The Juice of the Grape (1724) [ Practices ]
… me for his Reception ; Sir, reply’d I, you were saying you had two Buboes, pray let me see them. Upon examining the Parts, I found nothing like a Buboe, or the least Tumor imaginable; but putting on a serious Air, I told him they were not so large as he imagin’d; however, since they appear’d, the Rules of our Art required that they shou’d be brought to a Head, and broke, in order to let out the filthy Matter which was gather’d … said he, how shall we break them? There’s nothing easier, reply’d I; you need only live well, feed high, take a hearty Glass, and be merry with your Friends; here’s no occasion for a Salivation or any other Physick: The Method I speak …
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