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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    under my Eye, have been very Extraordinary, m the feveral Stages of that Diftemper; and even, where the Patients have been fuppofed to derive their Diforders from, their Parents. This being the Cafe; and, as I am thoroughly convinced that thefe Drops are a mod Excellent, perhaps the greated known Antifcorbutick, and bed Purifier of the Blood i fo, I cannot help flaN tering myfelf with a Hope, that they would be a great Prefervative againd that fatal Didemper, which Dedroys, in a Year, fo many of our brave Seamen; and often occafions National Lodes and Difappointments, in the mod important Under¬ takings. The Method I would propofe is, that they be given to the Seamen, under proper Diredlion, from the time of their failing upon long Voyages: And mod heartily wifh lome Experiments, of this kind, may be made of them; as I am perfuaded that they may be tried without the lead Hazard 5 and the Expence too trifling to be mentioned as an Objedtion. For if they prove Succefsful, and anfwer the End hereby propofed, and hoped for, it will be Happy for the Publick, for the Valuable IndivL duals, and for Me, who have prefumed to recom* mend the Experiment. LaU Mr WardV Sweating Powder, N® I. according to his Book, ^ A K E Ipecacuanha, Liquorice, and Opium, each one Ounce ; Nitre and Vitriolated Tar» tar, eachiour Ounces, Fulminate. Beat them in a Mortar with the Opium. Sift through a fine Sieve to the Ipecacuanha and Liquo¬ rice : Mix well by flfting. The Dofe from Twenty to Forty Grains, / It