Wesley Corpus

Primitive Physick (14th ed., 1770)

AuthorJohn Wesley
Typetreatise
Year1770
Passage IDjw-primitive-physick-094
Words339
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Social Holiness Free Will Catholic Spirit
874. Or, apply to the Top of the Head, fhaven, a Plaifter of Flour of Brimftone, and Whites of Eggs : Tried. 875. Or, drink Morning and Evening halfa Pint of Decoction of Primrofe root : 1. 876. Or, of Sage washing alfo the Head therewith : 877. Or, take every Morning half a Dram of Mustard-feed. 248. Vigilia, Inability to Sleep. 8-8 . Apply to the Forehead for two Hours,Cloths four Times doubled and dipt in cold Water. have known this applied to a lying-in'Woman, and her Life faved thereby : 879. Or, ufe the cold Bath.-It cures even in defperate Cafes : 880. Or, apply to the Head Leaves of water Lillies: 881. Or, a Poultice of Henbane and Poppy feed, beaten together . 882. Or, ufefmall Dofes of Camphire . It is both fafer and furerthan Opium : 883. Afa-foetida likewife will in moft Cafes have as much effect as Opium. 249. Bite ofa Viper or a Rattle-Snake. 884. Apply bruised Garlick : 885. Or, Apply it 885. Or, powder Pit-coal fine and fearce it. Mix it into a Pafte with a little Water. daily. This cures even foul Bones : 886. Or, rub the Place immediately with common Oil. Quere, Would not the fame cure the Bite of a mad Dog ? Would t not be worth while, to make the Trial on a Dog ? 250. Toprevent the Bite of aViper. 887. Rubthe Hands with Juice of Radishes. 251. An Ulcer. 888. Dry and powder a Walnut-leaf, and ftrew it on, and lay another Walnut-leaf on that : Tried. 889. Or, boil Walnut tree Leaves in Water with a little sugar. Apply a Cloth dipt in this, changing it once in two Days. This has done Wonders. 890. Or, foment Morning and Evening with a Decoction of Walnut tree Leaves, and bind the Leaves on. This has cured foul Bones : Yea, and a Leprofy. Tried. 252. An inward Ulcer. 891. Drink Tar-water Morning and Evening : 892. Or, Decoction of Pimpernel. 253. Ulcer
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