betwixt 7 and 14 may take half a Paper for Children under 7 a Paper may serve for 4 Purges It may be taken with Sugar or in the Pap of a roasted Apple or with a little Syrup or with a little Beer Price 6 d. the Paper And now that this Undertaking may be more generally useful I will add in the following Index some other choice Medicines that are often wanted And moreover any sick Person that comes to my House shall have a faithful Account of his or her Disease and the best Advice I can give them But if they expect to receive any Benefit by Advice or Medicines they must come in time before their Diseases are incurable And here I must inform the Reader that I have learnt by Time and Experience certain Rules for Living and for Diet Exercise and Rest that give greater and more lasting Relief in the Gout and Stone and some other Diseases than any Medicine whatever except in violent Fits of the Stone and when the Gout is striken in upon the Bowels or Stomach and are the best means to preserve Nature to extream old Age and contribute much also to the Cure of Consumptions Convulsions Colick Ptisick King 's Evil Scurvy Rheumatism Weakness in Childrens Limbs Dropsy Venereal Diseases and Melancholy next to Madness And here I will say by the by that the Gout and Stone generally speaking are corporal Punishments inflicted for the Riots and Intemperance or Sloth of either the Father Progenitor or present Possessor and must be expiated by hard Fare and Day-Labour how irksome soever this may seem to the Native Luxury and Sloth of Gouty Libertines and if they will not submit to this Discipline but tamely yield to the Enchantments of Sloth and ill Customs they must expect a long Train of Miseries in a short Life and will entail their Diseases on their Progeny but at length they will make way for an infallible Cure For Luxury and Sloth as they enfeeble the Body so they waste the Estate too the Nurse of these Diseases and of Hypocondriack Melancholy their Foster-Brother Then humble Fortune enforces Labour and dispenses only plain wholsome Food these purifie the Blood restore and invigorate Nature and mend the Breed and in process of Time suceeding Generations are as sound torose and brawny as the natural Frame of these Gouty Men was at first And I am inclin'd to believe this Revolution is perform'd in a stated Number of Years However 't is as certain as that the Sun and Moon and some other Heavenly Bodies will revolve in their circular Courses tho' 't is not so much heeded As to my self the Gout and Stone the best tho' cruel Reformers have tether'd me for many Years to a severe solitary but successful Course of Life I can now no more recreate my self with good Company abroad nor drink so much Wine as is counted necessary for moderate Refreshment but beguile the long tedious Winter Evenings when I have no Business with Contemplation and a few good Books For tho' I am now of Thirty Years standing in this School of Affliction having had the Gout ex traduce and the Stone by drinking Wine and strong Liquors in the Morning of Life and by the Proximity of these Diseases yet God be thanked I have not one Knotted Joint and but seldom a Bloody Urine And here I can affirm upon certain Knowledge that the less Flesh a Man eats and the less he drinks of fermented Liquors and the more Exercise he uses if the Stone be not too big to pass the seldomer he shall be seiz'd with either Gout or Stone And as for Wine Beer and Ale the more they recede from the Nature of Water the worse and more unwholsome they are for ordinary Drink Water was the common Drink both for Man and Beast in the first Age of the World from the Creation to the Flood for 1600 Years when the Lives of Men were prolong'd to near 1000 Years but after the Use of Wine they were contracted to near a Tenth Part. The Romans for the Space of 440 Years drank nothing but Water and now the ordinary People in Italy drink nothing else and the rich Citizens there are much delighted with it and in France 't is counted a foul Crime for Virgins to drink any thing but Water and it were well if it were more in use in England among the younger sort And I must tell Young Men and Women of Gouty Parentage how brisk and taper soever they may look in the Bloom of Life if they don't bestir themselves daily and drink some Water every Day and keep to a low Diet they must expect the Gout and Stone too before they come to be Old and will soon if Care be not taken become unweildy and unable to stir for they have luxuriant Bodies And if they would lay a good Foundation for Health and long Life they should never drink any vinous Liquor but for real Weakness and real Sickness and then only in the manner of Physick And here I will say that if drinking some Water every Day and living chiefly on Herbs and Roots Tea and Small Beer would have kill'd an Old Gouty Man I had been laid in the silent Grave some Years ago But I would not be so understood as that I would advise our dear Aethiop ill Custom should be repudiated all of a sudden or that I would persuade Old Men that have weakened their Bodies by drinking much Wine to leave it off This would be a great and dangerous Error on the other Hand these unhappy Old Men must use the best Means to keep the Gout from the principal Parts for if it strike in and can't be soon driven out again 't is as mortal as the Plague They must therefore strictly observe the following Rules 1. The Mind must be kept as quiet as is possible for when the Gout has taken deep Root that is as much affected as the Body Cares and Fears dog them continually and Melancholy that naturally attends morose Age is increas'd by the Gout and in the Fits and upon a Surprize their Eye-balls rowl they look wild and are subject to violent Passion which plainly shews that then the rational Faculties are crippled too For we see tender Women Children and Men of a weak Oeconomy Mind are very passionate and ready to fire upon slight Occasions But if you except this Impetuosity of Mind few Gouty Men besides my self are Fools for they have the greatest Provokements to Thinking of any Men and have naturally strong Bodies and sound Minds Generals Admirals great Statesmen and Scholars are of their Fraternity they ought therefore to maintain the Honour of their Rank by Patience and a manly Sufferance and tho' in the Fits they are full of Fears and Thoughts and of a preplex'd Understanding they should for their own Comfort consider that a Man without Fear is a Monster and a Man without Thought is a Fool and that in a Crowd of Thoughts they
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 Bow-lane near Bazing-Lane Cheapside EVERY one that practises in this manner and would publish Medicines with Reputation ought in the first place to give an Account of himself Because many now-a-days practise Physick and publish Medicines that were never instructed in the Art of Physick and so impose on the Publick by professing an Art they don't understand I shall therefore preface the following Undertaking with a Testimonial I received from the College of Physicians many Years ago KNOW all Men That the President of the College of Physicians with the Consent of the Fellows of the same has by Authority from King and Parliament examin'd and Approved of and Elected into the College J. PECHEY Master of Arts in the University of Oxford a Man of Probity and Skill and we have granted him full Power and Authority to exercise the Science and Art of Physick according to the Laws publish'd to this Purpose And moreover we have granted him the Use and Benefit of all the Profits Liberties and Privileges which have been already or may be hereafter granted by Authority aforesaid In Witness whereof we have Seal'd these Presents with our Common Seal at our College in London the 22d of December in the Year 1684. and in the Thirty-sixth Year of King Charles IId Having often consider'd that there are several Diseases so surprising and withal so very violent that the Patient is often dead or past all Hopes of Recovery before a Physician in many Places can be called or advised with And that in this Great and Populous City very few Practitioners are willing to do any thing for the Sick in the Night and that no Physician has hitherto professedly undertaken to dispense Medicines for the Sick in the Night nor can without good Help tho' acute and violent Diseases happen as well in the Night as Day and some of them oftner in the Night than Day So that many People seiz'd with sudden and violent Diseases in the Night are at a loss and know not where to apply themselves for Relief I have employed my self several Years to find out proper Remedies for sudden and violent Diseases And after Thirty Years Practice and Experience the following Medicines are the best and most effectual I know for the Diseases hereafter mentioned And that the Sick may have Relief in the Night as well as Day I have undertaken to dispense the following Medicines at any time of the Night as well as Day for sudden violent and dangerous Diseases And I believe they may be of General Use and may suit all Conditions of Men all by the Frailty of Nature lying open to one or other of these sudden Incursions And such as live at a Distance from the City or in the Country ought to keep the Medicines by them that are proper for their Diseases especially if they have been often seiz'd with sudden and violent Diseases For they will find no small Comfort and Security in having an Approved Remedy ready at hand in time of need The Pouder to prevent Miscarriage THIS is a noble Remedy it strengthens and comforts the Stomach expels Wind and comforts the Child very much and strengthens a weak Womb and the Ligaments of it and prevents the Courses and is a powerful Remedy for Diseases of the Womb coming from extreme Weakness Cold and Moisture and Laxity or Looseness of the Womb or from a Defluxion of Humours upon the Womb. A Paper of it must be taken daily Morning and Evening in a Glass of Claret Price 6 d. a Paper Drops to hasten Delivery THESE Drops wonderfully hasten Delivery when the Pains cease or are too weak and when the Womb does not sufficiently help itself in promoting the Birth and in this Case they excell most other Remedies and are as it were a divine Help They are also good for Vapours and Mother-Fits Twenty of these Drops may be taken at any time in any Liquor the Woman drinks and they must be repeated upon occasion but you must shake them every time you use them The Price of a Viol of these Drops is 1 s. 6 d. The Child-bed Julep THIS Julep is an approved and blessed Remedy and if it be taken presently after Delivery it prevents a great many Diseases that afflict Women in Child-bed and kill many as Fevers Convulsions Inflammations and cures Bruises of the Womb and prevents the Obstruction of the Child-bed Cleanfings It cures After-pains and all manner of Pains in the Bowels and Belly and is of a Balsamick and Healing Nature and a divine Help for Women after difficult and hard Labour as any one will plainly find that makes use of it presently after Delivery The Viol contains 4 Ounces which must be taken presently after Delivery Price 1 s. 6 d. The Electuary and Hysterick Cordial for a Suppression of the Child-bed Cleansings THIS Electuary and Hysterick Cordial if they are taken soon after the Suppression of the Child-bed Cleansings generally take it off and prevent many ill Accidents For the Suppression of these is one of the worst and most dangerous Symptoms that can befal a Woman after Delivery especially if they be wholly and suddenly stopt the first three or four Days The Woman must take the Quancity of a large Nutmeg of the Electuary every 3d Hour till the Suppression is remov'd drinking after every Dose of the Electuary 4 Spoonfuls of the Hysterick Cordial and a Galbanum Plaister ought to be applied to the Navel The Pot of the Electuary contains 3 Ounces Price 2 s. the Cordial 13 Ounces Price 2 s. The Electuary and Julep for a violent Flux of the Courses AN immoderate Flux of the Courses happens to Women either in Child-bed or at other Times As to the first that afflicts Women most on the first Days after difficult Labour and is accompanied with a long Train of Hysterick Symptoms and as it happens only on the first Days so usually it does not last long for if a thickning Diet be order'd it soon abates The following Drink may be also used Take of plantain-Plantain-water and Red Wine each 1 Pint boil them till a third Part is consumed sweeten it with a sufficient Quantity of White Sugar let the Woman take half a Pint of it twice or thrice a Day But as to the Flux which happens out of Child-bed tho' it befals Women at any time yet it most commonly comes a little before the Time it leaves them namely when they are about Forty-five Years of Age if they have them young and about Fifty if 't were late before they began to have them and by reason of the great Quantity of Blood which is evacuated they are almost continually afflicted with Vapours and much weaken'd In order to the Cure you must bleed in the Arm and 8 Ounces of Blood must be taken away and the next Morning my cooling Purging Potion must be given
sometimes meet with a very lucky one which yields great Satisfaction and in some sort compensates for the labour of the Brain and for their being jostled in a Crowd II. They must avoid high Feeding and hard Drinking and Venery upon Pain of Death I treat of Nature that 's my Province and it would be as great a Crime in me to conceal any Violence offer'd to her as it would be for a Judge to stifle plain Evidence of a Rape But when there is a great Dejection of the Spirits and a general Languor thro' the whole Body the Conversation of Women rightly understood is a greater Cordial than can be found in the vegetable Kingdom of Herbs or than the celebrated Elixirs of Chymists or their Potable Gold III. To fortifie the principal Parts and to prevent the striking in of the Gout they must take often of my excellent Electuary for the Gout especially in Winter IV. They must go to Bed early drink Green Tea in the Morning eat moderately what they like at Dinner except Salted Smoak'd Bak'd or Spic'd Meats and drink a Glass or two of some strong Wine the Supper if any must be small V. The first Days in the Fits they must abstain from Flesh and keep their Beds and if the Pain be intolerable they may take 6 Spoonfuls of my Water for the Gout at Bed-time But they must bear as much Pain as is possible for the Pain in the Limbs secures the Life tho' it be a bitter Remedy VI. When the Gout is fallen in upon the Stomach and causes racking Pains they must presently take my Water for the Gout to drive it out again as above directed VII When the Gout is striken in upon the Bowels and causes a Looseness and Gripes they must take my Sweating Bolus two or three Days Morning and Evening to provoke Sweat for 2 Hours at a time VIII When the Gout in striken in upon the Lungs Bleeding must be used and repeated as often as there is Occasion and my Cooling Purge must be used and they must take often of my Syrup for Consumptions IX When they are afflicted with Stomach Sickness they must be carry'd often abroad in the Air in a Coach for nothing else will save their Lives X. When they are seiz'd with a Fit of the Stone for this is almost an inseparable Companion from the Gout they must proceed exactly as above directed it being the best Means for Relief in a Fit of the Stone But when they have a bloody Urine they must come or send to my House for Advice and Medicines 't will take up too much Time to give particular Directions in this Case XI Young and Old must use as much Exercise as possible for they will not be able to obtain a tolerable State of Health by any other Means and 't is great pity such brave Constitutions should be worn out like Iron by Rust for want of Use Most Things are preserv'd by Motion the Sun by racing round the World imparts its vivifying Rays to all Earthly Beings the Moon by keeping the Sea in perpetual Motion makes clear and wholesome the Wind by providentially stirring and fanning the Air makes it pure and healthy otherwise it would become putrid and pestilential and would poyson Man and Beast and the feather'd Inhabitants of the Air. Our Lungs and Heart our Blood and Spirits are in continual Motion from the Hour of our Birth to the Hour of our Death the Pores of our Body perform their Offices Night and Day why then should not the other Parts co-operate In a word moderate Exercise purifies the Blood purges away superfluous Humours makes a good Habit of Body enlivens Youth cheers Old Age revives the natural Heat strengthens the Nerves and Joints procures an Appetite make coarse Country Food as pleasant as the most costly Viands and makes our Sleep sweet I have insisted long on these Things to rouze Gouty Men from a supine and unactive Course of Life for baneful Sloth breeds a Humour in the Blood that is as venomous as Cold Aconite and destroys more Men than high Feeding hard Drinking and Whoring tho' they are all prime Ministers of Fate But Exercise is best perform'd in the open Air and in the Sun better than in the Shade and Riding on Horse-back is the best Exercise of all And now I suppose I may reasonably hope this Undertaking and these Medicines will meet with a favourable Reception among such as have at any time been seiz'd with any one of these violent Diseases If I may judge by my self and according to the Benefit I have often receiv'd by the Water for the Gout in violent Fits of the Stone having voided a great many Stones and some very large after taking this Water as above directed and most commonly in the Night or the next Morning after taking it And having experimented the wonderful Vertue of this Water in my self and others I must render Thanks to Almighty God for the miraculous Deliverances I have receiv'd from the Use of it For besides the present and wonderful Relief I have often had from it in Fits of the Stone I was once snatch'd from the Jaws of Death by the Use of it upon the Gout striking in upon my Stomach suddenly on a Journey in Sussex for being carried to an House and laid on a Bed I took this which by good Providence I had then by me and in a short time the Pain ceas'd and I travell'd many Miles the next Day and ever since when I take a Journey I carry this Medicine with me as a blessed Viaticum The INDEX of Diseases and Medicines with the Price of each A. s. d. AFter-Birth to bring away My Oyl to bring away the After-Birth 10 After-Pains my Julep for After-Pains 16 Agues my Electuary for Agues 26 Apoplexy A Blister 06 my Cordial Drops Ounce 10 my Tincture of Amber Oun. 10 my Apoplectick Balsam the Box 26 Appetite to promote my Vomiting Pouder 10 my Elixir Proprietatis Oun. 10 my Stomach Tincture Oun. 06 Asthma my Syrup for Consumptions the Pint 50 B. s. d. BAck weak my Plaister for the Back 16 Barrenness my Purging Elixir 26 Belching my Cordial Drops 10 Bleeding at Nose my Water for Bleeding at the Nose 16 my Conserve of Sloes Pot 10 Bruises my Tincture of Amber 10 Burns my Ointment for Burns 10 C. s. d. CHildrens broken Bellies my Ointment for Ruptures 10 Childrens Convulsions my Pouder for Childrens Convulsions 12 Papers 20 Childrens Gripes my Oyl for Childrens Gripes 16 Childrens Coughs my Balsamick Syrup 2 Oun. 06 my Ointment for Childrens Breasts 10 Childrens Hectick Fevers my Ingredients for Purging-Beer 10 Childrens Fevers my Cordial Pouder for Fevers 10 Childrens Purge my Ingredients for Purging-Beer 10 Child-bed Purgations suppress'd my Electuary for Child-bed Purgations suppress'd 26 my Hysterick Cordial 26 my Galbanum Plaister 16 Colick my Purging Elixir 26 my Water for the Gout 26 Colick Hysterick my Water for the Gout 26 Consumption my Syrup