beaten and mixed altogether rub your Teeth therewith for it will not only cause the Teeth to be white but cleanseth the Gums c. Another certain remedy for corrupt Gums Take Hony one spoonful Nutmeg and Cloves in powder of each one dram Juice of Sage two spoonfuls beat them well together till it be like to an ointment wherewith anoint the Gums and Teeth after which take Mastick and Myrrh of each two draws and boyl them in half a pint of Red-wine to the consumption of half and wash the Gums and Teeth first and last therewith Or take Allum two drams powder of Red-Corral one dram and a half Pumestone and Fish-bones of each one dram burnt Harts-horn Mastick and Frankinsense Clâ—â—â—â—s Myrrh and Nutmegs of each half a dram beat them into fine powder and 〈◊〉 them together with which rub your 〈◊〉 and Teeth Or take Barly Meal Salt and Hony and rub the Teeth and wash your mouth after with Vinegar and water Notwithstanding all this you ought to purge with proper Medicines and to Bleed if need require and to scarifie the Gums CHAP. XV. Of the Ulcers of the Mouth and Throat THe Ulcers of the Mouth are caused through sharp and salt Humours or of Vapours from several parts ascending to the Jaws They often happen to those that have hot Livers or malignant Feavers and to such that are tormented with Venereal distempers c. If Age and strength will permit this Cure ought to be began with Blood-letting for it draweth back the humours and moderateth their sharpness by cooling the Body You may also apply Horse-leeches behind the Ears and under the Chin and Blistering Plasters to the Neck-pit and the next day after Bleeding and as need shall require purge with my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills c. for they beyond any doth expel sharp salt humors and also the evil and poysonous Humours offending the Nose Mouth and Throat too often caused by Mercurial Medicines after which make use of the Gargarism made as followeth Take the distilled water of Honey-suckles Plantane and Rose-water of each two ounces Syrup of dried Red-Roses and Syrup of Mulberries of each one ounce Sugar of Lead two drams mix them well together and often Gargle the Mouth therewith Or take Knot-grass Plantane-leaves and Bramble-leaves of each two good handfuls Pomgranate-flowers red and yellow Sanders of each one ounce boyle these in a sufficient quantity of Running-water to the Consumption of half then strain it and add thereto Syrup of Mulberries and dried Red-Roses to make it sweet and use it as afore directed if there be any inflamation you may add thereto some juice of Purslain House-leek and Night-shade and a small quantity of Sal Prunellae or raw Allum but let it not be made too sharp with either And if there be no Inflamation you may touch the Ulcer with a stick with a ragg tied to the end thereof dipt first in the Spirit of Sulphur or Vitriol and it helps forthwith if the Ulcer be simple but to Children mix with these Spirits Honey of Roses so that it may be but a little sharp and with a little Lint fastened to the end of a Stick c. apply it Or take the juice of Housleek and fresh Cream mix them well together and anoint your Mouth therewith When the Mouth and Almonds are so much Ulcerated that the Patient cannot swallow Take the distilled water of Elder-flowers Plantane-water and the water distilled from the Black-Thorn-flowers of each alike dissolve therein as much Venus sope as a Walnut sweeten it with a small quantity of the Syrup of Mulberries and gargle the Mouth often therewith if these take not effect add to either of the Gargarisms a small quantity of Egyptiacum and gargle therewith Another excellent remedy for the Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat c. Take Vine-leaves or the tops when the Leaves are not to be had the inward bark of the Elm-tree of each one handful Roch-Allum Ginger grosly beaten of each half an ounce Album Graecum one ounce boyl all these in one quart of water to the consumption of half strain it and sweeten it with hony or Syrup of Mulberries and gargle the Mouth and Throat often therewith this is most proper where there is no Inflamation Or take Plantane-water eight ounces Honey of Roses and Syrup of Mulberries of each two ounces Sugar of Lead six drams Roman-Vitriol one dram mix them together and use it as afore-directed for they are of wonderful Virtue to help the Ulcers in the Mouth Pallet and Throat caused by the French-Pox c. Those and such like Gargarisms will prove the more effectual if the body be well purged with my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills with which I have cured many that for some years before had been sorely troubled with red and watry Eyes and full of filthy matter caus'd through the forementioned disease CHAP. XVI Of the Quinzy THe Quinzy is an Inflamation of the Throat and Jaws of which there are according to Authors four sorts The first is when the Jaws are inflamed The second is when neither the Jaws nor other parts either inward or outward are inflamed and yet the Patient in danger of choaking The third is when the inward and outward parts about the Throat are inflamed The fourth is when the Joynts between the Head and Neck are loosened and the part appear hollow and the Patient sensible of pain when but touched The Quinzy is caused through some flux of Humours which fall from the Head to the Throat c. or from abundance of Blood preternaturally flowing to the foresaid parts and sometimes it may be caused from vapours arising from the Stomack to the Throat c. The Quinzy is known by the Signs following The Patient breathes with much difficulty except the Neck be held upright and can hardly swallow without violent pain In some there appears redness in the face and Neck and a Fever c. This Distemper often kills in four and twenty hours Therefore without delay open a Vein in the Arm upon the same side or open the Vein under the Tongue Some with good snccess open the Jugular Veins But take not the Blood forth at once but at several times lest the Patient faint c. Let the Incision be somewhat large lest the thinner part of the Blood come forth and leave the grosser part behind which is many times the absolute Cause of this deadly Distemper If the Patient be of the Female Sex open the Vein in the Anckles more especially if her Monthly Sickness be obstructed When Bleeding cannot with Conveniency be admitted Give to the Patient the Glister made as followeth Take Calamint Rue Sage Betony Origan Peny-Royal and Hysop of each half a handful the Seeds of Annis Fennel and Seselis of each three drams the lesser Centaury one handful the Roots of Polipody four ounces Agarick two drams Pulp of Colocinthidos one dram and a half Boyl these in a sufficient quantity
Ordinary Drink Take Elder-Bark Smallage Clivers Herb Robert Sope-wort Fumatory the Leaves and Roots of Pilewort of each three good handfuls Polipody half a pound being cut and bruised in a thin Cloth hang them in some convenient Vessel and pour thereto a sufficient quantity of New Beer or Ale you cannot well make it too strong of the Herbs and let it work together when fit to drink make use thereof as occasion serves and you will have no cause to find fault with me Or take the Roots of Filipendula and Pilewort of each two drams Tansie Mouse-Ear Pimpernel of each one dram Round Birthwort the Roots of Radishes and Sopewort of each half a dram Cut and bruise them and boyl them in three Pints of white Wine to the consumption of the third part strain it and add thereto of Oxymel simple three Ounces Of which let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint at a time three times a day Plaisters and Oyls proper to dissolve the Swellings hard Knots and Kernels are as followeth Take the Plaister of Frogs with Mercury spread it upon Linnen Cloth and apply it to the parts affected But be sure to purge now and then in the use thereof Or make use of the Plaister of Diachylom with Gum or the Plaister of Galbanum for they are all very good to dissolve the Tumors But the first neglect not To anoint the Tumours take the Oyl of Elder for with that alone with the use of the internal Remedies I have known many perfectly cured Or take the Oyl or Ointment made of Briony-Roots and use it as afore directed If those Sores chance to break as oftentimes they do foment the Sores with a Spunge dipt in Lime-water Or take the Roots of Briony Marsh-Mallow-Roots and the Roots of Figwort and Dwarf-Elder of each one ounce Flowers of Dwarf-Elder Camomil Melilot and Common Elder of each one handful Seeds of Annis and Fennugreek of each half an ounce Boil them in a sufficient quantity of water to the consumption of half or more and apply it hot to the part for the space of half an hour After which anoint it with the Ointment made as followeth Take the Fat of a Man or the Fat of a Bear Goose and Cock's Fat of each half an Ounce the Ointment of Marsh-Mallows two ounces Oyl of Lillies and Aqua-Vitae of each one ounce Mix them well and make an Ointment thereof Or when it breaks wash the Sores with Crab-Verjuice and Butter and sometimes touch the Ulcers with Oyl of Vitriol or Sulphur And to heal the Sores after the Body is well purged Take Letharge of Gold what quantity you please make it into very fine Powder and with a sufficient quantity of Sallet Oyl and strong Vinegar being beaten well together apply it to the Sores Plaister-ways repeating the same as need require CHAP. XVIII Of the Asthma or Difficulty of Breathing DIfficulty of Breathing is commonly caused of a Flegmatick Humour which falls from the Head to the Lungs and stops the Winde-pipe c. And often times by watery Humors conveighed into the Lungs as in hydropical persons causeth an Asthma or difficulty of Breathing As touching the Cure of this Disease Especially in Hydropical and Scorbutical Constitutions In the first place make use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they do not only make thin and cleanse but perfectly expel all tough and gross humours which for the most part ingender this Disease Or take of the choisest Agarick two drams Ginger one scruple Salt Gem three grains being grosly beaten infuse them all night in two ounces of sweet White-Wine and the distilled Water of Fennel and Wormwood of each one ounce strain it and adde thereto Oxymel of Squills half an ounce and the Electuary called Indi Majoris two drams make it into a Potion and drink it off all at once in the morning fasting Pills of Cochia and Agarick and Pills of Hiera Picra made up with Honey are also very profitable in such cases Sometimes strong Glisters will be of excellent use And notwithstanding making use of the aforesaid Medicines especially upon the intermitting days take of the following Julip for to my knowledge it is of excellent use Take the Distilled Water of Scabios small Cinamon-Water of each three ounces Syrup of Liquorish Syrup of Hoarhound Oxymel of Squills and Lohoch Sanum of each one ounce Spirit or Oyl of Vitriol twenty drops mix them well together and make a Julip thereof which take one or two Spoonfuls first and last two hours before Dinner and two hours after Or take Blew Currans one pound the Tops of Nettles two handfuls boil them in two quarts of Water to the consumption of half strain it and let the Patient drink often thereof Or take off the Syrup of Colts-foot Liquorish Hoarbound of each one ounce Oxymel simple half an ounce mix them and let the Patient take thereof often Or take the Roots of Elicampane Juniper-berries and Bay-berries husked of each half an ounce Sugar-candy one ounce being made into fine Powder with a sufficient quantity of Honey or Syrup of Hysop make them up into an Electuary of which take as much as a Nutmeg first and last c. Or take White Sugar-Candy one ounce Oyl of sweet Almonds three ounces mix them and give it as afore-directed Or take Flower of Sulphur half an ounce Cinamon in fine Powder one dram with a sufficient quantity of Hogs Fat make them up into Pills as big as gray Pease and take thereof three at a time first and last A Sea-Onion roasted and beaten well with a sufficient quantity of Honey and given to the Patient so much as a Nutmeg at a time is of excellent use Or take the tops of Rosemary Hysop of each one handful Figs Liquorish of each two ounces Being cut and bruised boil them in one quart of Spring Water to the consumption of half then strain it and add thereto of the best Honey eight ounces let it just boil up again scum it and keep it for use of which take two or three spoonfuls first and last and at any other time This Method is not onely proper in the Asthma or difficulty in Breathing but for the Cough Bleeding is very necessary in this Distemper therefore open a Vein in the Fit especially if the Blood seem to abound But if the Disease be of long continuance bleed not without good Advice lest the Natural Heat should thereby be diminished and Flegm increased c. The Ointment made as followeth will also be very profitable Take Duck's and Hen's Fat of each one dram Oyl of Rue and Dill of each two drams Oyl of Orris half an ounce mix them together and anoint the Brest therewith first tubbing the same with a hot course Linnen Cloth Or take Oyl of Orris Camomil and sweet Almonds of each one ounce Hens Fat one dram the Powder of Orris and Marsh-Mallow-Roots of each one dram and a half the Meal of Fennugreek and
white Sugar in a stone Bottle close stopped and set in a pot of water for two or three hours but open not the Bottle till it be cold then strain it and keep it for use of which give to the Child one or two Spoonfulls at a time for I will assure you it is a very excellent remedy and has cured many which have been lest past recovery Or give to the Child in the very Fit all the Gall of a Black sucking Puppy being choaked in the distilled water of Tile-flowers but for a Girl take the Gall of a Bitch Whelp There may be safely Blistering Plaisters applyed to the Nape of the Neck Cupping Glasses to the Shoulders and Loins with Scarification provided the Child be a year and half or two years of Age. CHAP. VI. Of the Apoplexie AN Apoplexie is a sudden privation both of the Sense and Motion of the Body and an interruption of the Animal Functions There are two sorts of Apoplexies the one strong the other more mild the strong is a most sharp Distemper and strangleth a Man forthwith or if not presently prevented turneth to a Palsey and is seldom cured But the milder sort is curable for in it both Motion and Sense remain but both very stupid heavy and exceeding dull The cause of the Apoplexie is too frequently in these dayes drunkenness falls from high places blows c. also it hapneth of Flegmatick Humours which doth fill and obstruct at one time the principal Ventricles of the Brain very cold Air which congeals or thickens the moist Excrements of the Brain is also oftentimes the cause of this distemper and it frequently cometh through gross melancholy humours The Symptoms or Signs of this deadly distemper are violent pains in the Head swelling of the Neck Veins a Vertigo and a brightness or a kind of glittering before their Eyes panting of the Body a coldness of the extream parts without any cause visible dull and slow in motion and in sleep oftentimes gnaw their Teeth their Urine little in quantity and black much like to Rust and the Canker in Mettals and hath a setling in the bottom like to flower Such that are troubled with the Apoplexie have not always evil Symptoms perceived before hand but fall down suddenly as if they were struck with Thunder and they lie with their Eyes fastned and snort without Sense Motion or Understanding differing from the dead only by Breathing and that with much difficulty This Disease for the most part happens to old men that are decrepit and of a Flegmatick Complexion and to the great drinkers of Brandy and decayed Wine too much made use of in these dayes were the Truth known The Cure of the milder sort of Apoplexie may be performed as followeth If the Cure be not too desperate in plethorick or full Bodies where strength will permit open the Cephalick Veins but take not away too much blood at a time but rather at several times I have often seen the Jugular Veins on both sides the Neck opened not without wonderfull success However bleeding ought not to be attempted without very good advice But give to the Patient the Glister made as followeth Take Lavender Hysop Pennyroyal Centaury Marjoram Betony Rue Origan Sage of each half a handfull Seeds of Fennel Carawayes Seselis Agarick Pollipody Pulp of Colocynthis of each two Drams cut and bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor add thereto Sal Gemme one Dram and a half Hiera Picra one Ounce and a half Oyl of Rue Castor and Bay-berries of each half an Ounce the Extract of black Hellebor one Scruple mix them altogether and make a Glister thereof Or Take hard Honey half an Ounce Euphorbium half a Scruple the Powder of Colocinthys twenty Grains Sal Gemma two Scruples boil them together and make Suppositories thereof and fix Threads thereto that after they are put up into the Fundament you may draw them forth at pleasure When you have done thus provoke the Patient to Sneese with the following Powder Take Pellitory of Spain Marjoram white Hellebor of each half a Scruple Euphorbium and Castor of each five Grains being made into fine Powder snuff it up into the Nostrils or blow it up through a Quill but a little at a time Or make use of the Powder directed in the Chapter of the Falling sickness made as followeth Take the Seeds of Nigella half a Dram Nutmeg Mumia Peony Roots of each ten Grains dryed Marjoram six Grains Musk two Grains all being made into fine powder blow a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils For it is most wonderfully effectual in the Fit of the Vertigo Falling Sickness and Apoplexie In places where such ingredients cannot be soon obtained take Nutmeg Ginger and sweet Marjoram or Ginger alone and blow it up into the Nostils as afore directed Or let the Patient smell to Galbauum Castor Opoponax or Sagapenum which will be a means to raise and stir him up It will also be necessary to annoint the Patients Back bone with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Euphorbium Castor of each one Ounce Oyl of Costinum one Ounce the Oyl of Petraeleum and Juniper of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of Virgins Wax make it into an Oyntment And take every Morning fasting the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Electuary made as followeth for it is a great preseruative against the Apoplexie Take the Conserve of Sage Betony of each half an Ounce Rosemary one Ounce Venice Treacle three Drams the Confection of Anacardit two Drams Diambra and Diamoschi Dulcis of each one Dram Powder of Castor and Seeds of Rocket of each half a Dram with Syrup of Betony make them up into an Electuary to which mix Oyl of Vitriol two Scruples Oyl of Cinamon ten drops stirring it well together Or Take Rosemary and Lavender-flowers of each one handfull Roses Violets Staechados Origan of each half a handfull Pellitory Peony Roots Gallingal of each half an Ounce Sea or Mountain Onign two Drams Cubebes one Dram Cloves Cardamoms Cinamon of each twenty Grains being cut and bruised boil them in one Pint of the distilled Water of Marjoram and a Pint and a half of Betony Water mixed together after which strain it and sweeten it with half a pound of the best Sugar or with eight or ten Ounces of the Syrup of Staechados and take thereof three or four spoonfulls every Morning fasting Purging Medicines proper in this Disease are made as followeth Take Extract of black Hellebor from 10 Grains to 15 Rosin of Colocynthis three Grains Spirit of Sal Armoniack six drops Tartar Vitriolatum Powder of Castor of each ten Grains with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Sage make them into a Potion which you may take every third Morning if need require Or Take Pills of Euphorbium Cochiae Aureae of each 15 or 20 Grains
sufficient quantity of white Wax make it up into an Oyntment Or take Oyl of Roses Violets of each three Drams Oyl of Foxes Camomil of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make them into an Oyntment to which add the Mueilages of the Roots of Marsh Mallows Linseed Fanugreek of each half an Ounce And anoint the parts therewith as afore directed and after you have anointed them cover them with a hot Sheep Skin Lamb or Cat and when it is cold make it hot again with Oyl of Lavender and Dill c. You may give to the Patient Cordial Julips wherein is mixed Spirit of Castor and Spirit of Lavender and such like And purge the Head with the following Gargarisme Take Roots of Pellitory of Spain and the Seeds of Rocket of each half an Ounce being bruised boil them in one Pint of Wine to the consumption of half and add thereto Oxymel of Squills two Ounces Hiera Piera half an Ounce wherewith let the Patient Gargle his Mouth every Morning fasting And make use of the sneesing powder made as followeth Take Marjoram Euphorbium Pellitory of Spain of each two Scruples and dry it being beaten to a fine Powder snuff a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils CHAP. IX Of the Catarrh ACatarrh is an unnatural defluxion of an excrementitious Humour falling from the Head to the inferiour parts as to the Nostrils Mouth and Throat c. and doth cause Appilation it is caused Coryza and when it doth descend to the parts of the Throat it is called Branchus and when it falleth to the Breast or to the Lungs then it is called the Catarrh The cause of this Disease is often either through outward coldness or heat also of Vapours arising from too much or evil nourishment sometimes by the Odor or Scent of hot and cold things also by the over much use of Venery especially in those who are animated thereunto through the use of provoking Medicines other violent Exercises and too much sleep c. also doth cause this Distemper The Symptoms or Signs are heaviness in the Head dulness of the Senses long sleep and much snorting a snotty running Nose more then ordinary spitting the body often or altogether Costive and much troubled with Wind. If this Disease come of a very cold Humour the Patient will be sensible of much cold the Face pale the Spittle sweet sour Belchings slimy and watry Matter and a general Flegmatick constitution of body If the Humour distilling is hot it will appear by the redness of the Face thirst salt and very sharp inflamations pains and Ulcers in the Mouth and most commnoly a cholerick constitution of the whole body There are two sorts of Catarrhs the one hot the other cold The hot Catarrh is cured by Medicines which discharge the Matter found offending which doth thicken and take away as also by Correcting the distemper of the parts sending and receiving the same So forthwith let Blood especially where the Body is full if age and strength will permit and take it by degrees forth of the Liver or middle Vein in the right Arm or as occasion serves open the Vein under the Tongue After which give to the Patient the following Potion Take Rubarb four Scruples Myvabelans rubbed with Oyl of sweet Almonds one Scruple and a half Yellow Sanders ten Grains infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Purslain and Letuce Water after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Roses Solutive and Manna of each eight Drams make it up into a Potion and give it in the Morning all at once Or make use first of the following Glister Take the Flowers of Violets and Camomil Dill Mallows Mercury wild Betouy of each one handfull Cut and Bruise them small and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor aâ—â— Hiera simple one Ounce and a half Oyl of Camomil three Ounces common Salt one Dram. Mix them well together and put it up into the Fundament Glister ways You may give to the Patient to drink a decoction made of Tamarinds and cold Herbs to which you may add some purging Medicines as Senna Rhubarb c. Or make use of the following Julip Take the four great cold seeds white Poppy Seeds of each two Drams Plantain Purslant and Letuce of each one handfull Red Poppies Violets and Water Lillies of each half a handful boil them in a sufficient quantity of running Water to one Pint strain it and add thereto Syrup of dryed Red Roses and Violets of each one Ounce and a half being mixed together divide it into three parts and drink one part thereof first and last so long as need require Or instead thereof use the distilled Water of the forementioned Herb or the Emulsions of the four cold Seeds which are all of a specifick vertue to thicken the Humour And also make use of the Oyntment made as followeth Take Oyl of Roses and Water Lillies of each one Ounce Rose water half an Ounce Vinegar of Roses two Drams Mix them well together in a Silver Dish over some Coles and anoint the Head therewith and with Lint apply it warm to the Temples An excellent Foot Bath for the Catarrh Take three Quarts of Lye made of wood Ashes red Wine one Quart add thereto Camomil and Bay Salt of each one handfull Let them boil together for a small time and bath the Feet therewith first and last Or Take Betony Dill and Camomil Flowers the Leaves and Flowers of Poppies and willow Leaves of each a good quantity and make a Bath therewith and bath their Feet therein as afore directed after which apply to the Soles of the Feet warm the green Buds or Leaves of the Oak bruised and beat well together with a small quantity of Salt and Vinegar The more to restrain the flux and thicken the Humour Take Syrup of Poppies dryed Red Roses and Syrup of Violets of each two Ounces of which take an Ounce thereof every night going to Bed Or Take the Species called Diatragacanth frigid one Dram Conserve of old Red Roses three Drams fine Bole washed in Rose Water and the Powder of Mastick of each one Scruple and a half with the Syrup of dryed Red Roses make it into an Electuary according to Art whereof take as much as a small Nut every night last Another to spose the Gatarrh or defluxion of Rheume Take the finest Bole washed in Rose Water and prepared two Drams the best white Starch one Dram Gum Arabick and Gum Tragacanth White Poppy Seed of each half a Dram beating all into fine Powder add thereto Conserve of Red Roses two Ounces and with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Poppies make them up into an Electuary whereof let the Patient take often the quantity of half a Wallnut The Cure of the cold Catarrh consists in the preparing and evacuating of the offending Humors and by the clear
taking away that which flows to the Breast In the first place if the Liver be hot breath a Vein for oftentimes it is observed that Men troubled with a Catarrh have a hot Liver but a cold Brain but if the Liver is not hot and the Patient in Years and no great 〈◊〉 of Humours to be sent to the Brain from other parts you may well forbear bleeding And make use of the following Glister Take Origan Marjoram Betes Mallows Nercury of each half a handfull Dill Camomil â—â—d Melilot Flowers of each one Pugil Rosemary â—â—owers two Pugils Caraway Seeds half an Ounce Cut and bruise them small and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half strain it and to one Pint herof add of Benedicta Laxativa half an Ounce Hiera simple one Ounce common Salt me Dram mix them and make thereof a Clister and put it up warm After which make use of the following Potion Take the Roots of Fennel Liquorice Sparagus of each half an Ounce Balm Betony Hysop Rosemary Dill of each half a handfull Flower of Staecados and the lesser Centaury of each two Pugils Ginger half a Dram Cinamon one Dram Caraway Seed two Drams cut and bruise them and boil them in four Pints of Hydromel in some convenient Vessel for the space of two hours then strain it and add thereto Syrup of Betony Hysop Staecados of each two Ounces being mixed well together take five Ounces warm every day three hours before supper The Pills made as followeth are also good in this Distemper Take Pills of Agarick and Cochia of each half a Dram with Honey of Roses make then up into five Pills whereof take two at night and three in the Morning Or Take Diacatholicon and Diaphanicon of each half an Ounce the distilled Water of Betony and Hysop of each two Ounces being mixed together make a Potion thereof and take it in the Morning six hours before Dinner Or Take my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills one at night and two in the Morning more or less according to the age and strength of the Patient for they bâ—yond all Medicines carry off sharp salt and watry Humours so helps the Catarrh and all other defluxions of Rhume either hot or cold The day following after you have purged according to directions it will be necessary that you make use of the following sweating Potion Take Conserve of Rosemary and Venice Treacle of each two Drams the distilled Water of Juniper Berries two ounces Mix it make it into a Potion and take it in the Morning fasting and sweat as strength will permit When the defluxion falls upon the Jaws Lungs and Stomack make use of the Medicines that causeth sneesing which are made as followeth Take the Juice of Red Betes the Juice of Marjoram of each half an Ounce Virginâ— Honey one Dram Mix it together and make it warm and snuff it up into the Nostrils two or three times every Morning a small quantity at a time Or Take the Powder of black Hellebor and Sugar in equael parts being made in fine Powder snuff it up into the Nose But if the defluxion falls upon the Eyes and Nose in particular then make use of the owing Gargarism Take Sage Hysop Roses of each half a handfull Cubebes two Drams Roots of Pellitory of Spain Rocket Seed of each half an Ounce Passularum one Ounce Cut and Bruise them and boil them in Vinegar and Water of each one pound to the consumption of half then strain it and add thereto Honey of Roses two Ounces Make it into a Gargarisme and Gargle the Mouth therewith every Morning fasting And to dry up the superfluous moisture that falls from the Brain upon the Lungs Take Diambra Diamoschi Dulcis of each half a Dram Conserve of Rosemary one Scruple the best Cinamon Mace Cubebes of each two Scruples white Sugar dissolved in the distilled Water of Juniper four Ounces being all mixed well together add thereto Chymical Oyl of Aniseed ten drops the Chymical Oyl of Cinamon two drops and take a small quantity thereof first and last Laudanum is also of most excellent use given from two Grains to five going to bed likewise you may give an Ounce or an Ounce and a half of Syrup of Poppies in the manner aforesaid Blistering Plaisters rightly applyed and Issues made behind the Ears are very profitable to help distillations from the Head there are many other Distempers that spring from the Brain which here I must omit CHAP. X. Of the Eyes THE affects of the Eyes are many as inflamations or hot impostumes c. Caused of a Distillation from the Brain or of corruption of Blood mixed with Choller and oftentimes by stripes or blows and such like The Cure of some Distempers in the Eyes may be performed as followeth For inflamations in the Eyes in the first place it will be necessary if strength and age will permit to open a Vein taking forth a sufficient quantity of Blood After which let the Patient make use of the following Potion Take the bark of Mirobolans two Drams the choisest Rhubarb one Dram white Ginger one Scruple being bruised infuse them one night in six Ounces of Goats Milk then strain it and add thereto half an Ounce of the Lenitive Electuary and make it into a Potion which take in the Morning six hours before Dinner Or Take Pills of Cochiae and Aureg of each one Scruple and a half with three or four drops of the water of Fennel make them up into seven Pills whereof take three at night going to bed and four in the morning but first annoint the Eyes with a drop or two of the Oyl of Fennel Or Take the Pills called Pilulae Alaphanginae and the Extract of Rudij of each one Scruple with two or three drops of the Chymical Oyl of Fennel make them up into five Pills whereof take two at night and three in the morning repeating either of them as need shall require For the inflamation of the Eyes Take Oyl of Roses three Drams Tutia and Camphir of each one Dram with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make them up into an Oyntment and going to bed annoint the little Corner of the Eye therewith and let as much go in as a Lin-seed and close your Eyes till it be dissolved Or Take the White of one new laid Egge and as much Rose water of Camphir one Grain being mixed well together spread it upon fine Hemp Towe and apply it to the Eyes and when it is dry make it moist again with the foresaid Medicine This draweth forth the inflamation and mitigateth the pain Or Take Rose Water and Womans Milk of each two Ounces Camphir four Grains mix them together and drop thereof into the Corners of the Eyes first and last or make Lint or Wool moist therein and apply it to the Eyes going to bed Or Take of the great Flies that in the Spring time creep forth of hard Walls and
refined-Sugar one pound and a half and make a Syrup thereof according to Art of which let the Patient take two or three spoonfuls every morning fasting The following Pills are also of excellent use Take Rhubarb Senne Aloes Succatrina Agarick Jallap of each one dram Steel prepared with Sulphur half an ounce Diarrhodon Abbatis half a dram Saffron ten grains Mercurius Dulcis one dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Roses solutive make them up in a mass and of every dram make six Pills of which take two at night and three in the morning for fifteen or twenty days together if need require The more to strengthen the Liver and take away the obstructions of the same Take the Roots of Ground-pine and Orris the Seeds of Smallage and Annis of each two drams Asarum two drams and a half Camomile Flowers Ginger Cinamon and Carraway Seed of each one dram Red-Nettle-seed Gentian Hoarhound and Stacados of each two drams being all made into fine Powder make them up into an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Oxymel of Squills This Medicine purgeth by Urine powerfully and hath done strange Cures You may take the quantity of a large Nutmeg at a time first in the morning and last at night the stronger sort may take more You may apply outwardly the Ointments directed in the Cold Distemper of the Liver c. CHAP. XXIV Of the DROPSIE THe Dropsie is a preternatural Collection of a thinnish Water c. There are in general three sorts of Dropsies The first is called Ascites The second Tympanites The third Anasarca Ascites is a swelling of the Belly and sometimes the Legs and Feet caused by a serous Humour and being of the Nature of Water it is cold but as it is salt it hath in it heat caused by the nearness of the Bowels and the more by the putrifaction which is gathered by long continuance from whence comes a fever and thirst namely from the stinking salt vapours which do infect the Orifice or mouth of the Stomach The Dropsie called Tympanites hath its Name from a Drum because the Abdomen is extended or stretched forth like to a Drum and being struck with your hand it sounds like it This extention is from Wind shut up in the hollowness of the Abdomen and sometimes in the hollowness of the Guts The wind which causeth a Tympany is seldom contained in the Belly alone but most commonly mixed with water as in Ascites not only water but wind also is contained Both which Dropsies have their Name of that which predominateth if more wind than water it is a Tympany if more water than wind an Ascites but if equal between both they cannot always be discerned one from the other The chief cause of wind is a raw Humour and thick whether Flegm or Melancholy which being stirred and made thin by heat sends forth thick vapours which are called flatus and are hard to be dissolved This thick raw Humour is partly in the Stomach and Guts but more especially between the Membranes of the Midriff and Guts So the more hard to be removed than from the hollowness of the parts aforesaid Hippocrates saith They who have pains and gripings about the Navel and Loins which cannot be removed have a dry Dropsie c. The Dropsie called Anasarca comes of a flegmatick Humour dispersed through the whole Body and therefore the Body is swelled and puft up and seems white from whence the Disease is called Leucophlegmatia This Flegm comes from a cold Liver which instead of good Blood produceth raw and flegmatick and when it cannot be turned into the substance of the parts leaves the raw part thereof unfit for nourishment upon them and so makes them swell from whence comes Anasarca or Leucophlegmatia this Disease in the beginning is called Cachexia c. Most Dropsies are caused through great coldness of the Liver or through other parts over-much cooled which doth bring the Liver oftentimes into the same affect The Liver is affected by the Spleen being cold and by the Stomach and Bowels likewise by the Lungs the Reins and Diaphragma and sometimes by the immoderate flux of the Hemorthoids or through the superfluity of Womens monthly Sickness but commonly through the obstruction or stoppage of the same and often through some other great affection of the Womb. And in all these the Liver is found without unnatural swelling and yet the Body affected with the Dropsie caused through the over-coldness of the Liver affected in the first place but afterward it groweth hard which may be seen in them which by drinking over-much small Beer and cold water have their Liver cooled so that the Dropsie forthwith followeth before the Liver is puft up with knotty swelling some fall into this Distemper through the loss of much Blood others after long-continued Agues c. ☞ But thousands in these days through the excessive drinking of Brandy which beyond all other Liquors commonly drunk Burns and dries up the Radical Moisture hinders the circulation of the Blood and turns it into a serous matter c. from which follows sudden death for I have not yet hardly seen an old Brandy-Drinker to receive a perfect Cure Some fall into the Dropsie after the Gout or through the violent pain of the Huckle-Bones commonly such whose Stomachs are dejected and have no good Digestion and have an evil habit of Body and troubled with the Jaundice forthwith follows the Dropsie Sometimes those who have a Dysenteria and the French Pox the Dropsie also follows The Symptoms or Signs of the Dropsie are in brief as followeth In that Dropsie called Ascites the whole Belly is swelled up and if it be but stricken there is heard such a kind of sound as a Bottle maketh that is not full of water but the other parts especially the upper parts of the Body are not swelled not puffed up In that Dropsie called Tympanites the Belly is puffed up and extended forth and being stricken it maketh a noise much like to a Tabor or Trimbrel but the other parts of the Body becomes lean In that Dropsie called Anasarca c. all the whole Body waxeth loose and as it were like to a Spunge so that it swelleth up and is like to a dead Body In most Dropsies the Feet Ankles and Legs especially upon the Shin-Bones commonly swell first sometimes the Belly and Privy Members c. so that if you thrust your fingers thereon the part will pit and leave an impression the colour of the Skin especially the Face is pale and swarthy the Urine little and thick and oftentimes very red the Breath short the Appetite dejected or altogether lost a troublesom thirst by reason of the sharpness and saltness of the humour in which the Stomach swimmeth and if not in time prevented then follows a lingering Fever c. from the corruption of the water which at length doth corrupt all the Bowels swimming therein ☞ As touching the most infallible Cure of Men
Mercury Mallows Marsh-Mallow-Roots Camomile of each one handful being cut and bruised boil them in one quart of new Milk to the consumption of half after which turn the Milk with Ale then strain it and take one pint of the strained Liquor to which add the Lenitive Electuary and Diacatholicon of each six drams Venice-Turpentine half an ounce Syrup of Marsh-Mallows one ounce and a half Oyl of Lillies Dill Rue and Camomile of each half an ounce Chymical Oil of Juniper twenty drops being mixed well together give it Glister-ways for it giveth ease and causeth the Patient to void small stones as I have often seen Instead of the Glister if the Belly be not costive administer to the Patient the following Potion for it is of Excellent use Take of the Lenitive Electuary one ounce Syrup of Marsh-Mallows two ounces Cream of Tartar and Holland Powder of each one scruple Salt of Tartar ten grains with four ounces of the Distilled Water of Oaken Leaves make a potion thereof which let the Patient take all at once in the morning warm Or you may take of Cassia newly drawn and Oyl of sweet Almonds of each half an ounce Diaphaenicon two drams Powder of Rhubarb fifteen or twenty grains Liquorice in Powder half a dram Syrup of Violets one ounce with a sufficient quantity of the Distilled Water of Mallows make a potion thereof which take as afore-directed Or take of my Pills once or twice a week in which course drink small White-wine sweetned with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows Or some of the Liquors made as followeth taken with them they do much good for they cause the Stone and Gravel to be voided with much ease and also preventeth the Generation of the same Take the Distilled Water of green Walnuts and Saxifrage of each one pint the best White-Wine one quart sweeten it with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows and drink thereof a quarter of a pint first and last hot repeating the same if need require In every drought take ten drops or more of the Spirit of Vitriol and it will prove the more effectual Or you may take the Distilled Water of Pellitory and Saxifrage of each alike and sweeten it with Syrup of Violets and Marsh-Mallows adding thereto Spirit of Vitriol and take it as afore-directed The meaner sort of People may boil a good quantity of Saxifrage Couch-grass and Pellitory of the Wall in running Water and sweeten it with Honey and drink thereof for it is very effectual for it mollifieth the passages and causeth the Stone to come away the more freely Holly-Berries bruised and boiled in Wine or Ale doth the same to admiration Or being dried and beat to power and a dram thereof drunk in White-wine is also very good but such that cannot get VVhite-wine must be content with Ale Or take Pigeons-Dung and fill a large Glass therewith half full after which fill it up with the best VVhite-VVine then cover it very close and let it stand for seven days after which distill in Sand. Of which let the Patient drink two ounces at a time repeating the same as need require for it is a very Excellent Remedy to Break and Bring away the Stone and Gravel Or take Goats Blood prepared one dram VVhite Amber one scruple VVhite-wine and the Juice of Radishes of each two ounces being mixed together drink it off often repeating the same The Juice of Radishes and Mouse-Ear being drunk two or three ounces every day first and last is also very good Or take one dram of the Salt of Camomile in Radish-VVater as afore-directed Outward Medicines proper to ease the pain in the Fits of the Stone are made as followeth Take Oyl of Camomile Elder and Violets of each six drams Seeds of Dill and Camomile bruised of each half an ounce fresh Butter and Ducks grease of each two drams being boiled two or three walms strain it and add thereto the yolks of two New-laid-Eggs and beat them well together and anoint the Reins of the Back therewith Or take the Oyl of sweet Almonds and Dill of each three drams Oyl of Camomile one ounce Goose Duck's and Hen's fat of each one dram fresh Butter one dram and a half with a little Bees VVax make thereof an Ointment and anoint the Reins and Loins therewith Or take fresh Butter Oyl of Lillies and Hens Fat of each one ounce the Oyl of Scorpions compound two ounces Oyl of Sweet Almonds one ounce and an half being mixed well together anoint therewith as afore-directed Or Take Diachylon Simple three ounces Oyl of Scorpions one ounce melt them together being spread upon Sheeps Leather apply it to the Reins Plaister-ways and there let it remain for fourteen days CHAP. XXVIII Of the Ulcers of the Reins ULcers of the Reins are caused oftentimes through breaking of the Veins of the same also it is caused through putrid or rotten Inflammations and through sharp gnawing or fretting Humours carried into the Reins The Signs of Ulcers in the Reins are heaviness and pains in the Loins In the Urine there is perceived little pieces of flesh and sometimes hairs or little rags swiming therein blood and matter c. The Cure of Ulcers in the Reins caused through sharp gnawing Humours ought to be begun with such Medicines as will purge the same None more proper than my Pills for a large dose thereof will cause the Patient to vomit which will not only be beneficial to carry off viscous Humours but withal be a means the sooner to heal the Ulcers of the Reins And with the Pills the more to stop the sharp Humours Take Purslain Endive Sorrel and Mallows being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water and strain it after which sweeten it with the Syrup of Violets Roses and Water-Lillies and drink thereof as of ordinary Drink Or take the Seeds of Cucumbers Melons and Gourds being beat into Powder mix them with the aforesaid Syrups The Conserve of them are also very good which the Patient may take at any time after the viscous Humours are well purged Or take the Seeds of Fenugreek four ounces and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Spring Water strain it and sweeten it with honey whereof take a good draught first and last Or take one ounce of the best Honey new Milk hot from the Cow one pint being mixed together drink it off hot first and last for some time together Or take Raisins Barly and Liquorice of each a like quantity being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water to the consumption of half then strain it and sweeten it with Honey and drink thereof for it is of very excellent use And when the Ulcers are well purged and cleansed which may be known by the Urine being without Dregs Moats and filthy matter c. Give to the Patient of the Medicines made as followeth Take the best Venice-Turpentine washed in Plantane-Water four ounces the Powder of Cinamon and Nutmegs of each half an ounce
being well boiled together make Pills thereof which let the Patient take at his pleasure Or take fine Bole White Starch sealed Earth and make them up into Pills with Gum-Dragon first dissolved in Plantane-Water which take as the former Or take the Roots of Tormental being dried and beat to fine Powder the quantity of one dram in four ounces of Plantane-Water every morning fasting Or take Terra Lemnia fine Bole Dragons Blood Spodium burnt Gum Dragon of each one dram and a half Linseed Cucumbers and Melons of each two drams the Seeds of Smallage Starch and Pine Nuts roasted of each one dram being beat all well together and a very fine Powder made thereof give to the Patient two drams at a time in new Milk These and such like do not onely dry but Conglutinate You may take one dram of the Troches called Cordonii in fine Powder first and last in four ounces of Plantane-VVater sweetned with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows for it is of excellent use in such cases as I have often proved Or Take Sanicle and VVound-wort of each three or four handfuls Plantane-Roots and Leaves two large handfuls Being cut and bruised boil them in Two Gallons of VVater to the Consumption of half and sweeten it with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows or Honey And let the Patient drink thereof as of Ordinary Drink for one whole month And doubt not the Cure if you purge well first The Reins may be strengthened and made more dry with the Ointment or Plaister made as followeth Take Oyl of Quinces Myrtles and Roses of each a like quantity being mixed together anoint the Reins therewith every night going to bed Or Take Frankincense Mastick and of the fore-mentioned Oyls of each one ounce the Powder of Red-Rose-Leaves and Barly meal of each a sufficient quantity and make a Plaister thereof which apply to the Reins CHAP. XXIX Of the Stone in the Blader THe Stone in the Blader doth not only ingender in Children but in Persons of middle Age and in old People And that is when gross and very thick Urine is carried into the large space of the Blader and there retained like to the dregs of VVine or filthy muddy Water and at length through heat compact together breedeth a Stone The principal Cause of the Stone in the Bladder is thickness of Vrine and many times violent heat The Signs of this Disease is a continual itching in the Privy Members and sometimes swelling of the same and the Patient is always making of water though but by drops as in the Strangury c. The Cure of this Distemper doth not much differ from that of the Reins but that it must be performed with stronger Medicines and their application for the most part to other places To help the Stone in the Bladder Take of the Distilled Water of Winter-Cherries two ounces Salt of Camomile one dram Syrup of Marsh-Mallows half an ounce Salt of Amber ten grains mix them and make a potion thereof which let the Patient take in the morning lasting repeating the same if need require for it is a very good Remedy Or take the Stones of the wild Hips being well dried beat them to fine Powder and take thereof a quarter of an ounce at a time in four ounces of White-Wine which will provoke Vrine much and bring away the Stone and Gravel Or take the Powder of Ivy-Berries Red-Nettle-Roots of each one ounce Sal Prunella half an ounce being mixed together take three or four scruples every morning in four ounces of White-wine Or take the Seeds of Camomile Smallage Parsly Black Piony Fennel Lovage Marsh-Mallows Burdoch and the Seeds of Ash-Keys of each two drams being dried and beat to Powder take thereof one dram and a half or two drams every morning in Rhenish or VVhite-wine Or take the Distilled Water of Onions two ounces Spirit of Juniper one ounce the Powder of Wood-Lice prepared one dram Syrup of Marsh-Mallows one ounce mix them and make a potion thereof which drink every morning fasting for some time together Or take one dram and a half of the Powder of the aforesaid Lice in the distilled VVater of Onions and VVhite-wine in equal parts Or make use of the Liquor made with Vinegar and Pigeons Dung directed in the Chapter of the Stone in the Reins Or take Cantharides well prepared one scruple the Powder called Diatrag. frigidi one dram the distilled Water of Winter-Cherries two ounces being mixed together drink it in the morning repeating in the same if need require The ignorant ought not to meddle with Cantharides for it must be calcined according to Art before it be made use of lest the Patient suffer damage thereby for not being rightly prepared it excoriates the parts and causeth a bloody Urine Goats Blood is not onely good to break the Stone in the Reins but in the Bladder also which you may take in VVhite-wine or in the the Distilled VVater of Radishes or Winter-Cherries as afore-directed Outwardly to give ease when in extream pain caused by the Stone in the Bladder Take common Mallows Marsh-Mallows and Mellilot-Flowers of each alike being bruised and boiled in VVater bath the part therewith hot Or take Wild Time Broom Rue of each two handfuls Figs half a pound Bran one handful being boiled in a sufficient quantity of VVater to the consumption of the third part strain it and adde thereto Honey Oyl of Dill Camomile and Oyl of Lillies of each one ounce and bath the Privy Members therewith as afore-directed Or take Camomile Red-Nettles Roots and all together the Tops of the Juniper Tree the Leaves of an Oak of each a like quantity being boiled in water to the consumption of half strain it and bath often therewith After which anoint the bottom of the Belly and Privy Parts with the following Ointment Take the Gum called Opopanax and Bdellium of each one ounce and a half Ducks Greafe half an ounce Oyl of Lillies Dill Turpentine and Oyl of Scorpions of each three drams with Bees VVax make them up into an Ointment and after bathing anoint therewith or make use of the Ointments directed in the Chapter of the Stone in the Reins And if the Patient have a suppression of Utine syringe up into his Yard the Urine of a wholesome person which will not onely cause him to make Water freely but ease the violent pain CHAP. XXX Of the Ulcers in the Bladder THe Ulcers of the Bladder are oftentimes caused through Boils or Botches sometimes swelling by reason of some kind of Rupture and sharp gnawing Fluxes doth many times cause this Distemper The Signs are violent sharp and pricking pains in the Bladder for the most part the Patient with his Urine voideth dregs slimy matter and in the bottom appears a sediment like to Bran or small Pieces of thin Skin and if the Ulcers are deep the Urine is bloody and full of stinking Pus or matter and then the more difficult to be cured But if they are not deep nor of
would be puft up that she could not see she was also troubled with a violent Cough and a rising in her Throat insomuch that she was as it were suffocated or choaked up many times she was deprived of her Speech She had a violent pain in her head and oftentimes almost distracted therewith Her condition was so dangerous that she had made use of all the ablest Physicians that she could hear of but found not the least benefit by them and at length they all left her off and said that she could not live many days And then it pleased God that she was directed to my Pills which perfectly cured her in two months which wonderful Cure was effected in June and July in the year 1670. Mr. Isaac Key of Neyland in the County of Suffolk aged Sixty Nine sorely afflicted three or four years with a violent Ague and Fever first shaking him for an hour or two and then followed an extream burning which continued each Fit 24 hours and at length he fell into the Dropsie and was very much swelled and troubled with sharp humours which broke out and put him to much pain he made use of all means he could hear of but found nothing that took the least effect So hearing of my Pills and the great Cures effected thereby in the same County he forthwith made use thereof which brought abundance of water from him and also abated his Fits in so great a measure he scarce knew when they came which before he took of my Pills wholly deprived him of his strength so that he was not able to turn himself in his Bed but in this course he lost no strength and in a short time those intollerable fits quite left him and his Dropsie also perfectly cured A notable Cure effected upon Mris. Key with nine of my Pills her Distemper at first was supposed to be a Pleurisie for which she had been let Blood sufficiently though ancient but found no benefit thereby she was so exceeding weak that the Physicians and all her Relations gave her over for a dead VVoman Her complaint was of Burnt Choler in her Stomach and said to her Husband If it could not be removed she must forthwith die so he gave her three of my Pills which for the present caused her to be very sick but when she had had two or three Stools she perceived the aforesaid Choler to be carried off and wholly to be expelled after which she perceived more than ordinary hollowness in the part before-mentioned so she took three Pills more which caused a good Appetite to eat and in few days after took the other three and so became perfectly well to the admiration of all that saw her A Kinswoman of Mris. Keys aged about Eighteen was intollerably afflicted with the Dropsie and had made use of all means she could hear of but to no purpose and at the last by taking of my Pills was strangely recovered First she took two and then three which caused her to vomit afterwards she took four and then five which operated somewhat stronger and so broke a congealed substance that lay in her Body much in form like to a Cake which in pieces came forth by Stool and so she became perfectly well and free from the Dropsie Not many weeks after by reason of a Surfeit she broke out all over her Face Body Thighs Legs c. and was so lame she could not go she had also a rising in her Throat which every hour was like to choak her and a violent Fever every night insomuch that all her Relations and Friends gave her over for dead But through Gods blessing by taking some more of my Pills was again perfectly cured in the latter end of the year 1670. of all those pernicious infirmities and now as well or better than ever in health About the latter end of April 1671. Mr. William Burt at the Red Lion in the Butcher-Row near Temple-Bar most dangerously tormented vvith the Dropsie his Face Belly Thighs and Legs c. horribly swelled and puft up he was also Asthmatical or troubled with shortness of Breath insomuch that it was thought he could not live 48 hours yet through Gods goodness by taking my Pills according to directions was as it were changed from death to life and perfectly cured in a short time though before he had made use of all means possible and was purged sufficiently But not with Medicines of the Nature of my Pills for I challenge the whole World to produce the like which are not only Cathartique or Purging but withal fortifies or strengthens the Principal Bowels c. and that is one Reason they so perfectly cure the Dropsie ☞ A Persons Daughter of Quality about eight years of Age never having the perfect use of her Limbs by taking twenty five 4 s. Boxes of my Pills in the space of two years received perfect help thereby and remaineth to this day free from the least Symptoms of Ach or Pain and groweth fat and very comely who before the making use thereof was supposed never to have perfect help The wonderful Cures effected upon Mr. James Major Mr. William Hobs and Mr. John Wear you may read in their following Letters under their several hands which upon request I am ready to produce with many more Mr. James Major 's Letter Honoured Doctor WHen the Microcosm my Body was over-flowed with a vast Deluge of the Dropsie in so extraordinary a manner as that I despaired of all hopes as to Life expecting nothing but that I should be drowned in so great a Floud It pleased God then to direct me to You whom I would the World Knew Better who under Him was an Ark to preserve me safe to keep me from sinking And now Mankind is Restored not as the Poets feigned by throwing Stones over my Head but by swallowing your Pills down my Throat which produced strange effects I had almost said as that Stones should become Men. A strange Metamorphosis that from such a Chaos of Confusion from such a Mass of disordered Matter from such a Heap of Indigested Humours I should by your Art as if Nature had been new moulding me be wrought into so goodly a Fabrick and reduced to my wonted Feature that whereas I was Monstrum horrendum I am now Corpus Humanum It seems to me even a Paradox that whereas I was Dead for so I was counted to be I should by your Pills alone be Revived Nay which is the most wonderful I was buried alive for so small were my Relations hopes concerning me that they looked upon me really as dead waiting daily for my Dissolution Even then with Gods Blessing accompanying your Pills I was rescued from the Jaws of Death I was raised as it were out of my Grave and am yet alive and shall ever bless God on your behalf That you may live long and do much good is the desire of him who is Yours because you have Ransomed me JAMES MAJOR From Ipswich