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         Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
      
       
         
           1695
        
      
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             Some observations made upon the herb cassiny imported from Carolina shewing its admirable virtues in curing the small pox / written by a physitian in the countrey to Esq. Boyle at London.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             1695.
          
           
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           Ilex vomitoria.
           Botany, Medical -- North Carolina.
        
      
    
     
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           HERB
           Cassiny
           ;
           Imported
           from
           CAROLINA
           :
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           VIRTUES
           in
           Curing
           the
           SMALL
           POX
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Physitian
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           
             Esq
          
           Boyle
           at
           London
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1695.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           HERB
           Cassiny
           :
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtues
           in
           Curing
           the
           SMALL
           POX
           .
           In
           a
           LETTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           sorry
           to
           hear
           that
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           is
           so
           rise
           at
           London
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           less
           Wonder
           to
           find
           you
           so
           Inquisitive
           after
           a
           good
           Specifick
           Remedy
           in
           that
           Distemper
           :
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           I
           know
           no
           better
           Medicine
           in
           that
           Case
           than
           
           the
           Famous
           Carolina
           Herb
           called
           Cassiny
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           abundance
           of
           Persons
           now
           Dye
           of
           the
           Small
           Pox
           in
           our
           Town
           and
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           I
           attribute
           it
           very
           much
           to
           ill
           Management
           of
           Nurses
           and
           Ignorant
           People
           ,
           who
           give
           many
           hot
           Medicines
           ,
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           driving
           out
           ,
           as
           Sack
           ,
           and
           Saffron
           ,
           and
           Mithridate
           ,
           and
           Venice
           Treacle
           ;
           by
           this
           means
           they
           fire
           the
           Blood
           into
           a
           Feavor
           ,
           and
           that
           kills
           them
           .
           I
           only
           give
           a
           few
           Drops
           of
           the
           Tincture
           of
           this
           temperate
           Herb
           in
           Water-gruel
           ,
           or
           in
           Panado
           ,
           or
           Posset-drink
           ,
           and
           do
           nothing
           else
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           but
           leave
           it
           to
           Nature
           ,
           and
           I
           find
           better
           Success
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           had
           many
           in
           one
           Family
           down
           at
           one
           time
           of
           this
           loathsome
           Distemper
           ,
           and
           all
           recover'd
           with
           this
           Method
           ;
           but
           if
           any
           desire
           to
           dye
           with
           more
           pompous
           Prescriptions
           ,
           much
           good
           may
           it
           do
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Medicines
           made
           of
           this
           Herb
           do
           not
           in
           the
           least
           heat
           the
           Blood
           ,
           but
           rather
           moderate
           and
           gently
           allay
           the
           violent
           Fermentation
           
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           too
           high
           ,
           and
           yet
           safely
           help
           the
           Expulsive
           Faculty
           if
           it
           be
           too
           weak
           .
           This
           Specifick
           keeps
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Head
           and
           Throat
           ,
           and
           secures
           the
           Lungs
           ,
           by
           helping
           Expectoration
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           often
           observed
           ,
           that
           the
           slower
           they
           are
           in
           coming
           forth
           ,
           the
           more
           dangerous
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Salivation
           or
           Spitting
           ceaseth
           before
           the
           eleventh
           Day
           ,
           especially
           in
           a
           Flux
           Pox
           ,
           there
           is
           then
           much
           more
           reason
           to
           fear
           the
           Patients
           being
           poysoned
           by
           the
           return
           of
           the
           purulent
           Matter
           inwards
           :
           And
           yet
           in
           this
           extream
           hazard
           the
           Tincture
           of
           this
           Herb
           in
           Small
           Beer
           ,
           and
           some
           times
           in
           Tare
           Broath
           ,
           hath
           saved
           the
           Lives
           of
           many
           .
        
         
           I
           being
           once
           sent
           for
           to
           a
           Boarding-School
           ,
           where
           several
           young
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           who
           highly
           valued
           their
           Beauty
           ,
           were
           surprized
           with
           the
           Small
           Pox
           ,
           I
           only
           gave
           them
           the
           Drops
           drawn
           out
           of
           this
           Herb
           in
           all
           their
           liquid
           Aliment
           ,
           as
           Water-gruel
           ,
           and
           Posset-drink
           ,
           and
           Small
           Beer
           ,
           and
           caused
           them
           to
           keep
           their
           Faces
           cover'd
           with
           their
           Masks
           all
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           they
           
           recover'd
           ,
           and
           preserv'd
           their
           Complections
           .
        
         
           I
           remember
           that
           an
           Eminent
           Physitian
           of
           London
           told
           me
           an
           extraordinary
           Case
           of
           a
           Court
           Lady
           of
           great
           Beauty
           ,
           a
           Patient
           of
           his
           ,
           who
           was
           much
           afflicted
           at
           the
           Death
           of
           many
           who
           dyed
           of
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           ,
           and
           he
           was
           resolved
           to
           try
           a
           contrary
           Method
           to
           what
           had
           been
           taken
           with
           those
           ,
           he
           kept
           her
           moderately
           warm
           cover'd
           with
           Scarlet
           Blankets
           ,
           omitted
           Bleeding
           ,
           and
           caused
           her
           to
           take
           no
           more
           Nourishment
           than
           would
           keep
           her
           from
           starving
           ;
           her
           Drink
           was
           Posset-drink
           ,
           with
           Figgs
           in
           it
           ;
           her
           Food
           only
           Bread
           and
           Water
           boyl'd
           together
           ,
           with
           seven
           Drops
           of
           this
           Specifick
           which
           came
           out
           of
           Carlina
           ;
           he
           caused
           a
           live
           Sheep
           to
           be
           kept
           in
           the
           Chamber
           all
           the
           time
           of
           her
           Illness
           ,
           to
           draw
           away
           the
           malignity
           ;
           the
           Sheep
           dyed
           ,
           but
           the
           Lady
           recover'd
           ,
           although
           it
           was
           a
           very
           unkindly
           sort
           ,
           which
           much
           threaten'd
           her
           Life
           ;
           the
           Dr.
           told
           me
           he
           durst
           never
           give
           her
           any
           Opiate
           Medicine
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           stop
           her
           Spitting
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           most
           proper
           way
           of
           Evacuation
           in
           all
           sorts
           of
           Poxes
           ,
           both
           great
           and
           small
           .
        
         
         
           The
           Virtues
           of
           this
           excellent
           Plant
           are
           at
           large
           mentioned
           in
           an
           Account
           of
           Carolina
           ,
           and
           also
           in
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             West
             Indies
          
           ,
           a
           Latine
           Book
           written
           by
           
             John
             Delait
          
           of
           Antwerp
           ,
           many
           Years
           since
           ,
           who
           tells
           us
           that
           it
           's
           an
           Admirable
           Dioretick
           ,
           it
           also
           greatly
           corroborates
           Nature
           ,
           and
           helps
           her
           to
           cast
           off
           whatever
           is
           offensive
           to
           the
           Animal
           and
           Vital
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           also
           it
           promotes
           genuine
           easie
           Sweats
           ,
           and
           mild
           friendly
           transpirations
           ,
           preserving
           the
           Mind
           serene
           ,
           and
           the
           Body
           active
           and
           lively
           a
           long
           while
           after
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           Nourishment
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           Persons
           of
           great
           Quality
           are
           permitted
           to
           use
           this
           Noble
           Beverage
           ,
           which
           they
           drink
           as
           we
           do
           Tea
           and
           Coffee
           .
        
         
           Purchas
           in
           his
           Pilgrimage
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           at
           Florida
           ,
           now
           called
           Carolina
           ,
           they
           live
           to
           a
           very
           great
           Age
           ,
           and
           speaks
           of
           one
           of
           their
           Kings
           who
           was
           three
           Hundred
           years
           old
           ;
           and
           whenever
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           that
           Countrey
           meet
           with
           Mournful
           Accidents
           ,
           or
           Subjects
           of
           Lamentation
           ,
           they
           drink
           Cassiny
           to
           chear
           their
           Hearts
           .
        
         
         
           A
           famous
           Sea-Chyrurgeon
           who
           came
           from
           those
           Parts
           ,
           had
           most
           of
           his
           Ships
           Passengers
           taken
           sick
           of
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           ,
           and
           recover'd
           them
           with
           Medicines
           made
           with
           this
           Herb.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           so
           great
           an
           Opinion
           of
           this
           Plant
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           an
           Only
           Child
           who
           had
           the
           
             Small
             Pox
          
           ,
           I
           would
           give
           him
           the
           Tincture
           of
           it
           in
           all
           his
           Drink
           ,
           and
           depend
           upon
           it
           under
           God
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           I
           would
           upon
           the
           
             Peruvian
             Bark
          
           in
           a
           Quartan
           Ague
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
  

