Volume 2

A dissertation on the scrofula, or king's-evil / [William Scott].

  • Scott, William, active 1759.
Date:
1759
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Credit: A dissertation on the scrofula, or king's-evil / [William Scott]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ..q pedes and the ppts of them. 4th!y, Decoc¬ tion tuilliago, burnt ipunge, with other no- iirurns of this kind. And jjthly, By ilEles nigh the place afFcfted. as light and ftrcngthnhig diet. They OLiy he indulged generally in veal, tnuiton, lamb, rab¬ bets and chicken.^; roafled, and even their broths, if fome aro- iBaUcs are added to prevent the bad effe^fls they may have by relating too much. They ought to ufe for their drink,fbenifli or French wine mixed and diluted with water or flnai! ale ; or they may ufe lime water for common drink ; their bread oogbi: to be v/eli fermented, and feafoned with fome of the aromatics, ylvoiciing all ‘vifeidgrade farinaceous alimentS^ /til that produce llatulences and acidities in the mtght to be religioofly abilained from, and all fuch as are hard to digelt ; fuch as beef, bacon, cheefc, beans and peas. Sleeping in viodei ationS\ Jn time of fleep the body lies relaxing as ii it were in a kind of warm bath ; Kow as the folids in tins difeafe are generally too lax already, fo riecping too much well covered up in bed relaxes Itili raorej therelorc the ileep ought to be moderate : and it v/ould not be aniils to impregnate the bed-cloths with the fumes of cor- roboratinp aromaticci. Su Ihcicrit cxcrcije. \u Excrciib produces its efleds, imo, ^.ta pendula vlfcsra iUls concufjlonihus agitata rci'oraniur^ CF concreta partvn his concagfionibusy partim auCfis_ vrfornvt ds vifceruvi vinbtisy rcfolvuninr, 2^0. ^tia flrces ex tyltana JiiieJJione refidtiee jic ex prirnis viis einninpintL{r in illis fidiUi C7 ■ horuni -oifeemm dejieit : bine profunt ivipriniis iina ve/ nit era hern ante cibuvi inpgjjmn. 3^'^. ^latenus impetus dj erheaeia a'Jx is in pnunosium va/li Jtc augetur'y dst anibtens at-- 'Uifrhmra, e a lore corporis flatiin tep-'feens re not) at ur (z(]lduo, See aiiO what was fa id on this licid (§.111. 5th.) How¬ ever there ouglit to be a good deal of caution ufed with regard to if* is%ucitcnt