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Of Giddines, and Swooning, and other Affects usually joyned with it in the Scorbutick Affect.
A Giddiness often happens upon an inveterate Scurvy, to which also a frequent Swooning, and almost a continual danger of it, and likewise a numness in the Members, and a sense of Formication, running sometimes in one place, and sometimes in another, are wont to be joyned; which kind of Affects pro∣ceed from the failings of the Animal Spirits in their Origine it self, and sometimes from the failings of the same with the Nerves, both belonging to the Heart, and to the Members that serve for motion: and in regard thy depend on the Brain and the Genus Nervosum, their being very much over-charged with a Scorbutick Salt, they are not easily cured. Cephalick Remedies, such as are proper in a Giddiness and Paralytick Affects raised by themselves, ought to be given with Antiscorbuticks mixt with them: therefore in the first place, a Provision being made for the whole, by fit Catharticks, and such as are proper in the Scurvy, you may proceed after this manner with appropriated Remedies against the foresaid Affects.
About the beginning of the Cure, let Blood be drawn from the Vessels of the Fundament by Leeches; and unless somewhat indi∣cates the contrary, let it be frequently repeated afterward.
Take Powder of the Root of Male-Peony, half an Ounce, red Coral prepar'd, two Drams; mans Scull, Elks-hoof, of each a Dram: Take double refined Sugar, dissolved in Peony-water Compound, or in the Water of Horse-raddish, and boyled to a Consistency for Tablets, eight Ounces; Oyl of Amber excellently rectified, half a Dram: Make Ta∣blets according to Art. Take to a Dram and a half, or two Drams, Morning and Evening, drinking after it a Draught of the following distill'd Water.
Take Leaves of Scurvy-grass, Brooklimes, Water-cresses, Lillies of the Valley, Sage, Rosemary, Betony, of each three handfulls; green Wallnuts, a Pound; the Rinds of six Oranges and four Lemons; fresh Roots of Male-Peony, a Pound and a half; being sliced and bruised, pour to them of the Phlegm of Vitriol, a Pound; Whey made with Cyder, five Pounds; let them the distill'd after the common way; let the whole Liquour be mixt together. The Dose is from three Ounces to four.