Select observations on English bodies of eminent persons in desperate diseases first written in Latin by Mr. John Hall ... ; after Englished by James Cook ... ; to which is now added, an hundred like counsels and advices, for several honourable persons, by the sam

COUNS. LXVII. Obstructions of the Mesentery,

FOr the Right Honourable, Robert Lord Brook, for Obstructions of Mesentery-Glanduls, by Dr. Willis, &c. ℞ Extract. Ecphrac. sine Purg. ℥ss. Troch. Absynth. ʒiii. Syr. de Absynth. q. s. M. f. Pil 6. of a dram. He was to take three in the morn∣ing, to exercise an hour after, and then to drink a draught of the next Water: Take Scurvy-grass, Water-cresses, Brook-lime, Wood Night shade, M viii. Wormwood M iii. Winters-bark bruised ℥iiij. the Peels of four Oranges, Brunswick Beer two gallons; distil them in a common Still till dry; keep it for use. In all his Broths boil Roots of Scorzonery, shavings of Ivory, and leaves and roots of Strawberries. Take preserved Nutmegs, Conserves of common and Roman Wormwood, each ℥jss. Spec. Diarrhod. ℥ss. Species of the three Sanders ʒii. Salt of Steel ʒiss. Syrup of the Juice of Oranges sufficient to make an Electuary. Of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg at five in the afternoon, drink after it a draught of the for∣mer Water sweetned with Pearl Sugar.