Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-072 |
| Words | 252 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
588. Or, burn a little Sulphur of Antimony on 2 Chafing difh of Coals, and receive the Smoke by a Funnel. In a few Minutes it will taker Effect . Let any ofthefe Medicines be used at the regular Times as near as can bejudged. See Dr. Tiflot. Menfes Nimii. 589. Drink nothing but cold Water, with a Spoonful of fine Flour tirred in it. At that Time , drink a Glafs of the coldeft Water you can get, and apply a thick Cloth dipt in cold Water : 590. Or, put the Feet into cold Water : 591. Or, apply a Sponge dipt in Red Wine and Vinegar: 592. Or, bleed in the Arm. Stop the Orifice often with the Finger, and then let it bleed again : 593. Or, boil four or five Leaves ofthe Red HolyOak in a Pint of Milk, with a fmall Quantity of Sugar. Drink this inthe Morning if the Perfon can afford it, fhe may add a Tea-fpoonful of Balm ofGilead.-This does not often fail : 594. Or, after a fmall Rhubarb Purge, boil the Peel of feven Seville Oranges in three Pints of Spring Water to a Quart . Take ten Spoonfuls fweetned with white Sugar, four Times a Day : 595. Or, ufe daily Decoction , Syrup, or Powder ofHorfe - tail, Nettles, or Plantane. 596. Or, reduce to a fine Powder half an Ounce of Alum, with a Quarter of an Ounce of Dragan's-blood. In a violent Cafe, take a Quarter of