item: #1 of 21 id: A53910 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: A collection of chronical diseases viz. the colick, the bilious colick, hysterick diseases, the gout, and the bloody urine from the stone in the kidnies / by J. Pechey ... date: 1692 words: 43471 flesch: 44 summary: And in truth , whatever stinks is proper for this intention , whether 't is naturally ill sented , or made so by Art ; and unless I am deceiv'd , Spirits of Harts-horn ▪ of human Blood , of Urine , and of Bones , and the like ; take their chief Vertues from the force of the Fire , in their preparation contracting an ill sented empyreuma , which is intimately join'd with their Essence , which is likewise in the Fumes arising from Feathers , and such kind of parts of Animals , when they are burnt . But it must be confess'd that Women , are much more subject to this kind of Disease than Men , not for that the Womb is more faulty than any other region of the Body , but for causes to be shewn by and by . Nor is this Disease only frequent , but so wonderfully various , that it resembles almost all the Diseases poor Mortals are subject to , for whatever part it seats it self in , it presently produces such Symptoms as appertain to it ; and unless the Physician is very sagacious and very skilful , he will be mistaken , and suppose that those Symptoms proceed from some essential Disease of this or that part , and not from an Hysterical Distemper . keywords: blood; body; cause; colick; cure; day; disease; fit; good; gout; humours; kind; like; matter; nature; pain; parts; patient; reason; sick; spirits; symptoms; things; time; us'd; use; water; wine; women cache: A53910.xml plain text: A53910.txt item: #2 of 21 id: A53914 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: A general treatise of the diseases of infants and children collected from the best practical authors by John Pechey ... date: 1697 words: 32396 flesch: 61 summary: Oyl of Sweet-almonds is very ood , if Children can take it , so is Brim●●one and the Flowers of it . There is no purging Medicine more ●oper for Children , and more innocent ●an Rubarb , it gently and safely eva●ats the matter occasioning the Fever , ●d gently purges off the Humours , that ●rthen the Stomach and whole Body , ●d it strengthens , wherefore it is very ●oper for Infants , Children big belli● Women , Old Men , and such as have ●en weakned by Diseases . keywords: belly; body; children; day; disease; dram; good; half; head; honey; humours; medicines; milk; nurse; ounce; oyl; parts; powder; quantity; roots; roses; stomach; symptoms; syrup; teeth; things; time; use; water; white; worms; ● ● cache: A53914.xml plain text: A53914.txt item: #3 of 21 id: A53915 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: A general treatise of the diseases of maids, bigbellied women, child-bed-women, and widows together with the best methods of preventing or curing the same / by J. Pechey ... date: 1696 words: 52462 flesch: 54 summary: But if the strength of the Woman cannot bear Bleeding , then she must use a thin Diet , and frequent Exercise , and Frictions all over the Body , especially early in the Morning , for so the Blood may be turned from the Inner Parts to the Outward , and part of it discussed . The Scope of the Cure is Two-fold , the First is the Evacuation of the Blood abounding , the other is the Recalling of it to the lower Parts , which is chiefly done by Cooling the upper Parts , and by Heating , Moistning , and Opening , the lower Parts ; but both may be well answered by Bleeding in the Foot three or four days before the Blood flows , and by applying Cupping-glasses to the Thighs Legs and Hips , sometimes Dry , but most commonly with Scarification , and also by provoking the Hemorrhoids , by Frictions , by Walking , by hot Baths natural or artificial ; by Fomentations made of opening Herbs , by Unctions , Pessaries , and uterine Glisters . keywords: bed; belly; blood; body; cause; child; courses; cure; decoction; diet; disease; dram; following; good; half; humours; labour; leaves; medicines; milk; nature; ounce; oyl; pain; parts; quantity; reason; roses; seeds; self; things; time; use; vessels; water; wine; woman; womb cache: A53915.xml plain text: A53915.txt item: #4 of 21 id: A53916 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: The London dispensatory, reduced to the practice of the London physicians wherein are contain'd the medicines, both Galenical and chymical, that are now in use ... / by John Pechey ... date: 1694 words: 53248 flesch: 74 summary: It cleanses the skin from spots , and half ●ounce taken inwardly with sugar-candy , is good for ●●rsness and a cough . Take of the roots of Elecampane boiled in V●negar , that is not very sharp , bruised and p●lp● one pound , of Turpentine washed in the same ●coction two ounces , of yellow Wax one ounce , ● old Hogs Lard salted , and of old Oyl , each ●o● ounces , of common Salt half an ounce , to the L●● Wax , and Oyl melted , add the Turpentine , ● pulp of Elecampane , and the Salt finely powder● make an Oyntment . keywords: add; aloes; berries; boil; c ●; cinnamon; co ●; cold; days; diseases; dose; drams; fire; flowers; fresh; glass; good; grains; half; head; honey; hot; ibid; juice; latin; leaves; liquor; o ●; ounce; oyl; oyntment; p ●; pint; plaster; pound; pour; powder; quantity; quarts; red; roots; roses; saffron; salt; seeds; spirit; sugar; syrup; t ●; th ●; time; turpentine; u ●; use; vessel; vinegar; virtues; water; wax; white; wine; ● ch; ● d; ● e; ● ed; ● en; ● f; ● l; ● nces; ● nd; ● r; ● s; ● y; ● ● cache: A53916.xml plain text: A53916.txt item: #5 of 21 id: A53917 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: A plain and short treatise of an apoplexy, convulsions, colick, twisting of the guts, mother fits, bleeding at nose ... and several other violent and dangerous diseases ... : shewing the sick or by-standers what ought presently to be done : together with proper remedies for each disease and plain directions for the use of them / by J. Pechey ... date: 1698 words: 12123 flesch: 64 summary: But if Blood begins to come away , you must Bleed immediatly , and rub the upper Parts , and tye th● Members ; and if the Flux of Blood continues , give tw● Ounces of the Juice of Plantain , sweetened with an Ounce 〈◊〉 Syrup of Poppies , to which add one Scruple of Bolearmeni●● and apply hot a little bag full of Red Roses and Balaustine● Boyl'd in Smiths Water and Red Wine , to the Womans Belly . Take of Hiera ●i●ra , half an Ounce , of Sal Gemma one Dram ; of Honey , a sufficient quantity : Make Suppositories . keywords: bed; bleeding; blood; child; disease; dram; drops; following; half; labour; morning; ounce; quantity; time; water; woman cache: A53917.xml plain text: A53917.txt item: #6 of 21 id: A56755 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Angola seed shewing its admirable virtue in curing all distempers of the eyes / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Goddard, anno 1660. date: 1682 words: 1618 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56755) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44428) keywords: eebo; english; eyes; tcp; text cache: A56755.xml plain text: A56755.txt item: #7 of 21 id: A56756 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the banellas imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtues in curing melancholly and distraction / written by a physitian in the countrey to Dr. Allen, one of the Royal Society at London. date: 1694 words: 1658 flesch: 57 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56756) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44429) keywords: eebo; english; london; tcp; text cache: A56756.xml plain text: A56756.txt item: #8 of 21 id: A56757 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Barbado seeds shewing their admirable virtue in curing dropsies / written by a physitian in the countrey to Sir George Ent at London. date: 1694 words: 1509 flesch: 61 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56757) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44430) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A56757.xml plain text: A56757.txt item: #9 of 21 id: A56758 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Bengala bean imported from the Indies shewing its admirable virtues in curing all sorts of hemorrages, and particularly spitting of blood / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to one of his patients in London. date: 1694 words: 1541 flesch: 64 summary: Some observations made upon the Bengala bean imported from the Indies shewing its admirable virtues in curing all sorts of hemorrages, and particularly spitting of blood / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to one of his patients in London. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1337:13) Some observations made upon the Bengala bean imported from the Indies shewing its admirable virtues in curing all sorts of hemorrages, and particularly spitting of blood / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to one of his patients in London. keywords: blood; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A56758.xml plain text: A56758.txt item: #10 of 21 id: A56760 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the blatta Bizantina shewing its admirable virtues in curing astmahs [sic] and shortness of breath / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Heverell at London. date: 1694 words: 1737 flesch: 65 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56760) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44432) keywords: breath; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A56760.xml plain text: A56760.txt item: #11 of 21 id: A56763 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the herb cassiny imported from Carolina shewing its admirable virtues in curing the small pox / written by a physitian in the countrey to Esq. Boyle at London. date: 1695 words: 1752 flesch: 62 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56763) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44433) keywords: eebo; herb; pox; tcp; text cache: A56763.xml plain text: A56763.txt item: #12 of 21 id: A56764 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Malabar nutt imported from the Indies shewing its admirable virtues in curing the kings-evil beyond any thing yet found out / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to his friend in London troubled with that distemper. date: 1694 words: 1539 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44434) keywords: eebo; english; tcp; text; use cache: A56764.xml plain text: A56764.txt item: #13 of 21 id: A56765 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the maldiva nut shewing its admirable virtue in giving an easie, safe, and speedy delivery to women in child-bed / written by a physitian in the countrey to Dr. Hinton at London, 1663. date: 1694 words: 1605 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; nut; tcp; text cache: A56765.xml plain text: A56765.txt item: #14 of 21 id: A56766 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Mexico seeds imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtue against worms in the bodies of men, women and children / written by a countrey physitian to Dr. Burwell, president of the Colledge of Physitians in London. date: 1695 words: 1572 flesch: 61 summary: Some observations made upon the Mexico seeds imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtue against worms in the bodies of men, women and children / written by a countrey physitian to Dr. Burwell, president of the Colledge of Physitians in London. Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1191:9) Some observations made upon the Mexico seeds imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtue against worms in the bodies of men, women and children / written by a countrey physitian to Dr. Burwell, president of the Colledge of Physitians in London. keywords: eebo; tcp; text; worms cache: A56766.xml plain text: A56766.txt item: #15 of 21 id: A56768 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the root caled casmunar imported from the East-Indies shewing its nature and vertues above any other as yet written of in curing apoplexies, convulsions, palsies, lethargies, tremblings, fitts of the mother, giddiness in the head, and all distempers of the brain and nerves / published by a doctor of physick in Glocester-shire. date: 1693 words: 2224 flesch: 59 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44436) keywords: distempers; eebo; english; root; tcp; text cache: A56768.xml plain text: A56768.txt item: #16 of 21 id: A56769 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the root called nean or ninsing imported from the East-Indies shewing its wonderful virtue in curing consumptions, ptissicks, shortness of breath, distillation of rhume, and restoring nature after it hath been impaired by languishing distempers and long fits of sickness / publisht by a doctor of physick in York-shire in a letter to Mr. Colwell, a member of the Royal Society, 1680. date: 1680 words: 2079 flesch: 57 summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56769) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44437) When I read the Bills of Mortality , and find three or four Thousand dye in a Year of Consumptions , notwithstanding all the rational Methods of Physicians , and the boasting Pretences of Quacks and Mountebanks , I could no longer conceal this Excellent Specifick .. A very considerable Person at Hull , who was very much pined away , had a Cough and Shortness of Breath , a Quick Pulse , and an intense Heat , at some certain times , with wandering Pains in several parts of his Body , and restless Nights , and no Appetite to Food ; my Advice being desired , I wisht him to take the Extract made with this Root every Night in Almond-Milk , and in a Months time he gtew fat and plump , and all his ill symptoms left him , and he is yet alive , to the Glory of God , and the Comfort of his Relations . keywords: eebo; english; root; tcp; text cache: A56769.xml plain text: A56769.txt item: #17 of 21 id: A56770 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the root called serapias or salep, imported from Turkey shewing its admirable virtues in preventing womens miscarriages / written by a Doctor of Physick in the countrey to his friend in London. date: 1694 words: 1476 flesch: 64 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56770) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44438) keywords: eebo; root; tcp; text cache: A56770.xml plain text: A56770.txt item: #18 of 21 id: A56771 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Russia seed shewing its admirable virtues in curing the rickets in children / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Esq. Boyle at London, 1674. date: 1694 words: 1776 flesch: 63 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56771) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 44439) keywords: children; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: A56771.xml plain text: A56771.txt item: #19 of 21 id: A56773 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the serpent stones imported from India shewing their admirable virtues in curing malignant spotted feavers / written by a countrey physitian to Dr. Burwell, president of the Colledge of Physitians in London. date: 1694 words: 1643 flesch: 59 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). keywords: eebo; english; stones; tcp; text cache: A56773.xml plain text: A56773.txt item: #20 of 21 id: A56775 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the Virginian nutts, imported from the Indies shewing their admirable virtue against the scurvy / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Croon, one of the Royal Society in London, 1681. date: 1682 words: 1671 flesch: 58 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 55853) keywords: eebo; english; scurvy; tcp; text cache: A56775.xml plain text: A56775.txt item: #21 of 21 id: A56776 author: Pechey, John, 1655-1716. title: Some observations made upon the wood called lignum nephriticum imported from Hispaniola shewing its admirable virtues in dissolving the stone in the reins and bladder, helping the strangury and stoppings in the water and easing all pains proceeding from thence, &c. / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to the president of the Colledge of Physicians in London. date: 1694 words: 1734 flesch: 60 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A56776) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 101906) keywords: eebo; english; john; tcp; text cache: A56776.xml plain text: A56776.txt