Sentence:  [S]ome Diſorders of the Head, how remote ſoever therefrom, are hereby (together with other Remedies) excellently well provided for, on Account of the Community there is between theſe Parts, as well as others, by Means not only of the Blood-veſſels, but the nervous "Fibrillæ" alſo; ſo that ſome have apply'd Plaiſters to the Soles of the Feet to cauſe Reſt, inſtead of taking an hypnotic Draught; and I have known others by the Uſe of a <WSD>"Pedilavium</WSD>", who have more certainly and pleaſantly procur'd to themſelves the ſame, when the common Doſe of "Laudanum" would do nothing to that Purpoſe; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A footbath carried out for therapeutic purposes; a pediluvium.