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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43295	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	Helvétius, Jean-Adrien, 1662-1727.; P. M.	1694 (1694)	Wing H1409; ESTC R19575	15,674	83

day let him live temperately It is not the same thing with Cordials as with Catharticks and Emeticks for I not only approve of their use in Fevers if the Patients desire it before the Bark is given but I advise in the time of taking their Clysters that they neglect not the use of 'em not that they are absolutely necessary for the cure but because they are of wonderful efficacy for strengthning and keeping up a good heart driving off its heaviness and preventing disorders in the head For a Cordial I would have 'em take in intermitting Fevers one ounce of Cinnamon water two ounces of Borrage water as many of Wallnut water the same quantity of Balm water two drachms of the confection of Alchermes one ounce and an half of Syrup of Lemons or Pomegranate mix 'em all together and drop in some drops of Spirit of Sulphur to give it an agreeable acidity It has an extraordinary pleasant taste Let 'em take one or two spoonfuls every hour Those that have a vomiting or looseness with an intermitting Fever let 'em make use of this for their Cordial take of Plantain and Knotgrass water each four ounces Diaphoretick Mineral and Hartshorn prepar'd each two scruples Confection of Hyacinth 2 drachms Syrup of Diacodium and Syrup of Quinces each one ounce mix 'em all together and take of it every hour as before In Fevers continual and malignant I would accordingly advise a Cordial Julep to purify the blood and resist the malignity by causing a gentle perspiration let it be this take one ounce of Treacle water two ounces of Scorzoneer water Carduus Benedictus and Scabious water the same quantity each twenty grains of powder of Vipers two scruples of Bezoard Mineral half a drachm of Venice Treacle one drachm of the Confection of Hyacinth the same quantity of Alchermes one ounce of the Syrup of Cloves mix it all together as before These sorts of Cordial Juleps cannot fail of good success those that instead of the powder of Vipers had rather make use of its Volatile Salt and Bezoar Stone if they can get it may put in ten or twelve grains of each if the Fever be very malignant 'T is thus providing against the troublesome accidents that usually attend the most dangerous and malignant Fevers and the Bark taken in Clyster which has nothing more to do but to take off the ferment of the Fever will do it so easily that it will be a pleasant surprize to the Patient and will give satisfaction to the world of its usefulness in Clysters which we here treat of I think by this manner of giving the Bark I have avoided all the inconveniencies which have hitherto accompanied it in the ordinary method of taking it It 's plain the Patients cannot complain of the bitter taste because they do not take it by the mouth It 's also evident there will be no more a weight felt in the stomach because it is not received there As to the heat it 's certain the grosser parts of the Bark which are the sole cause of it stay in the body no longer than 't is just requisite for the natural heat to digest it and extract the volative and wholesom parts the remaining dregs being soon carried off without taking so long a course as it necessarily must if taken by the mouth it must of necessity have a very good effect upon the body which otherwise would be incommoded with that noxious and uneasy weight which is the cause of those heats so much complained of There are only those Patients that are troubled with the Piles that can suffer any pain in giving back the Clyster the powder as it passes fretting the part so I advise 'em to diminish the dose and put but half an ounce of the powder or rather no powder at all but take a strong decoction of the Bark which will cause no pain at all and at the same time perform the cure as well only with this difference that 't will cost the more because you must use a larger quantity of the Bark which I remark here so much the more willingly because this advice may be serviceable to all sorts of People that for what reason so ever shall think fit rather to make use of a strong decoction than of the Powder it self tho to speak the truth except for so important a reason as that of the Piles I should always give the Bark in substance the preference I can affirm that within these three years since I first made the discovery of the manner of giving it I have made use of it in the cure of above two thousand Patients of every Age and Sex who never perceived any inconvenience notwithstanding the great number of Clysters they have taken and some have taken a great many more than others by reason of the relapses they have had from the extraordinary malignity and stubbornness of their Fevers I don't question but that this remedy will find so good a reception that the more 't is known to the Physicians the more 't will be esteem'd by 'em and I dare say the Patients will own themselves obliged to me for having first discovered the way to the most convenient easie and certain cure that has been hitherto in practice for who is not sensible that abundance of sick have died because they have not been able to get down the Bark And considering there are many that have an invincible antipathy to the taking of other Drugs which would be for their health this manner of giving by Clyster what they refuse to take by Mouth will be of more general use than it appear'd to be at first and perhaps one day or other some will acknowledge that I have in some measure contributed towards the perfection of Physick I have had the experience of it in my remedies against a dysentery having met with many Patients whose tenderness of constitution has put me to a great deal of trouble in giving my specifick by Mouth by reason of the vomiting it causes and I have happily succeeded by using it in Clyster I have also communicated the manner of giving this to M. the first Physician who did me the honour to approve of it as well as that of the Bark and every one knows of what an authority his approbation is As to what I said relating to the quickness of the cure which is perfectly and much sooner perform'd this way than by taking the Bark by the Mouth the reason of it is very plain First they give it in a much larger quantity by Clyster than can be given by Mouth In the second place they give it always in substance and consequently it must have the better effect Thirdly It s subtle parts which act only upon the ferment of the Fever and make its ebullition to cease get very easily into the mass of Blood by the mouths of those numerous vessels wich center in the intestin's even so broths given in Clysters pass into