The universall medicine: or the virtues of my magneticall or antimoniall cup / [John Evans].

  • John Evans
Date:
1642
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Credit: The universall medicine: or the virtues of my magneticall or antimoniall cup / [John Evans]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    wards hel ping ofher felf, ‘and fo had continued for 19. monthes, And although no means.was neglected that the pra&tife and Experie ence of the Doctors and. A pothecaries could prefcribe, yetthe was Hillhelples, butby bathing and drinking the prepared Liquor of my Cup, the was perfe&ly rettored to her Itmbs, thae wichin ra, daies fhe cametothe Churchion foot wichout help or fupporement ofany,to the great admiration and wonder of all che neighbours, that knew well how fhe had been taken and how recovered, 46. A certain Gentlewoman that for eight or ten years had been continually tormented with moft violent'and intollerable fits of the Mather, and retention of the menftruous » accompanied alfo with moft cruell Convulfions, and extortments of the feverall parts of the body in fuch miferable and intollerable manner that all that faw her ( alwell Phyficians whofe coftly prefcriptions the fully and pundtually experienced wichout any help eafe_or comfort as alfo many others.) conceived that her intolerable excruciaments and extreamviolentfits were beyond the common effets of natural] caufes, and that they were done by Witch-craft and by the malice ofthe Devill: andfome were wrongfully fufpeéted to have practi. fed wisch-craft and inchantment upon the fame Gentlewoman: neverthelefle by drinking and bathing with the prepared Liquor of my.Cup,,, the was perfectly recovered, and her body brought to waturall purgations,and healthful Conftitution In every commen- dable refpe&t, and fo remaineth perteCily well praif be to God. 47+ Within 2 miles of Wadineford; av ancient haan that had been for {even or cight years grievoully troubled witha foule invetera- ted Cough of the Lungs, and much {piteing ofnoyfome corrupt matter, and fo much infeebled therewith thar he was {carce able to walk about with thehelpof a ftaffe, having alfo upon him many ulcerous fores.and foule Scabs , the remains of a confirmed Morbus Gallicus , which wafted:and confumed his body, by bathing and cleanfing the fouleforesto the bottome, and by drinking the Liquor: of my Cup prepared, he was perfectly Cured. 48. In Barke th re neer Sherefield Court, acertain woman being: taken with Congelation or fuddén lamenes of her whole body, and conftrained thereby.to keep her bed continually fortwo years or more without any help or remedy, although fhe experimented. the skill of many as well Phyficians as others : by drinking the pre-