Volume 2

A guide to health : being cautions and directions in the treatment of diseases. Designed chiefly for the use of students / by Joseph Townsend ...

Date:
1795-1796
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide to health : being cautions and directions in the treatment of diseases. Designed chiefly for the use of students / by Joseph Townsend ... Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    fTEfi-VCiUS brSEASSS. SECttdN ll. 6f the mOlCATlONS OF CURE. I This, taken from the predilpdnent caufe, is fim- to obviate relaxation, debility, and morbid ir- ntabilityj which may be accbmplilhed by tonics and aftringents, by barki fteel and myrrh, with a generous diet, cool air, and conftant exercife. Dr. Griffith recommended the following: K Myrrh, dr. i. falve terendo in niortarid cuni Aq. Alex. fimp. un, 7. Aq. M. dr. 4. Tinft. Cort. Pen dr. 6. adde Sal Abfinth. fqr. 2. Sal Martis, gr. 16. Sach. alb. fer. 2. M. g. cochh 4 : ter in die. That is. Take myrrh ohe dram, to be triturated with fimpte alexiterial water feven ounces; nutmeg-water half art ounce j timaure of Peruvian bark fix drams; fait of wormwood two fcruples; fait of fteel fixtecrt grains; fugar two fcruples. Dofe four Ipoonfuls thrice a dayi The ingenious Dr. Brocklesb^ ordered the flores martiales, with fea bathing j and when his pa- tienti after a cure, relapfcd, he gave the following: D gi Flor.