beaten and mixed altogether rub your Teeth therewith for it will not only cause the Teeth to be white but cleanseth the Gums c. Another certain remedy for corrupt Gums Take Hony one spoonful Nutmeg and Cloves in powder of each one dram Juice of Sage two spoonfuls beat them well together till it be like to an ointment wherewith anoint the Gums and Teeth after which take Mastick and Myrrh of each two draws and boyl them in half a pint of Red-wine to the consumption of half and wash the Gums and Teeth first and last therewith Or take Allum two drams powder of Red-Corral one dram and a half Pumestone and Fish-bones of each one dram burnt Harts-horn Mastick and Frankinsense Clâ—â—â—â—s Myrrh and Nutmegs of each half a dram beat them into fine powder and 〈◊〉 them together with which rub your 〈◊〉 and Teeth Or take Barly Meal Salt and Hony and rub the Teeth and wash your mouth after with Vinegar and water Notwithstanding all this you ought to purge with proper Medicines and to Bleed if need require and to scarifie the Gums CHAP. XV. Of the Ulcers of the Mouth and Throat THe Ulcers of the Mouth are caused through sharp and salt Humours or of Vapours from several parts ascending to the Jaws They often happen to those that have hot Livers or malignant Feavers and to such that are tormented with Venereal distempers c. If Age and strength will permit this Cure ought to be began with Blood-letting for it draweth back the humours and moderateth their sharpness by cooling the Body You may also apply Horse-leeches behind the Ears and under the Chin and Blistering Plasters to the Neck-pit and the next day after Bleeding and as need shall require purge with my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills c. for they beyond any doth expel sharp salt humors and also the evil and poysonous Humours offending the Nose Mouth and Throat too often caused by Mercurial Medicines after which make use of the Gargarism made as followeth Take the distilled water of Honey-suckles Plantane and Rose-water of each two ounces Syrup of dried Red-Roses and Syrup of Mulberries of each one ounce Sugar of Lead two drams mix them well together and often Gargle the Mouth therewith Or take Knot-grass Plantane-leaves and Bramble-leaves of each two good handfuls Pomgranate-flowers red and yellow Sanders of each one ounce boyle these in a sufficient quantity of Running-water to the Consumption of half then strain it and add thereto Syrup of Mulberries and dried Red-Roses to make it sweet and use it as afore directed if there be any inflamation you may add thereto some juice of Purslain House-leek and Night-shade and a small quantity of Sal Prunellae or raw Allum but let it not be made too sharp with either And if there be no Inflamation you may touch the Ulcer with a stick with a ragg tied to the end thereof dipt first in the Spirit of Sulphur or Vitriol and it helps forthwith if the Ulcer be simple but to Children mix with these Spirits Honey of Roses so that it may be but a little sharp and with a little Lint fastened to the end of a Stick c. apply it Or take the juice of Housleek and fresh Cream mix them well together and anoint your Mouth therewith When the Mouth and Almonds are so much Ulcerated that the Patient cannot swallow Take the distilled water of Elder-flowers Plantane-water and the water distilled from the Black-Thorn-flowers of each alike dissolve therein as much Venus sope as a Walnut sweeten it with a small quantity of the Syrup of Mulberries and gargle the Mouth often therewith if these take not effect add to either of the Gargarisms a small quantity of Egyptiacum and gargle therewith Another excellent remedy for the Ulcers in the Mouth and Throat c. Take Vine-leaves or the tops when the Leaves are not to be had the inward bark of the Elm-tree of each one handful Roch-Allum Ginger grosly beaten of each half an ounce Album Graecum one ounce boyl all these in one quart of water to the consumption of half strain it and sweeten it with hony or Syrup of Mulberries and gargle the Mouth and Throat often therewith this is most proper where there is no Inflamation Or take Plantane-water eight ounces Honey of Roses and Syrup of Mulberries of each two ounces Sugar of Lead six drams Roman-Vitriol one dram mix them together and use it as afore-directed for they are of wonderful Virtue to help the Ulcers in the Mouth Pallet and Throat caused by the French-Pox c. Those and such like Gargarisms will prove the more effectual if the body be well purged with my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills with which I have cured many that for some years before had been sorely troubled with red and watry Eyes and full of filthy matter caus'd through the forementioned disease CHAP. XVI Of the Quinzy THe Quinzy is an Inflamation of the Throat and Jaws of which there are according to Authors four sorts The first is when the Jaws are inflamed The second is when neither the Jaws nor other parts either inward or outward are inflamed and yet the Patient in danger of choaking The third is when the inward and outward parts about the Throat are inflamed The fourth is when the Joynts between the Head and Neck are loosened and the part appear hollow and the Patient sensible of pain when but touched The Quinzy is caused through some flux of Humours which fall from the Head to the Throat c. or from abundance of Blood preternaturally flowing to the foresaid parts and sometimes it may be caused from vapours arising from the Stomack to the Throat c. The Quinzy is known by the Signs following The Patient breathes with much difficulty except the Neck be held upright and can hardly swallow without violent pain In some there appears redness in the face and Neck and a Fever c. This Distemper often kills in four and twenty hours Therefore without delay open a Vein in the Arm upon the same side or open the Vein under the Tongue Some with good snccess open the Jugular Veins But take not the Blood forth at once but at several times lest the Patient faint c. Let the Incision be somewhat large lest the thinner part of the Blood come forth and leave the grosser part behind which is many times the absolute Cause of this deadly Distemper If the Patient be of the Female Sex open the Vein in the Anckles more especially if her Monthly Sickness be obstructed When Bleeding cannot with Conveniency be admitted Give to the Patient the Glister made as followeth Take Calamint Rue Sage Betony Origan Peny-Royal and Hysop of each half a handful the Seeds of Annis Fennel and Seselis of each three drams the lesser Centaury one handful the Roots of Polipody four ounces Agarick two drams Pulp of Colocinthidos one dram and a half Boyl these in a sufficient quantity
white Sugar in a stone Bottle close stopped and set in a pot of water for two or three hours but open not the Bottle till it be cold then strain it and keep it for use of which give to the Child one or two Spoonfulls at a time for I will assure you it is a very excellent remedy and has cured many which have been lest past recovery Or give to the Child in the very Fit all the Gall of a Black sucking Puppy being choaked in the distilled water of Tile-flowers but for a Girl take the Gall of a Bitch Whelp There may be safely Blistering Plaisters applyed to the Nape of the Neck Cupping Glasses to the Shoulders and Loins with Scarification provided the Child be a year and half or two years of Age. CHAP. VI. Of the Apoplexie AN Apoplexie is a sudden privation both of the Sense and Motion of the Body and an interruption of the Animal Functions There are two sorts of Apoplexies the one strong the other more mild the strong is a most sharp Distemper and strangleth a Man forthwith or if not presently prevented turneth to a Palsey and is seldom cured But the milder sort is curable for in it both Motion and Sense remain but both very stupid heavy and exceeding dull The cause of the Apoplexie is too frequently in these dayes drunkenness falls from high places blows c. also it hapneth of Flegmatick Humours which doth fill and obstruct at one time the principal Ventricles of the Brain very cold Air which congeals or thickens the moist Excrements of the Brain is also oftentimes the cause of this distemper and it frequently cometh through gross melancholy humours The Symptoms or Signs of this deadly distemper are violent pains in the Head swelling of the Neck Veins a Vertigo and a brightness or a kind of glittering before their Eyes panting of the Body a coldness of the extream parts without any cause visible dull and slow in motion and in sleep oftentimes gnaw their Teeth their Urine little in quantity and black much like to Rust and the Canker in Mettals and hath a setling in the bottom like to flower Such that are troubled with the Apoplexie have not always evil Symptoms perceived before hand but fall down suddenly as if they were struck with Thunder and they lie with their Eyes fastned and snort without Sense Motion or Understanding differing from the dead only by Breathing and that with much difficulty This Disease for the most part happens to old men that are decrepit and of a Flegmatick Complexion and to the great drinkers of Brandy and decayed Wine too much made use of in these dayes were the Truth known The Cure of the milder sort of Apoplexie may be performed as followeth If the Cure be not too desperate in plethorick or full Bodies where strength will permit open the Cephalick Veins but take not away too much blood at a time but rather at several times I have often seen the Jugular Veins on both sides the Neck opened not without wonderfull success However bleeding ought not to be attempted without very good advice But give to the Patient the Glister made as followeth Take Lavender Hysop Pennyroyal Centaury Marjoram Betony Rue Origan Sage of each half a handfull Seeds of Fennel Carawayes Seselis Agarick Pollipody Pulp of Colocynthis of each two Drams cut and bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor add thereto Sal Gemme one Dram and a half Hiera Picra one Ounce and a half Oyl of Rue Castor and Bay-berries of each half an Ounce the Extract of black Hellebor one Scruple mix them altogether and make a Glister thereof Or Take hard Honey half an Ounce Euphorbium half a Scruple the Powder of Colocinthys twenty Grains Sal Gemma two Scruples boil them together and make Suppositories thereof and fix Threads thereto that after they are put up into the Fundament you may draw them forth at pleasure When you have done thus provoke the Patient to Sneese with the following Powder Take Pellitory of Spain Marjoram white Hellebor of each half a Scruple Euphorbium and Castor of each five Grains being made into fine Powder snuff it up into the Nostrils or blow it up through a Quill but a little at a time Or make use of the Powder directed in the Chapter of the Falling sickness made as followeth Take the Seeds of Nigella half a Dram Nutmeg Mumia Peony Roots of each ten Grains dryed Marjoram six Grains Musk two Grains all being made into fine powder blow a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils For it is most wonderfully effectual in the Fit of the Vertigo Falling Sickness and Apoplexie In places where such ingredients cannot be soon obtained take Nutmeg Ginger and sweet Marjoram or Ginger alone and blow it up into the Nostils as afore directed Or let the Patient smell to Galbauum Castor Opoponax or Sagapenum which will be a means to raise and stir him up It will also be necessary to annoint the Patients Back bone with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Euphorbium Castor of each one Ounce Oyl of Costinum one Ounce the Oyl of Petraeleum and Juniper of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of Virgins Wax make it into an Oyntment And take every Morning fasting the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Electuary made as followeth for it is a great preseruative against the Apoplexie Take the Conserve of Sage Betony of each half an Ounce Rosemary one Ounce Venice Treacle three Drams the Confection of Anacardit two Drams Diambra and Diamoschi Dulcis of each one Dram Powder of Castor and Seeds of Rocket of each half a Dram with Syrup of Betony make them up into an Electuary to which mix Oyl of Vitriol two Scruples Oyl of Cinamon ten drops stirring it well together Or Take Rosemary and Lavender-flowers of each one handfull Roses Violets Staechados Origan of each half a handfull Pellitory Peony Roots Gallingal of each half an Ounce Sea or Mountain Onign two Drams Cubebes one Dram Cloves Cardamoms Cinamon of each twenty Grains being cut and bruised boil them in one Pint of the distilled Water of Marjoram and a Pint and a half of Betony Water mixed together after which strain it and sweeten it with half a pound of the best Sugar or with eight or ten Ounces of the Syrup of Staechados and take thereof three or four spoonfulls every Morning fasting Purging Medicines proper in this Disease are made as followeth Take Extract of black Hellebor from 10 Grains to 15 Rosin of Colocynthis three Grains Spirit of Sal Armoniack six drops Tartar Vitriolatum Powder of Castor of each ten Grains with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Sage make them into a Potion which you may take every third Morning if need require Or Take Pills of Euphorbium Cochiae Aureae of each 15 or 20 Grains
an Ounce Pearl prepared one Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Violets make then up into an Electuary and take the quantity of half a Wallnut first and last Or make use sometimes of the following Potion for it doth not only cool but mitigate the pain Take Syrup of Violets and Syrup made with the Juice of Citrons of each one Ounce with the Distilled Water of Cichory and Endive of each four Ounces mix them and make a Potion thereof and take one part in the Morning and the rest at Night warm repeating the same as need shall require And you may apply outward Medicines made as followeth Take Rose Water four Ounces Vineger of Roses half an Ounce Oyl of Roses two Ounces the White of two Eggs mix them well together and with double Linnen Clothes apply it to the Temples and sore part of the Head Or take white Poppy Seeds and beat them to Powder being mixed well together with the Yelkes of new laid Eggs apply it to the parts aforesaid for it giveth ease in the most extream pain of the Head coming of heat as I have one hundred times experienced Or take one good handfull of House-leek Oyl of Roses and Womans Milk of each a small quantity being beat well together apply it to the part grieved Or take the leaves of Mallows and the leaves of Willows of each two handfulls Flowers of Melilot and Camomil of each one handfull the Flowers of Poppies half a handfull boyl them for the space of half an hour in a sufficient quantity of Water and apply it to the part pained as afore directed Or take the Flowers of Lillies Violets and Roses of each two handfulls Vervain Camomil and Mallows of each one handfull Powder of Red Sanders two Drams Camphir one Scruple being Cut and Bruised put them into a Bag and boil it in a sufficient quantity of Water with a little Vineger of Roses and apply the Bag warm to the fore part of the head and to the Temples when cold make it warm in the foresaid Liquor and repeat it as need require You may annoint the fore-head and Temples with the Oyntment or Oyl of Roses or with the Oyl of Night-shade made as followeth Take May Butter without Salt one Pound Oyl of Roses eight Ounces Night-shade half a Peck being bruised boil them well together in an Earthen Vessel after which strain it hard and keep it for use for it is of wonderful virtue Or take the distilled water of Night shade House-leek and Letuce of each one Ounce the Water of Camomil six Drams Viniger half an Ounce mix them together and make moist a Linnen Cloth therein and apply it to the fore-head and to the Temples and doubt not of help but let none of the foresaid cooling Medicines be applied to the hinder part of the head least you do harm for that part of the head cannot suffer cooling without damage ' CHAP. II. Of the Pain in the head through Cold. THE cold pains in the head are often caused through the extream coldness of the Air especially when the Patient is constrained to continue long therein with his Head bare c. and many times by applying of cold Medicines The signs of pains in the head caused of cold are quite contrary to those of heat for though the pain be violent yet by touching you cannot perceive the head hot neither are the Eyes red nor the Face dry but pale and full and the Eye-lids swell and are somewhat Black or of a Leaden Colour c. and the Patient seldom desires cold things neither can he receive comfort thereby Such that are troubled with this Distemper must use exercise and motion as walking or riding but let not the Air be too cold the head must be kept warm Let the Patient labour to be merry and cast away Melancholly and sadness and all perturbations of the mind Let him abstain from Milk and Fish c. which are cool in operation and drink thin Wine or such Liquors as do but moderately heat the Body must be kept soluble with Glisters or Supositors c. You must not apply to the head Medicines that are extream hot neither such that are exceeding cold least you hurt the Brain In order to the cure of this Disease Take Oyl of Rue one Ounce the Chymical of Rosemary and Lavender of each one Scruple being mixed well together anoint the fore part of the Head and Temples therewith and likewise the Nostrils and the Orifices of the Ears Or take the Oyl of Dill and Orris of each one Ounce Oyl of Marjorum Rosemary and Amber of each one Scruple Oyl of Euphorbium ten Drops mix them well together and use it as afore directed Take Betony Mints Marjorum wild Betony of each one handfull the Flowers of Lavender of each half a handfull Caraway Seeds half an Ounce Cloves two Drams being cut small make a quilt thereof with Silk or Linnen Cloth and apply it to the Head warm sprinkled first with a small quantity of the best Vinegar and with some Spirit of Lavender if you can with conveniency have it And let the Patient take Camomil Betony Sage Origan Bay Leaves Staechaes Rosemary and Melilot Flowers of each one handfull being boiled in a sufficient quantity of Water let the fume thereof go up into the Nostrils and Mouth Or take Bay-berries two Drams Zedvary half an Ounce the tops of Rosemary half a handfull being cut and bruised boil them in one Quart of white Wine to the consumption of half and bath the head therewith and apply it warm to the same with double Cloths Or take Juniper-berries Camomil Rue the Flower of Gray Peas of each one handfull being quilted in a small Cloth boil them in Wine and apply it to the Head warm repeating the same as need require Or take Lavender and Rosemary Flowers of each one Ounce Marjorum half an Ounce being put in a convenient Glass pour thereto two Quarts of Rose Water and stop it up close and let it stand for the space of nine days in a cold Seller after which distill it and keep it for use for it taketh away the cold pains of the Head c. to admiration the fore part of the Head and Temples being bathed therewith every Morning for some time together I told you before it would be necessary in this Disease to keep the Body soluble in order to which you may make 〈◊〉 of the Glister or some of the Pills directed in the Chapter of the Vertigo and assure your selves that they will prove very profitable CHAP. II. Of the pain in the head through the French Pox. THose that are infected with this Disease have a perpetual pricking and sharp pain in the head The cause of which ariseth from the Putrifaction of the Blood contained in the Veins and Meninges or of a Windy Spirit in the Arteries of the same The sign of this Disease is manifest and accompanied with the rest of the
Linseed of each two drams Gum Ammoniacum dissolved in Wine one dram with a sufficient quantity of Wax make it into an Ointment and anoint the Brest therewith as afore-directed for it doth not onely molifie but discuss the matter offending CHAP. XIX Of the Pleuresie THe Pleuresie is an inward Inflammation or a Postumation of the upper Skin girding the Ribs c. This Disease is often times caused through abundance of hot Blood flowing preternaturally to the fore-mentioned upper Skin The principal Signs are Difficulty of Breathing a very troublesome Cough a continual Feaver and a violent Pricking pain a sharp and hard Pulse As touching the Cure In short if the Body do abound with filthy Humours or be full of Blood forthwith open the Liver-Vein on the same side for with so doing Blood is not onely drawn but the part grieved quickly purged After Blood-letting especially the Body being Costive make use of the following Glister or if the Disease be not violent make use of the Glister before Bleeding Take the Leaves of Spinage Mallows Mercury both sorts of Endives and the Leaves of purple Violets of each one handful Barley not bruised one ounce boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and to one pint thereof add of Cassia newly drawn one ounce and a half fresh Butter half an ounce Oyl of Violets and Camomil of each two drams Common Salt one dram being well mixed together make a Glister and put it up according to Art Or take of the Lenitive Electuary six drams Syrup of Violets and Roses of each half an ounce Cream of Tartar two scruples the Distilled Water of Cichory or Fumatory four ounces being mixed together take it in the morning all at once And if the Patient have still a Feaver Take fresh Pruuns one pound Blew Currans half a pound Wood-Sorrel one good handful boil them in three quarts of Spring Water to the consumption of the third part and strain it and let the Patient drink often thereof Take one Pippin the Core being taken out and fill the hole with the Gum called Olibanum after which toast it till it become soft then take off the skin from the Apple and mix them well together and take it all at once for to admiration it removes the pain I having made trial thereof one hundred times The Powder of Olibanum taken from one scruple to one dram in the Pap of a roasted Apple at night doth the same and with less trouble Some to ease the violent pain in this Discase give Laudanum and Syrup of Poppies c. but they must be taken in small quantities lest they stop spitting and bind the brests from which sometimes death follows so attempt them not without good advice Take Horse-dung and infuse the same in the distilled water of Carduus for a small time then strain it and give thereof to the Patient for it also powerfully disperses and abates the pain Or take the powder of Hens-dung which is white one dram Carduus water four ounces Syrup of Violets half an ounce and give it to the Patient warm for it hath the aforementioned virtue Or take Hempseed bruised one ounce white Hens-dung and Stone-Horse-dung of each half an ounce infuse them for twelve hours in six ounces of Carduus-water strain it and drink it off warm all at once Or take from one scruple to a dram of prepared Goats Blood in the aforesaid water for it doth effect the same Or you may take the Spirit of Soot from five drops to ten in Carduus-water and the bright flakes of Soot made of wood fire beaten into fine powder and given from two scruples to one dram is of excellent use and very safe You may apply outwardly the following Fomentation c. Take the Flowers of Dill Melilot and Camomil of each two or three handfuls Bran the Powder of Fennugreek Linseed and Melons of each an ounce and a half boil them in a sufficient quantity of water and bath the part grieved therewith or put some of the Decoction with the Herbs into Bladders or dip therein a large spunge and apply it to the part affected hot Or make use of the Plaister made as followeth Take the Flowers of Tapsus Barbatus Camomil and Dill of each half a handful Fennugreek Anniseed and Linseed of each a quarter of an ounce Barly-flower two ounces being all bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water till they become somewhat thick after which add thereto the Oyl of Camomil and Dill of each one ounce boil them again and then add the Yolks of two new-laid Eggs and Saffron beat into Powder one scruple and a half and make a Plaister thereof which apply warm to the part affected Some use Cupping-glasses with Scarification which I shall leave to the discretion of the Ingenious Physitian CHAP. XX. Of the Ptisick or Consumption THough the Ptisick signifies a Consumption yet it may be most properly taken for that Leanness of Body which follows an Ulcer in the Lungs This Disease is commonly caused through sharp fretting and gnawing Humours which falls from the Head upon the Lungs It is also caused through Blood and matter which continue after the breaking out of the same in such that have the Pleuresie and sometimes the Dropsie and French Disease c. are the very principal Causes of the Consumption The chief Signs of this Distemper are known by flowing of flegm from the Head upon the Lungs which causeth a Tickling and small Cough the Spittle somewhat hot and bitter the whole Body wasteth and the flesh becomes exceeding loose the Hair falls off the Nostrils very thin and sharp the Temples fallen down the Eyes hollow the Balls of the Cheeks swarthy or Leaden coloured the Shoulder-Bones stick out the Patient often vexed with a Hectick or burning Fever and breathes with much difficulty the Nails become pale and crooked the Stomach and Belly often tormented with violent pain and much troubled with thirst and if the Lungs are ulcerated what the Patient spits will be of a strong foetid or stinking Smell And the Cure often proves very difficult However in the first place let the Patient if possible be removed into some wholesome place where the Air is clear and temperate neither too hot nor too cold And if you perceive the Lungs to be ulcerated purge once a week with the following Medicines especially where the Body is not become very lean Take Cassia newly drawn one ounce the fine Powder of Liquorish two scruples and make a Bolus thereof which give to the Patient in the morning Or take of the choicest Manna from one ounce to two ounces and dissolve it in Chicken-Broth c. and drink it off as afore-directed Or take Liquorish Raisins of the Sun stoned Flowers of Bugloss and Violets of each three drams Barly one ounce and a half Jujubes four in number being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water
Belly often costive or bound and yet I have known many subject to a continual Flux And sometimes the Spots in the Legs are broad and are very black leaden-colour or blew and they often swell and sometimes the Legs become so much ulcerated that the Shin-bones lie bare which Disease if not timely prevented in some Constitutions will turn into a kind of Leprosie c. In this Disease there are also pains in the Shoulders Arms Back Sides Hips Thighs and Legs especially upon the Shin-bones which are much like those of the Pox and may perhaps deceive the Physician where the Scurvy is Rare and the Pox common But they may with ease be distinguished For the pains of the Pox are between the Joints and if they continue long there follows Nodes or Knots and there are or have been other signs as the Running of the Reins Ulcers in the Privy Parts sometimes in the Throat Pallat Mouth and Nostrils Buboes in the Groin all which come most commonly from Unclean Women But the pains in the Scurvy seiz upon all parts indifferently and there are many other Symptoms of it as aforesaid at least a melancholy Constitution and the matter is truly known if the Patient will in truth affirm that he hath not had Carnal Copulation with Vnclean Women There are many other Symptoms of the Scurvy which for Brevity-sake I shall here omit And so Demonstrate a Certain Safe and Alsolute Way of Cure which is as followeth If the Body be Plethorick or full Let Blood if strength will permit but in small quantity and that chiefly in the Hemorrhoid-Veins by Leeches but if you perceive the Spleen affected in particular then open the Middle-Vein in the Left Arm but if the Liver be more affected open the Liver-Vein in the right Arm or the Basilica or Middle-Vein But be sure not to attempt Phlebotomy if it be not in the beginning of the Disease For when the Distemper is deep rooted and hath spread it self over the whole Body Bleeding may then prove destructive So begin with the Medicine following which doubtless will prove to be very profitable Take the Bark of Ash Tree the Bark of Cappers of each two drams Pollipody two drams and a half the Roots of Black Hellebore first boiled in the distilled Water of Balm and dried three drams Fennel-seeds Annis-seeds of each half a dram the Roots of China two drams of the Four Great Cold Seeds of each one dram the Leaves of Wormwood Betony and the lesser Centaury Germander Cetarach of each half a handful Thyme Epithimum of each one Pugil the Leaves of Senna and the best Rhubarb of each two drams Conserve of Burrage Balm and Fumatory of each one ounce being cut and bruised boil them in three pints of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint two hours before Supper repeating the same as need require Or take of the best Senna two drams the choicest Rhubarb one dram being bruised infuse them in five or six ounces of the Distilled Water of Wormwood for the space of one night after which strain it and add thereto Diacatholicon two drams the Electuary of Roses one dram Syrup of Epithimum half an ounce mix them together and take it warm in the morning fasting after it six hours ☞ But the most infalliblest way that I can in truth direct you to for the Cure of this now Common Disease is to make use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they so highly Purifie and Sweeten the Blood that no other Medicine can be compared to them in the Cure of the Dropsie and Scurvy with all other sharp salt and watry Humours And with them make use of the Diet-Drink directed first in the Chapter of the Dropsie page 156. Or sometimes make use of the following Medicines Take Brook-lime Water-Cresses the lesser Celandine Wormwood and Fumatory of each one handful Red-Dock-Roots one pound Horse-Radish four ounces being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of small Ale with a quart or more of VVhite-wine to the consumption of the third part being strained keep it for use of which let the Patient take a quarter of a pint first and last Or take Hysop Germander Betony Cetarach Carduus Asarum Agrimony Burrage and Bugloss of each one handful the Flowers of Tamarisk and Doder of Time of each one ounce the Bark of Cappers Tamarisk and Ash of each two ounces Pollipody of the Oak and Red-Dock-Roots of each two ounces and a half being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of small Ale mixed with VVhite-wine to the Consumption of the third part and drink thereof as afore-directed Or take the Juice of Water-Cresses and Brooklime of each one ounce the Juice of Fumatory two ounces mix them and make a Potion thereof which drink every morning fasting Or take the Juice of both sorts of Scurvy-grass White-wine and the Juice of Oranges of each one pint being mixed together drink thereof first and last three or four spoonfuls at a time Or take the Juice of Lemons Sorrel Brooklime and Water-Cresses Fumatory and White-Wine of each an equal quantity being mixed together take thereof as afore-directed Always observe to drink it warm so you may take thereof notwithstanding the taking my Pills which with them will prove certainly effectual in this Distemper After you have purged sufficiently with my Pill if much broke out make use of the following Ointment Take Ointment of Roses three ounces the white Ointment with Camphire two ounces Sal Prunella one ounce Mercurius Dulcis Ginger Burnt Allum of each half an ounce make them into an Ointment with Oil of Roses and Juice of Lemons according to Art Or take Red-Dock-Roots and Elicampane of each one pound the Buds or Leaves of Elder two handfuls Rosemary and Bay-Leaves of each one handful Cloves one dram being cut and bruised boil them in May-Butter or Hogs-fat to an Ointment and if you please to every pound thereof add two ounces of the Flower of Brimstone and anoint the Pustules or Scabs therewith for it will heal the greatest Scab or Itch with the use of my Pills Such that have the Scurvy in the Gums notwithstanding taking of my Pills let them take Vinegar of Squills and Plantane Water and gargle therewith Or take Crab-Verjuice and Scurvygrass-Water of each alike and add thereto a small quantity of Honey and Allom and gargle therewith as afore-directed Or make use of some of the Medicines directed p. 91 92 c. CHAP. XXVI Of the JAUNDICE THe Jaundice according to most Authors is nothing but a Yellow Colour of the whole Body proceeding of Choler spread all over the Skin and yet the Liver safe as in the Crisis of Diseases often-times the Jaundice is caused and doth happen when the Blood is corrupted without a Fever or some external Cause and is made Cholerick as it falleth out by the biting of Venomous Beasts It