Let all meats and drinks that ingender wind be utterly avoyded Diet. ☞ If the Infirmity lie onely in the Head and ascend from no other part beneath as many times it is caused onely by weaknesse and imbecillity of the head then inward medicines profit little But you must use Concoctive and Discussive medicines things that concoct wind Concoctives as Fenugreekeseed Linseed Chamomel Yolkes of egges Saffron Hens greace ☞ Goose greace c. Last of all use Discussives such as be Oyle of Dill ☞ and Rew Discussivs Lupines Barley meal Lilly roots Nigella c. But if it come from vapours that ascend from some other part Clisters you must empty the belly with a strong Clister that doth dissolve wind made of of the emollient herbes Anniseeds Carraway Fennell and Cumminseeds adding to the decoction Benedicta laxativa halfe an ounce of the Electuary I meane for this glister draws the vapours ☞ down from the head After this you must strengthen the member that it ingender wind no more Cautions whether it be the stomack liver or spleen it were tedious and superfluous to recite the manner how to strengthen all those parts and others beside these which may in their owne affliction afflict the head also for I purpose if the Lord give me life and health and time to write severally and distinctly of all the diseases in every part of the body Then may you apply to the head things repulsive and driving backe Repulsives such be Vinegar Pomgranate rinds and flowers Wormwood Merlilot Mints Plantain ☜ Walwort Shepherds burse Nutmegs Purslaine Housleek Laurell leaves c. If heat be joyned with wind in the head Unctions use Oyle of Roses which is both repulsive digestive and ☜ discussive mingled with Vineger which is both repulsive and discussive and also attenuating But if there be cold mixed with the wind then use Oyle of Dill and Camomell mingled with the juyce of Rew and Vinegar If the headach continue still malignant use sneezing with white Helebore Sneezing but beware of catching cold of the head after it After all this to strengthen the head Cucusa and repell the relicts of the disease make a Cucusa of these herbs dryed that is sew them betwixt two caps see Chap. 3. Page 7. viz. Roses Knotgrasse Willow leaves Nightshade Marjoram Mother of time Hysop Rue Also the savours of Castoreum Muske Ambergreece and to take Venice treacle or Mithridate inwardly Smels are medicinall for the disease 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 caused by the Stomack CHAP VIII Of Headach caused of the Stomack HItherto of diseases caused principally in the head it selfe Cause now a word or two of pain of the head that cometh by consent from other places of the body and first of that which is caused by some evil affection of the stomack and that is caused by some sharpe humour for the most part that aboundeth in the stomack especially in the mouth of it from whence corrupt vapours arising doe ascend into the head It may be knowne by that gnawing and biting paine they feele in their head Signes by their pronesse and desire to vomit also if the sicke fast and suffer hunger long their paine is more vehement for through long abstinence the malice of the humour encreaseth Cure by vomiting In the cure of this disease outward medicines will doe no good the best way of cure is by vomimiting but first prepare the humours by giving Vineger of Squils two or three spoonfuls Consider the strength of nature in the proportion of the vomit Purging or four if two or three worke not divers mornings before the vomit which may be infusion of Crocus metallorum i. ℥ s for many time the humors are viscous and sticke fast If you suppose the stomacke be furred after vomiting give a scruple of Mastich pils every night going to bed for a week or such a matter As for strengthning the stomacke after the disease is cured I shall speake plentifully when I come to speak of the diseases in the stomack So also if headach come from the liver or spleen or any part you shall have plentifull remedies when I come to speak of the places where the cause lies which is needlesse here for take away the cause the effect ceaseth CHAP. IX 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of drunkennesse Cause Of Headach caused by drunkennesse THe causes are evident enough for hot Wines Strong-Waters and strong drinks fill the brain with vapours and so much the more if the braine be hot by nature if the os triquetrum be close shut and the sutoriums close shut for they beare drinke lesse before they be drunke then others in which they are more open Cure consisting in evacuation and refrigeration The cure consisteth chieflly in these two things evacuation refrigeration If the Wine be yet indigested give a vomit in the first place If the headach remain after you must use refrigeration to drive backe the vapours that ascend into the head that doth especially above all things Oyle wherein Ivy leaves have been boyled by anointing the head and temples and forehead To prevent drunkennesse are many medicines left by the ancients to posterity Preventions but for mine own part I as yet never tried any of them as to eat six or seven bitter Almonds every morning fasting to drinke a draught of Wormwood-beere sirst in the morning also to burne swallowes in a crucible feathers and all eate a little of the ashes of them in the morning CHAP. X. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of feavers Of Headach caused of Feavers IF Headach molest those that have Feavers Praefatio you ☜ must consider whether the body be laxative or not for astringency in Feaves alwayes causeth headach Vel caeli vel signi incertum est puta signi if it be then you must consider whether it began with the feaver or came onely the feaver increasing near the Crisis or when the Moon comes to the opposition of that signe and degree she was in at the decumbiture if she or her beames reach but the place give no physick for vomiting or flux of blood by the nostrils will follow But if the headach began at first with the feaver it is caused through vapours dispersed abroad through the vehemency of the feaver Cause as it were boyling up and ascending into the brain and the brain also for the most part in this disease is weak and not able to repell it but fit to receive it If age permit you may use bleeding If strength permit you may use cupping-glasses but the chief remedy is by remedying the feaver for the cause being taken away Cure Tolle causam tollitur effectus the effect ceaseth and I intend hereafter to write a tractate only of feavers to which I now refer it CHAP. XI 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The dignotions of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke in Latin Cephalaea in English an old and invetterate headach it may be knowne from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by these notes it hath been of long continuance exceeding painfull hard to cease every light occasion as noise loud speech cleer light moving drinking of Wine strong smels or the like causes sharp or violent fits the diseased desires to lie in the dark to be quiet often supposing that their heads are stucke with a hammer also some doe feele those things that are about their head as though they were bruised or racked this disease sometimes doth continue painful alwayes sometimes it comes by fits with intermission so that sometimes they thinke themselves perfectly whole This disease doth vex Women ☜ more then men In some the pia Mater or skin that ☜ knits the senses together which lyeth round the braine within the dura mater is vexed in some onely the ☜ Pericranium or skin that covereth the skull round is vexed It is caused either by abundance of blood and other humours or by the sharpnesse of the humours Cause contained either within or without the scull inflaming the head also it is caused through weaknesse of the head If the pain invade the sicke with heavinesse Signes it sheweth the disease to proceed of fulnesse and abundance of humours if it come with pricking gnawing and shooting it betokeneth sharpnesse of humours if it beat like pulses it betokeneth inflammation if there be felt distention or stretching out without beating or heavinesse it comes of wind if there be beating with it it is a hot wind if heavinesse there are humours as well as wind if the paine be felt superficially or outwardly the disease lies in the Pericranium if inwardly it lies in the Pia Mater and then is there alwayes a paine in the rootes of the eyes for the tunicles of the eyes have their beginning from the brain ☜ As for diet and aire the cause being knowne Cure you may easily gather out of the former Chapter If it come through abundance of humours you may in the first place let blood Oyle of Vervaine used in Unction is an approved medicine unles there be inflammations or feavers joyned with it for them use Oyle of Fleabane both considered as in the former Chapters Have a great care that sleep be moderate and the body soluble You may also for fear of Relapsing purge the head with strong Gargarismes made with juyce of Leeks Pellitory of Spain long Pepper Mustard or the like Or by sneezing if the infirmity lie within the scull CHAP. XII Of the Megrim 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek Description in Latin also Hemicranium in English the Megrim is a painfull evill lying in the one halfe of the head only the right side or the left and is distinguished by the seame that runneth all along the scull from the middle part of the forehead to the hinder part of the head or nape of the neck this pain cometh often by fits and in some the griefe is felt without the scull in some within and that deepe in the braine in some in the Muscles near the Temples It is caused by ascending or flowing of many vapours or humours Cause or by the Arteries or by both and sometime it proceeds from the brain it selfe thrusting out its excrements and superfluities when the passages are stopped The Signes whereby you may know whether vapours Signes or humours do abound whether they be hot or cold whether within the scull or without may be drawne out of the former Chapters only this I adde if the pain lie in the Pericranium the pain is so vehement that they canot suffer their heads to be touched with ones hand Their Dyet what they should eat and what they should eschew Diet. may be gathered out of the former Chapters according to the diversity of the causes yet let them by all meanes avoid all such things as send sharp vapors up into the Head as Garlique ☜ Onions Mustard Raddish roots c. If the Infirmity lie without the Scull Cure as most commonly it doth comb the head if the pain lie on the right side with a combe made of the right horn of a Ram I suppose it were best the Ram were killed when the Sun * Or at least when Mars is there is in Aries if it lie on the left side with a comb made of the left horn of a Ram and this for ought I know may do it if the disease lie within the Scull If it lie near the Temples among the Musces rub them often either with your hand or with a cloth till they be hot when the pain is over and that many times remedyeth the disease if it lie there Also Euphorbium mixed with Oyle and put into the ear on that side the paine lies take more or lesse Euphorbium according as the parties senses are dull or quicke a scruple of Euphorbium is enough for an ounce of Oyle and one drop is sufficient to put into the ear at one time Also Euphorbium dissolved in Vinegar and applyed by way of Unction to the grieved part of the head profiteth much But beware you use not Euphorbium if the disease come of hot Humours or Vapours Also Earthworms beaten to powder Snailes ☜ Peach kernels Goats dung mingled with Vinegar of Squils are medicinall If it comes of hot Humours use those medicines prescribed for the headach coming of hot humours If it come of plenitude use blood betting In fine purge the Humour that causeth the Disease CHAP. XIII Of Vertigo or swimming in the Head VErtigo is a Disease wherein a man thinketh all that he sees turnes round Description it is a Disease my selfe have been often for many yeares terribly vexed withall insomuch that at the last I many times fell down in a swoon and fainted This Disease often turneth to the Falling-sicknesse as it had almost done in my selfe though after much and vast expence of Physicke one Vomit absolutely cured me therefore I shall be more large in the signes of this Disease This Disease is caused through inordinate moving of Vapours that are windy Cause contained in certain parts of the Brain this Disease is caused either because the Brain it selfe is ill-affected or of Vapours ascending from the Stomack thither the Braine it selfe is offended by a Humour aeriall from whence a windy spirit moveth inordinately about and troubleth the apprehension so that all things the man seeth seeme to turne round also the Brain is offended by the mouth of the Stomack when windy exhalations are carried from thence to the Brain which happeneth by corruption or putrefaction in the Stomack the Vapours of which being penetrating move about the Brain Galen makes a great stir and so also doth Hippocrates to prove two sorts of
Vertigo the one called Teneâ—â—â—â— of a Vertigo of some Scotoma and this say they is the most dangerous because it often turns to the Falling-sicknesse Indeed I grant the dark Vertigo turneth soonest to the Falling-sicknesse because it commeth of Atra bilis or Choler adust but Fuchsius thinks they erre that think the Diseases to be two because they differ a Tittle in quality and truly so do I. All Gallen's words may not be Authenticks no nor Hippocrates his neither and neither Fuchsius nor my self were nor are so simple but we know Choler yellow will turn black and adust in the Tunicle of the Stomack and cause no other difference then changing the quality not the nature of the Disease But enough of this I proceed to the Signs A darknes or mist appeareth before their eys that are troubled with this Disease Signs and that upon every light occasion especially if they drink but a cup of strong drink or wine or if they turn round for it chanceth to them if they turn round once as it doth to others when they turn round often times so that sometimes they fall down Also the same effect it brings to him to see another man or a wheel or the water run round therefore let such objects be avoided for the vital spirits beholding it turn about also and so the moving of the Humour that causeth the Disease is troubled unequall and inordinate When this Disease lyeth in the brain only without relation to the stomack there followeth sound in the ears pain in the head sometimes vehement and heavinesse there also the smelling and other senses are detrimented their fits are chiefly when the Sun doth heat them or when their head is hot by some other means for Heat doth dissolve the Humours and then they turne about the Brain And indeed for ought I know a cleer Sun-shine day is hurtfull for those in whom the Disease proceeds from the Stomack as mine did and I found the same extreamly prejudiciall to me Those in whom the Disease proceedeth from the Stomack feel a gnawing in their Stomack before the fit come and a disposition to vomit and are as though they were heart-burnt Also thus you may know of what Humour the Disease ☞ comes by the apparent colour of things to their eyes for if they appear yellow the Disease comes of yellow Choler if reddish or bloody it comes of Blood and is ☞ apt to fall into a frenzy or madnesse if dark it comes of Atra bilis and is a fore-runner of the Falling sicknesse ☞ or Apoplexie And thus much for example sake Also these Diseases are most violent in that time of the year that suiteth best with their nature as Choler in Summer Melancholy in Autumn c. If this Disease be caused by Vapours that ascend from the Stomack Cure as mine did Vomiting is a speedy cure and the onely cure I could find Cautions For only that winde causeth Whirlwinds Let the sick avoid the beams both of Sun and Moon all Winds especially South winds nor let him behold any thing that moves round nor any deep thing Let him avoid fasting and fulnesse all meats that engender winde that are of a dilative quality and send Vapours up to the head such be Milk Onions Garlick Leeks Let him eschew sleep in the day saith Galen but for mine own part I found ease in nothing else Let his Meat be of good Juice Diet and good Digestion If the Disease come of Blood use Blood-letting Let the Sick avoid perturbation of mind anger fear sadnesse loud crying and singing Let him not keep his Head too hot nor abide in an Aire too hot or too cold and let him stir his Head as little as may be In a word keep his Stomack clean with Vomits and his Head with Pil. Alephanginae Acetum scilliticum is a soveraign remedy and Southernwood is the Herbe proper for the Disease CHAP. XIV Of Frenzie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Description 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek in Latine also Phrenitis in English a Frenzie is a Disease that troubles the minde dangerous and difficult to cure it differs from Madnesse thus Definition a Feaver ever accompanies a Frenzie but never Madnesse A Frenzie is a continuall Madnesse and Furie with raging and vexation of mind Division accompanied with an acute Feaver caused through inflammation of the Brain or the films thereof Three sorts of Frenzies There are three internall senses in the Head Imagination Judgment Memory and a man may be frenetick or as our common English word saith Frantick in any of these Some are frenetick onely in Imagination imagining they see things they do not and yet do give a right judgment of things they do see and remember every man and call him by name in such fantasie onely is distempered Other apprehend things truly yet judge falsly of them as a Patient I had that judged his father would kill him and therefore fled his presence as also that he was some great person There the seat of Judgment is chiefly vexed The third is compound of these two and they erre in every thing and know no body nor remember any thing and in such the Brain is totally distempered The Frenzie is caused of abundance of Choler Cause and cholerick Blood either in the Brain or films thereof and if the Choler be adust the Disease is vehement and pernicious Besides Signs a terrible Feaver and Madnesse for the most part they cannot sleep if they do sleep at all it is troublesom many times when they do sleep they start up out of it suddenly and rage and cry out furiously they babble words without order or sense and very seldom answer directly to a question their Water many times is thin and cleer and if it be so it is so much the worse many times the softlier you speak to them the louder they answer Their Eyes are blood-shotten bleared and staring and sometime dry and sometimes full of sharp and scalding tears most of them pull and tear all the cloaths about them to pieces their Pulses are small weak and slow and they fetch their breath but seldom that which cometh of Blood causeth inordinate laughter and Choler immoderate fury also such must be bound in their beds they forget every thing speedily that they either do or say I have seen one call for a Chamber-pot and so soon as he had it either had forgot what it was or else forgot to pisse in it Concerning the usage of the Sick Aire if it be winter let the aire be warm if in summer let it be cold a whited wall is best for diversity of colours or pictures are naught Some are troubled with light in their Fits and some with darknesse therefore you had best try them both and let him have light that is afraid of darknesse and keep him dark that is offended with light but if the Sick be indifferent between
Caution nor any windowes open North or South for the one cooleth I should think the East were worst the other stuffeth the head If it come through age Physicke availes little If the memory fail suddenly either falling sicknesse or Apoplexy is following Prognostica for cure of which use such meanes of prevention as you shall be taught to cure them when they are come in their proper chapters If it come of other causes viz. of cold heat the braine of drinesse moysten the braine Things medicinall Cure are Castoreum Oleum de lateribus Rew Balme Betony Rosemary Marjoram Of Compound confectio anacardina Diamosebum dulce Diambra Mithridate Theriacha These not only remedy memory lost but helpe and mend it being dull CHAP. XVII Of Catalepsis Name◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 detentio occupatio congelatio Description 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke is called in Lattin Occupatio detention and Deprebensio Moderne Writers call it Congelatio in English it is called congelation or taking and by the ignorant struck with a Planet It is a sudden detention and taking both of body and mind both sense moving being lost the sick remaining in the same figure of body wherein he was taken whether he sit only or whether his mouth and eyes were open or shut as they are taken in the disease so they remaine This disease is a meane between a Lethargy and a frenzie Cause for it commeth of a melancholly humour Therefore in respect of coldnesse it agreeth with a Lethargy and in respect of drinesse with a frenzy and the effects are in a medium between them both Sometimes abundance of blood is joyned with the melancholly humour and sometimes only pure melancholly both invade the hinder part of the braine They that are taken with this disease are alwaies taken sudddenly Signes both speech and sense are taken from him he neither speaketh nor heareth his breath scarcely to be perceived he lies like a dead man his pulse is small weake and very thicke his egestion and urine are either very little or none at all which seemes to proceed from want of sense for the sick abounds most commowly with moysture For melancholly is an humour dry in operation ☜ not in quality Their face is sometimes red and that is when blood is mingled with the melancholy and sometimes swarth and then pure melancholly oppresseth the eyes in this disease remaine immoveable as though they were frozen The diet is different according to the cause Diet. only in generall let him avoyd all such meates and drinkes as send vapours up into the head also water is hurtfull be cause it swelleth the spleene Barly water wherein Cinnamon hath been boyled is good If blood abound and strength and yeares permit Bleeding let him blood in the Cephalique of the arme as much as strength will permit If melancholly abound Clisters cleanse the gutts with clysters made of things proper for melancholly such be borrage buglosse fumitory time epithimum polipodium ☜ senna cassia fistula confectio Hamech c. If the head be hot coole it with oyle of fleabane Refrigeration if too cold heat it with oyle of vervaine Black hellebore corrected with Cinnamon is very medicinall so is mother of time Cure If trembling accompany the disease give Castoreum As for other remedies you may find them in the chapters of frenzie and lethargy before and in the Chapter of melancholy which is to follow after CHAP. XVIII Of the Apoplexie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke and Latin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is also called an Apoplexy in English and is a disease wherein the fountaine and originall of all the sinewes is affected Definition and so every part of the body doth suddainly lose sense and motion throughout the whole body If this stopping come only in one halfe of the body Cause it is called the Palley of which hereafter The Apoplexie is caused by a grosse tough and clammy humour ingendred for the most part by drunkennesse which being crude fills the principal ventricles of the braine It is caused also by a fall or a blow which bruiseth and shaketh the braine and causeth the humours to ☞ flow thither Also those that are brought up in hot countries when they come to live in cold countries many times the cold only congealeth the humours and causeth the disease There goeth before this disease a sharpe paine in the head Signes a swelling of the veins in the neck the vertigo and brightnesse before the eyes coldnesse of the extreame parts without cause known panting of the whole body slownesse to move and gnawing of the teeth while they sleepe their urine is little in quantity and black like rust or canker of mettall and hath a residence like meal they lack sense altogether and lie with their eyes shut as though they were asleep and snort The vehemency of this disease may be known by their impediments in breathing if their breathing differ but little from another mans that is in health it shewes the disease is but weake but when they can hardly be perceived to breath at all it is the strongest Apoplexie and little better is theirs where the breath seemes to be stopped for a while and then fet with great violence This disease happens most frequently to aged people flegmaticke folke and to such as use such diet as encreaseth ☜ flegme This disease is seldome cured and seldomer but it leaves the dead palsey behind it and then it is but halfe cured ☜ A strong Apoplexie for the most part kills a man in 24 hours many times in halfe the time ☜ Bleeding is a desperate physicke for an Apoplexie well befitting such a desperate disease for it kills or cares quickly ☜ Provoke him to stoole with mighty sharpe and strong clysters Stoole Bind the thighes hard and rub them vehemently Ligaments You may shave the head and bath it with oyle of Rew Camomel or Dill. Vnction You may fasten Cupping-glasses good store to the shoulders Cupping You may burne stinking things under his nose as Caâ—â—oreum Assa Foetida Saga-penum Galbanum Nasalia You may provoke him to sneeze with white Hellebore Sneezing You may apply Castoreum and Euphorbium with vinegar to his head Cucufa Vomit You may provoke him to vomit with turbith minerale ☞ mercurius vitae or lac sulphuris which is the best medicine I know Lacsulphuris I take it doth not procure vomit but is diaphoretical Thus much for the cure of an Apoplexie if it may be cured CHAP. XIX Of the dead Palsey in one side 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latine Resolutio in English the dead palsey 't is a disease wherein the one halfe of the body either the right side or the left doth lose either sense or moving Definition or both
the Disease Keep the head and neck alwayes warm Also you may take inwardly such things as strengthen the braine such be Aromaticum Rosatum Diamoscum dulce Diambra Dianthon c. CHAP. XXIV Of Madnesse Difference betwixt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek is a Disease which the Latins call Insania and Furor in English Madnesse and Fury they that have this Disease be unruly like wild Beasts The difference betwixt this and the Frenzy is this A Feaver alwayes accompanies a Frenzy but never this Disease called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Madnesse It is caused of much blood flowing up into the Brain Cause sometimes this blood offends in quantity only and sometimes in quality when it is melancholy The super fluity of melancholly causeth alienation of mind and causeth the man to be foolish and beside ☜ himselfe I shall onely in this Chapter treat of madnesse coming of blood Signes There goeth before Madnesse weaknesse of the head tickling of the ears shinings before the eyes great watchings strange thoughts approach the mind heavinesse of the head a ravenous appetite a forwardnesse to bodily lust the eyes stare and seldome either winke or beckon If it come of blood only they laugh continually and the sicke thinketh he seeth before his eyes things to laugh at If any Choler be mingled with the blood then the pricking and swift moving of the brain makes them angry irefull moving and bold In the first place bleed them Bleeding ☞ and then by the colour of the blood you may discerne easily the quality predomnate If it be a Woman breath a veine in the ankles for ☞ that provokes the termes Let their Diet be such as breeds little blood till they are almost starved In many the humours is waxed grosse and setled by long continuance and such are worst to cure though perhaps they be patientest for the time yet looke for them to be furious enough when the humour is stirred and made thinner If it come of blood only you may draw away blood abundantly from the arm under the tongue from the forehead from the fundament with leaches If Choler be mixed with the blood I refer you to the Chapter of Frenzy If of Melancholy the next Chapter shall instruct you only let him eat little drink no strong drink nor wine sleepe much and go to stool orderly CHAP. XXV Of Melancholie BY Melancholie here I mean not the simple complexion for without that none can live but the alteration of the complexion in quantity quality or seat It commeth without a feaver Description and is engendred of melancholy occupying the mind and changing the temperature of the brain It is caused three waies Sometimes it is caused of the common vice of melancholy blood Caused 3 waies being in all the veines of the body and so hurteth the braine Sometimes the blood only in the brain is altered Had this been to do again I could have done it ten timâ—s better the blood in other parts of the body being safe And sometimes it is ingendred through inflammation about the spleene and so sending up melancholy vapours thither The most common signes be fearefulnesse sadnesse hatred strange imaginations For some think themselves bruit beasts and counterfet their noise and voyce Signes my selfe knew one this present yeare 1645. that thought him selfe only a man and all other men beasts that came to devour him and stood with a staffe to beat every one that came neer him whom I perswaded that he was made of a black pot and if he did not speedily get him into his house I would throw a stone at him and break him which was so upon his imagination that he threw away his staffe and ranne in and would suffer none to touch him for feare they should break him Innumerable such fancies are mentioned by Authors which I forbear to mention This is according to the cause if the cause be fear then they thinke others will kill them if of grief they seek to kill themselves if of love the naturall blood is infected because the liver is the seat of love I want room guesse the rest by these As how one conceited he had a fish in his blood another durst not pisse for feare he should drowne the world a third conceited he had no head and a fourth that he was made of butter all which and the waies and meanes by which they were cured you may read in A. P. his Chirurgery but to proceed Many desire death and some do kill themselves others are afraid of death and thinke their best friends when they see them determine to kill them some laugh some weep some think themselves inspired with the holy Ghost and prophecie of things to come Also the state of their body is slender black rough dry and hard in touching and altogether melancholious This is caused through excessivenesse of some passion as love joy griefe c. or through much study watching stopping of the Hemoroides or Menstrua or the eating of wicked and melancholicke meats But in such in whom it is caused by the Spleen they have rawnesse much wind sharpe belchings burnings and greivousnesse of the sides the sides are drawn upwards and many times they have Inflammations there Also Costivenesse little sleep troublesome and naughty dreams swimming in the head and sound in the eares Let him abhor melancholy Diet. Diet Let the Aire he abides in be hot and moist Aire Let his Meat be hot and moist of good digestion and breeding good blood Young Borrage boyl'd and buttered is good meat for him Black Hellebore corrected with Cinnamon Purge is a good purge for him so is decoction of Epithimam Fumitory is a soveraigne hearb for the disease and so is betony If the infirmity lie in the whole body Bleeding you have no other remedy but you must bleed him often because all the blood is corrupted If it lie in the head only bleeding is needles only follow his humours and comfort him with Cordials and Cephaliques that strengthen the braine such be of simples Betony Red-roses Harts-tongue Endive ☜ Borrage buglosse and Violet flowers Of compounds Aromaticum rosatum Diamoscu dulce Anacardina Laetificans Galleni Dianthon species cordiales temperatae c. And his best Doctor is Dr Merry-man But if it proceed from the Spleen for Simples use Centaury Penyroyall Wormwood and Germander and Bay-berries apply to the region of the Spleen an Emplaster of Melilot for the Spleen Also you may provoke them to sneeze with Betony in powder snuffed up in their nose Sneezing There are divers other manners of cure which I omit here my scope being in this place to treat of it as it annoyeth the brain only I may happen to write of the redundance of all the complexions severally and distinctly by themselves to which I refer you CHAP. XXVI Of Trembling or shaking of
or any of these beaten and the juice mingled with oyl of Roses and wool dipped in it and applied to the Stomack mightily allay the heat But have a care by all means that you do not apply this at the beginning of the Feaver for then the heat lies inward ☜ and this will add more violence to it but onely when the heat is come to the externall parts for then it cherisheth the Lungs and provoketh sleep Provoke sleep with Diascordium Sleep if that prevail not use Laudanum But have a care of Opiats at the beginning of the Disease ☜ For Cordials Scorzonera-roots Bezoar Cordials Sirrup of Citron-pils and Syrrup of Balm of Fernelius Confection of Alchermes and de Hiacyntho Electuarium de Ovo any of these may be administred consideratis considerandis CHAP. VII Of a Burning Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Qad Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek is called in English a Burning Feaver or continuall Tertian It is caused of Choler rotting or putrifying within the Veins together with the Blood Those that have this Disease Signes their Tongue is dry rough black with gnawing of the Stomack immoderate thirst and watching their Dung is liquid and pale Let the place wherein the Sick lies be cool Cure Aire the aire sweet if it be not cool mâ—kâ— it so by art of which you have examples in my Criti a Cephalica vol. 3. lib. 2. Let him drink for his ordinary Drink Drink water wherein Barly Cinamon and such Herbs as cool and ☞ moisten such be Lettice Sorrell Wood-sorrell Purslane c. have been boiled Also Syrup of Violets Violet and Straw-berry-leaves Water-lillies and Verjuice juice of Lemmans and Oranges are medicinal With the other Medicines mentioned in the former Chapter and Bleeding If these Medicines prevail not Blisters but the Humours ☞ flow up and lye heavy on the Head which you may know by their talking idly you must apply Blisters to the in-side of the Wrests and the in-side of the Calves of their Legs If that prevail not but you perceive their case desperate Pidgeons apply Pidgeons to the soles of their Feet But if in a desperate case it oppresse their Stomack or Heart I have known six grains of Mercurius Vitae cure them yet in my opinion Lac Sulphuris had been better CHAP. VIII Of an Intermitting Tertian Feaver commonly called a second dayes Ague OF all Agues this onely is mortall yet the other two ☞ may turn to another Disease that may kill but they kill not themselves And this Ague though sometime it be mortall yet is ☞ of all other most frequent and if rightly handled easiest cured It vexeth young folks most I suppose the reason why this Ague is most frequent to be because Choler by reason of its heat Cause is most apt to stir with violence This Disease is caused of Choler pure sincere and unmixed carried with violence by the sensitive parts of the Body This Disease happeneth usually to persons Cholerick by nature in their flourishing age and in Spring time Signs The signs of this Disease are a vehement Cold rigour and stiffnesse in the beginning of the Fit the Patient thinketh his Body is pricked soreness of the Bones as though they were nipped an exact order and equality of the Pulse for as the Feaver encreaseth the Pulses are raised in strength vehemency and frequency In the vehemency of the Feaver it causeth thirst and burneth up the Patient his Breath is swift and hot as fire and requireth drink immoderately their Urine cholerick subrufe and something yellow The longest fit of a Tertian endureth but twelve hours When these Fits come sooner and sooner the Disease ☜ getteth strength over nature but if later and later the ☜ Disease loseth strength Galen's mistakes Galen saith men labouring of this Disease vomit Choler At the writing hereof and it is the seventh of February 1645 6. I have cured above twenty of this Disease and it is like seen more yet never knew nor saw any vomit at all I have known enough vomit sinee When I was a Boy I had the Disease constantly every Spring though Galen saith it comes onely in the heat of Summer Gal. ad Glauconem yet never to my memory had so much as a pronenesse to vomit The usuall Cure of this Disease Cure is by Vomiting and Sweating But I have found out a more certain and speedy and indeed never missing Cure Let the Air the sick abides in be clear and penetrating Aire Both this and Qâ—otidian Agues I never missed cure by giving onely Cinquefoil gathered in the hour of Jupiter if it be possible he being above the Earth and truly I should think it were the better if the Moon were aspected to him but I never observed it This I have given in Powder both in common Vinegar and Vinegar of Squils I have observed the number of the Leaves I have given viz. one for a Quotidian three for a Tertian c. and I have observed it I have given the Decoction thereof and all of them still did the Cure in three Fits sometimes in two therefore I hold it the most soveraign Medicine for Agues in the world CHAP. IX Of a Quartane Feaver or Ague THis proceedeth of Melancholy putrifying and rotting without the Veins This Feaver doth not invade the Sick with that rigour and stiffnesse that the former doth Cause but the cold is like the cold a man feels in an hard frost Signs as though it would break his Bones and doth not seem to prick him as the other doth Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter It commeth commonly about Harvest land stayeth without cure till next Spring and is a stubborn Humour to be dealt withall For many a time and often this Ague by violent Medicines ☜ as Vomits c. is turned to a double Quartane and so the Patient hath two sick dayes and but one well day Saturn the causer of this Ague is a sullen Planet and the Disease takes after him therefore deal gently with it at first you had better please a sullen potent adversary then displease him I never had any Patient of this Disease since I knew the vertues of the Herbe Cinquefoil it is very probable it will cure this as well as other Agues * Since I have done the Cure with it Bleeding I dâ—siâ—e these Hellebores may be let alone in this Disease for old Saturn will not be Vexeâ— Yet if Blood abound you may let blood in this Ague and if it look black draw out good store Also black Hellebore corrected with Cinamon may be given And white Hellebore if it may be given inwardly at all it may in this Disease But let these be given on the well dayes for then they
the blood XI Amongst all the rest of the entrailes the Liver is most subject to obstructions XII Therefore such Medicines as hinder Obstructions or help them being made are appropriated to the Liver And they are such which cut and attenuate without vehement heat such as have both a clensing and a binding quality XIII Inflammations commonly follow obstructions and they require cooling things yet will not any cool thing serve the turne but such as are hepaticall XIV Take heed in the use of cool things that you extinguish not the faculty of concoction or so cool the Diaphragma which lies very neer that you hinder respiration CHAP. VI. Of Splenicalls I. THree excrements are especially beheld in the breeding of blood a watry humour cholar and melancholy II. The proper seat of Chollar is the Gall the watry humour goes to the Reines the thicker part of the blood the Spleen challengeth to its selfe III. This is either adust by too violent heat and then it is called Atra Bilis or thick and terrene of it selfe and that is properly called Melancholly IV. From hence now is the force and nature of Splenicall Medicines found out V. For Atra Bilis often produceth Madnesse and pure Melancholly * hardness Scirrhus and viciates the concoction of the Blood whence follows Dropsies and also breeds obstructions VI. Splenicals therefore are of two sorts some appropriated to Atra Bilis some to Melancholly for of purging I shal write nothing here but leave that to the last Chapter VII Atra Bilis is tempered by cooling and moistning yet is it not so hot that it should need things extremely cold VIII Such are those which we wrote of amongst the Cordialls that cause mirth by keeping Melancholly vapours from the heart IX Melancholly humour is removed by cutting and opening Medicines which differ from Hepaticks because they want adstriction for the Spleen seeing it wants concoction needs no adstriction X. Moreover the Spleen is not only obstructed by Melancholly humour but also made hard XI The cure of this is wrought by Emollients which must not be given inwardly lest they hinder the concoction of the Ventricle but applyed outwardly CHAP. VII Of Renalls and Vessicalls I. THat the watry humour may be separated from the blood nature hath added the Reins to the rest of the bowells II. Because a Man should do something else besides continually pisse the Bladder was added to containe the Urine III. Both of these are easily corrupted by the vices of the Urine IV. The Urine is stopped by Stones or Inflammations or gross humours therefore Medicines appropriated to the Reines and Bladder which are called Nephritica and Cystica and to be distinguished into three parts 1. Some cool 2. Some cut grosse humours 3. Others break the Stone V. The constitution of the Reines and Bladder is such that binding things are extream dangerous to them because they stop the Urine VI. Those Medicines are then proper to the Reins and Bladder which are lenitive cut and extenuate without violent heat VII Onely take this caution that seeing the Bladder is farther from the Centre of the body than the Reines it requires stronger Medicines lest their strength be consumed before they come at the grieved place CHAP. VIII Of Hystericalls I. TOuching provoking and stopping the termes shall be spoken hereafter in another Treatise II. The Womb thus resembles the Brain and Ventricle that it manifestly draws to Cephalicks and Aromaticks and flies from their contraries III. For this is confirmed by daily experience that in the fits of the Mother which is the Womb turned upwards stinking things applyed to the Nose and sweet things to the Matrix reduce it but sweet things applyed to the Nose and stinking things to the Matrixe produce it IV. In fallings out of the Womb we use the contrary V. This made some Sots ascribe the sence of smelling to the Womb whereas indeed and in truth that such things please the Brain and nervous parts is not because of their smelling but because they are friendly to it by their own substance VI. The Stomach is offended with stinking things and a man that hath no smell will vomit them up againe why because they are obnoxious to it VII So also the Womb is offended with stinking things not because it smells them but because they are adverse to its nature VIII For Smels are the judges of Medicines by which nature teacheth what is fit and convenient for it selfe IX So then those Medicines are hystericall which by binding stop the ternes or by inciding provoke them of which more hereafter or such as are gratefull to the Womb which are known by a sweet or aromaticall savour CHAP. IX Of Arthriticalls I. THe Joynts are most infested with capitall diseases and therefore cured with Cephalick Medicines II. The reason is soon given which is because they are of a nervous quality III. Those things are appropriated to the Joynts which have a drying and heating quality with a certaine light adstriction IV. Besides such things as are appropriated to the Joynts by a peculiar appropriation or astrall influence of which knot-Grasse is one and therefore by some called Joynt-wort V. Yet take notice of this that because the joynts are more remote from the Centre they require stronger Medicines than the brain doth VI. As to what belongeth to paines in the joynts this is the manner of proceeding VII Pain is either taken away or asswaged but its true cure is by taking away what causeth it VIII Yet sometimes so great is its fury that we must give Anodines before we can meddle with the cause and that especially when it causeth heat influxion of blood or inflammation IX Besides the Medicines which take away the cause of paine are very hot and therefore to be forborne in such cases X. Also the manner of easing paines is twofold for if you regard the pain it selfe use Anodines if the heat use refrigeratives XI Also take notice of thus much that flegm compacted in the joynts when it is teazed a little causeth pain and influxion XII Such Medicines as take away the cause of such paine are strong cutters and drawers which neither agree with Choller nor blood XIII When you perceive that there is attraction and discussion enough made so that the pain is ceased and the cause of it taken away use adstrictions to strengthen the joints that they may not easie recite more deflexions CHAP. X. Of Purges THis last Chapter I shall divide into these parts Of purging Med cines 1. Of their Election 2. Correction 3. Of the time of purging 4. Manner of purging 5. Part I. Of Purging Medicines I. PHysitians for want of other things to trouble their heads make a great business whether Purges work by a hidden or manifest quality whereas the Heavens teach me a better lesson II. These two questions are to be answered 1. What humour is to be evacuated 2. What medicine to do it by III. For as the
seame of their head or os triquetrum Cure by unction with oyle of fleabane see Chap. 2. mixed with oyle of sweet almonds or alone by it selfe Let their body be kept soluble Also they may bath their head in water in which strawberry leaves Stoole Bath violet leaves and flowers mallowes and other hearbes that have a moistning vertue have beene boyled CHAP V. Of Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of plentitude or blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of blood HItherto I have written of Head-ach comming through alteration of the bare quality only I now come to Head-ach caused of fulnesse and abundance of blood I call fulnesse in this place that which the Greekes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is when all the four humours abound and be encreased in their proportion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or when blood onely abounds The cause This is caused commonly of eating all such things as ingender abundance of humours in the body as meates and drinkes of great nourishment plentifully taken as also the neglecting and omitting exercises bathes sweatings and usuall purgings bleedings and evacuations The signes be these Signes the face and the eyes be ruddy the veines be swoln so that the least and smalest may be easily seene the pulse is great and vehement the urine reddish and thick the veines of the temples beate more hard strong and vehement then those at the wrest the paine of the head is heavinesse Let the sick be in a cold and dry aire if you can get no such place naturall Cure make it so by art Let his diet be spare Aire let him avoyd things that nourish plentifully as egges flesh c. Let his drink be barly water in which cold hearbs have been boyled as endive Meat succory purselane lettuce Drinke or only barly water with a little Cinnamon Let him use meane exercise Exercise rubbing his body often if his body be soluble and no feaver let him bath often In the beginning of the disease let him blood in the cephalica of that arme on which the griefe lies most if that appeare not take the middle veine Bleeding if bleeding in the arme suffice not let them bleed in the forehead If age or weaknesse or both prohibit bleeding use cupping glasses to the shoulders to draw backe the blood Cupping These done use medicines externall that are cold and astringent Vnction wherewith you are furnished in the second Chapter You must in this disease have a special care that the body be kept soluble if necessity require and neither feaver nor weaknesse hinder Purging give a decoctum Sennae with rubarbe and agricke at i. ʒ iv ℥ After this you may apply such medicines to the head Repelling as disperse the disease and dissipate and repell the humours such be mallow seedes fenugreck seeds chamomel flowers melilot flowers either in bathes liniments or oyles as you think fit Also you may bind the lower parts of the body hard Bindings as the things to call or draw back the humours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Choler CHAP VI. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of Choler The cause HEad-ach comming of cholericke humours is caused of all such things as heate and drye the head unnaturally as care anger paine labour watching fasting eating of meates that be cholericke as Garlique Onions pickled herrings and other meates extraordinary salt c. The signes be these the pains be like his that hath headach by reason of heat Signes but that only they have a more sharp and pricking pain as though awles or bodkins were thrust into their heads their face is pale and wan their head is moderately hot bitternesse of the tongue drinesse of the eyes nose and tongue this disease chanceth most to young and flourishing yeares to such as are cholericke of complexion to them that take overmuch businesse in hand and the like Let the sicke abide in a cold and moist aire which may be procured by the Art specified in the second Chapter Cure as by sprinkling the Chamber with cold water Aire by strewing the Chamber with cold herbs and moist flowers and branches of trees their mentioned Let his whole diet be moist let him eat meates that be moist and of good juyce Meates give them Endive Succory Lettice Purslaine small fishes that live in gravelly Rivers Let his drinke be water only Drinkes in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled but let him altogether abstaine from Wine and strong drinke Let him be kept quiet Sleepes and have long sleepes you may provoke sleep by the rules in the second Chapter let him be merry and refraine from all perturbations of mind Purges You must refrain purging there be a feaver In the beginning of the cure you must purge the cholericke humour with medicines fit for the purpose such be Hiera picra Electuary of the juyce of Roses Rubarb Pillulae aureae Alephanginae c. ☞ But if it chance the cholericke humours do rest quietly in any part of the body as many times it doth and so becometh adust and burneth the place where it lyeth and maketh the man uncapable of receiving purging medicines you must use preparatives to alter and concoct the humour till it appear by the urine to be digested the best way of all to do this is to administer a spoonfull of Vineger of Squils every morning fasting and let the party walke a quarter of an houre after it if you find that too hot as you seldome shall administer it in an ounce of Julep of Roses or Syrupus acetosus Also you may give an ounce of pulp of Cassia at night when he goes to sleep or lenitive Electuary Bolus If they be very costive as it is the nature of choler ☜ to procure costivenesse administer clisters of the mollient herbs viz. Mallows Beetes Violets Clisters Pellitory and Mercury of each a handfull boyled in a quart of ☜ water to three quarters of a pint in which being ☜ strained mingle Diacatholicon i. ℥ Mel rosarum i. ℥ species Hierae picrae i. ʒ make it into a clister Also you may use Oyle of Fleabane for unction in the manner and forme prescribed in the second Chapter Vnct on Beware of ♂ If the disease for all these medicines continue still viralent and malignant Boxing you may apply cupping glasses between the shoulders and friction or rubbing of the armes and legs time and care convenient being used 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Wind. CHAP. VII Of the Headach coming of Windinesse The cause IT is a cause of eating abundance of windy things besides the nature of the body and other things were such as were apt to ingender wind It is known by a distention or stretching within the head Signes and that without heavinesse or beating as also by noise in the ears
regard the Patients strength his naturall temper the time of the yeare age and usuall custome of the sicke and accordingly order your Physick If the natural temper of the body be cholericke you must feed them with meat at the beginning of the fit â—â—â—tioâ— for it is very subject if the body be kept fasting to turn to an acute rotten Feaver See the body be kept laxative Stoole if he go not naturally to stoole provoke him with an emollient Clister Finally Bath so soon as the fit begins to wane bath him in a warm bath made with sweet hearbs boyled in water for that will open the pores and let out the vapours CHAP. IIII. Of Synochus non pistrida being a Feaver which lasteth three or four dayes THis Feaver is caused 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quid either because the small pores of the skin are stopped Cause or because the body it selfe is moderately thickned through cold or after bathing or by sharpe binding medicines heat of the Sun or any other thing that dries the skin It may be thus knowne First by touching Signs for the skin is harder and more compact then it was wont to be Secondly by the heat which at first seemes gentle and easie but after you have held your a hand while you shall feel it sharper Thirdly the Unine is not much altered from its naturall substance and colour for this disease lies in the spirits not in the blood Fourthly the body fals not away but their eyes are swollen and fuller of moisture then usually Fifthly the pulse is equall swift vehement and frequent Cure Bleeding For cure of this disease you may safely draw out so much blood as age strength and the season of the year permit After bleeding use things that clense and scowr Abstergents such are Oximel Hysop Origanum Smallage and observe whether the heat abate by this diet ☜ For if by the third day you find little heat left Bath you may safely bath him with such things as are scouring such be Orris and Aristolochia roots Smallage salt-peeter boyled in water and honey But if the Feaver then increase or on the fourth day then either you were mistaken at first in the disease or else the Feaver is altered and some humour putrified CHAP. V. Of a rotten Feaver called Synochus putrida Synochus putrida quid SYnochus putrida is a Feaver which holds from the beginning to the ending without any great mutation or sensible change and may well be called a constant or stable Feaver Of this are three sorts I described them in the second Chapter This Feaver is caused by the rotting of all the humours equally within the Vessels Cause and especially in the great Vessels about the arm-holes and share and this chanceth when fervent heat is kept in by violent binding and stopping which is within the body for when heat and moist things cannot breath out they putrifie and rot presently Therefore this feaver is seldome ingendred in thin spare folke nor in cold bodies nor old age but in such as abound in blood of grosse fat or fleshy bodies or stuffed with hot excrements This is properly known from Synochus non putrida Signes because there are signes of rottennesse in the Urine and the pulse of a man sicke of this but not so in the former The other signes all agree with the former The Cure of this feaver ‑ must begin with blood-letting Cure Bleeding and that in the beginning of the disease if you can Cold drinke is most perilous in this disease Caution first because it causeth obstructions and hindreth the attenuation of the clammy humours Secondly cold drinkes hurt weake members some by drinking cold drinke in this feaver have gotten such sore throats that they could not swallow in some the Stomacke is hurt that they could not digest in some the Bladder generally that part that is weakest is most subject to hurt and being hurt cannot performe its proper office But blood-letting you may use at any time if strength permit provided it be not upon a full stomacke Such as have this feaver have alwayes loosnesse and sometimes vomit up Choler Let his drinke be barly water Diake sweetned with syrrup of Violets and a little Oyle of Vitrioll to make it tart Let his diet be light of digestion Meat and let him eat it at his usuall times of eating for then it will digest best Also Oranges Lemmons Oxymel and Verjuyce are medicinall for him CHAP. VI. Of continual Feavers called by the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke is a continuall feaver that hath some certaine slacking betweene the fits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet no absolute intermission till the end of it and by this only it is knowne from Agues or intermitting feavers therefore I shall omit the signes till then Cause This feaver is caused by rotting of one particular humour only within the Vessels I shewed it in the first and second Chapters I remit you to that I shall only treat of that which is called of the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by it selfe in the next Chapter for that is the most dangerous and wind up the rest together in this A Compendium of the cure of Feavers In the generall cure of feavers of this sort these things must be considered First the Feaver Secondly the rottennesse In the Feaver In the feaver two things must also be considered First How that part which is already kindled and inflamed may be remedied 2 How that which is not kindled may be letted and hindred from inflammation Also two things must be considered touching the rottennesse or putrification In the rottennesse First how the humours already putrified may be healed Secondly how those that are not putrified may be kept from putrefaction Heac qui non animadvertit errabit nimis In the begining of the feaver if strength and age permit Bleeding let blood for that lets out the inflamed blood and cooles the rest Obstructions The body thus cooled you must cure the obstructions and that without heating the Patient lest you increase the feaver and cause more putrefaction This is best done by Clysters Clysters and sweates for Clysters take only the common decoction with Molossus Sweats and Diacatholicon For sweates you may use either Venire treacle Matthiolus his great antidote Serpentary roots Electuarium de ovo Consideratis considerandis To stop and hinder the humours not inflamed from inflaming use cooling juleps made with barly water Harts-horne Ivory Scorzonera roots Zedoary c. Syrupe of Violets c. To prevent putrefaction avoyd all meats I mean flesh and all broths of flesh To bring away humours already putrified boyle a white Lilly roote in White-wine and let him drinke it For outward medicines Vine branches Water Lillies Lecalia Endive Succory Wood-sorrel Sorrel Lettuce Knot-grasse Vinegar these
anger the Ague lesse In this Aguâ— you must have a great care of the Spleen for that is the receptacle of Melancholy Therefore you may anoint the left side with oyl of Capers Vng ex succis aperitivis or any opening splenetick Medicine CHAP. X. Of a Quotidian Feaver or Ague IT is caused of sweet Flegm Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 putrified without the Veins it is called of the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but if the Flegm that putrifies be glazen which is the coldest of all flegms it engenders a Feaver called Epialos In this Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Patient feeleth vehement heat and vehement cold both at one time in all parts of his Body In the beginning of a Quotidian Signs the Pulse is unequall slow little and weak nothing like neither Tertian nor Quartane neither for extremity of heat nor cold neither do they thirst much because the Vapour is moist and smoaky It most vexeth flegmatick persons But this also is compleatly perfectly and speedily cured by that excellent Herbe Cinquefoil so used as before was specified As for all mixed kinds of Agues I need not write but I commend this as a soveraign cure for them all And God-willing I intend to make proof of it in continuall Qâ—otidians Tertians and Quartanes CHAP. XI Of an Hectick Feaver AN Hectick Feaver is a Disease wherein an unnaturall heat is kindled throughout the fleshy and massie parts of the Body Hectica Febris quid They that have this Feaver feel no pain neither do they know the rules of Art excepted that they have any feaver at all because all the parts of the body are equally hot and so there is no reluctancy This Disease is caused two wayes Cause First through want of Physick or a skilfull Physitian in other feavers which having consumed the Humours seize upon the flesh Secondly they sometimes begin of themselves as of sorrow anger wearinesse burning of the Sun c. When these feavers consume and waste the body as indeed without speedy cure they alwayes do then Galen cals them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal. de inaequali intemperie and this Marasmos saith he is incurable and to make this seem as though it were true he tels a long tale of the snuffe of a candle which saith he being put out mutters to pieces but if you put Oyl to it it makes it burn with more violence so quoth he this feaver if you go about to extinguish the heat the party dyes instantly but if you add moisture to him his feaver burns more violently But Experience the best Artist makes no difference between Hectick feavers and Marasmus but shews plainly that all Hectick feavers are wasting and also curable therefore I shall leave Doctor Galen and follow Doctor Experience in this Disease and therefore now to the purpose The Signs of this Disease are these Signs Their eyes are wonderfull hollow as though they were sunk in their heads their moisture is consumed so that you may see the bones of their Eye-brows stick out there hangeth at the hair of their Eye-brows gum or filth as though they had gone a long journey in the dust their skin is hard and dry and their eyes wink often as though they were sleepy when indeed it is far otherwise with such as have this Disease for they can hardly be brought to rest they pine to skin and bone and if you look upon their Belly it looks as if it had no bowels in it the Pulse is weak and often and continually after meat the feaver is encreased and the Pulses are augmented in greatnesse The Cure consists in cooling and moistning Cure which must be done both outwardly and inwardly Let the Aire the Sick abideth in Aire be cold and moist if it be not so naturally make it so by Art whereof you have examples in my Treatise called Crit. Cephal Let his Meats be such as moisten Meats and breed good and active Blood such are Lamb-stones Cocks-stones Lobsters Prawns Eggs boiled soft Paritich Larks c. For Herbs Herbes let him use Lettuce Endive Succory Spinage Mallows c. Let his Drink with his Meat Drink be onely water wherein Cinamon hath been boiled Let him drink new Milk abundantly Milk provided he have no feaver of putrifaction or rottennesse joined with it Hee may eat freely Raisons of the Sun Fruits and Almonds Cherries Prunes Pomegranates and figgs Let him eat often Caution and but little at a time For Cordials Cordials he may use Diarrhodon abbatis Diatragacanthum frigidum Diapapaver and species Cordiales temperatae Diamargariton frigidum For Syrrups Sirrups let him use Syrrup of Violets Endive Lettuce Water-Lillies and Vinegar Let him nrink Emulsions made of Barly-water Emulsion Almonds the four greater cold Seeds and white Poppy-seeds sweetned with Sugar Lastly Unctions let his body be kept continually anointed with pure oyl Olive and nothing else Many in this Disease vomit up all their Meat so soon as they have eaten it Caution which indeed I forgot before in such cases make their Emulsion of Mint water instead of Barly-water as before for only by this Medicine alone have I known Galen's supposed incurable Disease cured FINIS Physical APHORISMS Reader Give me leave to begin and I will not be beholding to time for leave to make a Preamble APHOR. I THE whole ground of Physicke is comprehended in these two words Sympathy and Antipathy the one cures by strengthning the part of the Body afflicted the other by resisting the malady afflicting 2. Many People are troubled with strange Visions especially in the night time strange lights strange sights appeare and sometimes voyces are heard let such avoid drinking Wine and as much as may be strong Beer for Melancholy is the cause of this which strong liquor attenuates and makes it fly upwards 3. The ashes of Hens feathers or Hens bones burnt and applyed to the place is an excellent remedy to stop bleeding in any part of the body 4. Toads Spiders and Frogs or their Spawn have the same effects but they doe it by Antipathy because the blood flyes from its enemy and there if a dryed Toad be but held in the hand of one that bleedeth the blood presently ceaseth and retireth back to the Centre 5. Take two or three Toads and boyle them in Oyle very well and this Oyle will by unction quickly cure any red face or any rednesse of the skin out of question by the former reason 6. Take the Seeds of Red Nettles beat them into powder and take a dram of it at a time in white Wine it procures chastity they say and is a far better medicine to rout Asmodeus the leacherous Devil then the liver of a fish 7. The marrow of a Goose wing and the older the Goose is it is so much the better a little of it being
Mans blood Stags blood Goats blood Clense as Salt of Urine Honey Vineger CHAP. VIII Of Pills The Pills I here treat of either Binde as Pills of Bdellium Ease paine as Pills of Opium Laudanum è Styrace è Cynogloss â Scribonii or Purge Pills purge Choller from the head as Auriae Arabicae from the Liver Rhubarb Agrimony Flegm from the head Cochiae Hiera cum Agarico Alhandal from the breast Agrick Hiera cum Agarico from the stomach Alephangin Mastich Stomachicae Ruffi from the Joynts Hermodactils Arthriticae Foetidae Sagapenum Opopanax Sarcocolla Pills Purge Melancholly from the Liver and Spleen Fumitory Indi Lapis Lazuli Mixt humors Head Sine quibus esse Nolo Lucis Majores Cochiae Stomach Assaireth Turbith Imperiall Ruffi Liver De tribus Alkekengi All parts Agregative CHAP. IX Of Troches Troches Alter vid. pag. seq Purge Choller Rubarb Flegm De Agarico Agaricus trochiscatus Alhandal de Scillâ Troches alter according to Quality Property Inquality they are Hot as of Lignum Aloes Saffron Crocomagma Cold as of Spodium Diasantalon Camphire In property they Binde as Earth of Lemnos Amber Barberries Spodium Corrall Soften as of Capers Open Bitter Almonds Hâ—patici Wormwood Roses Bechici Albi. Nigri De Lacca Alkekengi Agrimony In property they open Aliptae Moschatae Mirh Anniseed Rhubarb Clense as Cyphios Resist poyson De Vipera Ramich Hedicteroi Gallia Moschata Diarrhodon Ease pain Diarrhodon Diaspermaton Camphire APHORISMES Exceeding requisite for such as intend the noble though too much abused practice of PHYSICK Containing the quality of Medicines COLLECTED BY NICH CULPEPER Gent. Student in PHYSICK LONDON Printed by J. G. for Nath Brook at the Angel in Cornhill 1655. Aphorismes I. ALL Medicines operate by a way either manifest or hidden II. We call that a manifest way which is obvious to the sences especially to the tast and feeling but that a hidden way which is obvious to no sence III. All medicines working by a manifest way performe their office by heat or cold moistning or drying IV. Neither is there any Simple so temperate but one of these doth in one measure or another prevaile V. Medicines temperate Yet are those usually called Temperate which excell not in cold moisture heat or drynesse to the first degree VI. These being put in any Medicine alter not the quality of it VII These are used in such infirmities in which there is no manifest distemper of the first qualities viz. Heat Cold Drinesse Moisture as for example in obstructions of the Bowells for then we dare not give hot things for feare of a Feaver VIII Also in such Feavers where the effect is hot and dry the Cause cold and moist that so we may neither encrease the Feaver nor make the Flegm thick by cold IX Things contrary are taken away by their contraries things like are preserved by their like X. The degrees of intemperature were observed that so the part of the body afflicted might be brought to its proper temper and no further for if a Physician should give a thing extreamely cold in a disease but meanly hot he might soon cure that and bring a worse in its roome XI Hot in the first degree Those things are said to be hot in the first degree which doe onely cherish naturall heat or restore it being lost and that without any hurt at all to the body chillinesse of the body and paines coming by such distempers are remedied this way XII These also are sometimes given not onely in cold but also in hot afflictions XIII For it looseth and discusseth thick humours that are compacted together by its gentle heat opening the pores and causeth sweating XIV Amongst these such are chiefly to be used which are most friendly to our bodies viz. suitable to our complexions XV. Such are called Anodines or easers of paine XVI Also take notice that such Medicines whether Simple or Compound that are hot and moist cannot excell their due moderation of heat XVII Such also take away Wearinesse open the Pores and consume the superfluous Vapours in Feavers XVIII Yet may a foolish use of these bring inconveniences even to the consumption of the vitall Spirits as happens many times in Inflammations of the Bowells c. XIX This usually happens by applying such a medicine as is not appropriated to that part of the body it is applyed to puta the applying a Cephalick medicine to the bowells XX. Hot in the second degree Such things are said to be hot in the second degree whose heat is greater than the naturall heat of our bodies besides their heat offends the Palat. XXI Their use is for such whose Stomach is offended by Flegm to heat and dry them XXII They open Obstructions and the Pores of the Skin not gently and by perswasion or faire words as it were but by threatning XXIII Their common use is to cut and discusse tough thick viscous humors XXIV In the third degree Such as are hot in the third degree worke the same effects more violently for they open Obstructions by violence and fine force XXV The heat of these are so great that many times they stirre up Feavers XXVI Their use is to divide stubborne and compacted humors and provoke sweat whence it comes to passe that most of them resist poyson XXVII In the fouâ—th degree Lastly those obtaine the fourth and last degree of heat which burne and raise blisters on the Body being outwardly applyed XXVIII I am of opinion that these ought not to be taken inwardly but with great discretion and in urgent necessities XXIX It is in vaine to urge the common taking of Onions Garlick c. against this a man may if he please so accustome his body to poyson that for present it may not poyson him though for present it bring his body to great inconveniences and make way for future diseases XXX Medicines cold in the first degree Also Physicians have allotted to cold medicines four degrees of coldnesse XXXI Amongst which those obtain the first degree which are but lightly and gently cold XXXII Nor perse although per accidens Yet because we live and are cherished by heat no cold thing is properly friendly to our natures XXXIII Their use is not onely to cool the heat of diet and bring it to a gratefull temper but also to represse the unbridled heat of the body as in internall inflammations feavers c. XXXIV In such occasions let such as are cold in the first degree be administred to Children and such as have weak natures as also such whose bodies are little distempered with heat XXXV Cold in the second degree Such bodies as are stronger or whose livers are hotter may use such things as are cold in the second degree XXXVI In the third If the body be very strong the stomach and liver very hot such with due moderation may use medicines cold in the third degree XXXVII In the fourth Such as are cold