Some observations made upon the Mexico seeds imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtue against worms in the bodies of men, women and children / written by a countrey physitian to Dr. Burwell, president of the Colledge of Physitians in London.
Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
1695
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Some observations made upon the Mexico seeds imported from the Indies shewing their wonderful virtue against worms in the bodies of men, women and children / 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.
7 p.
[s.n.],
London printed :
1695.
Attributed to Peachi by Wing; also sometimes attributed to John Pechey. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.
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SOME
OBSERVATIONS
Made
upon
the
Mexico
Seeds
,
Imported
from
the
INDIES
:
SHEWING
Their
Wonderful
VIRTUE
against
WORMS
in
the
Bodies
of
Men
,
Women
,
and
Children
.
Written
by
a
Countrey
Physitian
to
Dr.
Burwell
,
President
of
the
Colledge
of
Physitians
in
London
.
LONDON
,
Printed
in
the
Year
1695.
SOME
OBSERVATIONS
Made
upon
the
Mexico
Seeds
:
SHEWING
Their
Wonderful
Virtue
against
WORMS
in
the
Bodies
of
Men
,
Women
,
and
Children
.
In
a
LETTER
,
&c.
SIR
,
I
Received
your
Letter
,
with
your
Desire
to
know
what
particular
Specifick
I
had
●bserved
the
Indians
make
most
use
of
against
Worms
;
and
I
must
freely
tell
you
,
that
I
have
often
seen
them
give
the
Mexico
Seeds
,
which
powerfully
expels
them
in
Men
,
Women
,
and
Children
.
The
Seeds
look
like
an
Insect
,
o●
sort
of
flat
Worm
it self
,
and
is
spotted
like
a
Leopard
;
it
is
a
sort
of
a
Palma
Christi
,
it
resists
the
Putrefaction
of
Humours
,
and
Purgeth
the
Stomach
and
Bowels
,
and
drives
ou●
all
sorts
of
Verminous
Matter
by
Siege
,
which
cause
gnawing
Pains
in
the
Body
.
The
Deaths
of
more
People
is
owing
to
Worms
than
is
generally
supposed
,
for
they
cause
Vomiting
,
Loosness
,
Feavors
,
and
wha●
not
.
I
saw
an
Indian
Doctor
give
a
Medicin●
made
with
these
Seeds
,
which
expell'd
forty
Worms
at
one
time
.
Many
famous
Physitians
have
of
late
Year
in
their
Observations
taken
Notice
,
that
i●
most
Distempers
,
especially
Putrid
and
Malignant
Feavors
,
there
hath
very
much
〈◊〉
Worms
been
a
Cause
,
which
hath
made
them
prove
more
difficult
to
Cure
,
and
generall●
more
Mortal
;
and
a
Curious
Physitian
tells
the
World
,
that
with
the
help
of
Microscopes
he
had
discerned
in
his
Patients
Blood
,
and
sometimes
in
their
Urine
,
many
Animated
Vermicles
,
and
until
he
hath
applyed
himself
to
the
use
of
Worm-matick
Medicines
,
could
perform
no
Cures
;
but
upon
the
use
of
Medicines
against
Worms
,
he
quickly
perceived
an
Abatement
of
all
Feavourish
Symptons
.
I
knew
a
young
Gentlewoman
who
had
a
great
Pain
in
her
Head
,
much
Sickness
at
her
Stomach
,
a
very
pale
Countenance
,
want
of
Appetite
,
and
a
continual
Feavourish
Heat
,
and
sometimes
a
Chillness
in
her
Back
,
and
a
great
Faintness
.
Many
Means
I
applyed
to
mend
her
Blood
,
to
cleanse
her
Stomach
and
to
alter
the
Habit
of
her
Body
,
but
al●
in
vain
;
at
length
I
gave
her
this
Medicine
in
a
Decoction
of
Bitter
Herbs
,
about
twenty
Drops
at
a
time
every
New
and
Ful●
Moon
;
she
sometimes
took
it
in
good
Mum
and
now
and
then
in
Milk
,
with
Lavender
Cotton
boiled
in
it
,
she
voided
many
Worms
and
wonderfully
recover'd
.
A
Maid
Servant
who
had
a
gnawing
Pain
in
her
Stomach
and
Bowels
,
especially
being
Hungry
,
a
dry
Cough
,
a
Loathing
,
and
sometimes
Vomiting
and
Loosness
,
a
Symptomatical
Feavor
,
and
Sleep
often
disturbed
with
horrible
Dreams
,
starting
and
gnashing
of
Teeth
:
But
notwithstanding
all
these
formidable
Symptoms
,
I
gave
her
the
Tincture
of
these
Seeds
,
and
ordered
her
to
take
them
in
Wormwood-Wine
,
and
she
was
restored
to
a
perfect
State
of
Health
.
Many
young
Children
have
been
destroyed
by
Worms
,
because
they
would
not
take
bitter
unpleasant
Medicines
;
but
this
being
given
only
in
Drops
,
and
insensibly
conveyed
into
their
ordinary
Drink
,
hath
proved
very
successful
towards
the
Preservation
of
their
Lives
,
especially
when
Clysters
have
been
administer'd
made
with
Alloes
and
Worm●eeds
boiled
in
Ale
,
and
the
Belly
anointed
with
Oyl
of
Worms
.
I
knew
a
young
Gentlewoman
,
who
complaining
very
much
of
a
great
Pain
in
her
Stomach
,
especially
when
she
had
at
any
time
fasted
,
she
dying
very
suddenly
,
her
Brother
(
who
was
a
Physitian
)
caused
her
Body
to
be
opened
,
and
to
the
great
Wonder
of
the
Spectators
the
Worms
crawled
about
in
a
strange
manner
,
which
gave
abundant
satisfaction
as
to
the
Cause
of
her
Death
.
If
this
Medicine
had
been
known
sooner
,
the
Lives
of
thousands
might
have
been
saved
who
made
up
the
Numbers
in
your
Yearly
Bills
of
Mortality
at
London
.
FINIS
.