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the_o ulcer_n with_o water_n of_o plantain_n sharpen_v with_o spirit_n of_o vitriol_n take_v great_a care_n that_o the_o infant_n swallow_v none_o of_o it_o and_o the_o remedy_n must_v be_v so_o much_o the_o strong_a and_o sharp_a as_o the_o ulcer_n be_v profound_a and_o malignant_a assoon_o as_o they_o have_v be_v cauterise_v with_o this_o water_n by_o only_o touch_v they_o once_o or_o twice_o with_o it_o according_a to_o their_o bigness_n depth_n or_o corruption_n that_o no_o sharp_a serosity_n may_v distil_v upon_o the_o place_n not_o yet_o ulcered_a and_o upon_o the_o infant_n throat_n wash_v its_o mouth_n with_o plantain_n water_n or_o with_o a_o decoction_n of_o barley_n agrimony_n and_o honey_n of_o rose_n continue_v to_o touch_v and_o wash_v the_o ulcer_n as_o it_o may_v be_v judge_v convenient_a and_o until_o you_o find_v that_o they_o spread_v no_o further_o to_o prevent_v that_o in_o the_o use_n of_o these_o sharp_a medicine_n not_o the_o least_o portion_n of_o they_o may_v fall_v upon_o the_o child_n throat_n and_o that_o by_o swallow_v of_o they_o he_o may_v receive_v no_o great_a prejudice_n some_o choose_v rather_o to_o cauterise_n these_o ulcer_n with_o small_a linen_n tent_n dip_v in_o boil_a oil_n which_o though_o afterward_o swallow_v can_v in_o the_o least_o prejudice_n he_o it_o will_v also_o not_o be_v amiss_o to_o purge_v the_o ill_a humour_n out_o of_o the_o whole_a habit_n of_o the_o child_n give_v he_o half_o a_o ounce_n of_o syrup_n of_o succory_n with_o rhubarb_n if_o these_o ulcer_n be_v maintain_v by_o a_o venereal_a venom_n these_o remedy_n may_v for_o some_o time_n hinder_v their_o increase_n but_o they_o will_v never_o be_v cure_v unless_o such_o as_o be_v more_o specific_a to_o that_o malady_n be_v apply_v as_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o direct_v chap._n xxviii_o of_o the_o pain_n in_o breed_v the_o tooth_n the_o tooth_n which_o be_v hide_v in_o the_o jaw_n usual_o begin_v to_o come_v forth_o not_o all_o at_o a_o time_n but_o one_o after_o another_o towards_o the_o five_o or_o six_o month_n sometime_o soon_o an_o sometime_o also_o late_a for_o to_o effect_v which_o they_o cut_v the_o gum_n wherewith_o they_o be_v cover_v then_o because_o of_o the_o exquisite_a sense_n of_o those_o part_n there_o happen_v so_o great_a pain_n to_o the_o child_n that_o many_o who_o hitherto_o be_v very_o well_o be_v now_o in_o great_a danger_n of_o their_o life_n and_o often_o die_v by_o reason_n of_o many_o mischievous_a accident_n which_o happen_v to_o they_o at_o that_o time_n hypocrates_n name_v the_o principal_a of_o they_o in_o the_o 25._o aphorism_n of_o his_o three_o book_n in_o progressu_fw-la verò_fw-la quum_fw-la â—am_fw-la dentire_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la gingivarum_fw-la prurigine_n febres_fw-la convulsiones_fw-la alvi_fw-la profluvia_fw-la &_o maximè_fw-la quum_fw-la caninos_fw-la edunt_fw-la dentes_fw-la &_o his_o praesertim_fw-la pveris_fw-la qui_fw-la crassissimi_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o alvos_fw-la duras_fw-la 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