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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
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             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.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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           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
           .
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Malabar
           NUTT
           ,
           IMPORTED
           FROM
           The
           INDIES
           :
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           shewing
           Its
           Admirable
           Vertues
           ,
           in
           Curing
           the
           KINGS
           EVIL
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           call
           to
           mind
           the
           Saying
           of
           the
           Excellent
           Mr
           
             Boyle
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             That
             if
             we
             were
             Masters
             of
             Specifick
             Remedies
             ,
             we
             might
             render
             the
             ways
             of
             Curing
             Diseases
             less
             painfull
             ,
             and
             
             thereby
             Gratifie
             sick
             Persons
             ,
             and
             not
             affright
             them
             by
             the
             use
             of
             tormenting
             Methods
             ,
             by
             Blisters
             ,
             Cupping
             glasses
             ,
             Purges
             ,
             Vomits
             ,
             Issues
             ,
             and
             Scarifications
             :
          
           I
           could
           not
           choose
           but
           set
           Pen
           to
           paper
           ,
           and
           communicate
           this
           wonderfull
           Remedy
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           had
           so
           much
           Experience
           of
           .
           In
           the
           use
           of
           the
           above-named
           smarting
           Remedies
           ,
           many
           that
           recover
           endure
           much
           more
           for
           Health
           ,
           than
           many
           that
           are
           justly
           reckoned
           amongst
           Martyrs
           ,
           did
           for
           Religion
           .
           
             Upon
             which
             account
             (
             saith
             Mr.
             
               Boyle
               )
            
             I
             look
             upon
             the
             discovering
             of
             specifick
             Remedies
             as
             the
             Greatest
             acts
             of
             Charity
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             by
             which
             a
             man
             may
             really
             more
             Oblige
             Mankind
             ,
             and
             relieve
             more
             distressed
             persons
             ,
             than
             if
             he
             built
             an
             Hospital
             .
          
        
         
           The
           strange
           and
           almost
           miraculous
           Cures
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           known
           wrought
           by
           the
           
             Malabar
          
           Nutt
           ,
           in
           the
           Kings-Evil
           ,
           would
           fill
           a
           man
           with
           wonder
           and
           Amazement
           :
           And
           indeed
           ,
           to
           see
           so
           many
           Tumors
           under
           the
           Throat
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           parts
           ,
           to
           fall
           and
           disappear
           ;
           to
           see
           running
           Soars
           dry'd
           up
           ,
           and
           weak
           Limbs
           restored
           to
           their
           Strength
           ,
           upon
           the
           use
           of
           such
           a
           plain
           simple
           Medicine
           ,
           is
           exceeding
           
           remarkable
           ,
           and
           the
           Author
           of
           Nature
           ought
           to
           be
           highly
           magnified
           ,
           for
           giving
           such
           Vertue
           unto
           Plants
           and
           Trees
           ,
           for
           the
           Good
           of
           his
           Creatures
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           told
           by
           a
           good
           Author
           ,
           that
           a
           Divine
           who
           was
           sent
           to
           Preach
           the
           Gospel
           to
           the
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           being
           a
           man
           skilfull
           in
           Physick
           ,
           wrought
           such
           wonderfull
           Cures
           amongst
           them
           ,
           by
           the
           use
           of
           their
           own
           Remedies
           ,
           that
           they
           thought
           he
           confirmed
           his
           Doctrine
           by
           Miracles
           .
        
         
           The
           Nature
           of
           this
           admirable
           Nut
           ,
           is
           to
           rectifie
           the
           Blood
           ,
           alter
           the
           Humours
           ,
           mend
           the
           Liver
           and
           Spleen
           ,
           restore
           the
           Digestive
           Ferments
           of
           the
           Stomack
           and
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           changes
           the
           whole
           Habit
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           casting
           Salt
           as
           it
           were
           into
           the
           Springs
           of
           Nature
           ,
           whereby
           they
           become
           pure
           and
           wholsome
           ,
           and
           thereby
           conveighs
           kindly
           Nutriment
           to
           the
           parts
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           a
           young
           Lad
           in
           our
           Town
           ,
           who
           was
           grievously
           afflicted
           with
           Scrophulous
           Tumours
           under
           his
           Throat
           ,
           had
           been
           touched
           by
           the
           
             Royal
             Hand
             ,
          
           and
           worn
           Gold
           ,
           and
           that
           
           a
           long
           time
           ,
           yet
           the
           Distemper
           returned
           Spring
           and
           Fall
           ,
           untill
           he
           was
           directed
           unto
           the
           use
           of
           this
           soveraign
           Nutt
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           Sores
           dryed
           up
           like
           a
           Brook
           in
           Summer
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           of
           another
           Young
           man
           ,
           who
           had
           consulted
           with
           divers
           Chyrurgeons
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           stroaked
           by
           seven
           
             Seventh
          
           sons
           ,
           and
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           untill
           he
           applyed
           himself
           to
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Remedy
           :
           And
           then
           he
           wonderfully
           recovered
           .
        
         
           A
           pretty
           young
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           who
           had
           her
           Face
           extreamly
           disfigured
           by
           the
           Evil
           ,
           and
           her
           spirits
           broken
           with
           Grief
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           was
           speedily
           restored
           to
           a
           great
           measure
           of
           her
           former
           Beauty
           ,
           by
           Drops
           chymically
           drawn
           out
           of
           this
           Nutt
           .
        
         
           A
           Woman
           whose
           Limbs
           were
           Distorted
           ,
           like
           the
           Womans
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
             whom
             Satan
          
           had
           
             Bound
             Eighteen
             Years
             ,
          
           and
           when
           she
           walked
           was
           an
           Object
           of
           great
           pity
           ,
           gained
           wonderfull
           Strength
           in
           her
           Limbs
           by
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Remedy
           ;
           but
           she
           could
           not
           have
           a
           perfect
           Cure
           without
           a
           Miracle
           .
        
         
         
           Many
           young
           Children
           have
           received
           compleat
           Cures
           by
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           Remedy
           ,
           whose
           Bodies
           were
           wonderfully
           annoyed
           with
           loathsome
           Humours
           proceeding
           from
           this
           Disease
           ,
           therefore
           I
           think
           the
           World
           ought
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

