Wesley Corpus

Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typetreatise
Year1770
Passage IDjw-primitive-physick-043
Words359
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Trinity Sanctifying Grace Prevenient Grace
Work it in a Marble Mortar with the Yolk of a new-laid Egg. Mix them in white Wine, and take a small Glass every three Hours. 59. Tickling Cough. 257. Drink Water whiten'd with Oatmeal four Times a Day : 258. Or, keep a Piece of Barley-Sugar or Sugarcandy conftantly in the Mouth. Violent Coughing from a fharp thin Rheum . 259. Work into old Conferve of Rofes, as much as you can of pure Olibanum, powder'd as fine as poffible. Take a Bolus of this twice or thrice a Day, It eafes prefently, and cures in two or three Weeks : 206. Or, ufe Milk diet as much as poffible. 61. The Cramp (to prevent. ) 261. Tie your Garter smooth and tight under your Knee at going to Bed :-I never knew this fail. 262. Or, be electrified thro' the Part which uses to be affected. This generally prevents it for a Month : Sometimes for a Twelvemonth. 263. Or, Take half a Pint of Tar-Water Morning and Evening : 62. The 62. The Cramp (to cure.) 264. Stretch out the Limb immediately : 265. Or, chafe the Part with Hungary Water: 266 Or, with rectified Spirits ofWine : 267. Hold a roll of Brimftone in your Hand. have frequently done this with Success . 63. A Cut. 268. Keep it closed with your Thumb a Quarter , of an Hour. Then double a Rag five or fix Times; dip it in cold Water, and bind it on : Tried. 269. Or, bind on toasted Cheese. This will cure a deep Cut. 270. Or, pounded Grafs. Shake it off after twelve Hours, and if need be, apply fresh. 64. Deafness. 271. Be electrified thro ' the Ear : Tried. 272. Or, usethe cold Bath : 273. Or, put a little Salt into the Ear : 274. Or, Salt Petre: 275. Or, drop into it a Tea-spoonful offalt Water: 276. Or, of Spring Water, in a Pint of which a fpoonful ofBay Salt has been diffolved for four and twenty. Hours. Do this if need be, seven or eight Nights, lying on the oppofite Side : 277. Or,