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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Title: 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.
Author: T. K., Doctor in physick.
Publication: London :: Printed for Samuel Lee ...,; 1680.
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Subject terms: Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800.
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107. Against Drop-Pissing.

Take whites of Eggs, Snails, of each one pound, of the four great cold seeds, small seeds, of each half an ounce, Let∣tice-water half a pound, Marrow of Cassia four ounces, Turpentine three ounces; bruise what is to be bruised, set it soak∣ing one night, and then still it through an Helm, in a warm water-Bath, to a Potion.

Let it stand before you use it: let the patient drink of this stilled water half an ounce, and one part of an ounce of Sugar of Roses, continuing to do this some time.