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To relieve Fainting and other Fits
The person ought to be immediately ⟨carried⟩ into the open air, and the temples, ⟨should⟩ be rubbed with strong vinegar and bra(illegible text) and volatile salts or spirits held to the ⟨nose.⟩ The patient should then be laid on {{reconstruct|their} back with the head low, and have a ⟨little⟩ wine or other cordial poured into ⟨their⟩ mouth. If subject to hysteric fits, ca(illegible text) or assafoetida should be applied to the r(illegible text) or burnt feathers, horn, or leather.
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To relieve sudden Bleeding.
Dry lint put up the nostrils, pledgets (illegible text) lint dipped in spirits, or weak ⟨solutions of⟩ blue vitriol, or from ten to twenty ⟨drops⟩ of oil of turpentine taken in water generally stop discharges of blood.
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To restore suspended Animation.
In cases of substances being stopt ⟨between⟩ the mouth and the stomach, where ⟨this⟩ cannot be extracted by the fingers or otherwise, the person should swallow a piece ⟨of⟩