A Generous Diſcovery Of many Curious and Uſeful MEDICINES and PREPARATIONS, BOTH IN PHYSIC, CHYMISTRY, COOKERY, and STIFFENRY; AS A
- Drink for the Small Pox,
- Phoſphorus Powder to Light a Pipe with,
- Ketchup for Sauce,
- Starch from Potatoes.
And many others both Profitable and De⯑lightful, hitherto Secrets; now made Pub⯑lick for the Benefit of Mankind in General.
To be had at Mrs. Hey's near the Wax-Candle in St. Andrew's NORWICH.
LONDON: Printed for the Author, 1725:
Price 3 d.
GENTLEMEN and LADIES,
[]WHEN a Phyſician puts out a Book upon any Diſtem⯑per incident to human Bo⯑dy, he is hugely careful to obſerve the following Method: Firſt, in the Pre⯑ſace to his Book, he very cunningly and artf [...]lly pre⯑pares his Bait, and fixes his Trap, by a long Declaration of his good Intentions to ſerve the Publick; and that the following Treatiſe is publiſh'd with that View only, and with⯑out any private Ends or ſelfiſh Deſigns as Quacks uſually have: In the Body of the Book he affords you moſt delightful Entertainment, by Reaſoning ſo finely upon the Variety of its Cauſes, and ſetting forth in a moſt ample Man⯑ner, both the Ancient and Modern Methods of Cure; and in the End he is almoſt ſure to catch his Prey by a ſly Inſinuation of the wonderful Succeſs he himſelf has had in the Cure of that Diſtemper, by a Method entire⯑ly new, and unknown to any but himſelf; Now 'tis certain this is no more than a lar [...]e [4]Advertiſement, and muſt be allowed upon due Conſideration to amount to only this;
THE difference therefore in this Point be⯑tween the Regular and Quack Phyſician con⯑ſiſts only in the former's making you pay largely for his Advertiſement and Phyſick too; whilſt the latter is obliged to give away his Advertiſement, and Perhaps is never half paid for his Phyſick: But this I muſt obſerve to you, That both of them ſtill agree in the Con⯑cealment of their Methods, and would by no means diſcover them, no not for Five Hun⯑dred Pounds.
THAT there are many Phyſical Druggs and Plants yet undiſcovered to the World, whoſe effects may be very conducive towards the continuation of Health and long Life, I be⯑lieve is the Opinion of moſt Men; and that there are many Secrets or Noſtrums now in the Hands of particular Perſons which are known to work ſurprizing Cures is certain and without dou [...]t and the Reaſon why they do now, and will ſtill remain Secrets, and in pri⯑vate Hands, is for want of a Public Reward [5]being offer'd, equal to the Advantage a pri⯑vate Man may make of them.
IN other Countries, I find, the King or Go⯑vernment is generally the Purchaſer of ſuch Secrets, and then generouſly publiſh them for the Good of all their Subjects; a piece of Policy, in my Opinion, in no wiſe contempti⯑ble, and what can never be a dear Purchaſe or hard Bargain to a Crown'd Head or Go⯑vernment.
BUT our Countrymen either having leſs Money, or more Frugality, go a cheaper way to work, and oblige their Authors and Inven⯑tors either to run the Hazard of having their Secrets by ſome Accident or other diſcovered to the World, or to purchaſe a Patent under the Great Seal, for the Sole making, uſing or vending ſuch a Machine, Preparation or Com⯑medity, (of which the Patentee has prov'd himſelf the Original Author and Inventor) for a certain term of Years, on condition that he then publiſhes it to the World; a ſure way of ſaving their own Money, whatever the Sub⯑jects may ſuffer in the mean time for want of ſuch a Publication: Beſides, all Men are not able to purchaſe a Patent, which will coſt no leſs than Sol. with an infinite deal of trouble to follow it through the various Offices to get it confirmed.
Now for a Man to be a maſter of ſome Se⯑crets, and not to be placed in ſuch a Station [6]as may Capacitate him to make a private Advantage of them, nor able to purchaſe a Patent, what has he elſe to do but make an Honeſt Publication of them, and leave the Conſequence to the Generoſity of the World; in compliance wherewith I take this Oppor⯑tunity of publiſhing ſome curious and uſeful Preparations and Remedies as may be of uni⯑verſal Advantage, nay I may ſafely ſay, that there are but ſew Families whoſe common Contingencies will not furniſh them with Op⯑portunities of experiencing many, if not moſt of them, in leſs than the Space of one Annu⯑al Circumvolution; and as a Proof of the Truth of what I have hereafter offered, I will be always ready, not only to perform the Experimental Part of any, but likewiſe ac⯑count for the other Preparations herein con⯑tained, to Perſons of all or any Denominati⯑ons, that will ordinarily ſatisfie for ſuch Trou⯑ble.
THE Vomit herein diſcovered by far exceeds the Hypecacuana, (which coſts the late King of France no leſs than 1500 Piſtols) both for the certainty and eaſineſs of its Operation, as well as thoſe other good Effects which it generally produces; and what renders it ſtill more valuable is its readineſs to be come at, both in all Places and at all Times, it being a Root growing in moſt Yards and Gardens, and never, as I have yet ſeen, mentioned or [7]accounted for by any Author: At Nantwytch in Cheſhire lives a Perſon who has acquired a large Eſtate by vertue of this incomparable Vomit only.
THE Fryars Vulnerary Ball, heals almoſt an [...] Wound at the firſt intention, as is demon⯑ſtrated by ſtriking a Nail through a Cock's Head, and nailing him down to your Table: which Wound is cured by the immediate uſe of this Ball in leſs than Ten Minutes time, and your Cock appears as well and brisk as ever.
THE famous Stiptick with which Sir Wil⯑liam Read performed ſo many wonderful Cures, both outwardly and inwardly, is what I have very often experienc'd, and don't re⯑member it has ever once failed, it is a very eaſv and very cheap Preparation, and what no Family ought to be without.
THE Imperial Snuff is a very valuable Re⯑medy, and will ſeldome if ever be found to fail in giving Eaſe in the moſt violent Pains of the Head, tho' of long ſtanding; great Care muſt be taken that the Patient does not catch Cold: This grows in many Gardens, and is not very difficult to come at
THE Receipt which I have here given you for the Small-Pox is what I have often wiſh'd to have ſeen publiſh'd, becauſe of its ſurpri⯑zing good Effects in the worſt Symptoms of the moſt dangerous kind; this I had from a [8]very noted Nurſe in London, who told me it very rarely, if ever, failed of Succeſs. I had a Son about nine Years old ſeized with the worſt ſort of the Confluent Kind of the Small Pox, intermixt with the Purples, for whom I had the Advice of two eminent Phy⯑ſicians in London, notwithſtanding whoſe Skill and Care he died on the fourteenth Day; about three Weeks after, another Son of four Years old fell down with the ſame dangerous Confluent Kind, and very full of the Purples, and then it was I firſt heard of this notable Receipt, which had juſt recovered a Neigh⯑bour's Child; I was perſwaded to uſe this, and to deſiſt from ſending for a Phyſician, and by God's Bleſſing it happily recovered my Child, in a Condition perhaps as bad as ever was ſeen; and I do verily believe it would have had the ſame Effect upon the other, had I but then known and uſed it; and tho I be⯑lieve it impoſſible to contrive an univerſal Re⯑medy in the Small-Pox, yet I am apt to think this Drink will do more good, and preſerve more lives than their new fangled and unjuſti⯑fiable way of Inoculation: Unjuſtifiable I call it, becauſe be the Practice never ſo laudable in ſome particular and far diſtant Places, yet no one can juſtify it in the middle of a large and populous Town, any more than a Man can juſtify the ſetting Fire to his own Houſe in the middle of a thick and cloſe built Neighbour⯑hood; [9]nay 'tis certain, that by a parity of Reaſon, both the Inoculator and the Inocu⯑lated are liable to the ſame Proſecution with Highwaymen, who often ſuffer the Law when they have not actually robb'd a Man, but only for putting him in Bodily Fear, and theſe not only put whole Towns in Bodily Fears, but oftentimes prove the occaſion of the Death of many, which whether to call Manſlaughter or Murder I leave the World to judge.
IF therefore ſome Men will be ſo hardy as to venture upon ſuch an uncertain Practice, they ought at their own Coſt and Charge to erect a Lazoretto or Bedlam, at ſome conve⯑nient diſtance from a Town, and not near a Highway, and appoint Phyſicians and Surge⯑ons, who are moſt zealous for ſuch Practice, con⯑ſtantly to reſide there for the Reception and Care of ſuch Mad People as would either come themſelves, or ſend their Children; and not infect whole Towns and Countries as muſt neceſſarily be the Conſequence of their Pub⯑lick Practice. I can't underſtand from the beſt Information I have been yet able to get, that this have ever been the Practice of any Chri⯑ſtian Countries, but uſed only among the Ma⯑hometans, who hearing of our Ripeneſs for Infidelity, made a Preſent to us of this Cu⯑ſtom by the Hands of a Scotchman; and this I believe may be depended on, That the near⯑er [10]we approach to Infidelity, the more will their Cuſtoms flow in upon us; and ſo vice verſa.
MANY other good Receipts and Directions you'll find in this ſmall Book, which I gene⯑rouſly publiſh for the Benefit of Mankind in general, and hope the World will readily ac⯑cept of, at a Price ſo ſmall, that it is hardly ſufficient to anſwer the Charge and Trouble of Printing and Publiſhing, but will be a means to introduce it into a greater number of Fa⯑milies, and prevent the copying out any of the Receipts herein contained.
A Generous Diſcovery, &c.
THIS Life is generally begun in Tears, continued in Uneaſineſs, and ended in Groans; and as Children are ſubject to vari⯑ous Diſeaſes while they are yet in their Mo⯑thers Womb, and frequentl make their firſt Appearances with them, ſo I ſhall begin with them firſt.
IT was the Practice of the late Sir David Hamilton, a famous Man-Midwife in London, to Vomit Children ſoon after they were born; and this was chiefly done to prevent ſore Mouths, which otherwiſe too frequently hap⯑pen, and grievouſly torment the poor Infants; But ſince Nurſes are generally capable of ma⯑naging that Diſorder, I need not ſay any [11]thing more concerning it, nor do I think it an eaſy matter to perſwade People to Vomit their Children, though nothing is more agree⯑able to their Flegmatic Conſtitutions, which almoſt immediately turns every thing ſour, and then coagulates, and makes Tough Flegm, which is generally the cauſe of Stop⯑pages, by which many are thrown into Con⯑vulſions, and ſo die. Two or three Tea Spoon⯑fuls of the incomparable Vomit I have here⯑after diſcovered, ſweetned with a little Su⯑gar, will operate as kindly, nay with more eaſe and as much ſafety as a larger Proportion for an adult Perſon.
For the GRIPES.
THE next Diſorder which frequently ariſe in Children is from the Gripes, and theſe proceed from a violent ſharp Humour in the Bowels, for which two or three Tea Spoon⯑fulls of the following Mixture, well ſhaken, ought to be given two or three times in a Day.
Crabs Eyes half a Drachm, Syrup of Roſes ſolutive one Ounce, Black Cherry Water one Ounce, mix.
This will both abſorb the Acidity and carry off the Humours.
For the RICKETS.
THE Rickets claim the next Place among Childrens Diſeaſes, the cauſe of which is from viſcid pituitous Humours lodg'd upon [12]the Joints, occaſioning an unequal circulation and diſtribution of the Fluids to the Parts be⯑yond; therefore ſuch Medicines as will at⯑tenuate and thin the Blood, and make it ſub⯑tle enough to circulate through the ſmalleſt Paſſages, muſt by a continued uſe not only break its Sizy State, but diſlodge tough Humours already fixed upon the Joints; for this let the Child take Morning and Evening for a Conſtancy, avoiding all acid or ſharp things, 2 or 3 Drops more or leſs according to the Age, Strength, and Conſtitution of the Child, in a Spoonfull of Black Cherry Water, either of Sal Volatile, or Spirits of Harts⯑horn, anointing the Spine or Backbone of the Child with the Gall of an Ox; a Secret which the Lady Moor for a long while had, and gave away to the Poor, and which alone have cured hundreds of Ricketty Children.
For WORMS.
VARIOUS are the Medicines which will certainly deſtroy thoſe pernicious Vermin, the only difficulty is to contrive them into Forms as Children may not too ſoon be tired of taking; theſe are generally bred from a putrid Slime in their Bowels, which both hardens the Belly, and gives a ſtinking Scent to the Breath. The following are certain Remedies, if Children can but be perſwaded to take them.
[13]Take Tin, Coral, and Wormſeed, all in Powder, of each one Ounce, Savin und Saf⯑fron Powder, of each one Drachm, mix.
Of this let the Child take in Beer or any other vehicle every Night from ten to twenty Grains.
Or,
Aethiops Mineral, which is made of equal Parts of Crude Mercury and Sulphur, rubb'd in a Mortar till they become exceeding black, and may be given from ten to twenty Grains, according to the Age of the Child. Theſe are Infallible, but in all Childrens Medicines the greateſt Nicety conſiſts in the cloſeſts con⯑cealment.
For the SMALL-POX.
Take 2 Ounces of Sheep's Dung tied up in a Rag, 2 or 3 Spriggs of Knotted Mar⯑joram, a few Marigold Flowers, a few Tares, 2 or 3 Leaves of Sage, a Sprig or two of Roſe⯑mary, Rue, Mint, and Balm, 6 or 7 Grains of Cochineal in Powder, and a little Saffron, to be boiled in 3 Pints of Water to 2, and to be the common Drink, both in the beginning, height, and declination of the Small-Pox.
THIS is the Receipt, as delivered to me and ſeveral others; and whatever fault ſome Carping Phyſicians and Stiff Apothecaries may find with the manner of it, yet Experience tells me, and many beſides me, that there is no one now extant to be compared with it; and I defy any of the aforeſaid to equal or come near it as a general good Remedy in the Small-Pox.
For the HEAD-ACH, violent, and of long ſtanding.
[14]Take of the Leaves of Azarum or Azara⯑bacca and dry them gently before the Fire till you can reduce them to a fine Powder; of this take at Night up of each N [...]ſtril two Grains, repeat the ſame the next Morning, and again the Night following, unleſs you find your Head Purge pretty much through the Noſe, and then leave of a Day or two, or till you find a decreaſe of the Purging, and then repeat again, and let this be continued about the Space of a Fortnight, in which time it will purge, or rather ſalivate the Head, and diſcharge the Matter which too fre⯑quently occaſions thoſe violent Pains. A Woman of about 60 Years of Age took but twice of it, and it purged or ſalivated her Head for a whole Fortnight, and effectually cured her of the Head-Ach, without which ſhe had not been for ſeven Years before. I can Inſtance in many others who have been effectually cured by Vertue of this Herb only, but great Care muſt be taken that the Pati⯑ent does not catch Cold.
For the HEMORROIHDS or PILES.
Take of Lucatellus Balſam, Powder of Liquorice and Sulphur, of each equal Parts, make theſe into common ordinary Pills, and take four every two Hours during the time you find violent Pain; and in the Blind Piles, rowl [15]up a piece of Brown Paper and dip in Trea⯑cle, and gently truſt up the Fundament: Theſe will rarely fail of giving preſent Eaſe, and if continued, will almoſt conquer any degree of that Diſtemper.
For a VOMIT.
Take one Ounce of the common Daffodill Roots peel'd, and ſliced into a Pint of fair Water, and boil to Half a Pint, or you may to a Quarter, and drink it juſt warm, when it operates drink warm Water.
THIs is the moſt certain and eaſy Vomit in the World, and may be given to a new-born Babe; or any Age, Sex, or Condition, where Vomiting is proper, and was never before pub⯑lickly diſcovered to the World; I can pro⯑duce many to atteſt its Vertues, and will at⯑tend any one that has a mind to make Trial. The Nobility and Gentry in Cheſhire when they have found their Stomachs diſordered have gone directly to Nantwytch, taken a Vomit, and laid an Hour after it, and gone home a⯑gain with a clean Stomach, Hungry, and free from Pain.
Sir William Read's STIPTIC.
Take of Roch Allum one Ounce and a half, Aloes one Drachm, Spring Water one Pint, boil and Scum theſe about a Quarter of an Hour.
WITH this Simple Thing it was, Sir Willi⯑am performed ſo many wonderful Cures: It immediately ſtops all effuſions of Blood, as [16]is demonſtrable by an Experiment with warm Blood or Serum, and will heal almoſt any Ulcer whatſoever; It is an incomparable Re⯑medy for a Sore Mouth, and will put a ſtop to almoſt any inward Bleeding: I knew a Shoe⯑maker who had vomited and ſpitted Blood for almoſt two Years, and was reduced to a perfect Skeleton, and was cured by the uſe of this only, in leſs than one Month's time.
The Fryars VULNERARY BALL.
Take of Round Birthwort Root one Ounce, Rheniſh Tartar four Ounces, Filings of Iron four Ounces, well clean'd; let theſe be well powder'd, and put into a glaz'd Pot, with a Pint of common Brandy, which ſet over a gentle Fire and evaporate; then add two Pints of Brandy more, and let it evaporate till it comes to a Conſiſtence, which you may form into Balls about the bigneſs of a Walnut, and gently dry.
THIS will heal almoſt any Green Wound; which is demonſtrated by the aforeſaid Expe⯑riment with the Cock; you muſt ſcrape a lit⯑tle of it into a Spoon with a little Brandy in it, then put clean Lint in and ſuck it up and apply it to the Wound. Theſe Balls I know were, and I do believe, are now ſold by Mrs. Raw, at the North Entrance into the Royal Exchange at Half a Crown each Ball.
Gordon's new invented PHOSPHORUS, or Powder to light a Pipe with.
[17]Take of Allum three Ounces, powder'd, fine Wheat Flower one Ounce, rub theſe in a Mor⯑tar ſet over a gentle Fire till they become very black, then put that Powder into a Stoughton's Bottle, which place in a Crucible and fill it up with Sand; ſet the Crucible in an open Furnace, and make a gentle Fire, which gradually increaſe to the third Degree, and ſo let it ſtand till the Bottle has done ſmoaking, then gently take away the Fire and let it cool, then put it into ſmaller Vi⯑als for uſe.
THIS is a very curious and ſurprizing Ex⯑periment, and will ſerve to light a Pipe or a piece of Paper in the Field when Gentle⯑men are Sporting: This is the true manner of making it, which I will readily ſhew to any Gentleman; but it is of no uſe in Phyſic.
To make STARCH from Potatoes.
Pare your Potatoes and grate them upon a large clean Grater as you do Bread, and let them fall into a fine lawn Sieve, placed in a clean Baſon half full of Water, and the Starch will ſink down to the bottom; waſh it with two or three Waters, and then gently dry it between two Papers.
THIS is the fineſt and whiteſt Starch in the World, and will go further than any o⯑ther; and any one may make it for private uſe.
To make a KETCHUP for Sauce.
[18]Take one Hundred Walnuts juſt before they begin to be fit for pickling, bruiſe them well, and put them into a Pot, with a Quart of the beſt White Wine Vinegar, and a good handful of Salt, let them ſtand about twenty four Hours, and then preſs out the Liquor, and Bottle it for uſe.
LET it ſtand 3 or 4 Months before it be uſed, and when you uſe it ſhake the Bottle, and one Spoonful or two will not only thick⯑en, but add a moſt grateful Flavour to the Sauce; and is not at all inferior to the Fo⯑reign Ketchup of ſeven Shillings a Pint, made of we know not what.
Of Diſtempers more peculiarly incident to the FEMALE SEX.
How Wretched and Unhappy (ſays the Great Dr. Friend) are the Circumſtances of the Female Sex, who are yet appointed to be the Storehouſes of Human Kind; for let them chooſe what State or Condition of Life they will, Miſery will attend them; If they chooſe the Married State, then forthwith comes on the Fatigue and Danger of Child⯑bearing; if they chooſe a Maiden Life, they are ſubject to various Diſorders, which a Mar⯑ried State would probably have freed them from.
[19]As to the Miſeries conſequent from the firſt ſtate, I can offer no Remedy but Patience, only with ſome God is pleaſed to deal ſo fa⯑vourably as not to ſubject them to the great Hardſhip and Hazard of Child-bearing, and yet theſe generally make very heavy Com⯑plaints for the want of thoſe Miſeries which they ſee others undergo. For the Diſorders which too frequently atttend the Virgin State, I can recommend a Remedy which is call'd The VIRGINS TINCTURE, whoſe Ver⯑tues are well known to great Numbers in this County; and this may modeſtly be ſaid of it, that there is no Degree of the Green Sickneſs, from Girls of Eight, when they firſt begin to look pale and wan, to any Age, but this Remedy will abſolutely (if poſſible) and effectually Cure, if regularly and conſtantly ta⯑ken: And becauſe the Stubborneſs of ſome Caſes may require a longer time, and more of the Tincture than will Cure Children and young Virgins, for that very Reaſon it is put up in 1 s and 2 s. Bottles, and is ſold with Directions, with the following Prepara⯑tions, viz. The purging Spirit of Muſtard Seed for the Dropſy, 1 s. a Bottle; Sal Vola⯑tile, Bitter Tincture, Daffey's Elixir, Plea⯑ſant Sugar Cakes for Children for the Worms, and the true Specific for the Venereal Diſeaſe, exactly the ſame with that ſold at Mr. Laws's on Tombland for half a Guinea, at 5 s. all to be [20]had as good and cheaper than any where elſe in Town at Mrs. Hey's near the Wax-Candle in St. Andrew's Pariſh NORWICH.
N. B. If any Gentlemen or Ladies have any Family Receipts, or Secrets in Phyſic, which may be of Service to the Publick, and they deſirous of doing Good; if they will be pleaſed to communicate them to me, they ſhall be faithfully Experienced, and as faith⯑fully Publiſhed, with ſome other extraordinary Preparations and Medicines, the next Spring; particularly one which cures Agues without the Jeſuits Bark, and another for the Rheu⯑matiſm, which any Perſons under either of thoſe Grievances may, if they pleaſe, in the mean time experience, being both very cheap and ſucceſsful: I ſhall likewiſe then publiſh a Chymical Liquor to ſteep Corn or Grain in, which will occaſion it to grow upon Poor and Barren Land, and produce a large Increaſe; a Trial of this was made in the Temple Gar⯑dens, where one ſingle Grain of Wheat pro⯑duced ſeventy Ears.
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