An Account of the Extraordinary Medicinal Fluid, called Aether. | Page 3

must be repeated according to the
urgency of the Symptoms; and the Medicine must be continued some
Time after the Complaints disappear, to prevent a Relapse. It will be

serviceable during the Use of the AETHER, especially in Case of
Costiveness, to take at proper Intervals a gentle Purge, such as
_Tinctura Sacra, Pill Rufi, Rhubarb,_ or _Glauber's Salts_. Bodily
Exercise of all sorts contributes greatly to the Cure of these Complaints,
especially Riding on Horseback.

PALSY.
In _Palsies_, and all Paralytic Complaints, the Patient, if a grown
Person, must take the quantity of a Tea Spoonful of the AETHER every
Night and Morning. The Dose must be lessened in young People,
according to their Age. It will also be proper to snuff a little of it up the
Nostrils once or twice a Day, or apply a bit of Rag wetted with it up the
Nostrils. The AETHER must also be applied externally to the Part
affected, at least once every Day. It should likewise be applied now and
then to the Forehead, or any other part of the Head, especially if the
Tongue, Eyes, or any part of the Face or Head be affected. If the Arms
or Hands are Paralytic, the Application should be made to the lower
and back Part of the Neck, as well as to the Part affected. If the Disease
has seiz'd the Thighs, Legs, or Feet, the Application must not only be
made to them, but likewise to the Back Bone, at the Loins. As this
Medicine cannot, on account of it's Volatility and Pungency, be
properly applied to the Whole, of a Paralytic Limb at once, but only to
a small Part of it, the Application therefore may be made sometimes to
one Part, and sometimes to another, as shall be thought proper.
This Disease will require a longer or shorter Continuance of these
Means, according to the Degree of it, and the Time it has continued. A
Vomit should be given, and repeated now and then as the Patient can
bear it; but if Vomits seem too fatiguing, a Dose of Tinctura Sacra may
be given in their room. Paralytic Patients should use as much Bodily
Exercise as possible, and the Head, Neck, and the whole Spine, as well
as the Parts affected, should be frequently rubbed with a hot and dry
Cloth till they appear red.

GOUT.
This Medicine is of singular Service in the _Gout_, not only while it
continues in the Limbs, but particularly when it flies inwards, and

attacks the Head, Stomach, or any of the internal Parts; in which Cases
a few Doses will not fail to give present Relief. It should be taken in the
Quantity of a Tea Spoonful, two or three Times every Day, or oftener,
if the Case be violent, during the Gouty Fit. It carries off the Gouty
Matter, by Urine, which it renders very thick and turbid. At any Time
when there is a Necessity to abate the excessive Pain in the Part
affected, the AETHER may be applied to it externally, according to the
Method given p. 12. It will be proper to continue taking the AETHER
once or twice a Day for some Time after the Fit is gone, and to begin
taking it again about the Time of it's expected Return; by which Means,
tho' it may not prevent the Return of the Fit, which in many Cases
perhaps ought not to be desired, yet it will shorten, it's Continuance,
and moderate the Pain of it.

RHEUMATISM.
In Rheumatic Complaints the Patient must take a Dose of this Medicine
every Night and Morning, or oftener, if the Pains are violent; and it
must be continued till the Disease is removed, or longer, to prevent a
Relapse. If the Pain is fixed in any particular Part, the AETHER must
be applied to it twice a Day, as directed hereafter. It must be observed,
that Bleeding very much conduces to the Cure of obstinate Chronic
Rheumatisms, must be repeated at proper intervals if necessary; the
Blood in this Disease being generally very sizy.

Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines.
This Medicine presently cures Flatulent Cholics, removes all Windy
Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines, and corrects Acidities lodged
there. It is also found to have excellent Effect in correcting that
Weakness, or bad Habit of the Stomach and Intestines, which studious
Persons, and such as lead sedentary Lives, are particularly subject to,
and is attended with sour Belchings, Heart-Burn, Windy Distensions,
Pain and Uneasiness in the Stomach and Bowels. It must be taken
every Night and Morning, according to the General Direction below.
Care should be taken to prevent Costiveness in these Cases, which, is
best removed by chewing _Rhubarb_, or taking it any other way,