Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley.

  • Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
Date:
1815
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Credit: Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    242. Or, Drop into it a tea-fpoonful of SaltWater. 243. Or, three or four drops of Onion-Juice at lying clown, and llopt in with a little Wool. 68. DEAFNESS from WAX. 244. Syringe the ear with warn:i Water. Tried. 69. DEAFNESS with a Dry Ear. 245. Mix Brandy and Sweet Oil; dip black Wood m thib, an i put it into the Ear. When the Wool grows dry, wafh it well in Brandy; and dip it and put it in again. 70. Deafiaess with a Head-Ach, and Buzzing in the Head. 246. Peel a Clove of Garlic : dip it in honey, and put it into your Ear at night with a little black Wool. Lie with that ear uppermoft. Do this, if need be, eight or ten nights. Tried. 71. A Settled Deafness. 247. Take, a red Onion, pick out the Core: fill up the place with oil of Roafted Almonds. Let it ftand a night; then bruife and fbrain it. Drop three or four Drops into the Ear, morning and evening, and flop it with black Wool. 72. DELIVERY. 248. After Delivery in child-birth, the mother's milk is the only proper purge for the child. Let it begin to fuck ten or twelve hours after the birth. 73. A DLVBETES. A Diabetes is a frequent and Targe difcharge of pale and fweetiflr urine, attended with a conftant third, and a wafting of the whole body. 249. Drink Wine boiled with Ginger, as much and as often as your ftrength will bear. Let your drink be milk and water. All milk meats are good.