Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With Precautionary Directions Against the Like ContagionHodges, Nathaniel
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Loimologia: Or, an Historical Account of the Plague in London in 1665: With Precautionary Directions Against the Like Contagion
Hodges, Nathaniel
Plague -- England -- London -- Early works to 1800
_Salis Tart. +℈ ij.+ F. Solutio in spir. vini opt. +℥ ij.+ tum adde guttæ
gambi +℈ iv.+ peractâ solutione evaporetur spir. tum adde colocynth. cum
urinâ præp. +℈ ij.+ scammaii, Sulphurati +℈ j.+ Aloes, rosatæ +ʒ ij.+
trochisc. de rhabarb. rec. +℈ iv.+ gum. ammoniaci in aceto, scil. sobuti
+ʒ j.+ salis absynthii, cardui ana +℈ j.+ ol. carui gutt. +vij.+ cum s. q.
Syr. de rhamno F. massa, inde pilulæ, min. formentur, Dos. ad +℈ ij.+_ And
thus to throw off those Humours which join with and aggravate the
pestilential Venom, very much prevents the Want of Antidotes afterwards.
CARE must be taken that there be no Suppression of Urine; the Non-naturals
must be used with great Regularity; the Body must be kept transpirable;
the Tone of the _Viscera_ strengthened; Fasting avoided; Choice made of a
good Diet, such as will yield good Nourishment, make but little Excrement,
and be easy of Digestion; to which several Pickles and Sauces are to be
recommended; as _Juice of Sorrel_, _Lemons_, _Oranges_, _Pomegranates_,
_Barberries_, &c. and at every Meal Sack is to be allowed, whose Vertues
we shall hereafter have Occasion to speak of; and Care should be taken not
to be Abroad in the Evening.
AND to express all in a few Words, all the animal Fluids must be kept in a
natural State, in an Equality of Motion, and an equable Degree of Mixture
and Fluxility; they must not be put at any inordinate Hurries, nor be too
much rarified or exalted; nor must they be suffered to grow vapid and
languid, for Want of Depuration, and a Retention of excrementitious
Particles. But a proper Regimen is better to be had from other Writers, we
therefore hasten to proper Antidotes.
_An Antipestilential Electuary of +Mayerne+._
℞ _Juglandium virid. +lib. ij.+ ficuum, prunorum ana +lib. j.+ macerentur
in aceto, & pulpa trajiciatur, cui adde pulv. subtiliss. rutæ, +lib. [ss.]+
viperinæ Virginianæ +℥ j. [ss.]+ rad. contrayerva +℥ iij.+ petasitid.
zedoariæ, ana +℥ ij. [ss.]+ sacchari perlati +lib. j.+ Syr è succo Kermes +℥
j.+ Syr. calendulæ, caryophyll. ana q. s. ut F. Elect. molle, addendo fol.
Auri 40. Dos. ad quantitatem nucis Jugland. maj. mane, & vesperi_.
_An Electuary for the Poor._
℞ _Conserv. lujulæ, galegæ ana +lib. [ss.]+ calendulæ +lib. j.+ Theriac.
Londin. +℥ iij.+ boli armen. vitriol. +℥ iv.+ cum syr. limonum q. s.
conficiatur Elect. Dos. ad +ʒ ij.+ vel +iij.+_
_An Antipestilential Confection._
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