The Introduition. hii 
s 
a fmall lump, which was abour the bignels of a Pigeons Egg. [ 
took it fora Rupture, ordered her to lye with her Heels and lower 
parts high, to endeavour by an Anodyne Carminative and. Difcu- 
tient Fomentation to put up the Gut, and gave her an eafie Opiat 
in the Evening. This did well, and fhe was better, but ftill had 
Pain. . I defir’d her to take great care to be quiet, and to repeat thefe 
Medicines as fhe found occafion, upon which the Pain went away, 
and fhe was better. 
One came to me complaining he was troubled very much with Itch 
about the Os Pubis, which proceeded from Lice ot Afcarides, | OF Afcari- 
CS. 
advifed him to rub and wafh all che part over with Sope and Water, 
but that did not kill them, 1 then ordered him to beat fome of che 
- Seeds of Staphifacre, and ftrew it on the part, which kill’d them 
all in a very fhort time, It is an almoft certain Remedy for any 
Vermin of this kind, 
One of about Fifty five years of Age, given to good Fellowfhip 
and Drinking of Drams, hdd beert very:ilt of the Belly-ach, feveral 
times, on which he had loft the wufe of his Limbs. Hehad not long 
before I faw him been taken wich a vety fevere Fit, and was reco- 
vered out of it by the help of Ginger im Cyder and Wine mixt, and 
heated with Sugar. After the violence of the Fic was over, becaule 
he was very weak, he had fuckt two. Negro Womens Milk, by 
which he was perfectly recovertd, |- He feena’d to be very Hypochon- 
dtiac, was Melancholly, and took’d Yellow in the Skin and Eyes, 
Being confulted’ for his Healel I advis'd him, becaule he had no OF ithe 
Stomach nor Appetice to ViGuals,. to: eke an infufion of Gentian elly-ach. 
Roots, Centaury Tops, e+. in Madera Wine, and a Diet-Drink of 
Sarfa, China, oc. mix'd with an equal quanticy of Cow's Milk 
every Morning. Now and then as his Belly was bound up, I or- 
der'd him a Pill of Bxtraé&. Rud. whereby he was kept Soluble. By 
thefe Medicines his Health was preferved without any great Sicknels, 
but coming on Board in order to a Voyage for England, and drinking 
Punch more than ordinarily, he firft fell into an unufual Weaknefs of 
his Haads, and afterwards into Pains all over his Body. ‘1 would 
have remedied thefe Symptoms by Bleeding and Purging, bur chac 
his Weaknefs put a ftop to any fuch Courfes. He grew worfe, 
having had no Stool for fome Days (for he had, befides his Colick, 
a Rupture) and complained very much of Pains every where, 
efpecially in his Belly. I gave him Axtraé?. ‘Rud. gr. 15. which 
did not work, wherefore im fome hours more I gaye him thirty 
Grains of Pil, Ruff for his Jaundice and bound Belly, which with 
Sena boil'd in Chicken-Broath, or great Quantites of thin Water- 
— ee ee oe ed a ee —— eee 
(qq) gruel 
