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A17157	A comfortable regiment, and a very wholsome order against the moste perilous pleurisi whereof many doe daily die within this citee of London, and other places: and what the cause is of the same, doen by William Bulleyn, December. 8. Anno salutis 1562.	Bullein, William, d. 1576.	1562 (1562)	STC 4035; ESTC S118844	27,662	76

little and little therefore giue the Syruppes accordyng as the paciente maie haue strength to conueigh the same For like as many for lacke of ripyng medicens doe die euen so others are strangled choked when it stop the throte with comming aboundauntly and want strength time to vtter the same by order The Pleurisie either true or false are in fower sondrie bodies and are seen by the spattle and vrine c. Procedyng of the greate burden or aboundaunce of humors in the liuer Splene c. Or reume drop ▪ pyng doune into the extreme muscles o● the breast c. To the j. Bloodie or sanguine swet● cruente spattle with vrin● redde ij Cholorike people spattl● yellowe vrine yellow with greate paine and hedache iij. Flegmaticke frothlie and grosse white spattle with vrine whitishe grosse with lesser paine iiij Melācholike blackish spittle with vrine of y ● same colour NOw sir if this Pleurisie doe come of the aboundaunce of blood whiche doe excede with boilyng heate so that the pacient doe spitte blood The● saith Galen let the paciēt be letten blood in the same side that the pain maie deminish for the Arabians as Auicen Rases Hayle Serapias and also many of the Latines did begin the cure to help the Pleurisie with blood lettyng Where as blood doe aboūd open the vaine Vbi Sanguis vehementer abundat ibi secare venam licit But when the plethoricke or bodie is full of euill humours be taken with the Pleurisie then it is neither good to begin with hotte fomentes of herbes attractions or Oiles to the sicke or painfull place For like as the hotte thinges do stere and moue the place euen so thei drawe more to hurte the body then clense by euauporacion by the poores therfore soche fomentes as are applied to the place are not to be vsed if thei doe not ease and helpe the paine quicklie and so Hyppocrates lib. ii Vict. acut Therefore nothyng ought to be first taken in hande to bée drawen foorthe excepted the matter be before riped and made apt to run and smoke forthe without stoppe therefore the matter called flegmon or an exceding hot inflamacion burnyng aboue nature infectyng the reste of the blood and with the fire and heate thereof infecteth the whole blood Nothyng is better to quenche and also diminishe the same soner then to open the vain that haue societée and felowship therewith not onelic the Pleurisie is helped by openyng the Iecor or liuer vain But also all burnyng agues so it bée opened sone after the beginning according to the age strength of the bodie and colour of the bloode And in this greuous sickenes I haue good experiēce by my self and others the pacient shalbe vehemente drie aboue measure coueityng drinke in this case there is nothyng better to drinke then Ptisan that is to saie cleane pilled hulled or cried Barly without rinde sodden as I wil note hereafter and to drink it continually twoo daies and at night to drincke Almonde milke made of Ptisan called Barly water Or the thin brothe of a chicken if the pacient be weake And to wardes the declinyng of the sickenesse to eate small fishe that féede in freshe riuers vpō the stones is good as Minewes Gudgions and also Smeltes are good meate in cleane sweete brothe And lye vpon the side that is greued or towardes the same and beware of these fower thynges followyng whiche are greate enemies to life Reade Galen lib. ii de tuenda Sani i. Capi. And also fower other thynges to theim From j. Feare whiche choleth the harte with blood ij Ire whiche w tdraweth the blood contrary frō the hart iij. Dred which brigeth sodain weakenes to all the bodie iiij Care for thynges doen and paste v. Sharpe thynges as Uineger or thinges bindyng vi Wine whiche inflameth the blood vij Spise as Peper Graines Ginger are burning viij Salte for nipping and fret tyng THese passions of the mynde are wourse then the Pleurisie it self and the bodie beyng sicke and hauyng these affections or mocions is like fire and gunpouder together whiche wil make shorte woorke soner for the graue then for the Phisicion Of this you maie reade in my Bulwarke and the frui●tes of theim Now furder to the purpose and cure of the body not plethorice or not full of euill humours Thus you muste begin as followeth to helpe if God saie Amen After that the vaine is opened lette it bleede vntill it doe alter and chaunge into a better colour redde and cleare obseruyng the strength time and age feare not to let boies and children blood in this case of sixe seuen or eight yeres of age some ounces twoo accordyng to their stength kepyng all soche as bee letten blood from slepe after duryng fower or fiue howers after the said blood lettyng And one great learned famous Doctor of this time called Amatus Lucitanus of lanua of good iudgement and great experience doe vouche my saiynges to be true for lettyng childrē bloode He hath written goodly bookes of Phisicke commendyng blood lettyng verie moche of whiche blood lettyng I will speak more at large here folowing Next blood letting as Leonardus Futchius saith folow with a gētle Clister if nature of her self do not purge going to the stole casting for the excrementes and then take heede ¶ A Clister Take the leaues of Mercurie purple Uiolettes Spinache Cichorie of the garden of eche of thenn one handfull cleane Barly one vnse seeth altogether in a iuste quantite of cleane water vnto the thirde part doe remain in seethyng of the which porcion take a pounde waighte puttyng thervnto newe drawen Cassia Fistula frō the cane one vnse and a halfe and the Oiles of Chamo●ill and Uiolettes of eche one vnce and a halfe newe freashe butter halfe one vnce white Salte one dragme that is the eight parte of an vnce mingle altogether and make your Clister conueighing it neither to warme nor to cold ¶ An other Clister Take Mallowes Blittes Barly hulled of eche one handfull sodden in water till the part be wasted of this water being strained from the herbes and Barlie take xv vnces in whiche dissolue Cassia Fistula and redde suger Candie of eche one vnce oi●● of violettes iij. vnces salt dragmes ij 〈…〉 ●olke of one Egge make as before Whē the body is gently eased by this Clister then nothyng is better then to applie a fomente in maner followyng to the pained place ¶ A Fomentum TAke Chamamill Melilote Dill the sedes of Flaxe or Lint Fenicreke called Farnigrece Bran of eche half one hādfull séeth these in rūning water asmoche as shall suffice a pottle if you wil or more with a spōge hot in this water often tymes applie it to the pained place bothe to humecte moiste and make soft to open the place of the poures also You maie take Wormwood Chamamil Dil Primrose leaues Rose leaues Flax seede and