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\Villi, h1.,m<s . 11 dri«1 .nJ f:.lt~d me",s, cfpeci"lI y
hog's rld h; and fi fh, p.lnicl1 :'lrl y lhcll·fdh, bec.w[e lhe
poor peorle in inhA~i tlng nt.!'íl r the fea COlln,
Wcrt. formt.!'rI)' l1luch luhjl éi tO leprous diredreS J and had
mito)' 110fpnals ereéled un thílt accClunt.
In th~ nu.,thoJ o( CU le, fJ)'s H offm lO, \Ve O\ould en–
de.t'"01H tu d ifcharge out af lile body Ihe mafs of corrupto
gl u{:nous , ,md acrid humouls, by lufficient blecding and
ablhnencc, and by purees, as well ge'ntle as dfaHic ; lhen,
by proper alimclH :\nd el gaad regimen, promote lhe gcnera~
tion of wholfomc jl1iccs ; and , likc by ex ternal, de:–
tedi\'c, ..:onro!idating, anJ drying remedies, la free the
parts from paios, tUn1ours, itcJlIng. and ulccrs.
The purs os m.y con Gil of ,he root and the reGn of
j ..l.. p, the extraét of bl ..ck hellebole, elaterium mixed
with calomel, or ethiops m:neral, and gum arnL1Joniitc.
Among thore things which ni mulate lhe folid pan s to
ao excrc[Qry motion, and mOre po\\.erfully melt clown
the tenacious humours. lhe lignum aod cort ex guaif\c. ex–
ceed .dI! others, as they wilJ generally alune cu re lhe lucs
,'enerea, The moCl confiderable, berides theCe, are lhe
and :lcrid t¡ntluTe of antimony, fu iphur of 3D–
timony, cinnilbar, '1 nd, ir a venereal tain( is fu rpe8 ed. a
decoétion of cTude antimony. \V hich mediCines, in a
conventent dore, in lhe moroing, with purifying decoc–
tions drank in becl , afford very great relier.
But, if thefe , recourfe mufl be had tO me~ury,
'Which fome, after extinét ion, mix with f10wers :p ful–
phur and camphorI and rub tt 0 0 lhe joints la promote a
{al¡valion: otbers more properly give mercurius dulcis,
\Vith double the quantity of crab,-eyes and calx of aOli–
mony, r¡flng graduall y (rom three or four graios to a
fcruple, io order to ral ív~te ; with the uroal precautioos .
The cure may alfo be performed \Vith altera, i,'e and dia–
phoretic preparatioos of mercury, fuch as mercurius fo ·
luís and jOTialis ; of which a few graios may be exhi–
bited every morníng in conferve of rofes for Come weeks,
drinking in bed arter it a pint uf f",me proper decoélion.
But it mufl be obfer ved, that e3ch of th efe methods
of cure requires 3 0 air vt:.ry tempnate, ~ fpare thin diet,
. nd an ahflineDce from fat, and boiled fltlh, and acids_
Of ¡he IT C H_
T HE itch is a cutaneous diCeafe, aríCing (rom a corrup·
tion of a Cerous Iymphatic maller, Comctimes anended
wirh milrl, rometimes \Vid) more obHinate and dilngerous
fymptoms. The íteh of the mi lder run :¡ppf>ars either
with moin or dry punules, at (¡ra at-ollt lhe joints, and
from thence fpreads by degrees over all the body, the
hcad only exeepted. lo the moin Cun , to whi ch chil–
dren and ,he fangui neo-phlegmatic >re nl9f1 f"bjeét, the
pufl ules are more full Of ;74 pu rult'ot matter , aut odcu wit h
a flight inflammation, which is manifef1 from lhe reooefs
which appeél rs rouod about them tiJl It Cuppunlles. T he
dry ron chid ly attacks IhoCe tha! are It!'ttn, olJ, or are
or a melanc:hol"'o-cholcric cooHilUti on : l o theCe, the
pulllllcs ;i IC much Icfs, and excite a mun intplcr..tule
¡Iching . efpcc-j.. ll y io the mght-tlme. T he mon lIfual
places whert: the erupliofiS appear \'~ry numcrous. ;¡nd the
itching is gre.l.I cfl, "re uctwccn lhe fin gers, 0 0 Lhe arms,
Ilao1S, tlnd thinh, .
V O L . 111. Numo. 75, t
e N E.
Thi, úifcafe is, truly . nel properly fpeak ing, a
of the fki n j becoiuCe it ohen is [.,fely cured by topies a·
lone, Ir timely applied. lt is cont;¡giou!), and m::..y be
caught by draw,ng 00 a glove or flocklng, ,yiplog e n
the lIneo, or lyinglO (heetsafter perroos cd \Vilh lhis
malaJ y. Sorne thiok it owing to an impu rity in the fe –
rum , dnd lome tO aOlmalcula:. But howeVl r that be, It
often arreas [uch who hf(ve been long kept in pnfon, who
lead ioaébve live~ , anei are uCed lO hve io a fll1tt dh naHy
manoer, or who conl!an tl y ('al ¡¡fu or Aefh dfl t.d in lhe
[moak or fun, aod ufe any other unwholefoOle rcod or
drioks ; or who live io a eold , moin, aud c10udy air,
whieh, hindering a free perfpiralioo. caufes a ltagoation
ofhum ocrs in the fuperficies or the body, which are CQr
that reafoo ¡iable [Q corrupe
The milder fort of itch i, no way dangerou" and very
eaCy to cure; bUI the moin more eafy thao lhe dry:
'~hile it i, receot and fuperflcial, it much [ooner yield~
10 remedies, than wheo It is deep, aod has iofea ed lhe
mafs of bl"od ; and the cafe is fl ill worfe, if there be
any fault in the viCcera: it is mOre diffi cult in old perCons
than young : in a leuco-phlegmatic or hydropic. 1 difpo(i–
tion, as alCo in a very dry he{lic one, il is h.. rd 10 c\lr,e;
and, wheo it becomes univerCal, it may briog 0 0 the leprofy .
The pati ent fhould avoid !l\ell-fi fl\, and all falted and
high [eaConed meats; as alCo wioe, fpiritoU5 tiquor!,
f'lrong becr, aod every thiog elfe tha[ may inflame lhe
blood_ For ,his reafon a !lender diet i. befl , unler. per–
fpiration be obflruéted.
If the body is phlethoric, \Veare to begin by bleeding,
and afterwards 10 pur[ue it by purging, which cannot
faf<ly he o mitted.
Inllead of repeatiog purgi ng, it is comrnon to gi~e
1I0wers of fulphur io rni lk, or treacle, wi th eood fu cceCs.
W illis and many others have a grcat opinion of the ef-
6cacy of: fulphur ufed both intern. lly and externally ; tI>
which Turoer a!fents, except in heBic and conrumptive
cafes. Rut Shaw lhink, it is not to be depended on
when outwardly ufed . Yet it is \'cry cernin that poor
people fi nJ a great deal of henefi t who drink it in\\'ardly
\Vith milk, aod uCe it ou twardly with butter, or hob's·lard.
Tnrner prefers th e falt of rartar 10 mofl other reme·
die" it ,horoughly purging and cleanfi ng the blood taken
inwardl y, and, made ioto a Iixi"ium with fpriog water, is
ao excelleot wafh olltwa rdly.
When the blood is ,hough' to be foul, i, will be pro–
per to uf~ diet drinks, through the whole cou rre, of tbe
roots o( chi na, farfapa rilla. oxylapathum, Ccorz.onera,
chichorcum, glycyrrlllza, polypodium , the barks or faf–
fafras, cir.o<l momum, rhe Olavlngs of lhe woods of faf–
[,,(ras, and the !tke ; which wi ll llreogthen lhe folid pans,
and d ry up fuperfil10us humidities.
It htls beco a very coOlmon praélice lO cure lhe ilCh by
quicUilver girdlt:s; but ,.·ufner tlllOks them too h"zar.
dous lO be brough t ioto regular pr"étlce, aod Shaw feeOls
to be of the fame opioion.
BU( . fter all Ihis, if the úif..fe fl\Ould prove fo Ilub–
boro as oot to give Wd.y tO the mofl powerfuJ of lhe pr.e–
cediog O1clhmls, recoulfe mua be h"J 10 r.thvatlon as
lhe dcrnier rd un , which \Vdl prove cfFd lual wh~n c\'ery
thinCelfc f;\ils¡ which, howcver, is nOt lO be: made ufc of ti 11
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