A practical treatise on the small-pox and measles. [electronic resource] : Wherein is set forth, First, The Signs which shew the Small-Pox or Measles are coming. Secondly, The Cause of the Malignancy, and whereby contracted. Thirdly, The Way for the Nurse to manage the Patient at every Crisis, or Relapse, from the Beginning to the End of the Distemper; as to their Eating or Drinking. Fourthly, Prescriptions proper to be given from the Beginning to the End of the Distemper. Fifthly, What is proper for Washing; Oyntments, Physic, and Bleeding, when the Distemper is turn'd. By Thomas Tanner, surgeon, In Hartlebury, Worcestershire.