God's great Blessing to Mankind in this Life , is Health and long Life ; the former of which if wanting makes the latter miserable . And amidst all Diseases that afflict Mans body , there is none so Epidemical and Raging at this time as the Scurvy .

The Scurvy is a certain evil habit of the whole Body , turning all the Aliment we receive into evil Humours , taking its Original from Crude and Melancholy Humours ; the Cause whereof is for want of good Digestion in the Stomack , caused either by great Obstructions of the Spleen , Liver , or Mesentery , and sometime from Obstructions of the Sweetbreds , as also from a raw and undigested Blood in the whole Body , but chiefly in the Hypochondries or Sides , which offends by a certain specifick Putrefaction arising from our Diet , as salt and windy Meats , and many other things not natural to our Bodies ; to which may be added the great Excess of Tobacco that is generally taken . The Signs of the Scurvy are these ; A Weariness without cause ; a sluggish Dulness about the lower Parts of your Body , as if you felt some great weight ; a Weakness of the Thighs , a Straitness of the Breast , and Difficulty of Breathing ; also the Strength much impaired ; a Redness and Itching in the Gums ; the Face grows pale ; the Pulse small and unequal ; the Teeth grow loose and often ake ; besides there is a Corruption of the Gums , and a great Stinking of the Breath ; the Thighs and Legs are full of purple spots , also sometimes red and livid , or inclining to blackness , at other times yellow , according to the Constitution and evil State of the Body . There is also a great Weakness in the Joynts , Pains in the Shoulders , Sides , Hipps , Thighs , Knees , and Legs ; moreover there is many times great Pain in the Head , Stomack , and Back . This Disease many times ( Proteus like ) shews it self in several Dresses , as Eugalenus formerly , and since our learned Country-Man Dr. Willis hath taken particular notice of ; as the Palsy , Chollick Pains Convulsions , Gouts , Fluxes of the Belly , and many times very costive Swounings , Plurisies , Apoplexies , Falling-Sickness , Dropsies , sottish Sleepiness , and Feavers of all kinds . This Disease , if not cured in time , grows very dangerous , many dying suddenly thereof , some break out into evil Ulcers , others fall blind , some fall into Consumptions , others into Dropsies .

These Pills cure all Diseases incident to the Brain , if taken in time , as Vertigo , Appoplexy , Lethargy , Headach , Falling-Sickness , Palsy , Madness , Frenzy , Diziness ; likewise they cure Ulcers in any part of the Body , although in the Legs . I have cured several of long standing , and all other Distempers that are possible to be cured by purging , which my printed Books that are given out with each Box of Pills will further inform you . I shall now only inform you of three or four very strange Cures that have been performed by my Pills since the printing of my Books , wherein you may find betwixt thirty or forty more , which may satisfie any indifferent Person of the Goodness of these Pills ; my purpose being only at present by giving these Papers about to make them more fully known : for several Persons that have taken them in London have been cured of several Distempers in a very short space , and with small charge , when all other Medicines could effect no Cure upon them .

Mr. Thomas Patrick , Butcher in little East-Cheap , can acquaint you of the Gentlemans Name and Place of Abode , that was very much troubled with the Kings-evil , and was twice touched by his Majesty , and afterwards used several other Remedies though to no purpose , was notwithstanding cured in a very short space by the use of these Pills .

Ann , the Wife of John Gratwick of Shermanbury , Esq ; being very much troubled with the yellow Jaundise , her Face and whole Body being very yellow , or rather of a saffron colour , her appetite lost , and she worn away to skin and bones ; after several Remedies used by a very able Doctor for her Cure ( although to no purpose ) was throughly cured by the use of these Pills .

The Widow Fenn , alias Fenner , living in Hayton-Street in the Parish of West-Furle in Sussex , being troubled with a Dropsy for a long time , so that her Belly and Legs were mightily swelled , the small of her Legs being as big as the Thighs of most Men , and withal very Astmatical , so that she could hardly breath , having made use of several Physicians for her Cure , but all unsuccessful , was at last perswaded to make use of my Pills ; and by the use of 7 or 8 s . worth of them was throughly cured . Attested by the Minister of the Parish with several other Neighbours .

John Harwood of Alciston being very much troubled with the Scurvy , having a great pain in his Head and Stomack , no Appetite to his Victuals ; he was troubled likewise with a great pain all over his Limbs , as also a great Ophthalmia or Inflammation of his Eyes ; was cured of all these Distempers in a very short space by taking one whole Box of these Pills .

I might mention many other Cures which I shall forbear , having referred the Reader to the printed Books .

Lastly , these Pills will leave no Man unsatisfied that makes use of tthem , for they open all Obstructions whatsoever , and purifie the whole Mass of Blood and Nervous Juice from all Heterogenous Admixture whatsoever . They exactly cure the Lues Venerea , and do free the Body from all Impurities .

The Method and Order of taking these Pills is fully described in my printed Books , which are given with each Box of Pills . The biggest Box , containing 60 Pills , 5 s . the half Box , containing 30 Pills , 2 s . 6 d . and the small Box , containing 12 Pills , for four Doses , 1 s .