes and Carbuncles open'd, and their Escars were divided from the living Flesh; 4