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A50385	Medicinal councels, or advices written originally in French by Dr. Theodor Turquet de Mayerne ... ; put out in Latine at Gevena by Theoph. Bonetus ; Englished by Tho. Sherley ...	Mayerne, Théodore Turquet de, Sir, 1573-1655.; Bonet, Théophile, 1620-1689.; Sherley, Thomas, 1638-1678.	1677 (1677)	Wing M1428; ESTC R32060	54,950	161

the French King Written in French 13. Another Councel in the same Disease for the same Person Written in French by the renowned Dr. de Arduynes Physician of the Hospital of Charity at Paris called St. Iames Hospital 14. Another for the same Person Written in French 15. Advice against the Epilepsia or Falling-sickness For a Maid of Quality Written in French by a Physician whose name is not known The First COUNCEL In a Case of Consumption for a Noble Person Written in French My Lord I Give you thanks for your Charitable and Pious advice sent to me and taken out of the last Chapter of Ecclesiasticus It is very fit for me who am now growing into old Age the inconveniencies of which are already incumbent upon me The Inhabitants of this Kingdom being disturbed with Tumults and I at a distance from my Lordship of Aubonne In that place it would not have been difficult to have found a Sanctuary where I might have took a farewell of the World and there quietly have resign'd my Soul into the hands of my Saviour But perhaps it is otherways decreed by Gods over-ruling power to resist which were impious and wicked I know not if there yet remain such a happiness for me which the troublesomeness and incommodity of the journey proceeding from the distance of the place and length of the way forbids me to hope that I may yet enjoy your Company But if God do grant it it will be much to my satisfaction and content if otherways accept favourably of the friendly and kind propensity of my mind and my desires to be near and present with you I am ready by all sort of services to deserve your favour But being separated from you by a fatal necessity since I cannot assist you nearer hand for the honour you confer upon me in desiring my advice in the recovery of your health which I wish to God you may injoy better though this present intemperate Weather doth not savour it but rather puts a stop to the use and efficacy of Medicines yet for all that as improper as the Weather is accept of and follow the Councel I here send you the which I offer to you with an affectionate mind I do not doubt but that Mr. de Gras hath exactly and throughly examined your Constitution in general and the unequal distemperature of all your parts both Natural Vital and Animal and I do firmly allow of the conjectures constituted by so Learned a Man and one knowing in the Art but since I have been acquainted with you from your Cradle nay with your Ancestors before you the last fate of whom was throughly examin'd and look'd into by me I suppose this affair ought to be deeper inspected Your Illustrious Father of happy memory had the thread of his Life broken off before its due time by a continual Cough and an incessant defluction upon his Lungs But as to what concerns your self if I remember rightly you are like him in every thing both in your Mind and in your Body you had always weak Lungs you wax Lean of which I have been an eye witness and oftentimes also you did use to spit blood though in small quantities This I suppose That as those parts which are weak by Nature are subject to suffer by all sort of injuries so the Lungs are so above the rest both upon the account of their proper Texture which is rare and spangious as also by reason of their Scituation by which they easily receive the Morbiffick Causes as well from the superiour parts which lay over them as also those which to their great prejudice are transmitted to them from the inferiour parts I do not deny but that the Stomack performing of its Office ill the Mesentery filled with Obstructions and the Liver generating acrid and thin blood may from the depraved condition of the aliment they afford evilly affect the Brain and Lungs whose Excrements whether they are transmitted thither from other parts or Congested there are yet very Liquid as long as they remain in their state of Fluidity which is common for all dissolv'd Tartars but having gain'd a place and being lodged in the Pipes of the Lungs they Coagulate into a glutinous and mucilaginous substance producing that Asthmatick and P●…isical disposition or difficulty of Breathing with which you are molested For this mischief viz. the Leanness and Corruption of the whole Body is occasion'd and doth proceed from these Excrements although there be no present Aposthumation Vomica or Ulcer yet do these Excrements threaten the same effects and no less mischievous That you may receive relief there is a necessity by a good Diet to amend the Vices of the antecedent Causes in their Fountains or spring-Spring-heads reducing by degrees to a better state the deprav'd Faculties of the parts in which the First and Second Concoctions are perform'd Secondly to hinder the Flood and defluction from the Brain and that by strengthening drying and diverting to other parts that humour which otherways perpendicularly flows from thence upon the Lungs Thirdly repairing their Balsom retrieving them from put refaction by the sorce of Medicines indow'd with a Balsamick power And if in the course of doing this in the mean time the Anacatharsis or upward Evacuation happen to be difficult or stopt care must also be taken of that And at last there must be Analeptick means made use of to refresh and restore the parts which are tending to a decay and Consumption 1. That you may attain this end follow exactly the advice given you by your Physitians concerning Diet which if I should particularly describe this Councell would swell into a Volume 2. Upon the account of the Brain prepare Emissary passages for it besides such as it hath naturally of its own I do not disapprove of Issues in the Arms but they are no way comparable to those which are made in the Shoulders upon the Region of the Omoplats or Shoulder Blades at an equal distance from the Spine or Back-bone perhaps you will object your Leanness to which I answer That I have not spar'd those which have been extenuated and I find them to be more efficacious then those made in the Neck betwixt the first and second V●…tebra's Wherefore omit not this remedy and in this case it is sufficient to put in and closely press down five or seven Pease applying a sticking Plaister upon them I approve of the Plaister pro suturis which is compos'd of moderately warming and gently adstringent things which doth powerfully strengthen and confirm the parts and helps to suspend the defluction The place of this may be supply'd by a Capp or Coife which I make of dryed Bettony Rosemary Red Roses and the Barkes of new Pistacho Nuts adding moreover yellow Amber and the Seeds of Roman Nigil with a few Cloves Keep your Head neither too hot nor too cold but nevertheless let it be so cover'd that the cold may not offend it I cannot forbear to press

writ put us in hopes a long time of his coming to us which at length he confirmed by coming wherefore since in your learned Letter you recount the History of the whole Disease with which he was afflicted and require my advice at this great distance concerning what is to be done I thought it needless to write those things which things themselves I had an opportunity to perform the Subject of them being at hand And it was sufficient by way of Compendium to do them to the Patient himself Accept therefore of what hath passed here in our Land of Britain and an account of what we have done with the Patient The difficulty in and the manner of his making Urine did cause a suspicion that there were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fleshy excrescences commonly called Caruncules within the Urethra or passage of the Yard searching it with a Wax-candle I found the grief whose double cause being as they say unravell'd ab ovo or from its beginning I sound its first rise was to 〈◊〉 attributed to the Gonorrhaea in whose in●…ed ●…entigo or erection of the Yard by Copulation the chorde as the vulgar call it was broke but to speak move like an Artist the membrane of the Urethra was cl●…t or chopt and being by the inflamation and force of the tumour contracted and made short after that large haemorrhage or stux of bloud which usually follows such torcible endeavours and violent 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 avulsions or tearings of the parts there remained an Ulcer from which by degrees there grew a Fungus or red spongy flesh a preternatural tumour which is a disease in me●…tu or in the passage which can be taken away safely and certainly by no other means then by removing the superfluous flesh by Exoereticks or gentle Corrosives This Spongeous proud flesh is wont to ouze or sweat out a purulent s●…nies or matter which usually for the most part imposeth upon those who less accurately enquire into this disease under the species of a Gonorrhaea from hence those strings and filaments of corrupt matter which flow'd forth with the Urine on both sides at our first view which matter I suppose as you do doth partly flow from the Prostatas which have been offended and for a long time afflicted with a malignant distemper the destroyer of the native heat and the underminer and weakner of all the actions Having carefully weigh'd every difficulty and chiefly the delicate and nice nature of the Patient whose tender sense is such that the slightest and easiest Chyrurgical remedies are esteemed by him for most cruel torments I apply'd my self to the business and universal or general Medicines being premis'd I consum'd with a gentle Cathaeretick apply'd with a Wax-candle the whole Caruncle and that with little pain in the harder sort of Warts half the length of the urinary passage the dimension of which was hardly so long as the breadth of three of his fingers the nearness of the Neck of the Bladder caused me no small trouble when I was come to the end of the Caruncle but chiefly that small ●…ubercle which gives way for the Seed to enter the Urethra by the little mouth which opens it self in the Prostatas whose bulk being increased by a Tumour proceeding from the flux of humours might have deluded an Artist of small experience and perswaded him to have continued the use of the Corrosive longer But take this as a secret from me in the cure of a Caruncle you shall procure it sooner by going slowly to work than by being hasty As often as the Lips or Edges of the Ulcer shall be swell'd by the irritation of Medicines if they be fomented with lenitives they will subside and fall again and what is wonderful the most pertinacious stops or obstructions will vanish of their own accord in a few days time So it happen'd to our Noble Patient who by the mercy of Almighty God is now as free from this Chronick Disease which was almost converted into a habit or nature as ever he was in his life as appears by the free passage of his Seed and Urine also he Pisseth with a full continued and strait stream who lately expell'd his Urine by drops and with much difficulty The superfluous flesh or Caruncles being removed there remain'd a longish Ulcer which in respect of the part is great and the cause being malignant we have again and again cleansed the Ulcer and have hitherto with incessant labour endeavour'd to dry up and bring it to a Cicatrice But there is one thing yet remains after the healing of it that is to procure a solidity and hardness of the Cicatrix which cannot be done either by slight or few Medicines or in a few days in a Part which is washed every day by the torrent and floud of the Urine If publick business would permit this Patient to remain longer with us we would add a conclusion to the Cure but at the time of his departure he shall bring along with him both advice and necessary Remedies which shall supply the want of our presence Therefore by way of Confirmation and that whatsoever remains in the Glandules may be radically taken away and that there may succeed no new infirmity I advise that the Body being artificially purg'd again the next Spring he enter upon a Sudorifick Diet than which I suppose nothing more advantagious both as to correcting the general cause as also by strengthening and greatly drying the parts to restore them perfectly I have written what is further necessary more minutely and particularly in my advice which he brings with him and at the present time of acting the present face of things will direct you what is to be done first and what last The Soul of Cures are the opportunities of times which to follow and lay hold of the moments is a thing denied to the absent You will learn from the mouth of this generous Person what arts I have made use of in fighting against this pertinacious Enemy with what prudence I have eluded the cruelty of the most dangerous Symptoms with what care and diligence I have mittigated their present fierceness This Epistle would swell into a Volume should I relate all But lest I seem to envy the publick good I will commit to the Press my small Commentaries upon Caruncles and my experience in this part of the Art as soon as my affairs at Court will give me a breathing time which imperfect faetus I willingly leave to be licked by more polished ingenueties and such as are more experienc'd in Art For I am not in love with my own labours nor can I believe that I can produce greater or better things than other men That you may experiment our Exaeretick Medicine I have sent you a little of it which nevertheless is sufficient to take away four great Caruncles I●… it perform its work but slowly let not your mind d●…spond for to work safely and pleasantly is better then swiftly

place letting in often fresh Air by opening the Doors and Windows which o●…ght to be towards the North These Remedies together with Diet so used it is taken by many for an excellent thing to anoint the Arm-pits and Grain with Oil of Scorpions or Oil of Lillies adding Treacle to it and this to be done several times to extract the Venom by this ●…he Heart is defended and freed from it Blood-letting doth not seem necessary un●…ess a putrid Fever be joyn'd with the plague with extreme pains inflamations anxieties difficult breathing a high Plethora and other ●…he like accidents which are the issue of ful●…ess in letting blood observe not so much ●…e quantity as the measuring it by the te●…our of the Patients strength and vigour let this Medicinal Indication be a general Canon and Rule Observe these few things with whatsoever means the Disease is to be opposed let it be done at first before the Disease be confirm'd and have taken root Begin with the Cordial Potion giving of it thrice in an hour if the Stomack cast it up again At the same time cast in a Glyster and presently let blood except something hinder exhibiting a little after the Sudorifick Water so that these helps and remedies are to be administred in the space of six hours letting blood procrastinated is unuseful since it is better to let it alone then to make use of it when a Bubo appears for he that doth that intends mischief not to Cure To Cure a Bubo Many use only boiled Scabious bruised and brought into the form of a Poultess adding Hogs-lard to it from the great power th●… is endow'd with in these Diseases it ha●… gained the name of Casse bosse the Cure 〈◊〉 Bubo's To this Cataplasme some add Li●… roots or Onions baked under the Embe●… to which being bruised they add some Yoll●… of Eggs Pigeons-Dung and Leven beati●… them all together with a sufficient quantity 〈◊〉 Oil of Li●…tes afterwards they apply it warm changing it every other hour They add to every Ounce of Oil one Dram of Treacle To Cure a Carbuncle To this purpose it may be sufficient to apply only Scabious or Sorrel backed under the Embars making it into the form of a Poultess with Yolks of Eggs and fresh Butter to be renew'd every hour The leaves of Mallows March-mallows Pellitory of the wall c. The rest are wanting Advice for the Constriction or Stranguling of the Throat arising from Melancholly vapours proceeding from the Hypochondries For Dr. Bouvard chief Physician to Lewis XIII King of France Written in French FRom the relation of the compression of your Throat which is not fix'd and stable nor continual and is without an Ulcer Tumour and Inflamation And from your perceiving an agitation in the region of the Hypochondries from whence acrid and hot vapours are carried to the Throat which is the Tube and Funnel of the Chimny in the extremity of which there resides a Distemper which proceeds from another place just as the Nostrils are exulcerated by acrid Phlegm and Choler inflames and vellicates the Fundament in Bloody-fluxes although the cause of those evils lurk in other places We suppose this Disease is only a Symptom of an internal cause afflicting you to wit of the Hypochondries Liver and other adjacent parts with a notable hot and dry distemperature upon which account the Belly is bound and all the Thin and serous humours are snatch'd into the Veins there being lodg'd plenty of Choler and other gross humours in the chief Veins of the Mesentery and the natural Caveties of the Bowels This foundation being laid it is easie to procure help by Diet and generous cooling and moistening Evacuators And if your recovery do not presently follow according to wish you must not therefore abstain from Medicines a word is sufficient to an understanding Physician Prescribe your Diet to your self by strong refrigerators I understand you have used weak mineral waters such as Monfran once or twice a year I hear to evacuate you have frequently let Blood in your Arm use Laxative Ptisans with Cassia and Senna and other slight sort of Purgings of that kind with Syrup of Roses and Peach-blossoms universal Baths and also use Milk and clarified Whey in which Fumaterry hath been insused drink Asses-milk plentifully persist in the use of these according to the vehemence of your contumacious and habitual Disease which otherwise no doubt will encrease and bring upon you worse Symptoms In the same Disease By Dr. de Arduynes Physician of the Hospital of Charity at Paris call'd St. Iames. Written in French WE have been made acquainted with the Disease with which N. D. is af●…licted which in my judgment is an off-spring of the distemperature of the Bowels whose office is to prepare the nourishment from which Bowels plenty of vapours ascend to the Head which afterwards fall down to the Throat and parts adjacent The parts which are affected are the spaces betwixt the Laryngx or Tope of the Wind Pipe and the Bone Hyoides To the Cure of this Disease frequent and iterated Purgation is necessary to be begun with this usual Ptisan following ℞ Of the common Ptisan made of the roots of Cichory and Bugloss Flowers two pounds in which infuse of Oriental Senna Leaves ʒ ij strain it and prepare a Ptisan of which take two or three Wine Glass-fuls in a day one upon an empty stomack another a little before Dinner the third about four of the Clock in the Afternoon This Purgation being perform'd in the use of which you are to persist for five or six days first the Basilica in the right Arm then that in the left Arm is to be opened Let Bathing follow this letting of blood for seven or eight days other Topical Medicines as Oils Poultises of Swallows-Nests c. are altogether useless for having used the former Medicines health will follow If any thing remain of this Disease it is easie to look to its specifick cause but in this case we are to be warned of the effect By the same Person for the same Person Out of French into Latine WE do collect from your Note sent to us in which the Symptoms with which the Noble D. is afflicted are related that there is some lessening of the Disease and that it did arise from vapours in the Head whi●…h descended by the way of the Throat And because there is less plenty of these dry vapours from hence there doth not follow so great a distention of the part but on the contrary they being confin'd within their first region from hence there follows a greater distention of the Hypochondries then formerly from hence ariseth that kind of affection or Disease we call Windy Melancholly which is now much flighter then it was Nor is it needful to enquire if there be a Phlogosis or Inflamation or no in those places for this is certain wheresoever adust Melancholly lurketh there is always present and joyn'd with it a distemperature the reason