Febrifugum magnum, or, Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague / by John Hancocke.

  • Hancocke, John, -1728
Date:
1723
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Credit: Febrifugum magnum, or, Common water the best cure for fevers, and probably for the plague / by John Hancocke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Adver tifement. Pint, a Man, or Woman, tho’ if they take a Quart, I believe it not the worfe, but rather better. In Fevers with Eruptions, as the Scarlet Fever, Small Pox, Mealies, the Wa¬ ter will not make the Patient fweat, but will fo quell, and keep under the Fever, that the Eruptions will more eafily and kindly come out. I do not reckon the Plague among thofe Fevers that are always attended with Erupti¬ ons, but (as moft Phyficians do) among the malignant Fevers, only in an higher Degree. And therefore (tho51 never had Opportunity to try) I verily believe cold Water willcaufe a Sweat (if given at the Beginning) in that, as I know it will in other malignant Fevers. N. B. When People are well, the Water will not make them fweat, nor in a gentle Cold, nor, as I have faid, in a very light Fever: I hear fome try in thefe Cafes, and report there is nothing in it. A Writ-