The juice of the grape: or, wine preferable to water. A treatise, wherein wine is shewn to be the grand preserver of health, and restorer in most diseases : with many instances of cures perform'd by this noble remedy, and the method of using it, as well for prevention as cure with a word of advice to vintners / By a Fellow of the College [i.e. P. Shaw].

  • Shaw, Peter, 1694-1763.
Date:
1724
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The juice of the grape: or, wine preferable to water. A treatise, wherein wine is shewn to be the grand preserver of health, and restorer in most diseases : with many instances of cures perform'd by this noble remedy, and the method of using it, as well for prevention as cure with a word of advice to vintners / By a Fellow of the College [i.e. P. Shaw]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *9 ] Puftules began again to rife, and by con¬ tinuing the Ufe of this Remedy a little longer we brought all things to their for¬ mer State ; then decreafing the Dofe by fmall degrees we fecuredan happy Crifis, and the Lady perfectly recover’d. Being fuddenly call’d, on the eighth child Day, to vifit a Child about two Years cm^0fthe old, ill of the confluent Small-Pox; IsmOTpox, found the tumor of his Face and Hands mda vehe- fo iublided thro’ a vehement Loofenefs,me”* Loef- and the Puftules funk fo far, that to zW bJmch- appearance it was impollible to raiferer. ihem, I immediately gave him three Spoonsfull of burnt Claret, without Su¬ gar,and order’d theNurfe to continue giv¬ ing him a large Spoonful every Hour. Before the next Morning his Loofnefs a- bated, his Pulfe grew ltrong, and the Puftules were fill’d again. In Ihort, by prudently exhibiting and difcontinuing the Remedy in proportion to the Fever, the Child’s Life was fecured. One Obfervation I have made in this Diftemper, which I ought not to omit; it is, that when Wine has beenthuspru^ dently ufed by the Patient, he recovers much fooner, his Body appears not fo much emaciated, and he requires lefs (Purging afterwards, than when this Re?- jmedy is neglected. ■ Several