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A new method of curing all sorts of fevers without taking any thing by the mouth discovered and presented to the King by Mr. Ad. Helvetius ... / translated out of French by P.M.; Méthode pour guérir toute sorte de fièvres, sans rien faire prendre par la bouche. English
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Helvétius, Jean-Adrien, 1662-1727.; P. M.
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she had been sick for six weeks of a Tertian Ague and then a doulbe Tertian she had taken the Bark a great while by the Mouth which had brought it to some intermission but not perfectly cured it I satisfied Monsieur des Forges of the easiness and excellency of the Bark by Clyster he agreed to make use of it and the Lady was perfectly cured by its means I have given you Instances over and above for the satisfaction of those whose interest it is to inform themselves of the manner of giving the Bark in Clyster should I endeavour to relate the like Cures I have perform'd I should never come to an end without abusing the patience of the Reader I have only related this small number because I thought my self obliged to give this proof to the Publick since they endeavour to deceive the World by their notorious Lies and scandalous Discourses unworthy of Men of honour All those I have just now mentioned are persons very well known to the World any one may be easily satisfied from them and all must acknowledge the worth and innocence of a Remedy which is of such use that those that detract from it may be ashamed of their injustice in stifling a Truch so beneficial to the health of Mankind Yet if there are Physicians still of that malicious temper I can vouch that there are also a great many at Paris that have done me justice and the honour to approve of these Clysters by prescribing them to their Patients and have accordingly found success If any one has endeavour'd to make use of these Clysters and they have not answered expectation it is without doubt either because they did not understand thoroughly my way of giving them or else because they have not observed it But I boldly defie any Man whatever Physician or not to bring any one that I have managed after this way of practice within these three years that have had a Fistula or any such like disaster which can be imputed to this Remedy It is an easie matter to speak against a thing and suppose it to be false but this is not sufficient to gain belief they ought to prove what they say All the world knows that I have prescribed these Clysters to a great many Patients in the utmost extremity A great many have recovered and some have died not from any ill effect of the remedy but because we must all dye and when it Pleases God to take us out of this world all our endeavours are but vain I have already said that I do not pretend to make a man immortal by this method neither do I oblige any man to it I only publish it to discharge my duty who ever pleases may make use of it If the Cures it perform'd were not so speedy and there were a greater formality than the thing requires in the management of it it would not be of so little repute However if there be any out of a strong antipathy to the Bark absolutely refuse to take it either in Clyster or by the Mouth if they 'll do me the honour to come to me for relief I 'll give 'em remedies which shall be as innocent and effectual as the other The poor of all sorts shall be kindly received whenever they come throughout the whole year viz. in the Summer time from half an hour after five to half an hour after six in the Winter from seven a Clock in the morning to eight I shall take a great deal of care to hear and examine 'em and will give 'em remedies gratis not only for Fevers and the Dysentery but for all other Distempers excepting none which I thought my self obliged to give notice of that the foolish modesty of some may be no hinderance to the cure of the Distemper they are ashamed to own THE PRIVILEGE OF THE KING LOuis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to our Beloved and Faithful Counsellors Gentlemen of our Courts of Parliament Master of the Ordinary Requests of our Court Provosts Bailiffs Seneschals their Civil Lieutenants and all other our Officers to whom it shall belong greeting Our well beloved Adrien Helvetius Doctor of Physick has humbly shewn to us that-having discovered the manner of curing Fevers without taking any thing by the mouth he might present it to us and receive Orders from us to make it public and accordingly might have it printed under the Title of A Method of curing all sorts of Fevers without taking any thing by the Mouth Which he being not in a capacity to do without our Letters of Permission and Privilege requisite for it he has humbly petitioned us that we would grant him them For these Reasons being willing to treat the said Mr. Helvetius kindly considering the Services he does every day to the Public and the Cures he has perform'd of most sorts of Fevers by his New Method as well in the Hospital of Versailles as elsewhere We have given him Licence and by these Presents do give him Licence to print the said Method by such Bookseller or Printer in such a Volume Margent Character and as often as he shall think fit during the space of Ten Years next ensuing to begin from the day the said Method shall be finished at the Press to sell and distribute it throughout our Kingdom by such Persons as he shall advise with We prohibit all Booksellers and others to print or cause to be printed sell or distribute the said Book under any pretence whatsoever either of a Foreign Impression or otherwise without the consent of the said Helvetius or those that are in Commission under him upon pain of Confiscation of the counterfeit Copies two thousand Livers mulct and all costs damages and interests upon condition that he shall put two Copies of it in our publick Library one in our Cabinet of Books at our Castle of Louvre and the other in that of our dearly beloved and faithful Chevalier Commander of our orders Mr. Boucherat Chancellour of France as also that he takes care to print the said Book upon good Paper and in a fair Character according to the orders of the Library and Printing that the Impression of it be in our Kingdom and not elsewhere and that he causes these Presents to be registred in the Registry of the Company of the Merchant Booksellers and Printers at Paris upon pain of these Presents being void of none effect the contents of which we command and enjoyn you that the said Helvetius enjoy with all its rights fully and peaceably ceasing and causing to cease all troubles and hinderances to the contrary Our Will is that in putting at the beginning or end of the said Book the abstract of these Presents they may be held authentick duly signified and that to the Copies compared by one of our beloved and faithful Counsellors and Secretaries credit may be given as to the Original We command our first Apparitor or Sergeant upon this Summons to make for the execution of these Presents all significations other acts of justice necessary without demanding any other permission For so is our Will and Pleasure Given at Paris the eighth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three and in the Fifty First Year of our Reign Sign'd by the King in Council Boucher Registred in the Book of the Company of Booksellers and Printers of Paris the 18th of November 1693. Sign'd by Aubouyn Recorder The first Impression finished the 2d of January 1694. This Impression was just finish'd when Monsieur d' Rouviere very well known by his personal merit as well as by his composition of Treacle the finest now made transmitted a Letter to me which was writ to him by the learned Monsieur Fovet which my Friends thought convenient I should give an abstract of here that may be serviceable to the publick as a testimony which is so much the more considerable because it came from a good hand and was not sought after The abstract runs thus word for word The Abstract of a Letter from Monsieur Fovet Physician to the King Intendant of the Waters of Vichi to Mr. Rouviere the King's Apothecary Vichi the 30th of Novem. 1693. If you see Monsieur Helvetius tell him that I give him thanks for his invention of the way of curing Fevers by giving the Bark in Clyster for it never fails me and before the Fever returns again I repeat it or at least cause it to be repeated with very great success Posterity will be very much obliged to him The last cure I perform'd was upon a woman seventy two years of age who had a double Quartan with an unquenchable thirst without sleep she nauseated every thing and was excessive weak all this succeeded a continual Fever she had for 6 weeks in a word all the Family with the Patient her self lookt upon this cure as un enchantment If he publishes any writing concerning it whatever it costs pray Sir let me have it FINIS BOOKS sold by J. Knapton at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard 1694. THE Memoirs of Monsieur Pontis who served in the French Armies 56 Years under Hen. IV. Lewis XIII and Lewis XIV Kings of France Containing many remarkable Passages relating to the Court the War and the Government of those Princes translated at the desire of the late Duke of Ormond by Charles Cotton Esq and dedicated to his Grace the present Duke Sir W. Temples Memoirs of what past in Christendom from the War in 1672. to the Peace concluded 1679. 2d edit Processus integri in morbis fere omnibus curandis a D. Tho. Sydenham conscripti 12s Scriveners directions to a holy Life Oct. Dr. Barrow of Contentment Oct.