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Show fw- .. _ .__._.__._.._-'--' 0f the Stator}. Book ll], troublelome guefls of faline and Sulphureous Recrements, bitter corrobora. tint: Medicines may be advifed, which repair the Tone of the Stomach, The Cure ofthe Scurvey, (as it isa complication of many Ducal-es) feemeth to claim a method of healing, fatisfying various Indications; but {or order and brevity fake, they may be reduced to Three (which are COmmon to thole ofother dil'eafes ) The prefervatory, I‘E‘latmg‘ to the caufe of the Difeale ; the Curatory which hath regard to the Dileafe and its Symptomes, and the Vital, which prefervcs the Ptrength of the Patient. In the Fit-ft entrance into the Cure, out great intention muft be to take away the cattle ofthe Difeafe, which being rectified, the EfiL-ét, the Difcafi; will fall. . "new: The caulbof the Fcurvey, confiflting in the ill confiitution of Blood, is Bool; III. Of the Smear}. R 1209 Recrciiienrs. And in reference to acide, and faline thces, Diureticlts may Diurrr-rks be prei‘cribed to free the obfirufted Glands from concreted Particles, a m" 1'"‘ and SIX-m help the flow excretion of Urine, to refine the Blood from its grofs 931: Re- moo-iii"; ctements, which area great Element in the production of the Scurvey. And becaufe nature often Clll:Cl]~al‘gC[l‘l the Tahoe Particles (allociated Diaphorctitka with the Blood) by greater and lets Arterial Branches) into the cutaneous "News, Glands, wherein a lecretion is made of the pure from the impure parts; 323132;?" whereupon they being carried by excretory Veflels to the furface oFthe Skin the Blood groweth refined, {0 that in cafe of the Scurvey, Diaphoretick, Medicines may be prefcribed with great advantage to the Patient. In order to clear the Stomach of its load ofacide, Tahoe, and fiilphureous . ., . Becrements in {trong Conftitutions, may be given the intution of (tourrMe- "mom. 2:33:11: chiCHY founded in the grofs fulphureous, andfixed faline Particles, deprefling tallormu, Tart/INN Emetirw Myii/itbli, a few grains of Mermrim‘ rvim, Salt of lifc‘fii‘fif the volatil and l'pirituous ; whereupon the vital Liquor groweth‘depaupcta. red, as not having good Elements, producmg a bad Fermentation, \Ahlch, Vitriol; and in weal: Bodies, Oxymel of Squills, or a great quantity of Cardimr-Poflet, or hike-warm water (mixed with 01I(){OIIV€S) may be adminifh'ed, by which the Contents ofthe Stomach may be thrown off; and the folds of it free from grols, vifcide, pituitous Recrements 5 whereupon the Coneoétion ofChyle is very much promoted. And if the Stomach is weak, or not apt to be moved by Vomitories, 95"}5'?" that it may be regulated, requires the utmoft endeavours ofArt, confifling in a good Diet, Cliyrurgery, and Pharmacy. _ A Boy? Air In reference to Diet, a good Air mull be advrfed, near a dry ground, iiiiéliiil‘éutiic {tee from grofs cold vapours, vitiating the pure nitrous, and elaftick Particles ‘s‘fig'f' of Air, which fpoil the Blood inthe Lungs, and take otfmuch of its fine ' ScarletDy. And the a'theteal Particles enobled by the benigne influxes ofthe Planets, do mixe with the malticated Aliment in the Mouth, and help the concoétion of the Stomach, by advancing its Ferments, and by opening the Compagc ofthe Aliment, in order to the extraflion of a nutritiousTinéture, GoodAlimcnt which much dependeth upon good Food, prOper for Concoé‘tion, and ea- 31:12:33?"- fy to be dillributed, and making few Excrements, of which the more grofs 93:53.12: mul‘t be dilcliai-ged by the Inteflines,and the more {aline and warty ferered by PEO‘fr‘U'fi, the Renal Glands, and the Lympha by the Lymphatdué‘ts, and the bilious Re- bc orcncih crements by the Hepaticlt Glands 5 if thefe Colatories be open, andlree from obftructions, the Blood acquireth a laudable Confiitution ; but lf‘IhC Vi/tcra be clogged with grols Recrements, they cannot duely perform their Office of Tmmmcd Percolating the Blood ', whereupon it is fometimes depraved With fired fa- gflfifxgjljgd line, otliertimes with grofs fiilphureous, and alfowrth acide,‘and acrimonii in thwart-m. ous Recrements, debafiiig the Blood, and rendrnig it difpirited: That al thefe intentions may be finished ( relating to many dilaffeé‘tionsol'the Vifctrd, gentle purging Medicines are more proper, mixed with bitter (which do Sleigh-lit; corroborate the loft tone oftlie Stomach in the Scurvey) as the Decaffilm tum-um tum pitrgmtibur, to which in a Ptrong Body, fome Senna and Rubarb may be added. The Tinfi'urzz Sacra may be very proper, made of the . . . . . . .» . SPEUL'J‘ Hll'rte, ittfufed in White Wine; as alfo the Detoéi‘um Sen/ix Germ/us, gmini‘m to, it :. mg'rg Dc. tedious are ""Yi‘mf‘" in lllL Mala‘lY~ to Which may be added the tops of Centaury the leis, Rubarb, Creme Of Salt of Tartar, vitriolatcd Tartar, the Seeds ofCart/ztiu, Syrupe olil'eachFlowers, or Syrupe of Rubarb, or compound Syrupe oi Apples, formerly called the Syrupe of the King of Saber. Pills of Bon, called Tartar/x 930nm, inertehmi, or thofe of Dr. Willi: hlSleanfaEiotl in his 7th Chapter of the Cure of the Scurvey, Pa. 271. Asalfo Stomacick Pills with Gumms, to whichmay be added in Ptrong Conflitutions, fome grains of Extrafi. Rad. or (Ktfine of 741417. or Scammony. In plethoriclt Bodies, abounding with Blood and ill Recrements, af"T Pinging Medicines have been once or twice adminii'cred, a Vein may be Often opened with a {paring hand (left in this Difeafe, if too much Blood eExhauf‘ted, a Dropfy enfue, which fometimes proves fatal) whereup- Purging Pills: Pliiiliiiiiiic. Eidritltthvdy Lafittgfir. V‘Y' 1poiling the eucrafy oi the Blood) is our Task at this time, which mull b6 accomplillied by a due method of Pliyficlt, advifing proper Medicmes of all Ports in right order. _ _ 5?l§ifi$3hh~. The Firfl: feat of the Scurvey is_in the StomaCh,rand its originalcmf, 0"th Blood groweth better and more refined. _ And once in Five or Six days Purging Medicines may be prepared by Eirfljslxa eluttt'tlicv is a crude indigcfied Chyle, often infeaed with illHumors, prllmg ‘ C_ mfilfion in Water, and Wine, added at lafl: to extra& the virtue of the Fit'lgilttzérs iiiuiiisicihfm Ferments of the Stomach, the great Men/imam, diflblving the Compagcpfil ""ms' the Aliment in order to Concodtion‘, Whereupon it is reafonable to adult Purging and Vomiting Medicines, to free the Ventricle from the iinportu- Ingredients) With Senna, Rubarb, Agarick, the tops of Pine, Firr, w' l‘Vater-crefl'es, Seed of Caroways, Creme of Tartar, (fit. to which being drained, may be added Syrupe of Rofes folutive, or compound Syrupe Me, Me, nate guei'ts of oHEnfiVe Excremenrs, and to adminifter bitter Medicmcs l°_ 0 APPleS, or Syrupe of Buckthorn. Exfxfégig‘cfis i'erfiore the Ferments of the Stomach to a laudable temper ; And if the] P3: :nraplvccttjo- ot the Ventricle be obflt‘uéted, aperient Medicmes are prOper to ma: it spquHiwfi- that the Ferments may be tranfmitted through fecret Dufis into the "°"‘ or the Stomach, to aflifi Concoétiou. 2‘ y . Iteratives alfo may fpealt a great benefit in this fiubborn Malady, ( made of the aperient roots of Dogs Grafs, wild Afizaragnr, Scormomm, fixiflil" mixed with Antifcorbuticks, viz" the tops of Pine and Firre, VVatercref- Sgfiili‘o‘m‘ C5» Chervil, boiled in Water and Wine, and being {trained , may be And in order to reduce the ill mafs of Blood (3. great caufe of the Scurveyl to a laudable conPtitution, by difcharging its Faxes by fecretion (perform; weetened with Syrupe oi. the Five Opening Roots 5 or an Apozeme may e.PrePared with the Roots of CuckowPintle, Roots (Pclrzzfelen Bong/ti", ed in the Vift'era ) I conceive it very proper to advife SpecifiCkS, m _?P6 mterbark, the chips of Oranges or Limons, Pine, Firre,é~t.b0iled gene the obitruétedClands of the Liver,to depurate the Blood from adufi bi iotl‘: 5' Becremeno. ' |
