The Kitchin-physician, or, A guide for good-housewives in maintaining their families in health wherein are described the natures, causes, and symptoms of all diseases, inward and outward, incident to the bodies of men, women, and children : prescribing natural, useful and proper medicines, both in physick and chirurgery, as well for the prevention as speedy cure of the said distempers : adorned with sculptures ... / published for the common good ... by T.K., Doctor in Physick.

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The Kitchin-physician, or, A guide for good-housewives in maintaining their families in health wherein are described the natures, causes, and symptoms of all diseases, inward and outward, incident to the bodies of men, women, and children : prescribing natural, useful and proper medicines, both in physick and chirurgery, as well for the prevention as speedy cure of the said distempers : adorned with sculptures ... / published for the common good ... by T.K., Doctor in Physick.
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T. K., Doctor in physick.
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London :: Printed for Samuel Lee ...,
1680.
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Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
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104. To take away the Stone of the Bladder.

Drink the juyce of Lemon with white-wine: or, bruise Medlar-stones, first wash∣ed in Wine, and then dryed into a Pow∣der.

Also the seed of Bryne, Pimpernels, As∣paragus, Stone-break, Mellons, Pompeons, little Citrons, bruised in white-Wine.

Or, make Powder of Spongy-stones, and of the stone which is found in the head of a Crab.

Or, Hasel-nut-shells: or, Gum of black-Cherries, taken with White-wine, or the

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juyce of Radishes: or, distilled water of the Husks of Beans, red Fitches, and the seed of Poppies.

But beyond all, is, Glass made fiery hot, and quenched in water of Beans; or, Stone-break bruised small, and given to the patient; it breaketh the stone in what place of the body soever.

If it be in the Bladder, Egg-shells, out of which a little Chicken hath been ta∣ken and hatch'd, made into fine Powder, taken with white-Wine, water of Beans, stilled through the Helm, is excellent against the detention of the Urine, and stone of the bladder.

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