magno to drinke with Mel rosarum three mornings together annoint the nosethrilles therewith and in three dayes they will be expelled were they neuer so many CHAP. IX Of the hardnesse of the milt and the cure thereof THe splene or milt is hardned by reason of superfluous humiditie that it taketh from the liuer and lungs Therefore if you will helpe this infirmitie it were necessarie to vse medecines abstersiue and drying which thou shalt do thus First giue them our Aromatico then let them vse this Electuarie which is of maruailous vertue in that operation Take Crocus Martis Scolopendria ana ℥ j Spiknard lapis lazuli ana ℈ ij Cinamon ℥ ss mixe them and make an Electuarie thereof with purified hony and take thereof euery morning one spoonfull and euery night two houres before supper an other spoonfull and annoint the outward part part where the greefe is with our Balsomo artific and in short time the disease shall be cured Another remedie very effectuall for the former disease LEt them bloud on the two veynes vnder the toung That done mixe mustard seede with the vrine of a boy and lay it betweene two clothes and applie it to the part affected one night and then if thou feele not good ease vse it agayne till the disease be gone Also the decoction of oke helpeth the swelling of the milt CHAP. X. Of the Gonorrhaea or running of the raynes and the cure THis disease is a corruption caused of the superfluous vse of women that are infected therewith for such men as haue knowledge of them they receiue the said corruption which afterward commeth forth of the yard with great payne and difficultie in making water and moreouer in the night when that part is erected it causeth great torment which for fifteen or twentie dayes causeth extreme payne This is the beginning of the French pocks a fit sawce for that sweet sinne of Lecherie It bringeth most commonly payne in the interiour partes or payne in the raynes armes and legges in so much that in fine it commeth to that fowle disease For such as haue this Gonorrhaea neuer suspecting or fearing the afterclaps suffer their disease to grow on further and further till their cure will very hardly or neuer be accomplished Therefore I wish euery man to seeke helpe in time least by letting it passe in the end it turne to his destruction The cure is as followeth First you shall giue them our Aromatico once in white wine Then morning and euening for seuen or eight dayes vse this potion following annointing also the raynes and those parts with our Aqua saetida being cold and in short time they shal be healed ℞ the whites of soure or fiue new layd egges ℥ ij of fine sugar ℥ iij of rose water mixe them well and drinke it morning and euening This is a rare secret and often proued the drinke must be dronke cold CHAP. XI Of the Hemerhoides and their cure THe Hemerhoides are an alteration in the Hemerhoidall veynes caused of a corrupt and putrified humor whereof nature being willing to discharge her selfe sendeth forth by those veynes vnto the extreme or outward parts where it cannot passe through and causeth the alteration and inflation that is called the Hemerhoides This corruption and putrifaction is caused of the euill qualitie of the liuer which corrupteth the bloud and is the cause of all this inconuenience Commonly the originall and beginning thereof is caused of the pocks a thing that must be considered of in the cure Now for the cure it were necessarie to helpe the liuer to purifie the bloud to alter the Hemerhoides and to discharge nature of that impediment First therefore giue them our Electuario Angelica the next day they shall take our Sirupo solutino whereof they shall take fiue or sixe doses Then let them annoint the Hemerhoides with our Caustike once or twise and they shall soone after be cured Of the diuers sortes and diuers effectes of the Hemerhoides and their cure BY reason of this disease that commeth alwayes at the end of Intestino or Longanon some haue maruailous payne about the fundament some burne wonderfully and others do scald which commeth because of the good or bad qualities in some more then in other some as experience sheweth For as I said some haue such a burning that they can take no rest some haue such payne as they cannot sit some haue it so scalding hote that it is intollerable Though this infirmitie is more hurtfull in one complexion then in an other and the cure hard yet you shall cure them in this manner First giue them Aromatico then purge the body fiue or six times with our Sirupo solutiuo Then giue him our fume at the lower parts three or foure times and then annoint the parts with our Balsamo artisic of that will drie and take away the payne altogether and the patient shall be surely healed There are diuers kinds of Hemerhoides but two in principall The one sort is in the fundament and causeth great payne when they go to the stoole The other sort commeth forth of the fundament and are not so paynfull as the first To cure those within the fundament you shall giue the patient eight or ten dayes together our Sirupo magistrale warme then let them take our Aromatico once and vse clisters wherein is put halfe an ounce of Aqua reale Phiorauante at a time and so thou shalt helpe them The best way for those that are come forth is to make incision or to make a little hole in them that the bloud which is putrified may come forth and so by euacuation thou shalt helpe them Also you shall vnderstand that vomiting is very necessarie in the cure of both sortes because it openeth the veynes Also Oleum ouorum doth ease the payne of the Hemerhoides very greatly so doth the oyle of figges if you annoint them therewith ¶ The tooth of an horsefish bein gworne in a ring on the finger after the body is purged taketh them away by a secret and hidden qualitie a thing proued more then an hundred times CHAP. XII Of the cure of such as were troubled with suffocation of the Matrix A Certaine womā affected therewith hauing much paine greefe in her stomacke was cured by taking a dose of our Electuario Angelica Then she vsed our sirupe against paynes of the mother eight or ten dayes and annointed her stomacke with Magno licore euery night A certaine young woman afflicted in manner aforesaid wanted also her naturall sicknesse and began to loose her naturall heate so that nature could not digest the superfluous matter in her body was thus helped First she tooke our Electuario Angelica and euery night annointed her stomacke nosethrilles and pulses with Magno licore and euery morning dronke of our Quintaessence and so was cured CHAP. XIII To cure a rupture in the beginning IN euery ten dayes once giue them our Aromatico and euery morning fasting giue them
cure them this also hath beene oftentimes prooued very excellent If they be anointed with Oleum Tartari faetens it drieth them vp in short time But first it were necessarie to purge the bodie of the melancholike originall of that disease both by vomit and siege Some vse to take them away by applying a caustick vnto them The cure of Ficus in ano ex lue venerea performed by I. P. MAny haue beene sore troubled with warts or blathers in the fundament which haue in verie short time beene cured by anointing them with Balsamum Tartari faetens Among other men there was a strong lustie fellow fiftie yeares old of complexion melancholike which was beastly beraied with the Pockes about whose fundament or Longanon there remained 14 or 12 growing whereof some were so big as a little sigge all of them did runne or yeeld a lothsome yellow sanies or matter This man was cured with Balsamum Tartari foetens without any payne to him and the warts were so dried that they were pulled of with a payre of mullets after which he remained whole This man was healed in Bedfordshire CHAP. XLV The prouoking of menstrues by I. H. BY this composition following many more then it is here requisite to speake of haue had their menstrues prouoked and many other obstructions opened especially if it be giuen with brothes liquors or medicaments appropriate thereunto ℞ extractionem Chamomillae Calendulae Gentianae Briomae Chamepitcos Paeoniae Centaurij Iuniperi Genistae Sabinae Spicaenardi Rutae Melissae Chelidoniae Philipendulae Matricariae anaʒ j. Essentiae Zedoariae Croci anaʒ ss Mirabolanorum Castorei ana ℥ ss mixe them and keepe it close The dose is from ℈ j to ʒ j vpon extremitie either in pilles or conuenient electuaries It must be ministred foure or fiue dayes before the new Moone and as manie after with the infusion of Sena or in sirupe of roses for the intent aboue named To prouoke menstrues in melancholike people W. H. TAke of the extract of Helleborus niger fiue graynes Panchimagogon 15. graynes make it into three small pilles and annoint the pilles with Oleum anisi and thereof take once or twise After that take this composition following Take of the Essence of Gentian Sabinae Angelica ana ʒ j Essencia Croci ℈ j Castorei ℈ ss mixe them and make them vp in forme of pilles and take thereof ech night when you go to bed ℈ j either in pilles or dissolued in some conuenient liquor about the foresaid time of the Moone A verie melancholike maiden was cured in this manner CHAP. XLVI Suffocation and paynes of the Matrix with retention of menstrues cured by I. P. REcipe extract Brioniae ʒ j ss the leaues of Sena ℥ ss ginger ℈ j Cinamon ʒ j suger ℥ j lay them to infuse one night in a pint of warme whay made of goats milke Then strayne it and drinke thereof three mornings warme about the new Moone keeping a warme and drying diet your wine must be infused with rosemarie flowres Another that hath cured the rising of the mother by R. C. REcipe the flowres or buds of a walnut tree in May giue the patients as much thereof to drinke as wil lye on a groat and with two or three doses they shall be cured Also if you giue ℈ j of oleum succinum album in wine it will presently cure the same disease a thing oftentimes proued with good successe CHAP. XLVII To prouoke vrine and to cause the Iaundies to flow W. K. THe powder of earth wormes dronke with white wine pouoketh vrine and cureth the Iaundies and Tertians Also gray sope ℥ ij bay salt finely beaten ℥ j mixe them and therewith annoint the nauell and bellie Also Castile Sope being drunke with warme wine prouoketh Vrine Also if you shall applie quick earth-wormes vpon a whit blow called Panaricium of some Panaricies they will cure the same CHAP. XLVII To prouoke Vrine and to heale other obstructions a most excellent and procued receit by I. H. and many other THis composition of artificiall salts breaketh and after a sort consumeth all tartarous diseases as hath beene verie often and trulie experimented by diuerse and sundrie persons yea it preuaileth much against the Gowte being taken with potions electuaries and sirrups appropriate vnto the particular ministrations ℞ the salt of Radish of Eringus Beane stalkes Broome Alizanders Iuniper Ashe Aniseed Fennell Camomill VVormwood Vrine Tartar Christalline ana mixe them in a warme morter and keepe it close and in a drie place for in the aire and moisture it will quickly resolue The dose heereof is from halfe a scruple to an whole scruple and may be verie safelie administred without perill to any age or sexe vpon good occasions and at times conuenient after that the bodie it prepared for the same purpose The end of the second part of this Collection A SVPPLEMENT OR ADDITION VNTO THE FORMER COLLECTION This Appendix or Addition containeth both Philosophicall discourses of the causes and cures of diuers and sundrie diseases as also many pithie discourses of the vertues and vse of many vegetables animals c. culled and translated out of the Phisickes and Chirurgerie of Sr. Leonardo Fiorauante and left to passe sorth in Print with this Collection CHAP. I. Of payne in the head THe paine in the head is an infirmitie whose cause vntill this time hath not beene sufficiently knowē as by mine owne experiēce I shall proue vnto you All or the most part of Phisicions in the world do hold this position that payne in the head is no other thing then vapors arising from the stomacke and ascend vnto the head which do offend membrana whereupon ensueth payne Herein they speake some part of the truth But in my iudgement they are not yet come perfectly to know all the cause of this infirmitie For I see that in the cures which these Theorickes wold performe it falleth not out according to their expectation and desire for that they know not the whole or the principall cause of the maladie therefore what certaine medecine can they finde out to cure the infirmitie They may perchāce as the blind man hits the crow helpe they know not what which thing I speake not to backbite or iniurie any of thē but to tell them of loue that I beare to them and others the whole and true cause of that whereof heretofore they haue bene ignoraunt The first cause is putrified bloud in Leonichie the second is the vapors that ascend from the stomacke and offend the head the third is the humiditie or moisture betweene the skinne and the flesh So that the causes are three and the remedies as many to dissolue the antecedent causes I haue now shewed thee the originall and roote of the payne in the head about which thou shalt neuer more neede to beate thy head or breake thy braines either in seeking the Aphorismes of Hypocrates the Commentarie of Galene or the authoritie of Auicene for in these foure
℥ j of white Tartar in water or wine and two houres before supper you shall take the like Let your bread be rye also you must weare a trusse fit for that purpose and vse this remedie following Take of the spirite of wine ℥ xij frankincense Olibanum mastiche sarcocolla ana ℥ ss infuse them in the said Aqua vitae and therewith wash the rupture twise a day then presently cast thereon the powder of Bislingua and the herbe Balsamina and lay thereon a cloth wet in the said water and bind on the trusse so hard as he may possiblie abide it and hereby shalt thou heale any great rupture in an hundred dayes but see that you keepe a diet accordingly Another for the same TAke very stiffe and thicke paper well gummed chew it in thy mouth till it be soft then lay it vpon the rupture and weare thereon a trusse fit for the purpose Some vse to steepe the paper in lye and wring the same out till it be drie and applie it to the rupture chaunging it once in 24. houres CHAP. XIIII Of retention of Vrine and the cure thereof THe retention of vrine ariseth of many causes one is grauel that stoppeth the cōduits where it should passe an other is the want or weaknesse of the vertue expulsiue so that nature cannot expell an other is a carnositie which is an alteration caused of corrupt and putrified humors which do so restraine the powres and vrine that it cannot passe There is another and that is viscositie of the reynes so grosse that it hindreth the vrine from passing Another cause which is too too common is the Gonorrhaea when it chaungeth into Stranguria that it is a stopping or choking of the conduites that carrie the veyne to the bladder All these foresaid causes proceede of one originall euen of the distemperature of nature whereof if you aske the reason you shall vnderstand that it ariseth of that filthy beginning the French pocks That which moueth me to beleeue it is the obseruation thereof diuers and sundry times for I haue cured many that were infected with the pockes which were troubled some with Carnosity before spoken of some with grauell some with debilitie of the vertue expulsiue some with Gonorrhaea all which when I had cured of the pockes the other distemperatures were therewith also cured For that disease is the cause of twentie mischiefes and the reason why many Phisitians make a long cure of the former distemperatures is for that they know not the mayne and principall cause of them But now I will shew thee a true and excellent manner of curing the retention of vrine which way soeuer it commeth First giue them a dose of Aromatico then giue vnto them our Syrupo solutiuo eight or ten dayes but in any wise keepe no straight diet but a good gouernement as you do most commonly vse and eate such meate as pleaseth thy stomacke best cause them also to sweate and in short time thou shalt thoroughly cure them CHAP. XV. A most excellent remedie to cure the difficultie of vrine THe difficultie or retentiō of vrine caused diuers wayes as of grauell viscositie exulceration c. is in this sort very well and safely cured Whē the cause of this difficultie of vrine is in the reynes or kidneies so that it be not a stone in the kidneies or some great store of grauell see that thou worke thus ℞ Rognoni of a male hare boile it in good wine when it is well boiled stampe it small and passe it thorough a strainer with the said liquor wherein it was boiled Remember that when you boile it there must not remaine much liquor in the vessell Then take the said matter that you strained and put thereto as much purified honie and boyle it on a soft fire vntill it come to the forme of an Electuarie When it is boiled put thereunto for euerie pound of that Electuarie these things following made into fine powder of Lignum aloes of Cinamon ana ℈ j cloues saffron ana ℈ j muske graines foure Aquae rosarum ℥ j our Quintaessence ℥ i ss Incorporate these well together while it is warme and keepe it in a glasse close stopped And when you will vse it you must first take a dose of our Electuario Angelica and while you vse the Electuarie remember to annoint the reynes with our Aqua faetida when you go to bed Of the Electuarie you must take ℥ j in the morning and fast thereon foure houres and vse some exercise and in short time thou shalt see a maruailous good worke performed For the reynes will be strengthned the viscositie will be resolued the powres will be opened and the vrine will be expelled and clensed all which are effectes necessarie for him to regard that will with honestie and credite helpe the former maladie Another often proued If thou wilt presently helpe one that cannot make water by reason of wind viscositie or other greeuous cause vexing the partie annoint their reynes and all the priuie partes with our Balsamo Artificiato and keepe them verie warme and forthwith they shall make water to their great satisfaction Retention of the Vrine with stitch in the side ONe was in verie short time cured of these infirmities after he had taken our Aromatico and annointed him in manner aboue specified with our Balsamo Artificiato CHAP. XVI The swelling of the legge and foote cured in manner following FIrst the patient tooke one dose of Aromatico then he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue three or foure mornings together in a little broth That done he dronke euerie morning a little of our Quintaessence vegetabile fasting and euerie night he annointed his legge with Oleum Philosophorum nostrum Also now and then he tooke a dose of Pillulae Angelica to keepe the body soluble he kept a reasonable good diet he vsed not much walking so that verie shortly after he was well cured CHAP. XVII Of Chilblaines and their cures YOu shall vnderstand that Chilblaines as we terme them are caused of no other thing then of humors dried and restrained in our bodies For in the winter when it is cold the pores do shut so close together that the humor cannot passe or come forth neither by sweat nor other exhalation or expiration For that cause the humors in a young man who is hote of complexion may not be kept in for then nature which would ease her selfe sendeth that exhalation vnto the extreme parts of the bodie that is vnto the handes and feete where remaining there is caused that alteration and in processe of time the skinne doth open and the humor goeth forth but cannot heale till the spring when warme weather commeth in Howbeit I haue found out a secret to cure them quicklie and with great ease First let them bloud then giue them a dose of our Electuario Angelica after that let them take our Syrupo solutiuo six or seuen dayes together not keeping any straight diet or rule After this annoint them
with Oleum philosophorum de cera terebinthina at night when they go to bed and do thus one weeke at the least and then no doubt thou shalt cure them as I haue often proued Also the oyle and water of franckinsence will do the like CHAP. XVIII Of Cornes on the feete and the manner to take them away THe cornes that come on the feete are a kinde of hard tumor or thicke excrescence caused of corrupt and putrified humors whereof nature being willing to discharge her selfe sendeth them to the lower part of the feete whereout because they cannot passe there do they make residence ingendring that kinde of tough excrescence which is greeuous and painfull Many times the cause hereof ariseth of that noysome disease Morbus Gallicus as some write and then must it be remedied with medicamentes appropriate thereunto But if they come otherwise then to take them away follow this order When they are in their greatest state and cause most payne cut them vntill they bleed then annoint them with our Balsamo Artificiato applying it so hote as you may suffer it thereupon go to bed Then touch them once or twise with Oleum sulfuris and annoint them with Oleum Philosophorum de terebinthina cera vntill they be whole Some take the iuice of Semperuiuum and annoint the cornes therewith Then they take wormwood and lay it vpon an hote tile stone and sprinkle it with strong vineger and being hote bind it vpon the Cornes and in three or foure times so doing as I haue bene crediblie certified the Cornes will be taken away CHAP. XIX Of an infirmitie that commeth on the fingers ends and in the feete vnder the nayles and the cure of it MAny men are greatlie troubled herewith and in such manner as thereby they are made altogether vnfit to go It commeth on the great toe vnder the naile or the side of the nayle for the most part and a man would thinke that the nayle grew in the flesh but it is not so for the flesh groweth vpon the nayle though this infirmitie appeare not to be a thing of great importance whereof the aunciēt writers haue made little mention yet is it a thing greatly to be regarded For many great personages that liue easily and are tormented with the gout haue also this greefe in those parts but the order to cure them is this First you shall cut the nayle on that part where it most greeueth them then take it away which you may do easily without any great payne to the patient for the nayle is already separated from the greeued place Thus when the nayle is takē away touch it with our Causticke whereof mention is made in our treatise of the plague Let it so remaine three dayes together thē dresse it euery day with Magno licore vntill it be whole which will be in a very short time CHAP. XX. Of Erisipela and the cure thereof THis disease as experience sheweth is caused of an hote and fierie moisture arising in the face armes and legges for where it is the powers and pores are stopped that the said moisture cannot haue expiration whereupon commeth tumor as also a shutting closing vp of those pores by meanes of the ordinarie annointing thē with fats oyles c. or other cold things a common course vsed of common Surgeons Against this there cannot be found a more present remedy then the spirite of wine or Aqua ardens or bathing it with hote water and if you wash the parts affected with our Quintaessence the powres will be opened and it penetrateth and assubtilateth that humiditie causing it to come forth Note Also you shall finde that by drinking our Quintaessence and annointing the stomacke with Oleumcerae diuers are cured of a certaine heate retained in the stomacke CHAP. XXI The cure of Wartes THere is an herbe called in the Italian toung Herba di vento in the iuice whereof if you wet a cloth and bind it vpon the wartes they will weare away in short tune after The end of the first part of the Appendix THE SECOND PART OF THE APPENDIX OR ADDITION VNTO THIS COLLECTION contayning the vse and vertues of sundry vegetables animals c. gathered out of the Phisickes of St Leonardo Phiorauante CHAP. I. Of the vse and vertues of Ebulus or Danewort TAke the buds of this vegetable when they are young and greene To purge flegme perboile them in water and make thereof a sallade and giue it vnto those that haue costiue bodies and it will prouoke them to the stoole Strengthen the sinewes It is an herbe verie profitable for the sinewes it comforteth the weake partes and preserueth such as are weake in the ioints from many accidēts it purgeth flegme which for the most part causeth debilitie of the nerues Whosoeuer vseth to drinke of a sirupe made of the berries thereof shall not be troubled with the gowt nor any disease Preuent the gowte The generall vse in the articular partes The seede dried is profitable against all infirmities caused of humiditie CHAP. II. Of Elleborus niger and the vse thereof THe roote of blacke Hellebore To purge melancholie being dried and kept two yeares may be safely vsed without other preparation and may be ministred against any infirmitie that hath his originall of a melancholicke cause Therefore it is most appropriate against the feuer quartaine and lunatike persons vexed with melancholie CHAP. III. Of the vse and vertues of the herbe called Gratia Dei a kinde of Geranium in English blew Storkes bill TAke of Gratia Dei dried in the shadow and beaten into sine powder ℥ j Cinamon ʒ j cloues ℈ j wheate flowre lb j orenges condite ℥ j make thereof a past with honie and bake it in the ouen with bread but take great heed Cure of Scrophulae that it burne not Of this you shall giue ℥ j to purge against many infirmities but aboue the rest against Scrophulae against scabs and the white scall For it euacuateth onely the superfluous humiditie of the body it drieth and is appropriate for such kinde of infirmities Note Howbeit you must note that all soluble medecines are not fit for one disease or complexion for chiefly and properly Rubarb purgeth choller blacke Hellebore auoideth melācholie Danewort dispossesseth the body of flegme and this herbe clenseth the bloud One medicine may worke vpon diuers causes Therefore euery one hath his peculiar propertie though sometime either of them may worke vpon more causes then one yet not so properly or simply but by accident and in regard of circumstances Prouoke vomite Two drammes of the powder of this herbe dronke in wine or broth prouoketh vomite and siege and is very good for such as are lunatike Feuer It helpeth or at the least delayeth the extremitie of the feuer It is good against greefes of the stomacke and wind in the bellie Putrified vlcers A decoction thereof made with ley