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B05801	An advertisement concerning those most famous cathartique and diuretique pills. Being an incomparable medicine in all chronical and dangerous diseases; wherewith was cured the late Lord General Monck of the dropsie: : some hundreds before, and many since, having received absolute cure thereby ... / Prepared only by William Sermon ...	Sermon, William, 1629?-1679.	1671 (1671)	Wing S2624A; ESTC R183736	11,413	32

Bolus with the syrrup of Ground-pine take it about 4 or 5 of the Clock in the afternoon by it self or with hot Sack c. being in bed covered warm sweat as you are able to bear it and rub your selves with warm clothes and be sure to take no cold The very next morning take three or four of my Pills more or less according to the strength of your bodies thus do two days in five the Bolus may serve the weaker sort twice I judge this method sufficient to cure many occult and dangerous distempers especially where the body is not maciated c. The Bolus you may have made up by any Apothecary I could give you an exact account of several other great Cures effected by my Pills upon many persons of good quality with the least charges imaginable and upon the Poor for nothing it ever being part of my practice so to do not only in the City of London but in several other Cities and parts of England and Wal●s which here to ●●sert their names and dwellings would well this beyond my present intentions But if any are curious in this particular I ●m ready to produce Letters from hundreds therein I have thanks given me c. for the ●dmirable Cures done by them when left void of help by any other means and I know nothing to the contrary why all may not receive Cure thereby if they will follow taking these Pills for some time according to directions But God knows many are fickle-minded and as aforesaid are perswaded to expend their moneys upon undigested crude drugs by every blind direction till too late and then to the grief of my soul I have heard them cry out Oh that I had never seen such and such for they perswaded me against your Pills when at firs● those poor people that I have turned away giving them nothing except 6 d. to buy 〈◊〉 glass of Wine to comfort their dying spirits might have received a perfect Cure by God blessing with two or three boxes of m● Pills But let such as will be thus deceived acquiesce in their own Ignorance it 's indifferent to me ☞ I advise all Hydropical and Scorb●tical persons during the time of taking the Pills though usually very dry to drink little as possible except of the Liquor ma● as followeth Take the Bark of Elder 〈◊〉 Sage Ground Ivy or the Herb called A●hoof Smallage Fennel roots Scurvy-gra●● Parsly-roots of each half a pound of 〈◊〉 best Juniper berries one pound Ginger 〈◊〉 an ounce cut and bruise all these and tye them up in a thin cloath and hang them in an earthen Stein and pour thereto 8 Gallons of new Ale so let it work together when it is fit to drink you may drink a good draught first in the morning and last at night And if there be an appetite eat any thing of light digestion though the Pills have not done working and in warm weather walk about your occasions for in this Medicine there is no danger they are so safe that it is my custom to take them at any time of the day they retain their virtue for many years and are of excellent use for Mariners and for such as travel long Journeys by Land for it doth not only cure sudden Accidents but prevents Diseases that oftentimes happen to the utter ruine of the Patient But some scandalously report that these Pills are dangerous in the working being too strong for any person but one of extraordinary strength of Nature Secondly That I have no skill in the Art of Physick and that I have no other Medicine but this particular Receipt or Composition But let all know these are meer scandals raised upon me by persons of an envious spirit and especially by some of the same Faculty who are afraid that this Medicine may in great measure eclipse that mercenary repute which they have gotten by fraud and several Artifices There being nothing more certain and confirmed by the experience of all persons that have made use of my Pills that no Physick works with more facility neither is there any that is more sutable to every one even the weakest constitutions and it is well known that I have with good success cured all sorts of Diseases though most difficult with as great expedition as any Physician whatsoever However I do not publish this with design to create a benefit to my self for it is sufficiently known I need it not but candidly and really to promote the common good to help chiefly as well as the rich the meaner sort of people who are not able to be at that great expence in Doctors Fees and long courses of Physick which do not only exhaust the purse but macerate and weaken the body ☞ Moreover these Pills are good against violent pains in the head breast and stomach extreme stoppage and windiness thereof they are also most excellent in all sudden surfeits caused by excess either in eating or drinking which commonly violent Fevers follow and many times death if not prevented which this medicine taken in time with Gods blessing will at once help it likewise opens the obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and expells all superfluous humidity and that from the Womb being oftentimes the cause of non-conception it never hurts but works only upon the humours offending so certainly prevents the worst of diseases incident to humane bodies It is the only medicine to purge the Reins it provokes Urine hinders the generation of the Gravel and Stone in the Kidneys strengthens the vessels spermatick and are well known to help the Gonorrhea of all kinds without the use of astringent medicines being most safe according to that authentick Aphorism Sublatâ Causâ tollitur Effectus They also are of excellent use for such as are plethorick and inclineable to over-much fat In the DROPSIE and SCURVY by a magnetick virtue it attracts or draws all watry humours forth of the Blood and all other parts by the pores into the intestines so carries it off by stool It strengthens the Liver from the coldness and weakness of which all Dropsies proceed it operates by Stool and Urine a large dose which is 5 small Pills causeth sometimes the Patient to vomit it is like a diligent and active Beadle it waits upon all malignant and extravagant humours never leaving them till they are out of the Corporation In a word it cureth when all other medicines fail though administred by the most learned and long experienced Physicians To the ingenious I write for others that can relish nothing but what they do themselves I value them not believing my medicine beyond their censure and malice The manner of taking these Pills is as followeth A Child between 6 and 10 years of age may take one the weaker sort of people two or three the stronger four or five c. In the Winter take them about four or five of the clock in the morning and sleep thereon In the Spring and Summer going to

the Patients will was cured by my Pills though in the winter time and very much frost and snow Mr. James Russel in Bath I cured with one Box of my Pills Mr. William Underhills Son in the Parish of Bitton five miles from Bristol afflicted with that Dropsie called Tympanites which is when much windiness and superfluous vapours is gathered in the aforesaid places of the belly was cured with two or three boxes of my Pills Since his Grace the late Lord General received a perfect cure in June and July 1669. by my Pills several persons of great Honour are ready to subscribe to the Worth of this great Arcanum having received benefit thereby Also Mr. Edmund Saunders Barrister of the Middle-Temple inclinable to the Dropsie and Scurvy had help thereby after which being at Glocester sent for a 12 s. box of my Pills and gave them freely to the Wife of one Watkins in Wotton near the City aforesaid by which means she was soon cured though far gone in a Dropsie I could wish all with him that are able to be charitable to the poor Likewise Captain Anthony Langstone Captain Wedlow of the Sun-Tavern in Bishopsgate street Mr. Ford Secretary to the Lord Roberts received help by the Medicine aforesaid Mr. Lewis Reme Painter to his Grace Christopher Lord Duke of Albemarle much troubled with the Dropsie had help by my Pills Captain John Wharton in George-yard in Kings street Westminster much troubled with the Dropsie and Scurvy became very weak was perfectly cured with two or three Boxes of my Pills Mr. Christopher Brenam at the sign of the Christopher in Duffins Alley in the same street had speedy help by my Pills Mr. Thomas Refould and Mistress Ann Refould his Wife living at the Prince of Orange in Cannon-Row Westminster were both cured of the Dropsie with my Pills Mr. Baggot Yeoman-Porter to the Gate and Park-stairs at White-hall aged 80 odd troubled much with the Scurvy and Dropsie by taking 10 or 12 doses of my Pills was cured Mr. Day living at the Coffee-house in Chapple-street Westminster violently afflicted with the Dropsie and full of salt sharp humours his belly and members extremely swelled was with seven 4 s. boxes of my Pills cured Mr. Arundel a Bricklayer near the place aforesaid afflicted with the Dropsie was also cured in a short time with 3 or 4 boxes of my Pills Serjeant Granger in Bishops-head Court in Grays-Inn-lane was cured of the Dropsie with two twelve shilling boxes of my Pills Corporal Davis at the five Bells in the same Lane long afflicted with the Dropsie and had a violent Asthma c. by reason of a warry humour got into the Lungs yet by Gods blessing was perfectly cured with my Pills Mr. Shipton at the Horse-shoe over against Clarendon House Mr. Thomas Harrison at the Meermaid in Red-lion-fields near Holborn Mistress Dobson at the Jacob and 12 Sons in Redcross-street were all cured of the Dropsie with my Pills Also Mistress Ann Buckridge of Stockwel within two miles of Lambeth Mr. Ryves at the Golden Anchor the Corner house in Lumbard-street having an indisposition of body at last fell into a Dropsie Scurvy c. But taking it in time was cured with one box of my Pills Mr. Richard Mills his son of Enfield in the County of Middlesex within 10 miles of the City of London aged about 14 years his belly and members c. very much swelled his father sought all means imaginable but found none till he took of my Pills with which he received a perfect cure Mr. Joseph Haylock servant to Mr. Alderman Gray in the Town aforesaid most violently afflicted with the Dropsie and had a great Cough and suffocation of the Lungs c. He spet abundance of corrupt and foetid matter and was left off by all for a dead man and at last I cured him for three and twenty shillings though in the midst of his Cure as many have been to their utter ruine was perswaded against me and my Pills so that in plain terms he left me off for six weeks but at length begg'd me to take him again being very unwilling when he had got a pair of Spectacles to be perswaded to his Grave ☞ For this medicament is alwaies effectual if taken before the Liver and the rest of the principal bowels are putrified or nature decaied which soon hapneth in some constitutions and sometimes it pleaseth God to afflict men with such diseases as no man shall heal as you may read at large in the Holy Scriptures but where diseases are curable this medicine with Gods help most certainly prevails therefore you that mind your own welfare take it in time and my life for yours you will have no cause to repent ☞ Another Cure effected upon a person of the Female Sex being 〈◊〉 troubled with sharp humours 〈◊〉 upon 〈◊〉 Eyes and Palat her threat very sore insomuch that she could not speak I desire her to open her mouth I found her Palat eat off and the root of the Tongue ulcerated the Nostrils very bad with much ado she confessed that she had been under cure and was salivated it cost her eight pounds but to no purpose in 28 days she was perfectly cured with two 12 shilling Boxes of my Pills and the use of this Gargarism made as followeth Take Vine-leaves or the tops when the leaves are not to be had one handful Roch-Allum Ginger grosly beaten of each half an ounce Album Graecum one ounce boil all these in one quart of Spring water to the consumption of the third part add thereto half a pound of the best Honey let it boil two or three walms strain it and gargle the Mouth and Throat therewith and with a Syringe cast some into the Nostrils warm this done with the use of the Pills will both preserve the Nose and Palat c. I shall here insert but only two or three Letters directed to me though I have many more by me to the same purpose together with a few more of the most admirable Cures lately effected by my Pills the Medicine so much by some snarled at Sir I Received yours with the three boxes of Pills one of which I disposed of to Deborah Jones living in Kings Wood near this City aged 60 odd who was in Cure when you were commanded from Bristol to wait upon the Duk of Albemarle in the beginning of June 1669. but ever since she hath languished under these distempers viz. the wind Gout Scurvy and Dropsie but now it hath pleased God by the means of your Pills and Bolus wonderfully to restore her beyond expectation it hath brought from her by vomit a filmous substance forth of her stomach the length of your hand and she also voided much water by stool as I am credibly informed by her Son whose name is Thomas Jones and it is thought that one box more of your Pills will Cure her No more at present but my true desires to God for your health

c. I rest Yours in all I may Jo. Cox Bristol Feb. 8 1670 1. Another Letter as followeth Doctor Sermon I Have a long time desired to write but feared to be troublesome but understanding your Candor and Ingenuity to all I took this boldness upon me I am not able to describe my own distemper but as I can I shall give you thus I have been three or four years under a sore affliction that took me as a violent Ague shaking me an hour or too then a violent burning continued twenty four hours which I suppose stirred up those Hidropical humours that lay near the skin for they would be very sore and swell and I had no remedy but Plasters to draw them but hearing of your Pills this Winter I took them which brought abundance of water from me I have taken four boxes of them and this effect I find my fits are now so little that I scarce know when they come but only by stirring the Humour They did formerly take away my strength that I was not able to stir at all or to turn my self in my bed but now I lose no strength praised be the Lord so that I hope I am near Cured Sir I have commended your Pills to a Kinswoman of mine who I perceived was under a sore hidropical Humour and had used much means but to no purpose And with one box of them is recovered after she had taken two then three she vomited but coming to take four and after that five it brok a cake congealed in her body which came forth by stool since which time she is very well recovered her mother came to me and desired me to acquaint you with this miraculous Cure and returns her and her Daughters hearty thanks I have many Friends that visiting me have sent for your Pills and find very great good thereby I have been bold to give you this trouble which pray you pardon and take the tender of my thankful gratitude to God and you for all the good I find and shall rest Your ever loving and thankful Friend Isaac Rey. Neyland in Suffolk Feb. 20. 167● Since the receipt of the former Letter I received another dated March the seventh 167● that informs me that those most sad and terrible fits had quite left Mr. Rey. Another Worthy Sir I Have received yours and do much desire that the great Cure which by the blessing of God your Pills have effected on my Wife should be made known to the World she was very far spent in the Dropsie and Scurvy and extremely swelled all over her head and face arms body thighs and legs and the swelling very hard her legs were swelled in bigness above half a yard about and sometimes her eyes were swelled up that she could not see she was likewise troubled with a violent Cough and a rising in her throat which would stop her up and many times take away her speech she was also troubled with a violent pain in her head and many times distracted with it Her Condition was so dangerous that she made use of all the ablest Physicians that we could here of without finding the least benefit by them and they had all left her off and said that she could not live many days And it pleased God that she heard of your Pills which Cured her perfectly in two months viz. in June and July 1670. which was a great and miraculous Cure and a wonder to all that knew her Thus with my humble service and hearty thanks to you I remain Sir yours whilst I am John Jones Brantham in Suffolk near Ipswich Feb. 25. 1670 1. Mistress Anne Brinley the Wife of Mr. Alderman Brinley in the City of Worcester most horribly afflicted with the Dropsie and Scurvy her belly thighs and legs extremely swelled and almost deprived of breath she had made use of many eminent and able Physicians who questionless used their best endeavours yet to no purpose and so left by all her nearest Relations for a dead woman but accidentally hearing of my Pills and making use thereof according to directions forthwith evacuated abundance of water by stool c. her swellings all abated in a short time and she became perfectly well to admiration This great Cure was effected about Midsommer last 1670. Since which time many more of good quality in and adjacent to that City have found wonderful good thereby Mistress Seawell in Well-yard in little St. Bartholomews very dangerously afflicted with that Dropsie called Tympanites her belly extremely swelled she had lost her appetite and was very weak but through Gods mercy by taking of my Pills was perfectly restored to her former health Mr. John Walker Attorney living over against the sign of the Whale-bone in Lothbury sorely troubled with violent straining and every morning subject to vomit also tormented with vapours arising from his stomach c. which did much offend his head but never received benefit by any Medicine before he took my Pills The Daughter of J. P. in the County of Glocester near Bath Aged 37. for seven years troubled with an ill distemper which she called the Whites also a great weakness and pain in her back sharpness of Urin c. and broke forth over all her body much like to a Leprosie the humour salt and sharp by taking my Pills one Spring and Fall was perfectly cured The days she took no Pills I advised her to drink the Decoction of Plantain Yarrow Knotgrass and the middle bark of Elme And sometimes she anointed the sores with the ointment made as followeth Take Oyl of Roses three ounces the white Oyntment with Camphir two ounces Sal. Prunellae one ounce Crude Antimony reduced into very fine powder half an ounce mix them all together and keep it for use A good old woman formerly a Souldier in the Wars of Venus not living many miles from the place aforesaid forely afflicted with the Scurvy c. with a kind of a pocky humour in her Eyes and a filthy stinking Ulcer in her throat by reason of which she could not speak and when she went to drink it would run out at her Nostrils was at last perfectly Cured by taking four 4 s. boxes of my Pills with the use of the Gargarism page 11. Another woman Aged about 60. living near the City of Bristol troubled long with an Ulcer in her throat and had violent nocturnal pains in her Legs c. was cured in a short time by the Means aforesaid only she took of the following Bolus three times and sweat as directed ☞ How to prevent and cure the Gout especially where it is not hereditary or long contracted with all other violent pains in the joynts by my Pills and the following Bolus which I have often proved to be true ☞ Take Venice Treacle one drachm the powder of Virginy Snake weed Gascoign powder Diaphoretick Antimony of each 10 grains Saffron Salt of Scurvy-grass Wormwood and Salt of Ash of each 5 grains make it up into a