36 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1713. 



victuals and drink, and that crudities lie in the stomach, in which cases there 

 are plain indications for the use of vomiting; to prevent crudities fouling the 

 blood, and then it is not dangerous. 



As to remedies found most useful in the cure of the disease, some may 

 deserve to be noticed here. I never advised my patients to much motion, but 

 rather to keep in bed and at quiet, unless when out of fear they would unsea- 

 sonably give themselves up to too much rest, and then it was best to make them 

 stir about a little, that being the way to prevent melancholy affecting their 

 minds; for a brisk and easy mind is very good, but a dissolute, passionate, 

 fearful, and uneasy temper, very pernicious. As soon as ever we were satisfied 

 our patients had the plague, we absolutely avoided purging, vomiting, and 

 bleeding; for generally those to whom they were administered, though they 

 seemed ever so robust, did not escape death. 



In my practice, I took this method in curing my patients: first, to extinguish 

 the pestilential venom ; secondly, to mitigate and assuage the violent symptoms; 

 and thirdly, to preserve as much as possible the natural strength. My first 

 intention was undertaken with bezoardics and sudorifics; as tinctura bezoardica 

 Michaelis, mixtura simplex, spiritus digestivus Schroder, spirit, bezoard. Bussii, 

 essentia theriacalis cum et sine camph. essentia lignor. electuar. diascord. Fracast. 

 pulvis bezoard. Wagner, pulv. bezoard. Sennert. bezoard. mineral, antihect. 

 Poteri. antim. diaph. specific, cephal. Michaelis, and the like. 



The before-mentioned essentia praeservativa I ordered in the beginning of 

 the distemper to be given 6 times in 24 hours, from 25 to 75 drops, according 

 to the strength and age of the patient ; and every 1 2th hour the patient took 

 one of the bezoardic powders; which were taken with a great deal of benefit, 

 I likewise found great benefit in using the bezoardicum Sennert. with the bezoard, 

 Wagneri ; or else this, or the former, intermixed with the specific, cephalic, 

 Mich, or bezoard. mineral, antihect. Poteri with the addition of succin. alb. and 

 myrrha rubra, flor. sulph. lac sulph. nitrum antimon. sulphur mineral, and 

 according to the circumstances I added sometimes crocus orient. The electua- 

 rium diascord. Fracastor. dissolved in aqua destill. millefol. sambuci, tormentill, 

 scorzonerae, scordii, cardui bened. angelicae, pimpinellae, rutae, galegae, &c. with 

 the addition of the essentia citri liquida, and made pleasant with a syrup of that 

 kind, makes a good sudorilic and alexipharmic potion. The following mixture 

 I have prescribed with great benefit to my patients. 



R. Aq. scorzon. scordii, tormentillae, millefol. aa. §j. aceti bezoard. ^ss, 

 assent, lignor. 5ij. mixtur. simpl. 5J. elixir, proprietat. 3ss. syr. de symphit, 

 Fernel. 3ij. f. mixtura. for three doses. On taking this mixture, the patient was 

 forced to sweat, and not to drink any thing cold; and after the sweat he took a 



