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In the firft, as well as in the other periods, the cure is princi- pally to be aimed at by removing the patient out of the foul air. When this cannot be done, the ward or room Should be purified by making a fucceffion of air by means of fires, or let- ting it in by doors and windows, or diffufing the fteams of vi- negar.

The next thing to be done, is to promote a diaphorefis, which, in this period, (hould only be attempted by mild fu- dorifics, as the fpiritus Mindereri.

When the (ever is confirmed, contrayerva-powders, with nitre, camphor, the common ptifan acidulated, and fuch me- dicines as are good in inflammatory cafes, ought to be given. Cuftivenefs is to be prevented by emollient clylters. But opi-

. ates are dangerous, both in this and the third ftage, in which the pulfe finks, and ftupor is greater, a delirium impends, and petechia: often appear. When this is obferved to be the cafe, the iiure and diaphoretic medicines are to make room for a decoction .of fnake-root, to which a fmall quantity of firong -water may be added. It may alfo be given in fubftance from two to four fcruples a day, with fenfible good efficls. Towards the decline of the fever, an equal quantity of peruvian bark may be joined with the root. Wine is alfo an excellent cordial at this period, and may be given either made into Whey, or added to the panado, which was the only food allowed to the fick. It may be taken from half a pint to a quart a day, according to the ftrength of the patient. Perhaps there is no rule of more importance, than to give fttict charge to the attendants of the lick, never to let the patient, when low, remain above two or three hours without taking fome- ttiing cordial and nourifhing. But however neceffary wine, v. ..ies, and other cordials are in this low ftate of the fever^ it ought to be remembered, that they muft never be given with an (mention to force a fweat, but only as analeptics, and to fupportthe vis vital. If there be danger of a phrenitis coming on, it will be proper to call in the affiftance of cpifpaftics. Si- napifms too may be ufed when the pulfe is greatly funk. If a diarrhoea comes on in the decline of the fever, it is to be mo- derated, by adding a few drops or the tindtura tiiebaica, to the full quantity of the alexipharmic decoction ; or by givino- a fpoontul or two of an aftrmgent mixture. In proportion, however, to rhe putrid nature of the (tools, aftringents are to be ufed with the more caution. When the fever is over there are few but complain of a vertigo, and want of reft, a continuation of the deafnefs, and other nervous fymptoms, are frequently the confequence of great lownefs ; in which ' cafe, the pillulse Matthaei are to be given at night, with ana- lytics and medicines of the ftrengthening kind. Vid. Prinil/s Obfcrv. on difeaf. of army. p. 243 — 278.

Hospital - Ventilator, See the article Ventilator Append.

HOVEL, properly fignifies a covering, or flicker for cattle, made of hurdles, or the like ; but is alfo ufed for any other mean building. Ruff. Didt. in voc.

BOVND(SuppL)— Gaze-HoVKD, or Go/1-Hound, one who makes more ufe of his fight than fine!!, from the word gaze, to ftare at.

Thefe dogs make excellent fport with the fox and hare, and are much ufed in the north of England, and on champaign ground, rather than bufhy and woody places. Diet Ruft. in voc.

HOUSE (Cycl. and Suppl.) — Summer-Hov $i>, a little edifice erefled at the corner of a garden, and contrived fo as to let in air on all fides ; or to exclude it, as you find proper. Build. Diet, in voc. Summer.

HOUSING (Cycl.) — Housing, among brick-layers, a term ufed for a brick which is warped, or is call crooked or hollow in burning ; in fuch a cafe, they fay it is boufing. Build. Dia. in voc.

HUMBLE-iK-_/?y is a fpecies of Culex ; it is Ianigerous, and has fomewhat obfeure wings. See the articles Humble, Suppl. and Culex, Append.

HtiMiilE-f/mt, a name fbmetimes given to the mime/a, or fenfi- tive plant. See the articles Mimosa and Sensitive, Suppl.

HUNGARICUS morbus, a difeafe fo called from its being firft obferved in the imperial army in Hungary, in the year 1566 ; from whence it fpread over a great part of Europe. It is defcribed as a malignant fever, attended with ficknefs at the ftomach, a pain and hardnefs about the epigaftric region, great thirft from the beginning, a parched tongue, and a conftant head-ach, ending in a delirium. It was highly con- tagious and mortal, and is fuppofed to have been a compound cf the bilious and hofpital fever, taking its rife firft in the camp, but acquiring that high degree of malignity from the

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HYPERBOLA '(Cycl.) -Conjugate HvPikBolAs a name given to four Hyperbolas, when the firft and fecond Axes of two c m f« e Hyperbolas are the fecond and firft Axes of two other oppofite Hyperbolas.

Thus it two oppofite Hyperbolas A M, a m have the line A a, for their firft Axis, and the line B b, for their fecond Axis; and if two other oppoCte Hyperbolas BS, bs have on the contrary B i for their firft Axis, and A /for £ fecond Axis, thefe two Hyperbolas B S, A, are fad tote conjugate to the Hyperbolas AM, am, and the four together are sailed conjugate Hyperbolas. wgeiner

The Afymptotes H C b, GCg, of the Hyperbolas A M, a m, will alfo be the Afymptotes to the Hyperbolas B S, b s. See V Hopital, Sect. Coniq. Art. 132.

HYPERICOIDES, in botany, the name by which Plumier calls the Afcyrum of Linnams, a diftinft genus of plants. See the article Ascyrum, Append.

HYPERICUM, in the Linntean fyftem of botany, a large ge- nus of plants ; which, according to that author, comprehends the Androfamum and Hypericum of Tournefort. See the arti- cles Androsemum and Hypericum, Suppl.

HYPETHRE, in antient architefiure, two rows of pillars all about, and ten at each face of any temple, &c. with a Peri- ftyle within of fix columns.

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