A treatise of the asthma. Divided into four parts / [by John Floyer].

  • Floyer, John, Sir, 1649-1734.
Date:
1717
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Credit: A treatise of the asthma. Divided into four parts / [by John Floyer]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Acerbs, Acrids, affed our Taftes in the Form of a Liquor: But a Hal'ttus from the fame Medicines affe&s our Smells; and becaufe of this fmall Difference, from the Virtues of the Taftes mention’d, we may eafily guefs at the Efficacy of thofe particular Smells. The old Writers obferv’d, that the Caco- chymia in the Afthma requir’d Digeftives, becaufe of the Wind and Slime in the Sto¬ mach ; and for this they ufed all the Worm¬ wood Bitters, as Polium, Southernwood, Mug- wort, and Wormwood itfelf; and all the bit¬ ter Gums, as Ammoniacum, Galbanum, &c. and Gentian, Ariftolochia, Briony. The fame Authors obferv’d, that the Medi¬ cines in the Afthma muft cool, as well as in- cide ; they therefore us’d Vinegar, and mix’d divers Bitters and Acrids with it, to make it more inciding, as Squills, Orris, Nettles ; and they obferv d by their Taftes, that the Sallb- acids, fuch as Nitre and Sal Armoniac, had both an inciding and cooling Quality. They obferv’d the Flatulencies in the Afthma, and for that ufed the Carminatives fteep’d in Vine¬ gar, and boiled many Aromatics, as Thyme, Hylfop, Calamint in Oxymels. They ufed Anticonvulfives, as Caftor with Oxymels, and Rue mixed with Nitre, inDia- fpoliticum, and Briony Sis. in a Cyathus of Vinegar. Neither did they omit the Ufe of Opiates, but gave a Caution about them. Sir, I muft have beg’cl your Pardon for this long Letter, if I had not now prefented my felf as a Pa-