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182&#93; l82] SWO tor, or asaf(£tida may be Inhaled with advantage. — If the swooning origiuate from anger, and be at- tended with nausea, vomiting, bit- ter taste, and pain al tl)e pit of the stomach, a gentle emetic may be given, with copious draughts of ■warm chamomile tea : similar means may likewise be employed, in CO sequence of a surfeit. — Per- sons of a pi thoric habit, when faint- ing from violence of passion, ought immediately to lose a few ounces of blood from the arm, and af- terwards take a cooling aperient, for instance, infusions of senna, tama- rinds with mai-.na, salts, &c. If it arise from excess of pain, benefit may be derived from opium ; and,. when it is occasioned by a fit of terror, or a sudden fright, first blood-letting, then small doses of laudanum and antimonial wine (from five to ten drops of the for- mer, and double that proportion of the latter), will tend to compose the nerves, and to promote persjn- ration. — Poisons and worms re- quire the treatment mentioned un- der their respedive heads. — When the fit of swooning is the elfeft of too violent purgatives or emetics, a few drops of the tiniSture of opium, in conjunftion with an aromatic wine, will prove the most proper remedy. In cases of great debilily, it will be necessary to abstain from all stimulating food or drink, and to use tlxe mildest astringents, in com- bination with a bland and nourish- ing diet. During the paroxysm, friftions of the extremities with hot flannels, will greatly assist the re- covery of the patient. Should, however, this state of suspended Animation, be the ef- lcdofLlGHTNU<&4 SVFFOCATION, SYC Suspension, &c. the proper means of resuscitation will be found in these respective 'articles. , SYCAMORE-TREE, or Syca- more Maplb j jlcer Pseudo-pla" tanus, L. a large and beautiful tree, supposed to be a native of Ger- many, but reared in Britain, prin- cipally for the sake of its elegant appearance in plantations. — It is of quick growth, though increasing in size till 200 years old, and attain- ing the respedable age of four cen- turies : it flourishes in exposed si- tuations near the sea, where a plan- tation of these trees, at 50 feet asiuider, interspersed with three sea sallow-thorns between every two of the former, makes an excellent fence against the spray of the ocean. The sycamore, however, thrives most luxuriantly in a loose black earth; and the young trees ought to be transplanted at the age of 15 or 20. — Its wood is soft and white, readily works in the lathe, and is employed by turners, for ma- nufa(!:turing wooden bowls, dishes, trenchers, &c. When the sap rises in the spring, or retreats in the autnnm, a considerable quan- tity of sweetish juice exudes from a hole made in the trunk, about 12 inches from the root, amounting daily to 7, 8, or 10 quarts from eacli tree. The Highlanders con- Tert this liquor into an agreeable, and wholesome wine: when cla- rified, evaporated, and subsequent- ly inspissated, it affords a fine, white sugar (in the proportion of one pound from l6 quarts of the sap) ; which, however, is too pur- gative for common use. — There are two varieties of this tree, one having broad leaves and large keys, while those of the other are varie- gated: the latter is propagated chit-fi/