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         Simpson, William, M.D.
      
       
         
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             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.
             Simpson, William, M.D.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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           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.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           The
           ROOT
           called
           NEAN
           ,
           or
           NINSING
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           read
           that
           some
           famous
           Divines
           have
           not
           spared
           to
           report
           in
           Print
           ,
           that
           they
           believed
           
             Cardan
          
           Physician
           to
           King
           
             Edward
          
           the
           Sixth
           ,
           was
           now
           in
           Hell
           ,
           because
           he
           refused
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           a
           Secret
           with
           which
           he
           wrought
           great
           Cures
           .
           And
           therefore
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           resolved
           to
           prevent
           the
           Occasion
           of
           any
           such
           Censure
           ,
           and
           freely
           Communicate
           this
           Noble
           and
           Excellent
           Medicine
           ,
           that
           hath
           done
           such
           great
           Cures
           in
           
             China
             ,
             Japan
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           when
           abundance
           of
           compounded
           Elaborate
           Remedies
           have
           proved
           ineffectual
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           lived
           at
           
             Hull
          
           in
           
             Yorkshire
             ,
          
           a
           parcel
           of
           it
           was
           given
           me
           for
           a
           Present
           ,
           which
           I
           used
           with
           wonderfull
           success
           :
           And
           particularly
           ,
           to
           a
           Relation
           
           of
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
          
           Marvel's
           ,
           who
           was
           much
           emaciated
           ,
           and
           reduced
           unto
           a
           perfect
           Skeleton
           ,
           a
           meer
           Bag
           of
           Bones
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           Hectick
           Feaver
           ,
           joyned
           with
           an
           Ulcer
           of
           the
           Lungs
           ;
           being
           despaired
           of
           by
           all
           Friends
           ,
           I
           was
           resolved
           to
           try
           what
           the
           Tincture
           of
           this
           Root
           would
           doe
           ,
           which
           I
           gave
           every
           Morning
           in
           Red
           Cows
           Milk
           ,
           warm
           from
           her
           Duggs
           ,
           (
           which
           my
           worthy
           Friend
           and
           intimate
           Acquaintance
           ,
           Dr.
           
             Primrose
             ,
          
           preferrs
           before
           Asses
           Milk
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           his
           Book
           called
           
             Popular
             Errors
          
           )
           :
           And
           I
           found
           his
           Flesh
           to
           come
           again
           like
           that
           of
           a
           Child
           ,
           and
           his
           lost
           Appetite
           restored
           ,
           and
           his
           natural
           Ruddy
           Complexion
           revived
           in
           his
           Cheeks
           ,
           to
           the
           Amazement
           of
           his
           desponding
           Relations
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           called
           
             Lazarus
             the
             Second
             .
          
        
         
           I
           solemnly
           profess
           ,
           that
           I
           hate
           all
           Pretences
           to
           Secrets
           ,
           and
           I
           look
           upon
           the
           Printed
           Bills
           of
           Quacks
           ,
           who
           pretend
           to
           
             Nostrums
             ,
          
           and
           private
           Medicines
           ,
           to
           be
           meer
           Cheats
           ,
           and
           Tricks
           to
           amuse
           the
           common
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           pick
           their
           Pockets
           :
           But
           if
           any
           Man
           can
           communicate
           a
           good
           Medicine
           ,
           he
           shews
           himself
           a
           Lover
           of
           his
           Countrey
           more
           than
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           deserves
           Thanks
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           verily
           believe
           ,
           that
           next
           unto
           the
           Virtue
           of
           
             Scarborough
             Spaw
             ,
          
           (
           which
           I
           suppose
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           recommended
           )
           I
           think
           this
           is
           one
           of
           the
           best
           Medicines
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           in
           many
           cases
           better
           against
           Consumptions
           and
           Distempers
           of
           the
           Lungs
           than
           that
           .
        
         
           
             Ogleby
          
           in
           his
           Natural
           History
           of
           
             China
             ,
          
           tells
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           a
           Pound
           of
           this
           Root
           is
           sold
           in
           the
           
           Countrey
           wherein
           it
           growes
           ,
           for
           three
           times
           its
           weight
           in
           Silver
           ,
           it
           is
           looked
           upon
           as
           so
           great
           a
           Cordial
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Piso
          
           that
           Learned
           Physician
           esteems
           it
           a
           mighty
           Restorer
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           as
           far
           as
           may
           be
           a
           Renewer
           of
           Youth
           .
        
         
           Publick
           Fame
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Popes
           of
           
             Rome
             ,
          
           who
           are
           chosen
           to
           that
           Office
           when
           they
           are
           very
           Old
           ,
           doe
           make
           great
           use
           of
           this
           Root
           ,
           to
           preserve
           their
           Radical
           Moysture
           and
           natural
           Heat
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           the
           longer
           enjoy
           their
           Comfortable
           Preferments
           .
        
         
           I
           once
           recommended
           this
           Root
           to
           my
           good
           Friend
           Mr.
           
             Steel
          
           the
           Minister
           ,
           with
           singular
           advantage
           to
           his
           Health
           ,
           as
           he
           told
           me
           ;
           but
           finding
           him
           under
           the
           Care
           of
           an
           Excellent
           Physician
           ,
           I
           advised
           him
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           Medecins
           but
           what
           he
           prescribed
           .
        
         
           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
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           that
           let
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Consumption
           be
           what
           it
           will
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           an
           Ulcer
           of
           the
           Lungs
           ,
           or
           a
           Scorbutick
           sharp
           Humour
           in
           the
           Blood
           ,
           or
           a
           Hectick
           Feaver
           ,
           or
           the
           Infection
           of
           the
           Spermatick
           Vessels
           ,
           which
           in
           time
           and
           in
           various
           Disguises
           spoyls
           the
           whole
           Habit
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           by
           disabling
           the
           parts
           to
           digest
           their
           Nourishment
           ,
           bring
           Leanness
           and
           Consumption
           ;
           I
           say
           let
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           or
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           be
           Causes
           ,
           yet
           this
           Root
           proves
           advantageous
           ,
           as
           Experience
           testifies
           .
        
         
           The
           Case
           of
           the
           Gentlewoman
           at
           
             Leeds
          
           in
           
             Yorkshire
          
           is
           very
           remarkable
           ,
           who
           catching
           cold
           in
           her
           Lying
           in
           ,
           fell
           under
           great
           Weakness
           ,
           a
           dry
           Cough
           ,
           Stitches
           in
           her
           Brest
           and
           Sides
           ,
           Heat
           in
           her
           Palms
           and
           Feet
           ,
           pining
           away
           insensibly
           ;
           many
           Physicians
           were
           consulted
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           vain
           ;
           at
           last
           I
           advised
           her
           to
           take
           the
           Spirit
           made
           of
           this
           Root
           ,
           about
           ten
           Drops
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           in
           a
           Glass
           of
           old
           
             Mallago
          
           after
           Dinner
           .
           In
           a
           short
           time
           after
           she
           gathered
           her
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           had
           Five
           Children
           .
        
         
           At
           
             Rippon
          
           there
           was
           a
           Good
           Friend
           of
           mine
           ,
           of
           a
           considerable
           Estate
           ,
           whose
           only
           Child
           falling
           into
           a
           deep
           Consumption
           upon
           his
           Breeding
           of
           Teeth
           ,
           the
           Parents
           being
           almost
           distracted
           for
           want
           of
           an
           Heir
           ,
           nothing
           else
           being
           expected
           but
           Death
           ,
           and
           the
           Child
           being
           tyred
           out
           with
           other
           Medicines
           ,
           I
           
           recommended
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           Spirit
           and
           Extract
           made
           of
           this
           Root
           ;
           and
           in
           six
           Weeks
           time
           the
           Child
           mended
           and
           grew
           strong
           and
           lusty
           ,
           and
           is
           like
           to
           be
           a
           Man.
           
        
         
           These
           and
           many
           such
           Examples
           might
           be
           given
           ,
           which
           are
           great
           Encouragement
           to
           make
           use
           of
           such
           a
           known
           ,
           safe
           ,
           and
           experienced
           Remedy
           ,
           and
           so
           very
           pleasant
           as
           this
           is
           ,
           being
           taken
           only
           in
           Drops
           ,
           whereby
           it
           becomes
           extreamly
           agreeable
           unto
           Children
           ,
           who
           pine
           away
           upon
           breeding
           their
           Teeth
           ,
           as
           daily
           Experience
           shews
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Grief
           of
           many
           tender
           Mothers
           .
        
         
           A
           Friend
           of
           mine
           at
           
             York
          
           who
           buried
           Six
           Children
           ,
           preserved
           the
           seventh
           (
           under
           God
           )
           with
           this
           Root
           ;
           for
           it
           hath
           no
           manner
           of
           Heat
           ,
           but
           is
           exceeding
           temperate
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           given
           in
           all
           their
           Victuals
           and
           Spoon-meat
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Boyle
          
           once
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           thought
           it
           was
           a
           Medicine
           sent
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           save
           the
           Lives
           of
           Thousands
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

