The genesis of the American materia medica : including a biographical sketch of "John Josselyn, gent," and the medical and materia medica references in Josselyn's "New-Englands rarities discovered," etc., and in his "Two voyages to New-England," / with critical notes and comments by Harvey Wickes Felter.

  • Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1865-1927.
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[1927]
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Credit: The genesis of the American materia medica : including a biographical sketch of "John Josselyn, gent," and the medical and materia medica references in Josselyn's "New-Englands rarities discovered," etc., and in his "Two voyages to New-England," / with critical notes and comments by Harvey Wickes Felter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sore, by bathing it with strong Malt Beer, which it would suck in greedily, as if some living Creature: when she could come by no more Beer (for it was brought from Boston, along the Coasts, by Merchants,) she made use of Rhum, a strong Water drawn from Sugar Canes, with which it was lull’d a sleep; at last, (to be rid of it altogether) she put a quantity of Arsnick to the Rhum; and bathing of it as formerly, she utterly destroyed it, and Cured herself; but her kind Husband, who sucked out the Poyson as the Sore was healing, lost all his Teeth, but without further danger or inconvenience.” AN ADDITION OF SOME RARITIES OVERSLIPT. Sheath-fish [pp. 96-97].—“An Achariston for Pin and Web.” '‘Which shell Calcin’d and Pulveriz’d, is excellent to take off a Pin and Web,67 or any kind of Filme growing over the Eye.” Morse, or Sea Horse68 [p. 97].—For Poyson” “It is very good against Poyson.” “For the Cramp.” “As also for the Cramp, made into Rings.” “For the Piles.” “And a secret for the Piles, if a wise man have the ordering of it.” The Manaty [pp. 97-98].—“For the Stone-Collick.” There is a Stone, taken out of the Head, that is rare for the Stone and Collect.” “To provoke Urine.” Their Bones, beat to a Powder and drank with convenient Liquors, is a gallant Urin provoking Medicine.” Water Lilly Roots 69 [p. 98].—“For Wound and Bruise.” An Indian, whose Knee was bruised with a fall, and the Skin and Flesh strip’d down to the middle of the Calf of his Leg; Cured himself with Water Lilly Roots, boyled and stamped.” 67 Pin and Web, two diseases of the eye, caligo and pterygium; sometimes wrongly explained as one disease” (Webster’s Dictionary). Web. Pterygium (ibid.): “Caligo c. ar ness] • Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also the speck itself” (ibid.).. Pin means caligo. Web-eye is mentioned by Shakes¬ peare. terygium [Web] is a triangular patch of mucous membrane growing on l:rrrctlvai USuUal]y °nL the nasal side of the ^ The apex of the patch points tionary/ ^CFdter1)6 fan'shaped base toward the canthus” (Gould’s Practitioner’s Dic- 68 Josselyn probably refers to the ivory of the tusks. (Felter.) NvntbhaeT(Castalm (White Water Lily), or of the yellow forms of the Atlantic cn/«,ar ’ °5 ^elum})0 Yellow Water Lilies were not so common along yellow F?owe«“ ’ H t0 ‘‘Water UIly” in an°ther PIace fo- 44] “with Cow Lilv (Nvnhk HencJ the conclusion is that the common American Pond Lily, or S,ded by Josselyn.0^FeUer.) t0n’ f°rmer,y ^*or Aiton>’ is th* P'“‘