But when a cold has actually commenced, care should be taken immediately to have it subdued in time. The term cold however is a very vague expression, that includes a great many disorders, occasioned by an obstruction of perspiration, which all in turn shall be taken notice of: But as I am now on the subject of fevers, I shall confine myself to that at present, and consider the cold as it affects the body universally; namely headaches, a weakness in all the limbs; intermittent fevers, intermixed sometimes with flushes of heat, and at other times shivering, chilling, &c. These are not only the symptoms of a cold, but of almost all inflammatory fevers; which in fact, the cold is a commencement of. Now all that nature requires is a perspiration; for thereby the imprisoned acrimony is expelled, and which nature is always engaged to throw off from the system.—To this intention, if the patient is rich of blood, bleeding should be performed; but with such caution, as I have before recommended. Next give the _fever powder_ (I), together with a good quantity of balm tea, or if the constitution is of a phlegmatic habit, sage tea, or even sage punch ( No. V.) will not be improper; but care should be taken, that if there is much fever, all those things should be omitted, as it is liable to increase the fever. If there is a nausea at the stomach, give a vomit: take the following: No. XXVI _Take Ipecacuanha_ (S), _one scruple: sugar a little lump: water half a Tea cup full, and make it up into a draught._ This vomit should be well worked off with chamomile tea, or even common luke warm water; first letting the vomit operate, and then drinking plenty of the water after every operation. When this is over, the patient should keep his bed or hammock, and take either the _fever powder_ (L), or the before mentioned draught, No. XXIV. The catarrhal fever, and all the other symptoms of cold, viz. cold in the head, cough, hoarseness, &c. generally keep one another company, leave the patient generally at one time; and in fact, one method of cure, namely, promoting a perspiration, serves for all; for thereby the obstructions become removed, and nature is restored to its primitive tranquillity again. ------------------------------------------- SECT. IV. _Of Intermitting fevers, and Agues_. There is scarce a disease that makes a patient more wretched, and unhappy, than the fever and ague. The causes of these kind of fevers is principally from a pituitous, or slimy blood, together with its being loaded with acrimony; and a flacidity of the moving fibres.