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             A short discourse on the rise, nature, and management of the small-pox, and all putrid fevers occasioned by the death of our late incomparable queen : together with a philosophical account of an excellent remedy for these and many other diseases / by T. Byfield ...
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           A
           Short
           DISCOURSE
           Of
           the
           Rise
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Management
           OF
           THE
           Small-POX
           ,
           And
           all
           Putrid
           FEVERS
           .
        
         
           Occasioned
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           our
           Late
           
             Incomparable
             QUEEN
          
           .
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           Philosophical
           Account
           of
           an
           Excellent
           REMEDY
           for
           these
           and
           many
           other
           Diseases
           .
        
         
           By
           T.
           Byfield
           ,
           M.
           D.
           
             and
             Fellow
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physitians
             in
          
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Harris
          
           at
           the
           Harrow
           in
           the
           Poultry
           .
           MDCXCV
           .
        
         
           Price
           Six
           Pence
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           DISCOURSE
           Of
           the
           Small-Pox
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           OUR
           late
           
             Universal
             Loss
          
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           given
           opportunity
           to
           many
           Reverend
           ,
           Learned
           and
           Ingenious
           Persons
           to
           oblige
           the
           World
           with
           the
           just
           Character
           of
           this
           Great
           and
           Good
           PRINCESS
           ,
           than
           whom
           ,
           these
           Nations
           in
           many
           Ages
           have
           not
           afforded
           a
           Nobler
           Subject
           :
           So
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           all
           those
           who
           are
           yet
           to
           run
           the
           Risque
           of
           this
           Distemper
           for
           their
           Lives
           ;
           that
           the
           lesser
           Barks
           may
           happily
           avoid
           those
           Rocks
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           
             Royal
             Soveraign
          
           was
           lost
           ,
           I
           shall
           with
           all
           plainness
           and
           brevity
           give
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Rise
           and
           Nature
           of
           the
           Small-Pox
           ,
           and
           all
           Putrid
           Feavers
           ,
           for
           if
           that
           be
           not
           throughly
           understood
           ,
           persons
           
           are
           liable
           to
           innumerable
           Errours
           and
           Mistakes
           ,
           which
           too
           oft
           (
           God
           knows
           )
           prove
           fatal
           to
           those
           they
           are
           concern'd
           about
           .
        
         
           I
           very
           well
           know
           what
           I
           have
           to
           say
           is
           unusual
           ,
           but
           since
           it
           is
           most
           true
           ;
           for
           I
           take
           not
           these
           Notions
           on
           Trust
           but
           Tryal
           .
           I
           confess
           I
           can't
           but
           deeply
           regret
           the
           World
           was
           not
           better
           acquainted
           with
           what
           I
           now
           offer
           to
           their
           serious
           Consideration
           before
           the
           Glory
           of
           our
           Age
           was
           past
           receiving
           any
           Advantage
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           :
           The
           very
           Hypothesis
           of
           my
           Discourse
           is
           this
           ;
           That
           the
           Venom
           of
           these
           Distempers
           is
           of
           a
           Sulphureous
           and
           Viscous
           Nature
           ,
           and
           being
           so
           ,
           there
           is
           but
           one
           way
           to
           Expel
           or
           overcome
           it
           ;
           all
           other
           Experiments
           being
           not
           only
           altogether
           useless
           ,
           but
           highly
           injurious
           .
        
         
           Those
           that
           have
           taken
           the
           pains
           to
           enquire
           into
           the
           Causes
           of
           things
           ,
           have
           found
           that
           Sulphurs
           are
           both
           the
           Life
           and
           Venom
           of
           Bodies
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           Light
           ,
           so
           rarified
           that
           't
           is
           not
           perceptible
           ,
           but
           by
           its
           Effects
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           are
           these
           ,
           it
           Tinctures
           the
           Blood
           in
           which
           is
           its
           chief
           Residence
           ,
           it
           Irradiates
           and
           enlivens
           the
           whole
           Body
           ,
           every
           part
           of
           which
           is
           animated
           by
           it
           :
           If
           it
           be
           supprest
           ,
           Diseases
           prevail
           ;
           if
           assisted
           it
           has
           power
           sufficient
           to
           work
           them
           off
           ;
           if
           
           extinguisht
           ,
           Death
           necessarily
           and
           inevitably
           follows
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           the
           
             Animal
             Soul.
          
           
        
         
           The
           other
           Sulphureity
           is
           of
           a
           far
           different
           nature
           ,
           the
           Matter
           out
           of
           which
           all
           
             Fiery
             Diseases
          
           are
           shap't
           ;
           't
           is
           
             Crude
             ,
             Viscous
             ,
             Corrosive
          
           and
           Malign
           ;
           yet
           Nature
           deals
           well
           enough
           with
           it
           ,
           throwing
           it
           off
           continually
           by
           her
           proper
           Passages
           ;
           till
           by
           some
           accident
           or
           other
           they
           are
           obstructed
           ,
           being
           pent
           up
           it
           returns
           ,
           and
           being
           a
           more
           materiated
           Fire
           ,
           feeds
           on
           the
           gross
           indigested
           humours
           ,
           assimilating
           to
           its
           likeness
           whatever
           it
           lays
           hold
           on
           ,
           and
           thus
           it
           grows
           more
           Corporeal
           ,
           Dense
           ,
           and
           a
           potent
           Venom
           ;
           insinuating
           its
           Contra-natural
           Heat
           into
           the
           whole
           Mass
           of
           Blood
           ,
           which
           is
           thereby
           immediately
           inflam'd
           and
           corrupted
           :
           And
           according
           to
           the
           quantity
           and
           Venemous
           quality
           of
           this
           unnatural
           Fire
           ,
           the
           Distemper
           terminates
           in
           a
           Fever
           less
           or
           more
           Malignant
           ;
           or
           in
           
             Small-Pox
             ,
             Measles
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           keep
           House
           with
           this
           Guest
           ,
           there
           arises
           a
           terrible
           Contention
           ;
           and
           since
           on
           the
           decision
           of
           this
           Quarrel
           no
           less
           than
           Life
           depends
           ,
           a
           Fundamental
           Knowlege
           is
           here
           most
           necessary
           ,
           not
           only
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           Cause
           ;
           since
           it
           produces
           a
           clear
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           a
           certainty
           in
           Practice
           :
           
           Whereas
           when
           People
           Act
           in
           the
           dark
           they
           are
           always
           at
           a
           loss
           ,
           and
           know
           not
           to
           what
           they
           owe
           the
           success
           or
           misfortune
           that
           befals
           'em
           :
           But
           trying
           many
           Experiments
           the
           poor
           Patients
           oftimes
           ,
           as
           their
           last
           Refuge
           ,
           are
           forc't
           into
           the
           cold
           Arms
           of
           Death
           ,
           the
           only
           shelter
           from
           so
           many
           Calamities
           .
        
         
           To
           my
           Purpose
           ;
           this
           Venom
           being
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           Sulphureous
           and
           Viscous
           ,
           't
           is
           further
           requisite
           to
           know
           the
           Nature
           of
           this
           Sulphureous
           Viscosity
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           easie
           to
           deal
           with
           what
           we
           understand
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           few
           Words
           ,
           the
           Nature
           of
           such
           Bodies
           is
           at
           first
           to
           ascend
           in
           the
           form
           of
           a
           light
           and
           thin
           Vapour
           ,
           which
           unduly
           detain'd
           grows
           more
           ponderous
           ,
           gross
           and
           corporal
           ,
           and
           then
           most
           difficult
           to
           be
           expel'd
           ,
           till
           by
           some
           inward
           Agent
           it
           be
           again
           rarified
           into
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Vapour
           .
           And
           this
           Task
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           only
           is
           able
           to
           perform
           :
           Tho'
           at
           present
           ,
           being
           overpower'd
           by
           these
           Sulphureous
           Mists
           and
           Fogs
           ,
           it
           likes
           lie
           the
           Sun
           behind
           a
           thick
           Cloud
           unable
           to
           expand
           its
           Beams
           :
           But
           when
           it
           receives
           auxilliary
           Force
           by
           proper
           Cordials
           of
           a
           temperate
           and
           lively
           Nature
           ,
           with
           ease
           it
           drives
           out
           this
           Intruder
           ,
           and
           restores
           the
           Body
           to
           its
           former
           Vigour
           and
           strength
           .
           For
           do
           
           not
           mistake
           ,
           and
           think
           that
           Cordials
           alone
           do
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           impossible
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           reason
           why
           compassionate
           Ladies
           ,
           Nurses
           and
           old
           Women
           ,
           whom
           Experience
           only
           makes
           Wise
           ,
           often
           serve
           the
           Intention
           of
           Nature
           by
           promoting
           her
           Design
           ,
           tho'
           by
           plain
           and
           Ordinary
           Means
           ,
           which
           refresh
           the
           Animal
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           enable
           them
           to
           go
           through
           their
           Task
           .
           Yet
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           in
           Cordials
           and
           things
           of
           that
           Nature
           given
           in
           this
           case
           ;
           for
           that
           only
           is
           a
           true
           Medicine
           which
           is
           so
           qualified
           that
           it
           chears
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           expels
           the
           Distemper
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           abates
           the
           Fever
           ;
           nay
           carries
           off
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Malignity
           insensibly
           through
           the
           Pores
           ,
           which
           would
           have
           turn'd
           to
           Small-Pox
           ,
           and
           tho'
           not
           an
           Opiate
           ,
           gives
           an
           Enjoyment
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           that
           feel
           it
           .
           And
           as
           Opiates
           always
           make
           dull
           ,
           stupid
           and
           Stomach
           sick
           ;
           so
           this
           makes
           brisk
           ,
           lively
           and
           cheerful
           ;
           and
           yet
           when
           the
           time
           of
           rest
           comes
           ,
           causes
           the
           Sleep
           to
           be
           sound
           and
           sweet
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           'm
           oblig'd
           to
           show
           the
           uselessness
           and
           danger
           of
           other
           Methods
           :
           And
           since
           Bleeding
           is
           the
           first
           thing
           commonly
           prescrib'd
           ,
           I
           shall
           begin
           with
           that
           ,
           and
           do
           solemnly
           protest
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Distemper
           there
           is
           no
           more
           occasion
           for
           a
           Chyrurgion
           than
           there
           is
           for
           
           a
           Bone-setter
           ;
           nor
           is
           it
           only
           useless
           ,
           but
           highly
           dangerous
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           Blood
           is
           in
           a
           great
           Ferment
           in
           order
           to
           throw
           off
           what
           ever
           is
           obnoxious
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           to
           let
           any
           of
           it
           out
           ,
           is
           as
           if
           we
           should
           do
           so
           to
           Liquors
           in
           Fermentation
           ,
           which
           every
           Body
           knows
           would
           hinder
           their
           Working
           over
           ;
           to
           which
           there
           is
           required
           a
           fullness
           .
        
         
           To
           fat
           People
           't
           is
           more
           pernicious
           ,
           their
           Natures
           are
           not
           so
           fiery
           ,
           but
           more
           apt
           to
           receive
           a
           check
           ,
           and
           have
           the
           Venom
           congeal'd
           before
           it
           reaches
           the
           Superficies
           ;
           To
           lean
           hotter
           Constitutions
           't
           is
           less
           dangerous
           ,
           tho'
           safe
           for
           neither
           .
           No
           fear
           People
           should
           burst
           or
           dye
           for
           want
           of
           outlets
           ,
           every
           Pore
           will
           prove
           a
           Portal
           wide
           enough
           ,
           when
           the
           Matter
           is
           sufficiently
           rarified
           from
           within
           :
           But
           when
           the
           Blood
           is
           let
           out
           the
           empty
           space
           is
           immediatly
           fill'd
           (
           for
           Nature
           admits
           no
           vacuum
           )
           with
           a
           cool
           thin
           Air
           ,
           which
           causes
           this
           Vapour
           that
           is
           of
           a
           heavier
           Nature
           to
           flat
           ;
           sink
           ,
           and
           fall
           back
           on
           the
           Vitals
           ,
           of
           which
           an
           undeniable
           Proof
           is
           the
           depression
           of
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           sick
           Qualms
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           if
           immediate
           relief
           be
           not
           given
           .
           Nor
           is
           this
           all
           ,
           for
           the
           Blood
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           being
           the
           very
           Mansion
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           the
           Scripture
           it self
           bears
           Witness
           ,
           you
           part
           with
           your
           dearest
           Friend
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           expelling
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           which
           yet
           you
           can
           never
           
           do
           this
           way
           ,
           tho'
           you
           should
           draw
           it
           half
           out
           ;
           no
           more
           than
           you
           can
           fine
           thick
           muddy
           Liquors
           by
           such
           unlikely
           Experiments
           ;
           For
           what
           's
           left
           is
           as
           bad
           still
           .
           But
           we
           daily
           see
           when
           by
           a
           lively
           Principle
           within
           they
           have
           work't
           out
           and
           thrown
           off
           all
           that
           is
           of
           a
           contrary
           Nature
           ,
           they
           fine
           and
           grow
           clear
           ,
           without
           any
           more
           adoe
           ,
           and
           then
           are
           at
           rest
           ,
           as
           all
           Agents
           are
           when
           they
           have
           attained
           their
           end
           .
        
         
           Another
           common
           Practice
           is
           Blistering
           and
           Sweating
           ,
           which
           tho'
           not
           quite
           so
           bad
           ,
           are
           yet
           without
           use
           ,
           but
           not
           without
           danger
           .
           For
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           draw
           out
           inward
           fiery
           Venoms
           (
           unless
           they
           were
           beforehand
           mounted
           near
           the
           Skin
           )
           by
           an
           outward
           Application
           ,
           which
           only
           attracts
           Watry
           Substances
           :
           So
           considering
           this
           Distemper
           as
           such
           ,
           a
           fiery
           Venom
           ,
           't
           is
           hereby
           depriv'd
           of
           the
           Moisture
           necessary
           for
           its
           Latitude
           and
           Allay
           ,
           in
           both
           which
           respects
           'tis
           of
           vast
           concern
           to
           keep
           it
           within
           ,
           that
           joining
           with
           the
           heat
           or
           unnatural
           fire
           ,
           they
           may
           between
           them
           from
           an
           Air
           ,
           and
           so
           rise
           with
           ease
           and
           safety
           to
           the
           Patient
           ;
           And
           being
           thus
           temper'd
           and
           allay'd
           they
           are
           generally
           of
           a
           large
           sort
           ,
           that
           don't
           leave
           deep
           Marks
           .
           Whereas
           ,
           were
           the
           the
           Moisture
           drawn
           off
           ,
           as
           the
           Heat
           wou'd
           grow
           violently
           intense
           ,
           so
           neither
           
           would
           it
           (
           without
           great
           force
           )
           breath
           out
           :
           But
           circulate
           and
           prey
           on
           all
           it
           finds
           within
           ,
           to
           the
           utter
           extinction
           of
           the
           Lamp
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           the
           general
           Incentive
           both
           to
           Blood-letting
           and
           Blistering
           ,
           is
           that
           the
           Fever
           is
           high
           ,
           and
           they
           fear
           it
           may
           get
           into
           the
           Head
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           of
           great
           use
           to
           prevent
           it
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           hinder
           such
           a
           number
           of
           Small-Pox
           from
           coming
           out
           .
        
         
           I
           grant
           indeed
           there
           is
           a
           likelyhood
           of
           these
           
             Sulphureous
             Fumes
          
           in
           their
           rising
           ,
           to
           get
           into
           the
           Head
           ,
           nay
           of
           making
           the
           Patient
           talk
           Idly
           too
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           of
           an
           intoxicating
           Nature
           ,
           but
           of
           no
           more
           Danger
           than
           the
           Fumes
           of
           Wine
           ,
           provided
           no
           Errour
           be
           committed
           to
           make
           them
           strike
           back
           .
           For
           when
           they
           come
           to
           the
           Superfices
           of
           the
           Skin
           ,
           the
           Watry
           and
           more
           Aerial
           Part
           ,
           which
           as
           a
           Vehicle
           helpt
           it
           thither
           ,
           easily
           passing
           through
           the
           Pores
           Wings
           away
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           being
           Sulphureous
           and
           gross
           ,
           receiving
           a
           check
           from
           the
           Air
           ,
           settles
           there
           in
           its
           own
           
             Fiery
             from
          
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Head
           is
           clear
           and
           settled
           ,
           the
           Spirits
           brisk
           and
           lively
           ,
           the
           Appetite
           pretty
           good
           ,
           and
           the
           Fever
           abated
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           other
           Advantage
           pretended
           of
           preserving
           a
           good
           Face
           ,
           I
           have
           more
           than
           once
           observ'd
           this
           :
           That
           when
           Physitians
           by
           Drawing-Blood
           ,
           
           or
           giving
           cooling
           things
           ,
           &c.
           have
           sunk
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           hinder'd
           the
           kindly
           coming
           out
           ,
           which
           is
           never
           so
           well
           as
           at
           Natures
           first
           attempt
           ,
           the
           Patient
           on
           the
           return
           of
           the
           Venom
           ,
           growing
           Heart-sick
           and
           opprest
           almost
           to
           Death
           ,
           to
           gain
           the
           Point
           they
           have
           lost
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           forc't
           to
           double
           their
           Files
           ,
           and
           heap
           Cordial
           upon
           Cordial
           ,
           which
           being
           Common
           Preparations
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           divested
           of
           their
           own
           unnatural
           heat
           ,
           as
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           have
           increased
           the
           Fever
           ,
           and
           drove
           out
           more
           than
           can
           well
           be
           maintained
           :
           And
           these
           Pit
           most
           ,
           are
           a
           very
           smal
           sort
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           virulency
           and
           danger
           .
           Because
           Nature
           now
           having
           done
           her
           utmost
           ,
           if
           she
           be
           baffled
           once
           more
           ,
           a
           thousand
           to
           one
           resigns
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           I
           may
           comprize
           all
           in
           few
           words
           ,
           whatever
           rebates
           ,
           drives
           back
           ,
           stupifies
           ,
           dejects
           ,
           overcools
           ,
           makes
           great
           discharges
           of
           any
           kind
           ;
           or
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           whatever
           over-heats
           ,
           drives
           out
           too
           forcibly
           ,
           and
           fires
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           is
           directly
           contrary
           to
           these
           Distempers
           ,
           which
           ought
           so
           to
           be
           manag'd
           ,
           that
           the
           Natural
           ,
           not
           Unnatural
           Heat
           be
           assisted
           ,
           the
           former
           being
           the
           very
           Agent
           that
           must
           do
           the
           Work
           ;
           which
           if
           allow'd
           :
           A
           Medicine
           rightly
           qualifi'd
           ought
           to
           have
           these
           properties
           ;
           That
           it
           be
           stript
           of
           all
           false
           fire
           ,
           which
           
           would
           assist
           and
           heighten
           the
           Distemper
           .
           That
           instead
           thereof
           it
           be
           plentifully
           furnisht
           with
           the
           Salubrious
           Principles
           of
           Life
           and
           Sanity
           ,
           readily
           joyning
           in
           this
           extremity
           with
           that
           
             Vital
             Spark
          
           within
           us
           ;
           That
           it
           be
           of
           Ability
           to
           clear
           the
           first
           passages
           insensibly
           in
           the
           Operation
           ;
           yet
           most
           sensibly
           in
           the
           Effect
           :
           For
           this
           is
           no
           time
           for
           Violent
           Means
           :
           That
           it
           likewise
           be
           endow'd
           with
           a
           Power
           to
           compose
           and
           quiet
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           by
           bringing
           to
           equality
           and
           unity
           the
           Principles
           which
           are
           at
           Variance
           :
           And
           not
           as
           Opiats
           (
           which
           stupifying
           the
           Senses
           for
           a
           while
           )
           detain
           and
           tye
           down
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           Spirits
           ,
           but
           the
           Distemper
           ,
           hindring
           its
           going
           off
           in
           its
           proper
           season
           ,
           and
           Nature
           from
           assisting
           ;
           so
           that
           when
           its
           Somniferous
           Virtue
           is
           spent
           ,
           you
           find
           you
           have
           lost
           time
           ,
           the
           Patient
           only
           growing
           sensibly
           weaker
           ,
           but
           the
           Distemper
           remaining
           in
           its
           full
           Vigor
           and
           more
           Fatal
           .
           )
           And
           that
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           by
           its
           innate
           Virtue
           (
           with
           God's
           blessing
           )
           it
           can
           bring
           you
           safe
           thro'
           this
           dangerous
           Disease
           to
           your
           desir'd
           Health
           ,
           and
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           Strength
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Medicine
           is
           the
           Panacea
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           following
           Discourse
           Treats
           .
        
         
           
           
             Some
             Account
             of
             a
             Universal
             Remedy
             .
          
           
             THE
             Contemplation
             of
             Man's
             Body
             (
             tho'
             Dead
             )
             in
             its
             wonderful
             Structure
             by
             Anatomical
             Display
             is
             a
             curious
             View
             :
             But
             the
             consideration
             of
             him
             alive
             in
             his
             vital
             Form
             and
             Spring
             of
             Action
             enlivening
             the
             whole
             ,
             is
             a
             more
             Elegant
             Review
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             to
             my
             purpose
             at
             present
             to
             behold
             him
             inform'd
             with
             the
             principle
             of
             Coelestial
             Fire
             ,
             enkindling
             vital
             Airs
             ,
             and
             stretching
             'em
             thro'
             the
             whole
             Circumference
             ,
             promoting
             thereby
             an
             animal
             Nourishing
             Heat
             to
             every
             Organ
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             by
             a
             Magnetick
             Love
             ,
             panting
             after
             the
             Universal
             Breath
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             sucking
             thro'
             the
             Medium
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             a
             continued
             Reparation
             of
             Enlivening
             Beams
             to
             his
             
               Central
               Spirit
            
             ,
             from
             the
             Fountain
             of
             Life
             and
             Form
             ,
             the
             Sun.
             
          
           
             Having
             thus
             United
             the
             Lesser
             to
             the
             greater
             World
             ,
             by
             joyning
             breath
             to
             breath
             ,
             my
             design
             is
             to
             shew
             how
             this
             inbred
             Fire
             is
             maintain'd
             ,
             may
             be
             enlarg'd
             ,
             and
             when
             perverted
             and
             wrought
             into
             a
             destructive
             Heat
             and
             Fire
             against
             Nature
             ,
             by
             Art
             ,
             may
             be
             reclaim'd
             to
             an
             Oleose
             ,
             Soft
             ,
             Nourishing
             Heat
             ,
             from
             its
             harsh
             ,
             inrag'd
             consuming
             Fire
             .
          
           
           
             But
             before
             I
             proceed
             ,
             I
             must
             take
             care
             to
             keep
             under
             the
             warm
             influences
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             and
             regard
             him
             as
             the
             common
             Parent
             of
             us
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             Soul
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             a
             Globe
             of
             Central
             Sulphur
             Gloriously
             Illuminating
             dark
             and
             shady
             Bodies
             (
             I
             had
             almost
             aid
             Understandings
             too
             )
             whose
             Masculine
             Principle
             ,
             endow'd
             with
             an
             hidden
             Fecundity
             bestows
             quickening
             Virtues
             on
             all
             the
             scatter'd
             Natures
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             whereby
             numberless
             Efficacies
             and
             vital
             Breathings
             are
             convey'd
             thro'
             Spiritual
             Channels
             ,
             for
             the
             avoiding
             Corruption
             ,
             and
             replenishing
             them
             with
             Light
             ,
             Adequate
             to
             that
             Tincture
             of
             Light
             which
             powerfully
             informs
             mixt
             Bodies
             :
             So
             that
             He
             may
             truly
             be
             call'd
             the
             Heart
             of
             the
             Universe
             ,
             deriving
             Life
             to
             all
             parts
             ,
             and
             impregnating
             decaying
             Nature
             with
             new
             Vitality
             .
          
           
             This
             Magazeen
             of
             the
             Empyrean
             Heaven
             ,
             where
             the
             Light
             first
             seiz'd
             upon
             matter
             ,
             fills
             with
             Light
             and
             Life
             ,
             the
             soft
             and
             yeilding
             Natures
             of
             the
             Air
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             suppos'd
             a
             nothing
             ,
             or
             an
             empty
             space
             ,
             but
             an
             Essential
             Body
             of
             its
             own
             ,
             admitting
             of
             great
             Powers
             and
             Virtues
             ,
             where
             the
             matter
             is
             swallow'd
             up
             by
             its
             Form
             ,
             and
             Translated
             into
             a
             Nature
             almost
             Spiritual
             .
             For
             where
             Form
             and
             Matter
             meet
             in
             equal
             poise
             or
             just
             Equality
             ,
             
             the
             matter
             's
             rescu'd
             from
             all
             Blemishes
             and
             Accidents
             ,
             and
             freed
             in
             a
             wonderful
             manner
             from
             Infection
             and
             Corruption
             .
          
           
             The
             Air
             thus
             richly
             stor'd
             with
             beams
             of
             Life
             and
             Universal
             Sperm
             supplies
             the
             various
             kinds
             of
             being
             on
             the
             Earth
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             strength
             of
             their
             Specifick
             Magnets
             .
             And
             it
             does
             so
             superabound
             in
             Principles
             ,
             they
             cannot
             take
             em
             off
             her
             hands
             ,
             and
             she
             so
             lusts
             to
             be
             Imbodied
             ,
             that
             where
             there
             's
             an
             aptness
             to
             Congelation
             ,
             she
             'll
             strike
             the
             form
             of
             her
             
               Spiritual
               Essence
            
             :
             As
             I
             have
             strictly
             observ'd
             the
             Rime
             in
             an
             Hoar-Frosty
             Morn
             exactly
             shot
             into
             Stiria
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Signatures
             of
             abounding
             Volatiles
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             't
             is
             time
             to
             derive
             this
             flowing
             Bounty
             to
             the
             Sons
             of
             Men
             ,
             who
             lift
             up
             their
             Heads
             to
             Heaven
             for
             Life
             and
             Breath
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             well
             they
             may
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             not
             where
             else
             they
             'l
             feed
             their
             vital
             Flame
             :
             Since
             nothing
             more
             humours
             the
             
               Tincture
               of
               Life
            
             in
             Man
             ,
             or
             his
             animal
             Fire
             ,
             than
             the
             Nutritive
             beams
             from
             the
             Sun.
             
          
           
             For
             that
             Spark
             of
             Original
             Sulphur
             which
             transmutes
             into
             Redness
             ,
             the
             Mass
             of
             Blood
             is
             the
             Spring
             of
             Natural
             Fire
             and
             radical
             Moisture
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             in
             the
             little
             World
             ,
             Man
             ;
             discenter'd
             from
             
             the
             great
             Luminary
             :
             But
             held
             in
             Life
             by
             the
             intercourse
             of
             large
             Breathings
             ,
             whereby
             he
             repairs
             his
             Store
             from
             that
             inexhausted
             Fountain
             .
          
           
             In
             vain
             then
             shall
             I
             look
             for
             a
             fit
             Remedy
             amidst
             the
             Domestick
             or
             Exotick
             Drugs
             for
             Man.
             By
             Food
             he
             may
             ,
             and
             must
             supply
             a
             
               Faecunda
               Terra
            
             ,
             but
             this
             is
             but
             dunging
             the
             Ground
             ,
             by
             Respiration
             he
             must
             support
             his
             
               Vital
               Air.
            
             
          
           
             Having
             thus
             pointed
             out
             the
             Noblest
             Principle
             of
             Life
             in
             Man
             ,
             I
             wou'd
             give
             a
             little
             aim
             at
             a
             suitable
             Medicine
             adequate
             thereto
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             apt
             to
             repair
             and
             set
             him
             right
             when
             decay'd
             or
             over-power'd
             ;
             and
             of
             such
             a
             Nature
             are
             the
             undetermin'd
             Sulphureous
             Sparks
             of
             the
             Universe
             collected
             at
             certain
             Seasons
             of
             the
             year
             ,
             when
             the
             Air
             is
             richly
             impregnated
             :
             but
             the
             manner
             of
             attracting
             ,
             and
             further
             knowledg
             of
             what
             is
             taken
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Artful
             handling
             of
             the
             matter
             are
             too
             curious
             and
             troublesome
             Niceties
             .
             For
             who
             wou'd
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             reunite
             Atoms
             ,
             and
             consult
             the
             Poise
             so
             strictly
             in
             the
             cotempering
             of
             Principles
             ,
             as
             just
             to
             give
             the
             Dominion
             to
             a
             living
             Sulphur
             :
             but
             such
             a
             temperament
             obtain'd
             becomes
             a
             Medicine
             Spiritually
             fixt
             ,
             and
             a
             noble
             Preservative
             against
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Diseases
             ,
             and
             its
             consequent
             Materiation
             by
             contact
             with
             material
             
             Thus
             our
             internal
             Air
             maintain'd
             (
             by
             Art
             upon
             Nature
             )
             free
             from
             disturbance
             or
             Venoms
             ,
             is
             always
             salubrious
             and
             pleasant
             .
          
           
             It
             plain
             enough
             appears
             ,
             that
             the
             truest
             Medicine
             for
             the
             Life
             of
             Man
             is
             a
             well
             exalted
             
               Sulphur
               ▪
            
             whereby
             it
             becomes
             Spiritualiz'd
             ,
             not
             
             Volatiliz'd
             .
             But
             betwixt
             these
             two
             words
             lies
             seven
             years
             labour
             ,
             with
             brains
             too
             .
             'T
             is
             sufficient
             then
             to
             
               suggest
               the
               Nature
               of
               it
            
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             appear
             at
             least
             harmless
             .
          
           
             Since
             I
             assum'd
             this
             Notion
             of
             Sulphur
             ,
             as
             the
             most
             Essential
             Principle
             of
             Life
             ,
             I
             have
             revolv'd
             again
             and
             again
             the
             most
             powerful
             Specifick
             Sulphurs
             ,
             especially
             those
             of
             the
             Mineral
             Nature
             ,
             which
             are
             difficulty
             enough
             obtain'd
             in
             Purity
             ,
             and
             notwithstanding
             Art
             ,
             they
             will
             retain
             some
             Portion
             of
             
               their
               Specifick
               Venoms
            
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             to
             be
             destroy'd
             but
             by
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             Species
             :
             So
             strongly
             is
             Nature
             determin'd
             to
             the
             preservation
             of
             her
             Kind
             .
             I
             could
             Instance
             in
             many
             of
             'em
             that
             retain
             very
             
               Churlish
               Qualities
            
             after
             all
             the
             pretended
             Art
             about
             them
             ,
             such
             as
             
               Vomiting
               ,
               Purging
               ,
               Sweating
            
             ,
             &c.
             meerly
             as
             Venemous
             to
             our
             Bodies
             ,
             tho
             they
             are
             banter'd
             off
             ,
             as
             
               having
               a
               Contest
               only
               with
               Offending
               Humours
               .
            
             I
             have
             us'd
             'em
             in
             my
             Practice
             ,
             and
             know
             as
             well
             what
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             can
             do
             ,
             as
             another
             .
          
           
           
             After
             abundance
             of
             Experiments
             and
             Tryals
             ,
             for
             the
             
               attaining
               of
               Noble
               Pleasant
               Medicines
            
             :
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             think
             my self
             not
             a
             little
             Fortunate
             in
             my
             
               Art
               of
               drawing
               down
            
             from
             
               the
               Sun
            
             and
             Air
             plenty
             of
             
               illuminated
               Sulphurs
            
             ,
             and
             in
             my
             Skill
             of
             
               ordering
               'em
            
             so
             as
             to
             result
             in
             the
             most
             effectual
             and
             pleasant
             Remedy
             ;
             which
             is
             
               Preservative
               ,
               Curative
            
             and
             Restorative
             ,
             able
             at
             once
             to
             season
             the
             whole
             Fountain
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             cleanse
             it self
             and
             all
             its
             streams
             .
             Far
             unlike
             to
             
               other
               Medicines
            
             ,
             which
             are
             reputed
             Good
             for
             some
             
               One
               Disease
            
             ,
             and
             that
             mistaken
             ,
             kill
             instead
             of
             cure
             .
             But
             
               this
               Medicine
            
             (
             dilated
             in
             an
             
               appropriate
               Vehicle
            
             ,
             )
             is
             render'd
             dispensable
             to
             all
             Persons
             ,
             under
             any
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             as
             salubrious
             as
             the
             most
             refin'd
             Air.
             And
             this
             I
             call
             my
             Panacea
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             abundantly
             more
             
               difficult
               to
               make
            
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             it
             appear
             to
             be
             of
             such
             General
             Use
             ,
             as
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Thing
             imports
             ,
             and
             the
             Experience
             of
             it
             can
             attest
             .
             But
             I
             'le
             not
             much
             concern
             my self
             
               to
               gain
               Proselytes
            
             .
             I
             would
             have
             it
             valu'd
             only
             at
             the
             
               Rate
               of
               its
               Real
               worth
            
             ,
             and
             my self
             
               not
               too
               much
               undervalu'd
            
             for
             being
             
               the
               Author
               of
               it
            
             .
          
           
             
               Universal
               Matter
            
             once
             obtain'd
             ,
             may
             be
             Reasonably
             
               thought
               productive
            
             of
             a
             
               Universal
               Remedy
            
             .
             Now
             no
             
               passive
               actuated
               matter
               is
               undetermin'd
            
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             
             already
             declar'd
             
               against
               Specificks
            
             ,
             and
             
               Dead
               Matter
            
             is
             not
             for
             my
             turn
             .
             The
             
               Living
               ,
               Permanent
               ,
               Active
               Matter
               of
               the
               World
            
             is
             my
             Subject
             ,
             which
             (
             after
             't
             is
             render'd
             fusible
             by
             Art
             )
             penetrates
             the
             very
             
               Center
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             bringing
             with
             it
             the
             Riches
             of
             Superiour
             Orbs
             ,
             Generously
             enriching
             Nature's
             Store
             with
             
               Beams
               of
               Life
            
             and
             
               Balmy
               Fire
            
             ,
             enlarging
             her
             
               Magnetick
               Virtue
            
             ;
             whereby
             she
             Vigorously
             attracts
             both
             Air
             and
             
               Common
               Food
            
             ,
             assimilating
             them
             to
             her
             wholsom
             Nature
             .
             Hereby
             tender
             
               Stamina
               Vitae
            
             become
             Robust
             ,
             the
             body
             haile
             and
             strong
             ,
             quick
             and
             bright
             ,
             able
             to
             dispel
             diseasie
             Forms
             ,
             and
             resist
             their
             first
             Attempts
             .
             For
             the
             due
             Feeding
             ,
             and
             Maintaining
             the
             Animal
             fire
             in
             its
             Resplendent
             Lustre
             ,
             at
             once
             forbids
             all
             Jars
             ,
             Discords
             ,
             False
             Fire
             ,
             &c.
             and
             gives
             a
             Free
             Enjoyment
             of
             the
             body
             in
             all
             its
             necessary
             and
             pleasant
             Actions
             .
          
           
             Truly
             to
             sweeten
             ,
             unite
             and
             strengthen
             the
             Mass
             of
             Blood
             ,
             is
             of
             huge
             Advantage
             :
             And
             't
             is
             not
             Vomiting
             ,
             Purging
             ,
             nor
             Steel
             ,
             nor
             Alkalisate
             Powders
             ,
             nor
             washing
             with
             Waters
             will
             do
             the
             Business
             :
             A
             Course
             of
             pure
             Air
             ,
             with
             Temperance
             ,
             bids
             fairer
             ,
             and
             many
             are
             relieved
             thereby
             .
          
           
           
             But
             to
             restore
             
               Essential
               Sulphur
            
             ,
             the
             Origin
             of
             the
             Tincture
             of
             the
             Blood
             ,
             and
             subdue
             fixt
             Salts
             ,
             inferring
             Corrosive
             Fires
             ,
             and
             renew
             and
             increase
             a
             sweet
             Vital
             Air
             ,
             is
             the
             Work
             rather
             of
             a
             Philosopher
             than
             a
             Phisician
             .
             For
             the
             doing
             of
             all
             which
             this
             Panacea
             is
             a
             Compleat
             Medicine
             ,
             altogether
             Philosophical
             ,
             and
             an
             entire
             Dispensatory
             .
          
           
             Having
             now
             Regal'd
             the
             Spirits
             with
             this
             lively
             Mellow
             Remedy
             ;
             from
             so
             good
             a
             stock
             we
             may
             derive
             fresh
             Vigour
             to
             the
             branches
             ,
             Plumpness
             to
             the
             whole
             ,
             and
             cause
             every
             part
             to
             rejoyce
             with
             'em
             ;
             for
             their
             Nourishment
             depends
             so
             much
             on
             a
             wholesome
             Fountain
             ,
             that
             Health
             or
             Diseases
             are
             communicated
             to
             'em
             according
             to
             the
             decay
             or
             strength
             ,
             Purity
             or
             Impurity
             of
             it
             .
             And
             what
             a
             
               Catalogue
               of
               Distempers
            
             is
             assign'd
             to
             the
             sundry
             
               Organs
               of
               the
               Body
            
             ,
             and
             Elaborate
             Methods
             and
             Medicines
             for
             their
             Cure
             ?
             When
             as
             a
             well
             inform'd
             
               Principle
               of
               Life
            
             ,
             benignly
             darts
             at
             once
             kind
             Rays
             throughout
             the
             whole
             ,
             assisting
             with
             proper
             Vigour
             the
             Faculties
             ,
             duely
             to
             separate
             what
             ought
             to
             be
             discharg'd
             through
             the
             cleansing
             Ducts
             ,
             and
             refine
             and
             purifie
             what
             should
             be
             retain'd
             .
          
           
           
             What
             need
             then
             is
             there
             to
             run
             out
             the
             Ordure
             by
             Violent
             Purgatives
             ,
             and
             the
             wholesome
             Juices
             too
             ,
             sharpened
             and
             envenom'd
             first
             by
             Physick
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Excoriation
             of
             Bowels
             ,
             and
             damage
             of
             the
             adjacent
             parts
             ?
             Many
             are
             mistaken
             in
             this
             Point
             ,
             and
             many
             take
             the
             Advantage
             of
             it
             .
             The
             blood
             is
             not
             at
             all
             purified
             thereby
             ,
             nor
             sweetened
             ;
             but
             often
             exasperated
             and
             fretted
             by
             such
             Contraries
             .
             Besides
             ,
             the
             bowels
             well
             fill'd
             keep
             out
             
               Wind
               ,
               Cholicks
               ,
               Gripes
               ,
               Twistings
               ,
            
             and
             many
             more
             Disorders
             :
             And
             what
             Hurt
             in
             the
             Congestion
             of
             wholesome
             Food
             ?
          
           
             It
             seems
             to
             be
             the
             design
             of
             Nature
             ,
             by
             the
             
               Length
               ,
               Windings
            
             and
             
               Position
               of
               the
               Guts
            
             in
             such
             order
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             due
             Retentions
             .
             
               Digestion
               in
               Dung
            
             we
             that
             experiment
             by
             Heats
             ,
             know
             to
             be
             the
             Truest
             and
             most
             Natural
             .
             The
             Scituation
             then
             of
             the
             Great
             Gut
             call'd
             Colon
             ,
             the
             last
             but
             one
             ,
             and
             the
             Amassment
             of
             the
             Feces
             in
             it
             ,
             lying
             under
             the
             
               Great
               Organs
            
             of
             
               Digestion
               and
               Separation
            
             ,
             shew
             that
             Nature
             had
             a
             design
             from
             that
             
               warm
               bed
            
             to
             comfort
             and
             assist
             the
             Neighbouring
             Viscera
             .
          
           
             For
             such
             as
             are
             always
             flurting
             and
             jerking
             their
             bowels
             with
             
               purging
               Physick
            
             ,
             less
             than
             one
             yard
             of
             
             a
             strait
             Gut
             (
             from
             the
             Pylorus
             to
             the
             Anus
             )
             had
             been
             better
             for
             them
             .
             Nevertheless
             ,
             I
             don't
             say
             ,
             but
             discreet
             Evacuations
             ,
             at
             some
             times
             ,
             are
             truely
             Necessary
             for
             some
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Drinking
               of
               Cleansing
               Waters
            
             ,
             in
             their
             Seasons
             ,
             as
             
               Epsom
               ,
               North-hall
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             Danger
             of
             
               Vomits
               ,
               Diaphoreticks
               ,
               Blisters
               ,
               Salivations
               ,
               improper
               Bleedings
               ,
               Opiates
               ,
               internal
               Stiptick
               Medicines
               ,
            
             &c.
             ought
             to
             be
             discover'd
             ;
             but
             I
             'le
             pass
             'em
             by
             at
             present
             ;
             for
             the
             
               very
               thoughts
               of
               'em
            
             Jar
             my
             Nerves
             .
          
           
             Since
             I
             can
             with
             this
             Remedy
             keep
             the
             stomach
             and
             bowels
             clean
             from
             
               Choler
               ,
               Flegm
            
             and
             Wind
             ,
             and
             make
             a
             quick
             and
             clean
             Digestion
             ,
             what
             needs
             
               Vomiting
               and
               Purging
            
             ?
             'T
             will
             cause
             a
             Generous
             Transpiration
             ;
             No
             occasion
             then
             to
             melt
             and
             waste
             the
             
               Nourishing
               Iuices
            
             with
             Provokers
             of
             Sweats
             ,
             sometimes
             to
             a
             Colliquation
             ,
             Faintness
             and
             Death
             .
             'T
             will
             cleanse
             and
             strengthen
             the
             Glands
             ,
             first
             separate
             flowing
             and
             unclean
             Serosities
             ,
             then
             keep
             'em
             Tite
             from
             an
             Overflowing
             :
             forbear
             to
             swell
             ,
             inflame
             and
             corrupt
             'em
             by
             Salivation
             with
             Mercury
             ;
             or
             to
             distort
             Nature
             by
             forcing
             a
             little
             water
             through
             the
             Skin
             with
             Blisters
             .
          
           
           
             And
             if
             this
             proves
             an
             Antiferment
             ,
             't
             will
             often
             save
             the
             Hazard
             of
             Bleeding
             in
             many
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             It
             helps
             to
             sound
             and
             undisturbed
             sleep
             ;
             No
             Use
             then
             of
             Opium
             .
             It
             reconciles
             great
             disorders
             ,
             and
             always
             is
             on
             Nature's
             side
             ;
             No
             need
             then
             of
             
               Iron
               Chains
            
             to
             bind
             an
             Enemy
             in
             your
             breast
             .
             While
             some
             lay
             on
             with
             
               Vomit
               ,
               Purge
               ,
               Blister
               ,
               Clyster
               ,
               Helter
               ,
               Skelter
               ,
               blowing
               up
               ,
               pulling
               down
               ,
            
             like
             the
             
               Insurancers
               from
               Fire
            
             ,
             I
             can
             deal
             with
             Life
             so
             subtily
             ,
             as
             to
             touch
             her
             to
             the
             quick
             ;
             yet
             so
             kindly
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             crying
             Oh!
             I
             sweetly
             feed
             her
             Vital
             Flame
             ,
             and
             give
             fresh
             Vigour
             to
             her
             Languishing
             or
             
               Fretted
               Spirits
            
             :
             And
             from
             a
             Rich
             Store-House
             derive
             'em
             strong
             and
             mellow
             to
             all
             the
             withering
             and
             enfeebled
             branches
             ,
             Reconciling
             Feuds
             and
             Quarrels
             by
             giving
             satisfaction
             to
             every
             disturb'd
             Member
             of
             the
             Body
             .
             All
             the
             Juices
             thus
             enrich'd
             ,
             are
             Supple
             ,
             Generous
             and
             Quick
             :
             All
             the
             parts
             supply'd
             with
             both
             are
             Agil
             ,
             Plump
             and
             Strong
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             been
             more
             than
             Twenty
             Years
             a
             Great
             Seeker
             of
             Medicines
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             at
             Great
             Expence
             every
             way
             about
             'em
             ,
             and
             have
             at
             any
             Rate
             possess'd
             my self
             of
             the
             Reputed
             Best
             .
             And
             I
             sincerely
             
             profess
             I
             slight
             'em
             all
             for
             this
             ,
             knowing
             it
             to
             be
             a
             Truth
             in
             Nature
             and
             Art
             ,
             and
             as
             great
             a
             Truth
             in
             Practice
             .
          
           
             The
             Height
             of
             common
             Chymistry
             is
             to
             mount
             a
             Volatile
             Salt
             ,
             that
             is
             quick
             ,
             pungent
             and
             fugitive
             .
             This
             Medicine
             is
             no
             such
             thing
             :
             But
             being
             greatly
             enricht
             with
             
               spiritual
               Sulphurs
            
             ,
             and
             retain'd
             by
             its
             
               own
               Magnet
            
             ,
             is
             
               permanent
               and
               fusible
            
             ,
             yet
             
               innocent
               and
               efficacious
            
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             
               the
               design'd
               Benefit
               of
               this
               Discourse
            
             may
             not
             be
             lost
             ,
             I
             must
             ,
             for
             the
             sake
             of
             some
             persons
             ,
             descend
             to
             particulars
             .
          
           
             To
             
               Declining
               Age
            
             ,
             when
             the
             Fire
             abates
             ,
             and
             Moisture
             ,
             Clouds
             and
             Cold
             Diseases
             prevail
             ,
             with
             the
             
               Decay
               of
               Organs
            
             by
             the
             Impoverishment
             of
             Spirits
             ,
             through
             their
             often
             Eclips'd
             and
             declining
             Sun
             :
             Nothing
             more
             aptly
             repairs
             the
             Central
             Fire
             and
             Radical
             Moisture
             ;
             whereby
             not
             only
             Diseases
             are
             dispers'd
             ,
             but
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             replenish'd
             with
             proper
             Nourishing
             Juices
             :
             So
             as
             to
             recover
             ,
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             Quickness
             and
             Strength
             of
             Parts
             ;
             at
             least
             to
             furnish
             'em
             with
             Good
             Appetite
             ,
             strong
             Digestion
             ,
             liberal
             Expulsion
             of
             Wind
             ,
             Large
             and
             Clean
             Breathings
             ,
             free
             from
             Clammy
             ,
             Tough
             Humours
             ;
             Clarity
             of
             Brain
             and
             Senses
             ,
             and
             an
             entire
             dissipation
             of
             the
             
             Winter
             Diseases
             .
             So
             that
             Prolongation
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             pleasant
             Enjoyment
             of
             it
             need
             not
             to
             be
             doubted
             ,
             since
             God
             gives
             means
             thereto
             .
             Therefore
             to
             be
             perswaded
             at
             Seventy
             to
             sit
             quietly
             down
             with
             the
             Common
             Wear
             and
             Tare
             of
             Nature
             is
             more
             than
             needs
             :
             For
             such
             hail
             Principles
             as
             could
             reach
             thither
             ,
             may
             with
             timely
             good
             Repair
             ,
             pass
             on
             I
             know
             not
             whither
             .
          
           
             To
             such
             as
             are
             coming
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             those
             that
             are
             going
             out
             ,
             and
             bring
             with
             them
             hereditary
             Diseases
             ,
             or
             an
             unthriving
             Nature
             ,
             't
             is
             of
             singular
             Advantage
             :
             For
             next
             to
             the
             benefit
             of
             being
             deriv'd
             from
             Parents
             of
             a
             sound
             and
             strong
             Constitution
             ,
             there
             is
             nothing
             more
             beneficial
             than
             to
             convey
             by
             their
             first
             Food
             Fundamental
             Principles
             of
             Health
             ,
             which
             may
             prove
             as
             lasting
             as
             their
             Lives
             .
             To
             be
             drank
             by
             the
             Nurses
             while
             the
             Children
             suck
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             a
             Compleat
             Medicine
             to
             such
             as
             have
             a
             general
             disorder
             ,
             or
             decay
             of
             body
             and
             spirits
             ,
             and
             know
             not
             where
             to
             lay
             the
             blame
             .
          
           
             For
             
               Consumptive
               Persons
            
             ,
             and
             those
             endangered
             by
             it
             ,
             aptly
             suits
             all
             their
             Complaints
             ,
             and
             needs
             no
             Second
             ,
             provided
             there
             be
             a
             proper
             Regimen
             ,
             and
             careful
             avoiding
             of
             injurious
             things
             .
             For
             in
             a
             Hectick
             the
             blood
             having
             suffered
             a
             
               great
               dissolution
               
               and
               separation
            
             ,
             the
             Spirits
             of
             it
             are
             turned
             into
             a
             kind
             of
             Wildfire
             ,
             which
             flies
             about
             ,
             and
             wanting
             allay
             ,
             burns
             and
             consumes
             a
             person
             almost
             to
             Nothing
             .
             Now
             this
             excellent
             Medicine
             here
             becomes
             a
             Peace-maker
             ,
             sweetly
             attracting
             back
             again
             (
             by
             Vertue
             of
             its
             Magnetick
             Quality
             )
             the
             dispersed
             Spirits
             ;
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             its
             likeness
             to
             the
             most
             constituent
             parts
             of
             the
             blood
             ,
             joyns
             it
             again
             ,
             and
             determines
             its
             Action
             within
             its
             own
             proper
             Sphere
             .
             And
             then
             all
             things
             go
             well
             ,
             and
             Symptoms
             disappear
             ▪
             Thus
             this
             Distemper
             ,
             commonly
             accounted
             incurable
             ,
             is
             forc'd
             to
             yeild
             the
             Victory
             to
             this
             salutiferous
             Remedy
             .
          
           
             In
             every
             
               Scorbutick
               Distemper
            
             't
             is
             very
             available
             ,
             and
             acts
             as
             variously
             as
             the
             Scorbutick
             Form
             is
             various
             ;
             for
             being
             a
             Medicine
             truly
             Natural
             ,
             Nature
             can
             use
             it
             any
             way
             to
             her
             own
             benefit
             .
             And
             it
             is
             so
             Fortunate
             ,
             that
             it
             cannot
             be
             taken
             to
             amend
             the
             blood
             ,
             but
             't
             will
             into
             the
             bargain
             communicate
             Health
             and
             Vigour
             to
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             the
             body
             .
          
           
             For
             Fevers
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             especially
             malignant
             ,
             't
             is
             incomparable
             .
             Whereas
             in
             the
             use
             of
             other
             Medicines
             ,
             these
             Distempers
             hold
             a
             considerable
             time
             ,
             with
             imminent
             danger
             ,
             and
             often
             end
             in
             Death
             ;
             I
             have
             many
             a
             time
             ,
             with
             great
             pleasure
             ,
             beheld
             ,
             
             this
             Noble
             Medicine
             surprising
             us
             with
             its
             admirable
             Effects
             ;
             taking
             off
             common
             Fevers
             in
             a
             few
             Days
             ;
             sometimes
             in
             24
             Hours
             totally
             .
             And
             as
             for
             
               malignant
               Fevers
            
             ,
             it
             secures
             the
             Vitals
             from
             being
             overcome
             by
             their
             Venom
             ;
             and
             keeps
             'em
             up
             through
             the
             whole
             Course
             of
             their
             sickness
             ,
             from
             
               running
               very
               low
            
             .
          
           
             Here
             I
             omit
             to
             account
             for
             the
             Small-Pox
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             Preceeding
             Discourse
             .
             Yet
             I
             may
             say
             thus
             much
             ;
             That
             I
             have
             had
             five
             Patients
             at
             one
             time
             sick
             of
             the
             Small-Pox
             ,
             and
             through
             the
             blessing
             of
             God
             on
             this
             Medicine
             ,
             not
             one
             miscarried
             ;
             altho
             I
             did
             
               not
               visit
            
             after
             they
             were
             out
             (
             having
             never
             had
             'em
             my self
             )
             but
             only
             gave
             directions
             to
             those
             who
             attended
             '
             em
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             mention
             the
             several
             Concerns
             of
             Women
             and
             Virgins
             ,
             to
             whom
             I
             abundantly
             dispense
             it
             :
             But
             here
             I
             'le
             only
             particularize
             that
             restless
             and
             uneasie
             distemper
             of
             Vapours
             ,
             for
             which
             't
             is
             valuable
             ,
             by
             removing
             the
             Cause
             ,
             in
             reducing
             the
             parts
             distended
             ,
             and
             expelling
             those
             Fumes
             that
             fly
             upwards
             .
          
           
             I
             might
             add
             ,
             how
             it
             obliges
             Women
             in
             Labour
             and
             Lying-in
             ,
             assisting
             in
             all
             their
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             most
             Natural
             Cordial
             .
          
           
           
             The
             bare
             Experience
             of
             ir
             for
             
               Cholicks
               ,
               Cholical
               Dispositions
            
             ,
             and
             
               tender
               Bowels
            
             ;
             how
             it
             recovers
             the
             strength
             of
             Fibers
             ,
             gives
             a
             Liberal
             Expulsion
             of
             Wind
             ,
             and
             makes
             the
             Belly
             always
             easie
             ;
             were
             a
             sufficient
             ,
             Character
             .
          
           
             For
             
               melancholy
               people
            
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             
               Dropsical
               ,
               short-breath'd
               ,
               Asthmatical
               ,
               Paralytick
               ,
               Lethargical
               ,
               Apoplectick
               ,
            
             and
             many
             others
             ,
             as
             tho
             I
             had
             nam'd
             them
             all
             ;
             't
             is
             abundantly
             qualify'd
             .
             But
             I
             chuse
             rather
             to
             nullisie
             than
             enumerate
             Diseases
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             as
             easie
             and
             pleasant
             to
             take
             as
             Canary
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             us'd
             as
             Entertainment
             ,
             all
             the
             while
             receiving
             health
             and
             pleasure
             .
             No
             one
             can
             injure
             himself
             with
             it
             .
             And
             't
             is
             so
             loose
             and
             free
             from
             Physical
             Rules
             and
             Hours
             ,
             that
             it
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             rank't
             with
             the
             
               unpleasant
               Crew
               of
               Medicines
            
             :
             But
             reposited
             with
             the
             most
             Delicious
             Wines
             .
          
           
             
               From
               my
               House
               in
               
                 Great
                 Carter-Lane
              
               .
            
          
           
        
      
    
     
  

