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A45776	Levamen infirmi: or, cordial counsel to the sick and diseased Containing I. Advice concerning physick, and what a physician ought to be; with an account of the author's remedies, and how to take them. II. Concerning melancholy, frensie, and madness; in which, amongst other things, is shew'd, how far they differ from a conscience opprest with the sense of sin, and likewise how they differ among themselves. III. A miscellany of pious discourses, concerning the attributes of God; with ejaculations and prayers, according to scripture rule. Likewise an account of many things which have happen'd since the creation. To which are added several predictions of what may happen to the end of the world. The whole being enrich'd with physical, pious, moral & historical observations, delightful to read, & necessary to know. By D. Irish, practitioner in physick and surgery, now dwelling at Stoke, near Guilford in Surry, where he is ready to serve any person, to the utmost of his skill.	Irish, David.	1700 (1700)	Wing I1036; ESTC R221621	80,143	149

to give a large Fee to a worthy and able Physician nor to answer the Charge of an Apothecary's Bill tho' but reasonable I therefore publish this Book to give Notice to all Persons that I will afford my Medicines more reasonable than any Man can by reason I make and prepare all my self and will go when sent for to visit any Patient cheaper than any Man I know and for this my Charity I hope your Experience will crown my Works and a Blessing attend my Endeavours in that I afford Medicines of great Worth for a little Money An Account of the Doctor 's Remedies and how to take them I Am not ashamed to give an account of what I profess nor to express of what my Pills and Tincture are made that those who are expert Practitioners who indeed are only capable to judge of their Excellence may give their Opinion of them and those that desire further Satisfaction of my Abilities let them examine those that have made tryal of me and of my Stomach Pills and Tincture which are only an extract of the chiefest Simples of the Family of Vegetables that are Specificks Hepaticks an● Spleneticks My Antiscorbutick Tincture is drawn from an Infusion of Scurvy-Grass Liver-wort Hearts Tongu● Tamarask and Hepatick and Splenetick Ingredients therefore they are more proper for Curing the Scurv● with all its crowd of Symptoms than commmo● Spirit of Scurvy-Grass and consequently I may justl● commend my Pilula Stomachica Tinctura Antiscorbutica that is my Stomach Pill and Tincture again●● the Scurvy to be most useful and profitable for al● those for whom I have the best Wishes and therefore I advise all my Friends and Neighbours t● make tryal of these my Pills and Tincture which wil● cure those complicated Distempers intermixt wit● the Scurvy by rectifying the Scorbutick Humour● by cleansing the Stomach from all peccant matte● that hinders Digestion also they carry off all aci● or acrimonious Iuyce or any undigested thing tha● breeds adust Choler whence frequent Diseases ar● derived therefore it is most proper to take a Dos● or two of these Pills to carry off those Humour● before one enters upon any other Medicine to effe●● a Cure To apply things outwardly as some do to Brea●ings out or Sores of a Scorbutick nature is hurtful for it drives back the Humours into the Stomach which cause Sickness and Vomiting want of Appetit● Pains and Wind in the Stomach and adjacent Parts and makes the Stomach to lose its Tone and Rectitude and then the Body can enjoy no Health besides a bad Chylification is the original of many Diseases How careful then ought People to be in keeping the Kitchen of their Bodies I mean their Stomachs clean since that would be the only means to prevent Diseases as well as cure them nay this would so preserve Health that Men might attain the Happiness of seeing the utmost of their appointed days with Ease and Comfort It was the Opinion of the ancient Physicians That the Stomach and Spleen contained a Ferment which hindred them from performing rightly what they were intended for because the abundance of fixt Salt falling upon the Stomach causeth soure and unsavoury Belchings from which also proceeds melancholick tenacious gross and crude Humours which mixing with the Mass of Blood causeth a Cachexy which obstructs the Liver and finally ends in Scorbutick Distempers Now my Pills and Tincture are the most excellent means yet known for their Cure and Prevention by cleansing and sweetning the whole Mass of Blood and nervous Iuyce rectifying all the Defects and Injuries that putrifie the Blood which being corrupt defileth the whole Habit of Body and is the Cause of Eruptions or all sorts of Breakin gs out as Itch Leprosie Spots Ring-worms Kings-Evil and all sorts of Swellings in the Joynts or other parts which sometimes turns into Fistula's or such fretting Vlcers or Sores that will hardly admit of Cure till the Scorbutick Humours be carried off and the Mass of Blood cleansed from the aforesaid Humours the primary Cause thereof therefore you must first remove their Cause before you can effect a Cure Sometimes these Humours break out principally in the Head and then it turns to the Scurff or Scald-Head Sometimes they fall on the Eyes and produce Lachrymarious Humours which endanger the Sight by breeding Cataracts and Glaucoma's and if they obstruct the Optick Nerves incurable Cataracts follow Sometimes these Humours over-heat the Brain by reason of Vapours which arise from the lower parts of the Body sent up to the Head and then they bring Deafness by obstructing the Organs and auditory Nerves which hinder the Drum and Anvil from sending the Eccho to the Brain and many times is the Cause of more stubborn Diseases as Cancers in the Breast Gouts of all sorts Dropsies Iaundice Collick Pains with Griping in the Bowels Stitches in the Sides Pains and Weakness of the Back Obstructions of the Liver Spleen Mesentary Diaphragma Tranchea Arteria and Stoppage of the Pipes of the Lungs hence come Asthma's and Consumption Coughs with Shortness of Breath and when the Stomach is stufft with these ill Scorbutick Humours we are afflicted with Giddiness of the Head Convulsion-Fits and lastly with Contraction of the Nerves Sometimes by over-charging of Nature with strong Drinks proceed Vapours which cause Apoplexies Belchings and loss of Appetite Sometimes these Scorbutick Humours produce Numbness and Tingling in the Flesh and so turn to a Palsie with Weakness and Wearisomness wasting of the Flesh and decay of Body besides in Old and Young these Humours bring Swooning and by coagulating of the Blood hinders its Fermentation and then the Influx of Spirit● to the Heart is stop'd There is no Disease more like Death than these Swooning-Fits Fermentation once hindred any peccant Humours that abound in the Blood are no longer mixt with its Mass but soon separates by the Pores of the Arteries and so sticking by its Viscidity among the Membranes of the Stomach causes Vomiting when the Patient comes to himself Let this suffice for the Cause of Swooning in general As for the Vterine Swooning of Virgins it arises sometimes from the Womb and shows it self by Anxiety and almost loss of Breathing yet sometimes these Scorbutick Humours by heat condence and breed Stone and Gravel which is the Cause of Stop-page and Sharpness of Vrin they may know their Distemper by their Urin which is thin pale venous and hath red Gravel sticking to the Pot. Sometimes there is a Scum or Cream on the top of the Urin. And thus much I thought fit to say of the Scurvy such as would know more may consult my little Pamphlet I formerly set out for the Cure of the Sick and Diseased through God's Blessing by my Famous Medicines therein mentioned This is the Second Edition for some Reasons I have left many things out that were in that In that Book I gave an account of Three Pills and a Quart Bottle of Diet-Drink which Three Pills and Bottle

I sold for Three Shillings but this that I now offer I afford for half the Price viz. Three Pills and an Ounce Vial of this my present Antiscorbucick Tincture are sold for One Shilling Six-Pence and yet will serve longer than the other and is more easie to be carried 't is also as useful as that having the same Virtues which that had in curing the Scurvy and all it s complicated Symptoms which are almost like so many different Diseases That was only to be taken Spring and Fall this may be taken at all Times and Seasons of the Year when Necessity requires take it as follows A strong Body may take all the Three Pills in a Morning alone in the pap of an Apple Treacle or Honey They must take immediately after them and also now and then betwixt their workings a little Posset-Drink warm Beer or Water-gruel for the space of two hours then eat some little fresh Meat for Dinner or what is agreeable to the Stomach that is to say easie of Digestion The next Morning take forty drops of the Tincture in half a pint or less of Ale or warm mild Beer and let such as are afflicted with Aches and Pains take two pennyworth of Mithridate in a little mul'd Sack every third Night keeping themselves in a breathing Sweat for two or three hours after but beware of throwing your Bed-cloths off Keep taking the Tincture every Morning and Mithridate in mul'd Sack for Pains and Aches every third Night till the Tincture is done and doubtless you will find much Comfort and Ease thereby Note This is for those of full Years but such as are 16 or 18 years old may take two Pills first at once in a Morning and thirty drops of the Tincture the next Morning and so keep taking thirty drops every Morning in warm Ale till it is done but for Pains and Aches Sack and Mithridate as before Those of 10 or 12 years of Age may take one Pill and twenty drops of the Tincture in Ale as aforesaid Those from 6 years of Age to 8 may take half a Pill and ten drops in Ale as aforesaid Children that are under that Age being Rickety or Weakly may take a quarter part of a Pill and five drops in Ale every Morning give such a little Milk turn'd with Wine or Beer and sweetned with Sugar and a little Nutmeg in it Give them this for their Breakfasts Other young Children that are under two years old being troubled with Worms Wind or Fits may take three or four drops in new Milk sweetned with Honey and a little Juice of Herbegrace called Rue Let these take it every Morning for a Week together and they will be cur'd beyond Expectation As to those that find an Itch and tickling in their Flesh in the time of taking it they must be let Blood or if they find any flying Pain more from one place to another they must bleed and that will ●ent the Wind and foul corrupted Blood which is the cause thereof by this means any may be freed from all ●hose Scorbutick Humours in what Nature or Kind soever they appear Such as are afflicted with any kind of Fits must take it in the Morning and at other times when the Fit is upon them give it them in fair Water but remember that all such as take this Tincture should first take a dose of Pills to prepare and cleanse the Body and then the Tincture will effectually purifie the Mass of Blood and cure them much sooner Such as are troubled with the Stone Collick Slime Sand Gravel Heat or Sharpness of Vrin must take the Tincture in white Wine mixt with a little Ale every Morning and withall a little Venice Turpentine wrapt up in Sugar every Night when they take the drops in the Morning and they will find much good thereby Such as are inclinable to Consumptions must take it each Morning in Sack mixt with Ale and if they are also troubled with a Cough take as much Moss that grows on Oaken Boards dry'd and powder'd as will lie on a Shilling boil it in new Milk which drink when they go to Bed and take the Tincture Night and Morning till the Bottle is done and you will find much Benefit I have a curious Scorbutick Mouth-Water and Powder which to admiration whitens the Te●th strengthens and cleans the Gums and beyond any thing now in use fastens loose Teeth utterly expelling the Scorbutick Humour from the Mouth which frequently so rots the Teeth and consumes the Gums that in many it causeth a stinking Breath And as there is scarce any thing more becoming than a white and sound set of Teeth so on the contrary few things disfigure us more than rotten black and loose Teeth yet by the use of this Powder and Water with one of which you must rub your Teeth and with the other wash them your Mouth and Gums every Morning and by so doing you may keep your Teeth sound and white even to old Age and thereby prevent those dangerous Pulls and Pangs which many poor Creatures endure under Tooth-Drawers besides tho' the Operation be performed by Men of Skill in such sort as little Pain is endured ye● at best the Patient loseth a Tooth which is a great miss and the Cause not being taken away we commonly see one Tooth drawn after another till the Mouth if I may so speak is dispeopled of those Inhabitants which God and Nature ordained for the necessary uses of Eating and Speaking Therefore I advise all Persons to make use of this Powder and Water in time if either they would avoid that Inconvenience or take delight to have sound Teeth and a sweet Breath It is also an excellent Remedy for the Tooth-Ach for it seldom fails of giving Ease in two or three minutes if a little of the Powder be snuft up each Nostril and some of the remaining Powder wet with a little of their own Water and apply'd Plasterwise outwardly upon the pained part This will give immediate Ease as Thousands can testifie The Pric● of each is One Shilling I have also a rare and wonderful Water that has cured many of Cankers Cancers and such like Vlcers as eat away the Flesh. This Water is to be applied twice a day by applying Lint that has been first dip'd therein to the corroding Sore I have Antimonial Stones which are the most universal Medicine in use for Prevention of all Diseases This Stone is neither hurt by Age nor does Use in the least destroy its Virtues Price but Half-a-Crown each Stone which is as good as the Antimonial Cup which was formerly sold for Five Pounds You have with 'em printed Directions how to use them I have a Palsical Oil which if timely applied restores useless Limbs which became so through some suddden cold Damps or by reason of watry Humours from the Brain which prejudice the Spinal Marrow of the Back and thereby so impedes the Nerves that their Origination is stop'd and

the Complexions inclining to such Tempe● 'T is also encreased by Perturbation of Mind by 〈◊〉 temper of Air and kind of Habitation and that 〈◊〉 which otherwise would yield a nutritive Iuice 〈◊〉 the best sort by these occasions is turn'd into the Dregs of Melancholy To conclude if either Hum●●● or Excrement should have part in moving the 〈◊〉 no Counsel of Philosophy nor Precepts 〈◊〉 Wise Men are comparable for calming these 〈◊〉 Passions unto the Purging Potions of Physicians 〈◊〉 in this case several use the Ellebores of Anticera 〈◊〉 and Colycinthy of Spain together with the 〈◊〉 of Alexandria but I have far better Remedi●● than some of them which my long Experience 〈◊〉 to be almost Infallible There are several that pretend to cure Melancholy ●nd Madness as well as other Distempers but I shall ●ot so mispend my time as to give an account of ●●ch Hare-brain'd fellows whose shallow Capacities ●nd short Experience are unable to fathom the depth ●f such a Chronick Distemper but allow every Sect to ●ollow their own Doctors Dictates notwithstanding ●here are Hippocrites in Arts as well as Religions ●ut this by the by Now to my Subject This Melancholy and Excrement let me tell you is ●red of Melancholy Iuice drawn off the Milt out of ●he Liver by a branch of the Porte Veine wherewith ●eing nourished it rejecteth the rest as meer Excre●ental and voideth part into the Mouth of the Sto●ach to provoke Appetite and Hunger and passeth ●he other part in some Persons by the Haemorrhoid ●eins into the Siege It aboundeth there when it is ●indred of such passage as Nature requireth or else ●y feebleness of the Part it is not able either to suck ●he Melancholy from the Blood or discharge it self ●nto those passages which Nature has thereto or●ained such a●e always very hungry and lean This Member I mean the Spleen of the whole Body is greatest and worst favoured to behold black ●f colour and evil savoured if tasted and giveth a ●anifest sign of Natures strong desire to that whereto ●t is most like Hence the Spleen delights more in ●nd is better pleas'd with these muddy dregs than it ●ould be with purer and finer Blood which if it ●hould be offer'd to other Parts they would abstain ●xcept great want so far overcame their aversion as ●o make them entertain a little of it Thus much of ●he cause of Natural Melancholy both Iuice and Ex●rem●nt it remaineth next to shew what the H●mour ●s which raiseth this or any else called by the Name of Melancholy and also to shew what Burnt Cholar and causes thereof That kind of Melancholy called Atra Bilis com● by excessive heat of the Parts where it is engend●● or received whereby the Humour is made so add●●● that it becomes of such an exulcerating and frett●●● quality as to wast those parts where it lighte● This most commonly ariseth of the Melancholy E●crement before spoken of and divers times of 〈◊〉 other thick part of Blood as also of the Cholar 〈◊〉 Salt Flegm which contract such heat partly by d●stempers of the Body and partly by Putrefacti●● which produceth an humour breeding most terri●●● accidents and pains to the Body which the Melanch●●● and gross Blood doth more forcably procure beca●●● the grosser the substance is into which it is receive● the more violently it consumeth Cholar being 〈◊〉 Nature of the hottest temper carries with it mo●● degrees of heat than the other Humours Now to know whether the perturbations rise 〈◊〉 the Humour or not The perturbations are take● commonly to rise of Melancholy Cholar Blood 〈◊〉 Flegm therefore we call Men of a hasty dispositio● Cholerick those of sad dispositions Melancholy tho●● of heavy and dull Flegmatick others of merry an● cheerful Sanguine Melancholy differs from Phrensie and Madness tho●● in some respects they are near a Kin for they all disturb the Reason they differ thus a Phrensie has always a Burning Fever those that are taken with thi● Disease are so Mad that they furiously fall upon an● body and it is strange and admirable they do no● destroy themselves so exorbitant is the Malady and such was their Infirmity spoken of in the Scripture Mat. 8.28.24 They spare not their Parents nor ●●eir best Friends but are often most of all invete●●te against them and 't is no wonder since they bid ●●fiance to self-Preservation the oldest Principle of ●ature that they often attempt to lay violent hands ●●on themselves therefore great care ought to be ●●ken of them They are usually Untractable Talk●●●ve with strange Gestures as Jumping Singing ●ancing and Antickly tossing their Heads writhing ●●eir Bodies and generally look Surly and Haughty 〈◊〉 sometimes they will seem Mild. The common symptoms which attend most Mad ●●ople are constant Watchings and a prodigious ●●rculean strength they can endure the greatest 〈◊〉 Hungar and Stripes without any sensible harm 〈◊〉 sometimes Swear Shout and on a suddain make ●●●ange Noises they play Apish tricks often pulling ●●eir own Hair tearing their Cloaths breaking their ●●ndows c. they are strong and never tired out 〈◊〉 often muttering something to themselves as if it 〈◊〉 about great matters they are sometimes too ●erry and often too Sad they sometimes Laugh and ●●●etimes Cry and are fearful where no fear ought 〈◊〉 be and on a suddain become hasty frappish angry ●●sterous breaking their Chains and Fetters beating 〈◊〉 pieces Walls and Doors nay every thing that ●●nds in their reach to be sure goes to wrack when 〈◊〉 surly Fit is upon them tho' they sleep little 〈◊〉 or Night yet are they incredibly strong they 〈◊〉 very turbulent in their Anger showing much 〈◊〉 brawling shouting and frame dreadful 〈◊〉 by reason of the fiery strength of the Animal 〈◊〉 which darts vigorously thro' all the Pores of 〈◊〉 distempered Body hence also it is that they endure the severest Cold tho' stark Naked with 〈◊〉 the least concern Some say they are not sensible of Cold c. because as they imagine the Soul is so bus●● within that it does not attend to what is of less concern without neither do they scarce perce●●● any inconvenience by such things as much annoy others sometimes they are as Sav●●e as Wild Beasts thei● Eyes look stern big and attentive and they are eve●● contriving some Mischief because the Animàl Spiri● pass furiously through the Brain by reason of whic● they are sometimes so Mad as to reproach and Cur●● themselves and others at such times they ought 〈◊〉 be Fetter'd Madness often derives its Origen from the extr●vagant height of some Passion such as Fear Lo●● Ambition Covetuousness Care Study c. Helm●● says it proceeds from Agony Fear Wrath En●● Ambition Love Pride great Study Care Shame c. The Mad people are frequently solicitous about Ma●ters above their reach or about business that no wa● concern them Lastly Some are prone to Vene●● delighting much in Company c. The Melancholy person walks in