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The next is an Account of a Cure performed since my return from France, which was thus:
An eminent Merchant in Lon∣don, about Sixty years of Age, having been always addicted to Catarrhs, being of a Phlegmatic Constitution or Temperament, upon a great Cold acquired an extraordinary Catarrh which en∣creasing upon him, created a great soreness at his Breast, with a very tedious Cough, at
last a Feaver; Faintness, want of Appetite, and a falling away of his flesh, accompanied his Ca∣tarrh; he had all along used a Linctus of Oyl of Almonds and Diacodium, whereby he had formerly found benefit, of this he frequently lick'd, using a Li∣quorish Stick, but he found not the same success as before; he was then advised to take Ma∣thews Pill, not by any Physician, he having been always averse to a Doctor; this Pill having Opi∣um in its Composition stopt his Catarrh, but made him extream Drowsie, and so clogg'd him up that he could hardly breath. The use of which hereupon he left off, and Drank of the Pectoral Decoction which he had made for him in the house, he have∣ing got the Receipt from some old Woman or Receipt-monger; but his Catarrh returned and
fixed a hoarsness upon him: at last his voice was scarce audible, and all the mention'd Symptomes were now at their highest Ebbe; his Relations all perswaded him to send for a Physician, he there∣upon resolved to send for me. I being then in France, but ex∣pected every day, he concluded to stay till I returned, and would hear of no other; having a strong fancy I would cure him; at my return I went to see him, and was discouraged at his Age; but finding his Case not appa∣rently desperate, I undertook him: I ordered him first our Grand Elixir in a Glass of a particular distill'd VVater, with thirty drops of a Balsamic Tin∣cture, which dose the very first night gave him great ease and very much lessened that defluxi∣on of Rheum called a Catarrh. The next morning I prescribed
for him a large Dose of our Red Gelly, which was repeated for three or four Mornings; after that he took a Dose of our Alka∣lizate Powder thrice a day in three or four spoonfuls of proper Julap; his water now which was high coloured, became altered, and had a very good Sediment, his Cough and Tickling every day declined, his strength en∣creased, and by the continuance of this Method he is now almost recovered; and notwithstanding his Age, being much mended both as to his Cough, Tickling, Hoars∣ness, Fainting, Shortness of Breath, and whatsoever Sym∣ptomes of the like Nature.