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A67767	Physick refin'd, or, A little stream of medicinal marrow flowing from the bones of nature wherein several signs, particular rules, and distinct symptoms whereby the most ordinary diseases may be distinctly known, and truly judged, are perspicuously delineated : and the most proper way, safe method, and simpathetical care, whereby nature may be helped, the sick eased, and languishing patients relieved (without the use of poysonous purging potions, and venomous medicaments) is succinctly demonstrated / by John Yarwood.	Yarwood, John, 17th cent.	1683 (1683)	Wing Y18; ESTC R25217	23,195	122

תריפה צריף׃ Physick Refin'd OR A LITTLE STREAM OF Medicinal Marrow Flowing from the BONES of NATURE WHEREIN Several Signs particular Rules and distinct Symptoms whereby the most ordinary Diseases may be distinctly known and truly judged are perspicuously Delineated AND The most proper Way safe Method and simpathetical Cure whereby Nature may be helped the Sick eased and Languishing Patients relieved without the Use of Poysonous Purging Potions and Venomous Medicaments is succinctly Demonstrated By John Yarwood Professor of Physick LONDON Printed for Tho. Passinger at the Three Bibles on London-Bridge 1683. TO Mrs. Mary Allsop DAUGHTER OF Anthony Allsop of Allsop-i th'-Dale Esq SInce that Antient House the Place of Your Nativity hath been a Magazine of Medicine out of which the Poor of Your Country have been Armed gratis against those Darts of Sickness which fight against Nature I have assumed the Boldness of this Dedication not doubting but a Person so rarely qualified as I know You to be will in real Generosity not only cast a Benevolent Aspect on these my Publick Endeavours but according to the wonted Goodness of Your Heroick Spirit candidly Accept and Countenance so small a Present as this little Tractate which I have boldly enough presumed to shadow under the Wing of Your Favour not as if I thought One so acquainted with Books would be advantaged by reading this Compendium for I have seen You peruse large Volums and known You deduce Judgment from the best Authors but that you may couragiously go on as You have begun and like your good Mother continue helping them that cannot help themselves And that all other Noble minded Ladies Gentlewomen may follow Your Example is the sincere Wish of Your Obliged Servant Iohn Yarwood From Shepshead in Leicestershire Octob. 9th 1682. PHYSICK REFIN'D c. SECT I. Scurvey THere are wandering Pains running up and down the Body Spots appear in the Fleshy Parts and if the Disease be confirmed the Gums are affected with Bleeding and Soreness This Disease of it self is more Troublesom than Dangerous but if it be not cured it many times brings Dropsies Consumptions and other Distempers arising from Obstructions of the Spleen and is oft the Usherer in of such Acute Diseases as terminate in the Grave The Cure The most Excellent Medicines in this case are Tincture of Tartar Tincture of Antimony and Tincture of Corals Twenty Drops at a time taken at Night going to Bed of any of them in Spirit of Scurvey-Grass or which is better Spirit of Tartar Use it forty Days together I have often cured it with Antimonium Diaphoriticum taken as the former in Beer or Broth twenty Grains at once every Night for forty Days together using in the mean time a Diet Drink made with Horse-Radish Celandine and Mustard-Seed Crocus Martis Apperitivis in this case is very proper but Oleum Martis is better and may be taken eight Grains at a time A Spirit distill'd from Antimony one part and Salt-Peetre three parts taken to the quantity of five Drops at a time is highly Famous in this Distemper SECT II. Dropsie THis Disease is a Watery Habit of the Body 'T is call'd by three Names according as it affects this that or the other Part. The First is called Ascitis that is When much Water is between the Peritoneum and the Bowels The Second is called Timpanites i. e. When 't is of a Windy Cause known by the Hardness of the Place where that of Water is more soft and all other Parts of the Body wax lean The Third is called Anasarca or Leucaphlegma that is When all the Flesh of the whole Body appeareth moist and swelled 'T is generally concluded to be a Defect of the Liver There is great Thirst shortness of Breath an ill Colour and great Heaviness If in the Beginning of the Disease there be a Flux of the Belly with Concoction or the Vrine Made be more than what is Drunk there is hope of Recovery The Cure Let all the Patient's Drink be sharpned with Spirit of Salt or Oyl of Sulphur They that fancy Purging Medicines use Syrrup of Buckthorn an Ounce at a time in the Morning But Syrrup of Pellitory of the Wall is better taken a Spoonful at once two or three times a day The Root of Hog-Fennel powder'd and taken a Dram at a time is excellent I use Ens Veneris twenty Grains at once every Night going to Bed SECT III. Small Pox. THere is first a Pain in the Head and Back the Body is feaverish hot and the Face is red and swell'd they are sleepy have Red Urine and Pricking all over the Body The Third or Fourth Day small Pustles arise and break out in the Skin If they soon come forth and Ripen easily appear white round and the Breathing free there is great Hopes of Recovery But Bleeding at Nose great Third difficulty of Breathing Loosness Bloody Flux black or livid Urine a great Feaver the Pustles appearing Green Black or Blueish or go in again or black or blue Spots appearing all these are dangerous signs The Cure First provoke Sweat with Bezoar Mineral six Grains for a Child and sixteen Grains for one of full Age. Take it at Night going to Bed Or Antimonium Diaphoriticum may be given after the same manner and the same Dose Take them in Sack Tincture of Saffron in this case is excellent taken a Spoonful or two at a time three or four times a day in good Wine Ten drops of Tincture of Corals or six Grains of Tincture of Tartar given at Night in Sack is very good Take a little Red Fennel and Saffron and boyl in Posset-drink and give the Patient to drink often before they come out I make up a Medicine thus Take Spirit of Wine or Aquae Mirabolis two Ounces Syrrup of Clove-Gilly-Flowers one Ounce Confectio Alkermes one Dram mix and give a Spoonful at a time four or five times a day SECT IV. Cachexia 'T Is caused through Obstructions and Hardness of the Liver and Spleen which brings the whole Body into an ill State and Disposition This Disease commonly follows some long Sickness as a Dysenteria and Lienteria The Flesh waxes loose and soft the Patient is weak hath bad Digestion loatheth Meat desires Drink The Body is whitish and he goeth weakly 'T is mostly incident to Old Men and Children If it continue long it brings the Patient into a Dropsie The Cure All Medicines that potently open Obstructions are proper in this Case Take Pulvis Cachecticus half a Dram at a time every Morning and stir after it taking every Night ten Grains of Sweating Antimony Pilulae Anodynae which is most commonly known by the name of Matthew's but more properly Starkey's Pill in this Case is excellent being taken to the quantity of twenty Grains at Night going Bed two or three Hours after a light Supper Crocus Martis Apperitivus in this Case is proper but Oleum Martis is better taken eight Grains at a time I distill

is many times white Gravel sent out with the Vrine The Cure Both these distempers are helped by such Medicines as strongly provoke Urine ' mongst which there are a sort of wood Lice call'd Sows are famous being washt in white wine and the juice squeesed into a draught of white wine and so drank you may begin with the juice of three at a time and so increase every day one till you come to 20 and then decrease the number You may pierce a Birch-tree in the moneth of March and it will send forth abundance of Liquor which being drank with Gromwell seeds is highly Famous in this case so is the water distilled from an herb called Arsmart used as the former or three spoonful of the juice drank in a glass of white Wine works the same effect there is a fruit grows on white Thorn call'd Haws the stones where of being gathered full ripe powdered and mixt with Gromwell seeds gives great ease to the Patient being drank in white wine See the 41 Section Sect. 40. Diabetes IT is commonly call'd unmeasurable Pissing for the Retentive faculty is so weak that whatsoever is drank by the Patient is sent forth again by urine as it was taken there is an unquenchable Thirst heat in the Bowels Leanness and if it be not suddenly cured 'tis deadly bringing the Patient into a Consumption The Cure Tincture of Emeralds in a his case is excellent so is the salt and Tincture of Corals to the quantity of ten grains of any of them at once taken in Malaga Wine Take harts horn burn it till 't is white powder it boyl the same in common water and let the Patient drink thereof or take 4 or 5 handfuls of the inner bark of the young and tender branches of the Hazel-tree branches of one years growth boyl them well in common water or rather in small beer and let the Patient take thereof for his common drink or in its stead if steell be often heated and extinguished in water and that water drank 't is said to be helpful in this case But binding Crocus of Iron is very powerful in this Distemper and muy be taken 20 grains at a time Dissolve salt of Lead in water and therewith bathe the back and let a drying diet be used Sect. 41. Stoppage and Difficulty of Vrine SToppage of Urine may be caused by a stone clotted blood hardness swelling or hurt of the Nerves relating to the bladder 't is very dangerous if it continue long and the Patient is troubled with a Hiccough and his breath stinks of urine Difficulty of urine is with Heat and Inflammation of the part causing hot Vrine but is less dangerous than the former but it the Patient be old if it continue long and so ulcerate the neck of the Bladder it is not easily helped The Cure The most potent medicines to cure these diseases are those set down in the 39 Section where I treated of the stone to which these following simples may be joyned being proper in both cases viz. Camomil Centaury Burdock Roots and seeds Asparagus Brooklime Winter Cherries Garlick all sorts of Parsley rest-Harrow Betony Caraway seeds Cummin seeds Anniseeds Fenugreek seeds wild Carrot seeds Juniper-Berries Bay-Berries 8t Johns-wort Guaiacum Fennel Broom Endive Ragwort Lavender Cloves Feaverfew Smallage Pellitory of the Wall Rue Garden-Cresses Cicely Nutmegs Cocle Peniroyal Radish Saxifrage Wild-Time Time Lavender Tamerisk Vervain Tansie and Nettles Sect. 42. Feaver THe cause according to Van Helmont is an Alcalie abounding and there is a Poysonous excrement in the Midriffs the most gentle feavers continue but one 2 3 or 4 dayes wherein the Pulse is equal and Urine not much differing from its natural colour and these are not dangerous if it continue longer 't is call'd a Putrid Feaver wherein the Vrine hath no sediment but is thick and red the Pulse is unequal and there is great heat if there be a looseness and vomiting there is hope of recovery There is also a continual Feaver which is sometimes accompanied with a Pleurisie Quinsie Vleer or Inflammation of the Lungs and this is very dangerous There is moreover a Burning Feaver wherein the Tongue is dry rough and blackish there is a burning heat thirst gnawing in the stomach Pale and thin Excrements and great watchings and this is very dangerous but if the Vrine be red with signs of Concoction there is hope The Cure The best and safest way to cure a Feaver is by such universal Medicines as simpathize with nature and fortifie the heart as Potable Gold 5 grains at once in Sack or take spirit of Wine 2 ounces Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers 1 ounce Confectio Alkermes 1 dram mix and give a spoonfull at once in good Wine Sect. 43. Ague THere are three sorts of Agues properly called Feavers the first is named an Intermitting Quotidian afflicting the Patient every day the cold fit comes colder and colder by degrees yet is not very excessive on the one hand nor the hot fit much vehement on the other but the disease commonly lasts long and many times degenerates into a Dropsie Cachexia or Lethargy The second is call'd an Intermitting Tertian it cometh every other day with pricking and vehement cold the pulse is equal and anon a violent heat increaseth with much thirst and sometimes vomiting The third is call'd an Intermitting Quartane and comes with two days intermission between the fits in the beginning the pulse is slow the fit comes with vehement cold and afterwards comes a hot burning fit the Vrine is white thin and watry this sort of Ague commeeth long sometimes turns to a Diopsie and to old people is oft mortal The Cure Take ten drops of spirit of Sal Armoniac in Centaury-water at right going to bed 3 or 4 times a weak keep very warm and expect sweat Crude Allum twenty grains at once in warm Ale is excellent Take Bay Salt and fresh English Hops of each two handfuls and 4 ounces of Blew ourrans beat them all well together spread it on Linnen and apply it to both the wrists Sect. 44. Hectick-fever IN this disease there is an unnatural heat kindled as well in the fleshy and sollid parts as in the spirits yet so without pain that the Patient cannot tell that he hath a Feaver there is a slack and hard pulse dry cough Eyes hollow shedding of Hair Nose sharp the face is Leady Vrine thine crude white or pale and at last oyly the stomach is drawn in almost to the Ribbs and the whole body consumeth This distemper is for the most part mortal when it turns to a Marasmos and that is when all or most of the foresaid symptomes joyntly appear but if it be taken in time and good means used they may prove effectual The Cure This disease is cured like a Consumption at the 25 Section Let the Patient feed much upon Raisons of the Sun and Almonds and let him drink Milk with a few drops of oyl of Cinamon But Asses Milk with salt of Pearl is said to transcend Annoint the back bone with oyl of Bay-berries mixt with oyl of Almonds Take Nutmegs and Cynamon of each 3 ounces Ginger 3 drams Magistry of Pearl 2 ounces Honey prepared 12 ounces make it into an Electuary and take thereof 4 times a day the quantity of an Hazlenut at once Spiritus Analepticus taken half an ounce at once is excellent The Essence of Borrage and Bugloss is highly commended in the case so is the Magistry of Corals 10 grains at a time Sect. 45. Spotted-feaver and Plague A Spotted Feaver is a continual malignant burning-Feaver the Patient is tormented with pain in the head faintings excessive Heat Thirst and watchings having after a few dayes spots coming out sometimes all over the body and sometimes only on one part being small and of a reddish purplish livid Leaden or sometimes blackish colour the distemper commonly ends in seven dayes time if the spots turn livid or black and the Vrine look as it did in health 't is exceeding dangerous The Plague is a continual Malignant burning Feaver wherein the Patient is hot within and cold without there is excessive pain in the head with heaviness weariness Lumpishness carelessness sleepiness and Sadness of the mind loss of Appetite vomiting thirst bitterness and driness of the mouth Vrine thick and stinking The Pulse small and deep there is Bubo's behind the Ears under the Arm-holes or in the grom or else Carbuncles or Blew Reddish or Lived spots the Disease is dangerous but 't is most deadly when no Buboe's come forth or when they come forth and go in again or if they the spots appear of a Livid or black Colour 't is commonly mortal The Cure These distempers are helped by such Medicines as chear the spirits and comfort the heart as the Tincture of Life Which is thus made Take spirit of Wine one quart Cochineal or English Saffron one ounce put them in a large glass well corked set it in warm place for 20 dayes pour off the tincture and give a quarter of an ounce at once in the Patients drink Spirit of Harts-horn 20 drops at once is excellent but the most transcending medicament is 5 grains of Potable Gold The Conclusion THis Compendium adventur'd upon the Publick Stage for the Worlds Speculation I gathered into so small a Volume for my own Use as Occasion serves in my Practice But conceiving it might be serviceable for such Ingenious well-disposed Persons as are willing to help their poor Languishing and Sick Neighbours that want Silver-cords to draw the Advice of Money-sucking Physicians to supply their Necessities I have adventured to run the hazard of being sharl'd at by all Callumnious Tongues of whom I may say as was said of old 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nor do I so much as hope to escape being bitten by the Heels by those Gnathonical Currs who prefer Self-Interest before a Publick Good like him who said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Howbeit I have Herculean Hopes that this little Piece of Medicinal Marrow will meet with some Ingenious Interpreters of my harmless Meaning who would do good to all to the utmost of my Ability An Advertisement POor People languishing under Bodily Distempers may have free Advice and Medicines for not●ing from the Author of this Book who may be met with most if not all Market-days at the signe of the Crown in Loughborough FINIS