THis Disease ( unknown to our Fore-fathers ) being now become so common that most Children are more or less Afflicted with it , Killing many with lingering Pains , and rendering the whole lives of others uncomfortable by the sad Effects , viz. Weakness , Crookedness , shortness of Breath , Consumptions , and many other Infirmities which it leaves Imprinted on their tender Bodies , or at least is the original occasion of , though sometimes they appear not till several years after ; and all this through want of due and Efficacious Remedies seasonably applied . I have therefore thought fit to Advertise the Parents and Friends of such Languishing Infants of a most Soveraign Medicine , which both Cures and Prevents that distemper , being an excellent and carefully prepared Powder of divers powerful Specifick Ingredients ; neither loathsome to the Tast , nor Purging , Vomiting , or making Children Sick that take it , but gently opens Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen , and thereby brings an equal distribution of nourishment to all the parts , and removes that stupefaction of the Nerves and Arteries , wherein the Root of this Disease mainly consists ( as in that incomparable Treatise De Rachitide , is judiciously observ'd ) and thus preserves the Body from , or subdues the said Disease with all its Symptomes , by removing the causes thereof .

All which it performs by known and accountable Vertues , justified as well by Reason , as the concurrent Testimony of Experience , having been a means to save the Lives and restore many Afflicted Children when all other Medicines that could be procured , prov'd ineffectual : Non opus est verbis , — Exitus Acta Probet .

For better Conveniency to those living at a distance , I have disposed it in Papers Sealed , each containing four and Twenty Doses , with Printed Directions for its use , price 2s . 6d . One of these Papers frequently performs a Cure , But where the Disease is Inveterate , and far grown , it may require 2. or 3. at most , nor shall you fail of finding a sensible amendment on the first : And as they must be very indiscreet that can expect such a Chronical Distemper as this can be perfectly rooted out in a day or two , or without following it with proper Medicines for some considerable time : So certainly they love Mony too much , and their Children too little , That shall Refuse or Repine to bestow five Shillings when need is , to secure the Life , Limbs , and future health of their otherwise helpless Infant .

This Powder is to be sold By Mr. Benjamin Harris Bookseller in Sweeting-Ally near the Royal Exchange . Mr. William Whitwood Bookseller in Duck-lane near Smithfield . And by the Author at the sign of the Blew Ball near the Kings Printing-house in Black-Fryers , and not elsewhere .

There will next term be Published a Book of Practical Physick , being several choice pieces of Sennertus , Translated by the Author hereof ; who is likewise preparing for the Press a Treatise , Intituled , A Guide for Nurses , wherein the Causes and Cure of all Diseases commonly incident to Children , are plainly set forth and discussed , To be sold by the Booksellers aforesaid .