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well received by the public, were, with propriety, de-dicated to that Profeflbr under whofe tuition I applied my-felf to the ftudyof medicine—Dr. Charles Collignon, Pro-feflbr of Anatomy in the Univerflty ofCambridge. He hasfinifhed his courfe of ledfures on the theatre of life, and lefthis pupils to improve his labours and example.

Eager to applaud wherever I find an opportunity, I can*

not, in prefenting the public with a new and enlarged edi-tion, omit acknowledging the politenefs which I have ex-perienced from many members of the College, and the par-ticular marks of refpedl fhewn to me by thofe, with whomI have the happinefs of being perfonally intimate. At thefame time, however, I think myfelf perfeffly free to cenfurethofe whofe public condudl appears to deferve it.

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By a continual Rudy for the improvement of my medi-cines, and a diligent attention to the cafes of thofe patientswho have thought proper to confult me, I have endea-voured to contribute my fhare towards refcuing the propri-etors of public noftrums from that odium under which theyhave the misfortune to labour; and I recommend all regu-lar practitioners to a6h equally as confcientious.

The difeoverers or proprietors of public medicines,whether they poflefs any real knowledge of phyfic or not,have been branded with the name of Quacks ; but it isfeared, that the greateji quacks will be found amongfl theregular-bred practitioners, who are fuppofed to be acquaintedwith the generality of difeafes as well as with their parti-cular remedies:—for the proprietor of a public medicineadminiflers his remedy only in one or a few particular com-plaints, for which it is deemed a fpecificj and was He torecommend the fame mode of treatment to a patient af-flicted with a pleurify, as he did to a H e wouldjuflly be held in the greatefl derifton; but a regular prac-titioner has full liberty, like Dr. Sangrado, to think bleedingand warm water univerfal remedies ! Without incurringthe cenfure of ignorance, the Balfam of Capivi may, by Himbe confidered as the grand panacea, and the dry vomit as afpecific in all cafes. I have now by me a prefeription ge-nerally given by a late celebrated popular phyfician: In oneinftance within my own knowledge, it was preferibed to adelicate young lady about fixteen, for an obftruCtion pecu-liar to her age; and in another, to a flout middle-aged man,in a cafe not exaflly fimilar } and I now know a practitioner,

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who the effedls of any new drug which comes Intofa-

Jliion} y udminiftcring it in all cafes indiferiminately, untilhis enquiries generally terminate in a conclufion, that itpofieffes no virtue at all.

The regular pra&itioner has one advantage, however,which the quack can never attain to; which is, that if a pa-tient dies whilft taking a medicine from the latter, it is themedicine which kills him, and the proprietor is never for-given; but amongft the ten thoufand times ten thoufandwhich diefecundem artem, it only happens that the phyficianhas mijlaken the cafe-> or he was called in too late. Thereforewe seldom hear of a perfon dying under a quack.

That univerfal benevolence, and that fpirit of chriftiancharity, fo ftrongly inculcated by the Divine Author of thelaw of love, which is given unto us in the gofpel of peacesought to be particularly cherifhed by, and confpicuous in,thofe whofe office and duty it is to imitate the Flrfl: andGreat Phyfician of the Univerfe: HE is no refpedler of per-

fans-, but whosoever feareth him and doelh goof is ac-cepted of Him, without enquiring whether he is a memberof the College, or hath ever advertifed a medicine. Butthofe who fhould be his followers, not only “ fhut the gatesof mercy ” on all out of the pale of their own mona/lery,but extend their inveteracy to the diftreffed widows and to

the orphans yet unborn, of any medical man, who hath hadthe philanthropy to publilh to the world, that he is enabledto cure a violent difeafe, when the Dignitaries of his col-lege have been confulted in vain; for in a pamphlet lately

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put into my hands, containing Laws of the Society for theRelief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Aden in Londonaudits vicinity, I find the following claufe: u Any mem-ber, who fhall publicly advertife any medicine, as a fecrct,either as to ingredients or mode of preparation; or whofhall publicly advertife to cure any diseasej and whofhall not totally difcontinue the faid practice— -Jhall ceafe tohe a member”—fo that his widow and children are, by thefather’s philanthropy, excluded any benefit to be derivedfrom this fociety cf members of the College. At the headcf this benevolent inftitution, I fee the following rcfpe£iablenames: Right Hon. Earl of Leiccftcr, Sir Jofeph Banks,Dr. Warren, Dr. Turton, Dr. Letifom, Dr. Reynolds*Dr. Pitcairn !! !

In the early ages of medicine, it fhould feem that phyfi-cians confined their practice chiefly to fome particular dif-eafe, or to the effefls of a few particular remedies; and theferemedies were very fimple, being chiefly feledled from thevegetable kingdom.

After ages degenerated ftrangely from this fimplicity;and in procefs of time, inflead of the pure produ&ions ofour mother earth, we find all kinds of filth introduced intothe Materia Medica; infomuch that the phyfician’s pre-feriptions might nearly be made up fiom a dunghill or acharnel-houfe—and the excrement,of a dove was a bolusfor a dying patient.

DEDICATION7 . VIIThere is now, and appears always to have been, a

fafhlon in phyfic, as much as in drefs; and it is moft to belamented, that whilft in fajhion, be a thing ever fo abfurd,it will be adopted, but when its reign is over, be it ever foufcful, it is, in a great meafure, rejected. Hence manyvaluable fimples are funk into difrepute, whilft a varietyof infignificant though laborious compounds are held forthas the philofopher’sJlone.

Having thus tried Nature in her pure as well as hermoft impure ftate, Art was called in as an handmaid ormediator; Chemiftry came in fafliion; and by the help ofan ordeal trial, the inhabitants of the grave and the refufeof a dunghill are purified and made white \ whilft, in manyinftances, even the native robe of innocence, whichNature gave to her own children, is torn from them, andthey are robbed of that virtue, which they did once in-herit from their parent.

I do not mean, however, to condemn ufeful or ex-perimental chemiftry : By that we are fupplied with fomearticles of much confequence in the prefent pra&ice;yet by that we are alfo not only deprived of many va-luable fimples, but are fupplied with a number of la-borious trifles.—Be it, then, the phyfician’s care to dif-criminate: Let him attend to the real intereft of his patient!Let him, in feledfing even fromfafhionable drugs, “ refufethe evil, and chufe the good,” that the fons of affliffionmay rife up to praife him, and the daughters of difeafe calldown bleftings upon his head.

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Whether the patient’s faith has been the ground of thephyfician’s practice, or the praftice of the phyfician thatof the patient’s faith, I will not determine; but certain itis, that thefaith of one has been in perfect unity with thefrafiice of the other; and it appears, that a dying patientwould have ?. much greater reliance on the effefts ofa few grains of chemical duff, or a fcruple of bark broughtfrom Mexico or Peru, than in all the fimples to be gatheredin our fields, or in the bark of any tree which his owncountry produces.

Happy nation ! the time of your phyfical vexation Is nomore !—Your darknefs is difperfing ! This is the dawn-ing of that day, when Medicine fhall recover its nativefimplicity, and the Sun of Medicine Jhall furely arife withhealing on his wings. The fludy of botany, and the re-•duflion of that fiudy to ufeful purpofes, is now comingagain into fajhion,

and is encouraged by men of learning,ability, and integrity. Every day fome new ftar is ap-pearing in the botanic himifphere. The various and excel-lent works which have been lately and are now publidling,tending to facilitate and encourage the ftudy of medicalbotany, are a particular honour to the perfons concernedin them, as well as an ornament to the nation. Theworks of Woodeville, Baylis, Hill, Culpepper, and everyother publication which tends to promote that ufefulbranch of medical enquiry, cannot be too firongly recom-mended to the attention of ftudents and young prac-titioners in phyfic, and Ton, who have the direftion of

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their ftudies, will, doubtlefs, lead them through thefepleahng themes.

You, Gentlemen, to whom thefe few pages are ad-drefted, You are the guardians of the public health -

You are the difpenfers of happinefs to the ten thoufandthoufand children of affliction: Your’s is the pleafingftudy to caufe the mourner to rejoice—to raife him fromtire bed of licknefs ! ’Tis Your’s to reftore a hufbandto the widow, and a parent to the child!—Like the greatElijah, You are made prophets of the Moll High God,and enabled to reftore life unto the widow’s fon !—LikeJames and John, You are made apolllcs of your GreatRedeemer, and are enabled to fay to the lame man,u Arife, take up thy bed and walk!”—Yea, like thatGreat Redeemer himfelf, You are appointed to bringu peace on earth, goodwill towards man!”—Look well,then, to this your folemn charge ! Seek' and five thofethat are loft in the gulph of mifery and difeafe; Follow thefteps of your Great Mafter: Study the moft eafy, themoll fimple, and the moft fafe methods of reftoring themfrom that ftate into which they are fallen!

And O, whilft you are thus employed, fuffer me alfo—-even me, the humbleft of the healing train, to join withyou in this heavenly amufement! Let me alfo join withYou, in fearching for that tree, the leaves of which are forthe healing of the nations ; %vhofe fruit Jhould be for meat,and whofe leaves for medicine. And whilft we are alllludious, and diligently employed to difcover remedies that

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ftore to health a di(tempered frame; let us kindly endea-vour to foothe the diforders of the mind, and mitigate theforrows of affliction and diftrefs. And when we havepointed out to the votary of Pleafure, the precipice onwhich he (lands; when we have (hewn to the (lave ofVice, the chains which he is forging for himfelf; when wehave (hatched the victims of Difeafe, from the deftructionwhich his own folly was driving him into—let us furtherendeavour to enchant them with the bright forms ofTruth and Virtue, and lead them to that fountain, whichis alone able to cleanfe them from all impurity.

Such is the physician’s duty ! And fuch, I truftwill be the praftice of all thofe who confcientioufly enterinto the medical profeffion—whether as a Fellow of theCollege, a Member of the Corporation, or a Freeman ofthe Company; as well as of all thofe who, unconnectedwith any college, corporation, or company, venture on thewide held of phyhc, fupported only by their own endea-vours, and the philanthropic exertion of thofe talentswith which they have been entrufted, and which they havebeen (tudious to improve.

Equally free to applaud as to cenfure thofe of my ownprofeffion, whenever I hnd occaOon, I cannot clofe thisatldrefs without repeating my teflimony of the liberalityof many members of the college, who, whilft they profefstheir difapprobation of public medicines, (or NoJ/rums asthey arc generally termed) have given fuch a fan&ion to

DEDICATION XIniy Vegetable Syrup as to recommend it to their patients.—The public, as well as themfclves, will reap the ad-vantage of their liberality; for probably the period is atno great didance, when the fecret of its preparation willbe laid open on very liberal terms. The recipe for preparingthis medicine was obtained by me at a very great ex-pence—that of many thoufand pounds. Until that fum isin fome reafonable meafure repaid, I cannot compleat mydefign; but when that is done, it is my intention to divulgethe fecret for the benefit of the riling generation, thatthey may know the wonders of the Vegetable kingdom,and be thence led to feek for afllftance in thofe fimpleremedies which Nature alone will fupply. Till whichtime, I beg to fubfcribe myfelf,

Gentlemen,Your humble Servant,

JAMES HOD SON,Hatton-Garden,

*794-

INTRODUCTION.ALTHOU GH the following pages were written

with an intent to recommend a few fecret prefcrip-tions, yet it is prefumed, that there is nothing containedtherein but what is founded upon Reafon, as well as uponthat firm bafis of all Medical Knowledge—Praftical Ex-perience.

The exprefs purpofe of this publication being thus ac-knowledged, it fcarcely need be obferved, that it is not in-tended fo much for the critical eye of the learned, as fcrthe inftrudfion of the ignorant, the illiterate, and theafflicted. The language is, therefore, adapted to the moftfimple capacity, and it is to be hoped will be fufficientlyunderftood by thofe for whom it is chiefly defigned. Themore learned and exalted reader, however, if afilifted, mayreceive inftruftion therefrom, and confidering its ufefulnefsonly, will kindly caft the veil of charity over the numerousblemifhes, which he may difcover therein.

The catalogue of public medicines is already fo large,that one would fuppofe it almofi impofilble for any thingnew to be added thereto, did not every day’s experienceconvince us, that the Faculty have not yet arrived to that

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great degree of perfection in the healing art, as to havedifcovered remedies for all the complaints and difordersincident to the human frame.—A newfpaper is now be-come the chief vehicle for giving information to the af-flicted, where they may apply for relief in ficlcnefs, lame-nefs, or any other calamity which may happen to the body;and every humane perfon, who is poffcffed of a remedy forany particular complaint, thinks it his duty to make knowato the world, that he will fupply the afflifted with his re-medy at a moderate profit.

Never, perhaps, was there an age, wherein the preparersand venders of medicines were fo numerous as at prefent;the prefs daily teems with their productions ; the newfpapersare crowded with their lifts of cures; and we are perpe-tually hearing of fome grateful perfon, who is fending forthhis thanks in print, for having beenreftored to health from,a dangerous difeafe, and miraculoufly refeued from the jawsof Death, by fyrups, tinctures, powders, drops, and balfams,prepared by thefe advertifers. Their effays, treatifes, anddiffertations on the various difeafes incident to mankind,have been purchafed with avidity, and read with attention ;

they have impreffed on the minds of the readers a favour-able opinion of the compofitions they recommend; and, byexplaining the peculiar eafe with which they may be taken,,and the very great probability of their performing an effec-tual cure, they have eftabliftied an extenlive fale for theirarticles, and are at this time held by many in the higheftefteem, as the univerfal difpenfers ofhealth and long life.

There is, on the contrary, a number of perfons withwhom a prejudice againft thefe medicines hath taken root,and who exclaim againlt the inventors of them in the moftvehement manner, and vilify both them and their medicineswith names the moft opprobrious and undeferved. Andwhy ?—-Merely bccaufe they are advertifed. Are their vir-tues leflened by this means ? Docs an advertifement in apublic newfpaper render the medicine lefs efficacious orvaluable? In the eye of reafon it fhould feem otherwife j

but if the affertions of our adverfaries may be credited, oneTingle advertifement fubverts the whole mafs of ingredients,deftroys the nature of the compomion, and takes away allits power.

Yet what is there in a newfpaper that fhould occafionthis mighty difgrace ? They were at fird, indeed, merelyconveyancers of political information—difclofmg the fe-crets of minifterial councils, and prefacing to the public afuture peace or war ; but their plan has fince been mate-rially altered and improved; they are now become the ve-hicles of general information; and there is fcarcely any ar-ticle in life, of which we ftand in need, but what an adver-tifement will more eafily procure than any other means wecan devife.—People are thoroughly convinced of this ad-vantage, and hence it is thatadvertiftments are fo numerousin all our newfpapers: They form a conhderable part oftheir contents, and to men of bufinefs are certainly the moftvaluable. The Merchant, by tnis means, knows the de-parture, voyages, and arrivals of ids vefiels; tne Spot tfmarvis prefeiited >yiUl ao amount of the country races, as alfo

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with the Talcs of horfes and their pedigrees; the Farmerfees the date of the harved through the kingdom, and readsof the improvements in hufbandry; and the Tradefman hasa variety of information, which at once pleafes and indruflshim. Nor are the Ladies exempt from deriving advan-ages from a newfpaper. In that they trace the progrefs of

faihion through all its various windings, learn who ap-peared the mod; brilliant at the ball or in the drawing-room,fee when all the places of diverfion open and fhut, are in-formed who fells the mod: valuable perfumes, and read along lid: of births and marriages; whild the HumaneChridian, whofe heart melts at the woes of his fellowmortals, may find, from reading the newfpapers, an amplefield for exercifmg that greated of all chridian virtues—Charity.

And yet fhall it be reckoned a crime, if the old and feebleinvalid, whofe infirmities coniine him from the bufy world,but who is dill defirous of knowing how affairs go on, andtherefore reads the News ; fhall it be reckoned a crime, if inthe fame paper that he reads for amufement, he reads alfohow he may be relieved from his affliftion ? The propri-etors of many medicines have no refource but this. Theentrance to every other path is diut againd them; they are,therefore, the lad perfons that diould be fpoke againd. forfollowing this ferviceable method.

The cures done by the faculty are fuch as mud excitethe wonder and gratitude of all who have been witnefs to

them; but did there yet remain one Tingle diforder which

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they cannot cure, a medicine calculated to remove fuchcomplaint, and which is able 10 remove it, is certainlydeferving public protection and encouragement.

And does not every day prefent us with the indifputableteftimonies of living witnefles, who, but for the relief ofthefe advertifed medicines, had certainly fallen a facrificeto their diforder; or what, perhaps, is ftill worfe, hadcontinued miferable objects of didrefs, unhappy in them-felves, and troublefome to their friends.

How numerous are the accounts which are thus pro-duced of perfons being cured by this means ! and howfincere a pleafure muft every feeling mind receive from aperufal of fuch valuable cures, and from the reflection,that we are not deftitute of remedies for our moll danger-ous diforders, though given up by the faculty as totallyincurable!

But as molt the noble defigns and belt Inftitutipns arefubjeCt to perverfion, it would be a want of candour indefending the mode of advertifing medicines, if we didnot at the fame time exprefs our juft abhorrence of thevillainy of thofe impoftors, who make ufe of this methodto rob the unwary not only of their money, withoutaffording relief to them, but a great many even of theirlives. A fubjeCl wherein our lives are fo materially con-cerned, is too ferious and important to be treated onwith levity, or with a defign of furthering the private in-tereft of any clafs of people; and therefore can be no

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excufe for him, who to anfwer this felfifti purpofe, wouldendeavour to eftablifh erroneous principles among themultitude, and perfuade them to the application of mcdi*cines, which deftroy, inftead of curing them.

In general, however, thefe kind of importers confinethemfelves to a certain indelicate complaint, which hathbeen fatal to many young perfons of both fexes Unhappyobjedls ! borne away by a fondnefs for inordinate pleafure,or ruined perhaps, by fome deceitful wretch, they arcinfenrtbly led on to this pradfice, and ere they reach themeridian of their lives, they fall a prey to an infamousdifeafe. Ihe fear of publifliing their fxtuation frequentlyprevents them feeking a timely remedy, and the pcifon inthe mean while fpreads through all their veins, till at lengththey are reduced to the difagreeable necertity of fubmittingto the moft torturing operations, or of flaking into thegrave amidft inconceivable agonies.

Here, furely, is dirtrefs fufHcient to excite our pity; andit cannot but be expedfed that proper encouragement willbe given to him who can furniih a fimple medicine, whichmay recover thefe miferable fufferers, without exportngthem to a violent operation, or occaiioning the leaft in-jury to their conftitution. Such a remedy is recommendedin the courfe of the following pages,: lis efficacy has bee'happily experienced by thoufands, who, from the brinof the grave, have been rertored to life and health, anfrom being a burthen to themfelves and the public, havtbeen rendered ufeful and valuable members of fociety.

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And fuch has been the effedf of this remedy on fomc of thepatients, that though before unwilling to have their fitua-tion known, they have afterwards readily publilhed theircafe, as an inftance of gratitude to the Proprietor, and asa means of pointing out a cure to thofe who Hand in needof it.

As the Proprietor of the after-mentioned medicines isconvinced of their fuperior efficacy in the complaints forwhich they are recommended, by numerous inflances offuccefs, he doubts not of their being properly diftinguifhedby a judicious public. By fteady prefeverance in their ufe,and implicit obedience to the diredfions given with each, hehas every reafon to hope for fuccefs; but even fhould theyever be found not to poilefs the defired efficacy, they haveat leaft this excellent property, that the patient is never leftin a worfe fbte than when he began the ufe of them.—Hetherefore only wjfhes for an impartial trial of them; andwhoever fhould taken upon himfelf to condemn any medi-cine, before he has taken the trouble to enquire how farit deferves his cenfure, betrays a mind full of hatred andenvy, which cannot bear to fee the profperity of another,without endeavouring to injure him and deflroy his repu-tation.

But the recommending prooer remedies to thofe alreadyaffiidted, is not the only intent of thefe pages : One grandmotive of them is to guard unwary youth from “ the de-ccitfulnefs of fin”—co warn them falling into a delufivehabit, that fafcinatc§ the fenfes, and allures its votaries to

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the frequent but folitary commillion of a vice, whichleaves a gloom upon the mind, a depreffion upon the fpi-rits, and a melancholy upon the foul, which, in the end,renders life a burthen, and every reafonabie gratificationand rational faculty of the man, without enjoyment.Should a perufal of thefe pages—a ferious reflexion uponthe melancholy cafes inferted at the end, and an 'impartialview of the dreadful confequcnces which many thoufandsof young people have brought upon themfelves for thewant of fuch a friendly guide—fhould this "again be (forfuch has already been) the effedbof this publication—fhouldit prove the means of leading ignorant, unguarded Youth,from the dark precipice of Falfhood and Vice, to thebright realms of Truth and Virtue, ineftimable will bethe fatisfadbion of the author, and happy, thrice happywill it be for the reader.

As members of fociety, and as well wifhers to ourfellow creatures, it is our duty, no doubt, to encourage alldifeoveries which tend to public utility; and thofe whichare conducive to the prefervation of our lives and con-Ititutions, are certainly ufeful in the highefb degree.—The difagreeable eftedls arifing from the lofs of healthare fufficiently numerous, and fpeak for themfelves.—Fromthe cradle to the grave we are the fubjedbs of difeafe, andour lives are a feries of rnifery and pain.

HaTTON-GARDEN, J. H.1 79 1>

TO THE PUBLIC.

TO infert all the cafes and cures which Dr. Hodfonis in polfeffion of, would alone require fome volumes,

inftcad of the part only o£ a fmall pamphlet. The fewwhich are hereafter felefled, are convincing evidences ofthe efficacy of the medicines recommended ; Thofe of thefourth part particularly point out the various confequenceswhich enfue from giving way to imprudent habits andfaffiionable vices, and thereby tend to guard unwary youthfrom thofe fatal rocks on which thoufands have have been,unfortunately wrecked.

Thefe complaints feldom coming within the obfervationof gentlemen in the general line of praftice, it is no reflcto-tion upon their knowledge or judgment to fay, that veryfew of them have an opportunity of that experience whichis the only folid foundation of Medical Fame ; whilfl Dr.Hodfon’s very extenfive praflice and particular attentionin thefe cafes, enables him to afford that permanent reliefto fuch unfortunate patients, as, perhaps, they cannot ex-

perience under any other phyfician in the kingdom.ln order that boys, fervants, and all thofe who can-

not afford a Fee, may not be deprived of proper inftruc-tions, Dr. Hodfon may be confulted gratis every Monday,

thatbeing the only Public Day, appointed for the bene-fit of thofe who cannot afford a fee. But as the Doftor’spraftice is now become fo great and extenfive, and hisconftant engagements require a confiderableportion of histimeand attendance, upon a confultation any other daythan his regular public one, he expefts the ufual compli-

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ment of One Guinea; but all written cafes, or letters foradvice, to be anfwered at his leifure, are required to in-clofe only Half-a-Guinea.—And in order that he may beas univerlally ufeful as polTible, to perfons labouring un-der any of the dreadful complaints afore-mentioned ; thofewhofe circumftances will not permit them to go througha courfe of his Vegetable Syrup or Rellorative Drops,will be fupplied with medicines at an inferior price,adapted to their disorders.

It may be proper, however, to notice, that Dr. Hodfonhaving feme literary purfuits which engage a confiderableportion of his time, he finds it necefiary to limit the hourswhen he may be confulted, fo far as to fay that he attendsat his apartments, No. 24, (removed from No. 29), HattonGarden, on Mondays, W ednesdays and Fridays only,from Eleven o’clock till Four ; but all letters, boxes, andparcels fent at any time to No., 24, will be fafely deliveredand duly attended to. And as patients from the countryfrequently come from a great diflance, in order to confulthim, without previous notice, they are hereby informed,,that the Month of July is a time when the Dr. is very,feldom in London,

*** Perfons in thet country who wifh to have any ofthe medicines immediately from the Doftor, by fendingthe money for any quantity they think proper, (and infmall orders one {billing more for a box) will have themfent by fuch carrier as they fhall appoint. Orders with a

draft for any fum may be fent by the Poll, and the balancewill be returned in the box; orders with cafh, may be in-clofed in a box or fmall parcel, by any of the coaches,diligences, or waggons, and will be duly attended to ;. or

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money may be paid to any of the Formatters in thecountry, who will give a receipt for the fame ; which re-

ceipt being inclofed to Dr. Hodfon, he can receive themoney at the General-poft-office in town.

N. B. It is rieceffary to obferve, that the delivery of everyparcel from the country is attended with an expence of porter-age, exclufive of carriaget and all letters with remittances arecharged in proportion thereto j it is therefore particularly tobe noticed, that in future the pofage of all letters whateverare to be paid., and the carriage of all parcels, or afufficientfuminclofed for that purpofe, over and above what is to be returnedin medicines. But in order to encourage patients to fend to theproprietor for them, by which means they will be fare to havethem genuine, for a remittance of a Five Pound Bank Bill, hewill return medicines to the value of Five Guineas.

Dr. Hodfon’s country refidence is at North End, Fulham,(a remarkable fine air and healthy fituation, particularlyfor confumptive people) three miles from Hyde ParkCorner ; and as it is frequently thedefire, and in fome cafesabfolutely neceffary, for patients tobe under his immediateinfpeftion, they may be fupplied with every accommoda-tion of board, apartments, and attendance, in his own

houfe, on terms from three guineas and half per week to

twenty guineas, according to the circumllances of theircafes, or the nature of their accommodations, either withor without the ufc of a carriage.

Dr, Hodfon’s Medicines may be obtained every day at

the following, which are the only appointed places of fale,viz, Mr. Tutt’s, Royal Exchange; Mr. Matthews’s, No,18, Strand; and Mr. Bacon’s, in Oxford-ftreet, London.And in the country, at the places mentioned in the nextpage, viz,

24Bath—CrutwellBuideford —HandfordBirmingham—PearfoaDitto—SwinneyB often—WorleyBriftol—RudhallBury—GedgeDitto—MiddleditchCambridgeHod fonCanterbury—Simmons and Co.Chelmsford—Clachar and Co.Chefter—PooleCoventry—RollafonDerby—PritchardDoncaftcr—SanderfonEdinburgh—Watfon and Co.Ely—HarwoodExeter—T rewmaji

Ditto—Gri crcrDO

Farnham—CookGlafgow—MennonsGloucefter—RaikesGrantham—Quanbro’Haftings—BarryHereford—WalkerHull—Lee and Co.Huntingdon—JenkinfonIpfwich—F or fterLeeds—WrightDitto—BinnsLewes—LeeLimerick—Watfon and Co.Lincoln—DrummondDitto—Brooke

Live: pool—BillingeDitto PhillipsLouih—MarfliLynn—MarfhallDitto—GaleMaidftone—BlakeManchefter—HarropDitto —OwenDitto—Kirk and HarrifonNewcaftle—Hall and ElliottDitto—M. BrownNewmarket —BaddifonNorthallerton—LangdaleNorthampton—MarfhallNorwich,—Yarrington and Co,Ditto—CroufeNottingham—BurbageOxfor— JackfonPeterboro'—JacobPlymouth—Hay donReading—Smart and Co.Saffron Walden—PaynSalisbury—CollinsSheffield—PierfonSherborne—Goadby and Co*.Shrewfbury—W oodSpalding—AlbinStamford—NewcombTewkfbury—DydeUpton—HoltWhitehaven—WareWifbech—WhiteWorceffer—TymbsYork—Blanchard,

NATURE’S ASSISTANT.

PART I.

To the aJJHHed with the Scurvy, Scrophula, Cancers, Dropfy,Rheumatifm,

Piles, Paralytic Complaints, Inflammation ofthe Eyes, Pimpled Faces, St. Anthony's Fire, Impurities af-ter the Small-pox or Meafles, Female ObflruEtions or Suppref-

flons ; and any Diforder originating in a Foulnefs of theBloodand Juices, or occafioned by an obflruEled Perfpiration.

ANCIENT medical writers have been at much trou-ble in diftinguifhing the various diforders of the Ikin,

of which they have made up a very confiderable catalogue;but the denomination of Scurvy hath, in modern times,been given to the whole clafs, as well as to all cutaneouseruptions whatever; nor is it meant here to attempt thediftinftion, as the remedy propofed is applicable to all thediforders ranked under that head.

The Scurvy, in many parts of the world, is confideredas an endemic evil, and for above a century was thefcourge of Europe. In armies it hath frequently beenreckoned to deftroy more lives than the fword ; and

14where it does not by itfelfrife to fo vifible a calamity, isfrequently a dreadful addition to the malignity of otherdifealcs.

Scorbutic complaintswet c for a long feries of years ima-gined to be far beyond the power of medicine; and manyan unhappy mortal has gone through the whole MateriaMedica for this difordcr, xvithout receiving any real be-nefit : Sea-water has been tried without effeft ; the feveralhofpitals have not been more fuccefsful, and the patient,after lingering from year to year, became a fpeclacle toohorrid to behold, and gladly received the finifhing flrokeof death. Happily, however, this is not now the cafe :

Plain fimple methods have been difeovered of putting a

flop to this confuming plague, and its danger obviated.But, alas! mankind having totally 101 l their original fim-plicity, they have 101 l alio all relifh for fimple remedies ;

They feek after figns and wonders, expefting medicinesthat will work miracles, and think it too much trouble to

walla and be clean.” Like Naaman the Syrian, theythink, “ Hewillfurely come out to me, and (land and callon the name of the L&rd Ids God, and ftrike his hand overthe place, and recover the leper,” without calling them-fdues upon the name of the Lord, and applying the meanswhich he hath appointed. Indeed it ismuch to be lament-ed, that very few people have fufficient confidence in themeans which Providence hath put in their own power,for eradicating this troublefome difordcr; not relieving,that all medicine will be taken in vain, if they do not affillits operations by a proper attention to other particulars.

The real Scurvy occurs in different habits and in differ-ent conflitutions. Other difeafes are often miflaken forthis, and this is as frequently miflaken for other com-

15plaints. It may (Dr. Lind obferves) take its origin from,many caufcs, perhaps little fufpe&ed to give rife to fuch a

diforder. It may be occafioned after a fever, by unfoundvifeera, or by a vitiated dateof the blood ; and experiencehas diffidently proved, that many of thofe obdinate cafeswhich occur in patients who have undergone repeatedcourfes of mercury for a fuppofed venereal taint, are reallyfcorbutic. Perfons whole conditutions are hereditarily li-able to the fcorbutic corruption, cannot bear the operationof mercury in any form or fhape whatever, even in a ve-

ry fmall quantity ; therefore when that medicinehath beenfreely and injudicioufly adminldercd to them, it more

particularly difpofes fuch conditution to receive the fcor-butic taint from any obvious external caufe.

This difeafe is in fome meafure hereditary to Britifh con-dilutions, and it may alfo be contrafted by a variety orcomplication of external caufcs ; the chief of which are a

cold and mold air, damp rooms, beds and clothes, grofsvifeid food, and want of excrcifc; and whatever clofesthe pores of the fkin, and leflens or obdrufts perfpiration.

It is fo general a diforder, that few people are free fromit, and its fymptoms arc fo various and uncertain, that itcan be no wonder it is fo frequently millaken for othercomplaints. A fcorbutic humour in the blood does notalways manifed itfelf outwardly by blotches and fpots up-on the fkin; but often lurks within, and occadons fuckfymptoms that the patient has no idea that the effefts arcproduced by fuck a caufe.—Where there are externaleruptions, there can be no doubt of the patient beingbutic ; but the inward fymptoms are fo difficult to delcribe,that Mathiolus has very juflly obferved, “ If any one is illand knows not his complaint, let him lufpeft the Scurvy.’ ’

Bocrhaave, Sydenham, Hoffman, Pringle, and otherexcellent writers and ptofeflers of the medical art, havegiven accurate deferiptions of the Scurvy, fo fatal to mari-ners in general, and have aidgned the principal caufes ofthe diforder.

Dr. Pringle aferibes it, particularly in long voyages, tocorrupted air and proviftons on board unventilated fhips.

Bocrhaave allows, that the Scurvy chiefly affefts theinhabitants of cold northern climates, particularly inmarfbes, low, fat and moid foils, near dagnating waters,whether frefh or fait. Perfons of fedentary lives are modfubjeft to it; thofe alio that feed on failed and fmoak-dried flefh or fifh, fea bilcuit, dinking water, and fait oldcbeefe.—To which (as Mr. Clark obferves) may be added

that putrid water is of it (elf fufficient to corrupt, byflow degrees, the whole mafs of blood, lymph, and otherjuices and fecretions from thefe two fird.”

The caufe and nature of the Sea Scurvy, fo commonand fatal to Tailors and mariners in general, arifes, then,

from an alkalefccnt and putrefeent date of the blood,a hot acrimonious quality in it, which occafions it to beunequally fluid, part being thick and grumous, and partbroken and d ffolved, without having its due crafts andconfidence in any channels of its circulation. In thejudgment of the bed writers, it flows from a relaxed dateof the folids, and a dilfolution of the fluids,”

The Land Scurvy is generally fuppofed to originatefrom an acefeent or four date of the blood.

The above are the chief caufes of this fatal diforder, ac-knowledged ,to be the mod virulent of all chronical dif-tempers. But as Dr. Mead obferves, “ It is a dileafe fovarious and dtilereni in appearance

, that it does not kem

to be One and the fame diforder. This is one reafon why”many are affliftcd with it, and know It not, as it affumesvarious forms of pains, rheumatifm wandering and fix-ed, great depreffion of fpirits, hypochondriacal and hyf-terical fymptoms, unfufpefted of a fcorbutic caufe, as thedidemper lurks in the blood, not yet having put on itsufual appearance on the fkin, legs,” &c.

A very common confcquence of a fcorbutic habit is ul-cerated lungs. Alfo difficulty of breathing, naufea andvomiting ; loofencfs and codivencfs, fainting fits, pains in.every part of the body, burning pains in the kidnies andurinary paffage (commonly midaken for the (lone andgravel), hard tumours in the groin, and other glandularparts of the body, pricking pains in the foies of the feet,weaknefs of the whole nervous fyftem, cramps, convul-fions, drowfinefs, langour, tremor of the limbs, thedropfy, with a variety of other fymptoms, particularlythofe incident to females, may all proceed from a fcor-butic habit, and can only be relieved by reducing theblood to a Hate of purity; and it is in vain to feck for anyrelief without an attention to that as the primary objeft.

Dr. Cheyne has very judly obferved, that “ There is no

chronical diflemper whatfoever more univerfal, more ob-dinate, and more fatal in Britain, than the Scurvy , taken inits general extent. Scarce any one chronical diforder butowes its origin to a fcorbutic cachexy, or is fo complicatedwith it, that it furniffies its mod cruel andobfhinatc fymp-tonis. To it wc owe all the dropfies that happen after themeridian of lifeall diabetes, adhmas, confumption-s offevcral kinds, many forts of cholics and diarrhoeas; fomckinds of gouts and rheumatifms; all palfies; various kindsof ulcers, and poffibly the cancer itfelf; mod cutaneous

18/oulncffes, weaklyconflitutions, bad digcflions,vapours,me-lancholics, and almolt all nervous diflcmpers whatfoever.”

Hence it fhould fecm almoft impoflible to lay down,in a regular fyftcm, the fymptoms which indicate theprefence and flage of this difordcr; yet as this book isnow in univerfal ellimation, and read by perfons of allranks, both on land and at fca, and its lale being extendedthrough England, Scotland, Ireland, America, and theIndies, in order to make it as generally ufeful as pofliblethe following defeription is felefted from the mofb expe-rienced and fkilful of the faculty.

Sydenham hays, “ The Scurvy is known by a fponta-neous wearinefs, a heavincfs of the body, difficulty ofbreathing, cfpecially after motion, rottenncfs of the gums,ftinking breath, frequent bleeding of the nofe, difficultyof walking, fometimes a fwelling, and fometimes a fall-ing away of the legs, in which there arc always livid,plumbeous, yellow, or violet-colouredfpots, with the facegenerally of a pale, tawney colour.

Boerhaave, (who faw the mofh virulent kinds of thisdiforder in Hollandj has marked, with great preciiion,the feveral ftages of it.

“ The firfl flage begins with unufual lazinefs, fponta-neons wearinefs, a pain in all the mufcles, as if over-tired,cfpecially in the legs and loins; when the patient awakesin the morning, all his joints and mufcles feem to betired and bruifed.

“ In the fecond flage, the gums fwcll. grow painful,hot, and itching, bleeding upon the lead preflu re; theroots of the teeth become baie and loofe; he feels painsin all the external and internal parts of the body imitat-ing diftempers proper to various parts.

194i In the third flage, the gums become putrid, with a

cadaverous fmell; when they are inflamed, blood diflilsfrom them, and a gangrene enfucs; the loofc teeth bydegrees grow yellow, black, and rotten; there arc oftenhaemorrhages, which break out from the fkin, withoutany appearance of a wound, from the lips, gums, mouth,nofe, lungs, ftomach, liver, fpleen, pancreas, intcflincs,Womb, kidneys, &c.—Obfllnate ulcers arile, which no

application can cure, and are apt to turn to a gangrene;they break out in all parts of the body, but efpeciallyin the legs, and are attended with a flench; there is akind of itch, and dry fcabs, with a dry mild leproly;the blood drawn from the veins is black and grumous,and yet wants its due confidence in the fibrous parts; theferum is fait, fharp, and abounding with a yellowifbgreen mucus on the furface ; there are gnawing and tor-menting pains, quickly drifting from place to place, whichgrow more violent in the night, afFcdling all the joints,bones, and vi'ccra.

“ In the fourth flags, there arc fevers of various kinds,which bring on an atrophy, fometimes d ; irrhoeas, dy-fentcrics, or violent flranguaries, as alfo faintings, andmortal anxieties, a dropfy, confumption, convulfions,trembling, a palfy, black fpots, voiding of blood up-wards and downwards, a putrefaction of the liver,fplecn, pancreas and mefentery, and now the contagionfpreads rapidly, and death foon follows.”

It may not be improper to obferve here, That howevervirulent the fymptoms of this diforder might be in thetime of Sydenham or Boerhaave, the mere Scurvy nowfcarcely ever puts on fuch a high degree of virulence asabove deferibed; and the moll common and obvious

fymptoms arc thus comprized in a plain and concifemanner by Mr. Clark :

“ A liftlelfncfs to a£lion and motion, a fallow andbloated countenance, a general weaknefs, heavinefs, andwearinefs, without any caufe to produce fuch cffefls, dif-ficulty of breathing, (linking breath, Toft, fpungy, andbleeding gums, livid, black and blue fpots on the fkin,©n the legs, and other pails of the body, fwellings andwallings of the legs, contra£lions of the tendons, faintings,and, not unfrcquently, fudden death.”

No fymptom of this difordcr is more difngreeable to thepatient, than the fcorbutic ulcer; and there is no fymptom,perhaps, to which improper remedies are more generallyapplied.—“ With refpcfl to the ufe of mercury in thefokind of ulcers, it ought always to be had in view, that infuch as arc really fcorbutic, in Head of afting as a remedy,if given in any confiderable quantity, it proves almoll acertain poifon.”—Bell on Ulcers, And indeed a long-con-tinued ufe of mercury is in no cafe free from danger, as itevidently eolliquates the whole mafs ofblood, weakens thenerves, and brings on tremors and palfies.

Dr. Lind, in his univerfally admired Treatife on theScurvy, fpeaking of real fcorbutic ulcers, fays, “ Theflighted brulfcs and wounds of fcorbutic perfons degenerateinto fuch ulcers;” but mercury, he adds, “in a trulyfcorbutic ulcer, is the moll dangerous and pernicious medi-cine that can be adminillered.—There are few medicinescarried out in a fea chell which are here of fervice. Thofeof the mineral kingdom, fuch as Heel, antimony, and cfpe-tially mercury, do manifell harm. Vegetables have greatand peculiar virtues in thisdil'eafe, arifing from a combina-tion of various qualities; and the beji remedies are furnilhed

from a compofition of different plants, moff eminentfor the properties tequired. Upon the whole it follows,,and will be found true in faft, That the mod perfeft andeffectual remedies are found in a compofition of differentingredients, each poffeding, in a high degree, one or otherofthofe virtues, from a combination of which, a vegetable,,faponaceous, fermentable acid may refult.”

A medicine formed upon the plan fo drongly urged byDr. Lind, has been long received by the public withgeneral fatisfaftion, and is now in univerfal edimation,,under the name of

Dr. PIOD SON’sPARISIAN VEGETABLE SYRUP,.

Improved from M. De Velnos..This Vegetable Syrup has been a favourite with the

public upwards of twenty years ; and fince its fird intro-du6bion into this kingdom from M. De Vel.nos has beenconfiderably improved. Some time fince his Majejly’sRoyal Letters Patent were granted for the improvements-made in an article fo highly intereding to the communityat large; which Royal Patent; (in confequcnce of a veryvaluable confideration) became the foie property of Dr..Hodfon of Hatton-Garden, who has fpared neither troublenor expence in the improvement thereof, and to whomalone the art and fecrct of preparing the fame is known.

This mod elegant and pleafing remedy is- purely vege-table, not having any thing of a mercurial or pernicious-nature whatfoever in its compofition, Its reputation hasbeen fo firmly edablifhed during that period,, that thefaculty in general have not fcrupled to recommend it to-their patients. This Syrup, which has thus Rood the ted

of time, and the experience ofthoufands, in a great varietyof cafes, is the mod pleafant ever difcovered, and is foperfe£lly fafe and gentle in its operation, as to be adminif-tered to the fair fex during every dage of pregnancy ; yetat the fame time it is fo fubtil and potent, that by penetrat-ing the minutedveflfels, it removes obdruftions inaccefli-ble to any mercurial preparation whatever; mixing withthe blood and juices, clcanfmg the fluids from every per-nicious quality, and reftoring them to that (late ofpurityrequired by Nature to keep the body in health.

The reader need fcarccly be reminded, that the forego-ing obfervations are chiefly felefted from the works ofeminent authors on the fubjeft. Very little new is pre-tended to be added ; but as this diforder, if of long Hand-ing, generally occaflons an hyflerical, hypocondriachal,or melancholy turn of mind, which makes the patientsfond of having a variety of opinions refpefting the com-

plaint ; that wifh may here be gratified with little trouble,and a very fmall expence.

GeneralEffects of this Syrup.It may be nccefl'ary, before the general efficacy of this

medicine be dated, to take notice of an objeftion that isfrequently darted by the ignorant, concerning its unvoer-

falily, viz. “ that what is good forevery complaint, cures

mono.”—Such perfons who objeft to this medicine on thataccount, may confider that the Bark has never been ob-jected to as a remedy for an intermitting fever, merelybecaufe it is proper in fomc dages of the Venereal dilcale ;

and the diforders for which this Vegetable Remedy is pre-feribed, are only what originate from one caufc—an

impurity of the blood andjuices. The gout, the rheum at ifm,glandular fwellings and tumours in the throat ; apoplcfticand paralytic affc&ions ; nofturnal terrors and pains; vio-lent head-achs; flow fevers and confumptionsa difeafedliver ; a general debility and wafling of the body ; inflamedeyes; the fcrophula and cancers ; an obflrufted perfpira-tion, attended with an ofFenflvc breath—have generallybeen confidered as diftinft difordcrs, and have been fe-parately treated by very eminent pra&itioners withouteffeft, for the incfficacy of their preferiptions hath beenchiefly owing to their being applied to the cflc£ls, orfymptoms of the difordcrs, infhead of the difordcrs them-felves, or to the caufe thereof; as every fymptom abovedeferibed may proceed from a fcorbutic impurity of theblood.

This medicine was originally publiffied as a fpecific infcorbutic and venereal taints only, in which it has happilyfuceeded, though of the mod malignant nature, and wherethe ftrongeft mercurials have failed.

In fcorbutic cafes, where the limbs have been coveredas with (he coarfe bark of a tree, or full of corroding ulcers,when fea-water and other remedies have been tried invain, this Syrup has effefted a radical cure.

The efficacy of this Syrup in purifying the blood, andits great fuccefs in fcorbutic and venereal complaints,oceafionedit to be adminifhered rn a variety of other cafes,fuppofed to be attendant upon the one, or to originate inthe other.

Hence it has been frequently found efficacious In therheumatifm, afthma, dyfentery, vertigo, convulfive andparalytic complaints, &c.

The piles have been removed, fiftulas relieved, and

obdinatc fores and ulcerated legs have at length yieldedto this remedy.

Long-continued inflamations of the eyes, pimpledfaces, and violent eruptions, have been radically curedby it.

It is Angularly efficacious in removing diforders whichare often the confequence of inoculation for the fmall-pox ; or after meafles.

It has alfo been found a mod happy relief in the Jup~prejfions and objtruElions peculiar to the fair-fex, and it isthe only remedy to be depended on for the complaint towhich they are fubjeft at the change of life. Females,therefore, ffiould particularly attend to this article, as bya timely application of this valuable medicine, they maybe freed from one of the mod affliffing diforders to whichhuman nature is fubjeft.

Dr. Hodfon does not, however, intend to recommendthis Syrup as a general and certain fpecific in every fpeciesof thei'e latter-mentioned cafes ; for the fame effe&s arenot always produced by the fame caufe; but in thofecomplaints originating from the above-mentioned caufes,this remedy will always be of fervice ; and in no cafewhatever, can it be in the leaf!; injurious.

This benign medicine is grateful to the palate, agreeablein its ufe, fimple and uniform in its aftion, mildly promo-ting every evacuation, ajid efficacious in all impurities ofthe blood and juices. It is drengthening and domachic,paffcscafily through the inteflines, generally purges gently,and neither drains nor irritates. It feldom produces vio-lent fwcats, but commonly occafions a gentle perforationjud after its adminidration. It operates moftly by urine,

of which it generally increafes, and frequently

25cccafions a very vifible alteration in the colour and natureof it. In fhort, this purely vegetable preparation is defign-ed to promote all the natural fecretions without violence ;

therefore by thus gently aflifling Nature in her own way,it neceffarily follows, that perfeverancc in its ufc is re-

quired ; and as it thoroughly cleanfes the blood, the patientmu ft not be furprifed if he finds no vifible good effefts forfome time, if the complaint be an obftinate one ; or if infome inflanccs he appears to be worfe ; but by a ftcadyperfeverancc in the medicine, and proper attention to thedirections, a radical cure may in general be depended on ;

for the Scurvy is fo univerfal a diftemper, that no part isfree from its rage; the chyle, the blood and the lymphaare all tainted therewith, and the ufe of remedies arc fome-times obliged to be continued a long while to root out thedilorder.

A medicine of this nature is in the prefent times morethan doubly valuable, as the intemperance and luxury ofthe age is haftening the ravages of the Scurvy, and ren-dering our blood the more impure ; and though a love ofintemperance cannot on any account be defended, yetthofe who have been weak enough to aflbeiate with thefons of luxury, and thereby deftroy their own conftitutions,have the means now offered them of repairing the breach,and—fo far as is in the power of phyfic to afiift them—toreflore thcmfclves to perfeft health.

General DireElionsfor taking this Syrup.The general dofc of this medicine is a common fized

tea-cup full, one or two hours before breakfaft, and thefame quantity one or two hours after fupper.

However, in delicate and tender conftitutions, it is the

bcfl method to begin with a fmall dofe, as two or three tablefpoonfuls, increafmg it a fpoonful night and morning, tillthe proper quantity is afeertained, fufficicnt to keep thebody open in the mod eafy and agreeable manner.—Thofc who diflike this remedy on account of its peculiarfwcctnefs, may dilute it with a little warm tea made offalfafras, baum, or farfaparilla, &c. &c.

The dofe for children muft be proportioned to their ageand conflitution, beginning with a fmall dofe and graduallyincreafmg it.

The atllifted may be allured that no dangerous con-fequences will enfue from a liberal ufe of this valuableremedy; but it fhould be obferved that perfeverance isoften neceflary ; in all cafes a particular attention to thedireftions, as well as regularity in the time and dofe, is tobe regarded ; and above all, it mull be noticed, that it willbe in vain to expeft any relief from this remedy withoutpunctuality ; for taking a bottle or two properly, thenleaving off for forne days and beginning again, will be ofno kind offervicc. It mull be taken regular; and in fomecafes It hath required half the quantity ncceffary for a per-fect cure to be taken before the patient has perceived thathe hath obtainedany relief ; therefore perfons in the coun-

try who wifh to go through a regular courfe of it fhouldtake care to have a proper fupply.

Particular Directions and Injlractions, with Table of Diet, Gc,The general mode of taking this Syrup in all cafes, has

been limply as above-mentioned; but as Dr. Hodfon istlefirous at all times to afford every means in his power toafhflthe efficacy of his medicine, he recommends, fromexperience, the following obfervations to the attention of

thofe patients, whofe frtuations will allow of their reduc-ing them to pra&ice:

The operation of this Syrup being on the glandular andlymphatic fydem, it is a principal objeft that it be fuffici-ently retained in the bowels to be conveyed into that fyf-tem. Purging prevents this effeft; therefore perfons invery debilitated conditions fhould begin with only one

table fpoonful night and morning, and gradually incrcafethe dofe to the utmoft quantity they can take without itsaiding as a purgative ; whilll perfons of drong habits fhouldbegin with two table fpoonfuls, and increafe the dofe inthe fame manner, untlll the bowels be rendered rather lax,

which is the condition mod favourable to the effefts ofthis medicine.

Robud, as well as tender conditutions, arc found in theextreme of codivenefs or laxity ; but thefe extremes are

equally unfavourable to a cure, in all cafes for which thisS> run is recommended. Therefore when the bowels arc

fo irritable that a fmall quantity purges, and the difordcrrequires a larger dofe than can be retained in the bowels,the patient null be more particularly careful to avoid allacid and irritating fubdances, fuch as raw fallads, cyder,fharp wines, punch, and in fome cafes even the ufual ve-

getables of the table. In fuch circumdance's, the diett)

fuould confid of light animal food, plain rice well boiled,weak camomile, rofc leaf, or rofemary tea, a little goodred port, or Madeira, according to the feelings of thepatient.—If thefe means are not fufficient to keep themedicine from running off by dool, rccourfe mud be hadto a little opium.

Perfons whofe fituation in life will admit of it, fhouldattend to the following obfervations —To eat no faked

meat, made gravy, foups, or any thing high feafoned.Temperance is favourable to every objcfl refyefting health ;

but extremes of either kind are to be avoided, and carefhould be taken to diflinguifii between temperance and a

poor low mode of living. This Syrup being in itfelfpurely vegetable, a low vegetable diet is by no means

friendly to its operations. Flcfh meat may and ought tobe eaten, but it fhould be fuch as is frefh, plain, found,and cafy of digeflion.

The breakfafl fhould be gruel, tea, coffee, cocoa,milk-porridge, or Dr. Hodfon’s Aromatic tea.

For dinner all rich fauces mufb be avoided ; alfo fpiced,*faked, high-fcafoned and fmoke-dried provifions, as wellas acids, raw cold fallads, unripe fruits, and the moilindigeflible kind of boiled vegetables.

Eat beef, veal, mutton, lamb, poultry, and rabbits ;

roaftcd meats are far preferable to boiled, and their own

natural gravy fhould be ufed freely. Shrimps, prawns,crabs, cray-fiflr, and oyfters may be taken freely ; lobflersvery fparingly, but no other kind of fifh.

Muflard, horfe-radifh, celery, turnips fqueezed dryfrom water; and in general mofl kinds of warm fallads-;but cucumbers, (in fome cafes peas,) beans, or any coldvegetables, will greatly obflruft the medicine and retardthe cure.

A ftrifl abflinencc-from butter, fat, oil', cheefc, bacon,and faked meats ; from vinegar, pickles, and every acid,xnufl be obferved, particularly in obflinate fcorbutic,rheumatic, or fcrophulous cafes, or the medicine cannothave the defircd effeft.

*** Though falted meat ought not to be eaten, it is notmeant to exclude the ufe ofJail with frcfh meat.

The fupper cannot be too light, and fhould be taken asearly as convenient. But the patient fhould take parti-cular care not to live too much upon flops. A due portionof animal, as well as vegetable food appears to be necef-fary to afford a proper nourifhment to the human frame.Rufk, bifeuit, or the cruft of bread, is far preferable to thecrumb, which (particularly in that made in London) con-

tains an acidity that is evaporated from the cruft, cfpeciallywhere it is rather burnt.—Hartfliorn jellies made good,with a little wine, without acid, may be ufed with free-dom ; and broth without fpicery.—All fpirituous andftrong liquors mud be abftaincd from.—Good found maltliquor may be drank at meals by thofe who find that itagrees beft with their conftitution. But it is very certain,that in mod conflitutions where there is a fcorbutic taint,all liquor in which there is any proportion of hops is inju-rious ; whdft the juice or extraft of malt is very fervicc-ablc. Hence it follows, that although ale or porter may,in many cafes, be found prejudicial, yet fwcct wort willbe effentially ufeful, and fhould be drank by all thofewho take this Syrup for Scorbutic complaints.

Milk is not proper in all conflitutions, and in a weakftate of the ftomach and bowels it had better be avoidedduring the ufe of this Syrup, as it may probably difturbtheir funflions by coagulations and flatulencies.

Air and moderate exercife will not only be ferviceablebut neceffary.

SCURVY.—Previous to entering upon a courfe of thisSyrup in fcorbutic cafes, the patient fhould take the fol-lowing purgative ;

Take an ounce of tlie belt Glauber Salts, and diffolve themin a pint of water, in which a little ginger has been boiled.

Add thereto twenty drops of Spirits of Hartfiiorn ;—tab*it in the morning, fading, and work it oft'with oatmealgruel.

This purge fhould be repeated about every twelfth day,where the Syrup has not the effeft of keeping the bodygently laxative.

There arc two kinds of feurvy, or rather two very dif-ferent condituiions particularly liable to the fcorbuticcorruption, viz. Some who have lived very free, in whichcafe the patient appears very dout and robud, and thedifordcr i$ evident at all times. And others of a delicateframe, who have lived abdemioufly, in order to prevent ,as they think, the diforder increafmg.

In the former cafe, where Nature has had drcngth dif-fident to throw the difordcr outward, the patient fhouldpay drift attention to the general directions above dated,and live rather abdemious; but in the latter cafe (which,perhaps, is the mod general), the patient fhould confidcrthat Nature wants flrength to throw the diforder upon thefurface, and they fhould ufe a more cordial regimen, inorder, if podible, to increafe the external appearance ofit. At meals they fhould drink mild, foft, fweet ale ; buton no account old, hard, or dale malt liquor; and frnallbeer fhould be entirely avoided: They fhould alfo drinka glafs or two of found Madeira, or white port, free fromthe lead degree of fharpnefs.

In Scorbutic cafes, and in all disorders originating froman impurity of blood, (independent of any venerealinfection) this Syrup will in general have the defired effeft,without any further alii dance ; but it will be of much ad-vantage to the patient if he takes the dole of Syrup at

night in half a pint ofwarm falfafras tea, or in very obdinate

complaints, its operation may be promoted by the follow-ing decoCtion :

Take of the leaves ofagrimony one handful, of faflafras chipstwo ounces, fvveet fennel feed, one ounce, liorfe radifh,half an ounce.—Boil thefe in five pints of water till re-duced to three. Of this a pint a day fhould be drank,at three or four dofes, fo as not to interfere with themedicine or meals.

Perfons of a Scorbutic habit fhould chufe a warm, dryfttuation, with a pure air; and when the atmofphcre ismoifl, they fhould go well eloathed, and fhift often withdry linen. Cleanlinefs of body, moderate exercife, theufc of the flefh brufh, or friftions with dry cloths, are allvery ferviceable.—People ought not to feed too much up-on flops in this complaint ; but the diet fhould be light,and eafy of digeflion, confiding chiefly of a due mixtureof animal and vegetable fubftanccs , but all food fhould begood, found, plain, and Ample in its kind, fuch as willreadily be converted into chyle, and tend to render thewhole mafs of humours mild, foft, and balfamic.

Milk of all forts, where it agrees with the conflitution*is beneficial, as being a truly vegetable chyle; but wheybeing of a more cleanfing quality, is better, and frequentlyagrees with thofe for whom milk is too heavy.

RHEUMATISM.—The inftruftions for the fcurvy arelikewife applicable in rheumatic cafes ; except that in thedecoftion above-mentioned, ten or twelve leaves of colts-foot, and two tea fpoonfuls ofbruifed carraway feed fhouldbe added. The caufes of the Acute Rheumatifm are, whatever may conduce to the production of an inflammation inthe part affeCtcd. An obftruCled perfpiration and an inflam-matory diathelis conflitute the moft general caufes. The

chronic rheumatlfm hath for its principal caufe, an irri-tating acrimony in the juices fecerncd into the parts com-

plained of. The Vegetable Syrup is peculiarly excellentin this complaint, as it is not only a promoter of perfpira-tion, but purifies the blood from that irritating acrimonywhich is the principal caufe of the difordcr A great manyinveterate rheumatifms are occafioned by a venereal taintin the blood, in which cafe fee the third part of thispamphlet.

DROPSY.—This remedy has not been unfuccefsful inthe Dropfy ; but it must, in fuch cafes, be taken in largeand more frequent dofes than in any other complaint;and as its efficacy may be confiderably affifted by the ad-dition of other applications, all dropfical patients are

particularly recommended to confult the Proprietor pre-vious to the adminiflration of this Syrup.

PILES.—This troublefome complaint is in generaleffedlually removed by this remedy. A principal aiticlein the treatment of the Piles is tokeep the body gentlyopen, without purging or irritation.—For this purpofe nomedicine can be fo properly adapted'as this Syrup.

SCROPHULA.—This diforder is commonly known bythe name of the King’s Evil ; which name it has inheritedever fmee the time of Edward the Confeflbr, bccaufe laidto be cured by him and fevcral fucceeding Kings both ofEngland and France. Upwards of 9200 Perfons are re-corded to have been touched for it by Charles 11. butwith what fuccefs has been varioufly related, difputed,and believed. This difeafe appears in fo many forms, thatto attempt an intire defeription of it would be endlefs, andthe general fymptoms are fo well known that it would beunncceffary. It is either hereditary or accidental ; and

when the former, it moftly requires a long and tediouscourfe of medicine to effeft a cure.—ln feme patients theVegetable Syrup alone hath had the defired fuccefs ; butit frequently happens that forae additional remedies, bothinternal and external are neccflary.—ln this cafe a per-fonal application to Dr. Hodfon will be advantageous tothe patient.

CANCERS, or thofe Ulcers or Tumours called Can-cerous, have been cured by this Syrup ; but it has beenwhere they have originated in a foulncfs of blood, orfrom an obftinate or ill-treated venereal taint. Cancersarc not fufficiently underftood or diftinguifhed by thefaculty in general ; therefore Dr. Hodfon wifhes alwaysto be confulted in thefc cafes, previous to taking thisSyrup.

PALSY.—The fuccefs of this Vegetable Remedy inParalytic cafes has been almoft incredible to thofe not fuf-ficiently acquainted with the general caufe of that difordcr.Phyficians confider the Pally as the effefl either of toomuch vital heat, or too little : hence it is evident that adifeafe which may arile from two fuch oppofite principles,can only be relieved by a medicine which is enabled torellore the blood to its natural balfamic ftate ; and henceit is that this Vegetable Syrup has performed tuch extra-ordinary cures ! For by its lubtlety it mixeswith the bloodand juices, conveying its potent qualities into the modextreme ramifications of the vafcular fyllem, cleanfing thefluids from every pernicious quality, and reftoring themto that degree of purity required by Nature to keep thebody in a healthful ftate.

This Syrup having the power of diflblving coagulationsand fetting the diffolved matter at liberty again, hence,

whatever vitriolic bodies have been taken internally fo aito make the fibres rigid, they are redored to their elallicityby this medicine ; and this is often the cafe with tholewho have been under a continued ulc of dyptic, adringent,vitriolic remedies: Such are mercurial preparations ; and inthofe who have been rendered paralytic by their abufe,the capillary tubes are obdrufted ; they are contrafted,and become rigid and unfit for ofcillation ; the juices are

hardened and grow too big to pafs through fuch lliiftures;and as this is the cafe through all the vclfels, obdruftionsand damnations enfue in all. In order to obviate and takeaway thefe confequenccs, (fays Strother) we mud llrikeat the original caufe of them, which is the vitriols pentup in every capillary. This Vegetable Remedy having a

power and faculty to join in with the acids of the vitriolsand of ftimulating the fibres, fo that the drifturc will betaken oil', the earths will be difengaged by its faponaceousquality, and the effetls will then ceafe andvanifh : Hencethis medicine is peculiarly excellent after the ill effectsproduced by mercury.

FEMALE OBSTRUCTIONS.—There is no furer me-thod of reftoring the Menfes, after a long fuppreffion, thanthat of joining the diffolvent with the ftomachic. ThisSyrup pofleffes in an eminent degree thefe two qualities,which the faculty are fo defirousof uniting; and it is,doubtlefs, from this union, that it derives its efficacy inthofe diforders that are peculiar to the fex.

*** For an account of the ejicacy of this medicine in Venerealcafes—-fee the thirdpari oj this pamphlet,

CASES.It is of material confequence in the praflicc of phyfic,

that medicines adminiftered unto children and femalesfhould be perfc&ly innocent as well as powerfully effica-cious ; and It is from polfcffing thefe two peculiar proper-ties that this Vegetable Syrup has attained that eminencein public favour with which it is now dityinguifhed.

Dr. Hodson acknowledges himfelf under obligationsto thofe patients who have hitherto favoured him with theparticulars of their cures for publication, as they have allbeen communicated voluntarily, and therefore are un-

queftionable evidences of the genuinenefs and efficacy ofhis medicines. Since this remedy hath become his ownprivate properly, delicacy hath always engaged Dr. H.to avoid, as much as poffible, expofing the names of tholecured bv his medicines, particularly in difagreeablc or

doubtful cafes. He hath alfo too high an opinion of hismedicine—too much regard for the public confidence inhis integrity—and too great a refpeft for the dignity ofhis fituation, to degrade himfelf by afolicitation for fuchtellimonials, or to be under the neceffity of purchasing

them, authenticated by a long lift of witneffes. The cafeswhich Dr. Hodfon publlfhes are genuine; fome of thefollowing cures are of recent date, and many of themwere effc&ed fome years paft ; and notwithftanding thenames of the parties are fuppreffed, yet many of themmay be referred to on a proper application.

A Child at Cambridge, about three years old, who was blin»

five weeks, with a violent humour proceeding from tlie fmall

pox, has lately been perfectly cured by taking threebottles ofthis Vegetable Syrup,

A Child of one of the attendants at Bloftbm’s-inn, Losdon, hasbeen cured by this Syrup, of a violent humour which broke outall over its face, and by which its eyes W'ere fo much affected asto render its light doubtful.

A Child about fever, years old had been airlifted, almolt fromits birth, with a humour which appeared in large blotches all overffs body and limbs, apparently of a Leprous nature, and whichrendered the child a disagreeable fpeftacle ; and as it appeared toget worfe every fpring and fall, its parents were much diltreffed,left it ftiould be rendered incapable of getting any fttuation inthe world, when it grew up, whereby it might obtain a livelihood.Its arms in particular were full of blotches as big as a Ihilling, andcame off in large fcales, accompanied with a great deal of whitefcurf.—The child was put upon a courfe of this Vegetable Syrup,and took, for the firft courfe, only four bottles, which entirelycleared the (kin at that time ; but in order totally to eradicate thediforder, Dr. Hodfon recommended a few bottles -to be takenevery' fpring and fall for fome time; which being complied with,the child was perfectly freed from the complaint.

A Child of three years old, afflided with a difeafe apparentlythe conlequence of inoculation for the fmall-pox. The lymptomswere chiefly of an Ulcerous nature, affeding not only its arms andlegs, but alfo its head, which was too difagreeable even to give adescription of.—By the ufe of this Vegetable Syrup it was per-fedly recovered.

A Child {even years old, alter hav ing been dangeroufly ill witha putrid fore throat, was two years afflicted w»th a Diforderof the Parotid Glands, which occahoned a ctifcharge from theears of a very fetid matter.—She was cured by a courfe of thisSyrup.

A Girl about iG years of age, of Chederton near Cambridge,. was afflicted with a.Scrophulous Complaint, which for about ij

months had been extremely violent. She was admitted a patientof Addenbrooke’s Hofpital, but in a fhort time was turned out asincurable. As the lad ed'ort, and with very little hope of fuccefs,die applied to Dr. Hodfon, and was radically cured by takingonly three bottles of the Vegetable Syrup.

A Lady at Stoke Newington, near London, had been for fometime troubled with a Cancer in her Mouth, which reduced her fomuch, that die was aimed ftarved to death, being able to fvvallowbarely fufficient to fuftain nature. The faculty were tried withoutfuccefs She w as, however, happily cured by a few bottles of theVegetable Syrup.

A Lady at Stoke Newington, near London, had been for fometime troubled with a Cancer in her mouth, which reduced her fomuch, that the was almoft ftarved to death, being able to fwallowbarely fufficient to fuftain nature. The faculty were tried with-out fuccefs. She was, however, happily cured by a few buttles ofthe Vegetable Syrup.

A Lady having been violently afflidtcd with the Piles, for abouttwo months, applied to the faculty, who bled her, and adminif-tered the ufual remedies for that complaint. She continued thelife of their prefcriptions for one month without benefit, and thenapplied for the Vegetable Syrup. From the finl bottledhe receivedno vifible benefit, but when die had taken about half the fecond,fhe was mofi agreeably comforted by receiving a good night's red,

•a bleding die had not enjoyed for three months before. Threebottles effected a complete cure.

A Lady had been affliCted with an inveterate Scurvy for manyyears, for which the took a great number of medicines prefer!bed

38by the faculty, without the delired etfecl. Being recommended bya friend to the life of the Vegetable Syrup, die applied in a mod;

’deplorable fituation ; at that time die laboured under a weaknessin her arms and legs, and a fuelling, with fmall ulcers in tiie gums,which Derationed an inceflant fpitting, pimples, and itchings in dif-ferent parts of her body, pains in the head and bread, fo acute, as,with other fymptoms, to endangerher life; under thefe circumdan-ces die began the Vegetable Syrup, and in three months was per-fectly cured.

A Maid Servant to a Lady in Weftminfter, was an out patientat the Difpenfary in Gerard-Street, St, Ann’s. Her complaintswere a large Phagedenic Ulcer in the Throat, as likewife an Ulcer-ous Palate with rottennets; all the liquids Hie took came throughher nofe, and even the aliment at times. After attending the Dif-pealary for Come time, (lie was at length pronounced incurable. Inthis dreadful condition fire w'as immediately put under a courfe ofthe Syrup. The ulcer in her throat and palate were hea ed in the'fpace of a month ; and in a fhort time (he w'as radically cured, andnow' enjoys a perfect (late of health, to the furprize of all who were

acquainted with her unhappy lunation.

A Gentleman inHuntingdonfhire had for fome time been afflic-ted with a mod violent Scurvy, with eruptions of a putrid nature

all over his body, a dinincfs of fight and a conflant fv\ naming or

dizzlncfs in the head, fo that he has frequently fallen fenfelefs tothe ground. Nolwithdanding he had the advice of the mod emin-

ent Phyficians, and took a great variety of medicines prefenhed bythem, his diforder daily encreafed, and was attended with a total

lofs of appetite and a lownefs of fpirits, info: uch that life becamebnrdenfome to him. In this reduced flat' lie determined to maketrial of the Vegetable Syrup. After tai ng only feven bottles, he

found his diforder entirely cured, and his conflilution amazinglyredored.

A Gentleman in Weftminder, had fora confidcrable time laboredunder a Scorbutic Habit, which at length increafed to fuch a degree,as to bring on an entire depreflion of fpirits, a bad digeftion, anuniverfal vveaknefs, and a train of ill effects, which reduced him tothe lowed condition. He complained of pains in all his limbs, whichafflifted himcontinually ; but were fo particularly acute when warm

in his bed, that he could fcarce ever lie down an hour, without beingunder a necedity of riling, walking about his room, or fitting up inhis bed (very frequently all night). He had tried many thingswithout any effeft, infomuch that he defpaired being relieved froma date of torture. Notwithdanding the inveteracy of his cafe, he

was happily dilappointed, and convinced ot the antifcorbutic effi-

cacy of the Vegetable Syrup, by perceiving a mod hidden andfen-libie alteration in every difagreeable lymptom, till in the courle oftwo months he found himfelt perfectly cured.

A Gentleman of Downham in Norfolk, who had for many yeaisbeen troubled with violent Scorbutic Eruptions in his face, torwhich he had been under the care of the mod eminent of the faculty,was radically cured by only four bottles of the Vegetable Syrup.

A Gentlemanof Lynn in Norfolk, had laboured for fome yearsunder a violent and dilagreeable Humour, which at firlt made its

appearance in Imall pimples breaking out upon his Head, but whichincreafed to large fpreading U leers, and defeendedupon his foreheadfo low as to render his eyes in danger. He had applied for relict to

many profeifors in regular pradl.ee as well as to others, fome ofwhom pronounced the complaint to be ot a cancerous nature, and

others the tinea, or feald head. Finding no reliei from their pre-fciiptions, he came to town, and put himfelt under the immediateinfpedbon of Dr. Hodfon.—At the time he was received into the

Doctor’s houfe, there were upon the crown of his head feven deepand fpreading ulcers, two of them extremely fetid, calling forth

fucli an offendve fmell as rendered his prefence very difagreeable.--But notwithftanding the inveteracy of the cafe, in five weeks hereturned into the country perfectly found, in which ftate he con-tinues.

A Coachmakcr at Lynn, in Norfolk, had been violently affffledwith the Piles for upwards of two years, during which time he hadthe advice of feveral gentlemen of the faculty, and took a number ofmedicines, without obtaining a cure. At length he was induced totry the Vegetable Syrup, and applied for a bottle, which gave himalmolf immediaterelief, and by perfevering in the ufe ofa fewbottles,was radically cured.

A Young Man who livesa few miles from London, applied withSore Legs, attended with a violent Scorbutic Humour. He had ineach leg two large fpreading ulcers, one ofwhich was much largerthan a crown piece. By taking 18 bottles of the Vegetable Syrup,and applying the Egyptian Balfam outwardly, he was perfectly cured?

A Patient for upwards of 22 years had been afflifted with fo dan-gerous and virulent a Scurvy, as affebted him in almoft every part ofhis body, particularly his throat, head, and face; it was with dif-ficulty he fwallovvedt He had feveral running wounds in his headand face, befides intolerable pains in his head and limbs. But upontak ng a few bottles of the Vegetable Syrup he was rellored to aperfect (late ot health in every refpecl.

An Officer, employed upwards of 20 years in his Majefty’sfea fer-vice, laboured two years under a Rheumatic complaint, complicatedwith the Scurvy. His feet were fb extremely tender, that he wasfometimes incapable of walking; his legs frequently fwelled verymuch, and he had a great uiffnefs in the knees. He had tried warmbathing, and the remedies preferibed by the faculty, in vain, beforehe could prevail upon himfelf to take any advertifed medicines. At

lad he ventured upon this Vegetable Syrup, and at the end of onlythe fecond bottle, he found an amendment; he therefore continuedit for forae time with the defued fuccefs.

A Waiter at a tavern near Charing-Crofs, cured of a mod inve-terate Scurvy, his body all over blotches, by only five bottles.

To Dr. Hods on, London.I had been afflifted with a Scorbutic Humour for five years, which

broke out in blotches all over my body, and on its find appearancebrought on a fit of ficknefs, which continued three months. Havingfcen your Vegetable Syrup advertifed, I was induced to try thatmedicine. When I find began taking it I was alio afflicted withthe Piles, which troubled me dreadfully. This lad complaint, how-ever, was foon removed by your medicine, and by a little perfeve-ranee in its ufe I am perfectly recovered from the fcorbutic humour,and now enjoy a good date of health. I have therefore feat you thefeparticulars for publication, and you may refer any enquirer to me.

Bourne, May 2g«

ExtraSi of a Letter from Shepton Mallet, near Bath.“ I am happy to acquaint you, that the information you received

ofmy being cured of a molt inveterate Scorbutic Humour is true ;

and by fix bottles of the Vegetable Syrup.At the time I began with the Syrup, I defpaired ofever being,

relieved, and was almoit reduced toa fitado w, except my right leg,which was almoft as big as my body. The affiftance of regular prac-tice failed, as did Bath, Cheltenham, and Weymouth; I likewifetook many dozens ofWard’s Powders, Bateman’s Drops, and fivebottles ofNorton’s ; thefe lafi hurt me exceedingly, without procur-ing what the two former did, three or four hours artificial fleep. Ihave had no return ofmy complaint, nor have I, fince my cure, paid,attention to any particular mode of living : lealof every thing,.

drink wme, punch, cyder, and malt liquors, without finding the Teafltinconvenience.

“ N.B. You may make ufe of(his in what manner you pleafe.”

Letter from a Gentleman at Lynn, Norfolk, Sept. zt.“ The great benefit I have received from your Vegetable Syrup

will induce me to continue taking it, and as I mean to keep fomcconftantly in my houfe, be fo kind as to fend me twelve cannilters bydiligence. My cafe has been a violent Scorbutic Eruption, w hid Ihave been attacked with for Come time. On my return from Harro-gate, about two years fmee, it broke out in bo h my le s, from myknees to my feet; in appearance the tkin refembled the coarfeftbark of a tree. I began a courfe of your medicine laft November,with a drift attention to your directions, and have taken 20 cannif-ters ofMr. Marfiiall of this place. The diforder did not yield to ittill after the 12th. lam not yet perfectly free from it, but ftiallcontinue faking your Syrup, and am happy to tell you it has madea mod wonderful alteration in me, fo much to the fatisfaftion ofmyfelf and friends, that I flattered myfelf this account would proveagreeable to you, which you are at liberty to ufe in w hat manneryou pleafe.”

Another letter from the fame Gentleman, dated 0*51.5, a Y s>

“ Except a little eruption of heat (fcarce worth mentioning) 1 amin a fine (late of health. It has had its defined eft eft. Indeed Imay fay I deferve it, as I took your medicine with the ftrifteftattention to your direftionsin every refpeft, and for a long conti-nuance too—what few perfons probably would have complied with.I mean to continue it as I (hall fee occation.”

ExtraEl of a Letter to the Proprietor of the Vegetable Syrup,“ Returning from a journey I was (truck with a fit of the Palfy,

which took away the ufe of my left handand foot. In endeavour-ing to get oft' my hone I fell on my fide, and had not power to rifeor walk without afllftance; My face was distorted, and my mouthio drawn afide, that 1 could fcarcely fpeak fo as to be under Hood.I took fucji remedies as were preferibed,and uled the hot bath, but

43with very little benefit, and it was the general opinion of thofe t»whom 1 applied, that I fhould never recover the ufe of my limbs.Having heard of the great cures that had been effefted by the Ve-getable Syrup, I was encouraged to take it, which I have the fatis-faClion to aillire you anfwered my molt fanguine expectations. Igrew daily better, and perfectly recovered the ufe of my hand andfoot.”

ExtraSi of a Letter from a Gentleman in YorhJliire.“ I had been in a bad fate of health for feme years, though not

prevented from attending on the duties of my ftation, yet unable tobear any fati, ue. 1 have always been very temperate in my modeof living. The faculty informed me that my complaint was glan-dular. I felt great uneafinefs and obftruitions about my throat. Ihad alfo a violent itching and fcurf on the back part of my headand neck; the fame on the edge of my left armpit, and high up onthe inlide of my right thigh. My eyes were fore, and my face floridand tender, in addition to which I was frequently troubled withthe Piles. After being fome years afti £led in this manner, it would-be ingratitude if I did not now inform you, that I have received themod falutary relief by two courfes (one in the Spring, and the otherin the Autumn of 1789) of your Parifian Vegetable Syrup.”

A Letter from a Patient, April 1790.« You may remember that in October laft I had four of your

lar e bottles of Vegetable Syrup. I fee by your Treatife, that fomepeople have taken double that quantity before they have found thedefired fuccefs ; and as I vvifh, if poffible, to eradicate my diforder,I beg you will fend another of your five guinea boxes, for which Ihave inclofed a banker’s bill. When I rece ved your box I w as-

confined to my bed, with the Rheumatifm and Gout, and a Scor-butic Humour in my legs. From the firft taking your medicine Ibegan to mend ; 1 had then totally loft the ufe of my limbs, andwas reduced very much by night fweats and real illnefs, added tallxe humour in the legs, lam now as full in fielh as ever, though

weaßilTi in the limbsat preheat. This humour lias lain in my bloodmany years, and I am extremely thankful for the very ex raordi-ca;y relief I liave obtained by your medicine.”

A Letter from a Lady in the Country.“ I take this opportunity of writing a few lines to you, and in-

clofing a token of my gratitude; for 1 now, through our dearLord’s bleffing and your good care, enjoy a good date of health ;

for which I cannot be thankful enough, but enjoy itwitli heart-feltpleafure and thankfulnefs. It is upwards of fix years fince I wasfe’zed with a violent flooding, which continued near a fortnight;then ceafed by the ufe of medicine, butreturned fofrequent and foviolent that I was rendered totally unfit forbufinefs. When thishad continued about fix months, a violent fcorbutic humour brokeout in both my arms and my face, attended with fuch violent heatand itching that I could not reft day or night. For four years Iwas attended by two apothecaries, and had the advice of two Phy-ficians I then tried fome Anti-Scorbutic Drops, but all werewithout effect, until I providentially put myfelf under your care.”

The following very lingular Cure is here inferted, forthe benefit of others who may be afilifled in a fimilarmanner; and in order to render it perfectly intelligible tothe lower clafs of readers, the cafe is inferted as deferibed-by the patient’s hufband, and the mode of treatment pre-feribed by Dr. Hodsox is added in fuch terms as tobe underfiiood by every perfon capable of reading thisTrcatife.

“ A Woman aged 57, labouring under a complaint called a

Schirrous Tumour, on the right fide of her belly, ot a large mag-nitude, quite from the groin to the pin bone, as hard to the touch,in ccmparifon, as a board, and now affects her infide with fuchracking pain, that, for the laff week we thought die no longer could

ftirvive, having applied to two or three Dofloi s without effeT;.who are apt to think that the tumour has come to a fuppurationinwardly.”

Dr. Ilodfon prefcribed his Vegetable Syrup to be takenregularly ; and at the fame time dire£ledto foment the parttwice a day with the following fomentation:.

Take Hemlock a final! handfullTobacco half an ounceElder leaves (or flowers) a large handful!.

Boil thefein three pints of water till reduced to a quart. Aftereach fomentation apply the following planter, fpread oaleather the full fize of the tumour:

Take a quantity ofchickweed, beat it in a mortar to afoft pulp ;

Then add an equal weight of hog’s lard:To eight ounces of this putMutton fuet, bees wax, and yellow refin, each two ounces;

Melt all together over a How lire, and when melted, pour itinto a pot, and keep Itirring it till cold.

The cffeft of thefe prefcriptions was alcertained by thefollowing letter received a few weeks after:“ I return you my mod lincere thanks for the kind and affecti-

onate prefeription you was fo kind to favour me with lor my wife,,afflicted with a fchirrous tumour at the rim of her belly. It had,as I hinted, fuppurated inwardly with very excruciating pains ; and

fora week, or more, on making water it was foul and ftringy. Im-mediately after receiving your letter, I applied the prefeription, andlprocured the Vegetable Syrup, of which the has now’ taken fix-bot-tles. By the bleffing of God Ihe is much recovered as to colour,,

ftrength, and appetite, and the hardnefs that extended from the.rim of the belly almoff to the rib on the right fide, is become as

fofc to the touch as the other fide; but the has Hill the followingcomplaints; for which beg to know if. Ihe is to continue the Syrup,,and what farther, you would recommend: After fitting a little too-

long in her chair, the rifes with difficulty, and a heavy bearing down,,as-if fonle considerable weight hung round her; an extreme diffi-

culty and pain in making water, not more than a fpoonful or twoat atime ; infomuch that (he is obliged togo to bed fora day or two,from which (he is enabled tobe about again for three or four days,and the water comes more freely.”

To complete the cure fhe continued the Syrup fome timelonger, and was ordered to be confined to her bed for aweek or ten days, keeping perre£lly {till, her head lyingrather low, and to apply the following fomentation threetimes a day :

Take Oak bark andWhite poppy heads, of each two ouncesGranate peel one ounce ;

Boil in fix pints of fmith’s forge water till reduced to four.Then add

Alum one drachmSpirit ol Saffron four ounces.

The Parisian Vegetable Syrup is in oval tin bot-tles, fealed with the arms of France, round which is afcroll, Le ParisienVegex. Sir op.—It is fold at 10s, 6d,a bottle ; but in order to encourage patients to give thisremedy a fair trial, (for in obflinate cafes perfeverance willalways be neceffary) four large bottles, containing thequantity of i 2 fmall ones, may be had for five guineas,fecurely packed for the country, or exportation. Thefecan be had only at the Dodor’s houfe in Hatton-Gardcn,

*** Pcrfons who fend for this Syrup from the Proprietor,into the country, are particularly rcquclled to give theirorders that it may be fent, (if pofhble) by a Waggonr andnot by any of the Coaches ; as an accident fometimes hap-pens by the fwiftnefs of thofc carriages, which may damagethe bottles, and occafion the lofs of the medicine.

NATURE’S ASSISTANT,

PART 11,

Dr. H O D S O NVAROMATIC NERVINE TEA,

Price HALF-A-CROWN a Packet,

Particularly recommended to People of Fajhion, and Perfons. of

afedcntary Life �

"XTERVOUS affeftions, or adifpofition to be too eafilyfufceptible of irregular and painful emotions, may be

confidered as one of the greateft fcourges to people ofrank. They have become much more common within thelaft century, and fas obferved by a celebrated phvfician),have been peculiarly unhappy in a miftakcn treatment,becaufe the origin has not been fafficiently inveftigated.

The all-wife Creator of the Univerfe hath allotted, to thenerves an office in the animal machine, which requires thegreateft perfeftion in all their operations. They arc, there-fore, the mod liable to be difordercd', the moft fufceptibleof alteration, and the moll difficult to be rectified. Nowonder, then, that diforders in this delicate fyftem ffiouldbe fo common and permanent, and that the variations o£well and ill ffiould fo frequently happen.

Thefe complaints principally depend on three caufeSjviz. weak fibres, a too great nervous fenfibility, and a

p-rfpiration too fufceptible of change ; but t« enumeratethe fymptoms occafioned by a weaknefs or difordcr of thenervous fyftcm, would be an endlefs attempt. It may beproper, however, to mention a few of the mod chara&er-iiiic :—The firft fymptoms are generally a kind of pulil--lanunity we were before ftrangers to; diffidence, fear,grief, deje&ion, lownefs of fpirits, attended with windyinflation, of the ftomach and inteftines ; the appetite anddigeftion are moftly bad, though fometimes there is a crav-ing for food and quick digeftion ; the body is fometimesloofc, but more commonly bound, which occalions greatuneafmefs. The patient is frequently troubled with fuddenflufhings of heat in various parts of the body, at ethertimes a fenfe of cold, as if water was poured on them fly-ing.pains in the arms and limbs, pains in theback and belly,tefembling thofc occafioned by the gravel ; yawning, fre-quent fighing ; the fleep is unfound and fcldom refrcfhing ;

the mind is difturbed on the moft trivial occafion, and ishurried into violent commotions, inquietudes, fadnefs, &c.the memory alfo becomes weak, and the judgment fails.

Head-achs which are very frequent amongft. people offafhion, are the confcquence of fome difordcr in the fto-mach or nerves, and often of both. Indeed, nerves, con-tinually agitated by humours which are always irritative,"by difordcring the harmony, of the organs, and enfeeblingthe body, alfo deftroy the mental faculties ; which arc fomuch dependent on the fituation of Cbeir furroundingbody, that whatever diforders the ceconomy of the one,abfblutelv prejudices the mode of thinking in the other.

Hence it is evident, That a clofe application to Jiudy isprejudicial to health,.

The dlfcafes to which the learned are peculiarly liable,arife from two principal caufes, viz. The perpetual atten-tion of the mind, and the condant inactivity of the body.The b rain, the nerves which arife from it, and the flomach,which is furnifhed with many nerves of an exquifite fen-fation, are the parts firfl attacked, and commonly mod in-jured by the immoderate labour of the mind ; but if fhouldcontinue any length of time, aimod all the parts of thebody become partakers of the injury. Meditation alfo, bykeeping the nerves too long in a (late of aftion, wades thefpirits too much, and hinders the brain from preparingthem ; lo that this important fluid, which is the puredfub-dance and mod highly prepared of any other in the humanbody, is either deficient, or undergoes fomc alterationwhich mud inevitably produce many diiorders.

The learned, however, are not the only perfons whofuffer under thefe diforders. People of a fedentary lifeand occupation are equally liable thereto.' Exercifeftrengthens the fibres, preferves the fluids in their properdate, procures an appetite, facilitates the fecretions, raifesthe fpirits, and occafions an agreeable fenfation in thewhole nervous fyflem ; whild a fedentary life dedroys thedrength of the mufcles, and renders them, for want of ufe,unable to bear aftion ; the circulation, therefore, deprivedof this confiderable adidance, foon grows languid : Vitalheat di minifliesthe humours flagnate andbecome vitiated;and the fecretions and natural evacuations not being wellperformed, the body remains loaded with exerementitioushumours, the acrimony of which preys upon the conditu-tion, flrength is diffipated, and a variety of difagrecableconfequences enfue.

After thefe obfervations, it will follow of courfe, that inorder to alfid thofe who labour under too delicate a con-

dilution, or the effefts of a reclufe and fedentary life, we

mud endeavour, id, To mend the digedion. Ed, To quietthe agitation of the nerves. And 3d, To diminifh thefeverifh inclination by diminifhing the fharpnefs of thehumours and to facilitate perfpiration, the obdruftion ofwhich caufes thofe catarrhal and fometimes inflammatoryfevers, which finally produce the mod malignant difordersof the bread.

As an affidant towards effefting thefe important points,Dr. Ilodfon recommends the condant and daily ufe of hisAromatic Nervine Tea, for breakfafl and in the after-noon, indead of the foreign tea now in general ufe, theill effefts of which have been fufficiently noticed by medi-cal writers of the fird eminence.

The following obfervations on the foreign tea are takenfrom a curious writer, who judly calls it, Water bewitchedwith Indian Poifon :

“ Now for the nature of tea, of which there are feveralforts ; but as they are but one kind of plant, and differ onlyas malt may do, in being high or flack dried, or being fineror coarfer, fo I fhall confider them all as one. Tea is theleafof a fmall fhrub of the kind of our dog tree, of an au-

ftere, bitter, adringent tade, without any aromatic warmth*.It has but very little oil in it, and that which it has is ofthe refiny kind, is narcotic and dupefaflive : It has alfo-but very little fait, and that is of the fixed kind.

“ If we compare the nature of tea with the nature of theEnglifh diet, no one can think it a proper vegetable for us.It has no parts fit to be affimilated to our bodies : Its effen-lial fait does not hold moidure enough to be joined to the

body of an animal ; its oil is but very little and that of theopiate kind ; and therefore it is fo far from being nutritivethat it irritates and frets the nerves and fibres, exciting theexpulfiv.e faculty; fo that the body may be leffened andweakened, but it cannot be encreafed and ftrengthened byit. This might be afeertained by a very little experience :

The firft time perfons drink of this, if they are full grown,it generally gives them a pain in the ftomach, dejeftion offpirits, cold fweats, palpitation at the heart, trembling,fearfulnefs ; taking away the fenfe of fulnefs, though pre-fently after meals, and caufing a hypochondriac gnawingappetite. Thefe fymptoms are very little inferior to what

the moll poifonous vegetable we have in England wouldoccafion when dried and ufed in the fame manner.”

From the ill effefts of tea, we may in a great meafureattribute the general effeminacy of the age ; for it mocksthe flrong appetite, and fatiates it with light trifling food.The bold and brave become daflardly, the flrong becomeweak, women unhealthful, and children rickctty; in fhort,it gives an effeminate weakly turn to the people ingeneral.

Tea was firffe ufedby the rich, and when that had flattedtheir fpints and racked their ftomachs, a cordial becamenccelfary. This might probably bring the poorer fort ofpeople into dram drinking : for they could not well return

to labour with their fibres relaxed and theirfpirits dejeded.The Aromatic Tea here recommended poflefles none of

thofe pernicious qualities above deferibed. On the con-

trary, it will be found peculiarly ferviceable to all peifonsof a weak conftitution, but more efpecially to people offafhion, to the fludious, and to all thofe of a reclufe and

fedentary life. It is likewife particularly rccommended-to boarding-fchools, clerks in public offices, compting-houfes, &c. and to all thofe whofe employments confinethem chiefly within doors.

This vegetable compofition may be ufed in the famemanner and quantity as other tea, but is fo far preferable,in refpeft to nourifhment, as to bear no kind of comparifon.It ftrenglhens the nerves, affills the memory, comforts thehead, and braces the ftomach ; relieves dulnefs, languors,and debilities ; greatly reftorcs impaired conflitutions andnourifhes decayed ones; improves the fight, opens obflruc-tions in the breaft and lungs, cherifhes the heart, revivesthe fpit its, prevents the vapours, is of an agreeable flavour,and has a grateful aromatic odour.

To prevent any counterfeit being fubftituted for thisgenuine article* Dr. Hodfon requefts the public to takeparticular notice, that his Aromatic Tea is moulded up in-packets, bearing a label, representing Hercules in the gar-den of Hefperides, engraved by a capital artift ; alfo apcrfefl refemblance of the medallion belonging to thePrince of Wales’s Lodge of Free and Accepted Mafons,.And each packet is impreffed with Dr, Hodfon’s arms inred wax.

T H E

BALM of ARCADIA,For Coughs, HoarfeneJJes, Hooping Cough,

&c.

Price FIVE SHILLINGS a Bottle.rT~', HE efficacy of this remedy in all recent and obflinate

-*• coughs and hoarfeneffes, and particulaily in thatterror to all children, the Hooping Cough, will juftly re-

commend it to the countenance of the public.—lt is a

pleafant as well as an elegant preparation, and thereforeproperly adapted to be adminiftered to infants, who are,in general, extremely averfe to all kinds of medicine.

COUGHS and COLDS.—Though it is not uncommonfor a patient to fay, that he ails nothing except having a

flight cold, or, what is the common effe£l, (or rather thefecond fhagc of a cold) a troublefomc cough ; yet a properfenfe of the danger that attends thefe apparently triflingcomplaints cannot be too much enforced.

Dr. Fothergill fays, “ The moil trifling cold pr cough,if it continues, may either advance gradually, till it endsin immediate mifchief, or may'leave fuch imprellions asmay fubjcft the patient to frequent returns ; a cough, there-fore, in children or young perfons, or in perfons of a cer-

tain make at any time of life, ought fpecdily to be cured.”And Mr. Hayes obferves, “ the way in which colds do

injury to the lungs and other parts, and lay a foundationfor future mifchief, is, by the aftion of cold upon the veryfine veffels, which occalions obflru£lions, and a fmall de-gree of inflammation, but not violent enough, atprefent, to

be very obfervable ; but fuch a degree of tendernefs is lefton the parts affefted, as often eflablifhes an habitual cough,which is rendered more troublefome or dangerous by everyadditional cold ; and which, fooner or later, caufes thedeath of the patient, unlefs that care be taken which isneceffary to prevent it.”

The greated care will not always prevent perfons catch-ing cold, no climate, age, fex or conditution being exempttherefrom. As, therefore, neither regimen nor medicinecan prevent the complaint, and as the negleftof a cold fre-quently brings on more lading anddifagreeable diforders, afew indrucfions for removing it on the fird attack may notbe improper, particularly as the vulgar notion of fluffinga cold is the direft contrary of what ought to be done.

As foon as a perfon perceives that he hath taken cold,he fhould fa'crifice a little time to warmth and cafe, obfervea degree of abdinence from folid food, and abdain fromall fpirituous and drong liquors. The diet fhould be lightbread pudding, veal or chicken broth, panada, gruel, andfuch like. The fupper in particular (hould be light, asfmall poffet, water gruel, fweetened with fugar or treacleand fharpened with currant jelly , or thofe who have beenaccufhomed to generous liquors may take white wine wheyinfhead of gruel. The drink fhould be baum or linfeed tea,fharpened with orange or lemon juice ; or barley water andliquorice, with feme tamarinds dilTolved therein. The pa-tient ought to lie in bed longer than ufual, and encouragea moderate perfpiration towards the morning, which mayreadily be done by drinking a little warm tea, or other dilut-ing liquor, about an hour before the ufual timeof riling.

Bathing the feet in lukewarm water has a great effeft inIhefe cafes ; but particular care fhould be taken that it is

not too warm (a point in which nurfes and thofe who havethe care of the fick generally err); the warmth of new

milk Is quite fufficient, and in this the patient’s feet andlegs fhould be immerfed for ten minutes, every othernight before getting into bed.

COUCHS are the moll violent effcfts of colds, and ca-

pable ofbringing on the mollferious confequences: Inflam-mation of the lungs is excited by the perpetual aftion whichis g : ven to the chefl: by coughing ; and great injury is donethereby to the line membrane which lines the paflage tothe lungs, the cavity of the chefl, and the lungs themfelves ;

and the leafl inflammationhappening to the pleura, or to thelungs, is much to be feared, may pave the way to confump-tion and death.—Particular care fhould therefore be takento remove a cough in the firfl inflance, and when anymedicine has not the effeft defined in a very few days, theadvice of an able phyfician fhould be had; for dependupon it, that three parts of the confumptions which hap-pen, are occafioned by negle&ing trifling coughs, as theyare generally called.

If therebe any degree of cough or hoarfenefs, a teafpoon-ful of the Balm of Arcadia fhould be taken every time itis troublelome.

HOOPING-COUGH. —This is fo well known, that a

defeription of it would be totally unneceffary. It is gene-rally moll fatal to children under two years of age ; for,if older, they commonly fwallow the phlegm and thenpuke it up again. After three years it feldom provesfatal ; though in fome in (lances, wherein great wcaknelsattends and proper remedies are neglc6led, confumptioafollows and the patient is carried off.

5 6The diet, In this complaint, fhouldbe cafy of digeftion.

Where children have been weaned from the breaft,chicken broth, fago-grucl or other light fpoon meats arc

proper ; and the drink fhould be hylfop-tca, fweetenedwith fugar-candy.

It is deemed favourable to the patient if a fit of cough-ing produces an inclination to vomit, as it cleanfes thellomach and greatly relieves the cough. This difehargefhould, therefore, be promoted, according to the directionsgiven with the medicine.

The inflruftions refpefting this diforder, given witheach bottle of the Balm of Arcadia, are fo ample, that re-peating them hcie wr ould be ufelcfs, as it will be neceffaryto adminiltcr that remedy during the time of attendingto thofe inflru&ions.

The Balm of Arcadia is fealed up in large fquare bottles,price five (hillings each ; and the public may be allured,that the proprietor would not hazard his reputation byaffixing his name to any medicine, the efficacy of whichhe had not experienced.

SPECIFIC BREASTS,Price HALF-A-GUINEA a ror.

To Ladies ajjlicled with Milk Sores, or Schirrous Tumoursof the Breafl,

A MONO the diforders to which the female fex arepcculiaily liable, few are attended with fo much

uncertainty in the mode of cure as Sore Breafls. Fevers,colds, or inattention, frequently occafion milk fores, andthe common method of treating them is painful and tedious.

Avoiding therefore thofe too often inclfcftual and al-ways dreadful operations of the knife or caullic, this fpe-cific is recommended ; which hath, in general, proved afafe, eafy, and fpeedy method of curing milk fores, as wellas fchirrous tumours proceeding from other caufes, withoutany painful operation, having either difperfed or broughtthem to a proper degree of fuppuration, and afterwardshealed them.

CURES BY THIS SPECIFIC.A Lady at Papley, near Oundle in Northamptonfliire, after

having lain in a fortnight, her bread began to be inflamed apdpainful; every endeavour was made ule of in order to repel it, butin vain ; matter was foon formed, and it was opened by a gentle-man of the faculty. During feven weeks the lituation of the pa-tient continued very precarious, being often flattered with theappearance of an approaching cure, and as often colle6ling again.By applying the Specific recommended in this Pamphlet, Ihe wasperfectly cured in one month.

Mrs, Hardiman, in the hoirfhold of the late Rev. the Dean ofEly, was atflidfed with a Schirrous Tumour more than 12 months.She had applied to tiie moll eminent of the faculty, who informedher fhe could have no'relief, unlefs flte would fubmit to have thetumour extracted by the knife. Being unwilling to fubmit to thisopcraraton, Ihe was recommended to try the fafe and eafy method

prefcnbedby Dr. Hodfon, and in three months was happily curedwithout any painful operation.—A Lady at Hilgay in Norfolk, re-

commended by the clergyman of the parifh, was alfo perfectlycured in a month.

Mrs. Cole, wife of Mr. Cole, a gentleman farmer, at Boxworthin Cambridgeftiire, got cold in her lying in, which occafioned a

violent inflamed Bread. She was attended by a lurgeon from St.Ives, and another from Cambridge ; but receiving no relief, was

recommended to the method above alluded to, and in five weekswas cured.

The wife of a poor man recommended by Mr. Cole, was curedin a month of a very bad Bread.—Mrs. Ivatt, at Lolworth, curedof a very bad MilkSore in about a month.—Mrs. Fitch, of Linton,cured of a Milk Sore, having lain-in about fix months.

Mrs. Edwards, of Linton, was in one month cured of a Schir-rous Tumour in her bread, which hadafilidled her nine months.—Mrs. Frod, of Chefterton near Cambridge, fafely cured of a badMilk Sore, occafioned by a fever in her lying-in.—Mrs. Barw ick,of Barnwell, cured of a Milk Sore in a month.—Mrs. Battle, ofFeverfham, of three different Milk Sores.

Mrs. Coulfon, in Cambridge, had a Sore Bread occafioned bya cold caught in lying-in. By this elegant method of treatment afuppuration was promoted, and having cleared itfelf by a properdifeharge it was healed up, and a radical cure efi'edled in a fhorttime.

Mrs. Briggs, of Cambridge, caught a violent cold by lying ina damp room. The diforder fell into her bread, and being im-properly treated, a Gangrene was the confequencc, in which dread*ful date fhe was put under proper care, and by this eafy methodobtained a perfedl cure in about feven weeks.

*** This Specific is in ihe form of a delicatefalve.

THEEGYPTIAN BALSA M,

Price HALF-A-CROWN'a pot.

A Jape remedyfor old Sores and Ulcers, Boil?, Blotches, cancer-ous and inflammatory Tumours, Whitlows, and particularlyfor extracting Thorns and Splinters.

npHIS balfam is held in great eflimation in all the abovecafes, as it does not heal up in fuch a temporary man-

ner that they break out in a fhort time, or upon the flight-ell accident happening to the part; but firfl cleanfcs it•thoroughly, and then cures gradually and radically.—.Thecompoiition is fo innocent that it may be applied to themod tender and weak conftitutions, even to an infant ;

and the application fo eafy, that it requires very littletrouble and no confinement.

CURES BY THIS BALSAM.The fon of Mr. Jofeph Cole, of Upvvell, in Norfolk, (a boy

about 14 years old) about Chriftmas 1780, had a very fevere fit officknefs which fell into his Legs, and they became full of Sores,having at lead forty holes in them. Mr. Cole had been at a con-fiderable expence as well as trouble, in order to give his fon relief;and after many fruitlefs efforts, he applied to Mr. Chapman, ofDownham, for fome Egyptian Balfam ; in the ufe of this Mr Coleperfevered for two months, during which he applied 15 pots, andat the end of that time his fon’s legs were well.

Left the above fhonld be thouglit an exaggerated account, I de-clare my fon had at leaft forty holes in his legs, and am willing tofatisfy any enquirer of the certainty of the facts mentioned.

JOHN COLE.

To the Proprietor of the Egyptian Balfam.I confider it as duty that I owe to markind, to communicate the

following extraordinary cure by the Egyptian Balfam, a remedythat is invaluable, and which I do mod ferioufly advife all perfonsalike afflifled to have recourfe to. The cafe was briefly as follows :

“ My wife had been afflicted with an inveterate fetid Ulcer inher Leg, for about 30 years Handing, all which time I have paidfome fcore pounds to apothecaries, furgeons, Sec. for medicinesand advice ; but the difeafed pail baffled all their attempts, andthey generally left her rather worfc than better. It is about twomonths fince, that feeing an advertifement of the Balfam in theSalifbury Journal, I advifed my wife to make a trial of it. A potwas procured from Meffrs. Collins and Johnfon, Salifbury, andthe Balfam was applied as directed. In a few dreflings the wound,which was nearly five inches long, and more than one inch wide,deep, and very foul, became clean, put on a healthy appearance,and the inflammation greatly abated. We procured a fecond anda third pot, and it is with great joy and gratitude that I row in-,form you her leg is quite well, her ftrength increafed, and I thusvoluntarily and unafked publifh this. Of the truth of this mywife is now a healthy witnefs. JOS. HUNT.

Fordingbridge, Hants,March, 34, 1783.

A Young Woman, fervant to a widow lady in Cambridge, hadbeen troubled with Sore Legs every Winter for feven years pad;die had been under the care of thefirfl furgeon in Cambridge, andhad alio been fome time in Addenbrooke’s Hofpital, but withouteflfedl. In the winter of 178c, flie appl.ed the Egylian Balfam, atwhich time her legs were in amoft deplorable condition, being allover fores, and having feveral holes in them. The Balfam broughtthe fores to a proper degree of fuppuration, and having difehargedall the fetid matter, they were gradually healed, and w ere perfedflywell in five weeks, in which ftate they have continued ever fmce.

Dr. HODSON’s FAMILY ELIXIR;O R,

General Promoter of Health and Long Life .

Price ss. 511. a Bottle.

IT is well known, that the Chinefe have long been Infcarch of an Immortal Elixir , or a remedy which fhould

at leall reftore. to them the longevity of the ancients •, andalthough they have not acquired the full accomplish-ment thereof, yet their refearches have not been entirelyin vain, as the prefent Difcovery fufficiently teftifies.

This excellent remedy was a fecret in the family of aneminent foreign phyiician for many centuries; and hathbeen procured and improved by Dr. Hodfon, at a greatexpence and trouble.—The phyfician above alluded todied at the age of 144 years, in confequence of a fall fromhis horfe. Tlis mother lived to the age of 107, his fatherj 1 2, and his grandfather to that of 130; and their lon-gevity was attributed to the conflant ufe of this Elixir,viz. by taking only 30 drops night and morning.

Indeed there can be little doubt, but that by a conflantand regular ufe of this moll excellent cordial, mankindmay be preferved many years in the enjoyment of a goodftate of health.—lt greatly reflores the flrength of theconflitution, recruits the animal fpirits, improves the na-

tural fenfes, removes rheumatic pains, and carries off allthofe grofs humours from the flomach whi«h caufe flatu-lencies and indigeflions. It purifies the blood, enlivensthe circulation thereof, and keeps the body moderatelylaxative, without pain or violent irritation.—ln Ihort, itis the belt ftomachic medicine known, a prefervativeagainft contagious diftempers, and may be adminifleredfreely without danger.

Directions for ufng this Elixir.

As a general promoter of health and long Life: —Take scdrops, or a tca-fpoonful, of this Elixir, either alone, or

in double the quantity of wine, tea, or water daily, anhour before breakfad and an hour after Tapper.

For a regular purge :—Men of a robufl condilution maytake two table-lpoonfuls ; but women and delicate per-fons only one, either by itfclf, or in an equal quantity oftea, two hours after a light fupper. It will not operatetill the next day, when it requires no other precautionthan to eat nothing crude, acids nor fallads, and to keepmoderately warm.

In indigefions and after intemperance :—Take two table-fpoonfuls.

In cholicky complaints :—Take one table-fpoonful of thisElixir in two of brandy ; and if the find dofe has not thedefired effeft, repeat it in half an hour.

For the Worms :—Take three tea-fpoonfuls without anymixture, in the morning fading, during eight days.

hi the Dropfy :—Take one table-fpoonful in a like quan-tity of mountain wine, in the morning fading, for one

month regularly.In femalefuppreffions ;—Take one table-fpoonful of this

Elixir, in three of red wine, and walk half an hour afterit before break fad, for three days together.

In the ague: —Take one table-fpoonful, by itfelf ormixed with a little tea, jud before the fit, and go to bed.It frequently happens that one dofe is fufficient; but itis very feldom more than three are necedary; though itwill be prudent to repeat it a week after, in order to pre-vent a relapfe.

Dr. H O D S O N' »*

IMPERIAL OIL,Price TWO SHILLINGS and EIGHT-PENCE a Bottle,

This Oil is improved with fo muchfuccefs as to h: a fafe andcertain remedy for all kinds ofSprains, Bruifes, Injuries fromBlows and Fulls, Hard Swellings, Chilblains, Weaknejfes andRickets in Children, Contractions of the Limbs , Joints, andSinews , Old Achs and Pains, Gout, and Rheumatic Pains.—lt has alfo been found very efficacious in the cure of Cuts ,

and Chaps in the Hands ; and a certain remedy for Burns' and Scalds.

A Sprain is an accident that often happens, and if greatoccafions a painful lamcnefs of the parts fora while,

and frequently prevents the perfons fo affliCled followingtheir occupations. By neglecting what at firfl feems atrifling ailment, it fomctimes arifes that a dangerous maladyproceeds from what might have been eafily removed by a

timely application ; the recommending a proper remedy,therefore, for battening the recovery of the (trained partto its natural (late, cannot but be acceptable to the public,as well as of particular fcrvice to thofe who Hand in needof fucli a relief.

The effeCts of a violent (train, are fuch an extenlion ofthe tendons and veflels of the mufcles (trained, that theycannot contraCt themfelves to their-natural lengths ; and

64the great elongation of them, (which deprives them of theircontraflde power) leffens the diameter of their cavities,ohftruff s the free courfe of the fluids through them, makesthem fwcll and become painful, and renders them inca-pable of their ufual fervices.—Thefe effcfls naturally leadus to conclude, that the molt proper remedies are thofeapplications which may beft attenuate their obftruftedfluids, recover an cafy circulation of them, and fufficientlycontraft the elongated veffels. Such a remedy will befound in the Imperial Oil, than which there has not beena medical difeoveryof more general utility to mankind formany years. Indeed it is now in fuch univerfal eftima-tion, as to render it almoft needlefs to fay any thing con-

cerning its merit. The many cures that have been ef-fefted by its ufe, and the perfons of charafter who havegranted the liberty of pubhfhing their names in recom-mending this valuable compofltion, have ftamped its re-

putation fupenor to any thing before offered to the publicfor fimilar purpofes ; and the very extraordinary demandfor it, convinces the Proprietor that his labour and fin-ches have not been in vain. He is happy to find thatthe improvements he has made in this preparation haverendered it fo excellent a remedy for the cafes mentionedin the preceding page.

CURES BY THE IMPERIAL OIL.

Copy of a Letter from a Gentleman in the Country.One of my Children had a Sorcnefs under the thick part of the

Thigh, fuppofed to be hurt on horfeback. I had it well rubbedwith your .imperial Oil, but it inflamed it fo much that I fent tor

a furgeon, who forbid the ufe of it, and recommended a poulticewith ointment of elder, to prevent a fuppuration if poffible Thepoultice was renewed thrice a day for ten days, when the furgeonfaid it would certainly gather, for matter was already formed.Being very unwilling to fubmit the child to the furgeon’s knife,and fearing he fliould be made a cripple, I would not fuffer anyapplication to accelerate its coming to a head, but perfifted in thepoultice and elder ointment. In a few days the forenefs (whichwas before fo extreme he could not walk, or bear the fli jhtefftouch of the finger) went off, and he could walk as well as ufual ;

but there was a fubltance under his thigh as broad as your handand as hard as a board. For this again I applied your Oil, andin a few dredings the fubflance (eparated into lumps, which dailygot lei's till they were quite reduced.

The Imperial Oil I believe will have a great run. I have givenit to fome poor people who have hurt themfelves by falls, and ithas completely cured theta.

ROB. RAIKES.Gloucester.

E. Statham, Newcaftle-ftreet, Shoreditch, in afTifllng a porterto remove fome furniture, bruifed Iter Foot, and fprained herBack fo as to render her incapable of continuing in the familywhere Ihe was at fervice ; and being fent home flte was confinedto her bed, not being able to ftir without pain. A friend pro-cured a bottle of the Imperial Oil, from which Ihe foon foundrelief; the bruifes in her foot were cured, the pain in her backremoved, and her ftrength greatly redored. At the fame timeIhe applied this remedy to her Wrills, having a vveaknefs in themoccaliuned by a fprain received a long time before, and was fofortunate as to find that perfectly cured.

Mrs. Nouridge, a widow woman-in Cambridge, aged 66,fprained her Loins, by lifting a large wafiling trough. Her ad-vanced age made her fearful hat fhe fhould not procure any re-lief ; but being in extreme pain fhe was willing to try what effeCtthe Imperial O 1 would have. From the ufe of only one bottlefhe was perfectly cured.

Mr. Alex. George, Fleet-flreet, in the great frofl. 1784, tum-bled down on the pavement, and bruifed his Knee, which oc-cafioned inflant lamenefs, and gave him excruciating pain ; butby the ufe of this medicine he was foon perfectly recovered.

Extraft of a Letter from Bath.The efficacy of your Imperial Oil has been proved in a re-

markable inflance. James Harvey, fervant to Edward Van-burgh Efq. in Brook-Hreet, having received a violent Sprain inhis ancle, was confined to his room five weeks, and unable thento w-alk, notwithflanding during that time he had ufed numerousapplications recommended by an eminent furgeon and others.He was then induced to apply the Imperial Oil, which in a fort-night perfectly cured him.

William Badccck, groom to a gentleman of the Univerfity ofCambridge, received a Blow from a Horfe, by which he was fomuch injured as to be incapable of attending in the (table: Havingbefore experienced the good effects of the Imperial Oil, in curinghim of a contraction in the finew's, occalioned by (training him-felf in walking, he immediately made application for a bottle, bywhich he was cured in a fhort time.

In January 1777, my father received a Hurt in his Shoulder,by a Fall from his horfe, which bruifed him terribly, and forwhich he could get no relief till the April following, when heapplied the Imperial Oil. It is aftonilhir.g the almoft inftanta-neous fuccefs that attended this application. He felt immediatecafe, and in a few days was perfectly free from pain.

One of my pupils on Friday laft had the misfortune to bethrown from a waggon, and was fo bruifed on one Arm that hewas not able to ftir it himfelf, nor could he bear to have ittouched without great pain. On Saturday morning I found himvery bad; from the Ihoulder to the wrift black, fuelled, andpainful, nor could he ftir his arm the leaft in the world. I im-mediately applied your Imperial Oil, and in two hours he foundhimfelf better. By repeating it according to the directions, hewas able to drefs himfelf and was at church on Sunday, at fchoolon Monday, and is now well.

Burton, July 6, 1779.

A Child about 18 months old, received a Fall by which he washurt in his Shoulder, and continued a long time in great agony;I had the aftiftance of a furgeon, whofe advice was followed, butwithout efteit. The many cures I had feen advertifed of yourOil, prevailed on me to try it. It is with great latisfaCtion 1 in-form you, that by the application of one Bottle only he wasre lored ; but as the child was before this accident weak andricketty, and as I perceived he gained ftrength from the Oil, Iprocured another tiottle, with which his joints were rubbed, ac-cording to the directions; and he is now quite ftrong, hearty, andfree from the rickets.

A. M'PHERSON.Cambridge, OCI. iS, 1779.

68Mr. James Chamber?, of Whapload Drove, near Spalding,

lias a rel lion who was affl £led with a Hard Swelling on herKnee, as hard and callous almofi as the tone; file had all theadvice hr circumfiances would admitoof,. f , but to no purj ofe. Mr.Chambers applied for a bottle of the Imperial Oil, whch gaveher great eafe ; he then applied for a feconu bottle, which checteda compleat cure.

JOHN ALBIN.Spalding, July 14, 1781.

Edtv. Newi t, Cambridge, was hurt by Blows from a Horfe;h's Shoulder w'as much bru fed, and he was in great agony: Hisfituation cannot be dcfcribed, diffidently to do jufiice to tlie me-dicine by which he was relieved. He was defired to apply theImperial Oil, and by a proper attention to die dire£bons, he fooareceived a compleat cure.

Yfilliam Newitt, brother to the above, had been for feveraldays troubled with a Pa :n and Swelling in the Face, which at in-teivals threw him into the mod extreme agony. In one of theiieagitations he fnatched up a bottle in which was a little of the im-perial Oil, on the application of which, warm, to the part aficded,he received immediate eafe, and by continuing to ule it was loonperfectly cured.

The relief adminiftered to Mr. John Dann, farmer, at Wordingin Suflex, by theufe of your Imperial Oil, under a violent fpramedKnee, complicated with the Rheumatifm, induces him to make thefollowing public, for the benelit of others:

Having laboured three quarters of a year under the above com-plaint, to a degree that neceflitated him to ufe crutches, and havingduring that period, tried a variety of means under the direction ofthe moll able praftitioners in that neighbourhood, without experi-encing the leall good eftedl, he had recourfe to this Oil, which in a

few times applying, fo relieved him that he could walk withoutafliftance, and by contimrng its application to the end of the bottle,he had the happinefs to find the ufe of his legs perfectly reffored tohim, his pain foully removed, and the contraction fo effectually re-medied, that the joint remained perfectly Itrongand aCtive as if no-thing had happened to it.

Mr. Dann unfolitited gave me ocular demonflrationof his cure,at the fame time authoriling me to u e his name ; and added, thathis brother Mr. G Dann, had received equal benefit from the Oil,under a fprained wrift.

Mr. Lampiere, plumber and glazier, purchafed a bottle of Im-perial Oil to apply to his fon’s Arm, that had been fprained by a fall.On afking him a few davs after what advantage his fon had reapedfrom it, he repl ed, “Cmed toadmiration! and only in thrice ufing.’*

Lewes, March, 1752. W. LEE.

Mr. Jofeph Snafdale, farmer, at Wimbottifliam, Norfolk, in theharved of 17 So, being on a waggon loaded with barley, the horfewent fuddenlyon, in confequence ofwhich he fell off, and his fhoulderpitched on the (hafts of the waggon, from which he fell to theground. The hurt and bruifes he received, and the extreme agonywhich fitch an accident multoccafion, may better be conceived thandeferibed. He made ufe of the common noltrum in fuch cafes, viz.hot vinegar; but it was in vain ; the next morning he was worfe,and therefore fent for a bottle of the Imperial Oil. It would beneedlefs, after faying he applied it according to the directions, toadd that he found relief; but the almo't instantaneous effeftwhich it produced, he declares was aftomlhing. 1he following dayhe was enabled to alliit again in the field, and was entirely cured byonly one bottle.

Eliz. Watfon, Cambridge, tumbled down flairs, by which lh*was terribly hurt; her Leg being bent under her was much bruifed,her Ancle fprained, fwelled, black, and fhe was fcarce able to walk*She had only oae bottle and was by that perfectly cured.

Mr. John Simpfon, of Darfingham near Lynn, in NovemberJ7S3, fprained his Foot in coming down a ladder; he negledled ittill his finews became contracted, {welled, and his foot fo painful hecould fcarcely walk. He purchafed a bottle of the Imperial Oil,and made the firft application about fix o’clock in the evening;about twelve his leg was fo exceedin ly painful he could get no refi,therefore got up and applied the Oil again, when lie found thefwelling greatly abated, and by continuing the ufc of it, in threedays he was perfectly cured.

Two years ago I was feized with a fwelling in the right Leg,which at laft increafed to a prodigious fize, and acquired fuch adegree of hardnefs as to occafion great pain, and rendered me inca-pable of following my trade, which is that of a baker, for morethan three months ; after having ufed abundance of means to nopurpofe but that of difburtheningmy pocket, I fortunately law anadvertifement of your Imperial Oil, and purchafed a bottle, by'the ufe ofwhich the fwelling was foon abated ; in about a month’stime I was able to follow my employment, and by the blefilng ofGod have had no return of my complaint to this day. In jufticetherefore to your incomparable Oil, and for the benefit of my fel-low fubjefts, I defire you will make my cure public.

Coventry, Aug. 23, 17S1. RICHARD PHILIPS.

On the 4th of February 1780, as Mr. Morley, ofWoodhall,Norfolk, was coming down a mill in that neighbourhood, a perfonin the infide fet the mill at work, when the cogs caught Mr. Mor-ley’s hand, which they mangled in a {hocking manner, his handbeing almoft cut through ; in fliort, it is impofiible to defcribethe havock it made with him, fo as to do juftice to the medicineby which he wr as relieved. He applied the Imperial Oil, and onSaturday called on Mr. Chapman of Downham (of whom the me-dicine was purchafed) {hew ed him his hand, which w as quite well,and allured him this extraordinary cure was elfe&ed by only onebottle.

Alice Cook, a poor Woman in Cambridge, fprained her WriftVery much in wringing foine flieets fhe had been wafhing; herarm fwelled from her wrift to her fhoulder, was full of pain, andflie continued in that fituation near a fortnight, without any afTilt-ance; when a gentleman, diftinguifhed for his humanity, hearingof her misfortune, fent her a bottle of the Imperial Oil, orderingher to ufe it according to the directions ; but this her circumffan-ces and occupation in a great meafure prevented ; fhe was underthe neceflity of continuing her employment for a fubfiftence,though her arm was in conftant agony, and often obliged, afterrubbing the affedled part with this medicine, to go immediately tothe wafh trough. However, notwithftanding all thefe difadvan-tages, and of being dabbling fometimes in hot, and fometimes incold water, from the firlt application of the Oil fhe found greatrelief. After applying it a fecond time fhe felt very little incon*.venience, and by that alone was perfeCUy cured.’

Cambridge, Feb. 24, 1780. ALICE COOK.

Oliver Cuttridge, of Chatteris in the Ifle of Ely, on the 24th ofMay received a Blow on the Stomach, by which he was muchhurt; it fettled under the right bread, and afterwards under hisarm, at whie ft time he was fo bad as to be fcarce able to breathe.He was recommended to ufe the Imperial Oil, and purchafed a

bottle of Mr. Berridge of Chatteris, which had the de fired effect.

Charles Laurenfon, at Mr. Hurleftor.e’s, Cambridge, on the Bthof April, 1779, received a Sprain in his Wrift, which fwelledamaz.ngly, and rendered him incapable of working. He continu-ed in this fituation till Saturday evening, when he applied the im-

perial Oil, and found almoft immediaterehei . On Monday morn-ing the fweiling was abaied, and he was able to go to work.

Having laboured under a pain of che Rheumatifm, which ren-

dered me incapable of doing my bufmefs, but being recommendedto your Imperial Oil, by u.lng only a part or the bottle you feni

Hie, foon found a great deal of eafe, and am perfectly recovered;fo thought proper to let you know, and hope you will have thefame published.

GEORGE BRUCE, Whittlesey.

During the frefl in 1784, Eliz. Butler, Cambridge, in returningfrom the Great Bridge with feme firing, fell down and fprainedher Arm. She continued bad a month, at the end of which (he

applied this Oil, and was cured by one bottle.

A Lady got cold in her lying-in, wlrch fell into her knee andleg, (welled them exceedingly, and gave her excruciating pain. Irecommended the imperial Oil, which (he tried, but thought thefirfi application increafed both the fwelhng and the pa n. 1 en-couraged her, however, to perfevere, and had the fatisfaCtion tofind that a fccond bottle wrought acompleat cure.

Soon after the above, a friend happening to mention that hisWife fuft'ered extremely with a Sore Leg, for which (he had beenattended by a furgeon without effeCt, I told him of the above cafe,and begged (lie might try the Imperial Oil. The find applicationfeemed to inflame the leg, and as there was a wound, the lady her-fe!f was afraid to ufe it again, till I allured her there was no dan-ger, and perfiiaded Iter to repeat it. Site did fo, and had onlyoccafion for a lecond bottle, being now quite well, though forthree months (he had been in continual pain.

Ed. Howe, Cambridge, in knocking tlic (lock off a gun, acci-dently miffed it, and gave himfelf a violent blow on the cap ofIns knee with the hammer, which occasioned infant lamenefs, in-fomuch that he could but juft make (hift to crawl about the home,with Iris knee quite (tiff; he was not able to bend the joint, butwas in very great pain. He applied hot vinegar, but it had noeffect i he then applied opodeldoc, but with as little fuccefs as

(he vinegar. An acquaintance who came to his honfe In the even-ing advifed him to apply the Imperial Oil, Thi happened onSaturday; he applied the Oil that evening, and loon found re-lief ; he continued it the next day; and on Monday morning hewalked eight miles, without finding any inconvenience from theblow.

Mrs. Pcdley, of Cambridge, had a Swelling in her Leg, whichrendered her u: able to walk; Augull 15, 1781, her Leg wasfwelled to Inch a degree, and in fuch violent pain, that it con-fined her to her bed the whole day. She obtained a bottle of thisOil, the eft'e£ls of which were, that by the following Sunday fhewas quite well.—Win. Catley, brewer’s fervant, in Cambridge,fell oft'a cart with a fack of grains, and hurt his Loins. He wascured by one bottle of the Oil only.

Mrs. Williamfon, Cambridge, flipped down a cellar window,and hurt herfelf with the iron bars belonging thereto; her leg andthigh were bruifed very much, appeared very black, were muchfwelled, and fhe was rendered fo lame, that it was with the utmoftdifficulty fhe walked fo far as to procure a bottle of the ImperialOil; by which flie was in a few days perfeddly recovered.

Andrew Cockle, of Barnw ell near Cambridge, received a vio-lent Hurt on his Hand, which was much fwelled, and he wasafraid would render him incapable of following his bufinefs; butby the ufe of one bottle of this Oil he was perfectly cured.

A perfon near St. Ives would beg the favour of you to infertthe following among your lift of cures, and defired me to writeto you. A. THOMAS.

Sr. Ives, May 22, 1791,

Having received very great benefit by the life of the ImperialOil, I would beg this inferted for the ufe of others :—I was at-tacked with a Swelling as large as an egg on the Shoulder Bone;had the advice of the faculty without effc6l; but was perfectlycured by one bottle of the Imperial Oil, and never had a re-turn fince,”

But the Excellency of the Imperial Oil is not confinedto the Human Species alone : It is found by experience,to be of infinite fervicc for Horfes that have their backsgalled with the faddle, are wrung in the withers, or

ftrained in the back fmews, as well as for old fprains,wind galls, cracked or Iwelled heels, &c.

A Clergyman in Hertfordlhirc (who has given the Proprietorliberty to refer any candid enquirer to him) had a favourite marewhich had been turned up three years, being lame with a dip iathe Ihoulder, and was afterwards cured by the ufe of this Oil.

Dr. Hodson having made the improvement of thisremedy his fludy for many years, has now brought it tothe higheft degree of perfeftion ; and to prevent, as muchas poffible, the public from being impofed upon, he re-

quefts thofe who have occafion to make ufc of his medi-dicuie to obferve, That the Imperial Oil is in fquareglafs bottles, with Imperial Oil, prepared by Dr.Hudson, London, moulded thereon. Each bottle fealcdwith the cypher jf. //. in red wax. Price 2s. Bd.

*5,5* Full Directions are fea'cd up with each bottle.fcT It is earneftly requeflcd that thofe who have oc-

calion to ufe the Imperial Oil will be very particular inobferving the directions; which are remarkably fhort. themedicine perfectly fafe, trie application exceedingly cafy jand a fpeedy cute will generally be quite certain.

NATURE’S ASSISTANT.

PART 111.

To the AJJlicted with the Venereal Difeafe.TT would be of little fervice to a patient affliCted with

this complaint, to know the various opinions of au-thors concerning the origin of it, and the exaft time ofits appearance in Europe. It is of much more confequencefor him to afcertain when he has received the infeftion ;

and if fo, the method he ought to puriue, in order to obtaina fafc and perfeft cure ; for few, very few, whether of thefaculty or otherwife, are fo happy in the management ofthe Lues Venerea as it could be wifhed.—Waving, therefore,all ufelefs introduction, it is intended only to point out thevarious modes by which it may be contracted, the fymp-toms by which a perfon may be convinced of having re-ceived the infeClion, the danger of improper treatment,and a fafe, eafy, and certain mode of obtaining a cure.

Technical terms will be avoided as much as poflible,and every neceflary information delivered in the modplain and concife language ; this little traCl being in-tended for the inllruClion of the ignorant, and not for th«criticihng eve of the learned.

There is not, perhaps, amongf! all the difeafes to whichhuman nature is fubjeCt, any attended with more difmal

copsfequenecs than the venereal; and to add to its own at-tendant calamities, there is not any that has experiencedworfe treatment; the patient, in many cafes, fulleringmore from the ignorance of the praftitioncr, than from themalignity of the difeafe, whilff the unhappy objeft of itsragefeldom obtains even the compaffion of his fellow mor-

tals, fince his fuffcrings are generally fuppofed to arifcfrom the gratification of luff and inordinate paffions.

The moll common way of contracting this complaint be-ing by coition, has affixed an idea of criminality on thofeinfefted with it, which frequently renders difguife necef-fary, and obliges the unfortunate patient to conceal hisfituation too long, or make application to thofe ignorantperfons who promifc afpttdy and fccret cure ; but who inreality only fix the difeafe deeper in the fyffem, and byhaflily removing the vtjiblc fymptoms, make that a con-firmed cafe, and fometimes an incurable malady, whichwas at firfl only a flight infection. It is fcarcc poffible foreven the firfl flage of this difeafe to be cured effe&uallyand fpeedlly at the fame time ; thofe patients are deceivedtherefore who are taught to believe it. “ Two or threeweeks (fays an eminent phyfician) and fometimes five orfix, are necelfary to carry off a gonorrhoea, even by themofl proper treatmentfor the time neceflary to eradi-cate the infe&ion depends upon fucli a variety of circum*fiances that it is impoflible to fix any precife period.

It is much to be lamented, however, that difguife inthis cafe fhould be fo often found neceflary, not only asit renders a cure more difficult, but becaufe the difeafemay be communicated to the innocent as well as to theguilty, as will prefently be fhewn.

Of the Venereal Infection.Notwithstan d i ng the variety of treatifes which hav«

been publifhed on this fubjeCl, no more is known con-

cerning the nature of the venereal poifon, than about thatof the fmall-pox, or any other contagion. It has not yetbeen difeovered, whether the poifon has different degreesof acrimony and volatility, or whether it is always thefame in its nature, varying only with regard to the parti-cular part to which it is applied, or according to the dif-ferent habit or conflitution of the pcrlon who receives theinfetlion.

How long the venereal poifon may lurk in the bodybefore it produces any fenlible effeCls, is a matter of equaluncertainty. There are few practitioners but mufh haveobferved ii.fiances of its remaining dormant for weeks©r even months; nay fome have aliened it to have brokeout with unequivocal fymptoms after remaining harmlcfsfor half a year. Thefe, however, are rare inllances, asin general the firfh fymptoms appear on the fccond, third,or fifth day after impure coition.

Whilfl mankind in general arc eafily affeCled by thispoifon, there are fome few who feem to be altogether un-

fufceptible of the contagion, and who run every riflewithout fullering in the fmallell degree. Some are morsliable to be infeCled than others, feemingly of the famohabit ; and thofe who have been once infeCled, appear to

be more liable to catch the difordcr a fecond time, thanthofe who never were infeCled before. The fame differenceis obfervable in the progrefs made by the difeafe after thepatient is infeCled. In fome the progrefs is flow, and thedifeafe appears fcarcely to gain any ground, while in others

it advances with the utmoft rapidity, and foon producesthe moft terrible fymptoms.

Two caufes, indeed, might be afligned for the mildnefsor malignancy of the fymptoms, viz. the conftitution ofthe perfon receiving the infeftion, and the virulency ofthe virus received. Perfons who have been ufed to liveregular and of a good habit, one might fuppofe would befubjeft to fewer as well as milder fymptoms, than thofcwhofe fluids are in a grofs and corrupt ftate ; but this notbeing always the cafe, we may conclude that in fuch pa-tients, a feverity of fymptoms is occalioned by the malig-nancy of the venom received, which is fometimes of focorrofive a nature, as to penetrate immediately into allparts wherever it comes.

Of Communicating the Difeafe.This complaint diffeis indeed from moft others, bo-

tanic that they, both acute and chronical, may arife fromair, diet, violent exercife, fedentary life, &c. whilft thismuff be contrafted by familiar communication; and thoughan abufe or regulation of the non-naturals will exafperateor moderate the fymptoms, yet it is not in the power ofthem to produce the diftemper. The venereal matter muftbe applied in a fluid ftate, either to a wound, ulcer, or

fome part where the mucus is very foft, as in the parts ofgeneration, &c. but it may be communicated differentways, as experience has fufhciently evinced. All themodes of communication may, however, be ranked underthe following heads:

i. By coition of an healthy perfon with another whois infe£led with a gonorrhoea, or ulcers on the genitals.

792. By the coition of an healthy perfon with one ap-

parently in perfcCt health, but in whofe genitals the poifonlies concealed, withouthaving yet produced any bad fymp-toms. So that a perfon who has, perhaps, received an in-fection two or three days before any fymptoms appear,may, during that time, and often does, infeCt another,without knowing themfelves to have the difeafe.

3. By fucking, in which cafe the nipples of the wetnurfc may be infe6led by venereal ulcers in the mouth ofthe child; or the nipples of the nurfe being infeCted, willoccafion venereal ulcers in the child’s mouth, nofe, or lips.

4. By any part of the body, whether covered by thecuticle or not, being expofed to the contaCt of the venerealpoifon; by killing, touching, &c. elpeclally if the parts (o

expofed have been previoufly excoriated, wounded, or ul-cerated, by any caufe whatever. From this caule venerealulcers frequently arife in the ferotum or thighs; and thereare fome well attelled in fiances where the infeCtion tookplace in the hands of furgeons and midwives. They havelikewife been produced in the noflrils, eyelids, and lips ofperfons who have touched the genitals either of themfelvesor others, affeCted with the difeafe, and then rubbed theirnoflrils, &c. with their fingers, without previoufly walkingtheir hands. By laying in the fame bed with a perfon in-fected, who hath venereal eruptions on the Ikin, the difeafemay likewife be contracted, the warmth of thebody openingthe pores, and the infeCted matter being thereby abforbed.

5. By wounding anv part of the body with a lancet orknife infeCted with the venereal virus. Van Swietenrelates feveral inflances of the Lues being communicatedby carelelfnefs in cleaning the inflrumentufed in bleedingor fcarification.

6. Children may likewife be hereditarily afll’fied ; thatis, receive the iufeflion from then parents; in which cafethey arc fometimes born with inflammations of the (kin,&c. but though theic fhould be no appearance for femedays, vet in about a week, eruptions, with biowrnfh Ipotsor fcabs, degenerating into ulcers, arife about the’ mouth,Jiofe, forehead, head, and often over the whole body.

It muff be allowed that the diforder generally difeoversitfelf firft in thofe parts by which the infeftion was receiv-ed ; fo that if the mouth or lips are fird afiefted, it is to befuppofedthe virus was received by killing, or (if an infant)by fucking a difordered nurl'e, &c. &c.

But the following is, perhaps, one of the mofl extraor-dinary inftanccs upon record, of the propagation of thisdreadful malady; “ On the gad of April, 1785, a youngchild belonging to Wm. Paifons, on Milford-Hill, Sail 1-bury, died of the, lues venerea, after a lingering illnefs. Itappears that in the abfence of its paients, it had frequentlybeen intruded to the care of an old blind woman, whofuffered it to pafs into the hands of an unhappy femalelabouring under that diflemper, and who unintentionallycommunicated the infeftion by means of chewing Jomevictuals for it.”

A very remarkable indance will be found amongft thecafes hereafter inferred, of a perfon receiving the infectionfrom the feat of a privy.

Vaiious therefore are the ways by which this contagionmay be contra&cd; however, the molt frequent modebeing by unlawful embraces, and confequently the fymp-toms more generally arihng about the genitals, it will beproper to dwell a little upon the defeription of the threedifferent ffages of the dileafe, and its various fymptoms.

The firft Is, that while the difordermay be deemed doubt-ful, or when, from the fymptoms abating, by the applica-tion of emollients and a cooling regimen, it is evidentlynot venereal.

The fecond ftage is when the fymptoms may fairly bepronounced venereal, and yet deemed local.

And the third is the confirmed Lues, when the virusbeing a&ually received into the blood, mixes with thefeveral fecretions, and circulating through every pait,taints the whole habit.

Of the firjl) or Gonorrhoea Stage.Although, in the prefent (lage a virnlent running is

one of the molt frequent circumltances to be met with inpraftice, and few perfons are infefted but what perceivethis to be one of the firfh fymptoms of infeftion, yet thefame indications and confequences are not always the effeftthereof. For in many cafes, gentle cooling medicines, anemollient bath, and a fimple inje&ion will carry off theinfe&ion in a few days, whilft in others, it frequentlyhappens that the inflammation increafes, more alarmingfymptoms appear in a little time, notwithftanding the ap-plication of cooling medicines; and if the running bechecked by injeftion, or from any accidental caufe, beforethe infeftion is totally fubdued, a fwelling of the teflicles,a bubo, or fome other alarming attendant is produced. Itis, therefore, very evident, that all cafes of gonorrhoea arenot venereal. It has, indeed, been but too common a prac-tice to treat all cafes as venereal, wherever a gonorrhoea hasbeen the prevailing fymptom; whereas there are, flriftlyfpcaking, three kinds of gonorrhoea, viz. i. The fimple©r benign gonorrhoea, whifh will be treated of hereafter;

822. The virulent gonorrhoea, or clap, not venereal; and 3.

The venereal gonorrhoea, properly fo called.It appears tube owing, in a great meafure, to the wantof

making a proper didinftion between the two lad-mentionedfpecies, that fo much harm iiath been done by the admini-ftration of Mercury ; which (however fuccefsfully em-

ployed in the chancre, or fecond dage of the venereal dif-eafe) is very improper in this dage, and in the virulentgonorrhoea not venereal, is manifedly injurious. Perhapsno criterion is yet difeovered whereby to alcerlain, on itsJirJt appearance, whether this difeharge is to be pronounceda virulent or a venereal gonorrhoea ; therefore in what ishere called the firft, or gonorrhoea dage, are included not

only that which is driftly venereal, and which is fucceededor accompanied by chancres, &c. but alfo the gonorrhoeavirulenta, where no fuch fymptoms fucceed; or in fhort,all the differentfpecies of this difeafe which arc communi-cated by a found perfon having connexion with an infeft-cd one, and in which the fird fymptom is a difeharge fromthe urethra. Becaufe in the fird place, there is no certainmode of didinftion ; adly, they all arife from the fameapparent caufe, viz. impure coition ; and ladly, the famemode of treatment is neceffary, even if it be venereal, inthis dage of the diforder.

SYMPTOMS. —The Virulent Gonorrhoea appearsfometimes within fix hours, and at other times perhapsnot till four, five, eight, or ten days after infeftion ; andindances have been known of months elapfing before anyfymptoms appeared ; the quicker or flower progrefsof thevirus may naturally be fuppofed, therefore, to have greatdependence on the a&ivity of the received miafxna, or thepatient’s habit of body, or perhaps both.

The fird ohfervable fymptom is generally an agreeablefcnfation in the whole or greated part of the urinary paf-fage ; probably no difcharge is then ohfervable ; but anitching, with a fmall degree of pain in the genitals, gene-rally precedes a running, which diddling from the urethraoccafions a fmall degree of titillation, particularly at thetime of making water. In the mod favourable degree ofinfe&ion the fpots on the linen appear of a kind of water-colour : as the diforder advances frcfli fymptoms arife, andthe former ones become more violent ; the running gra-dually changes both in colour and confidence, and be-comes yellow, greenifh, and fometimes dreakedwith blood.There is an indammation and dwelling about the orifice ofthe urethra; the ereflion becomes painful, involuntary,more frequent and lading than when natural, and modtroublefome when the patient is warm in bed. All thefymptoms become more intenfe as the diforder arrives to-wards its height ; The heat of urine is fo extremely acute,that the patient dreads making water, though he feels acondant defire for it, and yet it is rendered but by a fewdrops, and that with the greated difficulty.—Heat, pain,and a fenfe of fullnefs is felt about the feat ; the runningis fharp and plentiful; and it is accompanied, perhaps, bydwelled tedicles, or dome of the following fymptoms :

Phymofis, which is a condriftion of the prepuce over theglans, that prevents its being drawn backwards.

Paraphymofis, on the contrary, is when the prepuce isconftrifted behind the glans, and cannot be broughtforward.

Chordee is a painful contradion of the underpart of thepenis at the time of erection, and then only, the fenfationbeing as if it was pulled down with a cord.

Buboes, The general feat of thefe fwellings or tumoursis in the groin. In the beginning the patient feels a diff-nefs in the groin, particularly in walking ; the fwellingsat length appear, which are fore if touched, hard, and gra-dually increafing, become painful and inflamed ; th«Ihapc of a bubo is round or oblong, and its fize various,fometimes as large as an egg, and fometimes confiderablylarger.

Venereal buboes are of two kinds; fometimes they arifefolely from the contagion palling diredly to the affedcdgland, and there fixing itfelf. From the difcharge beingtoo fmall, or the unfeafonable application of ftyptic andaftringent injedions, whereby the virus which ought to

have been difcharged by a gleet is injudicioufly fuppreffed,a bubo often arifcs, and is then a fymptomatical difeafc ;

but if it arifes without any late infedion, it is then a figaof a confirmed lues, of which more hereafter.

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The above fymptoms, although generally fuppofed to b«evident marks of a venereal infedion, are, neverthelefs,fometimes doubtful, for they may all arife from a virulentgonorrhoea, not venereal.

Females may fometimes mlftake the firfl: appearance ofthis diforder for the fluor albus; but in the latter the dif-char?e is much greater, nor is it often attended with thatheat, fmart, and inflammation,experienced in venereal cafes.

INSTRUCTIONS. — Some people inveigh ftronglyagainft the parade, as they falfely term it, of application foradvice in thefe cafes. But he only betrays his ignorancewho afferts that the mod copious general inftrudions maynot in particular inflances require fome alteration ; and hetnuft be a bigot indeed, as well as deditute of at lead allpradical knowledge, who believes any medicine to be fo

85perfectly efficacious in itfelf, that its operation cannot

receive any affiftance from the experience of a judiciouspra&ltioner.

However, as immediate perfonal application is not al-ways either convenient or agreeable, it may be proper toadd a few inftruftions for thofe not fufficiently acquaintedwith the proper mode of conducing themfelves after in-feftion ; for although the elegant medicine herein recom-

mended generally removes the mod difagreeable fymptomswithout any other application, yet proper mcafures maybe taken to prevent the rapidity of the malady, before itmay be convenient to obtain that remedy ; and as privateinterefh ought always in fome degree to give way to ge-neral utility, it is the Proprietor’s wifh to put every pa-tient to as little expence as poflible, by giving him everyinformation that may haflen a cure.

And firft it will be ncccffary to caution the reader againftapplying ftyptic injeftions to check the running ; for ifthe difeharge be imprudently (topped before the infeftionbe carried off by medicines, which cleanfe the parts andevacuate the poifon, a confirmed cafe will be the confe-quence.

“ It is but fair to acknowledge (fays an eminent writer)that where there is virulence in a gonorrhoea, our artcannot cure it fpeedily and ijfettually at the fame time.Therefore the patient ought not to cxpeft, nor the phy-ficlan to promife it,” There is danger of the diforder be-ing carried into the habit by every thing which flops thedifcharge before the infection be removed ; and this flop-page may be occafioned by violent exercife of any kind,hard labour, flrong purging, catching cold, or a feverfit, while under a courfe of phyfic.

To expedite the cure is to allay the inflammation, ap-peafe the heat of urine, foften the juices, and lubricatethe padage of tire urethra. For this purpofe as foon as a

perfon has reafon to fufpecl himfelf infefled, and has notconvenience to apply for advice or proper remedies, hefhould driftly obferve a cooling regimen, avoid all highfeafoned or faltcd provifions ; he fhould drink plentifullyof barley-water, milk and water, whey, linfeedtea, &c. takecare of cold, beware of venereal enjoyments, and avoidall violent exercifc. He fhould keep his body gently open,but by all means avoid fjbrong dradic purges. A littlecream of tartar will fometimes anfwci the purpofe; or hemay fend to the apothecary for the following :

Take Lenitive Eleftuary, one ounceJalap and Rhubarb, of each two fcruplesNitre, lour fcrupiesSimple Syrup, q, f. for an electuary.

Of this he may take about the hzc of a nutmeg, once,twice, or thrice a clay, as he finds it necellary to keep hisbody laxative. By thefc means he will be better preparedfor the operation of proper remedies.

On the firft fymptoms of inflammation, he fhould getmilk and water of a moderate warmth, in a half pint orpint Hone veflel, and foak the penis well in it two or threetimes a day, efpecially at night; and after each foaking ifhe perceives any particular inflammation, he fhould theieapply a little elder ointment, which he may get at anydruggill’s or apothecary’s. It will alfo be of infinite fer-vice if a little milk and water or linfeed tea be injefled upthe'urethra (or urinary paiiage) at the lame time.

If this method be obferved on the firil appearance of anyinflammatory fymptom, it will greatly lelTen the virulence

«f the complaint, and confequently render a cure morecalily to be obtained.

Thofe whofc fituations will not. permit them to get milk,muff ufe water only, but it muff be warm.—Femalesfhould get a fpongc, and bathe and foment the part well.

It fometimes happens that the fharpnefs of urine is verygreat, and the patient wifhes for lomething to alleviate itIpeedily.' In this cafe

Take Gum Arabic one ounceSal Prunella ounce.

Diffolve this in three pints of barley water, and drink it inthe courfe of twenty-four hours, ib long as the fealdingcontinues; or if an cleftuary fhould be preferred,

Take Lenitive Electuary one ounce and a halfPurified Nitre powdered, half an ounceCompound Powder of Tragacanth one ounce and a halfSyrup of Marfhmallows, q. 1. for an electuary.

Of this take the fize of a large nutmeg at ten and fouro’clock every day, and drink plentifully of barley water,milk and water, marfnmallow or linfecd tea ; any of whichwill tend to diffolve the falls of the urine, cool its burningquality, and thereby remove that painful fenfation.

Should thefe not be found fufficient to anfwer the inten-tion, the following fomentation will be proper, efpeciallyif the patient is troubled with a chordee :

Take Elder and Chamomile Flowers, of each halfan ounceMarlhmallow Leaves a handfulLinfeed half an ounce.

Boil thefe ingredients in three pints of water till reducedto a quart, then drain it off and foment the part well withit two or three times a day.

In cafe of ftranguary,

88Take Gum Arab. Powder

Crem. Tart, of each equal parts.Mix them and take a tea-fpoon full two or three times a

day in a little water.During the continuance of any of the above fymptoms,

the patient fhould be careful to avoid every thing that mayincreafe the inflammation, as riding, over walking, eatingor drinking any thing high-fcafoned or fpirituous.

In all flagcs and in every fymptom, cleanlincfs of theparts is to be particularly obferved ; and in cafe of Phy-mofis, a fyringe mull be introduced between the forefkinand nut, fo as frequently to injeft a little milk and water.

The patient fhould be particularly careful againft flop-ping to evacuate urine in the open air; -for although thisis apparently of little fignification, it is not uncommon forthe cold air to occafion a fudden check to therunning, anda bubo or fwelled tefliclc to be the confequence,

By all means avoid all fuch remedies as are promifed toflop the running immediately. It isufual with many prac-titioners to applyaflringent inje6lions; but whenever thedifcharge is unfeafonably reflrained, and the virulent mat-ter thereby blocked up, before the infedlion is totally car-

ried off by medicines that clcanfc the parts and evacuatethe poifon, a confirmed will certainly be the confe-quencc ; for reafon alone f ifficiently points out, that if hu-mours flow to any particular part and find no palfage fortheir running off. they muff fwell the parts more; there-fore flopping fluxes ought to be- one of the lafl intentions.put in execution, and a venereal gonorrhoea ought neverto be flopped till proper revulfions are ma le and correc-

tives have preceded; then, and i'.hen only corroborants maybe applied.

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A celebrated writer on this fubjeft defines the venerealvirus to be “an extremely fine, volatile, faline fluid, fub-tile, attractive, corrofive, and very penetrating.” No one,perhaps, will queflion the truth of this definition. Nowit may eafily be conceived how readily a fluid of thisnature is abforbed through the pores of fuch a loft andfenfible part as the penis, during the local heat in the aftof coition. It is natural to fuppofe that as the heat abates,the pores gradually clofe, and by that means fhut up thisinfeftlous fluid. The human body being fo framed as tohave a general tendency to throw off whatever is injuriousto health, it is the duly of a medical praftitioner to obfervewhich way Nature points, and to ajfiji inflcad of counter-acting her intentions.

It may, therefore, juflly be afked, whether it be prudentto interrupt the progrefsof Nature in her intentions of thevirulent gonorrhoea?-—lfbefore the heat in coilu be totallyabated, and the pores clofed, a proper detergent was madeufe of, experience proves that infeftion might be pre-vented; but after the virus has been abforbed, and Naturehas fhewn which way fhe wifhes to free herfclf, it is cer-tainly wrong to counteraft her. This is further confirmedby confidering that in the fpecies of infeftion where thereis no difeharge, a cure is always more difficult; and alfothat if the difeharge be too fmall, a bubo is generally theconfequence.

It is not here to be underflood, as objcftlng to all kindsof injeftion whatever, for it is not the mode, but the com-

paction and premature ufe thereof, that is cenfured. In-jections are proper ; Even in the mofl inflammatory flateemollient and anodyne ones are ufeful; and it frequentlyhappens that a gleet will remain, after the mofl judicious

treatment, which can only be ftopt by an adringent in-jeftion.

An attention to thefe particulars in order to abate orIcfien the local fymptoms, and at the fame time takingregularly the Parisian Vegetable Syrup, in order to era-d’eate the infeftion, will, if taken at an early period,generally put a check to the difeale in this dage; but itcommonly happens to patients who have been repeatedlyinfefted with this difordet, that a gleet will remain evenafter the mod proper treatment: It is therefore of the ut-mod confeqtaence for the patient to be allured of thevenereal virus being eradicated. For this purpofe thefollowing are recommended as the mod certain methods :

When the matter of the running is foft and well di-geded; when the inflammation, fmart of urine, and {hoot-

ing pains are entirely fubdued ; when the penis is fo freefrom all pain that it will bear to be fqucczed, handled, or

the glans griped, without any complaint of forenefs, morethan is ufual from roughly handling that member; whenthe patient is free from involuntary ereftions, and thematter is tenacious and ropy; and above all, if there arethe appearance of little threads of matter rcfcmbling ver-micelli floating in the urine as foon as made, or the daiuson the linen become of fmall extent, not bigger than a

pea, tire gleet may fafely be fupprefled by a mild injec-tion.

Of the Second, or Chancre Stage.If the diforder be what is termed a virulent gonorrhoea.

nvt venereal, it will moil affuredly be carried off by themode of treatment already preferibed, without any further

fymptoms ariflng ; but if it be a venereal gonorrhoea, It willfometimes happen, that after an incrcaling inflammatoryRate of fomc days, fecondary fymptoms will appear.

It will be urged that a chancre is frequently the JirJl to-ken to a patient of his having received the iufeftion, andin that cafe, cannot be called the fecond flage. This muftbe granted ; but it is here called the fecond flage, becaufe, itis in general preceded by an inflammation and difeharge.It is likewife a criterion whereby to determine the difeafeto be venereal, and to judge of the propriety and ncceflityof adminiflering mercury, which can never fafely be don«if there arc none of the fecondary fymptoms.

It will be proper, however, before entering into theparticulars of this flage, to obferve, that during a courfe ofthe Vegetable Syrup, the ufc of mercury is not deemednecejfary ; but as this Treatife is written for general ufe, andwill therefore probably fall into the hands of many whomay either not have the opportunity of procuring thaSyrup, or elfe be prepofTcffed in favour of the fpecific qua-lity of mercury, this work would not have been thoughtfufficiently perfeft and ufeful, unlefs fuch perfons were in-ftrufted how and when to apply that remedy with proprietyand fafety.

SYMPTOMS and INSTRUCTION S. —Chancresappear at firft like a little eryfipelatous inflammation, withitching. They relemble the ulcers in the mouth, com-monly known by the name of cankers; and though theymay appear on any part of the body, are moflly on or nearthe pubes: There arifc from the inflammation little redpimples, filled with a tranfparent fluid, fometimes becom-ing white; upon thefe breaking, fmall fpreading flubbomulcers are formed, which arc painful, inflamed, fore, and

unequal at the bottom, with hard afh-coloured edges, co-vered with whitifh Houghs. Chancres denote the vene-real infeflion to be very virulent, efpccially if they appearwithin a few days after coition.

Chancres, as well as ulcers of all kinds, fhould be keptclean by walking frequently in milk and water. If thedifcharge from the urethra be little or none, thefe fhouldnot be healed up too haftily ; but if they remain oblb'natcand the edges become callous, fprinkle a little red precipi-tate thereon after walking, and apply a little dry lint.

ChryJlaUines are fmall thin bladders, filled with a cleartranfparent liquor, and are lodged on the prepuce. Thefluid being let out, they are feldom attended with any dif-agrecable confequences. ; .

Bubo. —This fymptom will arife in every llage of the dif-order. They feldom happen any where but in the groin ;

yet circumltances have been known of their arifmg in thearm pits. They generally tend very flowly to fuppuration ;

it is therefore the heft method to endeavour at difperfingthem, which may eafily be done if taken at the beginning,and before they are attended with great heat, pain, andpuliation. For this purpofe, befides taking the VegetableSyrup regular, the firft or fecond evening after their ap-pearance, the patient fhould take a fmart vomit: The fol-lowing, perhaps, is the belt adapted for this occafion ;

Take Powder of Ipecacuhana one fcruple,Emetic Tartar one grain.

Mix it up in a tea-cup of water, and work it off with a fmallquantity of warm water or chamomile tea.

If one vomit has not the effeft, it may be repeated intwo days.

The patient fhould obferve a very fpare and cooling diet

during the difperfion of a bubo. But if, notwithflandingthe above efforts, Nature particularly points out a luppu-ration (which may be known by the tumour’s increafing,and by the great heat, redncfs, pain, and puliation) thefooner that flate is comp.eated the more pcifedt and fatis-fafbmy will be the cure. For this purpofe the treatmentmuff be diametrically oppolite to that for promoting a dif-perfion. Bleeding and purging muff therefore in this cafebe forborn, the Vegetable Syrup be difcontinued till thetime hereafter mentioned, and the fuppuration be promotedby good living. The common bread and milk poultice,foftened with oil or frcfh butter, fhould be applied to thepart, and renewed two or three times a day. If this cannotbe conveniently done, a foft plaiftcr with galbanum willforward it. When ripe, they will generally break of them-felves ; if not, take a lancet or a very fharp knife, and openthe tumour in the mofl depending part, to let the matterout; then put a piece of dry lint into the orifice to keep itopen, and a warm poultice over all for the firfl two or threedays. Then begin the Vegetable Syrup again, and apply tothe wound a plaifter of digeflive ointment (yellow bafili-con); but if the edges become callous or hard, pr what iscalled proudflcjh arifes, mix a little red precipitate with thebafilicon until thefe appearances are removed ; when drylint alone, applied to the abfeefs, will complete a cure.—If the patient approves the ufe of mercury, let him heretake it as an alterative, in very fmall portions.

Swelled fejiicles. —This fymptom arifes either in the firftor fecond ftage, particularly when the running is unfeafon-ably checked, by cold, hard drinking, flrong violent purges,violent exercife, or the too early ufe of aflringents ; andmoft certainly by bathing in cold water in the firfl or fecond

ftage of a gonorrhoea.—Bleed in the arm immediately, andthe fame evening take the vomit preferibed for a bubo.The next morning take a purge cither of Glauber’s falts,or a decoftion of fenna and tamarinds ; and if the fymp-toms be violent and the pain great, repeat the above ope-rations after one day’s reft. In the mean time, the tefticlesmuft be fomented three or four times a day with a ftrongdecodlion of chamomile flowersafter which a piece offlannel folded double, and well moiftened with the de-codlion made pretty warm, muft be applied, and the tefticlefupported by a bag trufs, or by a cloth or handkerchief,which may eafily be contrived fo as to prevent the weightof the tefticle having any eft'eft.—The Vegetable Syrup isto be taken very regular, in full dofes, during the conti-nuance of the above fymptom.

Phymofis and Paraphymofts in this ftage too commonlyconceal ulcers, therefore ought to be kept perfectly cleanwith a fyringc ; and in home cafes it is ncceflary to havethe glans fet at liberty by an incifion.

In all the above cafes, a Itridl and regular attention to

adminiftering the Vegetable Syrup is to be obferved, eitherwith or without the additional remedies above recom-mended.

But if by negleft, Improper treatment, the virulence ofthe Infcftion, or from any other caufe, the difordcr is not

flopped, a confirmed lues enfues, when the virus beingactually received Into the blood, mixes with the feveralfecretions, and circulating through every part, taints thewhole habit.

Of the Third, or Confirmed Stage,Ira pei lon having received the infection, attended with

its local fymptoms, be properly cured, the complaintnever returns without a frefh infcCtion; but if throughnegligence of the patient, or improper treatment in thepractitioner, the diforder is not happily ended in its localftage, in (lead of a gonorrhoea, a Lues venerea is the con-fequence ; and the diforder returns perhaps a long timeafter, with an aggravation of fomc or all its former fymp-toms, and a numerous tribe of additional ones.

The ligns of a confirmed lues arc pains in the head andjoints, which arc particularly troublefome in the night,and when the patient is warm in bed; fcabs and feurfyeruptions in various parts, particularly about the mouth,upon the forehead and temples, behind the cars andfpreading upon the head, of a ycllowifh colour, refemb-ling a honey-comb ; by degrees thefe fpread over otherparts of the body, and in time the puflules are coveredwith broad crufly fcabs, that dcflroy the roots of the hair,and baldnffs is the confcquence. When thefe eruptionsfcalc olf they leave a mark behind nearly of a chocolatecolour. Corroding ulcers are fometimes formed, whichbeginning about the throat gradually creep by the palatetowards the cartilage of the nofe, which they deftroy; thegums become ulcerated, the breath cffenfive, and thewhole fauces painful and inflamed. Thefe ulcers fome-times form a puifage from the mouth to the nofe.

Venereal ulcers happen upon the palms of the hands,foies of the feet, behind the ears, in the infide of the lips,or about the anus, which are attended with great forenefsand pain, and a thin matter oozes from them.

If the venereal matter falls on the cars, it occafions afinging noife, pain, thicknefs of hearing, arid fometimestotal deafnefs, whilft the internal fubftance of the earsbecomes ulcerated, and a caries of the bones follows.

If it falls on the eyes, the eye-lids are rough, the eyesaffe&ed with pain, itching, and inflammation, dimnefs offight, fometimes total blindnefs, and a difeharge of a fharpwatery humour.

Sometimes cxcrefcences arife in the middle of bones ;

their fpongy ends become brittle and eafily break, or theyare foft and bend like wax. Hard moveable tumours, likethe King’s Evil, are formed in the neck, arm-pits, groin,&.c. and fometimes the periofleum fwelling, becomeshard, and forms thofe tumours called nodes.

Noßurnal pains —that is, acute pains in the arms, fhins,joints, and particularly in the head, which come on whilein bed, and go off towards the morning, generally tormentthe patient in this ftage of the difeafe. Though feme ofthefe are fuperficial, yet often they are deep fixed, andgreatly referable gouty and rheumatic pains.

Chancres. —Thefe are a fymptom in the firft ftage ; butin the confirmed ftate they are generally more callous, arein clufters, and commonly attended with ulcers in the-throat, nofturnal pains, &c.

Buboes. —If thefe arife any length of time after the in-feftion, and are accompanied by a fore throat, venerealulcers, &c, they may be deemed a fure fign of a confirmed-cafe.

There are fymptoms peculiar to the fair fex, as an over-flowing or a fuppreffion of the menfes, the whites, feirrhusor cancer of the breafts, hyfteric afte&ions; inflammation,abfeefs, feirrhus, gangrene, ulcer, or cancer of the womb ;

they are frequently barren or fubjcCl to abortion ; or ifthey bring children into the world, they are, perhaps,half rotten.

It is not to be fuppofed, that all thefe fymptoms are al-ways to be met with at the fame time, or in the famepatient, in either ftage ; but fo many being deferibed, aperfon may be enabled to judge from the different appear-ances this diforder puts on, whether there are not juftgrounds to fuppofe the complaint to be venereal.

To the aforementioned fymptomatical catalogue, dread-ful as it is. might be added many others, for this direfulmalady frequently puts on the appearance of other difor-ders, and hence many unfortunate perfons labour foryears under afflictions originating from a venereal caufe,miftaking them for gout or rheumatic pains; alfo palffes,convulflons, afthmas, &c. may all arife from a venerealtaint, for there is fcarcely any diftemper that has put on

fo many different fhapes, or been attended with fuch a

variety of fymptoms; and if proper relief be not timelyobtained, the vital as well as natural and animal functionsare depraved ; the body becomes emaciated and unflt formotion ; and the unfortunate viClim awaits with impa-tience the kind meffenger of death, to put a period to hismiferable exiftence.

“ It is not uncommon to obferve rbcumatifrns in thiscountry, which are the effefts of venereal exceffes. Theunreftrained licentioufnefs of both fcxes, expofes them tothe moft cruel complaints : A flight taint of venereal in-feftion is not fo eaflly removed as the generality of thofewho have been infeCled imagine. The Ample difappear-ance of the difeafe is not a cure, and though he has feltno fymptoms for a courfe of years, the man who has once

unfortunately contrafted ;t, ought not to congratulatehimfelf upon a perpetual exemption. Tne lymph oncecorrupted continues fo without producing any ill effc&sfor years. But at length the evil becomes fo extended as

to produce the moft afflifting corn -laints; in the advancedffage of life, fee a man looking back on the tranfadlionSof his pafl davs, and congratulating himfelf upon havingcfcapcd all the evil coufequenccs of illicit amours, but a

flight gonorrhoea, which he recollc£ls gave him but littletrouble, and was foon cured. But though after fo longintcrmiflion, he fhall not efcape the punifhment due tothe contempt of facred inftitutions, and the injured riglitsof fociety. Pains gradually confume his frame, and thatflage of life which brings no pleafurc with it, is embitteredwith accumulated evils, and confumed in unceafing, yetfruitlcfs i egrets.

“ Hie lymph once infeftcd by the venereal virus, hasnever been found to clear itfelf therefrom by the aid ofNature alone; on the contrary, the infection graduallyexpands itlelf over the frame, corrupts the fluids, andundermines all the fprings of life. The lymph at lengthacquires a vifeid and acrimonious nature, ceafes to circu-late, corrodes its veffels, deforms with nodes, and pro-vokes with corroding pangs the part whereon it mayhappen to fettle. Happily for wretched mortals there aremeans for relief. Heaven, when it permitted the vene-real infection to exert its ravage over the globe, of itsabundant mercy gave us the means of cure. But thellrength of the confutation fhould be firiftly attended toon undertaking the cure. Mild and gradual means arernofl fucccisfui. Rough and hafly meafures can hardly beattended with fuccds, or followed without danger. The

99tone of the folids already decayed, will not admit of power-ful exertions.”—Bafter's Pjfay on the Rheumatism.

One particular confequence, cither originating in thisdifeafe, or from the general mode of treatment it meetswith, is, that when a patient has been any length of timoafflifted, he is feldom fatisfied whether he has received aradical cure, and is apt to imagine that every pain, or everypimple ariling upon the {kin, is a proof of the diforder notbeing eradicated ; the following, therefore, will doubtlefsbe highly acceptable to fuch perfons :

Proper inJiruElions to perfons doubtful, rfpeSling the true dif-ference between venereal fymptoms, and thofe often miftakenfor them.This is the most important article that can be recom-

mended to the attention of any perfon who has ever beeninfe&ed with this difeafe ; for it commonly leaves fuch adepreffion upon the fpirits, particularly where large quan-tities of mercury have been adminidered, that the patientis either driven to defpair, or forced into the hands ofignorant pretenders, who put him under treatment for acomplaint, of which, probably, he had not the lead fymp-tom.

All eruptive diforders of the fkin, if they happen with-out manifed caufe, and obdinately elude the force of me-

dicine, are figns of a venereal taint; but mud be didin-guidied from diforders of the dun, which are critical, andnot venereal ; or from yellow or livid fcorbutic fpots,which abound mod where othermarks ofconfirmed feurvyappear.

Ulcers of the throat, nofe, palate, and gums, with rotten-

nefs of the bones contiguous, are often obferved In an in-veterate pox ; but to difltinguifh thefe it mull be remarked,that venereal ulcers firll attack the tonfil glands and throat,then the gums, but more rarely and flow. Whilft, on thecontrary, fcorbutic ulcers firll attack the gums, and after-wards the throat.

Venereal ulcers frequently feize the nofe, with a rotten*nefs of the fubjacent bones; but fcorbutic ulcers feldom ifever.

Venereal ulcers corrode and form cavities; fcorbuticones Ihoot out fpungy excrefcences, or proud flefli.

Venerealpains are generally increafedby the heat of thebed ; whilft thofe of the feurvy, gout, and rheumatifm, are

eafed thereby.Venerealpains are chiefly confined to the folid or middle

part of the bones of the legs and arms; fcorbutic ones tothe joints and membraneous parts of the body.

Venereal pains will not yield to common medicines ; butothers are removed by flannel, or warm weather.

If a deep fcated violent pain has occupied the fame partfor a confiderable time, obftinately refilling all remedies;or, if the patient has been feized with a chillnefs for feveralevenings together, fucceeded by a feverifh heat, and fweatstowards the morning, they are figns of a latent pox.

If after chancres fuddenly dried up, a bubo repelled, orgonorrhoea reftrained, by art or accident, the fame com-

plaints break out again, without frefh caufe, then it is evi-dent the patient is poxed.

Buboes, warts, chancres, or excrefcences, after an appa-rent cure, without intimacy with a fufpefted perfon, arecertain figns of the flrongell infe£lion.

There are certain fymptoms peculiar to women in-the

venereal difeafe, as a fupprcfflon or overflowing of themenfes; fcirrhus or cancer of the bread; hyfterical affec-tions ; inflammation, fcirrhus, ulcer or cancer of the womb;they are frequently barren, or fubjeft to abortion; or ifthey bring children into the world, they are ftrumous,ricketty, heftical, and emaciated, or perhaps half rotten.

But it is of the utraoft confequence for them to diftin-guifh a frefh venereal from the fluor albus, or whites; foras the former is malignant and inflammatory, and the othercommonly arifes from weaknefs and relaxation, the reme-

dies are direftly contrary.In the fluor albus the difeharge proceeds from the va-

gina and the cavity of the womb, the menfes being feldomregular. But in the gonorrhoea it proceeds from parts con-tiguous to the urinary palfage, and continues whiifl themenfes flow.

In the fluor albus the difeharge is attended with painsin the loins and lofs of fhrength, with feldom any inflam-mation or heat of urine, except after a long continuanceof the difeharge, which becoming fharp, excoriates thefurrounding parts. But in the gonorrhoea, the difehargeis preceded by inflammation, itching, and heat of urine ;

there is a frequent irritation to make water, and the orificeof the urinary palfage becomes prominent and painful.

In the fluor the difeharge comes on more gentle, andmay be produced from a variety of caufes, as fprains, fre-quent abortion, long illnefs, or irregularity of the menfes :

but in the gonorrhoea it often appears fuddenly without anyevident caufe.

Laftly, The colour of the difeharge in bad habits ofbody, is fometimes the fame, viz. yellow or greenifh; butis ufually more olfcnfive and greater in quantity; Whilff

that of the gonorrhoea is not attended with tliofe fymptomsof weaknefs, as well as (mail in quantity. But ifan inflam-mation or chancre happen to fix upon the vagina uteri, thequeftion is then put out of all difpute, and the difeafe mayfafely be pronounced venereal.

As the faculty in general have recourfe to mercurial pre-parations in this complaint, and as mod of the compofi-tions fold under different titles of pills, drops, tinftures, &c.have mercury for their bafis, it may be proper to fet forththe danger and inefficacy of that deftruftive mineral, whenimproperly adminiftered.

There are not wanting fufficient authorities amongff me-dical pratlitioners, both ancient and modern, to prove theinejficacy of mercury in the cure of the venereal difeafe ;

and even thofe W'ho are bigotted to its ufe, as the only fpe-cific in general praftice, aflerting it to be a fafe medicinein the hands of a fkilful pratlitioner, yet muft acknowledgethat wr hen applied by the inexperienced, it is always dan-gerous, and very often d ■fkruftive.

The Greeks fuppoled this fluid to be corrofive and por-fonous; it was firft introduced into medicine by the Arabi-ans externally, againft various cutaneous maladies. Aboutthe end of the rgth century it was in pra&ice with homeof the European phyficians; but was not generally efta-blifhcd till the beginning of the 16th century, when it be-gan to be internally ventured on in venereal and fomeother difeafes.

Quickfilver, it is true, has been given internally in manycafes, without prejudice, even to a large quantity ; butthe external application of rt hath very often proved inju-rious to thofe who in the venereal difeafe have made the

unhappy experiment. A great many it hath proved Sud-denly dellruflive to; hath caufcd a tremor, infcnfibility,palfy ; perpetual lamcncfs to fome, to others an ill and fre-quently incurable habit of body.

Fallopius obferves, that if the diflempcr be not at firftfubdued by mercury, it will be ufclefs to apply that re-

medy afterwards ; and he gives inftances of patients whohad been anointed, and nodes arifing on the fhin bonesfome years after; he opened them, and found the quick-filver in their pores.

And an eminent phyfician of our own time obferves,that if mercurial ointment be rubbed upon a chancre, be-ginning bubo, &c. and repeated daily three or four times,it will remove the appearance of the difeafe from the part,but it will drive it into the conflitution. Alfo that in a

fcorbutic or fcrophulous habit, tainted with the venereal,if a fmall quantity of mercurial ointment be rubbed on anypart of the body, it will in many inftances produce a vio-lent falivation, that in fpile of all forts of remedies will run

on for feveral weeks, the patient reduced in ftrength, andthe taint ftill remain, though the falivation has been fo in-ordinate.

But however free from danger the ufe of quickfilver maybe, fome of its preparations are exceedingly poifonous ;

“ but above all (fays Dr. Allen) the corrojivt fublimate—•

This, like raging fire, catches and deftroys all before it."Infhances are given by ancient writers, of perfons fud-

denly dropping down dead on the administration of mer-

curial pills ; and many of them declare mercury to be a

polfon ufed in any form whatever, being injurious to thenerves, by its cold ftupefaftive quality inducing tremors,palfies, convulsions, and a train of the moll baneful nervous

fymptoms. Thcfe notions, however, would now be deemedenthufiaffic and abfurd. as no doubt but mercury has fre-quently been adminiftered to advantage; yet it requires a

great deal of Ikiil, both in the diforder and the preparation,to render it fafe and productive of good effefts.

It is no uncommon cafe for patients under very eminentpraftitioners, to be pronounced perfectly cured, the fymp-toms having totally difappeared, and yet the difeafe willunexpectedly return again, perhaps with greater rage andviolence than before. This generally proceeds from wrongmeafures taken at firft; for there is a material differencebetween dtfiroying the virus, and obliging the fymptoms todifappear. A few dofes of calomel mixed with the commonpurging pill, by weakening the fpring of the fibres, will inmany inftances oblige the diforder to difappear and retreatinto the habit; but the virus is not thereby deftroyed ; itonly lurks in the blood, and muff confequcntly break outagain as foon as the folids have recovered their former toneand vigour.

A very eminent and ingenious praftitioner a few yearsback publifhed a pamphlet, recommending a laline prepa-ration of mercury, which being rubbed with a fufficientquantity of any mild powder, is applied to the mouth inImall portions, where, by a proper degree of friClion, it isabforbed immediately, and (he obferves) produces its fulleffefts upon the fyftem, without doing injury to the ffomachor bowels.—This, however, is a horrid method, and tho*it may poffiblv be found in fome cafes to anfwer the inten«tion, yet its application is often attended with difagreeableeftefts, and its difadvantages have been found to more thancounterbalance its advantages. The following cafe williufficiently illuftrate the inelegancy of this method;

A Gentleman with a recent infection was apparently cured bymercurials ; but fume time after he was furprifed by the appear-ance of a finalI very ftubbom ulcer. To cure this he applied themethod ofablorption juft mentioned, and perfevered in it till histeeth became black and difagreeable, his breath was rendered foofFenfive that no pcrfon could bear to come within fome yards ofhim, he was totally emaciated, but the ulcer was not removed, andhis injured conftitution dearly experienced the horrors and inetfi.cacy of this application. He took only fix bottles of the medicinerecommended in the following pages : at the end of the third theulcer was healed, and at the completion of the fifth his conftitutionwas reftored to a degree of aftonifhment.

Allowing, however, for a moment, that mercury hathfufficient power to eradicate the venereal virus, yet thereare two fubftantialreafons forforbearing the ufcof it, wheremore fafe and efficacious remedies may be had recourfe to.

One objeftion to the ufc of mercury is, the danger towhich the patient is expofed ffiould he happen to take coldwhilft under a courfe of it Many perfons are fo negligentas to ufe mercurials without taking the leaft care either toavoid cold, or obferve a proper regimen ; the confequenceof fuch conduft mud be obvious. The metropolis pro-duces daily too many inftanccs of the propriety of this ob-jeft ion.' perfons vend their diabolical compofitions undervarious names, pretending that they may be taken withoutany confinement or rellnftion, being free from every dan-gerous quality ; when the faft is, they are “mere vehiclesofcorrofive fubiimate,” and ifthe unfortunate perfons whoget into their clutches by any accident take cold, they foonfeel, and perhaps have reafon never to forget, the fataleffefts th 'reof. A judicious praftitioner will adminiftermercurials with the utmoll caution ; and give his patient

particular direftions to avoid fuch danger, well knowingthat without care the remedy often proves woife than thedifeafe.

A fecond obje&ion to the ufc of mercury is, that even a

falivation does not evacuate it out of the fyftem, and it isof fo fubtile a nature, that it is not poffible to fay how longit may de dormant and imperceptible, yet its aftion may bere-produced by many cafual circumstances incident to thehuman frame ; and in the courfe of praftice variety ofcafeshave been met with, wherein a falivation hath returnedafter every effort hath been made to evacuate the mercuryfrom the fyffem. Thefe affections are not made merely byway of inveighing againff mercury ; but they are foundedon practice, as well as on the opinion of feveral of the molleminent of the faculty: Dr. Saunders, Dr. Brocklefby,Mr, Bromfield, Mr. Howard, and Mr. Perry, have pub-licly declared themfclves to the fame effeft ; and two in-ftanccs are particularly recorded; one of a perfon, whoafter falivation and an appearance -of perfeft recovery,caught cold in a fhower of rain, had a fecond falivation inconfequcnce, and died in a few days ; the other, of a younglady who died of a fecond falivation, which caufcd a mor-

tification.Such evidence of the danger and inefficacy of mercury,

one would fuppofe fufficient to deter people from the ufeof remedies fo hazardous, even if fkilfuily adminiftered;but particularly from applying in their diftrefs to thofeignorant perfons who impudently fport with the lives oftheir fellow mortals.

To be of fervice to our fellow creatures, is one of thegrand duties incumbent on mankind in general; and

whether it is done by giving cafe and health to the affiifted,relieving the diltrelled, or in whatever manner it is in ourpower to be of public utility, it is our duty to do it to theutmofl of our abilities. It is necelfary, therefore, afterfhewing the inefficacy of the general mode of treatment inVenereal cafes, to recommend a remedy that fhaH poffefsall the excellencies required, without any of the dil'agree-able qualities.

The venereal virus being “ a fluid fubtile, volatile, at-tractive, corrofive, and penetrating,” it requires a remedyat least equally fubtile, volatile, and penetrating, wholeaftions may be extended into the moll extreme parts of thevafcular fyilem, and counteract the malignant qualities ofthe infeCted virus. Such a remedy is to be found in the

PARISIAN VEGETABLE SYRUP,Mentioned in the firfb part of this work, price Half-a-Gulnca a bottle, and known as an univerfal remedy in allimpurities of the blood, and particularly recommended asa cure for the Venereal Difeafe, however complicated thediforder, or dreadful the fymptoms, having elfefted manyfurpriling cures, not only in recent gonorrhoeas and fimplecafes, but in old inveterate complicated cafes, when (ali-

vation, antimonials, and the decoftion of the woods havebeen tried to little or no purpofc.

This elegant remedy is produced from vegetables only,without a hngle particle of mercury, or any perniciousarticle. It is agreeable to the talle, fimple and uniformin its aftion, promoting moderately every evacuation, andthough fo mild that it may be adminillered with fafety tochildren at the bread, and women during every dage ofpregnancy, yet it is fo powerful and fubtilc, that there isno part of the human body which the particles of it do not

reach, confequently there are no fymptoms that efcape itsoperation. The chyle being impregnated with it, it is con-

veyed into the mod minute veffel; there arc no glandswhich it does not pervade, no lamina of the bones betweenwhich it does not Hide, and no capillary veffels which itwill not penetrate.

The danger, when injudicioufly adminiflered, and thefrequent incfficacy of mercury in the venereal difeafe, havebeen allowed by medical writers the moll refpeftable forcandour and knowledge. Even thofe who are bigotted toits ufc, as being fafe in the hands of a judicious prafti-tioner, and infill on its being the only fpecific in a con-

firmed cafe, mud own, that in a recent infeftlon mercuryis not only unneceffary, but often prejudicial. Boerhaaveafferts, that “ in gonorrhoeas, lodged where the humoursare fcarcely perceptible, mercury never effefts a cure; andit is abfoutely ineffectual where the virus has gainedground, and is feated in the fmaller veffels.”—Buchan ob-ferves, that “ if mercury be taken too early in the go-norrhoea it does mifehief;” and Hunter feems of opinion,that after a certain quantity of mercury hath been admi-niflcred in confirmed cafes, the complaint, in many in-ftanccs, is abfolutely changed into a new difeafe, or com-plication, in which he acknowledges the efficacy of theVegetable Syrup.

1rom the joint opinion of eminent writers, ancient andmodern, therefore, we may juffly infer, i. That mercuryis by no means a fpecific for the venereal difeafe in anyflagc.—2. J hat in a recent infection it is injurious.'—3.That in confirmed cafes, where the virus has penetratedthe minute veffels, mercury cannot effefl a cure.—And 4.I hat in many cafes where it is adminiflered, it produces a

difordcr, which becomes the more inveterate the longermercury is continued to be applied as a remedy.

If mercury be ever neceflfary, it is to remove fome localor particular fymptom, as a very obftinate chancre, phy-mofis, &.c. but as many people have imbibed fo ftrong anidea of the neccffity of mercury in this diforder, it is pro-per to inform fuch pcrfons, that the bell and lafeft methodof adminiftcring mercury is to rub about a drachm of mer-

curial ointment in the inhde of the thighs, every night atgoing to bed, at the fame time taking this Syrup regularly.The ufe of mercury is thus rendered not only fafer, butmuch more efficacious; for the Syrup enters into contaftwith it, carries it through thofc minute veflcls in which itspaftage would otherwife be obftrufted, and prevents thofedifagreeable confcquences, which often enfue from mer-cury continuing in the fyftem after the difeafe hath beeneradicated, A gentleman of the faculty, of extenfivepraftice in one of the univerfities, who has much adminif-tered and recommended this Syrup, (and to whom alone Iam indebted for this information) affurcs me, that by thismethod he hath been able to remove the mod obftinatefymptoms, having never experienced a failure or difagree-able confcquences.—Perhaps, however, calomel taken in-ternally in very fmall dofes, would be as efficacious, andmuch more agreeable to the patient.

Mercury being fo hazardous'a medicine, when unfkil-fully applied, young people fhould be extremely cautiousto whom they apply the firft time of receiving the infec-tion, as in general they too eagerly run to any perfon whopromifes fpeedy relief, and thereby often receive irrepara-ble injury.

This medi. ine was originally publiffied as a fpecific in

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Scorbutic and venereal taints only, in which it lias hap-pily Succeeded, though of the moft malignant nature, andwhere the ftrongeft mercurials have failed.

In venereal cafes it is particularly recommended, on ac-count of its peculiar fafety to the constitution—apropertywhich gives it a Superiority over all mercurial prepara-tions whatever. In freSh inflammatory caScs, where mer-

cury wouldconfeffedly prove injurious, this medicine is a

certain remedy; and whenever the constitution has Suf-fered from an immoderate ufe of mercury, this Syrup is,perhaps, the only medicine that can be of Service ; for ita£ls as a reflorative to the constitution, and removes thofcgouty and rheumatic pains with which patients arc fre-quently afflicted, after the general Symptoms of the difeafehave entirely disappeared.

Such a remedy is earneflly recommended to thofc un-fortunate women who have been injured by the indifere-tion of their hufbands, and have every reafon to expeftthey (hall bring into the world an infc&ed offspring ; Infuch a cafe, mercury cannot be administered without thegreatefl danger both to the mother and child; but thisSyrup may be taken with Safety during every Stage ofpregnancy ; and hereby the mother may not only be her-felf freed from a dreadful complaint, but alfo be enabledto bring forth a found and healthy offspring.

In the ufe of the vegetable remedy herein recommendedit is to be noted, as to the time required for perfecting acure, that befides the degree of infe&ion, the age and con-

stitution of the patient, as alfo the addition of other acri-monious humours, are to be confidered, So as to render itimpoffible to fix any certain time for a radical cure. Infeme constitutions, where immediate application has been

made, or when live precautions before recommended havebeen taken, three or four bottles have cured a recent infec-tion, and in others it hath required fix or eight; but therecan be little doubt, by a proper attention to the dirc£lion%of effecting a cure ; and as the reftrlftions required duringits adminillrat ion, arc only refpefiting regimen, violent cx-

crcifc, and to abflain from vencry, it may be taken withoutConfinement or hindrance of bufinefs.

An obfervation is proper to be made here, which isequally applicable to any creditable public medicine ; Aperfon who has laboured under a violent diforder formany years, perhaps, and has probably in the courfe ofthat time fuffered a great deal very patiently whilfl undera regular practitioner, if he should think proper to try anyadvertifid medicine, and it does nqt in a manner work amiracle, he gives it up, condemns the medicine, and villi-lics the proprietor ; when moil likely if he had perfeveredbut a fhort time longer, he would have found the reliefwi fired for.

In refpe& to the present medicine, it fhould be under-ftood, that in many cafes not only perfcverancc is necef-farv, as it correfts and purifies the whole mafs of bloodand juices, but alfo that it is not uncommon for the patientto take half the quantity requifite for a radical cure beforehe perceives any benefit. This will be further exemplifiedin the annexed cafes. From perfons, therefore, who flaa.llfavour this medicine with an impartial trial, an implicitobedience to the directions is expe6lcd.

I mud make one remark here, as being of the utmodconfequence, both for the fatisfaftion of the patient andto my own reputation. It has been proved in the former

part of this work, that mercury may lie dormant a confider-able time in the human body, and afterwards be accidcn-tally brought again into aCtion. In feveral of the follow-ing cures it will be feen that this vegetable remedy has hadthat effeCt in fome old and obflinate cafes, where a greatdeal of mercury had before been liberally adminiftered,infomuch that my patients have been fometimes doubtfulof the truth of my affurance, that there was no mercurialpreparation in the Syrup. Much pains too has been takenin order to perfuade the public, that this medicine was amere vehicle of corrofive fublimate. A judicious publicneed not be told how practicable it is, though at the fametime how illiberal, to exhibit a bottle of Vegetable Syrup,with corrofive fublimate, and falfely to affert that it was themedicine of an opponent.

I not only declare, that in the competition of the genuineParifian Vegetable Syrup, which is prepared only by me,there is not any mercurial preparation whatever, but II'ubmit it to any impartial chymift, to analyfe ; and in orderthat every patient may himfelf judge of the truth of myaffertion, 1 have added to the end of this pait fundry me-

thods of recovering mercury into its original fhape; bywhich it may be eafily known whether any preparation bemercurial. J. HOD SON.

Hatton-Garden.

CASES.Many treatifes have been written upon the Venereal

Difcafe, but very few of the authors of fuch publicationshave endeavoured to point out to youth the difmal con-fequences which fometimes attend that dire complaint,and carnellly engage them to fhun even the chance of

contracting the miferable difeafe, by avoiding all illicitcommunication. The reafon is obvious; thefe treatifesbeing written chiefly with a view to recommend their own

pra&ice and mode of treatment, inflead of warning man-

kind of the danger, they have abfoluteiy encouraged themto it, by fetting forth the cafe and certainty of a cure; andfew, very few, if any, have had candour enough to con*

fefs, that in fome inftances, no remedy hath been difeo-vered which could effeft a cure ; in many the remedy ap-plied hath proved as fatal as the difeafe, and thoufandsthough cured, perhaps, of the difeafe in the body, have a

fling left behind, which can be cured only by the “ GreatPhyfician” of returning prodigals.

Therefore, although in fome of the following, and a va-

riety of other cafes, cures have been effefted by this Syrup,when the patient hath been bereft of every hope of ob-taining relief, let it not be prefumed from thence, orfrom an extraordinary inflance, that there is no cafefo defperatc but what a cure may be relied on as a

certainty.There have been inftances, no doubt, when the patient

has had every medical afliftance pofiiblc, and yet hathfallen a facrifice to the wretched diforder. Nay, inftancesare recorded where the progrefs of the infeClion has beenfuch, that in a few hours a mortification hath taken place.If, then, this treatife falls into the hands of any youngreader, who hath never yet been tainted with this fore dil-after, Let him here take warning ; Let him not prefumetoo much on his own conllitution becaufe of the wonderfulefficacy of this Syrup ! Let him avoid the neceflity of ap-plying to it. Look not upon the wine when it is red, when itgiveth its colour in the cup, when it moveth itfelj aright: Atthe Laji it biteth Like aferpent andJlingeth Like an adder: Thine

114ryes Jhall behold Jirange women, and thine heart fnall utterperverje things.

An elderly Gentleman applied three days only after infection J�he fymptoms he informed me appeared within twelve hours aftercoition, upon which he had taken fome gentle opening medicinesby way of precaution. The parts were much inflamed, and thedifeharge great and much difcoloured. He obtained a radicaleure, by three bottles.

A young Man who had fome years lince gone through a course oftnercurials for a venereal infection, was difeharged from the handsof the faculty as cured. When he applied to me was coveredwith large puftules from head to foot, but particularly his armsand thighs. His whole body was emaciated, his ftrength nearlyexhaufted, and to all appearance a few weeks muft have put an endto his miferable exigence. He was immediately put upon the ufeof the Vegetable Syrup, and by eight bottles was made quite a newcreature.

A Servant to a gentleman in Weltminfler, who was of a relaxedronftitution, and much injured by the quantity of mercury he hadtaken fix months before, was troubled with violent pains in his fliinbones, nofturnal pains, head-ach, and had frequently eruptions inhis face. Six bottles of the Syrup made a complcat cure.

A Gentlemanwho had undergone a courfe of mercurials tenyearsbefore, a few months after his difeharge from the faculty difeoveredthat his cure was not compleat. Having a particular averflon toad-vertised medicines, he fubmitted to tire modes preferibed in regularpractice, till he had fpent upwards of 401. without obtaining a ra-dical cure. At length he applied perfonally to know if this Vege-table Remedy would afford him relief. His complaint was highly-complicated with the feurvy ; his legs and arms were covered withpimples; he had violent itchings all over his body, particularlywhen warm in bed ; on his back were fcveral large puftules, andone Small ulcer,—He received a radical cure.

A Gentleman in the city had for upwards of fixtcen months be«nafHidted with a malignant Sore Throat from a venereal caufe; hewas under a furgeon of eminence, and underwent mercurial courfes,repeated without effe«ft, till he was fo reduced that it was feared hewas tailing into a confumption. In this defperate fituation he wasrecommended to the Vegetable Remedy, from which he receiveda cure in about fix weeks.

A Gentleman near Fleet-ftreet had been affli£led many yearswith an Obfiruclion in the Urethra, and had alfo an Ulcer at theneck of the Bladder. He had for a confiderable time ufed bougieswithout effeff, the paffingof which frequently put him to fuch ex-quifite torture, that he was obliged to relinquilh the ufe of them,and being in confiant pain Ive almolf defpaired of ever obtaining re-lief. In this unhappy fituation he entered on a courfe of the Ve-getable Syrup ; but though it was two months before his watercame free, yet in about four his cure was entirely corapleatcd.

A Tradefman near Temple-Bar, twelve years before his appli-cation to me received a Venereal infection, for which he applied toa gentleman of extenfive practice, and went through a courfe ofmercurials without obtaining a cure. He therefore applied to otherfurgebns, many of them of the firfl: eminence, and (as himfelfexprelied it) bad taken his hatfull of mercury, and in everymode in which the faculty could adminifier it. He had alfo takenfevera! advertifed medicines, and tried the antimonial method pre-ferred by the “ company of furgeons.” Difagreeable fymptomsdaily increafed, and he had large nodes upon his arm which alraoftdeprived him of the ufe of it. To this he had ufed an outward ap-plication which gave him fome relief; and he had taken the decoc-tion of the woods in large quantities. But finding no fubfiantialbenefit iu any medicines he had taken, he had given up all hopes ofa cure, and was with much difficulty prevailed on by a friend toapply to me. The molt linking fymptoms that now affcfled himwere an ulcerated threat, nodes upon both legs and one arm, vio-

lent nofhtrnal pains, and heftic fever. I afiltrcd him, that if hewould put himfelf entirely under my direction, there could be nodoubt of his cbiaining a cure. He immediately did fo, and wasperfedlly reiiored.

A Gentleman who had been married upwards of two years, ap-plied to me in great anxiety, having a difcharge and heat of urineexadlly fimilar to a frefii infeftion, though he declared it was fiveyears fince he had any venereal complaint, nor had he fince hismarriage taken any meafures whereby he could receive a frefii m-fedlion. He related to me the method that his practitioner hadpurfued at the time he alluded to, and though fo long a time hadelapfed, and he was fuppofed to have been radically cured, all theprefent fymptoms united to confirm my opinion that his complaintwas venereal. He began the Syrup, but from the two firfi bottleshe perceived no alteration, except that the heat of urine was agreat deal abated. However, feven bottles made a perfedt cure.

A Woman about 40 years of age, in the fourth month of herpregnancy applied to me, complaining of a violent Relaxation,and alfo a Schirrous Tumour in her right Bread. From feveralcorroborating circumffances I judged the caufe to be venereal,and after fome little hefitation fhe confefled that her hufband hadinjured her fome time before, though die believed without knowingthat himfelf was infeffed; that as foon as it w'as difcovered, he hadapplied to a perfbn, and they were both, as imagined, cured ; butfile had never been in health fince, and had twice mifcarried. TheJiu(band had but few difagreeable fymptoms now, the chief beingnodlurnal pains, accompanied with violent prickings in the partsof generation. The poor woman’s constitution had differed verymuch. The diforder of the body, added to the anguifh of hermind, had rendered her truly an objefl of compaflion. I imme-diately put them both upon a courfe of my Vegetable Remedy, atthe fame time recommending a liribl attention to regimen, and a

regulation of the palfions. The hulband took only four bottles ;

117the woman eight; and I had the fatisfaftion to experiencfc theefficacy ot my medicine in an extraordinary manner, the wo-man being fince delivered of the child with which the was then,pregnant, and which is perfeftly free from any fymptoms of thedifeafe. *

A young Man of an exceeding grofs habit, had no fymptomstill the eighth day after infedtion, which were then very mild.He took fome of the electuary prefcribed in the former part ofthis pamphlet, and then entered upon a courfe of the Syrup 5 butit required eight bottles to make a perfect cure.

A Gentleman in whom the fymptoms appeared within twelvehours after infedlion, though naturally of a moderate habit, tooknine bottles to complete his cure. The fymptoms wefe very vi-rulent, accompanied with chancres, phymolis, &c.

To Dr> Hodson.u Five months fince I had the misfortune to receive a Venereal

Infection, which made its firft appearance in ffiarp pricking painson the nut of the penis, no difeharge, but red fpots appeared,which were juft beginning to ulcerate when I applied for fome ad-vertifed drops and purging remedy. I continued the ufe of thefemedicines for four months, and though I had paid ftrift attentionto the direction in every rclpett, I was in a worfe fituation thanwhen I began taking them. The fymptoms now were leverallumps and forenefs under and about the root of the tongue.Tides of the throat and palate ; all much fwelled, and feemed attimes that the under jaw was quite benumbed ; pains in the groinand thighs, and violent itching of the penis. I have taken fivebottles of your Syrup, and beg to know whether I may dependupon a cure by perfevering in it, as many of the fymptoms are notyet removed.” This cafe was extremely obttinate ; but the gen-tleman obtained a radical cure, though it was fome time, firft, for

"while he was under the mercurial medicines at first alluded to, hecaught a violent cold.

«* jSJeceflity induces me to lay my cafe before you, a cafe which.has baffled feveral physicians vs ho are under the denomination©f being the first of their profedion in London. Lad AuguftI found myfelf infeflcd with the Venereal Difcafe, upon which Imade application to a furgeon, who gave me a preparation ofmercury. I continued under his dircffions for three months, atwhich period 1 found myfelf fome degrees worfe than at my com-mencement ; my throat was ulcerated in fuch a manner as to ren-der me incapable of fpeaking to be underfiood, or taking thefmallcd nouri/hment without putting myfelf to the mod excru-ciating pain. Then I made application to a fecond perfon, whogave me a different preparation, from which I did not perceive thelead benefit; again I applied to a third, who ufed me in like man-ner, this being about the zid of December, when I was obligedto quit an employment I held, as being incapable of doing anything. I was then admitted into an hofpital, where I underwenta drenching of mercurial preparations for twelve weeks, which, infaff, had like to have fent me a journey I was yet ill prepared for.They all pronounced me in a decline, and never to recover, lamnow quite debilitated. After the drenchings I have gone through,my blood is Hill in the mod corrupt date, as my hands are allbreaking out, feemingly like the feurvy, and an inflammation withpimples on my private parts; inwardly exceeding weak, with amod violent cough, all of which I aferibe to my being treated inan injudicious manner.’’

In a much worfe date than here deferibed was this patient,when he was put upon a courfc of the Vegetable Syrup :—Hetook 20 bottles, accompanied by the farfaparilla decoftjon, withliquorice, barley-water, &c. and was redored.

A married Woman in the country, about 34 years of age, of aweakly couditution, received a venereal injury. In a few days

119after Ihe applied to her apothecary, who adminiftered the ufual re-medics, and after having taken them about ten days, flie was takenfiiduc nly-ill, occafioned by a fevere cold caught whilll under mer-curial medicines. Her head and face inflamed and fwelled verymuch, and flie was three weeks under the fame gentleman in thatsituation before die could continue his prefcriptions for tlie ori-ginal complaint. She then went under another courle of medi-cines for one month, the diforder feeming rather to incrcafe thandiminifh, being in continual pain, attended with cold and hot fitsalternately. She took fix bottles of the Vegetable Syrup, bywhich the was greatly recovered, and her conftitution much re-fiored. The difeafe, however, was not yet fubdued; flie wastherefore put under a regular courfe of the farlaparilla decoctionduring the feventh and eighth bottles of the Syrup ; but being ofa coftivc habit, flie had hitherto taken occasionally a dole of laltsrecommended in. the printed directions ; which Ihe had graduallyincreafed to the quantity of an ounce and a half, without occafion-ing any extraordinary effects. She then very unadviledly took(inftead of what was recommended) a pennyworth of jalap; which,operated fo violently, that it rendered her in a dangerous fituatioalor about a week, and it was three weeks before Ihe was fo tarrecovered as to begin the Syrup again. From thcfe circumftancestlie diforder had rather gained ground. rl he principal fymptomsnow were ulcers in tlie womb, difficulty ot urine, and a continualbearing down.—The Syrup and decoction were begun again infinal 1 doles, and increafed as the conflitution would bear it.—When Ihe had taken two more bottles, the cofiivenefi was entirelyremoved, and her firength fo much reltored that fhe could take afull dole. She took five more bottles, and was by that perfectlyrecovered. v

N.B. She had a fpreading fwelling on one fide of her neck,which had been leven years increafing in lize, and before takingthe Syrup was very much inflamed and painful. She had the ad-

120vice of feveral of the faculty, who pronounced it to be a cancer,but the Syrup entirely difperfed it.

A young Gentleman of the drifted veracity applied for advicein a diforder of the genitals.—Upon examination, I found a vio-lent inflammation, a copious difcharge, attended with chancres,phymofis, chordee, and in Ihort, certain fymptoms of the fecondItage of a venereal infeftion. It is very certain he never had anyconneftion with a female, confequently lie denied the charge.That it was venereal is beyond a doubt, and that he received theinfeftion from the feat of a privy is very evident.—lt appearedthat about a fortnight before, he had occafion, at an inn upon theroad, for the privy, which a perfon had fo recently left that thefeat was warm ; that he afterwards found upon the penis a veryfmall quantity of whitifh matter, which he wiped oft'with his fhirt,and two or three days after the inflammatory ftate commenced.—He. was tieared as a venereal patient, and cured in a Ihort time.—It would appear from this, that a perfon infefted, not only with aplentiful difcharge, but alfo perhaps with a chancre or ulcers, hadaccidently difcharged fame of the matter on the edge of the feat,which being immediately received by a found perfon, had con-veyed a fufficiency of the virus to communicate the infeftion.

“ About three years fince I had the misfortune to contraft aVenereal Infeftion, which on applying to a furgeon was treatedas a confirmed cafe, and the ufual application of mercury was ad-miniftered internally for upwards of fix months, and was thenpronounced cured, and entertained the fame idea myfelf, as no-thing remained in appearance to make me think otherwife. Sincetaking the mercury for the original complaint I have labouredunder a very indifferent ftate of health, whether hurt by the mer-cury or any other caule, I am not able to fay ; but my complaintlor thefe two years p>ad has been the piles, accompanied with a

121difagreeable reftleffnefs in bed, difiurbed deep, and lownefs offpirits; and what is mofi extraordinary, about three weeks fincethere appeared an itching about the. glans, attended with a phy-mofis, and every morning a lodgment of a fmall quantity of whitematter behind the nut, which made me think it a return of theold diforder, for I was convinced that it could not be a frefh in-fection, as I had avoided all occafions that might have canted it.I immediately applied your Vegetable Syrup, and have enteredupon the fourth bottle, when the inflammation is much abated,therefore hope by a little perfeverance that I thall be quite re-fiored.”—Cured by eight bottles of all the fymptoms.

I have had the Venereal Difeafe for five years and a half.When I contracted it firtl 1 found no fymptoms but a clear run-ning. I have been taking mercury ever fince I firit contractedthe infection, and have been falivated without any benefit. Fortwo years 1 found nothing but the clear thin running, and then Ifound it all in my joints ; they fwelled very much ; I could notturn in my bed without help. I took fweats and got better, butthe pains in my joints (till continued. In fix months after I wasagain crippled, which continued for twelve months —I have nowpains in all my bones, the joints of my elbows and knees, andfome of my fingers are fo that 1 have but little ule of them. MyIhoulders are fo painful, that it is with difficulty I can lift my armup. Night pains very bad, and ulcers in my noftrils.”—Theabove is the patient’s own defcription at the time he entered uponthe Vegetable Syrup.—By a long perfeverance in the Syrup, ac-

companied with the decoClion of farfapariila, and being a monthUnder Dr. Hodfon’s immediate infpeClion, he was happily cured.

“ Dec. 22. With the particulars of my cafe, which I promifedyou, I have fent you a hare and two brace of partridges, as fometoken of gratitude for the very efiential fervice which you havedone me.—ln March laft I caught the Venereal InfeClion for the

firft time in my life, and applied to the doCtor who is always em-ployed in our family. I took, his medicines till July, but withoutbenefit, I then applied to a furgeon, from whom I obtained con-fiderable relief; but in the harveft (in the month of September)the weather being very wet, I got a fevere cold, and was danger-oufly ill, being confined to my room for fix weeks. 1 had adoCtor of advice attended me, from whom I received a great dealof benefit. He told me the difordcr was driven into my bladder,for I had fuch a violent pain in making water that 1could onlymake a few drops at a time, though always wanting. At thistune I was recommended to apply to you, whofe advice I havefiri&ly followed. When 1 began your Syrup I was troubled witha lharp windy pain from the kidnies, all up my back, and in mybowels, ficknefs at the fiomach, pain in making water, pain in myhead, up my temples and to my ears, a lore throat, and violentnight pains.—l am very happy in being perfectly recovered byyour medicines and inftruCtions, and fliali ever think myfelf underthe highelt obligations to you.”

A Gentleman going to America about nine years find:, juft,before his departure contracted a Venereal Infection.—He con-cealed his cafe during the voyage, the confequecce of which muffbe obvious. On arriving at Bolton he applied to a furgeon, wentthrough a courfe of mercurials with feme benefit, and after ufingvarious other means obtained a cure ; but in a fortnight after re-ceived a frefti infection.—Every method now tried proved ineffec-tual, and he returned to England alter a few years, in a veryemaciated ftate, having fuffered as much from mercury and im-proper treatment as trom the difeafe. Upon his arrival in Eng-land he retired to his eftate in the Weft, and during 18 monthstook a great many advertifed pills and drops without the deliredeffect.—The latter end of Augult lie entered upon a courfe of thisVegetable Syrup. In about two months he was fo far recoveredas to conic up to London, tliat he might be under the Proprietor’s

immediate infpeftion, to complete the cure; and in three monthsfrom the time he began upon the Syrup he was radically cured,after having been afflicted nine years, except an internnJiiion of afew weeks.

A Gentleman afflicted with a Venereal Complaint had appliedto a perfon of eminence in the profeflion, and being treated ascudomary in thofe cafes, the fymptoms dhappeared, hut in a /horttime broke out again. He applied to the fame pradlioner, wentthrough a courfe of mercurials, had the advice of a phyfician, andwas lalivated. His conftitution was thus very much injured, andhe was fo emaciated, that he was lent into the country to try theeffect of the air and a milk diet. His drength being fomewhatrecovered, he returned to town, went through another courfe ofmedicine, and tried Mr. Clare’s method of abforption by themouth. He was near three years in that date, and fpent above 80guineas to no good purpole, whilft the difordcr had made a mod:difmal progrei's : His legs were much fwelled, and his joints fopainful, that he was not able to walk; the palate of his mouth wasaffedled, corrolive ulcers were dedroying his lips and nofe, and thefmell of him was highly offenlive to all around him. In this de-plorable date, when his friends thought his recovery impoffible,lie began the Vegetable Syrup. From the firft three or fourbottles the fwelling and pain in his joints feemed to increafe, andhe took nine bottles before he received much benefit. From thisperiod he recovered rapidly, the pain abated, the fwellings fub-lided, and he accompanied the Syrup with the farfaparilla deeqe-tion to the quantity of a pint a day. But (what is a ftrong proofof the danger of mercury, and corroborates the opinion that it maylie dormant in the fyftem a long time and again be brought intoa6Hon) when the patient was fo far recovered as to get much intothe air (of which he had been incapable for a confiderable timebefore) he very incautioudy changed his lodgings, and the dayvheu this change took place being a general rain, he got wet

through, and then imprudently went into his new bed, whichproved to be damp, without taking the lead; precaution, or evenchanging his linen.—The fevere cold occafioned by fuch miIcon-daft, brought the mercury, fo liberally adminifiered by formerpractitioners, again into the mod violent aCtion, and rendered thepatient the mod deplorable objeft ever beheld.—Yet notwithstand-ing all thefe difadvantages, he was recovered to the enjoyment ofa better date of health than he had for many years before.—N. B. He took upwards of two dozen bottles of the Syrup.

To Dr. Hodson, No. 29, Hatton Garden.“ Two years dnce I laboured under a Venereal complaint,

which fcemed to bid defiance to mercury in every (hape. Thisdifeafe raged with great violence till at lad a bubo formed itfelf,and when ripe 1 differed a lancet to be applied to it, and my fur-geon continued his mercurials in fuch quantities that I began tothink the remedy worfe than the difeafe ; at lad 1 had recourfe toyour Vegetable Syrup, which cun.d me, though in a long time.Five months ago, fufpecting myfelf to be injured, and not havingan opportunity of getting your Syrup, I took n eicurials from a

phyfician, notwithdanding which I paid my addreffes to the fairfex as ufual ; but at the end of two months I felt a violent pain inthe urethra, efpecially at the neck of the bladder, attended withconfiant difcharge. I continued to ride on horfeback a great deal,till a fwelled tedicle enfued, and I was compelled to keep my room

till I got well. I then obtained your Syrup, and found, after twmbottles,.a difcharge of matter for a day or two, and when thatceafed, the pain in making water ceafed alfo. I then fancied my-felf well enough to negleCt a proper regimen, though I dill con-

tinued the Syrup, and went upon a hunting party for a week,during which I paid no attention to the diforder ; but at the endof the week found a pain fixed where 1 had a bubo two years ago,and as I had a plaifter by me to apply in cafe of fuch a lymptom,I accordingly applied it, and in a few days the pain left the fpot

and went to one of my tedicles, where it continued more orless for fome time; and having at different- times taken a wonder-ful quantity of mercury, I began to fear I had injured my condi-tio ion very much. However, when I had taken ten bottles of Sy-rup, 1 fhpuld have thought mylelf well, but at times felt an ach-ing pain, v> Inch Jaded fometimes half the day, fometimej only afew minutes; I therefore took five bottles more quite regular, ac-companying it with a quart of farfaparilia decodtion a day, and amnow perfedfiy reltored to health by fifteen bottles of your Syrup.

To Dr. Hobson.“ Some time fince I con trailed an infection, and applying to a

gentleman of the faculty, of well-known ability, he adopted a planof mercurials and powders, which I continued fome time, but foundthe mercury, indead of entering the conditution, palfed oft'by dool.I then took it in fmaller dofes, but found it did not in the lead af-fedt the conditution. A month pafled without the lead check beinggiven to the diforder: My furgeon then obferved it was a folly tobe triding with the pills any longer, and defined I would rub thefize of a nutmeg of mercurial ointment every night in the inlide ofeach thigh, till the whole was nearly abforbed. I continued thismethod for lome time, and made no alteration in my common modeof diet. By degrees 1 found the difeharge to be lefs in quantity,and to become more of a ropy nature, and I dill continued the oint-ment, till one day I was taken with a violent Ihivering chillnefs,pains in tire head and limbs, &c.- Thefe I looked upon as furefymptoms of having caught a violent cold, which I attributed to theufe of mercury; I immediately took near a pint of vinegar whey,which caufed a violenr perfpiration, and next morning a dofe offalls, by which I was much relieved; but that night my left tefti-cle fwelled to the fize of an egg,or larger; my teeth and gimis be-came fore; my mouth, tongue, and palate, in a mod tormentingdate, my face much fwelled, and violent pain in my jaw-bones ;

nor could 1 get a moment’s deep, the diicharge of fetid faliva was

fo great; rrry breath also was tainted, my teeth black and filled withd'fagreeable excrement between ; and, in (hort, I was in a com-

pleat falivation. Revolving to ufe no more mercury, and feeingyour advertifement in the papers (in which you aflure die publicthat your Vegetable Syrup is perfectly free from mercury) I begana Courfe of your medicine, 1 continued, however, in that uncom-fortable fituation ten days, during which I never went out of awarm room, but kept my body and head w’arm with flannel,breadand milk being my only diet, not being able to bear tiny solids inmy mouth. By continuing your Syrup I got w-ell, but this violentfalivation had reduced me fo low that it was fome time firft. WhenI got fomething better, I took the farfaparilla dccoClion accordingto your directions, and, after that, barley-water with liquorice.”

A Farmer near Cambridge had a Venereal Complaint of tenyears (landing, complicated with an inveterate Scurvy, for whichhe had been thrice falivated without effeCl; bdides innumerabledreadful fymptoms which cannot with delicacy be deferibed: thelower part of his back was full of finous ulcers, communicatingwith each other, and grown fi.lulous, with a caries overfpreadingthe os facrum. The nature of this difeafe had bent him almoftdouble, and he had now kept his bed near twelve months, wdienthe minifler of the place applied to know if the Vegetable Syrupcould afford relief. The trial was made, and the happy effcCls weremost hidden and aflonifhing; for by the foie ufe of the Syrup, hewas able in a fortnight’s time to rife and dress himfelf, at the endof five weeks to walk round the village, and in a (hurt time per-fectly cured, to the amazement of the neighbourhood.

A Soldier in the Guards, was, from a Venereal Complaint oflong (landing, highly complicated with the Scurvy, covered withlarge puftules and ulcers of a moll fordid nature, from the crownof his head to the foies of his feet. The vulva and tonfiKwere

almoft entirely consumed with ulcers, and he was quite worn eulwith the molt dreadful no&urnal pains. He had nodes on varied*parts, a flow hcdlic fever, and a continual head-ach. He had un-dergone the torments of feveral mercurial courfes, without effedt,till he was emaciated to the higheft degree, and looked upon as ab-folutely incurable. In this fltuation the unhappy man was pulupon the Syrup, by which he was perfectly cured.

A Cabinet Maker had laboured under a Venereal Complaint,highly complicated with the Scurvy, more than fix years. Hisbody was covered with puftules of a putrid nature. There was 4large fetid ulcer on the right leg, and a fiflula in the perinaum,through which the urine palled, and gave him exquiflte pain. Hehad been twice falivated without effedl, notwithftanding whichdreadful fymptoms he was put under a courfe of this VegetableSyrup. In the /pace of about feven weeks the ulcer in the leg wa»cured; at the end of two months all the putrid eruptions dilap-peared; in fourteen weeks the fiflula was healed, and the urinepalled through the natural channel.

A patient had laboured under a malignant Venereal Infectionof ten years handing, during which he had undergone divers mer-curial courfes, and had been twice falivated without effect. Hehad large fordid ulcers in the throat, a confiderable ulcer underthe tongue, and a deep finous one in the groin; his gums were

almoft eaten away, his teeth were become loofe, nor had he fvval-lowed any thing folid for forne time ; he had eruptions all over hisbody, was afflicted with a moft violent head-uch, which at timesalmoft took away his fenfes, and belaboured under nodurnul painsthat deprived him of reft. In the above-mentioned fltuation hewas put upon a courfe of the Vegetable Syrup; by the life of which,in ten weeks, every complaint was gradually removed, and thepatient radically cured.

A Gentleman in the country was afflicted with a violent head-acli at d fterent times, nocturnal pains in ihe limbs, efpeCiallv inthe hips and legs, elbows, and flioulder blades. He had nodes oneach tibia; fwellings towards night from the foot to tfeknee; afluvering, like a fit of the ague, for two or three hours fuccemvely,every evening, attended with a flow fever, which went otf abouttwo or three in the morning, w'lth a fvveat. He alfo had a putriddifcharge from the nofc, a (linking, bieatli, a naufcous (pittingevery morning, and had lott three teeth, which dropped out oftheir fcckets. In this flate he began a courfe of die Vegetable Sy-rup, which produced the 1 mod favourable fymptoms; the painsgreatly abated, he walked almofl twenty miles with greater eafethan he could two before ; he gained (trength, aftivity, and a flowof Ipirits, tlje unremitting fever ceafed, the pulfe bear regularly,and he flept comfortably for fix or feven hours fucceliively, whichfor a long time he had not done for a Angle hour. In about twomonths he was perfeftly reltored, and now enjoj s an uninterruptedftate of health.

“ One of your pamphlets having lately fallen into my hands, Icould not but think that Providence had fent it on purpofe to myrelief, fince it defcribed the only proper medicine for my diforderthat ever I had the pleafure of being acquainted with. 1 doubtnot but mod medicines which have been publiflied have had theirvirtues and the greateft deficiency. If 1 miftake not, why theyhave fo frequently failed of their intended effects, has not beenowing to the medicines, but to carelefs, negligent, and, in fhort,improper patients. For where will we find the difordered volup-tuary who will entirely quit his darling appetite, and put on themuzzle of reftraint till Nature has refumed her flrength ? Such,perhaps may be found, but I am apt to think the number will befmall, compared with thofe who drown the medicines in their cx-Ceifes, and then villify the doctors for impoflors.

I am about 32 years of age, and have been under a courfe ofmercury for the Venereal Difeafe. After continuing the remedyfor a long time I flill found pains in my head, the groin, fundament,and in fad, at times all over my body, particularly at the change ofweather. I was al(b fubje£t to frequent breakings out, Ibmetimcs inone part of my body, and fometimes in another, moft frequently inmy arms and my back; which abated when the body was whollywarm in bed or before the fire. I have particularly attended to theinftruftions you gave me when 1 confulted you, and am happy toinform you that I experienced the defired fuccefs.”

“ Sir, Lynn Regis, November 9, 1791.“ It is with the greatefl pleafure I inform you of another inftance

of the great efficacy of your Vegetable Syrup. I was afflicted withthe Venereal Difeafe very forely, and was for many months entirelyconfined to my bed, and my life almoft defpaired of by the mofleminent doctors, when your Syrup was ftrongly recommended forme ; and after having ufed one bottle, I found myfelfmuch better;and upon the repetition of three bbttles more, am entirely recovered,and go about my work as ufual; therefore, Dear Sir, I fhouldthink myfelf ungrateful if I did not let you know of this wonderfulinftance of the efficacy of your Syrup.”

A Gentleman about fivc-and-twenty, with his firft infection,in whom the fymptoms did not appear until the eighth day; whenthe fymptoms of the fecond ftage appeared with great virulence,infomuch, that in three days the glans was covered with chancres,attended with phymofis, chordee, and violent inflammation; but bypaying a very ftri£t regard to cleanlinefs of the part, he was per-fectly cured on taking only three bottles of this Sprup.

“ Doctor, Cambridge, April 18, 1792.“ I (hould be wanting in gratitude did not I return my in oft

fincere thanks for a cure I have lately received by your excellentmedicine, the Vegetable Syrup.

<« 1 was infeftcd with the Venereal Difeafe in March 1792, whichI paid but hide attention to, and drank to excefs, I was fo debi-litated, that by the following Chriftmas 1 could not get out of mybed without alMance; I was attended by the moft eminent of thefaculty in this town, which I found no relief from, my appetiteentirely left me, and I was in (hort reckoned a dead man. I was

advifed by a friend to try your medicine, I accordingly made appli-cation to the printer of the Cambridge Chronicle for a bottle, whichI found lb much relief from that I was able to fit up three hours in a

day; and In taking two bottles more, my ftrength and fpirits whollyreturned to me, and am at this moment as well as ever I was in mylife, and hope it will be in my power one day to make you amendsfor the fervice you have done me, as I am fure it is to you only thatI owe my life. A Student of the Univcrfity

of Cambridge.P. S. Beg you would make this public ifyou think proper.

A Patient who had been under a ftrong mercurial courfe, for theVenereal Difeafe fome months, till the furgeon who attended him,finding his cafe lb obftinate, as to refill his utmoft efforts, advifed himto undergo a falivation, and on his rejecting the fame, gave him upas incurable by any other means. He then applied to me in a con-

dition the moft deplorable; for upon examining, I found his bodycovered with putrid eruptions, a large ulcer on each tonfil, thathad almoft conllnned them, a tumour of confideiable fize, andnearly fchirrous in each groin, and a contraflion in the limbs. Helaboured under nocturnal pains, that often deprived him of reft, forfour or five nights fucceflively, which together with an hc6lic fever,a couftant head-ach, and o;her fymptoms cautioully omitted, for thefake of delicacy, had reduced him to fo low a Hate, that he wasfcarcely able to walk. This wre;ched obJe£l, was put under acourfe of the Vegetable Syrup, by the foie ufe of which in a fewdays, the ulcers iu the throat became eafier, and he fwallowed withlittle pain ; In about tv.pnty days, the eruptions began to fnbilde,

\he tumours to difcufs, the pains to abate confiderably, and in thecourfe of two months, he was radically cured of every fymptom, andfollowed his bufinefs as conftantly as ever, to the furprize of manyof the neighbours, who were acquainted with his dreadful fituation.

A young Man who had been infected with a gonorrhoea only,applied to a practitioner who imprudently put him upon a courfe ofthe corrofive fublimatc. He continued ten monthis under that prac-titioner, during which the running did not abate, and a variety ofdifagreeable fymptoms enfued, particularly a violent and conftantpain at the neck of the bladder, el'pecially at the time of makingwater, nocturnal pains, cough, and a fixed pain in the left fide.He applied to different practitioners during twelve months, who alltreated him in much the fame manner.—By a courfe of the Syrup hewas perfe£ty cured.

%* Although many of the above cures were effected by a com-paratively JmaLl quantity of the medicines yet the Proprietordoes not wifh, from Jack inflames, to flatter the afflicted withthe hopes of obtaining a cure at Jo trifling an expence. Difordcrswhich hrvs been many years in proceeding to Jack a degree ofmalignancy, cannot often be eradicated in a few weeks ; and it isin order to encourage a fleady perfeverance in the uje of propermeans, that Dr. Hodfon has adopted the plan of his boxes, con-taining, in four large bottles, the quantity of 12 Jmall ones,packedfafefor the country, at the price of Five Guineas ; bywhich the\patient faves il. 3s.—Thcfe can be had only atNo. 2 (), Hatton-Garden.

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Sundry methods of dijcovering Mercury in any preparation,

and recovering it into its prijiinefoape of Quickfilver,Extrafted from the Works of

Dr. Strother and Mr. Boyle.

Pour aqua-fortis on any body containing quickfilver,and let it ftand a little, then throw a little lead, and thequickfilver fubfidcs. Or put a little copper-filings to anypreparation of mercury, and you may dillil the quickfilveroff running.

Take copper-filings and crude fal armoniac, and mixwith any preparation of mercury, and hold the mixtureover a fire or candle, in an iron or brafs fpoon, till quitehot, when the quickfilver will run into its proper fhape.

Sublimate alfo may be revived by adding filings of ftcel,fait of tartar, or regulus of antimony; for the acids withwhich the fublimate is made are more flrongly attra&ed bythe fixed falts and the fulphur in the antimony, than by thequickfilver; the latter being therefore freed, attra&s itfelfagain.

NATURE’S ASSISTANT.

PART IV.

TO

PARENTS, TUTORS, SCHOOLMASTERS,AND ALL WHO ARE ENTRUSTED WITH THE

EDUCATION OF BOYS.

Y OU, who are the guardians of youth—who are ap-pointed, by Heaven’s indulgent Providence, to the

highefl and moll important trull bellowed upon man—-that

Delightful tafkl to rear the tender thought,To teach the young idea ho-zu to foot,To pour thefr.Jb infiruttion o'er the mind,To breathe th' enlivening fpirit, and to fixThe generouspurpofe in the glonving breafi :

Whilll you are attentive to inllill into the minds of yourpupils the rudiments of literary knowledge, fuffer me toentreat your particular attention to a point hitherto utterlyneglefted by thofe, who ought to make it a peculiar objeftof their care; and almoll unnoticed by all writers, medical,moral, or religious! yet fo intcrehing to youth, and fo im-portant both to the temporal and fpiritual welfare of man-

kind, that not only the health, the happinefs, the ftrengthand energy, both of body and mind, in individuals, areconcerned, but the ftrength, the profperity and increafe ofthe community at large ; for by the frequency of a crimeamongfl. youth, the commiffion of which fhocks Nature toher centre, Britannia’s fons no more can boafl of being

Bold, firm and graceful;By hardfij'ip finevo'd, and by danger fin'd.For every virtue, every worth renown'a,

But inftcad thereof a puny race defeend, without naturalaffection ; men with men working that which is unfeemly, and re-ceiving in themfelves that recompense of their error which is meet .

Vice, that enemy of the human race, enters our frameat a very early period, and even in the Hate of infancy willfhew its baneful influence. Boys in particular, ere theyattain to a knowledge of its effefts, yield to the fclf-indul-gent paflion, and eagerly point it out to their companions.Nor is it their companions alone that lead them to this fpringof mifery, but, too often, thofe who ought to be the guar-dians of their innocence.

This deluding habit is not confined to “ the gay, thegiddy, and the vain;”—it is not praftifed only by the licen-tious, the man of pleafure, or the avowed debauchee;—itis not a fenfual gratification known only to the great, theaffluent, and the man of the world ; nor is it confined to theyouth of one fex only. The rich, the poor, the ferious,and the wanton; the young, and thofe of riper years; evenfemales, and thofe whootherwife fhine like ftarsin the re-ligious hemifphere (doubtlcfs through ignorance or violenttemptation) arc too often drawn, by an unaccountable in-fatuation, or by a dread of the that arife from

135a connexion with the other fcx, to yield to this fyrer*charm; and fail like the firfl tranfgreffor, when

■ln evil hourForth reaching to the fruit, jhe pluck'd, foe eat:Earth felt the wound, and Nature from herfeatSighing thro ’ all her works, ganje fgns of woeThat all was lojl.

The vice alluded to has generally been diflinguifhed bythe name of Onanifm, being the fuppofed crime for whichthe Lord flew Onan, as recorded in the 38th chapter ofGenefis,—and is generally contracted at an early period oflife, even before Nature has flampcd the marks of puberty,and without the party reflecting that it is finful, or know-ing that it is. injurious. At fo early a period as that of eightyears (as appears by the cafes hereafter inferted) have boysbeen taught this baneful habit. It is commonly praCtifedin great fchools, as well as in private life, and, alas! toooften pointed out to the innocent and unguarded youth,by thole who ought to ufe the greatefl care and watchful-ness in the preferving them from it.

Deluded children! little do they imagine that to be thefirfl flep to an age of mifery and woe! Happy, indeed,would it be, if that innocence, with which they firfl enterinto the vicious habit, could preferve them from the con-

fcquences that inevitably follow the praClice thereof. Butvice is like a fhelving pool; Shallow at the brink, it maybe entered without any apparent danger; yet when oncein, man gets deeper and deeper imperceptibly, till at lengthhe gets overwhelmed; and as foon as cuflom has obtainedany degree of Strength, the foul and body both concur in

Soliciting'this crime : the foul, befet with unclean thoughts,excites lafcivious emotions ; and if it be diverted for fomemoments by other ideas, the fharp humours which irritatethe organs of generation, foon draw it back.

Parents, guardians, and all who have the care of youth,about the time of puberty, cannot be too watchful to pre-vent it, or depift it in too hateful colours, in order to keepit from growing into a habit, and therefore become, likeall other habits, difficult to remove.

It is a truth, which, perhaps, no pra&itioner will attemptto deny, that the weakneffes mofh difficult to cure, arethofe occafioned by early or exceffive venery, or the bane-ful habit of Self-pollution. Young perfons ought to becautious of entering themfelves too early into the ferviceof Venus, and to confider well their conftitutions beforethey give themfelves up to lafcivious inclinations. Theftrongeft conflitutions may be ruined by excefs, and peo-ple of weak and tender habits ought to be particularlycautious; for venereal pleafures may prove equally inju-rious, whether they be entered upon too early in life, or

are carried beyond the bounds of moderation and ftrengthof the conflitutlon. Thcfe confiderations ought to be im-preffed on the minds of young people early, as it is too lateto caution them againft a danger, when they have got fofar in that they cannot efcape it. Nature, it is true, promptsfometimes to bathe in the enticing flreams of pleafure; butour paffions ffiould be moderated by reafon, and we oughtnot to fuffer the one fo far to get the afccndancy overthe other, as to bring on a total inability to comply withthe reajonahle dehres of Nature: for that will be found to

be the cafe, even in what is deemed the prime of life, if

our early paffions arc not'moderatecl; and a premature oldage mud inevitably be the confequence of a diffipatedyouth, ifproper rcdorativcs be not timely applied to. How-ever, young people fhould not give thcmfelves up to vo-luptuoufnefs, in the hope that inch balfamic redorativesare happily to be obtained. A conditution may be lb fardebilitated, that the bed remedies will prove ineffe£lualfor its federation. Mod difeafes are much caller to pre-vent than cure ; and though the mod emaciated perfou,even in the lad dage of a confumption, ought not to dejpairof obtaining relief; yet thofe, who, perhaps not beingaware of the danger, have jud dept into the alluring path,fhould equally feek the mod early remedy, and hadily re-tire from that road, which though apparently drewed withpleafure, is fure to lead them only to dedru&ion.

From innumerable letters which have been in my pof-feffion—from the mod extenflve medical praftice in a par-ticular line of any phyfician in Europe—and thereby froma knowledge of the generality and effefts of this habit, un-

known and unconceived by any other pra&itioner what-ever, my duty prompts me to addrefs the heads ofall pub-lic feminaries for the education of youth ; for

I could a tale unfold, whofe lightejl •wordWould harrow tip thefoul.

But humanity and religion forbid the dread relationSuffice it, that from a due fenfe of the evils which this vicebrings upon mankind—from the means by which childrenhave been led into the commiffionof it, and from the greatdifficulty, when oncehabituated to it, ofreleafing themfelvcstherefrom; I do mod earnedly entreat all who are con-

cerned in the education of youth, to join with me in en-deavouring

To fave the fallOf 'virtue fteuggling on the brink of vice ;

In ewaking vuhifpers, and repeated dreams,To hint pure thought, and warn thefavour'd foul.

Boys fhould be watched with the care of love, and witha jealous eye, in all their fecret haunts and private hours,particularly if a difpolition be difcovered in them to bealone, and a difguft at their playful amufements. Andnot the boys only, but the affiHants—the ujhers fhould bediligently fcrutinized, watched and examined by the maf-ter; for too many inftances have I known of their beingthe fatal caufe of many a young man’s fall! To them, there-fore, I conclude in the Apoftle’s advice to Timothy—-“ Meditate upon thefe things: If a man purge himfelf“ from thefe, he fhail be a veffcl unto honour, fan&ilied,tc and meet for the Mailer’s ufe. Flee alfo youthful lujis ;

s{ but follow righteoufnefs, faith, charity, peace, with themthat call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”Thofe parents and guardians who would wifh to pre-

ferve their children from the vicious habits, and from theconfequent difeafes, combated againft in thefe pages, andthereby fave them from an early grave, or from mifery anddccrcpidage, may be allured, thatnothing can pofhbly provefo certain a prefervative as early and honourable mar-riage, formed upon a real and fmcere affeftion. The ar-

guments ofprudence and youth , generally made ufe of again 11early marriages are fallacious delufions, invented by thegrand enemy of mankind: for Nature, both within andwithout, tells them, they arc not too young ; and all the

miferics that ever occurred, from an early and proper mar-riage, are not in comparifon to the ten theufandth part ofthole evils which a vicious courfc of life, from fourteen totwenty-one, entail upon mankind !—ln the one indance,- afew difficulties in life only are the greated confequencc,which love and mutual affeftion generallyovercome; but inthe other, either a total dilinclination and inability for con-jugal rites take place, or the confequences of the parent’searly imprudence are entailed upon the children, unto thethird or fourth generation. That diabolical acl, which for-bids marriage before the age of twenty-one, is an indelibledain to the laws of this country—it is a difgrace to an en-lightened nation, an enemy to propagation, and an encou-

ragement to prollitution and debauchery !—lt is the com-

mand of Heaven to marry, incrcafe and multiply :—lt isthe fuggedion of Hell to forbid marriage, and to dir upunnatural affe&ions and delircs in young people !

Cheriffi, then, ye who are bled with Heaven’s choicedgifts—ye, whofe children Hand like olive-plants roundabout your table—cherifh in them delircs of an honourableand heavenly origin ! Point out to them the early workingof evil paffions in their little breads, and teach ’em to fub-due them. Shew them the dreadful confequencc of givingthe lead way to vicious thoughts, and infpire them with a

love of truth and virtue ! Encourage them in every aftion,every word, every thought, and every look, towards the at-

tainment of that which is jud and honourable :—check inthem every thing which has the lead tendency to vice I

Parents, perfuade your children to make you their con-Jidant—teach them to give you their hearts !

Guardians, watch, with the mod tender care, over

your little charge ; be unto them as the angel in Paradife,

whole fword turned every way, to keep the way of thetree of life ! Guard them from all evil—lead them to allgood ! And by your conduft allure them to look up to youas, and be you to them, their mod faithful friend !

Tutors, feed your flocks like true fhepherds, remem-

bering how much depends upon your own example as wellas upon your precepts! Your charge is moil folemn andmod important:—Parents, guardians, your country, Hea-ven itfelf, entruds to your care its choiced gifts itsgreated treafures! ’Tis your’s to form the hufband, theparent, the datefman, the patriot, the candidate for Hea-ven !

Let all, then, in their feveral dations, be faithful andvigilant; and may He, who commanded little children to bebrought to him, give a blcding to your fincere endeavours IThat when your labours here are ended, you may meet areward with them in that kingdom, where none can enterexcept they become as little children !

Hatton-Gardcn, J. Hodson,*794*

141T O

YOUNG MEN, BOYS',AND THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN WAY TO

IMMODERATE LUST,

OR ADDICTED THEMSELVES TO THE

DESTRUCTIVE'HABIT,CALLED

ONANISM.Thoughtfond man of thefe,

Vice in his high career would jiand appall’d,

And heedlefs rambling impuIfe learn to think.Thomson.

rTP H E Divine Author of our being has fo adjuflcd thelaws of our nature and conflitution, that a vicious

youth muft necelfarily groan under a decrepid old age,fhould he reach that flage of life. Our bodies are notable to fullain the repeated fhocks of our ungovernablelulls; if by an eager purfuit of pleafurc our folids arekept upon the continual llretch, they mult wear out, andeither fubjeft us to an immature death, or the mortify-ing refleftions of repenting age.

Would thofe young gentlemen, thei'efore, who fo earlyand ardently offer themfelves before the fhrine of Venus j

but ferioully take a view of the dreadful precipice onwhich they Hand, when they thus ftray from the paths ofvirtue ; would they attentively confider what a load ofafflictions they arc treafuring up for themfelves by theirdiffblute way of life; and could they but conceive the hor-rors of that emaciated Hate, which will moll affurediy betheir portion ; the dread of what is to come would be fuf-ficient to cool the warmth of paflion, and guard themagainfl the temptation of the molt enchanting vices.

As to the numerous train of evils, which arife fromthe habit of felf-abufe, it can be of little fervicc to cautionthofe perfons to avoid a danger, who have never any op-portunity of obfcrving that caution : this emaciating prac-tice is too frequently imbibed amongfl play-fellows, and infchools, where treaties of this kind are never admitted,JBoys wantonly point it out to each other, not knowing,perhaps, the danger that attends it. Young people thinknot that the prolific juice which they arc fo lavifh of intheir juvenile days, is the fource of all their fprightlinefsand aftivity, and will be wanted in their riper years, tofupport them in cafe of fickncfs, and in health to fit themfor the neceflary occupations in life. No friendly moni-tor informs them, that a continuance of fuch praftices willbring on diforders which mull terminate in the molldreadful confequences ; and that ere they have reachedthe meridian of their days they will drag on a miferablelife, deprived of memory and all vigour of mind ; realfpc&acles of wretchedncfs, no longer men, but animalshalf dead.

Perhaps the chief caufe of infidelity on one part in themarriage Hate, may be attributed to the debilitation of theother, occafioned by the imprudencies above alluded to.This confideration might lurely have fome weight, andHop them in the midll of their diffipation. At leall itought to oblige them to feek for proper alhflance for therefloration of their conllitution, before they enter into aHate for the duties of which they are totally incapable, andwhich, confequently, inllead of proving a life of pleafureand happinefs, mull inevitably be a continual feene ofdifeontent and mifery.

But though it is not probable, that young people willfee this tveatife time enough to prevent them entering into

fuch courfes; yet it may be the means of perfuading themto refrain from a continuation thereof, and of rcftoringtheir ftrength and vigour, juft to point out fomc of thefymptoms confequent of fuch condufl, and to recommenda proper remedy. Happy will it be for the reader, fhouldhe have been fo unfortunate as to have fuffered fromany of the above-mentioned caufcs, if he has prudenceenough to receive this friendly caution, and refolution fuf-ficicnt to wean himfelf from a continuance in the caufe ofhis misfortune! and the intention of thefe pages will befully anfwcred, whether they tend to reftore health toconftitutions already injured, or guard the unwary froma continuance in vices, which in the end muft be theirinevitable ruin ; for thefe kind of pleafures not only im-pair the conftitution of the body, but weaken and enervatethe nobleft faculties of the foul, whereby the wholeis frequently brought to bend under the weight of themoft melancholy circumftances.

The punifhment inflifted upon the fon of Judah, fuf-ficiently teftifics the heinoufnefs of the crime in the fightof God. It is, indeed, a perverting of his divine order; itis the proftitution of thofe organs and powers with which,he endowed man, for the purpofc of increafmg the mem-bers of his heavenly kingdom, to the gratification of adiabolical paffion ; It is turning the grace of God intolafeivioufnefs, violating his law of propagation, and plung-ing the foul, from its original feat in heavenly blifs, to

the dark region of mifery and woe!—But the melancholygloom which this deftruftive habit cafts over the fouls ofits votaries, demands the balm of confolation, rather thanthe arrows of vindi&lve juftice; Turn, then, ye unthink-ing mortals! turn from the paths that lead to deftru£tion,and walk in the road that will cany you to happinefs.

Fly from this tempting, this deceitful fm, whofc fyrencharm allures you to your ruin. Turn to that all-graciousLord, who is now waiting only that he may be gracious.•—There is dill balm in Gilead,—there is dill the GreatPhyfician there. He hath loved you with an everladinglove; and his arms are open to receive you. Fie alfo isable to fave you, and he will fupport you in all your temp-tations. His drength will be pcrfcfted in your weaknefs ;

and if you are but dcdfad in your defire to dee from thefin,—in all your druggies—in all your dangers, trials,didredes, and adaults of the enemy, you will be more thanconquerors, through Chrid that loved you !

The truth of thefe obfervations would be fufficient to

dop young people in this pernicious progrefs, if they couldforefee, that in this refpeft one falfe dep brings on another;that they cannot redd temptation; that in proportion asthe motives of fedu&ion increafc, reafon, which fhouldkeep them within bounds, is weakened; and, in a word,they dnd themfelves plunged in a fea of mifery, without,perhaps, the hope of a dngle plank to efcape upon. Iffometimes early indrmities give them notice; if the dan-ger terrides them for fome moments, when the indrmityis relieved and the danger over, rage precipitates themafrefh.

The abfolute controul which this pra&ice gains over thefenfes is beyond expredion. No fooner has this unclean-nefs got the mader over the heart, but it purfues its votaryevery where, and keeps podeldon of him at all times andin all places. Upon the mod ferious occadons, and in themod folemn aQs of religion, he dnds himfelf in a mannertranfported with ludful conceptions and dedres, whichtake up all his thoughts,

145Nothing fo much weakens the mind as that continual

bent of it to one objeft, which is the cafe with thofe ad-di£led to Onanifm ; and whatever vocation a perfon isengaged in, fomc degree of attention is required, whichthis pernicious praflice renders them incapable of.

True it is, that we are ignorant whether the animalfpirits and the feminal liquor are the fame; but experienceteaches us thofe two fluids have a ftrift analogy, and thatthe lofs of either produces the fame effefts.

The lofs of too much femen occafions laffitudes, debili-ties, and renders cxercife difficult: it caufes emaciation,and pains in the membrane of the brain, which patientscall a dry burning heat, and which inceffantly burns inter-nally the moft noble parts. The fpinal marrow does notonly waftc, but the mind and body equally languiffi, andthe man perifhes a miferable viftim. By thefe emiffionsnot only the powers are loft, but the memory fails, thefight is clouded, and the voice becomes hoarfe.

Young people of either fex, who devote themfelves tolafcivioufnefs, deflroy their health in diffipating thofepowers which were deflined to bring their bodies to theirgreateft degree of vigour. The feminal liquor has fo greatan influence upon the corporeal powers, and upon perfectdigeflion, which repairs them, that phyficians in generalare of opinion, that the lofs of one ounce of this liquorwould weaken more than that of forty ounces of blood.Its ufe and importance determines the only proper methodof its being evacuated. Too great a quantity of femenbeing loft in the natural courfe, produces very direfuleffe£ls ; but they are ftill more dreadful when diffipated inan unnatural manner. The accidents which happen to

fuch as wafte themfelves in a natural way are very terri-

ble; thofe -which are occafioned by maflurbation arc Hillmore fo.

Frequent emiffions of the feed relax, dry up, enervate,and produce a croud of evils, as lethargies, epilepfies,faintings, tremors, palfies, fpafms, &c. The ftomach isdifordcred, digeftion dcflroyed, difturbing dreams preventfleep adminiflering relief, the whole body is weakened,particularly towards the loins; decay and emaciation fuc-cced ; infenfible perfpiration is obllrufted, the irregularityof which produces the moft fatal confcquences, occafionsthe liver and reins to be over-heated, gives a difpofitionfor the Hone in the kidnies, the natural heat is dimimfhed,the fight weakened, and the eyes fink into the head.

That the praftice above alluded to, when carried to ex-

cefs, will in general have the direful effefls above-men-tioned, is moft certain ; but that fome conftitutions havebeen much addifted to it, and yet not been apparently in-jured, cannot be denied. And it hath frequently beenalked upon this fubjeft; How can the conllitution be in-jured more by this habit than by a natural connexion ;

when in the former inftance the parts only fuffer violence,whereas in the latter, the whole body and mind are ftronglyagitated?—ln anfwer to this it may be obferved, that a

proper and honourable connexion is according to the lawsof Nature and Divine Order ; but this mode of felf-indul-gence is direftly contrary thereto. And if a communica-tion between the fexes was only to take place, when a

proper defire, and not an immoderate lull, promptedthereto, the laws of divine order would not be broken, norwould the human conllitution ever be injured thereby.But when the defires of Nature, even towards women, are

perverted into luji }and more particularly when Nature is

forced againjl her inclination, as is too frequently the cafewith mafturbators, and every effort poflible continuallyemployed to obtain a fecrction of that fluid which fhouldbe the flrength and fupport of the man—the laws of Godand of Nature arc violated—Divine Order is thrown intoconfuflon—and the human conflitution fuffers as muchfrom the unnatural convullions into which it is thrown,as it does from the lofs of its moft refined fecretion.

Whilfl the dangerous and dreadful confcqucnces of giv-way to this deluding habit are pointed out to unwaryYouth; and every argument poflible urged, in order todeter them from the praftice ; it may not be lefs improperto give a word of confolation to thofe, who having beenignorantly allured thereinto, have been alarmed at thefight of the dreadful precipice on which they have beenfporting. Even thofe who have given very little into thispraftice, have fuffered great diftrefs of mind, on accountof being much troubled with nocturnal emiflions, andhave fuppofed that every difagreeable fymptom they per-ceive is the effeft thereof: To thole fo diftrefl'ed, it is ne-ceffary to give this confolation, namely, That many of thefymptoms formerly deferibed, may be occafloned by othercaufes, and that nofturnal difeharges do not always pro-ceed from that debilitation of the parts which they lup-pofe ; but frequently from an irritable quality of the blood,which requires purifying , and fometimes from a fullnefsof the feminal veffels, and too great a fecretion of thefeminal juice.

But the diftrefs in the mind of thofe patients who havebeen awakened to a fenfe of its finfulnefs, far exceedsevery agony which the body can poflibly fuffer! Butwhence is this affliflion and diftrefs ? Why do they thinkfo hardly of that God of Love, whole only aim is to bring

them to repentance?—Have they not turned from the evilof their ways ? Have they not repented in fackcloth andafhes ? Let them rot, therefore, have fuch improper ideasof the love a'nd tendernefs of their heavenly Father, as to

fuppofe him irreconcileable ! Though they have offendedhim times as numerous as the liars of heaven, his arms are

always open to receive a repenting prodigal! Though theirfins have been as fcarlet—though they have been red likecrimfon—though blacker than the vileft devil in thelowell hell; yet fhall they be clothed in a robe purer thanangelic white; for the Gop ofTruth hath declared, that“ Whenever the wicked turneth azvay from the wickednefsthat he hath committed, and doeth that which is right, hefhall fave his foul alive. s '—What are the conditions hereheldout ?—Repentance,—And what is repentance ? The turn-ing away from evil, as being a fin againft God. When,therefore, they have had their eyes opened to fee the evilof their ways—when they have had ftrength fufficientgiven to preferve them from the temptation—and, whentheir whole foul is delirous to forfake the darling fin—Olet them not think “ hardly of God," for he is Love, ef-fential love! and faithful in that he hath promlfed“ Fury is not in me!—Ye may make peace with me—yejhall make peace with me."

Surely the idea of fuch a train of miferies, proceedingfrom this caufc, might be fufficient to deter youth fromentering into fuch a courfe !—Doubtlefs ft would, if theywere aware of it; but thefe are not all the baneful effeftsof this habit. In the following letters, fome very extra-ordinary cafes will be found,'.pointing out the ill effedls ofgiving way to this-alluring vice!—That others may takewarning from thefe examples, is the earnefh defire andfmcerc prayer of their real friend,

J. H O D S O Ni

Dr.. HOD SON’SPERSIAN RESTORATIVE DROPS,

Price HALF-A-GUINEA a Bottle,For Weaknejfes, Debilities, Rdaxatisns, Lofs ofMemory, Nervouf

AJfeElions in general j but particularly recommended to Boys,young Men, and thofe zvho in the Prime of Life feel the Con-fequence ofa fecret Vice, too frequent amongft Youth, efpenallyin great Schools.

JITAPPY in every dlfcovery from his medical (Indies,which can tend to the welfare of mankind, Dr.

Hodfon has peculiar fatisfaflion in the improvement hejo this valuable compofition; whereby he has

been enabled to afford the moft permanent relief to num-bers, not only of thofe unhappy youth who have been de-luded, at an early age, into a fecret and dcflruftive vice,now too common amongfl them ; but alfo to perfons of allages, affli£led with Nervous diforders, proceeding eitherfrom an immoderate ufe of tea, hard drinking, heat of cli-mate, exccfs of grief, or diffipated pleafure.

This balfamic remedy is peculiarly adapted to weakfemale conflitutions, as well as to phlegmatic habits ingeneral; it afts powerfully as a nervine, not only to theweak flomach, but to the whole nervous fyffem ; correftsa vitiated appetite and digelfion in the firfh paffages, andaffifls wonderfully in recovering the tone of the urinaryand genital organs; hence its efficacy in the moil obflinatefeminal gleets in men, and correfponding weakneffes inwomen: and hence it will contribute more fafely, furely,

and honourably, towards conjugal happinefs, than anyof thofe irritating diabolical compolitions, which are fofhamefully adminiftered to the unwary in this metropolis.

This preparation is earneftly recommended to thofe ladieswho from repeated difficult labours arc aftlifted with weak-nefs and infirmities; in which cafes it is highly ufeful,ftrengthening at the fame time the ftomach, the back, theweakened organs, and the whole conftitution.

Thofe, who in advanced life feel the confequenccs ofyouthful excefs, or unfortunate youth who have broughton themfelves a numerous train of evils, will, by the ufe ofthis, find themfelves rcllored to health and ftrength, andall the melancholy fymptoms removed which are the gene-ral effofts of fuch caufes. For thefe Drops reftore ftrengthand vigour to all parts of the body, and are particularlyadapted to thofe who travel into the Indies, or who havereduced their conftitutions by change of climate.

The Perfian Reftorative Drops are cxtra&ed, by a che-mical procefs, from fome of the choiceft natural balfamsand ftrengtheners in the Materia Medica. The name bal-famic, in a manner conveys an idea of their virtues: it isa requifite in medicines of this clafs, that they be foft,yielding, and adhefive; alfo, that by their frnallnefs theyhave a ready difpofition to motion ; for, as Dr. Motherbyjuftly obferves, “ Medicines of this kind cannot be con-veyed to the part required, but by the common road of thecirculation therefore they ought to be adminiftered infuch a form as they may moft readily be conveyed into thecirculation, and their ufe muft be continued fome time be-fore the efteft can be perceived.

From the foregoing obfervation, the propriety of a liquidform, in preference to that of all others, is obvious, and

thefe Drops will be found to poffefs the genuine qualitiesof an analeptic ; for beiides the nutritious quality of a re-ftorative, they have a fragrant, fubtile,. oleous principle,which immediately affefts the nerves, and gives a kind offriendly motion to the fluids, yielding plenty of animalheat, the true fourcc of firmnefs and vigour.

This medicine not being recommended as a general fpe-cific, it may be neceflary to point out in what cafes it isnot a proper remedy, as well as where it will be fervice-able :

Ladies.—Menfes departing.—This periodical difehargegenerally ceafes between the age of ao and 50. Withfomeit happens earlier; fometimes it quits them all at once, butcommonly its departure is gradual. This period moftlyis critical with the fex, and proper remedies now appliedwill free them from a troublefome complaint the remain-der of theif life.—The blood being always in a ftate ofimpurity at this junfture, thefe Drops are not calculatedfor this diforder of the change of life: but the VegetableSyrup, mentioned in the former part of this pamphlet, isrecommended as the mofl fafe and certain remedy that canbe adminiftered.

Irregularities.— ln young perfons this difeharge is fome-times extremely irregular; which maybe occalioned eitherby a real deficiency or diforder in the powers of Nature,or (which is too frequently the cafe) from imprudencies,and means ufed by themfelves (fuch as wafhing the feet incold water, &c. at the expected timej in order to checkthis purifying difeharge, before they know its falutary ef-fefts.—lt would be well, indeed, if mothers, and thofe whohave the care of girls, would be more attentive to them at

that age, when this flux ofnature is firft expefled ; for theyought then to have the belt advice and afliftance that can

be procured for them.For irregularities in the menftrual difeharge proceeding

from any of the above mentioned caufes, thefe Drops are

often of great fervice, and can feldom do harm; but as a

much better remedy, Dr.-Hodfon recommends his FamilyElixir, which, for thefe complaints, will be found the bellmedicine, perhaps, in the world.

Immoderate Flux.—A too long continued, a too frequentreturn of the menfes, or any fuch difeharge as reduces thepatient’s ftrength during the intervals of its return, is calledimmoderate. Women of foft lax habits, thofe who haveoften mifearxied, and thofe who live in eafe and plenty,are the molt frequent fubjefts of this complaint; and morevigorous confdtutions fuffer this way when fubjeft to fud-den paflions, violent exercifes, fedentary life, relaxation,or a full diet, confiding of high-feafoned or acrid food, &c.

The quality of thefe fluxes may be injurious as well asthe quantity. The Whites

, as ufually called, are extremelyhurtful to delicate women; however, the difeharge is notalways white, but fometimes green, yellow, pale, or of a

blackifh colour; fometimes foul, fetid, fharp, or corrofive.When fuch arc the fymptoms, a courfe of correflives isrecommended to be firft; adminiftcred, after which thefeDrops will be found a moft excellent ftrengthener.

But it often happens that thefe complaints proceed fromindolence, or the cxceffive ufc of tea and other watery li-quors. Hence arifes an uncommon weaknefs and debility;violentpains, inward wallings, tremors, and nervous affec-tions ; for which thefe Drops are happily calculated, aswell as for a weaknefs of the fcminals, occafioned by a va-

riety of other caufes. Theyflrcngthcn the whole confu-tation, and remove mod of the complaints attendant on adebilitated (late of the body.

Youth of both fexes, who have indulged themfelves inimprudent habits, or thofe who in advanced life feel theeffeCts of youthful excefs, will find a happy relief in thismedicine. The trembling and lownefs which attend thefecomplaints generally go off in a fhoit time, and thofe whohad grown old,,as it were, before their time, have beenredored to fecond youth by it. When the eye-light hasbeen weak, the limbs feeble, the memory impaired, andeven the mind decayed with the body, a courfe of this me-dicine hath renewed the whole.

Perfons thus afiliCted, find themfelves difguded at allamufements, abfent in company, dupid and fenfelcfs eveiywhere : and, if they think at all, feel themfelves plungedinto the deeped melancholy. From all thefe miferies thisremedy is calculated to afford relief; but it fhould be ob-ferved, that perfeverance is often neceflary; in all cafes, a

particular attention to the directions, as alio regularity inthe time and dofe, is to be regarded ; and above all, it mudbe noticed, that it will be in vain to expeCl any relief fiomthis remedy without punctuality; for, taking a bottle ortwo regular, then leaving off for fome days, and beginningagain, will be of no fervice. It mud be continued re-

gular.The dofe is only a tea-fpoonful, or from 25 to 30 drops,

an hour before breakfad, and an hour before fupper, in a

tea-cup or wine-glafs of water, or fugar and water, as modagreeable; but the bed method is, to put the drops upon a

little powder fugar, and then add the water or wine.N. B, After the fird bottle, the patient may alfo take

15425 drops about eleven o’clock in the forenoon, and at fourin the afternoon.

It is in vain that people attempt to take medicines forany difoider whatever, if they do not pay feme attentionto their mode of living, during the adminidration of pro-per remedies, for the bed preferiptions may be renderedufelcfs by inattention to thefe particulars; whild goodnurfing, and due regard to diet, are great affidants to themod able phydeian ; it is therefore defired, that a particu-lar attention may be paid to the direflions concerning re-gimen, which are fealed up with each bottle.

Sleeping on hard beds or matrades, ridng early, and tak-ing moderate exercifc in the open air, fhould be attendedto, particularly by females; and when the weather willnot permit them to go out, they fhould be engaged in fomeactive employment within, or take the excrcife of Twing-ing, which will be found very conducive towards a redo-ration of health in thefe cafes, efpecially where there areany fymptoms of■ confumption.

Gleets and Seminal Weaknejfei,Gleets and. Seminal Emiflions have been generally

allowed to be very difficult of cure. Perhaps no difeafehath baffled the fkill of the faculty more ; and they mudallow, that in many indanccs they have given more troublethan the mod acute diforders. This difficulty mud arifeeither from the original caufc not being thoroughly invedi-gated, or, what is too often the cafe, want of perfeverancein the patient in the ule of proper medicines ; for the cureof thefe kind of weakneffes, in general, require a longertime to effeft than patients expect.

A gleet, called alfo the fimple or benign gonorrhoea, isan involuntary efflux of feminal juice ; or, as Dr. Fordyccdefines it, “ An increafed fecretion from the mucous glandsof the urethra without infc6lion.” The difcharged matteris mild and generally whitifh, occafioning no difordcr onthe parts through which it\pafles, or on which it falls.

Weaknefs in the parts is the principal cause, whichmay be occafioned particularly by exceffive or too early ve-ncry, and the pra&ice of felf pollution, to which youth arefo generally addi£led. It may alfo be occafioned by re-laxation owing to heat of climate, as alfo by the fhock ofany violent diforder, violent or too frequent purging, ex-cels of fpirituous liquors, cold, too frequent coition, vio-lent exercife, and acrimony in a cacochymic, fcorbutic,or arthritic habit. It often happens, Hkewife, that aftera venereal infe&ion, a gleet will remain and be very trou-

blsfome, even though every of the difeafe hathdifappeared.

A venereal gonorrhoea frequently repeated, improperlytreated, and even with the mod judicious treatment, oftenends in a gleet, which may proceed from fomc remains ofthe infeftion, or merely from relaxation. It is of confe-quence, however, for the patient to be adored of this be-fore he attempts the cure 5 becaufe the flopping a venerealgleet before the infe&ion is removed, is fometimes attendedwith bad confequences.

If the difeharge be inconfhant, and is obfervable onlyupon draining to flool, or when flimulated by lafciviousdefires, there is no reafon to apprehend any infeftion re-maining . but if the difeharge is conflant and obflinate, itis to be feared the diiorder is flill lurking within. If thepatient, however, be dill doubtful, he would do well to be

perfe&ly fa-tisfied, by going through a courfe of Dr?Ilodfon’s Vegetable Syrup, which is recommended inthofe diforders.

Seminal weakncffes alfo, are fometimcs occafioned by afcorbutic humour in the blood, and often by weakneffesarifing from inoculation for the fmall pox ; in which cafeslikewife a courfe of the Vegetable Syrup is recommendedprevious to taking thefe Drops.

From relaxed and debilitated conftitutions, proceedingfrom any of the caufes above alluded to, arife many dif-agreeable clrcumftanccs, fuch as impotency, barrennefs,palpitation of the heart, weaknefs, dulnefs, trembling,melancholy, lofs of memory, nervous affeftions, lownefsof fpirits, nofturnal and involuntary emiflions, particu-larly in making water or upon ftool, with a total diiincli-nation, as well as inability, for venereal enjoyments; andin the end, palfies, lethargies, or a wafting confumption,with a complication of every thing deftruftive to thehuman frame.

In men there often appears rednefs and inflammationof the glans penis, a difagreeablc itching fenfation, and amucus between the preputium and the glans, which beingharboured there, occafions a rank-fmelling furrinefs.

In women it caufes the fluor albus, or whites, weaknefsand pains in the back, relaxation of the womb, inwardwaitings and decays, &c.

It is-of infinite confequence to the patient, however,that the originating caufe fhould be thoroughly invefti-gated ; becaufe if it proceeds from the remains of a vene-

real infeftion, or from a fcorbutic or cacochymic habit,the body fhould be properly regulated before ftrengthen-ing medicines are ufed. This being duly attended to,

157the ufe of the balfamic medicine publifhed under thename ofTHE PERSIAN RESTORATIVE DROPS,

v/ill be found to anfwcr every intention required, beingan exalted chemical preparation, afting as a tonic uponrelaxed conflitutions, reftoring the fyhem to its originalhealth, and is a mod elegant flrengthener for thin ema-

ciated perfons, reduced either by a natural weaknels ofconflitution or a courfe of diihpated pleafure.

The Perfian Rcftorative is in plain fquare glafs bottles;each bottle is fealed with red wax, the imprcllion J. H. ina cypher, and fold in final! bottles at Half a Guinea, orlarge ones at One Guinea each.

CASES AND CURES.The following cafes are inferted here to point out

chiefly the confequenccs of this deftru£tive habit, that a

view of the dreadful effefts thcieofmay be the means, infome degree, of deterring young people from giving wayto the fatal delufion : and the cures are added to fhew theefhcacy of the Perfian Drops in a variety of cafes, thatthofe who are already drooping under funilar complaints,may not fink into total defpair, but feck for advice andremedies, even though they fhould be bereft of every otherhope of relief.

A Gentleman who had been afflicted with a violent Nervous Ilcad-ach for a long tine, was cured by three bottles of chde Drops.

1 58To Dr. Hods on.

“ I am one of thofe unfortunate young men, who from an earlyage, have addicted myfclf to the definitive habit of Self-pollution.—I do not exatly remember at what time I began, but it was beforeany feminal liquor would flow, and continued the practice till about ayear ago, when fortunately feeing an advertifement in the public pa-pers, recommending a pamphlet called Nature’s Affiflant, I immedi-ately bought it. But how fliall I exprefs my horror and aftonilhmentin the perufal thereof, feeing myfelf and my own cafe fu frequentlyand fairly reprefented! But your particular addrefs to us unfortunatescomplcaled the difmal feene : There and then I law in what a wretchedftate I was—l flood trembling and ready to link under the load ofguilt, which then prefented itfelf to my view, expecting to fecl thewrath of an offended God, and fuffer an eternal punifhment, fo juftiymy due. I fell proflrate on the ground before Him, and had notthen my biefled Saviour been revealed to my diftrated mind as all-fufficient to fave, and ready to receive and pardon a repentant prodi-gal, what might have been the conftquence God only knows.“ To you, Sir, under God, I am indebted for this event, and for

that change of life, which, from that day, I hope, has palled uponme. You have won my aflections; and thofe pious fentiments in youraddrefs, have endeared you to me by the ftrongefl tics of chirftian love,Y’ou poihted to the true fource of comfort, and the only fountainwhich was capable of cleanfing mine iniquity, I have read tholepages over and over again, and never fliall I look upon them but withfrelli affetion and gratitude for the benevolent author. But I en-croach upon your time, though I could fill half a dozen fheets withnothing but thanks and praifes to my God and you.“ It is time, however, to turn to my bodily wants. If you are as

good a phylician for the body as for the mind, I hope yet to be happyin the refloration of my health. Time will not permit me to Irate mycafe at large; fuffice it to fay, that I have felt almcft all thofe fymp-toms your book deferibes, in confequence of that praclicc, which was

learnt me by a fchool-fellow; and from that time I have continued itwithout having known it was either finful or hurtful. The ctfeft is,I am very weak and tender, and the conftitution grown very delicate.I feel a weaknefs over all my body, am thin of flelh, my fpirits arcalmoft always low, and my thoughts conftantly reverting to my dif-trefsful cafe. I have felt a great deal of what you deferibe in yourtreadle on the nervous difeafe, am frequently troubled with the fickhead-ach, pains in my back and loins, which I ufed to think was therheumatifm, and I feel an aching and wearinefs in my thighs, legs,and feet, with a very little labour; my memory often fails me, and Iam much diftrefled by nightly and involuntary emiffions. This keepsme in a relaxed ftate and is the caufe of continual difquietude. Once

a week or oftencr do I feel thofe lullful fenfations in my deep, if mymind happens to be difeompofed by any extraordinary occurrence.—Inclofed are Three Guineas ; half a guinea of which is for your fee;you will fend me two large bottles of your Rcftoratfve Drops, andfor the other half guinea fuch preparatory or other medicines, as yo»think proper for my cafe.”

To Dr. Ho DSOK.“ The relaxation of which 1 complained to you, was, I believe,

owing chiefly to heat and change of climate, for being always of a

delicate conftitution, I never gave way to thole pleafurcs that lb fre-quently bring on flmilar complaints. However yon are at liberty tolet the public know that feven bottles of yom Perllan'Drops have per-fectly ftrengthened my conftitution, and given me better fpirits than Ihave ever enjoyed before in my life; for which reafon I lhall everremain your’s, &c.”

“ I have been twelve months troubled with an Tncontinency ofUrine, fo that I can hold it but a very little time, and if I am not neara convenient place it comes from me involuntarily, and what is Hillworfe, it very often comes from me in my deep in bed, withoutmy knowledge. Sometimes 1 find nothing of it for a month together*

and at other times every night for a long time. Whether it comesfrom a relaxed date of the bladder I know not, but I have alwaysa moidure or kind ot white watercomes from the end of my penis,and at this time (which I never had before) a rednefs, a difagree-able itching, and a tightnefs of the tkin when it is ereCf. I haveread your efiay on gkets and weakredes, and think that the medi-cine which you call the Perfian ’Reftorative Drops will be of fer-vice ; but beg you will fend whatever you may think proper.”—This patient was cured in a fhort time. He walked the parts in amixture of vinegar and water every morning and night; Hisregimen was chiefly rice and ftrengtheners : He took only threebottles of the Perfian Drops, and two boxes of pills applicable tohis cafe.

A very extraordinary Cafe.<e I take the liberty of laying my cafe before you, though from

the nature of it 1 very much fear there can be no relief. From ahabit contracted at fchool at the age of 11 years, and in which (notknowing it was injurious or fulfill) I have continued till within thismonth, with intermidions of a month, or as long as my refolutionladed, which (as bad habits are ealicr contracted than left oft) wasbut of fliort duration ; and indeed I lead determined to leave it off,as upon every repetition I found the confequenccs to be a violenthcad-ach and Itupidity; but fortunately feeing an advertifementrecommending the perufal of your pamphlet, I purchafed it, andin confequence now trouble you with this letter, being convincedthat you have a fmcere fatisfaCtion arifmg from the confcioufnefs■ot laying open to view the rock on which fo many young peoplehave fplit. And whether lam fo fortunate as to receive any ad-vantage or not, I thall always conlider myfelf obliged to you, asupon every perufal of the confequenccs you have kindly pointedout as attendant upon felf-abufe, I feel my refolutions ftrengthenedto avoid it in future. lam now 23 years old, without the lead:appearance ofmanhood in any fliape, my penis never being larger

161than a child's, and the tefticles not much larger than peas; nor d®1 rccollett ever to have produced any feminal juice, at lead: verytrifling. There is a conftant perfpiration upon the under part ofthe penis, of a glutinous nature ; 1 have frequent calls to makewater, perhaps twenty times a day, but in fmall quantities ; I ammuch troubled with low fpirits, and a condant fallownefs of com-plexion, occafioned, as I fuppofe, by a retrofpeftive view of myunhappy fituation. In other relpefts I enjoy a tolerable good dateof health, with a good appetite, though but little drength. Thefituation of a perfon in my circumdances is eader conceived thandefcribed, life being rendered ahnoi'r a burthen, by the continualapprehenfion that my real condition diould be known by my friends;for the world ofcener takes pleafure in divulging, than pitying thedidrefles of its brethren.”—ln fuch a cafe as this a cure was not tobe expeded. All that could be done was to remove fomc of thefymptoms and ftrengthen the general conditution.

Another Jcngular Cafe'.The effecls arifing from that caufe which you fo juftly condemn

in vour treatife appear to be various, and perhaps none more uncom-mon than my own truly unhappy one. lam now 21, and have no

more marks of puperty than 1 had when but 14, the growth of theparts appearing to me to be entirely dopt.—lf you can afford any re-lief in my didrdled fituation, I fliall not fail of an adequate reward.”—Singular as this cate appears, the patient happily experienced verygreat relief, by proper attention to the directions given him.

The following cafe Is an additional proof of the bad conCequenceaattending this fmful practice :

“ lam now little more than 1 6 years of age, and have been guiltyof that deftruclive habit, Self-Pollution, fora year and a half; butfortunatelyfeeing an advertifement in the paper of your Perfian Drops,I applied for fome, and by only taking one bottle, I found myfelf lq

conliderably redored that I declined taking any more. But not having

yefolution to refrain entirely f rom the diabolical habit I had contracted,1 would frequently provoke the I’eniinal juice to a Hate of emiffion,«nd then fufftr it to return ; the confequence of which (as I fnppofe)was, it chilled in its retreat, and formed obflacles to a voluntary ef-fidion, for I now experience an inability of erection in the urethra,from fome floppage of the particles which occasion that natural erec-*

�ion, yet I am (irong and rebuff in every part. —If you will pleafe togive your advice oh this occafion, you will much oblige me.”

•e I hare taken three bottles of yonr Perfian Rcftorative Drops, and■find myfclfbetter for them, you will therefore be pleafed to fend methree bottles more by the coachman, who will pay for them. Mydi('order proceeded from a fever in my infancy, which weakened myloins, and I believe was confiderably helped on by that pernicious ha-bit which I learned, and which is fo frequent in great fchools, caufinga total relaxation of the parts, attended with a flow thin running, andalthough the habit has been leftoff long ago, yet the diforder has con-.liuued feveral years ; in the courfe of which time I have taken differ-ent medicines, and among the reft a number of bottles of the CanadaBalfam, with very little efTt-Cl. Your opinion and directions are there-fore rtqueftcd, for which I have inclofed the ufual fee.”—Cured byabout two months perfeverance.

** From an imprudent connexion formed very early in life, Ibrought on rnyfelf a variety of difagrceable fymptoms, with ahnoft a

total inability for all venereal pleafures, the particulars ofwhich I fentyou in a former letter. lam happy to inform you, that by taking-eight bottles of your Perfian Drops, and obfervingthe inftruClions youwas fo kind as to fend me, I find my conffiuuion reftored to a degreeof admiration.”

“ Haring during my refider.ee at a boarding-fehool contracted abaneful habit, which boys wantonly point out to each other, I becamea moll miferable objeCl, labouring under a complication of various

(11/agreeable fymptoms, which rendered my life a mifery. I have,agreeable to my promife, fent you an account of the fuccefs of yourmedicines, which have been to me the greateft earthly blefling I couldhave received; for they have rdtored me from a Hate of melancholyto that of health and vigour, and for which I /hall ever think rayfelfyour obliged humble fervant.’’

“ advertifement of yom’s fome time fince was the means offumi/hing me with a piece of information both new and i'ealbnable tome. I had imprudently addifled myfclf to tire pernicious habit of

If - Pollution ever mice I came from fchool, without even fo muchas dreaming my continuance in that habit was the principal caufe ofthofe indifpofitions to which I found myfelf fubject. The efiefts ofthat proftitution of nature were exaftiy fimilar to thofe of a cafe Ifound in your pamphlet, in addition to which I alfo experienced, atintervals, a certain languor and lownefs of fplri;s j a heavy throbbingfenfation about my temples, and a weaknefs in my eyes.—Being trou-bled with the feurvy, I took five bottles of your Vegetable Syrup, andafter that I began the Perfian Drops.—l did not begin to be fenfibkof their efficacy till after I had taken four bottles. I have now takeneight, and mean to take four more. The di/brder about my templesis much abated, nor has Fancy been lately fo troublefome to my ima-gination in the night, as I fleep now without emi/fions. My own en -

dcavours have not been wanting to affift the operations of the medi-cine, and I doubt not but I /hall be perfectly re/iored by 13 bottles.”

“ T am one of thofe miferable young men who have unhappily beenaddicted to the vice of Self-Abufe, which habit I believe (fince I lawyour pamphlet) has been the caufe of my prefent infirm date of bodyand mind. For a few weeks paft I have experienced a more than ufualweaknefs in my back, thighs, and feveral of my joints, efpecially myhips and knees, fo that fometimes I would fain lie down when 1 amabout my bufinefs, which is that of hu/bandryj alfo much weakne/sand feeblcnefs within, and oftentimes fickmfs in a morning. lam

low-fpirited, dull, and ftupid, often fo confufcd that I cannot do the"bufinds of my calling with any heart, fo that I now confider myfelf asone half dead. My life is at prefent almoft a burden to me, I am much,

dejefted, and my ftupidity and lofs of memory is amazing.”—Curedby fix large bottles.

" From a Relaxation occaftoned by a trick too common amongftyoung perfons, I was frequently troubled with cmiffions in my deepand at ftool. Though I had long difcontinued the vile abufe, and hadtaken a variety of medicines, yet I obtained no relief, and began tofear I had reduced myfelf beyond the power of medicine to reach mycafe. lam not above five-and-twenty, and the anxiety ofmirdunder•which I muft labour, may better be conceived than deferibed. Tenbottles of your Perfian Drops, with an attention to the particulars youwas fo obliging to recommend to my notice, have fo eftablilhed myhealth and ftrenglh, that I {hall ever think myfelf bound to recom-mend your medicine j and am, with the greateft fmcerity, your ob-liged humble fervant.”

A boy about iB, who had wantonly praflifed a deftru£Hve habit foa great excels for four years, had reduced hlmfelf to a declining ftate;was troubled with violent aching pains in his thighs and in all theneighbouring parts. Being unwilling his friends ftionld know thecaufe, and which he had been awakened to by one of my advertife-K'.ents, he applied in perfon, and was loon recovered.

“ In my boyage, before nature had granted her powers, and givenme the (lamp of manhood, I unluckily caught the vice of Onanifnf,and mv continuance of this practice forced nature till I arrived at theage of 25, at which time you will not wonder that I found myfelfalmoft debilitated. From this period, in a great meafure, though notentirely, I defified from this habit, and confequcntly found the powersof nature much more invigorated ; but I ftill laboured under a weak-r.cfs of the feminals, infomuch that my involuntary difebarges v ere

frequent; and notwitli(landing this great difcharge of the (tores of na-ture, I continued florid, firong, and robult, and the lemen itlelf alwaysin plentiful quantity ; by which I hoped that the vcflVis might be re-ftored lo their proper tone.—Twelve bottles of your Peraaa Dropshave had the defired effect.”

I was induced to write this letter by feeing an advertisement' inthe newfpnpers relative to your giving advice in cafes of Onanifm—afin which I am now convinced is very heinous in its nature, and anaDomination in tne light of Ood, as it ftrikes at the root ofprocrea-tion, and is a deftroycr of all conjugal and Ibcial happinefs. Buthowever (infill or dangerous in its confequences, I was, to my for-row, deluded into the practice of it for feveral years; and though Ihave been enabled to defdf therefrom for fome time, yet I (fill findfome of its bad effects in my body, particularly an aching pain acrolstl;e loins when I am not in much exercife, pains in my head, (pittinga thick, oiackilh fait fpittle frequently, and I have nocturnal emiflionsas often as once, a week, which weaken my body, and very much dif-trefiss my mind.”—Cured by ten bottles.

“ I am a perfon turned of 30, of a found confutation as I thinkat prefent, eating hearty and deeping well, and have never had anyvenereal complaint; but have been in the fouthern climates, andafh:6tecl fome years with a drain or gleet, fometimes on going toffool, and at other times, as mentioned in your directions. I cangive no account of its firft proceeding, except that I have beenguilty (like other youths) of that abominable vice which you men-tion. I have taken eight bottles of your Perfian Drops with be-nefit, and mean to take four more. When on the fixth bottle, thedram on going to (tool was reduced to be no more than a drop ofwater, and rather of a whitifh nature, being no way clammy orflimy.“ My diet during taking thefe Drops, has been, for dinner,

Veal or lamb, cither boiled orroafied, with vegetables,.calves-head,

calves-feet and fifh ; for breakfaft, a pint of boiled milk with breadin it, a dilli or two of coffee in the afternoon, and little or no flip-per. As to drink, a pint of ale after dinner, and the fame afterfnpper ; but if thirfiy between meals, a glafs of red wine and. water,or cyder. I alfo made ufe of the cold bath three times a week.”

“ Have been for two years pad troubled, and lately muchalarmed by frequent nocturnal emiffions, which I found weakenedme very much, and pccafioned a pain in my back and bread. Myimagination was more forcibly imprelled at fome times than atothers, but the emiffions were generally brought on by dreams.The occadon of this wcaknefs was a too early and frequent con-nection in Germany, which climate being warmer than I had be-fore experienced, affefted me very much. I was then 16. On.feeing your Drops advertifed, I thought they would do me good,and was refolved to try them ; therefore got a bottle, which I tookas directed, eating a large cup of idnglafs or hartfhorn jelly everyday, drinking red wine, or red wine and water, leaving off tea andall kinds of fpirits, and making ufe of the cold bath. The firftbottle did me good, having (topped my noCturnal emiffions, there-fore got another before that was quite gone, and continued themfor fome time.”

■“ Your pamphlet having been bought at our houfe, to fee thecure of fore legs, I fortunate ly got hold of it, and read that partwhich concerned myfelf. lam not yet 17, and (till go to fchool,where one of our head boys, two years ago, taught me the way,which I continued, without knowing that it was wrong or hurtful.—I do not know that I hurt myfelf by it, but remember that afterI had done it about fix months, I began to lofe all defire to playand romp with the other boys, and they faid I grew ftupid.—When I had feen your book, I left it off by degrees, for 1 had notat firft fufficient refolution. I then bought a bottle of your PerfianDrops, and after that another, and I now find as great a delire forplay as I had fo I write this that you may fend your bookinto fchools.”

167“ Early I was taught the habit of Self-Pollution, not knowing,

it hurtful. For fome time 1 got acquainted with females, which Ifollowed to excefs. Very oft I had aluft came on when I had notan opportunity of them, then I ealed myfelf as above, till I havebrought myfelf into a very low' way. The firft fymptoms I beganto feel were lownefs of fpirits, which got till I became me-lancholy. My life was miferable, being never eafy but when afleep jhad conflant pains at my heart, a general melancholy, weaknefs,with an inability for conjugal enjoyments.”—Cured in about threemonths.

“ I am now 19, and have carried on that delufive practice foreight years to great excefs ; have lately perceived a weaknefs in myback, which is attributed to a quick growth. I have Hkewlfe agleet of long Handing (not a venereal one) obfervable only when Igo to (tool or urine, or when (Emulated by lafeivious defires; amof a pale complexion, have a flow fever, much inclinable to con-fumption, and have a great feminal weaknefs, w'ith relaxation andlow fpirits. Whether thefe complaints are owing to natural weak-nef’s ofconflitution, or to the habit above-mentioned, I leave to yourconfide ration, and your advice thereon will be attended to; forwhich I have incloled the proper compliment.”—By a long courfeof the Drops cured.“ I am one of thofe unfortunate young men who, at an early pe-

riod of life, was allured into the habit of felf-gratification. Myfather kept a large boarding-fchool, and at fo early an age as eightyears I was taught this practice. I acknowledge that even then Ifound pleafure in it, and as I grew up a difpofition for it increafed,and boys were always ready to folicit or concur in the meafure.Upon reflection, I always condemned myfelf for it, but had not re-folution enough to abflain from it, and indeed 1 continued in thepractice of it, in a great meafure, becaufe I had not the lead incli-nation for women. I have felt all the fymptoms your pamphlet de-feribes, but did not confidcr the fource I derived them from, and.

in fftort, ever fi’nce T remember was of a weak confutation. Am 1nervous, and fubjeft to low fpirits, and frequently, for many daysfctogether, have no relifh of life.”—Cared by twelve bottles.

w Inclofed are two guineas for two bottles more of your Drops,and half-a-guinea as your accuftomed fee. I received the formerones, and ftri6tly followed your directions in taking them; andhaving found great benefit by them, I thought proper to fend youthe particulars of my cafe for the benefit of others,‘and that youmight give me fuch advice as may be neceflary. I never had tin?venereal difeafe, for I never deferved it; but have been guilty ofOnanifm, which I was taught when I was only nine years old ;

which vice I continued till I was fourteen, when the penis becamecrooked, and the natural feed was emitted. Then 1 began to re-flect- on my paft conduct, refolving to leave it oft; but did not fullywean myfeif from it till 18, and am now arrived at the age of 22.

My night eraiffions are quite Hopped fince taking your Drops,which before were once a week or fortnight, and fometimes twicea night.”

“ My diforder proceeds from the habit of felf.enjoyment, whichI was taught at the early period of eight years, and have praftifedever hnce, without knowing it was either wicked or injurious* tillwithin about a year of the prelent time, when I loft a great deal ofmy former fpirits, and was thought by many people too fedate fora young man of 19, an age when the patfions generally begin tooperate ftrongly. I then thought 1 would leave it off; which de-termination was caufed by your book, which informed me that Imull have injured myfeif by the practice. I alfo purchafed yourDrops, and flattered myfeif that the powers of nature might bebrought into aftion again. By the affiftance of your medicine,and ftrong refinance againft temptation to the pradlice, I foon foundthe powers of nature much invigorated/my conftitulion ftronger,fpirits better, ny head-ach entirely left me, I grew fonder of com-pany, and with the additional iqftruftions you was fo kind to fend

169irte, lammoft happily reftored.—N. B. Have taken feven of yourguinea bottles ; but it' the cure had cod me thirty guineas, the hap-pinels I experience is adequate.”

“ I fhall not be aflramed to confefs to you, that from an earlytuition received at a grammar-fchool in the country, I imbibed'apernicious cuflom from the example and fandtion of others moreadvanced in years. Tempted, without confideration, to indulge inthis momentary fenfation, I found, that what was only a voluntaryadt, became fo habitual in the end, that every nocturnal opportu-nity was irrefiftiblc. I perceived no immediate inconvenience, ex-cepting a kind of languor,, which I tboliflily attributed to too much-cxercife after fchool hours.—l have ilncebeen undeceived, and myprefent lituation is as follows : —I find my fpirits much depreffed,.my mind unhappy,, owing to my thoughts continually wanderingto the caufe of my wretchednefs. 1 have a weaknefs in my loins,a flow nervous fever, frequently the fick head-ach, nocturnal pollu-tions, reltleffnefs in company, fond of retirement only to feed me-lancholy, and unhappy every where—lf you can afford any confo-lation to my mind, and rellore health to my conllitution, I fliidlever be bound to praife tire Lord for his goodnefs, and declare thewonders he hath done to me by your means.”—Cured in about threemonths.

“ I am a young woman of about five-and-twenty, of a thin ha-bit ofbody, and rather florid complexion, have for near three yearspart been afflicted with no pain, but a continued wcaknefs, andlinking in my bowels, and fometimes troubled with a pain andweaknefs in my back and different parts of my body, frequentlypain and giddincfs in my head: thefe complaints are attended with.,very violent, and almort inceffant eructations; and often feel fonle-th'ing like wind in different places about me; after eating, efped--ally my dinner, 1 find my ftomach and bow els full anduneafy, par-*

ticularly oppreft with wind, and my victuals turn four. I have ap-plied to fevcral of the faculty, and taken great quantities of meui-

cines, without obtaining any relief, or being able to find out fromwhat caufe my complaints proceeded, till reading one of your ad-vert! foments convinced me that my illnefs has been owing to an im-prudent habit I have been guilty of, at times, from a child, with-out knowing it to be finful or injurious. I have, for this monthpad, in a great meafure, loft the above-mentioned complaints, ex-cept the emulations, which are as violent as ever; and I fear it isfixed on my mind, as I am continually tormented with the moftterrifying and wicked thoughts, and it is irapoffible to defcribe theimpaired and melancholy date of my mind. When the complaintwas moft in my bowels, I was always very drowfy and flept well atnight; but now my fleep is very much difturbed and uncomfort-able : I am at times fubjeiSt to dream fucli things, as I fear take thefame etfeft on my conflitution as the before-mentioned wicked prac-tice ; as it wakes me with a violent pain at the very bottom of myback, and which is fome time going off. My illnefs has not alteredme in fize or complexion. I have always, till thefe complaintsfeized me, been fubjeft to a flight fcorbutic eruption; but 1 be-lieve, owing to the medicines I have taken (fome of which wrere al-terative) that my blood is pretty free from impurities, as my (kin

is now quite clear. I have read your book called Nature’s Afllft-aat, and taken half a bottle of the Perfian Reflorative Drops, beforewhich I was always very regular as to the benefit of nature, butfince I have taken your Drops it has returned to me at the end ofa fortnight. Before the complaint fo very much affected my mind,1 was often very abfent in company, thoughtful and uneafy ; but

can aflign no realon for it, having good friends, and every earthlybleifing. I have now to requeft your further opinion and advice ;

and if, through your means and the bleffing of God, my mind andfpirits flrouid be reflored, it flrall be gratefully acknowledged.”

“ I hope you will excufe me for not writing fooner, and forwhich negleft I moft humbly beg your pardon, which I hope willbe granted when I acquaint you with the reafon, viz. I w ithed tolake as much time as pofliblc, that I might the better acquaint you

of the date of my health, which I fhall now do in as particular andconcife a manner as lam able. I have the pleafure to tell you,that I am much better than when I wrote to you lad in every re-fpe<ft. My firength and fpirits have increafed, fo that I now attendto bufinefs as ufual; my appetite is good, I deep well, and not trou-bled with dreams fo much as before ; my nerves feem more braced,not being fo much tired in my legs as 1 have been; the flufhingin my face has nearly left me, the rumbling in my belly has quiteleft me, and am quite regular in my body: my urine is dill high-coloured at certain times, particularly in the forenoon ; and I amnot fo fat as I formerly was, which is no inconveniency if I caivbuthave my health. I am not fo drong as I was when in perfect health,but hope this will increale. If I could gain as much drength inthe fame length of time to come as 1 have done lince I began totake your Drops, I fhould be as well as ever I was in my life.“ From the above account 1 leave it to your confideration to de-

termine for me, whether or no I fhould purfue a courfe of yourDrops again this Spring. I have had only one emilhon for thefefcveral weeks pad, which is lefs in the time than I have had for thisyear and a half back. I hope you will pronounce this a favourablefymptom.“ Inclofed you have three guineas, which is the full balance, ac-

cording to your account fent me. If I may judge for rnyfelf, Ithink fome more Drops might be of fervice to me, as they agreedwith me fo well before; but this I leave to your better judgment.1 dtall certainly prefent you with a gratuity forwhat you have al-ready done for me.”

“ I being one of thofe unhappy youths that have injured them-felves by a long pratdice of that you hinted at in the Diary onMonday, and found my fymptoms exactly correfponding with themyou mentioned, I purpofed coming to your houfe on Monday, butwas prevented, for being afervant I could not come then (withoutletting the family know, which I could not do were it to cod me

jny life), and fearing to delay it till next Monday was the reafon ofmy troubling you with this, which I hope you will excufe whenyou confider what an unhappy (late I am in.

“ The way I got into this practice was by chance, about twoyears and half ago, and continued therein ever fince with greatimpunity, being ignorant of the fatal effects that it has now pro-duced. I find my memory almoft entirely gone, pain in my backand loins, and frequently in other parts of my body; my head isvery much affedted with a dizzincfs, aching, and a continuedIhipidnefs and depreffion of fpirits, and taking no delight in anything ; and hkewife am nearly deprived of the natural defire othershave. I find, within this day or two, my bodily health fo muchimpaired, that if it continues I fear I lhall not be able to do mybufmefs.

“ I am a young man, about 22 years of age, living in fervice;being but a young fervant, have very little money, for which rea-fon I hope, Sir, you will confider me as an objedl for your cha-ritable advice, being juft able at prefent to get money enough topurchafe one of your bottles, which I will call for if you willhave the goodnefs to leave a line, by way of advice, to know ifthere is a probability of obtaining a cure in fo bad a ftate as I amin, and if cold bathing would be hurtful while I am taking theDrops.”

t( The occafion of this is truly extraordinary. However it isin confequence of your advertii'ement I take the liberty to write toyou. The cafe is this : I have often obferved a young man in thisneighbourhood, feemingly in good health, yet confiantly dull,ftupid, and rather dejedled. Have often enquired the reafon, butnever had any fatisfaftory anfwer till I extorted one from him byvarious means. I find it is occafioned by feme fecret vice. I ac-cidentally caft my eyes upon your advertifement, and in hopes offome relief got him to deferibe his truly deplorable fituation..—He contracted a vicious habit very young, and continued it till be

came to maturity. His intellects at that time became impaired,which he was compelled to impute to that fecret caufe, and pru-dently defitted from it ever (ince, whiclt he fays is about threeyears. His complexion is fanguine; he is,-I believe, a llraa-ger to women ; but there is not that vivacity about him whichmight be expected from his years. I have taken upon me to writeto you out of humanity to the youth, and will procure for himwhat relief is to be had, as his circumltances are not affluent.”

A fecond letter fays, “ I wrote to you fome months back withrefpejf to a youth of my acquaintance, and received your anfwercontaining- inftruChons, which he has (ince found to be of greatlervice to him. For feveral reafons he had negleffed yourPerfianDrops till lately. However he has at length procured fome, andis now taking the fourth bottle. It is aftonilhing what effect theyhave already had upon him; he himfelf exults beyond mcafure;his heart overflows with gratitude to you for the uifhed for reliefwhich he has in part obtained by taking your medicine. He hasdefired me to lay before you his manner of living, during histaking your excellent Drops, to fee'whether it meets your appro-bation : In the firft place, his time of rifing is between fix andfeven o’clock. At feven he takes the Drops, break fads on milkat eight; at ten takes a little calfsfoot jelly made with port wineand fugar; half after eleven the Drops, and dines-at half padtwqlve upon frefh meat, and drinks water and milk ; at four alittle jelly as before; flips at fix or feven, upon boded eggs andmilk. He will effeem it a favour if you, Sir, will communicateany thing which you think may be more advantageous to him.”

Complicated Cafes.Complaints, both venereal and which arc occafioned

by the deftruftive habit before alluded to, are frequentlycomplicated with the Scurvy, Rhemnatil'xn, or fome other

acute or chronical difcafe ; befidcs, as hath been beforeobferved, feminal weakneffes, gleets, involuntary emif-fions, &c. may arife from other caufes than thofe ofyouthful imprudence. In all fuch diforders, therefore, as

are occahoned by an impurity or acrimony of the blood,with the addition of a felf-produced weaknefs, it fhouldbe the firjl intent always to endeavour at refining the bloodto a Hate of purity, and freeing it from that acrimoniousquality, before ftrengthening medicines arc applied. In-deed in a great, variety of cafes, the Perfian ReflorativeDrops would fail of their efficacy for want of this necef-fary attention to the caufe of the complaint, or to the habitof body, or ftate of the confutation.

The following cafes will illuflrate this obfervation, and{hew the utility of confulting the Proprietor, cither per-fonally or by letter, in, any doubtful or obflinatc com-plaint.

A Woman between 30 and 40, of a relaxed habit, and violentlyafflidled with the Scurvy, complaining of a great weaknefs and vio-lent floodings, after corredling the habit with proper antifeor-butics, took fix bottles of thefe Drops. In taking the firft bottleIhe voided a large quantity of worms ; after that file recovereddaily, and was perfectly refiored to health.

A young Gentleman who had infenfibly got into the habit, hadbeen troubled with emiftions for above twelve months, fometimesonce in a fortnight or three weeks, and at other times twice or

thrice a week.—Thefe emiffions fucceeded a flow nervous fever*which had not yet been entirely fubdued, the patient being veryfubjeft to be flufh and hot in the face. He experienced muchfatigue from a very little exercife, particularly in his knees and

legs ; was languid and dull all over ; his hands frequently muchinflamed, his breath (hort, and feldom fufficiently in fpirits to domuch bufinefs, The parts of generation were much weakenedand relaxed, yet at the fame time fb irritable, that the flighteddalliance with a female would occallon a feeble erection and dif-charge. Variety of other fymptoms attended the patient, whichcannot well be defcribed here.—He was perfectly recovered atthe expcnce of about 12 guineas.

To Dr. Hodson.“ Early in youth I was taught the habit of Self-Pollution,

which growing evil has brought on me a complication of diforders,the fymptoms of which are low fpirits, dulnefs, abfence in com-pany, noCturnal and involuntary emiflTions, with total inability anddifmclination for matrimonial enjoyments ; I am thin, and fo ten-der in the face, that the blood ftarts hi various places when I{have, lam only 23 years old, but could give you more iymp-toms, all of which I have reafon to believe proceeds from thishabit: in fhort the effeCts of part mifconduCt renders me at prefentmiferable.”—Cured by four bottles of Vegetable Syrup, and fixof the Perfian Drops.

A young Gentleman about 20 applied, who had contracted thehabit at the age of 12 years, and continued it inceffantly till hewas 19, when having feen one of the former editions of thispamphlet, and experiencing the ill effefts of fo pernicious a prac-tice, he debited. At that time he laboured under great weaknefs,and his nocturnal emiffions were frequent. By abftaining fromthe vice, and taking proper relteratives, he foon began to recoverhis ftrength ; but being too eager to try whether his recovery waseffectual, lie had connexion with a female, from whom he re-

ceived an injury of a different nature, and alfo a drain upon the

abdominal mufcles. —He was naturally of a bad habit of body,his difordcr alarming, and the thought of his mifconduCt made

him miferable. By perfeverance in a proper courfe, he was how-ever, reflored.

“ When I was about 17, was pointed out to me that banefulhabit of Seif-Abufe, which to my fhame and confufion have prac-lifed till 30. About 22 1 began to feel a vaft dcjedlion andanxiety of fpirits, and to have a total diflike to all amufementsand company whatever, without knowing the caufe, till I fawadvertifed in the newfpapers your book called Nature’s Affiftant rwhich I immediately purcliafed. When I read it, it gave me adreadful fhcck; and I thought, if your medicines fhould have asgood an effect on my body as your bock has had on my mind,what a happy thing it would be 1

“ 1 had at that time an inflammation in my eyes, pain in myjoints, feet, and hands, fore lips, gums much inflamed, and whenfqueezed gufhed out with blood. From one corner of my mouthround the lower lip was fore and ftiff, with little pimples aboutthe inflde and out; hcad-ach, itchings in different places, un-certain heats palpitation of the heart, frequent ncChtrnal emif-fions, and a numerous quantity of the molt dreadful nervousfymptoms, which rendered my life miferable.—Since I receivedyour firfl letter I fhiCtly obferved the regimen and inftruClionsdirected, and have taken eight bottles of (he Syrup and twoguinea bottles of the Drops. When I had taken four bottles ofSyrup the chillnefs quite forfook me, and I thought my nervesa little tightened. Still I had groat anxieties, and was ratherknv, but perfeverance in the directions, and reCtitude of conduftas to the caufe, foon recovered me, and I efcaped one fpecies ofplague which I always had at this feafon, viz. a cough and coldupon my lungs. When the eight bottles were finifhed I beganthe Perfian Drops, living temperate and regular. I blefs Godand thank you, the gleet feems to be ftopt. Sometimes I feelpains in my feet and ancles for a fhort time, but they foon remove.1 will, however, take three more of the guinea bottles of Drops,So efcape the danger of leaving off medicine too foon.”

<( Nine years before I applied to you I had left off the fin of Self-Pollution. Finding myfelf labouring under many difagreeablefymptoms, I got advice, but all to no purpofe, and thoughtmyfelf threatened with a total lofs of virility. lam 3 S years°cfage. About 17 I learnt that pradice, and was much addidcd toit four years, at which time I got the venereal complaint. Asfoon as I found myfelf well, I got to my old practice, but wasmuch difheartened in finding a great deficiency of femen. Alittle after I was attacked with a pain in my loins, and going on

ip-board in cold weather increafed my pain to fuch a degree,'that if I only moved myfelf it made me cry out. I was ignorantof the caufe, fuppofing it to be the rheumatifm. I recovered bygoing into a warm climate, without the affifiance of medicines.On my return to England ten months after, I got to my old prac-tice, but finding fuch a great deficiency in nature, I was afraid ailwas not well with me. I then difcovered thefe fymptoms: Thefemen for fome time came away as water in the night, withoutbeing fenfible of it; the left fide of my tcflicles was greatly re-laxed and never drawn up as the other, but appeared to havefomething come down to it. I had alfo a violent-itching in myfeat, and betwixt my thighs, and was attacked with it the modwhen warm in bed, which made me dread going to bed for almodfour, fears, at \n hich time I heard ipints of wine was good foritchings; I tried it and found amazing relief, but not a cure. Igenerally voided a little thin white femen before making waterand rofe four or five times in a night, and in the morning mywater was thick. I found myfelf dull, of a bad memory, and infhort a great train of diforders which I afcribe all to that vilepractice. In this (iate I was when, according to your advice, Ibegan a courfe of your Vegetable Syrup, and have taken tenbottles. I am happy to inform you the fidl bottle gave merelief, and the itching was removed at the end of fix. I have nothad recourfe to fpiriis of wine fince taking the Syrup, it hath hadfo good an effect, though for four years I aimed daily ufed the

laid (pints. After fin idling the Syrup I began the Perfian Drops,of which I alfo took ten bottles, and am happy in announcing thegreat reiteration experienced therefrom.”

The following is fuck a fmgular injlance of the effects of thisper unions habit , that it would be injufiice to the youngerpart of mankind to withhold itfrom their infpeciion :

“ About four years ago I had a gonorrhoea, which was the firft

and only time I had that difeafe. 1 applied to a furgeon, and inabout fix weeks thought myfelf recovered; but having been guiltyof the fin of Onanifm fome time before, and ftill continuing it, Ione morning gave myfelf a hidden drain whilft in the adf, bybendin<r the part fuddenly downward. The next day 1 found a

violent pain in the left tefticle, and in three or four days it was

fwelled to a prodigious fize. I immediately applied to a furgeon,but did not inform him of my practice. He told me I had beenagain with a woman, and had got a frelli infection, which I really]ia d not. He again gave me medicines for about four weeksmore, when the fwelling in fome meafure abating I left him.“ My prefent complaints are, the fwelling or weaknefs in the

parts (the left being the ward), which at times arc fo fwelled andturged out, that the fpermatic vefiels leading to them are like fomany ropes, at other times they are fo relaxed as to feel like fomuch loote Ikm, at which time I am afflicted with a mod violentpain all up my left fide and into my domach, accompanied withgreat heat. The complaint in my fide and domach feems fo con-nefted wfith the complaint in my left tedicle, that when it isrelaxed ds above-mentioned, the pain in my fide and domach isintolerable. When it is fwelled and turged up, my fide anddomach is quite eafy. I have lately when my domach is bad,been attacked with violent fliakings and tremblings, at the fametime I feel myfelf no ways cold. I have flufhings in my face,flying pains in my back, and a feeblenefs and weaknefs all ovei

me.”

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180Fevers, Fits, Pain, and Convulfions arc ferious and dan-

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