Fomentation of A Fomentation to ftop Bleeding

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Historical use wording: a drunken fit, by applying it to the pubes and tefticles

Source: Pharmacopoeia officinalis et extemporanea: or, a compleat English dispensatory. In two parts. Theoretic and practical. Part I in two books ... Part II in five books ... by Quincy, John, -1722 (1749), narrative-offset-2354629.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• A Fomentation to ftop Bleeding: ‘ hounds tongue, plantain, yarrow, elder-leaves, of each 4 handfuls : pomegranate-peels, 1 ounce

Method as extracted

1. Mix according to the source passage: Take ftrong white-wine vinegar, 1 pound: diflolve in it, over the fire, falt-petre, 1 ounce : and'cam- phire, 1 dram. | pnsghed This is reported to be very ef- - feQual in ftoppmg of blood from the nofe, if applied cold to the breatt: for there is in it a penetrating chil- linefs, which may fo very foon teach the heart itfelf, as to flacken or retard its compreflive force, by which the blood: will. ceafe to flow with fuch {wiftnefs, to the extreme parts, This is alfo) faid to cure a drunken fit, by applying it to the pubes and tefticles. But the man- ner of operation, to fuch a pur- pofe, does not come within our compafs of reafoning in fuch mat- ters ; and it will feldom be thought worth trying in fuch cafes, a few hours making a. cure without any fach help. oR ~ Fotus Hemorrhoidalis, a A Fomentation for the Hemorrhoids. Take ‘ hounds tongue, plantain, yarrow, elder-leaves, of each 4 handfuls : pomegranate-peels, 1 ounce: .boil them ,in water and rough red wine, of each 3, pounds to 4 pounds, In the ftrained liquor diffolve alum, half ah ounce, and fugar of lead, 2-drams. , / _ This not only checks the inordi- nate bleeding of, the hemorrhoidal} veins, but alfo an immoderate flux of the menfes: but the following is moft {erviceable in the dry piles. .

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