Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-099 |
| Words | 384 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
964. Or, ofJuice of Lemons : Or, two Spoonfuls of Nettle-juice. 965. Or, a Glafs ofOnion-water : 966. Or, boil an Ounce of Quicksilver in half a Pint of Spring Water. Ufe this for common Drink : 967. Or, boil four Ounces of Quickfilver an Hour, in a Quart of clear Water. Pour it off and bottle it up. You may ufe the fame Quickfilver again and again. Ufe this for common Drink : or at leaft, Night and Morning for a Week or two. Then purge off the dead Worms with fifteen or twenty Grains of Jalap. 968. Or, take two Tea-fpoonfuls of Worm-feed mixt with Treacle for fix Mornings : 969. Or, a Dram of powder'd Fern-root boil'd in Mead. This kills both the flat and round Worms. Repeat the Medicine from Time to Time. 275. Flat Worms. 970. Take Filings ofTin and red Coral, of each an equal Quantity : Pound them together into a very fine Powder : Of which one Dram, made into a Bolus with Conferve ofthe Tops of Seawormwood, is to be taken twice a Day. 276. Wounds. 971. Apply Juice or Powder of Yarrow : 1. 972. Or, 972. Or, bind Leaves ofGround- Ivy upon it : 973. Or, bruifed Hyffop, with a little Sugar : 974 Or , Wood- betony bruifed. This quickly heals even cutVeins and Sinews , and draws outThorns or Splinters. 975. Or, keep the Part in cold Water for an Hour, keeping the Wound clofed with your Thumb. Then bind onthe thin Skin of an Egg Shell for Days or Weeks , 'till it falls off of itself. Regard not tho ' it prick or shoot for a Time. 277. Contufed or ulcerated Wounds. 976. Boil half an Ounce of fine Verdigrease in a Pound of Linfeed Oil 'till it is diffolved. 278. Inward Wounds. 977. Infuse Yarrowtwelve Hours in warm Water Take a Cup of this four Times a Day. 279. Putrid Wounds. 678.Wafh them Morning and Evening with warm Decoction of Agrimony. If they heal too foon, and a Matter gather underneath, apply a Poultis of the Leaves pounded , changing them once. a Day''till well . 280. Wounded Tendons.. 979. Boil Comfrey Roots to a thick Mucilage, and apply this as a Poultis, changing it once a Day..