Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-022 |
| Words | 255 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
Wine, wherein half a fliced Seville Orange is boiled : 37. Or, take for feven Mornings, an Infufion of Sena, with a Tea spoonful of Cream ofTartar : 38. Or, take for ten, twelve or fourteen Mornings, half a Pint of Water, in which half an Ounce of Sena, and a Dram of Salt ofTartar have been infused twelve Hours : 39. Or, take ten Grains of powder'd Saffron before the Fit, in a Glafs of White Wine. 40. Or, take Sugar Candy, three Drams , Ginger, two Drams, Camphire , one Dram. Mix them into a Powder, and take a Dram in warm Water. 6. St. Anthony's Fire.+ 41. Take a Glafs of Tar-Water warm, in Bed, every Hour, washing the Part with the fame. Tar-Water is made thus.-Put a Gallon ofcold Water to a Quart of Norway Tar. Stir them together with a flat Stick for five or fix Minutes After it has food cover'dfor three Days, pour off the Water clear, bottle and cork it. 42. Or, drink just so much Sea-Water as does not vomitorpurge, every Morning for feven Days : This is the proper Meafure, in whatever Cafe it is taken. It feldom fails. 43. Or, + St. Anthony's Fire is a Fever attended with a red and painful Swelling, full of Pimples , which afterwards turn into fmallBlifters, on the Face or fome other Part of the Body. The fooner the Eruption is, the lefs Danger. Let your Diet be onlyWater Grue!, er Barley Broth, with roafted Apples. who