Dr. Wyer's and Theodore Mayerne's Treatment for Eruptions

[ Dr. Wyer's and Theodore Mayerne's Treatment for Eruptions ]

Date: Late 18th century; exact date unknown.

Publication Format
Manuscript

Source: Manuscript Notebook of Dr. William James Almon
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Almon Family Fonds | Reference: MG 1 / Microfilm Reel 10,045

Description

Remedies for treating an inflamed faced with sever acne from Dr. Wyer of Cambridge MA and renowned Genevan physician Theodore Mayerne, who treated French and English royalty, p. 19.


Transcription

Eruptions

Doctor Wyer has found great service from the use of [Ungl].

[nutrit]: in cases of scabby Eruptions of the face [etc.]

The Family of Lord Maxwell were subject to an inflam-

ed face, sometimes purple, sometimes scarlet, and often

coverd with pimples; these  uunsually went off in [scurf]:

sometimes in a thin round, dry scale; and sometimes

(especially after eating anything high seasoned) they

rose to a white head. There were sometimes also when

they swelled under the skin, became large, and hard

and were obliged to be opened with a lancet.

after almost every Medicine had been tried: Sir Theodore

Mayerne cured his patient with Red. Speedwell,

or Veronica [Rubra]= it is given in Decoction, and or

infused in brandy__