Heputsomerootsintoapotwithwater，and，whenitwasboiling，placeditonaspotbeneathablanketthrownaroundbothmeandit。
Thisproducednoimmediateeffect；hethengotasmallbundleofdifferentkindsofmedicinalwoods，and，burningtheminapotsherdnearlytoashes，usedthesmokeandhotvaporarisingfromthemasanauxiliarytotheotherincausingdiaphoresisIfondlyhopedthattheyhadamorepotentremedythanourownmedicinesafford；butafterbeingstewedintheirvapor-baths，smokedlikearedherringovergreentwigs，andcharmed`secundemartem’，IconcludedthatIcouldcurethefevermorequicklythantheycan。
Ifweemployawetsheetandamildaperientincombinationwithquinine，inadditiontothenativeremedies，theyareanimportantaidincuringthefever，astheyseemtohavethesamestimulatingeffectsonthealimentarycanalasthesemeanshaveontheexternalsurface。
Purgatives，generalbleedings，orindeedanyviolentremedies，areinjurious；
andtheappearanceofaherpeticeruptionnearthemouthisregardedasanevidencethatnointernalorganisindanger。