A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It. — John Shaqi
A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It.Willis, Thomas
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A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving (by God's Blessing) Those That Are Well from the Infection of the Plague, or Any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, Etc., and for Curing Such as Are Infected with It.
Willis, Thomas
Plague -- Early works to 1800
The first use to happen several ways, _viz._ at the Nose and Mouth,
by Stool or Urine, by the _Hæmorrhoids_, and in Women by Menstrual
Purgations: Some of which, as by Urine always, and ofttimes by
Stool, are mortal; none of them ever tend to good. Therefore in all
such cases, Remedies must be administred which may stop Bleeding: And
though Sweating and Refection of the Spirits be still the principal
intention of Cure; yet the other must come in as collateral with both
of them; and Medicines that restrain Fluxes of Blood be mixed both with
Sudorificks and other Cordials, and also be administred with Diet too.
In all _Hæmorrhages_ Sudorificks must be compounded of Medicines that
are temperate, and not astringent.
For =Potions= they be made thus.
_Take_ Pimpernel Water, _or_ Tormentil Water _two Ounces, of_ Scordium
Water _six Drams, of_ Vinegar _that has_ Tormentil Roots infus'd _in
it, two Drams_, Confection of Hyacinth _one Dram, of_ prepar'd Bole
_half a Dram_, Extract of Tormentil _one Scruple, of_ Syrup of Coral
_three Drams_.
_Or make_ Posset Drink _with_ Tormentil Vinegar, _boyl in it a_ Root
of Tormentil _and_ Bistort; _in one draught of it dissolve of_ Venice
Treacle _two Scruples_, Confection of Hyacinth, prepar'd Bole, _of
each one Scruple_.
Make this _Apozeme_, and give two or three Ounces three or four times
in a day.
_Take of_ Tormentil Roots _half an Ounce_, Bistort _three Drams_, Red
Sanders _one Dram, of_ Pomegranate Peel _one Dram_, St. Johns Wort,
Plantane _and_ Burnet, _of each half a handful;_ Flowers of Roses,
_and_ Pomegranates, _of each one Dram and a half; of_ Plantane Seeds
_one Dram: Boyl these in three Pints of Water till a Pint is wasted;
strain it, and add to it of_ Syrup of Coral _two Ounces_, Confection
of Hyacinth _two Drams_: Mingle them.
=Pouders= may be compounded thus.
_Take of_ Confectio Liberans, _or_ Confection of Hyacinth _half a
Dram_; Tormentil Roots, Fine Bole, _of each one Scruple_; Pearl _and_
Coral prepar'd, _of each half a Scruple:_ Give it in a Spoonful of
_Syrup_ of _Coral_, with a Spoonful of _Tormentil Vinegar_.
Make a =Bolus= thus.
_Take_ Confection of Hyacinth and Venice Treacle, _of each half a
Dram;_ Tormentil Roots _and_ prepar'd Bole, _of each one Scruple; of_
Extract of Tormentil _half a Scruple, of_ prepar'd Pearl _six Grains,
of_ Syrup of Coral _as much as is sufficient_.
For =Juleps= and =Confections=, to give in, and betwixt _Sweating_,
they be compounded thus.
_Take of_ Medesweet _Water eight Ounces_, small Plague _Water_,
Scordium Compound _Water, of each three Ounces; of_ Syrup of Coral
_two Ounces_, Confection of Hyacinth _two Drams, of_ Tormentil Vinegar
_half an Ounce_; Mix them: Give four or five Spoonfuls every third
hour.
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