Practical observations on the preservation of health, and the prevention and cure of some of the most formidable of human maladies; exhibiting the pure sources of medical botany, particularly in the use of the Cerevisia Anglicana, or English diet-drink, and its wonderful efficacy in diseases produced by impurity of blood or nervous weakness / [Joshua Webster].
- Q131356150
- Date:
- 1836
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Practical observations on the preservation of health, and the prevention and cure of some of the most formidable of human maladies; exhibiting the pure sources of medical botany, particularly in the use of the Cerevisia Anglicana, or English diet-drink, and its wonderful efficacy in diseases produced by impurity of blood or nervous weakness / [Joshua Webster]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![( ll ) ‘ DEFECTIVE SPINE.—Rev. F. B. Potts’s Child. *“Srr—lI left Luton last August, and am now residing at Kettering.—The fol- lowing facts you are at liberty to use as you may think proper. *“* The extravagant puffing with which many Patent Medicines are brought before the public has generally induced me to regard them with contempt: in which manner I treated Dr. Webster’s Diet-Drink, when it was first recommended to me: but residing in the neighbourhood of Shoreham, and being intimately acquainted with; the Groombridge Family and all the parties by whem the astunish- ing cure of their Daughter is attested [see p. 22], who continued to enjoy the very best health, my prejudices were so far conquered as to induce me to make trial of its efficacy on a Child of my own, who had from his birth been in a very weak and delicate state. When capable of going alone, his Spine was so defective, that he was incapable of standing erect, but was obliged to support his body by placing his hands on his knees; so that his person formed an angle, like the letter F. He was examined by some of the most eminent of the Faculty in the neighbourhood; who were of opinion that he would very shortly sicken and die; or, if he lived, that he would be a most miserable cripple all his days. As they gave no hope, and said they could do no more for him, I resolved to procure some of the Diet-Drink; the efficacy of which was soon apparent in the improved health of the child; for, by the time he had taken three pints, the defective bone of the spine was formed, and he became perfectly straight and healthy, to the utter astonishment of the Medical Gentlemen who had attended him. This remarkable cure caused me to hold the Medicine in the highest estimation ; and for the last seven years I have proved its salutary effects in my own family, and among a large circle of friends to whom I have recommended it, in cases. of Scrofula, Whooping-Cough, Affections of the Liver and Heart, and extreme Debility, that I think it cannot be too generally known or too strongly recommended. “¢ Kettering, June 9, 1831. “F. B. Ports, Wesleyan Minister, «¢ P.S. The Case which brought the Diet-Drink into much repute while I was at Luton, was the cure of the Daughter of Mr. John Parrott, Hockliffe, Bedford- shire, Farmer, who for a long time was most grievously afflicted with a virulent humour, or LEPROSY; so that she became literally one wound, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there was no soundness, but all was wounds and putrifying sores: all her hair came off, and she was a most loathsome and distressing object. I frequently saw her, but did not mention the Diet-Drink till her Medical Attendant (certainly the most skilful man in the County of Bedford) said he could do nothing more for her. She no sooner began taking your incom- parable Medicine, than her health visibly improved, and in a short time she was perfectly cured; and her flesh and skin, without mark or scar, came again as a. little child’s.”’ [Mr. Potts is now at Leicester; and so late as July 1834, writes to Mr. Slee, that he “ never fails to recommend his deservedly-esteemed Medicine.’’] ERYSIPELAS.—Case of John Roworth, Esq. *Sir—I beg you will give the following Case all the publicity in your power, for the benefit of those who may be at any time similarly afflicted. On being taken very unwell, I immediately applied for medical advice, but I continued from day to day to get worse. The Gentleman who attended on me announced my com- plaint to be that of a violent attack of Erysipelas: so strong did it rage in me, that I was affected from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, with violent inflammation, accompanied with a great discharge of hot water issuing from every pore. Rest I could not get, and I became a complete Lazar: at length the viru- lence of the disorder settled in my right leg, which was swollen to a prodigious size, and the inflammation so great that it burnt like a furnace. By the advice of my friends, who had experienced good effects from taking the late Dr. Webster’s: Diet- Drink, I was induced immediately to apply to it: and after taking a few bottles of that invaluable Medicine, my frame began to feel its good effects : from this period I persevered in taking the Diet-Drink, and no other medicine. My body became cooler, the inflammation gradually decreased, and I became a wonder to myself ; all the skin peeled off me, and an entire new skin formed, like that of an infant. So virulent was the disorder, that it even forced the nails from my hands and feet, and fresh ones came. It is impossible for me to speak too highly, or be sufficiently thankful, that such a Medicine has been permitted to be discovered. “7, Walworth Villa, Surrey Square, Mar. 14, 1831. <“‘ JoHN RoworTHuH.” [Mr. Roworth further adds, verbally, it is impossible to fully describe what he has gone through during his affliction : the members of his own family, who were only occasional visitors, could not recognise him, in consequence of his swollen and distorted features; nor could they scarcely entertain the least hope of his recovery. |](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29292268_0193.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
