The whole works of that excellent practical physician Dr. Thomas Sydenham wherein not only the history and cures of acute diseases are treated of ... but also the shortest and safest way of curing most chronical diseases / [Thomas Sydenham].

  • Sydenham, Thomas, 1624-1689
Date:
1734
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    Take of the Conferve of Flowers of Borrage and Buglofs one Ounce ; of Conferve of Rofemary-flowers one Ounce ; of candied Citron peel, of Nutmegs candied, and of Nenice-Treacle, each three Drams ; of Con- Section of Alkermes, two Drams: mingle them, and make an Elettuary, whereof let him take the quantity of a fmall Nut Morning and Evening, drinking upon at fix Spoonfuls of rhe following Fulep. 3 Take of the Waters Meadow-fweet and Treacle, each three Ounces; of Syrup of Gilliflowers, one Ounce : mingle them. Or inftead of this I give fome fimple Epidemick Wa- ‘ters {weeten’d with Sugar; I forbid the ufe of Glifters, ;and order the Sick to eat Oatmeal and Chicken-Broth, (and the like. As to the Cure of Quartans, I fuppofe every one who iis but little converfant in this Art, knows how unfuccefs- {ful all the Methods have hitherto been, which are defign’d ifor the Cure of them, except the Peruvian Bark, which iindeed oftner ftops it than conquers it; for after it has ‘eeafed a Fortnight or three Weeks, tothe great advan- itage of the Patient, who having been feverely handled by iit, has a little breathing-time, it begins again a-frefh, tor- {menting him as bad as ever; and for the moft part, how ‘often foever the Medicine be repeated, it requires a long (time before it can be vanquifh’d: yet I will mention what |I have obferv’d concerning the Method of giving ir. But you muft take care not to give the Ye/uits Powder (too foon, before the Difeafe has a little wafted it felf, un- ilefs the weaknefs of the Patient requires it fhould be given ifooner: for the giving of it too loon may render it in- ‘effectual, and endanger the Patient’s Life, if a fudden Stop ‘be put to the Fermentation of the Blood, whilft it is en- i deavouring earneftly Defpumation, In the next place, no jpart of the febrile Matter muft be evacuated by Purging, »miuch lefs by Bleeding ; for by either of them the Qececo- inomy of the Blood is weaken’d, and fo the Fits may more ireadily and certainly return as foon as the Virtue of the |Powder is gone. I think it is better to tin@ure the Blood jleifurely with the forefaid Medicine, and a good while be« fore,