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 'Tis the SeasonRobin and I are off to New Orleans for a bit of a vacation. We'll visit the usual spots but pay special attention to the site of the Battle of New Orleans, the climax of the War of 1812. We're going to take a steamboat cruise up the Mississippi and look at some of the battle sites in and around the New Orleans area. I'm assuming they'll be mostly sites from the War of 1812 as |
So, until next time, I bid you fare well on a familiar trail.---JBW
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Fever, Pain in the Head, Eye, or Ear. |
SOMETHING a-kin to this, is a Fever, accompany'd with a violent Pain in the Head,
Neck, or Shoulder, or with an Inflammation in the Eye or Ear. In all these
Cases, you must, without Loss of Time, bleed 10 Ounces. The next Day,
purge with a Decoction of Mallows, and 2 Spoonfuls of Syrrup of
Peach Blossoms. If the Pain should continue, you must bleed again
the Third Day, and the Morrow following repeat the Purge : And if the
Pain be still obstinate, you must renew both Bleeding and Purging a.
Third Time. In the very Beginning, apply the following Poultice to
the Part where the Pain lies: Boil the leaves of YOUR Diet should be moist, and cooling, such as Thin Hominy, Chicken Broth, or Water-Gruel; and your Drink, Linseed , or Ground-Ivy tea, moderately sweeten'd. THIS Disease will be also best prevented by Bleeding in any violent Cold. BUT when there happens a violent Pain in the Breast, with cold Flesh, and a low, quick, and uneven Pulse, and an excessive Weakness from the very Beginning of the Distemper, you must forebear Bleeding by all Means, 'till you have warm'd the Flesh, and rais'd the Fever. In order to which, give him a Decoction of Snakeroot and Pennyroyal; and enveavour to raise a Sweat between 2 Blankets, if possible. And because the Case is very dangerous, apply a Blister to the Breast where the Pain is, in the very Beginning. LET his Diet be Thin Hominy enrich'd with grated Nutmeg, and taken often to recruit the Spirits. |