Part 14
BUT as some have sad Apprehensions from the Air being still, and as it were stagnant at such Times, and not without good Reason, as it favours the Collection of poisonous _Effluvia_, and aggravates an Infection; for the Prevention of which, it is proposed at certain Intervals to fire off great Guns, and the like: I cannot but imagine, that for this End, it would be much more effectual to let off small Parcels of the common _Pulvis Fulminans_, in such Openings of a large Town, as Squares and Market-Places; for whosoever hath been accustomed to any Experiments with this Composition, must have perceived a much greater Shock given to the Air by its Explosion, than by the largest Pieces of Ordnance; insomuch that if any Objection can lie against the Practice of this in _London_, should there be Occasion, it is the crasie Condition of the City Buildings, which perhaps may not well stand its Shocks, were they to be made with good Quantities of it at a time.
THE Matter likewise of this Composition in some Measure bespeaks its Usefulness for these Purposes on other Accounts, besides its _Elastick_ Force, because it diffuses into the Air great Quantities of that nitrous Salt, which is known to add much to its Serviceableness in Life: And whosoever considers how much cheaper this is to be procured, and how much easier practised than the firing off Guns, especially in the Middle of great Towns, cannot but be desirous to try it, in Case of such Calamities as are now with too much Reason feared; it may not therefore be unacceptable to give its Composition here.
℞ _Sal. Nitri Partes +iij.+ Sal. Tartari P. +ij.+ Sulphuris P. +j.+ optime misceantur in Mortario, parùm tepefacto, & servetur ad usuum vase bene obturato._
THIS is order’d in a warm Mortar, and to be kept close, because the _Salt of Tartar_ is apt to imbibe a Moisture from the Air, which hinders its Explosion. A Drachm or two put in as close a Heap as possible upon an Iron Plate over any Fire, will in a little Time go off with a Report and Concussion beyond that of any Gun whatsoever; so that in a calm Season, and an infected Air, great Services may undoubtedly be had from its frequent Practice.
AS to the curative Part in such a terrible Visitation, it cannot be expected that Rules can be given suitable to every one’s Case but by such as attend upon them; and the most that can be in general laid down to this Purpose, may be collected from the preceding Treatise of Dr. _Hodges_. Although as to the Choice of _Alexipharmicks_, they are certainly best that are most subtile, and capable of being carried by the Course of Circulation into the finest Recesses of the Constitution, whereinto it is manifest the extream Subtilty of the pestilential Poison is capable to enter: And amongst all of this Class, I take _Camphire_ to be much the more preferable; which therefore I would propose not only to be repeated in proper Doses to an infected Person, till a due _Crisis_ is obtained, but also now and then given to those who are well, by way of Prevention. And because some Persons, notwithstanding what has been before said, will be pleased with some general _Formulæ_ to these Purposes, the following are offered to be complied with, or varied, at every one’s Discretion, who is a Judge of such Matters.
℞ _Conserv. Rutæ, Flor. Rorismar. ana +℥ j.+ Species diambræ sine odoratis +ʒ j.+ Balsam. è Mechâ +ʒ [ss.]+ pulv. Croci angl. +℈ j.+ Syr. Balsam. q. s. ut F. Electuarium, cujus sum. quantitatem N. M. omni mane, & horâ somni superbibendo Haustulum Vini albi Lisbonensis, vel Hispanici, tepefacti._ To the Night Dose of this, may be added sometimes 2 or 3 Grains of _Camphire_, especially if a Person feels any Indisposition that requires a breathing Sweat, some may perhaps like the following better.
℞ _Cons. Rutæ +℥ j.+ Mithrid. +℥ [ss.]+ Pulv. Fol. Scordij +ʒ j.+ rad. Contrayerv. Serpentarij_ +Virgin.+ _ana +ʒ [ss.]+ Sal. volat. Viperar. Croci angl. ana +℈ j.+ Syr. Balsam. q. s. ut f. Elect. sumend. codem modo._
Or,
℞ _Confect. +Tracastorij+ sine Melle, Mithrid. ana +℥ [ss.]+ Boli veri, Terræ +Japon.+ ana +ʒ j.+ Castor. Salis succin. Croci angl. ana +℈ j.+ Confect. Alkerm. sine odoratis q. s. ut F. Electuarium ad usum prædictum, precipue h. somni._
BESIDES a precautionary Use of these with proper Diluters, and under the Direction of those who are Judges; some Security may possibly be had from odoriferous Substances to smell to, especially at a Time of conversing with the infected; for which Purpose I know of nothing so grateful and efficacious, as the _Volatile Sal Armoniac_, well impregnated with the essential Oils of Aromatick Ingredients, and as it is to be procured dry, to be kept in small Bottles, from a careful Distillation of the common _Sal Volatile Oleosum_. But if in any Cases more fetid Substances are preferable, Compositions may be easily made of such from _Rue_, _Featherfew_, _Galbanum_, _Assa-fætida_, and the like; for these, with some Persons agree better than more grateful Scents.
FREQUENTLY to dissolve in the Mouth the following _Lozenges_, or something like them, I also imagine may be of Service; especially to those who are conversant in infected Places.
℞ _Boli veri opt. +℥ j.+ Terræ Japon. +ʒ ij.+ Coral. rub. Margarit. opt. levigat. Flor. Benz. ana +ʒ j. [ss.]+ ol. Cinnam. gut. +xij.+ Sacchar. albis. +lib. j.+ Mucelag. Gum. Tragacanth. in aq. Rosar. Dam. q. s. form. in Troch. ad usum prædictum._ For those who like it, may be added some _Ambergrease_; enough to give a light Scent of it.
PRESERVATORY Evacuations of all kinds are much disputed in these Cases, and not worth our particular Regard in this Place; for thus much is plain to all who are competent Judges in such Matters, that but very few Circumstances can justifie them; because every Evacuation, unless that of Perspiration, gives more Liberty for any Thing noxious without, to insinuate into the Pores, as there is made thereby less Resistance to its Admission; not to say any Thing of the Danger in such a Practice, by lessening at the same Time the Quantities of Spirits and Strength, which cannot but be mischievous: And particularly ought all Persons at such Times to avoid too lax a Temper of Body; for which Purpose, these preservatory Means just hinted at, mostly tend to astringe the Bowels, and increase Perspiration.
_FINIS._
A Table of the Funerals
IN THE
Several Parishes within the Bills of Mortality of the City of _LONDON_, For the Year 1665.
_No. of Funerals_|_Plag._
ST. Albans Woodstreet | 200 | 121 St. Alhallows Barkin | 514 | 330 St. Alhallows Bread-street | 35 | 16 St. Alhallows the Great | 455 | 426 St. Alhallows Honey-lane | 10 | 5 St. Alhallows the Less | 239 | 175 St. Alhallows Lombardstreet | 90 | 62 St. Alhallows Staining | 185 | 112 St. Alhallows the Wall | 500 | 356 St. Alphage | 271 | 115 St. Andrew Hubbard | 71 | 25 St. Andrew Undershaft | 274 | 189 St. Andrew Wardrobe | 476 | 308 St. Anne Aldersgate | 282 | 197 St. Anne Black-Friers | 652 | 467 St. Antholins | 58 | 35 St. Austins | 43 | 20 St. Bartholomew Exchange | 73 | 51 St. Bennet Finch | 47 | 22 St. Bennet Grace-church | 57 | 41 St. Bennet Pauls Wharf | 355 | 172 St. Bennet Sherehog | 11 | 1 St. Botolph Billinsgate | 83 | 50 Christ Church | 653 | 467 St. Christophers | 60 | 47 St. Clements Eastcheap | 38 | 20 St. Dionys Back-church | 78 | 27 St. Dunstans in the East | 265 | 150 St. Edmunds Lombardstreet | 70 | 36 St. Ethelborough | 195 | 106 St. Faiths | 104 | 70 St. Fosters | 144 | 105 St. Gabriel Fenchurch | 69 | 39 St. George Botolph-lane | 41 | 27 St. Gregories by Pauls | 376 | 232 St. Helens | 108 | 75 St. James Dukes-place | 262 | 190 St. James Garlickhith | 189 | 118 St. John Baptist Walbrook | 138 | 83 St. John Evangelist | 9 | St. John Zachary | 85 | 54 St. Katherine Coleman-street| 299 | 213 St. Katherine Cree-church | 335 | 201 St. Lawrence Jewry | 94 | 48 St. Lawrence Pountney | 214 | 140 St. Leonard Eastcheap | 42 | 27 St. Leonard Foster-lane | 335 | 255 St. Magnus | 103 | 30 St. Margaret Lothbury | 100 | 66 St. Margaret Moses | 38 | 25 St. Margaret New Fishstreet | 114 | 66 St. Margaret Pattons | 49 | 24 Sr. Mary Abchurch | 99 | 54 St. Mary Aldermanbury | 181 | 109 St. Mary Aldermary | 105 | 75 St. Mary-le-Bow | 64 | 36 St. Mary Bothaw | 55 | 30 St. Mary Colechurch | 17 | 6 St. Mary Hill | 94 | 64 St. Mary Mounthaw | 56 | 37 St. Mary Somerset | 342 | 262 St. Mary Stainings | 47 | 27 St. Mary Woolchurch | 65 | 33 St. Mary Woolnoth | 75 | 38 St. Martins Ironmonger-lane | 21 | 11 St. Martins Ludgate | 196 | 128 St. Martins Orgars | 110 | 71 St. Martins Outwich | 60 | 34 St. Martins Vintrey | 417 | 349 St. Matthew Friday-street | 24 | 6 St. Maudlins Milk-street | 44 | 22 St. Maudlins Old Fish-street| 176 | 121 St. Michael Bassishaw | 253 | 164 St. Michael Cornhil | 104 | 52 St. Michael Crooked-lane | 179 | 133 St. Michael Queenhith | 203 | 122 St. Michael Quern | 44 | 18 St. Michael Royal | 152 | 116 St. Michael Woodstreet | 122 | 62 St. Mildred Bread-street | 59 | 26 St. Mildred Poultrey | 68 | 46 St. Nicholas Acons | 46 | 28 St. Nicholas Coleabby | 125 | 91 St. Nicholas Olaves | 90 | 62 St. Olaves Hart-street | 237 | 160 St. Olaves Jewry | 54 | 32 St. Olaves Silver-street | 250 | 132 St. Pancras Soper-lane | 30 | 15 St. Olaves Jewry | 54 | 32 St. Olaves Silver-street | 250 | 132 St. Pancras Soper-lane | 30 | 15 St. Peters Cheap | 61 | 35 St. Peters Cornhil | 136 | 76 St. Peters Pauls Wharf | 114 | 86 St. Peters Poor | 79 | 47 St. Stephens Coleman-street | 560 | 391 St. Stephens Walbrook | 34 | 17 St. Swithins | 93 | 56 St. Thomas Apostle | 163 | 110 Trinity Parish | 115 | 79
_In the 97 Parishes within the Walls, Total of the Funerals 15207; Died of the Plague 9887._
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St. Andrew Holborn |3958 |3103 St. Bartholomew the Great | 493 | 344 St. Bartholomew the Less | 193 | 139 St. Bridget |2111 |1427 Bridewel Precinct | 230 | 179 St. Botolph Aldersgate | 997 | 755 St. Botolph Aldgate |4926 |4051 St. Botolph Bishopsgate |3464 |2500 St. Dunstans in the West | 958 | 665 St. George Southwark |1613 |1260 St. Giles Cripplegate |8069 |4838 St. Olaves Southwark |4793 |2785 St. Saviours Southwark |4235 |3446 St. Sepulchres |4509 |2746 St. Thomas Southwark | 475 | 371 Trinity Minories | 168 | 123 At the Pesthouse | 159 | 156
_In the 16 Parishes without the Walls, Total of the Funerals 41351; Died of the Plague 28888._
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St. Giles in the Fields |4457 |3216 Hackney Parish | 232 | 132 St. James Clerkenwel |1863 |1377 St. Katherines Tower | 956 | 601 Lambeth Parish | 798 | 537 St. Leonards Shoreditch |2669 |1949 St. Magdalens Bermondsey |1943 |1363 St. Mary Newington |1272 |1004 St. Mary Islington | 696 | 593 St. Mary Whitechappel |4766 |3855 Rotherhith Parish | 304 | 210 Stepney Parish |8598 |6583
_In the 12 Parishes in the outer Parts, Total of the Funerals 28554; Died of the Plague 21420._
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St. Clements Danes |1969 |1319 St. Paul Covent Garden | 408 | 261 St. Martins in the Fields |4804 |2883 St. Mary Savoy | 303 | 198 St. Margarets Westminster |4710 |3742 Whereof at the Pesthouse |–––– | 156
_In the 5 Parishes of the City and Liberties of +Westminster+, Total of the Funerals 12194; Died of the Plague 8403._
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Total of the Funerals —— 97306.
Died of the Plague —— 68596.
_Besides many, of which no Account was given by the Parish-Clerks, and who were privately Buried._
FOOTNOTES:
[1] De Bello Punico.
[2] Lib. 10. Cap. 3.
[3] Tom. 1. memorab. Cent. 10.
[4] In his _Scholium_ upon Obs. 9. Lib. 6.
[5] De Peste, Lib. 6.
[6] De Peste, Lib. 1.
[7] Præf. de Imperio Solis ac Lunæ, _&c._
[8] Lib. 8. Segon. 70.
[9] Nat. Hist. of _Oxfordshire_, Chap. 2.
[10] De Medicin. _Egypt_. Lib. 1. Cap. 15.
[11] Hist. _India_ and _Brasil_.
[12] De Bello _Judaico_, Lib. 7. Cap. 26.
[13] De Bello _Civili_, Lib. 2.
[14] Lib. 6. Obser. 9. and 26.
[15] Lib 1. de differ. Feb. Cap. 3. & de cibis mali & boni succi.
[16] Comment, in Lib. de natalium, text. 4.
[17] Dissert. de Peste.
[18] De montis Vesuvii Incendio.
[19] Hist. 73.
[20] Nat. Hist. of _Oxfordshire_, Chap. 3. Par. 31.
[21] Nat. Hist. Cap. 18. Sect. 4.
[22] No. 3.
[23] _Vid._ Epidem. _and_ de Aere, Aquis & Locis.
[24] _Vid._ Comment. in Epidem. _Hippocrates_.
[25] Hist. _Ind. & Brasil_.
[26] Probl. 1.
[27] Lib. 1. Decad. 4.
[28] Lib. 15. Cap. 10.
[29] Epidem. Lib. 2 & 3. de Aere Aquis & Locis. Aph. 11. Sect. 3.
[30] Comment. in Epidem. Lib. 3. de differ. Febr. Cap. 4. de Temperam Lib. 1. Cap. 4.
[31] Vid. _Purchas_ Pilgr. Lib. 6. C. 1. as also _Joan_. _Les +Hist.+ Afric._ Lib. 1. Cap. 1.
[32] Medicina Statica. Sect. 2. Aph. 18.
[33] Ibid. Aph. 6, and 29.
[34] Lib. 3. Epidem.
[35] De Abdit. Lib. 2. Cap. 12.
[36] Ibid.
[37] De Febr. purp. Cap. 2.
[38] Lib. 5. decad.
[39] De Antris Lethiferis, Art. 2.
[40] Loco cit.
[41] Ovid. Met. m. lib. 7.
[42] De morbis contag. lib. 2. cap. 7.
[43] De Bello Illyrico.
[44] De Medic. _Egypt._
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4 whose Spirits being manifesty[manifestly] sunk 30 from the most irrefrigable[irrefragable] Authority, 67 and their Restautation[Restauration], Confirmation, and Vigour, 67 in a very particlar[particular] Manner, 91 Coats, being endewed[endowed] with an exquisite Sense, 107 and by whose colliquitive[colliquative] Quality 108 Some cotinued[continued] in a Profusion of Sweat 116 its Origin was from the Arteral[Arterial] and Venal Fluids; 117 where they of themselves chrvstallize,[chrystallize] by Means 127 and killed her in a[delete] about three Days 133 as the Cofiguration[Configuration] of Vessels 138 went no further than the Skin, would oftentimes shough[slough] off 146 the Case if likewise noc[not] much better when 147 likewise brings on a dangerous Colliquitation[Colliquatation], 152 Chapter VI[VII] 152 a pestilential Infection is extreamely[extreamly] dangerous, 156 for if the other Sumptoms[Symptoms] do not remit 158 _Meadow-sweet_, _Butter-Burr[Butterbur]_, &c. 168 Decoctions may coveniently[conveniently] be made 176 _An Alexiteral[Alexiterial] Water._ 186 their doing eirther[either] Injury to themselves 190 which some, however, liked better to ule[use] 204 studiously avoided all Points of Con-[delete] Controversy; 205 admoniihes[admonishes] us to use all possible Endeavours 208 agitate the poisonous _Mismata[Miasmata]_, 212 rosatæ [dram] ij. trcchisc[trochisc]. de rhabarb. 215 in colaturâ ad lentum B. calorenz[calorem] dissolve Aloës 249 continued cold Rains, as likewise does _Fermelius[Fernelius]_ 252 that is taken Notice off[of] by Physicians 260 small Quantity of some fermening[fermenting] Substances 275 that the _Antecedents_ to a pestilenlential[pestilential] Fever 283 this kind are cheifly[chiefly] _Storax_ 283 the like: I cannot but imagin[imagine], that for this 288 is plain to all who who[delete] are competent Judges
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