Pharmacopoeiae Radcliffeanae pars altera: or, the second and last part of Dr. Radcliff's prescriptions .... To which is annex'd an appendix, containing a body of prescriptions ... and a complete index to the whole / [By E. Strother].

  • Radcliffe, John, 1650-1714
Date:
1716
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Credit: Pharmacopoeiae Radcliffeanae pars altera: or, the second and last part of Dr. Radcliff's prescriptions .... To which is annex'd an appendix, containing a body of prescriptions ... and a complete index to the whole / [By E. Strother]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘Where-ever theBlood is clog’d with too much Serum, as it frequently is in fuch as conftantly tipple Malt Liquors; . the tendereft Parts become more flex- ile, and admit Quantities they never fufficiently return, but lodge in the Paflages.; fo that as few Spirits are bred, the Function of the Brain is pre- judic’d, and fuffers either in its own Citadel or in the Outworks; in the ry d, nor do they, norcan they, like Claudiuvs’s Witnefs at Pozzuolo, ap- pear upon Summons: In fuch a Cafe Catharticks are ufeful for the Load; but Med’cines muft be us’d to ftreng- then the Brain which are Aromatick, and Styptick, in order to actuate the vapid Mafs, to generate new Spirits, and contract the over-relax’d Fibres ; which I have known to produce their Effects on younger Perfons; but I have try’d ’em in.vain to ancient People: And as to the Nerves, thefe fame Hu- .. their Paffages ( which however are imperceptible to us even by the niceft Glafles) bring on Palfies; for as they are the Inftruments of Motion and poo Senate as