As the Parts about the Gullet are frequently so much affected, as to render it painful or impracticable for the Sick themselves to make use of the Gargle so freely as they ought, it is commonly order'd, that a few Spoonfuls of this Liquor, made somewhat warm, should be very often injected into the _Fauces_ with a small Syringe; and especially before the Patient swallows any thing, in order to wash off as much as possible the putrid _Sordes_ adhering to the Ulcers, and prevent it from passing into the Stomach and Bowels. In young Subjects this Method is the more necessary, as they don't always know how to manage a Gargle to any Purpose, did the Soreness of the Parts permit them to do it. If the Sloughs are large, and cast off slowly, they may be touched with _Mel Ægyptiacum_, by means of an armed Probe; or it the Condition of the _Fauces_ is such, that this cannot conveniently be done, a Spoonful of the following Mixture may be injected, and retain'd in the Throat, as long as the Patient can endure it; the Parts may then be washed two or three times with the Gargle alone. ℞ [prescription] _Gargarism. præscript. ℥ [ounce] ij. Mel Ægypt. ʒ [dram] j. m._ By the constant and regular Use of these Applications, if the Patient is kept warm, and the Method of treating him in other Respects is observed, agreeable to what has been mention'd above, it seldom happens but that the febrile Symptoms disappear, the Sloughs come off, and the Ulcers are disposed to heal in a few Days; unless it be where Mismanagement at first, Malignity of the Infection, or an unfavourable Constitution, have one or all contributed to increase the Disease, and to render its Consequences more lasting and mischievous. What Effects improper Treatment produces in this Case has already been observed. With regard to the Matter of Contagion, or Nature of that Cause which so suddenly brings on such a Train of Symptoms as hath been described, little can be said with any Degree of Certainty: Thus much, however, seems to be true in Fact, that in some Cases the Disease appears to be of so mild a Nature, and so benign, as to require but little Assistance from Art: Persons even recover from it under the Disadvantages of unskilful and injurious Management; whilst in others, the Progress of the Symptoms is so rapid, and the Tendency to Corruption so strong, that nothing seems able to oppose it. Just as it happens in the Small-Pox; the benign and distinct sort bears ill Treatment without Injury; in the malignant flux Kind, the utmost Art and Experience are too often insufficient to conduct the Distemper to a happy Issue. Whether this Diversity in the Sore Throat we are speaking of, is owing to a Difference of Constitutions, or of Seasons, to the different Quality or Quantity of the Contagion, or the Manner of receiving it; or whether there are in Reality distinct Species of it; may perhaps hereafter be more certainly determined.