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diasena_fw-la nicholai_n somewhat_o more_o than_o half_a a_o ounce_n or_o confectio_fw-la hamec_n maior_fw-la about_o half_a a_o ounce_n or_o syrupus_fw-la de_fw-la pomis_fw-la rondeletâ—_n about_o a_o ounce_n and_o a_o half_a humour_n if_o mix_a humour_n do_v afflict_v the_o body_n then_o either_o to_o mitigate_v they_o compound_v your_o aforesaid_a syrupe_n and_o decoction_n take_v one_o moiety_n of_o one_o and_o a_o other_o of_o a_o other_o or_o otherwise_o proportionable_o mingle_v they_o as_o the_o humour_n do_v more_o or_o less_o abound_v or_o else_o to_o purge_v they_o do_v the_o like_a by_o the_o forename_a purge_v receipt_n or_o take_v of_o diacatholicum_fw-la somewhat_o more_o than_o half_a a_o ounce_n or_o hiera_fw-fr ruffi_n the_o quantity_n of_o a_o chestnut_n dissolve_v in_o broth_n or_o in_o pill_n take_v pillulae_fw-la aggregativae_fw-la or_o pillulae_fw-la de_fw-la tribus_fw-la of_o either_o one_o of_o they_o about_o a_o dram_n at_o what_o time_n these_o and_o such_o 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counsel_n and_o remedy_n a._n ague_n diaries_n pag._n 13._o 4._o ague_n continual_a of_o blood_n inflame_v p._n 6._o 70._o 108._o ague_n burn_v p._n 11._o 12._o 113._o ague_n epialae_fw-la p._n 16._o ague_n quotidian_n p._n 65._o 17._o 4._o ague_n tertian_n exquisite_a p._n 16._o 17._o 21._o 22._o ague_n tertian_n bastard_n p._n 19_o 22._o ague_n quartaine_v p._n 18._o 16._o 21._o 23._o 4._o 107._o s._n anthony_n fire_n p._n 112._o apoplexy_n p._n 44._o artery_n wound_v p._n 103._o &_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 9_o b._n bladder_n insiaâ—ed_a pag._n 100_o 101._o blâ—ck_a choler_n and_o melancholy_n hâ—w_o differ_v p._n 20._o 19_o 1st_a blood_n abound_v how_o know_v p._n 57_o 58._o blood_n overgrosse_v and_o thick_a p._n 64._o 113._o blood_n corrupt_a p._n 107._o 108._o 110._o 114._o see_v humour_n corrupt_a and_o raw_a â—urning_v fever_n p._n 11._o 12._o 113._o c._n cacochymia_n p._n 59_o see_v humour_n corrupt_v cachexia_n p._n 52._o see_v habit_n bad_a choler_n abound_v how_o know_v pag._n 58._o &_o lib._n 2._o cap._n 10._o choler_n abound_v how_o avoid_v and_o purge_v book_n 2._o chapt._n 10._o choler_n avoid_v by_o blood-letting_n p._n 22._o 27._o 112._o 113._o child_n what_o to_o take_v in_o steed_n of_o let_v blood_n p._n 73._o 74._o 75._o 76._o 78._o costivenesse_n how_o holpen_v by_o clyster_n p._n 69._o 70._o 71._o coâ—ick_a p._n 45._o concoction_n want_v how_o know_v book_n 2._o chap._n 5._o convulsion_n p._n 43._o continual_a hot_a fever_n p._n 6._o 70._o 108._o crudity_n p._n 111._o see_v raw_a humour_n crudity_n how_v know_v book_n 2._o chapt_n 5._o d._n diary_n fever_n pag._n 13._o 4._o dropsey_n p._n 45._o 52._o e._n ear_n pain_v p._n 101._o epiala_n fever_n p._n 16._o epilepsy_n p._n 44._o eye_n pain_v p._n 10._o 1_o f._n fall_v sickness_n p._n 44._o fever_n of_o sundry_a kind_n see_v ague_n fleame_z abound_v how_o know_v pag._n 58._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 10._o fleame_z abound_v how_o avoid_v and_o purge_v p._n 67._o 69._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 10._o fullness_n or_o full_a habit_n of_o body_n p._n 2._o 57_o 98._o flux_n of_o body_n p._n 79._o 80._o g._n gall_n of_o ill_a constitution_n p._n 63._o gout_n p._n 47._o 48._o 49._o h._n habit_n bad_a p._n 52._o heart_n pain_v p._n 100_o 101._o heart_n faint_v see_v swoon_n headache_n p._n 101._o head_n inflame_v pag._n 42._o 110._o hip_n pain_v p._n 100_o humour_n corrupt_a and_o raw_a whether_o admit_v phlebotomy_n p._n 51._o 52._o 60._o 65._o 66._o 67._o 71._o 107._o 108._o 110._o 111._o i._o jaundice_n p._n 52._o inflammation_n and_o impostume_n how_o cure_v book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o intemperancy_n p._n 60._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o itch_n p._n 51._o k._n kidney_n inflame_v cause_v stone_n p._n 39_o 47._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o kidney_n inflame_v p._n 100_o 101._o l._n leg_n pain_v p._n 28._o liver_n hot_a and_o stomach_n cold_a p._n 50._o liver_n inflame_v p._n 100_o 101._o liver_n inflame_v in_o canon_n book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o liver_n inflame_v in_o gibbo_n book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o liver_n full_a of_o blood_n and_o choler_n cause_v pleurisy_n p._n 42._o 100_o looseness_n of_o body_n p._n 79._o 80._o lung_n inflame_v p._n 35._o 100_o 101._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o m._n melancholy_n and_o black_a choler_n how_o differ_v p._n 20._o 19_o melancholy_n abound_v how_o know_v p._n 58._o and_o book_n 2._o chap._n 10._o melancholy_n abound_v how_o purge_v and_o avoid_v p._n 107._o and_o book_n 2._o chap._n 10._o melancholy_n wind_n p._n 44._o mix_v humour_n how_o purge_v book_n 2._o chapt_n 10._o n._n nostril_n bleed_v sometime_o ill_o p._n 75._o sometime_o good_a p._n 39_o 40._o 114._o o._n old_a and_o linger_a disease_n p._n 105._o 107._o old_a age_n whether_o to_o be_v let_v blood_n or_o no_o p._n 72._o 77._o p._n palsy_n pag._n 43._o frenzy_n p._n 27._o plague_n or_o pestilence_n p._n 23._o 25._o 26._o pleurisy_n upon_o what_o several_a cause_n it_o come_v p._n 42._o and_o book_n 2._o chapt_n 9_o pleurisy_n when_o and_o how_o let_v blood_n in_o it_o p._n 31._o 35._o 37._o 72._o 98._o 99_o 106._o pleurisy_n when_o not_o let_v blood_n in_o it_o p._n 38._o 39_o pleurisy_n how_o outward_o holpen_v book_n 2._o chap._n 9_o pulse_n distemper_v what_o signify_v p._n 9_o 10._o 11._o 106._o 7._o q._n quartain_a fever_n p._n 16._o 18._o 21._o 23._o 4._o 107._o quinsies_n p._n 29._o 98._o quotidian_n fever_n p._n 65._o 17._o 4._o r._n reins_n inflame_v p._n 100_o 101._o reins_n inflame_v cause_v stone_n p._n 39_o 47._o raw_n humour_n whether_o admit_v letting-bloud_n p._n 51._o 52._o 60._o 65._o 66._o 67._o 71._o 107._o 108._o 110._o 111._o s._n scab_n p._n 51._o scurvy_a p._n 53._o spleen_n obstruct_v p._n 44._o 53._o 100_o 101._o spleen_n inflame_v p._n 39_o 40._o book_n 2._o chap._n 9_o splenetic_a blood_n p._n 23._o 113._o 114._o spit_v blood_n p._n 34._o 38._o spirit_n inflame_v p._n 7._o 9_o stone_n in_o the_o reins_n p._n 39_o 101._o 100_o squinancy_n p._n 29._o 98._o stomach_n weak_a and_o loose_a pag._n 62._o stomach_n impure_a p._n 64._o 69._o strength_n fail_v p._n 109._o sweat_v sickness_n p._n 26._o swoon_n p._n 62._o 63._o 79._o 109._o 110._o suffocation_n p._n 2._o 35._o t._n tertian_n fever_n exquisite_a p._n 16._o 17._o 21._o 22._o tertian_n fever_n bastard_n p._n 19_o 22._o v._o vomit_n how_v to_o be_v make_v when_o the_o stomach_n be_v impure_a or_o molest_v with_o corrupt_a humour_n p._n 64._o 69._o urine_n betoken_v crudity_n book_n 2._o chapt_n 5._o urine_n deceive_a p._n 45._o w._n woman_n have_v their_o flower_n or_o with_o child_n whether_o fit_a for_o let_v blood_n p._n 77._o 79._o woman_n with_o flower_n suppress_v p._n 99_o womb_n inflame_v p._n 37._o 100_o y_fw-fr yellow_a and_o thin_a blood_n p._n 21._o 114._o yellow_a jaundice_n p._n 52._o fault_n escape_v page_n 2._o