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A84361	Elixir magnum vitæ: or, the great elixir of life, being the most admirable cordial-drink, and its singular virtues, never before made publick; is now exposed to sale, as the most excellent preservative of humane bodies, for the general good of all persons		1670-1680 (1680)	Wing E525B; ESTC R231741	6,212	14

gives the Patient convenient refreshment and is so friendly to nature that it rarely fails to take away the cause of a Distemper and then it follows most certainly that the effects must cease It cleanseth the Spermatick Vessels of all crude Seed and Matter and maketh the body lively and fit for Generation and by that means helpeth Barrenness It also expels Poyson and is very effectual in rooting out the cause of all Agues and Feavers and is not only an Antidote but a most excellent Cordial in that Infectious and Mortal Disease of the Plague from which Good Lord deliver us This incomparable Elixir is more pretious than Gold and will certainly by Gods assistance preserve life in the greatest danger therefore let none spoil its Operation in using their bodies to other Physick if a sick person be not doomed to Death or his life by Divine Permission not yet Terminated no better Medicament need be administred and whoever uses themselves to this Elixir will very rarely have the Small Pox or Meosles It is a most excellent Medicine for those that go long Voyages to Sea and preserves as well as cures those which are afflicted with the Scurvey and 't is no less excellent for all persons that in the Summer time frequently drink Mineral Waters for it carries off the Dregs and Fecies that are usally left and too often of very dangerous consequence The World would undoubtedly put a high value upon this Elixir did they but know its admirable Vertues in purifying and sweetning the whole Mass of Blood and consequently fortifying the Spirits and thereby put the whole body in so sound and healthful a condition that few Diseases shall be able to assault or offend it since most Distempers must certainly vail if Life be not terminated by God Almighty to its innocent but prevalent Vertue and Operation Directions for the Administration of this Great Elixir of Life THe Dose must be given thus consideration being had to the age and strength of the Patient from the age of twenty and upwards no person need take any more than three or four spoonfuls at most except it be in very strong Robust bodies who are naturally Costive but in bodies of a more tender nature they may being with two spoonfuls or less if they please but it must be taken at night going to bed be it two three or four spoonfuls and the same quantity must be taken also the next Morning The manner of its Operation will be as it finds cause in some it will work in six hours in others in eight or ten according as Humours abound and the body is afflicted with different Distempers this Cordial works frequently by Stool Urine and Sweat but never by Vomit 't is a Medicine of searching nature and thereby expels those occult Maladies which are destructive in the end to all humane kind nor is like to other Purging Medicines which usually leave an uneasy binding or astringent quality behind but 't is in reality of a Balsamick nature that heals and strengthens so accurately that it leaves the body in a most excellent vigorous condition to administration Children in the Month may take it thus viz six eight or ten drops in any distill'd Water as shall be thought fit and as the Infant grows on from one month old to twelve you may encrease your drops as reason and discretion will direct till it amounts to half a spoonful and then also qualify as aforesaid and to Children of two years old give them one moderate spoonful and to those of four years old a spoonful and a half for those of seven years of age two spoonfuls and for such as are older use your discretion All persons that accustom themselves to the use of this Cordial-drink will from its first dose be very sensible of its strengthening quality it leaves behind and so gradually increases or augment the same till by Gods assistance an infallible cure be perfected For all sudden Indispositions or Cold taken use this Elixir for three Mornings and three Nights together and by the blessing of God it will very rarely fail to perform a cure let the Malady be what it will but for old Distempers that have been habitual and continue inveterate no person can reasonably expect that a small quantity should effect a cure but having followed the aforesaid Directions let the person take two spoonfuls at Night and the same the next Morning for eight or ten days after which rest a week from taking any more that nature may receive the undoubted benefit intended by this admirable Cordial in any fits give a large dose Note That the first two or three days doses do but stir up the Humours which are afterwards by a continuation thereof most happily carryed off and the Disease by Gods blessing upon the means perfectly cured and Health restored to the great joy of the Patient that long languished under the malignancy of his Distemper Now in the Griping of the Guts according to the strength of the Patient may be taken four or five spoonfuls less or more as cause requires and it must be repeated again in five or six hours and the same again the third time if need require and you not doubt of a cure This Elixir is very excellent for such persons that are weak and Consumptive and for such also that have a weak Digestion for it very much comforts and strengthens the Stomach as is before exprest and in order to this the Patient may take a spoonful before Dinner and another after a few days in the performance whereof the Stomach will be so well cleansed and strengthned that of necessity the Patient will have a most excellent Appetite Take the same quantity aforesaid in an old Ptisick-Cough either before the fit or after Note Likewise that this most excellent Elixir of Life doth far exceed all Cordial-Drinks Waters or Sweating Medicines whatever for they cause great weakning Sweats and fails in carrying off the grosser matter but this Cordial expels much of the peccant Humour by a kind of Transpiration or breathing through the Pores and lastly evacuates the grosser matter from the very Center of the Body to the great comfort and satisfaction of the Patient And let me advise all persons for their own good as they expect the benefit of this Elixir to be very exact and careful in following these full Directions And lastly observe that it may be taken in a small quantity at any time of the day as an Antidote to prevent Diseases for 't will be no hindrance to business nor need it be seconded with Broth or Posset-drink as other Purging Physick is It is safe for all ages persons and Seasons in the hottest Summer and coldest Winter when critical Diseases reign most and other Physick cannot be safely then may this In all fits give a large Dose It has been found by experience to be a most incomparable Remedy in the highest Feaver even when they Rave It may be

Elixir Magnum Vitae OR The Great ELIXIR of LIFE Being the most admirable Cordial-Drink and its singular Virtues never before made Publick is now exposed to Sale as the most excellent Preservative of Humane Bodies for the general good of all Persons THis Famous ELIXIR VITAE was first brought into England by a Person of Quality that for many years had travelled into most parts of the Christian World who being a Curious Inspector into Nature and about Forty years a Student in Physick for his own Delight and Satisfaction but never for Profit or Gain most happily found out this Secret or Arcanum the only immediate Helper or Restorer of Nature and has freely Administred the same very frequently to his Friends in particular that stood in need thereof as also to divers other Persons in his Travels both Rich and Poor to his great Commendation and that is that Medicament that he always made use of and called it his Jewel And Note That this Cordial-Drink or Great Elixir is generally esteemed and highly valued by all persons that have tryed it to be the most Incomparable and far exceeding all Drinks or Elixirs that has hitherto been exposed to Sale in this Nation The Vertues of this Great ELIXIR of Life are these viz. IT is very prevalent against all inveterate pains of the Head and defends the Brain from all noxious Fumes that arise from a foul Stomach or the defects of the Spleen watry and windy Vapours which cause remaining un-remov'd occasions very unwelcome and sometimes fatal effects as the Vertigo Megrim or Giddiness or Swimming in the Head also a Mist before the Sight or an uncomfortable Dimness in the Eyes in some persons they feel as it were a heavy weight on their Heads others are subject to fall like those with an Epilepsy or much discompos'd like those who are Paraletical in others it produces Vomiting and pains in the Head by fits which is occasion'd by a Costive body but if this Elixir be apply'd it certainly keeps the whole body open and carries off the cause of these and almost innumerable other Maladies to admiration It is most excellent in the cure of Sore and Rhumatick Eeys for it takes away the internal cause and wonderfully strengthens the Sight it also diverts sharp Rheumes that fall upon the Throat and Lungs from the Head thereby causing sometimes Imposthumations Quinseys dry Coughs or Hoarseness and in short so much impares the Lungs that a shortness of breath or Ptisick follows and in some tedious and lingering Consumptions It is infallible in the recovery of those that have lost their Smelling or Tasting it cures Imposthumes or Stuffing in the Head or Noise in the Ears occasioned by cold it preserves Hearing even to old age and very much strengthens the Memory and comforts the Animal Vital and Natural Spirits 'T is of excellent operation in procuring a lost Appetite helps bad Digestion and the stoppage of the Stomach and thereby restores languishing Nature and Melancoly drooping Spirits After any long sickness it procures a fresh quick and lively habit of Body it powerfully opposes all black adust and complicated Humours which are the grand Enemies of Nature this Elixir being frequently taken draws them out of the Veins and Arteries and thereby purifies the whole Mass of Blood It also removes all pains from the Heart and perfectly cures all stoppage of Flegm in such persons that are frequently in danger of being stifled in their sleep for want of breath it also gives ease to aged persons in the Ptisick and infallibly cures those that are young If this Rich Cordial be constantly taken for some considerable time it certainly cures the GOVT in those that have been long tormented therewith in others it stifles it as it were in the Birth extracting from all parts of the Body those crude and viscous Humours which may well be called the very Spawn and Noursher thereof and this has been often verified in many persons by experience to their great satisfaction it also frees the Joynts of all Diseases incident unto them to admiration and infallibly expels clotted and putrified blood or corrupt matter by Stool and Urine and thereby many internal Diseases have been cured as Imposthumations in the Kidneys or inward parts Vlcers therein or in the Bladder Surfeits of many years standing or dangerous Impediments occasioned by inward cold which otherwise might have ended in Death and be assured there is no Medicament in the World comparable unto it in carrying off the dangerous effects of Drinking and Debauchery for it immediately settles the Brain and Stomach sweetens the Breath which will be strongly tainted thereby and procure a good Appetite It also brings away the Stone or Cravel by degrees either in Bladder or Kidneys to a Miracle nor is there a better or more effectual Remedy to be had for first it dissolves the Stone and then expels it into Sand as fine as Flower in the Urine and not only so but it totally destroys the Matter or Humour which is the original cause thereof This Famous Elixir never fails to repair or restore the decayed or wasting Kidneys of Men or Women and it certainly cleanseth both those and the Reins also of all Putrefaction and Imperfections whatsoever and thereby creates a free and wholsom passage of Urine It is singularly prevalent against the Kings-Evil Jaundice Dropsy and Scurvey and 't is a most sure Remedy against the Cholick or Griping of the Guts and Bloody-Flux in young or old it stops Vomiting to admiration Also this incomparable Elixir of Life is so great a Friend to the Female Sex that they cannot desire a greater as relating to Health which by all rationall persons is or ought to be esteem'd above all the Wealth in the World It infallibly cures them of all unhappy Obstructions in Body and thereby makes them capable of Conception 'T is a certain Remedy against the Green-sickness of all sorts and supports Nature in her pristine Strength and Vigour procures a good Complexion sweetens the Blood and in fine puts the body into a very sound and healthful posture as can in reason be desired Moreover it is most admirable in killing the Worms of all kinds in young or old as has been experienced by Thousands to their great comfort and it speedily and no less effectually frees the Liver and Spleen from all Obstructions and thereby cures the Fits of the Mother and Spleen Falling-sickness and all other Fits It is a most excellent Medicine for Nurses for it cleanses and throughly purifies the Blood and thence proceeds good and wholsom Milk and consequently healthy Children This Elixir of Life never fails in curing the Rickets in Children as also the Chin-Cough by opening the passages it strengthens cleanseth and heals and carries off those sharp Humours that occasion the same It is most excellent in the alleviating the Burning heat in the Parlms of the Hands or Soles of the Feet for by a due application hereof it