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Diaphoretics

first means are accomplish'd by heat apply'd to the surface,
in the shape of heated bricks, bottles filled with hot water, and
keeping the patient well cover'd with clothes &c giving at the same
time wine whey, warm diluents & internally, when a prompt &
profuse Diaphoresis is wanted, heat should be apply'd under
the arm pit, between the thighs, and against the sides of the body;
to relieve local pain flannel bags filled with hot sand, salt,
oats, or ashes, should be apply'd, or what I have often succeeded
with, a large poultice of meal mush apply’d warm to the part;