_Gentlemen_, you are desired to take notice, That Mr. _Theophilus
Buckworth_ doth at his house on _Mile-end Green_ make and expose to
sale, for the publick good, those so famous _Lozenges_ or _Pectorals_
approved for the cure of Consumptions, Coughs, Catarrhs, Asthmas,
Hoarness, Strongness of Breath, Colds in general, Diseases incident to
the Lungs, and a sovoraign Antidote against the Plague, and all other
contagious Diseases and obstructions of the Stomach: And for more
convenience of the people, constantly leaveth them sealed up with his
coat of arms on the papers, with Mr. _Rich. Lowndes_ (as formerly), at
the sign of the White Lion, near the little north door of _Pauls
Church_; Mr. _Henry Seile_, over against _S. Dunstan's_ Church in
Fleet Street; Mr. _William Milward_, at _Westminster_ Hall Gate; Mr.
_John Place_, at _Furnival's Inn Gate_, in Holborn; and Mr. _Robert
Horn_, at the Turk's-head near the entrance of the Royal Exchange,
Booksellers, and no others.
_This is published to prevent the designs of divers Pretenders,
who counterfeit the said Lozenges, to the disparagement of the
said Gentleman, and great abuse of the people._--_Mercurius
Politicus_, Nov. 16, 1660.
The next is equally characteristic:--
Most Excellent and Approved _Dentifrices_ to scour and cleanse the
Teeth, making them white as Ivory, preserves from the Toothach; so
that, being constantly used, the parties using it are never troubled
with the Toothach: It fastens the Teeth, sweetens the Breath, and
preserves the Gums and Mouth from Cankers and Imposthumes. Made by
_Robert Turner_, Gentleman; and the right are onely to be had at
_Thomas Rookes_, Stationer, at the Holy Lamb at the east end of St.
Paul's Church, near the School, in sealed papers, at 12_d._ the paper.
_The reader is desired to beware of counterfeits._
(_Mercurius Politicus_, Dec. 20, 1660.)
Other advertisements about this time profess to cure all diseases by means
of an "antimonial cup." Sir Kenelm Digby, the same learned knight who
feasted his wife upon capons fattened upon serpents, in order to make her
fair, advertises a book in which he professes to show a method of curing
wounds by a powder of sympathy; and here is a notification of a remedy
which shows still more clearly the superstitious character of the age:--
Small baggs to hang about Children's necks, which are excellent both
for the _prevention and cure_ of the _Rickets_, and to ease children
in breeding of Teeth, are prepared by Mr. Edmund Buckworth, and
constantly to be had at Mr. Philip Clark's, Keeper of the Library in
the Fleet, and nowhere else, at 5 shillings a bagge.--_The
Intelligencer_, Oct. 16, 1664.
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