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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>The Excellent VIRTUES and USES OF THE GREAT ANTIDOTE OF Van Helmont, Paracel&s;us, and Crollius; By them called the Elixir Proprietatis: Known by all PHYSICIANS To be the greate&s;t Cordial and only Medi|cine in the World for long and &s;ound Life: Re&s;toring Nature even at the Point of Death, and effectually taking away the Seeds of all Di&s;ea&s;es.</P>
<P>Written by J. H. a Lover of Truth; And made Publick for the Good of all PEOPLE.</P>
<P>LONDON, Printed Anno Domini, 1674.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="medicinal treatise">
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<HEAD>The True and Excellent ELIXIR PROPRIETATIS: WITH Its Virtues, and Directions for the U&s;e thereof.</HEAD>
<P>ELIXIR PROPRIETATIS is Compounded of three Excellent materials, as Myrrh, Alloes, and Saffron, P&s;al. 45. ver&s;. 8. 'Tis the Spirit or E&s;&s;ence of the&s;e three, who&s;e Virtues by the Learned is much admired, to be both pre&s;ervers, and re&s;torers of Bodily Health: Fir&s;t, Myrrh prevents Infection and Putrifaction: Secondly, Alloes purges the Stomach of all cold and flegma|tick Humours: Thirdly, Saffron chears the Heart, and much revives and quickens the Brain and Sen&s;es, and cau&s;eth Dige&s;ti|on: Paracel&s;us and Van Helmont have of this admirable Elixir Proprietatis written very largely in commendation hereof, commending it to be the &s;hield of Nature, to defend her from what&s;oever enemies encounters or a&s;&s;aults her. It would fill a Volumn to &s;et down the wonderful Opperations and Excellent Virtues that are deliver'd by the&s;e and other Authors.</P>
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<HEAD>Con&s;umption and Coughs.</HEAD>
<P>FOr &s;uch who are wa&s;ted by lingring Con&s;umptions, Hectick Feavers, and Coughs, half a Spoonful taken in a good Gla&s;s of old Maliga Sack for 9 or 10 Mornings together, will in that time find both Stomach and Strength re&s;tored in a com|petent mea&s;ure.</P>
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<HEAD>Drop&s;ie and Scurvey.</HEAD>
<P>FOr the Drop&s;ie and Scurvey the like quantity of half a Spoonful or le&s;s taken in half a Pint of Rhini&s;h Worm|wood Wine is a &s;pecial Remedy, if &s;o taken for 7 Mornings together, Fa&s;ting for two hours after, and Walking a Mile or two after it.</P>
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<HEAD>Convul&s;ions and Apoplexies in Old and Young.</HEAD>
<P>FOr all manner of Convul&s;ions, Apoplexies, and Pal&s;ies, Pains of the Head, both for Old or Young, it is the mo&s;t infalli|ble Cure in the World: The Fountain of which Di&s;ea&s;es proceed chiefly from corrupt windy Ob&s;tructions that hinder the cour&s;e of Nature; Tho&s;e who are Aged 'twixt 30 and 60, may take above half a Spoonful, in half a Pint of Old Ma|liga Sack, when they perceive the Fit coming, or when they are in it. It has been given to Children of 5 Dayes old, in their Convul&s;ion Fits, giving them about 6 or 7 Drops in a Spoonful of Sack, and by &s;o doing, in three or four times they have been perfectly Cured.</P>
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<HEAD>For Nur&s;es who give Suck.</HEAD>
<P>THerefore I advi&s;e all Nur&s;es, who have Children that are inclined to Convul&s;ions, or the Rickets, never to be with|out it; and al&s;o to take of it them&s;elves, &s;ometimes in a Gla&s;s of Sack: And if there be any defects in their Milk, this will remove them.</P>
<P>And in the&s;e Convul&s;ion Fits, or Apoplexies, it may be taken in Brandy, or Anni&s;eed-Water, where Sack is wanting.</P>
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<HEAD>For the Head-Ach.</HEAD>
<P>FOr tho&s;e which are troubled with continual Head-Ach, which is cau&s;ed by Ob&s;tructions or cold and undige&s;ted Matter, that remains in the parts of the Stomach, which will in a few dayes be removed, if you take half a Spoonful or le&s;s in a Gla&s;s of Sack or Reni&s;h.</P>
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<HEAD>For Agues.</HEAD>
<P>FOr the Tertian or Third day Ague, this is an infallible Remedy; and is to be taken in this Di&s;ea&s;e four times a day, half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of good Sack, and as &s;oon as they find the Cold Fit coming upon them, to put them&s;elves into a warm Bed; and in thus doing, you &s;hall every time find the Fits to abate, and in eight or nine dayes, following the&s;e Directions, it will be perfectly removed.</P>
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<HEAD>Small-Pox or Mea&s;les.</HEAD>
<P>FOr the Small Pox or Mea&s;les, this is of &s;ingular Virtue to drive the Malignances of the&s;e Di&s;ea&s;es from the Heart and Liver: Let them not neglect it. Take half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of Sack, 3 times a day, as &s;oon as you perceive this Di&s;temper appear, if the party be near 20; but if a Child, then a quarter of a Spoonful: This will bring the Patient to a Moderate Sweat, and procure re&s;t; for this Elixir corrobo|rates and &s;trengthens the Vitals to re&s;i&s;t the putrifaction of the Di&s;ea&s;e, that when they come forth, few or none will ever Pit, or deform the Face, or Body, as Experience hath proved.</P>
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<HEAD>For Fitts of the Mother, and Windy Di&s;tempers of the Spleen.</HEAD>
<P>FOr tho&s;e that are troubled with Fits of the Mother, and Windy Vapours from the Spleen, this Elixir is an admi|rable Remedy, the Patient taking half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of Sack, for five or &s;ix Mornings and Evenings together; and al&s;o when they are in any Fit, then to take at lea&s;t a Spoonful; which Spoonful &s;hall opperate more than a Gallon of other Phy&s;ick.</P>
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<HEAD>Again&s;t the Plague or Pe&s;tilence.</HEAD>
<P>AGain&s;t the Plague or Pe&s;tilence, there never was a more excellent Antidote found out, both for prevention and Cure. In the time of the late dreadful Plague, 1665. many of which are now alive, able to give Te&s;timony of their wonderful pre&s;ervation, by the Ble&s;&s;ing of Almighty God, and the u&s;e of this admirable Elixir, of which every Morning they took, about half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of Sack, and went about their affairs in the City. Thus they which found them|&s;elves to have any Symptoms of the Plague, had directions to take a Spoonful at lea&s;t in a Gla&s;s of Sack, or in Carduus Po&s;&s;et, and to get into a warm Bed, where by gentle Sweating, the Malignancy of the Di&s;ea&s;e has been removed, and in doing &s;o three Mornings and Evenings together, have been perfect|ly well, and able to go abroad.</P>
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<HEAD>Again&s;t Surfeits.</HEAD>
<P>FOr &s;uch as have taken a Surfeit, either by over-charging their Stomachs by ill Diet, or bad Wines, and are there|upon taken &s;uddainly very Sick, let them immediately take half a Spoonful of this Elixir, in a Gla&s;s of good Sack, the which will infallibly &s;o opperate in the Stomach, that either by Vomit or by Stool it will &s;peedily remove the cau&s;e; but this ever ob&s;erve, that if the fir&s;t draught &s;hall cau&s;e the Patient to
<PB N="7" REF="4">Vomit, that he do immediately drink another, the which will then &s;o comfort and &s;trengthen the Stomach, that it will &s;oon recover its former Vigor.</P>
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<HEAD>Collick, or the Griping in the Guts.</HEAD>
<P>FOr &s;uch as are troubled with the Collick, or the Griping in the Guts, it has been experimentally approved, by taking half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of Sack, both at Morning and Night; 'Twill give ea&s;e both upwards and downwards in this Di&s;temper.</P>
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<HEAD>Green-Sickne&s;s.</HEAD>
<P>FOr young Virgins, who are mo&s;t &s;ubject to the Di&s;temper called the Green-Sickne&s;s, let them every Morning, for 8 or 9 Mornings together, drink half a Spoonful hereof in Rhini&s;h Worm-wood-Wine, and afterwards to walk 2 or 3 Miles, &s;hall find that it will produce Ro&s;es in their Cheeks, in a very few Weeks.</P>
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<HEAD>For Women in Child-bed.</HEAD>
<P>THis Elixir, hath been often approved to admiration, for a wonderful Cordial for Women in Labour, to whom have been given half a Spoonful in a Gla&s;s of Sack, in the height of their pains, the which hath both revived and Streng|thened them, and much facilitated and ha&s;tened their Delivery.</P>
<P>Many other Excellent Virtues might be truly written, but this may &s;uffice, that many, who have had experience in one or two, and others that have not had any, may be encouraged to the u&s;e and benefit thereof; which, through the Ble&s;&s;ing of God, will be to their good and well-being.</P>
<P>One quarter of a Spoonful may be effectual in diver<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Di&s;tempers.</P>
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<P>This Medicine truly prepared, that neither the heat of the Sun, nor the colde&s;t Fro&s;t nor Age can hurt it, is to be had at this Authors Hou&s;e, at the Sign of John Bapti&s;ta Van Helmont in Crutched-Friers near great Tower-hill, the &s;econd door in Chain Ally; at Mr. Horn's a Book|&s;eller entring into the Royal-Exchange; at Major Nathaniel Brook's at the Angel in Corn-hill; at Mr. Hancock's at the Three Bibles in Popes-Head-Ally; at Mr. Nevil's at the Gray-hound in St. Paul's Church-yard; at Mr Playford's Stationer in the Temple; at Mr. Lound's Stationer over again&s;t Exeter Hou&s;e in the Strand, at the Tobacco-Roll and Spur near Turn-&s;tile Holborn; at Mr. Gavell's at the Faulcon in We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall; and Mrs. Fleming's at the Lamb in White-chappel near the Church.</P>
<P>Each Gla&s;s contains either One Ounce or Half an Ounce: the price being 5 s. the Ounce, and 2 s. 6 d. the Half.</P>
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