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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
           1695
        
      
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             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.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Burwell, Thomas, 1626-1702.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             1695.
          
           
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           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
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1695.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Mexico
           Seeds
           :
           SHEWING
           Their
           Wonderful
           Virtue
           against
           WORMS
           in
           the
           Bodies
           of
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           Letter
           ,
           with
           your
           Desire
           to
           know
           what
           particular
           Specifick
           I
           had
           ●bserved
           the
           
             Indians
          
           make
           most
           use
           of
           against
           Worms
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           freely
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           
           have
           often
           seen
           them
           give
           the
           
             Mexico
             Seeds
             ,
          
           which
           powerfully
           expels
           them
           in
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           .
           The
           Seeds
           look
           like
           an
           Insect
           ,
           o●
           sort
           of
           flat
           Worm
           it self
           ,
           and
           is
           spotted
           like
           a
           Leopard
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           a
           
             Palma
             Christi
             ,
          
           it
           resists
           the
           Putrefaction
           of
           Humours
           ,
           and
           Purgeth
           the
           Stomach
           and
           Bowels
           ,
           and
           drives
           ou●
           all
           sorts
           of
           Verminous
           Matter
           by
           Siege
           ,
           which
           cause
           gnawing
           Pains
           in
           the
           Body
           .
        
         
           The
           Deaths
           of
           more
           People
           is
           owing
           to
           Worms
           than
           is
           generally
           supposed
           ,
           for
           they
           cause
           Vomiting
           ,
           Loosness
           ,
           Feavors
           ,
           and
           wha●
           not
           .
        
         
           I
           saw
           an
           
             Indian
          
           Doctor
           give
           a
           Medicin●
           made
           with
           these
           Seeds
           ,
           which
           expell'd
           forty
           Worms
           at
           one
           time
           .
        
         
           Many
           famous
           Physitians
           have
           of
           late
           Year
           in
           their
           Observations
           taken
           Notice
           ,
           that
           i●
           most
           Distempers
           ,
           especially
           Putrid
           and
           Malignant
           Feavors
           ,
           there
           hath
           very
           much
           〈◊〉
           Worms
           been
           a
           Cause
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           them
           prove
           more
           difficult
           to
           Cure
           ,
           and
           generall●
           
           more
           Mortal
           ;
           and
           a
           Curious
           Physitian
           tells
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           with
           the
           help
           of
           Microscopes
           he
           had
           discerned
           in
           his
           Patients
           Blood
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           in
           their
           Urine
           ,
           many
           Animated
           Vermicles
           ,
           and
           until
           he
           hath
           applyed
           himself
           to
           the
           use
           of
           Worm-matick
           Medicines
           ,
           could
           perform
           no
           Cures
           ;
           but
           upon
           the
           use
           of
           Medicines
           against
           Worms
           ,
           he
           quickly
           perceived
           an
           Abatement
           of
           all
           Feavourish
           Symptons
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           a
           young
           Gentlewoman
           who
           had
           a
           great
           Pain
           in
           her
           Head
           ,
           much
           Sickness
           at
           her
           Stomach
           ,
           a
           very
           pale
           Countenance
           ,
           want
           of
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           a
           continual
           Feavourish
           Heat
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           a
           Chillness
           in
           her
           Back
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Faintness
           .
           Many
           Means
           I
           applyed
           to
           mend
           her
           Blood
           ,
           to
           cleanse
           her
           Stomach
           and
           to
           alter
           the
           Habit
           of
           her
           Body
           ,
           but
           al●
           in
           vain
           ;
           at
           length
           I
           gave
           her
           this
           Medicine
           in
           a
           Decoction
           of
           Bitter
           Herbs
           ,
           about
           twenty
           Drops
           at
           a
           time
           every
           New
           and
           Ful●
           Moon
           ;
           she
           sometimes
           took
           it
           in
           good
           Mum
           and
           now
           and
           then
           in
           Milk
           ,
           with
           Lavender
           Cotton
           boiled
           in
           it
           ,
           she
           voided
           many
           Worms
           and
           wonderfully
           recover'd
           .
        
         
         
           A
           Maid
           Servant
           who
           had
           a
           gnawing
           Pain
           in
           her
           Stomach
           and
           Bowels
           ,
           especially
           being
           Hungry
           ,
           a
           dry
           Cough
           ,
           a
           Loathing
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           Vomiting
           and
           Loosness
           ,
           a
           Symptomatical
           Feavor
           ,
           and
           Sleep
           often
           disturbed
           with
           horrible
           Dreams
           ,
           starting
           and
           gnashing
           of
           Teeth
           :
           But
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           formidable
           Symptoms
           ,
           I
           gave
           her
           the
           Tincture
           of
           these
           Seeds
           ,
           and
           ordered
           her
           to
           take
           them
           in
           Wormwood-Wine
           ,
           and
           she
           was
           restored
           to
           a
           perfect
           State
           of
           Health
           .
        
         
           Many
           young
           Children
           have
           been
           destroyed
           by
           Worms
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           take
           bitter
           unpleasant
           Medicines
           ;
           but
           this
           being
           given
           only
           in
           Drops
           ,
           and
           insensibly
           conveyed
           into
           their
           ordinary
           Drink
           ,
           hath
           proved
           very
           successful
           towards
           the
           Preservation
           of
           their
           Lives
           ,
           especially
           when
           Clysters
           have
           been
           administer'd
           made
           with
           Alloes
           and
           Worm●eeds
           boiled
           in
           Ale
           ,
           and
           the
           Belly
           anointed
           with
           Oyl
           of
           Worms
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           a
           young
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           who
           complaining
           
           very
           much
           of
           a
           great
           Pain
           in
           her
           Stomach
           ,
           especially
           when
           she
           had
           at
           any
           time
           fasted
           ,
           she
           dying
           very
           suddenly
           ,
           her
           Brother
           (
           who
           was
           a
           Physitian
           )
           caused
           her
           Body
           to
           be
           opened
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           Wonder
           of
           the
           Spectators
           the
           Worms
           crawled
           about
           in
           a
           strange
           manner
           ,
           which
           gave
           abundant
           satisfaction
           as
           to
           the
           Cause
           of
           her
           Death
           .
        
         
           If
           this
           Medicine
           had
           been
           known
           sooner
           ,
           the
           Lives
           of
           thousands
           might
           have
           been
           saved
           who
           made
           up
           the
           Numbers
           in
           your
           Yearly
           Bills
           of
           Mortality
           at
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

