Primitive physic, or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases. / By John Wesley.
- John Wesley
- Date:
- 1792
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Primitive physic, or, an easy and natural method of curing most diseases. / By John Wesley. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![( ) (Old) leptofy Lethargy Lefs of appetite, of *finell, *fpeec]), * tafle Nephritic pains Palpitation of the heart Fain in the back, joints, * ftomach R'heum^itilm Rickets Ruptu re Suiiocations Surfeits (at the begin- ning) Sciatica* Scorbutic pains* Swelling on the joiufs Stone in the kidneys Torpor of the limbs,. even when the ufe •£ them is loft Tetanus Tympany Vertigo St» Vitus's dance ' Vigilia Varicous ulcers The whites. But in all cafes where the nerves are obftru£le(f,. (fueh as are thofe marked thus*) you ftiouldgo to bed immediately after, and iweat, 'Tis often' necefla-ry to ufe the hot bath a few- days before you ufe the cold, Wife parents fhould dip their children in cold water every msrning, till they are three quarters old : and afterwards their hands and feet. Wafhing the head evfery morning in cold water, prevents rheums, and cures coughs, old head-achs,. and fore eyes. WATER DRINKING generally prevents Apoplexies, a-flhmas, convulfions, gout, Hyfteric fits, madnefs, palfies, ftone, trembling,- To this children fhould b«f*tifed from their cfadles. The beil water'lp drink, efpecially for thofe who are much ttSubied with the wind, is rain- water... ^. After, it ha-s fettled, draw it off clear into another vefTel, snd it will keep fweet for a long ELECTRIFYIN.G.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b23984648_0122.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
