A dissertation concerning misletoe : a most wonderful specifick remedy for the cure of convulsive distempers : calculated for the benefit of the poor as well as the rich, and heartily recommended for the common good of mankind : to which is added, a second part, containing farther remarks and observations. / By Sir John Colbatch.

  • Colbatch, John, Sir, 1670-1729.
Date:
1720
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Credit: A dissertation concerning misletoe : a most wonderful specifick remedy for the cure of convulsive distempers : calculated for the benefit of the poor as well as the rich, and heartily recommended for the common good of mankind : to which is added, a second part, containing farther remarks and observations. / By Sir John Colbatch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' C 1* ) c a Handful 3 Boiling-Water , twenty Ounces : 4 Infufe in a Pot clofe dopt, by the Fire-fide, 6 for an Hour 3 then drain out. To the drain’d 6 Liquor add Compound Piony- Water, and Sy~ f rup of Pionies, of each an Ounce. ' Twenty Ninth, I order’d the following: Purge 3 and as foon as that had done working,, to proceed in the Ufe of the Bolus and Infufion., And for an Aid, to give her the mod fpeedy Relief poflible under her miferable Circum- dances, I directed Plaiders for her Feet, which I have frequently known to be of great ufe in Diforders of the Head and Nerves. The Purging Infufion. c Take of the Dicodfcum Sermae Gereonis, c two Ounces 3 Manna, half an Ounce 3 Com- 4 pound Piony-Water, two Drams ; mix and 6 make a Potion, to be given early in the Morn* 4 ing. c Strain’d Galbanum, three Drams 3 Powder c of Nutmeg, one Dram : mix them together, c and fpread upon Leather, to be applied to the * Soles of the Feet.’ December the lad, I order’d the Purging Po¬ tion to! be repeated, and that fhe fhouid go on with the Bolus and Infufion : The Didrefs in the Night continued, but the Convulfions in her Nerves abated 3 fo I order’d that during the Time of thofe Paroxifms, fhe fhouid frequently take a Spoonful of the following Mixture 3 and that a Plaider of drain’d Galbanum fhouid be applied