1681. “After my master had been long ill of a violent cold, Dr. Worthington came first unto him on 8th January. He staid two nights, and received for his pains £1 10s. He brought along with him, a lohoch, ten pills, with a bottle of spirits somewhat bigger than one’s thumb, and a paper of lozenges, with French barley and several ingredients for making the water thereof. On the eleventh day he sent a glister, with a large pint bottle of a cordial julep, and a small bottle of syrups, to be sucked up with a liquorice stick, also some small quantity of sal prunella. [Illustration: A PHYSICIAN. From a drawing by Amman, Sixteenth Century.] “The doctor was with my master the second time, on 17th January, and received for his pains 15s.” Then comes the copy of Dr. Worthington’s bill, dated 24th October, 1681:— £ _s._ _d._ Spirits 0 4 6 An ointment 0 1 4 January 8. Spirits 0 4 6 Ten pills 0 2 0 A lohoch 0 2 0 Lozenges 0 4 0 Jujubes and sibertines 0 0 8 French barley 0 1 0 Ingredients 0 1 6 Syrups 0 3 0 A cordial julep 0 10 6 A glister 0 2 6 January 11. Syrups 0 3 0 White powder 0 0 4 Five pills 0 1 3 The oiled sugar 0 7 0 Syrups 0 5 6 Oil of sweet almonds 0 1 8 Spirits of ptisanne 0 7 6 For a messenger 0 1 6 ---------- £3 5 3 ========== Master Thelwall then goes on to say: “My master’s opinion of these several things in particular, is here to be inserted for further use, _viz._, that the spirits first named, of which twenty-six drops were put into one small cup of barley water and beer, had no apparent effect, although he doth not much doubt but the secret effect might be good. That the like might be said of the pills, mentioned in two places, although it seemed that they did somewhat assuage his cough, which was extremely violent. The lohoch, a liquor like syrup, did apparently bring up phlegm, and was well liked. The lozenges were pleasant, and did sometimes stop the cough. Barley water with the ingredients was cooling and pleasant. Syrups twice mentioned, although of much different prices, seemed to be the same.