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H E C patients, who, if attacked in the sp:i:ij;. generally languish (ill the . or, if they be- en i: o the diiM ise durin ; the- su rimer - tlst «, they linger out .i w , tched existence, till about t!h sara period arrive* in the fol- low in-.:, year. M nent : As this fever arises from various causes, it most necessarily require different remedies. J;i general, however, the chief object to be attended to, is the mitigation of the symptoms, by preventing both costiveness and looseners ; by procuring sleep, and checking the night-sweats. The uee of Peruvian bark has been at- tended with considerable success ; for it ten is to stop the progress of gangrenes, and the suppurations become more favourable. Caute- ries applied to the head , antiscor- butics ; together with gelatinous, or mealy substances, and the mode- rate use of generous wine, may be safely administered. In the be- ginning of the disease, soft, stewed eggs and raw oysters eaten in small portions, have often proved very be. eficial. — Dr. Hulme re- commends the inspiration of fixed air, in beciic fevers accompanied with pulmonary complaints. Much, however, depends upon the diet, air, and exercise. The diet, in- deed, ought to consist chiefly of milk and vegetables. Half a pint of either goats or asses milk, which last is less viscid than any oilier kind, should be drunk three or four times in the course of a dav, and continued for weeks, and even months. Some authors preferably recommend butter-milk, which in their opinion is equal to that of asses ; observing that many per- sons have recovered by die free use of it: nevertheless, it ihould be H E D [45 sparingly taken at first, and gra- dually increased till it become al«  raost the onlj sustenance. Persons who have been accus- tomed to animal food and strong liquors, must ctfvt this (hinge by imperceptible degrees j and, by per- sisting in the course above men- tioned, they will in most cases re- cover, unless the fever have made such progress as .to reduce the tram;- to a confirmed consumption. In hcotic illness, where all other r< medies h • railed, a journey to Bath is generally proposed by the languishing patient, or the disap- pointed physician ; but, as Dr. He- berden- has judiciously observed, the fatigue and inconve.uencies of travelling, to a dying person, are such as ought necessarily to pre- clude the attempt: besides, the Bath waters are peculiarly hurtful in this fever, which they always increase, and thus aggravate the sufferings, and accelerate the aleath of the exhausted traveller. — Whe- ther the boasted virtues of the di- gitalis, or fox-glove, are such as have lately been promulgated with sanguine exultation by several wri- ters, time and experience alone can decide. HEDGE, in agriculture, a fence inclosing a field, or garden, &c. generally made by intertwining the branches of trees. Hedges are usually divided into two classes : ] . Outward fences, planted either with hawthorn or black-thorn, of which we have al- ready treated under the article Fexce ; and, 2. Those intended for gardens, which are planted ac- cording, to the fancy of the pos- sessor, with holly, yew, or other evergreens. In forming outside hedges, the plants ought to be as nearly as G g 2 possible