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Introduction

TO THE PUBLIC.

JFrOM the great utility and request for the farmer edition of this Pamphlet, I am under ihe necessity oil printing another, (being the sixth) with additional c of new cures, several of which, wrought by this celebrated Tincture, have been added to each edition, and many more might have been added if the Proprietor had solicited the several persons who have been cured or received signal benefit from taking this very excellent medicine, but many people when cured are very careJess and indifferent about making their cases known ; indeed, there would be many more cases or certificates of cures, that would have met the public eye, if fear of offending had not prevented many who have relations or particular friends in the medical line : such are the cases of some in this Pamphlet, who did not wish their names to appear in public print, nevertheless, although such cases are not signed by the several persons, they may be depended on as genuine, and many more cases of cures, and very great benefit received, by taking this Restorative Tincture at different times, and row living at different places, although they will frequently talk about the cure wrought on them or their friends, and very highly extol the medicine, yet have never thought proper to send in their cases to be inserted for the information and good of their fellow creatures, which certainly is a duty incumbent on all who are satisfied they were cured of any particular bad complaint or disorder; such cure being either effected by this or any other medicine, such cases ought in justice to the Proprietors to be inserted, it being to the mutual benefit, both to the Proprietors, and to the afflicted. Yet, notwithstanding the tardiness of many, who have been cured of consumptive complaints, &c. &c. or have received very great benefit by taking the Tincture, in very great lowness or debility, several more have voluntarily come forward, to their honor be it spoken, who

.used to be sent, a true and par-

a unt of their cases, who have been cured by

Dg this nobk- Restorative Bairn or Tincture ! truly

faithfully prepaftfd by the sole Proprietor. (See the

Catti particularly stated at the end of this Pamphlet,

und signed by sacral worthy and respectable persons.

'] hi* very useful and instructive Book, which contains mere than double the quantity or paper and printing there was in the fiist euition, and which the printer then valued as a sixpenny Pamphlet, and although this sixth edition is much larger, better executed, and printed on a much finer and superior paper, than the former editions, yet they will be sold to all those who may wish to purchase them, at the low price of sixpence each, although fairly shilling Pamphlets ; but those who purchase the Tincture or Meclizine herein recommended, shall receive therewith one of these Pamphlets gratis, and the Editor can truly say, that every purchaser ot this little Book will receive information to more than ten times the value of the purchase of the Book, in other matters respecting Advice and Instruction, independent of the Tincture herein recommended.

In this present edition [as in the former one,] all those complaints or diseases which Females alone are subject to, are omitted and printed in a small Pamphlet by itself, and will be delivered to any Female customer by the vender of the Tincture, put under cover and properly sealed up by the Proprietor, such book being intended solely for the inspection and use of the Female part of the family.

In order to render this Pamphlet as useful as possible to the generality of the readers who may peruse its contents, I thought it necessary for the information of every class of readers, to add at the end of this Pamphlet an Explanation of Words, alphabetically arranged, giving the proper meaning and signification CO word not quite common:

I remain your most obedient and Very humble Servant, Bcthcndcn, 1620. J AMBa Haffbndbn.

THE FOLLOWING IS

A COPY from the old Direction Bills of

DE COETLOGONS

VULNERARY, STYPTIC, AND

^Balsamic Cincture,

THE Chevalier De Coetlogon, Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Lazare, and Member of the Royal Academy of Angiers, M. D. Author of the Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 8cc. has discovered, and during thirty years made use of, with great success, a Vulnerary, Styptic, and Balsamic Tinctur*, which by its excellent virtues, effectually cures all disorders of the breast and lungs, viz. difficulty of breathing, violent coughs and colds, the hooping cough, asthma, phthisic, cholic, consumption, tooth-ache, and heartburn. It stops seminal weaknesses, and all sorts of haemorrhages, or violent bleeding at the no*e, or from wounds, cures the bloody flux, likewise vomiting or spitting of blood, appeases the most excruciating pains of the gout, and in a few minutes expels the gout from the stomach, recovers a lost appetite and is the best remedy in the world to restore a weak, decayed constitution, and to purify the mass of blood of scorbutic humours, and prevent disorders in the body.

Applied outwardly, it cures all sorts of wounds, ulcers, contusions, burns, scalds, bruises, cuts, strains, and the fistula in ano. Cures sore eyes, and strengthens those that are weak j and is of excellent service in several outward disorders of the body ; and therefore, of great use in voyages by sea, or on a journey.

This Tincture is of a very pleasant taste and smell j being close stopt it will retain its virtues many years in any climate j and is of such an innocent quality, that it may be taken by an infant in the month, and is the most admired Vulnerary and Styptic hitherto invented.

It has been truly prepared, and wld above thirty B 1 years from the Chevalier De Coetlogon's original receipt, under his hand and seal, by the late Reginald Partridge, at Hothfield, near Ashford, in Kent ; and (has been above thirty years, and) is now prepared and sold by James HaJJenden, at Bethersden, near Ashford, in Kent, with proper directions with each bottle.

The Proprietor is conscious, when he recommends this, that he is not imposing on the world a Nostrum that has had no fair trial, but a Medicine that has stood the test of experience, and been held in great esteem for upwards of eighty years.

N. B. One or more creditable Shopkeeper, &c. in every town throughout the kingdom will be allowed to sell it retail, with good allowance ; and may be furnished, by sending a letter to James HaJJenden, at Bethersden, near Ashford, Kent; Rouse, Kirkby, and Lawrence, Canterbury ; Z. TFarren, Library, Faversham 5 and at Browne and Mares, Maidstone.

At the places of sale, great numbers of vouchers of credit and reputation can be produced for its inestimable virtues. Among a great number of extraordinary cures, are the following, as undermentioned :—

To the Printers of the Kentish Post.

u I, William Norton, of Throwley, near Faversham in Kent, having heard of great numbers of very wonderful cures opperated by Coetlogon's Tincture all of which are undeniably attested by many very creditable witnesses, and by persons of the best characters j I think it a duty incumbent on me, to recommend the aboves3id inimitable medicine to the world, having no other motive or inducement to it, but that only of serving my fellow creatures. Having long laboured under a deplorable malady, attended with violent pains, spitting and vomiting of blood and corruption, the Doctors which attended me said they could give me no relief; that I was in a consumption and my case desperate, and that I could not survive many days : and that they could do me no good unless they could make me a new inside. In this miserable condition I lay some time, in dreadful agonies, having vomited in one d:iy near five pints of blood, which effusion of blood could not be stopl, though I was blooded in the arm, and all other remedies applied, the Doctors could think of, to no purpose ; but I daily grew worse, till happily the Doctors advised my father-inlaw, Richard Seth, Master of the Free School, to make trial of Coetlogon's Tincture which he accordingly did, and gave me a spoonful thereof which immediately stopt the prodigious effusion of blood, and by taking the remainder of the bottle, I found great relief; and by taking one more of the 2s. bottles, effectually cured all the dangerous symptoms which attended my dismal malady, and that in the space of eight or nine days time, without the assistance of any other remedy whatever j such a surprising cure was scarce ever known ! and now, thank God, I am as well as ever I was, have been so some months since, and am willing and ready to relate, at any time, either in private or public, to any person or persons whatever, my dangerous case, and on oath, if required. Those that know the want of such a noble medicine, would be glad to embrace it on such an occasion, when life is at stake.

Witness our hands this 29th day of Nov. 1750.

Richard Seth, William Norton."

N. B. As several persons have questioned the truth of the above advertisement, to prevent all censure, it is now attested by me on oath, before one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, the 2d day of January, 1/52.

Sworn before the Rev. Mr. Pleese, at Boughton, in Kent.

Richard Seth.

This Tincture is found, by long experience to expel the gout in the stomach in a few minutes : a gentleman near Bath has transmitted a certificate to the Proprietor, of its efficacy in that torturing malady. In all inward decays and weaknesses, it is beyond all other medicine whatever, and affords the most surprising relief.

Mr. John Edmest, of Tenterden, Kent, laboured under a complication of disorders for about six years, attended with a very bad cough and fever, with a violent flux of blood, accompanied with such toituring pains, that he lay almost expiring ; he had not been able to get benefit from any remedies, but was given over as incurable by oil that knew him. His disorder no Doctor could remedy, but he grew daily worse and worse. By taking one spoonful of this Tincture, his flux of blood was stopped, and by continuing the use of it, in a few weeks he was perfectly recovered, to the great surprise of all that knew him, and continued in a perfect state of health. This cure can be attested by a greac number of persons.

Mr. Forster, Officer of Excise, at Deal, in Kent, was about 20 weeks afflicted with a sore throat, an ague, and a ferer, with a violent cough, so bad that he was obliged to keep his room, was by taking one bottle of this Tincture, so well recovered in a few days, that he was able to take his bocks and do his business.

Mr. Howell, in New Bond Street, was cured by applying this Tincture, of six ulcers in each leg, one in his thigh, and three in each arm.

To the Printers of the Kentish Post.

u I, Thomas Smith, late Captain of the Antelope, of Sandwich, in Kent, being taken by the enemy, and conveyed to their dismal dungeon, where I caught a violent cold, &c from which proceeded a dangerous malady in the stomach, attended with excessive torturing pains, for which my Doctor could give no relief, but I grew worse. I being recommended to Coetlogon's Noble, Vulnerary, Styptic, and Balsamic Tincture, I made trial thereof, and found immediate ease ; and continuing itsu&e, I absolutely protest before God, with his blessing to it, that it saved my life, and made a perfect cure of me, to my joy and admiration; and that the public may not in the least mistrust my veracity, I have attested the truth on oath, free from mercenary views, or low cunning The above Tincture was bought of Mr. Silver, bookseller in Sandwich, which I have reason to think is a sovereign medicine in many bad racking disorders.

Witness my hand, Thomas Smith.* '

Sworn before David Lance, Esq. Mayor at Sandwich, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, the 10th of March, 1759.

Extract of a Letter from a Gentleman, at Hull, Ml Yorkshire, to the Proprietor.

Sir. — Your Tincture has cured a boy next door to me, of convulsion tits ; and it has cured another of a sore chap, in three days, who had been afflicted with it near twelve months. Great cures are daily performed by the said Coetlogon's Tincture."

DIliLi ; FOR ITS USE.

The dose to be taken for an inward disorder, is to be regulated according to age, strength, and constitution of the patient, Sec. Ton grown person from half 3 common large spoonful in the morning fasting, and at night going to bed, to a whole one in wine, tea, sugar, or alone, and from twenty drops to a tea spoonful for young children. It is very pleasant on a lump of sugar.

The manner of use outwardly, for bruises and strains, without wounds, is by bathing the part well two or three times a day, and rubbing it in effectually, till it appears quite dry, with the Tincture warmed.

For ulcers, wounds, burns, or scalds, dip some lint into the Tincture, and apply to the pan, and bind a piece of linen cloth, also dipped in the Tincture, upon the lint. But in deep wounds, a small tent must be introduced into the wound, covered with a pledget of lint also dipped into it, which must be dressed twice a day till perfectly cured,

N. B. Remember to supple the linen and lint with warm milk, before you take it off the wound, at every dressing,

For weak or sore eyes, put three or four drops into a little milk in a tea spoon, and bathe the eyes three or four times a day. — For the heart burn, fill a small lump of sugar with the Tincture and eat it, and the complaint will be immediately removed. — For a pain in the ears, drop three or four drops in the ear, and stop the ear with a little wool. — For the tooth- ache, dip a bit of the lint into the Tincture, and put it into the hollow of the tooth, which renew as often as necessary, till the pain ceases.

This excellent Tincture is allowed by several eminent Doctors and other judicious persons, the safest, best, and most useful family medicine hitherto discovered, entirely different in virtue and efficacy from any other nosrum, and exceeding all other medicines yet found cut for consumptions, bleedings, &e. very proper for all families, and necessary on voyages for Captains of ships to have always with them, since it can supply in many dangerous cases the want of a surgeon, by stopping in an instant, the most violent haemorrhages, without fear of the dangerous cousequence, since it is both Vulnerary and Styptic, and can without the assistance of any other remedy, cure any wound, whether internal or external (if not mortal,) by following the directions before-mentioned. Itsupurates, deterges, incarnates, resists putrefaction, &c and even in the most rebellious ulcers, it cures with only the assistance of common and gentle purgatives.

It is a sovereign remedy for scrophulous humours, the King's Evil, &c. to be taken every morning fasting, and at night going to bed for a month or more, and applied outwardly if there be any swelling of the glands, or bi caking out.

Cuts and green wounds are generally cured within two or three chessings. It takes off all blackness of a bruise or fall in an hours time, if speedily applied.

It cures the head-ache and violent bleeding of the nose, by snuiring it hard up the nostrils ; cures the fistula in ano, by introducing in the part a tent, which has been dipped in it.

It wonderfully strengthens the nerves, and is of excellent service in hypochondriacal and hysterical complaints. It vivifies and enlivens the spirits, and often restores the most ruined constitutions to perfect health, after many yean spent in pain and misery. Its operations are gentle and insensible, and may be taken by women with child, or in child bed, and may be safely given to an infant.

Xn wounds, ulcers, cuts, and burns, it heals and cures soon to the very bone, and suffers no proud flesh to grow.

N. B. Remember to keep it close stopped, to preserve its virtues.

Gentlemen of the Faculty, (for obvious reasons) will generally speak agninst any kind of public or advertised remedies, (which they term Quack Medicines) and a late Physician has published a book purposely to expose and condemn many of the famous Quacks and there medicines ; " for of medical knowledge [he says] Ward, James, and Hill, excepted, none of them possessed an atom." After mentioning the principal articles which enter the composition of several of the most common quack remedies, he adds, •■ in short there are none of these nostrums that have not been analysed by skilful chemists ; and, independent of some trivial additions, all those of any power [a few trifling tinctures of vegetables, those of Hill particularly excepted] are compositions of meicury, antimony, or opium." I fear there is too much truth in what he asserts j however, he is quite silent respecting some of the late and most esteemed medicines prepared and published to the world by men of real knowledge, and possessing medical skill, whose medicines have been proved, by long experience, to have done much good ; and in no instance can they do harm, from the medicine containing no article but what is perfectly innocent in itself, and altogether possessing qualities of the most cordial and balsamic, bracing and strengthening kind, and one of these is the much esteemed De Coetlogon's Vulnerary, Styptic, and Balsamic Tincture, the best family medicine ever yet discovered, and lately much improved from the original Recipe of Dr. De Coetlogon, a Physician of great learning and abilities, and possessing great medical skill, who practised in London above seventy years since j by his means Reginald Partridge, of Hothfield, in Kent, was cured and restored to health and to his friends, after he was discharged from one of the hospitals in London as incurable, being in a deep decline or consumption. He accidently met Dr, De Coetlogon in the street, who remarked how sadly Mr. Partridge looked. Mr. P. then made his case known to Dr. De Coetlogon, who told Mr. P. he had a medicine, which he made no doubt would cure his complaint. Mr. Partridge then consented to give his medicine a fair trial, which in a short space of time, by taken it as directed, restored him again to health, to the joy and admiration of himself and friends.

This extraordinary cure excited his curiosity, and it is natural to suppose that he wished to know the composition of that medicine by which he had been restored to health, and had experienced the most beneficial and happiest effect entirely by its use, and he afterwards found means, through the interest of the late Earl of Thanet, to obtain [with a sum of money] the Secret and True Recipe from Dr. De Coetlogon, and the particular process how to prepare this invaluable medicine, which the aforesaid Mr. R. Partridge prepared and vended on his own account many years } and in the year 1"64, he admitted the father of the present proprietor, the late Mr. John Hujjcnden, of Bethersden, in Co-partnership with him for the term of 21 years, for the sum of TWO HUNDRED GUINEAS,* for which he [the late Mr. John Haffenden,] likewise received the Recipe t*uly copied from the original Receipt, which was in the hand writing of Di. De Coetlogon, the Copy of which Recipe is now in the possession of the present proprietor, Mr. James Hajfenden, of Bethersden, near Ashford> Kent, who is now, and has been for several years the only and sole proprietor, maker and vender of the aforesaid Tincture. As the true and genuine sort cannot be prepared at present by any other person, to caution and guard the public from being imposed upon by a spurious and counterfeit sort, each bottle prepared by the present proprietor is signed with his name (James HcjJ'endenJ in his own hand writing, on the wrapper, on the outside of each bottle— no other is genuine.

• A mm equal to Six Hundred Guineas, at this present time.

Let it not be objected that, because this" medicine appears to be prescribed for many disorders, that it can be good for none ; for it is very likely, that many people seeing it recommended for several complaints or diseases, may peevishly exclaim, Oh ! here is another nostrum which is to cure all mannes of complaints j a famous balsam to cure all sores, Sec. &c. and in short, " all disoiders incident to the human frame 3" thus being prejudiced against it, imagine It is merely a puff, or take in, and therefore judge or conclude it to be good for little or nothing, I advise such people not to pass their judgment too hastily, but examine and prove before they condemn this medicine, or even any thing else. Indeed, if I recommend it as a balsam to cure all kinds of sores, or as a " sovereign remedy for every disorder incident to the human frame," there would be great reason then to pass such a kind of judgment upon it as above-mentioned ; but the Proprietor of the true Vulnerary, Styptic, and Balsamic Tincture cannot nor will not say any such thing of his medicine j for though recommended for the cure and relief of many complaints, those are a small number indeed compared to along and melancholy list which that great and ancient Physician Hippocrates, has given us ; for he enumerates no less than 250 different n diseases on which he hath given us his instructions. " Any person who extols and recommends any one medicine indiscriminately for the " cure of all disorders incident to the human frame," must either want understanding or reflection (probably both) j if not wanting in understanding himself, he certainly must think or judge all mankind except himself to be destitute of either, if he expects them to believe such an absurd and ridiculous assertion, and which is a great reflection on the good loyal subjects of great Britain. — How absurd such a declaration ! and how repugnant to common sense !

Yet as absurd and ridiculous as this may appear, it is no less strange than true, that a famous Balsam has been often advertised in the public newspapers to the same effect ; for after extolling it and recommending it as a sovereign remedy for several common complaints, he adds " in short, for all disorders incident to the human frame ;" — for one particular remedy to cure all disorders, which are as opposite in their nature as cold and heat, or weak and strong, is, I think, what no person of common understanding will believe, that one particular medicine can possess two very opposite qualities, which is to cool, evacuate, and reduce the too full habit of body, in one person, which may proceed from too free living, &c. : or on the other hand, to brace, strengthen, and restore another, who is in a very weak, low, and reduced state, from too low living, or from long sickness, &c— • A medicine which is of a warm, tonic, bracing, and of a stimulating nature cannot be proper for a person in a high fever, an apoplexy, or for any other acute complaint of an inflammatory nature j which may proceed from repletion, &c. On the other hand, the frequent bleedings and evacuants necessary, and the febrifuge, or cooling medicines, would be prescribed for the cure of the above acute and inflammatory complaints, would be very improper for a person in a low nervous fever, or a great inward weakness, or general debility, or lowness, which may proceed from long severe illness, fevers, agues, &c. or from any other cause.

To shew how many are; or may be, prejudiced against any thing, particularly against any kind of medicine which appears to them recommended to cure all complaints, I shall just mention the following facts which I had from a married lady, who has been a remarkable good customer to me for several years, and has had at different times a considerable quantity of Tincture for the use of herself and family, and has, from receiving great benefit from it herself, in a case of great weakness and debility, recommended it to her friends and neighbours, and has likewise given a great quantity of it away amongst several of her poor neighbours. I lately received an order from her for two dozen more of the above Tincture,, which she was so anxious to have sent as soon as possible j accordingly I carefully packed up the above quantity, and having occasion to go to Maidstone, which is within / or 8 miles of where the lady lives, I took the parcel with me in the coach, and the next day waited on the lady myself (for I never had tho pleasure of seeing her before,) and after making myself known to her, she, of her own accord, in the most friendly manner, told me by what means the Tincture first fell into her hands, which WU as follows : — A few years since, she went to the public sale of a person who dealt in different kinds of medicine, &c. and who was made a bankrupt ; the went to this sale principally to purchase some particular kind of pills which she had been in the habit of taking, and it 10 happened that several bottles of Dr.

De Coetlogon's Balsamic Tincture were put up in the lot with those pills j she told me she wanted not the Ticcture, but for sake of the pills she purchased the lot, and afterwards, on opening and reading one of the direction bills, and seeing it mentioned and recommended for so many disorders, she was entirely prejudiced against it, and concluded it to be good for nothing ; her husband likewise who was prejudiced against any kind of quack medicines, supported her in this opinion. However, in spite of blind prejudice, clear and fair truth will often appear, and expel that obstinate old prejudice entirely out of the way, for M Facts are stubborn things, '* and no person ought to believe or form a bad opinion of any thing, till proved by that infallible touchstone, Truth, or positive Facts, established and proved by repeated experience. The lady above alluded to, told me she wis befoie, and when in possession of the Tincture, in a very low, weak state, [having had several miscarriages,] and one day in particular, she was afflicted with a very severe nervous head-ache, it happened she had an occasion to open the drawer where she had deposited the Tincture, and seeing it, had a fancy to read over again one of the diiection bills, and found it mentioned to be good for the head-ache, by *' snuffing it hard up the nostrils," she accordingly [notwithstanding her iormei prejudices] had resolution enough to open one of the bottles, and apply it as directed and almost immediately found relief by it, and thus entertaining a belter opinion of the medicine, she still proceeded further, and was determined to take some of it inwardly without saying a word to her husband about it as she suffered much from lowness and debility ; accordingly she took some of the Tincture as directed, and soon found great comfort and relief from it, which, by repeating it, soon restored her again to her former health and strength, and she has ever since much recommended it to others, her neighbours and acquaintance, and has even had the goodness to g'rve a good deal of it away to several of her poor neighbours where she thought it to be of essential service.

As I was but a short time in her company, I had not an opportunity to ask her many questions about her complaints, and those of her neighbours, who have found great benefit by taking the aforesaid Tincture j and as I did not ask her consent to have her particular case inserted, I must forbear mentioning her name, but will inform any friend who wishes it, and wants to inquire more particularly into the circumstances of the case, which I declare is exactly, or as near as possible, as the lady related the above case to me, and which is now inserted for the benefit of others afflicted with the like complaints, in order to make this valuable medicine more generally known and extensively useful, for by such proofs and recommendation, it will induce others afflicted with the like complaints to take it, to their great comfort and relief.

Here is sufficient proof how much has been lost to the Proprietor, as well as to the public at large, by his not publishing, and endeavouring to extend the sale of the above invaluable medicine before, for it could not recommend itself by mere laying in a shop till some one had made trial of it, and then with confidence recommend it to others, which was exactly the case as before stated, for the Proprietor had sent several bottles of the Tincture many years since to the shop, and had heard nothing more about it till some time after the bankruptcy had taken place, as other business has prevented him from travelling in the medicine line, [or only once, which was almost 14 years since, from the time of publishing the first edition of the pamphlet) and having ever since had so much business, independent of the Tincture business, on his hands, is the reason why it has been so long neglected. Although the Proprietor has lost the value of the Tincture sent to the above place, yet the public sale of it afterwards, has proved both fortunate to him as well as to others j by this means its great use and virtues at this place have been fortunately discovered, which for many years before had laid quite dormant for want of proper recommendation.