Volume 1

The family physician: being a collection of useful family remedies / [Hugh Smith].

  • Smith, Hugh, 1736?-1789
Date:
[between 1770 and 1779]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The family physician: being a collection of useful family remedies / [Hugh Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 28 ] SAL VOLATILE. The ufe of thefe drops is fo common and well known for railing the fpirits, that I need only take notice of its dofe, which is from ten to fixty drops, in a glafs of water, or what you pleafe. V ♦SCORBUTIC ELIXIR. This preparation is, in an efpecial manner, devoted to the relief of fcorbutic diforders. It is of a fcouring nature, breaks and divides all obftru&ions of the glands proceeding from a more than ordinary thicknefs of the blood, and, by reftoring the mafs to a due ftate of fluidity, prevents thofe feverilh indifpofitions which naturally arife from any hindrance in the neceflary fecretions, fuch as urine, itool, &c. It is a great promoter of urine, and a great quickener of tho motions of the fluids; it may be likewife ferviceable in an unVveildy habit from fluggifh humours, and help to throw off* d dropfy. From fifteen drops to two tea-fpoonfuls may be taken two or three times a day, in a draught of fage tea, fpring water* orange-peel tea*f*, made agreeably fweet, or any other liquor* and continued for fome months. S E N A T E A. The ufual method of preparing this, is, by putting as much o^ the fena leaves as your thumb and two fingers will contain into a * This preparation is the acid of the fea fait, reduced into a convenient form to be carried into remote parts; the purgative quality of the fea water is, in a great meafure, taken away, fo that it remains longer in the body, and, confequently, takes a greater effect upon the blood;—and many whofe ftomachs will not bear fea water, will find this an agreeable palatable liquor,—if they do not make it too acid y—and for fcorbutical eruptions a valuable prefent: but gouty patients mud not be too free with it. t Orange-peel tea is made by pouring boiling water upon the yellow rind of a Seville orange in the manner of other teas, and is an agreeable liquor to take drops or powders of any kind in. *» tea-pot*