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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
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             Some observations made upon the Angola seed shewing its admirable virtue in curing all distempers of the eyes / written by a doctor of physick in the countrey to Dr. Goddard, anno 1660.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             1682.
          
           
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Angola
           Seed
           :
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           VIRTUE
           IN
           CURING
           All
           DISTEMPERS
           OF
           THE
           EYES
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Doctor
           of
           Physick
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           Dr.
           
             Goddard
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           
             Royal
             Society
          
           at
           
             London
             ,
             Anno
          
           1660.
           
        
         
           
             London
          
           Printed
           ,
           &c.
           
           1682.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Angola
           Seed
           :
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtue
           in
           Curing
           all
           Distempers
           of
           the
           EYES
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           Letter
           ,
           wherein
           you
           give
           me
           an
           Account
           of
           a
           strange
           sort
           of
           Distemper
           in
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           about
           
             London
             :
          
           And
           I
           find
           you
           desire
           that
           I
           would
           communicate
           what
           usefull
           Observations
           I
           have
           made
           in
           that
           Distemper
           .
        
         
         
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           our
           Countrey
           Folk
           are
           infested
           with
           the
           same
           Distemper
           ,
           and
           I
           attribute
           it
           unto
           some
           unusual
           Qualities
           in
           the
           Air
           and
           Winds
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           and
           I
           find
           that
           the
           use
           of
           an
           
             American
          
           Specifick
           doth
           great
           Service
           with
           us
           :
           I
           learned
           it
           of
           an
           
             Indian
          
           Doctor
           ;
           it
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           a
           Scarlet
           Seed
           with
           a
           small
           black
           Speck
           in
           it
           :
           They
           are
           not
           easie
           to
           be
           met
           with
           ,
           I
           once
           had
           some
           from
           a
           Druggist
           in
           
             Walbrook
             ,
          
           but
           have
           forgot
           his
           Name
           .
           They
           singularly
           dry
           up
           Rhumes
           in
           the
           Head
           ,
           strengthen
           the
           Optick
           Nerves
           ,
           cool
           Inflamations
           in
           the
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           comfort
           the
           Animal
           Spirits
           ;
           they
           cleanse
           and
           heal
           :
           By
           their
           Balsamick
           vertue
           disperse
           the
           cloudiness
           of
           the
           Brain
           ,
           and
           clear
           the
           Sight
           .
           I
           am
           credibly
           informed
           that
           Dr.
           
             Stepkins
          
           that
           Eminent
           Oculist
           ,
           performed
           many
           Admirable
           Cures
           with
           them
           ,
           amongst
           Men
           ,
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           your
           Citizens
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           who
           hath
           consulted
           with
           Dr.
           
             Turbervil
          
           of
           
             Salisbury
             ,
          
           came
           into
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           having
           a
           grievous
           
           Opthalmy
           ,
           desired
           my
           Assistance
           ,
           finding
           no
           Relief
           by
           his
           Advice
           .
           I
           directed
           him
           to
           the
           use
           of
           these
           
             American
          
           Seeds
           :
           I
           gave
           him
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           Spirit
           and
           Extract
           in
           Waters
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           Milk
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           the
           liquid
           Aliments
           he
           took
           ,
           and
           I
           caus'd
           him
           to
           wear
           a
           Necklace
           of
           the
           same
           .
           It
           dryed
           up
           all
           his
           Rhumes
           in
           Forty
           days
           time
           .
        
         
           An
           old
           Gentlewoman
           whose
           Eyes
           were
           almost
           put
           out
           by
           the
           Evil
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           only
           an
           Inflammation
           ,
           but
           a
           Cataract
           was
           much
           feared
           ,
           because
           some
           of
           her
           Relations
           had
           been
           blind
           by
           that
           Distemper
           .
           I
           applyed
           the
           same
           Remedies
           to
           her
           ,
           and
           it
           succeeded
           to
           Admiration
           .
        
         
           A
           young
           Woman
           whose
           Eyes
           were
           wonderfully
           inflamed
           after
           the
           Small
           Pox
           ,
           and
           so
           weak
           she
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           look
           against
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           in
           great
           Pain
           ;
           she
           had
           been
           blooded
           ,
           and
           Purged
           ,
           and
           Bannio'd
           and
           Blister'd
           ,
           and
           Cupt
           ,
           had
           made
           two
           Issues
           ,
           and
           a
           Seton
           in
           her
           Neck
           ;
           and
           the
           Lady
           
             Ivy
          
           had
           applyed
           many
           Eye-waters
           ,
           and
           Powders
           and
           
           Oyntments
           for
           seven
           Months
           ▪
           and
           all
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           and
           at
           length
           the
           use
           of
           this
           Specifick
           perfectly
           recover'd
           her
           Eyes
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Joy
           of
           her
           Relations
           and
           her self
           .
        
         
           A
           Child
           about
           four
           years
           old
           ,
           whose
           Eyes
           were
           extream
           bad
           ,
           and
           lay
           under
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Woman
           who
           pretended
           great
           skill
           ,
           she
           pickt
           Five
           pounds
           out
           of
           the
           Parents
           pocket
           ,
           upon
           a
           Promise
           of
           Cure
           ,
           but
           never
           perform'd
           it
           .
           But
           at
           length
           one
           who
           had
           received
           Benefit
           by
           this
           Specifick
           ,
           recommended
           it
           ,
           and
           received
           thanks
           for
           so
           doing
           from
           the
           Childs
           Friends
           ,
           and
           it
           hath
           been
           well
           ever
           since
           .
        
         
           A
           Minister
           whose
           Eyes
           by
           Reading
           and
           late
           Studying
           had
           a
           violent
           Defluxion
           of
           Rhume
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           always
           looked
           Blood-shotten
           ;
           after
           the
           use
           of
           other
           Methods
           for
           two
           Months
           together
           ,
           to
           no
           purpose
           ;
           and
           then
           hearing
           of
           this
           Medicine
           ,
           applyed
           himself
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           only
           washt
           his
           Eyes
           with
           pure
           Spring-water
           ,
           and
           this
           Specifick
           perfectly
           recover'd
           him
           .
        
         
         
           A
           young
           Child
           born
           blind
           ,
           was
           helpt
           by
           the
           Nurses
           taking
           these
           Drops
           ,
           the
           Child
           only
           sucking
           her
           Milk
           ,
           but
           its
           Distemper
           was
           an
           Opthalmy
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           true
           Cataract
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           a
           whole
           Family
           very
           much
           Distemper'd
           with
           Hot
           Rhumes
           in
           their
           Eyes
           ;
           three
           of
           the
           Persons
           were
           in
           danger
           of
           Cataracts
           growing
           in
           them
           :
           They
           had
           used
           all
           sorts
           of
           Applications
           ,
           and
           had
           suffer'd
           three
           pretending
           Women
           to
           tamper
           with
           them
           several
           Months
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           hearing
           of
           these
           Scarlet
           Seeds
           ,
           wore
           Necklaces
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           took
           the
           Tincture
           made
           of
           them
           in
           all
           their
           Drink
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Months
           time
           were
           perfectly
           Cured
           ,
           only
           taking
           twenty
           Drops
           at
           a
           time
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

