A treatise of the nature and use of the bitter purging salt contain'd in Epsom and such other waters by Nehemiah Grew.

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A treatise of the nature and use of the bitter purging salt contain'd in Epsom and such other waters by Nehemiah Grew.
Author
Grew, Nehemiah, 1641-1712.
Publication
London :: [s.n.],
1697.
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Subject terms
Mineral waters -- Therapeutic use.
Saline waters -- Great Britain.
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In a Scorbutick Itch,

Not Contagious, but arising from the Scurvy, and affecting sometimes the whole Body; at others a particular part, as the Pudenda, &c. I have often Cur'd with the Apozem alone, without any other Purgings; and some perfectly tired out and tormented with perpetual scratching. I've blest with a happy Deliverance, espe∣cially if you join with the Use of the Apo∣zem the Chalybeate-Waters, and drink them daily and plentifully instead of Malt Drink.

Page 62

This Apozem is likewise very profitable when the Small-Pox are dry'd off, and may very properly be drank with common Ca∣tharticks instead of Posset-Drink.

Lastly, 'Tis good for Travellers, who by much riding, especially in the Summer, are generally Costive; but two or three Drams of this Salt, in a Draught of Spring-Water, will cool and relieve them.

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