^ '■^i <%;# la%*ii .■ :'WrM '':-■<■ %m S m -It ]Wwm m ^■•& ;'>;r:!' m NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Washington Founded 1836 U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Health Service AN AUTHENTIC - NARRATIVE OF THE SUCCESS OF TARWATER, > In curing a great Number and VARIETY of DISTEMPERS; WITH REMARKS. By Thomas Prior, Efqj AREFULLY ABRIDGED. To which are fubjoined, Two LETTERS from the Author of Siris: Shewing the medicinal Properties of TARWATER and the beft Method of preparing it. To do Good, and to communicate, forget not. Heb. xiii. 16. Reprinted at Providence, by J. Carter, /» DVERTISEMENT. X H E narrative of the following cafes, &c. was fir ft publifhed at DaiJ iint by Thomas Prior, Efq; a public-fpirited gentleman of that city, with the following dedication. %o his Excellency Philip, Earl 0/Xhefterfield, Lord Lieu* tenant General, and General Governor of Ireland. " HIGH Rations furnifti great opportunities of doing good, where there is a head to ditcern, and a heart to apply. Your excellency is eminent for both. Since your arrival in this,kingdom, you have acquir- ed a thorough knowledge of its interells, which you apply to the fervice of his majefty and the public, in fuch a manner, that your adminiftra- tion will be always remembered with gratitude and honour. Your ma- nagement fo generous of your own, and fo frugal of the public treafure, joined with.a conduct fo open andfincere, without the leaft tinclure or fufpicion of private views, leave us at a lofs to determine which to ad- mire moft, the true policy, or the probity of our governor. " That benevolent and difintereftcd fpirit, which diflinguiihes your character, hath emboldened me to addrefs this (mall treatife to your excellency; which, as it is calculated to promote the public good, coin- cides fo far with your own views, as to feem entitled to lome fhare of ,your protection #*d patronage. —*- -*• \ ' - ■ ,1 am, iuith the greateft re/pelt, Ymtr Excelleafy's moft obedient', and mojl humble Servant, \ , , Thomas Prior." Mr. Trtor declares (and there is no reafon to fufpect his veracity) that his fole motive in collecting and publishing the following cafes was the .public good. Some gentlemen who have received benefit by Tarwater, finding it tedious to recite the cafes correfpondent to any ailment, propofed this fcheme, designing, inftead \A being at fo much trouble, to difpofe of a book, when they fee a proper object, that the perfons aggrieved may judge of the cafes moft near to their own, and take or reject the water accordingly, with their eyes open, and from their own conviction, rarber than the importunity of another. That there are not more cafes published of perfons cured in England by Tarwater, out of the multitudes that have received benefit from it, ia no wonder, fines no body has taken, the (rouble to collect (hem; and ma- iv* PRE F AC E. nyTthat have been fent to the public papers, have never appeared. The following, wbjch is of jhat number, (hall conclude our preface. To the A U T H OR, S I R, HAVING received great benefit by Tarwater, I prefume tha£ the publication of my cafe may be of fervice to others in the like difor- der, inalmuch as it may induce chem to experience the virtues of that benign, falutary draught, and fo be a means of reftifring them tq a vigor- ous and happy ftateof health. In May laft I was fuddenly indifpoied ; I wafted daily, and became feeble and liftlefs ; my appetite failed me; ■What i aie did but juft keep me alive, my ftrmach (which for fome time before had been weak) having almoft loft its natural faculty of digeftion. During my indifpofition 1 had a very bad phMiifical cough, and continued wafting till September ; when, being brought very low, I withal felt my lunge very much affect-d, and was afraid of a confumption, which like- wife was dreaded by all my friends. I then prepared fome Tarwater, according to the bifljop's directions, and drank of it, near half a pint as a time, three • r four times a day, all the month of September. I had not drank it patt a fortnight before health began to appear in my counte- nance, my ftornach was fo much ttrengthened that I could cat with plea- fur;, and I i^rew cneanul and active. In the next fortnight I quite loft «ny cough, was treed from the terrible appreheofion of a tabes, and am now, I thank G^d, perfectly hearty ; and all through the wonder-a; Jul efficacy of that fovereign remedy Tarwater. —----Shio nan prafentius ulium Auxilium ~——— Oh learned Berkley! who enough can praife Thy gen'r'us labour ? thy inftructive page, Our lteps directing to this fource of health ? The fair and beauteous pine in vain had ihed Its precious juice, till thou, with curious fearch, Explor'd its virtuous qualities, and taught Mankind theVholefomefecret. Thou haft dose A deed well worthy everlafting fame! Teahrk,^ixPetirboraught April 10, 1745. J. LANpEtl, Authentic Account T A R W HAVING publilhed in the Dublin Journal, July 3, 1744, remarks on an adverufemenc, and on cerrain affidavits, concern- ing the effects of Tarwater in Ste- phens' hofpital, and having prcmif- ed to communicate to the public •n account of feveral perfons, who have been entirely cured or greatly relieved by the ufe of Tarwater> on- ly, together with their names, places of abode, and nature of their ailments; I now addrefs myfelf to the performance of my promife. 2. Many very freely communi- cated their ailments and reliefs -t fome who had received benefit oa the firft drinking of it, chofe to poftpone fending their accounts, till they had received the full be- nefit they expected. Some, efpe- cially of the female fex, were un- willing to have their names men- tioned in public. Some cafes re- quired a long trial, before any judgment could be formed, qr a cure effected. It was alfo feggefted by thofe who decried its ule, that whatever feeming benefit fome might have received en their firft drinking, yet that towards the fall of the leaf, or the winter follow- ing, they would feel fatal confe- quences from ir, infinuating that it was dangerous to drink it in the dog-days, or in cold weather, by which means feveral were prevail- ed upon to lay afide the drinking of it for fome months ; but finding r.o fuch confequences, they have fince refumed the drinking of it With great advantage. 3. For thefc and many oth:r of the Effeds of A T E R. reafons the publication of thefe Cafes has been fo long deferred ; but many thuulands have now drank Tarwater, and great num- bers received bentfi.. Since time, experience, and many trials (the fureft guides >n cafes of this nature) have eftabiiftied ;he credit and ufe of this rjaed;cine, it would be a prejudice to the public, and an injury to mankind, to defer ary longer the publication of the many unexpected and furpriziisg cures ef- fected by Tarwater. And as par- ticular inftances and facls make ftronger imprefiions than general af- (ertions and »ealonings can do, ic is with grea't fatisfaction I can inform the public, that I am fur- nifhed with a great number of au- thentic accounts of the effects of Tarwater (more perhaps than ever happened in the cafe of any other medicine in fo ihoit a time) and that chiefly from the patients themfelves, raoft of them men of character and integrity, who, be- fides the pleafure of recounting the benefits they received, had na other view in communicating their cafes, but to promote the good ex others, who might labour under the fame diforders. 4. With the fame view, I can afftfre the public, that I have moft: impartially laid beforr them the faefs communicated to me, in the letters of the gentlemen who have been fo good as to give a detail of their own diforders, or of thole of their neighbours, and of the bene- fit they received ; the originals of which may be viewed in my har.as. 5. F;c:-i £ Advertifement againft £. From fome, I had the ac- counts of their cafes from their own mouths; ,and anyone may be fatis- fied from the perfons themfclves, whole names are mentioned ; and though others are, at their defire, omitted, if any fhould be defirous fi know them, I lhall be ready, for their priva;e facisfaction, to inform them. 6. Many cafes occurred of per- fons troubled with colds, coughs, difficulty of breathing, want of reft and appetite, which were foon re- moved by the ufe of Tarwater; but as thefe ailments might be re- inoved by exercife, air, proper diet, or other medicines, without T?.r- V'ater, I have omitted moft of thofe cafes, though the quicknefs and cafe with which they were relieved, ?nd the number of the cures, muft greatly recommend the ufe of this medicine. The inftances produced, therefore, are for the moft part cafes of the mod grievous and dan- gerous diftempers, acute and chro- nica] ; fuch as the gout, .king's rvil, inveterate fcurvies, and ulcers, confirmed afthmai, fevers, pleuri- sies, rheumatifms, cholics, &c. ivliich rarely give way to any me- dicines ; but yielded to the power end efficacy of Tarwater, as will cppcar by the fubfequent narrative. 7. I fhall beg leave, by way of introduction, to republish the affi- davits, and my remarks thereon, which gave the firft occafion of writing on this fubject, together with fome obfervations publifh- ed in England, relating to thofe affidavits. 8. Remarks on a late advertife- ment, and upon certain affida- vits mentioned therein, con- cerning the effedtsof Tarwater in Stephens' hofpital. Q. The advertisement was pub- lifhed in the Dublin Journal^ June Tarwater confidercd. 2, 1744, ,n tne following words *. " We are very well informed that many voluntary affidavits have been made, before Alderman Walker, of the unfuccefslul ufe of Tarwater in Dr. Stephen? hofpital, by num- bers of patients in that houfe, fet- ting forth, that, after along feries of ufing Tarwater in the mojl flrift and regular manner, none found them- felves in any wife better, but many of them much worfe,; and that thefe affidavits are in the hands of the vifitors of the hofpital, and may at any time be viewed .by the cu- rious in this matter." 10. Being furprized to-hear that in Stephens hofpital alone none found themfelves better, and many worfe, by the ufe of Tarwater, when at the fame time great num- bers, bo;h in town and country, had received great and 'urpnzing bene- fit thereby ; my regard to truth and the good of mankind induced me to make enquiry into the coin- tents of thofe affidavits, on which fo much ftrefs had been laid. 11. I accordingly addreflld my- felf to the vifiting phyfician of the hofpital, who ihewed me the origi- nal affidavits, and declared the ad- vertifement was publifhed without his knowledge. iz. I (hall here publifh one of the affidavits. County "1 Sy-lvefter Doivdal, one of the I of the patients in Ste- City of f phem* hofpital, came Dublin. J this day before me, and made oath, that he conttantly drank the Tarwater by the direc- tions of Dr. Lehunie, for about nine weeks, and depofed that he hath not found any benefit there- by. Sworn before me, His 25th of May, 1 744. 5. X Doivdal. William Walker, Mark. 13. The Affidavits againfi Tarwater invalidated. »j. The doctor informed me, that faid Dovjdal had an import"- hume in his tlomach, and faid that fome, who were ordered to drink the water, neglelted it. 14. The other five affidavits Were to the following purpofe. 15. " James Martin, in a-high le- profy, fwears he drank Tarwater near 6 weeks without benefit. 16. " Bartholomew Hughs, in .an afthma and confumpiion of the Jungs, drank Tarwater 7 weeks Without benefit, as to hiijhortnejs of breath, which was his principal dis- order. 17. " Mary Malone, for the itch, drank the Tarwater 5, weeks with- out benefit ; but being put into another courfe for 3 weeks, finds herfelf much better. 18. " Patrick Shaghnufjy, for an inveterate itch, drank Tarwater 6 weeks, found himfelf much worfe; but being put into another courfe, finds himfelf much better. 19. " Ma.— in the foul dif- eafe, drank Tarwater 6 weeks, and found herfelf much worfe; but being put into another courfe, finds herfelf much better." 20. So far the affid-avits, where- of 4 were made by perfons that could not write. 21. An oppofition to a medicine of this nature, mult hive been ei- ther needlefs or crimnal : if the medicine be bad, it will die away of itfelf; if good, it is plainly un- warrantable to oppofe it. How far this opposition, coming from the quarter that may be fuipected of intereft in the matter, can be re- conciled with the rules of pru- dence, is fubmitted to the public consideration : the doctor, a man of worth and (kill, acted very pro- perly, and. with good intention, in prelcribing this water to be a ken even in the word cafes; but the ufe others have made of it, gives room for the following remar-ks. 22. The advertifement fays, many voluntary affidavits have? been made by numbers of patients in the hofpital, fetting forth, that, " after a long feries of ufing Tarwa- ter, in tbemojljlrifi and regular man- ner, none found themfclves in any wife better, but many of them much worfe ;" now the affidavits* which were but 6, have not thofe aflertions ; not a word of a long fe- ries, or the moft ftricl and regular manna; or that none received benefit; fo that the Advertifement doth no way tally with the affidavits, nor can be fupported or warranted b« them. Six of the moft defperate cafes in the whole hofpital were culled out, and made the only teds of the virtues of Tarwater, upon fo fhort a trial as 5. or 6 weeks; al- though the diftempers were inve- terate, and chronical, ands plainly required a length of time to effect a cure. What medicine could ftand, if a few inftances of its ill fuccefs were fufficient todeftroy its j credit ? or what would become of Phyficians, if the failing of the medicines they prefcribe fhould be urged againu them ? 2 j. It does not appear, by the affidavits, that juftice was dune ts Tarwater in quantity, in time, in accompanying it with any oUvward wafh of Tarwater, as was proper in outward fores, or in acknow- ledging that it concurred in the cure of the itch ; in which cafe, by driving the venom fron^ the blood to the furface, it will in- creafe the fores for a time, and make ignorant patients think themfelves worfe. And proba- bly this proved their cure ; for as fopn as they were anointed with § Tarwater cures Pal,/}, Cholic, Scurvy, with brimftone, they four-d them- rant, publifhed originally in the pa- felves better; is this fair deal- pers of Dublin: what quarter it ing ? fhould come from there, together 24. For the fake of truth, we with the purpofes intended \\ flia!l publifh a lift of choU: within fhould anfwer» are plain enough to i>ur knowledge, who have been ei- be guefted at : to obviate, there- iher entirely cured or greatly re- fore, as much as in me lies, lieved by the ufe of Farwa er alone, the ill effVfts of (o malevolent with the places of th?;r abode, and a defi'gn, I think myfelf indifpen- in what ailments they received be- fably obliged, as well by the ties of Xiefit ; that every c.her perfon who justice and gratitude to the excel- may have the lame fort of ailment, lent writer upon the extenfive vir- may know what perfons to apply tues of Tarwater, and difcoverer of to, and be informed of the particu- its powerful effects, as by thofe of tars'of their cure, and thereby may charify and benevolence to my fel- have an opportunity of obtaining the low creatures and fufferers, to make like reliet themfelves. known to the public, through the 25. By what we have already means of your paper, the ineftima- expenenced, and daily do expert- ble benefits that have accrued to ence, 0' the good effeds of Tarwa- me and mine from the ufe of it. ler, we have great reafon to be 29. I had long laboured under perfuaded, ana to rejoice, that the thefe following complicated diftem- wsrld is bleff.d with a medicine, fo pcrs,pal/y, cholic, rheumatijm,gravel efficacious as feldom to fail of fuccefs, and piles ; in all which cafes I Jo general as to re ■ zie in moft dif- found fus'prizing relief from Tar- eaies, io/afe as never to be attend- water, and that in confiderably lefa Tarwater, in a late NevjcafiU Cd it opens my body gently, abouc tuated by any other intereft than two ftools a day ; but 1 have had my, the general welfare and happinefs fits» *s often and as violently as be- ef the human fpecies, willing them fore. 1 am not fo weak as to think I to fhare and enjoy the precious ef- was t0 nave found a perceptible be- fects of it.equally with myfelf. I nefit in fofhort a fpace, but fhall ItiU fiurpofely forebqre, Gentlemen, continue it; I have had my althma roubling you with this fooner, be- upwards of 12 years, but not fo vio- caufe I would firft be well warrant- lent as at prefent, and forfeven years ed in my own mind for whatever 'aft J ln which time I have not Dcerv 1 had to fay upon the fubject, that *n bed, or at moft not above 3 or 4 | might not in the leaft invade the hours, once in a year, when i have: bounds of truth, which in all cafes, flattered myfelf with being tolera- and efpecially in'fo delicate an af- bly well;" and then as foon as Ia- rair as this, every one ought to be waked, J found I was quite loaded very cautious of. - with phlegm, though a dry afihma ; 30. 1 fhall conclude with the fo that I was obliged to get up and. good Bifiiop's own words: " Men have recourfe to a pipe or tobacco, may cenfure and object, as they which I ufe. all the time I am ill, pieafe, but I appeal to time and f°' J have no eafe when I do not experiment. Effects mi/imputed, fmoke. • lamfeldom without a fie cafes wrong told, circumllances above three or four days, and con- overlooked, perhaps too prejudices t'nue as long in it, and as foon as and partialities againft truth, may, rain comes I am eafy ; I have it sl- for a time, prevail and keep her at fo againft the leaft change of wea- the bottom of her well : from tber. whence, nevcrthclefs, fhe emergeth " My father has it, and my grand- fooner or later, and llrikes the eyes mother died of it ; fo that 1 have of all, who do not keep th«m lcls hopes of a cure, as it ft-ems to be fhur. I am, gentlemen, yours, hereditary. 1 have tried manv of &c."- -County of Durham. the moft eminent phyficians in Eng- 31. This inftancc fliews that ma- land, but never found benefit. I B have io Its good Effefts h . e had iflues in my fhoulden, ice, fo that I had not the leaft per- and at prefent one under each fpiratlon in them ; for if I had not brea-t, out Cannot fay I reap any wafh=d them forayear, they were as advantage. The medicines I have clean and dry as the back of my takeu are innumerable." hand: but now, in the laft month, I was fo eafy,I found my feet From Mr. Ward'j letter, July 27, fweat very copioufly, and found in 1744. wearing h pair of new ftockings Tne firft montft f took it, my only a week, that all the foals were in w?re a? violent and frequent as worn, and mouldered away; and ulna!. The fecund month I had what was left was very red, as if I" no: one fi;, but one night, which had burnt them. was very eafy ; aid I believe I 26. I beg pardon for dwelling nught have continued to have found fo long upon this particular, as it a daily benefi , 11 I had not been «Was fo furpriz;ng ; and my apothe- obiged to at.end at the alfizes; cary telling me, when 1 related if/ where I have received a m ft vio- to him, that he was fure I fhould km co'd, which has brought on be cured by drinkingthe Tarwa- bu h my afthrna and cugh. So ter, as it had this effect; for it was thi at nrefent I am very ill, but whs. heand all my phyficians had am taking all the care T can now drove at, to make me have a per- t<.; recover myfelf, for 1 found fo fpiration in my feet, which was mu~h pleafure in thit-'month's eafe, never in their power to get, not that r.o temptation can induce me even by fitting with my feet 'in-' t > f verve: from rules. I can't fo warm water. m-K . as lie bark in an eafy chair ; for oivea table fet by the fide of From his letter of September lS; rnv chair with piilowson it, fo I *744' lay iny arm on them, and my head 37. « As to my prefent ftate of on my arm ; and if I am very ill, health, I have the pleafure to tell can' even reft that way ; {0 that you I was in bed the 10th, nth, no bid can be contrived for me to 12th, and 15th inftant, at night ; I rdt on yet, and though I fay above, went to bed about 8 o'clock, and that I hsd T-t a fie for a month, lay until 7 the next morning, as yet if I lay back in my chair then, well as ever I was in my life ; and it nude me uieTy in two minutes, found, when I awaked, I was lay- Idnok Tarwater frequently in the ing on my back; and am quite d 54> 55» 56» S7> arc veifet, ,Ac in praile of the Biftiop, copied from the news-papers. Remarks by Philanthropes. 58. Upon fome hints I took from feclions 29 and 49 of Siris, I refolv- ed to attempt a folution of myrrh. I put a drachm of coarfe myrrh into half a pint of Tarwater, and fet it in a pint bottle, in a degree of fire equal to that of a hot fun ; and in 3 days I obtained a perfect •folution. Of this infufion, I mix about half an ounce in each half pint of Tarwater, which I daily drink, fo mixed, with good fuccefs. 1( makes the Tarwater much more pleafant, giving it an agreeable, fub-acid, bitter tafte. Par. 59 mentions another pro- cess lefs accurate. 60. Suppofes this mixt liquor to be a good vulnerary water. 61. Next follow the hip cafes, communicated by gentlemen of inown integrity. A letter from the Rev. Mr. Nat. France, of Toughall, in the county of Cork, July 6, 1744. 62. Reading an advertifement in .the Dublin Courant of July 3, I thought myfelf bound by the ilrongeft obligation, gratitude for ^n ineftimable benefit received, as .swell as for the good of mankind, to .give teftimory to the truth. Up- wards of 20 years I have laboured under a dreadful diforder, occa- sioned by a prevailing acid in my ilomach. For many weeks toge- ther, I never rofe from fleep, with- erm violent vomiting, and fick»)ffs; rarely free fr;m a heart-burn, and that commonly ending in a violent cholic ; nervous diforders, fright- ful fpafms, a frequent palpitation of the heart in bed ; my diforder and Decay of Stomach, baffled the art of phyfic. The Pjr- viont and German fpa-water, a con- stant ufe of gum-pills for the, nerv- ous complaint, gave fome little re- lief, but were very far from rooting out the caufe. I induftrioufly fhunned every acid. I have drank Tarwater thefe 3 years paft, and, I blefs God, have no complaint, no heart-burning, no vomiting, which almoft deprived me of my fight; no nervous diforder, unlefs occa- fioned by a violent cold, from which I am quickly relieved by taking a plentiful draught of Tarwater. Laft fummer indeed I laid afide Tarwater for 3 months, believing I did not need it, and that it would ceafe to be efficacious by conftant ufe. My cholic, heart-burn, and nervous fpafms, then returned as violent as ever. I again had re-. courfe to Tarwater ; its hsppy ef- fect was beyond expectation; in a few days it perfectly relieved me. I do now, and fhall, for the re- mainder of my life, make it my morning draught; having no other complaint againft it but this one, that by creating an appetite, which it never fails to do, and caufing a good digeftion, it renders me more corpulent than I could wifh to be. Nat. Franc*. 63. A letter from the Corporation of Augher, in the county of Ty- rone, July 7, 1744. Moft of us, having for many years been greatly afflicted with chro- nical difeafes, fuch as inveterate fcurvy, and rheumatic pains, &c. were induced, from the high clu- racler given to the Tarwater, to make trial thereof. Thofe who had any out-break- ing, found, after a fortnight's trial, the fpots rather more inflamed and pain'i'l, but afterwards daily grow- ing Scorbutic and rheumatic Difeafes, n ing eailer and better. Some of us who were feized with the rheuma- tifm found after the like time a fen- fible remiffion of the pains; we in the gout refolve to continue the re- gular and conftant ufe of that moft excellent remedy, and all of us do, in the moft affectionate manner, return our public thanks to the author of Tarwater. Edmund Mac Girr, Rob. Thompfon, Rev. Mac Quigen, Adam Smith, Dudly Harvey, Uri. M'Dovjall. 64. The Rev. Mr. Thomas Squire-, from Tallow, in the county of Waterford, July 11, 1744. The enemies of Tarwater, I find, are greatly provoked, feeing they endeavour to have it fworn out of credit ahd practice; however, I make no doubt, but that for the 6 affidavits againft it, you will foon, have many hundreds of creditable vouchers for it; I fend you fome cafes: firft my own. Turned of 6oj my ftomach began to fail me, and what little I did eat, lay heavy for 2 or 3 hours after dinner; my flefh wafted, fo that my cloaths were too big for me, the calves of my legs became foft, and hung from the bones, and the red in my cheeks grew dark and livid ; bad fymptoms. 1 drank Tarwater for 15 months, found my appetitereftored, my food fat eafy on my ftomach, I grew up to my former dimenfions, my flefh be- came firm, as it had been for 20 years before, and the blood in my cheeks of a good red. 65. A gentlewoman in my houfe, far advanced in years, of a tender constitution, and in a bad ftate of health, has for near 2 years taken a fmall glafs of Tarwater every morn- ing, and often another about noon ; the phyfician who has attended her for 8 years, and confented to Tar- water, has frequently expreffed his great furprze at her being fo much better, though (he takes feveral other kinds of phyfic by his direction ; her apothecary's bill was laft year reduced to lefs than half. 66. A fcrvant of mine was fo ill of a cold, and violent cough, that he was going to take to his bed. I or- dered him to drink about half a pint of Tarwater warmed ; he then fet about his bufinefs, and I have not heard him complain fince. This morning a gentleman, who,, by a cold, taken in February laft, was apprehenfive of a decay, told me that his fears were over by drink- ing Tarwater for three weeks; av phyfician, who ftudied under the great Boerhaave, has prefcribed it to 5 of his patients. T. S. 67. A letter from the fame, Nov. 30. A gentlewoman near Limerick fuffered fo much by the fcurvy, that fhe was juft flayed alive, and had almoft loft the ufe of her limbs. I advifed Tarwater, which a phyfi- cian approving, flie drank for fome time; now the fcurvy-blotches are perfectly healed, and (he is re- covering daily the ufe of her limbs. 68. A young gentlewoman, re- lated to Mr. Atkins, near Mallow, had a great fwclling in her fide, lofib her ftomach, was fo extremely thin and pale, that fame phyficians gave her up. By Dr. ConneWt advice, fhe drank Tarwater for fome months, and pcrfecTy recovered. 69. In Currygla/s, 14 have drank Tarwater, and every one received benefit. T h e w i f e of Henry Evans * mafon, was cured of an hereditary afthma, under which fhe laboured for z years, and could not lie down in bed. 70. Henry Evans in the great frolt took 16 Scorbutic and rh took a violent cold, and every win- ter fince has kept his jaws tiedup in handkerchiefs ; he drank Tarwater, t^ie pain in his jaws is gone, and he bears cold as well as ever. Lawrence Linehan, a paper-maker, had a moft deadly c.TUgh, and was thought in a decay ; he drank Tarwater, and is now as well as ever. 71. Mr. Crips drinks it for an hereditary afthma ; when he is regu- lar in it, fome blotches break out in his body, and the afthma is quite gone ; hut when he \% carelefs, the blotches difappear, arrd the diffi- culty of breathing returns. 72. Mrs Rollejlon, who nurfes her child, drank Tarwater ; it fuc- eeeded well with her; fhe had a vaft flow of miik,andjier child was extremely well; our' phyficians here prefcribcTarwater frequently. Curryglafs. Tho. Squire. 73. 1 have been thefe 20 years pall grievoufly afRicled with violent pains and fwcllings in my limbs, and for want of my natural reft was reduced to very great weaknefs. I loft my ftomach to that degree, that I may fay, my foulabhorred all manner tfmeat, and I-as as even hard at death's door. I was reduced to that un- happy ftate, which the Bifhop of Cloyne, in his Treatife, calls tedium •vita?, a wearinefs of life, that I could have bleft the means that would have finiffied my days; and no one would have given 6 months pur- thafc on my life. ^ 74. I was alfo afflicted with a violent fcorbutic humour, which broke out to a great degree in my face ; on reading the Magazine, where the virtue of Tarwater is fet forth, I began with it, and though I h*ve only drank about 5 gallons, it has not only perfectly cured me of ths fcurvy, but has alf> entirely eafed me from all my pains; reftor- ed me to my former ftrengt!., a goo4 ftomacn, and a great fl >w of fpirits ; that now (I thank God) I mayjuftly lay, I am a man again. Htnry Parfons, attorney,in 77"iIIIam• Jlreet, Dublin, July 26, 1 744. 75. A letter from the Rev. Mr. Ber. nard Ward, at B elf aft, July 23, '744- Inclofed I fend you the cafes of 3 perfons, who have received benefit by the ufe of Tarwater, which is in great and univcrfal repute here. 76. No. 1. Wm.Gaivdy, of Kir- dwell, in the county of Down, far- mer, aged about 40 years, had been many years afflicted with the rheu- ma;ifm. In May laft it feized his loins, and difabled him from doing any work ; he told me he had ufed turpentine without fuccefs ; I re- commended Tarwater, 4 quarts of which fo effectually removed his diforder, that,to ufe his own words, he was able to lift a hogfhead fack full of corn, and to put it on his horfe. 77. No. 2. Mrs. Small, of Knock'. breda, in the county of Dovon, about 16 years of age, had been troubled with a pain in her fide, (horrnefs of breath, a palpitation of the heart upon the leaft motion, and an entire lofs of appetite ; her mother was apprehenfive of a con- fumption, yet by drinking Tarwater about a fortnight, is in perfect health. 78. No. 3. A fonof the Rev. An. nefly Baile, of Comber, in the County of Dovjn, at the age of 2 years, W53 aclive and fprightly ; he was then feized with a fever, which deprived him of the ufe of his limbs; his joints grew large, and his belly hard like a ricketty child ; his fa- ther tmde him drink Tarwater, a wine glafs full 3 times a day, and in 3 weeks time he quite recovered. Bernard Ward. 79- A <• iques of the Influenza, *7 79. A letter from the Rev. Mr. Ufher, of Maryborough, Aug. 23, 1744. Margaret Large, of Coolbanagher, in 2>ueens county, being about 43, laboured under a violent cough and oppredion on her ftomach for 16 years, without intermiffion, fo that flic loft her appetite, her body was emaciated, and her fpirits low ; but by drinking Tarwater 6 weeks conftantly every morning, the cough and oppreffton on her fto- mach were entirely removed, her ap- petite rcftored, her fpirits became brifk, and her whole conftitution greatly as well as wonderfully im- proved. So. A letter from Mr. Henry Ger- vais, oflAfmoxe, in the County of Waterford, Sept. 15, 1744. Mr. Bryen, who is an attorney in Lord Burlington'* manor-courts, after riding five miles about two years fince, without a great-coat, in a winter's night of very heavy rain, and fo fuddled, that when he came home he could not put off his cloaths, threw himfelf on his bed, where he flept about 6 hours, and when he awoke, was in an high inflammation, and not able to fpeak. A worthy phyfician, by bleeding, bliftering, &c. brought fome prefent relief; but a violent cough foon enfued, with a griev- ous pain in his fide, fpitting of blood, and large fweats ; fo that having fuffered much, and gone through the apothecary's (hop for a courfe of 6 months, and exhauft- ed his little fubftance, the phyfi- cians in a confultation pronounced that he would die tabid. The pa- tient in defpair had recourfe to Tarwater, by which he recovered his appetite and reft, was free from the pain in his fide, and as well in health as he could wifh. C 81. Mr. Gervais mentions his own cafe thus: * I was under greac apprehenfions from the reliques of the Influenza, which feized me in, a moft heavy manner, and left an acute pain in my head, violent palpitation in the heart, a conttanc puliation in the brain, and fpafms through my whole body. Flagber- ty cum Jociit had me in hand for months; gum-pills and fpirits of vitriol I almoft lived upon, and to> no purpofe ; but now, by the ufe of Tarwater, I am (God be praifed) reftored to good fpirits and health." 82. He alio mentions the cafe of Mrs. C—, of Limerick, who was many years afflided with a fcurvy, in fo high a degree, that (he had been quite flayed from head to foot, fo that for many months (he lay in cere-cloths, and could noc turn in her bed, but as fhe was helped by the fheets ; all remedies proved ineffectual, but by drink- ing Tarwater for 10 weeks, flic has got a new fkin, her fores have ceafed to run, and her health ia thoroughly retrieved. Mr. Gervais fent the following cafe, drawn up by Dr. Wm. C~, o£ Mallovj. 83. Corral Daly, of Ardprior, ia the C. of Cork, aged about 28, otx exercifing fevereiy in the year 1742, was feized with a violent. cough, ftraitnefs in his cheft, dif- ficulty of refpiration.acd discharg- ed large quantities of blood from. his lungs ; in which ftate he re- mained near 6 months, without: other affiftar.ee than what his poor neighbours could adminifter ; tilL at length, quite emaciated, and in a hectic ftate, with flufliings in. his face, fucceeded by rigoura and conftant nighc-fweats, he ap- plied to the neighbouring phyfi- cians, who recommended a courfe s 6 Preventive of Gottt and Gravely of pectoral and balfamic medicines, thefe are always forerunners of tla* with tincture of jefuits bark, and a milk diet, which regimen he ftrictly obferved above 10 months ; when finding little amendment, and no hopes of recovery, he ap- plied to me ; I recommended his continuing the fame method for fome time longer, which he fub- initted to, without further benefit, than that- his fweats fomewhat abated. He was now fet down as incurable, when hearing fo much of the virtues of Tarwater, and willing to try it, as every thing elfe failed, I recommended the conftant ufe of it to him ; at firft it difagrced prodigioufly, inducing frequent naufeas, ficknefs in the ftomach, and a lax, which in his conditio I was very apprehenfive of;H made fome lighter, which, in a few'davs, was fo reconcileable to his ftomach, that he took it in large quantities, and is now per- fectly recovered from all his fynip- toms, only a fmall cough, which he is fubject to, on taking cold, or any irregularity. $4. Letter from Mr. William Fea- cocke, merchant, in Abbey ltreer, Dublin, September 22, 1744. My brother, Marmaduh Peacocke, merchant, for feveral months had a great cough, little appetite, and a great lownefs of fpirits 5 he could not walk without fweating, and was very much emaciated ; he ap- plied to fome phyficians to no pur- pofe, but drinking Tarwater morn- ing and evening, in lefs than 3 weeks was as hale as ever, and in great fpirits. 85. Laft fpring I had the gout coming on me ; I was feized with cramps in my legs moft violently for feveral nights, loft my appetite, my ftomach was faint and weak, with great tendernefs in my feet; gout with me. My brother per- fuaded me to drink Tarwater, morning and evening, and it occa- fioned great perfpiration in my feet, and in 3 nights I had no cramps, no tendernefs in my feet, 1 had a good appetite and digeftion, and was every other way very well, drinki.'g it fo for 2 months, after- wards only every morning, and am now (thank God) as well as any one. Wm. Peacockti 86. A Letter from Stephen Bernard, Efq; member of Parliament,' frorar Youghall, Oct. 2, 1744. I have taken Tarwater 3 months, morning, noon and night, half a pint each time, warm ; which has relieved me from a ficknefs in my ftomach, which I had for 6 years palt, and fo feverely the two laft, that fcarce a day paffed without violent heaving*, at leaft twice, and a loathing of all fuftenancc ; which reduced meto low, as ut- terly difabled me from ufing any exercife. I was alfo fubject to a giddinefs, which increafed, not- withftanding a courfe of vomits ; in lefs than a week after I drank Tar- water, I found my ftomach reliev- ed, I had an appetite, and the gid- dinefs is almoft gone. S. Bernard. P. S. A fervant of mine for years was troubled with aconfump- tive cough, and is quite recovered by Tarwater. 87. From Charles Coote, Efq; mem^ ber of Parliament, Coothill, Oct, 6, 1744. Idrink Tarwaterconftantly j my diforder is nervous, and I have gra- vel to a great degree, but without pain. I difcharge great quantities by urine, and my ftomach, digef- tion, and whole frame, ufed to be greatly difordered when I waa loaded Cures; d violent leaded with it; the ufe bf this wa- ter not only difcharges- ic, but I find myfelf better in fpirits, and digeftion. ; >..- 88. Mr. Dona-id fan, of Caftan, long afflicted whtti the gout in an extreme degree, drank Tarwater fome months, and from a clofe con- finement to his bed and chair, is now walking about the ftreets, and does not remember when he was able to do fo for many years paft. 89. Mr. Waren, agent to Alder- man Davufon, was afthmatic, and fecmed to be confumptive to the laft negree, but recovered of all his complaints folcly by the Tar- water. 90. A poor fellow of this town, afthmatic, and almoft incapable of any action, is now reftored by it. 91. My brother in law, Mr. Pratt, who has been extremely ill many years of fcorbutic diforders, and has in vain drank all the waters in Europe, drank weak Tarwater a good while (the ftrong difagreeing with him) and is quite recovered. C. Coote. 92. A letter from William Ryves, Efq; from Caftlejane, near Tip- perary, Oct. 11, 1744. My tenant, John Cornick,*. mow- er and ploughman, by heats and cold, acquired a cough, which continued on him feveral months, and fometimes difabled him from following the plough ; but about March laft, he was obliged to keep his bed, notwithstanding he had the advice of two phyficians ; 2nd being worn away to perfect (kin and bone, they pronounced him very near his end. About July laft, he took Tarwater twice or thrice a day ; for the firft week he coughed prodigioufly, and brought up great quantities of fetid corrup- ter. ; every day after, his cough Scorhutic Humour. i$ abated, and his ftomach increafed, and at the end of 3 weeks drinking,, he was able to walk half a mile ■ with pleafure, which he did every morning between his firft draught and breakfaft; and in 5 weeks rime had gathered a good deal of ftrei^th; in fhort, his cough is gone, and he finds himfelf hearty. 93. Edward Moore, Efq; Of Moore'1 Fort, in the County of Tip-, perary, was extremely out of order, and by the phyficians judged to -have an ulcer in his bladder, and was- preparing to go to fome waters proper for him.; he had quite loft his ftomach and complexion, but by the ufe of Tarwater for "5 or 6 weeks, is not only quite well o£ his diforder, but has recovered his ftomach and complexion. My, wife has drank it for fume time for a little barking cough, which flic has had thefe 3 years paft, which afflicts her moft as fhe gets up in the morning ; fhe-has found fuch an abatement of it, that I do not doubt but in a little time /he will be quite free. Wm. Ryves, 94. A letter from William Con- nor, Efq; of Bandon, in the County of Cork, Oct. 23, 1744. There are many inftances in this neighbourhood of perfons benefited by it, but none more fo than one of my daughters, who. had labour- ed under a kind of hyfteric and nervous diforder for fome months, which afflicted her with a palpita- tion and difficulty of breathing,, infpmuch that (he frequently ima- gined (he was expiring ; fhe is now (God be praifed) quite free, and attributes hc^ cure folely to that moft excellent remedy, Tarwater. 95. My brother, Mr. George' Cmntr, had been feveral years af- flicted with a fcorbutic diforder„ and finding no relief from the phy- fici'^r Remarkable Inftances of the fame'. ao fie 3",', went to England, where he ufed the bath and other waters, without any benefit; upon his re- turn to Ireland his diftemger be- came fo violent, that his phyfi- cians were for fending him to Bath again, when, by chance, he met with Siris; this put him on making and drinking Tarwater, which quite recovered him in 6 weeks. His cafe was wonderful, his body was all overone continued fore, he was obliged to (hilt himfelf 4 times a day, and his fhirts flood on end, ftiffened by corruption; bis limbs and body were wrapped iup in linen fpread with fuet, to Ikeep any thing from touching him. thefharp humours ufed to run through his cloaths en the ground. He could neither d'geft. fleep, or reft. The firlt effea of she Tarwater was that an incredi- ble number of blind boils appeared in the (kin over his whole body, and very (Jpre, by which the mor- bific humour was driven to the outward parts ; but by conftant drinking, thefe boils grew milder, and by degrees healed and dried sway, fo that in lefs than 6 weeks he was quite eafy. On firft taking xhe water, he was very coflive for feveral days, which frightened bim, and made him take fome gen- tle opening purge. But this rather retarded his cure, for where the Tarwater throws out the venom 5nto the fkin, it fhould not be dif- furbed by the revulfion of purga- tives, though fuch calling out may naturally produce a coftivenefs. It ?s not to be reckoned a bad effect, but a good fymptom; it (hews that nature is throwing out the bad hu- mours through the {kin, and not by •ftool : and when it has fufficiently done that fervice, in which it sugh> not to be difturbed, the bo- dy will naturally return to its ufua! difcharges. 96. A letter from Cornelius Town- fend, o/Beifborough, in the Coun- ty of Cork, Efq; Oct. 30, 1744. About 15 years ago, and about the 32d of my age, after a moft remarkable good flock of health from my infancy, I was firft feized with a violent heart-burn, and foon after had flight fits of the rheum- atifm, which in a few years be- came very violent, and then getting the better of my often envied good conftitution, a moft inveterate icur. vy appeared, particularly on my temples and forehead ; my fits of the rheumatifm were in the begin- ning irregular, and did not hold above a month or fix weeks at a time, but about eight years ago they became regular, and ufed to con- fine me to my bed during the whole winter and fpring, and al- ways began with a light fever, and terrible head-ach, which generally held for the firft 9 or 10 days. I have been likewife fubject to a fcurvy in my gums, and in fpite of all my care apt to get cold, which frequently afflicted my lungs and glands, and occasioned a deaf- nefs ; about 3 years ago I began the ufe of Tarwater, which with. in a month carried off the heart- burn ; and foon after the fcurvy in my gums, temples, &c. began to leflen, and about that time twelvemonth was quite gone ; it has alio carried off the inflamma- tion of my glands, and I am not fo apt to get cold, or be very deaf, as formerly ; and when through careleffnefs I get either, I am under no apprehenfion about any ill con- fequences, finding that honefl Tar. ivaler does the bufinefs. My fits of the rheumatifm, fince the ufe of Tarwater, have indeed been as te» dious, Tarwater cures Heclics, 21 dious, with as great a weaknefs in my knees and ancles as ever, fo that I am not able to ftand, but not near fo painful, and I am almoft free from the fever and head-ach. I am now under a courfe of bathing my legs in warm Tarwater, by di- rection of the Bifhop of Cloyne. and hope in fome time to be able to give you an account of its fuccefs. From the beginning of my difor- ders, I have had fuch a coftive conllitution, that I feldom had the benefit of nature, without the help of electuaries, or fome other open- ers ; my fundament was fo inflam- ed with piles, that I was very ap- prehenfive of a fiflula ; my flefli was bloated and tender ; I was fubject to a palpitation of the heart, cramps, megrims, Sec. from all which (I thank God) I am quite free by the conftant v(e of Tarwa- ter only.—the famous Dr. Barry put me under a courfe of rhubarb and fulphur, for upwards of 2 years ; and other phyficians fince put me under different cuurfes of phyfic for my rheumatic and other diforders, but all to no purpofe. 97, A gentlewoman in my fa- mily, who had a paralytic diforder, and the fcaivy, to a great degree, with nnny diforders in her fto- mach, for which fhe fluck to the Mallow waters for feveral feafon?, and was only for the ptefent re- lieved thereby ; and my wife, who has been tormented with the fcur- vy, hyfterics, Sc. are both reco- vered by Tarwater. 9S. One Mrs. Buft-a, who lives rear Killmallock, had a heart-bum for fome years to fuch a degree, 5!.st, in her (trainings, fhe woulo frequently difcharge blood out of her ftomach ; (he was fu!>ject to a »;cking pain in her bowels, had a gaog-r in her mouth, and her teeth were all loofe; fhe was given over by all the ftilful yeifons in her neighbourhood; but, hearing of the benefits I received by Tarwa- ter, began to drink it, and foon found herfelf much better. This sn apothecary in Killmallock hear- ing, fent her word, fhe was ill ad- vifed to take it that way, and or- dered her to mix her tar with hoc water, which fhe accordingly did; but it operated fo violently by purging up and down, that (he was at death's door; however, fha afterwards found that taking it, even that way, did her vaft fer- vice ; fhe is now perfectly reco- vered, and firmly refolved never to take sdvice ot the apothecary again. I could mention feveral more, who, by my advice in va« nous diforders, received very great benefir, or were perfe&ly cured, by drinking Tarwater. Com. Toivnfend. 99. Communicated by a phyfician in Nov. i74i. " I was confulted by a man 3^ years old, who from a pleuritic diforder, imperfectly cured, fell into a heclic fever, attended by s defperate cough, with this dreadful fymptom, an ulcer in the left lobe of his lung«, which plainly appeared from hi; beingat firft attacked by the pleurify in 'the left fide, from almoft an impoflibility of lying on the right, from a. vaft heavirefs, and fuff^catirg burthen in the left p»rt of his thorax ; till relieved in fome meafure by throwing up a vaft q'jar.ruy of ferio purulent mauer, intermixed with pure blood (I may fay) J anguine fpumcfo, fo jufily called by the great Hippocrates ; which excretion gereraly happen- ed to hirri once a month or there- abouts, snd which had a'wav« like to hate fuffycated him. This evacuees %1 Lownefs of Spirits evacuated pus muft have been ga- thered in its proper veficula, which being externa) in the lobe, wa3 ufually brcki by a ftrong fit of coug'iing, or fome other violent ih.ick of nature. Upon further examination, I found he had ccid nocturnal fwc.rs, and almoft all rhs: iigns of the fades Hippotratica. The prognostic 1 formed was t«ry doubtful, «-3 niscj.fe was both dan- ^iTous a«J di'fijcult. I ordered him immediately to c'rink Tarwa- t s broke out all over her in watery puf- mles, and threw out a fcalding iharp corroding liquor, which burnt the ikin wherever it touch- edit; fo that the poor creature was almoft diilracted : with great perfuafion fhe took Tarwater, and by the time (he had finifhed two bottles the puftulesdifappeared.and fhe is now free from all the fymp- toms, and in very good health. 107. A Utter from Colonel Nick Loftus, of Loftus-hall, in the County of Wexford, Efq; member of Parliament, Feb. 1, 1744. I have drank Tarwater thefe 3 months paft, half a pint morning and evening, with great fuccefs ; xny diforder vva3 fevere pains in all my bones and joints, which I be- lieve were rheumatic, and was very apprehenfive of the fciatica, hav- ing had a fevere fit of it laft fpring. I had a ftiffnefs in my limbs, that made walking very uneafy, which I ufed much before. My pains are now all vanifhed, and I can walk as well as ever. Some have taken it in the gout, and their fits have been much lighter. 108. I have a fervant who had a very violent afthma, whom 1 made drink it, and he hath been (nice farprizingly relieved. Nicholas Loftus. IS9. A letter from Peyton Fox, Efq; o/"Weftmath, February 15, 1744. Laft winter I had fuch a violent cold and cough, as confined me within doors for five months, and found not the leaft benefit from medicines, of which I took a vaft quantity : I took Tarwater, which perfectly recovered me, and do not find I am fo apt to fet cold as I was, though by venturing too much in my garden in damp \hs and Colds, weather, I got two colds ; but the Tarwater, in a few days, carried them iff. Since I firft took it, I have not had the leaft touch of the gout, and my fpi-4 rits are more lively. I look on my cure to be the more extraor- dinary, confidenngmy great age, being 74. Pey Fox. Iio. A letter from the Rev. Mr; Roger Lyndon, of Ballyfax, in the County of Kildare, March 26, 1744. Laft fummer, and fometimes be- fore, I found myfelf under feveral diforders, as gravel, pains in my back, confining me fome (hort times to my bed, great want of appetite, frequent dizzinefs in my head, unfealonable fleepinefs, fore- nefs in my gums, and the loofen- ing and falling of fome of my teeth, infomuch that I could fcarce- ly chew my meat ; and by fuch great uneafinefs in my mouth, I was often reduced to broths, and other foft aliments. All thefe dif- orders, I was informed, proceeded from the fcurvy ; and therefore I was refolved to try Tarwater. I began to drink it laft Michaelmas; ■ nd continued it to the middle of this month : I foon found benefit, and, I blefs God, havenot now any of the diforders before mentioned : I can walk great lengths, have a conftant and good appetite, can cat my meat, with teeth well faft- ened and eafy. Roger Lyndon. ill. A letter from John Uflier, of Lifmore, in the county of Wa- lerford, February 4, 1744. A foldier in Captain Burfton\ company, in General Frampton't regiment, being afflicted with a fpitting of blood and purulent matter, for a confidcrable time, (which diforder was occafioned by a perip- 'The Virtues of Spruce-Beer. 2Z a peripneumony, or pleurify, about two years ago) and having alfo a violent cough, and ftrong night fweats, fymptoms of a deep dec»y, which quite emaciated him, Mr. Charles Smith, apothecary in Dun- garvan, ordered him to drink Tar- water, made with limewater, which is a great drier of ulcers : he had not ufed it long, when he found his cough and other fymptoms left him entirely, and in a fhort time he grew furpriz'ngly fat and healthy. 112. Rich. Kearney, fervant to Mr. Barbon, in Dungarvan, was for ma- ny years afflicted with a cough and difficulty of breathing, which ar- rived at length to a confirmed and violent afthma, fo that upon the leaft preffure of the atmofphere he was conftantly vifited with his dif- order, and difabled from rendering his mafter any fervice : about 4 months fince, he began to drink Tarwater, and had not ufed it above a fortnight, when, to his furprize, he found a great heat and fcalding in his urine, and a Gonorrhoea of a moft virulent colour enfued, which fo frighted him, that he left off drinking the Tarwater; but upon his urging him, he again took to it, and in about a month, not only thefe fymptoms left him entirely, but, in a great meafure, his.cough and afthma. He (till ufes the Tar- water, and is much recruited in ftrength and flefh, fo that laft week he walked up a fteep hill nimbly in a few minutes, which, he affured me, before he took the Tarwater, he could not crawl up in an hour. Mr. Smith, the apothecary, afked if formerly he had not fome vene- real taint, which he did not deny, and attributes the above fymptoms to fome remains of that diftemper, which the Tarwater carried off ; it wrought him, and dill doth, much ^>y urine. John U/frer, 113. Mr. Vfher alfo communi- cated the effects and virtues of fpruce-beer, which he juftly rec- kons to be a kind of Tarwater, both proceeding from the juices of the fir kind : he writes, " that having an eftate on the coaft of Waterford, from whence many of his tenants go yearly to the filhery of Newfoundland, he obferved, that fuch of them as went out meagre and pale, like fkelctons, and trou- bled with itch and fcurvy, always returned fat, with ruddy complex- ions, and good health, notwith- ftanding their fatigues there; and on enquiry, found they all attribut- ed their recovery to their conftant drinking fpruce-beer; for as foon as they arrive there they cut the branches of the black fpruce fir, and therewith make their beer j this they drink during their ftay, and in their return, bring great quantities of the branches with them to make fpruce-beer after their arrival, which they are very fond of; and, notwithftanding they live on fait provifions many months, and have frequently thick fogs on the banks, yet they are no way troubled with fcurvy, itch, or any eruptions whatfoever. They fay farther, that the people are ve- ry prolific, and that no part of the world has fo many children as St. John's, in Newfoundland, confider- ing the number of inhabitants ; probably from the conftant ufe of fpruce-beer, or their living fo much on fifh, or both." 114. The way of their making jprttce* beer. Let 16 gallons of water be well boiled for 3 or 4 hours in a por, along with a good quantity of the branches of the black fpruce fir, cut into (hart pieces, as much as will fill the pot; it is boiled enough, D ^hr* 2$ Tarwater cures when the bark of the fpruce flips readily off the (licks between your fingers. The fpruce is then taken our, and a gallon of molaffes put to the water, which is fufficient to make a 6© gallon cafe, but a great- er quantity of molaffes for a larger cafe. The water is to be well ftirred, and well boiled once after the molaffes is in ; it muft then be put into the cafe, which is to be filled up with cold water, to be well ftirred with a ftick at the bung, and, by the help of old grounds remaining in the cafe, will immediately ferment; next day the bung is to be clofed up, and the day after will be fit for ufe. Eut if you have no grounds of a former brewing, then put a fmall quantity of barm to it, which will in one night fufficiently ferment it; next morning clofe it up, end it will be fit for ufe the day following, and hold good a fort- night. If you would make fpruce- reer to laft feveral months, you muft add a greater quantity of mo- laffes, 2, 3, or more gallons, and more fpiuce, to give it a ftronger body. 115. Letter from the faid Mr. U(her, April 6, 1745. I have been, for 1 2 or 14 years, troubled with a diforder in my nerves ; it came on gradually, but at laft to fuch a pitch, that'there was feldom a night that I have not been obliged to get out of my bed, and walk about the room for fome minutes, before I could compofe myfelf to reft ; efpecially on the leaft excefs in drinking, or the leaft cold. As I was ready to drop afleep, my mind ufed to be ex- iremeiy agitated, in a manner not to be defcribed : I ufed to feel at the fame time a thrilling down roy thighs; andadefire to ftretcb, at nervous Diforders, in an ague fit, which relieved rcr for a moment: the bed was then intolerable, nor could I find relief buc by getting up and walking about, though I have bore it with the utmoft pain for above an hour: I was at Spa, and took all the ner- vous medicines from divers phy- ficians to no purpofe. Dr. Lackfx advice concurred with my own in- clinations to drink Tarwater ; and I folemnly affirm, that in a fort- night's drinking it I never hada Angle relapfe from that day to this, which has made my life comforta- ble, as I ufed before to dread the approach of night. This I the rather inftft on, as I am very fure I never drank a drop of good Tar- water : for a cafe of tar-1 had from. Cork, I am now confident, had been all ufed before. 116. P. S. Tvro women have been cured of an inveterate Fluor Albus, even by bad Tarwater, and in a ihort time. 117. Letter from Mr. Lewis Loyd, of Kinfale, March 8, 1744. A poor labourer of this town, rendered incapable to get his bread, by a moft violentilch-in both legs-; after the advice of doctors, furgeons and apothecaries, and falivation had proved ineffectual, being ad- vifed to rub the fores with Tarwa- ter, was in 3 or 4 days perfectly cured. 118. Letter from the Rev. Dean Ifaac Gervais, of Lifmore, May 8, 1745. In July laft, I advifed a filler of mine, now in years, who had been long afflicted with an inveterate rheumatifm, to the ufe of Tarwater, and in a few months fhe was able to walk without flicks, though, for a long time, fne could not go acrofi her room. 119. That is not all, fhe had befidrt, Jfgues, Fevers, Stitches, 27 betides, for near 2 years, been grievoufly tormented with a cruel aud unquenchable thirft, to which the other diforder was nothing, in comparifon. It was become tne plague of her life. She bad done all that could poffibly be de- viled to get the better of it ; but in vain, nil, by the bleffing of God on the ufe of Tarwater, her thirft gradually leffened ; fo that, at prefent, fhe is perfectly eafy, and fo effectually cured, that (he fecms almoft to have loft her appetite to drink itfelf. Jf. Gervais. 1 20. Catharine Cardy, near Bleff- higton, in the County of Wicklovj, 41 years of age, troubled with a cough, fluffing inber cheft, and fhortnefs of breath, all the winter of 1742, not free from thefe com- plaints in the fummer of .1743, and feeling them more feverely in the following winter; but in the fpring of 1744, affected with them all in the higheft' degree, labouring un- der a difficulty of breathing, with- out appetite, not being able to work or walk, or lie down at,night,, getting little or no deep, her body emaciated, her breaft.neck and face, fwelled ; and her lips black, and fcarce able to fpeak. She began with Tarwater April 4, 1744, and thought herfelf recovered with drinking 6 bottles ; but finding a ftraitnefs in her breaft, after leav- ing it off 4 days, fhe took 2 bottles more, and became quite well. The firft morning (he fpic a quart of tough phlegm, and ropy matter, with much coughing. She cough- ed for 10 mornings after, with lefs and lefs fpitting : in this time her complaints wore off: in 3 days fhe could lie down in her bed, and deep all night ; her ftomach came to her, and (he r«covered herftrength, and freedom of breathing; fo that, on the eighth day, fhe walked a mile up hill, and back again, without being difordered. and to- wards the latter end of May, was able to bear the fatigue of nurfing a foundling child, left at her door, and walked with.it feven times in that month to and from Bleffing- ton, which is a journey of more than 3 miles. She palled the laft winter and fpriqg without any dif- order but a cough, at odd tiuief, upon catching cold; which waa always removed by a bottle or two of Tarwater. .121. James Dooling, near the fame town, labourer,aged about 35, tak- en with a fever in the fprir.g of 1744, which increafed with a loofenefs, and his life was defpaired of : on the 9th day he took Tarwater, on the 13th the fever turned: in a week more he got out of bed, and walked about his cabbin ; in ano- ther week he went abroad, and foon after to bis work, looking clear and ruddy, and of a healthful countenance. 122. Anne Qfborne, near Bleffing - ton, about 50 years old, troubled with ditches at times, for 4 or § years, kept her bed for 3 months in the winter of 1743, labouring under ditches, a coqgh, and fhort- nefs of breath, without appetite or fleep, and worn away to fein and bone, drank Tarwater, night and morning, the beginning of April, 1744, and with 8 quart bottles was .perfectly recovered.' At firft the threw up a great deal of fjul fluff from her ftomach ; in j takings her flitches left her ; (he (oon recovered her appetite and reft, and was able to lie down in bed ; her cough ceafed, (he gained ftrength and flefh, and walked abroad in 3 weeks time. 123. Eleanor Pawling, about 35» 28 Regulates and ajfuages Fits of the Gout, and had 35, troubled with a hard cough, for 10 years together, worn away by it greatly, and troubled with a wheezing and (hortnefs of breath, by drinking Tarwater in the fum- mer of 1744, all the above com- plaints wore off equally to her fur- prize and joy. 124. Joan Ardie, a gatherer of rufiu-s for candles, fluffed up and choaked with a cough, without ftomach or fleep, and her hufband affected much the fame way, both cured by 2 bottles of Tarwater : they are aged perfons. 125. Lawrence Kane, pedlar, •bout 50 years old, laboured under an ague, about Hollandtide, 1743, which was followed by a fevere cough, that held him for 6 mcnths; he drank but 2 bottles of Tarwa- ter in May, 1744, and found him- felf perfectly recovered. 126. Bryan Mee, troubled with a pam in his ftomach, and lofs of appetite, cuied with one bottle of Tarwater. 127. Three children in one fa- mily, between 6 and 8 years old, took the fmall-pox in the fummer of 1744, and came very fafe through it, without any other pre- paration or medicine than Tarwa- ter, which they had drank con- ftantly from April foregoing, and continued it dating the whole time of their illnefs, except about 2 days, when the pocks in their itiouths and throats became fore, and broke, and fmarted by the Tarwater : they have gone on drinking Tarwater ever fince with- out any reluctance to, or mifchief horn it ; on the contrary, they cry, if, by any accident, they do not get it at the ufual times ; and by the conftant ufe thereof, one of them hath been kept from the re- turns of a threatening fever, to which he was fubject, been feized by it 3 times in 6 months. Another was troubled with lumps under his jaw, and other glandular fwellings, which, fince his drinking Tarwater, are almoft gone ; and all three have better ftomachs and more fpirits, and aYe much freer from coughs and colds, than formerly. 128. A letter from a gentleman of char ail er and integrity, June 18, *745< What Mr. Arthur Hill told you, of the benefit 1 have received by Tarwater, is fo much fact, that I now enjoy a very good ftate of health. 129. About 25 years ago, I had the firft regular fit of the gout, which ufed to lay me up frequent- ly after, in autumn and fpring ef- pecially; but never affscted me higher than my (eet or ancles until 1738, when I was feized with a moft violent fever, which occafioned my being feverely bliftered on my legs, which gave the humours a courfe that way, and being mixed with gouty matter, prevented the fores, made by the b!ifters,*from healing, though all care was taken by the phyficians for that end : af- ter I recovered from my fever, it was thought that this prevented the regular fits of the gout, which I ufed to have, and made it fly about my body and head, from whence irdigeftion, lowrefs of fpirits and fweatings followed ; and at length I ufed to be frequent- ly feized with a fwimming in my head, efpecially after eating, which would continue until I had light- ened my ftomach by pukir.g : in hopes to get better relief for thefe diforders from the phyficians in town, I went to Dublin in 1742, and by the directions of two there, juftly Breaks and heals Impofthumes cf the Lungs, 1$ juflly efteemed for their know- ledge, I went through a courfe of gentle phyfic, and was forbid every thing of nourifhment, but light, white meats, and a little port wine, until fummer, 1743, when they ordered me a courfe of Spa-water, with exercife. Thefe rules I ob- fervcd pretty carefully, and found myfelf a good deal relieved from my lownefs of fpirits, and the gid- dinefs in my head, until the autumn following, when 1 had a fevere re- turn of both, to which, I believe, my great hurry and fatigue contri- buted not a little. This put me un- der a neceffity of returning to my Courfe of phyfic during the winter, 1743, and until May, 1744., when I read the worthy Bilhop's treatife on Tarwater, whereupon I altered my intention from Spa, to Tarwa- ter, and drank about half a pint in the morning, and as much in the evening, not eating before or after for 2 hours, which foon produced a regular and pretty (harp fit of the gout in my feet and ancles, and ieemed to warm me, and increafe my fweatings. In about 2 months after I had a return of the gout, but much gentler, ar.d my fweat- ings abated. Then I had a violent itchinefs over all my body and limb?, which was followed by blotches and eruptions on the (kin. In autumn got fome cold, and I be- lieve had lived too freely for an in- valid, which was attended with a little of the fwimming in my head, and diforder in my ftomach; but I had fo much faith in Tarwater, that I made ufe of it warm, inftead of fack-whey, or tanfey and lack, which I formerly ufed to take, with intention to repel the gout ; and through this laft fevere winter, 1 have continued in very good fpi- rits, freed from the diford&r of my head and ftomach, though I have not confined myfelf to any regular diet ; and, notwithftanding I am much thinner of flefh, I find my- felf much Wronger and abler to un- dergo fatigue than at any time fines my fever. 130. A collier, forced to quit his labour by an afthmatic difor- der, is wonderfully recovered, though he ufed it but a fortnight. 131. A gentleman was often feized with a violent palpitation in his heart, and had taken feveral me- dicines for it, but it was rather in- creafing ; when he made ufe of Tarwater about 3 weeks, and re- covered. 132. I have heard of many per- fons being relieved by Tarwater, under very different diforders, though I am furprized they (hould ; for if the common people do not immediately receive all the relief they wifh and promife to them- felve& upon once or twice drinking of it, like a charm, they give it up, not confidering what the Bifhop has fo plainly urged; that in all chroni- cal cafes it is an alterative, that re- quires time to change the mafs of blood. 133. The cafe of Mr. John Brooks, engraver, an Cork-hill, Dublin, (now in the Strand, London) communicated by himfelf to That, Prior, Efq; June '22, 1745. In November, 1744, he was feized- with ditches, and a pleuritic fever, which continued 8 or 10 days ; he was blooded once, and became bet- ter, but going abroad too foon, caught cold, and was much worfe than before, being feized with more violent flitches, oppreflion on hie cheft, difficulty of breathing, with fuch profufe fweatings as to wet his bed-eloaths twice a night, which reduced him to fein and bone, go Breaks and heals Iwpofthumes of the Lung*, feone, without appetite or reft, fo that it was thought he could not live an hour, as he could hardly draw his breath ; he was advifed to go out of town to the park, and drink Tarwater, which he did at the rate of 3 pints a day, for 10 days, warm, at going to bed, and getting up, and cold at other times, •t 8 different times a day; along with which he only took thin gruel, or chicken broth. At the end of 10 days he was able to go abroad, the Tarwater having removed his flitches, fweatings, and made him breathe as free as ever. He was advifed to ride, which he did, and on the firft day of riding, an im- pefthume broke, which lay upon his lungs ; the firft thing thrown up was a bag which contained the wnpofthumated matter, which was followed by a great difcharge of corrupted (luff, mixed with blood : he was immediately feized with a violent fpitting of blood, which continued feveral days, and was blooded, but ftill continued to drink the Tarwater as before, which he found to heal his lungs, and ftop his fpitting of blood, and in a fortnight's time got into fo good a ftate of health as to be able to purfue his bufinefs, being as well as ever, and his fpirits and appetite rather better. 134. Mr. Benjamin Prince, of (Great Britain-ftrtet, Dublin, an of- ficer in the excife, had for 4 years been troubled with violent pains in his back and kidneys, and fre- quent colics; be ufed to have 2 or 3 (harp fits of the gout every year, and, after a fever, had a fixed pain in one of his arms, fo that he was not able to lift it up; he had lod his ap- petite, fpirits, and reft ; but being advifed to drink Tarwater to get bjm a ftomach, he began in June, 1744, with half a pint every morn- ing. In a fortnight the pain in hit arm abated, and foon after went off, fo that he got the full ufe of it; in lefs than a month's drinking he voided, by urine, a great deal of flimy matter, and in 2 or 3 months, after frequent ftoppages of urine, he had great pains in hie reins, and at laft difcharged a ftone as large as an olive-ftone, which was 9 days pzfling ; after which he voided, at times, 25 gravel-ftones, of different fizes, 9 at once, and frequently fmall gravel or fand,. all jagged and pointed, which feem- ed to be broken off from a larger body of ftone : he is now at eafc as to his gravel, and but feldom troubled with colics, and what pain he has that way he imputes to the remainder of the gravel, not yet difcharged; he had no fufpi. cion, before he drank Tarwater, and difcharged gravel, that his pains arofe from the ftone or gra- vel ; he thought his diforder was nothing but a colic, for which he rook many things, to no purpofe. He has not had the leaft fymptom of the gout fince he firft drank Tar- water, which is near 15 months ago, and he never fails to drink it conftantly every day, finding that he has thereby got a good ftomach, high fpirits, and good deep, and im- putes ail his relief to Tarwater only. Auguft .15, 1745. 135. Mr. John Powell, living at the glafs ware-houfe in Crow- ftreet. Merchant, had the gout for near 20 years, off and on, but in the winter, 1743, he had a violent fit which lafted 12 weeks: he was alfo troubled with violent pains in his bowels, for 2 years before that time, which he thought was a co- lic, had no appetite, a bad digef- tion, and little fleep ; he had thofe fit! Bones torroded with the King's Evil; jr fits of the cholic twice or thrice a week, each fie lading 24 hours, with racking pains, fo that it was thought that his life was in great danger. In the beginning of 1744, he was advifed by his phyfician to drink the water, which he did, a pint a day, taken morning and evening ; in 3 weeks his pains be- gan to abate, and in fix weeks all hii colic pains went off, and he has not had the leaft fit ever fince-: he feldom fails to drink the water every morning, and refolves to continue the conftant ufe of it, hav- ing got a very good ftomach and digeftion, and fleeps very well; nor has he had the leaft fymptom of the gout ever fince he began to drink Tarwater, but the full ufe of his limbs, and walks as well as ever he did, and imputes all his cures to Tarwater only. r-36. James Brown, about 10 years old, to whom the late E. of Kildare left an annuity of 20 1. for his father's faithful fervices under him, was miferably afflicted with the king's evil for 4 years, and be- ing long under the care of fur- geons in Dublin, was fent> in Augufl, 1744, to his relations in the Coun- ty of Cork ; he there had many run- ning fores in his arms, hands and feet, and fwellings on each fide of his throat, without appetite or di- geftion. He was immediately put into a courfe of Tarwater ; drank about a quart a day, a naggin [half pint], at a time, and after fome days drinking the water, they waQied his forei with ftrong Tar- water, and for a plaifter ufed the oil of Tar, which was feimmed off the water, fpread on linen : the effect was, that in a fortnight's time moft of his fores were healed up, and fwellings gone, and in lefs than 6 weeks time he was perfectly recovered, and now continues very well, with good appetite and fpi- rits ; he continues to drink Tar- water, but in fmaller quantities. 137. MichaelCarney, of P rote ft- ant Row, Dublin, about 16, waa troubled with the king's evil 6 years, having running fores in his arms, neck, legs and body, and had been in Mercer's hofpital a year without benefit, and had aU raoft loft one of his eyes by the evil; Mr. Prior being informed that this boy was in danger of hav- ing his eye rotted out of his head by the evil, directed the wrift plaifter to be applied to him, which was attended wi:h fuch fuc- cefs, that in a fortnight's time, in the latter end of the year 1743, the evil was quite driven from h>s eye ; but the boy continuing full of running fores, and great pain in one of his arms, of which he had little ufe, in April, 1744, he gave him Tarwater to drink, a pint a day ; in a little time he difchargs- ed two fplinters of bone, black and carious, from his arm, whereby he had immediate eafe there, and con- tinuing to drink Tarwater, and wafll his fores with it alfo, in 2 months time all his fores healed up, his appetite and ftrength returned, and he was perfectly recovered, and continues very well, and now lives with Mr. Barry Colics, attor- ney, at Stephens Green.—Thefe inftances, and many more, (hew that the king's evil, hitherto rec- koned incurable, may, in a fhert time, by the method before men- tioned, be perfectly cured. The Rev. Dean Madden, of Molef. worth-ftreet, Dublin, in July, 1745, communicated the 9 follow- ing cures. 138. The Rev. Mr. Geo. Philips, of Ann-flreet, Dublin, was feized with 3* with a violent pleuritic ftitch ; be- ing then 3 miles from Dublin. He fent for a furgeon to bleed him ; who being long in coming, and bis pain increafing, he drank freely ofTarwater, warm, and in a few bours his pain and the pulfe leflen- it, and having gently boiled and mixed them well toge- ther, (he made a plaifter and fpread it thin on linen, and applied it to the running fore as hot as the child could bear ; the effect was, that in Jo days time all the fores were healed up, and the arm entirely cured, and continued fo ever after. 149. Letter from the Rev. Mr. Ro- bert Brereton, of Burton, in the County of Cork, Nov. 9, 1745. I had been greatly afflicted with a jaundice for 2 or 3 years, which re- turned on me feveral times in that period, and was always attended with exceeding lownefs of fpirits. I was advifed by my phyficians to enter on a courfe of fteel prepara- tions ; but unwilling to undergo a tedious courfe of phyfic, I had re- courfe to Tarwater, from which in 5 or 6 weeks I found great relief, and at length a perfect ftate of health and good fpirits, which I now enjoy. 150. Mr. Ralph Crofts, of Li/car- ,rol, in the County of Cork, above 70, was greatly emaciated, and worn out withlownefs of fpirits, and want of appetite, and did not expect to live out the winter, 1744. He drank Tarwater, in lefs than a month was much better, and in 2 or 3 months perfectly recovered to as E good health and fpirits, as in any part of his 'ife. Robert Brereton. 151. Mr. Jocelyne Davifon, of Carlow, in winter, 1744, got a great cold, *'hich caufed a violent cough and inflammation in his lungs, at- tended with very great fpitting arid difcharges; he continued in this miferable ftate for near 4 monttfs, without receiving any benefit By the medicines he took, fo that it was thought he could not live ; his fa- ther advifed him to drink Tarwater, which he neglected to do for fome time, but finding his diforder in- ereafe, he drank about half a pint warm every morning as foon as he got up, and in 6 days time found himfelf much eafter; he then ob- fervcd, that the Tarwater had thrown out a great rafh, like an itch or fcurf, on the furface of hia body; which alarmed him at firft, and inclined him to lay it afide, but finding himfelf ftill better, and that the venom of the diftemper waa caft off that way, he continued tha water, and in 6 weeks perfectly re- covered from all his ailments. 152. Mr. David Simms, the Prclbyterian mini Iter at Carlow, was long troubled with an afthma, and difficulty of breathing and fpeaking, fo that it was thought by all who faw him that he could not live long ; but by drinking Tarwa- ter a confiderable time, he is quite recovered. The Rev. Dr. Bacon, of Lemavad- dy, in the County of Derry, com- municated to me, in Nov. 1745, the three following cafes. 153. James Crowders, p 0 ft i 11 i 0 n to Col. Forward, of the County of Donnegal, was feized with a violent afthmatic cough, fwelled all over his body, and no appetite, fo that it was thought he could not live: he drank Tarwater about a month, morning Pains and IVeaknefs of the Limbs 34 morning and evening, a h-ge glafs, which purged him violently, and perfectly cured him. Attefted by Mr. Forward. 154. Mrs. Anne G—e, widow, of the County of Derry, had an afthma 7 years ; (he breathed freely in a fmoky or foggy air, but was rea- dy to expire in thin (harp air. Af- ter trying many medicines, and efpecially goat-whey, in vain, fhe drank Tarwater, a wine glafs full at night, when in bed, and in the morning before fhe got up; (for it made her fo fick, when taken in the day, (he was obliged to go to bed) it quite cured her in three months. 155. The Rev. Mr. S—t, of the dioceie of Derry, had an afthma of the oppofite kind, could not live in foggy air, and was obliged to re- move to a friend's houfe fituated up- on a hill. He drank Tarwater, and returned to his own dwelling quite well. 156. Mr. Cunningham, collector of Portpatrick, in Scotland, had been troubled with the gout many years, but the laft two he was confined to his bed and chamber for many months, not being able to walk, having a ftiffnefs in his knees after the fits were over ; in May, 1743, he was advifed by Mr. Mak- enny,z furgeon, to drink Tarwater; in a little time he was freed from a difficulty of breathing, and finding his limbs grew eafier and ftronger, be drank it till winter, end in the fpring following had the full ufe of his limbs, and could walk as well as ever he did. 157. Mr. John Milton, confec- tioner, ,in Caple-Jlreet, Dublin, was afflicted -with the gout ever fince he *vas 16, being laid up 3 or 4 times in a year, cmi in fpring, 1745, 8 Weeks; it left fuch a weaknefs, that he was hardly able to crawl for a He began Tarwater and drank it long time in July, 1745. till the middle of Nov. halt a pint in the morning, and the fame at night; which has fully rcftoredi him to the ufe and ftrength of his limbs, and removed all his other complaints, as of great pains in his bowels, and hardnefs in his belly. 158. Mr. Cavanaugh, hatter, in Skinner-row, Dublin, was long af. flicted with rheumatic pains, great fwellings in his loins, thighs and knees, fo that he could not ftir with- out difficulty ; he tried every thing prescribed by phyficians and fur- geons, to no effect. In fummer, 1744, he drank Tarwater^ a pint a day for 6 weeks, without much be- nefit as to the weaknefs and paint in his limbs, but got much better appetite and fpirits. However he perfilled, and in 3 months time he found his fwellings abate, his Jimbi grow ftronger every day, and foon after all the fwcllings, ftiffnefs, hardnefs and pains in his limbs went off; and continuing ftill to drink Tarwater, he can now walk without pain, and is in great fpi- rits. 159. Mrs. Duggan, midwife, fn' Great Britain fireet, Dublin, had longa violent inveterate fcurvy, with a great oppreflion in her cheft and heart, and difficulty of breathing ; flie had loft all appetite, (he took many things without advantage, at laft Tarwater, half a pint every morning, and before (he drank 3 gallons, all the fcorbutic heat and grofs humours were driven out on the furface of her body, and con- tinuing ftill to drink it, all the fymptoms went off; (he breathes freely, recovered her appetite, ne- ver was in better health or fpirits, and refolves never to be without Tarwatw. 160. A ,i6p. A letter from Mr. James Han- ning, of Cloyne, in the County of Cork, Dec. 17, 1745. My daughter Mary, about 11 years old, had laft May a fever, af- ter which (he was entirely de- prived of the ufe of her tongue and limbs, being unable to fpeak, ftand, or put her hand to her mouth, all herjoints fhaking with the palfy. She touk medicines prefcribed by a phyfician, and was often exercif- ed in open air, but all to no pur- pofe. We put her into a courfe of Tarwater the beginning of Nov. laft, and (he has ever fince drank a quart a day, which, in 5 weeks, has fo far recovered her, that fhe can fpeak and read plain, feed her- felf, ftand and walk without help, and even go up and down flairs, to the amazement of all thofe who had fcen her carried about dumb and helplefs like an infant. One of her arms continues fomewhat weak, and fhe has a weaknefs too in one of her legs; but fhe daily grows better, and I hope Tarwater, with God's bleffing, will perfect her cure. James Hanning. 161. An extraordinary fever cured by Tarwater, dated Dec. 20, 1745. A youth abjut 1.5, being feized with a fever in April, 1745, an old French woman, who was appointed to attend him, wi'.h directions to give him Tarwater (the only medi- cine prefcribed) about a pint every hour, gave him a much fmaller quantity, and indulging his appe- tite, fed him fecretly five days to- gether with roaft beer, feafoned pye, cheefe, ale, and fuch like di- et, inftead of water-gruel, which alone had been ordered. 162. This unnatural diet terri- bly inflamed his fever, fo that for 13 days tugether he took no nounfh- msnt of any kind but Tarwater, Good in difficult Fevers', 3$ whereof he drank about a gallon every day, which made him deep, and kept up his fpirits in a furpriz- ing manner. Having fo long failed, he at length took a little Naples bif- cuit, wi h 2 or 3 fpnontuls of fack and water, which increafed his fe- ver, and difordered his head ; but he was foon quieted by Tarwater. While he regularly took this whole- fome draught, he flept found every night. But one day being diigufted at Tarwater, it wa3 changed for fage and balm-tea, Avhich he drank plentifully, on which his fpirits funk, he loft his colour, and palled the night reillefs : all which fymp- toms were removed next day by Tarwater. 163. After this, his diftempet took feveral ftrange and-violent toms, being fometimes attended with the worft fymptoms. He was at times fpeechlefs, convulfed, and delirious. In the delirium Tar- water could not be given, he was then bliftered, and the blifters not rifing, he was brought, with fome difficulty, to drink his Tarwater again, which had a fpeedy good effect. And in general, upon ne- glecting to give him Tarwater, the feverifh fymptoms of heat, anxiety and difficult refpiration, became vc- ry troublcfome, being conftantly heightened by omitting, and as conftantly allayed by returning to. drink it. 164. This illnefs lafted 10 weeks, and probably fuch a cafe was never known before, for 1 believe no patient was ever dieted in the firit days of a fever on fuch ftrong food, which nature is accuftomed to loath. at thofe feafons. But Tarwater gives an appetite, even in fevers. 165. Tarwater, during its long conflict with the venom of the dif- eafe, operated in divers manners, as $6 Cures CI as a cardiac, diaphoretic, fudorific, emetic, carminative and paregoric, feeming toiadapt itfelf to the feveral fymptoms and ftages of his malady, and fot the moft part gave him a great flow of fpirits, a florid lively look, a clean well-coloured tongue, with fuch vigour in his voice and eyes as aftonilhed all Who faw him, and knew how long he had been ill, and how little nourifhment he had taken. On fome days he drank greedily, even to or 12 quarts of Tarwater, calling for it with great impatience, even though it vomit- ed him ; whereas, both before and after his illnefs, he (hewed the great- eft loathing of it. 166. In the laft ftage of the fe- ver, his face and body fwelled, an eruption all over both, like co- hering fmall-pox, which lafted a week. For 2 or 3 days of this pe- riod, he drank fparingly of Tar- water, perhaps not more'than a quart a day. But during all that time, he conftantly, by his own choice, held his mouth to the fpout of a tea-pot half filled with hot Tar- water, fucking the vapour, which, he faid, he found very comfortable. 167. At the clofe of the tenth week, he fell into a moft copious fweat, and next day his puftules were gone, his fever left him, not fpiritlef, puny and pale, but as lively and hail, in appearance, as ever, though after an illnefs that for length of time and variety of def- perate fymptoms furpafied any I remember to have met with in the hiftory of fevers. 168. He did not continue in this healthy ftate, for the very fame day he expreffed earned defire to change his bed and linen, and al- though it was done with the utmoft Caution, yet it gave him a frefh cold, 'Which feized his head, andproduced a new fever, with a raving that con- tinued many weeks, in all which time he could not be prevailed on to take one glafs of Tarwater. But at length, by a proper ufe of aflej milk, and ground ivy, with a care- ful regimen, he was recovered, fo that he was perluadcd to drink daily 4 glafies of Tarwater, which, with G d's bleffing, reftored his ftrength, and completed his recovery. 169. Col. JohnCuftis, of Williamf. burgh, in Virginia, one of the coun- cil of that province (as he writes, July 1 o, I 745, to M r Peter Collinfon, of Grace-church fireet, London) got a greatcold, which threw him into the chin cr hooping cough, whichcaufed cruel fevers ; when the cough was gone, he was troubled with a prodi- gious fpitting, and having taken great dofes of elixir of vitriol to al- lay his intenfe thirft in his burning fever, it fo relaxed his falival glands, that he feared they -would nevercome to their due tone again, nor perforin their proper offices: he had ftudied phyfic more than 40 years, and had the opinion, of Dr. Brown, of Mary- land, deemed the greateft phyfician in America, that the feat of his dif- temper lay in his falivary glands, and that it was dangerous to flop the fpitting. This he found by woful experience, having ftopt it by taking an ounce of diacodium going to bed, which flung him into fevers, faint- ings, and many other diforders, fq that he was obliged to procure the fpitting again ; he was once fo re- duced, that he could not get up when down, tier vvas able to put on his cloaths, and had no appetite for any fort of food. But reading one day in the magazine (fays he) I found the virtues of Tarwater, which I verily believe faved my life. I had not taken it a week, before I began to'have an appetite to Sore Throats, inflammatory Itch, to victuals, and continued taking it 3 months, night and morning, which miraculoufly reftortd me ; fo that I can now eat heartily what my palate choofes, thongh I cannot tafte any thing but fait, fweet or four, and I blefs God lam much mended. My fpitting continues with a great difcharge, but eating fupports the difcharge, and I re- folve to take nothing rhat may leflen my ftomach ; the faliva not performing its due office, keeps my palate and throat always hot and dry, though I have not any fever, which the doctors tell me I muft bear; but I hope time and Tarwa- ter will entirely free me from that uneafinefs. 170. The Rev. Mr. Syon Hill, Chaplain to the work-houfe in Dub- lin, having had great opportuni- ties of knowing the effects of Tar- water, borh in the faid houfe, and all over the city, where he had difperfed above 1000 gallons, has communicated the following cafes : In April, 1744, after reading the treatife on Tarwater, curiofity, as well as humanity, prompted me to make trial cf its effects ; having it in my power, as chaplain to the work-houfc, to make experiments on a great many fubjedls, who were long troubled with cutaneous, fcrophulous and chronical diforders. 172. I picked out 4 of the moft afflicted, to whom, for 4 day?, I ad- miniftered Tarwater : the fuccefs fo furprized me, that having at that time a fore throat, I ventured to take it alfo ; and with fome pain, (my throat being inflamed) I got down half a pint ; after which, I could fwallow without the leaft difficulty. From this aftonifhiris experiment, I conceived joyful hopes of this powerful medicine ; accordingly, I took it for 3 days af- 37 ter, twice each day : it fo wrought me the third day, I was not able to fit, by reafon of the acrimony of the difcharge. But I duck to my medicine, and the fourth day per- ceived myfelf without any manner of complaint; and, I thank God, have continued fo ever fince; whereas, bercre I took Tarwater, I was fubject to a head-sch, cramps, pains in feveral parts, efpecially in the kidneys, very acute from any wheel carriage ; alfo an heart-burr? ing, all which diforders are perfect- ly vanifhed, snd I am reftored, bleffed be God, as it were, to at new life, having a keen appetite, good digeftion, fpirits fufficient to bear me through all fa-igues, with found and eafy flecp, though now, on the borders of 60. 173. The great benefit I received from Tarwater, induced me, for thegeneralgaod, to make it for poor people, to whom I have diftnbu'.ed above ioco gallons, without any complaint yet, but with great ac- knowledgments. 174. J^have been 8 years chap- lain to the city work houfe, in all which time the children have been. forely afflicled with an inflammato- ry itch, or fcurvy, which we could never get entirely cured. I often complained to the proper officer, who once affured rr.e, all the drugs in the apothecary's fbop would noC cure them, whilft the children were continued on oat-meal diet : on) this frank and heiplefs conieflion, 1 imagined I might, without of- fence, try Tarwater on thefe poor incurables: I did fo, and the fuc- cefs exceeded my expectations; for above a hundred children, various- ly affrcled, were relieved in a month's time, at my own expence ; each day adminiftering 8 gallon?, often with my own hands, with 5 pounds 3$ Evily pounds of Ifquorice-bslI, cut into little bits, and given them,to ren- der the water agreeable. 175. At this time, Mary M'Cul- la, a girl about 9 years old, in the work-houfe, was confined to her bed for fome time, with a moft vio- lent fcurvy ; (he had little appe- tite, full of pain, becaufe flea'd in feveral parts by repeated rubbings of brimftone ; at laft fhe fell into a moft languilhing way, taking nei- ther fufficient food nor reft to fupport nature,every day declining, folook- ed on by all who faw her as paft ell hope. Neverthelefs, by taking Tarwater a week, (he recovered -wonderfully; and by continuing it, her fores foon dried and fcaled eff, and fhe looked as one out of the fmall-pox; her appetite return- ing, (he revived immediately, and is at this day, May the 6th, 1745, one of the ftrongeft children in our boufe. 176. John Hall, about 9 years old, in April, 1744, could neither fleep, nor eat fufficient to keep him alive, ftill moaning, and complain- ing of his belly, which was greatly fwelled; in all human probability, he would foon have died, had he not been relieved by Tarwater, which caufed him to void a large quantity of worms, fince which he is well: this child's mother, a nurfe hn the work-hcufe, being called on by the governors for her folemn teftimony, depofed, that her fon tfbon after taking Tarwater voided a chamber-pot full of worm?, fome alive ; and further, that (he herfelf was relieved, from a violent pain in her fide and ftomach, by a wonder- ful difchargeboth ways, caufed by 2 quarts of Tarwater taken in 4 days. 177. James Ellis, another lad in *he work-houfc, about 13, whyfe Wornrt, hands for a long time vreie in a manner ufelefs by a running evil, was perfectly cured by this medi- cine. Another boy in the fame houfe, George Dorton, whole glanda beneath the chin were greatly lwel- led and inflamed, ever oozing forth putrid matter, naufeous to all be- holders, took Tarwater one month only, which dried up his fores, and is now very well. 178. A young woman, named Mary-Ann Empty, of Glandorkin, about 4 mies from Dublin, was frightfully afflicted with an evil in many parts, efpccialiy her face; by drinking Tarwater, the ulcers in her face and jaws made a great dif- charge of matter, and in it a flat bone about an inch long, not quite fo broad, black and jagged : alter which fhe grew well, and is very little disfigured, and by continuing to drink Tarwater, was perfectly cured of the evil. 179. A lad, fon to a fervant of Alderman Kane, Dublin, received a contufion in one of his hands; his cure not perfecled, the fore broke out again on the back of his hand, and in his heel, both thought incu- rable, but fubmitted to Tarwater. 180. Anr Maddin, filler to a woman who nurfes for Mr. Putland, had a very fore hand, fo fwelled and inflamed that the furgeons believed it mortified, and doomed it to be cut off; the doctor that attended advifed to try Tarwater, which fhe did; is--well, and can ufe it like the other hand. 181. Peter Edward, flocking- weaver, to be heard of at the Ship, in Old Corn-market, Dublin, was fo ulcerated all over his body, and many parts eat away with the fcurvy, that he could not work; was in the infiimary feveral months in vain ; fo reckoned amongft ths incurables; Ulcerated Legs, dry Scurf, 35 incurables; he took Tarwater, foon recovered, and now follows his trade. His mother, an aged wo- man, long afflicted with an afthma, drank it alfo, and was relieved. 182. A gentleman, bred an apothecary, had an inflamed fore throat, that he could not 1wallow his fpittle, and had a great lump in his neck, which he thought to get lanced, left it fhould choak him ; he took a little Tarwater, which re- lieved him immediately, and he tek no more of his frightful lump, but continues eafy and well. From this, and many other inftances, I find nothing e-ver relieved a fore throat fo foon andfo effeclually as Tarwater. 184. Mrs. Catharine Williams, of Dirty-lane, Thomas-flreet, had one of her legs fo long ulcerated, that it was doomed to be cut oft'; yet was made perfectly found by this powerful medicine in a fhort time, without any external application. 184. M?*y Philips, of the work- houfe, for a long time had loft in a un.iner the ufe of a leg, with a conftant numbnefs or tingling, as if it were afleep ; (he could not walk on it but with difficulty ; if fhe ftirred quick, (he felt moft acute pain ; (he was often forced to fit up in bed many an hour by night, moaning and rubbing it ; but by Tarwater that numbnefs is entirely gone, and though fhe walks ever fo quick or long, feels no man- ner of pain. 185. A fon of Mr. 5—y, iron- monger, in Thomas-flreet, was in- fecled with a dry fcurf in the fcarf- fltin, like a leprofy ; no advice was wanting, yet he found no relief; his mother afked the doctor, if (he might: give him Tarwater. 'Ay, ay,' fays he, ' if you have a mind to kill your fon ; what nature kindly throws out, you will certain- ly cork up by the fearing qua- lity of Tarwater ;" neverthelefs, Tarwater was ventured upon, with the utmoft dread ; but behold in a fliort time the lad became perfect- ly clean and healthy, and ftill con- tinues fo. 186. Robert Scot, tape-weaver, at Johnftorit, in James-Jlreet, was cured Suddenly by this powerful medi- cine of an old ulcer in the thigh, and relieved from a confumptive cough, which fo weakened the poor man, that he was notable t» work. 187. Mrs. Birmingham, at Mrs*. Beck's, in James-ftreet, who had for many years an acute pain in her fide, fuppofed to be an impofthum?, drinking Tarwater, was fuddenly relieved by a difcharge of an incre- dible quantity of matter upwards ; fince which time, though much in years, fhe enjoys the comforts of life. 188. Elizabeth Wood, at Mr. Mac Guire's, the corner of Meath-jlreet, was relieved by Tarwater from an old afthma and dropfy, with which (he feemed every moment ready to expire, but is now hearty and ftrong. 189. William Billingfiy, of the work-houfe, troubled with fwcl- lings and violent pains in both his legs and feet, which fuffered him neither to work nor walk ; biit after taking this medicine only one month, he grew fo well and hearty, that he wove in the work-houfe 4 yards of check-linen each day. 190. John Rofe, now in the work- houfe, was a long time bed-rid, with cramps all over him, from whence the pain was fo accute, that his piteous moans difturbed all about him ; but by taking Tarwa- ter one month, his diforder van- ifhed. 191. Robert 4o Cramps, Hoarfenefs, Deafnefs, 191. Robert Turnbowl, a boy of 197. The reader of Chrift CburW% ihe lame houfe, bv ufing this pow- erful medicine one month, recover- ed of a total Jaroenefs in his legs, and now goes tolerably. 192 John Wurburzhs, of the fame, was frightfully afflicted with an inflammation in his head, his eye-lids were fo fwelled, that he was led about, being as dark as one ftone blind ; on taking Tarwater 3 days, the inflammation fo cooled, that his eyes were perfectly reftor- ed ; however, his forehead, chin, and the back of his head, were co- vered with large and ftrange eryft- pelas ; all which in 3 days lime fcaled off, and the boy continues Very well. 193. Richard Keeves (in the boufe) had 2 breeding ulcers in his ihigh, which did not permit him Jo fleep, work or walk, both which Were cured in a fhort lime by this medicine, without any outward ap- plication. 194 A gentlewoman on Arbour- hill 1 offered a great deal by an ul- cer in her leg, and after many coft- )y experiments, vvas enjoined pa- tience, as being incurable. She drank Tarwater, and was cured. 195. An officer in the barracks, for a long time, felt, after Walking a little way, a grievous pain in the back-finews of his legs; but on drinking Tarwater, walks as well as ever. 196. Matthew Lynch, aged 70, now living at Mr. Floyd's, in Kil- tnainham, was lately afthmatic to a great degree, and fo afflicted with ahe piles, that he was always much feared whenever he had a call that way, the pain was fo great; but by the powerful help of Tarwa- ter, he ia not only relieved from all bis old diforders, but feems to have regained new life and vigour. had an hoarfenefs a confiaerable time, but it is cleared away by Tarwater. v 198. Mr. John Pur cell, fon to the treafurerof the work ho&ie, feemefj for fome time to be *n a declining way, from a coofumptive cough, and frequent flitches ; but by tak- ing this reltoradve, voided feveral large worm?, and recovered. 199. Jane Hamilton, being griev- Oufly afflicted with a fcald-head, for which fhe Was four years in Mercer s hofpital, without effect, was admitted into the work-houfe, where for feveral years all methods of cure were purfued, to as little purpofe. I gave her Tarwater, morning and evening, for a month ; then I had her head wsfhed and rubbed twice a day with a fpunge dipped in wasm ftrong Tarwater, made of a qu»r; of . Tjr,- and two quarts of hoh'^g water, 'ill all the fcurf came off; the jr' now per- fectly clean, ^ -ilthy .1 ftrong/ with a thick hea of S.ai a?- ,.' no- thing had ever aiic,i h*r, .to »v,-c « V- ihiration of all who s'ew h: bej*,** fore. 200. Mrs. Eager, of hl'Alhnth.-... *, near Thomas-ftreet, threw cp, jratn time to time, fuch vaft quae tities of blood, that (he was as f ?le as a ghuft, and fo. feeble, that fir could fcarce ftand ; but taking Tarwater, became a hearty ftrong woman. 201. Mr. William Dickifon, op- pofite James' church, was very deaf; he took Tarwater, and his chia broke out, after which he could hear as well as ever. 202. Nov. 3 laft, a furgeon of Dublin paid me a vifit, to thank me for a moft wonderful cure performV ed by my Tarwater; he affured me, a perfon in this tevvn had the foul Inward Pains, Cachexies, Foul diforder, which fo infected the whole mafs, that part of the nofe Was loft, before he was called in ; and the infection was fpread, fo that in the calf of one of his legs he could thruft his fift, and the whole back was as bare as a cafed rabbit; as alfo the head and glands were fo inflamed, he often fpent two hours about this one fubjecl ; but having tried in vain all methods in prac- tice, 1 gave my patient your Tar- water ; the fudden effects of which aftoniflied me, all the ulcers ap- pearing more cool and kindly ; I then began to conceive fome hope. After taking a gallon of the water, I found my patient full of complaints, very fretful and unea- (y, protefting never to touch one more drop of Tarwater, becaufe the laft night's operation was fo violent and fearching ; I ftrove to get the better of this rafh diflikc, by (hew- ing the true reafon and future be- nefit of this ftrong operation, but to ho purpofe ; fo Tarwater was omitted 48 hours, when all the ul- cers became once more putrid, de- monftrating an abfolute neceffity of returning to Tarwater ; after fome ftruggle my patient took it again, and now I affure you is perfectly recovered, the nofe excepted ; and this whole cure, as ftrange as it is, was accomplished by your Tarwa- ter, and no other medicine. Now, Sir, continues the furgeon, Iintrrat you to inform me how you make your water, as I imagine it will be of great fervice to the moft wretched of mankind : Unformed him of the fort of Norway tar I made ufe of, and how I prepared the water. 203. A gentleman on Arbour-hill was fo afflicted with inward pains, and emaciated to fuch a degree, that he was obliged to part with his commifilon, when commanded late- F 41 ly abroad. All other medicines and advice failing, be drank Tar- water of his own nnkir.g, which he affuredmehad almoft poifoned him, without any manner of relief. He fent to me for fome of my Tarwa- ter : on taking which for fome time, his pains immediately vanifh- ed, and never returned, and he is become an hail, briflc, ftrong man. 204. Mrs. Dickfon, at Mrs. Ford's, at Ifland bridge, had a long time a frequent colic, an'd inveterate fcur- vy, which infected her body and face ; but was cured by this medi- cine only. 205. Mifs Martha Dowers, in Plunket-flreet, was long affii&ed with an inveterate fcurvy over her whole body, and for years con- tinued fo, though all methods were tried; at laft fhe took Tarwater, which effectually cured her. 206. Mr. William Fofter, brewer, in James*-ftreet, Dublin, forely af- flicted with fwellings in his legs, and a fevere cough ; he took but one gallon of Tarwater, and the fwellings and cough are gone. 207. Meffrs. Maffy and Bouchert in the County of Limerick, from long confinement, contracted fuch ill habits of body, that their phyfi- cians declared they could not live, if confined in the place where they were, fo were brought into my neighbourhood, where hearing of my Tarwater, they fent for fome, which they drank, and were reftcred furprizingly in a fhort time, af- ter every other method prefcrib- ed by the beft phyficians had failed. 208. A gentlewoman was attack- ed in Sept. 1745, with a fevere ague fit, at 3 in the morning, which (hook her 2 hours. I gave her a nag- gin of Tarwater, on which fhe fi>p: for fome time; at 9 the fame morn- ing, 4-2 Eating Ulcers of ing, preparing to rife, fhe could not ftir her left leg, being greatly fwel- led and inflamed. She kept her bed for fome time, and ftuped her leg with fpirits of wine, but took no medicine inwardly but Tarwa- ter, by which means (he had no other ague-fit, and her leg became as found, as the other. 2C9. Mifs Hannah Hartne 11, at Mrs, Gree«'s,in Ransford-flreet,Nov. 6, 1745, fell ill of the fmall-pox ;. her parents having a good opinion of Tarwater, were willing to make ufe of it; accordirgly I ordered half a pint to be given her warm every fixth hour.; the child took it, and it fat well on her ftomach, till the 3d day, when fhe threw it up foon after it was down, wjih a load of phlegm ; by Vvhich means an op. predion and pain in her ftomach ceafed, of which fhe continually complained before. On that day, the had a violent lax, which con- tinued about 20 hours, ftill (he took her Tarwater as befora; but as file threw upmoftofit, lordered a third of warm water to be mixed with it, to make it weaker, which caufed it to fit, and fhe was not fick, or made the leaft complaint, until AW. 17, being the 13th day; when I found her in a mofthopelefs way ; the difcharge at her nofe and eyes was ftopr, which before was very large, for the pock being confluent, never filled, but difcharged itfelf that way, and her hands appeared livid'; the child was cold, with lit- tle or no pulle, an hoarfenefs and cough. I examined how this fright- ful alteration happened, and found that by accident water was fpilt in the child's bed, out of which fhe was taken, though in a cold frofty day, and continued fo till all the wet things were dried. My hope was now fmall, but I warmed a the King's Evil, naggin of Tarwater, and obliged tha poor child to fip it, little by little, till (he got all down, and it flaid with her. The mother went into the bed, took the child in her arms- to infufe beat, and in fome time the child grew warm and eafy, fell into a fine fweat, and flept for about 2. hours, after which, the former dif- charge from both nofe and eyes burft forth anew, which picduced a fpeedy recovery. What is moffc ailonifhing in the whole procefs, for 21 days, (he was not once fick; or made the leaft complaint, the 3d and 13th days excepted. She tock no manner of medicine, but only Tarwater, not one drop of fack or fack-whey; her common drink was two-milk whey, or boiled milk and water, of which fhe took plentiful- ly, and always warm : fhe is now livelier and heartier than before (he lay down, being only the 23d day, this 28th of Novembert I74J- 210. Mr. William Charlton, in November, 1745, was attacked with a violent fever, of which he feemed to get the better, but relapfed im- mediately, and feemed paft hope ; as an addition to his diforder, hav- ing an inflamed ulcer in his throat, that he could not fwallow ; upon taking Tarwater his ulcer vanifhed, his appetite returned, and his fever entirely left him. 211. John Mac Donald was mi- ferably eat with the king's evil ia many parts of his body ; it con- fumed half his face, fo that he was naufeous both to himfelf and others. Being in the country, in hopes of relief, he fet out for Dub- lin, and by accident met the Bilhop of Cloyne, who advifed him t9 Tarwater, and gave him fome mo- ney to provide it. The lad ne- glected this good advice, but got aumiffion Inveterate Goiil, 43 la grow foft, and decreafe. This encouraged her to continue drink- ing the water, and in a few months after, the wen was reduced to a fourth of its firft fize, daily grew fofter, and feem d to have fome floating roots in it : finding herfelf eafy, and in fo good a way, fhe laid afide Tarwater, and the wen began to grow hard and fwell again ; upon which fhe refumed her Tarwater, drinks near a quart a day, andtinds that the hardnefs and fwelling greatly abate ; and hopes by perfifting to get quite rid of her wen. Her hopes are the greater, from the benefit a French gentleman received in a parallel cafe : a great lump by degrees grew on tbe crown of his head, which became at laft as large as an egg, fo that he could hardly keep his hat on, and though not attended with pain, was very troublefome. He took Tarwater for fome other diforder, from which he was re- lieved, and found at the fame time that this lump or wen foftened, and by degrees vanifhed. 229. Mr. John Wilme, filver- fmith, in Coles-alley, got a hurt in his fhin-bone, which caufed a run- ning and fwelling, and being.laid open by a furgeon, was healed; but after tha', a humour flowed, and fwelled the part, and gave him great uneafinefs. At the fame time, an ex- crefcencecame on the crown of his head, which grew to the fize of a fmall egg, at leaft an inch high, and was fo fore, that he could hardly bear ahat on his head. He took Tar- water for the firft ailment 3 months, and though he drank fcarce half a pint a day, he foon found a great abatement of the fwelling and un- eafinefs in his leg, and, to his great furprize, the excrefcence on his head grew eafy, and melted away. 230. The wife of Mr. Morgan,, patten-maker, at Nicholas-gate, had been troubled with a paralytic dif- order for fome time; her fingera were fo drawn up, that fhe could hardly open them, and fhe coud' fcarce walk* her feet were fo weak, cold and ftiff; fhe was apprehen- five that fhe fhould quite Icfe the ufe of them, and have a palfy all over her body, as nothing that (be- took gave her any relief; fhe dranfo Tarwater, and in 6 weeks recover- ed the ufe of her fingers and handc^ got ftrength, warmth, and fupple- nefs in her limbs, and by continu- ing it, has recovered the full ufe o£ them, and now walks with eafe. 231. Mr. Hewetjon, above 70^ of Schoolhoufe -lane, had been many years troubled with the gout, which* every winter laid him up for feve- ral months: in fummer, 1744, h© drank Tarwater for feveral months running ; the effect was, he had no fit of the gout in the winter of 1744, and got a good ftomach and fpirits* and walked tolerably well without pain ; in fummer, 1745, he drank. fome Tarwater, but laying it quite afide for 6 months together, in win- ter, 1745, on catching cold, he had a return of the gout, though with little pain; it is probable, that, had he continued taking Tarwater in fufficient quantity, and avoided catching cold, he would either have had no fit at all, or a flight one.— In fuch cafes, Tarwater fhould be.- drank warm before the Jit, in the fit,. and after the fit, at leaft a pint a day jv a quart would be much better. 232. Mr. Francis Wilfon, fad- dler, in Chapel-ftreet, had been troubled with a ftnffing, wind and oppreflion in his ftomach,five year?, attended at night with a difficulty of breathing, and a gjeat cough in the mornings, which made hi:u drain 43 Acute ftrain and h?ave, and deprived him of his ftomach and digeftion ; in 1743, he was feized with the gout, and again in 1744. which was followed by the gravel. In Oa. 1744, he began to drink Tar* water about half a pint a day, which he continued till Chriftmas following, with fuch good effect, that in 3 weeks time he found great benefit, and foon after was free from the oppreflion in his ftomach, breathed freely, recovered his ap- petite, loft his cough, and difcharg- ed a great deal of gravel without pain, and has had no return of the gout ever fince. 233. Mr. Pafqualino, the rnufi- cian, now in Dublin, on Thurfday, Jan. 23, 17-15, having played a part in Mr. Handel's grand Orato- rio of Deborah, and being in a great beat and fweat, was after the per- formance expofed to a cold air near half an hour, by which he was immediately ftruck With a cold fhivering, and could not fleep one wink that night. In the morning he had a violent head-ach, colic pains, and great heat all over his body, which obliged him to keep his bed. By 4 o'clock in the after- noon, his fever grew fo high, that he became a little delirious ; his wife had a mind to fend for a phy- fician, but as he had been cured of a fever before by drinking Tarwa- ter, he ordered that it fhould be got for him in plenty, and nothing elfe ; he began to drink it about 5 ©'clock milk-warm, near half a pint every quarter of an hour, and con- tinued it at that rate till 8 o'clock next morniog, bating fome inter- miiTbns, when he got a little fleep; though he had given directions to his fervant to awake him if he fhould happen to fleep, and make him drink the water ; he comput- Fevers, ed, that in the faid time he dranl 8 quarts : the effect was, that dur- ing the whole night he was in high fpirits, had a great perfpif*. tion, and by 3 o'clock in the morn- ing his heat and fever had quite left him, and he was perfectly eafft and very hungry. He kept his bed that day, by way of precaution againft catching cold, free from all fymptoms of a fever, and on Sun- day went abroad, being perfectljr recovered. 234. A gentlewoman near Syca* more-alley, Dublin, had been trou- bled with fits, which came upon her all at once without any pre- vious fymptom, and deprived her of her fenfes for 3, 4 or 5 mi- nutes at a time ; they became more frequent, and fhe was apprehenfive that (he would be carried off in one of them. She took feveral things to prevent their return, without any effect. She had no opinion of Tarwater; but to fatisfy her friend* drank near a pint a day for 5 days* in July 1745, and had no return of her fits, and got a good appetiti and fpirits ; but found a great itch- ing all over her body, and foon af* ter black fpots on her arms, fhoul- ders, and body. She then thought (he was poifoned by Tarwater, and exclaimed againft it; but a friend finding that fhe was in good fpirits, told her, that the water having driven that humour out on the fur- face of her body, had done her all the fervice imaginable, and encou- raged her to perfill in drinking it; (he continued to do fo for 2 or 3 months in fmall quantities, and the black fpots firft became yellow, and by degrees difappeared ; (he has had no fits fince drinking Tar* water, but by getting a greater ap- petite, is grown much fatter. 235. A captain of a man of war had Strangury, Diabetes, Coftivmefs, venereal Diforders, 49 had been troubled with the fcurvy feveral years, had taken many me- dicines, went to Bath, and drank the waters, but to no purpofe; his diforder raber increafed, and broke out in fores and fcurf over his arms and other parts of his body, efpe- cially his head, which he could not fuffer to be fhaved ; by taking Tar- water 6 weeks, all the fores, fpots and fcurf, went off, and he became as hail and clean as ever, with a great increafe of appetite. 236. Two fitters, at the fame time, drank Tarwater, one for a ftrangury, the other for a diabetes, and both were cured, in a little time, of thofe oppofite diforders. 237. A gentlewoman had a deaf- nefs; (he had drank Tarwater in fmall quantities feveral weeks with no effect, but doubling the quan- tity, was foon after cured. 238. One gentleman was cure! of an habitual coftivenefs by Tar- water, and another was made cof- tive by it. 239. Two gentlewomen, near Youghall, were like wife affected in different ways, one was made cof- tive, and the other loofe, by Tarwa- ter. 240. An old beggar-woman, with a moil (hocking cancerated breaft, was in a few days much better by drinking and wafbing the fores with Tarwater. 241. A woman that was twice married, and yet never was with child, took Tarwater for a difor- der fhe laboured under, and con- ftantly drank it for a confiderable time, which removed her ailment. She foon after became pregnant, and imputes it to Tarwater ; her hufband alfo drank it. There are many other inftances of perfons who unexpectedly became with child, Q. as they believed, from the ufe of Tarwater. 242. A young lady was cured by Tarwater, of a loog and violent head-ach. 243. A poor woman, whole legs were monftrobfly fwollen, and ul- cerated, applied Tar as a falve oc poultice, and drank Tarwater ac the fame time, and was (oon per- fectly cured. 244 A gentleman's fcrvant had the misfortune of a coach-wheel running over his foot, which was thereby terribly bruifed and fwol- len. A poultice of Tar was appli- ed, which foon put an end to both fwelling and ta'n. 245. A maid fervant, who had a tetter in her arm, confulted a coun- try practitioner, who applied the blue ftone, upon which her arm. fwelled up to her fhoulder, and was pained to fuch a degree, that her mafter apprehended Ihe might lofe it. He made her wafb and foment it with hot ftrong Tarwater, and apply a plaifter or poultice of warm; Tar, which fpeedily cured her. 246. A gentleman in an eminent; flatten, troubled with a fixed pain in his fide for 2 years, took feveral medicines without benefit. He drank Tarwater for a confiderable time, and is perfectly at esfe. 247. A perfon ill of the ague, was cured by drinking Tarwatec warm in the cold fit. 248. Several children have died of fore throats; but thofe who drank a gallon of warm Tarwater a day, immediately recovered. 249. Great has been the efficacy of Tarwater in the cure of venereal dilorders, gleets, &c. but in fuch, cafes names are not to be mention- ed. One quart a cay, at 6 or 8 glaflc3, withou; any oiber medi- ""* cmej jo Ftocrr, cine, avoiding the Catching cold and at a glafa tvtty half hour improper food, has been found to work a perfect cure. 250. A gentlewoman, in the County of Cork, had hurt her leg, which being neglected, a gangrene Was apprehended; (he had a phy- fician and furgeon from Cork, who, after fome months pbyficing, cut- ting and tenting, abandoned her,. declaring that (he muft never hope to recover her leg, which was waft- ed and ufelefs, and left her with a running ulcer kept open with tents. She left off every thing but Tar- water, whereof (he took 3 pints daily in 9 glaffes, and in 3 weeks was quite cured, to the furprize of all the neighbourhood. 251. A maid fervant was feized with a vehement fever and ftitch, on the 19th of April, 1744, in the morning ; her face as red as crim- fon, her pulfe exceeding high, fcarce able to utter a word for the great oppreflion about her heart, and her blood and fTfh hot in an extreme degree. Her cafe was defperate from che manner of her falling ill ; which was, that the night before, after hard word, being in a fweat, (he drank a great quantity of cold Imall liquor, and lat in the open cold air. She drank 5 quarts of Tarwater in 10 hours ; the next morning her fever left her, and (he was fo well recovered, that (he got up, and was going to work, but was ordered to keep in bed a day longer, to prevent a relapfe. 252- Wednefday, Augfijl lr 1744, • boy, about 9 years old, was feized with an inflammation of the lungs, !hort coughs, pain in the throat and breaft, difficulty of breathing, glaz- ed eyes, fcarlet cheeks, and burn- ing heat. He was put to bed, and drank Tarwater, 5 pints the firft day, and about 2 quarts the fecond, Th« firft day, it produced an extraordi- nary difcharge of urine; the fecond, it threw him into gentle fweats, eafed his fymptoms, and kept him in high fpirits, and good appetite; on Friday, he was paft all danger, On drinking Tarwater coloured with milk (which he defired) he conftantly relapfed, and was as im- mediately eafed upon taking a glafs of pure Tarwater. The child, fenfi- ble of this, cried out, " Mamma, What is this Tarwater made of, that it is fuch a fudden cure ?"—It was of this diforder that the late Bifhops of Ofifery and Elfhin died i and as no diilemper is more threatening than an inflammation of the lungs, bhedings are pre- fcribed for it by phyficians, even to 70 or 80 ounces ; but without bleeding or bliftering, or any other medicine* Tarwater alone effect! the cure. 253. A boy was feized with a violent fever, having welted his (hoes and dockings (a new thing to him) and fuffered them to dry on his feet. He had firft a fhiver- ingcold fit, then blood-(hot eyes, wild look, burning heat all over his body ; he drank a gallon of Tarwater, which made him vomit, after that he flept and fweated moll Copioufly for 16 hours, and when he awoke, was very hungry, but in very high fpirits; the fever wai almoft gone the third day, but he kept in bed 2 days longer. 254. A boy feized with a violent fever was put to bed, and drank near 2 quarts of Tarwater the firft hour, and continued drinking very copioufly. The next day he was in appearance recovered, but was kept in bed one day longer; aftet the third day, he was aa well as ever, 255. Another Small-Pox, Another lad was feized racking pain all cvrr his with a body, attended with a hot fever; about noon, he was put to bed, and drank in g hours 25 ha)f pints of Tarwater, with which he did not fweat, but vented it all by urine, and his pain and fever left him at 9 at night; next day he was hearty. 256. A young woman was tor- .snented with a painful fwelling in her fide, which threw her into a fever. She drank Tarwater co- pioufly, and foon found herfelf eafy and well, but fhe applied at the time a plaifter of Tar and honey to the part, which ripened, broke, and then healed it. 257. A gentleman had the gout S days ; at firft he drank fack whey, and his pain and fever were violent, fo as to pafs a whole night awake and reftlefs. He drank large dofes of Tarwater, which made him fleep found every night after, and kept up his appetite and fpirits, Ind after a few days he was well. 258. Captain Foulks, Mr. Phi- lips, in Crane-lane, and feveral others, informed me, that having bad frequent fits of the gout, they drank Tarwater ; and though they took it in fmall quantities, found great benefit, their fits either riot returning, or with lefs pain, and fhorter. 259. A gentleman's daughter being feized with the fmall-pox, he gave her no other medicine than Tarwater, whioh (be drank all the time; fhe had it very favourably, with little or no ficknefs. 260. A boy was very ill of a worm-fever, when the fmall-pox feized him, which made his cafe extremely bad. He was treated ai only ill of worms, the fmall-pox not being then apprehended. He 5* was reJuced to the loweft flate, without fenfe or motion, and ma- ny C'--».ii»!* werr applied to bring h:.-u to himfelf ; but all to no pur- pofe, till a few fpoonfuls of Tar- water, poured down his throat without his knowledge, brought him to life ; and by continuing the Tarwater, be recovered daily, and was IojO perfectly well. 26*. In March, 1744, a boy complained heavily of a flitch-about -8 o'clock in the mornng ; he was put to bed, and in about an hour drank 8 glafles of Tarwater off, 3 to a pint ; then fell into a found deep, and at 3 o'clock in the af- ternoon was up, dreffed and well. 262.4n April. 1745, * lal)uur*r being taken ill of a vi* lent pieuri- (y, with fpitting of blood, wmt, into his bed, and drank copioufly of T.arw.aterrwhich quite recovered him. 263. A gentlewoman, in April, 1745, being out in a cold, dry, windy day, was taken with a pal- (y, not being able to walk or ftand upright. She went -to bed, drank Tarwater, a glafs every quarter of an hour, and next day in fmailer quantity, and the day following was quite recovered. 264. A ma-i fervant had a pleu- ritic ftitch, a fever, and (pit blood. He drank Tarwater plentifully in bed, which threw -.him into a gtcat fweat; beingimpatient under this fweat, to cool himfelf, he lay almoft naked, which had like to have killed him. But Tarwater, copioufly taken, recovered him en-. tirely. 265. A lawyer in Dublin, and 2 young ladies, have been cuted of fevers by the copious drinking of Tarwater only. 266. Several perfons of both fexca have been cured of the piles, /erne Bilious or Tellow Fever, bare dr-nk-rg of (hip »"d cordage having ^5"™* 5* fome by the larwattr, others by fitting at the fame time on a clofe flool filled with hot Tarwater, which, with anointing the parts with the oil ftimmed off from the water, loon healed the fores, and removed the diforder. 267. In December, 1744. a Pro* Jap/us Uteri, ice. given over as in- surable by the lurgeons, was per- fectly cured by Tarwater. 268. Two perfons given over, One ill of a palfy at Bath, and the other of a cancer at Tori, were both cured in afhort time by Tar- yrater. 269 A gentleman's fon, in the County of Limerick, was cured of a fpitting of blood by Tarwater. 270. An infant had a cough from us birth ; thofe who faw it, thought it could not live : Tarwa- ter w*s given it, the nurfe drank fome alf-i; the cough went off, and the child is now lively. 271. A lady, who has long had a cancer in her breaft, and fuffered greatly, by taking Tarwater, the only thing fhe has found good from, is freed from pain. 272. A gentleman, in the Coun- ty ot Limerick, was cured by Tar- water of an impofthume in his bead. 273. A lady was cured of a me- grim and inveterate head-ach by Tarwater, and feveral other per- fons who ufed to be troubled with a dizzinefs in their heads. 274 A ftjip being bound from Porto-Bello o Jamaica, and being detained org in the paflage, the Crew, w; nting"water, were reduced to great diftrefs, which threw many of them into the bilious or yellow fever. To their great comfort, a heavy rain fell, they catched all fbev could, and the deck of the tarred-to preierve them againft tht heat of ihe climate, all the water they got was impregnated with the tar; they drank plentifully of it, and all thole who were ill of the bilious fever recovered, to their great furpr ze. as it is reckoned a moft fatal diftemper. 275. A boy had a fore in hit leg, which was alfo inflamed and hard ; he wafhed it with Tarwater, and applied the oil of Tar, which foon recovered him. 276. A man of Toughall, deaf many years, by drinking Tarwater, much improved in his hearing, and has hopes of relief by a longer ufe of it. 277. A gentleman, who had a pain in his right fide (or 15 years, confulted many phyficians, and took many drugs to no purpofe ; but on taking Tarwater (though of a bad fort) for 4 week*, found himfelf greatly relieved. 278. A woman was given over, uoon the retennon of the after- birth, by the unfkilful management of the midwife ; fome advifed Tar- water ; it recovered her contrary to all expectation. 279. Margaret Mafierfon, a young . woman at Dr. Wynne's, at Harold's- tfofs, near Dublin, informed me, that one day in the fpring, about 5 years ago, fhe walked v ry fad from Harold's-cro/s to Crumlin church, which is about 2 miles, and being in a great heat and fweat, fhe fat on the ground in the church yard for above half an hour, which gave her a great cold, with pains in her right fide, and lower belly, fo exquifite, that fbrnetimes, for 20 days toge- ther, (he could not get the leaft fleep; fhe loft her flefh and appe- tite, and was reduced to a fkeleton. She could not ftand upright, and walked Diabetes, Cancer walked double, nor could (he bear any carriage ; every motion put her to the rack, and (he was forced to confine herfelf for the moft part to her bed, and* even there was not able to ftir a limb, when her pains came upon her. Nothing that (he took did her any fervice : fhe was in Mercer's hofpital 3 months, with- out benefit from the phyficians and furgeons there, who at firft thought me was troubled with a ftone, but afterwards agreed that fhe had an ulcer in the bladder. After (he left the hofpital, (he was falivated, and took many things by the advice of phyficians ; but nothing gave her eafe, and (he was judged incurable. She continued in this miferable con- dition a long time ; (he had alfo a fort of diabetes, or involuntary and almoft conftant difcha'ge of water. In fummer, 1744, fhe drank Tar- water^ and in a few days received great benefit, and in a few weeks all her painsand ailments went off; lbs recovered her appetite, flefh, reft and limbs, and walked as well as ever, tp the great furprize of the furgeons. 280. A tradefman in the Earl of Meath'% liberty was in the yetr I744 greatly afflicted with a pow- erful difcharge of bloody urine, which fometimes appeared as clear blood as any that comes from a vein. He coold not walk a quarter of a mile, but in great pain, and he wafted away. He continued in this condition feveral months to- gether, and took many things for a cure, without effect ; at laft he drank Tarwater, and foon found benefit, which encouraged him to continue it, and he was foon perfectly recovered of his ail- ment. 281. A gentlewoman, who lives near Dublin, wss for many yean in the Breaft, 53 afflicted with a cancer in her breaft, which had been cut by furgeon Dobbs ; but it grew aga n, and wa« exceffively painful, fo that fhe re- folved to undergo another cutting, and came to town for that purpofe ; but the furgeon finding that (he had got a violent cough, would noc venture to cut her breaft till her cough wis removed, and advifed her to go to the country to be cured of her cough. She was there per- fuaded to drink Tarwater on that account, which (he did with fuch effect, that fhe foon got rid of her cough ; and finding that Tarwater agreed with her ftomach, and made her breaft eafier, (he con- tinued the drinking of it for a con- fiderable time, by which meana her breaft grew eafy and (oft, and (he mended daily, to her great com- fort and furprize. 282. A copy of a letter from the Revl Mr. Thomas Dawfon, of Tallow, in the County ofWaterford, Feb. 25, I74S- I take leave to fend you the fol- lowing rafes, wherein, among feve- ral others of my neighbourhood, Tarwater has proved fuccefsfuJ. 283. The wife of John Guinant, of Tatlova, in the County of Water- ford, merchant, was violently feized with hyfteric fits in the year 1744, attended with laughing, crying and frequent fwoomngs, which conti- nued for feveral months, though phyficians by various medicines en- deavoured to cure her of them. She bathed in the fait water, pur- fuant to their advice, for a confider- ab!c time ; but received very little benefit. At laft (he drank Tarwa- ter, and after 3 months perfectly re- covered her health. 284. Thomas Lowris, of Tallow, in the County of Waterford, was in a deep confutnption, and fo greatly emaciated 54 Coxfumptton, emaciated and yeliow,that all who faw him feemed to defpair of his life. About 2 years a^o, he began to drink Tarwater, and having in a few months received great bene- fit thereby, he c-* tinned ever fince to drink the fa...e regularly, and has perfectly recovered his health and complexi >n. 285. A g^nvhrnan, near Caple- j$reet, for fcvcrsl years ufed to be troubled with fit*, which gave him great uneafinefs in his ftomach, and were attenue-a with a violent pain, which ran along the bottom of his belly, and fixed itfelf in his left hip, with a great inclination to puking. He thought it was a windy colic, and accordingly took many thing?, but without any be- nefit. H-' found that he grew worfe, and that his £m returned up- on him mere fr^qucri.!/, and with more violence. \ip ufed t)fo to have fits of the gout in his feet. Hav- ing read the treatife on Tarwater, in April, 1744, he rcfolved to drink it, and he. had not taken it 3 weeks, before he had a fenfible benefit, and, continuing it, in a little time after, to his great. furprize, dif- charged two Clones near as big as p?as, and then, and not till then, he difcovered that his diforder was the ilone and gravel ; upon which the pain in the bottom his belly went off, he got eafe in his ftomach, and recovered his appetite and reft. He has fince voided gravel at feve- ral times, and of late, three fmaller itones, which gave him pain in their paffage. Thefe fits of the gravel and ftone return now and then upon him, and are likely to do fo, till they are all„carried eff; for which purpofe he finds Tar- water to be very ufeful. He af- fcred me, that, fince he began to Stone and Gravel, drink Tarwater, which he conftant* ]y doth, he has not been confined one day with the gout. 286. A gentleman who had gone through a courfe of Stephen/ medicines, took Tarwater, which he found \ery fuccefsful in the gravel. 287. Some gentlemen, who,o» catching cold, ufed to. have chap- ped lips, which they could not heal by any falve, were eafed by bathing their lips with Tarwater, and the* who had fore and running noflrili received thefame benefit, by bathing them with the water. Thefe flight inftances are mentioned, only to fliew the healing quality of Tarwa- ter; and itis alfo found by experience that a plaifter of tar is a fafe and effectual cure for fores and fwel- lings in the backs of horfes. Several gentlemen irformed me, that ihej> gave 2 or 3 quarts of Tarwater l day to fome of their horfes with great colds and other diforders; the effect was, that they foon recovered. Perhaps it may he advijable in all diftempers of brute creatures, when the blood is corrupted, as in glanders in horfes, and in infeQims of the horned cattle and fheep, which art thought to be incurable, to give thet^ Tarwater warm in plenty, as it it found by experience in fo many in- fiances to correel and fweeten the blood and juices cf the body, remove ebftruclions, and invigorate thejpiriti. 288. The fmatl-pox hiving proved very mortal laft feafon, fome were advifed to give their children Tarwater warm, and the effect was, that they who drank it before they were feized with the fmall-pox, generally had it favour- ably ; they who took it during the ficknefs alfo, bad no appearance of danger, the pock generally diftindt, little And Diforders of ,1'itile or no ficknefs, nor marks left by it.—In and about Clonmell, the ifmall-pox was fo very fatal, that above 300 died of it, moftly of the confluent kind. Some were at laft prevailed upon to give their chil- dren Tarwater warm, and in plen- ty, as Mr. Gordon, an eminent brewer there, did to 4 or 5 of his children, who all came off very well. This encouraged Mrs. Pow- #//togive it to 3.of her children, who had it fo favourably, that they were hardly fick. Whereas others, who were treated in the common tvay, were for the m-jft part carri- ed off by the malignity of the dif- temper; though none who took Tarwater mifcarried. 289. The Rev. Mr. Skelton, xninifter of Nevjry, made his fon, about 13, drink Tarwater, before he had the fmall-pox, and when he was feized with it, gave him a wine-glafs of it every 2 hours, dur- ing the diforder; the child was hardly fick, the pock filled very well, and left no marks. 290. Several inftances have been communicated by perfons of cre- dit, of wonderful and unexpected cures performed by Tarwater in diforders peculiar to the female fex, at the times of their delivery ; alfo provoking the menfes when want- ed, and in reftraining them when immoderate. 291. Several gentlewomen in this town, having been troubled with rheumatic pains, oppreflion and load in their ftomachs, want •f appetite and reft, ftraightnefs in their chefts, cough, and fcorbutic diforders, were cured or greatly re- lieved by Tarwater, though drank in fmall quantities. Several gen- tlemen were affected the fame way, and received the like bene- fit. the Female Sex. f§ 29*. As every city and large town in the kingdom can furnifl* many inftances of great and unex- pected cures performed by Tarwa- ter alone, every one may be fatiifi- ed of the truth, who will give him- felf the trouble of enquiring. It has often grieved me, to hear of perfons dying of acute diforders, which werefuddenly and effectual- ly cured by Tarwater, as appears from feveral cafes in this narra- tive : See feci. 80, 101, 111, 121,. 133, 161, &c. 234, 251-2-3-4-5-6^ 260-1-2: which is publifhed, that every one may be fully appriz- ed of the power of this water, and make trial of it in like diforders. 293. The gentlemen of the fa- culty, who are men of fuperior (kill and abilities, can and will, without doubt, apply and imprbve thefe hints and experiments. But though I am no phyfician, I may relate matters of fact concerning the ef- fects of Tarwater, as they were communicated to me by gentlemen. or from patients themfelves. I have mentioned fome cafes, where the names of perfons and places are omitted ; but thefe I had from gen- tlemen of integrity and credit, whofe letters are now in my cufto- dy ; if any fhould be defirous to know the names, or places of abode, that are omitted, I (hall, for their private fatisfaetion, gratify them. REMARKS. 294. Having clofed my regifter of cafes, 1 fhall beg leave to make some Remarks. I. It muft be matter of furprize, to find, that, in the fpace of one year and an half, fuch a number and variety of diftempers have been cured or greatly relieved by this one medi- cine. Thoufands have received benefit, and daily do receive bene- fit, in Esfgland, Ireland, Holland, Era "•+, 56 Remarks on the feveral Cafes France, Portugal and Germany, by it failed of fuccefs— It is judged, the ufe of Tarwater. The trea- 'K»' fh' ■"«»« "art life on it, called Siri\, has been iranflated into the French, Low Dutch, German and Portuguese lan- guages, arid extracts thereof have been publiflud in rhe Magazines. (See Gent. Mag. April, 1744.) By fo general a publication, the ufe of Tarwater, as a medicine, came to be univerfally known, and being ftrongly recommended by theauthor, from his own experience, for the cure of feveral diftempers, many tvere induced to make trial of it, and found immediate relief: this encouraged others to make ufe of it alfo for different diforders, and they received the fame benefit. 295 The efficacy of Tarwater, in curing m greatly poflefled in fa- vour of Tarwater. I own I am, but it is for the bed reafon in the world. I am fully convinced of its efficacy. If there are any who I have doubts, they may repair to, ■ or write to the patients themfelves, f whofe names and places of abode ! are herein mentioned for that very : purpofe, and be fully fatisfied of the ! truth of all or any of the cafes • herein related, which it would have | been very wrong, and even crimi- ! nal in me to have fupprcffed. 324. The variety of thefe cafes ! will direct any perfon where to ! find a cure in particular diforders, for which they might nor other- ; wife think of Tarwater. i 325. After the foregoing fheets /were printed off, the following .cafes came to my knowledge. I 326. Martha Quarle, about 11 1 years old, now living in Dolphin's- xbamlane, foon after the hard froft, :, was afflicted with running fores, |and holes in one of her hands and firms, and under one of her eyes, n which continued to increafe, info- much that it infected her upper ; jaw ; (he was fent to Mercer's hof- | pital, where fhe ftaid three weeks, and the fore under her eye wasa little healed; but in a fortnight after (he left the hofpital, it broke out again, and a fplinter of a bone came off from her hand. In 1744, her pa- rents gaveber Tarwater, half a pint a day, and applied a plaifter of tar to all the fores, and a large tent co- vered with the plaifter to the hole under her eye : in a little time, a large piece of her jaw-bone, with fome of her teeth, came off, and by drinking the water, and applying the plaifters for near three months, all her fores healed, and fhe per.- fecily recovered, and continues well. 327. William Murray, 12 years old, fon of Matthew Murray, in Black-horfe lane, had running fores in his hands and legs foon after the great froft, fo that he was not able to ft 1 r a foot, and had great pains in his head for a year. The boy drank Tarwater, which in a fort- night's time carried off the pains, and then applied the tar plaifter to the fores a little before laft Chrifi- mas, whereby all the fores are heal- ed up, leaving marks in his arm. He ftill drinks Tarwater, and finds himfelf very hearty. 328. A gentlewoman, aged vi years, from 3 years old had a run- ning evil in one of her hands, and her jaws. She was at the waters of Loughleah, and long under the care of furgeons without benefit. Splin- ters of bone came from her hands. In 1744, fhe drank Tarwater in fmall quantities, and applied the plaifter of tar, which in four months time healed them up, and fhe is now perfectly well. ^zc), James Moony, fhoemakcr, in Stafford-flreet, in the winter after the great froft, was afflicted with running fores, which broke out is his left hand, and in his back, and difabled him from following his trade, and for which he tried many things without any benefit. He attended at the infirmary oq the Inns-quay, for 2 months, where ma- ny furgeons practifed upon him ; but got no relief, and was at laft; told by them, that there was no other tl And the Murrain among Cattle, fave their lives, yet they were af- other remedy than to cut off hii hand above the wrift: upon which, he attended no more. But in Aug. 1745, ne W3S advifed to drink Tar- Water ; which he did for 2 month?, about a pint a day, and waihed the fores wi h the fame liquor, and the effetl was, that the fores began to heal in the fecond month, and moft €rf them were healed up in the end Oi that raon.h, and he recovered his appetite and fpirits, and then laid afide Tarwater, before he was perfectly cured, having two fmall fores not quite healed j but he has began to drink it again, and finds himfelf much better, and hopes to perfect his cure in a little t me. 330. It is probable thefe 4 pa- tients would have been fooner cured, if they had taken Tarwater in greater plenty ; half a pint a day was too little : in fuch grievous cales, a quart a day fhould have Been taken, which might have reco- vered the patients in half the time, as we find mfeel. 249, 250, 251, *55, and the water fhould not have beer, la d afide till they were pti- fectly cured. 331. In fome hofpitals, where pa- tients have had their hands, arms fir legs, iwollen and inflamed with terrible running fores, which ate into the bones, and which could not be cured by any of their medicines, Che furgeons well (killed in fuch aeaies, for fear of a gangrene or mor- tification, femetimes cut off the limb; which, if it doth not end with the death of the patient, re- duces him at leaft to want and beg- gary. Several patients mentioned tn this narrative were condemned to the knife, as the only means to terwards recovered by the ufe of Tarwater, and perfectly reftored to the ufe of their limbs, without am- putation : and it is to be hoped, that for the future, we (hall hear but little of a practice fo (hocking to nature, fince we find that Tai - water not only prevents thofe ail- ments from coming to a dangerous height, but cures them when they do. Whereas when-the whole mafi of blood is corrupted, the cutting off a limb will Jcarce cure the corruption, which will be apt to break out in fonti other part. 332. The murrain, which rages among the horned cattle, appears by its fymptoms to be a kind of fever; it is recommended that Tarwater be tried in the follow* ing manner: *' Let the fick beaft have poured down its throat a quart of warm Tarwater, made ftronger than ufual, by ftirring each gallon 8 or 10 minutes, and this to be re- peated every hour or two for the firft day, while the beaft is awake. On the fecond, let one half of the former quantity be given, and on the third day, half of that which was given on the fecond : which laft quantity is to be continued till the cure is perfected ; during which time, the beift fhould be houfed, and lie wsrra." I have no experience of the fuccefs of this method, as there is no infection of that kind in this kingdom, but re- commend it from the analogous ef- fects that Tarwater hath in curing fevers and infections. 333. I fhall add only the two following letters from the author of Siris. Ahir- Letter from the Author $f Siris. 6$ A Litter, to Thomas Prior, Efq; from the Author of Siris ; containing fome further Remarks on the Vir- tues of Tarwater, and the Methods of preparing and uftng it, NON SIBJ, SED TOTI. , Nothing is mart difficult and dif agreeable, than to argue men out of their pre- judices ; I fhall not, therefore, enter into controverfies on this fubjeS; but if men difpute and objeil, fhall leave the decifion to time and trial. Sir is, feet. 68. %. AMONG the great numbers who drink Tarwater in Dublin, yoat letter informs me, there are fome that make or ufe it in an undue manner* To obviate thefe inconveniences, and render this water as generally ufe- ful as pokfible, you defire I would draw up fome general rules and re- marks in a fmall compafs, which accordingly I here fend you. 2. Pour a gallon of cold water on a quart of liquid tar, in a glazed earthen veffel ; ftir, mix and work them thoroughly together, with a wooden ladle,or flat ftick, for the fpace of 5 or 6 minuies. Then let the veffel ftand clofe covered three days and nights, that the tar may have full time to fubfide. After which, having firft carefully flcimmeci it, without moving the veffel, pour off the clear water, and keep it ia bottles well corked for ufe: this method will produce a liquor flronges than that firft publifhed in Siris, but not offenfive, if carefully flcim- med. It is a good general rule, but as ftomachs and conftitutions are various, it may admit of fome latitude. Lefs water, or more ftirring, makes it ftronger ; as more water, or lef- ftirring, makes it weaker. It is to be noted, that if feveral gallons art made at once in the fame vtlTel, yon muft add 5 or 6 minutes ftirring for every gallon. Thus two gallons of water, and 2 quarts of tar, require 10 or 12 minutes ftirring. a. The fame tar will not do fo well a fecond time, but may ferve for other common ufes : the putting off tar that hath been ufed, for frefh tar, would be a bad fraud. To prevent which, it is to be noted, thac tar already ufed is of a lighter brown than other tar. The only tar that I have ufed, is that from our northern colonies in America, and that from Norway ; the latter being thinner, mixeth eafier with water, and feems ts have more fpitit. If the former be made ufe of (as I have known it with good fuccefs) the Tarwater will require longer ftirring to make it. 4. Tarwater, when right, is not paler than French, nor deeper colour* ed than Spanifh white-wine, and full as clear ; if there be not a fpirit ve- ry fenfibly perceived in drinking, you may conclude the Tarwater is not good ; if >'ou would have it good, fee k made yourfelf. Thofe whe begin with it, little and weak, may by habit come to drink more, and ftronger. According to the fesfon, or the humour of the patient, it may be drank either cold or warm : in colics, I take it to be bcft warm. If 64 Letter from the Author of Siris. it difgufts a patient warm, let him try it cold, and vice verfa. If at firft It creates, to fome fqueamifh perfons, a little ficknefs at ftomach, or naO:- feating, it may be reduced both in quality and quantity. In general, fmall inconveniences are either removed, or borne with fmall trouble ; it lays under no reftraint, as to air, exercife, cloaths or diet, and may be taken at all times of the year. r. As to the quantity in common chronicalindifpofitions, one pint of Tar- water a day may fuffice, taken on an empty ftomach, at 2 or 4 timts, to wit, night and morning, and about 2 hours after dinner and breakfaft ; more may be taken by ftrong ftomachs. Alteratives in general, taken in fmall dofes, and often, mix beft with the blood ; how oft, or how ftrona each ftomach can bear, experience will (hew. But thofe who labour un- der great and inveterate maladies, muft drink a greater quantity, at leaft one quart every 24 hours, taken at 4, 6 or 8 glaffes, as beft fuits the cir- cumftances and cafe of the drinker. All of this clafs muft have much patience and perfeverance in the ufe of this, as well as of all other medi- cines, which if fure and fafe, muft yet, from the nature of things, be flow in the cure of inveterate chronical diforders. In acute cafes, fevers of all kinds, it muft be drank in bed warm, and in great quantity (the fever ilill enabling the patient to drihk) perhaps a pint eve^y hour, which I have known to work fui prizing cures. But it works fo quick, and gives fuch fpirits, that the patients often think themfelves cured before the fever hath quite left them. Such therefore fhould not be impatient to rife, or apply themfelves too foon to bufinefs, or their ufual diet. 6. To fome, perhaps, itmayfeem, that a flow alterative, in chroni- cal cafes, cannot be depended on in fevers and acute diftempers, which demand immediate relief. But I affirm that this fame medicine, which is a flow alterative in chronical cafes, I have found to be alfo a moft im- mediate remedy, when copioufly taken, in acute and inflammatory cafes. It might indeed be thought rafh to have tried it in the moft threatening fevers and pleurifies without bleeding, which in the common practice would have been held neceflary. But for this I can fay, that I have pa- tients who would not be bled, and this obliged me to make trials of Tar- water without bleeding, which trials I never knew unfuccefsful. The tame Tarwater I found 9 flow alterative, and a fudden febrifuge. If the reader is furprized, I own myfelf to be fo too. But truth is truth, and from whatever hand it comes, fhould be candidly received. If phyfi- cians think they have a right to treat of religious matters, I think I have an equal right to treat of medicine. - 7. Authority I have no pretence to ; but re a fon is the common birth- right of all: my reafons I have given in Siris: my motives every one will interpret from his own breaft ;. but he muft own himfelf a very bad man, who, in my cafe (that is, after long experience, and under full conviction of the virtues and innocence of Tarwater) would not have dona as much. All men are, I will not fay allowed, but obliged to promote the common benefit ; and for this end, what I could not in eonfeience conceal, that I do and fhall publicly declare, maugre all the fplecn and raillery of a world, which cannot treat me worfe than it hath done my betters. 8. Ai Letter from the Author of Siris. 6j t 8. As the morning's draught is moft difficult to nice ftomachs, fuch ttiay leflen, or even nmit it a'c the beginning, or ratner pt/itpone it till ter breakfaft, and take a larger dofe a: night. The diltance from meal- e need not be more than one hour, for common ftomachs, whtn the liquor is well clarified and fkimmed. The oil that floats en the top, and as ikiinmed off, fhould be carefully laid by, and kept for outward fores. I " t,.erVar'ety of cafes and conllitutions, it is not amifs that there fhould e different manners of preparing and taking Tarwater : trial will direct to the beft. Whether there be any difference between old tar and new tar, or which of all the various tars produced from different trees, or in differ- ent parts of the world, is moft medical, future trials muft determine. 9. I have made a fecond fort of Tarwater, to be ufed externally, as a ttafh ot lotion; for the itch, fcabs, ulcers, evil, leprojy, and all fuch foul Cafes, which I have tried with very good fuccels, and recommend it to the trial of others. For inveterate cafes of that kind, Tarwater fhould be dra^k, a qUart eVery 24 hours, at 4, 6 or 8 glaffes ; and after this hath been done, at leaft for a fortnight, the lotion is to be applied outwardly, and warm, by bathing, fomenting, and fteeping, and this feveral times ih the 24 hours, to heal and dry up the fore?, the drinking being flill con- tinued. This water, for external ufe, is made in the following manner : pour 2 quarts of boiling hot water on a quart of tar, ftir and work ic ftrongly, with a flat flick, or ladle, for a full quarter of an hour; let ic ftand 6 hours, then pour it off, and keep it clofe covered for ufe. It may be made weaker or ftronger, as there is occafion. 10. From what I have obferved of the lotion, I am inclined to think, it may be worth while, in obftinate and cutaneous ailments, leprojy, and Weaknefs of limbs, to try a bath of Tarwater j allowing a ga'lon of tar to every 10 gallons of boiling hot water; ftirring the ingredients a full half hour'; fufFering the veffel to ftand 8 or 10 hours, before the water is poured off, and ufing the bath a little more than milk warm. This experiment may be made in different proportions of tar and water. In Dublin many Cafes occur for trial, which are not to be met with in the country; n. My experiments have been made in various cafes, and on manv perfons; and I make no doubt its virtues will foon be more fully cifco- vercd, as Tarwater is now growing into general ufe, though not withouc rhat oppofitim which ufually attends upon novelty. The great objectioa I find made to this medicine is, that it promifes too much. Wim-l fay the objectors, do you pretend to a Panacea ? a thing (Iranpe, chimerical, and contrary to the opinion and experience of all mank;rd ! Now, ta fpeak out, and give this objection or queftion a direct anfwer, I fnely ■jwn, that I fufpeel Tarwater is a Panacea. I may be miflxken but it is worth trial; for the chance of fo great and general benefit, I am willing to ftand the ridicule of propofing it. And as the old philofopner cried aloud, from the houlc-tops, to his fellow citizens, educate your children ; fo, I confefs, if I had a fituation high enough, and a voice loud enough, I would cry out to all valetudinarians upon earth, drink Tarwater. 12. Having thus frankly owned the charge,T mull explain to you, that by a panacea is not meant a medicine which cures all individuals, (this confifts noc with mortality) but a medicine that cures 0r relieves all I the 66 Letter from the Author of Siris* the different fpecics of diftempers : and if God hath given us fo great a ■* bleffing, and made a medicine fo cheap and plenty as Tar, to be withal fo univerfal in its effects, toeafe the mifcries of human life, fhall men be ridiculed or bantered out of its ufe, cfpecially when they run no rifque in the trial ? for / can truly affirm, that I never knew any harm attend it, more than fometimes a liule nauiea, which, if the liquor be well clear- ed, dimmed and bottled, need not, I think, be apprehended. 13. It muft be owned I have not had opportunities of trying it myfelf in all cafes, neither will I undertake to demonftrate a priori, that Tar- water is a panacea. But yet, methinks, I am not quite deftitute of pro- bable reafons, which, joined to what facts I have obferved,-induced me to entertain fuch a fufpicion. 14. I knew Tar was ufed to preferve cattle froni contagion ; and this may be fuppofed to have given rife to that practice of drinking Tarwater for a prefervalive againft the fmall-fox. But as the Tarwater ufed for that purpofe was made by mixing equal quantities of tar and water, it proved a moft offen five potion; befides, as a frefh glafs of water was ' put in for each glafs that was taken out, and this, for many days, on the fame Tar, it followed that .the water was not equally impregnated with the fine volatile fpifit-, though all alike flrongly faturaied with grofs par- ticles. 15. Having found this naufeousdraught very ufeful againft ibtfmalU. pox, to as many as could be prevailed on to take it, I began to confider the nature of Tar, I reflected that Tar is a balfara flowing from the trunks of aged cver-grcens ; that it refills putrefaction ; that it hath the virtues of turpentine, which, in medicine, are known to be very great and manifold ; but I obferved withal, tha-t the turpentines, or balfams, , are very offenfive in the taking: I therefore confidered diftinctly the fe- deral conftituent parts of balfams; which were thofe wherein the medi- cal virtues fefided, and which were to be regarded rather as-a vifcous ma-v trix, to receive, arreft and retain the more volatile and active particles j and if thefe laft could be fo feparated and difengaged from the grofler parts, as to impregnate a clear and potable liquor, I concluded, that fuch liquor muft prove a medicine of great force, and general ufe. I confidered, that nature was the beft chymift and preparer of medicines, and that the fragrance and flavour of Tar argued very active qualiliea and virtues. 16. T had, of a long time, entertained an opinion,- agreeable to the fentiments of many ancient philofophers, That fir* may be regarded as the animalfpirit of this vifihle world. And it feemed to me, that the attract- ing and fecreting of this fixe in the various pores, tubes and ducts of ve- getables, did impart their fpecific virtues to each kind ; that this fame light, or fire, was the immediate inftrumental or phyfical caufe of fenfe and motion, and confequently of life and health to animals ; that on ac- count of this folar light, or fire, Phoebus was, in the ancient mythology, reputed the god of medicine : which light, a3 it is leifurely introduced, and fixed ia the vifcid juice of old firs and pines, fo the fetting it free in part, that is, the changing its vifcid for a volatile vehicle, which may mix with water, and convey, it throughout the habit copioufly and inof. fenfively, Letter from the Author if Siris. f>7 fenfively, would be of infinite ufe in phyfic, extending to all cafes what- ever, inafmuch as all diftempers are, in effect, a ftruggle between the ""is vttari-1' on; t rank the univerfal medicine with the philofopber's ftone, and the fquaring of the circle ; whereof the chief, if not fole reafon, I take to be, that it is thought incredible thefame thing fhould produce contrary effects, as it muft do, if it cures oppofite diftempers. And yet this is no more than every aay's experience verifies. Milk, for inftance, makes fome coftive, a"nd others laxative : this regards the poflibility of a panacea in general ; as for Tarwater in particular, I do not fay it is a panacea, 1 only JuJpeSi it to be fo.—Time and trial will (hew. ' 23 But I am molt fincerely perfuaded, from what I have already fetn and tried, that Tarwater may be drank with great fafety and fuccefs, for the.cure or relief of moft, if not all difeafes; of ulcers, itch, fcaldheads, leprojy, king's evil, cancers, the foul difeafe, and iWfoul cajes,fcur vies of all kind?, diforders of the. /angs, ftomach and bowels, in rheumatic, gouty and nephretic ailments, megrims, inveterate head achs,epileffin, pleurifies, perip- neumonies, enfipelas, fmall-pox, all kinds of fevers, colics, hyfteric and all nervous :afes; ohftruclions, dropfies, decays, and other maladies. Note, that iox agues u fhould be drank warm and often, in fmall glaflec, both in and out of the fit, and continued for feveral days to prevent a relapfe. Nor is it of ufe only in the cure of ficknefs, it is alfo ufeful to prejerve health, and guard againji infeclion, and in fome meafure even againft old age, as it gives lading fpirits, and invigorates the blood. I am even induced, by the nature and analogy of things, and its wonderful fuccefs in fevers of all kind?, to think that Tarwater may be very ufeful againft the plague, both as a prejer'vative and a cure. 24. But I doubt no medicine can withftand that execrable plague of difti lied fpirits, which do all, without exception (there being a caullic and coagulating quality in all diftilled fpirits, whatever the fubject or ingre- dients may be) operate as a flow poifon, preying on the vitals, and waft- ing the health and ftrength of body and foul; which peft of human kind is, i am told, gaining ground in this country, already too thin of inhabi- tants. / am, &(. Second .Letter from the Aulhor of Siris. 69 A fecond Letter from the Author of Siris, to Thomas Prior, Efq\ 1. YOUR attention to whatever promotes the public good of your country, or the common benefit of mankind, having engaged you in a particular enquiry concerning the virtues and effects of Tarwater, you are entitled to know what further difcovcries, obfervations and reflec- tions I have made on that fubject. 2. Tarwater, in the feveral editions of Siris, hath been direded to be made by ftirring, 3, 4, 5 or 6 minutes, a gallon of water, and a quart of tar. But although it feem beft made, (or general ufe, within thofe li- mits, yet the ftomach of the patient is the belt rule, whereby to direct the ftrength of the water; with a little more ftirring, 6quans of good Tar- water may be made from one of tar; and with 8 minutes ftirring, I hava known a gallon of Tarwater produced ixomjecond hand tar, which proved a good remedy in a very bad fever, when better tar could'?:ot be had. For the ufe of travellers, a Tarwater may be made very ftrong, forinlfance, with 1 quart of water, and a quart of tar, ftirred together for thefpace of 20 minutes. A bottle of this may ferve long on a road, a little being put to each glafs oi common wtter, more or lefs, as you would have ic ftronger or weaker. Near 10 years ago, a quart of about this ftrength was given to an old woman, to be taken at one draught, by direction of a young lady, who had confulted one in my family about the method of preparing and giving Tarwater, which yet fhe happened to millake. But even thus, ic did fervice in the main, though it wrought the patient violently all manner of ways. Which fhews that errors and exceffes in Tarwater, are not fo dangerous as in other medicines. 3. The beft tar 1 take to be that which is mofi liquid, or firfl running from' the billets of fir or pine, which grew on the mountains: it hatha greater (hare of thofe antifcoibutic vegetable juices, which are contained not only in the leaves and tender tops, but in all parts of the wood; and thefe, together with the falts ofwoodfoot, being in the c. mpofition of far fuperadded to turpentine, render Tarwater a medicine, if J am not mifta- ken, much more extenfive and efficacious than any that can be obtained from turpentine alone. 4. The virtues of the wood-juices fhew themfelves in fpruce-beer, made of molaffes and. the black fpruce fir in the northern parts of Ameri- e#; and the young (hoots of our common fpruce-rir have been put to malt-lurior in my own family, and made a very wholefome drink. 5. Tarwater feldom fails to cure, or relieve, when rightly rosJe of good tar, and duly taken. I fay, of good tar, becaufe the vile praclsce of adulterating tar, or of felling the dregs of tar, or ufed tar for frefh, is grown frequent, to the great wrong ot'thofe who take -v. Whoever hatfc been ufed to-good Tarwater, can readily difcern the bad by its flat tafle, void of that warm cordial.qua'ity found in the lormer ; it may alfo be expedient for knowing frefh tar, toobf. rvr, whether a tat oily fcum floats on the top of the water, <-.rhicb is found to be much Lfs, if any at all, on the f.-ond '•-•<'r\i»? of Tarwatpr. '* ' ' *' • 6. This yo Second Letter from the Author of Siri'. 6. This medicine of Tarwater worketh various ways, by urine, by/'*- fpiration, as zfudorific, carminative, cardiac, aftringent, detergent, reforattvt* alterative, and fometimes as a gentle purgative or emetic, according to the cafe or conllitution of the patient, or to the.quantity that is taken ; and its operation fhould not be diflurbed. I knew two brothers ill of tfever about the fame time ; it wrought on the one by copious fweating, on the Other altogethet by urine ; and 1 have known it to act at different times differently, even on the fame perfon, and in the fame diforder; one while as i diaphoretic, ox fudorjfic, another as a diuretic. Its general character is diuretic, which (hews, that it cleanfeth the urinary paflages, preventing thereby both fione and gravel, againft which it hath been found very ufe- ful, and much fafer than mineral waters, by reafon-of its balfamic heal- ing quality. 7. Tarwater doth recover and impart vital heat, but imparts no m- 51;>ming heat. 1 have feen a wonderful cure wrought on a child about eight years cld,'and paft all hopes, by pouring feveral fpoonfuls of Tar- water down his throat, as he lay quite fubdued by a moft violent fever, without any appearance of fenfe or motion, the r.oftrils drawn back, the eyes fixed, the complexion deadly wan. And yet Tarwater, foiced down by fpoonfuls, feemed to kindle up life anew ; and this after fage tea, faffron, milk water, Venice treacle, CSV. had been ufed without any fuccefs. 8. This ia of itfelf a fufficient cordial, friendly and congenial to the vital heat and fpirits of a man. If t here fore tfirong liquors are in the ac- cuftoraed.quantity fuperadded, the blood bring already, by Tarwater, fufficiently warmed for vital heat, the ftrong liquors fuperadded will be apt to overheat it, which over-heating is not to be imputed to the Tarwater, fince, taken alone, I could never obferve it attended with that fy xaptam. 9. And though it may be no eafy matter to pcrfuade fuch as have long indulged themfelves in the free ufe of firong fermented liquors, and filled fpirits, to fcrfake their pernicious habits; yet 1 am myfelf tho- roughly perfuaded, that in weaknefs or fatigue cf body, or in low fpirits, Tarwater alone doth far furpafs all thofe vulgarly efteemed cordials, which heat and intoxicate, and which coagulate the fluids, and, by their cauftic force, dry up, fliffen and dcllroy the fine vefle's and fibres of the unhappy drinkers, obftrucling the fecretions, impairing the animal func- tions, producing various diforders, and bringing on the untimely fymp- toms of old age. Nothing doth fo much obfiruSt the good rffeils of Tariuater, nrs the abufe of firong liquors. , Where this is avoided, it feems no chronical rnalady»can keep its ground, or ftand before Tarwater, conftantly and re- gularly taken, not even hereditary diftempers, as the moft inveterate king7s 4vil, nor even the moll confirmed gout; provided it bi drank a quart a day, at 6 or 8glaflec, and at all feafons, both in and out of the fit, and that for a great length of time, the longer the better. It is to be noted, that in fits of the gout, colic or fever, it fhould be always drank warm. On other occafions, warm or cold, as the patient likes. 10. The inference I make is, tlm thofe who expect health from Tar- water, have lefs aeed of any o:hcr cordial, and would do well to facrifice fome Second Letter from the Author of Siris. 71 fome part of their pleafure to their health. At the fame time I wilt- venture to affirm, that a fever produced either from hard drinking, or- any other caufe, is moft effectually and fpeedily fubducd, by abftaining irom all other cordials, and plentifully drinking of Tarwater: for it warms the cold, and cools the hot ; fimple water may cool, but this, at tne tsme tims that it cools, gives life and fpirit. It is, in truth, a fpecific tor all kinds of fevers-; the fame medicine, which i» a leifurely alterative in chronical diforders, being taken in larger quantities, i*a fpecdy curs Hi acute ones. , l l» ll'c Tjri0f<: Wh°' witll0Ut knowledge or experience of Tarwater, have been fo active and earned to difcredu its virtues, have rr.uth to anfwcr for, efpeciaiiy with regard to acute inflammatory diftempers, in which it doth wonders. It is in thofe diforders, fo fatal and frequent, that! nave had moft opportunities of obferving its virtues, nor can the world ever know the juft value of this medicine, but by trying it in the bke cafes. 12. When patients are given over, and all known methods fail, i* i* allowed to try new remedies. If Tarwater was tried in fuch cafes* I do verily believe, that many patients might thereby be refcued from the jaws of death : particularly, I would recommend the trial of it: in-the moft malignant and dejperate fevers or fmall-pox, attended with purple, livid ox black Jpots. It is my fincerc opinion, that warm Tarwa~ ter, drank copioufly, may often prove falutary, even in thofe deplorable cafes. 13. My opinion is grounded on its Angular virtues in correcting, fweetening and invigorating the blood, and in curing cancers and gangrenes, or beginning mortifications, fuch as thofe fpots do indicate- I have lately known it drank with good fuccefs in a very painful and unpromifing wound', and am perfuaded, that if it were drank plentifully, during the dreffing of alt forts of dangerous wounds, it might affungc the anguifh, and forward the cure ; as it abates feverifh fymptoms, -and by rendering theblood balfamic, and difpofing the parts to heal, prevents z ■gangrene. 14. Taritfelf is an excellent medicine, being.fpread on a cloth* and applied warm to an ulcer or wound. I have known the fame applied tO' avery large and painful tumour, caufed by ifprain or bruife, fpeedily af- fuage the pain, and reduce the fwelling. I may add, that tar (mixed with honey to make it lefs offenfive) and taken inwardly, is an admirable. balfam for the lungs; and a little of this, taken together with Tarwater, haftens its effect in curing the moft obftinate and wafting coughs ; and an egg-fhel! full of tar, fwallowed and wafhed down with a quart of Tarwa- ter, night and morning, hath been found very ufeful for the fame diforder in horfes. ic. Sitting over the vapour of the heated lotion, defcribed in my former letter, is excellent in the cafe of piles or fiftula ; cfpecially if fo- menting with the faid lotionbe added,as alfo anointing with the eilfcummed from the top of Tarwater. Tarwater hath been fnuffed up the noftrils, with good fuccefs, for a great heavinefs ofthehead,unddtowfinefs. It is a very ufe- ful wafh for>f the fame nature with the animal fpirit, is an accefiion of fo much ftrengih to the conftitution, which it affifts to affimilate or expel what- ever is alien or nox-ious. Several Perfons in the State of Rhode-1 (land having receiv- ed great Benefit from the medical Virtues of Tarwater, the Editor of the prefent' Edition has been requefted to add the- three following Cafes, which were received after the f>reced~ ing Sheets had been printed. 334. In March, 1791, T was tak- en wish a numbnefs in my feet and hands, which conti.Tued ro increafe Until the middle of May, and by the frfl of June I was wholly de- prive i of the ufe of both feet and fumes. I had 'he advice and affift- ancc '>f the'inoit fkilful men, but never perceived any benefit as to my numbn fs, and continued to grow weaker daily. !n February following 1 was advifed to the ufe of Tarwater, and having been fa- voured with the loan of a Treatife on the great medical virtues of Tarwatc, written by the Bifhop of Cloyne, I made fome agreeable to his direfti >ns, of winch T took half ajillat a time, thrice" a day, for 3 weeks, at which time I perceived my feet to be fomewhat moift, and could move my toes, which I had not been able to do for fome? months before. I continued the ufe of Tarwater, and by the month of AprilX was able to walk with crutches; by the firft of June I was well enough to walk with- out them, and have not had oc- cafion to ufe them fince. When- ever I teel a little unWell, I drink1 of the'Tarwater, once or twice in a week. After I began to drink" it, I never took aay other kind of medicine ; whatever my ftomach' craved I ate, and without any ap- parent injury. Knowing that a new edition of Berkkft Treatifeon Tarwater waa about to be printed,I thought it my duty to add a fhort narrative of the ufe of Tarwater in my particu- lar % Strictures of the Li Jar cafe, being fully perfuaded that under the bleffing of heaven it has been the means of reftoring to me the ufe of my limbs. \ Benjamin Allen. rrovidence,Oa. 12, 1793.. 335. Sarah Wheaton, wife of the fubfcnber, from a pain in her right hip and back, which conti- nued for near a year, was unable to walk for moft part of that time ; and being advifed to ufe the oil of juniper, and a great variety of other prefcriptions, fhe ufed them ; they did not eafe her in the leaft, but brought on a ftricture of her lungs, attended with a bad cough, and the raifing of blood. She could not fleep on a bed, and what fleep fhe got was fitting in a chair. Her cough increafing, her appetite almoft gone, very much reduced in flefh, and almoft gone, as was thought, in a confumption, none of her friends expected (he could ever recover, nor indeed did (lie ex- pect it herfelf. Having heard of the great virtues of Tarwater, in cafes fomewhat fimilar, and being ad- vifed to take it, a friend fent her ■the Treatife on Tarwater, written by Bifhop Berkley; and . from that time to this (he has taken fome every day. It was two or three weeks after (he began to take it before fhe perceived any benefit therefrom. •—About that time a fcurf ap- peared on her fkin, and her appe- ngs, AJlhrna, &c. .75 tite began to mend ; the pain in her hip and back fhifted to various parts every day or two, (hitting its place until it finally left her. She is now able to walk a fhort diftance, almoft as quick as fhe ever could, and is, by the favour of divine pro- vidence, better in health in every refpect, and is daily acquiring ftrength. Caleb Wheaton. Providence, OcJ. 10, 1793. 336. The fubfcnber having been afflicted with the allhma about ten years, at times very fevere, about -five years ago I accidentally heard that Tarwater was g^od for •that diforder. Being very dtfirous to obtain relief, 1 applied mvfelf to readng the Tarwater book (fo call- ed) and foon was convinced ?hat Tarwater was an excellent medi- cine, not only for the afthma, but many other diforders. I then be- gan to take Tarwater, as directed by faid book, and drank it plenti- fully for about three or four weeks, when I found myfelf entirely free from the afthma, and have never had a fingle return of it fince. I keep Tarwater conftantly, and fre- quently drink it, by which means I am ready to believe that I am fe- cured againft a return of that mod diftreffing malady. William Thurber. Providence, OS. n, 1793. APPENDIX. A P P E N D I X. Containing the moft material exfraffs from two trails written by thofe learned Philofopbers3 Dr. Stephen HAfEs^felldW of the Royal Society, and A. Reib, Eft}-, printed at ko-rv- don, in 1747. < • --"■ ~; • THE firft trati is intitlcd—"An account of fome "Experiments and Ob - fervations on Tarwater ; wherein is Jbewn the quantity of T"at* that is therein : twhich was read before the Royal Society, Therein the Dr. fays, " That having made Tarwater in proportion of a gallon of water to a quart of Tar, ftirring it 4 minutes, and evaporating a pint of faid Tarwater in a Florence-fHifk. ; of that made with -Norway or Swedifh Tary which was $oyears old, and very thick and fiiff, there remained at (he bottom of the flaik 44 grains of thick, dark, jeddifh Tar, of a bitter ifh burnt taftej *----" with common, coarfe, ftiff AmericanTit, 28 grains ' .----" vehhfiiff Tar juft brought from'Norway* 61 grains *----" with the old Tar ftirred half an hour* 93 grains .----" with the thinner Tar ftirred 8 minutes, ?6 grains ,---— " vith 4 feveral parcels of Nomvay or Swedifh Tar, not fa fiiff, but more foft and oily than the Tar aboyerand efteemed by the dealers in Tar to be very good (for ropes) only between c and 15 grains. [but the Dr. does not fay, how long time elapfed between his fiirring of the Tar wiih the water, and his evaporating it ;■ nor does he afcertain whether thefe: Tars were of the firft, middle or latter runnings from the kiln ; in which there is a vaft difference, as the longer it burns, the more pitchy the Tar grows.] "■ That in a pamphlet in anfiwer to the Bifhop of Cloyne, he finds that on diftilling 22 pounds of beft Norway Tar, there were of ;" ■ :■ - Pounds-. Ounces. - Pitch - - - 12 14 Oil - - - - 7 13 Acid Spirit - - 1 2% 21 *3l Loft - - - © 2| 22 " That the water made with old, ftiff, lefs unfluous Tar, feema to tafia fenfibly ftronger of the acid fpirit, than that made with thinner, more unc- tuous Tar : on which account the fiiffer would be preferable, were it not that it communicates too much of hsgroffer parts alfo to the water, and that the water made with the thinner Tar taftes much ftronger of foot Otfmtke than that made with the ftiff Tars. "»« That infiltrating thefe feveral Tarwaters through filtring paper, no Tar nor oily fubftance remained in the paper ; not even of that Tarwa- ter which had93 graina of Tar in a pint: nor were the filtring papers, when APPENDIX. - % when dry, any more inflameable where the Tar had paffcd than in other parts which had wot touched the Tarwater: nor was the filtring paper of the thinner T*t z\, all drfcoloured, though ihat of the/>/"was as if fmoked. Whereby we fee how intimately arid minutely theTar is mix- ed with the water : and fince water conveys fo much Tar through the filter, no wonder it fhoafcl alfo be a vehicle to convey great quantities of [the fubtile pamofJTarrnto the blood,as well as the medicinal virtue ■lfo into the fineft and remoteft veflels of the body, in the fame manner that the virtues of mineral Waters' are cohveyed :'■ and Tar thus minutely divided and blended In a great quantity of water, will be much lefs heating than a like quantity of Tar taken by itfelf, as is evident from; many; lfcke inftances. ,• *• >t: " .That''there is a water which feparates from Tar fome time after the Tar is made [at the kiln] and that in fuch quantities, as to lay 3 or 4 inches deep on the Tar : and this Water, which is fo ftrongly impregnated with the acid fpirit as to ferment with chalk, is7 drank by the Ameri- cans, as a cure for fome of their maladies.uV^ "That asT'ar, by ttirrfng, becomes 6f slighter brown colour ; fo it will recover its darker colour bf ftanding, and that fooner, if warmed. ct That asr he made both Tar and Turpentinewaters with fweet raiu nvater, in which were wafer-gnats and ether infecls; fo it was very ob- ferVabiethat the KOafer gnattdied'in 6 or 8 hours, and the other fmall in- fers in go or 40 hours, in Tarwater ; yet neither of them were killed in the ftrongeft Turpentinewater which he macfe, but continued briflc and lively Tot ftvtral weeks j and yet we cannot thence infer that Tarwater is pernicious to mankind. ' ""' • ' isr' '"' 'i^Thtt Tarwater has* undoubtedly proved an efficacious remedy in many cafes and inftances. And whereas in fbmecafeslt is obferved by phyficians to be too inflammatory ; that heating quality may be abated by the following tnithodi propofed by ingenious Mr. Reid." Mr. Reid's trtct is intitled, " A letter to the Rev. Dr. Hales, concerning the nature ofTar, anda method of obtaining its medical virtues, free from its hurtfuT oils, &c.-r-Datcd London, March 25, 1747," and therein he tells us, " That Tarwater has of late obtained fuch a reputation, as to be ef- teemed by many little lefs than a univerfal medicine. That though the number and variety of cures performed by it are equally unquellionable and furprizing, and he is far from the leaft inclination to depreciate thofe yirtues from which fo many have received benefit, yet there want neither arguments nor examples to juftify a fufpicion, that in feveral cafes Tar- water is capable of doing harm, when cither prepared or ufed improperly. " That the grofs, refinous parts of the Tar can communicate nothing to cold water but what is hurtful : on which principle it is agreed tin: Tarwater fhould not be made twice of the fame Tar. That the light ttherealoils [thereof j are fo fiery, caufticand inflammatory, that they cannot be fafely adminiftered internally without as much caution as is neceflary to effential oils ; and it is accordingly agreed that they ought to be fepatated by fkiniming or filtering. That the heavy, grofs, half burnt oils and gums, which €nk to ;he bottom of the Tarwater, or of the acidjuicc,and therewith make i com- APPENDIX. a compound muddy liquor, ate alfo rejected by confent as an internal medi- cine, for reafons much of the fame nature. So that we are reduced to feck the medical virtues of Tar in thenar, greenifh, acid liquor: and here e*nly he believes they will be found to refide. That this fecms to be the native, nourifhingjap of the vegetable ; and confifts of a pure water, im- pregnated with the penetrating, aBive, acid falts of the wood, by means whereof the finefiparts of the eft'ential oil ate perfectly diflblved, and moft intimately united therewith, fo as to rife together with the fmalleft heat, unhurt by the fire. Mean time, this oil is altogether indif- cernible to the eye, unlefs by its natural greenifh colour. And that this compound therefore appears to be a true, volatile, fluid, acid Joap ; and both from its compofition and experience will be found an excellent atte- nuating, deohflruent, alterative medicine. " That for trying the goodnefs of Tar before, or Tarwater after it is made, he recommends to pour a little thereof on fome bits of chalk; if an- effervefcence docs not prefently follow, then we may be fure the Tar or Tarwater is not fit for our ufe ; but the ftronger the eifervefcence proves, fo much the better are they to be accounted. •' That he has all along taken it for granted, that Tar is poflcfled of excellent virtues, which it communicates to cold water by infufion ; that this cannot be denied, becaufe a multitude offafis have appeared to vouch it, fince the firft publication of the benevolent Bifhop of Cloyne*s learned, elegant, entertaining recommendation of it. " That as experience is the fureft teft, he appeals to the immemorial practice of thote who live near the places where Tar is ufually made : who, inflructed by chance, and convinced by experience, ufe Tarwater for all complaints ; they drink the pure acid liquor which fwims natu- rally on the furface of the Tar, after all the grojs farts have fubfided, and the ethereal oilis fkimmed off. Some lake it alone, others mingled with a little water. And it has alfo been long ufual, even among us [in and about London] for confumptive, decayed, worn out people, to repair to the Red-Houfe at Deptford, as their laft refort, tliere drink the clear liquor from the barrelled Tar, and be cured." And he thus concludes—" I fhall efteem myfelf very happy, if any thing I have faid may contribute to make this excellent medicine ftill jnore ^ni.verfally ufeful and fafe." An Alphabetical INDEX Of tire Diftempers mentioned in the foregoing, Nar- rative. AGUE, Seclhn 46, 208, 214, 247 Aftuma, 33, 69, 71, 89, 90, 336 B. Barrennefs, 241 Bilious fever, 274 Bloody-flux, 102 Bloody urine, 280 Blood from the lungs, S3 Boils, 95 Bruife, 244 C. Cancer, 51, 271, 281, 240, 268 Canker in the mouth, 98 Colic, 29,62, 134, 135, 144, 204 Cold, 151, 287, 62, 66,70, 109, ^ l69 Coniumption, 186, 284 Contraction of the bowels, 222 Coftivenefs, 96, 238, 239, zd Letter 20s Cramp, 85, 96, 172, 190 Coughs, 46, 47. 66, 70, 79, So, 83 D. Deafnefs, 96 201, 223, 237, 276 zd Letter 15 Dead ague, 21/ Decay, 64, 70, 89, 92, in, 133 Diabetes, 236, 279 Difficulty of breathing, 112, 120 Diforders of women lying-in, 278, 290 Dizzinefs, 50, no, 129, 273 Dropfy, 57, 103, 188 Dry cough, 105 E. Eryfipelas, 106, 192 Excrefccnce on the head, 229 F. Facies hippocratica, 99 Fever, 96. 101, iai, 127* f^i, 210 Fits, 234, 285, 302 Fiftula, zd Letter \$ Fluor alb us, ii6 Foul diforder, 202 G. Gangrene in the blood, ij Let. 21 Giddinefs, 86 Gonorrhoea, 112 Gout, 85, 88, 107, 109. 129, 134 Gravel, 29,87, no, 233, 232 Green ficknefs, 48 H. Hardnefs of the belly, 1^7 Heaving, 86 Headach, 96, 232, 242, 273 Heart-burn, 98, 172 Heclic, 83, 99 Hoarfenefs, 172, 197 Hyfterics, 94, 97, 147, 283 Jaundice, 149 111 habit of body, 207 Impofthume in the head, 27Z Incurables, 83, 279 Inflammation in the head, 192 -----------in the leg, 180, 275 -----------in the lungs, 151, 252 Inflammatory diforders, 45, 80 Itch, 113, 117, 129, 174 K. King's-evil, 136,137,177,178,179 i-Ja Lamenefs in the limbs, 191, 334 Loathing in the ftomach oi all fufte- nsnce, 73, 86 Loofenefs, 121, 139 Loofenefs of the teeth, 110 Lots of the ufe of the limbs, 78 Lofs of complexion, 93 Lownefsof fpirits, 46, 84,100, 139 Lumbago, 76 Lumps in the head, 228 ■ under the jaws, 127 M. Megrim, 96,142., 273 Menfes, 290 N. Nervous diforders, 62, 87, 94, j.^ Numbnefs or tingling in the legs, 184 O. Oppreffion in the ftomach, 64, 79, 176 / T Oppreflion in the chcft and heart, '59 P. Tains in the arm, 154 • in the back, 134, 172 —— in the finews, 195 —— in'the belly and hip, 285, 335 >----in the cheit and body, 224 —— in the bowc s, 104, 135, 147 •---- in.the inward parts, 203, 212 ----in the legs, 189, 227 _■ - in the had, 81 .----in the fide, f], 80, 176, 187 —— in the ftomach, 104, 126 -----in tlu nmos, 73, 144 Pally, 29, 160 Paralytic d-.forders, 97,230 Palpitation of ihe heart,62, 77, 81 Piles, 29, 212, zdLet. 15 Peripneumonv, 252 Pleurify, 101, 309 Pleuritic diforders, 99, 133, I38» 230 Prolapfus Uteri, 267 R. Rheumatifm, 29, ioo, 118,143,222 Rheumatic pains, 63, 76, gb, 107 S. Short breath, 77, 120, 122, 123 Scald head, 199 Sciatica, 107 Scurf, 235 ■ Scurvy and fcorbutic diforders, 29, 40, 63, 67, 73. 8'2«9I- 9S« 96 Small-pox, 42, 52, 127, 209, 260 St. Anthonys fire, 106 Spitting blood, 80, in, 145, 200 Greac fpitting, 169, 200 Spots black, 234 ..-■_- Sicknefs in the itomach, 62, 86 Spafms, 62,81 Sores, outward running, 235, 326 Sore leg, 250, 275 Sore chopped lips and noftrils, 287 Sore throat, 172,182, 248 Sores aid fwellings in the back of horfes, 287 Sleepinefs, no, 142 Stiffnefs in the limbs, 107 Spruce beer, to make, 114 StriSures of the lungs, 135 FIN Stitches, toi, 122,133, 25!, 261 Strangury, 236 Streightnefa in the breaft, 120, 291 Stone, 134, 285 Stupidity, 270 Sweats, 80, 99. _ Sweats in the night, 83,m, 129 Swellings in the bowels, &c. 47,68 --------_— legs, thighs, &c. 206 Swooning, 283 T. Tar, the beft, zd Letter 3 Tarwater, how made, ib. z . a cordial, ib. 8 .---------its falts not corrofive, ib. 23 ,?, — .--------cures by affifting the vit vita,, ib. 24. Tendernefs in thefeet, 85 Teeth loofe, 98, no Tetter, 245 Great Thirft, 119 U. Ulcer in the bladder, 93, 276 Ulcer in the lungs, 99 Ulcer in the throat, 210 Ulcers, 103, 184 Vapours, 228 Vomiting, 62 W. A large Wen, 228 Wind in the ftomach, 232 Want of perfpiration in tne feet, 85 Want of appetite, 40, 122, 158, 232 Want of fleep, 73, 122, 135 Want of complexion, 318 Tarwater particularly recommend- ed to feafaring men, 311 --------■ to hofpitals, infirmaries, poor houfes, &c 312 ■ to gentlemen in the coun try, for the relief of the poor, 313 ----—- to fedentary perfons, 314 in new and defperate cafesl2:. IS!-i,i.^ "He