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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
           1694
        
      
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             Some observations made upon the Barbado seeds shewing their admirable virtue in curing dropsies / written by a physitian in the countrey to Sir George Ent at London.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Ent, George, Sir, 1604-1689.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             1694.
          
           
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Barbado
           Seeds
           ,
           SHEWING
           Their
           Admirable
           Virtue
           in
           Curing
           Dropsies
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Physitian
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           Sir
           
             George
             Ent
          
           at
           
             London
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Barbado
           Seeds
           ,
           SHEWING
           Their
           Admirable
           Virtue
           in
           Curing
           Dropsies
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           ACcording
           to
           your
           Desire
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           many
           Experiments
           with
           the
           
             Barbado
             Seeds
          
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           them
           wonderful
           serviceable
           against
           Dropsies
           ;
           they
           open
           the
           Sluces
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           watery
           
           Humours
           run
           away
           both
           by
           Seige
           and
           Urine
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           a
           very
           plentiful
           manner
           ,
           with
           very
           little
           disturbance
           to
           Nature
           .
           If
           you
           have
           any
           more
           
             Indian
          
           Specificks
           ,
           I
           pray
           send
           them
           into
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           make
           Observations
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           with
           as
           good
           Success
           ;
           for
           by
           this
           Method
           the
           Art
           of
           Physick
           is
           likely
           to
           be
           much
           improved
           ,
           and
           in
           time
           we
           may
           be
           able
           to
           Answer
           the
           Lord
           
           Bacon's
           Desire
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           to
           write
           a
           History
           of
           the
           Cures
           of
           Diseases
           thought
           to
           be
           incurable
           .
        
         
           I
           was
           lately
           sent
           for
           six
           Miles
           from
           my
           own
           House
           to
           a
           Countrey
           Farmer
           ,
           who
           was
           miserably
           swelled
           by
           the
           Dropsie
           ,
           not
           only
           his
           Belly
           ,
           but
           his
           Leggs
           and
           whole
           Habit
           of
           Body
           ;
           I
           had
           given
           him
           many
           Medicines
           ,
           but
           I
           found
           that
           his
           stubborn
           Disease
           would
           not
           give
           way
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           trying
           your
           Specifick
           in
           several
           forms
           ,
           I
           perceived
           a
           plentiful
           Evacuation
           of
           Water
           by
           Seige
           and
           Urine
           ,
           he
           is
           become
           very
           lank
           ,
           and
           his
           Colour
           begins
           to
           return
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           by
           the
           Use
           of
           good
           Volatile
           Salts
           and
           bitter
           Medicines
           to
           restore
           
           the
           ferments
           to
           the
           several
           parts
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           danger
           of
           a
           Relapse
           .
        
         
           Another
           Person
           who
           was
           a
           Servant
           ,
           was
           so
           exceedingly
           swelled
           ,
           that
           his
           Friends
           had
           all
           concluded
           that
           he
           must
           be
           tapp'd
           ,
           but
           having
           heard
           of
           the
           former
           Cure
           ,
           came
           ten
           Miles
           to
           my
           House
           ,
           being
           brought
           in
           his
           Master's
           Coach
           ;
           I
           used
           the
           same
           Method
           ,
           and
           in
           due
           time
           Cured
           him
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           needs
           own
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           
             Boyle
          
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           Theories
           of
           divers
           Diseases
           are
           so
           hotly
           disputed
           amongst
           many
           Eminent
           Physitians
           ,
           that
           in
           many
           Cases
           a
           Man
           may
           discern
           more
           probability
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           the
           Remedy
           ,
           than
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           received
           Notion
           of
           the
           Disease
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Controverted
           Methods
           are
           not
           to
           this
           Day
           agreed
           on
           ,
           nor
           establisht
           in
           the
           Schools
           themselves
           ,
           so
           divers
           who
           are
           not
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Schools
           ,
           do
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Experience
           and
           good
           Specificks
           ,
           and
           the
           Method
           their
           mother
           Wit
           and
           other
           Emergency
           prompts
           them
           to
           take
           ,
           do
           very
           great
           and
           extraordinary
           Cures
           ;
           the
           
           Causes
           of
           Diseases
           are
           much
           less
           certain
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           disputed
           than
           the
           Uninquisitive
           imagine
           :
           Nor
           are
           the
           Methods
           of
           Curing
           ,
           which
           depends
           upon
           those
           Causes
           ,
           settled
           as
           they
           should
           be
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           fears
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           Physitians
           have
           but
           an
           imperfect
           Method
           in
           the
           Cure
           of
           many
           Diseases
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           observes
           that
           the
           Communicating
           some
           good
           Medicines
           in
           an
           unpolished
           manner
           ,
           though
           they
           may
           disparage
           an
           Author
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           save
           the
           Life
           of
           a
           Patient
           .
        
         
           These
           Considerations
           have
           encouraged
           me
           to
           communicate
           my
           Observations
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           which
           may
           a
           little
           gratifie
           the
           inquisitive
           part
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           until
           the
           Learned
           Dr.
           
             Sloan
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           we
           expect
           considerable
           Informations
           ,
           gives
           us
           a
           more
           compleat
           Account
           of
           
             American
          
           Rarities
           ,
           and
           their
           Medicinal
           Opperations
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           after
           universal
           Evacuations
           by
           Purging
           ,
           Vomitting
           ,
           Sweating
           ,
           which
           ought
           to
           be
           left
           to
           the
           Prudence
           of
           
           able
           and
           experienced
           Physitians
           :
           I
           have
           ever
           found
           Specifick
           Allerative
           Remedies
           wonderful
           Advantagious
           .
        
         
           Many
           Persons
           of
           different
           Ages
           and
           Sexes
           have
           been
           Cured
           of
           Dropsies
           by
           these
           Seeds
           ,
           taking
           only
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           the
           Tincture
           ,
           and
           the
           Extract
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           sometimes
           in
           Broom-Beer
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           in
           Rhenish-Wine
           ,
           only
           observing
           an
           agreeable
           Dyet
           ,
           and
           enduring
           Thirst
           as
           much
           as
           may
           be
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

