The family remedy; or, Perkins's patent metallic tractors, : for the relief of topical diseases of the human body; and of horses.

  • Perkins, Benjamin Douglas, 1774-1810.
Date:
[1800?]
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Credit: The family remedy; or, Perkins's patent metallic tractors, : for the relief of topical diseases of the human body; and of horses. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE FAMILY REMEDY, «In this diftrcffing and dangerous ftate, the Tradlors vs-ere applied, -fays Mr. D. and in the con re rtf hours wc obferved a very great reduaipn of Tt.be fwelltng. On the fecond day I attended the oBcration ravfclf twenty minutes, during which time I could perceive the fwellin«s fublide,. and*the nf rts become^-Cooler. A^ter continuing their ufe three times a day, tor tour days, the fwenings w ere ep- v rcau«J »ft=r the aeciJent, the mare te,formed a journey ot , 50 nulet, m four ever h,.ce Fnrm the time T^aors were^fod, ^.1 o^to r«^_dK, were laid ^nde. ^ , Litter from Mr. JottN Cs an t, Lelghtony Buzzardj Bedfordshire^ 4th Momhi 20, 1799. tbASE.—AFf-rcTioJJ or THE EVfes. * ' Rrs^ECTEiiERjEKD,-Mv fifftVial on my own Korfes was for an affeclion in the Evw^. in a Sree years old colt. The near eye appeared to .be faUing very rapidly ; indeed Lapprehended it M a]r!>adv advanced to that ffate from wliich It could never be-recl^ime.l Td^w lradiors along on the'e^e of the cyc-Uds, .down thelcheek, ■ for twenty rnmutes. The EfFcdl aftonuhed me.,- tneeage 01 c r.Avt.r.f,i nf;,rlv the'whole<evO, was‘in the courle of alewdassre- ^eedge ot ^ the courie of a iow days re- . fHeli befae, 'ahd' with thc.farne fuect'r,: .jffis .hovC- three niaathf lince theft dpplicit.onf were made, and the eye yet remains'good.” CASE.—A Wou-Hn IN THE Eye FROM A Blow. « Oncof mv waggon horreshad 'a'ffrekemthfe eye Witlith? lafh ^ a waggon whip. I at hjft ap' orrehendedth^rye wS 1<*. Thit hhvyevef nppe.4rir.iI not B,1.0 tne teapwertetw the Ireaurs uroimd rt, ay in'the former cafe j and wkk only'twoo^-erabions the hor-ie was curedi ■ CASJE.-—Strain IN THE feACi:-^iNEW^s. , r << A eentlema« of this town had the TraaVs'tried on one of his hbr.fes, which was very lame from a fprata\n the backVe ws. After uhng them three of four times, ^nd dfevoting about thirty mmute% to each operation, a peifedt cure was elff'e'tled.'’ ^ CASE.—A rONCTVSEDTENDON, ... .. Anotheyhnrfc hoinn*W to the rafoe pW.,n;re«.v^^^^ it, which occaiioiied m-U'ch inilaminatWn, paan, ana lair.eneis. * of ihe Tractors. ar o.. *• Praaice in fevcral other cafes, where partial in- “ I have witneffed the good effeds o .uw {.vdiVea of horfes —Have fecn inflammations abated, and flilmmations havi tatlem on various parts of the bodies ot nones, nave . . ’ tumours reducedfoefleftually b/drawing (ity of fomentations, the hde of wounds : remarks arc the temit -;-r, c ^ - jiT- i to t'heiTh'eing made public. I rcmain thy dlTutecHriena, - JOHN GRANT.’ as to fuperceed the. ncccl- n^umeTOutnthvr Cafes on Horfes have been received and ruM‘.3;el, ^ > foore extraordinary nafurrSn tUoie which arc adduced, but want pf room forbids rhc.f tnfert.on here. Many comments on the above cafes, and the ievCral hundred of a toofler one argument in refutation pt & ■1?™!^;“*’*= f”' * and humanity, is- fh«ie'^radffi’f'The™^^^^^ are very toall who do really believe that the imagination can be eroploysi^o thofc important purpofes. If is nmcccffarj/ to ohf^rvei 'k^ menfKdy^[feful a Set of the Tractors is in every Family, cohere ihe iy^faifcsjor Mi hey a>o AinimcentandefeSual aHemedy, J>Jre,iucmlyoca<rMli^‘>- ^ f, Uty allhanmng;,FArmrsMF>y)prM of,:m is ipoplmmis to b^nentmied:. Thciymay- he krd genvine mtk new and FlimcTWNs fhrMmthciMltmilFemd vnjfyr/es, rend^ui^the Mike pcrfcftly intelligible to every Cajxnsty, ofMNt^mN Douglas I>KRKiN 's,4heP>mmetor.MHd FatyMce, PiM^eicefer-Sqitare; RE- VERICK Smtn, (fhemift, and Drnggiffn the Day-mrJwtM and pf <Mr. Brat,' Chemifl and Drnggfd, Sunderland, Coujit^ ^ Diirrham; PRICE FIVE GUINEAS THE SET. (I.ondont Printed by GBORGE COOKF., Du'4^'^m, Tfiver -Strciui