Some observations made upon the Angola seed shewing its admirable virtue in curing all distempers of the eyes / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Goddard, anno 1660. Peachi, John, fl. 1683. 1682 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 4 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2007-01 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A56755 Wing P926 ESTC R27597 09981057 ocm 09981057 44428 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Therapeutics, Opthalmological -- Early works to 1800. 2006-03 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-03 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-04 Andrew Kuster Sampled and proofread 2006-04 Andrew Kuster Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Angola Seed : SHEWING Its Admirable VIRTUE IN CURING All DISTEMPERS OF THE EYES . Written by a Doctor of Physick in the Countrey to Dr. Goddard , one of the Royal Society at London , Anno 1660. London Printed , &c. 1682. SOME OBSERVATIONS Made upon the Angola Seed : SHEWING Its Admirable Virtue in Curing all Distempers of the EYES . In a LETTER , &c. SIR , I Received your Letter , wherein you give me an Account of a strange sort of Distemper in the Eyes of the Inhabitants about London : And I find you desire that I would communicate what usefull Observations I have made in that Distemper . I must tell you , that our Countrey Folk are infested with the same Distemper , and I attribute it unto some unusual Qualities in the Air and Winds at this time ; and I find that the use of an American Specifick doth great Service with us : I learned it of an Indian Doctor ; it is a sort of a Scarlet Seed with a small black Speck in it : They are not easie to be met with , I once had some from a Druggist in Walbrook , but have forgot his Name . They singularly dry up Rhumes in the Head , strengthen the Optick Nerves , cool Inflamations in the Eyes , and comfort the Animal Spirits ; they cleanse and heal : By their Balsamick vertue disperse the cloudiness of the Brain , and clear the Sight . I am credibly informed that Dr. Stepkins that Eminent Oculist , performed many Admirable Cures with them , amongst Men , Women and Children . One of your Citizens of London , who hath consulted with Dr. Turbervil of Salisbury , came into our Countrey , having a grievous Opthalmy , desired my Assistance , finding no Relief by his Advice . I directed him to the use of these American Seeds : I gave him the Tincture , Spirit and Extract in Waters , and also in Milk , and in all the liquid Aliments he took , and I caus'd him to wear a Necklace of the same . It dryed up all his Rhumes in Forty days time . An old Gentlewoman whose Eyes were almost put out by the Evil , and had not only an Inflammation , but a Cataract was much feared , because some of her Relations had been blind by that Distemper . I applyed the same Remedies to her , and it succeeded to Admiration . A young Woman whose Eyes were wonderfully inflamed after the Small Pox , and so weak she could not endure to look against the Light , and in great Pain ; she had been blooded , and Purged , and Bannio'd and Blister'd , and Cupt , had made two Issues , and a Seton in her Neck ; and the Lady Ivy had applyed many Eye-waters , and Powders and Oyntments for seven Months ▪ and all to no purpose ; and at length the use of this Specifick perfectly recover'd her Eyes , to the great Joy of her Relations and her self . A Child about four years old , whose Eyes were extream bad , and lay under the hands of a Woman who pretended great skill , she pickt Five pounds out of the Parents pocket , upon a Promise of Cure , but never perform'd it . But at length one who had received Benefit by this Specifick , recommended it , and received thanks for so doing from the Childs Friends , and it hath been well ever since . A Minister whose Eyes by Reading and late Studying had a violent Defluxion of Rhume upon them , that they always looked Blood-shotten ; after the use of other Methods for two Months together , to no purpose ; and then hearing of this Medicine , applyed himself to it , and only washt his Eyes with pure Spring-water , and this Specifick perfectly recover'd him . A young Child born blind , was helpt by the Nurses taking these Drops , the Child only sucking her Milk , but its Distemper was an Opthalmy , but not a true Cataract . There was a whole Family very much Distemper'd with Hot Rhumes in their Eyes ; three of the Persons were in danger of Cataracts growing in them : They had used all sorts of Applications , and had suffer'd three pretending Women to tamper with them several Months , and at last hearing of these Scarlet Seeds , wore Necklaces of them , and took the Tincture made of them in all their Drink , and in a Months time were perfectly Cured , only taking twenty Drops at a time . FINIS .