The family guide to health; or, A general practice of physic, in a familiar way. Containing the most approved methods of cure for the several disorders of the human body, from the writings and practice of the most emminent physicians ... To which is prefixed an introduction ... the preservation of health and ... concerning the pulse, by Dr. Tissot. With a supplement containing directions for bleeding, by Dr. Theobald. And an abstract of the narrative ... of the surprising effects of the meadow saffron, in the cure of the dropsy, by Dr. A. Storke ... And ... particular directions for inoculating the small pox ... by Dr. Dimsdale, and others.

Date:: 1767

Credit: The family guide to health; or, A general practice of physic, in a familiar way. Containing the most approved methods of cure for the several disorders of the human body, from the writings and practice of the most emminent physicians ... To which is prefixed an introduction ... the preservation of health and ... concerning the pulse, by Dr. Tissot. With a supplement containing directions for bleeding, by Dr. Theobald. And an abstract of the narrative ... of the surprising effects of the meadow saffron, in the cure of the dropsy, by Dr. A. Storke ... And ... particular directions for inoculating the small pox ... by Dr. Dimsdale, and others. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1285 ] He has obferved, that the Narration of Cures con¬ tained in this Treatife, is fufficient to fatisfy the moft prejudiced, that this Medicine has many Advantages, and is pofleffed of more real Efficacy than any as yet known •, that, on a Review of them, it appears, that notwithstanding it was always prefcribed in the moft defperate Cafes, after other very probable and gene¬ rally efficacious Remedies were tried to no Purpofe, it never failed of bringing about a Cure, and that by the moft gentle, and, by all allowed the moft eligible Operation of any, an Increafe of Urine: That by giving Vigour and Appetite to the Patient, it feemed to enjoy a tonic and reftorative Virtue : 1 hat it is taken with a fmall Quantity of Fluid, and, in- ftead of encreafing Thirft, as Alkaline Salts do, ne¬ ver fails to remove it: That it obviates Coftivenefs ve¬ ry gently: Powerfully refills Putrefaction: Would probably afford Relief in phthyfical Cafes, and fhould be ufed in every Species of the Dropfy. And, as the white Swelling of the Knee is owing to a Col¬ lection of lymphatic Fluid, it may be very properly employed in fuch a Cafe. CASE I. A Man, aged 27, had an intermittent Fever for feveral Months. Many Medicines were prefcribed for him: In Confequence of which the Fever feemed to abate for a few Days, but always returned with greater Violence. Tired

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