AMICUS NATURAE.  
AN ADVERTISEMENT Of the Virtues of Woodward's Cordial Pills, AND ELIXIR SALUTIS.  
Prepared and fitted for the Cure of most Diseases curable, incident to the Bodies of Men, Women and Children: whose Operations are so wonderful and effectual, that they have not their equal, in Rooting out and Curing Chronical and the most difficult Distempers; for which these Medicines may be termed Universal, being suited to all Ages, Humours, Sexes and Constitutions, and may be with safety exhibited to all Persons where Purgation is required. Never thus published before.  
Whereunto are added Directions how to take them.  By DANIEL WOODWARD, Student in Physic and Astrology, at the Sign of the Globe in Arundel-Street by St. Clement's Church in the Strand, London. 
Omnipotentiam suam & infinitum Amorem  
Humano generi Creatio Dei narrat.  
NOW seeing the Scurvy is so common a Disease in these Northern Parts, (that his Countrymen may the better know when they are afflicted with that Distemper) he thought it requisite in this place to unfold the usual Symptoms attending that Protaean Malady. 'Tis the Scurvy undoubtedly causes so many to linger out their Days so deplorably; few in England but have a smatch thereof, and in process of time it brings many incurable Diseases, at the best 'tis hard to be cured, because the Melancholy Humour (through Obstructions or Weakness of the Spleen) is so far predominant and malignant: Therefore it highly concerns those People, that are afflicted with that terrible Distemper, to use means in time, especially if they discover any of the following Symptoms about them, viz. Pains in the Head, Nose, Shoulders, Legs, Bones, with other Pains all over the Body, Dulness and Heaviness, reddish or bluish Spots in the Skin, Weakness in the Back and Loins, ill Stomach, loss of Appetite, Looseness and Soreness of the Teeth, Throat, Mouth and Gums, Hoarseness, stinking Breath, Vomiting, Toothache, Giddiness in the Head, Rise, Vapours, Clogging, Stuff, Gnawings, or Illness at Stomach, faint Sweat, Spittings, Costiveness, Loss of Complexion, Pains in the Bladder, bad Sleep, frightful Dreams, Itching and Pricking in the Blood, Knots in the Flesh, and the like. Certainly this insinuating Man-destroyer appears with and in the shape of most Diseases, as hath been evident to those Physicians, that have scrutinized into its various Forms; and when grown to a height, many suppose it to be a more scandalous Disease. Whoever languishes under any of the preceding Symptoms, may conclude himself infected with that Disease: No Man hath all the Symptoms at once, 'tis ill enough to have some. One Box of his Cordial Pills at the beginning of this, or most infirmities, under God, will be a means to save many a Pound; besides they may prevent the Sick of being tortured with violent Vomits, dangerous Purges, salivating with Mercury, Blisters, Issues, Cuppings, excessive Blooding, and the like: For really the exact preserving of Health consists not in such practice; but by such a Medicine that is able by its purity to pacify the enraged Parts of Man: Ergo, kind Countrymen, embrace these Pills as Jewels, they'll be found of more worth than ten thousand Carduus-Possets. Several Gentlemen in London buy of these Pills, purposely to give their Neighbours that are in want, and he hopes those in the Country are no less charitable. But, as his Room is little, he cannot expatiate; yet let him speak of their Medicinal Properties, and so draw to a Conclusion, which are many and excellent, useful and precious.  
1. His Cordial Pills are known to be as excellent a Medicine as any ever yet published, to assist and fortify decaying Nature: for no destructive matter can lurk in the Body of Man, but these Pills will soon drive it out, and in its place render the Body healthful, having been effectual in curing the Dropsy, Griping in the Guts, extreme Pains of the Gout, Green-sickness, bad Digestions, Exulceration of the Kidneys, all manner of Surfeits, Pestilence, headaches, Pimples or Flushings in the Face, sore Eyes, Convulsion-fits, Pain, Inflammation and Obstructions of the Spleen, Obstructions of the Liver, Fevers, Leprosy, French Pox, Running of the Reins, Trembling, Palpitation of the Heart, difficulty of breathing, Stoppage of the Stomach, Coughs, Consumption, Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys, Stone in the Bladder, Agues, Pain in the Stomach, all Obstructions whatsoever, resist all Fullness and Infection in the Act of Generation, mundify and cleanse both Blood and Skin, restore and increase Beauty, make Old Age comely, and the Complexions of all Persons cheerful and sanguine. They are also excellent for Pains and Weakness in the Limbs, cleansing the Body after the Measles and Small Pox, or other Fits of Sickness, carrying off the Sottishness of excessive Drinkers; and for the SCURVY they are the best of Pills; nay, they are an Antidote against any Infectious Disease. Scarce a Malady from Head to Foot, but these Pills (with God's permission) will be found very assisting: They have caused the Deaf to hear, the Blind to see, and those that have been like Cripples in their Limbs, to walk. Besides, the Pills will not corrupt (if you keep them from Moisture) though kept an hundred Years, and that no Drug-Medicine will do: Wherefore they are serviceable for those that sail to the East or West-Indies; for some that go such long Voyages miserably perish for want of so universal a Helper. These Pills are the cheapest, considering their goodness, that ever Man used, standing Sentinel in the Body, not admitting Nature's Enemy to enter: For as they are extracted from the best of Minerals, they cannot be but an excellent Medicine. Now since these Pills are so beneficial for those that go to Sea, the like for those that live in the Country remote from able Physicians: Therefore he advises such not to be wanting of some of these Pills in their Houses, being in a manner Physic upon all Occasions, and for that reason (God willing) he will be well furnished therewith. Price of the biggest Box half a Crown, and of the least Box Eighteen Pence; Sealed with his Coat of Arms.  
Directions how to take them. They are so highly prepared you may safely administer them to Young or Old, Strong or Weak. But you must be sure to use discretion in the Dose, and take as the Body can bear, or Disease require, than you shall not (God willing) fail of your desire. They may be taken any Season of the Year, but best at Spring and Fall, upon necessity any time of the day or night, as in Surfeits, two hours before the Fit of an Ague, and the like. But Men and Women afflicted with Chronical Distempers, or Diseases of long standing usually take them thus; that is, if your Body be costive, strong, or stubborn, let the first Dose be four Pills, take them in the Morning fasting, and three or four hours after (unless the Pills work sooner) drink a draught or two of warm Posset-drink, for that is best; indeed a draught or two of any other warm Liquor will serve, though but small Beer; and at Noon, or when the Pills have done working, eat what you most desire, so it be not too hard of Digestion. But if your Body be weak or laxative, take not above two or three Pills at the first, you may increase or diminish the number as occasion requires, and in that you'll be a Physician to yourself. Therefore (till you know what number of Pills agree best with your Body) remember to begin with the least Dose (which, if your Body be strong and costive, is 4 Pills, if weak or laxative, but two or three) you had better take ten times too little, than once too much; if the first Dose does not work to your Mind, increase it afterwards by taking 5, 6, or 7 Pills the next time; but in the taking do not covet too many Stools or Vomits, for that offers Violence to Nature, and does the Body much Injury, by sweeping away both good and bad together. Five or six motions in a day are sufficient, and every second, third, or fourth day is often enough to take them; 'tis best to use some Intermission; old Diseases cannot be removed on a sudden. Yet he has known these Pills have removed very rebellious Diseases in a short time: Three Doses sometimes will do as much good as ten of others. The Pills are very sweet and pleasant to take, and may be swallowed whole, or held, or chewed in your Mouth with Sugar till they dissolve, after which, wash your Mouth with 2 or 3 Spoonfuls of Drink, or bruise the Pill and infuse it into 2 or 3 Spoonfuls of Sack or White-wine till it's dissolved, and then drink it; or mix the bruised Pills with some Coddling, Honey, or roasted Apple, and take it that way. But the Pills will work most when they are dissolved, and strengthen most when they are not dissolved.  
For Children the usual Dose is one Pill, one and a half, or two Pills at most; for weak or young Children, half, or a quarter of one, or less, will be sufficient. Dissolve what you give to your weak or young Children in a little Sack or Breast-milk. Fellow these Directions and you need not fear Miscarriages; for thousands have found benefit, but no Person harm; withal keep yourself warm till you know the nature of their Operation, and you'll find them the best and safest Pills ever thus published to the World.  
But in truth the Pills are so various in their Operation, he cannot exactly promise their manner of working, for they operate as Nature pleases, sometimes by Vomit, sometimes by Stool, and sometimes both ways at once, but constantly without Violence; nay he assures you they have conquered many Diseases, and have never wrought to outward appearance, even as though they were Natures Medium to equalise her Extremes, acting more like Rational than Natural Agents: Therefore whensoever you take of these Pills, and they operate neither by Stool nor Vomit, they certainly work by expelling Wind, Water, or by Sweat; and if there be cause in due time by Stool or Vomit, for under God, in those Bodies where their Operation is not so visible, yet it will not be over in two or three days after, for which he advises the Continuation of the Pills, with God's leave they'll soon overcome your Malady, being good for any Disease curable by Physic, and so safe, that Women with Child often take them, for they strengthen both Mother and Infant.  
II. His Elixir Salutis has been experienced many Years an excellent, inoffensive, successful Cordial Drink, and so analogous to the Human Frame, that it effects all its Operations even as Nature is disposed for Action. And to oblige those Persons that cannot conveniently take Pills, he publishes this his inestimable Elixir. Possibly some Persons may approve of this far beyond the Pills, and on other Persons Bodies the Elixir may work as great Effects, and that in most Distempers without the least hindrance of Business, either at home or abroad, if the Person that takes thereof is able to walk or follow any Employ; for the more you exercise and stir your Body, the better this Elixir Salutis, or Quintessence of Life, performs its Office, gently evacuating whatsoever offends the noble Parts. This great Preserver hath been administered to Men, Women, and Children, and proved itself wonderfully successful in the Cure of the following Distempers; Namely, the Colic, Griping in the Guts, Shortness of Breath, Green-sickness, Ptisick, Coughs, Surfeits, Consumptions, Agues, Exulceration of the Kidneys, Gout, Stone in the Bladder, Scurvy, Jaundice, Stone and Gravel in the Kidneys, Dropsy, bad Digestions, Wheesing, Fits of the Mother, and Vapours from the Spleen, Worms, Rickets, King's-Evil, etc. Likewise this Cordial-Drink revives Drooping, Melancholy Spirits, removeth Pains from the Heart and Stomach, Wind and Crudities, causes a good Appetite, opens Obstructions of both Liver and Spleen, clears the Passage between the Head and Heart, not admitting any noxious Humours to offend those noble Parts, helps hot Rheums in the Eyes, burning Heat of the Feet and Palms of the Hands. 'Tis also excellent to cleanse the Body after the Measles or Small Pox, or other Sickness, and after the drinking of the Waters, for this Elixir leaves the Body in a perfect healthful settled Condition. Besides, 'tis exceeding beneficial for wet Nurses, because it cleanses their Blood, and makes their Milk wholesome and nourishing; and a most salutiferous Medicament for Women in general, powerfully opening the Obstructions of the Womb, and helping them to the benefit of Nature (whether the Obstructions proceed from catching of Cold or otherwise) rendering Virgins their Maiden Blush, sweet Breath, strong, lusty Body, together with a delicate Complexion. It also exalts the Procreative Virtue, restores Radical Moisture, the Magazine of Life; cleanses and strengthens the Spermatick Vessels in both Sexes, preparing the Body for Conception. In short, as his Cordial-Pills, so his Elixir may be given to all Persons as a universal Remedy against many Diseases and Distempers incident to Mankind. 'Tis often taken by Women with Child (two Months after Conception) to carry off Distempers of the Mother, which causes the Child to thrive the better. 'Twill retain its full Virtues several Years, sealed up in half Pint Bottles; the Price of each Bottle is half a Crown.  
General Directions how to take it. No Man living excruciated with either Stone, Dropsy, Gout, Colic, Ptysick, or any Disease or Distemper of long standing (which by the tract of time is seated, and as it were riveted in the Body) can rationally expect immediate Cure, or the recovery of Health on a sudden (whether by this Elixir, or the Pills, or indeed, by any means prescribed by the most learned Physicians under Heaven.) Possibly one Bottle may chance to answer your Expectation, if not, pray take three or four before you desist, by which time without doubt (under God) if you have not a real Cure, you'll find much Benefit, provided you avoid Melancholy, and keep a good moderate Diet: for as Diseases gradually come on, so gradually Nature must be restored to her Power and Pristine Regularity again. Rome was not built in a day. Therefore when you intent to use this Cordial-Drink, have a due regard to your Age, Strength, and Condition of Body, and earnestly desire the Almighty's Blessing on your Endeavour. If your Body be costive, strong, and lusty, let the first Dose at Night going to Bed, be three Spoonfuls, and let the like Dose be taken in the Morning fasting: But if your Body be laxative, begin with one Spoonful at Night, and another in the Morning fasting, as before; after which, if there be occasion, increase the Dose till it comes to three Spoonfuls, which usually is the highest Dose, unless your Body be very strong. Withal, this Elixir is so innocent in its Operation, that it may be safely taken at any time and season of the Year, and if your Strength permits, he desires you to exercise your Body; the more you stir, the better this Physic operates on the Distemper. In some Persons Bodies 'twill operate soon, but in other Persons Bodies it may be 6, 8, or 12 hours before it gins to work, and when it does work, in most Distempers it hinders no business (keeping yourself warm) either at home or abroad, only an hour after the Morning's Doses, take a mess of Broth, or something warm, and if it gives you 2 or 3 Stools in a day, 'tis enough; too many Stools injures the Body, because it offers Violence to Nature. If you love your Health, take a Bottle or two every Spring and Fall; for this Elixir does not only cure Diseases, but also fortifies the Body against them, and helps the Blood in its Circulation.  
Directions how to give it to Children. To a Child of a Month old, give about a quarter of a Spoonful mixed with double its quantity of small Ale; of half a year old, near half a Spoonful with twice as much small Ale; of a year old, one Spoonful mixed with a Spoonful of small Ale; of four years old, one Spoonful and better alone; of 7 years old, one Spoonful and half, or two Spoonfuls; of 12 years, two Spoonfuls, or two Spoonfuls and half, and be sure not to repeat the Dose oftener than once a day, except it be in the Gripes, for which you may give it twice or thrice in a day, if there be occasion, but let Discretion be your Guide.  
Some strong bodied Persons have taken his Cordial-Pills with his Elixir, viz. The Pills one day, and rested the day following, than the Elixir two days, omitting the third; then the Pills again, rested the next day; then the Elixir two days, omitting the third, and so on as occasion required, by which means they were the surer cured of their Maladies.  
III. His Unguent for the Worms, which destroys all sorts of them in the Bodies of Men, Women and Children. 'Tis the Opinion of Physicians, that those Vermin shorten more People's Lives, than the Sword or Plague; for they cause many Diseases, as the Vertigo, Megrim, Falling-sickness, Consumption, Rickets, Convulsion-fits, Stranguries, etc. Many are afflicted with the Worms, and yet not know it; some are tormented with them from the Cradle to the Grave. However, those that are afflicted may know it by some of the following Symptoms, viz. a stinking or sowrish Breath, the Mouth fuller of Spittle▪ and Water than usual, vomiting, or a motion thereunto, Dryness of the Lips and Tongue, very thirsty, loathing of Meat, starting and trembling in sleep, itching of the Nose, Pains, Stoppage, or gnawing in the Stomach and Bowels, Gripe in the Guts, shortness of Breath, dry Cough, Looseness, the Belly swelled like one in a Dropsy, Heat, itching and smarting in the Fundament, thick white Urine, etc. Besides destroying of the Worms, the Ointment opens Obstructions of the Stomach, causes a good Appetite, and strengthens the Brain, and hath been instrumental (sub Deo) to preserve thousands: Wherefore he concludes that it is the only thing in the World for People that have Children, to have of it always in readiness to defend them from those devouring Creatures. You may have of it from one Shilling's worth to what quantity you please.  
Directions how to use it. Put the Ointment you have into a Pewter Saucer, and let it be gently melted; which done, kneel before the Fire, and from the pit of your Stomach to your Navel bathe in with your warm Hand as much of the melted Ointment as your Stomach will take; then take a double Linen Cloth warm, and spread it on your Stomach to keep the Ointment from your Shift, which Cloth you may wear a Fortnight or three weeks before you leave it off. This method of anointing you must follow three or four Mornings and Evenings together before and after the Full and Change of the Moon, afterwards you ought to cleanse your Body of those Vermin which the Ointment hath destroyed and brought to a Jelly, (either with some of the Cordial Pills, or Elixir Salutis, or with what other Cathartick Medicament you please) for by Purgation (after anointing) your Body will be freed of those devouring Vermin. In like manner apply the Ointment to Children, and to those that are not able to kneel before the Fire; but when you apply it to those that are weak, you may do it with a Chafing-dish of Coals in their Beds.  
He could have inserted many difficult Cures performed by his Cordial-Pills and Elixir Salutis, with the Names and Dwelling-places of those Persons the ●ures were wrought upon, and also of the wonderful Effects of his Worm-Ointment, but that he holds it needless, because their Operations have forced their kind acceptance to the World, and will do the same for the future.  
Δόξα Θεῶ.  
See his Almanac yearly published.  
FINIS.