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A03916
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De morbo Gallico·; De guaiaci medicina. English
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Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.; Paynell, Thomas.
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STC 14024; ESTC S104330
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heale Also they saye it is more harder to heale the vttermoste partis bycause they be farre of from the bodye it is longe er they can be nourysshed and fedde And there it is to be taken hede whether the grefe doth ascende or discende Celsus sayth that what so euer grefe gothe downewarde is the more curable And agayne All grefe whiche procedeth vpwarde is worse for the medicyne to come vnto And that suche diseases that chaunce in our secrete partis as they are moste peynefull and sharpe by reason of inflamation whervnto those partis are specially subiectes so are they forthewith and soonest healed Whiche as in all other medicines they maye be moued so for the newe vse brought vp of Guaiacum I wote not whether it be alway so or no. But this lette euery man take hede of that where so euer the grefe be and with what so euer kynde of the pockes they be peyned that they prepare well Guaiacum and after they haue dronke so long therof that it be spredde and rounne into the veynes thanne ye maye be sure theyr ache lytell and lytell goth away And otherwhyle the ache commeth agayne and is more sharpe and peynefull and goth away agayne For after it ones begynneth to swage and than waxeth soore and peynfull it endureth not longe And they that haue soores shall haue the flesshe eaten away about the soores of a greatte breadth And that is a token they begynne to heale For vnto me it chaÌ„ced as it neuer did afore that about the .xxv. daye my legges weare eaten so bare that ye myghte haue sene the bone the breadth of a mannes nayle whiche thynge putte me in great feare but without any difficultie within a fewe days after the flesshe grewe and was restored agayne And by this I perceyue well that the nature of this medicine is to purifie clense the soores vndernethe and vnder the fleshe to proue and shewe fyrste the vertue therof Hytherto haue I sene fewe or none whose soores were cleane healed that were kepte close tyll they helde And therfore I haue harde many experte therin saye that than Guaiacum maketh an ende of his operation whan the pacient returneth to his meate and in euery thynge taketh agayne his olde custome of lyuynge I tolde you before that it was necessary for me to kepe in tyll the .xl. daye All thynges welle pondered I perceyue that this medicine requyrethe a longe season to worke perfectely For the nature of this medicine is not to breake or plucke away the blondde but by lyttell and lyttell to amende and purifie hit in whiche blondde beinge corrupte resteth al the force and strength of this disease and to expelle and diuide from the body the hurtefull humours thht are norisshementes of this disease from some in theyr vrine and sweatynges and from other som in theyr sieges And whan of this disease a man begynneth to waxe whole than the fyrst operation of â—uaicuâ— is to make a man to 〈◊〉 and secondly by the passages of the vrine it purgeth by whiche meanes it fetcheth out and voydeth marueylous foule fylthynesses And than the handes and feete waxe meruaylous colde in so moche that they seme to haue no heate in them at all Wherof phisitions saye this is the cause that than this medicine draweth the heate from the vtter partes to the inner the whiche inward partis after they be warmed and made hotte thaÌ„ the hete spredeth it self into the vtward partis For this without any doubt is proued that theyr lymmes that be healed with Guaiacum be moste hotte And .vi. or vij wynters nexte folowynge my legges and fete wolde be so colde that I coude neuer gette them warme inough thoughe I wrapped them in neuer so many clothes nowe they waxe so warme that with a verye thynne hose or suche lyke garment I putte away the colde These thynges thus vnderstande and knowen we muste comme to this poynt that is to knowe the operation of Guaiacum and agaynst what sycknesses it helpeth ¶ What power Guaiacum is of and what sycknesses it helpeth Cap. xxiiii THe mooste principall and the chieffest effecte of Guaiacum is to hele the freÌ„che pockes cleane pluckyng them vppe by the rootes but specially whan a man hath ben diseased with them of a longe tyme. For I haue sene them that many a day laye soore peyned with the pockes sooner and better restored vnto theyr helthe thaÌ„ they on whom the scabbes beganne newly to appere Not that on those newely diseased any thynge shoulde be lefte vnhealed but that the curynge goth forwarde more hardly and the disease stycketh faster and is more greuously plucked out For Guaiacum doth resolue and destroy meruaylously swellynges getherynges to gether of yll matters hardnesses bumpis and knobbes Fluxions or runnynges it vtterly taketh awaye eyther consumynge or tournyng the same an other way It causeth the soores to impostume withoute any maner of grefe And if any thynge lye hydde within it rooteth it oute And so of some as it dyd to me it maketh the bones bare of some hit sheweth the synowes and breaketh the veynes or eateth moste depely in and it healeth these partis that be infected with this disease and with suche stynche and fylthynesse that the sauoure canne not be abyden And therfore the phisitions saye that the vertue of this medicine is to heate to drye and to amende the fautis of the bloud and of the lyuer but it worketh all these thinges with suche a temperance that indifferently whether the cause be hotte or colde it easeth the patientis Wherfore with the drynes therof it restreyneth the flyxe destroyenge the hurtfull humours that flowe oute or els pluâ—keth vp by the rootes the cause of theyr begynnynge and restorethe agayne the good disposition of the body It dothe extenuate fleme and the poores or passages of the vrine that chaunce many tymes by pervnctions to be shutte and also other in this disease hit openeth ye and prouoketh compelleth the vrine to make and haue way For the whiche skylle some thynke it helpeth them that haue the stone and that it compelleth the stones to issue out of the bladder I haue experience that hit greately minysshe blacke colere And therfore it maketh a man more gladsome and quencheth anger Vndoubtedly hit hathe a greatte vertue agaynste Melancolye And hit taketh awaye runnynges and droppynges and it lyghtneth his heuynes by heatynge as it may be thought the brayne It is sayde that hit amendeth soores whiche were before yll healed howe so euer they came and cuttethe agayne the scarres It amendeth the leannes whiche hath longe contynued in the body And therfore whan this cure is done meÌ„ waxe very fat al their lyfe after They saye it hath a meruaylous vertue ageynst the stynkyng of the mouth doth amende the griefe of the brethe whiche also cometh through the faâ—te of anâ—yntynge It helpethe the inwarde parteâ— and specially the stomacke the whiche hit holle reneweth and
came frome Spagnola in to Spayne and than other nations about them sought what profite wolde come ther of And whan they vnderstode that many had vsed hit prosperously the Sicilians receyued it Frō thens it came into Italie and shortly after we of Germanie haue lerned the power therof by experience And of late we herde saye that by the helpe of this wodde many be cured in France Whiche thinge seinge it is so and seinge we lyue vnder that ayre whiche is not so moche subiecte vnto sickenessis as the coūtreie of Spayne and Italie are through the subtilnes of the aire and therfore nedelesse to feare those yuels whiche may other wise chaunce as the feuers stytches and suche other And agayne seinge we haue stronge bodies that maye well awaye with labours hunger and thurste And also the myndes of the Germayns for the mooste parte are meryly set what shulde cause v◠to thynke but that our region and men be very apte vnto this medicine Which thing Paulus Ricius a phisition of pure iugement and hygh erudition approueth and more ouer affirmeth that he knoweth by playne experience that no nation is more apte vnto this dyete But if we had not sene some restored vnto helthe through the helpe of Guaiacum and nowe shuld begyn to proue hit we oughte not beleue that god were so moche sette agaynste vs that he wolde eyther kepe this helthfull medicine from vs or defraude vs of the vertue therof seynge it was brought frō Spagnola into Spayn and had the same vertue there whiche hit hadde at home excepte a man wylle saye that Guaiacum disdayneth to be caried vnto vs his nature fyrste not chaunged or whan it commeth to the Germaynes that than it suffreth that great and myghtye power and strengthe of his to be taken from hym and no where els And it is playnely knowen that with vs his helpe is very present and peraduenture more presente than els where And our men as they be moche gyuen to surfetynge so can they if nede require abyde very longe and strongly bothe hunger and thurste And more ouer as our bodyes abunde with heate so are they very stronge For after the iudgement of Aristotle they that inhabite cold countreys haue moche naturall hete in them and they that haue moche heate for the most parte are of great strength And bycause the Almayns vse moche eatyng and drinkyng Ricius the phisition was demaunded of late what he thought whether it were best to remyt som what vnto them in this cure of this sklēder thinne dyete he sayde No by sayncte mary not thus moche but rather handle them the strayter lette these great belyes vsed in eatynge and drynkynge be dryuen to a moche thynner dyete than these thynne and leane Italians And he shewed me hym selfe that he hadde punysshed with hunger one of these fatte felowes .x. dayes lenger than he ought to haue done bicause he wold haue nothynge remayne that myght let the operation of Guaiacum ¶ This thyng and suche other I do gladly reherse by Ricius and do make often mention of Stromer that suche as shall rede this boke may vnderstond whom I cal good and right phisitions and how vnworthy I thynke these comen tormenters of mē of the dignite of this title name And that straunge countreyes may knowe that Germaynie hath some good and excellent phisitions And that I delyte as moche in the lernynge and amitie of them that be good and well lerned as I hate these vnlerned and foole hardy felowes whiche after they be for theyr moneye ones made doctours streyght professe that they can reuyue the deed and restore lyfe to them that are buryed But I wylle retourne vnto these .ij. whiche be of an other sorte of the whiche two Stromer whan I asked hym the laste yere a medicine to pourge me with sayde Do not vexe thy stomake with medicines in this age of thyn in whiche nature is able of her selfe to do all thynges moche better For as he is very scarse in pourynge in of medicines so bryngeth he all sycke people vnto a verye strayte rule of dyet Wherfore whan he had taken in hande to cure one in the cytie of August after these wayes and he said that he feared leste he coude not absteyne hym selfe from women Seing than saide he thou haste decreed to dye thou hast no nede of my helpe so forsoke hym and lefte him to his intemperancie ¶ Of this sorte there are two phisitions moo of excellent name wherof the one is thy phisition mooste noble prynce named Gregory Coppus whiche hath holpen me no lyttell thynge in the wrytynge hereof the other contynueth in the archebysshoppe of Colyns courte called Iames Ebelly a man of so great auctoritie that four yere afore that he was made the commen phisition all phisitions were they neuer so counnynge gaue place vnto hym The other was hadde in great honour of all the chefe lerned men of Papia where this study floryssheth as well for his knowlege in phisike as for other good lernynge whiche he had ioyned vnto phisik But this is no place to reken vp the excellent lerned men but my purpose is to wryte myne experience of Guaiacum And therfore in this place I repete this to conclude with that I verylye thynke that this wodde wyll helpe al maner of men where so euer they be become brought vp or contynue ¶ what tyme is beste to take herevnto Capilo .xiiii. IT semethe for somme causes that folowe that it is better to proue this cure in sommer than in wynter Fyrst bicause as Galene sayth the moisture in sommer increasethe and runneth in all the body and dothe goo and comme and therfore the pestilent humours maye lyghtly be seperated from the good and they may be expelled and banysshed and these that be holsome good kept Secondely bycause all diseases in wynter do fasten their rotes deper and take surer holde and in sommer contrarye wyse the humours be styll mouynge and the body is apte vnto all chaunges But these considerations appertayne generally vnto al diseses But as concernynge this our cure of Guaiacum for as moche as a great parte of hit stondethe in dyete and sufferaunce of great honger therfore it is moste expedient to begynne in sommer In that season a mā may better awaye with this dyete thanne in wynter whan men are very hungry For if the body beynge hotte and boylynge of it selfe as it is in sommer shulde moreouer be loded with meate hit wolde lyghtely be dissolued into diseases But in the wynter it woll not so◠for so moche as Hipocrates saythe that in wynter a mannes bodye inwardly aboundeth with naturall heate and outwardly lacketh it for so moche as than in auoydeth and fleeth from the sharpenes of the cold wherwith the body outwardly is compassed into the inwarde partes as vnto a stronge holde and castell and there closeth it selfe vppe but contrary wyse in sommer the same