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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    338. Or, (lamp a handful of leaves of Woodbine; put fair water to it, and ufe it cold as a clyftcr. It often cures in an hour. 339. Or, fmear the wrifts five or fix niches long, ■ with warm Treacle, and cover it with brown paper. See Dr. Ti(Tot. , , , 34-0. Or, apply Treacle Plafters to the head, and I the foles of the feet, changing them every twelve ! hours. 341. Or, ufe Dr. Boerhaave's Fever-Powder, vjz. Eight ounces of Nitre, a quarter of an ounce of I Camphire, half a quarter of an ounce of SafFron, and : eight grains of Cochineal. Thefe are to be powdered, ; mixt together, and kept dry in a bottle. Ten grains ; taken on going to bed, abate feverifli heat, and pro- cure reft. Ten grains are to be taken every three or four hours for a continued Fever. loG. A HIGH FEVER, 34-2. Attended with a delirium and a vigilia, has been cured by plunging into Cold-water : which is a fafe and fure remedy in the beginning of any fever. 34-3. Such a delirium is often cured by applying to the top of the head, a Treacle Plafter. Tried. 107. A.i INTER.VIlTTl?sG FEVER. 344-. Drink warm Lemon;tde in the beginning of every fir. It cures in a few days. Tiied. 34-5 Oi, take a tea-fpoonful of Oil of Sulphur in a cup of balm tea, once or twice a day. 108. A FEVER vvitii Pains in the LIMBS. 346. Take twenty drops of Spirits of Hartfliorn, in a cup of water twice or thrice in twenty-four hours. 347. Or, drink largely of Cinquefoil Tea. 109. A RASri FEVER. 348. Drink every hour a fpoonful of juice of E 2