RHEUMATISM.

In Rheumatic Complaints the Patient must take a Dose of this

Medicine every Night and Morning, or oftener, if the Pains are

violent; and it must be continued till the Disease is removed, or

longer, to prevent a Relapse. If the Pain is fixed in any

particular Part, the AETHER must be applied to it twice a Day, as

directed hereafter. It must be observed, that Bleeding very much

conduces to the Cure of obstinate Chronic Rheumatisms, must be

repeated at proper intervals if necessary; the Blood in this

Disease being generally very sizy.

_Disorders of the_ Stomach _and_ Intestines.

This Medicine presently cures Flatulent Cholics, removes all

Windy Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines, and corrects

Acidities lodged there. It is also found to have excellent Effect

in correcting that Weakness, or bad Habit of the Stomach and

Intestines, which studious Persons, and such as lead sedentary

Lives, are particularly subject to, and is attended with sour

Belchings, Heart-Burn, Windy Distensions, Pain and Uneasiness in

the Stomach and Bowels. It must be taken every Night and Morning,

according to the General Direction below. Care should be taken to

prevent Costiveness in these Cases, which, is best removed by

chewing _Rhubarb_, or taking it any other way, or by a Dose of

_Manna_, or _Glauber's Salts_, taken occasionally.

The AETHER is an extraordinary Diuretic in DROPSIES: It is an

excellent Medicine in an ASTHMA, and the HICCUP; and may be looked

upon as a Specific in that Disease of Children called the HOOPING-

COUGH, or CHIN-COUGH; in all which Cases it must be taken

inwardly, according to the General Direction below, and the

repetition of the Dose must be regulated by the violence of the

Disease.

A Dose of it taken at going to Bed after Drinking too freely, has

been found to prevent the Head-Ach, Sickness, &c, which usually

follow next Morning.

It has removed DEAFNESS, and Hardness of Hearing, by Moistening a

little Cotton with a few Drops of it, putting it into the Ear, and

holding the Finger for a few Minutes over it, at the same time

snuffing a few Drops of it, mixed with Spirit of Lavender, up the

Nostrils, or putting a bit of Rag wet with the AETHER, up the Nostrils.

It has frequently removed a temporary DIMNESS OF SIGHT, attended

with a Swimming or Uneasiness in the Head, by external Application

to the Forehead; and is a promising Medicine in that Sort of

Blindness called a GUTTA SERENA, and in Beginning CATARACTS, in

which Cases it should be taken inwardly, as well as applied to the

Forehead, and up the Nostrils.

It is likewise found to, be of great service in removing PLEURITIC

PAINS, and STITCHES in the Side, by applying it to the affected

Part, in the Manner directed for external Application.

_The Method of taking the AETHER Inwardly._

The General Dose for a grown Person is a common Tea Spoonful; and

the best Vehicle to take it in is a Draught of Cold Water. If it

be only stirred, in the Water with the Spoon, and the Mixture

drank immediately it strikes the Nostrils by it's Volatility, but

may be thought by some as agreeable when so taken as when the two

Liquors, are more intimately mixed, by shaking them in a Phial,

and from thence pouring them into a Glass to be drank; for tho' it

has but little Smell in this Manner, it is more warm to the Palate

than in the other. The Patient may use, the Way of Mixing he likes

best, and if he has any Objection to Water, may take it in any

other agreeable cold Liquor. Children in the Month may take two or

three Drops for a Dose; those of a Year old may take seven or

eight Drops; those of five or six Years old may take from twenty

to twenty-five Drops, and so encreasing according to their Years:

Or it may perhaps be better, in giving it to Children, to mix a

Tea Spoonful of AETHER, with a convenient Quantity of Water, and,

shaking it well, give at a Dose about one twentieth Part of this

Mixture to a Child a Month old; about one eighth Part to a Child

twelve or fourteen Months old; to those about five Years old one

third Part of the Mixture; half of the Mixture to those about

seven Years old, and two thirds of it to those about fourteen

Years old.

_The Method of applying the AETHER Externally._

To apply it Externally, you must procure a Bit of Linen Rag, of

such a Dimension as to be conveniently covered by the Palm of the

Hand; moisten this Rag with a little of the AETHER as it lies upon

your Palm, and instantly apply it to the Part affected, pressing

it very close, so as to prevent the Escape of it's Fumes, for two

or three Minutes, in which Time the Rag will be found dry, and may

be taken away. It will be more convenient, on some Occasions, (as

in applying it to Paralytic Parts, Rheumatic Pains, and the Gout,)

to place the Rag upon a Piece of a soft, thin Bladder and, when

moisten'd with the AETHER, to bind it gently upon the Part. A

slight Redness usually appears upon the Part after the Application,

but it quickly vanishes; but it may sometimes happen, where the

Skin is very tender and too much AETHER has been applied to the

Forehead, or within the Ears, that it may affect the Skin more

than the Patient chooses; which is avoided by applying a less

Quantity for the future. This is the Secret of a present famous

Practitioner, who having a Method sometimes of concealing his

Application, is said to, cure the Head-ach, fixed Rheumatic Pains,

&c. by the Touch of his Hand.

It is very easy to conceive, from the extreme Subtlety of this

Medicine, that it must produce many excellent Effects in such

Diseases as those above mentioned, as it is converted into Vapour

by a much less Heat than the common Animal One; so that being

swallowed, it can hardly subsist in any Part of the human Body

under any Form but that of an extremely penetrating volatiliz'd

Vapour; and it is perceptible by it's Smell, as it passes thro'

the Pores of the Skin, several Hours, after taking; so that it's

stay in the Body is longer, and, it's Effects there more durable,

than might be expected from such a subtle Substance.

Notwithstanding the extreme Subtlety of the AETHER, it is

perfectly innocent and safe to take, as it contains nothing that

is acrimonious or corrosive; so that it may be given even to the

youngest Children without Hesitation. It neither purges nor

vomits; nor does it encrease any of the sensible Evacuations,

except that of Urine, and sometimes that of Sweat, if taken when

in Bed; but as it is so distinctly perceived by the smell passing

thro' the cutaneous Pores of those who take it, it is probable

that it encreases insensible Perspiration. Another observable

Property in this Medicine is, that it does not coagulate or

thicken the Serum of the Blood, but thins it; and therefore has

direct contrary Effects to all the common Spirituous Compositions,

when either taken inwardly, or externally applied, and is

essentially different from the most subtiliz'd Vinous Spirits; for

tho' Spirit of Wine is used in making it, yet it is so far

decomposed by the Process, that it's Nature is entirely changed.

In consequence of this Quality in the AETHER, the Publisher has

successfully dissolved some particular obstinate Tumours, by

applying it to them, when other Means have failed.----This Hint He

hopes will not pass unnoticed by the Gentlemen of the Faculty, as

it is evident no Application whatever can equal it in Subtlety and

Dissolving Power.

The Medicine so much celebrated in _Germany_, and so frequently

commended and used in Practice by the late famous Professor

_Hoffman_, under the Title of his _Liquor Mineralis Anodynus_, was

nearly of the same Nature with the AETHER, but not so powerful,

nor so highly subtilized.

Repeated Experience has confirmed the Efficacy of this Medicine in

all the Diseases before mentioned; and from the Consideration of

it's uncommon Qualities, it may be presumed to be an excellent

Remedy in many others, if judiciously given: Hence it seems

surprising that so valuable an Addition, to the _Materia Medica_

as the AETHER doubtless is, should have been so much neglected, or

so little known; but the Reasons are, that the Process whereby it

was made was kept secret by some who rated the Preparation at a

very extravagant Price, and not sufficiently attended to by

others, who consider'd it only as a Chemical Curiosity, not as a

Medicine. The chief Merit the Publisher of this Account pretends

to, is, _the ascertaining the Medicinal Virtues of this curious

Preparation_, by several Years Experience, and making them more

publickly known; _the reducing it's Price_, which has hitherto

been so extravagant that had it's Virtues and Properties been

known, only a small number of the afflicted could have enjoy'd the

Benefit of it; and, _the bringing it to a greater Degree of

Perfection than any hitherto sold_; what he offers being a

perfectly rectified Vitriolic AETHER.

It may not be improper to give the Marks by which good AETHER may

be known. It is perfectly colourless, except it has receiv'd some

accidental Tinge from the Cork of the Phial in which it has been

kept; and so volatile as to strike the Nose very powerfully. It's

Smell is more or less sulphureous, according to the management of

some Part of the Process. Wetting the Finger with it, or dropping

a little upon the Hand, it vanishes instantly, and leaves no

Moisture behind; so that the Part scarcely seems to have been wet.

Half a Dozen Drops, dropped together upon a Table will disappear

in a few Seconds of a Minute, and leave only the Appearance of a

large oily Ring behind; but if it leaves the least Watery or

Spirituous Moisture, or does not evaporate in much less than a

Minute, it is not good. The best AETHER will dissolve in, or mix

with, a certain Quantity of Water; and that is the best which

requires the largest Quantity of Water to dissolve it: If,

therefore, to fix Tea Spoonsful of Water in a small Phial, you add

one of the AETHER to be examined, cork up the Phial, and shake

them very well together, and upon standing a little while some

part of the AETHER appears at Top, in form of Oil, sufficient to

cover the surface of the Mixture, it may be pronounced good

(provided it also answers, in the other Methods of Trial) and the

more appears the better is the AETHER; but if none appears, or not

enough to cover the surface of the Mixture, it was either

adulterated, or not well rectified. If to this Mixture of AETHER

and Water you add a little _Salt of Tartar_, and any Fermentation

ensues, the AETHER was not well rectified. Upon shaking briskly a

Phial containing AETHER, if the Bubbles, or Proof as they are

usually called, do not disappear in less Time, and in larger

Bubbles, than any other Liquor, (the Vinous Alcohol perhaps

excepted) 'tis not Genuine.

It is the more necessary to observe these Rules of proving the

Quality of the AETHER, as the imperfect Sorts have been found to

disagree with the Stomach, and produce other bad Effects, besides

disappointing the Patient's Expectation. The AETHER that has the

foremention'd Properties, (for there are Preparations sold by the

same name, which are very imperfect Imitations of it) is made and

sold by M. TURNER, Surgeon, in _Liverpool_. The Ounce Phial _two

Shillings_; the Half Ounce _one Shilling_. The Phials are square;

the Word AETHER, inscribed on one Side, and M. TURNER on the

opposite, and sealed with a Lion gardant, &c. Proper Abatement

will be made to Druggists, Apothecaries, or the Gentlemen of the

Faculty who use any considerable Quantity. To prevent it's escape

and loss, a small Quantity of Water is put into each Phial, which

should be kept with the Cork downwards, by which Means the AETHER

is prevented, by the interposition of the Water, from evaporating.

The Publisher has also appointed it to be sold by Mr. _R. Board_,

Chemist and Druggist, in _Grace-church-street_; and Mr. _J. Wilkie_,

Bookseller, at the Bible in St. _Paul's_ Churchyard, LONDON:

and Mr. _Peter Wilson_, Bookseller, in _Dame-street_, DUBLIN.