Primitive physick: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / By John Wesley.

  • Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
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[1792]
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Credit: Primitive physick: or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases / By John Wesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    273* Sharp Urine. 777. Take two fpoonfuls of frefh juice of grou7id^ • tvy. 274. Siipprejfion of Urine, 778. Is fometimes relieved by bleeding : 779. Or, drink largely of warm lemonade : tried* 780. Or, a Icruple of nitre, every two hours: 781. Or, take a fpoonful of juice of lemons hvect- ened with fyrup of violets : 782. Or, feven grains of Mercurius Dulcis, 275. Uvula inflamed,* 783. Gargle with a decoflion of beaten hemp-fee^ : 784. Or, with a clecoflion of dandelion : 785. Or, touch it frequently with camphorated • Jpirits of wine, 276. Uvula relaxed, 786. Bruife the veins of a cabhage-le'af, and lay it hot on the crown of the head ; repeat if needed in two hours. I never knew it fail. 787. Or, gargle with an infufion of mujlard-feed, 277. Warts, 788. Rub them daily with a radijh : ■789. Or, with ]\i\qc of marigold flowers: it will hardly fail ; ’ 790. Or, water, in which fal armoniacis diiffolx^d, 791. Or, apply bruifed purjlain as a poultice, changing it twice a day. It cures in feven or eight days. * This is ufuaWy called the Palate ojthe mouth. 278. ll^eakne/s