The complete English physician; or, an universal library of family medicines / [Geo. Alex Gordon].

  • Gordon, Geo. Alex. (George Alexander)
Date:
[1780?]
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Credit: The complete English physician; or, an universal library of family medicines / [Geo. Alex Gordon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i6 H E A D-A C H, &c. arad rubbed with vinegar and rofe-water; the feet bathed three or four times a day in lukewarm water •, foft poultices of bread and milk may be kept conftantly applied to them ; and, if the dif- eafe is not removed by the foregoing, a bliftering plaifter will be necefiary to apply to the whole head. The Heab-Ach. WHEN the head-ach is fo fevere as to en- danger the life of the patient, recourfe muft be had to opiates, which may be applied both ex- ternally and internally, after proper evacuation by clyflers or mild purgatives. The part afft&ed tilay be rubbed with Bate’s anodyne balfam; twenty drops of laudanum, in a cup of penny- royal or valerian tea, ftiould be taken twice or thrice a day; but is only to be adminiftered in cafe of extreme pain. Proper evacuations fhould always follow and accompany the ufe of opiates. When the head-ach is occafioned by hard la- bour, violent exercife, or great heat, it may be cured by cooling medicines, fuch as the faline draughts, with nitre, and the like. Ward’s ef- fence applied to the forehead, or aether, will fometimes remove a violent head-ach. Tbs Tooth-Agh. / ALLEJT recommends the root of yellow water flower de luce, a little of it either chewed or rub- bed upon the tooth and Brooks fays, he hardly ever
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