Powders, with Myrrh.--One Invalid, who
had long been ill of an obstinate Tertian, on catching Cold, was
seized with an Inflammation of his Throat, for which he was blooded,
and took a mild Purge; next Day there appeared a Swelling of one of
the parotid Glands, which we endeavoured to bring to Maturation, by
the Application of emollient Cataplasms; after some Days it went
entirely away, without coming to Suppuration; but as there remained
still a Confusion of the Head, and a Quickness of the Pulse, a large
Blister was applied to the Back, which continued running for some
Days; after it dried up he fell into a Fit resembling that of an
Epilepsy, and next Day had another Fit of the same kind; from the Time
the Swelling first appeared till the Time he had the first Fit, he had
no Ague, but it returned the second Day after the second epileptic
Fit; another Blister was applied, and he had no Return of the
epileptic Fits, though his Ague continued obstinate till _March_, at
which Time he was sent to _England_[88].--About the same Time the
aguish Fits of two others were stopt by the Application of Blisters,
though they returned in both soon after.

[88] On the 29th of _August_ 1759, a Man (_Murdoch Brinnen_)
about thirty Years of Age, was admitted into _St. George_'s
Hospital for a very large Swelling of the parotid Glands and
neighbouring Parts, which had come three Days before, after a
Fit of the Tertian Ague, which did not return afterwards. The
Swelling was discussed by the Application of emollient
Cataplasms, which were intended to have brought it to
Suppuration. He had no Return of the Ague, nor did any bad
Consequence follow the Discussion of the Tumour, and the Cure
was completed by a few Doses of Physic, and a Decoction of
the Bark, which restored him to his Strength, and carried off
the little Heat and Feverishness which remained.

Excepting in these few Cases, I found no Medicines effectual in
stopping those Agues, which had resisted the Bark when properly given,
though we tried a vast Variety in different Cases. The _cortex
cascarillae_, or _eleutheriae_, was given freely, both in Decoction and
Substance, in four Cases, which had not yielded to the Bark, but
without producing any good Effect; we had not an Opportunity of
trying this Bark in more Cases of this kind, nor in Fluxes, the small
Quantity of it which had come from _England_ being all expended.

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