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For an Ague:—Make six middling pills of cobwebs. Take one a little before the cold fit; two a little before the next fit (suppose the next day); the other three, if need be, a little before the third fit. This seldom fails. A Cut:—Bind on toasted cheese. This will cure a deep cut. A Fistula:—Grind an ounce of sublimate mercury as fine as possible.... (Two quarts of water to be added, then half a spoonful with two spoonfuls of water to be taken fasting every other day), ... In forty days this will also cure any cancer, any old sore or King’s evil. The Iliac Passion:—Hold a live puppy constantly on the belly.
For an Ague:—Make six middling pills of cobwebs. Take one a little before the cold fit; two a little before the next fit (suppose the next day); the other three, if need be, a little before the third fit. This seldom fails. A Cut:—Bind on toasted cheese. This will cure a deep cut. A Fistula:—Grind an ounce of sublimate mercury as fine as possible.... (Two quarts of water to be added, then half a spoonful with two spoonfuls of water to be taken fasting every other day), ... In forty days this will also cure any cancer, any old sore or King’s evil. The Iliac Passion:—Hold a live puppy constantly on the belly.
Approximate author period: c. 1747 AD · early modern
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- John Wesley
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- Approximate author period: c. 1747 AD · early modern
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Page 320 · printed citation: John Wesley (Primitive Physic. Ed. 1780). · compiler notes excluded
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