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A Boy of thirteen years old, had been troubled with a great looseness by Fits, a year and half, who was thus cured. He drank for a Fort∣night together, Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel in Spring-water, twice every day. And after that another Fort∣night he drank Morning and Even∣ing a draught of New Milk from the
Cow: and so did he do alternate¦ly; one Fortnight he drank Milk and another Fortnight Sugar o•• Steel in Water, for a Quarter o•• a Year.
A Childe of six Years old was cured of a Looseness by a Gad o•• Steel quenched in all his Beer he drank.
A Young Man of Twenty three Years of Age, was much subject to bleeding at the Nose, who for seven Years together, in the Summer∣time, bled constantly, almost every day, more or less; and after the tryal of several things in vain, he was at length cured by the onely use of Steel. In the hot Weather when his Bleeding came upon him, he drank twice every day. Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel, in a large draught of Spring-water, for Thirty dayes. This he did so long in the Summer∣time, two or three Years toge∣ther.
A Woman of Thirty two Years
of age, troubled with an immode∣rate Flux of her Months, was cured by taking Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel twice every day, in Spring-water, for a Fortnight.
Another Woman not recovered out of Childbed, much troubled with floudding, was cured by taking Eight Grains of Sugar of Steel in a draught of Sack, twice every day for six dayes.