Cry, 
The lntrodudticn. 
Of blind- 
nef{s. 
Of an Epi- 
demic 
Chin- 
cough, 
Ce ee 
made of equal parts ot Alum, Vitriol and Bole Anmeniac, which thon: 
the Hemorrhage tor fome ume. Ic returning feveral times, the fame 
Medicines being repeated with bleeding, great Abitinence, Cooling, 
and a cold Bath, he was entirely cured. , 
Dr. Rooks’s Wife, aged about Thirty five, of a Phlegmatic Con- 
Rtitution, loft entirely the fight of one of ber Eyes, and with the 
other could very hardly perceive any thing, and diltinguith noshing, 
The Pupil of the one ftood always wide open, and that of the other 
on looking at diftan: or near Cbjects {carce alter’, contracted,or di- 
lated its felf, which is a fign of a very bad fight. The Doétortold 
me that he came to me to fatisfie her Relations, but that he defpair'd 
of aCure. He had given her Pil. Lucis, whereby fhe had had fome 
Stools, and had made a Seaton in her Neck. Enquiring concerning 
the Menfium Fluxus, | was told, fhe had been out of orcer chat wa y 
for fome months. I encouraged them all I could, told them there 
wasroom for hope, and took my Indication from the Ob{tiuction, 
knowing what wonderful effects,and how many Dileafes in Women, 
come fromthence. 1 order'd her to be Bled by Cupping with Seari- 
fication in the Shoulders, to be blifter’d in the Neck, to be purg’d wich 
Pil. Lucis {harpned with Diagrid. to fome Grains, twice a Week, 
and in the intermediate days to take a Steel-EleCtuary made up with 
Cephalicks, viz. Limat. Chalyb. Subtilif]. trit. made up wich Conferv. 
Flor. Rori{marin, @c. and Chymical Oil of Thyme to fomie Drops, | 
advis'd her likewife againft Sneezing Powders, and to take after her 
Fleétuary, and twice a day befides, a good draught of a Decodion 
of Sage and Rofemary, into which an Eleofacch. of Rofemary was 
diflolved. [likewifle defired her to take Millepedes alive, to one 
hundred in a morning, rifisg to that number by degrees on the days 
when fhe took nothing elfe. By thele means perlilted in, fhe frit 
felt fome relief, by degrees recovered the fight of one Eye, and chen 
of the other, fothat fhe could at laft read Bibles of the {malleft 
Print, and was entirely cured. 
In Jan. and Feb. 1688. after fome hard Breezes and Norths, (Winds) 
moft part of the poor Children who lay in the Savana Honles 
(which were Huts made of Palifadoes or Reeds, and cover’d with 
Palm-Leaves) expos on every fide to the Winds, and not ftrong 
enough to keep them out, were taken with Chincoughs, which was 
‘very Epidemical, and contagious among them, {carce any elcaping ‘ 
After trial of feveral things, I could not find any relief till the vio- 
Jence of the Diftemper torc’d me to Land. Lig. & Lond, both of 
which cautioufly given cur’d them all, but I had a great care of the 
Dofe. Ihave given it to many Children atthe Breaft, diflolv’d in 
the 
