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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
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             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.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             1694.
          
           
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Blatta
           Bizantina
           ,
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           Astmahs
           ,
           and
           Shortness
           of
           Breath
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           Dr.
           Meverell
           at
           London
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Blatta
           Bizantina
           ;
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           Astmahs
           ,
           and
           Shortness
           of
           Breath
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Recieved
           the
           Letter
           you
           sent
           me
           concerning
           the
           Case
           of
           your
           Astmahtical
           Patient
           ,
           who
           tells
           you
           that
           he
           is
           troubled
           with
           a
           Stoppage
           in
           his
           Stomach
           ,
           or
           the
           Rising
           of
           the
           Lights
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           ;
           both
           you
           and
           I
           know
           very
           well
           
           what
           he
           means
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           Advice
           I
           can
           give
           you
           in
           that
           Case
           is
           to
           bleed
           him
           plentifully
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           inwardly
           the
           
             Blatta
             Bizantina
          
           ,
           which
           I
           know
           to
           be
           an
           incomparable
           Specifick
           to
           give
           him
           Breath
           ,
           to
           remove
           the
           spasmodical
           Affections
           of
           the
           Lungs
           and
           Stomach
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Circulation
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           a
           Pollipus
           from
           growing
           in
           the
           Heart
           ,
           which
           oftner
           causeth
           sudden
           Death
           than
           the
           World
           imagins
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood
           in
           a
           Mans
           Body
           ,
           which
           should
           run
           through
           the
           Heart
           and
           Lungs
           ten
           or
           twelve
           time
           in
           an
           hour
           ,
           is
           stopt
           in
           its
           Circulation
           ,
           and
           creeps
           through
           as
           it
           were
           by
           Drops
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           of
           Motion
           stagnates
           and
           putrifies
           ,
           it
           may
           well
           cause
           Pains
           and
           Stoppages
           in
           the
           Breast
           ,
           and
           Shortness
           of
           Breath
           .
        
         
           This
           Shell-fish
           is
           the
           same
           which
           in
           Exodus
           is
           called
           by
           
             Moses
             Onicha
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Ingredients
           of
           the
           Holy
           Perfume
           prescribed
           by
           Almighty
           God
           himself
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           hath
           done
           great
           Service
           ,
           in
           relieving
           many
           who
           have
           had
           great
           stoppages
           in
           their
           Stomachs
           ,
           and
           difficult
           Breathing
           ,
           which
           hath
           made
           them
           very
           apprehensive
           of
           some
           sudden
           Change.
           
        
         
         
           I
           confess
           I
           have
           known
           many
           dye
           of
           this
           Distemper
           with
           short
           warning
           ,
           and
           especially
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           some
           Lawyers
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           spent
           their
           Spirits
           with
           much
           speaking
           ;
           and
           particularly
           I
           know
           a
           very
           Grave
           and
           Learned
           Divine
           ,
           who
           after
           his
           Preaching
           used
           himself
           to
           drink
           two
           Glasses
           of
           Sack
           ,
           which
           pernicious
           Custom
           heated
           his
           Lungs
           after
           they
           had
           been
           too
           much
           warmed
           before
           by
           Earnest
           and
           loud
           speaking
           ,
           this
           Person
           had
           gotten
           an
           ill
           Habit
           of
           Body
           ,
           and
           a
           violent
           Astmah
           ,
           but
           was
           very
           much
           relieved
           by
           Drinking
           only
           warm
           Ale
           ,
           with
           a
           few
           Drops
           drawn
           out
           of
           this
           Medicine
           ,
           with
           a
           little
           Nutmeg
           and
           Sugar
           ,
           which
           he
           made
           his
           constant
           Practice
           ,
           and
           found
           much
           .
           Advantage
           by
           it
           ,
           less
           Pain
           in
           his
           Breast
           ,
           a
           more
           free
           Respiration
           ,
           and
           a
           clear
           Voice
           in
           Preaching
           .
           I
           only
           once
           in
           a
           Month
           advised
           him
           to
           take
           a
           little
           Manna
           in
           Water-Gruel
           ,
           to
           carry
           down
           the
           Phlegm
           ,
           and
           keep
           his
           Body
           laxative
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Grant
           in
           his
           Observations
           upon
           the
           Bills
           of
           Mortality
           takes
           Notice
           that
           this
           Disease
           is
           much
           encreased
           of
           late
           Years
           ;
           in
           1629.
           there
           
           was
           but
           forty
           four
           ,
           but
           in
           1660.
           there
           was
           two
           hundred
           and
           forty
           nine
           .
           And
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           Cause
           proceeds
           from
           the
           Lungs
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           Bellows
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           not
           blowing
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           neither
           recieving
           in
           nor
           venting
           out
           Breath
           .
        
         
           But
           a
           Greater
           Man
           than
           Mr.
           Grant
           saith
           ,
           it
           proceeds
           from
           an
           abundance
           of
           Morbifick
           Matter
           in
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           Nervous
           Liquor
           ,
           which
           causeth
           a
           Convulsion
           in
           the
           Lungs
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           it
           may
           proceed
           from
           a
           Decay
           of
           the
           volatile
           Salts
           of
           the
           Blood
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           apt
           to
           fix
           and
           stagnate
           in
           the
           Breast
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           meddle
           with
           the
           Speculative
           Part
           of
           Physick
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           Practical
           ,
           which
           is
           Grounded
           upon
           Experience
           ;
           for
           as
           Dr.
           Castle
           well
           observes
           ,
           that
           Experienced
           Medicines
           are
           like
           Dials
           and
           Almanacks
           ,
           which
           agree
           as
           well
           with
           the
           Hypothesis
           of
           Copernicus
           as
           of
           Ptolemy
           .
           The
           Husbandman
           may
           till
           his
           Land
           ,
           and
           sow
           his
           Seed
           ,
           and
           yet
           not
           fully
           understand
           whether
           the
           Earth
           or
           Sun
           moves
           .
        
         
         
           Hypocrates
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Physitians
           ,
           adviseth
           his
           Sons
           not
           to
           be
           backward
           in
           making
           Observations
           upon
           the
           Cures
           wrought
           by
           Farriers
           or
           ignorant
           Women
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           not
           able
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           how
           or
           in
           what
           manner
           they
           Cured
           .
        
         
           I
           lately
           had
           an
           Astmahtical
           Patient
           ,
           whose
           Breath
           seemed
           to
           be
           gone
           every
           moment
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Blood
           would
           appear
           in
           his
           Face
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           strangled
           ,
           and
           yet
           upon
           taking
           this
           Medicine
           he
           was
           wonderfully
           relieved
           ,
           and
           walked
           abroad
           .
           I
           also
           advised
           him
           to
           Bleed
           ,
           and
           play
           at
           Bowls
           often
           .
        
         
           A
           Gentlewoman
           about
           fifty
           Years
           of
           Age
           complained
           to
           me
           of
           a
           great
           Oppression
           and
           stoppage
           at
           her
           Stomach
           ,
           had
           taken
           many
           Purges
           and
           Vomits
           ,
           but
           all
           in
           vain
           ;
           I
           gave
           her
           the
           Tincture
           drawn
           out
           of
           these
           Shells
           ,
           mixed
           with
           the
           Extract
           and
           Spirit
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           she
           took
           it
           every
           morning
           in
           a
           glass
           of
           Spring-Water
           ,
           mixed
           with
           Virgins
           Honey
           .
           I
           permitted
           her
           to
           eat
           no
           Suppers
           but
           stewed
           Prunes
           or
           Roasted
           Pippins
           ,
           and
           she
           wonderfully
           recovered
           .
        
         
         
           A
           middle
           aged
           Man
           of
           a
           sedentary
           Life
           told
           me
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           lye
           down
           in
           his
           Bed
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           choaked
           ,
           his
           Stoppage
           and
           Wheasing
           in
           his
           Throat
           were
           so
           troublesome
           .
           I
           used
           only
           this
           Remedy
           ,
           it
           gave
           him
           Help
           and
           Ease
           .
           I
           could
           mention
           many
           others
           ,
           but
           I
           'le
           Desist
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

