The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-05-02

of Receipts" For the Treatment or
the Ills and Aches of Humanity.
bleeding o Consumptive.
In these days of hygienic reform and
methods" of treating disease without
medicine at all 1t Is interesting to read
volume printed by Parry Hall. Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. in 1747 and compil-
ed by John Wesley. 1t Is curious mix
tare of material remedies and religious
exhortatisn- Th0re are few copies OF
the book In existence. but one unearthed
recently was the occasion of much amuse-
ment at q convention of physicians. The
book Is substantially bound in leather,
and the few illustrations are as primitive
as the remedies.
The preface deals with the raison
d'etre of the work, incidentally recalling
how man was sent from the hands OF
God perfect, needing no physic; but, re-
belling against the sovereign Of all, the
seeds Of pain and sickness were lodged
In the body and a thousand disorders,
increased by everything around us. The
sun and moon shed unwholesome infiu-
ences from above; the earth exhales pol
sonous damps from below; the air itself
that surrounds as Is replete with the
shafts Of death; yea. the food we eat
daily saps the foundations of life
The preface further states: las to the
manner Of using the remedies here set
down, I Should advise, as sson as you
know your disorder (which Is easy unless
In a case Of complication Of disorders,
and then YOU would do well to apply to
physician who fears God: First use the
medicines first advised for that disease;
AZ %hok t. 80 offaof, tho
third, and SO on. To persevere In the
course Is often more than half the cure.
Above all, add to the rest (for 1t is not
labor lost that old fashioned medicine,
prayer and faith In God"
A postscript to the preface IL addressed
to the members Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church and signed By Thomas Coke
and Francis Asbury, introducing the
work to American brethren 1t begins;
Friends and brethren. the great inter-
est Of your souls will ever be near eur
hearts, but we cannot be unmindful OF
your bodies"
The work proper Is entitled "a Colec-
ton of Receipts" and recites in alphabet
ical order the disorders" Of that time
and their remedies. In the AS are list
of pnnaceas against ague. To ego into
a cold bath Just before IT. Ii added the
wholesome advice, Nothing tends more
to prolongue an ague than indulgence In
a lazy, indolent disposition" Another
remedy for ague Is to "apply to the stom-
ach large onion, split" Still another is:
MAKE six middling pills Of cobwebs.
Take one before the cold fit. tive little
before the Rext, the other three, II need
be, before the other FL"
Parenthetically are introduced some
gentle hints for tender persons" and
1.-THE studious." 'Tender persons should
constantly 90 to bed at and rise at or
5. Studious people should frequently
battle and frequently wash their feet"
Tar water Is q standard remedy In the
great John Wesley's family medicine
book. He gives the formula for making
It: "Put a galfsa Of water (cold) ON
quart of Norway tar, stir them together
with a fat stick for I've minutes. After
1t has stood for three days pour the wa
ter of dear; bottle. cork. For St. An
thongs fire take a wineglassful every
hour"
There II no mention made Of f1ytime In
this pungent remedy for badness: Rub
the part night and morning with raw
onion until red; rub afterward with hon.
ey. Tried. Or electrify daily"
How does modern hydropathy compare
with this instance: Miss Bates Of Leices-
tershire bathed daily. using the cold bath
for a month and drinking only water.
This cured her Of a cancer In the breast.
| consumption and sciatic rheumatism"
There are various remedies for con-
sumption. After recommending the cold
bath Mr. Wesley says: Take no food
but new butterpilk churned b bottle
and white bread. On every morning cut
up a little turf OF fresh earth and. lying
down. breathe into the hole for quarter
Of an hour. I have known q deep con-
sumptive cured this way"
He further states: "Mr. Mathers Of
Evesham was 20 far gone In consump-
ton that he could not stand alone. DR..
Dover (of the celebrated Dover's pow
der) advised him to lose ak ounces of
blood daily for q foYtnight-if he lived
that long-and then every other day,
then every third day, and 10 on. In three
months he was we'll"
"For dull sight: Drop In two or three
drops Of the Juice Of rotten apples often"
This one does not sound unreasonable.
as rosemary forms an ingredient In many
hair restoratives: '1To make the hair
grow wash every night In o strong decoc-
ton Of rosemars.s
"F'or hoarseness, Rub the soles Of the
feet before the fire with garlic and lard,
well beaten together"
"For the IHiac Passion (colic): Hold q
live puppy constantly on the breast; or.
take, ounce By ounce, pound or Q pound
and a half of quicksilver
To prevent wrinkles and insure long
life: Take tar water night and morn
ing. or decoction Of nettles teither of
these will renew the youthful strength
for some years.. or be electrified daily.
or chew cinnamon daily"
For the sting Of bee or q nettle there
IL the homeopathic remedy of honey for
one and the juice of the nsttle for the
other.
Here is a pouitice that should sticks
"For a stitch tn the side apply treacle
on toast thot)."
An extraordinary disease called "twist-
ing Of the CUTS" has an extraordinary
remedy: MANY at the point Of death
have been cured by taking. ounce by
ounce. one. two or three pounds Of quick
silver"
After again recommending his collec-
ton Of recipes Mr.. Wesley forcibly adds:
"But | still advise. In complicated cases,
let every one apply without delay to a
physician that fears God. For from one
who does not. be his name ever SO great.
! should expect a curse rather than a