Flagellum: or, a dry answer to Dr. Hancock's wonderfully-comical liquid book, which he merrily calls Febrifugum magnum. Or common water the best cure for fevers ... / by Gabriel John.

  • John, Gabriel.
Date:
1723
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Credit: Flagellum: or, a dry answer to Dr. Hancock's wonderfully-comical liquid book, which he merrily calls Febrifugum magnum. Or common water the best cure for fevers ... / by Gabriel John. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tron-Water and Mackroons; at the fame time flriftly forbidding all manner of Water, except well corrected by a due quantity of fine Loaf-Sugar, and Juice of Lemons, to grateful Acidity, and then corroborated with quantum fufficit of right Nants; and at Meal-times a pint of red Port or Burgundy for your fbare. Vpon which ycur Grace's ant tent captivating Red return'd into your Cheeks, which grew plump, and the Wrinkles in a great meafure di/appear'd; fo that to my immortal Honour, and your own un[peakable Confolation, I may venture to fay without a Solsecifm, that your Grace is become new Vamp’d, and at this prefent Writing, a very good fecond- hand Beauty ; alt ho only under the guard of antiquated Virtue, thanks to old Agey and cold Water. And this was not a thing done in a Corner, but well known to all the Ladies of Quality, all about Bunhill-fields, Norton- Falgate, the whole Brecinffs of Shoreditch. Wherefore your Grace, being the firJl Fruits of my Lucubrations and Labours in my native Country, I humbly conceive, that I cannot without the mofi grofs and bafe Ingratitude, dedicate theje my Ejfays to any noble Perfonage but your felf, befeeching your Protection and Patronage againft all fober Sots, .Water- drinkers, and Water-Rats, in the three Kjngdoms, of what Order or Rank foever. As