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             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.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             London :
             1682.
          
           
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           Scurvy.
        
      
    
     
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Uirginian
           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.
           
        
         
           London
           Printed
           ,
           &
           ●
           .
           1682.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Uirginian
           Nutts
           ,
           IMPORTED
           FROM
           The
           INDIES
           :
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Remember
           that
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Spratt
           ,
           the
           present
           Bishop
           of
           Rochester
           ,
           in
           his
           Eloquent
           History
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           ,
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           extreamly
           beholding
           unto
           my
           Lord
           Bacon
           ,
           for
           his
           Communicating
           to
           the
           World
           the
           Remedies
           which
           were
           Experimentally
           
           found
           advantageous
           in
           the
           Cure
           of
           the
           
             Sweating
             Sickness
          
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           I
           may
           deserve
           thanks
           for
           informing
           my
           Countrey-men
           what
           I
           have
           after
           long
           Experience
           found
           useful
           in
           the
           Cure
           of
           the
           Scurvy
           ,
           which
           now
           proves
           as
           troublesome
           to
           England
           as
           that
           Disease
           did
           then
           ,
           though
           not
           so
           mortal
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Remedy
           is
           the
           
             Virginean
             Nutts
          
           ,
           or
           rather
           Kernels
           ,
           which
           grow
           upon
           the
           Locus-Tree
           ,
           described
           by
           Mr.
           Ray
           ,
           and
           by
           Lygon
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           Authors
           :
           But
           none
           have
           made
           those
           particular
           Experiments
           I
           have
           done
           upon
           the
           use
           of
           the
           Nutts
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           them
           to
           answer
           the
           same
           Intentions
           that
           the
           
             Gum
             Animi
          
           doth
           ,
           which
           flows
           from
           the
           same
           Tree
           .
           It
           mightily
           opens
           Obstructions
           of
           the
           Liver
           ,
           and
           Refines
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           mends
           a
           Scorbutick
           ill
           habit
           of
           Body
           ,
           by
           impregnating
           that
           Vital
           Liquor
           with
           such
           volatile
           Salts
           ,
           as
           restore
           it
           when
           flat
           and
           languishing
           ,
           to
           a
           more
           pure
           and
           spirituous
           State
           ,
           and
           thereby
           preserves
           it
           from
           Fixation
           ,
           and
           clears
           the
           Skin
           from
           Spots
           and
           all
           Impurities
           .
        
         
         
           I
           knew
           a
           Gentlewoman
           who
           was
           highly
           Scorbutical
           ,
           and
           much
           afflicted
           with
           various
           Fermentations
           in
           her
           Blood
           ,
           which
           caused
           the
           Eruption
           of
           strange
           Pimples
           and
           troublesome
           Blemishes
           in
           her
           Face
           and
           Hands
           ,
           with
           great
           Faintings
           ,
           Weariness
           and
           Indisposition
           to
           Motion
           ,
           and
           wandering
           Pains
           in
           her
           Limbs
           ,
           her
           Teeth
           loose
           ,
           and
           Gums
           sore
           ;
           her
           Body
           cover'd
           with
           Scurf
           like
           a
           Leprosie
           ;
           and
           yet
           by
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Medicine
           mixed
           with
           all
           her
           Drink
           and
           Spoon-meat
           ,
           in
           one
           Months
           time
           she
           was
           perfectly
           recovered
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Grant
           observes
           ,
           that
           this
           Disease
           of
           the
           Scurvy
           doth
           wonderfully
           encrease
           every
           year
           in
           our
           Bills
           of
           Mortality
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           wisheth
           that
           some
           effectual
           Remedies
           might
           be
           found
           out
           by
           Physicians
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           well
           satisfied
           that
           this
           is
           one
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           of
           a
           Man
           about
           Fifty
           years
           of
           Age
           ,
           who
           by
           living
           in
           a
           Gross
           Air
           ,
           and
           using
           an
           ill
           Dyet
           ,
           and
           wanting
           Exercise
           ,
           had
           his
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood
           so
           corrupted
           ,
           and
           
           the
           Spirits
           so
           evaporated
           ,
           that
           they
           became
           dead
           and
           flat
           ,
           like
           decayed
           Drinks
           ,
           and
           Eager
           and
           sharp
           like
           Vinegar
           :
           And
           yet
           notwithstanding
           by
           the
           use
           of
           a
           Tincture
           ,
           Spirit
           and
           Extract
           drawn
           out
           of
           these
           Nutts
           ,
           he
           became
           strong
           ,
           lively
           and
           chearful
           ,
           and
           was
           fit
           for
           all
           Employments
           both
           of
           Body
           and
           Mind
           .
        
         
           An
           old
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           who
           by
           a
           long
           fit
           of
           Sickness
           was
           brought
           into
           the
           Scurvy
           ,
           the
           fine
           parts
           of
           her
           Blood
           were
           run
           into
           a
           fluid
           Salt
           ,
           and
           she
           found
           a
           universal
           Languor
           upon
           her
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           made
           her
           Life
           uncomfortable
           ;
           she
           used
           many
           Medicines
           ,
           and
           had
           much
           Advice
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           a
           Friend
           told
           her
           of
           these
           Drops
           ,
           which
           any
           one
           may
           make
           if
           they
           please
           to
           procure
           the
           Nuts
           ,
           for
           the
           Medicins
           are
           drawn
           out
           only
           with
           small
           Wines
           .
           These
           Medicines
           perfectly
           recover'd
           her
           to
           a
           state
           of
           Health
           ,
           and
           good
           Habit
           of
           Body
           .
        
         
           A
           middle-aged
           Person
           who
           was
           much
           afflicted
           with
           the
           Scurvy
           ,
           and
           had
           many
           blew
           Spots
           in
           his
           Skin
           ,
           great
           Weariness
           and
           Faintness
           
           upon
           his
           Spirits
           ,
           with
           wandering
           Pains
           in
           divers
           parts
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           very
           bad
           decayed
           Teeth
           ,
           and
           little
           or
           no
           Appetite
           to
           Food
           ,
           with
           sowre
           Belchings
           and
           offensive
           Fumes
           arising
           up
           to
           his
           Nostrils
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           scorbutical
           Symptoms
           ;
           he
           had
           taken
           great
           Quantities
           of
           Spirits
           of
           Scurvy-grass
           ,
           and
           still
           found
           himself
           grow
           worse
           and
           worse
           ;
           at
           length
           I
           gave
           him
           the
           Drops
           drawn
           out
           of
           these
           Nuts
           ,
           about
           twelve
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           the
           Yellow
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           the
           White
           at
           Noon
           ,
           and
           the
           Black
           at
           Night
           :
           They
           may
           be
           given
           in
           Purging
           Waters
           ,
           or
           in
           Mum
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           agreeable
           Spoon-meat
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           give
           many
           more
           Examples
           ,
           of
           Cures
           wrought
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           't
           will
           be
           needless
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

