KiKKPATRiCK — Charles WiUoughby, 31. D. 245 



myself but found better effect of it in others wlio continued ye use of it longer. 

 I think it might not be improper in this childs case. I should propose a drying 

 dyet forbearing flesh and living on dryed and preserved fruits, raisins, almonds, 

 sweetmeats (for I am not soe much an enemy to sugar as Dr. Willis^ since it 

 embalmes all putrelient juices) ehocolatte and coffey dyet drinks of China, sar- 

 saparilla* hartshorne & Ivorie' wth. ye roots of filipendula* & scrofula^ the 

 white decoction'^ made with burnt hartshorne & ( ) powder must 



needs be good, bathing must needs be excellent good the distemper is nervous, its 

 seat in the very beginning & therefore no cepLaliqs will be amisse. I am soe 

 busy at present in ye accounts between Sir Henry Wemys & my nephew yt I 

 cannot possibly contrive ye meeting of Dr. Dun but you may shew him this as my 

 thoughts & I refere it to him to draw up directions according to this scheme. I 

 am unwilling to put it of till next post because I perceve my answer is expected 

 by this & ye child condition will not admit of much delay. 



I am Yr affec. servt C.W. 



(Endorsed by King) Dr. WiUoughby about Mr. Jemmets child Dec. 1691. 



These for Mr. Bonnell att his office or elsewhere, from The Et. Eevd Father 

 in God Wm. Ld. Bp. of Derry Londonderry. 



June 14th, 92. 

 My dear Lord, 



Tho a fit of ye gewte & a little feaver accompanying it were frequent visitants 

 of yr Ldp here ; and I hope your present indisposition is noe more, yet your 

 friends cannot but be allarmed to heare you aile anything at soe great a distance. 



1 Thomas Willis. Born January 27, 1621. Educated at Oxford, and graduated M.B. 

 in 1646, and M.D. in 1660. He died November 11, 1675. He was one of the most 

 noted Physicians of his time in England. His name is preserved in the " Circle of 

 Willis." He was the first to distinguish between diabetes Mellitus and insipidus. 



* " Sarsae PerigHae, Sarsa Parilla, roots, or Bind Weed. Somewhat hot and dry, 

 helpful against pains in the head, and joynts ; they provoke sweat, and are used famiharly 

 in drying diet drinks." (Pharm. Lond., p. 12.) 



5 ' ' Unicorns ht)rn resists Poyson and Pestilence, provokes urine, restores lost strength, 

 brings forth both birth and afterbirth, binds, stops the whites in women, it strengthens 

 the heart and stomach, helps the yellow jaundice, and makes women fruitful. The 

 virtues of Hart's-horn are the same with Unicorns-horn. The bone that is found in the 

 heart of a stag is as soveraign a cordial, and as great a strengthener of the heart as any 

 is, being beaten into powder, and taken inwardly ; also it resists Pestilence and Poyson." 

 {Ibid., p. 49.) 



* " Pilipendulae or drop wort. The roots are hot and dry in the third degree, opening, 

 cleansing, yet somewhat binding ; they provoke urine, ease pains in the bladder, and are 

 a good preservative against the falling sickness." (Ihid., p. 7.) 



^ " Scrofularae, Fig Wort. The roots being of the same virtue as the herb I refer yon 

 thither. Fig Wort so called of Scrophula, the King's Evil, which it cures, they say, by 

 being only hung about the neck. If you bruise it and apply it to the place, it helps the 

 Piles and Haemorrhoids, and (they say) being hung about the neck it preserves the Body 

 in health." (Ibid., p. 37.) 



^ ''Decoctum Album. Oornu Cervicini oaloinati, et praeparati P. uncias duas, Gummi 

 Arabioi P. drachmas duas, Aquae M. libros tres. Coque ad libros duas, et cola." (Pharma- 

 copoeia Lond., 1771) 



