The true method of curing consumptions wherein 1. The vulgar method is discovered to be useless and pernicious, 2. A new method, by safe, pleasant, and effectual remedies is describ'd, 3. The original and immediate cause of this distemper explain'd, and 4. Several remarkable observations on persons lately cured by the same method, related, particularly the case of Mr. Obrian, whom the author undertook by his Majesties command : with an account of a cure performed on a person of quality at Paris, and several others / by Samuel Haworth.

Observation the Eleventh.

THe Case I have last menti∣oned re-minds me of a Cure since performed upon a Consumptive Body in the same Town, which was as follows: About Sixteen Months ago a Shop-keeper in Lewis,* 1.1 Twenty three years of Age, of a brisk sanguine Com∣plexion, by inordinate heating his Blood, drinking while hot, and too suddenly cooling himself, got an extraordinary Surfeit, which terminated in a very A∣cute Pleurisie. He was then at his Fathers House at New Ha∣ven, about five Miles from Lew∣is, whither he sent for Dr. White an eminent and ingenious Physician in that Town, who

ordered a considerable quantity of blood to be detracted from his Arm; but his Pleurisie not being quelled by the first Lance, he ordered Phlebotomy to be repeated, and took away seve∣ral Ounces more from him; he was a third time let blood: At last the Inflamation ceased, and the Pleurisie left him, but by the profuse quantity of Blood, which he lost in so short a time, he was much debilitated, and that Blood which remain'd in his Veins and Arteries was so de∣pauperated, that it was alto∣gether unable to free it self from those Heterogeneous Par∣ticles it had imbibed in the Surfeit; so that the Mass of Blood still remain'd impure, the Concoctions depraved, and his Appetite obtunded; several altering Medicines were judici∣ously prescribed, but nothing

help'd him, he still grew weaker, fainter, and leaner, and instead of Agility, encrease of Strength and Appetite, a slow Feaver crept gradually upon him, so that three Months were spent in following the Prescripti∣ons of this Physician, without any success (unless in reference to the Pleurisie) at last a Neigh∣bouring Gentleman, Uncle to the Patient, asked the Doctor his real thoughts of him; his an∣swer was, That he had no hopes of his Life, but did be∣lieve that he would die in a lit∣tle time. I mention this not in the least to reflect on the Do∣ctor, but only to evidence the apparent danger the Patient was in; hereupon by the desire of the Sick Person, with the con∣sent and advice of his Friends, Neighbours, and Relations, I was sent for; I found him in a

very deplorable Condition, and was the more discouraged, be∣cause his Uncle told me that Dr. White (whom I knew to be a Person of excellent Skill and Success) judged him desperate: His Pulse was very quick, but languid; he had a great Catarrh and a very bad Cough, which came upon him by Fits, in a most violent and impetuous manner; he was emaciated in every part of his Body, and that which was the most dis∣couraging Symptome, was his Urine was almost as black as Ink: But notwithstanding all these discouragements which might have justly deterred me from undertaking him, by the prevalence of his own and his Relations Intreaties, I was per∣swaded to endeavour his Cure: I ordered him a Mixture of some Drops of our Golden Tin∣cture

and our Grand Elixir, in a proper Vehicle every Night, which soon stopt his Catarrh; I likewise prescribed him three or four Doses of our Flesh-colour∣ed Powder every day to be ta∣ken in a Mixture prepared on purpose; I also enjoyn'd him to drink of our Red Restorative Liquor, with some Balsamic drops in it; for his constant Drink, forbidding him the use of Beer or Ale; by this method he was perfectly restored in five Weeks time: For his Water was now reduced to a laudible consistence and its wonted co∣lour, his Flesh was much en∣creased; a fresh Colour was now seen in his Cheeks, which be∣fore were covered with paleness; his Feaver was quite banished, and his Blood brought to a good Diathesis; and that which is most observable, is that, tho he

before had frequent Fits of Coughing, and that with such vehemence, that sometimes he could hardly recover his breath; yet from the time he took the first Dose I ordered for him, to the final perfection of his Cure, he had but one of these Fits, and that too was ve∣ry merciful and moderate: He is now grown very Fat, and remains brisk and lively to this day; as any jealous minded or scrupulous persons may inform themselves by Inquiry.

Notes

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  Mr. Edward Burten-shaw Woollen Draper.