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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[290] CASE III. A Man, aged fifty-fix, laboured under a Dropjy for many Months. All the ufual Medicines were tried to no Purpofe, The Size of his Belly dill encreafed, his Thighs and Legs were much fwelled, and his Appetite gone. A Tea-Spoonful of the Oxymel of the Meadow Saf¬ fron was given four Times a Day, in a Cup of Ground- Ivy Tea, for four Days, During which Time his Urine encreafed in larger Quantity than ufual On the fifth Day he took two Tea-Spoonfuls, four Times a Day. He then difcharged above twelve Pounds of Urine in a Day, of different Colours, having for the mod Part a mucous floculent Sediment, and a fmall Quantity of an oily Pellicle, of variegated Co¬ lours on the Surface. In fix Days his Belly wras much fofter, and greatly funk; his Thighs and Legs lefs tenfe. The Urine continued to run off in very large Quantities, and his Medicine operated fo well, that in five Weeks all Swelling was gone, his Appetite returned, he dept well and had a natural Stool once a Day. C A S E IV. . .. -V - f J A hard-drinking Man, aged Fifty, much impaired in Strength and Looks for many Months, had at lad a. Swelling of his Belly. Different diuretic and purga¬ tive Medicines failed, his Strength feemed greatly dimi¬ nished /

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