Wesley Corpus

their kind ; pure, genuine, unfophifticate . But who can be fure of this, when the medicines he ufes are compounded by an apothecary? Perhaps he has not the drug prefcribed by the phyfician, andfo puts in its place " what will do as well. Perhaps he has it ; but it isftale and perifhed yet you would not have him " throw it away. Indeed he cannot afford it." Perhaps he cannot afford to make up the medicine as the difpenfatory directs , and fell it at the common price. Sohe puts in cheaper ingredients : and you take neitheryou noryour phyfician knows what ! How many inconveniences must this occafion ? How many conflitutions are ruined hereby? How many valuable lives are loft ? Whereas all these inconveniences may be prevented, by a little care and common fenfe , in the ufe of thofe plainfimple remedies, which are here collected. 1. Abortion, (to prevent) . SE daily a Decoction of Lignum Gu aiacum : Us 2. Or, in a fanguine Habit, let blood. 2. For an Ague. 3. Go into the Cold Bath juft before the Cold : Fit : 4. Or, take a Handful of Groundfell, fhred it small, put it into a Paper Bag, four Inches fquare, pricking that Side which is to be next the skin full of holes. Cover this with a thin Linen , and wear it on the Pit ofthe Stomach, renewing it two Hours before the Fit.-Tried. 5. Or, An Ague is, An Intermitting Fever, cach Fit of which is preceded by a cold Shivering and goes off in a Sweat.