Praxis Catholica; or the countryman's universal remedy. Wherein is plainly and briefly laid down the nature, matter, manner, place and cure of most diseases, incident to the body of man ... / Written by Robert Couch, sometimes practitioner in physick and chyrurgery, at Boston in New-England. Now published with divers useful additions (for publick benefit) by Chr. Pack.

  • Couch, Robert.
Date:
1680
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Credit: Praxis Catholica; or the countryman's universal remedy. Wherein is plainly and briefly laid down the nature, matter, manner, place and cure of most diseases, incident to the body of man ... / Written by Robert Couch, sometimes practitioner in physick and chyrurgery, at Boston in New-England. Now published with divers useful additions (for publick benefit) by Chr. Pack. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 135 ] the Blood by fome fit means, whereof my Powder, for Wounds is admirable, ufed as 1n the Directions; and fo itis for Hfe- morrbagia, Or. bleeding at the Note, a Tent of Tow or Lint, and-armed with the Powder, ftays it prefently, or any whereelfe, if it doth but touch the mouth of the Veflel, immediately {tops the blood. Remove it not prefently; but let it unite and heal. the V efl [él firft, which it-will not be long 1 in effecting. But if there fhould be any Blood fallen down upon the ts phragma, or Midri uf, which fhould not be pi relently evacuated, but there lies coagulating, ( Ww hich is per- ceived by fome weight in ie place, and lik ewile a Fever to allault him, with con- pant increafe;) In that cafe, if the Ori- fice where you cut toftop the Vein, may be fo high, whereby you cannot make i1 dependi ng enough for the evacuating«this blood, there mult be another Orifice thade more lower for that purpofe. But. this operation doth belong to an experienced Chyrurgion. Phofe internal. Wounds are very dan- gerous, anda great deal of circum{pecti- Onis to be had about them; and are not to be cured but by a skilful Chyrurgion, K 4 that