Variety of Choice EXPERIMENTS Made of Two Incomparable MEDICINES: Elixir Frebrifugium Martis, AND SALT of LYMONS. Shewing their Vertues, Use and Op­erations: Being the Peculiar Secrets and Acquisitions of the Author.

Moses Stringer, Chymist and Physitian at his Laboratory and Foundery, in Black-fryers near Ludgate:

Where are also prepared a great variety of Chymical Preparations, and all things that can be Cast in iron, or Bellmettal and Essays made of, and Money-given for all Mettalick Bodies, whatsoever.

LONDON, Printed by J. Wilkins, near Fleet street, for the AUTHOR, 1700.

Variety of Choice Experiments, Made of Two incomparable MEDICINES, Mr Stringers, Elixir Febrifugium Martis, and his Salt of Lymons.

ELIXIR Febrifugium Martis is a pleasant Medicine, that In­falibly cures the Plague, Pestilance and all Malignant Feavers, Biting of Vipers, Serpants, Rattle Snakes, Venereal Tinges, and all Inveterate and Deadly Poysons whatsoever, whose Malignant [...]erments it Allays, and extinguisheth in a Moment, and never failes to [...]nswer the end desired; as will appear in several examples hereunto an­ [...]exed.

It also with great Ease, Speed and Safety, cures all confirm'd Rhuma­isms, Hictick, Quotidian, Putrid, Quartan, Tertian and Intermittent Feavers, [...]onsumptions, Cholicks, Griping of the Gutts, the Spleen and Vapours.

This Elixir is brought into a Powder by Salt of Lymons; by which call it, and is a Cathartick Acid of excellent and Universal Use, in all Cases that require Purging. A Dose or two of it prevents Acute Feavers, [...]nd by expelling Filthy Slime and Congulating Humours out of their Stomach [...]nd Bowels, secures the Patient against the return of those multifarious [...]istempers, and in all Chronical Diseases used as a Succedaneum to my [...]lixir, totally eradicateing Hypocondrick and Scorhutick Effects, and both [...]estores and Preserves a Sanative Constitution.

These Medicines are the peculiar Secrets and Acquisitions of the Author [...]c Stringer, Chymist and Physitian, Prepared by his own Hand, as is enjoynd [...] Hypocraties as a Duty upon all Physitians, and was diligently observed [...] all Professors of Physick for many Centuries after him; tho now de­ [...]nerated into the Barbarous custom of Prescribing or making Medicines up­ [...] a Peice of Paper, which they send to Apothecaries Shops, where the [...]re of making up the Prescription and consequently the Patients Lives, are [...]sted to Apothecaries and their Boys.

But these Medicines here Offered to your consideration and Experience have been Studiously contrived, Revised, and so often Reformed and Me­liorated by diligent Observation, long use, and repeated Probations in divers eminent Cases, that they bear the nearest Affinity to Universal Me­dicines, being Generous, Amicable, and comprehensive expedients for the good of Mankind.

But to wave further Reasoning, Inveighing against Abuses, or compa­ring with others; I shall proceed to the matter of Fact, the greatest Testi­mony, Assurance, and Satisfaction that can be given of Medicines, by [...]wing you what these Medicines have done, and what in all proba­bility they will constantly perform, if administred according to the Dire­ctions given at the end of this Paper-

This Elixer shew'd its excellency in relation to Poyson, upon one Mr Philipson, who was Bitt in the Finger by a Viper in Stocks-Market, March [...]9th 1698. Many Physitions and Chirurgions had in vain attempted his Recovery, but their Medicines proving ineffectual, they left him in dread­ [...]ul Convulsions and Contorsions, with an Inflamation in his Bladder, ex­ [...]ream Swelling in all parts. His whole Body was Dyed as yellow as Saf­ [...]on, his Jaws fallen, and he lying, in all Appearance, like a Dead Man: In this [...]ismal condition they left him, and upon Annointing his Finger with the Elixir above named, the Pain ceased immediately, and I gave him a hun­ [...]red and fifty Drops of it Inwardly in a Poringer of Water; after repeat­ing it three several times, all the Deadly Symptoms disappeared, and within an Hours time he went Home perfectly Recover'd, and still continues in as good Health as ever he enjoyed.

Here were four things very remarkable. 1st The desperate condition of the Patient. 2d The expeditious performance of the Cure. 3d Done by a single Medicine (not variety of irksome Medicines) where all other usual Prescriptions failed, 4th at an inconsiderable charge; for had he paid for the Medicine, it would not have cost him above a Shilling; which by any other Medicine might deservedly have cost many Pounds. This Cure being so suddenly and Effectually perform'd, after several Physitians and Chirugeons had been Bafled in their Attemps upon him; it so happen'd that, when I had done the Work, and the Patient almost miraculous Recovery became the Discourse of the Town, some of those Physitians and Chirurgeons, that made themselves busy about him to no purpose, had the Confidence [...]o claim the Honour of Curing him; which I finding redound to the Pre­ [...]ce of my self and Medicine, I thought my self obliged to procure a [...]estimonial from the Patient himself, which he truely gave me in the fol­lowing Words.

Let this Satisfy all Men, that I being Poyson'd by the Bite of a Viper in Stocks-Market, on the 29th of March 1698, several Physitions, Chirurgeons and A­pothecaries attempted to Cure me, till they rendred me almost past-Recovery, by their unsuccesful applications; and I had no ease or any hope of Life, till I was c [...]ryed to Mr Stringers House in York-Buildings in the Strand, where by the [...] of his Elixir only, I was Cured in an Hour's time; and to no other Person [Page 4]whatsoever, but to Mr Stringer only (let who will pretend to it) must I (under God) ascribe the Benefit of my Recovery; to the Truth of which I have set my Hand this 16th Day of November, 1699.

Witness Robert Smith, David Jones.
Thomas Philipson.

To this surprizing Experiment, give me leave to add the case of a Wo­man living in St Gyles's in the Fields, who was Poyson'd with Arsenick, and reduced to such a deplorable Condition, that she was given up for Dead by the Physitions and Spectators; but was immediatly recovered by twice fifty Drops of my Elixir, and continues in perfect Health to this Day: A Dog was Poison'd also with the same, for an Experiment and was as speedily Cured by the Elixir.

It perfectly Eradicates all confirm'd Scurvies tho broken out into an Eli­phantiasis or Leprosy, and the whole Body be but one intire Scab or Scurf from Head to Foot, as it did in the Case of John Roberts of Ruthin, John Cooper and Jane Sample, who were perfect Lepers, and yet were re­stored to Health by the use of this Medicine only in a very short time.

Elizabeth Byard, who had twenty five Pocky Ulccers upon her, was by an Order of Sessions, appointed to live in a Cabin in the Field, for fear of Infecting the Neighbourhood, but was by the use of these Medicines on­ly, porfectly Cured in a Months time, to the great Admiration of all that knew her.

I could give Hundreds of Examples of both Sexes, who have been Cured of the French Pox by these two Medicines in London, particularly an Irish Soldier who was Quartr'd in Westminster, and had been Flux'd three times by an able Practitioner, tho to no purpose in the World. He had fourteen Ulcers upon him, with all the other Attendants of that Distemper, and yet was Recovered by these Medicines in a short time without Confine­ment. In a Fresh Clap or Gonnorhea, if these Medicines be applyed imme­diately, they will check the spreading Malignity in a Moment, and per­fects the Cures, almost in as short a time as the Disease was procured.

They are of incomparable vertue against all kinds of Worms, whether in the Stomack or Bowels, in Young or Old. They break the Vermetick heap, Kill the gnawing Animals, and Eradicate those pestiferous Inmates in Slime, with great Ease and Safety, far beyond the use of Mercurial Me­dicines, which often produce dangerous Effects.

No Medicines equals them in the Cure of all kind of Feavers, to which they are so peculiarly adapted, that I never knew any Miscarryed that made use of them. A Lady's Woman in Chelsy in the heat of last Sum­mer was assaulted with a violent Feaver, which confin'd her to her Bed, and the Distemper was attended by ominous Prognosticks; yet by taking [...] Drop [...] of my Elixir in a Glass of White-Wine and Water, she found [Page 5]ease; which being Three times repeated in an hour, her Thirst and Feaver were so abated that she rose, went down Stairs, and in two Hours time was perfectly well. The next Day she took a Dose of the Purging Salt of Lymons, and her Fever teturnd no more.

Madam P—st near Aldgate, languish'd about two Years under a Dr Consumption, and other Concommitant effects that brought her even to the Mouth of the Grave. She had the Advice of Sr Richard Blackmore, Chamherlin and others, but finding no help by their Prescriptions, she ap­ply'd her self to the use of my Elixir, took it in her Drinks and Broths, and by Purging twice a Week with Salt of Lymons, she recovered her Health in a little time, and still enjoys it.

Mr Dixson a Painter, hearing that a Neighbouring Ladies Daughter, was seised with a violent Feaver, and the Small Pox, and that her Reco­very was wholy despaird of; he Advised the Lady to give her Daughter some Drops of my Elixir, who finding some benefit by the first Dose, continued the use of them as directed, and in five Days time, the young Lady was freed from all the dangerous Symptoms of the Feaver and Small Pox, and being further advised to Purge after it with Salt of Lymons, to carry off the remaining Malignity, which too often leaves matter behind which produce new Diseases, she followed that Direction, and now en­joy's a sanative Constitution, after she was given up for Dead by her Physitions and Relations.

The same effect these Medicines had upon a Sope-Boylers Daughter in Golden-Lane, London, who perceiving the Small Pox were breaking out upon her, had recourse to these Medicines, and by taking them early, the Small Pox came out so plentifully and kindly, that she was never Sick all the time they remain'd upon her, and also went off without leaving any Pitt, Scarrs, or Marks behind them, and the same effects will the Me­dicines have upon any Patient, either Young or old, that takes them at the begining of the Disease. In one Summer I cured above fifty of the Small Pox at a Town called Wimswold in Leicestershire, only with the set two Medicines, and not one Dyed or was Pitted that took my Medicines, and not one Recovered that followed other Methods.

These Medicines have proved effectual in curing the Cholick, Vomitings, Jaundice and Fluxes under every denomination. As for example Mr Sympton in Wapping, was so violently afflicted with the Cbolick, or rather the [...]liaca Passio, that the intolerable Pain and Gripings, made him cry out like a Man upon a Rack, almost bended him Double, and the frequent returns of this Distemper, had reduced him to such a State of inactivity, [...] he was [...]ncapble of his Acquaintance, advised him to take my Elix­ir, which at the third Dose took away all his Pains, set him upright and then Purging with the Salt of Lymons to remove the Cause, it so hap­pily effected his Cure, that he never complain'd of any Indisposition since; tho it be now a bove two Years since he Recovered. For common Fluxed, and Grippings, it gives ease immediatly, as was experinced in the Recove­ry [Page 6]of many Soldiers that came out of Ireland, and brought the Distem­per of that Country with them.

A near Neighbour of mine in Black-Fryers, was troubled with Spitting Blood to so great a Degree, that the Learned were of opinion, he had broken a Vessel in his Lungs, and besides this misfortune, had been long Seised with a Hectick Feaver; but bvtaking sixty Drops of my Elixir in Cla­ret and Water, it stopt his Bleeding. Next Day he took a Dose of Salt of Lymons which confirm'd his Cure; for he says that ever Evening he [...]ound himself much Stronger, and in a few Days after, he perfectly Re­cover'd.

B. P. Master of a Ship living at Black-Wall was feised with the Yel­low Jaundice, and notwithstanding all endeavours were employed to Cure him, yet the Distemper continued so long upon him that he was unable to walk, and sensibly declined every day more and more, inso­much that he refused to take any more Medicines as disparing of Recovery, but being over perswaded by Captain Longworth, who had experienced those Medicines to take my Elixir, he took Fifty drops of it, twice a Day for a Fortnight without Intermission, which perfectly recover'd him. Not long after he went to Sea, and took a great quantity of both the Medicines with him, which kept both himself and his Ships Company in perfect Health, when a contageous Distemper reign'd at Barbados whither he was Bound.

Nor have these Medicines been less effectual in curing the Stone and Gravel in the Reines and Bladder, in which they give speedy Ease at any time, and by frequent use disolve the Stone and brings away the Gravel to Admiration. An aged Alderman of Liverpool, came up to London with a resolution to be Cut of the Stone, but being brought to me by the Honourable R. K. I advised him first to try my Medicines, before he under went that dangerous Operation: He consented, and took the Elixir and Salt of Lymons four days together, and received so much Ease in that short, and assurance of more by the further use of them, that he quitted his Resolution of being Cut, and return'd home again in a good State of Health.

I always Advise the Use of both the Medicines one after the other, tho the Patient sometimes thinks there is no cause for it, but as soon as the Feaver or malignity of the Distemper is abated they give over the thoughts of any further Process, but that is a dangerous errours, for the efect will not cease till the Cause is removed; and that is the Office of the Salt of Lymons, which evacuates gently by Stool without disturbing or debilitating Nature, but Gently and Deliberately sending forth all Fa­culent degenerate or corrupted matter, Radically cleansing and purifying the Body from Flegmatick, Viscous, Acrid or Corroding Humors drawing out the breeding or feeding matter of al Diseases, as the best Preven­tative and Curative means, by keeping the Body sweet, clean, and wholesome, without the help of Noysome Jssues.

They both also operate by Urine, purging the Reins and Urinary Ductures, [Page 7]sending forth Gravel, Sand, or Slimy obstructing [...] a [...]ee passage and Current for Emission of Serofity. They a the most effectual Aperitives against all Obstructions (the great complaint of all Diseased Persons) some in one part, some in another, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Me­sentery, Guts, &c. From hence multitudes of Diseases take their begin­ning. Obstructions cause pain, Pain raiseth a Feaver, and sometimes begets a Tumor, Internal and not perceived, or becomes Schirrous and In­durate. All this while our Prescribers upon Paper are Iuleping, Cly­stering, and Bleeding the Patient to allay the Fever; but the Stubborn Fever will not yeild to their Insipped draughts of pretended Pearl Cor­dials, nor the various forms of the Jesuits Bark; whereas this Elixir quenches the Heat of Feavers in a moment, more effectually than a whole Tun of Slip Slop Juleps, which Ignorant process has sent many thou­sands to their Graves. This is practising by Rote as Parrots Talk, and following Custom without Reason or the indegetations of Nature; Where­as as my Medicines operate by their own Innate vertue, and Correspondence with Nature, and therefore can find out a Disease when the Physition Sees it not, nor knows what to aime at; and assists the Stomack in perform­ing the beneficial Offices of Digestion, by disburthening it from Superflu­ous, indigested matter, that Blunts and Decaies the Appetite, and is the Original of Many Diseases.

One Taylor a Marriner, Brother to Sam. that lived at Jonathans Coffee­house in Exchange-alley, had been a Voyage to East-India, in which all the Ships Company Dyed except himself, and the Ship was brought home by fresh Hands. At his return his Stomach was distended, and stood out in a Lump as big as a Loaf, his whole Mass of Blood was corrupted, his Countenance Pale and Livid, and in the whole was a very frightful Figure: He advised with many Physitians of the greatest Reputation, who concluded he was Poysond by some Lingring Venom, in which the Indians are great Artists, but could give him no releif. At length he came to me, and I gave him first a double dose of Salt of Lymons and con­tinued that course four Days together, only Lessening the quantity every Day from the first, and also gave him Sixty drops of the Elixir, every [...] at Bed time in hot Wine, which had such a good effect upon him that in ten Days he was perfectly recover'd, and not long after went to Sea again in a Voyage to the same Country.

No Medicine equals them in assisting Nature in the office of Expe­ctoretion, and consequently is beneficial in all Diseases of the Breast and Lange, and dischargeth the peccant Humour by the help it gives to Na­ture. It digests touch Flegm, opens the Pipes of the Lungs, cures Cough­ing. Wheezings and shortness of Breath, is good for such as are Ph [...]ysical or Astmatick and promotes Transpiration by removing the Impediments that hinder nature in that necessary operation. Mr. Hodges an Ingeneir at the Tower, had such a Stoppage and obstruction in his Lungs, occa­sioned by those corosive fumes as he Fired the Works in St. James's at the Celebration of the Peace, that he was almost Suffocated, and [Page] [...] of Breath. Above two Months he continued [...] [...]lit [...]on with a violent Cough and continued incured [...] least motion in walking, threw up great quantities of Fleg [...] [...] Quitter streak'd with Green and other Colours, which was [...] noysome to See, but worse to Smell. At two Months end [...] undertook him, and gave him the Elixir and Salt of Ly­mons successively in hot Claret, and in less than a Month restor'd him to his former Health, and now I am inform'd he is gon to be an Ingeneir to the State of Venice.

Mr. William Pay of Empshot in Hampshire, was violently afflicted with an Astma, insomuch that he could not lie down upon a Bed, or Couch, for many Months together; but in the Coldest Weather was forc'd to sit up or kneel in a Chair, for if he lay never so little backward he was quite Choked, and not brought to life again but with great difficulty. This course at last rendred him also extreamly Hydropical, and the unhap­py conjunction of these two distempers, made him utterly despair of be­ing recoverd; but by taking my Elixir in Wine and Water, and the Salt of Lymons in hot Wine, his Health was restored. I think he had but an Ounce of each Medicine, and so was cur'd at the charge of a Crown, of both those troublesom and dangerous diseases, and has continued in Health above these two Years. Another person that has a place in the Tower, whose name I have no Authority to mention, was severely af­flicted with an Astma, insomuch that by computing the time, in twen­ty three years time he had not been three years in a Bed, but Winter and Summer was obliged to pass away the Night in a Chair, sometimes Sitting, and at others Kneeling and oftentimes was forc'd to set open all his Doors and windows to give himself Breath. At length he was perswaded to make use of my Medicines, and by taking two or three doses of Salt of Lymons in Water and Sugar, and the Elixir in White Wine, he was able to lye upon his Pack and Sleep six hours together. Others I could name that had Phtysicks alone, and Phtysicks complicated with Dropsies and Fluxes that have received their Cures from the use of these Medicines, as Mr. Page a Porter at the Knight Marshals Office in his Majestys Palace at Kinsington, Aged 70 years, and Mrs Jordan a Gold­smiths Wise in New street in Fetter lane; but I fear to be too tedious.

They are also very efficacious in Curing Deasness, and many have re­ceived benefit by the use of these Medicines, when all other celebrated Nostrums and the manual operations of skilful. Artists have been rendred unsuccessful, as I could prove at large by many Instances, which I small now omit, but to tell you of one that happend very lately. My Father who lives at L [...]ughborrough in [...]eicestershire had been Deal for many Months, and by reason of his Age was in no expectations of be­ing Cured; but having some few drops of my Elixir b [...] him, and knowing is had done good to others in the like case, was resolv'd to try the experiment, and causing Five or Six drops of my Elixir to be dropt into his Ears, at twice using it, his Hearing was intirely restored.

Mr. Higgs Junior of Harborough in Leicester-shire Anno 1700. was seised with a violent Rheumatism in his Knee, which in Twelve Hours time took away the use of his Limb, and made him Lame, but anoint­ing the part affected with my Elixir, it perfectly cured him in a quarter of an Hour, and enabled him to walk without pain or trouble.

Mr. Oliver Cromwel making, me a visit the other day with a Turkey Mer­chant, he was pleas'd to tell me, that a Friend of his had been torment­ed with a violent pain in his Head, Three Days and Nights successively without intermission, and finding no help from his Physitions Mr. Crom­wel perswaded him to anoint the Coronal Sutors (or open of his Head) with my Elixir, which he said perfectly cured his Friend, in less time than he was acquainting me with it.

May 1700. A Goldsmiths Daughter in the Borough of Southwark about 7 or 8 years Old, was dreadfully handled with Convulsions, accompanied with strange Contorsions, dismal Shreikings, Foaming at the Mouth, with other concomitant passions that sometimes, attend that Distemper; so that many were of opinion she was Bewitch'd, or as the Vulgar phrase it, Under an Ill Tongue, many Remedies Internal and External were employ­ed to releive her, but proving ineffectual, confirm'd some in the opinion there was Fascination in the Case; but they were soon confuted by giv­ing her about Thirty drops of my Elixir, which immediately vanquished all the ill Symptoms, and restor'd her to Health, and gave the Childs Father such a good opinion of the Medicines, that he made use of no other Remedy to cure himself of a Rheumatism, and has successfully re­commended them to others, that were afflicted with the same Distemper.

One example more I cannot omit for its Notoriety, and that was of a young Gentlewoman under the Princes Chambers, near the House of Lords, about 22 years of Age who by a fall in the Street, being almost at her time, Miscarried; and being unskilltully treated by her Midwife, was reduced in Six Months time to such a degree of Weakness, that her con­dition was deplorable, she was not able to turn her self in her Bed, and all her Friends and Relations were under sad apprehensions of losing her; but she being at last recommended to my Gare. I gave her Five Doses of my Elixir, and purg'd her thrice with Salt of Lymons, which brought away the rotten peices and putrid Clodded Matter, which the Elixir had prepared for expulsion; and so effectually cleans'd and heald the parts affected, that in three Weeks time she went abroad, and so continues in perfect Health, who before was scarce out of her B [...] in three Months, and the Sinews of her Hams very much contracted.

Having thus breisly shew'd you the vertue of these Medicines in re­lation to some internal Distempers, for to name all I have good authority were to swell this Advertisement into a large Volumn: I shall next Pro­ceed with the like brevity, to acquaint you with their Vertues in rela­tion to External Maladies, in which they are no less prevalent than in the former.

I begin with Pustules or an extraordinary Redness in [...] Face, which [Page 10]the it often happens to Great Drinkers; yet is as often a disease in Tem­porate and Sober Persons, proceeding from a Crassis in the Blood, and want of a good Digestion; both which may be easily cured by these Me­dicines, without trouble, Eyes or Eyefore or danger. A Reverend Person of remarkable Sobirety and Abstinence, thinking a Red Face was a Scandal to his Profession, consulted a Physitian in London, of no mean Charracter about the Cure of it, who after a few delatory Essaies, to lengthen the time and augment the number of his Visits, prescrib'd him a Mercurial Wash, which rather enflamed than mittigated the Redness, and began to Ulcerate the Pastules, which put the Patient into a Fright, for Suffer­ing his Curiosity To make the Cure worse than the Disease: Whereupon ad­vising with me, I orderd the Patient to take a Dose of the Salt of Lymons twice a Week in Fountain Water with a little Sugar, and to touch the Pimples and Pustules every Night at Bed time with the Elixir. To this Course I added the holding about the quantity of a grain of Corn of the Salt of Lymons in his Mouth, which drained the Glands of the Vis­cous Juice that caus'd the Inflamation, and by following this method Fifteen Days, the Pimples and Redness disappeard, and a new Cutis coverd his Face without any sign of Redness, and so continues.

The same effect the Elixir has upon other Inflamations, and never failes to Cure an Erisipelas, St Anthonies Fire, the Shingles, Ring-worms, Tetters and scald Head, or any such like diseases in the Skin. Old Ulcers, Scabed and Runing Sores are commonly the Scandal of Chirurgeons, and rarely submit to a perfect Cure, but if heald up in one place break out in another; but this Elixir never faild of curing any old Sore or Ulcer, tho of Twenty Years standing; and if the Patient purges throughly with Salt of Lymons, after the Elixir has dryed up and skin'd the Sore, it will never break out again. This puts me in mind of an extraordinary Case; A poor Man in Long-Whatton in Leicestershire, who about 6 year, since had Worms bread in his Legs, in which he had seldom less than twenty Holes at a time, so wide that one might have turn'd his Finger in any one of them, and as one Worm dyed, the Hole heald up, whilst others bred in fresh Places of his Leg. In this sad condition he continued a long time, all Men pittying him, but none were found that could Cure him; till by dropping some few drops of my Elixir once a day into the Ulcers, and then in a short time he was perfectly recover'd.

They also never fail curing of any kind of Burns or Scalds, the part being anointed with the Elixir, and the Body kept Cool and Open by purging with the Salt of Lymons, to prevent a defluction of humors in [...] part affected. My Iron Founder powring a Ladle full of melted Iron [...] of the Furnace into the Mould, by a mischance let it fall into his [...]hooes which being pulld off, and my self being present, I anointed his [...]eet with my Elixir, which immediately took out the Fire, and his Pain [...]tterly vanish'd in the space of five Minutes or less, if it were possible to [...]e exact in so greate a Nicety. The next day another instance happen'd in the same kind upon another of my Mens Leg, by a flaming Ladle, who [Page 11]was cured by the same method, and in a shorter time than the former The Men are both now living with me in Black-Fryers. Mr Lionel Richardsons Wife, was Lame with the continued returns of a Rheu­matism, which caused Knobs to grow upon her Hands, Fingers and other Joints, and other excessive Pains in all her Limbs. I order'd her to take the Salt of Lymons twice a Week in Syrup of Elder Berries, and the Elixer in common Drink all Day, but at Night to take it in hot White-Wine Which course she followed for six Weekes, to her great Satisfaction; tho I think her case was rather the Gout than a Rheumatism; but call it what you will, these Medicines freed her from all Arthritick Pains, and restor'd her to Health.

A Servant Maid living with a Gentleman belonging to the Bank of Eng­land, had lost the Sence of Smelling for twenty Years; but by Sauffing up some of the Salt of Lymons into each Nostril, at her going to Bed, and taking a Dose of the Elixir, was so releived, that the next Morning she was strangly surprized at the various Smells with which she was accosted, that she neither knew how to demean her self, or express them; and for this and many other reasons, in cleansing the Head and Brains, I recom­mend it as the best Sneezing Powder that can be used.

Ann Clew's a Felmongers Wife, at Namptwich in Cheshire, as she was Undresing her Child on the 4th of April, was struck with a Paralitick Di­stemper, which took away her Speech, and deprived the extream parts of Sence and Motion. in this deplorable Estate she continued till the 7th of May, at which time I orderd her to be Anointed with my Elixir, from the Mould of her Head to the bottom of the Back Bone, and both the Palms of her Hands, and the Soules of her Feet; to Purge with Salt of Lymons, and to take Elixir inwardly in all her Drinks, and Broths, which being ob­served according to Direction, she recoverd her Speech in 48 Hours, and in a Fortnighr after was restor'd to the use of her Limbs. Another In­stance in the Palsey, was upon one Mr. Bridgman an antient Man, living within Cripple-Gate, London, who had lost the use of his right Hand and Arm, and had no Sence of Feeling in it. To him I prescribed the same course as to the Patient next before named, and it had the same effect; but much sooner, for he was perfectly recoverd in less than two Da [...].

These Medicines are good Remedies for Weakness, and pains in the Back, Loins, Genitalls occasion'd by Spermatick wastings in both Sexes, by cleansing and Purifying the viciated Parts that oppress Nature, which be­ing removed, assist her in gaining Strength and Vigor. Those that are molested with Venereal Diseases, ought to esteem these Medicines as pre­ [...]ous Jewels. First because they enable every Man to be his own Physitian, and secondly in respect of Privacy, for they hinder no Man from follow­ing his Business, at Home or Abroad, without the nearest Relations per­ceiving they are taking Physick, if they are able to keep their own Counsel.

Such as are a coustom'd at certain Seasons of the Year, to take Preventi­tive Physick, to keep their Bodies Clean and Wholsome, if they please to take these Medicines, may lay aside their use of Dyet Drinks, Pills, [Page]and Potions, for nothing is so fit, nor will more effectually answer that Intention, since they operate so calmly and pleasantly, that the weakest Persons, Women with Child, or the youngest Children, may take them with Benefit, for by continual Proofes of their Vertues, more Stress may be laid upon them in these Cases, than upon any two Medicines in the World.

An [...]ther great Conveniency in these Medicines, is, that they are Porta­ble, and may be always carryed about a Man, with as little trouble as a Watch, or a Snush Box, and so are commodious for Travellors upon a Jour­ney, without hazarding their Lives among strange Physitians and stranger M [...]dicines. Riding hard, and long Journeys, especially among G [...]ntlemen and Citizens, that are not us'd to that Fatigue, often throw Men into Fe­vers, and with a little unskilful Handling into their Graves, which may be prevented by carrying these Medicines in your Pocket, which drive a­way a Fever in a few Hours and also enables the Traveller to pursue his Journy chearfully, as you will see b [...] an by.

Nothing is more wanting in Fleets at Sea, in Armies on Land, and in Hospitalls than these Medicines; for they will dexterously act the part of the skilfulest Chirurgeon, in such Parts where neither his Eye can discern, nor his Hand come to help the Patient, and will do all the work them selves, by drawing off and evacuating all offending and feeding Humors, which in Wounds, Contusions, Apostems and Sores keep them from Healing. Sir P. T. Knight, riding Post two Daies, and Nights, threw himself into such a violent Feaver, that he was scarce able to sit his Horse; but calling to mind, he had a Bottle of my Elixir in his Pocket, he allighted at a Spring and fill'd the Tin Box he kept the Elixir, in which Water he dropt fifty Drops in of the Elixir into it and repeating the same Dose, five Miles further in his Stage, his Feaver vanish'd, he found himself very Lightsome, and finish'd this Journy with great ease and Satisfaction.

Besides the Catharthick quality the Salt of Lymons is endowed with, it is an excell [...] [...]t Dentrifice: If you do but touch an Akeing Tooth with this Salt it often takes away the Pain: It Rotten, Black, or Stinking, it makes them Clean, White, and Sweet, only by rubbing the Teeth every [...]ther night with it, and Cures the Scurvy in the Gums by putting the [...]ant [...]y of a grain of Corn of it into the Mouth, which will immediate­ [...] be full [...] Water, with which gargle your Mouth, forcing it strongly [...]rough your Teeth, and it will preserve both Teeth and Gums to a [...]very old Age.

The Elixir is no less effectual in curing Corns in your Feet, or Toes [...] or Hands whether they be hard or soft, upon or between your Toes. [...] the Corn be hard anoint it with the Elixir every Night and Morning, an [...] [...] it will molify the part, kill the Corn, and reduce the skin and flesh to a [...] [...]gular Temper; but if it be a soft Corn betwixt the Toes, you must [...] [...]et a lit le Cotton or Wooll in the Elixir, apply i [...] upon the place, and [...] a few dressings, it will Cure it without Pain or Trouble, and A [...]oi [...]t [...]d Ha [...]ds with it, makes them Soft as a Ladys, and Cures chopt Hands [...] Lips.

In Feavers, the Elixir is to be taken from Forty to [...] of White Wine and Water. Fifty Drops is the use [...] may be augmented or abated, according to the quantity [...] or the greatness of the Patients Thirst. Repeat this D [...] [...] hours till the Feaver is abated, and the Patients Thirst gone. [...] two Days together with the Salt of Lymons, and the Fever [...] no more. To a Child you may give from twenty to thirty Drops, [...] same manner and order.

In Poysons coming from the Pi [...]ing of a Serpent, Viper, or other Ve [...] ­mous Creature, as a mad [...]og &c. you must often anoint the part Bitten with the Elixir, take it inwardly as in Fevers, and purge twice or thrice after it.

If the Poyson come from taking Arsnick [...] or other poysonous Drugs, or Mineral, you must only tak [...] i [...] inwardly as directed in Feavers; in good Wine but if any part of the Lody swell, you must anoint it with the Elixir also, and purge very well after it with the Salt of Lymons.

In Venereal Cases, if the Clap be newly taken, drink the Elixir plenti­fully in Wine and Water. Let the Patients, if they find cause for it, wash the parts more particular affected, with four parts Water and one Elixir, and if there be occasion to make use of Injections, doe it with the same mixture, and you will find ease suddenly; but when all the Ill [...]mptoms are abated, dont forget to purge well after it, for fear any [...]egs of the distemper should remain behind, and return with greater malignity and Danger. But if the Pox be old and attended with Shankers, Nodes, Bubo's &c. then the Elixir must be taken constantly in all their common drink, and the Salt of Lymons must be taken three times a Week, for a month together, nay tho the Symptoms abate sooner yet the Pati­ent must continue his course without intermission; for it is a harder mat­ter to dislodge one old Pox, than to cure ten new Claps, and therefore the greater care must be taken.

In Pleurisies, inward Pains, Wounds and Bruises, drink it in good hot Claret; and the same course observe in the Yellow Jaundice and Dropsies, with the addition of old Hock and Rhenish.

In Rheumatisms, Fits of the Gout, Arthritick Distempers, Hypocondriack affects, Convulsions, and Vapours, drink 50 or 60 drops at a time in White Wine and Water, and it will quickly Thin and change the whole Serum of the Blood, and render the whole Mass agreeable.

In Consumptions, Hectick Feavers, and Inveterate Ptysicks, it must be used in all the Drinks and Liquids which the Patient takes, but especial­ly in old Hock and White Wine, which will throw off the Tough Slimes vvhich obstruct and inflame the Lungs and Bowells.

The Salt of Lymons may be taken early in the Morning, in half a Pint of Water and Sugar, or in White Wine and Water, Mingle the same quantity: Or, hot Ale or Wine, or in any other convenient Vehicle, that best agrees with the Patients, Pallit, and the nature of the Distemper. For a Man or Woman the Dose is two Drachms; but to Children half a [...]achm, you must not omit Sugar with it in all ages and sexes.

[...] of my Friend, with your Medicines (who have [...] fit by them) that I am pulled to Peices, by Daily [...] [...]er Friends. Pray therefore, now, or at your Leasure, [...] [...]es of the Elixir, and 6 Ounces of the Salt, and some [...] of Direction: my Brother is almost set on his Leggs of his Rhewmetisim, and Mrs. Pratt is much better, since yesterday, all send their Service, which you are assured of from your faithful Servant,

Talbot Clerk, Beronet.

To Dr Sstringer, at his House in Black-fryers.

SIR,

I Am glad to hear, after spending so much time in Examing the Curi­osities of Nature, in Mettalls, and Mineralls; you are at last setled [...]n London, where your Friends and Patients may have recourse to you, for your Advice, and the use of your Medicines, which did so much good [...]n our Parts while you staid among us. You may please to remember when I was brought to you at Buckston, I had lost the use of my Legs, [...]nd for six Months could not move or stir, without the assistance of Crutches. Some of my Phisitians call'd it the Gout, other gave it names that I don't pretend to understand, tis well if they did; for I received no other Benefit from any of them, but to be tired out with the continual use of nauseous Medicines, and emptying my Pockets. You were pleas'd to call it a Rheumatism, and plyed me about a Fortnight with the continu­ [...]l use of your Elixir Martis, Inward and Outwardly, and somtimes Purg'd me with your Salt of Ly [...]ons, which by Gods Blesing had such a good Effect upon me, that I was perfectly restored to the use of my Legs, [...]nd in three Weekes able to Run a whole day a Hunting; and I thank God have continued in Health ever since.

Now Sr a Gentleman in our Neighbour-hood, having been seized in [...]he same manner that I was, and I beleive with the same Distemper, has [...]ften importun'd me to find you out, and procure some of your Medicines, which I have long made my Business, but could not hear of you till now; [...]nd therefore have dispatch'd this Messinger (the Gentleman's Servant) on [...]urpose to you, for ten Bottles of your Elixir and five Boxes of your [...]alt of Lymons, for which you will receive Money of the Bearer, and if the [...]edicines Succeed, as I question not but they will, for I am sure his Distemper is the same that mine was, you will find a grateful Patient of [...]e Gentleman, and much oblige Sir,

Your humble Servant Aron Shawrs.
SIR,

MY old Distemper the Dropsy, that you Cured me of above three Years ago; by a cursed habit of Intemperance is again return'd, [Page 15] [...]nd my Legs and whole Body are Swell'd, like the poor English at Am­ [...]oyna, under the cruel Punishment of a Duch Water Rack. Besides this Malady our Country Doctors say I am attackt by a Damn'd hard Word they call a Cachexia, which if in continuing the Seige it turns into the Yel­ [...]ow-Jaundice, I must surrender the Garrison to the Worms, and make a Step in the Dark, that I am but very ill provided for. If upon this con­sideration, and the Money I have sent to pay for them, you please to send [...]e a Reprieve from this Sentance of our Country Doctors, in three Bottles [...] your Elixir Martis; if I live, I will drink every Year a Score of our [...]ountry Milksop young Gentlemen into the same condition, and send [...]hem to you to be Cured out of pure Gratitude for my own Recovery. [...] remember the Dropsy seis'd me in London by drinking of Claret, and you Cured me by ordering me to take your Elixir constantly in the same Li­ [...]uor, so I had my Cure, and yet was indulged in my Dear Debauchery, which was a double kindness, and will be return'd so by all Men of my Complexion, who are Extreamly fond of their Vices, and only desire [...]ealth that they may enjoy them with a better Gusto. Now Sr since the [...]eace, and our being reduced to Half Pay, we cannot reach that noble Li­ [...]uor Red, but are force to take up with a Decoction of Barley, under the [...]a [...]es of Stout and Three Threds, and glad we can purchase that: Threfore [...] would fain know, if I may not take your Elixir in those Country Li­ [...]uors, as I formerly did in Claret, when Fighting was in Fashion; for I [...]n of Opinion the Medicine is most effectual, when the Vehicle is pleasant [...]nd Approved. You see Sr what an ill Predicament I am in, that am [...] most Dead with Drinking, and yet to save my Life canot abstain from [...]at wretched swinish custome of Gusling. Good Sr do what you can to [...]ure my Body, and if Recover, I will endeavour to mend my Life, and [...]e thankful to God, and Doctor Stringer for it, in quality of his.

Humble Servant E. Prior.

To Mr Stringer, at his Refinerys in the High Peak in Derbyshire.

Dear Sir,

VVHen you Resided at Glocester-Hall in Oxford, I had the Honour to be instructed by you in the Noble Study of Chimistry and can [...]ly lament my Misfortune in being snatch'd away from the University, be [...]e I arrived to a greater Proficiency in so useful and excellent a Science: [...]owever I had the advantage of seeing the good Effects of your Elixir [...]artis and Salt of Lymons in many nice Cases, where Men of Figure were [...]ccesful; coming to London not long since, I was seised with a violent [...]er, and a concatination of other Distempers, too long to be mention'd [...]re. I had the Advice of several Physitians without any success, at last [...] thinking my self of your Medicines, I procured them from a Place in [...]wn where they are Sold; but had not the Happiness to find you. I con­ [...]ued in taking your Elixir, three times a Day in White-Whine and Wa­ [...] for the space of a Week; then I Purg'd twice with your Salt of Ly­mons, [Page 16]which quite took away my Fever; and all its dreadful Symtoms I took another Bottle of your Elixir, by which I am restored to as good state of Health, as ever I enjoyed in my whole Life: Now hearing where you Resided in the Peak I thought fit to give you notice of this great Cure; and also desire you to send me a Quantity of both your Medicines to keepe by me, for my owne use, and wherewith I may be somtimes Helpful to my Neighbours, and in so doing you will oblige Sir,

Your very humble Servant John Flower, Usher

Port Royal, Jamaica, October the 29th 1699.

SIR,

IN my last I gave you an Account, by the Richard and Sarah, that Dr Treadway and other Physitians, had made Tryal of your Elixir Febrifugi­ [...]m Martis, and have found it very effectual in Removing all kinds of Fe­vers in a little time; and that then I had Sold but few of your Medicines, because it was not commonly known among the People; but now some [...]aving made use of them with good Success, they have communicated their Vertues to the rest of the Inhabitants, and it is much enquir'd for, and goes off at five Shillings a Bottle. It is found by Experence to be a great Preserver of their Negroes from Malignant Fevers, which they are very Subject to; and therefore I desire you to send by the next Return a good quantity, both of your Elixir and Salt of Lymons; for you need not fear the Sale of them at a good Price, for they are now grown into great Reputation, by the Experience that is daily made of them, &c.

Yours to Comand, Robert Bevios

To Mr Kittridge, in the Temple.

SIR,

YOU may remember when I was last in London, you had me to the House of one Mr Moses Stringer; I had some Drops called Elixir Martis of him against my Aschma; I have found agreat deal of good by [...]t, but I hear he is removed from the house where he did live, so that I know not how to send to him: I desire the kindness of you, if you know where Mr Stringer lives, to give me an Account of the Place and Sign he [...]s living at, that I may know how to send to him for some more of his Elixir Martis; I desire your speedy Answer, so I rest

Your Friend, William Pay.

The Elixir is Sold at half a Crown a Bottle each, both containing a [...] Ounce, The Salt of Lymons at three Shillings an Ounce, or twelve Penc [...] [...]he Box, each Box being a Dose, or two Drams, and may be had at my House and Labortory in Black-Fryers, at Mrs Harris's, near the Horn-Taver [...], Westminster, at Young-Mans Coffee-House near Charing-Cross, Mr Gravener Stationer over against Leaden-Hall in Leaden-hall-street, Joseph Raven Bookseller in Lincols-Inn.

And those that please to sell, or export [...]hem may have an a batement of 15 l. pr Cent.

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