The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

MARCH 28, 1759365ing the most Convenient Way and best Landing; And therefore humbly prayingthat the said Ferry be Established:Ordered, that the said Petition be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Petition of William Hemsworth is referred.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Nine of theClock.Wednesday the 28th Day of March 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that it be an Instruction to the Committee to whom the Curesperformed by Joseph Howard were referred, that they do direct the Printingof the said Howard’s Method of Cureing the Lame Distemper, Yaws andother Disorders proceeding from corrupt Blood, which was by him deliveredto the said Committee in Writing, and by them delivered to the House, inthe Gazettes, and continue the same a reasonable time for the Benefit of thePublic.[The clerk of the Commons House did not include the committee’s report of JosephHoward’s cure in the engrossed manuscript. The printed text of the cure appearedin the April 7, 1759 issue of the South Carolina Gazette in the following form.]In the Commons House of Assembly, the 28th Day of March, 1759.Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, to whom the Cures performedby Joseph Howard was referred, That they do direct the Printing said Howard’sMethod of curing the Lame-Distemper, Yaws, and other Disorders, proceeding fromcorrupt Blood (which was by him delivered to the said Committee) in the Gazette,and continue the same some Time for the Benefit of the Public.John Bassnett, C.D.C.A Receipt for curing the Lame Distemper, Yaws, or almost any corrupt Blood, &c.First bleed in the Arm on the Side where most Sores lie; if no Sores, in theArm on the Side where most Pain is, if any Odds: Then purge with Pilulae ex Duobus,from 15 Grains to 35 or 40, according to the Age or Strength of the Patient; dividethe Pill. ex Duobus into 5 Pills, give 3 just before the Patient goes to Bed, and 2 in theMorning, working it off with Gruel. Continue this Method of purging 3 or 4 Times,but let there be 2 or 3 Days between each Purge. Where the Patient is weak, purgewith Extractum Rudii, giving 2 or 3 Pills every other Night; the Pills to be about theSize of a Garden Pea: If the Patient is weak and unable to bear it, there must be alonger Intermission. After the above Medicines are made Use of, according to theDirections above, then have ready the following