A continuation of the account of the nature causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people illustrated with some remarkable instances of the sicknesses of the fleet during the last summer, historically related : to which is prefix'd an essay concerning the quantity of blood that is to be evacuated in fevers : being the third part of the work / by William Cockburn ...

Observation XXXII.

A—M—Captain of his Maje∣stie's Ship—was taken ill of a want of Appetite, Thoughtfulness, Disturbance in his sleep, Melancho∣ly dreams, and a Defect of Spirits; his Pulse was weak, and there were small Swellings in different parts of his Body, in the Morning especially, tho' they went off about Noon.

'Tis evident that the Sickness is of the same sort with the former, and therefore I order'd him to be let nine Ounces of Blood, and next day to take this Vomit.

℞ Tartar. emetic. gr. iv. Solv. in vin. alb. Gallic. cochl. uno vel altero, ac Ca∣piat mane cum regimine.

It wrought five times, and made him go once to stool, all the time of its Operation he drank large draughts

of Posset-drink; next day Morning he took these Pills early in the Morn∣ing.

℞ pil. Rud. gr. xxv. Merc. d. gr. vij. Tartar. vitriolat gr. v. elixir. propri∣etat. q. s. ut••f. pil. N^o. v. Quas capias multo mane, cum regimine, ac superdor∣miendo.

They purg'd him four times with a great deal of ease; and next Morn∣ing he began the following Electua∣ry.

℞ cortic. aurant. condit. rad. helen. condit. ℥ij. z. in z. in Ind condit. ʒvj. pulver. Ari composit. ʒij. theriac. An∣dr••••••••. ʒj. lyr. chalybeat, q. s. ut f. electuar▪ de quo Capiat quantitat. nuc. moschat. major. bis in die, superbibendo 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••ujust••bet generos. poculum.

Every Evening about bed time, he took a Dose of these Pills.

℞ gum. ammo. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. sagapen. ʒj. en••. vener. ℈ij. croc. Anglic. subtil. pulverat. ʒss sal. volatil. succin, C. C. gr. xv. elix. proprictat. q. s. ut f. pil. N••. xl.

ac Capiat tres alternis noctibus, eundo Cubitum.

With the use of these Med'cins, and such a bitter Infusion as was pre∣scrib'd before, he recover'd perfect∣ly in the space of one Month.