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A theoretical and chiefly practical treatise of fevors wherein it's made evident that the modern practice of curing continual fevors is dangerous and very unsuccessful : hereunto are added several important observations and cures of malignant fevors not inserted in the former impression / written in Latin by Gideon Harvey ... ; now rendered into English by J.T. and surveyed by the author.; De febribus tractatus theoreticus et practicus praecipue. English
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Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?; J. T.
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some_o impure_a sulphur_n and_o other_o vinegar_n do_v very_o much_o blunt_v
℥_o i_o ss_z vel_fw-la ℥_o ij_o sometime_o syr._n ros_fw-fr sol_fw-it ℥_o i_o m._n f._n pot._n capiat_fw-la cras_fw-la mane_n cum_fw-la custodia_fw-la other_o make_v use_n of_o the_o cold_a infusion_n as_o they_o call_v it_o be_v make_v out_o of_o the_o say_a leaf_n of_o sena_n in_o the_o same_o weight_n with_o or_o without_o a_o corrective_a infuse_v all_o night_n in_o fountain_n water_n without_o fire_n drop_v into_o it_o salt_n or_o oil_n of_o tartar_n ten_o or_o fifteen_o drop_n afterward_o sweeten_v the_o expression_n with_o manna_n syrup_n of_o rose_n laxative_a or_o sugar_n rhubarb_n be_v set_v aside_o because_o of_o the_o heat_n that_o abound_v in_o it_o and_o its_o bind_a faculty_n after_o it_o have_v do_v work_v although_o after_o this_o manner_n they_o give_v purge_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o continual_a fevor_n yet_o they_o do_v not_o contemn_v hypocrates_n his_o precept_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n that_o be_v humour_n that_o be_v concoct_v aught_o to_o be_v 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the_o disease_n have_v tread_v down_o the_o principal_a or_o command_a faculty_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o fatal_a day_n be_v not_o to_o be_v impute_v to_o the_o physician_n nor_o to_o his_o remedy_n but_o to_o the_o malignant_a distemper_n too_o much_o enrage_v by_o too_o long_a a_o stay_n hereunto_o i_o reply_v notwithstanding_o that_o the_o physician_n be_v at_o hand_n at_o the_o very_a glimpse_n of_o the_o first_o spark_n of_o the_o fevor_n which_o possible_o then_o be_v of_o no_o such_o ill_a aspect_n as_o i_o hint_v just_a now_o nevertheless_o the_o case_n will_v run_v to_o ruin_v but_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n if_o any_o one_o that_o live_v in_o the_o country_n be_v he_o a_o country_n man_n or_o come_v from_o the_o city_n be_v take_v with_o a_o fevor_n and_o the_o care_n be_v commit_v to_o a_o old_a wife_n immediate_o shegive_v he_o a_o certain_a posset_n that_o be_v thorough_o savour_v with_o carduus_fw-la or_o pepper_n and_o put_v he_o to_o bed_n cover_v he_o well_o with_o 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