Robert Hookes Diary - Why would he have bought and drunk Vomit?
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"Taking a vomit" may have meant more generally taking something to cause vomiting, what we would call an emetic. See eg. http://thequackdoctor.com/index.php/tag/17th-century/
If you are ill it's because something is out of balance. It's a lot easier to get stuff out of a patient to adjust the balance - so the popularity of purges, emetics, bloodletting etc. The 17th century is at the end of medicine based on the four humors, but it's still reasonably common.
It's also a good way as a doctor of demonstrating you are actually doing something. The patient is certainly going to feel the effects of one of these treatments and will probably feel better after it's done than while they are undergoing it - so it must have done some good!
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