They remind us of the drugs and
practice of the leeches and enchanters of Eastern romance. Thus we
find in his whimsical collection of astringents:
"A stomacher of scarlet cloth; whelps or young healthy boys
applied to the stomach; hippocratic wines, so they be made of austere
materials.
"8. To remember masticatories for the mouth.
"9. And orange flower water to be smelled or snuffed up.
"10. In the third hour after the sun is risen to take in air
from some high and open place with a ventilation of _rosae moschatae_
and fresh violets, and to stir the earth with infusion of wine and
mint.
"17. To use once during supper time wine in which gold is
quenched.
"26. Heroic desires.
"28. To provide always an apt breakfast.
"29. To do nothing against a man's genius."
To the substance of some of these specifics we have no
objection. We think we should get no better at the Medical College
to-day: and of all astringents we should reckon the best, "heroic
desires," and "doing nothing against one's genius.
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