Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)
| Author | John Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | treatise |
| Year | 1770 |
| Passage ID | jw-primitive-physick-058 |
| Words | 215 |
| Source | https://wesleyscholar.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Prim... |
425. Or, drink cold Water as largely as poffible, taking nothing else ' till the Flux ftops : 426. Or, take a large Apple, and at the Top pick out all the Core, and fill up the Place with a Piece of Honey-comb ; (the Honey being ftrained out) roaft the Apple in Embers, and eat it, and this will stop the Flux immediately : 427. Or, a Dram of Salt of Vitriol diffolved in Water : 428. Or, thirty Grains of powder'd Root of Gladwin, at Night, twice or thrice a Week : It is juft as good as Rhubarb in moft Cafes : 429. Or, Decoction of Primrofe leaves, Morning and Evening : Or, of Millet-feed: 430. Or, grated Rhubarb, as much as lies on a Shilling, with half as much of grated Nutmeg, in a Glass of white Wine, lying down, every other Night : Tried . 431. Or, take four Drops of Laudanum, and applyto the Belly a Poultis of Worm-wood and red Rofes boiled in Milk. 432. Or, a Pint of Decoction of Burnet, with a Lump of Butter in it, Morning and Evening. It ufually cures in three Days. 116. To prevent (orstop a beginning) Gangrene. 433. Foment continually with Vinegar, in which Drofs ofIron hasbeen boiled. 117. The