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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
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             Some observations made upon the serpent stones imported from India shewing their admirable virtues in curing malignant spotted feavers / 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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             1694.
          
           
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Serpent
           Stones
           ,
           Imported
           from
           the
           
             INDIES
             :
          
           SHEWING
           Their
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           Malignant
           Spotted
           Feavers
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Countrey
           Physitian
           to
           Dr.
           
             Burwell
             ,
          
           President
           of
           the
           Colledge
           of
           Physitians
           in
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Serpent
           Stones
           ,
           SHEWING
           Their
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           Malignant
           Spotted
           Feavers
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           Letter
           of
           Thanks
           for
           the
           last
           Specifick
           I
           communicated
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           hath
           proved
           so
           successful
           ,
           that
           I
           find
           you
           very
           importunate
           with
           me
           to
           acquaint
           you
           with
           what
           I
           have
           found
           most
           effectual
           against
           Malignant
           Spotted
           Feavors
           .
        
         
         
           I
           am
           sorry
           to
           hear
           that
           
             London
          
           Physitians
           are
           so
           often
           disappointed
           in
           the
           use
           of
           vulgar
           Medicines
           .
           The
           great
           Dr.
           
             Sidenham
          
           in
           his
           Discourse
           of
           Feavors
           ,
           tells
           the
           World
           his
           Art
           is
           defective
           in
           that
           Distemper
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           any
           Man
           can
           be
           found
           who
           can
           propose
           a
           better
           Method
           ,
           or
           Communicate
           a
           good
           Specifick
           ,
           for
           the
           more
           effectual
           Cure
           of
           that
           Distemper
           which
           carryeth
           so
           many
           thousand
           to
           their
           Graves
           ,
           he
           will
           prove
           himself
           a
           good
           Citizen
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           part
           I
           declare
           ,
           I
           knew
           no
           better
           Remedy
           than
           the
           
             Indian
             Serpent
             Stones
             ,
          
           for
           it
           powerfully
           expels
           Poysons
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           both
           externally
           and
           internally
           applyed
           ,
           it
           resists
           Putrefaction
           ,
           promotes
           insensible
           transpiration
           ,
           raiseth
           the
           Vital
           Spirits
           ,
           comforts
           the
           Heart
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           new
           Fermentation
           to
           the
           Blood
           ,
           and
           helps
           Nature
           to
           cast
           off
           all
           Malignity
           .
           I
           have
           found
           it
           more
           serviceable
           than
           any
           sort
           of
           Alexipharmics
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             Boyl
          
           in
           his
           Discourse
           of
           Specifick
           Remedies
           ,
           
           gives
           very
           strange
           Accounts
           of
           the
           Extraordinary
           Virtues
           of
           these
           Stoney
           Concretions
           ,
           said
           to
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Heads
           of
           
             Indian
          
           Serpents
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           an
           Experiment
           he
           made
           himself
           upon
           a
           Cat
           bitten
           by
           an
           enraged
           Viper
           ,
           which
           caused
           its
           Tongue
           and
           Head
           to
           swell
           ,
           and
           made
           the
           Cat
           raving
           mad
           ,
           yet
           upon
           giving
           it
           a
           little
           of
           the
           Powder
           of
           this
           Stone
           inwardly
           ,
           it
           had
           recovered
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           rude
           People
           killed
           it
           by
           Violence
           .
           He
           confesseth
           that
           there
           are
           many
           of
           them
           Counterfeits
           ,
           and
           such
           were
           those
           that
           Mounsieur
           
             Redi
          
           made
           Experiments
           upon
           .
           He
           also
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           an
           Eminent
           Physitian
           of
           the
           Colledge
           performed
           a
           very
           great
           Cure
           by
           the
           External
           Application
           of
           one
           of
           the
           Stones
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           sent
           for
           unto
           a
           young
           Man
           who
           had
           a
           very
           dangerous
           Feavor
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Symptoms
           of
           Malignity
           very
           well
           known
           to
           Physitians
           ;
           I
           gave
           the
           usual
           Remedies
           prescribed
           in
           that
           Case
           ;
           his
           Distemper
           threaten'd
           every
           Day
           more
           and
           more
           ,
           and
           all
           Friends
           despaired
           of
           Recovery
           ;
           at
           length
           I
           
           gave
           him
           a
           Tincture
           drawn
           out
           of
           these
           Stones
           ,
           with
           the
           Powder
           in
           substance
           ,
           and
           it
           powerfully
           expels
           all
           the
           Malignity
           by
           gentle
           breathing
           Sweats
           ,
           and
           the
           Patient
           speedily
           recovered
           ,
           and
           gained
           his
           Strength
           beyond
           Humane
           Expectation
           .
        
         
           An
           Ancient
           Gentlewoman
           who
           had
           a
           high
           Malignant
           Feavor
           ,
           being
           first
           surprized
           with
           a
           Rigor
           ,
           and
           shivering
           Coldness
           in
           her
           Back
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           a
           hot
           burning
           Fit
           ,
           which
           lasted
           many
           Hours
           without
           any
           intermission
           ,
           a
           low
           weak
           Pulse
           ,
           cold
           ,
           clammy
           ,
           faint
           Sweats
           ,
           Purple
           Spots
           in
           the
           Skin
           ,
           little
           or
           no
           Thirst
           ,
           a
           pale
           thin
           Urine
           ,
           and
           very
           delirous
           ,
           but
           no
           Complaint
           of
           any
           Pains
           in
           the
           Head
           ,
           or
           other
           parts
           ;
           a
           Hitch-cough
           ,
           frequent
           Sighing
           and
           Dozeing
           ;
           I
           finding
           all
           Remedies
           fruitless
           ,
           gave
           this
           Specifick
           ,
           and
           found
           a
           speedy
           Recovery
           attend
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           tell
           you
           of
           several
           Familes
           in
           our
           Countrey
           that
           have
           been
           seized
           with
           these
           Malignant
           Feavors
           ,
           that
           have
           been
           secured
           from
           the
           Dangers
           ,
           by
           the
           Use
           of
           this
           Specifick
           
           Remedy
           :
           But
           I
           find
           People
           generally
           displeased
           when
           Physitians
           mention
           their
           Names
           in
           print
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           in
           
             English
          
           ;
           they
           are
           prone
           to
           suspect
           the
           World
           never
           thinks
           them
           sound
           afterwards
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           omit
           Names
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           one
           Man
           about
           Fifty
           ,
           who
           was
           seized
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           infected
           with
           the
           Plague
           ,
           had
           Swellings
           under
           his
           Arms
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Pestilential
           symptoms
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           only
           giving
           him
           a
           few
           Drops
           of
           a
           Mixture
           made
           with
           the
           Powder
           of
           this
           Stone
           ,
           he
           was
           restoared
           to
           Health
           in
           a
           miraculous
           manner
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           Name
           one
           Patient
           who
           was
           saved
           from
           Death
           ,
           when
           two
           in
           the
           same
           Family
           dyed
           of
           the
           Spotted
           Feaver
           ,
           after
           they
           had
           taken
           large
           Quantities
           of
           
             Bezoar
          
           and
           
             Goa
             Stones
             .
          
        
         
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           with
           Dr.
           
             Sidenham
             ,
          
           in
           his
           Discourse
           of
           Pestilential
           Feavors
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           delivered
           faithfully
           all
           things
           relating
           to
           Practice
           ,
           and
           never
           proposed
           any
           thing
           but
           what
           I
           had
           often
           and
           sufficiently
           tryed
           ;
           and
           when
           
           I
           come
           to
           Dye
           ,
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           have
           a
           chearful
           Witness
           within
           my
           own
           Breast
           I
           have
           done
           my
           Duty
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

