Good Councell against the plague: Shewing sundry present preseruatiues for the same, by wholsome fumes, drinks, vomits, and other inward receits: as also, the perfect cure (by implaysture) of any that are therewith infected. Now necessary to be obserued of euery housholder, to auoyde the infection, lately begun in some places of this cittie.Learned phisition
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Good Councell against the plague: Shewing sundry present preseruatiues for the same, by wholsome fumes, drinks, vomits, and other inward receits: as also, the perfect cure (by implaysture) of any that are therewith infected. Now necessary to be obserued of euery housholder, to auoyde the infection, lately begun in some places of this cittie.
Learned phisition
Plague -- Prevention -- Early works to 1800; Plague -- Treatment -- Early works to 1800
Take _Rosemary_, and put it into stronge _Vineger_, steepe it in a Bason
or bowle, heat foure or fiue _Flint stones_ red hot, and cast them into
the _Vineger_, and so let the fume assend into the middle of euery
roome.
An other.
Ayer your apparel in the same sort, and with the same fume: and beare in
your hands, some handkercher, Spunge, or Cloth, wetted in the iuyce of
_VVorme-wood_, _Hearbegrace_, and red _Rose-vineger_, mixt together.
To smell to.
The roote of _Enula Campna_, steeped in _Vineger_, and lapped in a
handkercher, is a speciall thing to smell vnto, if you come where the
sicknes is.
An other.
_Hearbegrace_, & _VVormewood_ steeped in _Vineger_, in some pewter
peece, close stopt, is to be vsed in like sort.
To tast or chewe in the mouth.
The Roote of _Angelica_, _Setwall_, _Gencian_, _Valerian_, or
_Sinamond_, is a speciall preseruatiue against the plague, being chewed
in the mouth.
To eate.
Eate _Sorrell_, steeped in _Vineger_, in the morning fasting, with a
little bread and butter, Sorrell sauce, is also very wholesome against
the same.
An other.
Take the kernell of a _VVallnut_, mince it with three or foure leaues of
_Hearbe-grace_, and a corne or two of _Salt_: then put it into a Figge,
warme it and eate it fasting: fast three howers after, and take it twice
a weeke.
A speciall thing to eate, found very comfortable.
Take strong red _Rose-vineger_, sprinkle it vpon a toste of white
breade, spreade Butter thereon, and then cast the powder _Cinamond_ vpon
it, and eate it fasting: or eate bread and butter with _Hearbgrace_.
An other.
Giue to the diseased for their ordinary foode, some broth made with a
necke of Mutton: boyled with a good quantitie of _Burridge_, _Sorrell_,
and _Buglosse_.
To comfort the stomacke.
Aleberryes are very comfortable, made with _Cloues_, _Maces_, _Nutmegs_,
_Saundrrs_, _Gynney graines_, and such like.
To drinke.
Take _Rue_, _VVorme-wood_, and _Scabias_, steepe it in Ale a whole
night, and drinke it fasting euery morning.
An other.
Take the water of _Carduus benedictus_, or _Angelica_, mixe it with
_Methridatum_.
An other.
The roote of _Enula Campana_, beaten to powder, is a speciall remedy
against the plague, being drunk fasting.
An other.
Drinke the powder of _Turmentill_, in _Sorrell_ or _Scabias water_.
An other.
If any feele themselues already enfected, take _Angelica-water_, mixt
with _Methridatum_, drink it off, then goe to bed and sweat thereon.
An other to drinke.
Take a spoonefull of _Bay berries_, and huske them before they be dry,
beate them to powder, and drink it in good stale Ale or Beere, or in
white wine: then sweat vpon it, and forbeare to sleepe.
To procure sweate.
Take Posset-ale sodden with _Sorell_, & _Burridge_, mixt with _Triacle_
of _Diatesserom_, and get you to your naked bed.
A speciall preseruatiue against the Plague.
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