peculiar faculty of impressing a Scorbutick Idea on it Of the same Nature are Melancholick Meats as Beef Pork Geese Ducks Salt-fish and all other Fish that are bred in Standing Waters as Eeles and others also pickled and marinaded Fish as pickled Herrings Anchovies and the like which bears a great part in this Morbifick Production also a Salin Air render'd thick and constipative by Vapours and Damps Nitrous Evaporations out of the Earth filled with putrid Steams of Sinks Gutters Ditches muddy and dirty Streets and Sulphurous Smokes of Chimneys stagnating and pent up between narrow Lanes and Corners and seldom or but little serenated or putrify'd by the Rays of a clear shining Sun nor frequently ventilated with Easterly Breezes and such is the Clime of London where the Air is experienced close dull damp salin and muddy over-spread with dense dark salin Clouds attracted out of the Sea for two Thirds if not three Fourth Parts of the Year during which time the Winds seldom blow Easterly or is favour'd with a smiling Sun the two viz. Dyet and State of the Air c. are accounted by all the principal external and internal Agents or Causes of the Scurvy agressing the Body both within and without the first by making its efforts on the Stomach and its Ferment thereby assaulting the Blood and animal Liquor and the latter by entring the external Pores by their subtle effluvium's as is most certainly and at large set forth in a late ingenious Tract entituled Scelera Aquarum Wherein the Author tells us That London is situated on a wicked Bottom of Earth called blue Clay this Bottom is many contiguous tho' separated Bodies extends it self round the Metropolis and Lines of Communication some Miles in Circumference and reacheth likewise downwards to an enormous Depth towards the Center for the boreings that have been frequently made by the Brewers in quest of the impregnated Water called Spring Liquor hath been mostly attempted to thirty and forty Fathom Depth without success As all sorts of Clay are found by Experience and Observations of Country Farmers and Brewers to abound with a Juice or Salt of an Esurine Acid Nature and Quality which vitiates all the Fruits of the Earth except it be first sweetned and sheath'd by Chalk both crude and calcin'd into Lime so this blue kind of Glebe more scelerous and corrosive than all the other maleficates equally Air and Water and renders all the stagnate Waters of the Neighbourhood esurine to a very high degree And here it is that the bounty of Nature hath made it self remarkable to the Eye in burying this bottom of Clay near twenty foot in depth under Ground and besides covering it over and over with repeated Strata of diffeâ—ent kinds of Moulds towards the Gravelly Surface of the Earth left the Atmosphere should be invaded and the ambient Air we aspire should be thereby exasperated and rendred Catarrhous through the corrosive effluvia sent up from below so that till about One Hundred and Fifty Years ago when an endless number of Perforations began to be made by the common Brewers into the Subterranean World the City of London enjoyed its Native State of Health and was entirely free from Coughs and Catarrhs Periodical Fevers vulgarly call'd Agues and in a word from all the Symtomatical Branches of the Scurvy hitherto enumerated And here it may be observed by the by that the acrid Effluvia sent up from the Clayey Bottom by reason of their volatile Nature do little harm in the Summer Season but during that of the Winter whilst they are weighed down and reverberated back towards the Bafis of the Atmosphere by the Fogs and Frosts then I may say it is and not till then that they begin to Bite even Persons adult bur more especially the unseason'd Bodies of Children and Foreigners In short the Scelus Aquoe Loci or corrupted or corrosive Waters here insisted on slept for a long Succession of Ages out of Harms way in the Bowels of the Subterranean World and besides the corrosive Waters were not employed either in Bread or potable Liquors extracted forth of Malt And as I may add they were only made use of for clearing of the Sight and for eating away the Kells and Cataracts off of dim Eyes But about the Accession of Queen Elizabeth to the Crown as I am well inform'd Clay Waters began to grow into credit with such as Brewed or Baked for Sale as a more powerful-Menstruum for extracting the Tincture out of Malt And at that period of Time it was that the Waters of D AT C. were Carted from Hogsdon to the several Brew-houses in the Metropolis or City of London at 800 l. per Ann. Expence and at the same time a world of Wells were made and Pumps erected at every corner of the City and Suburbs In a word the Scelus Aquoe Loci now spoken of that is to say the acrid Nature and esurine Quality of the Stagnate Waters in and about this City is sufficiently evinced a Posteriori from the ill natur'd Effects thereof in all Domestick Uses First in chopping and ditching of Hands and Face Secondly from coagulating of Alcalous Fluids both Soap and Barm Thirdly from hardening of Pease and redning of Bacon and all Flesh Meats if boiled therein which the Lord Bacon enumerates amongst ill Signs and Diagnostick of Insalubrity or Unwholsomness Fourthly from the killing of Flowers and destroying all manner of Garden-stuff unless the acid Salt be rst fievaporated by open Airings and Insolations on the Surface of the Earth as was practised by the Ancients and put in practice by Gardeners to this Day I had almost forgot to add here that the prodigious bottom of Clay now spoken of extends it self from the Metropolis or City of London all along the Banks of the River Thames into the Marshes or Flats of Essex which vitiates both Air and Water in the Hundreds to a very high degree whereby the Foundation hath been laid of such Chronical Fevers and Scorbutick Agues as incessently reign in the Districts of Dench and Rochefort In a word the River of Thames is also vitiated by Dyers c. so that no Water is fit for Bread and Brewer's use save the New River which is far more Salubrious or Healthful than any other Water in or about the City of London However the Scurvy whether from immediate or remote Causes is certainly a Corruption and Putrefaction of the Blood and Humours whence the Concoction being hurt the Stomach which is the Index of Diseases is depraved Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen c. are occasion'd bringing by degrees a general Cachexie or evil Habit of Body whereby manifold and complicated Distempers are at length introduced which affects all Persons according to their various and different Tempers and Constitutions Such I say is the Scurvy that grand Enemy to Health and only reigning Disease of this Kingdom which Persons of all Ranks Ages and Sexes are more or less
Paroxisms the manner of taking which Pills with observations to be heeded as to Diet c. is at large before set forth with which and this Suffumigation they observing Rules as to Diet c. numbers of Hysterick Persons have been cured when they have lain some Months in violent Ravings and other Symptoms almost suppos'd irretrievable Secondly of Hypochondriack Melancholly or Flatus in Men which is a sort of Cachexie that frequently reigns in our Northern Climates whose Symptoms appearing mostly in the Hypochondria is term'd the Hypochondriack Disease and when its Symptoms are very fierce and exalted 't is entitule the Scurvy a Name given it by the Saxons in Norâ—â— Germany who are most liable to it the better part of Authors upon this Subject being amus'd with its Symptoms and Effects have vainly fancy'd to establish its Original Seat in several Bowels that are only accidentally concern'd but if they trac'd it to its state of Infancy and first beginning they must have pitch'd upon the Stomach for the Place of its Nativity and upon the Acid viscous Cruditie that a faulty digestion occasion for its Causes For our further satisfaction in this matter we shall briefly run over its Symptoms and if we find that they owe their Being to an Acid Crudity in the Stomach shall reckon that we have made our point good In the first place then the Appetite is over-keen in Hypochondriack Persons their Digestion being weak and follow'd by Convulsive or weighty Pains in the Stomach belching Wind and Noise especially in the left side of the Belly where the Gut-Colon is straitned they are always Costive and Laxatives operate better in them than Purgatives if an Artificial or Natural Vomiting happen they throw up Acid Matter which stupfiies or sets the Teeth on edge and which will corrode a Copper Vessel so as to render it rusty After Eating they are oft-times seiz'd with a gnawing Pain in the Stomach reaching along the Back from the lower part to the Neck of the Gullet which some miscal Nephritick Pains as also with sudden flushings in the Face wringing Pains in the Guts palpitation of the Heart perturbation of Mind and a difficulty of breathing occasion'd either by viscous Crudities distending the Stomach or Convulsions of the Midriff and Muscles of the Breast or Wind in the Abdomen hindring the descent of the Midriff while their Stomach is empty they are apt to be giddy and dull they are liable to periodical Exasperations frequently they are sensible as it were of Fumes rising up from the Belly and the Paroxism resembles an Hysterical Fit in the Paroxism the colour and consistence of their Urine is inconstant but when 't is over returns to a Natural order These are the Symptoms of Hypochondriack Person but all of them are rarely to be seen in one Person the most certain Symptoms that always attend are Gripings and Wind in the Guts a weak Stomach Costiveness and Perturbation of the Head The Symptoms being thus premis'd we come now to enquire after the Cause of this Disease the first and original of which is a vicious Acid in the Stomach enlarging the Appetite but unfit for Digestion hence ensues an Acid Crudity in the first Passages which depraves the crasis of the Blood prevents the due separation of volatil Spirits upon which the Lymph becomes Acid and the Bile inactive These are the Sources of all the preceding Symptoms since Wind Noise Griping of the Guts and Costiveness are the natural result of a vicious Acid in the first Passages as flushings in the Face arise from its effervescence with the Bile the Convulsions of the nervous Membranes in several Parts of the Body are the effect of its Iritation its Crudity impairs the due Fermentation of the Blood and causes a palpitation of the Heart and difficulty of Breathing it depraves the Nutritious Juice of the Bowels which settles into hard Swellings and occasions a degeneracy and austerity in the Spirits hence Fear Melancholly irregular Thoughts and uncouth emotions ensue The remote Causes that promote Crudities are Acid Liquors or Salt Victuals or such as are dried in the Smoak since both partake of the Acid Spirit of Salt or Soot also want of motion to promote digestion and the speedy assimilation of the Chyle likewise Nocturnal Study and over thoughtfulness and care exhaust the Spirits impoverish the Blood and render the Lymph acid Thus much for the Symptoms and Cause of this Disease Now as to the Cure its consists in correcting and evacuating the Crudities of the first Passages fortifying the Stomach retrieving the due crasis of the Blood and restoring all wonted Evacuations to their former course in order to compass which ends let the following Rules be heedfully minded 1st That a Dose of the English Pills aforementioned be taken so often as you find occasion with a careful regular Diet and using a moderate quantity of true natural red Wine mix'd with Water instead of Malt-drinks which with the use of the Suffumigating Powder I shall by and by give directions about never fails setting them to rights as numbers in very deplorable conditions have happily experienced 2dly Their way of living both in the Vapours and Hypochondriack Melancholly as to Dyet ought to consist chiefly of cooling refreshing Nourishments Food of good Juyce eating Water-gruel Barley and Rice-Broths Rice-milk boil'd and roast Veal and Mutton Veal or Chicken-Broths not made so strong as usually eating no Salt or spiced Meats 3dly They must sleep not too much neither indulge Melancholly or thoughtfulness but be cheerful and use diversions keeping in company that is mirthful and talkative ride and take the fresh Air which with the variety of different Company and Objects which they see concur to pleasure the Mind and remove all anxious Thoughts and thereby contribute much towards the Cure And for all Diseases of the Nerves Fits of all sorts whether Convulsions Falling Sickness Apoplexies Lethargies Palsies or other Disorders of the Animal Spirits and Brain Spasms Tremblings Contractions Relaxations of the Limbs Numbness Coldness or the like a Dose now and then of the aforesaid English Pills and using the Suffumigating Powder as I shall presently direct nothing will be found more efficacious especially if the contracted or relaxed Limbs be anointed every Night with Oil of Amber and the following Diet-drink be made and drank constantly of which is also excellent in Vapours and Melancholly Take Mustard Seeds 4 Ounces buised Horse-radish Roots two Ounces Scurvy-grass two Handfuls Aaron Roots half an Ounce Bryony Roots two Ounces boil all in a Gallon of Spring Water till a Quart be boil'd away then strain it and drink half a Pint three times a day Use the Suffumigating Powder thus put a Paper of it upon some live Coals in a Chasing-dish or some such a thing and put in under a Chair with a Hole in it clapping a Funnel upon the Coals so that the Smoak will go through the Funnel and the Patient sitting upon
in almost as fast as you lay it on and will admirably comfort the Head and Brain strengthen the Sight and perform wonderful Cures and that more esecially if you Purge now and then with the English Pills In the Tooth ach or Defluxions upon the Jaws Palate c. by holding a little in the Mouth and snuffing some up the Nostrils as aforesaid 't is a present help and by dropping a few Drops into the Ears twice in a Day putting in a little Cotton or Wool dipt in the same a little warm'd 't will be an admirable Remedy in Pains of the Ears Deafness Noise c. The Virtues of the said English Pills and Tincture in one other particular Distemper I cannot but take notice of their Effects being so very remarkable and that is in the most violent and extream Collicks or racking griping Pains of the Bowels and Stomach even when the Patient hath been at the point of Death rolling tumbling about and roaring out with Pain as if distracted four of the Pills being taken and 100 or 150 Drops or more of the Tincture mix'd in a Glass of Sack or White Wine hot or mull'd drank immediately after them gives instant Ease even upon the spot when Glysters and all other Medicines have been ineffectual and comforts and heals the Bowels so that the Patient in half an Hours time after is as if nothing had ailed him they being of great power to suppress Wind and Humours that fly upwards by which may be seen their Excellency in defending the Head from obnoxious Fumes c. which so frequently indispose it and also 50 or 60 Drops of the Tincture taken twice a Day in a little White Wine gives immediate Ease in After-pains to Lying-in Women it bing a Medicince of cleansing safe and strengthening Properties A few Drops snufft up the Nose eases the most violent Pains thereof in a Moment and that without sneezing or endangering Cold and for that very use it is scarcely to be express'd the wonderful and instant Ease it gives for no sooner is it snufft up the Nose but the Pain is gone tho' before it was never so intollerable and by continuing prevents its return having cur'd old inveterate Head-achs of many Years standing in an instant which long courses of Physick were not able to do The Price of this Tincture is Three Shillings and Six Pence the Bottle to be had only at the Place before-mentioned THE Balsamick Restorative ELIXIR FOR Diseases of the Lungs whether Consumptions Astma's Phtysicks c. BEING a wonderful rich and pleasant Medicine of stupendious Effects it admirably strengthens the Lungs being the very Life or Balsam thereof cleansing the Pipes of tough foul Spittings thickned by a preternatural Heat helps shortness of Breath eases and remedies Coughs tho' never so violent and perplexing all Asthmatick Stoppages of the Lungs Hoarseness Distillations or Defluxious of Rheum all Wheesings straitness of the Chest not to be reach by Syrups Oils Licks Slops or Lozenges which oftend the Stomach and feed the unnatural Fire it comforts Nature nourishes and enriches the Blood chears the Heart recreats and revives the Spirits and Vitals tho' never so low and drooping being an exceeding generous Cordial it takes off your spending faint profuse Night-sweats strikes at the root or cause of all Consumptions and so restores and renews the whole habit of Body and Blood as that in the most spending and languishing Cases even when the Patient is reduced to a pining emaciated Condition contributes more towards the Cure than it is possible for any other single Medicine to do and is a Specifick Cure for Hooping and Chin-coughs in Children And for weakly and Consumptive People whose Lungs are Ulcerated spitting up foul purulent bloody Matter with tedious hollow Coughs Hectick Fever c. 't is an admirable thing it supporting the Body wonderfully and will be found much more prevalent and restoring in all Cafes of the Lungs if it be taken 4 or 5 times in a Day 2 or 3 Dishes at a time in Tea made of Ground-Ivy and Liquorish two handfuls of the former and two Ounces of the latter to a Quart of boiling Water sweetned with Sugar-Candy And if at any time the Body be pursy or stopt up or the Stomach be foul and Digestion bad or are hot and costive Bodied it may be also convenient if Strength will permit to take now and then a Dose of our English Pills aforementioned of whose Vertues in Consumptive Habits you may read in its place A certain Woman among others was cured with this Elixir of an inveterate pineing and wasting suppos'd to be an incurable Consumption and that after two Years despair when she was so weak she could not stand without two to hold her looking like as it were the Picture of Death and given over as past all hopes by several very able and learned Men the alone taking of this Medicine in Sack or Milk and sometimes in Ale sweetned but most commonly in Milk Morning Noon and Night and in Extremities of Faintings c. oftner continuing the same for about 5 or 6 Weeks time restored her through the Blessing of God to the wonder of all that knew her and in all probability will perform the same in others when greater Remedies and Methods may be ineffectual You will find it sensibly raise your Spirits and give Relief after a little while taking it and will correct and destroy every irregular Humour in the Body and prevent Consumptious beyond any thing known t will assist Nature in all her declinings and decays even when the radical Moisture is consuming and the Vital flame almost spent or worn out provided the Lungs themselves Liver c. be not putrify'd for then no Medicine can repair those Ruines or make new Viscera when the old are perish'd tho' it has performed marvellous Cures in Cases that have been so reported which are too tedious here to be incerted Directions TAKE 30 Drops of it every Morning the same also an hour after Dinner and at Night going to Bed mixt in a small Glass of good Canary old Malaga the Tea aforemention'd Milk or any other proper Liquor And Children may take half that quantity or in proportion to their Age and thus continue it for one two or three Months together as you see occasion without any other observation The Price is Three Shillings and Six Pence a Bottle to be had only at the Place aformentioned AN English Vegetable For all Sorts of AGUES THERE are divers sorts of Agues which are distinguish'd according to the difference there is in their intermission c. Some are Quotidian Agues or Simple Quotidian that come daily and that not with vehemenâ— Cold at the first but cold and colder by degrees nor is the hot Fit very excessive The Thirst in such is but small the Urine white or thin and watery or thick and troubled and the hot Fit generally lasts eighteen Hours and sometimes with Vomiting of Phlegm These
what some will not be prevail'd upon to do being soon weary of the best of Medicines if â—â—ey find not immediate Relief when the continuance of the Medicine would to all appearance have cured them Therefore it is advised that all People that have the Dropsy or are Dropsically inclin'd take the Drops constantly as directed and then a Cure may be expected Directions for the taking of the Hydragogue Tincture THE Patient is to take from 15 to 20 30 40 50 or 60 Drops more or less as they operate by Urine or Stool taking them always in White Wine wherein Mustard Seed or Horse-radish Roots have been steeped but if they purge much a less Dose must be taken if they do not purge at all a greater Dose and will also work by Urine plentifully tho' at the first taking them they may seem to give frequent occasions to Urine and but little come but after a little waiting the Urine will come plentifully and the Patient be reliev'd They are to be taken every Night and Morning and also in the middle of the Day if there be occasion The Price is 3 s. 6 d. the Bottle To be had only at the Place before mentioned The most Famous Eye-Powder Water IN THE WORLD THE Eye is a tender part and is soon injur'd by extraneous Bodies as also by Humours flowing upon them from within the Body and as those injure them one way so oftentimes does wrong Medicines the other nay make the Case more desperate so that the Remedy proves worse than the Disease whence comes Cataracts and Blindness for many People grow dim-sighted and dark by Humours upon the Eyes which at length breed Spots Films Skins Clouds Webs and the like which grow over the Sight the fore-runners of which are Atoms Flys Gnats Hâ—irs Threads c. flying or swimming before them and which if not remedied in time increase to Cataracts the couching of which sometimes cures but oftner â—ot nay frequently ruins the Sight for ever as many can too truly Witness now these Spots Films Skins etc. tho' said by Oculists to be incurable but by Couching they telling their Patients they must wait till they come to ripe Cataracts to be couch'd are to be cur'd without even tho' grown to ripe Cataracts and that by blowing a little of a safe Powder and using a Water into the Eyes the continual using of which will soften and wear a way gradually that Skinny or filmy Substance which is a Humour congeal'd and dissolves and abforbs the gross viscid Humours that supplies and gives rise to those Films c. to the perfect restoration of the Sight whereby not one in a hundred that uses it would ever stand in need of being couch'd or would ever have their Sight impair'd or injur'd by Humours Spots Skins Films or the like but to the contrary keep off Humours clears and strengthens the Sight that all that once use them will recommend to all they know for they are such innocent Medicines as that they may be taken inwardly and have done such notable Cures as are to be wonder'd at even in all sorts of Indispositions of the Eyes whether they before running hot or inflam'd and that when Purgings Bleedings Blisterings Cuppings Issues and Seatons have been us'd to no purpose Directions for using the Eye Powder and Water IF the Eyes be very sore tender swell'd hot or inflam'd the Water alone will be sufficient without the Powder washing with it 2 3 or 4 times a Day or oftener as there may be occasion but if there be no Humour but Spots Films Skins or the like there the Powder must be used also a little of it being to be blown into the Eyes 3 or 4 times a Day daily till well and the Eyes to be wash'd an Hour after it with the Water but if the Powder or Water should occasion any smart as in weak tender Eyes they may tho' without the least injury then it is to be used seldomer and then they will be bearable It is admirable to find how they comfort clear and strengthen the Sight and remove all Humours Spots Films c. that darken or obfuscate the Sight and if People that have weak tender Eyes and are fearful of Cataracts or Blindness the use of it in time will prevent any such bad Indisposition or dimness or weakness of Sight The Price of the Powder is 2s 6d the Paper the Water 3s 6d both to be had at the Place before mentioned and no where else THE CARMINATIVE OR Wind Expelling LOZENGES THE most famous Medicine for the expelling of Wind ever known they keep the Wind out of the Stomach if one of them be held in the Mouth in a Morning or any other time in the Day and are more ready and much more wholesome as well as beneficial than Cordial Drams for these break away the Wind pent up in the Stomach and Bowels and strengthen them creating an Appetite and not destroying it as Drams do besides they keep the Body so solutive as those that take them will never be costive but always open In the Cholick Gripes Stitches in the Sides Windy Vapours that oppress the Head sowr Belchings Hiccups c. they are admirable if taken after Eating they cause good Digestion and rectify all Indigestions and Disorders of the Stomach purifying the Blood curing Heart-burn making the Breath sweet and do render the whole Body and Mind chearful lightsome and easy being really a pretty necessary Companion in case of ill Scents bad Air c. and so delightful and pleasant to the Taste as well well as helpful to the health that none that once try them will ever be without them It is only putting one of them into the Mouth at a time and swallowing it as it dissolves and so do as often in a Day as you please The Price is Two Shillings and Six Pence a Box which will last a long time and are only to be had at the Place aforementioned A BALSAM To Make ISSUES Run Which is also good to cleanse old Sores Ulcers Wounds c. THIS Medicine is fit and necessary for all Families on the acccout of Hurts Sores Wounds Ulcers c. as for the making Issues run for if a little of it be spread upon Linit or Tow and applied to the Sore Place it wonderfully cleanses it that a little Diachylon Plaister afterwards will be sufficient to heal it But for to make Issues run it is not to be parallell'd removing all Inflamations about them taking away proud Flesh and causing the Pea to keep in and this only by smearing some of it all round the Orifice and moistning the Pea with it putting it in and doing it so every time the Issue is drest which is once a Day that being sufficient and applying over it Oil Cloth or Plaister as usual But if there be much proud Flesh you may anoint that with it twice a Day but if not much once a Day will be sufficient It is indeed an excellent thing to keep Issues easy sweet
of in time before Nature is too much depress'd by the severity of the Disease and yet even in People that were Young and not Old they have effected the Cure which before had baffled Jesuits Powder the Bitters Alteratives c. And in those Agues of late standing the Vegetable alone has cured without the Plaister and in some the Plaister without the Vegetable but where the Case is severe to expedite the Cure I generally use both but some especially Children cannot be gotten to take any inward Medicine at all and there the applying the Plaisters most commonly does only must be renewed more times than there would be occasion if the Vegetable was taken also at the same time Directions for taking the Vegetable Powder and applying the Plaisters A Man or Woman may take a whole Paper at a time which must always be taken in a Glass of hot Wine an Hour or two before the Fit and be cover'd up warm whereupon it will cause in some gentle Vomiting and Sweat in others only Sweat in others will only work by Urine but which way soever it operates it never falls short of expectation curing almost all Agues without using any thing else but where the Case is inveterate and has been of long standing we are forc'd to apply the Plaisters also which I shall by and by give Directions about One of 12 or 15 Years of Age may take two thirds of a Paper those of younger Years in proportion always giving it in Wine as before directed and is to be repeated to every one for 5 or 6 times more or less as the Ague is severe or has been of longer or shorter continuance tho' not one Ague in twenty requires its being taken above three times Note There is no occasion to drink any thing with it more than the few Spoonfuls of Wine just to mix it and make it drinkable which may be White Wine or any other Wine proportioning the quantity as the Patient is either a grown Person or Child A grown Person taking it in 6 or 8 Spoonfuls and always as hot as it can be well drank The Plaisters to the Wrists must be prepared and applyed thus To all the Powder in the Box and the whole Yolk of a new laid Egg which mix and beat up well together in a Mortar or Porringer â—â—â—â—â—â— rating them well together adding so much 〈…〉 and strongest Vineger as will be sufficient to make it into such a consistency as Venice Treacle is then spread it pretty thick upon a Linnen Cloth of 2 or 3 Inches broad for a grown Person but narrower for Children which apply upon the Pulses of both Wrists tying them on so as not to come off where they must remain without changing them for nine Days because this Remedy exerts its vertues but by degrees And it ought to be applyed an Hour or half an Hour before the Fit comes and if the Ague be not cur'd in nine Days to be laid on afresh The Price of the Vegetable Powder is 2s 6d a Paper and the Box of Powder for Plaisters is 3 s. 6d both to be had at the Place afore-mentioned Note These Plaisters to the Wrists frequently I may say generally Cure all forts of Agues unless they be of very long standing indeed and attended with other Indispositions without any inward Medicine at all but where there is a complication of Infirmities besides the Ague that the Stomach is foul and Blood injur'd there is a necessity for an inward Medicine than which nothing can exceed the Vegetable Powder before-mentioned and will do a hundred times more Service and is a thousand times more safer than Jesuits Bark or any other Medicine whatsoever Hydragogue Tincture OR DROPS Purging away Water thereby curing Dropsies of all sorts BEFORE I speak of the excellent Vertues of these Drops I shall say something of the several species of Dropsies which as they affect diversly so go under divers appellations as the Ascites Tympanites and Anasarca The Ascites or Hydrops Abdominis is in English the Watery Dropsy in the Belly and is always attended with a stretching of the Belly by reason of the superabounding of ferous watery and salt Humours cast forth into the capacity of the Abdomen through fault of the Liver Spleen and Reins causing also the Feet Thighâ— and in Men sometimes the Cods to swell and is known by the swelling of the Belly a difficulty of Breathing and the hoarse sound of the Belly if struck like as if a Bladder half full was struck upon also upon compressing the Belly with the Fingers it pits and leaves the print of them thereon and if the Patient turns from side to side a Noise like the murmuring or waving of Water is heard and the Water by continuance there will in time putrify and corrupt the Bowele cause a Fever and Thirst and waste the Patients Strength and Spirits Therefore all imaginable care ought to be taken to evacuate the Water in time both by Stool and Urine or else the Patient will dye and if let alone so long as that the Patient's Strength be spent not being able to bear Purging Medicines then Tapping must be used as the only present way to secure the Patient if that Method will do it The Tympanites or Windy Dropsy shews it self also by a distention or stretching of the Belly but as the other contains Water within the capacity of the Abdomen this contains only Wind which so distends the Belly that it being struck upon with the Hand sounds like a Drum and is rather more swell'd than the watery Dropsies and the Navel hangs out but will not leave any impression upon pressing it with the Fingers the Patient is most afflicted with Pain about the Navel and Loins in Windy Dropsies like a Cholick when there is no such Pain in a watery one and is easier to be cured and of less danger The Anasarca or Leucophlegmatia is a Dropsy of the whole Habit of the Body the Water being dispersed so that all the Flesh appears moist swoln and wet wherein not only the Hands Arms Breast Face Thighs Legs and Feet swell but the whole Body also whereby if you make a pressure with your Finger into the Flesh in any part it will pit and leave an impression The cause of this Disease is chiefly Cold or by very plentifully drinking cold Water or Small Beer or else proceeds from a defect of the Liver or defect of Natural Heat Obstructions and imbicility of the Stomach from whence a collection of pituitous and watery Humours is produced and universal Cachexy If this Disease be recent and in a young Person it is not difficult to cure In Persons aged it is very doubtful if not desperate and indeed such as are much in Years seldom find a Cure for it But yet the Vertues of the Hydragogue Tincture are such as that it has cured several Elderly People by being follow'd for some continuance which they must tho' it is