Febrifugum magnum, or, Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague / by John Hancocke.

  • Hancocke, John, -1728
Date:
1723
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Credit: Febrifugum magnum, or, Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague / by John Hancocke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lady, a great Lover of Herbs, but could ne¬ ver eat ’em without a Fit of the Cholick, up¬ on taking to drink Water fometimes, finds Ihe can eat’em as well as other Things with¬ out Inconvenience. I have heard of one that hath cured himfelf of the Gout, but that I am not fo fure of. I have had lately a Letter from a Perfon of very good Rank (I hear he is a juftice of Peace) that he himfelf many Years ago, was cured of a violent Cholera, by a few final! Glaffes of cold Water, when nothing elfe that was given would do, and when his Phyfician judged he could not live an Hour. I have heard of a Gentleman, now a Governor in the Weft-Indies, that travelling in Arabia, when he came to Mount Swat, fell ill fas it prov’dof the Plague) and finding himfelf ex¬ tremely hot and burnt up with Third, firit ba¬ thed, and then drank a deal of Water in Bed, not knowing what his Diftemper was. It brought out no lefs than four or five Buboes, and he was well in a little Time. His Phy¬ fician (who was one that belonged to the Re¬ ligious Houfe on Mount Sinai) allured him it was the Plague, As to Colds and Fevers, I have lately heard of feveral Cures by Water. I am fure of all thefe except that of the Gout. N. £. When People are well, the Water will not make them fweat, nor in a gentle Cold, nor, as I have faid, in a very light Fever: I hear fome try in thefe Cafes, and report there is nothing in it. ■ ' v Fe-