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OBSERV. XXVII.
CAptain Basset, aged about 50, afflicted with a Tertian, was thus cured: ℞ Emetick Infu∣sion ʒv. Wine of Squils ʒii. Syrup of Violets a spoon∣ful; mix them. This was given an hour before the Fit, which wrought by vomit and stool suffici∣ently. At the end of vomiting he took this: ℞ Elect. de Gem. frigid. ℈ii. Diascord. ʒss. Syr. Papav. erratic. ℥i. Aq. Scabios. ℥iii. Misc. The next day he was free from his Fit, he took the following: ℞ Diaphaenic. Diacathol. ā ʒii. Rhab. Pul. Pul. Sen. laxat. Ruland. ā ʒss. Pul. Holand ʒi. Syr. Cochl. ℥i. Aq. Card. benedict. & betonic. ā ℥ii. Misc. This purged and cured him.
Three months after he fell into a Dropsy, with a swelling in his feet, which was removed by the following: ℞ the Emetick Infusion ℥ss. Wine of Squils ʒii. Barly water, and Syrup of Violets, each ℥ss. mix them. This gave seven Vomits, and three Stools. The next day, and for three mornings, he took the following: ℞ Leaves of Succory, Bo∣rage, Bugloss, Violets, Strawberries, each M i. Seeds of Anis and Caraway, each ʒi. Roots of Smalage and Sharpdock, each ℥i. Flowers of Borage, Bugloss, Violets and Roses, each p. i. Boyl them in a quart of Water to ℥xij. Of the straining thereof, ℞ ℥iiij. in which infuse Troches of Agarick Rubarb, each ʒi. Mecoachan ℈ii. Ginger ℈iss. Spicknard gr. iv. Cin∣namon ʒss. In the morning strain them again, to which Expression add Syrup of Roses ℥iss. Manna ℥ss. Mix