*■''if ~ZV& & NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Washington W £JU<^%$> )W^ 4 a: fdA EVERY MAN HIS OWN PHYSICIAN- BEING A complete Colleftion of efficacious and APPROVED REMEDIES, For every Disease incidentjftQ ^ ;alT r*.'AN. A'- -.'.-•'" '-',' •> A . HUMANB^)f' *N, )?lain Inflru&ions for their\jQrtiroon ~\3&ft, ?>■<.* Br yoHN Theobald, M. D. Author of the Medulla Medicine. Compiled at the command of his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Cumberland. SEVENTH EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: Printed by JONES, HOFF & DERRICK, No. 8, North Fifth-Street. P R E F ACE. ALT' HOUG H publifljers of receiptf have been always very numerous, yet it has fo hap- penned, that the leafi able have hitherto under- taken this tafk, as the moft eafy and likely to anfwer any mercenary views; which feems to have been the reafon, that more able perfons have neglecled it as an under part of their profeffton. Never- thelefs, I have perfuaded piyfelf, that I pould perform a work, neither intirely void of ufe, nor foreign to the duties of my profeftion, if I made the public partakers of the principal helps againfl moft difeafes, which I had either learned by long experience, or felecled from the writings of the moft eminent phyficians. As thefe receipts are publijhed chiefly for the ufe of perfons read- ing in the country, whofe convenience or abilities, will not allow of the attendance of a phyfician or apothecary, I have fludied plainntfs in my Ihyle, and in my directions, with regard to the treatment of the difeafes, that I might render this treatife as ufeful as pojjible, y. THEOBALD. A 2 PREFACE T O T H E SECOND EDITION. THE favourable reception this work has 7uet with, as is fufficiently ftoewn by the re\ markable quick fale of the firfl large i?iu prcjfton, has induced ike editor (to fupport tin credit of what is really beneficial to the public^ and add weight to the receipts J to publifh tht authoritiesfromwheneethofe receipts were taken; and to make itflill more ufeful, he hath alfo ad- ded the figns of difeafes, and fome plain anq concife directions for bleeding. He begs leave t-o remark, that although Dr. Theobald hath in general given no more than one receipt for thi cure of one difordsr, yet he has been careful /c fclecl Juch, only, as, upon long experience, wcrt\ found to be the beft: and that although receipt^ are given for difeafes which are fcldom curt, /, (as an apoplexy, confnnption, he.) yet, if it is in the power of medicine to remove anv of th.fc complaints, there is the greateft re of on to imagine^ thai the remedies direflcd in this pamphlet will cjfeel a cure. INDEX OF DISEASES, For which Remedies are propof- ed in this Treatife. jnL C H E S, from Colds Page i After pains ib. Agues, or Intermitting Fevers 2 Apoplexy 4 Appetite, want of 5 Afthma ib. Saint Anthony's Fire 3 Baldnefs 6 Bite of a Mad Dog 8i ----—of a Viper or Adder 6 Bleeding at the Nofe 7 Blood, fpitting of i 6 Bloody Flux 7 Boils 8 Breads, Diforders of the 39 8 Bruifes, External ------Internal ib. Burns and Scalds 9 Cancer r\ Chapt Nipples 9 40 1 INDEX. Colds Cholic Chilblains Confumption Convulfions Corns Coftivenefs, to prevent Cough > ■ • Hooping Decays, fee Confumptions Deafnefs Delivery, to promote Diabetes, and pifling of Blood Directions for preferving Health for bleeding Dropfy Dry Belly-Ach Drowning Ear-Ach Excoriations Eyes, Diforders of the Fainting Falling Sicknefs Fevers, Inflammatory Fevers, Nervous Spotted Fits, feeHyfterics Fiftula Giddinefs INDEX. Gout G avel and Stone Green Sicknefs Gripes Head-Ach Heart-burn Hoarfenefs Hyfterics Hard Swellings Hip-Gout Hooping-Cough Jaundice Indigeftion Inflamations Itch Inflamations of the Intermitting Fever, King's Evil Leaprofy Lethargy, fee Apoplexy Limbs frozen X-oofenefs Madnefs Mealies Menfes, immoderate Flow of —------—Suppreflion of Mifcarriage Mortifications Bowels fee Agues INDEX. Page Milk-Fever, to prevent 40 Nervous Diforders 37 Nipples, Chapt 40 Noife in the Ears 38 Opiate 38 Obftructions ib. Old Ulcers ib. Ointment for the Eyes 19 Pains in the Joints, fee Hip-Gout 28 Pain in the Stomach, fee Heart-burn 26 Palfy 42 Piles 41 Pleurify 42 Poifon, to expel 43 Quinfey 43 Rheumatifm 43 Retention of Urine 45 Rickets in Children 44 Ruptures 45 Rules for nurfing fick Perfons 68 Scald Head 45 Scurvy 46 Small-Pox ib. Sore Throat, fee Quinfey 43 Strains " 48 Sweating, Exccflive 49 Slow Fever, fee Nervous Fever 21 IN D EX Stranguary Stone, fee Gravel Stich in the Side, fee Pleurify Shingles Swelled Legs Teeth, difficult cutting of Tooth-Ach Tettars Thirfl, exceflive Thruffi Throat Sore, fee Quinfey -------Putrid Tympany Violent Pains after Delivery fee Pains Vomitting Ulcers of the Lungs -------Kidneys -------Bladder Ulcers, in the Womb ------old Warts Whites White Swellings Wind Watery Gripes Waging away of Children Whitloe "V' orms Wounds, green I N D E T O T H E APPENDIX. RECE IP T for making Opodeldoc k the Clyfler Decoclion -----Hartfhorne Drink Barley Water -----Viper Broth -----an excellent Fomentation -----Infuflon of Senna a Purging Draught Hiera Picra Tinclure of ditto —-—Mindererus's Spirit the Bitter Tinclure -----Duke of Portland's Gout Powder Sir Hans Shane's Ointment for 7 fore Eyes y Dr. Mead's Remedy for the 7 Bite of a Mad Dog 3 ———the Tonquin Remedy ——Steven's Stone Medicine a Warm Purge ——Receipt for making Daffy's Elixir •----Tinclure of Rhubarb ——Volatile Tinclure Friar's Balfam Diachylon with the Gums INDEX. Page ,----limits Diachylon 84 -----Strengthning Plaifler ib* -----Ointment of Elder °5 -----Spermaceti Ointment if* -----Ointment of Marpmallows ib. -----Ointment for Burns and Scalds 9 -----Tellow Bqfilicon 86 ----a Powder for the Teeth _ ib. ----a Lip Salve ib* -----Lime Water ib. -----Camphorated Spirits of Wine ib. ——Hungary Water 87 -----Lavender Water ib. 1 1 Lavender Drops ib, EVERY MAN HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. Aches and Pains. RUB a little opodeldoch upon the part affected, two or three times a day, and wear a flannel upon it; if this does not give relief, take twenty drops of volatile tincture of guaicum, (prepared as directed in the Appendix,) every night and morning, in a glafs of fpring water. Heifler. After-Pains. Take one fcruple of fpermaceti, five grains of volatile fait of hartfhorn, five drops of balfam of Peru, and half a drachm of Venice treacle ; mix them into a bolus, with as Much fyrup of white poppies as is fufficient to make a bolus ; to be repeated every fix hours till the pains abate. Cover the woman up warm, and let her drink plentifully of caudle. B 2 EVERY MAN Lying-inn women fhoulc- on no account be permitted to quit their beds before the end of the firft fortnight after delivery, fmce noth- ing fo effectually prevents a milk fever and other dangerous diforders (at the fame time that the neceflary cleanfings are thereby en- couraged) as warmth and a fpare diet, with drinking plentifully of warm diluting liquors. Getting up too fcon is always productive of bad confequences. Heijicr & Smellic. Ague, or Intermitting Fever. Signs of. A violent head-ach, a wearinefs of the limbs, a pain in the loins, a coldnefs of the external parts, a fhivering and fliaking, fome- times fo much as to make the very bed fliake under them ; a great third and burning heat, and frequent inclination to vomit. After- wards the fymptoms begin to abate, the fkin becomes moift, the urine is of a flame colour, but without a fediment, and a iweat breaking out terminates the fit. Method of Cure. Firft vomit the fick perfon, by giving half a drachm of the powder of ipecacuanha, and work it off with chamomile tea: then let the fick perfon take the following powder : Of the beft Peruvian bark, powdered, one ounce "; of Virginia fnake-root, and fait of wormwood, each one drachm; mix thefe well together, and divide them into eight dofes, HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 3 one paper to be taken every two hours in a glafs of red wine or any other liquid. This is a certain and infallible cure; but care muft be taken to adminifter it only in the intervals of the fits; and it muft be repeated for two or three days, about ten days after the firft cure, or. elfe the diforder will frequently return. In obftinate cafe;?, removing into a drier air has been found of great fervice for perfons of robuft conftitutions after taking the ipecacuanha vomit. Dr. Mead directs a drachm of powder of myrrh to be taken, aa. hour before th^1 ague firft comes on, in a glafs of fack. Huxham. Saint Anthony's Fire. Signs of. This difeafe affects every part of the body, but moft frequently the face, and it happens at all times of the year. But whatever part is affected, a chillnefs and fhivering generally at- tend the diforder, with great thirft, reftleflhefs, and other figns of a fever ; the face fwells of a fudden, with great pain and rednefs, and abundance of fmall pimples appear, which often rife up into fmall blifters, and fpread over the forehead and head, the eyes being quite clofed by the largenefs of the fwelling. This, in the country, is ufually called a Blaft. Method of Cure. Let the fick perfon lofe eight or ten ounces of blood, and repeat the bleeding -more than B 2 4 EVERYMAN once if the fymptoms run high ; apply to the part a poultice of white bread and milk, with a little hog's lard in it; let the poultice be changed twice in a day ; but flannels wrung out of a ftrong decoction of elder flowers applied warm afford the fpeedieft eafe and- relief; and every other morning take the following purge, till the diforder is cured : viz. Glauber's fait one ounce, manna half an ounce : mix and diffolve it in warm water for one dofe. The diet in this difeafe muft be very low, chiefly water-gruel, or at moft weak broth; all ftrong liquors and flefh meat muft be avoided as poifon. Sharp. Apoplexy. The immediate preceding Signs are, Tremblings, ftaggering, a giddinefs in the head, dimness of fight, fleepinefs, lofs of memory, noife in the ears, and deep and laborious breathing. The difeafe itfelf is a total deprivation of fenfe and motion, except that of "refpiration, which is performed with diihculty and fnoring. It ufually ends in a paralytic diforder, and is feldom curable, but always leaves behind it a great defect of mem- ory, judgment and motion. Method of £ure. Cupping in the nape and fides of the neck is always ufeful, provided the fcarifications HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. f are deep enough to give a free paffage to the blood ; ftimulating clyfters and warm purges are alfo of fervice, as is the following elec- tuary. Take half an ounce of powdered heath valerian, and one once and an half of conferve of orange peel, and mix them to- gether ; the dofe is the quantity of a nutmeg every four hours, diflblved in a cAp-full of rofemary tea. Apply a ftrong bhMer to the back and the legs." The diet muft be very fparing. Mead, Sydenham and Heifler. Appetite, Want of. Drink chamomile tea every day an hour before dinner, or take ten drops of acid elix- ir of vitriol in a glafs of water, about two hours before, and about two hours after din- ner every day. A gentle puke fhould precede the ufe of thefe remedies, for which purpofe nothing is preferable to the powder of ipeca- cuanha, a fcruple of which is fufHcient for a do;c, and fhould be worked off with weak chamomile tea. Mead. Asthma or Phthisick. Signs of. An obftructed and very laborious breath- ing, attended with unfpeakable anxiety, and a itraitnefs about the breaft. Mctl'od of Cure. Diffolve two drachms of gum ammomacum in half a pint of pennyroyal water, and add an once of oxymel of fquills. Three large 6 EVERY MAN fpoonfuls of this mixture may be taken :'c- quently ; or from twenty to thirty drops of the paregoric elixir may be taken in pennyroyal water, two or three times in a day. Bleeding is generally proper, as is a large blifter applied to the back or the legs, and gentle vomits. The diet fhould be flen- der, and malt liquors muft be avoided, being very pernicious. Mead. Baldness. Rub the part frequently with an onion till it looks red: the ufe of bear's greafe is alfo recommended as particularly ferviceable in this cafe, being more fubtle and penetrating than any other animal fat hitherto known. Bite of a Mad Dog. Dr. Mead's powder, and the Tonquin rem- edy ; for both which receipts fee the Appen- dix. Bite of an Adder or Viper. Thefatofthis animal rubbed well into the part bitten prevents the ill confequences of f uch a wound. Where this fat cannot be procured, the fame good effects will be produced by bathing the part well with warm fallad oil. Philofophical Tranfaclions and Mead. Spitting of Blood. Take red rofe leaves dried, half an ounce, I twenty drops or oil of vitriol, one ounce and! an halt of refined fugar, and pour two pints! HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 7 and an half of boiling water on thefe ingre- dients in an earthen veffel; let it ftand to be cold, and take half a quarter of a pint fre- quently. In this diforder, frequent bleeding in fmall quantities is proper, not exceeding four, or, at the moft, fix ounces at each time, according to the ftrength of the fick perfon. Hoffman, and Mead. Bleedinc at the Nose. Apply to the back part and the fides of the neck, a linen cloth dipt in cold water, in which fait prunella has been diflblved. In very obftinate cafes bleeding in the foot is ufe- ful. Internally, the quantity of a nutmeg of the following electuary may be taken three or four times in a day. Take the feeds of white henbane, and white poppies, each half an ounce; conferve of rofes three ounces ; and mix them into an electuary with fyrup of diacodion. Sydenham, and Boyle. ^loody Flux, Signs of. Generally begins with coldnefs and fhiver- ing, fucceeded by a quick pulfe, and intenfe thirft. The ftools are greafy, and fometimes frothy mixed with blood, with filaments in- termixt, which have the appearance of melted fuet, and are attended with intolerable grip- ings, and a painful defcent as it were of the bowels. 8 EVERY MAN Method of Cure. Bleed firft, then give the following vomit; half a drachm of vow \cx of ipecacuanha ; work it off with chamomile tea ; repeat this vomit«every other day, for three or four times. On the intermediate days, between each vomit, let the fick perfon take a large fpoon- ful of the following mucilage, warm, every hour: diifolve half an ounce of gum ar<:- bic, and half an ounce of gum tragacanth, in a pint of barley water, over a gentle fire. Clifters made of fat mutton broth are of great fervice. The fick perfon muft abftain from malt and fpirituous liquors. Mead, Boils. Apply a plaifter of diachylon with thd gums, once every day, till they are cured. To prevent their return, a few dofes of cool- ing phyfic are proper. Wifeman, Bruises, Internal. Take a large fpoonful of cold drawn linfeed oil, two or three times in a day. The patient muft alfo be blooded to the quantity of eight or ten ounces : and if the fymptoms are violent, the bleeding muft be repeated at difcretion. Sydenham, Bruises, External. Bathe the part with a little fpirits of wine and camphire, which in flight calea will effed X. HIS OWN P«YSICIAN. f N. a cure ; but if that fails it will be neceffary to apply a poultice of ftale beer grounds and oatmeal, with a little hog's lard, Which muft be applied frcfh every day till the bruife is entirely cured. Heifer. Burns and Scalds. Take May butter unfalted, and white wax, of each fix ounces ; oil olives, half a pint; lapis calaminaris one ounce and'an half; melt the wax and butter with the oil, and ftir in the lapis calaminaris finely powdered, till it is too hard to let it fettle. This is an excellent ointment for the above purpofe, and is to be applied once a day fpread on a fine linen rag. Turner. C a n c e R. Signs of. Begins at the firft with a fmall tumour, about the fize of a nut, which does not change the colour of the fkin, and fometimes remains for feveral years without encreaf- ing. But as foon as the virulent humour be- comes more active, the fmall hard fwelling becomes, all of a fudden, a large, round, livid, unequal tumour, and is attended with an intenfe fhooting pain : at length it breaks, and turns into a fharp ftinking fanies, which eating away the found parts, the lips of the wound become offenfive to the fight, and the patient being worn out with intolerable pain, at laft enfues death. This diforder may inr IO EVE** MAN feft any part of the body, but moft frequent- ly the breaffs arm-pits, behind the ears, the lips, nofe, and private parts. Method of Cure. Boil a quarter of a pound of guaicum fhav- ings in fix pints of water, till it comes to four pints : drink a pint of this decoction twice a day, milk warm. External appli- cations moft proper, are poultices of white bread and milk, and fomentations of milk and water ; and the cancer fhould be defen- ded from the cold air, by a piece of fine lin- en, on which a little of the fpermaceti oint- ment (the compofition of which you will fee in the Appendix) is fpread, and fhould be re- newed two or thr.ee times in a day. Dr. Love of Greenock. Dr. Storck of Vienna greatly recommends the ufe of hemlock in cancerous cafes, and gives feveral furprizing inftance of its fuccefs. The part affected is to be fomented every night and morning with hot flannels wrung out of a deco&ion of this plant, prepared by boil- ing four ounces of dried ftinking hemlock in a gallon and an half of water, till one third part is boiled away, and is to be afterwards covered with the following poultice. Boil a pint of the hemlock fomentation with as much oatmeal as is neceffary to give it a prop- er confiftencc for a poultice ; during the ufe of thefe external applications the patient muft take the extract or infpiffated juice of this HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. n plant inwardly, beginning with two grains only night and morning : the quantity is to be increafed by degrees, till it amounts to the quantity of thirty grains in the twenty- four hours. Chilblains. Are fwellings on the hands or feet from violent cold, accompanied with heat, rednefs, pricking pains, and intolerable itching. On their firft appearance bathe them with fnow- water, or hold them over the fleam of boil- ing vinegar ; but when they break and be- come fores, they muft be fomented with a fomentation, the receipt for making whereof is given in the Appendix, and a drefling ap- plied of yellow bafelicon mixed with a few drops of fpirits of turpentine and fpread on fine lint; the limb muft be kept warm ; and, if they are obftinate, a fparing diet muft be obferved. Heifer. C h o l i c K. Take two ounces of Daffy's elixir, and re- peat it as occafion may require ; or half a drachm of powder of rhubarb toafted a little before the fire. guincey. Colds. Colds may be cured by lying much in bed, by drinking plentifully of warm fack-whcy, with a few°drops of fpirits 'of hartfhorn in it, or any other warm fmall liquor ; living upon puddings, fpoon meats, chickens, &c. and 12 EVERY MAN drinking every thing warm. In fhort, it muft at firft be treated as a fmall fever, with gentle diaphoretics ; fuch as half a drachm of the compound powder of contrayerva, taken night and morning ; or half an ounce of Mindererus' fpirit may be given every night going to reft, drinking a plentiful draught of fack-whey after it. If any cough fliould remain, after ufing this method a few days, the medicines directed under the article of Coughs, muft be taken. This is a much more eafy, natural and cer- tain method, than the common practice by balfamics, linctuffes, and the like, which fpoil the ftomach, deftroy the appetite, and hurt the conftitution. Dr. Cheyne. Consumption. Signs of A dry cough, a difpofition to vomit after eating, an uneafy ftraitnefs of the breaft, fpitting of blood, a quicknefs of the pulfe after meals, and flufhing of the cheeks. As the difeafe advances, the matter brought up by the cough, if fpit into the fire, yields an offenfive fmell; if into a glafs of water, it finks to the bottom ; profufe night-fweats, loofenefs, and wafting away of the whole body. Method of Cure. A milk diet, riding on horfeback, country air, and bleeding frequently in fmall quanti« HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 13 ties at each time taking away not more than fix ounces of blood, are the moft efficacious remedies in this diftemper; fnails boiled in mijk have fometimes been of fervice as is alfo the Peruvian bark, when it does not occafion a purging. Sydenham, Boerhaave, and Pringle. Convulsions in Children. Signs of. The mouth is drawn awry, the eyes are diftorted, and the face turns blackifh ; the child's fift is clenched, and the globes of the eyes feem immoveable. When thefe fymp- toms give wav, the child is fleepy till another fit comes on. Method of Cure. Give three or four drops of the tincture of wood-foot, or a few hartfhorn drops in a tea-fpoonful of water frequently. A biifter applied to the nape of the neck is alfo fer- viceable. Sydenham. Corns. After foaking them a confiderable time in warm water, pare away carefully with a pen- kife the uppermoft ?:id hardeft furface : then apply a plaifter of green wax, c: diachylon with the gums, fpread on thin leather; re- peat this method (v hich is perfectly fafe) a few times, and it will feldom fail to extirpate them entirelv. He/flcr. D 14 E V E R Y MAN COSTIVENESS. Take the fize of a nutmeg of lenitive elec- tuary every morning, or as often as occafion requires. uvaw. Cough. Take oil of fweet almonds and fyrup of balfam of each two ounces ; four ounces of barley water, and thirty drops of fpirits of f J volatile ; fhake them well together, and take two large fpoonfuls when the cough is troublefome. If this medicine does not re- move the cough in a few days, it will be ab- folutely neceflary to be blooded. Pringlc. Decays, see Consumptions. Deafness. Syringe the ears well with fome warm milk and oil ° then take a quarter of an ounce of liquid opodeldoch, and as much of oil of almonds ; mix them well, and drop a few drops into each ear, flopping them with a little cotton or wool; repeat this every night going to reft. Fothergill Delivery, to Promote. Divide one grain of purified opium into tw^o pills, to be taken one fix hours after the other. Or take a fcruple of borax with a few grains of toafted nutmeg made in a bolus with coiii.rve of rofes. Mead. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 15 Diabetes. Signs of. Is an exceflive difcharge of urine, of the tafte, fmell and colour of honey, attended wkh an intenfe thirft, and a walling away of the Wiiole body. Method of Cure. Take of the fhavings of faffafras two oun- ces ; guaiacum one ounce ; liquorice root three ounces ; coriander feeds, bruifed, fix drachms ; infufe them cold in one gallon of lime-water for two or three days. The dofe is half a pint three or four times in a day. Or four ounces of alum whey, (which is pre- pared by boiling four pints of milk over a flow fire, with three drachms of alum, till it is turned into whey) may be taken three times in a day. Mead. N. B. Lime-water is made by pouring twelve pints of boiling water on a pound of unflacked lime ; when it is cold it is fit for ufe. Dropsy. Signs of. Difficulty of breathing, making very fmall quantities of urine, coftivenefs, great thirft, fwelling of the feet and ancles, which, when preft with the fingers, will pit ; fwelling of the belly, and falling away of the other parts. d 2 x6 EVERYMAN Method of Cure. Take powder of jalap, cream of tarter and Florentine itis, of each a quarter of an ounce: mix them: the do.fe is from thirty to forty grains every other day. On the in- termediate days take the quantity of a large nutmeg, every night and morning, of the following ele&uary. Take two drachms of powdered chamomile flowers, as much gin- ger, and half the quantity of prepared fleel; make it into an electuary with two ounces of conferve of orange peels. Diuretics fhould alfo be made ufe of. The following is excel- lent : Take broom afhes half a pound, and fteep them in a quart of Rhinifh wine cold, flrain off the liquor, and take a quarter of a pint three times in a day. Dr. Dover. Assistances for Drowned Persons. Directions with refpeel to drowned perfons. As feveral circumftances may happen to have continued life in fuch an unfortunate fit- uation, beyon the ufual term, we fhould al- ways endeavour to afford them the moft effec- tual relief, and not give them up as irre- coverable too foon ; iince it has been often known that, after the expiration of feveral hours, fuch bodies have fhewn fome apparent tokens of life. Firft, the wet cloths fhould be ftripped off, and the body ftrongly rubbed with dry coarfe cloths, and put as foon as poilible into a well heated bed; and this rub- HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 17 bing muft be continued a confiderable time together. Some perfon fhould force his own warm breath into the drowned perfon's lungs, and alfo the fmoke of tobacco by means of a pipe or funnel introduced into the mouth, flopping the fufferer's noftrils clofe at the fame time. If a furgeon can be procured, the jugular vein, or any large vein in the neck, fhould be opened, and ten or twelve ounces of blood taken away. This vein is to be preferred, becaufe it is feldon that any other vein will afford any quantity of blood under thefe ciicui lliances. The fmoke of tobacco fhould aKo be thrown up into the bowels by the fundament, by introducing the fmall end of a tobacco pipe well lighted up, the bowl of it wrapped up in a paper in which feveral holes are pricked, and through thefe the breach is to be ftrongly forced. Two pipes may be thus lighted and applied, to the anus and the other to the mouth, at the fame time. The ftrongeft volatiles fhould al/o be applied to the patient's noftrils. It is ufelefs, and even dangerous, to pour much liquid, of any kind into the mouth, as long as the pa- tient fhews no figns of life ; but as foon as he difcovers any motion, he fhould take five or fix fpoonfuls of a ftrong decoction of car- dus benedictus fweetned with honey ; and, if nothing elfe can be. had, fome warm water, with the addition of a little common fait. Laltly, notwithstanding we difcover fome to- kens of life, we fliould not ceafe to continue iS EVER Y M A N our affiftance, fince they fometimes irrecov- erably expire after thefe firft appearances of recovering. Having pointed out the moft effectual means of recovering drowned perfons, I fhall juft mention thofe which it is the general cu'lorn to ufe in the firft hurry. Drowned perfons are fometimes wrapped up in a fheep's fkin immediately flayed off, but this is lefs effica- cious than a bed well warmed and long con* tinued rubbing with hot flannels. The me- thod of rolling them in an empty hogfhead is dangerous, and lofes a deal of important time. The hanging them up by the feet is alfo danger- ous,and fhould be difcontinued; fince the froth, which is one of the caufes of their death, is too thick and vifcid to difcharge itfelf by its own weight ; and this pofture tends to in- creafe the over fullnefs of the head and k. .a. The covering the perfon with hot allies, hot fand, or hot fait, has often fucceeded, and may be tried, but fhould not make the affi- ants lefs attentive to the other methods cV.aa dy directed to be ufed for the recovery of v.z drowned perfon. Hallcr, and Tiffot, Dry Belly-Ach, or Nervous Ckolic Signs of Extreme coftivenefs, a moft violent pnin in the bowels, coldnefs of the hands and Lz, trembling, extreme anxiety, and a difpc•;".: i n to fainting, which is frequently fucceeded 1 y the palfy. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 19 Method of Cure. Give frequently the following clyfter. Take dryed mallow leaves an ounce; cham- omile flowers, and fweet fennel feeds, of each half an ounce ; water, a pint ; boil it for ufe. Take half a pint of this decoction, and add two fpoonfuls of fweet-oil, and half an ounce of Epfom fait; mix it for a clyfter to be repeated frequently. The warm bath is of the utmoft fervice in this diforder, as is alfo balfam of Peru given inwardly from twenty to forty drops in a fpoonful of pow- dered loaf fugar, three or four times in a day. Riverius, and Sydenham. E a r-A c h. The fmoke of tobacco blown into the ear is excellent. Hoffman. Excoriations in Children. Diffolve a little white vitriol in fpring wa- ter, and dab the part with it, which will heal them prefently. HeiJUr. Disorders of the Eyes. An excellent eye-water, lake two grains of fugar of lead, diffolve it in a quarter of a pint of fpring water. An Ointment for the Eyes. Dip a feather in a little ointment of tutty, and gently rub it acrofs the eyes every night going ro fleep. Turner. so EVERY MAN Fainting. Apply to the noftrils and temples fome fpir- its of falarmoniac, and give a few drops in a wine glafs of water inwardly. Hoffman, Falling Sickness. Signs of. A Wearinefs of the whole body, an heavy pain of the head, unquiet fleep, dimnefs of fight, a noife in the ears, a violent palpitation of the heart, a coldnefs of the joints, and a fenfe, as it were, of a cold air afcending from the extreme parts to the heart and brain; then they fall iuddenly on the ground, the thumbs are {hut up clofe in the palms of the hands, the eyes are diftorted and all fenfation is loft, fo that by no noife, nor even by pinch- ing the body, can they be brought to them- felves: they alfo froth at the mouth. Method of Cure. Take of Peruvian bark powdered one ounce, of wild valerian root half an ounce, of fyrup of orange peel a fufTicient quantity; make an electuary of this, and let the patient take the quantity of a nutmeg, (after proper evacuations, fuch as bleeding and purging) morning and evening, for three months toge- ther, and then repeat it three or four days be- fore the new and full moon. Mead. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. *I Fevers Inflammatory. Signs of. The breath is very hot, and there is a dry- nefs of the whole fkin, and fenfe of heat; the refpiration is thick, difficult and quick ; the tongue is dry, yellow, parched and rough ; the thirft is unquenchable ; a vafl anxiety, reftleffnefs, and wearinefs, frequent inclinations to vomit, and fometimes light- headednefs and convulfions. Method of Cure. Bleed to the amount of ten or twelve oun- ces, vomit with half a drachm of ipecacuanha, work it off with chamomile tea ; if coftive, injecT, as ofton as occafion requires, the clyfter dire&ed under the article of the Dry Belly-Ach, and give inwardly the following mixture. Take of fait of wormwood half a drachm, lemon-juice three quarters of an ounce, fait of prunella ten grains, fpring water one ounce ; mix them together for one dofe, and repeat it every fix hours. Huxman Nervous Fever. Signs of. Slight chilineffes often in a day, with un- certain (lufhes of heat, a vafl dejection and anxiety of the fpirits, a giddinefs and pain of the head, an inclination to yawn and dofe, a drynefs of the lips and tongue without any confiderable thirft; the countenance heavy, E 22 EVERY MAN pale and dejected ; frequent fick fits ; the urine is pale and made often and fuddenly; the pulfe is low, quick and unequal. Method of Cure. A vomit is neceffary when the ficknefs and load of the flomach is urgent ; if the body is coftive, clifters of milk, fugar and fait, may be injected every fecond or third day. Blifters muft be applied to the nape of the neck, head and legs ; the fick perfon mufl be kept quiet in body and mind ; opiates are commonly hurtful; a little wine may be al- lowed, and thin wine whey is proper for common drink. Give the following draught every fix hours. Take fait of hartfhorn ten grains, lemon juice half an once, fimple wine water one ounce and an half, compound fpirits of lavender and fyrup of faffron, of each one drachm and an half, mix them to- gether for one dofe. Huxhanu Putrid or Spotted Fevers. Signs of The head aches and is hot, dull, and at- tended with a dejection of mind from the be- ginning ; a conftant watchfulnefs ; the coun- tenance is dejected; the pulfe is languid, fmall andjow. A pain in the back and loins, a great load at the pit of the flomach, a per- petual vomiting of black bile: the thirft is commonly very great, and all drinks feem bitter and maukifh: the tongue at the begin- HIS OWN PHYSICIAN 23 ning is white, but grows daily more dark and dry, with a kind of dark bubble on the top, and livid or brown fpots appear over the whole furface of the fkin. Method of Cure. Gentle vomits are neceffary in the begen- ning; and, if the body is too coftive, a cly- fter of milk, fugar and fait, may be given as often as occafion requires ; wine diluted with water, and acidulated with the juice of Seville oranges, may be ufed for common drink; and the following has been found of greater efficacy in this diforder than any other medicine. Boil three drachms of Peruvian bark in powder, and three drachms of Virginia fnake- root in powder, in a pint of water, till half a pint is boiled away ; then add a quarter of a pint of good red Port wine; the dofe is a tea-cup full every three or four hours. Dr. Pringle. Fistula. Take a quarter of a pound of elecampane root, three quarters of a pound of fennel feeds, and a quarter of a pound of black pepper; pound thefe feparately and fift them through a fine fieve ; take half a pound of honey, and half a pound of powder fugar, melt the honey and the fugar together over the fire, fcumming them continually till they become bright as amber 7 when they are cool, tj 24 EVERYMAN mix and knead them into your powder, in the form of a foft pafte. The dofe is the fize of a nutmeg, morning, noon and night, drinking a glafs of wine or water after it. This is Dr. Ward's receipt for curing Fif- tulas; and, if it does not fucceed, immedi- ate rccourfe muft be had to a ikilful furgeon. Giddiness. Take twenty drops of tincture of caftor in a glafs of wTater two or thee times in a day; or from a fcruple to a drachm of pow- der of valerian root, three or four times in a day : when this diforder proceeds from too great a fullnefs of the veffels of the head, bleeding will certainly give relief. Mead. Gout. Signs of. A pain refembling that of a diflocated bone, fucceededed by a chillnefs, fhivering and a flight fever, ufually feizes the great toe, heel and calf of the leg or ancle, which becomes fo exquifitely painful as not to endure even the weight of the bed cloaths ; the part looks red and is very much fwelled ; the urine is high coloured, and lets fall a kind of red gra- velly fediment. Method of Cure. Take a tea-fpoonful of volatile tincture of guaiacum, every night going to reft, in a HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. aj glafs of water be covered warm, and drink plentifully of weak fack whey. In the inter- vals of the fits, exercife, fuch as walking and riding, is abfolutely neceffary to prevent a return ; and the duke of Portland's gout pow- dor, the receipt of which we have given in our Appendix, fhould be taked according ta the directions annexed thereto. Dr. Cheyne. Gravel and Stone. Signs of. A pain in the loins, bloody urine, a numb- nefs of the thigh or leg on the fide affe£led, a ficknefs at the flomach, and frequent vom- itings. Method of Cure. Take one pound of calcined oyfter-fhells, and pour thereon twelve pints of boiling water ; ftrain it when cold, and take half a pint mixed with a little new milk, three times in a day, gradually increafing the quan- tity, till it amounts to four pints a day. If the patient is coftive, two ounces of manna dillolved in a quart of whey, fhould be taken for one dofe, once or twice every week. Dr. Whytt and Sydenham. Green Sickness. Signs of. A pale complexion, fwelling of the an- cles, wearinefs of the whole body, difficulty F 26 EVERY MAN of breathing, a palpitation of the heart, drowfinefs, a defire of eating coals, chalk, &c. and a fuppreflion of the monthly courfes. Method of Cure. Take thirty drops of the tin£lure of black hellebore, two or three times in a day, in a glafs of water or wine, ufing mod- erate exercife ; or the pills directed under the article of Obflruclions. Chalybeate wa- ters are alfo of fervice, and bleeding in the foot about the time of menftruation. Mead. Gripes. Take half a drachm of powdered rhubarb, and toaft it a little before the fire, then add a little powder of ginger to it, and mix it for one dofe, to be repeated as occafion re- quires ; or take a wine-glafs of Daffy's elixir. Radcliff'e. H E A D-Ac H. Apply leeches behind the ears, and take twenty drops of tindlure of caftor in a glafs of water frequently : if this fail, take a fcru- ple of pil. Rufi every night going to reft, for a week or ten days. Haller. Heart-Burn. Take a little chalk fcraped in a glafs of wa- ter, or a tea-cup full of chamomile tea. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. *7 Hoarseness. Take the medicines directed under the ar- ticle of Coughs;, or as much as will lie on a milling of the following powder, three or four times in a day : take fpermaceti and fugar-candy, of each equal parts, and make them into a fine powder, or a tea-fpoonful of Barbadoes tar in a glafs of old rum, every night going to reft. Three or four Well- feet oyfters fwallowed e~rly in the morning faffing, afford furprifing relief in this com- plaint. Shaw. Hysterics. Signs of. An intercepted breathing, almoft to fuf- focation, fainting, lofs of fpeech, great drow- finefs, exceeding coftivenefs, and making large quantities of urine, almoft as clear as water. Method of Cure. Take fimple pepper-mint water, twelve ounces ; one ounce of powdered valerian, and half an ounce of lavender drops; mix them together, and take three large fpoonfuls two or three times in a day, and alio apply to the navel a large galbanum plaifter. Hoffman and Mead. Hard Swellings. Apply a plaifter of diachylon with the gums, fpread thick on leather, or a mercuri- al plaifter. Parey. F 2 38 EVERYMAN H I P-G OUT. Signs of. A violent pain in the joint of the thigh and lower part of the loins, which fometimes reaches to the leg, and even the extremity of the foot, without any fwelling or change of colour of the fkin. Method of Cure. Take a drachm of setherial oil of turpen- tine, and three times as much honey mixt with it, every morning, for fix or feven days at fartheft, drinking plentifully of warm lack whey after it. Cheyne. Hooping-Cough. Boil a good handful of dried coltsfoot leaves cut fmall, in a pint of fpring water till about one half is boiled away, llrain the liquor through a cloth and fqueeze the herbs as dry as you can ; diffolve in the liquor an ounce of brown fugar-candy, and give the child (if it be but three or four years old, and fo in proportion) a fpoonful of it cold or warm, according to the feafon of the year, three or four times a day, or oftner, till the vio- lence of the diftemper is abated ; or the child may take from five to twenty drops, according to its age, of elixir afthmaticum three or four times a day ; a gentle vomit fhould precede the ufe of either of thefe rem- edies ; and, in very bad cafes, a blifter HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 29 applied to the nape of the neck will be ne- ceffary ; bleeding is highly improper in this diforder. Haller. Jaundice. Signs of. Ayellowifhnefs of the whites of the eyes, and of the whole body, bitternefs of the tongue, heavinefs and laflitude, vomiting of galls, the ftools almoft white, and the urine of a faffron colour, tinging linen dipt therein yellow. Method of Cure. Take Venice foap half an ounce, oil of annifeeds fixteen drops ; mix them well to- gether, and make it into middle fized pills. The dofe is three or four, two or three times in a day : if coftive, half a drachm of rhu- barb muft be taken in the morning twice a week. Huxham. Indigestion. Signs of. Pain and fenfe of weight in the flomach, attended with frequent belchings, heart- burn, &c. Method of Cure. Take a large fpoonful of tincture of hiera pier a every day, an hour before dinner; or from ten to twenty drops of acid elixir of vitriol, in a glafs of water, two or three times 3o EVERYMAN in a dav. Fvrmont and Spaw waters are alfo very efficacious in removing this complaint. Che pie and ileijur. Inflamations. Take away ten or twelve ounces of blood, and repeat it if neceffary ; give cooling purg- es, and apply to the part a poultice of bread and milk, with fome ointment of elder in it. Sharp, Itch. Signs of Watery pimples, attended with intoler- able itching between the fingers, under the hams, on the arms, and on the thighs. Method of Cure. Anoint the parts which brake out every night with the following ointment: take hog's lard, half a pound ; flour of bvimfcone and fulphur vivum, of each two ounces ; pow- dered cloves one ounce ; mix them together: two or three weeks is as litV.e time as can be depended upon, and the fr;rne linen muft be wore the whole time. This is a never failing remedy. For perfons who are too delicate to bear the fmell of the brimftone, the fol- lowing ointment is contrived ; take an ounce and a half of pomatum; precipitated fulphur, a quarter of an ounce ; white precipitate, two fcruples ; mix them together. During the ufe of this ointment a dofe of cooling HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. M phyfic fhould be taken every third day, and tliC linen fhould be frequently changed. High living, rich fauces, &c. muft be carefully ab- ftained from. Inflamation of the Bowels. Signs of. A burning pain in the belly, attended with a fever, vomiting, and frequently an obfti- nate coftivenefs. Method of Cure. Take away ten ounces of blood, and re- peat the bleeding according to the urgency of the complaint; give the clyfter directed in our Appendix, twice every day, till the patient has had twro or three ftools; and, to appeafe the pain, and flop the exceffive vom- iting, give ten drops of liquid laudanum, in a little broth, every fix hours. The diet fhould confift entirely of weak broths. Juice of lemons taken inwardly in obftinate cafes, has fometimes afforded furprifing relief. Arbuthnot. Intermitting Fever, see Ague. King's Evil. Signs of Hard fwellings in the neck, armpits and groin, and tumours on the joints and fingers, attended wuh a fwelling, rottennefs of the 32 EVERY MAN bones, and forenefs of the eye-lids. In fhort, there is no part of the human body which may not be affected with tumours, abfceffes, or ulcers, by this difeafe. Method of Cure. Take a fcruple of burnt fponge, and four grains of rhubarb ; mix them together for one dofe, which is to be taken every night and morning, with a draught of whey. Drinking fea-water is very efficacious in cur- ing this difeafe. Sir Edward Hulfe. Leprosy. Signs of. Red pimples, or poftules, commonly firft break out in the elbows and knees, which gra- dually increafe in fuch a manner, that the whole body is covered with a leprous fcurf. Method of Cure. Take fharp pointed dock roots, half a pound; monks rhubarb, a quarter of a pound; flick licorice and coriander feeds, of each half an ounce ; boil them in a gallon of fpring water till it comes to three quarts, and to the ftrained liquor add two ounces of diapho- retic antimony. The dofe is a pint every morning and evening. Or take twenty drops of the antimonial wine three times a day. Banyir* \ HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 33 Lethargy, see Apoplexy. Limbs Frozen. In very fharp winters, it is too common for perfons to be pierced with fo violent a degree of cold, that their hands or feet, or fometimes both, are frozen at once, like a piece of flefh meat expofed to the air. If a perfon in this fituation attempts to warm the frozen parts before a fire, his cafe proves ir- recoverable ; intolerable pains, and at length a mortification, are the confequence of his imprudence. The only certain remedy is to convey the perfon affected in fome place where it does not freeze, but where, howe- ver, it is but very moderately warm, and there continually to apply to the frozen parts fnow, if it can be procured ; if not, to keep wafhing them inceffantly, but very gendy, with ice-water, as the ice thaws in the cham- ber : by this application the patient will be very fenfible of his feelings returning very gradually to the part, and of their beginning to recover their motion. In this flate the perfon may be fafely removed into a place a little warmer, and drink fome balm tea, or any other mild diluting liquid. Many peo- ple have been revived, who had remained in the fnow, or expofed to the freezing air for feveral days, and who have difcovered no one fi>n of life for feveral hours : we fliould therefore, ufe our utmoft endeavours for the G 34 EVERYMAN recovery of perfons in the like fituation, by ufing the above method. Looseness. Take half a drachm of ipecacuanha for a vomit; and work it off with chamomile tea. Abftain from malt liquors. If this does not entirely remove the loofenefs, take half a drachm of powder of rhubarb, made into a bolus, with a little diacordium, and repeat it every day, till the loofenefs is intirely flop- ped. For common drink, the fick perfon may take hartfhorn drink, or rice boiled in water with a little cinnamon. Townc. Madness. Signs of. A rednefs of the eyes, grinding of the teeth, flrange malice to particular perfons, want of fleep,° finging in the ears, incredible flrength, infenfibility of cold, and an excefhve rage when provoked to anger. Method of Cure. Bleeding is ufeful in this diforder, and take forty drops of tincture of black hellebore in a glafs of water, two or three times a day ; or half a drachm of camphire may be taken every night going to reft. Mead and Kinneir. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 35 Measles. Signs of A chillnefs and fhivering, which is fucceed- ed by a fever, accompanied with great fick- nefs, thirft, a continual drowfinefs, flight cough, and an effufion of tears, which is the moft certain fign of the meafles. About the fourth day little red fpots like flea-bites appear over the whole body, which do not rife above the furface of the fkin. Method of Cure. Firft, bleed the fick perfon, then let him or her drink plentifully of the following de- coction: take pearl-barley, raifins and figs, of each two ounces ; flick licorice bruited half an ounce ; boil them in four quarts of water till it comes to two quarts ; ftrain it for ufe, and add a quarter of an ounce of fait prunella. You muft purge often after this diforder, and the diet and management' muft be the fame as in the fmall pox. Sydenham. Menstrual Discharge, Excefftve. Signs of. Lofs of flrength and appetite, bad habit of body, fallow complexion, and fwelling of the feet. Method of Cure. Bleed according to the flrength of the pa- tient, and give thirty grains of the following 36 EVERYMAN powder in a glafs of red wine three times in a day. Take three quarters of an ounce of rock allum, and a quarter of an ounce of dragon's blood, and mix them together. 5 Mead. Menstrual Discharge, Supprejfion of. Signs of. A fwelling of the belly, a pain in the loins and groin, difficulty of breathing, cold fweats, frequent faintings, and fometimes hyfteric fits. Method of Cure. - Bleed in the foot, ufe exercife, and take the quantity of a nutmeg, three times a day, : of this electuary : Take conferve of dried orange-peel, a quarter of a pound ; candied ginger, half an ounce; powder of fteel, two ounces ; mix them into the confiftence of an electuary with any fyrup ; or a tea-fpoonful of tincture of black hellebore may be taken in a glafs of warm water twice in a day. Mead. Miscarriage. To prevent mifcarriage, bleeding is ufeful and neceffary, about the third month of preg- nancy, more or lefs, according to the confli- tution of the woman with child. The body fhould alfo be kept open with manna or rhu- barb, in the firft months efpecially ; and all violent exercife muft be fhunned, and the pafnons muft be kept under, Hamilton. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 3J Mortification, or Gangrene. Signs of. The pain and inflammation abate, thep art* which were before fwelled and tight, become foft and flaccid ; and upon prefling with the finger, its impreflion remains: blifters rife up, like thofe of burns, filled with a yellow- ifh, reddifh, or black humour. The limb lofes its feeling and power of motion ; the colour of the part turns black, and becomes intolerably offenfive. Method of Cure. Foment the part every night and morning with hot flannels wrung out of the following fomentation ; take lime-water a pint, and dif- folve it in half an ounce of crude fal armon- iac ; then add three ounces of camphorated fpirits of wine. Afterwards apply a poultice of flale beer grounds and oatmeal, moiftened with a little hog's lard : when the part begins to fuppurate, apply under the poultice a dreff- ing of black bafilicon. Inwardly take a drachm of the beft Peruvian bark in fine powder, ev- ery four hours, in a gill of mountain wine. Profeffor Monroe and Heifler. Nervous Disorders. Country air, exercife and the cold bath, with the mixture directed under the article ,of hyfterics, will prove a certain cure for ev- ery fpecies of thefe diforders. Fuller. H 3S EVERY MAN Noise in the Ears. May be cured by tc vapour of a decoction of rofemary flowers prepared with wine, be- ing conveyed to the ear by a funnel. Heifler. A.safe Opiate for a Grown Person. Take twenty drops of liquid laudanum in a glafs of wine and water going to reft. The quantity muft be proportionably leffened for children, according to their ages. Borehaave. Obstructions in either Sex. Take fpecies hiera picra half an ounce, fait of fteel one drachm, made into pills of a moderate fize with a little fyrup of faffron: the dofe is five pills twice a day. Shaw, Old Ulcers. When an ulcer is of long Handing, it is dangerous to dry it up, without fubftituting in the place of a difcharge, which has become almoft natural, fome other ; fuch as purging from time to time, or cutting an iffue near the difeafed part. To forward the cure, fait meats, fpices and ftrong liquors muft be moft avoided ; the ufual quantity of flefh meat fhould be leffened, and the body kept mod- erately open by a vegetable or milk diet; and if the ulcers are in the legs, it is of great im- portance to keep in a lying pofture ; for neg- ligence in this material point, changes the flighteft wounds into ulcers, and the moft trifling ulcers into obflinate and incurable , ones. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. ?9 Method of Cure. Take a quarter of a pound of bafilicon, and an ounce and an half of oil of olives, and mix therewith half an ounce of verdigreafe ; drefs the fore with this ointment, fpread up- on a little tow, after fomenting it well with a decoction made of chamomile flowers and mallow leaves ; or the fomentation directed in the Appendix. I repeat again, take fre- quently a dofe of cooling phyfic, and live re- gularly. Sharpe. Disorders of the Breasts. If there is a tumour and inflammation of the breafts after delivery, from the flag-nation of the milk, it is proper to apply brandy or rum, hot, with linen cloths ; or a white diachylon plaifter, with a little champhire mixed with it; and the milje fhould be drawn by the nurfe. If the flagnation of the milk does not oc- cafion great heat, the breafts may be bathed with warm red wine, fpirits of wine and cam- phire, or a poultice of white bread and red wine, to which add a little fpirits of wine and champhire. If the breaft feems likely to break, apply a poultice of white bread and milk, or a plai- fter of diachylon with the gums, fpread thick on leather. When the fwelling breaks, the wound muft be dreffed with yellow bafilicon, every night and morning, till the diforder is cured. Theobald. H 2 40 EVERYMAN Chapt Nippl es. Anoint them with oil and bees-wax, equal parts of each ; or dab them with a little Hun- gary water. Turner. Milk Fever. This diforder happens about the third or fourth day after delivery, and is owing to the congeftion of milk in the breafts ; it is attended with fhivering fits like an ague, ten- fion and fwelling in the breafts, that extends to the arm-pits, which parts are often ex- tremely painful. This fever continues a day or two, and fometimes goes off of itfelf, by the benefit of nature, in plentiful fweats pro- portionably to the preceding cold fits. Method of Cure. The patient fhould drink plentifully of warm, thin diluting liquors, as balm-tea, barley-water, &c. her diet mould be very flender, and the child fhould be often put to the breaft. Internally the following powder fliould be taken every fix hours, in a cup of balm-tea : take compound powder of contra-' yerva, twenty-five grains and mix them to- gether for one dofe. But if the woman does not intend to give fuck, fhe muft rigouroufly adhere to a very flender diet, and the foregoing medecine: the breafts fhould always be drawn by fome proper perfon ; and to prevent the milk from- HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 4* coagulating, the breafts muft be imbrocated with warm fallad-oil, or the leaf of a red cab- bage may be applied thereto. If there is reafon to apprehend an inflammation of the breafts, it will be abfolutely neceffary to lofe eight ounces of blood from the arm. Folded cloths dipt in brandy or vinegar, placed under the arm-pits, are alfo of fervice to drive back the milk. Aftruc and Smellie. Pain in the Stomach, see Heart-Burn. Pains in the Joints, see Hip-Gout. Piles. Signs of. A violent pain at the time of going to floql, the excrement ftreaked with blood, and fmall fwellings like warts on the verge of the anus. Method of Cure. Take of linitive ele£luary one ounce and an half, flour of brimftone half an ounce, mix them together ; the quantity of a nut- meg to be taken every night and morning : apply outwardly a little of this ointment; take two ounces of white diachylon, two oun- ces of fweet oil, and half an ounce of vinegar, mix them together. Leeches applied as near the piles as poflible, or on the pile itfelf, af- ford furprifing relief. Sydenham. 42 EVERY MAN Palsy. Perpetual blifters are ferviceable and the following drops have frequently afforded great benefit: Take fal volatile drops half an ounce; lavender drops and tincture of caftor, a quar- ter of an ounce each ; mix them together :. the dole is forty drops frequently in a glafs of wine aud water ; or half a drachm of wild valerian root in powder, may be taken three times in a day. Allen.. The diet fliould be wrarm and attenuating. Ple u r i s y. Signs of. A violent pain in the fide, accompanied with heat, thirft, and other ufual fymptoms of a fever, and a troublefome cough ; if the fick perfon is bled, the blood, when cold, looks like melted tallow. Method of Cure. Bleed frequently till the pain abates ; ap- ply a blifter to the fide, and take half a pint of the following infufion twice a day : Take frefh horfe-dung fix ounces, and pour on it^ a quart of boiling penny-royal water ; flrain it when cold, and add a quarter of an ounce of Venice treacle ; mix it for ufe. Sydenham and .S£uincey\ HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 4J Poison to Exp el. Milk mixed with fallad oil, or either of them alone, drank in large quantities, fo as to occafion a plentiful difcharge by vomit, yield the moft certain relief, and therefore fhould be adniiniftered to perfons who are fufpected to have taken any kind of poifon, as foon as poffible, and muft be continued to be drank plentifully, till the violence of the fymptoms are abated, and the fooner it is given, the better. Quinsey or Sore Throat. .Signs of. A fwelling in the parts concerned in deglu- tion, accompanied with great pain, inflamma- tion, and a fever, fo as to hinder the fwallow- ing any folid meats, and almoft flop breathing. Method of Cure. Bleeding is fometimes neceffary, and cool- ing phyfic, but often jelly of black currants, fwallowed down leifurly in fmall quantities, effects a cure, without the affiftance of any other medecine. Philofophical Tranfaelions. Rh e u m a t i s m. Signs of. It begins with chillnefs and fhivering, hea- vinefs of the joints , and coldnefs of the ex- 44 EVERYMAN treme parts. The appetite is loft, the body is coftive and feverifh, and a racking pain is felt fometimes in one part, fometimes in ano- ther ; frequently fluffing from place to place, and leaving a rednefs and fwelling in the part vifited laft. Method of Cure. Take half a drachm of powder of gum g«- aicum in a draught of warm ale going to reft, and be covered with a larger quantity of cloaths than nfual; perfift in this method a few days, and you will find relief. Bleeding is of fervice in phlethoric conftitutions. Pringle. Rickets in Children. Signs of. A fwelling of the belly, and conftant de- fire of fitting flill; the bones are crooked, and the joints feem very large, as if knotted ; the head is over large, and the child's under* flanding exceeds its years. Method of Cure. ^ Give the child two grains of ens veneris, diflblved in a fpoonful of wine and water, ev- ery night; to this muft be joined cold bath- ing, frictions of the back, exercife, and a ftrengthning diet. Boerhaave. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 45 Retention of Urine. Take a quarter of an ounce of nitre, a drachm of volatile fait of amber, a quarter of an ounce of powder of egg-fhells, and half ah ounce of fine fugar ; mix them together : the dofe is as much as will lie on a milling, two or three times a day, drinking a draught of marfh-mallow tea after each dofe. Turner. Ruptures Are cured in children and young perfons by applying a ftrengthning-plaifter fpread on leather, (the compofition of which is fet down in our Appendix) and a trufs,which may be had at any trufs-makers. S c a l d-H e a d. Firft fhave, then cover the head with a pitch plaifter fpread on leather, and give in- wardly one grain of calomel, made into a pill, with a little conferve of rofes, every night going to reft, and a dofe of cooling phy- fic twice in a week. Wifeman. Strangury. Take half a drachm of camphire, a fcruple of powdered gum arabic, liquid laudanum five drops, with a fufficient quantity of tur- pentine to make it into a bolus, to be taken night and morning, drinking a draught of marfh-mallow tea after each dofe. Turner. 46 EVERYMAN Stitch in the Side see Pleurisy. Scurvy. Signs of. A fallow complexion, difficulty of breathe ing after exercife, fpongy gums fubject to bleed with the flighteft touch, frequent bleed- ing at the nofe, a fwelling of the legs, accompanied with livid fpotg, and unufual lazirtefs, and pains over the whole body, re- lembling the rheumatifm. Method of Cure. Take one ounce of acid elixir of vitriol, and one ounce of tincture of Peruvian bark, mix them together; a tea-fpoonful is to be taken twice in a day, in a glafs of water. A decoction of the tops of the fpruce fir may be taken, the quantity of half a pint, twice in a day. Bathing in the fea, and drinking fea- water, are of infinite fervice. Heifler and Ruffeh Slow Fever, see Nervous Fever. ' S M a l l-P o x. Signs of. A chillnefs, fliivering, and other ufual fymp- toms of a fever, attended with a violent paia in the head and back, and an inclination to vomit, and great propenfity to fweat. In children, a dulnefs, and drowfinc/V, and fome- EVERYMAN 4? times epileptic fits: about the third or fourth day red fpots about the fize of a pin's head appear on the breaft, face, and whole body, which increafe in fize every day, till they are of the fize of a large pea, and are filled with matter. Method of Cure. The fick perfon muft be kept in bed, tak- ing care to defend him or her from the in- clemency of the winter, by proper means, and to moderate the exceflive heat in fum- mer by cool air, for the patient ought not to be ftifled with heat and cloaths, nor fliould the eruption and pcrfpiration be checked by cold. With regard to diet, it ought to be very flender, moiftening and cooling; fuch as water-gruel, pipping-liquor and milk pot- tage: and in the beginning the beft regimen is that which keeps the body open, and pro- motes urine; as figs, damafcene prunes and tamarinds; and by giving fubacid liquors for drink, as fmall beer fharpened with orange or lemon-juice; whey made with apples boiled in milk, emulfions made with barley-water and almonds, or Rhenifh wine plentifully lowered with wrater. Repeated purging is neceffary after this diforder as well as after the meafles. Mead & Sydenham. Shingles. Signs of An eruption of watery puftules, about the fize of millet k^7 which encircle the body 45 EVERYMAN like a belt, of an hand's breadth, and occa- fion an intolerable itching and forenefs. Method of Cure. Take two ounces of white diachylon, two ounces of fweet oil, and half an ounce of vinegar; mix them together for a liniment, which fpread on a piece of fine linen and ap- ply to the part affected, repeating it as occa- fion requires; this, with two or three dofes of Glauber's fait, and a cooling and fpare diet, will entirely remove this complaint. Turner, Strains. After fomenting with warm vinegar, ap- ply a poultice of ftale beer grounds, and oat- meal, with a little hog's lard, every day till the pain and fwelling are abated; then apply the ftrengthning plaifter dirded in our Ap- p^ndix. Obferving the following rules, will much fhorten the cure: let the perfon ftand three or four minutes on both his feet, and fometimes move the ftrained foot; and when fitting with his foot on a low flool, let him move it this way or that as he can bear it; let the ftrained part be gently rubbed with a warm hand feveral times in a day, which will contribute very much to contract the over-ftretched veffels, and recover a due circulation of their fluids through them HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. Teeth, Difficult Cutting of. If the child is coftive, a few grains of rhu- barb mixed with an equal quantity of mag- nefia alba, according to its age and flrength, muft be given every night in a little pap; hartfhorn-drops in the quantity of three or four drops in a fpoonful of water, are proper three or four times in a day: if this method does not give relief, the gums muft be lanc- ed to give opportunity for the tooth to make its way. Sydenham Ss5 Harris. Stone, see Gravel. Sweating, Excejftve. Take twenty drops of acid elixir of vitriol, in a glafs of water, two or three times a day. Shaw. Swelled Leg s. Take the fame medicines which are advif- ed under the article of the dropfy. Toot h-A c h. The root of yellow water flower-de-luce rub- bed on the tooth which is painful, or chewed in the mouth, in an inftant, as if by a charm, drives away the pains of the teeth, arifing from what caufe ibever. Or take camphire and opium of each as much as a large pin's head, and put it in the hollow tooth ; a blif- ter may alfo be applied behind the ear. Allen 5® EVERYMAN Throat sore, see Quinsey. Putrid Sore Throat. Signs of. A giddinefs, chillnefs, and fhivering, like that of an ague fit, followed by an intenfe heat, a violent head-ach, heat and forenefs in the throat, ftiftnefs of the neck, great fick- nefs, vomiting and purging, or both ; the face looks red and fwelled, the eyes in- ilamed and watery, with reftleffnefs, anxie- ty and faintnefs; frequently a great number of fmall pimples appear on the neck, breaft, and hands, which are fenfibly fwelled; the infide of the mouth and throat are fwelled, and appear of a florid red colour, fometimes of a pale white, furrounded with red. Method of Cure. All evacuations which leffen the flrength, particularly bleeding and purging, and cool- ing medicines, are highly prejudicial. The hot fleam of a boiling mixture of vinegar, myrrh and honey, is to be received into the throat, through an inverted funnel; this can- .j not be ufed too frequently. The decoction of the Peruvian bark, made by boiling an ounce of bark in a pint and an half of water till it comes to half a pint, and adding a drachm of acid elixir of vitriol, is the bed medicine in this diforder, if given, a tea cup full, every four hours. Huxham & Foihergill. HIS OWN P II Y S I C I A \\ 51 T E T T A R S. Take four ounces of fweet oil, one ounce of wrhite wax, one ounce fpermacei.i, and twenty-five grains of camphire; mix them together for a liniment, with which gently touch the tettars three or four times in a day. Thirst. Unquenchable. A quart of water mixed with an ounce or two of white wine vinegar will make an agreeable drink, and has been known to ex- tinguiih the moft violent thirft after ether liquors have in vain been tried for that pur- pofe. yames. T H R U S H. Signs of Little white ulcers affed the lips, gums, cheeks, tongue, palate, and the whole infide of the mouth. Method of Cure. Rub the child's mouth with a linen rag dipt in the following mixture; take honey of rofes an ounce, oil of vitriol fix drops, mix them together; or the childs mouth may be frequently waflied with a decoction of elm bark. Shaw & Allen. T Y M P A N Y. Signs of. A great fwelling of the belly, which being occaiioned by air pent up in the cavity of the k 2 J3 EVERYMAN belly, gives an hollow found when ftruck by the hand. Method of Cure. The fame medicines which are directed for the dropfy are alfo of fervice in this dif- order. Boerhaave. Violent Pains after Delivery, See After-Pains. Vomiting. Take mint water one ounce, lemon-juice half an ounce, a fcruple of fait of wormwood, mix them for one dole, to be repeated as occafion may require. Mead. Ulce r of the Lungs. Requires the fame treatment as is directed under the article of Confumptions. Fuller, Pringle, &c. Ulcer of the Kidneys. Signs of. Flefhy cxcrefcences are voided by urine. The heat and pain in making water comes by intervals; the matter that comes from the kidneys is more plentiful, white and thin, than in an ulcer of the bladder, and is not * fetid; the urine looks like milk when iirft made, but after ftanding fome hours, the matter feparates from it, and falls to the bottom. III S O W N P H Y S I C I A N. 55 Method of Cure. Butter-miik not very four, is extremely ben- eficial, as is alfo an emulfion made of barley- water and fweet almonds. Chalybeate waters have been fometimes of fervice. Arbuthnct. Ulcer of the Bladder. Signs of. A voiding of ftinking matter or blood, and fometimes fcales, or a membranous fkin along with the urine, and a continual heat and pains in the urinary paffages. Method of Cure. Selter's mineral water mixed with milk are excellent, as is alfo the conftant ufe of fpaw-water. Hoffman. Ulcer ofthe Womb. Signs of. A flux of purulent matter, or matter mixt with blood, which is more vifcid and fetid than the whites, and attended with a fixed pain. Method of Cure. An injection, compofed of barley-water, a pint, and honey of rofes two ounces, muft be ufed to the part affected, by the help of a fyringe, feveral times in a day. You may add a fmall quantity of tincture of myrrh. Aflrvz. 54 E V E R Y MAN Warts. May be removed by rubbing them with the juice of celandine, or milk of fpurge; but when they arefituated about the eye-lids to prevent hurting the eyes, it is proper to furround the wart whh a ring of wax, or a pice of plaifter with a hole in the middle, io that the wart may come through, by which means the warts will be dellioycc!, without hurting any other part. Hefhr. Watery Grites in Children. Take half a drachm of magnefia alba, and, half a drachm of rhubarb, mix them toge- ther, and give the child three or four grains in its pap every morning and evening. Or take a fpoonful of hemp feed, and boil it in a pint of water, fweetened with fugar. This will alfo cure the cholic in grown perfons. Cadogan. Whites. Signs of. A flux of matter from the womb, attend- ed with a pain and weight in the loins, lofs of appetite, pale complexion, difficulty of breathing, a liablenefs to mifcarriage, and fwelling of the eyes and feet. Method of Cure. Apply a large ftrengthning plaifter to the fmall of the back, and take a quarter of a pint of this decoction, every night and morn- ing : Take cow's milk half a pint, and boil | II I S O W N P H'Y S I C I A N. it in one handful of archangel flowers, and a bit of cinnamon : ftrain it for ufe. In obfti- nate cafes, bathing in the fea, and drinking fea water, is far preferable to any thing elfe. Ruffe I. Wind. Take of the powder of angelica feeds, car- raway feeds and parfley feeds, of each a quar- ter of an ounce ; make them into an electu- ary with the fyrrup of clove gilliflowers ; the dofe is the quantity of a nutmeg atdifcretion. Hoffman. White Swellings of the Joints. Anoint the part with Barbadoes tar, be- fore a good fire, two or three times in a day, covering it with a bladder, and drink half a pint of fea water very morning faffing. Guy's Hofpital. Wasting Away of Children. Take fait of tartar, nitre and arcanum du- plicatum, of each a quarter of an ounce; fal armoniac three drachms ; mix them together; a very little of this muft be put into the child's drink, according to its age. Hcijier- Whitloes. This diforder begins with a flow heavy pain ; but in a little time, the pain, heat and throbbing become intolerable ; the part fwells and grows red, and fometimes the whole hand 56 EVERYMAN is inflamed and fwelled: on its firft appearance the finger fliould be plunged in hot water or held over the fleam of boiling water ; and by doing this frequently for the firft day, a cure has been obtained ; but when the diforder is further advanced, a poultice of white bread and milk muft be applied. W o r *i s. Signs of. Palenefs of the countenance, itching of the nofe, voracioufnefs, flartings, and grind- ing the teeth in fleep, loofenefles, flinking breath, hard fwelled belly, and fometimes epileptic fits. Method of Cure. Take burnt hartfhorn, and the beft fcamo- ny in powder, of each a quarter of an ounce; calomel one drachm ; powder of tin a quar- ter of an ounce ; mix them together, and let the child take eight or ten graias according to its age, every other morning, in a tea- fpoonful of roafted apple. Alflon. Green Wounds. Drefs them every day, with yellow bafili- con fpread on fine lint, after fomenting them well with the fomentation, the receipt for which is inferted in the Appendix, Turner. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 57 Dircclicns for preferving Health, and attain- ing Long Life. rlEALTH has been ever efteemed the firft of bleffings, and confequently every en- deavour towards its prefervation, deferves encouragement. This confideration induces me to publifli the following remarks, from a thorough cor.viv.tion of the truth they con- tain; which ought with every hcneft man, to outweigh every timidity of its reception, and give him courage to offer, at all rifques, what by well-grounded experience, appears to him, (from its nature) of general utility to mankind. The air, which is a fluid elaftic fubftance that furrounds us on all fides, penetrates our bodies, and yet is fo fine, that it efcapes the fight, is ratified by heat, and condenfed by Cold : it is fo neceffary that an animal cannot live a moment without it; it ferves for refoi- ration or breathing, and is fufceptible of dif- ferent qualities; it may be hot, moft, cold, dry, ferene, pure, dry and temperate. It is fubject to variations more or lefs fudden, and to be mixed with impure, corrupted, infedl- ious vapours, which are prejudicial to health. The fudden changes of the air are dangerous, whence proceed a great number of difeafes which reign in the fpring and autumn. To- wards the aopnach of winter, hofpitals, pri- fons,places where armies are encamped,piaces 58 EVERYMAN where lead is melted and the earth juft thrown up near dunghills, &c. are unhealthy, on ac- count of bad exhalations. Too hot an air occa- fions malignant and putrid fevers : a cold and moift conftitution of the air produces coughs, pleurifies, rheumatifms, agues, &c. for inftance, agues are common in the Fens of Cambridge, and Linconfhire, and the Hundreds of Effex, on account of their marfhy fituation, and the moift vapours which weaken the fibres of the body, and obftruct the pores of the fkin, and consequently diminifh the difcharge of the fkin, called infenfible perfpiration. Hence it appears, that to preferve health, dunghill? mould never be placed too near the dwelling- houfe, fince the corrupted vapours which are continually exhaling from them, cannot fail being in time prejudicial, and caufing ma- lignant fevers ; for though thofe who are uf- ed to them, do not perceive their offenfive- nefs, yet the caufe does not ceafe its unwhole- fome activity. From what has been obferved with refpeft to hofpitals and jails, the neceflity of day open- ing the windows of a bedchamber muft clearly appear, to prevent the bad confequences which arife from foul and confined air ; and why houfes fhould be built rather raifed abov* the level of the earth, than funk beneath its furface ; and the expofure of the front fhould be of the fouth-eaft, this being the moft whoiefome afpect. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. *9 Our conftitution, from the lofs it daily fuf- tains, requires to be repaired by aliment and drink ; hence a knowledge of their general kinds and qualities is neceffary, in order to make a proper choice thereof. The principal and moft general food is bread, made of wheat, barley, rye, or oats : wheaten bread is moft nourishing ; barley is dry; rye and oats laxative. The cruft is moft eafy of digeftion ; the crumb more oily and heavy; though other mealy fubftances, beans, peas, potatoes, &c. nourifh much, but are windy, heavy and vifcid, and their con- ftant ufe is apt to caufe obftru&ions, unlefs a great deal of exercife is ufed. Rice is em- ollient and nourifhing ; but nuts, almonds and chefnuts, &c. though they abound with nutritious particles, are hard of digeftion. Pulpy, tart fruits, which abound with juice, eaten ripe, are refrefhing, cooling, quench thirft, and are eafy of digeftion; fuch as ftrawberries, rafberries, currants, mulberries, goofeberries, cherries, apples, pears, apricots, peaches, nectarines, &c. Remark, contrary to the common prejudice which generally prevails, that fruits are hurt- ful in the bloody flux, and even occafion this diforder ; they may be eaten with great fafety in the bloody flux, and are indeed the real prefervatives againfl it, as is con- firmed by the experience of the moft emi- nent phyficians ; the caufe of this diforder bein-v an excels of flefh meats, too moift a 6o EVERY MAN ftate of the air, a fuccelfion of cold fliowers to violent heats, and uncleanlinefs. In fact, this diforder has been obferved lefs frequent, and lefs dangerous, when fruits were plenty and cheap; fo that to efcape this diftemper when it is rife, ripe fruits are to be eaten in plenty, and the quantity of flefh meats are to be leffened confiderably. Pal herbs and roots are lefs nourifhing than the mealy fubftances. Lettuce, fucccry, endive, forrel, purflain, &c. refrefh, moift- en, and are laxative. Artichokes, cellery, creffes, afparagus, parfley, &c. are a little heating. Truffles, mufhrooms, onions, gar- lic, pepper, muftard, and the other fpices, heat very much, and are therefore lefs whole- fome in particular conftitutions. Animal food differs very much with re- gard to its kind, age, manner of living, and fubftance. Fiffi nourifh the leaft of all ani- mals. Young animals have the greateft plen- ty of foft nourifhing juice, but that of the older is moft fpirituous and nonfiling. Yet though the juices of old animals are moft ge- latinous, and agreeable to the tafte, their flefh is the hardefl, and moft difficult of digef- tion, wild animals are light and eafier of di- geftion than tame ; their white parts contain a very juicy fubftance, of tender fibres, yield a foft food, and are eafy of digeftion. Liquid aliments, are milk, eggs, choco- late, foups, broths, &c. Milk, requiring but little preparation in the ftomach, is a HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. & good aliment for perfons whofe ftomachs are weak, and children ; new-laid eggs are very nourifhing, and eafy of digeftion, therefore agree with exhaufted and old perfons. Cho- colate nourifhes greatly, ftrengthens the fto- mach, helps digeftions, and foftens fharp humours; whence it is proper for weak ftomachs and confumptive perfons. Broths and foups abound with a foft, mo^lning, nutritious jelly, whence they are jfr*eat re- floratives. Meat that is roafted, coWtains an excellent nourifhing juice, the mcfhft parts be- ing diflipated by the fire. Things that are fried, are only proper for ftomachs. Drink reftores the fluid parts of the body, and helps digeftion ; the principal and moft falutary is water, of which the fofteft is beft, which is known by its lathering eafily with foap ; but taken in too great quantities it re- laxes a'.id weakens the ftomach, and caufes many disorders. Wine in moderation ftrength- ens the folids, and promotes digeftion; but if ufed in excels, as well as brandy, rum, and all other fpirituous liquors, hardens the fibres, weakens the nerves, deftroys the ap- petite, and caufes gout, flone, and other chronic difeafes. That malt liquor is the wholefomeft which is the lightefl and clear- eft ; for then it does not offend the flomach, but paffes readily through the emunctories or ftrainers of the body, and particularly by urine ; whence the bell beer does not make the lmadachnor grows four on the ftomach, 1VI 62 EVERY MAN nor caufes wind. The making wholefome beer depends greatly on the foftnefs of the water, the proper boiling of the ingredients, and a due working of the wort ; for all thick, muddy, < or flale beer, not fufficiently boiled, diforders the head, caufes wind in the ftomach, obftructions, the ftrangury, afthmas, cholics, and ulcers in the legs. Tea, ufed in moderation, promotes perfpira- tion, ot the difcharge by the fkin, ftrength- ens th^ ftomach, and helps digeftion ; but that kindoof tea which is called hyfon, is improper for perfons who have weak nerves or fubject to hyfteric diforders. Coffee, drank after dinner, is thought to quicken digeftion, and allay the fumes of wine; but if ufed in excels, it agitates the blood, caufes watch- ing, and promotes hemorrhages, or bleed- ings from the nofe or other parts. Spices, pepper, Sec. are pernicious, wheri ufed to create an appetite; whence made difhes are bad ; for the appetite caufed by the quality and difference of the victuals, in- cites perfons to eat more than the ftomach,.. can well digeft ; which caufes indigeftion, and frequently dangerous and fatal difor- ders. With refpect to diet, the furefl me- thod of preferving health, is to live on plain, fimple food, lightly feafoned, in that quan- tity which, by experience nature has been found to require. Perfect digeftion is the beft rule for regulating a meal, which is known from penons being moie lively and HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 63 brifk after a meal than before. Hiftory fur- nifhes us with many examples of perfons, who by temperance, have lived to a very ad- vanced age, though of weakly conftitutions naturally ; wherefore thofe that are defirous of life and health, fliould imitate their man- ner of living; fince exceffes in eating and drinking are both extremely dangerous. Strong, robuft, young people, who ufe much exercife, ought to eat more than others, and may be free with the groffer kinds of food; for their ftomachs being ftrong, the lighter foods would digeft too ea- fily, and be difFpated too foon. Perfons of of a weak conftitution, or who are juft re- covered from a difeafe, fhould ufe foft, light foods, agreeable to the ftomach. Children, whofe itomachs are weak, and veffels fine, ought to ufe a light, thin, foft food, eafy of digeftion; wherefore infants fhould be fed with a fluid milk, to avoid caufing obilructions in their fine and delicate veffels ; eonfequently the milk of a nuri'e newly brought to bed, is more proper for a new-born infant, than the miik of a nurie who has been delivered five or fix months, becaufe her milk begins to have too great a confidence. Nuries fhould ob- ferve an exact diet, and fhun violent paflions of all kinds ; for they diflurb digeftion, and communicate their bad effects to the child. When children are weaned, they fhould not beaccuftomed to fpirituous liquors, or ftrong food, efpecially fait or fmoked proviiions, be- M 2 (,\ EVERY M A N caufe they are hard of digeftion, and yield bad nourifiiment. Their diet fhould confill of light animal food, taken in a fmall quantity at a time, but often. At all times of life, but efpecially in old age, the conftant ufe of fait and fmoked meats tends to harden and flif- fen the folid parts of the body, inftead of af- fording good nourifiiment; being hard of di- geftion : in old age the fluids are more thick, iecretious, more flow, and the folids harder than in youth; therefore they require a more foft, moiftning diet, eafy of digeftion, and not loo much at a time, efpecially of a night. All great changes ought to be brought about infenfibly, for cuftom is a fecond na- ture, and an acquired habit is hard to be left off. Many peribns enjoy a good ftate of health when their meat and drink are very indifferent, by being accuftomed thereto; and are apt to be fick, when they attempt to change their manner of life. Cuftom con- fines us to certain hours, but hunger points out the beft time of eating. In age, where flrength is wanting, and in youth, wherein there is a great diffipation, when much is not eaten at a time, fomenting taken between the fet meals is not improper. It is necefla- ry to obferve, that when the ftomach is bad, perfons fhould not begin to eat again, till the lafl meal is digefted. Perfons who are much fatigued fliould reft before eating; and in cafes of diftrefs and forrow, the food fliould be light, and imall HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 6* in quantity, becaufe the ftomach is weak at thole times. The ftomach will admit of groffer food in winter than fummer. Thofe who eat in a hurry, without much chewing, are fubject to indigeftion;. for digeftion depends in part on well chewing the food, and thereby intimately mixing it with the fpittle; for this reafon, light foods are moft proper for chil- dren and old perfons who have loft their teeth. Vegetables are mere difficult of digeft'on than animal food, therefore improper for weak ftomachs. On this account, light food, fuch as veal, lamb, chicken, filh, are the food which beft agree with delicate conftitutions. On the contrary, ftronger habits are more fub- ject to be furfeited with tender and young meats, than with beef and mutton ; becaufe the degree of heat which converts beef and mutton into the true ftate it ought to have in the ftomach, carries the tender aliment of lamb, pig, chickens, Sjc. into a ftercorous or excremental ftate, before it leaves the flomach; whence fluxes, Sec. In fuch ftrong ftomachs, it is neceffary to mix vegetables with the ani- mal food, that the fermentation of the one may oppofe the too precipitate digeftion of the other by its acidity. Hence it is obvious, that weak ftomachs fliould abftain from ve- getables, which require a greater degree of vital heat than even beef or mutton, to be con- verted into proper iiAurifirment. This, I hope, 66 EVERY MAN will fatisfactorily explain the terms of eafy and difficult digeftion. The ftomach, which can bear beer and water, cannot bear roafted pig and water, from too great a power of di- geftion, not from any deficiency in thofe fa- culties ; therefore beef and mutton are more eafy of digeftion than lamb, or any of the white meats ; and the contrary in weak fto- machs. Surfeits from lobfters, crabs, &c. are of the kind which rife from a too fudden change of thefe fubftances in the ftomach; therefore they fliould be always eaten with vinegar or lemon-juice. In facl, butter is no bad prefer/alive againfl furfeits in this in- ftance ; the oil blending with the alcalious falts, forms a foap of that which would other- wife be a more acrimonious, inflammatory, and offenfive fubftance. Sleep reftores the flrength, and repairs and replaces the wafte which is made by the la- bour and exercife of the day. The proper time for fleep is the night, when darknefs and filence invite and bring it on ; day fleep is leis refreshing, excrche and cuftom fhould re- gulate its duration ; fix or feven hours at a time is generally thought lufficient, for excef- five fleeping is attended with great inconveni- encies; it blunts the fenfes, and renders them lefs fit for the duties of life. It is beneficial to vary the fcenes of life ; to be fometimes in the country, fometimes in town; to go to fea, to hunt, to be at reft now and then; but more frequently to ufe exer- HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 67 cife, becaufe a fedentary life brings on many indifpofitions, and renders the body weak and unactive ; while, on the other hand, exercife and labour ftrengthen it. But moderation is to be obferved in all thefe things, and too much fatigue to be avoided ; for too frequent and violent exercife overpowers the natural flrength, and waftes the body. Of all kinds of exercife, riding on horfeback is the moft faluiary. I have known many inftances of perfons recovering thereby from the moft de- plorable ftate, in confumptions, dropfies, co- lics, and nervous diforders. In old age there is feldom fufficient flrength to ufe bodily exercife, though fo very requi- fite for health ; wherefore frictions with the fleih-brufh are neceffary, at this time of life, to promote perfpiration, which fhould be done by the perfon himfelf if poflible. I have already laken notice, that cold flops the pores of the fkin, and diminifhes both fweat and perfpiration. To avoid this in- convenience, the winter cloathing fliould be put on pretty early in the feafon, and be left off late ; bcfides, care muft be taken not to pafs too fuddenly from hot into a cold air, and to forbear drinking any thing cold, when the body has been violently heated. The paifions and affections of the mind, viz. joy, fear, anger, &c. produce very fenfi- ble effects, and, when too much given way to, have a wry bad effect on health, for they af- fect the ftomach, hinder digeftion. and chyli- 68 E V E R Y MAN fication ; whence arife many terrible difdr- ders : wherefore it is beft to keep them in bounds as much as poilible," and to preferve an inward ihrenity, calmnefs, and tranquility. Executive venery muft be avoided, fince the action of coition is very impetuous, and comes near to a convuliion. The animal heat is greatly leffened thereby, the habit of body weakened wonderfully, and the whole nervous fyftem largely injured. Rules for Nursing Sick Persons. It is a great miff ake,tofuppofe thstalldiftem- pers are cured by fweating ; and that, to pro- cure fweat, fick perfons muft take hot medi- cines, and keep themfelves very hot; for fweating carries off the thinner part of the blood, leaving the remainder more dry, thick, and inflamed, which muft evidently increafe the diforder; for inftead of forcing out the watery part of the blood, we fhould rather en- deavour to increafe it, by drinking freely of barley-water, balm tea, lemonade, or any other diluting liquor made hike warm. What has been already laid on the head of foul con- fined air, fliews the abfurdity of ftifling the fick perfon with the heat of a clofe apartment, and a load of bed-cloaths ; for thefe two cau- fes are fufiicierit alone to produce a fever, even in a healthy perfon. By letting in a little frefh air now and then into a fick peffon's room, and leffening the bed-cloaths, you will almoft always perceive the fever and oppref- HISOWN PHYSICIAN. 69 fion in fome meafure abate. Inftead of Ve- nice-treacle, faffron, gafcoign-powder, ancl other heating medicines, in all feverifh disor- ders, the belly fhould be kept moderately open ; whilft thofe medicines juft mentioned render the body coftive, and muft neceffarily have a bad effect. Fevers are aggravated by giving the fick perfons food through fear of their dying of weaknefs ; which food increafes the diforder, and renders it fatal. This fear is groundlefs ; perfons in fevers may be fupported, even for fome weeks, with liquids only, and are ftron- ger at the expiration of that time than if they had taken more folid nourifhment; for, from the firft attack of a fever, whatever folid food is taken, even foup, eggs, bifcuit, Sec. cor- rupts in the ftomach. If a man in perfect health was to eat (linking meat, rotten eggs, four broths, &c. he would be feized with vo- miting, load at the ftomach, a purging, fever, and eruptions on the fkin. The fame articles, even in their foundeft Mate, given to a perfon in a fever, are quickly putrified, by the heat and difeafed matter al- ready in his ftomach, and in a few hours pro- duce the fame effects. Is it then poflible to expect the leaft fervice from them ? No : as long as a fick perfon has a bad humour in his ffomach, his weaknefs increafes, in proportion to the food he receives ; for this food being corrupted by the infected matter already there, proves incapable of affording the leaft nou- N To E V E R Y MAN rifliment ; on the contrary, it becomes an ad- ditional caufe of the diftemper. Befides, to heat and cram the fick perfon, is wholly op- pofite to what Nature herfelf indicates: the burning heat of which they complain, the drynefs of the lips, tongue, and throat, the high colour of their urine, their earneft long- ing after cooling things, the pleafure and be- nefit they receive from the admiflion of frefh air into their chamber, are fo many proofs that we ought to cool them moderately, by refrefliing and diluting liquors, fuch as balm- tea, lemonade, &c. to promote an eafy dif- charge of the vitiated humours. Thofe who have the care of fick perfons, fliould particu- larly attend to this observation, that as long as there is any tafte of bitternefs, ficknefs, or defire of reaching; bad breath, heat, and fe- veriftmefs, with offenfive ftools, and high-co- loured urine made in a fmall quantity only, fo long all flefh meats, foups, eggs, and all kind of food compofed of any of them, and ail heating medicines, wtine, Sec. are fo many abfolute poifons. If .the fick perfon has not two motions for flool in the twenty-four hours; if the urine is high coloured, the fever runs high, the pain of the head and loins confiderable, a glyfler of warm water, with fweet oil, and a little common fait, fhould be given once in a day. As long as the patient has ftrength for it, he fliould fit up out of bed an hour daily, and longer if he can bear it; but he fliould not HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 7i be raifed whilft in a fweat. His linen fhould be changed every other day, taking care that the clean linen is well aired; for nothing conduces more to continue the fever and light-headednefs than confining the fick con- ftantly to their bed, and preventing their changing their foul linen. Perfons recovering from diftempers, re- quire great care and attention ; in proporti- on to the abatement and decline of the fever, thtir quantity of food may be gradually in- creafed ; and when the fever is entirely gone, the fick perfon may venture on a little white •meat, fuch as chicken, rabbit, whitings, floun- ders, or other flat fifh; but falmon, eels, carp, fkait, haddock, and the like, are not to be ventured on till the recovery is abfolutely perfected. Soups, new-laid eggs, and a little wine diluted with water; but thefe are to be ufed with great moderation, becani'e the fto- mach, being extremely weakened by the dif- eafe, is capable only as yet of a fmall degree of digeftion ; and: if the quantity of nourish- ment exceeds its power ever fo little, it will not digeft, but become putrid, and delay the recovery. To procure a complcat and perfedl termi- nation of acute uiftafes, obferve the following rules. Let perfons recovering, as well as thofe who are fick, take very little food at a time, and take it often. 72 EVERYMAN Let their meal confift of one kind of food only, and let them chew their food well. Leffen their quantity of drink ; the beft in general is wine and water ; three parts water, to one part wine ; for too great a quantity of liquids prevents the ftomach from recovering its tone, and increafes the tendency to a fwel- ling of the legs. Riding on horfeback, as often as they are able, is abfolutely neceffary: the propereft time for this exercife is in the forenoon. They fliould eat nothing, or at moft but ve- ry little, in the evening, as perfons in this ftate are feldom quite fo well towards night. Their ;fleep will be the lefs difturbed for this cauti- on: feven or eight hours, at moft, are as much as fhould be allotted for lying in bed. A ftool is not abfolutely neceffary every day; but if the coftivenefs exceeds the fe- cond day, a glyfter fhould be adminiftered ; or fooner, if the perfon feels uneafy, is reftlefs, or has the head-ach. If after fome time they fhould continue ve- ry weak, and their ftomach is difordered, and they have, from time to time, a little irregu- lar fever, they fhould take a tea-cup full of the decoction of the Peruvian bark, three or four times in a day, which may be prepared by boiling an ounce of the beft bark in pow- der in a quart of water, till two thirds are wafted away, and then adding to the remain- aer a gill of red wine. HIS OV/N PHYSICIAN. 73 Labouring men muft by no means return to work too foon after their recovery, left it prevent their ever getting perfectly well, and entirely recovering their loft ftrength. Directions concerning Bleeding. Though bleeding has been directed in ma- ny diforders in the courfe of this work, yet, as the improper ufe cf it is attended frequent- ly with the moft fatal confequences, it has been judged neceffary to bring into one point of view all thofe cafes in which bleeding may be adminiftered with advantage, as well as thofe in which it is highly prejudicial. In all inflammatory difeafes, it fliould by no means be omitted, as in the pleurify, and peripneu- mony, during the firft days; but fo foon as the fymptoms of fuppuration appear, expec- torating medicines are the moft proper means from which to expect relief, and the ufe of the lancet muft be totally forbid. In the apo- plexy, epilepfy, bloody-flux and inflammation of the bowels, bleeding muft be repeated ac- cording to the exigence of the fymptoms : it is alfo ufeful, fometimes to promote fuppurati- on in large abfceffes, where nature is too much oppreft by the violence of the inflam- mation. In inflammations of the eyes, blad- der, or womb,, i'crratic pains, rheumatiirm, cough s-, pieuriiyr head-achs, quinfeys, afth mas, hemorrhages, and nephritic complaints, blecu- im: i.s of the utmoft fervice : but in eve y dif- order proceeding frcm a relaxed Mute of; the U 47 EVERY M A N, fcc. folid parts, and impoveriflied ftate of ihe blood, attended with a chachectic habit of bo- dy, fuch as dropfies, jaundice, gout, &c. bleeding muft be abftained from with the ut- moft caution, as it will, inftead of relieving, greatly aggravate thofe diftempers. APPEND! X* A choice Receipt to make Opodeldoc. JL AKE of Hungary-water a pint; Caftile-- fbap fliced, three ounces ; camphire, an ounce;. let t hem fland together in a glafs clofely flop- ped, till the foap and camphire are entirely diflblved in the Hungary-water.. The Clyfter Decoclion. Take of dried mallowrleaves an ounce; chamomile flowers, and fennel feeds, of each half an .ounce ; boil them in a.fufficient quan- tity of water to ftrain off about half a pint, then add about two ounces of fweet oil, and., it is fit for ufe.. Hartfhorn-Drinfc. Take burnt hartfhorn two ounces, gum* arabic two drachms ; boil them in three pints of water, till one pint is waft#d away, then. ftrain it, and it is fit for ufe, Barley-Water.. Take two ounces of pearl barley, wafh it well in cold water, and then boil it in half a o 2 76 EVERYMAN pint of water for a very little while ; this wa- ter will look reddifh, and it is to be thrown away; then add four pints of water, and boil it away to one half: the remainder is fit for ufe. Viper Broth. Take a middle fized viper freed from the head, fkin and bowels, and two pints of wa- ter, boil them to a pint and an half, then re- move the veffel from the fire, and when the liquor is cold, let the fat which congeals up- on the furface be taken off. Into this broth put a pullet of a moderate fize, after having fltinned it, and taken off all the fat carefully;. let the veffel on the fire again, that the liquor may boil; then remove it from the fire, take out the chicken, and chop its flefh into little pieces ; put thefe into the liquor again, fet it over the fire, and, as foon as it boils up, pour out the broth, ►firft carefully taking off the fcum. Broths taken frequently, and in a fmall quantity at a time, are excellent reftoratives, and of infinite fervice in decays: on this ac- count viper broth may be reckoned a reitera- tive, though I efteem the chicken the ptinci- pai ingredient to be depended on ; for I am convinced, by experience, that vipers have no one virtue to recommend them that can be depended on : but it is ufual to overlook the efficacy of things we are t'aily converfam with, and aicrihe their good eiTecU to others that HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 77 are not fo common, though lefs to be depend- ed upon : and I am certain that whoever tries Chicken broth, with and without the viper, will find as much fervice from the firft as the latter. Dr. yames. An excellent Fomentation. Take fouthernwood and worm-wood dried, and chamomile flowers, of each an ounce ; bay leaves dried half an ounce ; boil them gently in fix pints of water, and flrain it off for ufe : all green wounds, and old fores, fhould be fomented with this every day before they are dreffed. The Tnfufion of Senna. Take three quarters of an ounce of fenna, cream of tartar three drachms, carraway feeds "Vuifed, two drachms ; boil the cream .of tartar in half a pint of v/ater till it i-s diflblved, then pour the boiling water upon the reft of the ingredients, and let it ftaml until it is cold, then flrain it off, and it is fit for ufe. A Purging Draught. ' ■ Take of the infufion of feinia, as above di- rected, two ounces ; fyrup of buckthorn one ounce; mix them together for one dofe, which may be taken in the morning faffing, three times a week, aud'it is a fare and fure puree ; it may be- taken in ail cafes where purging is proper. ^ 7& E V E R Y M A FT A Dofe of Cooling Phyfic. Take Glauber's falts an onnce, manna half, an ounce, diffolve them, in a little boiling wa- ter for one dofe, to be taken as often as oc- cafion requires. Lliera Picra. r Take of fuccotrine aloes finely powdered; a quarter of a pound ; winter's bark finely powdered three quarters of an ounce ; mix them together. Tinclure of Hiera Picra. Steep an ounce of hiera picra, made as a- bove directed, in a pint of mountain wine, for a week or ten days, by which time it will; be fit for ufe. Mindererus's Spirit. Take a quarter of an ounce of volatile fal- armoniac, and add to it, by degrees, diftilled: vinegar, till the effervefence entirely ceafes. An excellent Bitter Tinclure. Take gentian root, and orange peel dried, each two ounces; cochineal bruited, half a drachm ; infufe them in a quart of French brandy for three or four days, then ftrain off the liquor for ufe. This is a very pleafant and wholefome bitter, and may be ufed occa- fionally to provoke an appetite, and affift di-. geftion. HIS OWN PHYSIC IAN. -7>j Duke of Portland's Gout Powder. Take of round birthwort root and gentian •root, of the tops and leaves of germander, ground pine, and centaury : Take of all thefe, well dried, powdered and fifted as fine as poflible, an equal quantity ; mix them well together, and take one drachm of this mixed powder every morning fafting in a cup of wine and water, broth, tea, or any other ve- hicle you like belt; keep fafting an hour and iin half after it, continue this for three months without interruption, then diminifh the dofe to three quarters of a drachm for three months longer, then to half a drachm for fix months more, taking it regularly every morning if poflible. After the -firft. year, it will be fufff- cient to take half a drachm every other day. As this medicine operates infenfibly, it will take perhaps two years before you re- ceive any great benefit; fo you muft not be difcouraged, though you do not perceive at firft any great amendment; it works flow but fure : it doth not confine the patient to any particular -diet, fo one lives foberly, and ab- ftains from thofe meats and liquors that have always been accounted pernicious in the gout; •as Champaign, drams, high fauces, &c. " N. B. In the rheumatifm, that is only ac- cidental and not habitual, a few of the drachm dofes may do ; but if habitual, or has been of long duration, then you may take Jt as for the >gout. The remedy requires patience, as it operates but low in both difteaipers. £o E V E R Y M A N Sir. Hans Shane*s Ointmen*for Sere Eyes, Take prepared tutty one ounce; blood ftone finely prepared two fcruples; fuccotrine aloes in fine powder, twelve grains ; prepared pearl, four grains ; mix them together in a marble mortar, with as much viper's fat as is fufheient to give it the confiftence of an oint- ment. This ointment is to be applied with a hair pencil, the eyes winking or a little opened. It muft be obferved, that purging medicines •are hurtful to the difeafes of the eyes, which are cured by this medicine. Dr. Mead's Remedy for the Bite of a Had Dog. Let the patient be bled in the arm, to the amount of nine or ten ounces. Take afh coloured ground liverwort four drachms, black pepper two drachms, mix them together into a fine powder. This is to be divided into four dofes, where- of one is to be taken in warm mlik, in a morning fafting, for four irtornir.gs iuccefhvc- ly ; after this the perfon muft De put into a cold bath, pond, or river, for thirty days to- gether, early in the morrung, and before brcti:- faft; he is to remain in it, with his head a- bove water, not longer than half a minute. The wound fliould be continually fomented with a pickle made with vinegar and fait, as warm as it can be boimc. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 3t To iquin Remedy for the Bite of a Mad Dog. Take of native cinnabar, and common Ver- million (both ground to a very fine powder) each twenty-four grains ; mufk, fixteengrains; rub thefe together till the mufk is alfo become very fine, and give it all for one dofe in a tea cup full of arrack, or brandy, as foon as pof- fible after the perfon is bit; and another dofe thirty days after: but if the perfon has the fymptoms of madnefs before he has had the medicine, he muft take two dofes in an hour and a half. This medicine is perfectly fafe and innocent, as appears from the great num- ber of perfons who have tried it, none of whom have felt any ill confequences, or been difor- dered fince through its ufe. Its only vifible effect, is producing a remarkable drowfinefs, which generally ends in a perfedt cure. This dofe is intended for a grown perfon; for children it muft be leffened in proportion to their age. Mrs. Stephen's famous Cure for the Stone and Gravel, as amended by Dr. Hartly. Take two fcruples of calcined egg-fhells, three times in a day, in a glafs of any conve- nient liquor, drinking, after each dofe, a third put of the following deco&ion: Take two ounces of Caftile foap, diffolve it in a quart of foft water, and fweeten it according to your tafle, with honey or loaf fu-ar. If this P Ze EVERYMAN decodion is made in a copper veffel, care muft be taken that it is well tinned. The taking of thefe medicines muft be continued for fome time after the complaint ceafes, left any part of the flone fliould remain, which being rough and unequal, might occafion exquifite pain. It is common after a few days ufe of thefe medicines, to have an increafe of pain in mak- ing water ; at which time a foft diet, emolli- ent drinks, and reft, are proper. For com- mon drink, milk and water, or a decoction of marfhmallow roots, parfley, and liquorice„ may be ufed; but if the perfon has been ufed to ftrong liquors, fmall punch, made without acid, may be drank fparingly. Artichoakes, afparagus, fpinnage, letuces, fuccory, parfley,. turnips, carrots, potatoes, radiflies, peas, &c may be fafely ufed; but onions, leeks and cellery, are to be preferred to all other vege- tables* The patient ought to drink no more of any liquor than is fufficient to quench his thirft, and he fhould hold his water, as long as he can without great uneafinefs, that it may have the longer time to act on the flone. If thefe medicines occafion coftivencfs, it will be ne- ceffary now and then, at diferetion, to take a dofe of Glauber's fait and manna. A Warm Purge, for the Pa If; and Apoplexy. Take tincture of hiera picra two ounces ; fyrup of buckthorn three quartern of ar. ounce; HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 85 lavender drops a quarter of an ounce; mix them together for one dofe, which may be given in the morning fafting, twice a week,. or as often as occafion may require. Daffy's Elixir. Take raifins ftoncd four ounces, fenna three ounces, carrawav-feeds bruiied one ounce, fleep thefe ingredients in a quart of brandy, for three weeks or a month, then flrain it off for ufe, and keep it in a bottle clofe flopped. Tinclure of Rhubarb. Take of rhubarb fliced thin, one ounce; leffcr cardamom feeds bruifed, a quarter of an ounce ; faffron, a dram ; brandy, one pint 1 fteep thefe ingredients together for three weeks or a month, then ftrain oif the liquor for ufe. N. B. Mountain wine may be ufed inftead of the brandy.. Volatile Tinclure of Guaicum. Take an ounce of gum guaicum in grofs •powder, and fteep it for a week or ten days in- fix ounces of fal volatile drops, in a bottle clofely flopped. Fr^r's Balfam. Take of o;um benjamin one ounce and an half, of drained -.max one ounce, of balfam of Tolu half an ounce, of fuccotrine aloes a 84 EVERY MAN quarter of an ounce, rectified fpirit of wine a pint. Digeft them together till the gums are diflblved as much as poflible, then ftrain off the tincture for ufe. Diachylon with the Gums. Take three quarters of a pound of white diachylon, two ounces of ftrained galbanum, turpentine and frankincenfe of each three quarters of an ounce; melt them together over a flow fire. White Diachylon Plaifter. Take litharge finely powdered a pound and a quarter, fweet oil a quart, boil them toge- ther with a quart of water, till they are tho- roughly mixed, and are of a proper conflu- ence for a plaifter, and look quite white ; if the water fhould be entirely wafted away, you muft add fome more to prevent its turn- ing black. An excellent Strengthening Plaifter. Take white diachylon half a pound, frank- incenfe two ounces, and dragon's blood three quarters of an ounce ; melt the diachylon over a flow fire, and then add the other ingredients finely powdered, and mix them well together, by flirting them continually till the plaifter is quite cold. HIS OWN PHYSICIAN. 8* Ointment of Elder, Is made by boiling the young leaves of elder in mutton-fuet, till they are quite crifp, and the fuet is of a deep green colour. Spermaceti Ointment. Take a quarter of a pint of the beft fallad- oil, a quarter of a pound of white wrax, and half an ounce of fpermaceti; melt thefe in- gredients together, over a gentle fire, and keep them continually flirring, until the oint- ment is quite cold. This ointment is remark- ably efficacious in preventing pits on the face after the fmall-pox. Ointment of Marfhmallows. Take half a pound of marfhmallow-roots ; of linfeeds and fsenugreek-feeds, each three ounces; bruife them, and boil them half an hour gently in a quart of water ; then add two quarts of fweet oil, and boil them toge- ther till the water is quite wafted away ; then ftrain off the oil, and add to it a pound of bees-wax, half a pound of yellow rofin, and two ounces of common turpentine; melt them together over a flow fire, and keep them continually flirting, till the ointment is cold. Turner's Cerate, See Burns and Scalds. o. 86 EVERYMAN Tellow Bafilicon. Take fweet oil a quarter of a pint; bees-. wax, yellow rofin, and burgundy pitch, of each a quarter of a pound; Venice turpen- , tine three quarters of an ounce; mix thera I together over a flow fire. -■ An excellent Powder to clean the Teeth* <«^ Take cream of tartar, three quarters of an ounce; choice myrrh, three drachms; dra- gon's blood, one drachm; mix them for a powder. An excellent Lip Salve, Is made by adding a quarter of an ounce of alkanet root to the fpermaceti ointment, and fimmering them together a few minutes over a gentle fire. Lime-Water. Pour a gallon of boiling water on a pound of unflacked lime ; ftir them well together, and let the water remain on the lime for twenty-four hours; then ftrain off the clear liquor for ufe. Camphorated Spirits of Wine. DilTolve an ounce of camphire in a pint of ■rectmed fpirits of wine. HISOWNPHYSICIAN. 87 Hungary Water. Take of frefh rofemary tops a pound and an half; proof fpirit of molaffes, a gallon, and diftil off about five pints. Lavender Water. Take of frefh lavender flowers a pound and an half; of proof molaffes fpirit, a gallon, and diftil off five pints. Lavender Drops. Take of lavender water a pint and an half; of Hungary water, half a pint; of cinnamon and nutmegs, each a quarter of an ounce; . of red fanders powdered, a drachm and an half; let them infufe together in a glafs bot- tle well ftopped for a month; then flrain off the liquor for ufe. FINIS. H*LH.5fc WO nn ★ * ARMY * * MEDICAL LIBRARY Cleveland Brandt ■4.M 8 $r