Probably means "physic"...definition: a medicine that purges; cathartic;
laxative...term not used anymore (archaic).
M. Petersen

On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:03 AM, John Wyles <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In a 1711 Vestry entry, the following is recorded:
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> "Ordered that ye church wardens agree with some doctor to cure Mary Wild of
> her ailment, & if she think herself able to undergo a course of Phistic,
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> church wardens agree with ye doctors for ye same."
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> I am trying to understand the meaning of the word "Phistic". Is this a
> physical ailment, or a mental ailment, or a course of treatment for an
> ailment?  If a course of treatment, what was involved?
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> Thank you.
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