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
This Medicine may be several ways advanc'd, by adding some
_Alexipharmacal_ Remedies to it, as by putting Salt of _Wormwood_,
instead of common Salt, and by adding an Ounce of _Venice Treacle_, to
the whole Composition.
For those that cannot take an _Electuary_, these _Tablets_ may be
proper to eat, about one Dram at a time, two or three times a day.
_Take of the Roots of_ Virginian-Snakeweed, Zedoary, Contrayerva,
Species Liberans, _of each two Drams_; Camphire _two Drams; mix
all finely pouder'd, then dissolve eight Ounces of fine Sugar in
Pestilential_ Vinegar; _Boyl it Candy high, and adding the Pouder to
it, make all into Lozenges_.
For some that are of a hotter Constitution, and a high Sanguine Temper,
it may be proper to take every Morning a spoonful of Pestilential
_Vinegar_ in a little _Carduus_ water, or plain _Wallnut_ water; or
else drink a draught of _Posset-Drink_, made with a Spoonful of that
_Vinegar_.
Let the =Pestilential Vinegar= be made thus.
_Take of the Roots of_ Angelica, Butter-Burr, Tormentil,
Elecampane, _of each half an Ounce_, Virginian-Snakeweed,
_choice_ Zedoary, Contrayerva, _of each three Drams; Leaves of_
Scordium, Rue, Goats-Rue, _of each one handful_; Marigold Flowers,
Clove-gilloflowers, _of each half a handful; Seeds of_ Citron _and_
Carduus, _of each two Drams; Cut and bruise these, and put them in a
Glass-Bottle, with three Pints of the best_ Vinegar, _to digest for
ten days_.
When the Stomach, by frequent taking of one sort of =Antidote=, begins
to loath it: In such Cases the use of it may be changed into some
other: And if the Stomach withal should be ill, and defective, in
Appetite and Digestion; let the Party take every Morning, ten or twelve
Drops of =Elixir Proprietatis=, in plain _Wormwood_ Water, or else in
_Wormwood_ Wine.
Those that have Coughs, and ill Lungs, may take five or six Drops of
=Balsam= of =Sulphur=, made thus.
_Take Flower of_ Sulphur, _two Ounces, melt it in an Earthen Dish
glaz'd on the fire, then put to it two Ounces of Salt of_ Wormwood;
_stir it for a Quarter of an Hour, taking care that it does not catch
fire; Then put into it of_ Aloes, Myrrh, Olibanum, _finely pouder'd,
of each one Dram, of_ Saffron _half a Dram; Keep this stirring half
a Quarter of an Hour; Take it off, and put half an Ounce of it
pouder'd, to digest in five or six Ounces of good Spirit of Wine; It
will take in a short time a very excellent Tincture: Which keep for
use_.
Or else this Balsam may be made with _Spiritus Theriacalis
Camphoratus_, and so will be more effectual against the =Plague=, Or
which is more applicable to use,
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