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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29646	A brief discovery of the chief causes, signs, and effects, of that most reigning disease, the scurvy together with the causes, symptoms, & effects, of several other dangerous diseases most usually afflicting mankind. Whereunto is added, a short account of that imcomparable, and most highly approved medicine called Bromfield's pill. Being the only remedy this age hath produced against the scurvy, and most other curable distempers. Formerly prepared and set forth for the publick benefit, by M. Bromfield; and now wholly assigned by him to Mr. Joseph Stent.	Bromfield, M.; Stent, Joseph.	1694 (1694)	Wing B4884G; ESTC R217246	15,354	18

A BRIEF DISCOVERY of the chief CAUSES SIGNS and EFFECTS Of that most Reigning Disease the SCURVY Together with the CAUSES SYMPTOMS EFFECTS Of several other dangerous Diseases most usually afflicting Mankind Whereunto is added A short Account of that incomparable and most highly approved MEDICINE CALLED Bromfield's Pill Being the only Remedy this Age hath produced against the SCURVY and most other Curable Distempers Formerly prepared and set forth for the Publick Benefit By M. BROMFIELD And now wholly assigned by him to Mr. JOSEPH STENT LONDON Printed in the Year 1694. The chief Causes Symptoms and Effects of the Scurvy THIS Disease doth chiefly proceed from Melancholy bred by distempers of the Stomach or Spleen which being crude stays in the passages of the Arteries and Veins and thereby doth excite grievous Fermentation or Workings from whence are sent Vapors which afflict the heart and brain c. from all which is caused malignant and contagious putrefaction of Melancholy and thence proceed these Symptoms viz. Giddiness in the head sudden flushings heat and redness in the face and body putrefaction and stinking of the mouth and gums Tooth-ach stinking breath blackness and looseness of the teeth want of digestion much wind and unsavoury belchings and by thick vapon arising from the Hypocondria to the midriff are occasioned obstructions of respiration or shortness of Breath and straitness of the Breast c. The body is dull and heavy and in the legs are spots sometimes red purple black or blue There are also violent pains in the head shoulders arms fingers belly thighs knees legs ancles feet and toes Whence some who have had the Pox though cured do fear the return of their old malady There are many thousands have this Distemper that are perswaded they have the Gout because sometimes it hath the very signs of the Gout which also is the cause why the Scurvy which by mistake is judged the Gout is so seldom cured For those Medicaments pertinent in the Gout are not the very same in the Scurvy and consequently cannot cure it Other signs of the Scurvy are bad sleep and frightful dreams a feverish heat and sweats towards the morning Some have risings on their body as if stung with Bees or Wasps c. others have dolors in their sides imitating those of the Spleen And in short it doth appear to a judicious eye with and in the shape of most Diseases as hath been sufficiently apparent not onely to my self but also to several other experienced Physitians who have traced this Disease and made exact inspection into its variable dresses for many years together And it is also observed that it is propagated and spread abroad in these parts of the world more than any other Distemper whatsoever and by its sundry shapes hath seduced many in their judgment of the Disease For in some it passeth for a Consumption in others for a Dropsie c. and Medicines are given accordingly but alas to little purpose and all for want of a true knowledge of the original of the Disease it self And here observe a great truth viz. that there are very few afflicted with any Distemper of long continuance who have not joyned with it a Scorbutick taint which unless it be considered and some powerful Antisoorbutick Medicaments given the Patient is very rarely if ever cured Now the conclusion of all if the Scurvy be not timely remedied and that it grow predominant is sometimes Swoonings Apoplexies Dropsies great decay of the Body Consumptions and very often Death it self Note That in some the Scurvy is hereditary and that there are some few causes thereof besides those here set down but these being usually the chief the other are omitted The Causes Signs and Effects of the VIRGIN or MAIDEN Disease called the GREEN-SICKNESS THE main cause of this Disease is from obstructions or stoppage and the cause of such obstructions c. are evil thick and clammy humours which choak and stop the passage in the Vessels and spoil the making and passage of the Blood c. and these proceed from bad Diet as eating of raw Wheat Oatmeal much Salt Ashes Clay Chalk c. drinking of much Vingar or much cold Water from too much or too little Sleep eating much raw Fruit sitting too long at Sewing work Melancholy violent Exercise great Heats or Colds c. The signs of this Disease are a pale and greenish colour in the Face the Face and Eye-lids swelled especially after Sleep the Heart beats and fainteth the Stomach swell'd or pained they loath Meat have a tickling cough and their Breath short they sometimes Vomit they have thirst Head-ach and are often Melancholy they are swell'd about their Ancles and Feet and care not much to stir especially up Stairs or an Hill The continuance of this Disease brings long Fevers Barrenness great watery Swellings and the Dropsie Some have a Schirrus or Tumour and wasting in their Liver others by oppression of the Heart die suddenly and many fall into Consumptions which end in the Grave Note That great caution ought to be used in Bleeding any Maid in the Arm before she have had her monthly Visits but if an urgent occasion call for Blood-letting then rather breathe a Vein in the Ancle By following this advice you shall most certainly prevent the Death of some and many Diseases in others but more especially that most dreadful Disease of Barrenness And against this very Disease viz. the Green-sickness and also to procure the monthly Visits in such Women in whom they are wanting there are but few Medicines comparable to these PILLS as has been often proved when no other means or Medicines could prevail I shall here give some account concerning WORMS OF these Creatures are several sorts but the most usual are shaped round and long these are bred in the Guts yet sometimes get into the Stomach The second are short and very small like threds and commonly lie in the right Gut and in the end of the Fundament wherein is almost continual itching which Worms also provoke the Patient very often to stool The third sort are long and broad of an incredible length but very rarely seen Worms are chiefly caused from raw gross flegmatick matter and therefore Youth and such as eat much Fruit are seldom free from them Also all great Eaters are very subject to them especially those who eat Meats that easily putrifie in the Stomach and more at once than Nature can well digest whence follow Crudities and thence Worms the signs of which are many Some have unsavory belchings and a stinking Breath wasting of the Gums heaviness fainting great thirst vomiting cold sweats and often a Fever a short Cough unquiet Sleep intolerable gnawing pains in the Stomach and Belly loss of Appetite weakness and consumption of the whole Body Many times the Patient hath an insatiable Appetite caused by flat Worms which devour the Food that is eaten There are a few signs more of Worms but these