_Take stomach powder_ (M), _two drachmes; nutmeg powdered, one
drachm; powdered alum_ (17), _half a drachm; essential oil of
peppermint_ (U), _twenty drops; calomel_ (N), _ten grains;
honey_ (E), _one ounce: the whole well mixed._
Of this let the patient take every eight, or twelve hours, the bigness
of a nutmeg, taking his elixir as before observed; and this will ever
prove successful in the most obstinate case.
As patients of that kind at sea, have ever a taint of the scurvy in
their composition, or at least have a tendency towards it, exercise and
freshness of food, will prove one of the restorative means. The malt
decoction should also be their drink, as well as in the scurvy.
To conclude, I shall only observe, that bleeding in agues must at all
events be omitted, as being absolutely pernicious, as it cannot fail of
impoverishing the blood; which is the principle source of the disorder.
Also, in the intermitting time, exercise should be observed, and the
diet should, when the stomach craves, be good. Sometimes indeed, the
stomach is too ravenous and greedy; but that is a default which proceeds
from the same cause as that which makes it loath its victuals; a vomit
in either case is the most effectual medicine, and may be repeated as
often as it is requisite, without the least fear of injury, particularly
in this disease.
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