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50 THE OROMARTIE CORRESPONDENCE.
fitt subject for a letter, and that I find the result of the practicall part does
not ansuer the promises of the theorie, — I give your Lordship ane account of
my practise, grounded (as my constant exsperience continues) on solid
reasons ; and, because the minera morbi loudges in the stomak guts and their
appendices, if ther be no counter indications, befor I give any specifickes,
I vomite and purge my patients till I make the first region of the bodie wery
cleane. If ther be a plethoric, I mak a proportion betuixt the masse of the
blood and the cavitie of the wessells, and then goe on securelie with
specifickes without the feare of any subsequent paroxismes or hazard of
a relapse. I give the womiter sex houres befor the fitt : if it work
not downeward, quhen its operation is ower, I cause give a swinging
glister; and immediatly quhen it hes done, I give this bole (altering the
doses according to all the circumstances of the patient) : — \\. diascordii
theriace Venete ana. 3/j ; salis volat. succini bechii mineral, ana. 3ss. ; lad.
opiat. gr. iij. mis.
I tryst the giveiug of this bole so, that the patient may fall asleep befor
the fitt com. Quhen the sweat is ower, I purge off quhat the forgoeing
womiter hes loused, and the sweatter wrought in to the internal! cavities ;
and quhen the operatione of the purge is ower, I give ane ownce of sirup de
meconio mix'd with two ounces of aq. cardui. to quyet the blood againe. Then
quhen the minera morbj is thus disloudged, I ordaine the followeing bole
ewery fourth houre in a quotidiane, ewerie sext hour in a tertian, ewerie
eight in a quartan, for foure or fyw dayes; fy. quinq. 3j, sal. centaurij gr. x.
cum sirup, gariophill. fi. bol. to each night bole ; and to each bole befor the
tym the fitt used to com, I ad one, two, or three gr. of lad. op. or mor,
according [to] the condition and circumstances off my patient ; and for som
tym therafter I obleidge my patients to tak three glasses a day of the
tincture of quinq. made in strong claret, quhich I use quhen children and
fitt subject for a letter, and that I find the result of the practicall part does
not ansuer the promises of the theorie, — I give your Lordship ane account of
my practise, grounded (as my constant exsperience continues) on solid
reasons ; and, because the minera morbi loudges in the stomak guts and their
appendices, if ther be no counter indications, befor I give any specifickes,
I vomite and purge my patients till I make the first region of the bodie wery
cleane. If ther be a plethoric, I mak a proportion betuixt the masse of the
blood and the cavitie of the wessells, and then goe on securelie with
specifickes without the feare of any subsequent paroxismes or hazard of
a relapse. I give the womiter sex houres befor the fitt : if it work
not downeward, quhen its operation is ower, I cause give a swinging
glister; and immediatly quhen it hes done, I give this bole (altering the
doses according to all the circumstances of the patient) : — \\. diascordii
theriace Venete ana. 3/j ; salis volat. succini bechii mineral, ana. 3ss. ; lad.
opiat. gr. iij. mis.
I tryst the giveiug of this bole so, that the patient may fall asleep befor
the fitt com. Quhen the sweat is ower, I purge off quhat the forgoeing
womiter hes loused, and the sweatter wrought in to the internal! cavities ;
and quhen the operatione of the purge is ower, I give ane ownce of sirup de
meconio mix'd with two ounces of aq. cardui. to quyet the blood againe. Then
quhen the minera morbj is thus disloudged, I ordaine the followeing bole
ewery fourth houre in a quotidiane, ewerie sext hour in a tertian, ewerie
eight in a quartan, for foure or fyw dayes; fy. quinq. 3j, sal. centaurij gr. x.
cum sirup, gariophill. fi. bol. to each night bole ; and to each bole befor the
tym the fitt used to com, I ad one, two, or three gr. of lad. op. or mor,
according [to] the condition and circumstances off my patient ; and for som
tym therafter I obleidge my patients to tak three glasses a day of the
tincture of quinq. made in strong claret, quhich I use quhen children and
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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