_Take alum powdered, common salt, of each two drams, black
pepper, ten grains, mix it into a powder._
Of this powder take a little on the tip of your spatula, and apply it to
the palate, when it will immediately shrink up; and frequently make the
person who before was hoarse, speak immediately quite clear again with a
distinct voice; then proceed with the gargle as above directed.
But if the sore throat is of a more malignant nature, the parts inflamed
and swelled, the patient seeming almost strangled, and attended with a
high fever; it is certainly the quincey, and should be treated
accordingly. In this case you must bleed freely and repeatedly, and give
the fever powders, as will be directed in the treatment of the fever,
and the management of the quincey.
The gargle notwithstanding should be plentifully used——a blistering
plaister betwixt the shoulders, and if need requires, on the calves of
the legs, the bigness of the palm of the hand, will also prove of
singular service; and in every respect the treatment, as I shall observe
under its proper head.
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