Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley.

  • John Wesley
Date:
1858
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Credit: Primitive physic, or, An easy and natural method of curing most diseases / by John Wesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    One grain, one grain and a half, or two grains of this composition, mny be added to five or six grains of mag- nesia, and given in a small spoonful of milk and water in the forenoon, between breakfast and dinner, to a child a year old. At night, if the fever is very high, half the former dose of this powder may be given, with from five to ten grains of nitre. In desperate cases, change of air will have a good effect. [Inhale chloroform, a very small quantity from a hand- kerchief will shorten the whooping cough very much. Alum pounded is the best emetic] 26. Cholera Morbus: i. e. Flux and Vomiting of Bile. After the bowels are well emptied by large and fre- quently repeated draughts of the 1st and 2d prescription under this head, instant relief, in an extreme low fainty state, may be obtained by taking from 25 to 30 drops of liquid laudanum in a glass of mint tea. This is a dose for grown persons; if under 15 years of age, it must be proportioned accordingly. Boil a chicken an hour in two gallons of water, and drink of this till the vomiting ceases: Or, decoction of rice, or barley, or toasted oaten-bread. If the pain is very severe, steep the belly with flannels dipt in spirits and water.
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