A direct method of ordering and curing people of that loathsome disease, the small-pox teaching the common sort of people (to whom the care of the sick is for the most part committed) how to go thorow their business with much more safety ... : as also how to prevent the usual deformity of marks and scars ... for the benefit of all, but especially the poor / being the twenty years practical experience and observations of John Lamport, alias, Lampard ...
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             A direct method of ordering and curing people of that loathsome disease, the small-pox teaching the common sort of people (to whom the care of the sick is for the most part committed) how to go thorow their business with much more safety ... : as also how to prevent the usual deformity of marks and scars ... for the benefit of all, but especially the poor / being the twenty years practical experience and observations of John Lamport, alias, Lampard ...
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           Licensed
           ,
        
         
           
             
               October
               14
               ,
               1685.
               
            
          
           
             Rob.
             Midgley
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           DIRECT
           METHOD
           Of
           Ordering
           and
           Curing
           People
           of
           that
           Loathsome
           Disease
           ,
           the
           SMALL-POX
           ;
           TEACHING
           The
           Common
           sort
           of
           People
           (
           to
           whom
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Sick
           is
           for
           the
           most
           part
           committed
           )
           how
           to
           go
           thorow
           their
           Business
           ,
           with
           much
           more
           Safety
           ,
           Ease
           ,
           Speed
           ,
           and
           Certainty
           than
           hath
           been
           hitherto
           commonly
           known
           .
        
         
           AS
           ALSO
           How
           to
           prevent
           the
           usual
           Deformity
           of
           Marks
           and
           Scars
           ,
           with
           the
           most
           usual
           Names
           of
           such
           Remedies
           as
           are
           necessary
           to
           be
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           with
           their
           Dose
           ,
           and
           the
           Manner
           of
           Applying
           them
           .
           All
           made
           plain
           to
           the
           Meanest
           Capacity
           :
           For
           the
           Benefit
           of
           all
           ,
           But
           Especially
           the
           POOR
           .
        
         
           Being
           the
           Twenty
           Years
           Practical
           Experience
           and
           Observations
           of
           
             Iohn
             Lamport
          
           ,
           alias
           Lampard
           ,
           Practitioner
           in
           Chyrurgery
           and
           Physick
           .
        
         
           Errata
           .
           Page
           5.
           l.
           4.
           for
           
             or
             Vitriol
          
           ,
           r.
           
             of
             Vitriol
          
           .
           p.
           28.
           l.
           3.
           
           
             I
             Cure
          
           ,
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             I.
             Gain
          
           ,
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           Sold
           by
           
             Samuel
             Crouch
          
           at
           the
           Flower-de-luce
           ,
           at
           the
           Entrance
           of
           
             Popes-head
             Alley
          
           in
           Cornhill
           ,
           1685.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           EPISTLE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Country-men
             ,
          
        
         
           THis
           small
           Tractate
           was
           intended
           as
           an
           Appendix
           to
           another
           book
           now
           almost
           ready
           for
           the
           Press
           ,
           but
           that
           occasion
           which
           did
           move
           me
           to
           think
           of
           inserting
           it
           at
           the
           end
           of
           that
           Book
           (
           being
           augmented
           )
           hath
           exposed
           this
           sooner
           to
           a
           view
           than
           was
           intended
           .
        
         
           Of
           how
           singular
           use
           a
           Treatise
           of
           this
           kind
           may
           prove
           to
           all
           sorts
           of
           people
           ,
           may
           e●sily
           be
           conceived
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           but
           consider
           
           how
           hard
           a
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           get
           any
           body
           but
           to
           enter
           into
           an
           infected
           house
           ;
           the
           great
           Charge
           it
           is
           for
           poor
           people
           to
           pay
           a
           Nurse
           ,
           and
           how
           ignorant
           the
           most
           of
           them
           are
           of
           their
           business
           when
           they
           are
           obtained
           .
        
         
           Or
           do
           but
           consider
           what
           a
           sad
           condition
           it
           is
           ,
           when
           it
           happens
           in
           a
           Family
           ,
           where
           none
           hath
           had
           the
           distemper
           ,
           and
           a
           Tender
           is
           not
           to
           be
           gotten
           ;
           whereby
           the
           Husband
           ,
           is
           constrained
           to
           tend
           the
           Wife
           ,
           or
           she
           her
           Husband
           ;
           or
           they
           sometimes
           three
           ,
           four
           or
           more
           Children
           sick
           of
           this
           Disease
           :
           How
           Ioyful
           would
           they
           be
           to
           know
           my
           cheap
           Antidote
           ,
           for
           preserving
           some
           to
           tend
           the
           rest
           ?
           Or
           to
           be
           assured
           with
           what
           Liquor
           they
           may
           boldly
           and
           safely
           refresh
           their
           Darling
           Husbands
           ,
           Wives
           ,
           or
           scorched
           thirsty
           Babes
           .
        
         
         
           Or
           what
           would
           not
           some
           pretty
           Maidens
           (
           yea
           ,
           or
           young
           men
           either
           )
           give
           ,
           to
           preserve
           that
           beauty
           they
           have
           hitherto
           enjoyed
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           have
           I
           (
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           )
           often
           performed
           ,
           far
           beyond
           the
           expectation
           or
           belief
           of
           most
           people
           ,
           and
           now
           for
           the
           general
           good
           of
           Mankind
           do
           freely
           communicate
           my
           Experience
           .
        
         
           And
           Lastly
           ,
           Let
           me
           perswade
           you
           ,
           not
           to
           give
           heed
           to
           those
           who
           (
           out
           of
           Envy
           ,
           or
           Self-Interest
           ,
           Demetrius
           like
           )
           tell
           you
           that
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           the
           Subject
           of
           which
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           because
           I
           cry
           down
           cooling
           Liquors
           as
           poyson
           to
           Febrile
           people
           ;
           for
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           that
           I
           have
           not
           Wrote
           from
           bare
           Conjecture
           ,
           but
           from
           undeniable
           Experiments
           ;
           as
           you
           will
           quickly
           find
           when
           you
           do
           put
           my
           Advice
           into
           Practice
           .
        
         
         
           Wishing
           you
           happy
           Success
           ,
           with
           my
           Prayers
           to
           God
           Almighty
           ,
           for
           his
           blessing
           on
           my
           Endeavours
           ,
           under
           his
           alone
           Protection
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           Emit
           it
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             He
             who
             fault
             with
             this
             doth
             find
          
           
             I
             'le
             thank
             him
             when
             he
             proves
             more
             kind
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             L.
             
          
           
             From
             my
             Study
             in
             Havant
             ,
             
               Septem
               .
               28
               die
               Lunae
               1685.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           CURE
           OF
           THE
           Small-POX
           .
        
         
           I
           Having
           written
           a
           small
           Treatise
           concerning
           the
           many
           gross
           Abuses
           and
           dangerous
           Errors
           ,
           commonly
           used
           amongst
           such
           as
           do
           pretend
           to
           the
           Curious
           Art
           of
           Healing
           ,
           discovering
           the
           evil
           of
           such
           fraudulent
           Impostors
           to
           the
           Capacities
           of
           plain
           Country
           People
           .
           Upon
           hearing
           the
           Lamentation
           of
           divers
           Persons
           ,
           not
           only
           that
           the
           small
           Pox
           was
           spread
           much
           about
           the
           Country
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           many
           did
           die
           of
           it
           ;
           did
           resolve
           to
           *
           conclude
           that
           book
           with
           these
           short
           but
           sure
           Directions
           for
           ordering
           people
           in
           that
           Disease
           .
           Being
           fully
           perswaded
           that
           I
           can
           hardly
           do
           my
           Country
           much
           better
           service
           ,
           than
           to
           communicate
           my
           knowledge
           herein
           ;
           having
           had
           large
           Experience
           ,
           and
           wonderful
           happy
           Success
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           curing
           without
           much
           difficulty
           or
           future
           a
           Marks
           ,
           as
           preserving
           those
           conversant
           amongst
           the
           sick
           ,
           from
           the
           b
           Infection
           ;
           being
           things
           much
           desired
           by
           all
           people
           that
           do
           conceive
           
           themselves
           in
           danger
           of
           this
           Noysom
           Disease
           ,
           w●ll
           known
           for
           Truth
           to
           all
           such
           as
           have
           imployed
           me
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           whilst
           I
           lived
           i●
           Aldingbourne
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           No●able
           Example
           ,
           viz.
           all
           died
           that
           had
           this
           Distemper
           not
           one
           escaping
           until
           three
           died
           out
           of
           one
           small
           c
           Family
           ;
           and
           one
           out
           of
           a
           Neighbo●rs
           d
           House
           ,
           yet
           the
           former
           wanted
           not
           the
           Advice
           of
           the
           most
           famous
           Men
           in
           the
           Faculty
           of
           Medicine
           .
           The
           later
           did
           immediately
           (
           after
           the
           death
           of
           his
           servant
           )
           seek
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           God
           so
           blessed
           my
           Endeavours
           that
           not
           one
           more
           died
           ,
           yet
           one
           Child
           or
           *
           more
           had
           the
           Disease
           ;
           but
           ,
           if
           I
           forget
           not
           ,
           they
           hardly
           kept
           their
           bed
           a
           day
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           One
           great
           Cause
           of
           this
           Disease
           being
           so
           Mortal
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           is
           because
           the
           Infection
           doth
           make
           many
           Physitians
           backward
           to
           visit
           such
           Patients
           ,
           either
           for
           fear
           of
           taking
           the
           Disease
           themselves
           or
           transferring
           the
           infection
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           means
           the
           Tending
           Nurses
           do
           generally
           assume
           the
           sole
           Authority
           of
           Physitians
           ,
           although
           that
           their
           Experience
           perhaps
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           did
           gather
           by
           their
           being
           once
           a
           sufferer
           under
           the
           like
           ignorant
           practicing
           Nurses
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           case
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Family
           do
           give
           himself
           the
           Trouble
           and
           Charge
           of
           taking
           Advice
           and
           Remedies
           of
           some
           able
           Physitian
           ,
           yet
           this
           signifies
           nothing
           ;
           for
           their
           ignorant
           Confidence
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           be
           *
           guided
           no
           farther
           by
           it
           than
           it
           agrees
           with
           their
           own
           shallow
           Brains
           ,
           and
           Customary
           Practice
           .
        
         
           And
           considering
           how
           hard
           it
           is
           to
           break
           or
           alter
           an
           Old
           Custom
           that
           hath
           fully
           possessed
           the
           fond
           conceits
           of
           a
           multitude
           of
           ignorant
           people
           ;
           I
           have
           
           resolved
           not
           to
           strive
           against
           so
           turbulent
           a
           stream
           ▪
           but
           rather
           endeavour
           to
           make
           such
           (
           as
           are
           not
           too
           proud
           to
           learn
           )
           more
           able
           in
           their
           Callings
           ,
           by
           communicating
           my
           Knowledge
           ,
           grounded
           on
           Reason
           ,
           and
           confirmed
           by
           many
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           begin
           I
           will
           teach
           an
           Antidote
           or
           preserving
           Medicine
           ,
           which
           is
           this
           ;
        
         
           Take
           
             flos
             sulphuris
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           )
           flowers
           of
           Brimstone
           (
           which
           is
           commonly
           sold
           by
           the
           Apothecaries
           )
           four
           ounces
           ,
           of
           clarified
           Honey
           one
           pound
           ;
           warm
           the
           Honey
           ,
           and
           then
           stir
           in
           the
           powder
           ,
           and
           so
           keep
           it
           in
           a
           Gally-pot
           for
           your
           use
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           you
           do
           conceive
           your self
           to
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           the
           small
           Pox
           ,
           take
           the
           quantity
           of
           a
           Nutmeg
           or
           more
           ,
           at
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           or
           oftener
           if
           you
           please
           .
        
         
           You
           may
           go
           about
           your
           business
           as
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           not
           minding
           any
           order
           of
           Diet
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           a
           very
           safe
           harmless
           Medicine
           and
           never
           the
           worse
           for
           being
           cheap
           .
           I
           have
           had
           very
           happy
           success
           in
           the
           using
           it
           ,
           as
           there
           are
           several
           living
           can
           bear
           me
           e
           Witness
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           them
           (
           I
           believe
           )
           will
           wonder
           to
           see
           me
           make
           it
           so
           common
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Real
           Good
           of
           my
           Neighbour
           that
           I
           do
           aim
           at
           in
           publishing
           this
           Paper
           ,
           and
           not
           Applause
           .
        
         
           Those
           people
           that
           are
           near
           a
           Chymist
           may
           do
           well
           to
           get
           such
           flowers
           as
           have
           been
           twice
           or
           thrice
           sublimed
           ;
           and
           the
           last
           time
           from
           Colcothar
           ;
           for
           an
           Ounce
           of
           such
           are
           worth
           3
           or
           4
           ounces
           of
           those
           that
           are
           commonly
           sold.
           
        
         
         
           
           But
           beware
           that
           you
           do
           not
           use
           powdered
           Brimston
           in
           the
           stead
           of
           
             flos
             sulphuris
          
           ,
           least
           you
           should
           meet
           with
           a
           little
           Ratsbane
           amongst
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           my
           business
           ,
           when
           you
           find
           some
           of
           the
           symptomes
           to
           appear
           as
           the
           Head-ach
           ,
           Drowziness
           ,
           sometimes
           motions
           to
           vomit
           ,
           pain
           in
           the
           back
           ,
           these
           or
           some
           of
           these
           signs
           being
           accompanied
           with
           a
           feaver
           (
           at
           a
           season
           when
           the
           small
           Pox
           are
           rife
           )
           you
           may
           well
           Imagine
           that
           the
           Disease
           hath
           seized
           the
           Patient
           .
        
         
           When
           these
           signs
           do
           shew
           themselves
           (
           do
           not
           run
           madding
           to
           Dr.
           Dunce
           or
           his
           Assistance
           to
           be
           let
           bloud
           )
           but
           go
           to
           your
           Chamber
           (
           I
           do
           not
           say
           to
           your
           bed
           )
           and
           drink
           strong
           Beer
           ,
           and
           now
           and
           then
           a
           Glass
           of
           Sack
           ;
           and
           never
           fear
           increasing
           the
           Feaver
           by
           your
           so
           doing
           ,
           for
           it
           strengthens
           Nature
           to
           cast
           out
           his
           Adversary
           that
           way
           which
           Nature
           doth
           most
           incline
           unto
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           by
           Vomit
           ,
           sometimes
           by
           Sweat
           and
           Urine
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           have
           alwayes
           given
           an
           Antimonial
           Vomit
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           could
           possibly
           have
           a
           fit
           time
           to
           give
           it
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           more
           hereafter
           )
           for
           it
           doth
           expel
           such
           a
           quantity
           of
           the
           Morbifick
           Matter
           ,
           from
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           especially
           from
           the
           f
           Head
           and
           g
           Stomach
           ,
           that
           the
           disease
           afterwards
           seems
           to
           be
           quite
           Mastered
           ;
           no
           light-headed
           discourse
           ,
           no
           unruly
           actions
           ,
           no
           excessive
           thirst
           appearing
           (
           or
           very
           little
           )
           afterward
           .
           And
           this
           have
           I
           done
           with
           very
           happy
           success
           very
           often
           ;
           nay
           I
           have
           had
           some
           Patients
           have
           been
           angry
           that
           they
           should
           be
           confined
           to
           their
           Chamber
           
           for
           a
           few
           Pimples
           (
           as
           they
           called
           th●m
           )
           ;
           and
           some
           never
           kept
           within
           doors
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           as
           cannot
           have
           well
           prepared
           Antimony
           ,
           may
           give
           a
           drachm
           of
           Salt
           or
           Vitriol
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           that
           ,
           give
           a
           drachm
           or
           a
           drachm
           and
           half
           ,
           or
           two
           drams
           of
           purified
           white
           Vitriol
           ,
           and
           those
           which
           cannot
           obtain
           that
           neither
           ,
           were
           better
           to
           give
           the
           like
           quantity
           of
           crude
           white
           Vitriol
           than
           not
           to
           Vomit
           at
           all
           ;
           for
           I
           have
           always
           observed
           that
           according
           as
           the
           stomach
           is
           more
           or
           less
           loaded
           with
           ill
           humors
           ,
           so
           is
           this
           disease
           more
           or
           less
           violent
           ;
           and
           not
           as
           some
           of
           our
           Country-people
           conjecture
           ,
           as
           people
           that
           are
           fat
           and
           corpulent
           to
           be
           full
           of
           the
           small-pox
           ;
           and
           that
           spare
           lean
           people
           should
           have
           but
           few
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           in
           the
           next
           place
           give
           my
           Reader
           a
           Taste
           of
           some
           other
           Authors
           Opinion
           ,
           how
           far
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           countenance
           this
           kind
           of
           Practice
           ;
           and
           will
           herein
           be
           as
           brief
           as
           possible
           I
           can
           ,
           as
           having
           treated
           more
           largely
           in
           the
           forementioned
           Book
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           Feavers
           .
        
         
           Doctor
           Riverius
           in
           his
           
             Practice
             of
             Physick
             ,
             page
          
           624
           ,
           telleth
           us
           ,
           That
           the
           Cure
           of
           Pestilential
           Fevers
           must
           be
           directed
           to
           three
           things
           ,
           viz
           ,
           The
           Fevers
           must
           be
           opposed
           with
           Coolers
           and
           Moisteners
           ,
           the
           Putrefaction
           with
           h
           Evacuators
           and
           Alterers
           ,
           the
           Malignant
           Quality
           with
           Antidotes
           .
           In
           the
           Chapter
           of
           putrid
           Feavers
           ,
           pag.
           576
           ,
           he
           sayes
           ,
           
             But
             if
             thirst
             be
             caused
             by
             a
             Cholerick
             Humor
             contained
             in
             the
             Stomach
             ,
             the
             said
             Humor
             must
             be
             voided
             by
             Vomit
             or
          
           *
           Stool
           .
        
         
         
           The
           C●olerick
           Humor
           here
           spoken
           of
           ,
           being
           stirred
           ,
           is
           generally
           the
           ca●se
           of
           Super
           natural
           Thirst
           ,
           in
           all
           Fevers
           whatsoever
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Chapter
           aforesaid
           pag.
           570
           he
           writes
           thus
           ,
           Sometime
           also
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           these
           Fevers
           ,
           Vomit
           is
           to
           be
           procured
           ,
           viz.
           when
           the
           Patient
           is
           much
           vexed
           with
           illness
           of
           Stomach
           ,
           and
           with
           Vomiting
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           many
           times
           it
           falls
           out
           that
           great
           quantity
           of
           matter
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           Stomach
           and
           parts
           thereabou●s
           ,
           which
           must
           be
           evacuated
           as
           soon
           as
           possible
           may
           be
           by
           Vomit
           ;
           (
           then
           he
           giveth
           a
           good
           Reason
           for
           so
           doing
           )
           seeing
           no
           Concoction
           can
           be
           expected
           of
           such
           Excrementitious
           matter
           in
           so
           great
           a
           *
           quantity
           ;
           and
           whatsoever
           the
           Patient
           eats
           or
           drinks
           is
           changed
           into
           such
           like
           Humors
           and
           encreases
           the
           matter
           which
           is
           Cause
           of
           the
           Disease
           .
           Then
           by
           consequence
           to
           pour
           your
           cooling
           Julips
           ,
           Apozemes
           ,
           Pippin-Possets
           ,
           &c.
           into
           such
           depraved
           Stomachs
           ,
           is
           like
           to
           pouring
           Oyl
           on
           Fire
           (
           to
           quench
           it
           )
           instead
           of
           Water
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Fernelius
           hath
           well
           observed
           ,
           that
           all
           superfluity
           of
           Humors
           in
           the
           Stomach
           ,
           Spleen
           ,
           Pancreas
           ,
           Mesentery
           ,
           and
           the
           cavity
           of
           the
           Liver
           ,
           is
           conveniently
           emptied
           out
           by
           a
           Vomit
           ,
           which
           sometimes
           will
           not
           be
           removed
           by
           *
           Medicines
           that
           work
           downwards
           ,
           though
           divers
           times
           Administred
           .
           Thus
           far
           Riverius
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           the
           Material
           cause
           of
           putrid
           Feavers
           ,
           and
           the
           small-pox
           is
           the
           same
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           doth
           put
           it
           into
           act
           ,
           (
           or
           sets
           it
           
           on
           working
           )
           is
           different
           :
           for
           the
           small-pox
           is
           set
           on
           Fire
           by
           the
           contagious
           *
           Air
           ;
           as
           you
           may
           see
           that
           a
           common
           surfet
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           when
           the
           small-pox
           is
           Epidemical
           it
           often
           turneth
           to
           be
           the
           small-pox
           ,
           which
           had
           otherwise
           proved
           only
           a
           putrid
           Feaver
           .
           But
           of
           this
           I
           have
           given
           a
           larger
           account
           in
           another
           Treatise
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           shortly
           to
           publish
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           say
           no
           more
           of
           Vomits
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           having
           in
           the
           aforesaid
           book
           shewed
           almost
           a
           Universal
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           proved
           it
           by
           undeniable
           Experiments
           .
        
         
           And
           considering
           the
           aversness
           of
           many
           people
           to
           this
           kind
           of
           Physick
           ;
           partly
           out
           of
           a
           natural
           Antipathy
           ,
           but
           more
           from
           observing
           the
           bad
           Events
           of
           ill
           prepared
           Medicines
           ,
           too
           frequently
           made
           use
           of
           by
           such
           ,
           whose
           Idleness
           and
           Ignorance
           keeps
           them
           from
           the
           knowledge
           of
           good
           Chymical
           Remedies
           ;
           of
           which
           well
           prepared
           Vomits
           are
           (
           to
           my
           knowledge
           )
           of
           most
           admirable
           benefit
           to
           sick
           People
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           not
           be
           so
           suddenly
           rid
           of
           your
           Disease
           ,
           as
           you
           might
           be
           by
           vomiting
           half
           a
           dozen
           times
           in
           two
           hours
           space
           ;
           then
           I
           must
           give
           a
           touch
           again
           at
           the
           order
           of
           diet
           .
           And
           here
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           again
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           keep
           your
           Patients
           from
           strong
           Beer
           to
           satisfie
           their
           Thirst
           ▪
           you
           do
           thereby
           exceedingly
           increase
           the
           Disease
           :
           And
           note
           likewise
           ,
           that
           if
           you
           perswade
           them
           to
           eat
           either
           Flesh
           or
           Broth
           ,
           you
           do
           almost
           as
           ill
           ;
           But
           if
           you
           will
           be
           feeding
           them
           (
           though
           far
           better
           it
           
           were
           let
           alone
           until
           they
           Hunger
           after
           it
           )
           then
           give
           them
           now
           and
           then
           three
           or
           four
           spoonfuls
           of
           a
           plain
           Sack-Posset
           ,
           or
           a
           piece
           of
           White-bread
           Toast
           dipped
           in
           such
           strong
           Liquor
           as
           the
           Patient
           likes
           best
           ,
           whether
           it
           be
           Sack
           ,
           White-wine
           ,
           Metheglin
           ,
           Cyder
           ,
           March
           or
           Mild
           Beer
           ,
           or
           good
           Ale
           :
           and
           fear
           not
           to
           let
           him
           make
           his
           Toast
           swim
           in
           his
           Stomach
           if
           he
           do
           desire
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           to
           make
           you
           the
           bolder
           I
           will
           give
           you
           Doctor
           Thompsons
           Opinion
           herein
           ,
           in
           his
           Book
           of
           preserving
           the
           Bloud
           ,
           pag.
           164
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             Let
             none
             then
             Haesitate
             to
             offer
             liberally
             what
             is
             potulent
             or
             liquid
             to
             one
             that
             is
             Thirsty
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             both
             necessary
             and
             consentaneous
             to
             Nature
             so
             to
             do
             :
             yea
             ,
             through
             this
             omission
             the
             good
             juice
             or
             solid
             parts
             may
             suffer
             a
             deperdition
             .
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           next
           page
           ,
           having
           given
           divers
           Reasons
           for
           giving
           strong
           Beer
           in
           Fevers
           ,
           he
           breaks
           out
           thus
           ,
           
             Away
             then
             with
             these
             Clogging
             ,
             Dull
             ,
             Flat
             ,
             Vapid
             ,
             Debilitating
             Decoctions
             of
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             crude
             vegitable
             Ingredients
             ,
             most
             injurious
             to
             a
             febrile
             Stomach
             .
          
        
         
           Page
           166
           at
           Figure
           3
           ,
           he
           writes
           thus
           ,
           
             As
             there
             are
             a
             company
             of
             Non-sensical
             Physitians
             ,
             who
             are
             loath
             to
             allow
             the
             dry
             soul
             of
             one
             scorched
             in
             a
             Fever
             a
             sufficient
             quantity
             of
             moisture
             to
             allay
             their
             Thirst
             :
             so
             are
             there
             Multitudes
             of
             Learned
             Dogmatists
             (
             I
             am
             certain
             Egregiously
             Ignorant
             in
             this
             particular
             )
             who
             though
             they
             assent
             their
             Patients
             should
             have
             good
             store
             of
             Liquor
             granted
             them
             ,
             as
             properly
             answerable
             to
             the
             indication
             of
             Siccity
             or
             drought
             ,
             
             yet
             must
             it
             be
             so
             qualified
             ,
             that
             it
             ought
             by
             no
             means
             to
             contain
             too
             many
             hot
             particles
             ,
             least
             they
             should
             seem
             to
             act
             contrary
             to
             the
             definition
             of
             a
             Feaver
             which
             is
             as
             they
             proclaim
             it
             but
             falsly
             a
             preter-natural
             heat
             ,
             wherefore
             they
             strictly
             enjoyn
             Posset-drink
             made
             with
             some
             poor
             starvling
             Liquor
             ,
             Barley-water
             ,
             wherein
             cooling
             or
             very
             temperate
             Herbs
             are
             boyled
             ,
             small
             Beer
             ,
             fair
             Water
             ,
             Rose-water
             ,
             with
             some
             acid
             Juice
             mixed
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             this
             they
             most
             devoutly
             keep
             a
             weak
             Wretch
             ,
             not
             doubting
             to
             mitigate
             (
             although
             they
             have
             failed
             many
             Million
             of
             times
             )
             a
             Causos
             or
             any
             burning
             Fit.
             
          
        
         
           And
           a
           little
           after
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             That
             they
             will
             by
             no
             means
             approve
             of
             a
             Cup
             of
             Wine
             ,
             or
             a
             draught
             of
             strong
             Beer
             or
             Ale
             (
             because
             too
             hot
             as
             't
             is
             fancied
             )
             the
             Principal
             Corroborating
             *
             Diet
             ,
             which
             I
             constantly
             prescribe
             to
             my
             Patients
             .
          
           Thus
           far
           Dr.
           Thompson
           .
        
         
           To
           proceed
           ,
           if
           you
           can
           get
           any
           of
           the
           oil
           of
           Sulphur
           by
           the
           Bell
           ,
           and
           drop
           in
           6
           ,
           8
           or
           10
           drops
           into
           a
           draught
           of
           strong
           Mild
           Beer
           now
           and
           then
           ,
           it
           will
           wonderfully
           help
           a
           weak
           stomach
           to
           concoct
           the
           ill
           humors
           collected
           therein
           ;
           which
           will
           much
           refresh
           the
           Patient
           .
        
         
           If
           they
           come
           forth
           ill
           or
           seem
           too
           flat
           (
           as
           you
           call
           it
           )
           then
           give
           now
           and
           then
           a
           Glass
           of
           Sack
           ,
           with
           a
           dozen
           or
           twenty
           drops
           of
           
             Elixir
             Proprietatis
          
           therein
           ;
           this
           chears
           the
           Vital
           Spirit
           
           ●xceedingly
           ,
           if
           the
           Elixir
           be
           good
           ;
           which
           it
           is
           h●rd
           to
           obtain
           ;
           for
           the
           more
           excellent
           a
           Remedy
           is
           ;
           the
           more
           are
           they
           which
           do
           (
           through
           ignorance
           or
           Avarice
           )
           Adulterate
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Th●refore
           take
           this
           Course
           ,
           first
           observe
           if
           it
           be
           thick
           as
           bloud
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           Rich
           or
           strong
           of
           the
           Ingredients
           ,
           and
           the
           fewer
           drops
           will
           serve
           for
           a
           Dose
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Smell
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           strong
           of
           the
           Sa●fron
           ,
           that
           is
           another
           Token
           of
           its
           Goodness
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           Taste
           a
           drop
           on
           your
           tongue
           ,
           for
           although
           it
           be
           always
           bitter
           ,
           yet
           the
           less
           bitt●r
           the
           more
           better
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           being
           well
           dig●sted
           .
           But
           if
           all
           these
           hold
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           a
           harsh
           Taste
           on
           the
           Tongue
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           good
           ;
           as
           being
           made
           with
           a
           Menstruum
           mixed
           with
           Oyl
           of
           Vitriol
           or
           Sulphur
           ;
           which
           although
           I
           have
           directed
           to
           be
           given
           in
           the
           Patients
           Beer
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           Elixir
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           allowed
           ;
           because
           it
           doth
           corrode
           the
           principal
           ingredients
           ,
           viz.
           Myrrh
           ,
           Aloes
           ,
           and
           Saffron
           .
        
         
           Yet
           for
           all
           what
           I
           have
           said
           ,
           you
           had
           better
           make
           use
           of
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           then
           to
           have
           none
           ;
           although
           I
           have
           seen
           some
           sold
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           not
           give
           one
           ounce
           of
           my
           own
           preparing
           ,
           for
           four
           of
           that
           ;
           of
           the
           reason
           of
           which
           odds
           ,
           I
           could
           easily
           make
           any
           ingenious
           man
           sensible
           ,
           by
           comparing
           them
           together
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Medicine
           sold
           in
           many
           places
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
           Mathews's
           Pill
           ,
           but
           in
           Truth
           Doctor
           
             George
             Starkey
          
           was
           the
           
           first
           discoverer
           of
           that
           Excellent
           Remedy
           .
           But
           be
           the
           Author
           who
           it
           will
           ,
           its
           Vertues
           doth
           sufficiently
           declare
           his
           worth
           ;
           for
           I
           never
           saw
           any
           thing
           used
           by
           any
           Physitian
           that
           did
           ever
           come
           near
           it
           for
           giving
           ●ase
           ,
           and
           rest
           in
           any
           Feaver
           of
           what
           kind
           soever
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           might
           here
           make
           the
           same
           complaint
           as
           I
           did
           about
           preparing
           the
           Elixir
           ,
           but
           I
           forbear
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           teach
           you
           the
           right
           use
           thereof
           according
           to
           my
           many
           years
           Experience
           .
        
         
           If
           your
           Patient
           be
           suddenly
           taken
           so
           ill
           as
           to
           desire
           to
           go
           to
           Bed
           ,
           you
           may
           presently
           give
           him
           two
           Pills
           as
           big
           as
           a
           Pease
           ,
           and
           a
           draught
           of
           strong
           Beer
           with
           or
           after
           them
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           party
           do
           neither
           Sleep
           nor
           Sweat
           in
           an
           Hour
           or
           two
           ,
           repeat
           them
           again
           ,
           and
           Beer
           as
           before
           ;
           and
           repeat
           it
           again
           ,
           and
           again
           too
           ,
           if
           need
           be
           .
           But
           if
           sickness
           doth
           not
           compel
           them
           to
           their
           bed
           ,
           defer
           the
           giving
           them
           Pills
           until
           bed-time
           ;
           but
           do
           not
           miss
           giving
           two
           or
           three
           at
           going
           to
           bed
           during
           the
           whole
           time
           of
           Cure.
           
        
         
           But
           do
           not
           load
           them
           with
           Clothes
           (
           as
           the
           common
           Fashion
           is
           )
           but
           let
           them
           be
           covered
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           well-pleasing
           to
           the
           Patient
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           two
           it
           were
           better
           they
           are
           a
           little
           too
           cold
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           ever
           so
           little
           too
           hot
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           this
           may
           seem
           a
           Paradox
           to
           some
           people
           ,
           being
           so
           diametrically
           opposite
           to
           common
           practice
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           my
           Reason
           for
           so
           doing
           .
        
         
         
           If
           they
           be
           too
           hot
           ,
           the
           Vital
           Spirit
           flyeth
           from
           the
           Center
           to
           the
           Circumference
           ,
           which
           ●hould
           be
           imploy'd
           about
           the
           a
           stomach
           to
           concoct
           (
           or
           rather
           digest
           )
           the
           Morbifick
           matter
           ther●in
           contained
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Fewel
           that
           doth
           maintain
           the
           fire
           in
           this
           Disease
           .
        
         
           Do
           not
           all
           men
           see
           how
           slowly
           the
           stomachs
           of
           sound
           People
           do
           digest
           meat
           (
           I
           do
           not
           say
           d●ink
           )
           in
           hot
           Weather
           ,
           for
           what
           it
           doth
           when
           the
           season
           is
           cold
           ?
           And
           from
           this
           Conclusion
           you
           may
           draw
           a
           Reason
           for
           the
           giving
           strong
           Liquor
           to
           drink
           to
           febrile
           people
           ,
           viz.
           that
           in
           regard
           the
           Appetite
           to
           eat
           b
           is
           taken
           away
           by
           the
           Disease
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           absurd
           to
           deny
           the
           Patient
           such
           spirituous
           drinks
           as
           hath
           underwent
           a
           precedent
           c
           Fermentation
           (
           to
           ease
           the
           stomach
           of
           the
           b●rthen
           of
           digesting
           )
           so
           earnestly
           desired
           by
           Nature
           (
           that
           sure
           guide
           to
           true
           Medicine
           )
           that
           by
           the
           quick
           diffusing
           their
           vigorous
           Atoms
           in
           the
           blo●d
           ,
           the
           Archeus
           may
           thereby
           be
           speedily
           enabled
           to
           conflict
           with
           the
           Disease
           .
        
         
           Here
           perhaps
           some
           will
           say
           that
           I
           do
           write
           Ta●tologies
           ;
           but
           I
           answer
           ,
           so
           material
           a
           point
           ,
           being
           so
           much
           opposed
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           Persons
           esteemed
           eminently
           Learned
           ,
           so
           much
           to
           the
           prejudice
           almost
           of
           all
           Mankind
           ;
           cannot
           be
           repea●ed
           too
           often
           ,
           until
           it
           hath
           obtained
           belief
           of
           the
           Audience
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           have
           designed
           this
           Tractate
           ,
           not
           to
           Teach
           the
           Learned
           ,
           but
           to
           Instruct
           the
           poor
           ignorant
           Tenders
           of
           the
           sick
           ,
           and
           such
           poor
           Wretches
           as
           are
           not
           able
           to
           hire
           a
           Tender
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           pay
           a
           silken
           Doctor
           to
           feel
           their
           Pulse
           ,
           whilest
           they
           look
           over
           the
           other
           shoulder
           ,
           or
           hold
           some
           perfume
           to
           their
           Noses
           :
           I
           shall
           rather
           refer
           them
           to
           the
           Judicious
           Writings
           of
           Doctor
           Starkey
           ,
           Doctor
           
             Thompson
             ,
             Noah
             Biggs
          
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           who
           partly
           from
           the
           works
           of
           that
           profound
           ,
           indefatigable
           ,
           Pyrotechnian
           Phylosopher
           
             Van
             Helmont
          
           ;
           and
           partly
           from
           their
           own
           diligent
           study
           and
           labour
           at
           the
           Fire
           ,
           (
           the
           Touchstone
           of
           Natural
           things
           )
           have
           not
           only
           battered
           some
           of
           
           Galen's
           *
           Out-works
           ,
           but
           made
           the
           Foundation
           of
           his
           Phylosophy
           to
           Totter
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           here
           be
           expected
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           teach
           some
           Excellent
           Oyntment
           to
           prevent
           the
           Pits
           ,
           Marks
           and
           Scars
           ,
           &c.
           which
           do
           commonly
           succeed
           this
           Disease
           ;
           but
           I
           tell
           you
           that
           if
           the
           foregoing
           Instructions
           have
           been
           but
           indifferently
           followed
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           no
           need
           of
           the
           latter
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           their
           sakes
           who
           (
           through
           some
           occasion
           or
           other
           )
           have
           neglected
           it
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           this
           also
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           do
           somewhat
           in
           this
           kind
           of
           Practice
           ;
           but
           I
           would
           not
           have
           my
           Reader
           imagine
           that
           I
           do
           pretend
           to
           an
           absolute
           deletion
           by
           this
           way
           ;
           
           but
           only
           a
           lessening
           of
           the
           same
           that
           they
           may
           not
           be
           so
           much
           deformed
           as
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           
           So
           soon
           as
           the
           small-pox
           begin
           to
           suppurate
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           plain
           English
           to
           ripen
           ,
           then
           take
           oyntment
           of
           Tobacco
           being
           melted
           and
           with
           a
           Feather
           besmear
           the
           Patients
           Face
           as
           hot
           as
           they
           can
           endure
           it
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           sit
           up
           it
           will
           be
           better
           to
           sit
           against
           a
           Chaffing-dish
           of
           Coles
           for
           an
           hour
           together
           ;
           but
           those
           that
           cannot
           you
           may
           do
           well
           to
           cover
           their
           faces
           with
           soft
           paper
           moistened
           with
           the
           Oyntment
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           best
           thing
           that
           I
           did
           ever
           see
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           and
           yet
           I
           have
           spent
           much
           time
           amongst
           them
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           bare
           visiting
           ;
           but
           have
           watched
           several
           Nights
           with
           such
           as
           have
           seemed
           da●gerous
           ;
           whereby
           I
           had
           greater
           opportunity
           to
           observe
           the
           Operation
           of
           my
           Remedies
           :
           than
           those
           who
           only
           prescribe
           a
           Medicine
           by
           Aim
           ,
           and
           sendeth
           their
           Bills
           to
           an
           Apothecary
           ,
           who
           oftentimes
           makes
           up
           the
           quantity
           with
           rotten
           Stuff
           for
           want
           of
           good
           ;
           and
           with
           chopping
           and
           changing
           for
           want
           of
           sorts
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           any
           know
           better
           (
           as
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           better
           is
           )
           I
           should
           be
           glad
           if
           either
           out
           of
           Christian
           Charity
           or
           Human
           Pity
           ;
           he
           would
           communicate
           it
           to
           the
           World
           for
           the
           benefit
           of
           poor
           afflicted
           Mortals
           ,
           whose
           Torment
           under
           this
           Disease
           cannot
           be
           demonstrated
           by
           any
           Pen
           ;
           I
           mean
           when
           they
           have
           them
           much
           ,
           and
           happen
           
           to
           be
           handled
           according
           to
           the
           common
           way
           of
           Practice
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           it
           seemeth
           but
           a
           light
           matter
           to
           undergo
           it
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           must
           advise
           you
           ,
           not
           to
           rely
           too
           much
           on
           the
           use
           of
           the
           most
           Excellent
           Medicines
           that
           the
           Art
           of
           Man
           can
           prepare
           ;
           for
           our
           merciful
           God
           that
           giv●th
           us
           the
           Assistance
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           as
           well
           for
           Food
           as
           Medicine
           ;
           can
           when
           he
           pleaseth
           hinder
           their
           effect
           if
           they
           are
           not
           received
           with
           Prayer
           and
           Thanksgiving
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           use
           the
           Means
           ,
           but
           do
           not
           rely
           on
           it
           ;
           but
           Pray
           to
           God
           with
           Sincerity
           and
           Faith
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           direct
           to
           and
           bless
           the
           Means
           ,
           and
           then
           you
           may
           with
           confidence
           and
           hope
           expect
           comfort
           thereby
           .
           To
           whose
           Great
           Name
           be
           Ascribed
           all
           Power
           and
           Glory
           for
           evermore
           ,
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           THose
           that
           have
           occasion
           for
           any
           of
           those
           Medicines
           herein
           mentioned
           ,
           may
           have
           them
           truly
           prepared
           by
           the
           Author
           at
           Reasonable
           Rates
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           not
           living
           too
           remote
           from
           his
           House
           in
           Havant
           near
           Portsmouth
           ;
           or
           at
           the
           George
           Inn
           in
           Chichester
           on
           Mundays
           ,
           Wednesdays
           and
           Saturdays
           ;
           or
           at
           the
           
             Half
             Moon
          
           in
           Peter●ield
           on
           Saturdays
           only
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           My
           Fever
           Pills
           which
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           many
           years
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           same
           with
           
           Matthews's
           Pill
           ,
           save
           in
           the
           original
           only
           ;
           mine
           containing
           some
           eminent
           Cordial
           Ingredients
           which
           are
           not
           in
           that
           .
           Besides
           when
           I
           do
           intend
           it
           against
           the
           Stone
           I
           add
           a
           
             Mineral
             Salt
          
           ,
           which
           renders
           it
           far
           more
           Efficacious
           in
           that
           Disease
           .
        
         
           Also
           I
           have
           an
           Electuary
           for
           such
           as
           cannot
           swallow
           a
           Pill
           ,
           which
           answereth
           all
           the
           intentions
           of
           curing
           this
           Disease
           ,
           except
           Vomiting
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           AN
           APPENDIX
           .
        
         
           WHen
           I
           had
           finished
           this
           small
           Treatise
           and
           delivered
           it
           out
           of
           my
           Hand
           in
           order
           to
           be
           Printed
           ;
           it
           came
           into
           my
           Mind
           that
           I
           had
           given
           directions
           to
           Vomit
           such
           Persons
           as
           should
           be
           infected
           with
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           absolute
           speedy
           means
           to
           Extirpate
           that
           Disease
           ,
           but
           had
           given
           no
           Instruction
           to
           the
           ignorant
           Tenders
           how
           to
           govern
           the
           Patient
           during
           the
           t●me
           that
           it
           is
           Working
           .
           Therefore
           I
           have
           supp●ied
           that
           defect
           by
           way
           of
           an
           Appendix
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           leave
           it
           defective
           in
           so
           Material
           a
           point
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           I
           will
           first
           shew
           (
           to
           such
           as
           have
           a
           little
           insight
           into
           Astrology
           )
           how
           to
           Elect
           a
           proper
           time
           for
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Medicine
           ,
           
           and
           then
           teach
           the
           Nurse
           how
           to
           do
           her
           Office.
           
        
         
           First
           observ●
           what
           Sign
           the
           Moon
           is
           in
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           the
           Basis
           of
           your
           Work.
           
        
         
           For
           of
           all
           the
           signs
           in
           the
           Zodiack
           ,
           those
           that
           rese●ble
           such
           Beasts
           as
           do
           chaw
           the
           Cud
           ,
           are
           by
           a
           g●neral
           Consent
           of
           Physitians
           accounted
           the
           best
           .
           And
           I
           do
           know
           it
           to
           be
           so
           by
           my
           own
           Expe●ience
           .
        
         
           Now
           which
           particular
           signs
           I
           do
           prefer
           before
           o●her
           ,
           you
           shall
           know
           by
           my
           order
           in
           placing
           them
           ;
           that
           which
           I
           place
           first
           ,
           to
           be
           first
           made
           choice
           of
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           do
           esteem
           Capricorn
           (
           ♑
           )
           before
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           the
           next
           ,
           Taurus
           (
           ♉
           )
           ;
           then
           Aries
           (
           ♈
           )
           ;
           after
           these
           ,
           Cancer
           (
           ♋
           )
           ;
           Pisces
           (
           ♓
           )
           ;
           Scorpio
           (
           ♏
           )
           and
           Sagittarius
           (
           ♐
           )
           .
           The
           Moon
           being
           in
           any
           of
           these
           seven
           will
           do
           indifferent
           well
           ;
           but
           the
           other
           five
           I
           reject
           except
           on
           very
           urgent
           occasion
           :
           the
           worst
           of
           the
           five
           are
           Leo
           (
           ♌
           )
           and
           Aquarius
           (
           ♒
           )
           .
           I
           do
           hardly
           ever
           give
           a
           Vomit
           when
           the
           Moon
           is
           in
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           nor
           often
           being
           in
           Libra
           (
           ♎
           )
           ,
           Gemini
           (
           ♊
           )
           or
           Virgo
           (
           ♍
           )
           ,
           but
           the
           last
           is
           the
           best
           of
           the
           last
           five
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Observe
           with
           what
           Aspect
           ,
           and
           from
           what
           Planet
           the
           Moon
           is
           beheld
           ,
           for
           I
           had
           rather
           she
           be
           void
           of
           Course
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           beheld
           by
           any
           Planet
           so
           that
           her
           next
           Application
           be
           good
           :
           
           And
           I
           do
           prefer
           the
           ill
           Aspects
           of
           Iupiter
           (
           ♃
           )
           or
           Venus
           (
           ♀
           )
           ,
           rather
           than
           the
           good
           Aspects
           of
           Saturn
           (
           ♄
           )
           or
           Mars
           (
           ♂
           )
           .
           But
           the
           Moon
           being
           in
           Conjunction
           (
           ☌
           )
           Quartile
           (
           □
           )
           or
           Opposition
           (
           ☍
           )
           ,
           with
           Saturn
           (
           ♄
           )
           Sol
           (
           ☉
           )
           or
           Mars
           (
           ♂
           )
           ,
           beware
           of
           giving
           any
           purging
           Medicine
           .
           And
           (
           ☉
           )
           and
           (
           ♄
           )
           being
           so
           Aspected
           you
           ought
           to
           forbear
           likewise
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Let
           one
           of
           those
           seven
           Signs
           ascend
           ;
           and
           carefully
           avoid
           the
           presence
           of
           ♄
           or
           Mars
           therein
           ;
           neither
           let
           them
           nor
           the
           ☉
           behold
           the
           Degree
           ascending
           (
           partilly
           )
           by
           any
           bad
           Aspect
           ,
           but
           ☉
           corporally
           in
           the
           Ascendant
           in
           any
           of
           those
           seven
           Signs
           is
           good
           .
        
         
           Much
           more
           might
           be
           said
           on
           this
           Subject
           ,
           but
           I
           design
           Brevity
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           the
           ground
           of
           all
           ;
           and
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           I
           have
           proved
           by
           several
           Thousands
           of
           Experiments
           .
           Now
           such
           whose
           Understandings
           cannot
           comprehend
           this
           ,
           let
           them
           observe
           when
           the
           Moon
           is
           in
           one
           of
           those
           seven
           
             Signs
             ,
             viz
          
           ,
           ♑
           ,
           ♉
           ,
           ♈
           ,
           ♋
           ,
           ♓
           ,
           ♏
           ,
           ♐
           ,
           and
           avoid
           such
           days
           as
           she
           changes
           on
           ,
           the
           full
           and
           either
           of
           her
           quarters
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           I
           must
           teach
           the
           Nurse
           how
           to
           govern
           the
           Physick
           in
           the
           time
           of
           its
           working
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           when
           you
           give
           any
           of
           the
           Vitriol
           Vomits
           ,
           you
           need
           not
           be
           very
           curious
           ,
           do
           but
           thus
           ;
           give
           a
           good
           draught
           of
           strong
           Mild
           Beer
           
           to
           the
           Patient
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           quarter
           ,
           or
           half
           an
           Hour
           after
           give
           the
           Physick
           ,
           being
           dissolved
           in
           a
           little
           such
           Beer
           ,
           and
           then
           some
           Sugar
           put
           into
           it
           ;
           which
           for
           the
           most
           part
           doth
           quickly
           come
           up
           again
           loaded
           with
           ill
           Humors
           ;
           then
           presently
           give
           the
           party
           another
           draught
           of
           the
           like
           Beer
           warm
           ;
           do
           thus
           as
           often
           as
           the
           Patient
           doth
           C●st
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           sometimes
           two
           ,
           three
           ,
           or
           four
           times
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           take
           an
           Antimonial
           Vomit
           ,
           then
           you
           had
           need
           to
           be
           more
           Circumspect
           .
        
         
           The
           best
           that
           I
           do
           know
           (
           that
           is
           to
           be
           had
           at
           the
           Shops
           )
           is
           that
           which
           is
           called
           
             Aqua
             Benedic●a
          
           ;
           being
           an
           infusion
           of
           
             Crocus
             Metallorum
          
           of
           which
           (
           if
           the
           Crocus
           be
           good
           )
           one
           ounce
           or
           an
           ounce
           and
           quarter
           is
           a
           sufficient
           Dose
           for
           a
           Man
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           I
           have
           used
           many
           years
           is
           far
           more
           Gentle
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Dose
           is
           much
           bigger
           ,
           viz.
           4
           ,
           5
           ,
           or
           6
           ounces
           .
           But
           they
           are
           so
           safe
           that
           I
           commonly
           give
           them
           to
           big
           bellied
           *
           Women
           ,
           to
           Ancient
           People
           ,
           or
           to
           *
           Children
           of
           three
           quarters
           of
           a
           year
           old
           or
           under
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           *
           Antimonial
           Vomits
           do
           (
           for
           the
           most
           part
           )
           keep
           the
           same
           order
           in
           working
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           take
           it
           any
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           either
           full
           or
           fasting
           ,
           it
           matters
           not
           ,
           if
           the
           Physick
           be
           but
           rightly
           prepared
           .
        
         
           When
           you
           have
           drank
           your
           Physick
           alone
           ,
           then
           fast
           an
           Hour
           after
           it
           ,
           walking
           a
           little
           if
           you
           
           are
           able
           (
           for
           I
           have
           often
           giv●n
           them
           to
           s●ch
           *
           Patients
           as
           could
           hardly
           turn
           on
           their
           Beds
           without
           help
           )
           in
           which
           time
           it
           will
           work
           of
           it self
           (
           if
           it
           be
           strong
           enough
           )
           if
           not
           ,
           take
           near
           a
           quarter
           so
           much
           as
           you
           took
           at
           the
           first
           and
           stir
           again
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Patient
           hath
           Cast
           once
           ,
           give
           him
           a
           large
           draught
           of
           warm
           Gray
           Posset-drink
           immediately
           after
           the
           Casting
           ;
           doing
           so
           every
           tim●
           that
           h●
           Casteth
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           I
           have
           seen
           some
           Country-People
           make
           their
           Posset-drink
           very
           ill
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           how
           ,
           and
           likewise
           how
           much
           I
           do
           usually
           make
           to
           be
           imploy'd
           in
           the
           working
           of
           one
           Purge
           .
        
         
           I
           take
           most
           commonly
           two
           Quarts
           of
           Milk
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           is
           ready
           to
           boil
           I
           do
           pour
           thereinto
           a
           quart
           of
           strong
           Beer
           but
           not
           too
           stale
           (
           because
           that
           would
           make
           the
           posset
           have
           a
           sowre
           Taste
           )
           and
           so
           let
           it
           stand
           over
           the
           fire
           until
           it
           be
           clear
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           most
           part
           these
           Vomits
           are
           just
           two
           Hours
           in
           the
           working
           .
           And
           for
           my
           
             Emeto
             Cathar
          
           (
           or
           vomiting
           Purge
           )
           you
           may
           eat
           ,
           drink
           ,
           or
           sleep
           as
           soon
           as
           it
           is
           over
           ,
           but
           commonly
           they
           do
           chuse
           to
           lie
           down
           on
           a
           Bed.
           
        
         
         
           And
           that
           Night
           I
           do
           usually
           give
           the
           Patient
           three
           of
           my
           
             Fever
             Pills
          
           as
           big
           as
           a
           pease
           ,
           and
           a
           draught
           of
           strong
           Liquor
           after
           them
           ,
           having
           supped
           (
           either
           not
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           )
           two
           hours
           before
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           regard
           many
           people
           loath
           Posset-drink
           (
           and
           not
           to
           drink
           good
           store
           of
           some
           Liquor
           were
           like
           a
           Laundress
           washing
           with
           Soap
           and
           none
           or
           little
           Water
           )
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           will
           do
           as
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           strong
           mild
           Beer
           or
           Ale
           :
           But
           Broath
           is
           not
           good
           ,
           and
           Gruel
           is
           much
           worse
           as
           I
           have
           seen
           proved
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           nothing
           (
           as
           I
           conceive
           )
           material
           now
           wanting
           ,
           if
           you
           do
           but
           Accept
           it
           as
           kindly
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           Candidly
           Communicated
           the
           same
           ,
           not
           resting
           on
           Conjecture
           ,
           (
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Argument
           beyond
           Experience
           )
           but
           making
           a
           practical
           Use
           of
           it
           .
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           many
           Thousands
           will
           praise
           God
           for
           putting
           it
           into
           my
           heart
           to
           divulge
           it
           so
           plainly
           to
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           some
           will
           say
           that
           there
           are
           abundance
           of
           abler
           Artists
           ,
           who
           might
           probably
           have
           done
           it
           more
           Elegantly
           .
           I
           answer
           ,
           Since
           they
           have
           not
           done
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           great
           need
           that
           some
           body
           else
           should
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           he
           that
           can
           lend
           me
           a
           Hundred
           Pounds
           that
           is
           Thank-worthy
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           lendeth
           me
           Four
           or
           Five
           Pounds
           to
           serve
           my
           Necessitous
           Occasion
           .
           And
           I
           studied
           not
           *
           Elegance
           (
           or
           Applause
           )
           but
           plainness
           ;
           that
           it
           might
           be
           the
           more
           Universally
           Useful
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           Advertisement
           .
        
         
           ALL
           Agues
           ,
           Sci●tica's
           ,
           the
           Scurvy
           ,
           Hypochondriack
           Melancholy
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Chronick
           Diseases
           ,
           are
           Radically
           Cured
           by
           the
           Author
           ,
           by
           Extirpating
           the
           occasional
           Cause
           thereof
           .
        
         
           He
           also
           gives
           speedy
           Ease
           and
           Rest
           in
           all
           putrid
           Feavers
           ,
           and
           Cures
           them
           perfectly
           in
           few
           days
           ,
           if
           they
           are
           not
           too
           far
           gone
           .
        
         
           He
           Cures
           the
           Tooth-Ach
           without
           drawing
           the
           Tooth
           ;
           and
           Pleurisies
           ,
           and
           Quinsies
           ,
           speedily
           and
           safely
           ,
           without
           Bleeding
           .
           He
           hath
           a
           singular
           way
           of
           Easing
           After-pains
           ,
           and
           Gripes
           in
           Young
           Infants
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           the
           Nurses
           could
           scarcely
           keep
           their
           Beds
           an
           Hour
           together
           one
           Night
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           no
           need
           of
           Rising
           the
           next
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           POST-SCRIPT
           To
           the
           Indifferent
           READERS
           Within
           the
           Compass
           of
           my
           Acquaintance
           .
        
         
           
             Gent.
             
          
        
         
           I
           Would
           not
           have
           you
           Despise
           the
           Matter
           for
           the
           Meaness
           of
           the
           Stile
           ,
           nor
           the
           Subject
           for
           the
           plainess
           of
           the
           Authors
           Coat
           ;
           for
           a
           Man
           is
           no
           more
           known
           by
           his
           Raiment
           ,
           than
           a
           good
           Horse
           by
           his
           Trappings
           ,
           or
           a
           good
           Gun
           by
           the
           Stock
           .
           Be
           not
           carried
           away
           from
           the
           Truth
           with
           the
           Gingling
           Eloquence
           of
           such
           who
           by
           Flattery
           have
           gained
           a
           Repute
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           try
           the
           matter
           by
           your
           own
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Senses
           ;
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           of
           Aristotle
           ,
           That
           
             we
             ought
             to
             give
             credit
             to
             Reason
             ,
             if
             the
             things
             
             of
             Reason
             agree
             with
             Experience
             .
          
           I
           say
           Try
           ,
           Enquire
           ,
           not
           what
           is
           reported
           of
           me
           ,
           (
           for
           Ill-Will
           and
           Self-Interest
           pervert
           Judgment
           )
           therefore
           enquire
           of
           those
           that
           have
           been
           my
           Patients
           ,
           of
           what
           Cures
           have
           been
           done
           by
           me
           of
           all
           kinds
           ;
           whereof
           many
           are
           such
           as
           are
           generally
           accounted
           uncurable
           .
           But
           no
           more
           of
           this
           at
           present
        
         
           But
           a
           Word
           or
           two
           of
           Fevers
           ,
           in
           this
           Disease
           it
           is
           known
           far
           and
           near
           that
           my
           practice
           hath
           been
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           common
           Custom
           ;
           I
           thinking
           it
           no
           shame
           to
           follow
           Truth
           ,
           although
           therefore
           very
           few
           will
           follow
           me
           ,
           the
           Major
           Part
           aiming
           more
           at
           Greatness
           than
           Goodness
           .
           And
           as
           an
           Ingenuous
           Man
           said
           once
           ,
           That
           
             although
             Truth
             ought
             to
             be
             followed
             by
             all
             ,
             yet
             he
             that
             keeps
             too
             close
             to
             its
             heels
             might
             chance
             to
             have
             his
             Teeth
             dash'd
             out
          
           ;
           so
           have
           I
           been
           in
           danger
           often
           for
           no
           other
           Offence
           .
           For
           I
           am
           of
           his
           opinion
           who
           said
           ,
           
             To
             follow
          
           Gallen
           
             any
             farther
             than
             he
             follows
             Truth
             is
             great
             wickedness
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           it
           cannot
           seem
           strange
           to
           any
           Intelligent
           Person
           that
           I
           should
           ever
           and
           anon
           be
           followed
           with
           such
           cruel
           Clamors
           ,
           making
           all
           people
           believe
           (
           who
           are
           ignorant
           of
           my
           practice
           )
           that
           thorow
           Ignorance
           and
           want
           of
           good
           Remedies
           ,
           I
           destroy
           most
           that
           I
           do
           take
           in
           hand
           ;
           when
           the
           Authors
           themselves
           know
           that
           it
           is
           as
           full
           of
           Falsity
           as
           the
           Sun
           is
           full
           of
           Light.
           But
           herein
           they
           play
           the
           Fox
           that
           dispraised
           those
           *
           Hens
           and
           *
           Grapes
           for
           nought
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           reach
           to
           Taste
           .
        
         
         
           For
           I
           do
           believe
           there
           is
           not
           one
           of
           a
           Hun●●●●
           th●t
           goeth
           so
           warily
           upon
           the
           Art
           of
           Heali●g
           as
           I
           did
           ,
           being
           above
           Twelve
           Years
           a
           curi●●●●●archer
           into
           Galens
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           as
           strict
           〈◊〉
           observer
           of
           their
           practice
           that
           were
           his
           Fol●●●●●
           ,
           before
           I
           did
           meddle
           with
           the
           Admini●●●●●ion
           of
           Ph●sick
           ;
           but
           I
           do
           assure
           you
           that
           I
           ●●●●ived
           more
           satisfaction
           in
           reading
           one
           Chymic●l
           *
           Author
           of
           about
           four
           or
           five
           shillings
           price
           ,
           〈◊〉
           f●om
           all
           the
           books
           that
           came
           to
           my
           hand
           in
           all
           ●h●t
           time
           .
           And
           I
           never
           durst
           to
           profess
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           Art
           ,
           but
           with
           great
           doubting
           before
           .
        
         
           Th●n
           pray
           consider
           what
           a
           bitter
           exigent
           I
           was
           at
           ,
           that
           must
           either
           forsake
           Truth
           it self
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           our
           merciful
           Father
           had
           now
           discovered
           a
           Glimpse
           to
           me
           to
           sweeten
           my
           Labours
           )
           or
           else
           I
           must
           forsake
           the
           splendid
           Society
           of
           all
           the
           Prof●ssors
           both
           Chyrurgical
           and
           Physical
           ,
           within
           many
           Miles
           of
           my
           dwelling
           ;
           for
           such
           was
           my
           unhappiness
           that
           there
           was
           not
           one
           professing
           the
           Art
           of
           healing
           that
           did
           rightly
           understand
           either
           Astrology
           or
           Chymistry
           ,
           within
           fifteen
           Miles
           ,
           or
           I
           suppose
           twenty
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           some
           of
           their
           Practices
           .
           Never
           was
           any
           poor
           Mouse
           more
           narrowly
           watched
           by
           the
           Vigilant
           Cat
           ,
           than
           I
           have
           been
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           some
           of
           their
           deluded
           followers
           ,
           so
           that
           if
           a
           Patient
           Fortune
           to
           miscarry
           under
           my
           care
           ,
           it
           is
           presently
           ascribed
           to
           me
           or
           my
           Chymical
           Re●edi●●
           ,
           because
           I
           often
           act
           contrary
           to
           the
           Edicts
           
           of
           the
           Female
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           Lead
           my
           Patients
           by
           Bleeding
           ,
           Cupping
           ,
           Blisters
           ,
           &c.
           (
           as
           it
           were
           through
           an
           Earthly
           Purgatory
           )
           Alamode
           to
           their
           Grave
           ,
           hereby
           I
           say
           if
           a
           Patient
           of
           mine
           Dye
           ,
           they
           report
           all
           the
           Country
           over
           that
           I
           kill'd
           him
           or
           her
           ;
           with
           most
           bitter
           Hyperbolical
           ,
           false
           Aggravations
           ,
           as
           extream
           swelling
           ,
           it
           never
           work●d
           ,
           it
           was
           too
           strong
           ,
           &c.
           when
           it
           is
           well
           known
           to
           Thousands
           now
           living
           that
           if
           my
           purging
           Physick
           never
           work
           it
           doth
           no
           hurt
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           me
           the
           bolder
           in
           using
           it
           ;
           nor
           ever
           have
           I
           had
           a
           Patient
           that
           died
           whilst
           the
           Vomit
           strained
           them
           ,
           nor
           above
           one
           of
           a
           thousand
           within
           twenty
           four
           hours
           after
           its
           working
           was
           over
           .
           Now
           as
           watchful
           as
           my
           Antagonists
           have
           been
           ,
           let
           them
           prove
           to
           the
           contrary
           and
           I
           will
           subscribe
           a
           paper
           of
           Recantation
           ,
           if
           their
           Evidence
           be
           uninterested
           persons
           of
           Credit
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           yet
           come
           closer
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           angry
           I
           cannot
           help
           it
           ,
           nor
           care
           I
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Are
           not
           ordinary
           Feavers
           the
           means
           to
           carry
           a
           great
           number
           of
           people
           to
           their
           Graves
           yearly
           ?
           Let
           them
           look
           over
           their
           Books
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           not
           lost
           out
           of
           the
           like
           number
           ten
           for
           my
           one
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           soap
           will
           not
           wash
           off
           the
           Dirt
           with
           which
           I
           have
           been
           so
           unworthily
           bespattered
           ;
           I
           will
           offer
           one
           more
           scowring
           Remedy
           .
           Let
           any
           of
           them
           come
           to
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           abide
           but
           a
           fair
           Trial
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           lose
           Five
           Guinnies
           ,
           if
           I
           do
           not
           Cu●e
           of
           Febrile
           Patients
           two
           for
           their
           one
           .
        
         
         
           But
           I
           suppose
           they
           will
           say
           ,
           they
           hardly
           know
           any
           practice
           that
           I
           have
           had
           in
           this
           kind
           .
           I
           believe
           so
           too
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           because
           I
           any
           Fever
           (
           except
           Hectick
           and
           Pestilential
           )
           in
           few
           days
           ,
           if
           I
           am
           called
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           patient
           doth
           appear
           to
           be
           very
           ill
           and
           then
           it
           is
           looked
           at
           as
           a
           thing
           not
           worth
           noting
           .
           But
           you
           T
           's
           that
           cannot
           Credit
           my
           Report
           without
           proof
           ,
           if
           you
           are
           neer
           Chichester
           pray
           enquire
           of
           Mr.
           Iennings
           his
           Daughter
           ,
           Mistress
           Godfrey
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           thing
           thereabout
           will
           make
           against
           my
           Discourse
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           but
           I
           have
           a
           sort
           of
           such
           Friends
           as
           will
           discover
           the
           business
           without
           troubling
           me
           to
           search
           either
           my
           Notes
           or
           Memory
           .
        
         
           Besides
           hers
           being
           a
           putrid
           Fever
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           somewhat
           concerning
           a
           Malignant
           Fever
           .
           In
           the
           year
           80
           or
           81
           ,
           there
           were
           great
           Numbers
           of
           people
           died
           of
           such
           Fevers
           ,
           many
           whereof
           were
           taken
           with
           Vomiting
           ,
           &c.
           
           Yet
           I
           had
           the
           Good
           Fortune
           to
           cure
           Eighteen
           in
           the
           Parish
           of
           Aldingbourn
           not
           one
           dying
           in
           that
           great
           compass
           of
           that
           Disease
           ;
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             Whitington
          
           and
           his
           Wife
           being
           two
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           remains
           that
           I
           give
           a
           Reason
           for
           this
           tedious
           Post-script
           and
           so
           conclude
           .
        
         
           Yet
           I
           had
           overslipt
           one
           thing
           being
           very
           proper
           to
           be
           spoken
           of
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           that
           since
           the
           whole
           Treatise
           is
           concerning
           the
           small
           pox
           ,
           to
           say
           a
           word
           or
           two
           of
           my
           Experience
           herein
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           Distemper
           did
           rage
           so
           much
           in
           and
           about
           Chichester
           ,
           (
           ten
           or
           a
           dozen
           years
           since
           )
           it
           
           was
           a
           great
           many
           that
           fell
           under
           my
           Care
           ,
           I
           believe
           sixty
           at
           the
           least
           and
           yet
           I
           lost
           but
           one
           Person
           of
           the
           Disease
           .
           Nor
           was
           one
           of
           my
           Patien●s
           marked
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           be
           seen
           but
           half
           a
           year
           after
           .
           My
           success
           being
           such
           that
           many
           people
           thought
           themselves
           almost
           out
           of
           danger
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           but
           get
           one
           of
           those
           Nurses
           into
           their
           houses
           that
           did
           use
           to
           Tend
           my
           Patients
           .
        
         
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Reason
           of
           this
           Post-script
           ,
           I
           having
           by
           Study
           and
           Labour
           attained
           to
           a
           far
           better
           ,
           safer
           and
           speedier
           way
           of
           curing
           Diseases
           ,
           than
           was
           ever
           taught
           by
           Galen
           ,
           did
           think
           my self
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           to
           give
           my
           Neighbours
           warning
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           their
           
             Botcherly
             ,
             Butcherly
             ,
             Cruel
          
           manner
           of
           practice
           ,
           of
           Bleeding
           ,
           Blisters
           ,
           Cupping
           ,
           Cauteries
           ,
           Actual
           and
           Potential
           Fontinels
           ,
           &c.
           whereby
           I
           (
           like
           Paul
           at
           Ephesus
           )
           did
           engage
           the
           whole
           Tribe
           of
           the
           Medicinal
           Art
           against
           me
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           not
           unreasonable
           neither
           ,
           for
           if
           they
           lose
           these
           ,
           the
           chief
           profit
           of
           their
           Trade
           is
           gone
           .
        
         
           Then
           do
           but
           consider
           how
           vain
           a
           thing
           it
           is
           ,
           for
           one
           single
           person
           to
           stand
           upon
           his
           guard
           against
           a
           Multitude
           of
           mad
           ,
           resolute
           ,
           self-will'd
           opposers
           .
           It
           is
           but
           like
           one
           going
           about
           to
           extinguish
           a
           Heath-fire
           ,
           when
           there
           are
           above
           one
           hundred
           others
           as
           exquisite
           persons
           ,
           as
           industriously
           imploy'd
           to
           kindle
           the
           said
           fire
           in
           fresh
           places
           whilst
           he
           is
           putting
           it
           out
           where
           it
           first
           arose
           .
           So
           for
           me
           to
           make
           any
           defence
           against
           so
           violent
           and
           numerous
           ,
           mad
           ,
           heady
           kind
           of
           people
           ,
           
           were
           but
           like
           barking
           against
           the
           Wind
           ;
           or
           a
           Hare
           to
           undertake
           to
           Expostulate
           with
           a
           Pack
           of
           Hounds
           .
        
         
           For
           me
           to
           lose
           a
           Patient
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           Clamor
           presently
           just
           like
           that
           in
           a
           Country
           Village
           ,
           when
           a
           Dog
           hath
           kill'd
           a
           Sheep
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           score
           of
           theirs
           to
           die
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           more
           Notice
           taken
           of
           it
           than
           for
           as
           many
           Sheep
           to
           lose
           their
           Lives
           in
           a
           Butchers
           Slaughter-House
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Female
           Jury
           have
           always
           this
           healing
           Balsam
           ready
           ;
           
             Why
             he
             did
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Art
             of
             Man
             could
             do
             ,
             but
             alas
             his
             time
             was
             come
             .
          
           Very
           true
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           his
           time
           come
           that
           is
           hanged
           ,
           although
           perhaps
           he
           might
           have
           lived
           much
           longer
           had
           not
           the
           Executioner's
           unlucky
           Knot
           prevented
           him
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A49182-e460
           
             *
             But
             the
             urgency
             of
             the
             occasion
             ,
             by
             the
             raging
             of
             the
             distemper
             ,
             hath
             forced
             this
             Abortive
             Birth
             .
          
           
             a
             Mrs.
             Badmerings
             familynear
             to
             A●hington
             ,
             &
             one
             Gibs
             at
             
               Felpham
               week
            
             .
          
           
             b
             
               Iohn
               Haman
            
             Needle-maker
             of
             Chichester
             .
          
           
             c
             Mr.
             
               T.
               Gre●●
            
             .
          
           
             d
             
               H●n
               .
               Li●b●ise
            
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Vpon
               enquiry
               I
               hear
               that
               it
               was
               two
               children
               and
               one
               servant
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               By
               help
               of
               my
               directions
               the
               Master
               or
               Mistress
               may
               be
               able
               to
               guide
               and
               controul
               the
               most
               confident
               Nurse
               .
            
          
           
             e
             Hen.
             Betsworth
             
               a
               Mole-catcher
               in
            
             Chichester
             .
          
           
             Caution
             .
          
           
             f
             Riv.
             pag.
             13.
             saith
             ,
             
               Aqua
               Bened.
               purging
               upwards
               and
               downwards
               ,
               bringeth
               such
               a
               quantity
               of
               flegme
               not
               only
               from
               the
            
          
           
             g
             
               stomach
               ,
               b●t
               from
               ●he
               brain
               also
            
             &c
             
          
           
             h
             
               There
               is
               no
               quicker
               nor
               safer
               evacuation
               than
               by
               a
               Chymical
               vomit
               .
               But
               do
               not
               think
               that
               Tobacco
               and
               such
               like
               are
               to
               be
               used
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               How
               dangerous
               Stools
               are
               ,
               every
               Nurse
               can
               tell
               you
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Is
               it
               best
               in
               a
               great
               quantity
               ,
               and
               bad
               in
               a
               small
               ?
            
          
           
             *
             
               Why
               then
               do
               ●ou
               use
               them
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               And
               in
               put●id
               Fe●●ers
               ,
               by
               ●ating
               ,
               or
               drinking
               to
               excess
               ;
               or
               some
               violent
               agitation
               ,
               in
               labour
               or
               exercise
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Pray
               〈◊〉
               that
               this
               an●i●●t
               ,
               ingenious
               ,
               i●dustrious
               ,
               〈◊〉
               Artist
               tells
               us
               plainly
               ,
               th●t
               strong
               Beer
               ,
               A●
               and
               Wine
               ,
               which
               other
               Doctors
               do
               forbid
               ,
               be
               constantly
               ●res●ri●●
               to
               his
               ●ati●nts
               (
               not
               o●ly
               as
               drink
               )
               but
               〈◊〉
               chiefest
               diet
               als●
            
             ▪
             
          
           
             a
             Riv.
             pag
             ▪
             57●
             .
             
               say●
               ,
               A
               〈◊〉
               ●●gard
               is
               to
               be
            
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             b
             Riv.
             pag
             5●●
             .
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             c
             
               S●ch
               are
               all
               s●rts
               of
               Wine
               ,
               Cyder
               ,
               〈◊〉
               and
               all
               sorts
               of
               B●er
               and
               A●e
               ,
               of
               which
               that
               is
               the
               be●●
               which
               the
            
             〈…〉
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Their
               Method
            
             .
          
           
             Receipt
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49182-e2060
           
             *
             
               T●e
               Wiv●s
               of
            
             Will.
             Hartly
             ,
             and
             Rich
             Read.
             Hen.
             Limbric●
             ,
             
               all
               of
            
             Aldingbourn
             n●●r
             Chichester
             .
          
           
             *
             Jane
             Goodman
             of
             Heyshot
             .
          
           
             *
             
               Th●se
               are
               the
               best
               to
               prevent
               the
               M●rks
               .
            
          
           
             *
             Goodwise
             S●one
             
               at
               the
            
             Anchor
             
               I●n
               in
            
             Liphook
             ▪
             〈◊〉
             Por●smouth
             
               Road.
               And
               Mrs.
            
             B●ll
             
               then
               of
            
             Wick
             by
             Chichester
             .
          
           
             *
             Or
             ,
             Eloquence
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49182-e2960
           
             *
             
               Chimical
               Vomits
               and
               other
               Chimical
               Remedies
               .
            
          
           
             *
             
               Chimical
               Vomits
               and
               other
               Chimical
               Remedies
               .
            
          
           
             *