An advertisement of the virtues and use of sundry select and experimented medicines such whose beneficence is well known to the most eminent physitians / faithfully prepared and sold by Tho. Hammond ...

IV. Pills experienced against the Scurvy.

THEY admirably cleanse the Stomach without an∣noying the tone thereof, or disturbing the digestion, and do gently draw away impurites from the Liver and the Blood, and remove Obstructions from the Lungs; a∣mending the Irregularities of the Spleen: And have been experienced by some hundreds of Persons (since I first published them, which is now about Nine Years) to be a prevalent Medicine against the Scurvy, altho of many Years standing; with all its troublesome effects, as pains in the Head, Shoulders, Arms, Back, Legs and Bones, with spots and breakings out in the Skin; Weakness in the Joynts, Illness of the Stomach, and Faintness over the whole body.

They are to be swallowed at Bed-Time, [to eat no sup∣per is best] either alone, or in the Pap of an Apple, or what else you fancy; and next morning drink a small draught of warm Ale, or a dish of Tea (or if the Scurvy be very inveterate, put into your mornings draught [of warm Ale in the Winter, or fair Water sweetened with Loaf-Sugar in the Summer-time] six Spoonfuls of the Royal Water, mentioned under Number Three aforegoing)

They Purge gently (rather strengthening the Body) and therefore may be taken every other, or every third Night, a Fortnight or a Month together, and have been

found very beneficial to be taken by such Persons who drink the Waters in the Summer Season assisting the Sto∣mach to make a full discharge of any crudities, &c. [Price 12 d. each Pacquet containing three Boxes, each Box containing three very small Pills, being a sufficient Dose for once taking, to a Man or Woman; one Pill is sufficient for a Youth or Girl from four to seaven; and from seaven to fourteen Years of Age, two Pills; and from fourteen to twenty one Years and upwards, all three may safely be taken.]

They are excellent to destroy Worms in Children, and also the Green Sickness in Maidens; by taking them as is directed.

NOTE, That gentle Purging is most friendly to Nature, and on the contrary, quick, Robust Purges stamp an ill Chara∣cter on the Vitals.