Some observations made upon the Virginian nutts, imported from the Indies shewing their admirable virtue against the scurvy / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Croon, one of the Royal Society in London, 1681. 1682 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A56775 Wing P940 ESTC R5100 12187548 ocm 12187548 55853 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56775) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 55853) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 615:10) Some observations made upon the Virginian nutts, imported from the Indies shewing their admirable virtue against the scurvy / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Croon, one of the Royal Society in London, 1681. Peachi, John, fl. 1683. Pechey, John, 1655-1716. 7 p. [s.n.], London : 1682. Attributed by BM and Surgeon General's catalogues to John Pechey (under which heading they include the works of John Pechey, 1655-1716, and also those of John Peachie, the extra licentiate). This pamphlet is not included among the works of Pechey listed in DNB. It is attributed by Halkett and Laing, 1926, to "John Peachie or Pechey, M.D." (presumably the extra-licentiate). This attribution is probably wrong, since John Peachie was not admitted an extra-licentiate of the College of Physicians until 1683. 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Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Scurvy. 2006-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-05 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2006-05 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Uirginian Nutts , Imported from The INDIES : SHEWING Their Admirable VIRTUE AGAINST THE SCURVY . Written by a Doctor of Physick in the Countrey to Dr. Croon , one of the Royal Society in London , 1681. London Printed , & ● . 1682. SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Uirginian Nutts , IMPORTED FROM The INDIES : In a LETTER , &c. SIR , I Remember that the Reverend Dr. Spratt , the present Bishop of Rochester , in his Eloquent History of the Royal Society , tells us , that we are extreamly beholding unto my Lord Bacon , for his Communicating to the World the Remedies which were Experimentally found advantageous in the Cure of the Sweating Sickness , in the time of Henry the Seventh ; and therefore I hope I may deserve thanks for informing my Countrey-men what I have after long Experience found useful in the Cure of the Scurvy , which now proves as troublesome to England as that Disease did then , though not so mortal . And the Remedy is the Virginean Nutts , or rather Kernels , which grow upon the Locus-Tree , described by Mr. Ray , and by Lygon , and several other Authors : But none have made those particular Experiments I have done upon the use of the Nutts , and I find them to answer the same Intentions that the Gum Animi doth , which flows from the same Tree . It mightily opens Obstructions of the Liver , and Refines the whole Mass of Blood , and mends a Scorbutick ill habit of Body , by impregnating that Vital Liquor with such volatile Salts , as restore it when flat and languishing , to a more pure and spirituous State , and thereby preserves it from Fixation , and clears the Skin from Spots and all Impurities . I knew a Gentlewoman who was highly Scorbutical , and much afflicted with various Fermentations in her Blood , which caused the Eruption of strange Pimples and troublesome Blemishes in her Face and Hands , with great Faintings , Weariness and Indisposition to Motion , and wandering Pains in her Limbs , her Teeth loose , and Gums sore ; her Body cover'd with Scurf like a Leprosie ; and yet by the use of this Medicine mixed with all her Drink and Spoon-meat , in one Months time she was perfectly recovered . Mr. Grant observes , that this Disease of the Scurvy doth wonderfully encrease every year in our Bills of Mortality , and thereupon wisheth that some effectual Remedies might be found out by Physicians , and I am well satisfied that this is one . I could tell you of a Man about Fifty years of Age , who by living in a Gross Air , and using an ill Dyet , and wanting Exercise , had his whole Mass of Blood so corrupted , and the Spirits so evaporated , that they became dead and flat , like decayed Drinks , and Eager and sharp like Vinegar : And yet notwithstanding by the use of a Tincture , Spirit and Extract drawn out of these Nutts , he became strong , lively and chearful , and was fit for all Employments both of Body and Mind . An old Gentlewoman , who by a long fit of Sickness was brought into the Scurvy , the fine parts of her Blood were run into a fluid Salt , and she found a universal Languor upon her Spirits , which made her Life uncomfortable ; she used many Medicines , and had much Advice , and at length a Friend told her of these Drops , which any one may make if they please to procure the Nuts , for the Medicins are drawn out only with small Wines . These Medicines perfectly recover'd her to a state of Health , and good Habit of Body . A middle-aged Person who was much afflicted with the Scurvy , and had many blew Spots in his Skin , great Weariness and Faintness upon his Spirits , with wandering Pains in divers parts of his Body , very bad decayed Teeth , and little or no Appetite to Food , with sowre Belchings and offensive Fumes arising up to his Nostrils , and several other scorbutical Symptoms ; he had taken great Quantities of Spirits of Scurvy-grass , and still found himself grow worse and worse ; at length I gave him the Drops drawn out of these Nuts , about twelve at a time , the Yellow in the Morning , the White at Noon , and the Black at Night : They may be given in Purging Waters , or in Mum , or in any agreeable Spoon-meat . I could give many more Examples , of Cures wrought by them , but 't will be needless . FINIS .