Every man his own physician : being a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies, for every disease incident to the human body ; with plain instructions for their common use / by John Theobald, M.D. author of the Medulla medicine ; compiled at the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland.

  • Theobald, John, -1760.
Date:
1800
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Credit: Every man his own physician : being a complete collection of efficacious and approved remedies, for every disease incident to the human body ; with plain instructions for their common use / by John Theobald, M.D. author of the Medulla medicine ; compiled at the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    directed under the article of Coughsy mult be taken. This is a much more eafy, natural and certain method, than the common practice by balfamics, lin&ufles, and the like, which fpoil the flomach, and deftroy the appetite, and hurt the confti- tution. Dr. Cheyne. Consumption* Signs of A dry cough, a difpofition to vomit after eating, an uneafy ftraitnefs of the breaft, fpitting of blood, a quicknefs of the pulfe after meals, and flufhing of the cheeks. As the difeafe advances, the matter brought up by the cough, if fpit into the fire, yields an offenfive fmel! ; if into a glafs of water, it finks to the bottom ; profufe night-fweats, loofenefs and wafting away of the whole frame. Method of Cure. A milk diet, riding on horfeback, country air, and bleeding frequently in fmall quantities, at each time taking away not more than fix ounces of blood, are the moft efficacious remedies in this