Page:Willich, A. F. M. - The Domestic Encyclopædia (Vol. 1, 1802).djvu/553

CHI Among the treatises published on this subject, besides those con- tained in Count Rujvifokd's Expe- rimental Essays, we shall mention only Mr. David Porter's Consi- derations on the present State of Chimneys iv eepers , published some years since; and Mr. Tho. Dan- forth's pamphlet, entitled The Theory of ' Chimnies and Fire-places investigated, &c. (Svo. Is. 17p6.) The latter is an ingenious, but the former is a practical and valuable essay, which, together with ano- ther on the same subject, Mr. Por- ter has printed at his own ex- pence, and distributed gratis for the benefit of the public ; a libera- lity net common to authors. China : See Porcelain. CHINCOUGH, or Hooping- cough, a contagious disease, which at first resembles a common cold, though it is from its commence- ment attended with a difficulty of breathing ; and the eyes are pro- truded from their sockets. It ge- nerally attacks children; to whom, if mismanaged, it frequently proves fatal. Those who breathe an im- pure air, live upon poor susten- ance, or are indulged in large pota- tions of warm tea, and do not enjoy sufficient exercise, are most subject to this convulsive cough, in its ut- most severity. Hence the neces- sity of parents to pay unremitting attention to those circumstances which aggravate the complaint. — - But, if the cough become so violent that respiration is occasionally sus- pended, and when the patient breathes again, is accompanied with a shrill hooping noise, no time should be lost to remove him to a different air, whether it be more or less pure, provided it is at some 1 distance from his former residence. The diet in this disorder should al- CHO 15*9 ways be light, but nourishing ; and if no fever prevail, white meat may be allowed in very moderate quan- tities, so as to divide the usual din- ner into three or four different por- tions, and to give neither cold nor hot drinks, but toast and water, with a little white wine, of which the chill is taken off; gruel; de- coctions of sago, tapioca, arrow- root, Sec. If the cough be attend- ed with febrile symptoms, medical advice should be procured ; but in ordinary cases we would advise a gentle emetic, made of an infusion of chamomile flowers, gradually administered ; and afterwards to apply the following liniment to the pit of the stomach : Take one scruple of tartar emetic, dissolve it in two ounces of spring water, and add half an ounce of the tincture of cantharides. This embrocation was originally prescribed by Doctor STRuvE,andhas, from experience, been found of superior efficacy to the patent or quack medicines ad- vertised in the daffy papers. A tea- spoonful of it ought every hour to be rubbed on the lower region of the stomach, with a warm piece of flannel; and the wetted part should likewise be covered with flannel. A gentle previous omiting, how- ever, is necessary to promote the absorption of the liniment. In the beginning of the hooping- cough, especially after a change of air, great advantage has often been derived from the application ot~ the juice of onions, horse-radish, or other stimulants, to the soles of the feet. — See Blister. Chlorosis. See Green Sick- ness. CHOCOLATE, in commerce, a kind of cake, prepared principal- ly of the nuts of the cacao, or Co- coa-tree, to which we refer. U 4 In