℥ 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
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
ibidem Of Liquide amber and the vse of it in medecine ibidem Faultes escaped in the Printing In the Epistle Dedicatorie pag 1. lin 17. for these wordes haue euen borne read these haue euer borne Pag 8 of the booke lin 5. for Carton read Carlton pag. 40. lin 11. for Paraceli read Paracelsi pag. 54. after the 6. line before the tittle of the Chapter read CHAP. 111. which is omitted in the number pag. 3. lin 6. for you finde read you shall finde pag. 12 lin 17. for heate read heale pag. 77. last line thereof for our part read one part pag. 31 last line sauing one for vicious cause read viscous cause pag. 35. lin 15. for lb. j read Pj page 48 lin 3. Adde thid word Note in the margent page 63. lin 13. for the vayne read the vrine THE PROEME OR ENTRANCE INTO THIS COLLECTION CONTAINED IN THE first foure Chapters CHAP. I What the dutie of an expert Chirurgian is A Good and true Chirurgian is no other thē a minister and helper of nature who hath three operations to performe in curing of woundes The first is that he ioyne the seperated parts close together the second to preserue it from paine the third that he keepe it from putrifaction all the rest he may leaue vnto nature which will worke with good expedition And this is a sure intention concerning the cure of woundes Neuer keepe the flesh open with tents or pledgets neither weaken nature by letting of bloud or by purging nor yet by strait diet to cause the paine to increase but keepe the wound alwayes cleane washing it with Aqua balsami and lay vpon the wound clothes wette in Magno licore This is a good and an approued order whereof whosoeuer wil know more let him looke in Leonardo Fiorauante his booke of Rational secrets where he shall be satisfied more at large CHAP. II The cure of all manner of vvoundes in generall ALl kinde of woundes may be healed with these medecines following according to the method before mentioned viz. with our balsamo with Aqua balsami balsamum artificiale quintaessentia vini oleum resinae pini oleum cerae terebinthinae magno licore cerotum magistrale elixir vitae oleum hypericonis compositum our secret powder all which are set downe in the forenamed booke and for the most part are to be had for a reasonable consideration at the house of M. Iames Fourestier student in Phisicke dwelling in London in the Black Friers betweene the two tennese courts CHAP. III. The cause vvhy vvounds cannot heale quicklie THough there be many more yet chieflie they may be reduced vnto two causes The one is an immoderate extreme diet which weakneth the stomack and body so much that nature cannot preuaile to conglutinate or soder the flesh together And thus thorough want of naturall heate the wound falleth to impostemation Gangrena fistulaes c. and can hardly be cured The second cause is the keeping of them to much open by reason of their tents or pledgets so that they cannot ioyne together agayne but grow to Cancers and Fistulaes whereupon many times the patient remaineth lame euer after or else speedie death is the end thereof CHAP. IIII. Of vvoundes in the head how they must be dealt vvithall ALl wounds in the head must be close ioyed and kept together the bloud must be crushed out then wash it well with some-thing that hath vertue to liquifie the bloud as the Quintaessence of wine or such like Then lay thereon lint wet in oleum benedictum this medecine you shall change in foure dayes but euery day once wash the wound round about with that Quintaessence and annoint with the said oyle and at the fourth dayes end dresse it agayne and let it remaine two dayes more after that for a day more the wound by the helpe of God shal be cured in xij or xiiij dayes Thus may you deale with all wounds saue those that are made in the bellie As for all other either simple or compound wounds you finde their cure methodically shewed in the Rationall secrets of Leonardo Fiorauante published in English CHAP. V The healing of a greeuous vvound on the side of the head THe wound was made on the side of the head almost to dura mater and it was healed in this manner First there was put into the same the Quintaessence aforsaid then a litle balsamo then there was applied a cloth which was wet in magno licore made very hote vpon which cloth was layd our secret powder couered with lint and thus he was dressed once euery day till he was whole You must note that whensoeuer the scull is hurt vnto dura mater there must be cast vp at the nosethrilles our balsamo that the smell may pierce vpward and resolue the offence Sometime also in stead of a defensatiue you may annoint round about the wound with the foresaid balme which preserueth from putrifaction and alteration CHAP. VI. A daungerous vvound in the head cured in fiue dayes IT was healed very quicklie by putting therein our Aqua caelestis and balsamo and by applying vnto the same very hote clothes wet in magno licore CHAP. VII The cure of a vvound on the eare to the scull A Sore wound was made on the care which was cut vnto the scull of the head and was healed in this manner first by annointing it with our Quintaessence which caused it to waxe very hote the space of two houres After that there was put in our oleum philosophorum de terebinthina cera and so he dressed it euery day once CHAP. VIII How three vvounds in the head vvith fracture of the bone or scull vvere healed by I. P. A Certaine miller in Buckinghamshire called Peter Bull being sore wounded in the head whereof one wound was in the midst of the head with fracture of the scull an other within an inch of that six inches long he had an other wound ouer his eyebrow two inches long Besides the woundes in his head he had also a great wound in the bowt of his arme beside the elbow so that a mā might haue layd his three singers in it diuers of his fingers were also cut and he lost two ioynts This man bled by the space of seuen or eight houres before it was stinted neither was he dressed vntill the next day but yet he was cured in this manner First the haire was shauen away round about the woundes on his head and the wounds were made cleane then was there dropped into the wound balsamum sulfuris made very warme and a sine cloth wet therein was applied to the wounds and round about the wounds there was a defensatiue applied thus he was dressed once in 24. houres and within the space of three weekes he was perfectly holpen that he ware no plaster at all Also you shall note that vpon the wound next the cloth there was layd cerotum magistrale of Leonardo Fiorauante Forget not that
or few wordes I haue said all Now of the cure of this disease as I haue experimented the same an infinite sort of times in my life which way soeuer the cause commeth worke thou after this manner and thou shalt neuer sustaine blame or discredit When the payne in the head is confirmed and that thou canst finde no helpe by common Theorick or Practike do these things following First let them bloud on Leonichie cutting it ouerthwart and let the patient spat as much as he can Then the next morning let them take our Aromatico fasting The next day let the head be shauen and lay thereon an attractiue plaister drawing out the humiditie whereof I haue made mention in my Caprici medicinale In the end cause them to neese and hereby all the payne in the head will cease CHAP. II. Of the Catarrhe and rume in the head THe Catarrhe is a moist vapor which assaulteth the head and afterward falleth downe agayne into the stomacke where it ingrosseth and corrupteth This moisture hath his beginning of the moisture of the lungs and vntill such time as the lungs be discharged thereof the Catarrhe will continue in his force This infirmitie raigneth more in flegmaticke and melancholike bodies then in any of other constitutions Such as are troubled with it are not long liued because their lungs consume by little and little and thereupon they are troubled with the Ptisicke and consequently they perish if they be not quickly releeued I will now shew thee a rare secret to cure the same Take Pulmonaria and Sena that is fresh and new infuse them in wine and water ouer a small or gentle fire till the wine haue drawne out the vertue Then straine it and put thereunto our Quintaessence keepe it close in a glasse let the patiēt drinke thereof euery morning ℥ iij luke warme for twentie dayes together let him eate good nourishing meates for they agree well with this disease If the patient be not too farre spent you shall see your cure performed in short time In the meane while if the patient be weake you shall giue him new layd egges and good white wine If the humiditie be perceiued not to be quite expelled and euacuated then giue him our Aromatico afterward comfort him agayne with restoratiues and cordials to make him strong and no doubt by the helpe of God he shall be cured This methode of curing this infirmitie differeth from the common course that Phisitians take which would cure it with diet bleeding and mollifying liniments and causing them to spat and such like which are meanes rather to augment the Catarrhe then to diminish the same The second course to cure the descension that commeth from the head to the stomacke VSe these fiue things if you will cure this disease first our Electuario Angelica 2 Quintaessence solutiue 3 our pillulae pro descenso 4 Vnguents for the stomacke and head 5 our Quintaessence vegetable The electuarie clenseth the head and stomacke the Quintaessence solutiue euacuateth the body the pilles take away the cause of the descension the vnguents drie and the vegetable Quintaessence preserueth the body from all ill and noisome infirmities The Electuarie must be taken first in the morning of the Quintaessence solutiue you must take a spoonfull in the morning in a little broth and suger keeping a reasonable good diet and do this foure or six dayes Then take the pilles in the euening and in the meane time annoint the head and stomacke with Oleum cerae and drinke euery morning a little of our Quintaessence which if you do vse continually by the blessing of God vpon it there is no doubt but the body shall be free from many troublesome maladies There was a certaine woman of the age of 58. yeares who being greatly troubled with a Catarrhe was cured by the vse of our Aqua preseruans morning and euening and by annointing the stomacke with balsamo One that was affected with a Catarrhe and a stitch in the side was thus cured He tooke our Aromatico twise Then he tooke euery morning a spoonfull of our Quintaessence solutiue with the broth of a capon for seuen or eight dayes together and euery night when he went to bed he annointed his stomacke with oleum incompostibile and thereby was soone after cured A woman that had great payne in her head and stomack and had her menstrues stopped with losse of her appetite was thus helped First she tooke two doses of our Pillulae Angelica that done she tooke euery morning a spoonfull of Quintaessentia solurtuo with broth and suger for fiue or sixe mornings together After that she tooke euery morning one spoonfull of our Aqua preseruans whereupon in short time after she was cured A contusion in the head A Certaine man had a great fall from an horse wherewith he bruised his head most greeuously who was cured in foure dayes by annointing the place with Oleum benedictum nostrum The taking away or healing of the white scall THis noysome maladie is perfectly cured by purging the patients with our Aromatico and annointing the head with our Oleum Philosophorum Also the Artificiall balsame of our description doth the like and Oleum benedictum nostrum effecteth the same Payne in the eyes with great dimnesse of sight A Certaine man that had great payne in his eyes and was almost blind recouered his sight by letting bloud vnder the toung The next day he tooke Aromatico once after that he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue seuen or eight dayes together and euery night he annointed his stomacke with Oleum cerae rectified then was dropped into his eyes our Quintaessence for the eyes and thereof was he well cured An vnguent for sore eyes TAke rose water fenell and cufrage water ana put therein a small quantitie of Verdi grece boile it a little on the fire Then let it settle till it be cleare and powre it of With this water see that you wash Anxungia porcinae seuen or eight times and of that put a little into the eye when ye go to bed To cure or stay the spatting of bloud ONe that spat bloud was cured in ten dayes by drinking the liquour of honie morning and euening An other was healed by drinking the decoctiō of mint in vineger another by drinking of Crocus martis The description and cure of the Squinancie THis disease is a windie moisture and a suffocation of bloud as you may see by experience that such as are possessed therewith haue a great alteration or many chaunges of feuers with a swelling in the throte and many times if it be not quickly holpen it will choke them and this is the cure thereof You shall giue them ʒ j of the powder of a wild Bores tooth with ℥ iij of oyle of linseede and forthwith by the helpe of God they shal be greatly eased The description and manifold cures of the disease called Scrophulae or for unculi which some do call waxing
kernels but rather the kings euill THe Scrophulae or waxing kernels so called of some which vse to come in the throte or other partes of the bodies of young children do arise and are caused of great quantitie of melancholike humors because that doth for the most part raigne in persons that are weake of complexion For you may easily see that such as are vexed with that infirmitie are not very quicke spirited These Scrophulae are a long time ere they will come to suppuration and before they breake and when they are broken they cause excessiue payne and are hard to be cured For all infirmities that come of melancholie are troublesome to cure or resolue as you may see in the quartaine and such like But here I will shew thee a secret to cure these Scrophulae First you must remoue the cause and then cure the effectes for otherwise it were impossible to cure them with outward medecines This melancholie is purged with our sirupe against melancholie which you must vse eight or ten dayes The dose is about â„¥ 4 cold That done giue them our Aromatico which clenseth the head and stomacke and purifieth the bloud As touching locall medicines to breake it you shall lay thereon our caus◠〈◊〉 24. houres which mortifieth and drieth for it will draâ—… a great deale of moisture After this annoint it with â—… agno licore vntill the escare be fallen out and when it is mundified applie thereon the cerote of Gualtifredo di Medi vse no other medecine for it will incarnate and cicatrise without scare Another cure for Scrophulae A Certaine young boy of 14. yeares of complexion cholericke and melancholicke who had Scrophulae in his throte on both the sides was cured thus The first medecine that he tooke was the infusion of Rhabarb with the trochiskes of Agarick and acetum squilliticum and water of maiden haire mixed together which he vsed by the space of ten dayes Then was laied vpon the Scrophulae a plaister of cerote magistrale with Cantarides which drew forth the malignitie of the vlcer and great store of Same 's being applied for 15. dayes together This done I gaue him the decoction of Salsa parilla with a good diet for twentie dayes together Then I applied vnto the sore a cerote of Gualtifredo di Medi which in a short time cured him that had bene vexed with them foure yeares before Another for the same ANother which was a maide of 13. yeares of age was vexed with Scrophulae in her throte which was also in this manner cured First I gaue her the extract of Elleborus niger with mel rosarum which doth very effectually purge the melancholicke humor That done I gaue her our sirupe against the melancholick humor for eight or ten dayes together and applied vnto the sores an vnguent of Lytarge boiled with the powder of Scrophularia thus was she in short time cured Another against Scrophulae REcipe Verdigreee Pelitorie of Spayne docke roote the iuice of leekes of the herbe Scrophularia ana mixe them and lay on lint and applie it vnto the Scrophulae but take some care thereof CHAP. IIII. Of Panaricium or Panaricies called the whit blow THis greeuous and intollerable maladie as those know well that haue felt them commeth on the end of the finger and is an infirmitie bred in the liuer whereof nature being willing to discharge her selfe sendeth it to the extreme parts of the fingers and most commonly it commeth to the finger next the thombe but seldome in the other The reason or cause whereof is hidden saue that we may coniecture as we haue said before an accident in the liuer which nature sendeth forth vnto those parts to ease her selfe When it commeth to the end of the singer that it can go no further it causeth a sharpe and excessiue payne and the accident comming vnto that place not hauing passage is so hote that in short time it putrifieth the sinewes muscles and cartilages and in the end rotteth both flesh and bone The secret of this griefe is not commonly knowne of the most Surgeons who with all their learning cannot deuise to cure it as it ought to be cured The most part of such as haue that infirmitie lose their finger but if thou wilt quickly helpe them follow this methode First let them bleed on the liuer veyne then let them be well purged Afterward dresse the finger with oleum sulfuris which will cause some paine neuerthelesse to haue some ease you must abide it The next day dresse it with Magno licore vntill it be whole which will be in short time as I haue often proued CHAP. V. Of greeuotu vlcers in womens breasts FIrst they must be touched with oleum sulfuris then make this vnguent Take of the yolkes of egges â„¥ ij turpentine butter barlie flowre honie of roses ana â„¥ ss incorporate them all in a morter and therewith dresse them vntill they be whole But if they come of any kinde or spice of the pocks this vnguent will be to very small purpose But then shall you dresse them with our Vnguento magno which is appropriate vnto the disease and looke that you purge them with our Aromatico CHAP. VI. Of the disease called Asthma and the cure thereof THis disease which is called the Ptisicke is a certaine infirmitie contained in the lungs which doth harden and drie them in such manner that such as are troubled therewith cannot fetch their breath It proceedeth of adustion of the bloud that cannot runne in the veynes and so the lungs lacking sustenance worketh that effect This disease is cured foure manner of wayes First you shall let them bloud vnder the toung cutting those veynes ouerthwart and suck them as much as they can for it euacuateth and openeth the opilation of the bloud and easeth the lungs of all that euill matter which offendeth SecoÌ„dly you shall giue them a dose of Aromatico which euacuateth the stomacke of all euill qualities that offend the lungs The third is to let them eate for a moneth together euery morning â„¥ j of our Electuario de Althea The fourth to annoint the stomacke euery night with Magno licore But euery ten dayes you must take a dose of our Electuario Angelica whereby thou shalt helpe them quickly You must also keepe a sober diet refraining fish porke slimie things spice baked meates cheese and such like which nourish grosly and do infect the bloud CHAP. VII To know the Dropsie confirmed in a man the cure whereof is shewed in the xxxij Chapter of the second part of the Collection THere are three signes or tokens of a confirmed Dropsie First looke whether the toung be white and cold then whether the yard be shronke into the bellie and lastly if there do any veines appeare on the bellie If you perceiue these they are infallible declarations of a confirmed Dropsie CHAP. VIII An excellent remedie against the Wormes YOu shall giue the patient Ê’ ij of our Vnguento
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