Variety of Choice EXPERIMENTS Made of Two Incomparable MEDICINES: Elixir Frebrifugium Martis, AND SALT of lemons. showing their virtues, Use and Operations: Being the Peculiar Secrets and Acquisitions of the Author.  
Moses Stringer, chemist and physician at his Laboratory and Foundery, in blackfriars near Ludgate:  
Where are also prepared a great variety of chemical Preparations, and all things that can be Cast in iron, or Bellmettal and Essays made of, and Money-given for all Mettalick Bodies, whatsoever.  
LONDON, Printed by J. Wilkins, near Fleet street, for the AUTHOR, 1700.   

Variety of Choice Experiments, Made of Two incomparable MEDICINES, Mr Stringers, Elixir Febrifugium Martis, and his Salt of lemons.  
ELIXIR Febrifugium Martis is a pleasant Medicine, that infallibly cures the Plague, Pestilance and all Malignant fevers, Biting of Vipers, Serpants, Rattle Snakes, Venereal Tinges, and all Inveterate and Deadly poisons whatsoever, whose Malignant ●erments it Allays, and extinguisheth in a Moment, and never failes to answer the end desired; as will appear in several examples hereunto an●exed.  
It also with great Ease, Speed and Safety, cures all confirmed Rhumaisms, Hictick, Quotidian, Putrid, Quartan, Tertian and Intermittent fevers, ●onsumptions, Cholicks, gripping of the guts, the Spleen and Vapours.  
This Elixir is brought into a Powder by Salt of lemons; by which call it, and is a Cathartick Acid of excellent and Universal Use, in all Cases that require Purging. A Dose or two of it prevents Acute fevers, ●nd by expelling Filthy Slime and Congulating Humours out of their Stomach ●nd Bowels, secures the Patient against the return of those multifarious ●istempers, and in all Chronical Diseases used as a Succedaneum to my ●lixir, totally eradicateing Hypocondrick and Scorhutick Effects, and both ●estores and Preserves a Sanative Constitution.  
These Medicines are the peculiar Secrets and Acquisitions of the Author ●c Stringer, chemist and physician, Prepared by his own Hand, as is enjoynd 〈◇〉 Hypocraties as a Duty upon all Physitians, and was diligently observed 〈◇〉 all Professors of physic for many Centuries after him; tho now de●●nerated into the Barbarous custom of Prescribing or making Medicines up●● a piece of Paper, which they sand to Apothecaries Shops, where the ●●re of making up the Prescription and consequently the Patients Lives, are ●●sted to Apothecaries and their Boys.  
But these Medicines here Offered to your consideration and Experience have been Studiously contrived, Revised, and so often Reformed and Meliorated by diligent Observation, long use, and repeated Probations in divers eminent Cases, that they bear the nearest Affinity to Universal Medicines, being Generous, Amicable, and comprehensive expedients for the good of Mankind.  
But to wave further Reasoning, Inveighing against Abuses, or comparing with others; I shall proceed to the matter of Fact, the greatest Testimony, Assurance, and Satisfaction that can be given of Medicines, by ●●wing you what these Medicines have done, and what in all probability they will constantly perform, if administered according to the Directions given at the end of this Paper-  
This elixir shew'd its excellency in relation to poison, upon one Mr Philipson, who was bit in the Finger by a Viper in stock-market, March ●9th 1698. Many physicians and chirurgeons had in vain attempted his Recovery, but their Medicines proving ineffectual, they left him in dread●ul Convulsions and Contorsions, with an inflammation in his Bladder, ex●ream Swelling in all parts. His whole Body was Dyed as yellow as Saf●on, his Jaws fallen, and he lying, in all Appearance, like a Dead Man: In this ●ismal condition they left him, and upon anointing his Finger with the Elixir above name, the Pain ceased immediately, and I gave him a hun●red and fifty Drops of it Inwardly in a Poringer of Water; after repeating it three several times, all the Deadly Symptoms disappeared, and within an Hours time he went Home perfectly recovered, and still continues in as good Health as ever he enjoyed.  
Here were four things very remarkable. 1st The desperate condition of the Patient. 2d The expeditious performance of the Cure. 3d Done by a single Medicine( not variety of irksome Medicines) where all other usual Prescriptions failed, 4th at an inconsiderable charge; for had he paid for the Medicine, it would not have cost him above a Shilling; which by any other Medicine might deservedly have cost many Pounds. This Cure being so suddenly and Effectually performed, after several Physitians and Chirugeons had been baffled in their attempts upon him; it so happened that, when I had done the Work, and the Patient almost miraculous Recovery became the Discourse of the Town, some of those Physitians and surgeons, that made themselves busy about him to no purpose, had the Confidence ●o claim the Honour of Curing him; which I finding redound to the Pre●●●ce of myself and Medicine, I thought myself obliged to procure a ●estimonial from the Patient himself, which he truly gave me in the following Words.  
Let this Satisfy all Men, that I being poisoned by the Bite of a Viper in stock-market, on the 29th of March 1698, several physicians, surgeons and Apothecaries attempted to Cure me, till they rendered me almost past-Recovery, by their unsuccesful applications; and I had no ease or any hope of Life, till I was c●ryed to Mr Stringers House in York-Buildings in the Strand, where by the 〈◇〉 of his Elixir only, I was Cured in an hours time; and to no other Person whatsoever, but to Mr Stringer only( let who will pretend to it) must I( under God) ascribe the Benefit of my Recovery; to the Truth of which I have set my Hand this 16th Day of November, 1699.  
Witness Robert Smith, David Jones.  
Thomas Philipson.  
To this surprising Experiment, give me leave to add the case of a Woman living in St Gyles's in the Fields, who was poisoned with arsenic, and reduced to such a deplorable Condition, that she was given up for Dead by the physicians and Spectators; but was immediately recovered by twice fifty Drops of my Elixir, and continues in perfect Health to this Day: A Dog was poisoned also with the same, for an Experiment and was as speedily Cured by the Elixir.  
It perfectly Eradicates all confirmed Scurvies tho broken out into an Eliphantiasis or Leprosy, and the whole Body be but one entire Scab or Scurf from Head to Foot, as it did in the Case of John Roberts of Ruthin, John Cooper and Jane Sample, who were perfect Lepers, and yet were restored to Health by the use of this Medicine only in a very short time.  
Elizabeth Byard, who had twenty five Pocky Ulccers upon her, was by an Order of Sessions, appointed to live in a Cabin in the Field, for fear of Infecting the Neighbourhood, but was by the use of these Medicines only, porfectly Cured in a Months time, to the great Admiration of all that knew her.  
I could give Hundreds of Examples of both Sexes, who have been Cured of the French Pox by these two Medicines in London, particularly an Irish Soldier who was Quartr'd in Westminster, and had been Flux'd three times by an able Practitioner, tho to no purpose in the World. He had fourteen Ulcers upon him, with all the other Attendants of that Distemper, and yet was Recovered by these Medicines in a short time without Confinement. In a Fresh Clap or Gonnorhea, if these Medicines be applied immediately, they will check the spreading Malignity in a Moment, and perfects the Cures, almost in as short a time as the Disease was procured.  
They are of incomparable virtue against all kinds of Worms, whether in the stomach or Bowels, in Young or Old. They break the Vermetick heap, Kill the gnawing Animals, and Eradicate those pestiferous Inmates in Slime, with great Ease and Safety, far beyond the use of Mercurial Medicines, which often produce dangerous Effects.  
No Medicines equals them in the Cure of all kind of fevers, to which they are so peculiarly adapted, that I never knew any miscarried that made use of them. A Lady's Woman in Chelsy in the heat of last Summer was assaulted with a violent fever, which confined her to her Bed, and the Distemper was attended by ominous prognostics; yet by taking 〈◇〉 Drop● of my Elixir in a Glass of White-Wine and Water, she found ease; which being Three times repeated in an hour, her Thirst and fever were so abated that she rose, went down Stairs, and in two Hours time was perfectly well. The next Day she took a Dose of the Purging Salt of lemons, and her Fever teturnd no more.  
Madam P— st near Aldgate, languished about two Years under a Dr Consumption, and other Concommitant effects that brought her even to the Mouth of the Grave. She had the Advice of sir Richard Blackmore, Chamherlin and others, but finding no help by their Prescriptions, she applied her self to the use of my Elixir, took it in her Drinks and Broths, and by Purging twice a Week with Salt of lemons, she recovered her Health in a little time, and still enjoys it.  
Mr Dixson a Painter, hearing that a Neighbouring Ladies Daughter, was seized with a violent fever, and the Small Pox, and that her Recovery was wholly despaird of; he Advised the Lady to give her Daughter some Drops of my Elixir, who finding some benefit by the first Dose, continued the use of them as directed, and in five Days time, the young Lady was freed from all the dangerous Symptoms of the fever and Small Pox, and being further advised to Purge after it with Salt of lemons, to carry off the remaining Malignity, which too often leaves matter behind which produce new Diseases, she followed that Direction, and now enjoy's a sanative Constitution, after she was given up for Dead by her physicians and Relations.  
The same effect these Medicines had upon a Sope-Boylers Daughter in Golden-Lane, London, who perceiving the Small Pox were breaking out upon her, had recourse to these Medicines, and by taking them early, the Small Pox came out so plentifully and kindly, that she was never Sick all the time they remained upon her, and also went off without leaving any pit, scars, or Marks behind them, and the same effects will the Medicines have upon any Patient, either Young or old, that takes them at the beginning of the Disease. In one Summer I cured above fifty of the Small Pox at a Town called Wimswold in Leicestershire, only with the set two Medicines, and not one Dyed or was Pitted that took my Medicines, and not one Recovered that followed other Methods.  
These Medicines have proved effectual in curing the colic, Vomitings, Jaundice and Fluxes under every denomination. As for example Mr Sympton in Wapping, was so violently afflicted with the Cbolick, or rather the ●liaca Passio, that the intolerable Pain and Gripings, made him cry out like a Man upon a Rack, almost bended him Double, and the frequent returns of this Distemper, had reduced him to such a State of inactivity, 〈◇〉 he was ●ncapble of his Acquaintance, advised him to take my Elixir, which at the third Dose took away all his Pains, set him upright and then Purging with the Salt of lemons to remove the Cause, it so happily effected his Cure, that he never complained of any Indisposition since; tho it be now above two Years since he Recovered. For common Fluxed, and Grippings, it gives ease immediately, as was experinced in the Recovery of many Soldiers that came out of Ireland, and brought the Distemper of that Country with them.  
A near Neighbour of mine in blackfriars, was troubled with Spitting Blood to so great a Degree, that the Learned were of opinion, he had broken a Vessel in his Lungs, and besides this misfortune, had been long seized with a hectic fever; but bvtaking sixty Drops of my Elixir in Claret and Water, it stopped his Bleeding. Next Day he took a Dose of Salt of lemons which confirmed his Cure; for he says that ever Evening he ●ound himself much Stronger, and in a few Days after, he perfectly recovered.  
B. P. Master of a Ship living at Black-Wall was feised with the Yellow Jaundice, and notwithstanding all endeavours were employed to Cure him, yet the Distemper continued so long upon him that he was unable to walk, and sensibly declined every day more and more, insomuch that he refused to take any more Medicines as disparing of Recovery, but being over persuaded by Captain Longworth, who had experienced those Medicines to take my Elixir, he took Fifty drops of it, twice a Day for a Fortnight without Intermission, which perfectly recovered him. Not long after he went to Sea, and took a great quantity of both the Medicines with him, which kept both himself and his Ships Company in perfect Health, when a contageous Distemper reigned at Barbados whither he was Bound.  
Nor have these Medicines been less effectual in curing the ston and Gravel in the reins and Bladder, in which they give speedy Ease at any time, and by frequent use dissolve the ston and brings away the Gravel to Admiration. An aged Alderman of Liverpool, came up to London with a resolution to be Cut of the ston, but being brought to me by the Honourable R. K. I advised him first to try my Medicines, before he under went that dangerous Operation: He consented, and took the Elixir and Salt of lemons four days together, and received so much Ease in that short, and assurance of more by the further use of them, that he quitted his Resolution of being Cut, and return'd home again in a good State of Health.  
I always advice the Use of both the Medicines one after the other, tho the Patient sometimes thinks there is no cause for it, but as soon as the fever or malignity of the Distemper is abated they give over the thoughts of any further Process, but that is a dangerous errors, for the efect will not cease till the Cause is removed; and that is the Office of the Salt of lemons, which evacuates gently by Stool without disturbing or debilitating Nature, but Gently and Deliberately sending forth all Faculent degenerate or corrupted matter, Radically cleansing and purifying the Body from Flegmatick, Viscous, Acrid or Corroding Humors drawing out the breeding or feeding matter of al Diseases, as the best Preventative and Curative means, by keeping the Body sweet, clean, and wholesome, without the help of noisome Jssues.  
They both also operate by Urine, purging the Reins and Urinary Ductures, sending forth Gravel, Sand, or Slimy obstructing 〈…〉 a ●●ee passage and Current for Emission of Serofity. They a the most effectual Aperitives against all Obstructions( the great complaint of all Diseased Persons) some in one part, some in another, Lungs, Liver, Spleen, Mesentery, Guts, &c. From hence multitudes of Diseases take their beginning. Obstructions cause pain, Pain raiseth a fever, and sometimes begets a tumour, Internal and not perceived, or becomes Schirrous and Indurate. All this while our Prescribers upon Paper are Iuleping, Clystering, and Bleeding the Patient to alloy the Fever; but the Stubborn Fever will not yield to their Insipped draughts of pretended Pearl Cordials, nor the various forms of the Jesuits Bark; whereas this Elixir quenches the Heat of fevers in a moment, more effectually than a whole Tun of Slip Slop Juleps, which Ignorant process has sent many thousands to their Graves. This is practising by root as Parrots Talk, and following Custom without Reason or the indegetations of Nature; Whereas as my Medicines operate by their own Innate virtue, and Correspondence with Nature, and therefore can find out a Disease when the physician Sees it not, nor knows what to aim at; and assists the stomach in performing the beneficial Offices of Digestion, by disburdening it from Superfluous, indigested matter, that Blunts and decay the Appetite, and is the Original of Many Diseases.  
One tailor a mariner, Brother to Sam. that lived at Jonathans Coffeehouse in Exchange-alley, had been a Voyage to East-India, in which all the Ships Company Dyed except himself, and the Ship was brought home by fresh Hands. At his return his Stomach was distended, and stood out in a Lump as big as a Loaf, his whole Mass of Blood was corrupted, his Countenance Pale and Livid, and in the whole was a very frightful Figure: He advised with many Physitians of the greatest Reputation, who concluded he was poisoned by some lingering Venom, in which the Indians are great Artists, but could give him no relief. At length he came to me, and I gave him first a double dose of Salt of lemons and continued that course four Days together, only Lessening the quantity every Day from the first, and also gave him Sixty drops of the Elixir, every 〈◇〉 at Bed time in hot Wine, which had such a good effect upon him that in ten Days he was perfectly recovered, and not long after went to Sea again in a Voyage to the same Country.  
No Medicine equals them in assisting Nature in the office of Expectoretion, and consequently is beneficial in all Diseases of the Breast and Lange, and dischargeth the peccant Humour by the help it gives to Nature. It digests touch phlegm, opens the Pipes of the Lungs, cures Coughing. Wheezings and shortness of Breath, is good for such as are Ph●ysical or Astmatick and promotes Transpiration by removing the Impediments that hinder nature in that necessary operation. Mr. Hodges an Ingeneir at the Tower, had such a Stoppage and obstruction in his Lungs, occasioned by those corosive fumes as he Fired the Works in St. James's at the Celebration of the Peace, that he was almost Suffocated, and 〈…〉 of Breath. Above two Months he continued 〈…〉 ●●●lit●on with a violent Cough and continued incured 〈…〉 least motion in walking, threw up great quantities of Fleg●● 〈…〉 Quitter streaked with Green and other Colours, which was 〈…〉 noisome to See, but worse to Smell. At two Months end 〈◇〉 undertook him, and gave him the Elixir and Salt of lemons successively in hot Claret, and in less than a Month restored him to his former Health, and now I am informed he is gon to be an Ingeneir to the State of Venice.  
Mr. William Pay of Empshot in Hampshire, was violently afflicted with an Astma, insomuch that he could not lye down upon a Bed, or Couch, for many Months together; but in the Coldest Weather was forced to sit up or kneel in a Chair, for if he lay never so little backward he was quiter Choked, and not brought to life again but with great difficulty. This course at last rendered him also extremely Hydropical, and the unhappy conjunction of these two distempers, made him utterly despair of being recoverd; but by taking my Elixir in Wine and Water, and the Salt of lemons in hot Wine, his Health was restored. I think he had but an Ounce of each Medicine, and so was cured at the charge of a Crown, of both those troublesome and dangerous diseases, and has continued in Health above these two Years. Another person that has a place in the Tower, whose name I have no Authority to mention, was severely afflicted with an Astma, insomuch that by computing the time, in twenty three years time he had not been three years in a Bed, but Winter and Summer was obliged to pass away the Night in a Chair, sometimes Sitting, and at others Kneeling and oftentimes was forced to set open all his Doors and windows to give himself Breath. At length he was persuaded to make use of my Medicines, and by taking two or three doses of Salt of lemons in Water and Sugar, and the Elixir in White Wine, he was able to lie upon his Pack and Sleep six hours together. Others I could name that had Phtysicks alone, and Phtysicks complicated with Dropsies and Fluxes that have received their Cures from the use of these Medicines, as Mr. page. a Porter at the Knight Marshals Office in his Majestys Palace at Kinsington, Aged 70 years, and Mrs Jordan a Goldsmiths Wise in New street in Fetter lane; but I fear to be too tedious.  
They are also very efficacious in Curing Deasness, and many have received benefit by the use of these Medicines, when all other celebrated Nostrums and the manual operations of skilful. Artists have been rendered unsuccessful, as I could prove at large by many Instances, which I small now omit, but to tell you of one that happened very lately. My Father who lives at L●ughborrough in ●eicestershire had been Deal for many Months, and by reason of his Age was in no expectations of being Cured; but having some few drops of my Elixir b●● him, and knowing is had done good to others in the like case, was resolved to try the experiment, and causing Five or Six drops of my Elixir to be dropped into his Ears, at twice using it, his Hearing was entirely restored.  
Mr. Higgs Junior of harbour in Leicester-shire Anno 1700. was seized with a violent Rheumatism in his Knee, which in Twelve Hours time took away the use of his Limb, and made him Lame, but anointing the part affencted with my Elixir, it perfectly cured him in a quarter of an Hour, and enabled him to walk without pain or trouble.  
Mr. Oliver cromwell making, me a visit the other day with a Turkey Merchant, he was pleased to tell me, that a Friend of his had been tormented with a violent pain in his Head, Three Days and Nights successively without intermission, and finding no help from his physicians Mr. cromwell persuaded him to anoint the Coronal suitors( or open of his Head) with my Elixir, which he said perfectly cured his Friend, in less time than he was acquainting me with it.  
May 1700. A Goldsmiths Daughter in the Borough of Southwark about 7 or 8 years Old, was dreadfully handled with Convulsions, accompanied with strange Contorsions, dismal Shreikings, Foaming at the Mouth, with other concomitant passions that sometimes, attend that Distemper; so that many were of opinion she was bewitched, or as the Vulgar phrase it, Under an Ill Tongue, many Remedies Internal and External were employed to relieve her, but proving ineffectual, confirmed some in the opinion there was Fascination in the Case; but they were soon confuted by giving her about Thirty drops of my Elixir, which immediately vanquished all the ill Symptoms, and restored her to Health, and gave the Childs Father such a good opinion of the Medicines, that he made use of no other Remedy to cure himself of a Rheumatism, and has successfully recommended them to others, that were afflicted with the same Distemper.  
One example more I cannot omit for its Notoriety, and that was of a young Gentlewoman under the Princes Chambers, near the House of Lords, about 22 years of Age who by a fall in the Street, being almost at her time, Miscarried; and being unskilltully treated by her Midwife, was reduced in Six Months time to such a degree of Weakness, that her condition was deplorable, she was not able to turn her self in her Bed, and all her Friends and Relations were under sad apprehensions of losing her; but she being at last recommended to my Gare. I gave her Five Doses of my Elixir, and purged her thrice with Salt of lemons, which brought away the rotten pieces and putrid Clodded Matter, which the Elixir had prepared for expulsion; and so effectually cleansed and healed the parts affencted, that in three Weeks time she went abroad, and so continues in perfect Health, who before was scarce out of her B●● in three Months, and the Sinews of her Hams very much contracted.  
Having thus breisly shew'd you the virtue of these Medicines in relation to some internal Distempers, for to name all I have good authority were to swell this Advertisement into a large volume: I shall next Proceed with the like brevity, to acquaint you with their virtues in relation to External Maladies, in which they are no less prevalent than in the former.  
I begin with Pustules or an extraordinary Redness in 〈◇〉 Face, which the it often happens to Great Drinkers; yet is as often a disease in Temporate and Sober Persons, proceeding from a Crassis in the Blood, and want of a good Digestion; both which may be easily cured by these Medicines, without trouble, Eyes or Eyefore or danger. A Reverend Person of remarkable Sobirety and Abstinence, thinking a read Face was a Scandal to his Profession, consulted a physician in London, of no mean character about the Cure of it, who after a few delatory essays, to lengthen the time and augment the number of his Visits, prescribed him a Mercurial Wash, which rather enflamed than mitigated the Redness, and began to Ulcerate the Pastules, which put the Patient into a Fright, for Suffering his Curiosity To make the Cure worse than the Disease: Whereupon advising with me, I ordered the Patient to take a Dose of the Salt of lemons twice a Week in Fountain Water with a little Sugar, and to touch the Pimples and Pustules every Night at Bed time with the Elixir. To this Course I added the holding about the quantity of a grain of Corn of the Salt of lemons in his Mouth, which drained the Glands of the Viscous Juice that caused the inflammation, and by following this method Fifteen Days, the Pimples and Redness disappeard, and a new Cutis covered his Face without any sign of Redness, and so continues.  
The same effect the Elixir has upon other inflammations, and never failes to Cure an Erisipelas, St Anthonies Fire, the Shingles, Ring-worms, Tetters and scald Head, or any such like diseases in the Skin. Old Ulcers, Scabed and running Sores are commonly the Scandal of surgeons, and rarely submit to a perfect Cure, but if healed up in one place break out in another; but this Elixir never failed of curing any old Sore or Ulcer, tho of Twenty Years standing; and if the Patient purges thoroughly with Salt of lemons, after the Elixir has dried up and skinned the Sore, it will never break out again. This puts me in mind of an extraordinary Case; A poor Man in Long-Whatton in Leicestershire, who about 6 year, since had Worms bread in his Legs, in which he had seldom less than twenty Holes at a time, so wide that one might have turned his Finger in any one of them, and as one Worm dyed, the Hole healed up, whilst others bread in fresh Places of his Leg. In this sad condition he continued a long time, all Men pitying him, but none were found that could Cure him; till by dropping some few drops of my Elixir once a day into the Ulcers, and then in a short time he was perfectly recovered.  
They also never fail curing of any kind of Burns or Scalds, the part being anointed with the Elixir, and the Body kept Cool and Open by purging with the Salt of lemons, to prevent a defluction of humors in 〈◇〉 part affencted. My Iron Founder powring a Ladle full of melted Iron 〈◇〉 of the Furnace into the Mould, by a mischance let it fall into his ●hooes which being pulled off, and myself being present, I anointed his ●eet with my Elixir, which immediately took out the Fire, and his Pain ●tterly vanished in the space of five Minutes or less, if it were possible to and exact in so great a Nicety. The next day another instance happened in the same kind upon another of my Mens Leg, by a flaming Ladle, who was cured by the same method, and in a shorter time than the former The Men are both now living with me in blackfriars. Mr Lionel Richardsons Wife, was Lame with the continued returns of a Rheumatism, which caused Knobs to grow upon her Hands, Fingers and other Joints, and other excessive Pains in all her Limbs. I ordered her to take the Salt of lemons twice a Week in Syrup of Elder Berries, and the elixir in common Drink all Day, but at Night to take it in hot White-Wine Which course she followed for six Weekes, to her great Satisfaction; tho I think her case was rather the Gout than a Rheumatism; but call it what you will, these Medicines freed her from all Arthritick Pains, and restored her to Health.  
A Servant Maid living with a Gentleman belonging to the Bank of England, had lost the sense of Smelling for twenty Years; but by Sauffing up some of the Salt of lemons into each Nostril, at her going to Bed, and taking a Dose of the Elixir, was so relieved, that the next Morning she was strangely surprised at the various Smells with which she was accosted, that she neither knew how to demean her self, or express them; and for this and many other reasons, in cleansing the Head and Brains, I recommend it as the best Sneezing Powder that can be used.  
and Clew's a Felmongers Wife, at Namptwich in Cheshire, as she was Undresing her Child on the 4th of April, was struck with a paralytic Distemper, which took away her Speech, and deprived the extreme parts of sense and Motion. in this deplorable Estate she continued till the 7th of May, at which time I ordered her to be Anointed with my Elixir, from the Mould of her Head to the bottom of the Back Bone, and both the Palms of her Hands, and the souls of her Feet; to Purge with Salt of lemons, and to take Elixir inwardly in all her Drinks, and Broths, which being observed according to Direction, she recoverd her Speech in 48 Hours, and in a Fortnighr after was restored to the use of her Limbs. Another Instance in the palsy, was upon one Mr. Bridgman an ancient Man, living within Cripple-Gate, London, who had lost the use of his right Hand and Arm, and had no sense of Feeling in it. To him I prescribed the same course as to the Patient next before name, and it had the same effect; but much sooner, for he was perfectly recoverd in less than two Da●.  
These Medicines are good Remedies for Weakness, and pains in the Back, Loins, Genitalls occasioned by spermatic wastings in both Sexes, by cleansing and Purifying the viciated Parts that oppress Nature, which being removed, assist her in gaining Strength and vigour. Those that are molested with Venereal Diseases, ought to esteem these Medicines as pre●●ous Jewels. First because they enable every Man to be his own physician, and secondly in respect of Privacy, for they hinder no Man from following his Business, at Home or Abroad, without the nearest Relations perceiving they are taking physic, if they are able to keep their own Counsel.  
Such as are a coustom'd at certain Seasons of the Year, to take Preventitive physic, to keep their Bodies Clean and wholesome, if they please to take these Medicines, may lay aside their use of diet Drinks, Pills, and Potions, for nothing is so fit, nor will more effectually answer that Intention, since they operate so calmly and pleasantly, that the weakest Persons, Women with Child, or the youngest Children, may take them with Benefit, for by continual proofs of their virtues, more Stress may be laid upon them in these Cases, than upon any two Medicines in the World.  
An●ther great Conveniency in these Medicines, is, that they are Portable, and may be always carried about a Man, with as little trouble as a Watch, or a Snush Box, and so are commodious for Travellors upon a Journey, without hazarding their Lives among strange Physitians and stranger M●dicines. Riding hard, and long Journeys, especially among G●ntlemen and Citizens, that are not used to that Fatigue, often throw Men into Fevers, and with a little unskilful Handling into their Graves, which may be prevented by carrying these Medicines in your Pocket, which drive away a Fever in a few Hours and also enables the Traveller to pursue his journey cheerfully, as you will see b● an by.  
Nothing is more wanting in Fleets at Sea, in Armies on Land, and in hospitals than these Medicines; for they will dexterously act the part of the skilfulest Chirurgeon, in such Parts where neither his Eye can discern, nor his Hand come to help the Patient, and will do all the work themselves, by drawing off and evacuating all offending and feeding Humors, which in Wounds, Contusions, Apostems and Sores keep them from Healing. Sir P. T. Knight, riding Post two Daies, and Nights, threw himself into such a violent fever, that he was scarce able to sit his Horse; but calling to mind, he had a Bottle of my Elixir in his Pocket, he alighted at a Spring and filled the Tin Box he kept the Elixir, in which Water he dropped fifty Drops in of the Elixir into it and repeating the same Dose, five Miles further in his Stage, his fever vanished, he found himself very Lightsome, and finished this journey with great ease and Satisfaction.  
Besides the Catharthick quality the Salt of lemons is endowed with, it is an excell●●t Dentrifice: If you do but touch an aching Tooth with this Salt it often takes away the Pain: It Rotten, Black, or Stinking, it makes them Clean, White, and Sweet, only by rubbing the Teeth every ●●●ther night with it, and Cures the Scurvy in the Gums by putting the ●●ant●y of a grain of Corn of it into the Mouth, which will immediate●● be full 〈◇〉 Water, with which gargoyle your Mouth, forcing it strongly ●●rough your Teeth, and it will preserve both Teeth and Gums to a ●very old Age.  
The Elixir is no less effectual in curing Corns in your Feet, or Toes 〈◇〉 or Hands whether they be hard or soft, upon or between your Toes. 〈◇〉 the Corn be hard anoint it with the Elixir every Night and Morning, an● 〈◇〉 it will molify the part, kill the Corn, and reduce the skin and flesh to a 〈◇〉 ●●gular Temper; but if it be a soft Corn betwixt the Toes, you must 〈◇〉 ●●●et a lit le Cotton or wool in the Elixir, apply i● upon the place, and 〈◇〉 a few dressings, it will Cure it without Pain or Trouble, and A●●oi●t ●●●●d Ha●ds with it, makes them Soft as a Ladys, and Cures chopped Hands 〈◇〉 Lips.  
In fevers, the Elixir is to be taken from Forty to 〈…〉 of White Wine and Water. Fifty Drops is the use 〈…〉 may be augmented or abated, according to the quantity 〈…〉 or the greatness of the Patients Thirst. Repeat this D●●● 〈…〉 hours till the fever is abated, and the Patients Thirst gone. 〈…〉 two Days together with the Salt of lemons, and the Fever 〈…〉 no more. To a Child you may give from twenty to thirty Drops, 〈…〉 same manner and order.  
In poisons coming from the Pi●ing of a Serpent, Viper, or other Ve●●mous Creature, as a mad●●●og &c. you must often anoint the part Bitten with the Elixir, take it inwardly as in Fevers, and purge twice or thrice after it.  
If the poison come from taking Arsnick● or other poisonous Drugs, or Mineral, you must only tak● i● inwardly as directed in fevers; in good Wine but if any part of the Lody swell, you must anoint it with the Elixir also, and purge very well after it with the Salt of lemons.  
In Venereal Cases, if the Clap be newly taken, drink the Elixir plentifully in Wine and Water. Let the Patients, if they find cause for it, wash the parts more particular affencted, with four parts Water and one Elixir, and if there be occasion to make use of Injections, do it with the same mixture, and you will find ease suddenly; but when all the Ill ●●mptoms are abated, dont forget to purge well after it, for fear any ●●egs of the distemper should remain behind, and return with greater malignity and Danger. But if the Pox be old and attended with Shankers, Nodes, Bubo's &c. then the Elixir must be taken constantly in all their common drink, and the Salt of lemons must be taken three times a Week, for a month together, nay tho the Symptoms abate sooner yet the Patient must continue his course without intermission; for it is a harder matter to dislodge one old Pox, than to cure ten new Claps, and therefore the greater care must be taken.  
In Pleurisies, inward Pains, Wounds and Bruises, drink it in good hot Claret; and the same course observe in the Yellow Jaundice and Dropsies, with the addition of old Hock and Rhenish.  
In Rheumatisms, Fits of the Gout, Arthritick Distempers, hypochondriac affects, Convulsions, and Vapours, drink 50 or 60 drops at a time in White Wine and Water, and it will quickly Thin and change the whole Serum of the Blood, and render the whole Mass agreeable.  
In Consumptions, hectic fevers, and Inveterate Ptysicks, it must be used in all the Drinks and Liquids which the Patient takes, but especially in old Hock and White Wine, which will throw off the Tough Slimes which obstruct and inflame the Lungs and bowels.  
The Salt of lemons may be taken early in the Morning, in half a Pint of Water and Sugar, or in White Wine and Water, Mingle the same quantity: Or, hot Ale or Wine, or in any other convenient Vehicle, that best agrees with the Patients, Pallit, and the nature of the Distemper. For a Man or Woman the Dose is two Drachms; but to Children half a ●●achm, you must not omit Sugar with it in all ages and sexes.  
August the 5th 1700  
〈…〉 of my Friend, with your Medicines( who have 〈…〉 fit by them) that I am pulled to pieces, by Daily 〈…〉 ●●●er Friends. Pray therefore, now, or at your leisure, 〈…〉 ●●●ess of the Elixir, and 6 Ounces of the Salt, and some 〈…〉 of Direction: my Brother is almost set on his legs of his Rhewmetisim, and Mrs. prat is much better, since yesterday, all sand their Service, which you are assured of from your faithful Servant,  
Talbot Clerk, Beronet.  
To Dr Sstringer, at his House in blackfriars.  
SIR,  
I Am glad to hear, after spending so much time in Examing the Curiosities of Nature, in metals, and minerals; you are at last settled ●n London, where your Friends and Patients may have recourse to you, for your Advice, and the use of your Medicines, which did so much good ●n our Parts while you stayed among us. You may please to remember when I was brought to you at Buckston, I had lost the use of my Legs, ●nd for six Months could not move or stir, without the assistance of Crutches. Some of my Phisitians called it the Gout, other gave it names that I don't pretend to understand, tis well if they did; for I received no other Benefit from any of them, but to be tired out with the continual use of nauseous Medicines, and emptying my Pockets. You were pleased to call it a Rheumatism, and plied me about a Fortnight with the continu●l use of your Elixir Martis, Inward and Outwardly, and sometimes purged me with your Salt of Ly●ons, which by Gods blessing had such a good Effect upon me, that I was perfectly restored to the use of my Legs, ●nd in three Weekes able to Run a whole day a Hunting; and I thank God have continued in Health ever since.  
Now sir a Gentleman in our Neighbour-hood, having been seized in ●he same manner that I was, and I believe with the same Distemper, has ●ften importuned me to find you out, and procure some of your Medicines, which I have long made my Business, but could not hear of you till now; ●nd therefore have dispatched this messenger( the Gentleman's Servant) on purpose to you, for ten Bottles of your Elixir and five Boxes of your ●alt of lemons, for which you will receive Money of the Bearer, and if the ●edicines Succeed, as I question not but they will, for I am sure his Distemper is the same that mine was, you will find a grateful Patient of ●●e Gentleman, and much oblige Sir,  
Boslome in Staffordshire, October the 29th 1700. Your humble Servant Aron Shawrs.  
SIR,  
MY old Distemper the Dropsy, that you Cured me of above three Years ago; by a cursed habit of Intemperance is again return'd, ●nd my Legs and whole Body are swelled, like the poor English at Am●oyna, under the cruel Punishment of a Duch Water Rack. Besides this Malady our Country Doctors say I am attacked by a damned hard Word they call a Cachexia, which if in continuing the siege it turns into the Yel●ow-Jaundice, I must surrender the Garrison to the Worms, and make a Step in the Dark, that I am but very ill provided for. If upon this consideration, and the Money I have sent to pay for them, you please to sand ●●e a Reprieve from this sentence of our Country Doctors, in three Bottles 〈◇〉 your Elixir Martis; if I live, I will drink every Year a Score of our ●ountry Milksop young Gentlemen into the same condition, and sand ●hem to you to be Cured out of pure Gratitude for my own Recovery. 〈◇〉 remember the Dropsy seized me in London by drinking of Claret, and you Cured me by ordering me to take your Elixir constantly in the same Li●uor, so I had my Cure, and yet was indulged in my Dear Debauchery, which was a double kindness, and will be return'd so by all Men of my Complexion, who are extremely fond of their Vices, and only desire ●ealth that they may enjoy them with a better Gusto. Now sir since the ●eace, and our being reduced to Half Pay, we cannot reach that noble Li●uor read, but are force to take up with a Decoction of Barley, under the ●a●es of Stout and Three threads, and glad we can purchase that: therefore 〈◇〉 would fain know, if I may not take your Elixir in those Country Li●uors, as I formerly did in Claret, when Fighting was in Fashion; for I ●●n of Opinion the Medicine is most effectual, when the Vehicle is pleasant ●nd Approved. You see sir what an ill Predicament I am in, that am 〈◇〉 most Dead with Drinking, and yet to save my Life cannot abstain from ●●at wretched swinish custom of Gusling. Good sir do what you can to ●ure my Body, and if Recover, I will endeavour to mend my Life, and ●●e thankful to God, and Doctor Stringer for it, in quality of his.  
Nottingham, November 12th 1700. Humble Servant E. Prior.  
To Mr Stringer, at his Refinerys in the High Peak in Derbyshire.  
Dear Sir,  
WHen you Resided at Glocester-Hall in Oxford, I had the Honour to be instructed by you in the Noble Study of chemistry and can ●●ly lament my Misfortune in being snatched away from the University, be ●●e I arrived to a greater Proficiency in so useful and excellent a Science: ●owever I had the advantage of seeing the good Effects of your Elixir ●●artis and Salt of lemons in many nice Cases, where Men of Figure were ●●●ccesful; coming to London not long since, I was seized with a violent ●●●●er, and a concatination of other Distempers, too long to be mentioned ●●re. I had the Advice of several Physitians without any success, at last 〈◇〉 thinking myself of your Medicines, I procured them from a Place in ●●●wn where they are Sold; but had not the Happiness to find you. I con●●ued in taking your Elixir, three times a Day in White-Whine and Wa●●● for the space of a Week; then I purged twice with your Salt of lemons, which quiter took away my Fever; and all its dreadful Symtoms I took another Bottle of your Elixir, by which I am restored to as good state of Health, as ever I enjoyed in my whole Life: Now hearing where you Resided in the Peak I thought fit to give you notice of this great Cure; and also desire you to sand me a Quantity of both your Medicines to keep by me, for my own use, and wherewith I may be sometimes Helpful to my Neighbours, and in so doing you will oblige Sir,  
From Dr Knipes at Westminster-Schooll, May the 2d 1697. Your very humble Servant John Flower, Usher  
Port Royal, Jamaica, October the 29th 1699.  
SIR,  
IN my last I gave you an Account, by the Richard and Sarah, that Dr Treadway and other Physitians, had made trial of your Elixir Febrifugi●m Martis, and have found it very effectual in Removing all kinds of Fevers in a little time; and that then I had Sold but few of your Medicines, because it was not commonly known among the People; but now some ●aving made use of them with good Success, they have communicated their virtues to the rest of the Inhabitants, and it is much enquired for, and goes off at five Shillings a Bottle. It is found by Experence to be a great Preserver of their Negroes from Malignant Fevers, which they are very Subject to; and therefore I desire you to sand by the next Return a good quantity, both of your Elixir and Salt of lemons; for you need not fear the Sale of them at a good Price, for they are now grown into great Reputation, by the Experience that is daily made of them, &c.  
Yours to command, Robert Bevios  
To Mr Kittridge, in the Temple.  
SIR,  
YOU may remember when I was last in London, you had me to the House of one Mr Moses Stringer; I had some Drops called Elixir Martis of him against my Aschma; I have found agreat deal of good by ●t, but I hear he is removed from the house where he did live, so that I know not how to sand to him: I desire the kindness of you, if you know where Mr Stringer lives, to give me an Account of the Place and Sign he ●●s living at, that I may know how to sand to him for some more of his Elixir Martis; I desire your speedy Answer, so I rest  
Empshot, September 21st 1700. Your Friend, William Pay.  
The Elixir is Sold at half a Crown a Bottle each, both containing a● Ounce, The Salt of lemons at three Shillings an Ounce, or twelve Penc●●he Box, each Box being a Dose, or two Drams, and may be had at my House and Labortory in blackfriars, at Mrs Harris's, near the Horn-Taver●, Westminster, at Young-Mans Coffee-House near Charing-Cross, Mr Gravener Stationer over against Leaden-Hall in Leaden-hall-street, Joseph Raven Bookseller in Lincols-Inn.  
And those that please to sell, or export ●hem may have an a batement of 15 l. pr Cent.