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water_n	boil_v	half_a	handful_n	4,343	5	10.3380	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90345	Of sudden diseases. By Dr. John Pechey of the College of Physicians, London, at his house in Robin-Hood's-Court, the Lower End of Bowlane, near Bazing-Lane, Cheapside	Pechey, John, 1655-1716.	1698 (1698)	Wing P1025A; ESTC R231928	13,681	26

which must be repeated twice three Days betwixt each Purge and every Night going to Bed the Woman must take 5 Spoonfuls of my Cordial for the Bloody Flux thro' the whole Course of the Disease And after she has been purged thrice she must take the Quantity of a large Nutmeg of my Electuary for the immoderate Flux of the Courses in the Morning and at 5 in the Afternoon daily drinking presently after each Dose of the Electuary 6 Spoonfuls of my Julep for an immoderate Flux of the Courses The Pot contains about 3 Ounces of the Electuary Price 2 s. 6 d. The Viol of the Julep contains 8 Ounces Price 1 s. 6 d. This Method and these Medicines also cure the Whites in Women Sometimes the Courses come with violent Pain sometimes they come before their due time and stay longer than they should and sometimes break out from Places not natural For each of these Diseases I have a proper Remedy An excellent Cordial Mixture for Weakly Women near the time of Delivery THIS Restorative Cordial Mixture wonderfully strengthens the Mother and Child it quickens and revives the Spirits is very good for the Stomach and expels Wind and cheers the Heart and comforts the Womb and makes the Mother and Child so vigorous and lively that if a Spoonful of it be taken twice a Day a Month before lying in it procures an happy Delivery and renders the Child brisk and lusty The Bottle contains 8 Ounces Price 3 s. The Cordial Drops THESE Drops are excellent for Mother-Fits Faintings Swoonings and Sinking of the Spirits for an Apoplexy and Trembling and Palpitation of the Heart Giddiness Falling-Sickness Wind Disorders of the Brain and Womb they quicken the Senses revive the Spirits and are of great Use to prevent Infection in sickly Seasons and they are of such great and wonderful Vertue that People subject to these sudden and dangerous Diseases ought to have them always by them The Dose is from 20 to 30 Drops according to the Age and Strength in a Glass of Canary or White-wine or in a Dish of Tea or the like They may be given in the Fit or in the Morning Fasting or at Night going to Bed Price 1 s. the Ounce The Pouder for Childrens Convulsions COnvulsions in Children are very frequent and they are chiefly subject to them in the first Months and at the Time they breed their Teeth But they also happen at other times and proceed from other Causes in such as are disposed to them This Pouder is an approved Remedy for these Convulsions a Paper of it being given the Child Morning and Evening till the Fits go off especially two or three Days before every New and Full Moon in a Spoonful of Black Cherry-water or the like but if the Child be in the first Months or very Young half a Paper is a sufficient Dose The Price of 12 Papers 3 s. An Excellent and Approved Oyl for Childrens Gripes GRipes frequently happen to Childre● either with a Looseness or without it and if they continue long they weaken Children and occasion Convulsions Anoint the Child's Navel and Pit of the Stomach with this Oyl a little warm'd and you will find it to be an excellent Remedy Price 1 s. the Dram. My Excellent Water for the Bloody-Flux Hysteric Colick Violent Loosenesses Griping of the Guts Stone in the Kidneys and the Gout when striken in THis Water is an admirable Remedy for the Bloody-Flux the Griping of the Guts and Pains of the Stomach and for sharp and corroding Humours in the Bowels for vomiting and spitting of Blood and for violent Loosenesses and for an immoderate Flux of the Courses and an excellent Remedy to prevent Miscarriage when any violent Pain or Perturbation arises in a a Woman with Child It chears the Heart and revives the languishing Spirits and strengthens and comforts the Womb. It is good in the Small-pox and Measles when the Sick is restless and Light-headed and when the Fever is high or when the Small-pox don't rise well When the Gout is striken in upon the Stomach or Bowels and threatens sudden Death this Water is a sovereign Remedy and relieves the Sick to Admiration For the Stone in the Kidneys assoon as one any is seiz'd with a Fit of it setting aside all other Remedies let him presently drink a Gallon of Posset-drink wherein two Ounces of the Roots of Marsh-Mallows have been boil'd and let the following Glyster be injected Take of the Roots of Marshmallows and Lillies each one Ounce of the Leaves of Mallows and Pellitory of the Wall and of the Flowers of Camomil each one Handful of Flax and Fennigreck Seeds each half an Ounce boil them in a sufficient Quantity of Water to a Pint and an half dissolve in the strained Liquor brown Sugar and Syrup of Marsh-Mallows each two Ounces mingle them and make a Glyster Assoon as he had render'd all the Posset-drink by Vomiting and rejected the Glyster let him take half the Bottle of Water and keep himself as quiet as possible in Bed The Water must be taken in the same Quantity when the Gout is striken in upon the Bowels or Stomach and the Patient must keep himself Quiet in Bed For the Gripes a Man or Woman may take 5 or 6 Spoonfuls a Child according to the Age and Strength 1 2 or 3 Spoonfuls for a violent Looseness or Bloody-Flux 2 Spoonfuls must be taken after every Stool and a Man or Woman must take 6 Spoonfuls going to Bed every Night as long as the Flux continues For an immoderate Flux of the Courses or Whites 5 Spoonfuls must be taken every Night or every other Night according to the Violence of the Disease for a Week To prevent Miscarriage the Woman must take 5 or 6 Spoonfuls and keep her self Quiet in Bed For the Small-pox and Measles a grown Person must take 5 or 6 Spoonfuls a Child 1 2 or 3 Spoonfuls according to the Age. The Bottle contains Eight Ounces Price 2 d. 6 d. My Water to stop Bleeding at Nose THis Water stops Bleeding at Nose Lint in the form of Tent being dipp'd in it and put up the Nostril from whence the Blood flows And if you apply a Linnen Rag doubled being first dipp'd in this Water to a Wound it will presently stop the Blood but you must keep your Fingers upon the Rag about half an Hour And if an Artery be cut it stops the Blood being used as above directed and kept on awhile with your Hand This Water having been used with great Success upon several Occasions may well deserve a Place here and whoever tries it will find it an Excellent Remedy My Julep to stop Violent Vomiting THis Julep for Vomiting is the most effectual Remedy that was ever found out for it scarce ever fails to stop Vomiting in a short time when all other Medicines will not do it It must be taken all at once and the Sick must keep his Bed or lie down for some Hours Price I s.