The whole works of that excellent practical physician Dr. Thomas Sydenham wherein not only the history and cures of acute diseases are treated of, after a new and accurate method; but also the shortest and safest way of curing most chronical diseases / [Thomas Sydenham].

  • Thomas Sydenham
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M.DCC.XVII
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Credit: The whole works of that excellent practical physician Dr. Thomas Sydenham wherein not only the history and cures of acute diseases are treated of, after a new and accurate method; but also the shortest and safest way of curing most chronical diseases / [Thomas Sydenham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IU Purge, if they are ufed in time, do the buf. neis, | Pf 1 _ That fort which refembles the ftinging of Nettles with itching, is to be cured the fame way, only the outward Medicines are not fo neceffary. | |y - Twill fay here by the by, that tho not only this Dif eafe of which we now fpeak, but moft others which feize the Skin, and are accompany'd with fome Eruption, if ‘they are chronical, eafily yield to this Method, and foon ' go off by Bleeding and Purging repeated; yet fome of. them are to be treated in a quite different manner. For the Evacuations now ancy of, tho repeated, and tefta- | -Xceous Powders defign'd for fweetning the Blood, do no . ‘good when fome Recrements that are ill difpofed lie deep | .in the Skin, and cannot be removed by any thing but Re- | medies that ftrengthen the Blood, and are fit to open ^ Obftru&ions of the Pores. I have ufed the following — Method with good fuccefs in the violent Itch, and in in- | veterate Eruptions of the Skin of that kind. | Take of Venice-Treacle half a Scruples of the Elefuary - of the Egg one Scruple of the Roots of Virginian | Suakeweed finely powder'd. fifteen Grains 5 of Oriental .. Bezoar-ftone five Grains, with a fufficient quantity of the Syrup of candied Citron: make a Bolus to be taken an the Morning and at Bed-time, for one and twenty — ii drinking upon it fix Spoonfuls of the following. ultp. | Take of the Waters of Carduus Benedittus fix Ounces 5 ef Epidemick and Treacle-Water each two Ounces s of — Syrup of Gillyflowers one Ounce : mingle them, make a Fulep. | Every Morning, after taking the Medicine, let him . fweat an hour or two; or rather, being covered with © more Clothes than he ufed to have on, let him indulge the breathing Sweat in Bed for the time aforefaid. Thefe - things being done, if the Puftlesdo notyetvanifh, anoint — the Parts affected with the following Liniment: - a | ET b ph EM M i n i AA gus - e ] Take of the Ointment of fharp-pointed Dock two Ounéts $ ef Pomatum one Ounce, of Flowers of 47 d AMS