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         Skinner, Dr.
      
       
         
           1694
        
      
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             Some observations made upon the Russia seed shewing its admirable virtues in curing the rickets in children / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Esq. Boyle at London, 1674.
             Skinner, Dr.
             Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
           8 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1694.
          
           
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           Manna plants.
           Rickets -- Early works to 1800.
           Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
     
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Russia
           Seed
           ,
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           the
           Rickets
           in
           Children
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           
             Esq
          
           Boyle
           at
           London
           ,
           1674.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Russia
           Seed
           ;
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           the
           Rickets
           in
           Children
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           YOU
           may
           remember
           that
           when
           I
           was
           last
           at
           London
           ,
           we
           had
           a
           close
           Discourse
           concerning
           that
           deplorable
           Distemper
           called
           
             The
             Rickets
          
           ,
           which
           Cripples
           so
           many
           poor
           Children
           ,
           and
           you
           told
           me
           of
           a
           Doctor
           
           of
           Physick
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Famousest
           in
           Europe
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           Cure
           it
           in
           several
           of
           his
           own
           Children
           ;
           indeed
           it
           may
           be
           called
           a
           new
           Disease
           ,
           for
           it
           's
           wonderfully
           encreased
           amongst
           us
           of
           late
           ,
           as
           we
           find
           by
           the
           Bills
           of
           Mortality
           .
           I
           am
           very
           much
           of
           your
           Mind
           ,
           that
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           Physitians
           would
           be
           much
           encreased
           ,
           and
           their
           Success
           would
           be
           much
           greater
           ,
           were
           they
           more
           Curious
           in
           making
           Experiments
           and
           Observations
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           simple
           Medicines
           ,
           for
           they
           cannot
           so
           easily
           do
           it
           upon
           Compositions
           .
           I
           'le
           now
           tell
           you
           what
           great
           Cures
           I
           have
           done
           in
           my
           Countrey
           Practice
           ,
           amongst
           Children
           who
           have
           been
           over-grown
           with
           the
           Rickets
           :
           The
           Specifick
           that
           I
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           is
           a
           small
           white
           Seed
           that
           comes
           from
           Russia
           ,
           by
           some
           called
           
             Seed
             Manna
          
           ,
           I
           draw
           a
           Tincture
           ,
           a
           Spirit
           and
           an
           Extract
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           give
           twenty
           Drops
           at
           a
           time
           in
           all
           the
           Childrens
           Meat
           and
           Drink
           ,
           they
           take
           it
           with
           Pleasure
           ,
           because
           it
           's
           not
           ungrateful
           to
           the
           Pallat
           ;
           Morning
           ,
           Noon
           and
           Night
           ,
           is
           often
           enough
           .
        
         
           It
           opens
           Obstructions
           of
           the
           Liver
           and
           
           Spleen
           ,
           strengthens
           the
           Brain
           and
           Spinal
           Marrow
           ,
           and
           causeth
           a
           free
           Distribution
           of
           the
           Nourishments
           into
           all
           the
           Nervous
           Parts
           of
           the
           Body
           ,
           whereby
           Nature
           becomes
           strong
           and
           vigorous
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirits
           chearful
           and
           lively
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           pleased
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           in
           your
           Excellent
           Discourse
           of
           the
           use
           of
           simple
           Medicines
           ,
           that
           you
           hope
           to
           enlarge
           the
           Minds
           of
           Physitians
           ,
           and
           invite
           them
           to
           make
           use
           of
           several
           Remedies
           which
           they
           never
           thought
           on
           ,
           or
           against
           which
           they
           were
           prejudiced
           .
           You
           also
           tell
           us
           ,
           that
           Specificks
           ,
           where
           they
           may
           be
           had
           ,
           are
           wont
           to
           be
           free
           from
           any
           immoderate
           manifest
           Quality
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           most
           part
           work
           more
           benignly
           as
           well
           as
           more
           effectually
           than
           other
           Medicines
           ;
           and
           therefore
           you
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           them
           into
           Request
           ,
           that
           so
           thereby
           Cures
           may
           be
           performed
           more
           speedily
           ,
           safely
           and
           pleasantly
           .
        
         
           Your
           Tenderness
           and
           Caution
           is
           highly
           to
           be
           commended
           ,
           in
           desiring
           your
           Reader
           not
           to
           be
           too
           credulous
           ,
           or
           rely
           too
           much
           upon
           any
           Medicines
           that
           you
           commend
           ,
           until
           they
           
           have
           been
           frequently
           tried
           upon
           Persons
           of
           different
           Sexes
           ,
           Complections
           and
           Ages
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           this
           Seed
           ,
           and
           other
           Specificks
           which
           I
           have
           written
           on
           ,
           have
           been
           tried
           sufficiently
           ,
           in
           a
           multitude
           of
           Examples
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           Success
           ,
           which
           gives
           great
           Encouragement
           to
           depend
           upon
           it
           in
           difficult
           Cases
           ,
           with
           God
           Almighty's
           Blessing
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           much
           of
           your
           Mind
           ,
           that
           one
           Reason
           why
           so
           many
           Distempers
           prove
           incurable
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           Physitians
           do
           all
           they
           can
           to
           discourage
           the
           use
           of
           Specifick
           Medicines
           ;
           so
           that
           if
           they
           do
           not
           always
           work
           Wonders
           ,
           they
           presently
           tell
           People
           that
           they
           do
           nothing
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           In
           Compliance
           with
           your
           Request
           ,
           I
           have
           found
           out
           a
           Specifick
           Remedy
           in
           almost
           every
           Distemper
           ,
           which
           in
           time
           may
           prove
           as
           efficacious
           as
           the
           Cortex
           in
           an
           Ague
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           know
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           I
           have
           found
           Specifick
           Remedies
           prove
           ineffectual
           ,
           it
           was
           when
           
           they
           were
           compounded
           with
           some
           insignificant
           Remedies
           ,
           or
           given
           too
           late
           ,
           or
           administred
           in
           too
           small
           a
           Dose
           ,
           or
           left
           off
           too
           soon
           .
        
         
           This
           small
           Seed
           may
           be
           given
           boiled
           in
           all
           the
           Childrens
           Broth
           or
           Spoon-meat
           ,
           or
           in
           a
           Liquid
           Form
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           Specificks
           use
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           cured
           several
           Children
           in
           one
           Gentlemans
           Family
           ,
           after
           gentle
           Evacuations
           ,
           when
           the
           Ribbs
           have
           been
           knotted
           ,
           the
           Head
           very
           large
           ,
           the
           Leggs
           crooked
           ,
           the
           Joynts
           much
           extended
           ,
           only
           with
           this
           Remedy
           .
        
         
           This
           Distemper
           hath
           spoiled
           as
           many
           Children
           as
           ever
           Herod
           did
           ,
           its
           high
           time
           if
           we
           would
           prevent
           the
           destruction
           of
           our
           Innocents
           ,
           to
           find
           out
           some
           more
           effectual
           Remedies
           .
           The
           Method
           that
           Dr.
           Glisson
           and
           &c.
           found
           out
           ,
           was
           very
           good
           ,
           but
           this
           simple
           Specifick
           added
           to
           it
           may
           make
           it
           more
           effectual
           .
        
         
           You
           are
           pleased
           in
           your
           Discourse
           of
           specifick
           Medicines
           ,
           to
           mention
           the
           Prickly
           
             Indian
             Pear
          
           that
           I
           told
           you
           of
           ,
           that
           communicates
           its
           
           Tincture
           so
           speedily
           to
           the
           Bladder
           ,
           that
           it
           makes
           the
           Eaters
           think
           they
           piss
           Blood
           ,
           which
           gives
           a
           clear
           Example
           of
           the
           Penetrating
           Qualities
           of
           some
           simple
           Specificks
           ,
           which
           have
           no
           sensible
           Operation
           by
           Vomiting
           ,
           Purging
           or
           Sweating
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           our
           Judges
           in
           his
           Reports
           ,
           tells
           us
           of
           a
           Learned
           Doctor
           who
           travelled
           a
           hundred
           Miles
           ,
           to
           learn
           a
           Specifick
           of
           an
           old
           Woman
           to
           Cure
           an
           Ague
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           have
           travelled
           many
           thousand
           Miles
           to
           learn
           all
           these
           Remedies
           ,
           and
           my
           design
           is
           Publick
           Good
           :
           For
           although
           I
           am
           particularly
           known
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           be
           known
           to
           the
           World
           by
           no
           other
           Name
           ,
           but
        
         
           
             MEDICUS
             INDICUS
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

