A Receipt for Worms & Convulsive Fits

[ A Receipt for Worms & Convulsive Fits ] Handley Chipman

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Author
Contributor Name
Handley Chipman

Date: Written sometime in 1776. | 1776/01/01 to 1776/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
worms
convulsive fits

Ingredients
pewter
pewter filings
wine

Places
Nova Scotia

Source: Handley Chipman's Notes, Vol. 2
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Chipman Family Papers | Reference: MG Vol. 218 / Microfilm Reel 10,154

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Instructions for using pewter filings and wine to prevent convulsions. No. 104, p. 62.


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     A Receipt for worms & Convulsive Fits,
     Take the fillings of the best pewter, &c
(cleared of its dust) as much as will Lie upon a
half Crown, for a grown person, and as much 
as will Lie upon a shilling for one about 4 ^teen:
years old, Mix this with wine, and give it just
before the fit comes on, too Violent, repeat the
dose as ofton as the fits return, as if on the
first taking the fits become worse, be not discouraged
but persevere and doubt not to find it Effectuall,