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
if there be nothing of a Paroxysme you must give it when the Fever is least violent Instead of giving it as you do in intermitting Fevers three times a day in this you must give it every fourth hour till the Patient has lost his Fever After he is well you must remember to continue still the same Clyster for twelve days in the same order as before that is to say the first six days twice a day the other six but once only This Remedy is proper for all sorts of persons of any age of sex allowing only for the difference of the dose For Infants that suck and till they are four years of age the dose of powder must be two drachms From the age of four to ten the dose three drachms From ten to fifteen half an ounce from fifteen to twenty six drachms from twenty to sixty you must give the whole dose of an ounce the same to Women with Child for the Remedy has its effect without causing the least disturbance Nevertheless persons of a very weak constitution whose Fibres are very delicate shall take but half a Dose viz. half an ounce You must observe that those that keep in the Clyster but a little time ought to continue the taking it much longer that the frequent repetition may make amends for the deficiency of every particular one and by the number perform the cure Which is to be understood as well of those that take the whole dose as of those that take but part You must observe also that for those that find themselves dozed as generally most are in Malignant Fevers you must make use of no Syrup of white Poppies but endeavour to make 'em hold the Clyster as long as possible you can without it On the contrary you must observe in all Fevers accompanied with a loosness that you ought never to fail mixing the half ounce of Syrup of white Poppies in the Clyster In fine you must observe that in all complicated Distempers as defluctions upon the Lungs Deliriums Plurisies all sorts of wounds and the like this remedy is always given with success and never fails to take off the Fever leaving all things in a better condition to be the more easily cured There is but one thing which can accompany a Fever wherein you must deny your self the use of the Bark and that is in the extraordinary tensions of the Abdomen I have one thing more to give caution of which is as there are a great many that cannot keep in a Clyster so there are a great many that don't give it back again when taken and so feel themselves inflated For such I think it convenient to take a purgative Clyster towards night for two days which will soon carry off the other upon which account it would not be amiss to inform the Patients that these Clysters have nothing of a purging quality neither are given for that intent that they may not be frighted and disturb'd as a great many are unless they see a large evacuation of Choler and other humors as is usual from ordinary Clysters As for management of the Diet I shall prescribe nothing extraordinary Let the Patient live upon Broths as long as the Fever continues after that let him eat sparingly without overcharging his stomach and avoid every thing that 's hard of digestion During the Fever let the Patient drink Barley Broth made palataable as he shall think fit Every one knows very well that the root of Scorzoner with Hartshorn is of great use in Malignant Fevers that the root of Sorrel Agrimony Succory Dogs Grass are used for refreshment that Marsh-mallows Liquorice Sebesten Jujubes Narbone Honey are very good pectorals When the Fever 's gone I am not for denying a moderate use of Wine to those that desire it for I take it to be one of the best maxims in Physick to satisfy the Patient upon all occasions as far as you can 'T is according to this maxim that if I find any at the first beginning of their Fever unwilling to make use of the Bark either in Clyster or by the Mouth I am not against it so far from it that I should think 'em very much in the right to endeavour first by a little Bleeding and Purging to recover their health which oftentimes has success For that intent I 'll give 'em this excellent Purgative In half a pint of water boil one ounce of Tamarinds two drachms of salt Polychreste one ounce of purified Cassia one ounce and an half of Manna a little Cinnamon and the White of an Egg beaten After you have boil'd it altogether seven or eight turns squeeze into it a little juice of Citron then let it cool and strain it through a cloath for use three hours after you have taken it drink a good dish of broth Those that have a mind to add or diminish or alter any thing in this Receipt may do it if they please and provided they observe the manner I have set before them they 'll never fail of a very agreeable Medicine If there be any likewise that have an inclination to vomiting and there be a sufficient indication for a vomit as is in all Fevers where there is a reaching which by that means goes off without any other remedy yet I would willingly give 'em a preparation which is the best and easiest that can be taken for that purpose Take of purified Nitre and crude Antimony each one pound beat 'em into a very fine Powder and searce it put a Crucible upon fresh coals and when 't is red hot throw in this powder by little spoonfuls and let it make a detonation leave it in fusion for one half hour after that let the fire go out and the Crucible grow cold then break it to take out the vitrified matter and reduce it again into a subtle powder then add to it double its weight of Cremor Tartar also pulveriz'd mix it all together and searce it throw it in by little and little into a sufficient quantity of boiling water to make a dissolution of the salt this powder contains filtre the water through Cap-paper after that evaporate it till no moisture's left and you 'll have a salt without dispute the best of all Emeticks The Dose is from eight grains to twelve The manner of taking it is to warm a Glass of Wine and pour a little out into a spoon where you have put the powder and swallow it down then put a little more warm Wine into the spoon and drink down that and leave none of the powder behind then drink off the remains of the Glass The Patient will have an inclination to vomit a quarter or half an hour after Assoon as he has vomited once let him drink a large glass of warm water that it may operate the more easily and repeat it three or four times during the operation Three hours after he has taken the powder you may give him some broath the remaining part of the
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 Doctor of Physick in Paris Translated out of French by P. M. LONDON Printed for J. Knapton at the Crown in St. Pauls Church yard 1694. TO THE KING THE new Vse I have discovered of the Bark to cure infallibly all sorts of Fevers without taking any thing by the Mouth has been approved of by your Majesty with a Goodness so obliging when I had the Honour to present it that I should have all the reason in the world to believe the Publick would give it a no less favourable Reception if I offer it my self But Sir after what manner will it not be received by all your Subjects when they know 't is Your Majesty that has been graciously pleased to impart this Discovery thro the Paternal Care which Your Royal Goodness is pleased to take of their Health Yes Sir 't is this extreme Goodness that after having made Your Majesty condescend to enquire into the particular Wants of the Sick which are some of those that have the Happiness to serve in Your Houshold and which Your Majesty has done me the Honour to recommend to my Care oblig'd Your Majesty thereupon to command me to publish my Remedy to the intent that no person in Your Kingdom might be deprived of the Advantage of making use of it I obey Sir not only with the most humble Respect and the most profound Submission which I owe to the Commands of my King but also with a particular Satisfaction and Joy that I have been able to enrich and bring the Art of Physick to perfection for the good of France which your Heroick Vertues have advanced so far above the rest of the Nations of the World and which is my true Country since it has pleased Your Majesty in Naturalizing me to honour me with the quality of one of Your Majesties Subjects But at the same time Sir I take the Liberty which Your Majesty has given me to put under the Protection of Your August Name this which I have published to the World it being Justice that after the singular Grace Your Majesty did me when I had the Honor to present my Specifick against the Dysenter in granting me the power to have Laboratories throughout the whole Kingdom all the Fruits of my future Labours should be devoted as of Right belonging to Your Majesty and should serve me as a means to testify a lively and hearty Acknowledgment of Your Majestys Favours and my ardent Zeal to sacrifice to Your Service during my whole Life with an entire Devotion all that my mean Capacity and weak Endeavours are capable of I am Sir Your Majesties most Humble and most Obedient Servant and Subject A. Helvetius M.D. ERRATA PAge 2â—â— for 〈…〉 Animal A New Method Of Curing all Sorts of FEVERS OF all the Febrifuges yet known to the World without doubt the Bark must be allowed to be the best It 's what all of our faculty grant I have particularly studied the point with all the care and exactness possible and am thoroughly convinc'd of its excellency 'T is true from the manner hitherto observed in giving it many inconveniences arise 't is this has put me upon the search after some better way by which we might be exempt from the ill circumstances and enjoy only the good of this wonderful Remedy Without dispute many Physicians before me have endeavour'd the same which is the reason that within these thirty or forty years last past you have seen so many different preparations of the Bark which are every day in use all over Europe Some give it in Infusion others in Substance there are others that make a Tincture of it some prepare it in Syrup others order it in an Extract and in a word they disguise it in an hundred different forms But after all that they are not yet arrived to that method of prescribing it so as the Patient may have no reason to be dissatisfyed For in truth after taking it one complains of an intolerable weight and pain in his Stomach another that there is a disturbanee in his Breast a third that he feels an extraordinary heat another that he is scorcht up by it In fine we see some every day tho cured by its means yet resolve never to make use of it any more whether or no the Bark it self is the cause of their complaint or rather the management of themselves in the taking of it that produces those ill effects may be a question for considering how often 't is to be repeated and with what caution 't is no difficult matter for the Patient to transgress in some point or other I mention not the complaints generally made by the sick nor the inconveniences most known besides these particular ones which I am going to speak of viz. the Illness of Taste the Nauseousness and Bitterness which always attend it if taken by the mouth vary how you can in the manner of giving it that which is so much the greater pain and trouble to the Patient notwithstanding the greatest aversion after the first taking it is the absolute necessity of repeating it every day sometimes for the space of six weeks or more and after all in case of relapse the vexation of being forc'd to begin all again It was upon weighing seriously these disagreeable circumstances which attend the Remedy that I thought upon the discovery of a more proper way of giving it that the Patient might receive the benefit of it without the pain The way is only by giving it in Clyster For that you must take one ounce of the best Bark pulveriz'd and mix it well in a pint of warm water without putting any thing to 't besides In intermitting Fevers this Clyster ought to be given just after the fit and to be repeated three times a day till the Patient is thoroughly well which won't be long first for 't is extraordinary if another fit returns very rare if two and I never saw a third After the cure the person must take care to continue the same Clysters for the space of twelve days viz. the first six days one in the morning and another in the evening the six last days one in the morning only As the chief and necessary point in the matter is to hold the Clyster in as long as possibly may be and considering there are a great many persons that can do that but a very little while for such you must add to the Powder half an ounce of the Syrup of White Poppies which will easily make it stay without pain In continual Fevers the Clyster must be made of a strong decoction of the Bark with simple water with which decoction you shall also mix one ounce of the Powder And the Syrup of White Poppies shall be used upon occasion as before This Clyster must be given upon the declining of the Paroxysme but
she had been sick for six weeks of a Tertian Ague and then a doulbe Tertian she had taken the Bark a great while by the Mouth which had brought it to some intermission but not perfectly cured it I satisfied Monsieur des Forges of the easiness and excellency of the Bark by Clyster he agreed to make use of it and the Lady was perfectly cured by its means I have given you Instances over and above for the satisfaction of those whose interest it is to inform themselves of the manner of giving the Bark in Clyster should I endeavour to relate the like Cures I have perform'd I should never come to an end without abusing the patience of the Reader I have only related this small number because I thought my self obliged to give this proof to the Publick since they endeavour to deceive the World by their notorious Lies and scandalous Discourses unworthy of Men of honour All those I have just now mentioned are persons very well known to the World any one may be easily satisfied from them and all must acknowledge the worth and innocence of a Remedy which is of such use that those that detract from it may be ashamed of their injustice in stifling a Truch so beneficial to the health of Mankind Yet if there are Physicians still of that malicious temper I can vouch that there are also a great many at Paris that have done me justice and the honour to approve of these Clysters by prescribing them to their Patients and have accordingly found success If any one has endeavour'd to make use of these Clysters and they have not answered expectation it is without doubt either because they did not understand thoroughly my way of giving them or else because they have not observed it But I boldly defie any Man whatever Physician or not to bring any one that I have managed after this way of practice within these three years that have had a Fistula or any such like disaster which can be imputed to this Remedy It is an easie matter to speak against a thing and suppose it to be false but this is not sufficient to gain belief they ought to prove what they say All the world knows that I have prescribed these Clysters to a great many Patients in the utmost extremity A great many have recovered and some have died not from any ill effect of the remedy but because we must all dye and when it Pleases God to take us out of this world all our endeavours are but vain I have already said that I do not pretend to make a man immortal by this method neither do I oblige any man to it I only publish it to discharge my duty who ever pleases may make use of it If the Cures it perform'd were not so speedy and there were a greater formality than the thing requires in the management of it it would not be of so little repute However if there be any out of a strong antipathy to the Bark absolutely refuse to take it either in Clyster or by the Mouth if they 'll do me the honour to come to me for relief I 'll give 'em remedies which shall be as innocent and effectual as the other The poor of all sorts shall be kindly received whenever they come throughout the whole year viz. in the Summer time from half an hour after five to half an hour after six in the Winter from seven a Clock in the morning to eight I shall take a great deal of care to hear and examine 'em and will give 'em remedies gratis not only for Fevers and the Dysentery but for all other Distempers excepting none which I thought my self obliged to give notice of that the foolish modesty of some may be no hinderance to the cure of the Distemper they are ashamed to own THE PRIVILEGE OF THE KING LOuis by the Grace of God King of France and Navarre to our Beloved and Faithful Counsellors Gentlemen of our Courts of Parliament Master of the Ordinary Requests of our Court Provosts Bailiffs Seneschals their Civil Lieutenants and all other our Officers to whom it shall belong greeting Our well beloved Adrien Helvetius Doctor of Physick has humbly shewn to us that-having discovered the manner of curing Fevers without taking any thing by the mouth he might present it to us and receive Orders from us to make it public and accordingly might have it printed under the Title of A Method of curing all sorts of Fevers without taking any thing by the Mouth Which he being not in a capacity to do without our Letters of Permission and Privilege requisite for it he has humbly petitioned us that we would grant him them For these Reasons being willing to treat the said Mr. Helvetius kindly considering the Services he does every day to the Public and the Cures he has perform'd of most sorts of Fevers by his New Method as well in the Hospital of Versailles as elsewhere We have given him Licence and by these Presents do give him Licence to print the said Method by such Bookseller or Printer in such a Volume Margent Character and as often as he shall think fit during the space of Ten Years next ensuing to begin from the day the said Method shall be finished at the Press to sell and distribute it throughout our Kingdom by such Persons as he shall advise with We prohibit all Booksellers and others to print or cause to be printed sell or distribute the said Book under any pretence whatsoever either of a Foreign Impression or otherwise without the consent of the said Helvetius or those that are in Commission under him upon pain of Confiscation of the counterfeit Copies two thousand Livers mulct and all costs damages and interests upon condition that he shall put two Copies of it in our publick Library one in our Cabinet of Books at our Castle of Louvre and the other in that of our dearly beloved and faithful Chevalier Commander of our orders Mr. Boucherat Chancellour of France as also that he takes care to print the said Book upon good Paper and in a fair Character according to the orders of the Library and Printing that the Impression of it be in our Kingdom and not elsewhere and that he causes these Presents to be registred in the Registry of the Company of the Merchant Booksellers and Printers at Paris upon pain of these Presents being void of none effect the contents of which we command and enjoyn you that the said Helvetius enjoy with all its rights fully and peaceably ceasing and causing to cease all troubles and hinderances to the contrary Our Will is that in putting at the beginning or end of the said Book the abstract of these Presents they may be held authentick duly signified and that to the Copies compared by one of our beloved and faithful Counsellors and Secretaries credit may be given as to the Original We command our first Apparitor or Sergeant upon this Summons to make for the execution of these Presents all significations other acts of justice necessary without demanding any other permission For so is our Will and Pleasure Given at Paris the eighth day of November in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three and in the Fifty First Year of our Reign Sign'd by the King in Council Boucher Registred in the Book of the Company of Booksellers and Printers of Paris the 18th of November 1693. Sign'd by Aubouyn Recorder The first Impression finished the 2d of January 1694. This Impression was just finish'd when Monsieur d' Rouviere very well known by his personal merit as well as by his composition of Treacle the finest now made transmitted a Letter to me which was writ to him by the learned Monsieur Fovet which my Friends thought convenient I should give an abstract of here that may be serviceable to the publick as a testimony which is so much the more considerable because it came from a good hand and was not sought after The abstract runs thus word for word The Abstract of a Letter from Monsieur Fovet Physician to the King Intendant of the Waters of Vichi to Mr. Rouviere the King's Apothecary Vichi the 30th of Novem. 1693. If you see Monsieur Helvetius tell him that I give him thanks for his invention of the way of curing Fevers by giving the Bark in Clyster for it never fails me and before the Fever returns again I repeat it or at least cause it to be repeated with very great success Posterity will be very much obliged to him The last cure I perform'd was upon a woman seventy two years of age who had a double Quartan with an unquenchable thirst without sleep she nauseated every thing and was excessive weak all this succeeded a continual Fever she had for 6 weeks in a word all the Family with the Patient her self lookt upon this cure as un enchantment If he publishes any writing concerning it whatever it costs pray Sir let me have it FINIS BOOKS sold by J. Knapton at the Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard 1694. THE Memoirs of Monsieur Pontis who served in the French Armies 56 Years under Hen. IV. Lewis XIII and Lewis XIV Kings of France Containing many remarkable Passages relating to the Court the War and the Government of those Princes translated at the desire of the late Duke of Ormond by Charles Cotton Esq and dedicated to his Grace the present Duke Sir W. Temples Memoirs of what past in Christendom from the War in 1672. to the Peace concluded 1679. 2d edit Processus integri in morbis fere omnibus curandis a D. Tho. Sydenham conscripti 12s Scriveners directions to a holy Life Oct. Dr. Barrow of Contentment Oct.