1000000031

~ght

ar:J.

"ry

of di¡;cnion, fuch as broths or foups made

01 fldh mCen, with

plt:nty

\'egclahlcs,

c'lGbitge,

cole,\'orls, Jccks,

01110113,

Thc bread fh ouid be

(rdh

2nd well b. ke.!; "no f.IIAds o( all kinds are beneficial,

bUI

~lore

panicub.d y

d.lOdelion,

forrel,

cndi ve:,

ktll1::c,

(umitOry, and p'lr!1.\Oc ;

which m;:¡,y be added, (curvy–

&r3r.9', c:-cfl"t.s; or lhc

likc,

corred

lhe

cooHng

qualilies

of Ihe

Cormer. SuO\mcr

frnits are

all goad .

onngt:s,

Jemons, .'

cilrons,

apple5 ,

Thc dnnk may ue

good

found becr, cydcr, or

R henifh

\Vine. Ph yíic is nc"er ne–

eerrary if ,he fren, brOlh, wd greens keep ,he bdly o·

p eo, antJ

pals

frcely

urine. Cwt:at,

ano

par!>i, .nion.

otherwi'f, lhe pat,cnr

rnly

t;.¡ke a

dcco~ion

tamalinds'

and prunes with a diuretic

(ah;

and on ¡rolel

~edi;u ~

dlyS

he may be

f\VC~HCd

with ....camphorate bolures of (herjac. and

warm draughts of/ a .decoétion of lhe woods.

twclve

\jftee" graios

l he {quiil

lis

of lhe EJ;nbl:r,1h d iC–

penfHory.

lvlilk of

all

fons,

jt agrees with ,he conilitmion,

will

be very benefici.d , as

wc:ll

whcy, which is prefe–

rabie . Sal polychrefl is ufe as a miId

pur~

..ive anJ ex·

eeHent diuretic. The fcorbuJic jui..:es, qU<llificd

wi,h

lhe

j uice of Se\·ille oranges, He proper, efpecialJ

mixed

with the c1clrified whey, with [weating twice or thnce

'20-

week with lhe.

id juice mixcd w:th fa ck- whey;

í0r

lhis

3n evacl.!2.tion which feorbutic per{ons bear

th~

ben.

When there is nodange r

ao ha:moflhagc, warm baths,

w ith rofemary, n12rjoram, thyme,

ec.

may be good . I n

t he wínter-time, genuine fpru ce-beer, with lernons and

oFange jl.lice, is proper; or anlifcoruUtic ale,

mlde

of aD

iofufion of wormwood, hor{c. radi(h, munard·Ceed, and

¡ he Jike ; and il may be made laxative with the addi tion

(enna.. It mufi be d rank while pretty frdh or new.

V~n

Swieten fays, he has often [een wholc families cured

the (curvy, in Holland) by,the ufe of

can, of ale.

w hich wcrc put heads of a red

callba.ge

CUt fmall, twelv6

handfu!s o( ererr.. or feurvy.grafs , and a pound of fren,

h orfe · rad j(h previodly infufed.

When ,he gums begin to i,eh and are fpungy, ufe a

g.rgle of ,h<

b.rk

in(uled in brandy. ' ·"hen ,he putre·

faBion

inc~eafes.

ufc biHley-water and honey of rofe3, a·

eidulated with

mineral acid. The funglls muft be! kept

down . andowhen nt::cf'ffary, cut away. The ulcers of the

gums mufi be checked with a touch of Cpi rit of

{"h,

oil of vitriol d¡luted. When the legs are fwell ed, or

<:edemato'Js, gentle friélion, are to be ufed at fira wilh

warm fI?nnd, or wilh \'/oolleo c10ths charged Wilh lhe

fumes of benjamin and amber. provid!!d lhe CweIJing be

fmall, (oft . and nOl very pa;nrul, rolling thcm up after·

wards with ao ea(y bandage (rofU beJow upwards :

But

t hey

mueh fwelled, fldf, and paioful . they rnufl be

fomcoted with

diCcutient fomcnlion, or "rather lhc Clealll

(lf

the (omenl;Jtion lhould be receivcd lhrough a bl:mkel

ToJl en

round the limb . T his oper:ttion. repeatcd night

:1od moroinc, \ViII rcnder the contr3th:d jUlnls fu pplc.

After this has beeó continucd fo r h31f 'In huur, lhe

p:tru

dre

be aoolOted wi th palm oi l. [(

vcge' :lhle di!!t

c.!OC3

not reduce

che Jimb,

Cweat it with burning fl'i rits, or uags

.of

w<trm

{:.t lt .

U lee.. of ,he I' e'

m"H

he treated

comprdrtun,

ket p Ihe fltngUS uDder.;

VOL.

111 .

N° 73.

ith vcry gcntlc

and

tbe

(ame

ap'

1 N

1°9

pliclt:ons mu(l be tlrcd

í'S

lhe rottcn gum!' . Mr. Mur–

r;¡y has found a

roog tintlure of the bark of great {er a

vice in (corbutic

eleers.

dclngcroh~

hxmcrrhzgcs tbe

miner.!1 acids

mutl

ci\'cn

a la d e at a time

aod

0[·

ten ; fueh as the Cpiri t or elixir

vitriol, tOge(her

Wilh

fm. 1I dofes oC the Pcruvian hark.

A fcol bUlic diarrhcca fh ollld

nor

be fllddí!nly. fiopt at

fea) bU[ (he peCCclOt humour mufl be gcntly evacuated

with fOl. 1I dofes o/ rh ubarb, and ,he redpiration k"pt up

wi.h :\

lude theriac or dia.[corcl!um.

wito

othe: warm

día..

phoretic and firengtheninc medicines. lo ex treme c;1{es,

opium m \y L_p,ivcn more fredy. Th:!dicl mua be

slmi-

110llS :ond fuball rin&cm, with fl:rong rough red wine dilu..

teeL S OO1ctimts

hV('

g rains

:dllm

OH )'

bl! given wltl. lhe

diafcordium) erpecidlly when blood

evacua.ted

grcat

qu:mtltícs. The moH

tf[dru.l1

remedy io Ccorbutíc dy·

fenter:t:s

¡s

an infufion of Iptcacuanha

brand

g!ven

fmOtIl

dof~s,

and of;:en

rCF~ated.

Pflylicians n; fi!r che diffcrent (ymptoms of this direare

to difiere", Ca lis :

their different and

f.tr

,fetched cor ..

reaions o( thefe Cales

a.re

plainl] lidicuJous.

\Vacer

is lhe

known rohrent of all falts, and this iotention will be

bclt

anfwertd by pure . nd light Gmple water. The uni,·erfaJ.

remedy for a fcun·y confilts in mineral watets .

A fter mineral W3t('rs. nOthHig

more cffeétu<\l in tor ..

reéting a (corbutic acrimooy than a milk diet, or whey a..

lone, or irnprt'gnJtad witn the juices of 30t:Ccorbutic

herbs,

fuch as (curvy.grafs and water cre{fes .

eV;lcuations, blteding (houJd be

u(cd with

the

grcatcf'l caution ; and none but lhe: gentle:fi purges (hould

be given, fuch as fenn a. rhubarb, or manna. The diu4

retíes fhoutrl nol be fironger lhan the decoétion of lhe

roo," oC parfley, e<lery. fennel , aod afraragus. The

(afel~

diaphoretlcs

are,

dGlcified fpirit of nitre, fiowers of ful–

phur, ethiops mineral; ¡nfurions,

'in

lhe m:lnner of

tea,

P au) 's b,etony, carduus benediétus, fcordiunl. aod elder'"

flowers.

I n the hot or alkaline fcurvy, fcurvy- graCs is too \Varnl

to be adOlinillred alone. and (hould be correéted

w¡th

aci.ds,

fuch as woocl.{orrd, the juices of c¡Hons, oranges,

barberries and pcmegranalcs. Or míx the conferve of

fcurvy gr3fs wilh an eq ual

q~lantity

of lhe conferve of

wood-{orrd. and give it (wice or thnce a·day, \4ith fome

amifcorbutic water. Thls (houJd be accompAnicd with

milk · rneats. almond·emnlrions. barley-broths, water·

gruel. chicken-broths, with end¡ve, Jcnuce, forrel, and

crefles. inlerpofing,

a.t

proper ¡m crvals, gentle laxatives

and diuretics.

' Yhen the Ccurvy proceeds (rom muriatic f"lts, which

happ\'ns to thoCe who live

0 0

(!1\lIdkcd or high f.'\lted

fi(h

neOI ,

and have corrocfing uJcers, a. flinking breath .

punid gums.

tlJick ano (.;l rlÍh mi ne, :lS is

~enc:ra.lJy

ob·

ierve..:1in old failurs : then whey long amI copioufl yJrank,

produces,

h:l pp)~

cO'l fls;

alfo citrons, C hina oranges,

30cl ripl! fruits;

wher(';¡s

fp,ri1110US

~nd

volatilc antircor–

bmics are gcner.dly

dClfim~n[aJ.

H orr.

Bllt if crll!ly b).·td.

nlcns

rC'1uirc e>'lcrnal remedies,

we fhould nnl y ule rrcpftr.l.liOilS of rhe yolk of

ecg,

myrrh. oli!Jílnum. !;¡(fl'on. oil of rof,-s, anJ P crU\ ian

b;1lram. ' Vh"n , here

íln c'(cdflve impuri<y of the

hUnJours len:.!lng

putrefatlion. Ccarificalions ""iJl induce