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A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are ... described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd, with a competent number of medicines for every stage. And symptom thereof ... : the whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham ... / by Peter Shaw.

  • Peter Shaw
Date:
1745
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Credit: A new practice of physic; wherein the various diseases incident to the human body are ... described, their causes assign'd, their diagnostics and prognostics enumerated, and the regimen proper in each deliver'd, with a competent number of medicines for every stage. And symptom thereof ... : the whole formed on the model of Dr. Sydenham ... / by Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    When the tooth is hollow, a drop or two of caryoph. origan, vel piper, received in cotton, and put into the cavity, will fometimes eafe the pain, Thefe a6t as a cauftic, and in time deprive the nerve of lenlation ; but are apt to draw a flux of humors to the part, and create fwellings in the cheek or gums, efpecially in moift habits. Some even venture to ule ol. vitriol. &c. or an adtual cautery, which exfoliates and {lops the caries.^ deftroys the nen^e iboner, and lometimes the tooth itfelf. ’Tis fafer to apply the following in the lame manner. 7. R Opij., camphor, an gr. vj. m. pro pilulis v']. Or, ^ ^PijV. myrrh, majiich, camphor, aa d m. R Pil. matth. de Jiyrac. camphor, da gr, x. m. R Pindi. myrrh, laud, liquid, da, m. Or, R Spt. vin. camphor at. tindi. myrrh. daT^iy opij gr. V. /. folutio. Thefe put into the tooth, either alone or with lint, often give immediate relief. ^ Or, R 'Pindlurie myrrh, fpt. cochl. f. da ^ ij. cam¬ phor. 3 g. opij 5 j. m. A fbrong lixivium of vine-aflies is much com¬ mended for the fame purpofe> Some allb apply plaflers to the neck, and behind the ears, after this manner. R Piper, nig. ^ f5. majlich. 3 ij. refm.flav. pic. hurgund. da fern, finapios 3 ij. euphorb. 315. te¬ rebinth. venet. q. f m. 9. If the pain ftill continue, purge *, and if that fails, draw out the tooth, left it foyl the jaw, and bring on bad confequences. This < becomes necef- fary alfo, when, though the pain and 1 are abated.
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