Receipts for preparing and compounding the principal medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward. Together with an introduction, etc / [John Page].

  • Page, John, 1699?-1779
Date:
1763
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Credit: Receipts for preparing and compounding the principal medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward. Together with an introduction, etc / [John Page]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    APPENDIX. Rules necejfary to be obferved in taking the feveral Medicines of the late Mr, Ward, now made Public. White Drop, for the Scurvy, See. two Drops, in a (mail Glafs of Water, in the Morning failing, or at Night, going to reft, for two or three Days together. Then for¬ bear as many Days as you took them ; and pro¬ ceed as before, till the Bottle is finifhed. They feldom work vifibly ; excepting that, in fome Conftitutions, they occafion one or two Motions. Red Pill. J^RUISE the Pill, and take it in a Spoonful of any fmall Liquid, on an empty Stomach. It fometimes works upwards ; fometimes downwards % according to the Nature and Seat of the Diforder: In which Cafes it is proper to drink a fmall Quan¬ tity of Balm or Sage-Tea, CtV. between each Mo¬ tion : And, if it fweats, as it fometimes does, keep yourfelf warm, and encourage it by drinking, as above. The Day you take it, avoid Milk, Greens, and Fruit. It has been experienced, with great Succefs, in Cafes where the Stomach or Bowels are foul ; or the Paflages obftru&ed : And, particularly, in in¬ veterate Rheumatic Diforders. The 2