Signa is difficulty of breathing a cough a continual fever vehement and pricking pain with a high and hard pulse For the cure Curatio Vanae-sectio first the liver vein must be opened on the same side that the patient is grieved for thereby shall the matter be presently drawn forth Clyster and then administer a coolling clyster Take all cooling things because of the fever annexed with it Apozema and refraine all hot things And take an Apozem with loosening syrups Sacculus and apply this bagg following ℞ Camomeli M.j. Boyle it in a pinte of the oldest strong beer you can get when it is well boyled then put in as much course wheat bran as will thicken it like a poultis put it into a bladder and apply it as hot as may be indured then ℞ Haustus Marquardus Syr. de hyssop ℥ .j. oxymel ℥ ss aq unguil caballin q. s Misce fiat Haustus Mar. l. 2. c. 11. CHAP. XV. PERIP NEVMONIA is a hot impostume or Inflammation of the lungs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa with a sharp fever for the most part it is caused of strong and hot Rheumes and distillations falling upon the lungs The sign is great difficulty of breathing Signa fulnes and streaching out of the brest without pain but if the skins which be joyned all the length of the brest be inflamate then they feel pain of the brest all the face and the agrieved place look red the nose is crooked in the top the veines of the temples do beat the tongue is drie the appetite is lost the breath is hot they covet cold water they have a drie cough and is frothy or chollerick and bloudy or red which be the worst tokens if the sick shall die Prognostica he shall watch much and shall have fearful short sleeps If he recover there will follow bleeding in aboundance For the cure Curatio if this disease come after other diseases going before you must eschue blood-letting Venae-sectio but if it begin without any disease going before then bleed if strength will suffer it on both armes a little at a time Lohoch è scylla Ecligma é pulmone vulpis and syrup of Hyssop is good the cure is much like the cure of Pluritis CHAP. XVI SPVTVM SANGVINIS proceedeth of divers causes Causa as fulnesse and abundance of naughty blood which by its sharpnesse doth gnaw and erode asunder the veines and so doth break open the heads of them sometimes through sharp humours which do distill from the head to the lungs or else are ingendred in the lungs themselves or through some fall or through great crying Hippocrates or immoderate cold as Hippocrates witnesseth breaketh the veines For the signe Signa if the spitting of blood be of blood in abundance then it cometh out gushing all at once and after it is out the sick is better but if it be caused through bursting of a vein then hot perturbations have gone before it and cometh out on heapes by little and little with the cough and they are alwayes worse also if it be froathy palish and cometh forth now and then with the cough then it is a certain sign it proceedeth from the lungs so it be without pain If phlegmatick blood be spitted out with easie coughings streachings then the blood cometh from the Trachaea Arteria If blood be spitted forth being black and clodded together having also the cough and pain in the agrieved place then it is a token it cometh from the brest many times it cometh out of the nose from the head For the cure Curatio Venae-sectio If it be caused of abundance of blood then open a vein and use the juyce of nettles to snuffe up into the nostrils or to drink and minister such things as be altogether of a cooling quality if it proceed from the lungs charge them that they do not breathe much nor make a noyse Aq. sperm ranar. but speak as little as may be use Aqua spermatis Ranarum which seldome or never fayles and indeed it is good for either of them If there be a great faintnesse and danger of Syncope Vinum give a little Claret wine burnt often also if you see cause you may give the patient bolus-armeniae Pulvis with lofe-sugar in Claret wine or ℞ Boli armen sangu dracon balaust ros rubr Aliud mastic lapid haemat sumach myrtillor Maquard anaʒ ij misce fiat pulvis Marq. liq 2. cap. 12. Let the patient take one dragm with Rob. deriberius or with Syrrupo myrthino or conserve of Roses CHAP. XVII TREMOR in Latin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 trembling or shaking in English It is a disease which is accompanied with two sundry movings one is while the member is constreyned through heavinesse and griefe to creep downward the other is while the member is carried upward from his natural course and faculty The cause is altogether through weakness of the sinews Causa and doth plainly declare old age but privately it cometh of other causes that is of very cold temperature of nature cold drink taken out of time or season especially in fevers moreover the abundance of a cold grosse and clammy humour and much using of wine that is unmixt and clear old age and fear are causes thereof as for signes you need none because it is known by the sight and words of the patient For the cure it is in a manner all one to the cure of the palsie Curatio and cramp letting of blood only excepted the decoction of Egrimony Decoctio Castoreum and the braines of a hare are said to be good but if it comes by drinking of wine let him drink the decoction of sage Decoctio and betony with Hydromel untill he be cured CHAP. XVIII PTHISIS AVT TABES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Signa is an exulceration of the lungs which doth follow for the most part spitting of bloody matter or the cough proceeding off or from some sharp defluxion sometimes also the lungs are exulcerated by reason of Apostumes of the brest and when the matter of one being broken forth into the spaces of the brest and cannot in time be purged and avoyded but there doth lye and putrifie The signe is Signa there doth follow this disease weaknesse and a pining away of the whole body the nayles grow curned and crooked the eyes are sunk into the head the face is deadly and wan the haires fall away and there followeth a fluxe of the womb and finally death This disease hath alwayes been accounted incurable Curatio and especially by the ancient Physicians for although we may cure the ulcers of the lungs yet because there is left behind it certain callos and fistulous reliques they do very easily and in short time break out again but as concerning the cure the
vinum 154.23 Asaren 160.6 de 161.24 saines 164.17 ficuum 170.15 baccar 174. Hydrophysocele 178.20 mensium 195.24 windiness 204.31 Chervil 206.22 pul 215.26 deserve 224.10 canel 229.9 impacted 234.8 pannum 235.8 mesentery 245.20 Ophiasis 256.9 coruea 26. ocul 259.28 Rondeletius to be omittted 261.11 12. for vel conficiâ— antur sic read balaustiorum 265.19 ad lb. i. 266.29 Pillitory 267.22 sect 32. p. 592.274.18 croaking 285.7 Emunctories 290.24 corns 292. â—8 horrid 295.5 Anastomasis 297.23 coccygem 301.9 kall 302.26 contused 303.34 sal 305.13 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 313.22 emaciation 316.1 boracs ustâ— 6. pustulosae 319.3 dram sem 15. aluminis ounce sem 320.231 Deus Other literal faults are easily mended ENCHIRIDION MEDICUM Containing The Causes Signes and Cures of all those Diseases that do chiefly affect the Body of MAN c. CHAP. I. LIB I. APOPLEXIA is a disease that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the strength of it is mortal and admits no cure but by Divines but in a small Apoplexie there may be some small hope and the cure is not altogether impossible The cause is a dull slow grosse flegme Causa filling the ventricles of the brain and the Arteries of the Rete mirabile that the spirits cannot passe from the heart into the ventricles of the brain which is called by Hippocr Hippocrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Metropolis or chief seat of cold and glutinous moystures The signe is Signa when there is a sharp pain in the head brightnesse before the eyes the veins in the neck swell and a gnawing of the teeth while they sleep their urine is little in quantity black like rust and canker in mettal and a residence like Meale they lack sense altogether they lye as they were asleep with their eyes shut and do snort A strong Apoplexie is when the breathing is so diminished that it can hardly be perceived and that is almost evill when the breath is stopped for a while and then fetched out with great violence Hippocrates saith Hippocrates it is impossible to cure a vehement Apoplexie and not easie to cure a weak one for it threatneth speedy death besides if it chance by medicines to be taken away for the most part it leaves a palsie behind it either in the whole body or in some part thereof but if it be a weak one it may perhaps be cured as experience hath proved in some If you perceive plenitude Curatio Venae-sectio open a veine but not without the counsel of other Physitians for it either kills or delivers if they do joyn in it open the Cephalica vein and then this clyster following â„ž Clyster Betonicae Salviae hyssopi centaurii Aristolochiae florum stoecados arab-Mercurialis ana M.j. florum camomelae Anisi ana M. ss Agarici pulpae colocynthidis in petia ligat ana Ê’ ij Bulliant in sufficienti quantitate aquae usque ad consumptionem medietatis de colatura â„ž â„¥ 10. hierae logodii hierae compositae ana â„¥ ss Mellis rosati â„¥ .ij. olei Rutae â„¥ .iij. Sachrari Rubei â„¥ i.ss Salis communisÊ’ iij vitellum ovi Noj fiat Enema Then without any further expectation to digest the matter for if it be not looked unto the same day the patient dieth we give these pills following or if the patient be so stupid that he cannot swallow them they may be dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Sage-water and so give it him in the form of a potion â„ž Pilularum Cochiarum Pilul foetidarum Pilulae anaÊ’ ss Pil. aurearum ℈ .j. misce cum syrupo de Stoecade f. pil No. 5. Then it is good to apply cupping glasses on the calfes of the legges Cucurbitulae and afterwards below the buttocks and ascending upwards till we come to the shoulders let his drink be oximel compos If he cannot swallow syrups put into his mouth a dram or two of the best Methridate for it is very profitable in this disease Methridatum both before and after evacuations keep his body loose and he may drink of the palsie drink which you shall find in the following Chapter Lastly â„ž Succini albi â„¥ ss pulp elect diarrhod Pulvis abbatisÊ’ ij radic poeniaeÊ’ i.ss fiat pulvis de quo capiatÊ’ j in aqua convenienâ—e ante novi-lunium River Riverius CHAP. II. PARALYSIS is a deprivation of sense 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and motion but not of the whole body as hapneth in the Apoplexie but one side or all the parts of the body are infected besides the head as the jaw the tongue the eye the foot the hand the arm and sometimes the lip The cause are gross and clammy humours Causa stopping the sinews hindring the animal faculty that it cannot come from the fountain to the members For the cure Curatio if you see cause open a veine of the sound side and draw blood by degrees because that nature may thereby send the matter from the part that is hurt Venae sectio to the part that is sound after bleeding or if perhaps the patient have not bled yet neverthelesse frictions and rubbings must be used on the sound part whereby the matter is diverted and also light rubbings and frictions to the part affected whereby natural heat may be stirred up then purge with such things that purge the flegm as these Pils following â„ž Pilulae Pilularum de hiera Simpl. ℈ .ij. Agarici troch Ê’.ss misce cum syrupo de stoecade fiant pil 5. which must be given to the patient at midnight or if you see cause you may make a potion that purgeth flegm The next is to drink often of the syrup of oximel and take a tent and dip it in mustard and put it into the nostril is very good and to drink of this decoction following is excellent â„ž Decoctio Glyzyrhyzae â„¥ .ij. Rorismarini Salviae Hyssopi Betonicae Stoecados an M.j. Bulliant in sufficienti quantitate aquae fiat decoctio Also Methridate Methridatum Sternutamentum Gargarismus drunk in this decoction a dragm at a time is said to be very good Lastly provoke sternutation and â„ž Rad. Angelicae Pyrethri Acori veri ana â„¥ ss herb Salviae Maioranae Thymi Hyssopi Platerus Origani ana M.j. Seminis sinapi â„¥ .ij. Staphisagr piperis longi ana â„¥ .j. nucis mosc â„¥ ss fiat decoctio in aquâ adde mellis scyllitici vel anthosati â„¥ i.ss misce Colluat vel gargariset os Plater us lib. 2. de funct laesio CHAP. III. VERTIGO is a disease 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 wherein the patient doth imagine that his head and all other things doth turn round and the brain is so affected that the eyes grow dark and dim that if the patient be not stayed up he falleth to the ground The cause is either of the brain Causae being distempered and evill-affected or of the mouth of
warm linnen cloathes and then anointed with oyle of Rew and castoreum O'cum castorei or oyle of dil and exetor and hypericon which you will and after they be well anointed bind them up with Wolves or Foxes skins if you can get them let them be bound up warm Sternutamentum and straight also use the sternutation and with the oyls aforesaid anoint the hole of the neck There is one thing more that is excellent in this cause Infusio me thridatum and that is the infusion of castoreum and a dram of methridate administred in oximel fasting in a morning if you see cause you may give it at twice If this disease happeneth by the biting or stinging of a venemous beast Medicamentum then bruise scabious to which mixe a little treakle with the yelk of an egge and so apply it upon the affected part if this disease chanceth through emptinesse it is such an evil Victus ratio as that it is almost incurable their cure is moyst soopings and fat broaths of mutton gellies made of chickins also soft frictions with oyles and their whole cure must alwayes be like the cure of hecticks now after he hath soopings and after he hath had frictions as aforesaid then take this Electuary following â„ž Conservae Buglossae violarum an â„¥ .j. Electuarium Manus Christi â„¥ ss nucleorum pini â„¥ ss DiamargritÊ’ 5. Syr. de stoecad q. s f. E. Then it will be very good to administer this clyster Take of the decoction of a capon one quart Clyster boyle in it Mallowes violet leaves of each alike barley â„¥ .ij. a lambs-head or a sheeps-head boyle them to a pinte and adde oyle of violets â„¥ iij. but the best way will be to boyle them in a larger quantity untill the flesh come from the bones and to adde your oyle of violets to one pinte if there be more it will serve for another clyster because you cannot well boyl a sheeps-head in a quart much lesse two heads if occasion should serve â„ž Mythridatii â„¥ ss Castorei â„¥ .ij. Linimentum unguenti martiati â„¥ ij olei mentae q. s fiat linimentum Fontanus lib. 1. cap. 25. Fontanus With this liniment let the spine of the back be anoynted morning and evening Quod illi a cerebro communicetur affectus Lastly â„ž Salviae pulegii betonicae majoranae Hyssopi Decoctio an M. ss Rad. foeniculi paeoniae an â„¥ ss Sem. faeniculi anisi an Ê’.j Florum betonicae Weckerus borrag an M.j. fiat decoctio deinde coletur dulcÃsque redatur potio cui denique addantur Syrupi de betonica de hyssopo ana â„¥ .ij. Weckerus lib. 2. pag. 407. De curatione convulsionis CHAP. VIII CEPHALALGIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Galenus Galen saith there are three paines in the head and they are sundry The first is Cephalalgia as aforesaid that is when the paine is new and tolerable The second is Cephalaea which is an old inveterate head-ache stubborn and confirmed The third is Hemicrania and doth occupy the half part of the head The cause of Cephalaea Causa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is abundance of blood and other humours or by the sharpnesse of humours and vapours contained within or without the scull and inflaming the head The signe is Signa exceeding pain continuing long and hard to cease upon which light occasion have very sharp and great fits followed so that the patient can neither abide noyse loud speech nor clear light drinking of wine nor savors that fill the brain but desireth for the greatnesse of the pain to sit or lie quiet in the dark supposing that his head were strucken with a hammer The cause of Hemicrania Causa 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is by the ascending or flowing of many vapours either hot or cold either by the veines or arteries or by both It is a painful evill Signa remaining in the one halfe of the head either in the right half or in the left of the head to be short the cures of the paines in the head are according to the diversity of causes But first I will shew you from whence it proceedeth whether from heat cold moysture or drinesse c. The signe of head-ache Signa caused of heat of the Sun is when a body tarry long in it having vehement pain you shall feel their head hot as soon as you touch it and their skin is drier than it was wont to be their eyes do look red and are delighted with the sprinkling and anointing of cold things The signe of head-ache caused of cold Signa outward as when the ayre is very cold especially when one tarry in it a long time bare headed or by applying suddenly any cold thing to the head the pain is vehement yet the head when it is felt on is not hot and the face and eyes do not look red nor their face is not drie and shrunk as that which is caused of outward heat but contrariwise full and pale their eyes are swollen and swarth and they feel ease by hot things The signes of head-ache caused of drinesse Signa are there come few excrements or none at all out of the nose If the eyes be hollow and the patient that is pained hath watched much before and the skin of the head is drier then it is a certain sign that it comes of driness The signe of head-ache caused of moysture Signa is meant either by moystening medicines or by the moyst ayre by bathes or the like There is much filth coming out of the nose the eyes puffed up and swelled and the patient sleepeth much while you judge of it be sure you mark whether it be hot and moyst or cold and moyst do cause the paine The signe of head-ache caused of blood Signa is when the veines swell the face and eyes be red the veines commonly when blood do much abound may be seen even to the smallest the the pulse is great and vehement the urine reddish and thick the veines of the temples do beat and the pain is heavinesse The signs of head-ache caused of choller Signa are the pain is like the head-ache caused through heat of the Sun but their pain is more sharp and pricking their head is moderately hot their face is pale and wan but the peculiar signe is bitterness of the mouth and driness of the nose eyes and tongue The signes of head-ache caused of flegme Signa are there be fulness and heaviness of the head and whiteness and moystness of the face moreover the sick will easily fall asleep he is slow his sences are dull and he aboundeth with moysture or excrements in his head this headache is apt to breed some ill infirmity if not looked to in time The signs of head-ache caused of windiness Signa are there be felt distension and streaching in the head without
say they is known by discoursing with him after the fit For the cure if it be caused of blood Curatio Venae-sectio you must begin with blood-letting and in women cut the inward vein in the anckle anointing the head with unguents or oyles that be cold and moyst to procure sleep And purge if you see cause with a cooling clyster Vomitus If it be caused of choller purge or vomit with such things as purge choller if the fits be violent and strong take this powder following Pulvit ℞ Take Brimstone Gunpowder Hypericon Mugwort Vervine powder of peony roots of each a like quantity in powder mixe them altogether cast a little on coles and hold his head over it CHAP. XII CATALEPSIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or conglation is a certain sudden detension both of the mind and of the body with the which whosoever is taken doth retain the same figure of the parts of the body which he had when he was taken whether he were sitting or lying from whence it is called of some Stupor vigilans because the sick is become sencelesse and altogether without motion This disease doth agree with the Apoplexy in this that as in the Apoplexy so in this disease the patient doth lose both sence and motion but herein it differeth because here the spirits themselves are affected and congealed and do remain as it were still and quiet and in whatsoever part of the body they are taken the parts do remain cold stiffe and hard but contrary in the Apoplexy The eyes of those that are Apoplectick are closed up The cause of this disease Causa is an exceeding cold and drie distemper of the brain by which it happeneth as well the brain as the animal spirits to be both congealed and dried this disease if it be not speedily cured it killeth the patient For the cure of this most grievous evil Curatio we must administer those things that do moderately heat and moysten and first a clyster which you shall find to be excellent it is made as followeth ℞ Floru camomeli meliloti ana M.ij. Clyster Mercurialis M. i.ss salviae Thimi pulegii Epithymi ana M.j. polypodii quer senae alex. an ʒ 5. Ellebori nigri ʒ.j coquantur in aqua q. s ad lib. j. colaturae addantur confect hamech ʒ.iij hieralogodiiʒ 6.ss mellis Ros ol com ana.ʒ.ij. salis com ʒ i. ss misce f. Enema Afterwards we use great clamors and noyse with painful bindings and rubbings of the extream parts the better to excite and stirre up the sick Sternutamentum Venae sectio for that purpose we administer also sneesings If this disease proceed from abundance of blood open a vein then afterwards use such oyntments and oyles as resolve such as be Ol. Anethi ol camomeli ol liliorum ana ℥ i.ss coquantur in iis cum hyssopi thimi Vnguentum postea addatur colatura castorei ℈ i. ss fiat ung s A. with which anoynt the cataleptick parts as the hinder part of the head or the like those oyles you use to bathe withall let them be oyle of Castoreum or Euphorbium Ol. Castor Euphorb and the like be sure to keep the body solluble in the cure then afterwards we give such things as are comfortable and have a property to comfort the brain and heart as followeth ℞ Electuarijum Theriacaeʒ j Diamusci dul laetificiantis Gal. ana ʒ ij ss Conservae Buglos anthos an ℥ ss Syrupi buglossati q. s ad Electuarii mollis Consistentiam Which must be given every morning the quantity of a Walnut curnell fasting also Dianthon Dianthon in the composition aforesaid will be very proper and thus thus briefly at this time I end this most dangerous disease called Catalepsis Concerning which if any one desire to be further satisfied Zacutus Lusitanus Theophra-Perdulcis let him read Zacutus Lusitanus Tom. 2. lib. 1. de curatione morb pag. 175. Tom. 1. lib. 1. pag. 81. Theophrastus lib. 1. pag. 25. Perdulcis lib. 13. cap. 12 CHAP. XIII ANGINA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an Inflamation of the larinx or weasand and of the rest of the parts of the throat which doth hinder both breathing and swallowing this disease is very dangerous if not looked to in time because he can hardly draw breath nor receive nourishment The cause for the most part is of blood Causa flowing from the jugular veines in which there is great store or else from a bilous or cholerick blood Angina notha or else from some defluxion of a cold humour and then it is called Angina notha or bastard squinsie For the signes Signa if it proceed of blood there is a full pulse and great difficulty of swallowing and breathing rednesse in the tongue and face with a troublesome fever if it proceed of a chollerick blood then there is a very sharp and acute fever with intolerable burnings and with bitternesse of the mouth if it proceed from a cold humour then there is much moysture little or no fever the pain is lesse and the tumor more lax We must at the first open a vein under the tongue because there is need of present help Curati◠Venae-sectio but if it hath gone past three dayes do not open a vein without the concurrance of some other learned man give all cooling things and make a Gargarisme with strawbury leaves Gargarismas woodbind and fivefinger of each alike boyle them in fair water and in the latter end of the boyling put in a little Allum and honey gargarise the throat often To cure the squinsie caused of a cold humour as flegme take Sturcus canis album beaten to fine powder and drink it in this gargarisme Calamenthae fiat decoctio dissolve allom with oximel or let the foresaid powder be blown into the throat through a quill Also to gargarise with thin mustard is good and administer a clyster But above all if the body be bound give such a quantity of jallap Jalapium in oximel as you shall think proper which I have found by experience to be excellent good and some have been perfectly cured therewith Also this Ecligma following is good ℞ Piperisʒ ss croci myrrhae ana scrup j. mell Ecligma despumati lb. ss misce ad modum lohoc Rondeletius cui adde stercoris canic ossa rodentis ʒ.ij Rondeletius lib. Lambitium Marquardus secund method curand morb cap. 5. Vel ℞ Lohoch sani experti de pino mithridat an ℥ .j. Syr. de hyssopo ℥ ss misce CHAP. XIV PLVRITIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the plurisie is an inward inflammation or apostumation of the upper skin girding the ribs or sides within The cause is an abundance of hot blood Causa flowing unnaturally to that part and this is pluritis vera it taketh its name from the part affected called plura The signe
medicines following are approved to be very good for cleansing the ulcer Hydromel alone and Mulsa remembring alwayes when we will deterge and cleanse the Ulcer we must give the honey cruide but to glutinate and joyn up the honey must be boyled but if you will have a medicine that shall both deterge and consolidate take this â„ž following â„ž Lohoch de pul vulpis lohoch sanum ana â„¥ .j. Lohoch Syr. ros siccarum de glyzyrhyzoe de hyssopo capil vene tussila consarvae Rosarum ana â„¥ ss misceantur And let the patient take thereof often with a stick of Liqueress also a fume of colts foot is very profitable and for the same purpose this Ecligma following is good ♃ Consar Ecligma consolida major Capil vene ana â„¥ ss cons Rosarum â„¥ .j. lohoch è pul vulpis .j. lohoch e. pino Ê’.ij pul diatragaganth frig Ê’.iij bolus arm Ê’.j.ss syr papa q. s.f misceo And in like manner this powder following is found by experience to be exceeding good in the Ptisick â„ž Sem. papaveris alb Ê’.i.ss gummi Arabici Pulvis amyli gum tragaganthae anaÊ’ i. ss Sem. Acetosae endiviae ana Ê’ i. ss Sem. Citoniorum mundat Ê’.ij sem Melonum Cucurbitae Citruli Cucumuris ana â„¥ i.ss Succi glyzyrrhizae Ê’ ij pulmonis vulpis Ê’.i.ss penidiarum ad pondus omnium misce torrefiant levi torrefactione omnia deinde sub pulverizeÌ„tur Then take of the same powder two dragmes Mixtura with syrrup of poppies and Injubes of either â„¥ j. colts-foot water â„¥ .iij. mixe it and give it to the patient lukewarm in the evening at his entrance into bed Asses milk is very profitable As Haustus lactis asinini recenter mulcti â„¥ 6. sacchar alb â„¥ ss misce CHAP. XIX PALPITATIO CORDIS is an immoderate elevation and depression of the heart against nature the new sorts of Physicians do wrongfully call it Cardiaca passio Cardiaca passio for that is an effect of the mouth of the stomack it self and not of the heart The cause is either a distemper Causa or the multitude of an humour contained in the outward skin that goeth about the heart or else swelling contrary to nature and such like The signe is knowne by the pulse Signa for in a hot distemper there cometh a fever and the pulse is swift and great and their urine very high coloured In a cold distemper the contrary If plenty of an humour contained in the upper skinne of the heart do cause beating thereof then the pulse is soft and feeble Indeed it is easily known by the words of the patient who doth feel the beating and panting The cure is performed according to the diversity Curatio of causes If it be caused of a cold cause or the multitude of a cold humour Purgatio then purge with such a purgation as you shall think proper by the water Decoctio and to administer the drink set down in the Chapter of the palsie And amongst simple medicines these be profitable Amber musk saffron wood of aloes styrax cloves and mace among compounds these are good Elect. diamber dianthos Species Aromaticum Rosarum diamargariton callidum Electuarium of these you may make Electuaries and lozinges and of the simple medicines use the oyles thereof as anoynt outwardly the region of the heart with oyle of saffron cloves mace Oâ—â—um amber and the like Those that be vexed with beating of the heart caused off a hot distemper they must have remedy by cold medicines which can correct the hot distemper and adde strength to the heart as those be among simples as Roses Violets Borage flowers of water-lillies Saunders Corall Camphere and such like amongst compounds be these Diamargariton frigidum diarrhod Abbat Conserve of Roses Violets Buglosse of all which may be made Potions Juleps or Electuaries Lastly this Epithema following is good to strengthen and comfort the heart â„ž Aq. meliss lavendul rorismar â„¥ .iij. oinnam Epithema Hercules Saxonia seric crud incis caryoph nuc moschat an Ê’.j croci gr vj. m. cum panno serico f. Epithema Hercul Sax. lib. 2. cap. 8. CHAP. XX. CONCRETIO LACTIS is caused through abundance of milk Causa which is not drawne forth it is caused also of some hot distemper when through overmuch heat the thinner part of the milk is digested and dissolved and the rest groweth together and turneth into curds it may also be caused of cold which may cause the milk to congeale and turn to curds For the sign Signa there needs no tokens to know this evill for it is known by and by both by touch and the patients words For the cure Curatio Victus ratio the diet is divers according to the diversity of causes for in a hot distemper of the paps their diet must be of a cooling quality in a cold distemper contrary If it chance through grossenesse of the milk then there must be an extenuating diet If there be abundance of milk not being as yet curded it must by little and little be sucked out If heat cause the curding of the milk then anoynt them with juice of Nightshade also apply oyle of Roses and vinegar also a Lilly root rosted and stamped with oyle of Roses Cataplas ma. Oleum and applyed is good If it be a cold distemper anoynt the paps with oyle of cammomel dill and lillies beware you touch not the nipple also this Emplaster following is held to be excellent good Emplastrum Take honey half an ounce styrax callamite three dragms of oxes gall two dragms oyle of Cammomell â„¥ .ij. Myrrh and Frankinsence of either two ounces make an Emplaster according to Art In a cold cause oyle of wormwood is good also women use linseed oyle and searge cloath thereof Oleum with good successe Also you may use this Liniment â„ž Pulv. fol. menthae sem coriandri anaÊ’ ij Linimentum Sennertus ol anethini unc j. cerae q. s fi Linimentnm Vel â„ž Fol. Cataplasma malvae caulium coctorum per setaceum trajectorum ana unc j. farinae lentium unc sem lini foenigr fabr ana unc ss pingued gallinae ol lil albor ana q. s fi Cataplasma Sennert Tom. 3. lib. 4. part 3. cap. 3. Sennertus Ad resolvendum autem lac concretum exhibeantur quae lac concretum dissolvunt ut â„ž Rad. foenic. eryngii ana unc j. fol. malvae M. Decoctio Sennertus j. foeniculi virid M. ss Sem. anisiÊ’ j. coq in q. s aq pro lb. j. Col. adde syr de duab radic oximel s ana unc ij Mâ—sce CHAP. XXI INFLAMMATIO MAMMARVM Causa is caused of abundance of hot blood flowing to the paps sometimes through milk curded and turned to suppuration and matter the aforesaid causes are easie to discern asunder for the first cause of Inflammation chanceth
blood Venae sectio a vein may be opened alwayes providing that you keep accustomed evacuations And to use moderate exercise after the taking of this loch in mornings or before meales is good â„ž Conserv Rosa Rub. â„¥ .j. pul Ireos Lohoch sulphur liquiritiae anaÊ’ j. Anisi Ê’ j. Tussilag q s fi lohoch Which must be taken the quantity of a Walnut curnel last at night and first in the morning and in the day time between meales Wormwood here is also very profitable and to eat three figs every morning Matthiolus Ficuum EmplastruÌ„ madufied in Aqua vitae Matthiolus doth much commend it lastly to apply to the brest a plaster of figs barly meal having rosin honey and wax commixed with it and to anoint the brest with oyles of Ireos Dill and Rew. Oleum For the cure of that which is like a botch hath need of medicines to atenuate and drie It must be cured with aromatick things Theriaca Methridatum Theriaca c. Diamber Aromaticum Rosarum Diamargariton callidum and many such other like remembring you keep accustomed evacuations and moderate exercise For the cure of the green sicknesse Curatio Victus ratio Febris virginea the first intention is to prescribe a fit and convenient diet such as is Rabbets Chickens Veale rost reare-egges or the like and if you will take a right course some kind of women must be stented of their meat and drink or else they cannot be cured that beer they do drink should be of the best beer and they must beware of meats that are scorched and must leave at meales with an appetite they must eat no trash as milk roots fish green fruit and no salt things and drinking after supper to bedward or fasting a mornings is not good the second intention is to take a vomit with Alsaron Vomitus Venae-sectio the third to bleed of the foot and to take of this drink following a quarter of a pint at a time ExercitiuÌ„ every morning fasting and to use exercise after it either to work or play is very profitable Take new beere three pintes when it is in the fat wrought ready to tunne boyle in it herb-grace Decoctio and unset hysop of either a handfull red Currants a quarter of a pound untill half be wasted then strain it and adde a little saffron The fourth intention is to take this Electuary following â„ž Electâ—ariuÌ„ Cons Rosarum Rub. â„¥ i. ss confect Gariophil Ê’.ij Ireos-Chalybs ana Ê’.iij spec Arom Rosat pul cinemomi anaÊ’ ss syr de Hyssopo q. s.f Elect. Molle Take of this every morning fasting Lozenge Vinum absynthium the quantity of a Walnut curnel and eat a piece of Lozenge after it and drink three or four spoonfulls of Worm-wood wine and exercise by degrees Some have been helped by this ♃ Take two penniworth of nutmegs Pulvis as much mace and as much saffron powder them fine and adde a quarter of a pound of sugar and three penniworth of prepared steel mix them probatum est CHAP. XXVI SYNCOPE 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a sudden and swift fayling of the strength and it is a terrible symptom because it is the image of death for both natural animal and vital chiefly do fail from hence it happeneth that there is no pulse nor respiration sence and motion is abolished The face is wan and pale the extream parts are chill and moyst with a faint sweat For the cause Causa it may come by immoderate watchings anger sorrow great cares suddain fears intollerable pain acute fevers immoderate emptinesse famine sweats labours vomitings exceeding fluxes losse of blood a soddain emptying of water as in the dropsie oftentimes it proceedeth from abundance of grosse cruid rotten sharp and biting humours which do daily check and as it were fill the mouth of the stomack in such sort that the passages of the spirits are obstructed that their motion is intercepted even as it is when respiration is let and hindred as it is when abundance of humours are concluded in the passages of the lungs that the sick cannot draw in ayre to serve for the cooling of the heart For the cure Curatio Vinum Galenus it is according to the diversity of causes Galen in every swounding doth commend wine which otherwise in burning fevers is dangerous nevertheless it may be used sparingly in time of intermissions so it be diluted with Buglosse Borage and such like Odors and sweet smells do comfort very much except choaking of the mother be the cause then sweet odors must be received underneath and to the nostrils apply things that be foetid and stinking as Castoreum Assafoetida and burnt haire besides we cause sternutation Sternutamentum which if the patient cannot do it is a most manifest sign of death If it proceeds from poyson if we know the venim we administer the proper antidote if not we give treakle or methridate If Cardialgia Cardial stomachica Medicamentum and Stomachica do follow the syncope then we take a toste of bread moystened in wine and scatter on it the powder of Nutmegs and Cloves and so apply it to the stomach but not upon the heart and this is to be observed that nothing repaires the spirits so soon as wine because it is vaporous and hath a great affinity with the the spirits but some will say why do they sprinkle cold water on the face I answer because that the heat and the spirits flying outwards may be driven and turned back from their circumference unto their Center yet cold water must not be used in the syncope of a flux Theriaâ—a Galenus for thereby the flux will be increased but rather use new Treakle for Galen affirmeth it stayeth all super-purgations and fluxes if it hapneth through immoderate sweats then we sprinkle the face with Rose-water campherated Olâ—râ—sâ—â—um and rub the body with cold linnen and anoint it with oyle of Roses If it cometh through inanition or emptiness as immoderate watching much venery famin and two much exercise or violent motion then sprinkle the face with wine and let them smell to mint-water and administer some cordial Electuary Electuarium cord as you shall think proper remembring you put in new Treakle or Methridate If it be caused through vomiting use frictions below if through a flux use frictions above and wine is most proper in the syncope coming of emptinesse Ranzovius Ranzovius doth much commend this water following affirming that by the continual use of it one lived to the age of 129. yeares â„ž Cinnamomi electi cubebarum galangae Aqua vitae caryophyllorum nucis moschatae zingiberis ana â„¥ .iij. Salviae lb.j. â„¥ .ij Haec omnia macera in duabus lb. â„¥ .4 aquae vitae cpt circulatae distilla I have oftentimes given a quarter of a spoonfull of this cordial following to such as
excited The outward signes are smoak and dust If it be caused through a cold distemper Signa they spit out nothing while they cough neither is it so violent but may be eased by holding the breath because through holding the breath the instruments of breathing that were vexed with cold do waxe hot and contrary they are provoked with breathing oftentimes to cough their face is pale and they are not thirsty If a hot distemper be the cause there is felt thirst and often breathing do relieve and succour them it is also sharp and more tedious and they spit but little this is a thin hot Rhoume distilling from the head to the Trachaea arteria and sometimes happeneth in the plurisie For the cure in a cold cause Curatio which for the most part happeneth in winter may be helped with hot things his neck and feet are to be kept warm Oleum and oyles of mace dill and lillies be good to anoint the brest and if he have a plethorick body give a purgation made by the judgement of the water If a thin cold Rheume give penedice in every sooping they take and syrrup of oximel is wondrous proper Oximel If from thin and sharp humours then ingross it with syrrups of violets foals-foot and maidens-hair and stay the distilling humour with such things as you shall find proper in Catarrhus In a hot cause first an Apozem as you shall see proper after take mallowes M. 6 currents Apozema M. 3 stamp them together Decoctio then take Liquoress â„¥ j. boyle them in four pints of water till halfe be wasted strain it and adde stone-sugar â„¥ .ij. Syrrup of violets â„¥ j. give the patient five or sixe spoonefulls at a time last at night first in the morning about ten in the forenoon Syr. de papavere erratico and four in the afternon also syrrup of poppies in poppy water or given alone is good CHAP. XXX PICa is a languishing of the stomach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with a provoking and desire of vomit or casting of meat received and sometimes vomiting of chollar and flegme or it is a certain desire of vitious and unwholesome meats for they desire strange things as raw-flesh shells coals chaulk lime salt vinegar old rags rotten leather tar candles one I knew would eat tobacco-pipes The cause according to Piso is a hurtful action of the animal faculty which doth erre Pisco and not desire good nourishment the part affected is the mouth of the stomach as may be perceived by the appetite this disease hapneth for the most part to young women being repleat and full of naughty humours but chiefly when they are with child sometimes to maides and girles and such as are troubled with Cachexia which is an evill state of the whole body with a waterish disposition whereby it waxeth loose and soft the cause signe and cure you shall have in its proper Chapter For the signe of pica or malacia Signa Malacia is that if there be shed burnt and black chollar in the stomach they desire such things as are acrid and sharp as coales ashes tobacco-pipes and all such things as are drie If salt humours they desire those things that are salt some have referred the cause of this disease to be crudity corruption of the whole body which being communicated to the mouth of the stomach they will have it to be affected by consent in like manner there do appear daily spittings gnawing of the mouth of the stomach If there be flegmatick humours heavinesse and according to the variety of vitious humours and patient doth desire the foresaid divers and strange meats This disease for the most part as I said before happeneth to young women with child about the fourtieth day from conception and do continue often untill the fourth month and then it ceaseth partly because vitious humours are avoyded by vomit and partly because they are concocted by reason that about those times the woman receiveth but little nourishment through a loathsomenesse partly because the multitude is diminished by evacuation that in the first two months the child draweth but little to it self because it is but small of growth but in the increase it doth require more nourishment so much as it draweth something that is vitious as well as good and so it happeneth that the whole body becometh more empty from that vitious quality and is lesse offended with naughty humours As for women with child Curatio Viâ—ctus Ratio they seldom make use of a physician but if any do prescribe a sparing diet as chickens rabbets or the like with parseley but nothing that is fat a mornings to eat almonds and reysons of the Sun and oximel and to drink muscadel in the day time is good but suffer not much drink to be drunk because the meat will swimme and if a plethorick body give clysters Vomitus or provoke gentle vomits but not in the first month for danger of Abortive or if a child laboureth of this disease use the means prescribed in the Chapter of Canina appetentia if it take hold on men which is but seldom known Vomitus first prepare the humour with oximel and then administer such a vomit as you shall know to be proper If chollar be adust and scorcheth prepare the humour with this Apozem following â„ž Syr. de Rhabar â„¥ j. syr Rosarum sol â„¥ ss Apozema Decoction Sennae q. s.f Apozema Let it be taken the one half over night and the other half in the morning after this give such a purgation as you shall know to be proper by the water or if need be give stomachal pills Pilulae which are wondrous proper to take one pill at a time one hour before supper when they have gone a day and have not had a stoole or they may purge good roundly with 7 or 9 at a time Syrrup of Rhubarb is good for children Syrrup de rhabarbaro and so is honey and muscadel but indeed they must be diligently admonished and must be constrained from the use of such unwholesom feeding those of reason must hearken to perswasion and children must be made to forbear with the Rod After purging or vomiting â„ž Julepus Platerus Aquae mens ij succi granat vel agrestae â„¥ ij Sacchari â„¥ ss coquatur parùm Vel â„ž Julepus Platerus Aquarum acetosae endiviae ana lb. ij sucei Ribes vel agrestae vel granat â„¥ .iij. succi limonum vel pomorum acid parum coquantur addito saccharo vel sine eo â„ž Electuarium Platerus Conser ros â„¥ .ij. conser acetosae â„¥ .j. cons viol bugloss nenuph. ana â„¥ ss Rob. de ribes q. s.f Electuarium In a cold cause you may use outwardly Oleum nucis moschatae Oleum caryophyllorum absynthii menthae c. In a hot cause Oleum Rosaceum myrrhinum cotoneorum Weckerus cum aceto
adhibitum Weckerus lib. 2. pag. 471. CHAP. XXXI ANOREXIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa or losse of appetite is for the most part caused through aboundance of cruid and raw humours lurking in the stomach or oppressed through nourishment corrupted sometimes it is caused by consent as from a defluxion of the brain from whence a thin wheyish matter is sent unto the stomach or else from the liver being strongly affected for it happeneth oftentimes upon the recovery of some sharp and acute disease that there is left behind a weaknesse of the stomach Also a chollerick humour pressing the mouth of the stomach may cause this evil and also it happeneth in fevers and especially in Synochus not putrified because through the aboundance of blood there is no attraction For the sign Signa in a hot cause there is felt gnawing in the stomach a desire to vomit and thirst sometimes a fever with rotten humours but contrary in a cold cause the part affected is the mouth of the stomach In a hot cause or chollerick humor Curatio Victus Ratio a cold diet must be prescribed moderate sleep quietnes must be used or provoked his body must be kept soluble if you see cause give a vomit Vomitus if otherwise purge with this Apozem following ℞ Syr. de Rhabarb ℥ j. Rosarum ℥ ss Decoct Apozema sennae q. s.f Apozema In time of year sallets are good with lettice succory vinegar and sugar and such like in a cold cause first vomit or else purge which you shall find to be most proper by the water with his meat let there be given mustard or else cloves cinnamon pepper and vinegar with sugar or tarragant is good with mutton or capers and to drink on mornings wormwood-wine is wondrous proper also Electuaries Lozenges Vinum absynth and the like but for the poorer sort first vomit or purge and drink wormwood beer Lastly refrain all kind of trash and take of this Electuary following ℞ Rosarum Ligni Aloës anaʒ vj macis Electuarium latificans Rhasis nucis moschatae galliae moschatae cardamomi utriusque cinnamomi croci ana ʒ ij cyperiʒ v caryophyllorum mastiches spicae nardi Asari anaʒ iij. melle emblicarum excipe moschi gr xv aromatiza Datur à . ʒ adʒ iij Rhasis If you see cause Ceratum you may apply outwardly Ceratum stomachale and use some of the oyles prescribed in the former Chapter CHAP. XXXII SITIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hath a twofold cause natural and animal The natural is by natural inclination to require a cold and moist substance for to supply the place of the substance that was dissipated wasted and spent but the animal appetite is when the stomach feeling it self to be empty of moysture doth desire drink as happeneth in burning fevers Sometimes falt humours are the cause Causa and drinking of old wine the part affected is the mouth of the stomach either by it self or by consent with the heart or liver and chiefly by the inferiour parts thereof or with the lungs or by the veines of the Mesenterium or the Jejunum inflamed for those parts are accompanied with a hot and drie distemperature and indeed hapueth for the most part in hot and putrified fevers in hydropsies and such like As for the sign it is needlesse Signa for it may be known by the patients words if the stomach be heavie and dull it signifies repletion if falt humours that 's known by the patients eating of salt things if the cause be windinesse there is felt extension if chollar bitter belchings and extream thirst if sharp humours biting gnawing and such like If the cause be an hot inflammation Curatio he must abstain from hot things salt things and immoderate exercise and if a plethorick body Venae sectio open a vein and administer an Apozem made as you shall see fit and a Julep made as followeth Julepus Take French barley ℥ i. ss French pruins ℥ .iv. boyl them in a sufficient quantity of water untill half be wasted strain it and adde plantin wator ℥ .ij. conserve of barberries ℥ j. mixe them and drink thereof often and hold the conserve of aforesaid in your mouth letting it dissolve by degrees adde to the julep loafe-sugar and if it proceed of drunkenness drink Aqua hordei if it cometh of salt humours Julepus as in the scurvie then drink Aqua fumariae syrrupus fumariae make a julep and drink thereof Also purging is good and refrain salt things But when it chance to those that have burning fevers then give them Posca that is Posca vinegar and water sodden together if you will Aqua spermatis ranarum you may adde conserve of barberries and Aqua spermatis Ranarum is very effectual mixed either with some cooling syrrup or conserve or given by it self a spoonfull at a time Sperma ant semen ranarum colligitur mense Martio Destillatur autem per alembicum vitreum Quercetanus CHAP. XXXIII NAVSEA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a naughty and wicked motion of the expulsive faculty of the stomach It is caused of a vitious humour contained in Causa the stomach being either hot or cold which humour either swimmeth in the concavity or hollownesse of the stomach or it is stuffed in the filmes thereof cleaving like bird-lime sometimes great exercise after meales sayling on the seas and over fat meats or stopping of the Menstruis may be the cause In a hot cause Signa you shall find the sign in the Chapter of weakness of the stomach if vitious humours do swim in the stomach then for the most part vomiting followeth If a tough humour like bird-lime be drowned in the cotes of the stomach it causeth a disposition to vomit but bringeth forth nothing also a dulnesse throughout the whole body As touching the cure of vomiting Curatio you must note in the beginning it ought not to be stopped if the sick be the better for it especially if such things be purged as ought to be it is also good and may be suffered if not it is evill for the cure Clyster the readiest way is sleep if it may be procured as in a hot cause if the body be costive administer a cooling clyster adding thereto oyle of violets ℥ .iij. or give gr iij. of laudanum Paracel which is good providing the body be first made soluble also infuse a piece of bread in white-wine vinegar or rose-vinegar and bruise it in a morter Ceratum and adde thereunto powder of cinnamon cloves red-roses or the like this may be applyed to their stomachs warm if children be troubled with vomiting give syrrup of Rhubarb Cataplasma such a quantity as fitteth the age and strength of the child and you may take cammomel wormwood mint and porret of either half a handfull boyle them in halfe a pinte of wine-vinegar and thicken it
exercise of the former life let passe for a time 2. The second is when watery blood like the water wherein new killed flesh have been washed or soaked which chanceth through weakness of the liver is sent forth 3. The third is when there is sent forth an humour more shining and blacker than that which is natural being commixt of blood and Melancholy 4. The fourth kind in which by little and little and between whiles is cast out pure blood yet sometimes clodded and shavings of the bowels cometh out with pure blood and many times thick dung sprinkled with drops of blood of this fourth kind I shall treat at this time and let passe the other three The cause of this last kind is through exulceration of the bowels Causa caused many times through outward cold heat and moystnesse sometimes through pernicious medicines as scammomy eating of fruit or sharp and soure meates crudity and rawness or through sharp and gnawing humours flowing from the whole body to the belly or ingendred in the belly it selfe and this doth sometimes begin after Tenasmus the excrements are cholerick diverse and fatty because the fat that cleaveth within the bowels is melted so that when the Superficies of the bowels are bare and the exulceration abiding about it then the excrements be dreggy and bloody but when the ulcer is pierced deeper then there is sent forth filthinesse having as it were little pieces of parchment commixed with it so that if it be not stopped it eateth the places nigh unto it and sendeth forth such excrements as are wont to runne from dead bodies 1. Signa When the small guts are exulcerate there is pain about the Navill the excrements are chollerick the patient feeleth grief and frettings and gnawings so that the patient is not farre from fainting they are not thirsty and feverous the excrements are cruid and raw and the bowel Jejunium is exulcerate sometimes though seldom and sometimes they vomit and abhorre meats 2. But if the exulceration be ingendred in the great bowels there the ordour is pure and much heaped together coming out with windinesse and frothinesse mixed with fatnesse blood swimming aloft the knowledge of this greatly helpeth to the cure 1. Curatio If the exulceration be in the upper or small bowels you must cure it by medicines given at the mouth If in the great or lower bowels it must be done by clysters be the cause what it will endeavour to procure rest and give them little meat milk is good and Rice with milk if there be no fever marmalad of Quinces Plantin boyled in the juyce of French pruins with balaustia no flesh except Birds or Rabbits c. Chalybs steel quenched in running-water is good If the stomach be weak give restringent wine not very old amongst syrrups take plantin knotgrasse purslain sharp mulberries Balaustia Frankincense Terra lemnia and grape curnels all these restrain the tallow of goats swine geese and hens these asswage the acrimony which should be first looked to that thereby the patient may be eased Hares creem Harts-horn burnt the shells of Crabs running water and sage these drie up This clyster following is good for Dysenteria though the cause resteth in the great bowels as well as in the small and better â„ž Fol. Ros Rub. Plantag Centinodium Clyster Consol Maior prim veris ana M. ss BalaustiaÊ’j Rad. Consol Maior â„¥ ss Rice burnt one ounce seethe them all in running water wherein hath been quenched steel strain it and adde the juice of plantin Ê’ ij Bolus arm Ê’j goats tallow â„¥ .j. oyles of Roses Myrtills Quinces of either â„¥ .j. make a Clyster now though this Clyster be set down at large yet you may direct one for a poor body not so costly with some of the Engredients This clyster is most proper for the Dysenteria in the great bowels 2. If the exulceration be in the small bowels then give unto them such things as you shall find proper in Diarrhaea use syrrup of dried Roses Myrtils and Quinces apply this Cerate outwardly â„ž Ceratum Ol. Mastic Rosarum Myrti Cidoniorum an â„¥ .j. fol. Ros Rub. Plantag anaÊ’ j BalaustiaÊ’ j Bolus arm Ê’.j Mastic Ê’ ij Barley meal Ê’ ij wax and Rosin as much as suffiâ—eth to make a Cerate some medicines you may find in the Chap. of Colerica passio The infusion of Rhubarb is of some praised Infusio Oleum vitrtoli and of others suspected but oyle of vitrial is much commended in plantin water the distilled water of the spawn of frogs is an excellent Remedy Aqsperm ranarum if it be well made if the patient be weak make him broath with chickins with a little cinamon 1. Clyster If there be deep excoriation make a clyster with the decoction of brann and â„¥ ij of deer suet clysters of milk is good for either of them 2. Purgatio If it happens through contagion of Ayre at the first give a strong potion of Rhubarb infused in plant in water with a little cinamon and then a little treakle or methridate in cinamon or treakle water is excellent But after purging endeavour next to procure rest either with Laudanum or something else and then give a scruple of treakle or methridate in c. Theriaca mithridat as aforesaid forbare bleeding or purging except with Rhubarb many have been cured with Harts-horn burnt others take hard bones of Beef or Pork calcined or burned untill they be white made into powder and so drunk in ordinary drinks continually with some few drops of cinamon water and cinamon and nutmegs in powder are good This unguent following is wondrous proper to procure rest â„ž Olei nymphaeae VnguentuÌ„ violarum unguenti populeonis an â„¥ ss Opii gr iij. Croci gr iv fiat unguentum quo nares tempora inungantur Rauzonius Rauzonius Lastly let this chyster be administred for it is effectual in Dysenteria â„ž Succi plantaginis arnoglossae portulacae an Clyster Gorraeus â„¥ iij. boli armeni sanguinis draconis amili an Ê’ i. ss seni hircini vel capriniÊ’ j velÊ’ i. ss vel â„¥ ij fiat Clyster Gorraeus pag. 153. CHAP. XLII TENASMVS is a continual desire to go to stoole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with extension and straining out of the right gut called Intestivum rectum being stopped avoyding nothing except it be a little blood or filthy matter like snivel or snot 1. Causa The cause is sometimes through outward cold 2. Sometimes through sharp chollerick humours 3. Sometimes through salt flegme 4. Sometime through impostumation 5. Sometimes through inflammation ingendred in the streight gut 6. Sometimes the blind gut is stopped with hard dung 1. Signa The sign is as various if it be caused of cold it is known by the tale of the sick whether he hath set on any cold stone c. 2. If chollerick it is known by the colour
length the swelling will be destroyed and made plain Forestus Tom. 1. lib. 11 obs 45. Forestus doth much commend the fat of a cock to bathe the pimple called Hordeolum with and also the decoction of Cammomel CHAP. XI MYDRIASIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the dilatation of the pupil of the eye It happeneth either by nature Causa as from the default of the first conformation which is uncurable or by chance as a blow fall or contusion upon the eye which causeth the offspring of a humour to flow down from the brain First open a vein Curatio Venae-sectio then use cupping-glasses with scarrification and frictions whereby the defluxion may be hindered Take the blood of a turtle-dove pigeon or chickin reaking hot out of the veines and poure it upon the eye then apply thereto this Cataplasme ℞ Parinae fabar hordei ana ℥ iij. ol rosar Cataplas myrtillorum an ℥ i.ss pul ireos flor ʒ.ij cum sapa fiat cataplasma Also this fomentation following is good to foment with a spunge ℞ Rosar rub myrtill an m. j. florum melil Fomentatio chamaem an p. j. nucum cupress ℥ .j. vini austeri l. ss aq ros Plantag an ℥ .iv. fiat decoctio ℞ Syr. de betonica ℥ .iv. capiat ij Syrupus cochlearia bis in die Forestus To. 1. lib. 11. obser 28. CHAP. XII HYPOPYON 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the suppurate or putrefied eye Sometimes it is caused by a defluxion Causa and sometimes it cometh after an inflammation sometimes by a stroak through which occasion a vein being opened hath poured forth blood thither which may presently be turned into pus or quitture Evacuate the matter the Corea being opened at the Iris Curatio in which place all the coats meet you may cleanse the ulcer with Hydromel or the like There are divers other affects of the eyes as the Hydatis Hydatis Proptôsis or fatnesse of the eye-lids Proptôsis or the falling or starting forth of the eye Chemôsis Chemôsis or the turning up of the eye-lids Pterygion Pterygion Staphyloma or web of the eye Staphyloma or grape-like swelling These affects of the eyes and their cures are also so well known to expert chyrurgions that for brevities sake I will omit them without giving you either the causes signes or cures of them because I have been large in the former affects of the eyes So that the cure of the former may serve for the cure of these Forestus If you desire to be further satisfied see Forestus Tom. 1. lib. 11. de morb occul palpeb CHAP. XIII DOLOR AVRIVM pain of the eares Causa is caused in some through cold taken in a journey by cold winds 〈◊〉 also it chanceth to many through a hot distemper or inflammation sometimes sharp and biting humours do cause pain in the eares If cold be the cause Curatio Clyster administer a sharp clyster made with rew balme bettony wormwood bay-leaves and rosemary also a poultis of the same herbs Cataplas with oyle of cammomel would do well and drop into the cares a little oyle of bitter almonds make a cake of Rye-meal and water when it is well baked split it and lay on English hony apply it to the pained ears hot and upon the cake a hot brick or tyle so do three or four times I once used it with good successe ℞ Ol. amygd dul Chamaem an ℥ .i. ss ol Oleum lilliorum viol an ℥ .ij. misce injiciantur in aurem This is good in a hot cause If there be an impostume ℞ Seminis lini faenugr an ℥ ss flor Cataplas chamaem melil ros an p. j. rad bistortae ℥ j. fiat decoctio contundantur fiat cataplasma CHAP. XIV SONITVS AVRIVM sound and noise of the eares is for the most part ingendred of windy vapours Causa or of gross and clammy humours It may be caused through weaknesse of the members and of outward things as of cold heat or a blow on the head First purge with a dragm of head pills Curatio Pilulae Sternutamentum if nothing prohibit And let sweet fennel-seed be baked in his bread Every third morning let him take sneesing-powder and drop into the eares every night certain drops of oyle of rew Oleum and aniseed and keep the eares stopt with cotten wool This Electuary following is good ℞ Electuarium Conserv flor rorism ℥ ij species diambrae Dianthos an ℈ ij ol roris succini an Gut iij. Syr. de stoechade quant sufficit fiat Electuarium If the cause proceed from the stomach Vomitus Theriaca Venet. admiminister a vomit Lastly a dragm of Venus-treakle given in posset-ale wherein rosemary is boyled is excellent Forestus Vinum Forestus doth direct wine to be drunk in this affect and the decoction of Coriander seed prepared CHAP. XV. SVRDITAS gravis auditus deafnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and slow hearing It doth beginne sometimes at ones birth and sometimes afterwards It chanceth either through cholerick humours flying upwards Causa or through crude and grosse humours stopping the hearing First administer a dragm of head pills Curatio Pilulae cochiae Oleum or give him the infusion of senne and sweet fennel-seed Take an onyon rost it soft stamp it and strain out the juyce mixe it with a little fresh goos-grease and drop three or four drops at a time often into the ears and then stuffe them with black cotten wool and let him keep his head very warm The juice of coal-worts mixed with white-wine is good for the same purpose Fumigatio Stern tamentum Let him receive the fumes of frankincense and amber into his ears Also provoke sneesing Let him lean his ear upon a quill or reed having one end made fit for the ear and the other for the pot let there be in the pot wormwood mints marjoram stoechas rew seeds of dill and cummin sodden in water that the vapour may passe into the course of hearing Oyle of Rew and Castoreum Ol. caster are good to drop into the eares so is the vapour of vinegar taken with a reed ℞ Scoriae ferri ℥ j. decoq. Rondeletius in vino Injectio quod postea injiciatur in aurem CHAP. XVI PAROTIDES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be inflammations which are wont to issue in the kernels which be by the eares It is caused of abundance of hot blood Causa which is either mixed with choller flegm or melancholy sometimes of humours compact in the head and sometimes Parotides breaketh out in feavers If fulnesse of blood be the cause Signa then there is vehement pain if cholerick blood they seem much like Erysipelas if of melancholy blood they do not vex with vehement pain they are hard but do not look red If of flegmatick blood in the swelling they
℥ .j. cyperi schaenanthi pul an ʒ.iij ammon in aceto dissoluti ℥ .j. ol lilior mastic an ℥ .j. f. Cataplasma CHAP. XLIX GVTTA ROSACEA It is a preternatural rednesse which possesseth the nose and cheeks and oft times all the face besides one while with a tumor otherwiles without Sometimes with pushes and scabs by reason of the admixtion of a nitrous and adust humour It is worse in winter than in summer Let the Patient abstain from all hot and salt things Curatio Let his body be kept soluble And first open the Basilica Venae-sectis Sanguisugae then the Vena frontis and lastly the vein in the nose Let leeches be applyed to sundry places of the face then this approved oyntment following is good if the disease be inveterate ℞ Succi citri ℥ iij. cerus Vnguentū quantum sufficit ad eum inspiffandum argenti vivi cum saliva sulphure vivo extincti ℥ ss incorporentur simul fiat unguentum Vel ℞ Vng citrini recenter dispensati ℥ .ij. Vnguentū sulphuris vivi ℥ ss cum modico olei sem cucurb succi limonum fiat unguentum With one of these let the face be anoynted when you go to bed and in the morning let it be washed with sharp vinegar and rosewater Lotio wherein bran hath been boyled or with rose-water onely wherein bran hath been infused yet the former is most powerful To drie up the pustules ℞ Lactis virginalis lb. ss sulphuris vivi ℥ .j. Aqua distil succi limonum ℥ .iv. salis com ʒ.ss Let them be distilled in a glasse Alembeck and the water kept for the forementioned uses To kill ring-wormes and tetters Vnguent an oyntment made of Tobacco ashes or mustard dissolved in strong vinegar with a little sulphur is effectual for that purpose Lastly to smooth the skin after the using of the forementioned acrid medicines ℞ Tereb ven Linimentū tam diu lotae ut acrimoniam nullam habeat butyri salis expertis an ℥ i.ss olei vitel ovor ℥ .j. axung porci in aqua rosarum lotae ℥ ss cerae parum fiat linimentum ad usum If you want more read Platerus Tract tert Platerus Forestus ult pag. 175. c. Forestus lib. 2. de tumoribus praeter naturam pag. 59. CHAP. XLI PESTIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The plague is an horrid disease venemous and contagious lothsome noysom fearful and hateful to mankind yea and deadly for the most part being accompanied with variety of grievous sores as carbuncles botches blaines and also producing spots and discolourings of the skin and may fitly be called Flagellum Dei pro peccatis mundi the rod of God for the sins of the world for it produceth divers fearful and deadly accidents with great celerity seazing upon the animal vital and natural faculties and seldome or never goes without a feaver The material cause thereof is sin Causa Of the supernatural cause For it is a confirmed constant and received opinion in all ages amongst christians that the plague and other diseases which violently assaile the life of man are often sent by the just anger of God as punishments for our offences Yea when the Almighty will shew himself in his fury against dust and ashes he can put the host of heaven in his order to fight against us Nam astra regunt homines sed regit astra Dens for the starres govern mans body and God governs the stars And we have no way to escape his judgements but by prayer and unfeigned repentance This furious disease as it were disdaines any general method of cure when it is in his rage so that we must needs conclude Quicquid facimus mortale genus quicquid patimur venit ab alto that whatsoever man doth or whatsoever man suffereth all proceedeth from above And as for all other natural or efficient causes they are constellated put on and put off by divine providence viz. ex praescientia Dei by the foreknow ledge of God The terrestrial causes thereof are venemous Of the natural causes and stinking vapours arising by the warmth of the Sun and so communicated to the Ayre from dunghils sincks channels vaults or the like as also from unclean slaughter-houses of beasts unclean dwelling-houses Lanes Allies and Streets in great Cities as in London c. Also want of food unwholsom food and the eating of abundance of raw fruits may be a great cause of the increase of the plague See lib. 2. chap. 12. It beginneth cold Signa Of the precedent and accidental signes of the plague and with pain in the head and stomach and sometimes in the back being commonly taken for an Ague In some also it beginneth hot with pain and giddinesse of the head others find a general discouragement and weaknesse over all their whole body many are taken with great desire to sleep but it is not safe to permit such to sleep before a Diaphoretick be administred to send forth the venemous vapours by sweat In some it beginneth with a raging and fierce feaver so that their speech fail them and their eyes turn strangely to and fro in a fearful manner being in their slumbers oppressed with grievous and fearful dreames and fantasies In others it beginneth with sweatings with pain of the back and a stinking breath and such are ever very doubtful of cure and ten to one but they have inward carbuncles The one cheek is red and the other pale others have sweat drops on their noses a fierce countenance with grinding of the teeth And to be brief no symptome of any disease but is incident to the infected of the plague The signes that presage death are these that follow Prognostic namely when the Patient is possessed with swounding and faintings with cold and clammy sweats often changing of the countenance vomiting of sharp slimy and ill coloured flegm with greenish yellowish blackish or blood-coloured sanies or avoiding excrements either fatty blackish unctuous or unnaturally stinking convulsions contractions of the nerves graveling and pidling with the fingers plucking up of the bed-clothes a sudden flux of the belly of stinking matter rusty or of a greenish colour A sudden going back of an impostume carbuncle or Bubo Also it is a deadly signe in the pestilence to have a continual burning feaver the tongue drie rough and black with unquenchable thirst and great watching to have phrensie and madnesse together the hicket heart-beating and the face pale black of an horrid and cruel aspect bedewed with a cold sweat Also when the Patient is insensible of the departure of his urine and excrements There are some have ulcerous and painful wearinesse pricking under the skin with great torment and pain The eyes look cruelly and staringly the voyce waxeth hoarse and the understanding decaying so that the Patient talketh of frivolous things these shew the plague to be deadly Also if the urine be pale
ENCHIRIDION MEDICUM Containing the Causes Signs and Cures of all those diseases that do chiefly affect the body of Man divided into three Books With Alphabetical TABLES of such matters as are therein contained Whereunto is added a TREATISE De Facultatibus medicamentorum compositorum dosibus By ROBERT BAYFIELD 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by E. Tyler for Joseph Cranford and are to be sold at his Shop at the Sign of he Phenix in S. Pauls Church-yard 1655. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL And my much honoured Christian Friend TOBIAS FRERE Esquire Justice of Peace in Norfolk and now a Member of the High and Honourable Court of PARLIAMENT R. B. Wisheth all Grace Health and Happinesse in this life and eternal Blessednesse in the life to come Right Worshipfull MAN who is called of the Phylosopher 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or the little world being an Epitome or Map of the great Universe although he be of the most beautiful form and fairest shape excelling all other living creatures upon earth being styled of Hermes or Mercurius A great miracle a creature like the Creator Of Pythagoras 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The measure of all things Of Plato 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The wonder of wonders Of Theophrastus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The pattern of the whole Universe Finally that Ancient Zoroaster having long admired the singular workmanship shining in the frame of man at length cryed out 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O man the glory of nature even in her chiefest ruffe and pride and her Master-piece when she durst contend with heaven it self The Divines call him Omnem creaturam because he is in power in a manner all things not for matter and substance but by participation or reception of the several species or kindes of things Others call him the royal temple but I am sure he is the image of God For as in coine the picture of Caesar so in man the Image of God is apparently discerned The Kingly Prophet David full of heavenly inspiration Psal 8. desciphereth the dignity of man on this manner Thou hast made him little lower then the Angels Thou hast crowned him with Glory and Honour and given him Dominion over the works of thy hands Plato saith and Aristotle from him that in the soule of man are three especial faculties 1. The first he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The vegetative faculty which of others is called Virtus naturalis the natural vertue of increasing and the seat of this in man he saith to be the liver the properties whereof are to nourish and to beget c. 2. The second he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The sensitive faculty whose seat he saith is in the heart and to which he ascribeth the vital vertue and the motions of the sensitive appetite 3. The third he calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the reasonable faculty whose seat saith Galenus is the head and whose operations are to imagine to remember to understand to judge and to guide all voluntary motions In the reasonable soule is a lively resemblance of the ineffable Trinity represented by the two principal faculties the understanding and the will with the intellective memory But alas who can describe the essence of the soule Hippocrates calleth it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The inaspectable or invisible nature which can no more be described by us then our eye is able to see it self For could the soul be discerned with the eye or conceived by the mind how would it ravish us and lead us into an excessive love of it selfe This only is indivisible and immaterial this alone is incorporeal immortal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or immutable and may be called the receptacle promptuary or storehouse of all the species or kinds of things being a created substance and wholly in every particular part of man These are excellent commendations which man hath partly from his soule the most excellent of all forms and partly from his body which is as it were the measure and exemplary pattern of all corporeal things Also he is rightly indued with goodly gifts of nature so that by him are wrought and invented marvellous things And as the natural influences of the high lights moveable and fixed in the firmament be known unto mankind even so be the vertues of every creature here in earth as Beasts Foul Fish Serpents Trees Plants Fruits Flowers Herbs Grasse Gumme Stone and Mettal There is nothing so secret hidden within the Minerals of the earth or lurking so low under the flouds of the Sea but by means and policy they are brought to use Their Names Qualities and Natures are known unto mankind To this end that he should serve his Creator in righteousnesse and holinesse all the dayes of his life for these his gifts Although I say man was thus gloriously created by the wise God of Nature at the first good and healthful God communicating to him wisdom and holinesse and all the perfections of other creatures being summed up in him and the rule and dominion of all the works of God delivered up into his hands Though he were thus happy in his first estate and should have continued so for ever if he had continued in obedience Yet by disobedience eating the forbidden fruit tempted thereunto by the old Serpent who envied his happinesse he brought a ruine upon both worlds upon the great world calamities c. upon the little world diseases and death So that the whole life of man is full of misery and there be more wayes of death then there be means to preserve our life for as the Poet saith Mille modis lethi miseros mors una fatigat Though there be but one way for all men to come into the world yet there are a thousand wayes for every man to go out And so we find some have perished with sudden death as Ananias and Saphira Some with gluttony as Domitius Aâ—fer others with drunkennesse as Attila King of the Hunnes others by waters as Marcus Marcellus Some with hunger as Cleanthes others with thirst as Thales Milesius some were stifled with smoak as Catulus others died with a fall as Nestorius others with overwatchings as M. Attilius some with poyson as Phocion others choked with flies as Pope Adrian And Anacreon with a kernel of a Raisin others torne in pieces by wild beasts as Heraclius Lucan and Acteon by dogges Hypolitus by wild horses Licus the Emperour by Lyons Ancaeus King of Samos by Bores and Hatto Bishop of Mentz by Rats And so some with joy as Chylo the Lacedemonian And Diagoras the Rhodian who seeing his three sons crowned Champions in one day he rejoyced so much that he died for joy in the same place more die with griefe Quia spiritus tristis exiccat ossa because a broken spirit drieth the bones But most men die with sicknesses and diseases Feavers Fluxes Gouts Dropsies Plagues and 1000. more they
being so many that neither Galenus nor Hippocrates Bosq de finibus bâ—no râ—m dâ—r inal pag. 31. 32. nor all the best Physicians in the world can number them saith Bosquierus the generations of men here on earth being as Homer saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Like unto the leaves of the tree whereof some do perish and others spring in their places They spring they flourish they waxe old and soon wither away Et tum quoque cum crescimus vita decrescit and our life then decreaseth as our years increase Ut rosa manè viget serò vespere languet Sic modo qui fuimus cras levis umbra sumus That is in the Prophets phrase we bring our yeares to an end as a tale that is told So that for all the excellent commendations and singular vertues given to man yet he doth decay die and return unto the dust and become as though he had never been Although he be never so honourable yea or poor death doth make equality between them Every mans course is appointed they cannot prolong their time notwithstanding God hath ordained sundry means by his ministers to help mankinde in time of sicknesse to ease their paines and heal their diseases And I being a child of the common-wealth am bound unto my Mother that is the Land in which I am borne to pleasure it with any good gift that it hath pleased God to bestow upon me Not to this end to instruct the learned but to help young and greene Students in Physick and Chyrurgery That they may resort to this Enchiridion medicum which I do dedicate unto your Worship as an argument of my good zeale and love that I beare unto you Which bold attempt of mine I hope your wisdome will pardon for I do plainly confesse that I have not thought this Book of mine worthy to be perused by you as well because of mine owne unabilty to performe any thing that your Worship may like of as also in respect of those manifold Graces wherewith the Lord hath filled you by the vertue of which you could in a tongue farre more eloquent then this discerne and know the secrets of Physick Yet neverthelesse when I consider with my selfe that it was not the affectation of any popular praise but an honest zeale to benefit my countrey-men which begat in me this desire to publish this Work as likewise an earnest willingnesse which I have alwayes had to commend some piece of service unto your Worship I say these causes meeting together did especially induce me with such a bold confidence as it were to rush into your presence and to demand without any shew of merit your Worships most favourable Protection that this Book of mine unable of it selfe may runne under your Patronage The Lord God who hath made you a notable instrument to work the advancement of his glory the furtherance and propagation of piety and good learning by your example lengthen and protract your life beyond your fatal period and give you a will to live a desire still to bear up that burthen which the Countrey hath laid upon your shoulders and with these all good successe in this world and sempiternall happinesse in his most glorious Kingdom Your Worships most humble Servant ROBERT BAYFIELD From my study in Norwich Decemb. 11. 1654. TO THE READER Courteous Reader I Have for thy benefit collected out of sundry Ancient and Modern Authors as it were a breviary or Abridgement of Physick and together with those deductions I have enterlaced many experiments of mine own which by continual use and practice I have observed to be true But I may seem to some over-bold in setting forth this book when as the works of so Honourable and Learned men who have laboured in this kind are so learnedly penned and highly esteemed In truth I must and do most willingly confess that neither in learning or experience I am to be compared with the least of them nay unfit to carry their books after them yet notwithstanding because many industrious Students want an estate to purchase such Authors their several prizes amounting to so much and also considering the great utility of an Epitomy of Physick whose matter is manifold and use general and that no English Authour I am sure in this volume as yet extant hath the Definitions Causes Signes and Cures of so many diseases amounting to the number of one hundred and fifty besides all those particular diseases that are handled disperstly in this book I have thought it good therefore I say to epitomize and contract the learned works of the learnedest and best Authours in England now extant with us into a portable Enchiridion Now what profit this my book will bring to young Students and such as thirst after knowledge I leave to the event If none I hope Godwill esteem my labours Non ex eventu sed ex affectu not according to what it did but according to what I desire it should do I know it will passe under the censure and judgement of divers sorts of men some are ignorant and cannot judge Et ideo grave judicium est ignorantis and the ignoranter man the severer Iudge Others are too rash and are ready to censure it before they read it or at least do read by starts and judge by parcels and so must needs be partial in their judgement Others are malicious maligning and depraving other mens labours and I know many about this City that can hear all but can speak well of none being full fraughted with jeeres and can so well dispute and craftily reason that they will easily make Candida de nigris de candentibus atra But to such I say as one lately did to the like Cum tua non edas carpis mea carmina Leli Carpere vel noli nostra vel ede tua Sloth sits and censures what the industrious teach Foxes dispraise the grapes they cannot reach Therefore I intreat thee who ever readest this Work that thou wouldest give thy mind as well to pardon failings as to know the truth If thou meetest with any faults escaped either through forgetfulnesse or non-understanding I desire thee either with thy pen to correct them or in courtesie to conceal them Remembring that the first editions of young Writers may have some faults If my endeavours want strength thou canst not in equity deny me pardon seeing thou thy self mayest run upon the same Rocks in other difficulties for Nemo sine crimine vivit Now Courteous Reader expecting thy favourable acceptation of these my labours which expectation of mine if it be not deluded I shall be further encouraged to consecrate the residue of my studies to thy commodity Thine ever to his power ROBERT BAYFIELD AUTHORES EX QUIBUS Hoc opus concinnatum est ACtuarius Aetius Altomarus Arnoldus de villa nova Avicenna Dioscorides Fallopius Felix Platerus Fernelius Fontanus Forestus Galenus Glissonius Gorraeus Gordonius Hartmannus Hercules Saxonia Hippocrates Hollerius
heaviness and beating and if there be sound and noyse in the eares then it betokeneth windiness The signe of head-ache caused through the default of the stomack Signa it may be knowne through the biting and gnawing pain they feel moreover in this kind of head-ache if the sick fast and suffer hunger long the pain is the more vehement for through long abstenence the Mallice of the humour increaseth The signe of head-ache caused by fevers Signa is evident enough and the signe is all one to that of blood and choller Now I will go forward to the cures of these head-aches one by one The cure of Cephalaea Curatio Venae sectio is first to open the Cephalica vein on the same side if strength will suffer it and anoint the head with oyle or ointment of a cooling quality and this cooling clyster following is very proper in this head-ache â„ž Malvae violarum Mercurialis an M.j. Clyster Bulliant in sufficienti quantitate aquae usque ad consumptionem medietatis colatura adde butyri quantit ovi sactharum Rub. â„¥ j. salis communisÊ’ ij fiat Enema Administer it about four of the clock in the afternoon and give cooling things The cure of Hemicrania Curatio if it proceed of a hot cause cure it as you do Cephalaea and abundance of humours onely purge twice in two dayes with the aforesaid clyster If it come of a cold cause purge strongly with this Recipe following â„ž Pilularum foetidarum pil cochiarum an Ê’ ss Pilulae fiat pil 5. Anointing the head with oyles that have power to heat and dissolve for although here be many things which be excellent for head-aches yet nevertheless we have seen pain of the head and teeth proceeding of a cold cause with one only purgation hath been removed and so a hot cause with one only blood-letting The cure of head-ache Curatio Oleum caused through heat of the Sun Take oyle of Roses and a little vinegar being added to it it will pierce the faster and deeper and also besprinkle Rose-water on the forepart of the head where the seam goeth overwhart for it is the thinnest part of the scull stupefactive things are to be avoyded such as juyce of Poppies Night-shade or of Mandrake The cure of head-ache Curatio caused by outward cold is to anoint the forepart of the head with with oyle of Rue or the like and if plethorick and somewhat costive Olâ—umrutae Clyster Curatio Oleum you may give a sharp clyster that you think proper The cure for the head-ache caused of drines you may anoint the forepart of the head with oyle of sweet almonds or with oyle of violets and cammomel mixed together it is also good to drop some of these oyles into the nostrils The cure for the head-ache caused of moysture Curatio Oleum is to anoint the head with oyle of Rue Cammomel or Euforbium or oyle of Ireos this must be done if the cause be cold with moysture as you may in part judge by the water then use such things as are hot and drie if the cause be cold and moyst and use such things as are cold and drie if the cause be hot and moyst In this Chapter are remedies enough of all sorts The cure for the head-ache caused of blood is first to open the Cephalica veine Curatio Venae-sectio on that side the grief is on eschew strong beer wine hot-waters and spices but take all cooling things if much blood doth still abound you may open the vein in the forehead and it were fitting a cooling clyster were administred Clyster such a one as you shall think fit The cure for head-ache caused of choller Curatio Purgatio must be begun with purging of the chollerick humour straightway because choller is thin and moveable and will easily be purged out for digestion is nothing else but an alteration of the humour causing the disease therefore such medicines must be used each morning fasting before you do purge untill good concoction appear in the urine for by this means choller being concoct as it were tamed made mild becomes so obedient unto nature that it will soon without any grief be drawn out by purging therefore for a preparative use this or the like medicine syrup of violets or syrup of popies which of them you will â„¥ j. Iulepus Syrup of water-lillies â„¥ ss distilled waters of Indive Succory and Roses of either â„¥ .j mixe them and let them drink of it in the morning fasting or you may give the decoction of saene and then you may purge with pil aurae make six or seven Pilulae also anoint the forepart of the head with oyle of lillies and popies If choller in the stomach do disturb the head vomit with Stibium Oleum Vomitus the infusion thereof 10 11 12 13 or 14. according as you shall see cause sometimes nine dragmes is sufficient The cure of head-ache caused of flegme Curatio is first to extenuate and make it thin fit for purging with oximel and Syr. de stoecade when that is done take this â„ž following â„ž Pilularum cochiarum Pilulae pilulae hiero cum agarico ana Ê’ ss Sem. paeonia no. Ê’ Syr. de stoecadae q. s fiat pil 7. But remember that you provoke vomit with Asaron Asaron if their body be loose and if choller be the cause as aforesaid vomit not with Stibium untill the body be loose either naturally or artificially If the head-ache be inveterate and abundance of flegme purge twice in four dayes with the aforesaid pills Sternutamentum sternutation is also good The cure for head-ache caused of windiness Curatio Oleum is to anoint the head with oyle of Cammomel but the best is oyle of Nutmegs Mace Rue and such things as have power to discuss windinesse neesing is also very good and a clyster made with Aniseeds Clyster Fennel-seeds Carraway-seeds and Commin-seeds boyle these of each alike with one large handful of Bettonie in a quart of water to a pinte straine it and ad Benedict lax â„¥ ss diaphenicon Ê’ ij this is for a lusty body The cure for head-ache caused through default of the stomach Curatio Vomitus is to vomit and if any humour fire the tunicles of the stomach purge with Hierapicra Hierapic which is a soveraign thing The cure for head-ache caused by fevers Curatio Venae-sectio is forthwith to bleed if nothing prohibit it eschew all hot things and take all cooling things anointing the head with oyle of Roses and juice of popies Lastly a cooling clyster will be wondrous proper such a one as you shall think fit and to procure rest bathe the temples of the head with a little of this liniment following Linimentum â„ž Olei Nenuph viol an â„¥ j. unguen populei â„¥ ss opii gr iij. Misce Hercules Saxonia lib.
1. cap. 2. Hercules Saxonia Ve ℞ Succi lactuc. ℥ i.ss oleo violac ros omphac Linimentum Hercules Saxonia ana ℥ .j. aq ros succ Cimon ana ℥ ss Misce fiat linimentum CHAP. IX MEMORIA DEPERDITA The losse of memory chanceth sometime alone and sometime reason is hurt with it The cause is sometimes of coldnes Causa Signa with moysture sometimes by a cold drie distemperature If coldnes with moisture be the cause then the party is very drowsie and sleepy and much moisture is avoided at the nose If it be caused of a cold dry distemperature the patient is watchfull and yeeldeth forth little or no moysture Curatio Oleum Gordonius For the cure if it be caused of a cold and moyst distemperature Gordonius adviseth to use oyle of Castoreum and of Euphorbium also to give for certain dayes together Confectio ex ana cardisʒ ij with the decoction of smallege and fennel rootes and it is sufficient to mixe one dragm with a little quantity of Methridate Methridatum or Treakle and to take every morning a spoonfull of syr of stoecados doth profit much oyle of cinamon is good to anoynt the head Ol. Cinamomi and if the cause be cold and drie cure it with things that be hot and moyst ℞ Nuc. moscat gr ij caryoph gr vj. lign Rotulae Hercules Saxon. aloësʒ j sach fin dissol in aq maior q. s f. rotulae CHAP. X. MELANCHOLIA is a delirium or doltishnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which springeth from a melancholick humour without a fever which doth so perturbe the seate of the minde that the speech and actions are altogether void of Reason The cause sometime is of the common vice of melancholy blood Causae being in all the veines of the whole body which also hurteth the braine but sometimes only the blood which is in the brain is altered and the blood in all the rest of the body is unhurt and that chanceth two wayes for either it is derived from other places and ascendeth up thither or else it is ingendred in the brain it self and sometime it is ingendred through inflammation and evill affect about the stomack and sides therefore there be three diversities of Melancholy according to the three kindes of causes The signes are Signa fearfulnesse sadnesse hatred and also they which be Melancholius have strange imaginations for some think themselves bruit beasts and do counterfeit their voice and noise Some think themselves vessels of earth or earthen pots and therefore they withdraw themselves from them that they meet lest they should knock together moreover they desire death and do very often determine to kill themselves and some fear that they should be killed many of them do alwayes laugh and weep some think themselves inspired with the holy Ghost and do prophesie upon things to come but these be the peculiar signes of them that have melancholiousnes caused through the consent of the whole body for in them the state of the body is slender black rough and altogether Melancholius caused naturally or through certain thoughts watchings or eating of wicked meats through hemroyds or suppression of Menstruis but they which have Melancholia caused through evill affect of the stomach and sides they have rawnesse and much windinesse sharp belkings burnings and grieviousnesse of the sides also the sides are plucked upwards and many times are troubled with inflammation especially about the beginning of the disease also there is costivenesse of the womb little sleep troubled with naughty dreams swimming of the head and sound in the ears For the cure if it be caused of adusted blood Curatio first administer a clyster afterwards open a vein with this caution Venae-sectio that if good blood shews forth close up the vein but if the blood shall appear grosse black and turbulent then we draw away according as we shall see cause a sufficient quantity but first administer this clyster following ℞ Epithymi thimi florum Stoecados violariae Clyster Mercurialis fol. Malvae an M.j. bulliant in sufficienti quantitate aquae ad lib. j. colaturae adde cassiae novit extract ℥ .i. ss olei violati ℥ .iij. saccar Rub. ℥ i.ss salis com ʒ.i vitelli ovi N. j. fiat Enema Or else administer such a potion as you shall think proper then to digest the matter we give this syrup following ℞ Syr. de pomis simpl ℥ .i. Syr. violati ℥ ss aqua Mixtura bugloss violarum boraginis ana ℥ .j. misce Let his meats Vietus ratio be meats of good juice which are hot and moyst but more moystning than heating and musick with what delights you can but let his diet be slender If it be caused of adusted melancholy Purgatio first purge with pills or potion which purge melancholy afterwards if you see that blood abound open a vein with the former caution but however open the hemroyd veines with leeches and use a concoctive syrrup and anoint the temples of the head and pulse of the hands and soles of the feet with this oyntment made as followeth ℞ Linimentum Vnguentum Olei nenupharis ung popui ℥ ss misce prolinimento Or else you may take ung populeneum ℥ .iv. dissolve opium ℥ ss if you see cause drop in Ol. nucis muscat gr iij. into a little of the oyntment aforesaid also Landanum paracel 3 or 4 grains or more according as you shall see cause And syrrup of poppies ℥ .ij. mixt with ℥ .iv. of the water thereof Iulepus is good let him ride or walk by places pleasant sayling on waters and such things to delight in If the disease proceedeth from the stomach and sides Vomitus either vomit or purge which you shall judge to be most proper and fitting remember to keep accustomed evacuation which you do with this decoction ℞ Myrobal Indarum Stoecados Arabici Decoct Epithymi Mesue Epithymi Passularum mundat ana ℥ .j. myrebal chebul summitatum fumariae anaʒ iv fol. senae ℥ .j. polypodiiʒ vj turbithʒ iv agrimoniaeʒ 5 omnia praeter epithymum coquant in seri caprini lib. tribus ad duarum librar consumptionem tunc adde epithymum semel fervefac tolle ab igne adde Hellebori nig ʒ.j agariciʒ ss Salis Indiʒ i.ss frica cola utere Mesue de decoctionib fol. 130. CHAP. XI MANIA AVT INSANIA FVROR that is madnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they that have this disease be woode and unruly like beasts it differeth from this frensie that because this disease comes without a fever The cause is much blood Causa flowing up to the brain yet the blood is temperate sometime it happeneth through a sharp chollerick humour and sometime melancholy and choller do so prevail that they are forced to be bound in their beds some are of opinion that sometimes a spirit troubleth this kind of evil which
to them that be not with childe nor brought to bed the other chanceth only to such For the cure Curatio Venae-sectio it is good first to open a vein in the arme 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the inner or internal vein unlesse the Menstruis be stopped for then it is better to cut the vein on the ham or ankle afterward if the body be costive losen it with a cooling clyster and if you see cause you may give this gentle Apozem that cools and quencheth the Inflammation and openeth obstructions in the brest as followeth ℞ Apozema Syrrup Rosarum pal ℥ j. Syrrupus de Rhabarbaro ℥ ss Decoctio senae quantum sufficit fiat Apozema Let it be given the one half over night warm and all the rest in the morning warm eat nothing untill noon but take three or four spoonfulls of broath between stooles also apply outwardly this Emplaster following Emplaster Barley-meal lin-seed bolus armeniae saunders Oleum Nimpheae oleum Rosarum oleum Camomeli misce fiat Emplasterum But first anoynt it with oyle of Roses Ol. Rosar vinegar and juyce of nightshade also crummes of bread and faire water applied like a poultis with vinegar is good let them beware that they drink no strong beer wine hot waters nor spices but altogether soopings of a cooling quality no fish nor flesh that is hard of digestion if the milk be curded turn back unto the foregoing Chapter and that will direct you what to do If there be much pain ℞ Epithema Weckerus Florum camomilae mellioti althoae saenigraeci seminis lini anethi ana M.j. coquantur in aqua cui adde olei rosacei anethini ana ℥ ij aceti ℥ j. Spongia in eo madefacta mammis apponatur Weckerus de curatione inflammationis mammislarum lib. 2. pag. 465. Lastly if the inflammation be great you may foment with Aquaspermatis ranarum and oyle of Roses CHAP. XXII IMBECILITAS STOMACHI is caused through distemper of the working qualities without any flowing of humours Causa sometimes it is caused of an humour contained in the bosome and large space of the stomach which hath power either to heat cool movsten or drie or two of these qualities mixed together and sometimes it is caused of an humour stuffed and drowned in the filmes or coats of the stomack For the signe Signa in a cold cause there is dull and difficult concoction the taste of the nourishment is felt long after there is sharp belchings and little or no thirst but contrary in a hot cause there is exceeding thirstinesse abhorring of meat and bitter belchings and this is certain that if the cause be heat the patient is cased by administring of cold things if it be a cold cause then he is eased by hot things if that choller cause it there is such bitter belchings that there is cast forth bitter choller with bitternesse of the mouth For the cure if it come of a cold caule Curatio Pilulae as of phlegme purge gently with stomachal pills if they have gone a day and have not had a stool then take one pill an hour before supper Then take this cordiall Electuary following which is said to be good ℞ Electuarium Conserv Caryophilorum ℥ i. ss pul Aromatici Ros. ʒ i. ss pul Cinnamomi Nucis Muscatae anaʒ ss Syr. absynthii de Hysopo q. s f. Elect. Molle If necessity do require Methriditum adde two dragms of Methridate and take of it every morning the quantity of a Walnut curnel then eat a piece of Lozing aromat Rosat and drink after it a draught of Wormwood wine for that will prepare the stomack to the next concoction and also bathe outwardly with oyle of wormwood Oleum nutmegs cinnamon or mastick or the best is to spread honey on bread tosted and cast thereon the powder of nutmegs cloves and cinnamon and for the richer sort take this ♃ made as followeth ℞ Pulvis Rosarum Rubrum Absinthii menthae maioran siccae an ʒ ij ligni aloes spicae nardi calami aromatici ana ℈ ij fiat pul qui accip iatur cotone involvatur duplici linteo And this must also be remembred that oyntments emplasters and cataplasms must not only be applied before but behind also about the thirteenth Vertebra In a hot cause purge with Cassia Apozema and Rhubarb or else an Apozem and open a vein if you see cause Venae sectio and then this Electuary is said to be very good ℞ Electuarium Cons Rosarum ℥ j. Diarrhodon alb ʒ i. ss Syr. assato lymonum q. s f. Elect. Also direct Lozenges of Diarrhodon alb Triasandali and make him broath with cooling herbs currents and damask pruins also bread dipped in Posca is wondrous proper to be eaten Posca as for outward applications use oyle of Roses Oleum Quinses or the like but take heed of things that cool too much yet give him no strong beer no wine hot waters spices nor milk c. If chollar do abound with costivenesse of body purge with an Apozem made with Cassia Rhubarb Apozema Vomitus or the like If temperate provoke vomits with Stybium the infusion thereof CHAP. XXIII CANINA APPETENTIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an immoderate or dog-like appetite or desire of meat and when they cannot refrain their appetite they devoure in meat without measure then being heavy with the multitude of meats and the stomack being not able to bear the same they turn to vomiting then afterwards they fill themselves and turn again to vomiting like dogs the part affected is the mouth of the stomack The cause is a perpetual gnawing or biting of the mouth of the stomack Causa like unto a sucking sometimes it happeneth through a cold distemper of the mouth of the stomack sometimes through cold sharp and vitious humours sometimes it proceedeth through certain kinds of worms which do devour the meat that is taken into the stomack as fast as it is received sometimes through dissipation of whole body For the sign Signa if it be a cold distemper it is known by windinesse and rumbling sharp humours are known by four belchings dissipation is known by the excrements for they be scorched and lesse in quantity than before For the cure Curatio Pilulae in a cold cause it is good first to take stomacal pills also Hierapicra Galeniʒ 6. with wine infused with water or given in oximel fasting is good and to drink muscadell is good he must abstain from all soure and restrictive meats but let his meat◠be meats of good juyce if a child laboureth in this disease the body being bound Syr. de Rhubarb and a doubt of worms give it one ounce of Syrrup of Rhubarb or more according to the age and strength of the childe the one half over night and the other half in the morning warm either in
muscadel oximel or the juyce of pruins also let it have muscadel oftentimes instead of beer Vinum If the child be very young give it no beer untill it be well Also oximel is good give it honey with any thing you give it if the disease be caused of dissipation Mel. or extream heat give it all cooling things and if you fear worrnes let Wormseed and Rue be boyled in vinegar with honey Syrrupus and give thereof often You may boyl the Wormseed in muscadel if nothing forbid it Fernelius Avicenna if you want more look in Fernelius and there you may find plenty of remedies Also Avicen bids that wine should be given before meat and Galen commendeth a vomit Vomitus CHAP. XXIV CATARRVS is a distillation of some Rhumatick matter into the lower parts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as when it falleth to the mouth or jawes it is called Gravedo when it falleth into the nose Gravedo and causeth the pose some call it Raucedo Raucedo others when it doth descend to the nostrils and cause opilation they do call it Coryza Coriza and when it doth desceâ—â— to the parts in the throat Branchus it is called Branchus and when it doth descend to the brest and lungs then it is called a Catarrhum from whence this verse doth arise Si fluit ad pectus Rheuma tunc dico Catarrhum Ad fauces Branchon ad nares dico Coryzam The cause is either of some outward cold Causa or heat sometimes evaporation of meats sometimes the smell of hot or cold things the immoderate use of Venery over much sleep violent exercise or too much rest or repletion For the sign Signa if the flux of humours come off heat the head is hot and a sharp and thin humour distilleth as well by the nose as by the mouth also the face and nose is red and for the most part there followeth a fever contrariwise they that have the flux caused of a cold humour their head forehead is stretched forth every where also a phlegmatick and thick humour distilleth out of the nose For the cure Curatio if a hot humour distill from the head together with a fever the first thing is to purge if costive with this cooling Apozem â„ž Apozema Decoctio sennae â„¥ .6 Syr. Rosarum â„¥ j. Syr. de Rhabarbaro â„¥ ss Mix them and make an Apozem and give it half overnight and the rest in the morning warm or if you think proper you may wash the belly with a clyster Venae-sectio and be sure you open the Cephalica veins if nothing forbid it also powr rose vinegar upon hot tile-stones or iron and so receive the fume but the best is this Gargarisme following â„ž Gargarismus Aqua plantag â„¥ .iv. Aq. Rosarum Rub. â„¥ .ij. Decoctio Hordei â„¥ .vj. Syr. violarum de Rosis siccis de papaver is er q. s fiat Gargarismus Also this bolus following is very good to hold in the mouth â„ž Bolus Bolus armeniaeÊ’ j Mastichis ℈ .j. pul sem papa albiÊ’ ss cons oxiacanthae q. s f. bolus s Artem. In a cold cause the first intention is to purge with head-pills Pilulae if it be salt rheume and falleth to the eyes Emplastrum apply an attractive plaster to the hole of the neck and every night when they go to bed Vuguentum gr ij of ung Tutiae will be good to put into the corners of the eyes then shut them and anoint the eye-lids all over in a cold cause after you have purged as aforesaid either with pills or potion use this hot Gargarisme following â„ž Gargarismus Cyperi calami aromat anaÊ’ ij fol. Myrtinum M. ss corticis Thuris â„¥ ss fiat Decoct colatura dissol Mel. Ros â„¥ .ij. fiat Gargaris Afterwards it is proper to use fumes of Styraxcal Fumigatio cinnamon frankincense cloves mastick these you may make into powder to strew upon coles also of these may be made booles adding thereto Syrrup of Myrtles with a little cinnamon water Lastly draw the rhume back with a plaister of Cantharides and take Pillulae de cynoglossa made as followeth â„ž MyrrhaeÊ’ vj ThurisÊ’ v. opii Pilulae Hyoscyami ana â„¥ ss crociÊ’ i. ss Rad. linguae canis â„¥ ss Ê’ ss Fiat massa Datur à ʒ ss adÊ’ j Mesue de piluâ—s fol. 144. Mesue CHAP. XXV ASTHMA is a certain difficult thick 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hard respiration without a fever Causa and is when as grosse and clammy humours in abundance be gotten into the grissles and lappets of the lungs or when there is some swelling like unto a botch sometimes a pestilent ayre and the fume of quick-silver may be the cause also intemperate diet and idlenesse and grossenesse of body but chiefly it happeneth from a grosse clammy and viscus flegme which doth stick in the passages of the sharp Artery For the signe Signa it is easie to be known asunder for distillation doth often chance in hayl folks by and by through a manifest cause in a manner altogether without a fever having the tokens of distillation following it if there be swelling of the lungs like a botch then there must needs follow a fever and so within few dayes after it the inflamed botch being rotted the matter is cast out with the cough if there be a cruid raw Tubercle and both ingendred such do not feel any great grief neither are they troubled with much difficulty of breathing but they are much troubled when they eat or drink because they cannot swallow but with great grief Now they which be properly Asthmatick or orthopnicks have no fever at all there chanceth to them heavinesse of sence and they do not spit out matter with their spittle There is also a difficulty of breathing Morbus virgineus Glissonius not unlike this which happeneth unto young women commonly called the Green sicknesse or white fever For the signe of this sicknesse Signa you shall know it thus their water is pale and inclining to greenish their Menstruis be retained and great difficulty of breathing when they stirre their complexion is like the wall and they do desire those things generally that put out naturall heat as milk apples nuts peares fish roots turnips wheat oatmeal and such like now I shall first give you a way how to cure Asthma and then the green sicknesse which is a disease very common For the cure of Asthma Curatio Victus ra tio is first to erect a fit and convenient diet that I leave for brevities sake to the discretion of the learned Physitian The next intention must be to purge with this or the like purgation â„ž Potio pur gans Diaphenicon Ê’.ij pul Sanctus Jallap benedict lax an Ê’ ss vini albi q s f potio Or if there be abundance of
have been taken with great swounings with wonderful successe â„ž Aquae mariae syrrupus è succo lujulae ana â„¥ .j. misce CHAP. XXVII SINGVLTVS is a motion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa as it were a a cramp raised through the expulsive faculty of the stomach which goeth about to expell hurtful and evil matter For the most part it is caused of fulness or emptinesse as Hippocrates doth affirm Hippocrates also somtimes it is caused of or through the biring of sharp humours in the stomach or coldnesse and sometimes hot fevers may be the cause when either the stomack or some other bowel is inflamed Fulnesse is knowne by heavinesse Signa and emptinesse of those things that went before you may know if the meat be corrupt by the burnt savour of it but you shall know sharpnesse by gnawing pricking and pulling 1. Prognosticks are if neesing follow upon the Hicket the patient is delivered so that it proceedeth of fulnesse 2. The Hicket coming in an Iliac passion is evill or coming with swouning or with distention of nerves or with dilerium is a deadly signe 3. Also coming upon the inflammation of the liver of the wombe of the brain or upon some notable wound is very dangerous and oftentimes deadly 4. In acute diseases and burning fevers and the pestilence it is for the most part deadly 5. Also if it happeneth through two much emptinesse it is alwayes evill 6. It is also evil if it cometh with vomiting for it threatneth danger of inflammation of stomach Cuâ—atio and braine As concerning the cure we must consider the cause If it proceed of emptinesse it is the more dangerous and therefore must be helped by giving fit and convenient nourishment that thereby that which is defective may be supplied If a flux of blood or an exceeding flux of the wombe do cause this infirmity we may give oyle of sweet Almonds either by it self or in warm water he is to be nourished with cordial broath there are some that cure this Hicket with drinking of milk that do refresh Amilum Victus ratio but the best is Amilum given with milk and the broth of an hen and the flesh thereof capons chickens and Rear-egges with the powder of Eringium is wondrous proper his drink must be white-wine diluted with water Oleum the back and stomach must be anointed with oyle of violets and sweet almonds If sharp humours have stirred up the hicket we must give such things as are sweet and fat as the fat of broath of henne or cock or two spoonfulls of clarified honey or penidice Mel. or pinecarnels with sugar or it may be purged Purgatio so that it be prepared before with drinking of Aqua mulfa if it proceed through heat Vomitus and biting sharpnesse then to provoke vomit is wondrous proper and to give all cooling things as julleps Apozems or juices Julepus Theriac or waters of succory and such like you may compose your juleps with syrrups of violets Nymphea of poppie or the like when the hicket is most strong we give new treakle If it proceed from a cold cause and the matter grosse and viscus prepare the humour with oximel and then a vomit or purge as you shall see cause and compose this Electuary following for them that are able â„ž Confect Caryophyllorum â„¥ .j. Cinamomi Electuarium Aromat Rosat anaÊ’ ss Syr. Hyssopi q. s.f Elect molle Also Lozenges are very proper Lozeng made of Aromaticum Ros Candid Ginger is very good Castoreum also ℈ ij of Castoreum in white wine but many times one purge or vomit is sufficient Dioscorides Dioscorides commends Aristoloch radix cum aqua Asplenum herba cum posca castorum cum aceto Also he commendeth Ineezing if Singultus cometh of fulnesse Dioseor lib. 2. cap. 4. CHAP. XXVIII DOLOR STOMACHI or pain of the stomach is caused divers and sundry ways Causa as when naughty venemous and gnawing humours be kept in the stomach whereby it chanceth that through intollerable gnawing they cause swouning Stomachae cardialgiae which they call Stomachia or cardialgia sometime pain of the stomach is caused through some stroak or fall and an inflammation may be the cause thereof In a hot cause Signa there is felt a sharp pricking pain gnawing in the mouth of the stomach bitternesse in the mouth vomiting of chollar and there followeth a great weaknesse and feeblenesse of the whole body in a cold cause the pain is lesse Curatio and more dull and slow in a hot cause give this Apozem following the one half over night and the other half in the morning warm â„ž Apozema Syr. de Rhubarb â„¥ j. Rosarum sol â„¥ ss Decoctio Sennae q. s f Apozema Or if you see cause Vomitus you may vomit with the infusion of Stybium and afterward you may take the seeds of paeony in water of succory If it proceedeth through some stroak or fall then this ♃ following is good â„ž Mixtura Mumiae gran j. boli arm gran xvj croci gran vij Let it be given the patient you may adde Sperma ceti and if the pain be intollerable then succour him with this ♃ following â„ž Syrrupi Rosati Absynth an â„¥ .i. ss Mixturae opii gran j. Boyle it very lightly with one boyling then let it be mixt with â„¥ .iij. of the broath of a chicken give it the patient to drink In a cold cause purge with such a purgation Purgatio as you shall think proper by the water or clysters according as you shall see cause such a one as may purge wind and flegme or perhaps melancholy with Cassia and after may be given the seeds of Nasturtium in Goats milk administring Syr. de absynth menthae mel rosati in aqua feniculi absynthii Julepus likewise Electuaries and oyles outwards are good Also â„ž Spec. Aromat ros Ê’.ij Spec. Diarrhod Abb. Tabulae Rondeletius Ê’ j Sacchari albi dissoluti in aqua menthae â„¥ .iij. fiant Tabulae secundum artem ponderisÊ’ ij Rondeletius Vel â„ž Spec. Imperialium â„¥ ss pinearum electarum Tabula Crato subtiliter incisarumÊ’ ij Spec. aromat ros Ê’.i.ss Sacchari in aqua rosarum dissoluti â„¥ xiij olei cinnamomi gr iij. moschi gr ij fiat confectio in morsulis secundum artem CHAP. XXIX TVSSIS Galen in lib. 1. cap. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Galenus Causa de Symtomatum causis doth affirm that a cold distemper of the instrument of breathing to be the cause of the cough also a humour distilling from the head to the Trachaea arterea going about within doth provoke the cough sometimes it is caused through cold or flegme descending upon the lungs sometimes it happeneth through heat dissolving the superfluous matter of the brain and so through a cattarrhal distillation the cough is
℞ Anisi sem Apii Asari Amygdalarum Trochisci hepatici Galenus Absynthii and ℥ ss Aquae pluviae q. s Formentur trochisci Galen doth much commend them for saith he Hepaticos juvant habent enim vim hepar expurgandi per urinas dantur cum vino febrientibus cum aqua They are proper in a cold and moyst distemper of the liver because they are hot and purge by urine but in heat ℞ Epithema Spec. Diarrhod abbat diatrion santal an ʒ.j aq endiv. acetos rosar an ℥ .j. misce fiat epithema Marquardus CHAP. XXXVI EPHIALTES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a disease whereas one thinketh himself in the night to be oppressed with a great weight believing that something cometh upon him and thinketh that he is strangled It is often times caused of excesse of drinking Causa and sometimes continual rawness of the stomack from whence doth ascend vapours gross and cold filling the ventricles of the brain and letting the faculties of the brain to be dispersed by the sinewes They that have this disease can scarce move Signa being astonied and as it were held by something that doth violently invade them the voyce is suppressed some do believe though vainly that they hear the thing that doth oppress them now at the last with much trouble the vapours being attenuate and driven away and the passage of the spirits being opened the sick is by and by raysed to his perfect sences If this disease continue Signa Prognostica Curatio it induceth a worse to follow as Apoplexia Epilepsia or the like Therefore cure it at first if possible use a thinne diet and nothing that ingenders windiness no wine Venae sectio except diluted with water fleep not in the day if a full body cut the Cephalica vein and purge 15. black Piony seeds is said to help being brayed in water Oleum Dianthon nourish the head with oyle of dill and strengthen the head with Aromat Rosat Diamber Dianthon and such like CHAP. XXXVII EMPYEMA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa which signifieth a mattery spitting it is caused when an impostume or botch being in the upper skin girding the ribs or else in some other skin of the brest is broken all at once and shed into the empty place of the brest which is between the lungs and the upper skin it is fometimes caused through bursting out of blood sometimes through a fluxe of the head and other upper parts falling thither which is wont often to change into the squinsie There is felt heavinesse in the bottom of the brest a strong and dry cough Signa without pain in the beginning there chance to them fevers faint inordinate and hard to be judged when the impostume draweth now to a rupture then the fever is more vehement with quaking and they are troubled in their speech the matter that cometh out is sometime clear sometimes thick and dreggy and sometimes flows upward into the voyd place of the brest and these be most perilous sometimes they flow downwards to the paunch bowels and bladder such alwayes labour of the fever Hectick Curatio Victus ratio Let them use meats of good juyce broth of cocks and flesh of hens chickens and birds of mountains let his drink be Aqua mulsa and thin white wine it must be speedily looked to or else the matter gathered together will cause the Ptisick or an ulceration of the lungs therefore a drink made with liquoress figs and aniseeds is good to rot and voyd the matter if it creep into the belly minister mollifications if to the bladder such things as provoke urine if it cometh out by a cough then give ptisan mixed with good honey you shall have plentiful remedies in the Chapter of the Ptisick and in Astma and Pluritis yet this Electuary following is very good ℞ Electuarium Platerus Conserv radicum symphiti Mai. ℥ i.ss cons Rosarum rubr ℥ .j. infus gummi Tragac. factae in aqua plantaginisʒ j coralli Boli vel terrae lemniae anaʒ j Hypocistid ʒ.ss croci ℈ ss syrrupi Myrtini vel Myrtillorum q. s fiat electuarium Plater Tract ult lib. 1. pag. 540. This will be very proper when the impostume is broken and the matter thereof purged out To ripen the impostume a Cataplasme may be applyed outwardly Cataplasma made of Rad. altheae ficuum pinguium passul mundat florum Chamem melilot and after the boyling to adde sarinae sem lini faenugr ol lilior amygdal butyri recent terebinth c. Riverius lib. 2. cap. 4. CHAP. XXXVIII BVLIMOS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is nothing else but great and vehement famine or hunger It is caused through coldnesse of the stomach want and weaknesse of strength Causa long journies especially when there is snow cause this disease In the beginning there is felt much hunger Signa yet doth not long endure for afterward the patients heart failes him with coldnesse of the extream parts and want of spirit and breath Curatio If this trouble happen in a journey without a fever Vinum comfort them with bread infused in odoriferous wine burnt with cinamon if he be very faint it is the best thing to let them smell to penny-royall new bread holden to the nose helpeth much so doth the savour of rosted meat well seasoned with salt but above all sweet odours and compell them to eat Spec. Arom rosat c. If need be also Arom Rosat Diamber c. made into Lozenges or Electuaries or you may strew them on his meats if a fever happen which is seldom comfort him with vinegar and dip a morsel in pure white wine and red-rose water and give it him to eat also give him every hour a little meat for delayes are dangerous in this disease Lastly Vnguentum Marquardus ℞ Pulv. caryophyll ℈ .iv. ol mastich ℥ .j. misce f. ung stomachale CHAP. XXXIX DIARRHAEA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a great and copious flux of the wombe without exulceration and inflammation It is caused through weakness of the instruments that do serve to digestion Causa also through aboundance of corrupted meat and nourishment that is moyst and viscous moreover gnawing and biting of those things that are contained in the belly also flowing of some humours from above the belly and weakness of the retentive vertue may be the cause 1. Signa Diarrhaea be caused through weakness of the Instruments that serve for digestion as the stomach bowels liver and spleen seek the signes out of their own proper Chapters as in Imbecillitas stomachi Iecivoris 2. If through weaknesse of the vertue retentive seek the signes in the Chapters above 3. If through much devouring of evil meats and drinks it 's known by the Patients words 4. If it be caused through Cholerick humors the excrements are yellow colour there is felt gnawing and heat
whil'st they are casting out there is also felt bitternesse of the mouth thirst a thin state of the body and other tokens signifying choller 5. If flegmatick humours be the cause all those forementioned signes are contrary 6. If humours flow from the head to the belly the egestious will appear frothy and the temperature of the brain will be very moyst 7. If through fullness of the body it is easily known 1. Curatio If it be caused through weakness of the instruments you shall find remedy in the Chapter of Imbecill stomach 2. If through the fulness or other causes and nature labour to help it self you must suffer it a while for being stopped the vitious humours are carried upwards and do cause pain in the head a frensie lethargy or impostumation behind the eares but if it shall continue long casting forth not only superfluities but melting as it were the state of the body and consuming the strength then labour to stop it 3. If through chollerick humours Apozema an Apozem of the infusion of Rhubarb is much praysed at the first taking of this disease Cassia and Manna is good then this julep following ℞ Aqua plantag Portulacae ana ℥ iv Syr. Julepus Mirti cons oxiacanthae ana ℥ .j. Make a julep and take steel gadds red hot Chalybs quench them in milk scum it and drink it is much commended if there be no fever if there be powre a fourth part of water to the milk and boyle it untill halfe be consumed 4. If chollar be in the bowels Clyster Electuarium give a clyster of the decoction of French barley with oyle of Roses or the like then make an Electuary with conserve of Roses Diatrion Santalon Syrrup Mirt. For the poorer sort take bolearmenia instead of the Diatrion sant Aliud with the conserve of Roses and Syr. Lujulae or Myrtills 5. If it be caused of flegmatick humours that be gross and tough minister the infusion of Agarick with Mirabol Emblici or use clysters made with the decoction of Centory and oyle of Rue Cataplasma after that apply the poultis outwardly upon the stomach which you shall find in the Chapter of Nausea page the 67. onely instead of vinegar use clarret or red-wine and a little cinamon and if he be over-greedy of meat let him use a spare diet 6. If it be caused through weaknesse of the vertue retentive bathe the body with oyle of of Myrtills soure mulberries dried in the Sun and beaten to powder Pulvis and drunk in some binding syrrup do marvellously stop This Lohoch following is good ℞ Cons Ros Rub. ℥ ss Diarrhod Abb. Diamoron Lohoch Cons Ros Rub. ℥ ss Diarrhod Abb. Diamoron Diatri sant Coral Rub. ana ℈ ij Balaustiae Rosarum Rub. anaʒ ss Mastic ℈ ss Bolus arme ʒ.i.ss Syrrup of Myrtills as much as will make an Ecligma or Loch with fine white sugar and plantin water leaving out the conserve and syrrup you may make Lozenges Rice-broath is good 7. If Diarrhaea cometh through Rheumatick matter see the Chapter of Catarrhus CHAP. XL. LIENTERIA is a certain lightnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or smoothnesse of the bowels even like as there chanceth a scarre on the outside of the body in this disease the bowels do not hold the meat but let it slide away before it be changed or perfectly digested in the same likeness that it was eaten It is caused oftentimes through a grievous flux Dysenteria by name going before Causa which causeth deep exulceration of the bowels and consequently scarres now the mouthes of the veines which draw nourishment from the bowels being obstructed and the bowels being become smooth will not suffer meats to be distributed but let them slide out before they be altered this disease is many times caused through debility of the vertue retentive in the stomach also sometimes when dropsie water is avoyded by the belly this flux Lienteria followeth Whatsoever causeth this flux Signa the sick do taste or feel no meat there is an evill plight of the body their excrements are pale cruid raw whitish unequal and very watery not mixt with blood or choller he feeles a burning all over the sides loathing of meat if soure belchings do happen it is a good sign the meats abide some while in the stomach For the cure let him be sparing of drink Curatio for much is forbidden in all fluxes 1. If it be ingendred through weaknesse of the virtue of the stomach search the cure in its proper Chapter as in Imbecill Stomachi Diarrhaea and the following Chapter But to be short minister those things that restrain and strengthen the stomach and bowels as syrrup of wormwood mints and wormwood wine Oleum is good use outwardly oyle of mastick wormwood mints and myrtills make the poultis that is set down in the former Chapter and strew on the powder of Cinamon Cloves Galingale Baulaustia or red Roses 2. Those that have a scarre the eating of sharp things are profitable for that it causeth a Refrication and rubbing upon the scarre it renueth natural heat therefore use scouring things with restrictive medicines with the meat use vergis the juyce of soure pomegranates lemonds or the syrrup of the same or of unripe grapes also a clyster of the decoction of Balaustia Clyster sloes French pruines unripe grapes and such like some Authours do much commend vinegar to receive the fume upon hot tile stones others the fume of Frankincense Laud paracel and Amber to be an excellent thing but in all fluxes Laudanum paracel judicially administred two or three graines is said to be a most sure help Actuarius Diacodion Weckerus Also for the same purpose Actuarius his Diacodion is wondrous proper the making of which you shall find in Weckerus his antidotary lib. 2. p. 786. After purging with Aloes or Rhubarb or Clysters you must strengthen the ventricle with this Opiat following ℞ Opiat Riverius Conservae ros antiquae ℥ vj. theriacae opt ʒ vj. mivae cydonior quantum satis Fiat opiata de qua capiat ℥ ss manè nihil superbibendo River lib. 5. cap. 4. Lastly make this oyntment following ℞ Ol. amyg amar arum ℥ .iij. ol nard cham Vnguentū Rondeletius an ℥ .j. vini albi ℥ i. ss decoquantur leviter quibus adde cerae q. s terebin abietinae ℥ ss spicae celticae schenant Cyperi galangae an ʒ.j seminis apii petro an ʒ ss fiat unguentum ungatur regio ventris circa umbilicum Nam in illis partibus obstructiones aperiendae sunt Rondel lib. 3. cap. 19. CHAP. XLI DYSENTERIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an exulceration of the bowels being tormented and fretted very much with pain some reckon four kindes of Dysenteria 1. The first is when blood is sent forth by circuit through some part of the body being cut off or through some
of the humours or excrements that cometh out 3. If an impostumation botch or bile there is mattery corruption flowing forth and he feeleth a pricking in the fundament 4. Inflammation causeth swelling in the right bowell with grievous pain together with a fever 5. If a flegmatick humour it is also known by the colour of the humours or excrements 6. If abundance of dung it causeth distension and streching out about the bottom of the belly 1. Curatio The cure is diverse according to the diversity of causes if it be caused of cold use hot oyles Clyster as of Lillies and Rew administer clysters made with mints origan calamints cammomel sothernwood aniseed and sennel-seed adding oyles of dill cammomel or lillies 2. If through chollerick humours remaining in the bowells and fundament you must cast in this clensing clyster ℞ Decoct Hord. lb. ij Mel. Rosarum ℥ .j. ol Clyster Rosarum ℥ .iij. Sugar Roset ℥ i.ss two yelkes of egges make a clyster eschew all sharp things and let things be used that be cold and moyst which do stop and temperate the sharpnesse of choller 3. If it be caused of flegmatick humors it shall be cured like as that which is caused of cold only commix with the the clyster aforesaid in a cold cause such medicines as purge flegme Benedict laxativa as Diaphaenicon aut Benedict laxativa 4. If of inflammation Clyster then I would have you to take this clyster of the liquor of the decoction of plantin ℥ .5 oyle of Roses ℥ .ij. the white of one egge make a clyster outwardly use oyle of Myrtills and when there is need of suppuration use fenegreek and roots of Althaea boyled and injected or fomented 5. If through an ulcer impostume or botch look into Dysaenteria for many times Tenasmus follows that grievous flux Fumigatio use a fume of frankincense and pitch which is said to help suddenly also use cooling oyles or clysters aforesaid If the pain be intollerable procure rest with ungentum populi cum opio Vnguentū Adding two or three drops of oyle of nutmegs or else minister Laudanum 6. If through abundance of dung use gentle clysters as little in quantity as may be Take Mallows Althaea Mercury Beets Violet leaves Clyster of either M.j. fenegreek Linseed ana ℥ ss boyl them in a sufficient quantity of water strain it and adde Cassia ℥ i. ss common oyle ℥ .iij. salt finely powdered ʒ j make a clyster but beware of purging by potions Sometimes Tenasmus is caused of wind and then ℞ Suppositor Sem. carui cymini sesel ameos rutae aqui casti an ʒ.j mell q. s misce fiant suppositoria Marquardus CHAP. XLIII COLLICA PASSIO 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 hath his name of a gut called Colon it is a disease accompanied with grievous pain it happeneth very often when excrements are retained beyond custom It is caused many wayes Causa as through cholerick humours sometimes through humours in the stomach gathering wind from the liver and milt or from the reines of such as have the stone or from an impostume in the wombe sometimes from all the parts in mans body as in fevers where the humours are expelled from the veines to the guts so that either it may proceed from hot and drie or cold and drie distemperatures but never of moyst there are many causes but I shall treat but of these four especially that follow 1. Sometimes it is ingendred through gross and flegmatick humours fallen down within the skin of the gut Colon. 2. Sometimes through windinesse which have no room to get out 3. Also it is caused through inflammation of the grosse and thick gut nexing and stretching out 4. Lastly through sharp and gnawing humours which afflict the aforesaid bowell vehemently 1. They that have it ingendred of a grosse Signa and flegmatick humour they be nexed aloft all over their Abdomen that is the place which is under the mouth of the stomach especially they are grieved where the gut Colon lyeth for the pain is as though it is brayed or bored with a bodkin having a disposition to vomit with belchings and costivenesse 2. If it be caused of windinesse they feel extension and stretching forth 3. If through inflammation there is felt inward burning and heat with no small fever and costivenesse with retention of urine troubled with thirst vomiting of choller without ceasing and this is most grievous and threatneth Iliaca passio 4. If of sharp humours there is thirst and watching small fevers the urine sharp and cholerick humours are sometimes thrown out going to stool easeth the torment hot drinks do the same but beware of cold drink 1. Curatio When gross and clammy humors do cause the chollick there diet must be extenuate flesh of birds hens Partridg Turtles black-birds and doves the flesh of calves beware of pulse Victus ratio for pot-herbs use fennel Apium Asperage let his food be easie of digestion ingendring good juyce and eschew fulnesse Vinum he may drink wine a little thin shining of mean age temperately allayed yet beware of medicines heating vehemently Clyster Clysters made with Rew Cammomel Dill Althaea mellilot with the oyles thereof also cummin and fenegreek Mercury Mallowes and if need be hierapicra benedicta lax Mell Rosarum If the patient can vomit before supper it helpeth much some do commend a vomit after a clyster to be exceeding good Vomitus and to sit in the decoction of Althaea peniroyal Decoctio laurel leaves fenegreek cammomel Motherwort dill c wine wherein wormwood is infused is much commended also Castoreum one dram at a time Castoreum continually drunk in Aqua mulsa destroyeth the disease utterly 2. Clyster If it be caused through windinesse then this clyster take Sothernwood origan peniroyal calamint cammomel ana M. j. Rew wild mints ana M. ss seeds of Annise fennel carawayes commin dill ana ʒ ij boyl them in a sufficient quantity of water strain it and adde Hierapicra benedict lax ana ℥ ss castoreumʒ j. powder of Diacuminumʒ ij oyles of rew and dill ana ℥ i. ss common salt ʒ i. ss make a clyster there may be added thereto the confection of bay-berries which is effectual to drive away windinesse Cataplaf also a poultis outwardly of wormwood mint bay-berries cinamon pepper and such like beware of any thing that ingenders windinesse 3. Venae sectio If it be caused through inflammation of the bowels open a vein in the arme if there be suppression of urine cut the vein in the Ankle you may use some of the aforesaid and following remedies except hot and sharp things and vehement purges rather use clysters easing pain 4. If it be caused of sharp and gnawing humours give such things as wash without causing mordacity and gnawing as broath of ptisan or the decoction of fenegreek linseed cammomel Althaa fresh
signe is if certain things like coucumber-seeds be avoyded out with the excrements 3. Ascarides do raise vehement itch in the fundament and provoke the patient to go to school continually and they that be troubled with this disease for the most part are better after egestion and easing themselves For the cure Curatio eschew all things that ingender flegmatick humours but they must be fed and not hunger Victus ratio no hot things if there be a fever but be diligent to get the worms out of the body or else they will gnaw untill they die therefore first kill them and then drive them out these symples following are good if there be no fever if there be use them outwardly or inwardly with some thing that is of a cooling quality wormwood Seryphium a kind of wormwood growing in the Sea Sothernwood Callamint Horehound Dittanie Hysope Rew leaves of Persica Coriander seeds Hartshorn Lupines Mints Peniroyal Origan Centory Fern Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Garlick seed of Coleworts and roots of Ennula campana but Aloes is most commended so is wormseed of all these you may make either powders decoctions or poultices also Pulvis contra lumbricos is good Palvis but remember to give your powders with milk honey or Syrrup of liquoris because it allureth the wormes outwardly you may use Bulls gall or the oyles of some of the fore-mentioned symples Emplastrū and a plaister of honey and Aloes is good also Rew and wormseed boyled in white-wine vinegar Decoctio and after it be strained adde honey if no fever Pulvis boyle it in Muscadel or take wormseed ʒ ij centory wormwood harts-horne burnt ana ʒ j calamint peniroyal origan ana ℥ ss Sothernwood mints lupines leaves of Aristolochia rotunda ana ℈ .j. Aloes ℈ .ij. make a powder the doss is one dram in some sweet Syrrup If it be an infant and that the body be bound apply a poultis made of cammomel Cataplasma wormwood mint and porret c. and rost an onyon soft stamp it with neats gall and apply it a little above the Navill sometimes syrrup of Rhubarb is sufficient Hierapicra Pilulae and pilulae pestilentiales or Rufie have a marveylous efficacie in killing and bringing out wormes If there be a flux joyned search the Chapters of fluxes but remember to adde with restrictive things those things that do kill wormes but labour to strengthen the stomach The worm called Ascarides in children that be infants they must be brought out with Suppos made with honey and salt or such like Suppositoria Clyster in them that be elder give clysters with some of the symples abovesaid adding oyls of the same but first take a piece of old powdred flesh fashion it like a suppository fit for the fundament Suppositor and thrust it into the Tuel applying a ligament or band let it alone awhile and then draw it out with the worms that stick on it after this the clyster and then anoynt the streight gut or fundament with Acatia Hypocischidos Acatia juyce of Sumach for the flesh being constrained by restrictive things looseth its ability that ingendreth wormes and excludeth and shutteth out the Ascarides Arnoldus Vermibus eductis valent pilulae Arnoldi quia tunc materiae reliquae sunt maxime educendi CHAP. XLVI HEMORRHOIDES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an unfolding or spreading abroad of the veines in the Tuel some be blind which do swell some be open at certain times sending forth blood Through melancholy blood in abundance sent by the liver to those veines Causa is the cause of the Hemorroids For the signe the patient cannot be ignorant of the disease Signa for it is easily known If they be blind raising tormenting pain Curatio Venae sectio and a full body cut the vein in the ankle and keep the body soluble and sit in a bath made of the decoction of mallows Balneum violet-leaves melilot fenegreek cammomel leaves of Althaea and Linseed some get out blood by putting wooll anoynting it with juyce of onyons or with oxe gall Decoctio the best is Eldern leaves M.j. boyle them in water untill they be very tender dip a piece of scarlet in it apply it as warm as may be suffered five or six times one after another then lay the herbs upon the scarlet hot Sanguisugae apply it some use horse-leeches with good successe in a reed If they bleed moderately do not stop them but if immoderately weakening the patient then stop them Victus ratio lest a dropsie follow therefore Rice is good with Bolearmenie for pot-herbs Endive succory purslaine and marmalad of quinces and restrictive wine open a vein in the right arme Mixtura Galenus also look into dysenteria and other fluxes Galens medicine was frankinsence one part Aloes one part and a half commix them with the white of an egge untill it cometh to the thicknesse of honey lay it on the soft haires of an Hare and apply it to the bleeding place bound outwardly with bands If they bleed not Pulvis the best thing is rosemary mother-time sweet Marjoram of either a like quantity in powder and a little frankinsence mixe them for a fume Vnguentū or take May butter or Pork suet of the best halfe a pound Ivie leaves four handfuls stamp them and then boyle them together straine them for an oyntment also the fume of the parings of a stone-horse hoof I have used with good successe Lastly ℞ Mucilag psyllii sem cydon an ℥ .j. ol Linimentum Hercules Saxonia de chrysomel vel ros completi ℥ .ij. pinqued gal ℥ ss vitell over No. ij imponatur in mortarium Plumbeum agitentur cum pastillo plumbeo per tres horas sub sole f. linimentum Habet vim emolliendi sedandi dolorem ex parte haemorrhoides exsicoandi Hercul Sax. lib. 3. cap. 35. pag. 318. CHAP. XLVII HEPATIS OBSTRVCTIO or obstruction of the liver Causa It is caused of vapours grosse and windiness hard to digest sometimes of viscous humours in the ends of the veines springing from the flat part of the liver 1. Signa If grosse and vaporous windinesse wanting free passage doth ingender obstruction there ariseth heavinesse and griefe about the right side and a feeling of distention and stretching out 2. If through viscous humours there is heavinesse pain easie and sometimes vehement with a fever and sometime without especially when the patient useth vehement moving after meat when the body is stopped there is pricking and extension Give hot meates Curatio Victus Ratio having virtue to take away obstruction as be leeks with oximel sperage fennel parsley capers these in pottage wine thin and old Catalogus symplicium is good also these symples wolves liver fumitory Agrimony cammomel galingall Dragons root Asaron Anise Apium wormwood Cassia Ireos liqueris Raphonticum Rhub
continual provoking to piss It is caused through the sharpnesse of urine Causa or by exulceration of the bladder inflammation or an impostume of the liver or reines which being broken and sending the filth to the bladder through the shar pness it causeth continual desire to pisse In old men sometimes sharp humours is the cause Sharpness is known when the urine is chollerick and gnawing about the bladder Signa An exulceration of the bladder an impostumation of the liver and reines are known by the signes mentioned in their proper Chapters For the cure Curatio in aged persons some commend exceeding much as Galen lib. 5. Galenus Terebinthina Cassin Phlebotomia Clyster Turpintine washed in plantine water If there be sharp humours with inflammation and a young body bleed and purge with Cassia in whey but beware of hot things and many diureticks Clisters are good of Mallowes purslain violets cucumber seed beware of salt things and sharp things Lac. also hot milk indeed is the best thing to asswage pain to the former clyster adde Althea water-lillies in the boyling and Cassia fistula sugar oyle of violets and roses in the streining Lastly Aq. sperm ranarum Aqua spermat ranarum is most excellent Yet these emulsions following are much commended by Gorraeus in his Treatise de formul Gorraeus remed pag. 158. ℞ Emulsio Quatuor seminum frigidorum majorum recentium mundatorum anaʒ iij vel ℥ ss amygdalarum dulcium excorticatarum in aqua frigida ℥ .j. terantur omnia in mortario lapideo cum aqua fontis prius cocta fiat colatura ad lb.j. quae in vase vitreo servetur Vel ℞ Emulsio Gorraeus Seminis papaveris albi quatuor seminum frigidorum majorum aut amygdalarum dulcium ana ℥ ss terantur in mortario cum aqua decoctionis liquiritiae quantum sufficit in colatura dissolve syrrupi violati capilli vener is myrtillorum ana ℥ .j. fiat mulsio pro duabus vicibus capiat manè horis quatuor ante prandiolum CHAP. LXVIII VRINAE INCONTINENTIA is an involuntary pissing by reason of the palsie of the bladder 1. Causae The muscle Sphincter being resolved through coldness and moysture or the nerves that spring from os sacrum being ill affected the urine goeth away against the will of the patient Galenus Galen defineth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The way of the humours in the veines 2. Besides imagination which doth chiefly work in us when we are asleep there happeneth also a laxness of the round muscle caused by the abundance of urine and the sharpness thereof do provoke urine as that some persons pisse their bed For the first Curatio a purgation of the infusion of seane and Agarick 1. A bag of primula veris Ina arthretica Sacculus Salvia majorana ex floribus Anthos Stacados and cammomel which may be applyed to the pubes perinaeum and also to the loines also anoynt those places with oyles de castoreo costi Oleum cinnamomi vulpis remember to make that strengthening decoction set down in paralysis Decoctio but make it with wine you may inject the oyls and waters of sage primroses rew Injectio and Stecados promise no short cure for it ever proves long and difficult 2. For the latter some use Pil. de quinque gener Pilulae myrobolanorum or you may infuse two dragmes of rhubarb in the decoction aforesaid or a clyster wherein dissolve Oleum nervale Pulvis some commend Vesica capre suis Tauri being dried in an oven and powdered and ʒ j. or two given in wine or the decoction aforesaid Aetius Aetius commends the lungs of a goat to be rosted and eaten fasting a mornings the testicle of a hare boyled in wine the wine to be drunk and the stones eaten It is a common thing and confirmed by Galen to give Farcimen ex muribus Galenus FINIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. LIB II. EPHEMERA in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diaria febris in Latin in English one day fever The Patient having but one fit and so for the most part finished in one day of his own nature It is the spirit or breath that is inflamed Galenus Galen calleth it A simple fever A fever properly is an unnaturall heat Definitio febris which taking his beginning at the heart is spread by the arteries and veines into the whole body and doth let and hurt the operation of it Now of simple fevers some reckon three kinds an unnatural heat ingendred in the spirits of breath causeth Ephemera or Diaria as aforesaid whereof be two kinds that is Ephemera Simpliciter or Diaria Secondly Diaria plurium dierum otherwise called Synochus non putrida enduring three or four dayes unnatural heat ingendred in the humours causeth Putrida febris a rotten fever they do not in two places within the vessels and that two wayes for either all the humours do putrifie and rot equally and cause a fever called Synochus putrida or one only humour putrifieth and so causeth a continual fever If there be putrifaction of choller it causeth a continual Tertian or a burning fever If of flegme it causeth a continual Quotidian If of melancholy it causeth a continual Quartan If they rot without the vessels then they cause an intermitting fever for if there be putrefaction of choller it causeth an intermitting Tertian If of flegme that is sweet an intermitting quotidian exquisite and pure If of flegm that is glasen it causeth Epialos Epialos If of melancholy an intermitting fever Quartan The cause of Ephemera is Causa when as the breath is inflamed and heat above nature without any putrefaction or rottennesse also through watchings crudities lack of digestion sadnesse fear vehement care of mind kernels in the throat and such like which heat and inflame the spirits and the whole body 1. The signes are six first Signa the pulse are greater swifter and oftner 2. Secondly their urine is like a haile bodies urine 3. Thirdly their heat is gentle and easie 4. Fourthly the fever endeth on a sudden 5. Fifthly there wants evill symptomes as pain of the head stomach c. 6. Sixthly they are alwayes ingendred of an outward cause 1. If watching be the cause there is heaviness of the eyes swartness of the face 2. If of anger there is rednesse of the face and eyes with a swift pulse 3. If care and sorrow be the cause there is a noughty colour heaviness of the body hollowness of the eyes swartness of the face 4. If of Sun-burning the head is hot and their veines sometimes puffed up 5. If through cold there followes distillations and Rhumes 6. If of wearinesse the skin is dryer 7. If through drunkennesse and hunger it is known by the telling of the sick 8. If through swelling about
with washt Venus-turpentine and let him take three over night and four in the morning for a week together 5. Emplastrū Also Emplastrum sticticum is very good to lay to his back spread on leather give him with his meats the seeds of Agnus castus and the leaves of rew Aq. sperm ranarum to eat purslaine and drink spawne-water will be good to extinguish seed Let him lye on his side And lastly he must eschew and exclude all thoughts belonging to carnal copulation and ℞ Succi myrtillorum vel succi foliorum myrti Linimentum Montanus plantaginis ana ℥ .ij. succi sempervivae ℥ .j. unguenti sandalini ℥ .ij. cum modico cerae albae reformetur linimentum pro renibus Montanus de renum vesicae affectionibus Consilium 301. pag. 738. CHAP. XVII CELE in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ramex and Hernia in Latin of the barbarous writers Ruptura there be seven kinds or nine 1. Enterocele or Ramex intestinorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the Peritonaeum do break and the bowels fall down into the Cods 2. Bubonocele or Ramex inguinis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the bowels do cleave or stay above the privie members 3. Hydrocele or Ramex aquosus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when a watery humour is gathered into any part of the filmes or skin of the Cods 4. Sarcocele 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Ramex carnosus is when there groweth hard flesh within the coats and tunicles of the stones 5. Epiplocele or Ramex omenti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the kall or filme that laps in the bowels do fall down into the Cods 6. Enteroepiplocele or Ramex omenti intestini is when the bowels do slip down with the filme 7. Cirsocele or Ramex varicosus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the veines which nourish the stones are spread abroad and swollen out of measure on heaps 8. Ramex ventosus Physocele or Hernia ventositatis is when wind is gathered into the skin of the Cods 9. Hyrophysocele or Ramex ventosus aquosus when wind and water is gathered into the filmes of the Cods They are caused by some violent accident Causa as a stroak leaping crying fall or lifting which do break the peritonaeum and so cause Ramex intestinorum or stretch it out more then it ought to be and so cause Ramex inguinis Or the vessels joyned together and increasing in the Cods or the vessels being broak and slidden down sendeth blood thither which being changed into a watery or wheyish substance causeth Ramex aquosus Ramex carnosus is caused through a stripe or blow upon the stone or stones The cause of the other ruptures are evident by their descriptions The signes of the two first is a manifest swelling in the Cods Signa or above the privie members It goeth back slowly but rolleth down quickly also the swelling is very great The signes of a watery humour is a swelling without pain firm and shining like the colour of the humour as dregs of blood or the like If it be on both sides of the Cods it s then a double rupture The signes of Ramex carnosus is hardnesse somtimes like a kernel and thenthere is neither colour sense nor feeling But if the humour be of a wicked nature then pricking pain doth vexe him You must lay the Patient upright Curatio yet so as his head may be lower then his buttocks and separate his legges then put up the bowels by little and little then keep them up by convenient trusses and ligaments But if the place adjoyning to the Cods or privie members be inflamed and very painful so that thereby the bowels are made disobedient to go up then you must use foments and liniments made with mallowes cammomel dill linseed fennegreek Fomentati and nourish the place with wooll dipt in oyle Also take Emplastrum ad Herniam spread some on a piece of lether and apply it Emplastrū let it lye on seven dayes being bound fast with his truss and let him give himself rest for thirty dayes this is an excellent help Also make a decoction with comfry roots plantin myrtill seed pomegranat flowers Decoctio and leaves of laurel boyle them in red wine and water of plantin and then sweeten it with sugar For a watery rupture look into the Chapters of the dropsies as Ascites c. A perfect rupture coming by the breaking of the Peritonaeum in men of full growth seldom admits of cure A certain chyrurgion did use to beat a loadstone into fine powder Historia and give of it to children in a little pap and then he anoynted the groine with honey and then strewed on it the fine filings of Iron this he did for 10 or 12 dayes together keeping up the bowels straight with a truss Thus have you had directions for the curing of the first second third fifth and sixth As for the fourth rupture it s more properly a chirurgious work Paraeus and if you please you may take Parey for your guide so likewise for the seventh As for the eighth and ninth look into the Chapters of the dropsies There is also Hernia Humoralis generated by the confused mixture of many humours in the Cod Hernia humoralis or between the tunicles which involve the testicle And there is Pneumatocele which is a flatulent tumour in the Cod Pneumatocele being round and shining both of them are cured by medicines which dissolve and trusses to keep up the Cods from falling Vnguentū Also clysters And take Helder cammomel fetherfew betony great valerian chickweed sention mercury hemlock smallage gomepheny and cellindine ana M j. chop them small boyle them in p. iij. of May butter and two penny worth of neats-foot oyle bathe the Cod with it or ℞ Fomentatio Forrestus Cumini baccarum lauri seseli rnt ana ℥ .j. fiat decoctio in vino leniter astringente lixivio foveatur pars Forest Tom. 1. lib. 27. obs 25. CHAP. XVIII MENSIVM SVPPRESSIO Causa is either naturally or against nature If naturally the woman is vexed with no grief of the body nor yet of the wombe If against nature it happeneth either through grossnesse or slendernesse of body the former have but little blood the latter no superfluous blood in them Also grosse blood bleeding at the nose c. sweating continual vomiting fluxes of the belly hardnes scars or a peece of flesh ingendred in the mouth of the matrice may be the cause also carelesness fear and sorrow There is heaviness a desire to vomit Signa abhorring of meat paines about the loynes thighes neck eyes and head sometimes fevers and blackish urine made with difficulty 1. A cold distemper is known by dulness a white and leady colour in the face and a watery thin and greenish urine 2. A hot distemper of
she be dead or not take a smooth looking-glasse lay it or hold it before her mouth and nostrils if she breath though never so obscurely yet the glass will be duskey 2. Or take a fine downish feather and hold it likewise as aforesaid and it will by the trembling or shaking motion thereof shew that there is some breath and therefore life remaining in the body 3. But the surest way is to blow up sneesing powder but if no breath appear do not presently judge the woman for dead for the small vitall heat may be drawn into the heart and so not quite destitute of life but for the present nature is contented with transpiration only So flies gnats and pishmares or pismires live all winter without breathing 1. If it proceedeth from the corruption of the seed the accidents are more grievous and violent difficulty of breathing goeth before and shortly after comes the deprivation thereof And the whole habit of the body seems more cold then a stone She is a widow or a woman that her husband hath a long time been absent from her so that she hath great store of seed which causeth heavinesse of the head losse of appetite sadnesse and fear Also young maids that are prone to lechery abounding with blood and seed are often troubled with this disease so that if the abundance of seed be the cause they speak things that are to be concealed some laugh others weep and some sing But the peculiar signes if the midwife tickle her womb with her finger there comes away thick and grosse seed with much pleasure and delight as may be perceived by the Patient so that all symptomes do quickly vanish 2. It is very like it is caused by the suppression of the flowers if they had them very well formerly and on a sudden they stop and the fits likewise quickly follow after Look the cause of Mensium suppressio I mean the signe many do perish in the fit or within few houres after which happeneth when the pulse are swift and inordinate and then vanish clean away In the Fit place her on her back Curatio with her brest and stomach loose and her garments slack about her that she may breathe the more freely Some pull the haires of the secret parts using frictions below and fumes of cinnamon Lignum aloes Callam aromat lignum Aloes Ladanum Benzoin and storax An instrument may be made for this purpose with a tunnell on the top through which the fume may passe into the matrice Contrariwiwise to the nostrils Gum. galbanum Sagapenum Assafoetida ammoniacum Assa foetida the snuff of candle also haire old leather horse-hoofees and partridges feathers burnt are good If she be a married woman let her be strongly encountered by her husband who possibly may be the cause by not affording her due benevolence for one I knew once to be guilty of this crime and for no other end but because he was unwilling to have any more children by her so that the woman had undoubtedly perished in her most grievous fits if I had not perswaded him to relieve her which accordingly he did and she very suddenly recovered If she be a maid or widow let the midwife anoynt her finger with Oleum moschaetalinum Oleum or cloves or the best is a little amber greece or civet Sacculi and tickle the top of the neck of the wombe which Plato calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a craving creature Also to apply sitle bagges of motherwort origan cammomel peniroyal lavender and mugwort hot to her secret parts is a present remedy in the time of the fit And procure sneesing with Helleborus albus or pilletary with a little powder of Castoreum After the fit I have procured gentle vomiting with good successe and Castoreum drunk in wine is excellent Also open a vein on the foot Venae-sectio especially if the menstruis be stopped using other meanes also to procure them And administer this clyster following ℞ Clyster Bad. enulae campanae ℥ ss fol. absynth artemisiae pulegii matricar origani ana M. j. Baccharum lauri juniperi ana ℥ .iij. sem rutae anisi an ʒ.iij florum stoecados roris marini salviae centaur minor ana ℥ .iv. fiat decoctio cape colaturae li. j. in qua dissolve mellis anthosati sacchar rub hieraepicrae benedict lax ana ℥ .j. olei aneth ℥ i.ss misce fiat enema Lastly these pills following are excellent ℞ Pul. rad gentianae ℥ ss castoreiʒ ij pul rad Pilulae peoniaeʒ ij assafaetida ℥ ss ol junip. anisi ana gr 10. ol succini ℈ .j. cum theriac androm q. s fiat massa If you can get the mosse that groweth on a malefactors scull put in ℈ ij with the powder of the scull ʒ ij and then it will prove excellent good against Epilepsia If she have her fits mostly in the day let her take 3 or 4 pills every morning if in the night contrary Lastly ℞ Musci ℈ j. Galliae muscataeʒ j. Vnguentū Ruffus olei liliorum ℥ .ij. misce fiat unguentum Let the neck of the womb be anointed therewith And ℞ Castorei Galbani in aceto soluti ana ℥ ss Suffumiga tio Ruffus Sulphuris ℥ j. Assae foetidaeʒ j. Ruffus lib. 6. cap. 8. pag. 84. vel fol. 83. CHAP. XXII PROCIDENTIA VTERI 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or a falling down of the womb so that it sticketh out outwardly The cause is of falling from an high place Causae sore travel of child-birth or through the unskilfulnesse of the mid-wife who draweth away the womb with the childe or with the secundine cleaving fast thereunto Also a tenasmus may be the cause or whatsoever weightily presseth down the Diaphragma or the muscles of the Epigastrium or setting on a cold stone Therefore what thing soever resolve relax or burst the ligaments or bands whereby the wombe is tyed are supposed to be causes of the accident There is felt pain in the entrails loynes or os sacrum Signa And a tractable tumour at the neck of the womb It is sometimes seen hanging out of the bignesse and form of goose egge like a peece of red flesh If that hangeth out be putrified Curatio it must be cut away being first tied and the rest seared with a cautery Paulus and others testifie that some women have lost the greater part others all their womb and yet have lived very well after it If it hangeth down between the thighs it is hard to cure yet place her on her back her buttocks and thighes being lifted up and her legges drawne back then anoint with oyle of sillies Fomentatio If it be swelled use a fomentation of mallowes Althaea and fennegreek then thrust it up gently with your finger into its place whilest the woman draw her breath as as if she supt something then wipe away the oyle and foment with an astringent decoction made
yet there is a Cacotrophy or vitious nourishment proper to this affect 3. Thirdly the fleshie parts are daily more and more worne away made thin and lean which excellently demonstrateth the motion and degree of this disease by its increase This sign being joyned with the former doth at least constitute a Pathognomonical sign of the second kind that is such a one as is proper to this disease alone 4. Certain swellings and knotty excrescences also carruncles knobby swellings and hard bunches of flesh about some of the joynts are observed in this affect chiefly conspicuous in the wrists and somewhat less in the Ankles the like are in the tops of the Ribs where they are conjoyned with grissles in the brest and sterne These tumours are scituated in the very bones which witnesseth the species of the disease 5. Some bones are crooked as the spine bone the shank bone the Fibula or small bone in the leg then afterwards the greater shank bone and the lesser bones of the elbow the bones of the head stick out Hippocrates But in health according to Hippocrates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The bones do give unto the body stability uprightnesse and form or fashion 6. The stern is elevated that it may yeeld room to the augmented bulk of the liver 7. The former parts of the Ribs are more soft then the hinder and do more easily receive their aliment and augmentation then the harder so that the formost parts of the Ribs which are soft are more lengthened then the undermost The teeth come forth slowly with trouble and then oftentimes waxe loose and black falling out by peices and new ones come again though late with pain 8. The brest becometh narrow in the higher progression of the disease on both sides and sticketh out like the brest of an Hen or Capon which indeed may somewhat happen in an Atrophy or a defective nourishment of the parts but it can scarce so fall out according to the change of the figure without an Alogotrophy this must also be reputed a Pathognomonical sign of the second kind 9. Again a swelling of the Abdomen and an extension of the Hypochond parts which hinder the free motion of the Diaphragma downwards and consequently interrupt the breathing proceeding partly from the windiness of the stomach and guts and partly from the bigness of the liver and other bowels 10. A cough is frequent and stoppings hard tumors impostumes and inflammations of the lungs is usual and there is a lateral growing of the lungs in the Plura which partly is the cause of the vitiated figure of the brest They are averse from lying on their sides either because of the coalescence of the lungs with the Plura or by reason of some tumor but these are not conspicuous whilest the child is living The pulse in the wrists are small and weak 11. Their excrements of the belly and bladder do resemble theirs that are in health they loathe sweet things they weigh heavier then others that are in health of the same age and stature 12. The Hydrocephalus is known by dulness of the sences the magnitude of the head the sutures do gape more wide the bone in the fore-head sticks out there is a water outwardly contained undet the Pericranium for the signes of other diseases which are usually complicated with this affect look into their proper Chapters The observations collected from the dissection and inspection of bodies subdued by this disease are these 1. The Abdomen being opened the liver hath exceeded in bigness yet well coloured and not much hardened 2. The spleen for the most part is not to be contemned whether you consider the magnitude the colour or the consistence of it 3. The stomach and guts are somewhat more infected with flatulent humours because of the extension of the Hypocondriacal parts 4. The mesentery is somewhat faultlesse and sometimes affected with glandulous excrescencies and sometimes with swelling bunches 5. The sweet-bread is suspected to be obstructed and to have a Scirrhus 6. The kidnies uriters and bladder are laudably sound unlesse there be a concomitancy of other diseases 1. The stern being withdrawn there is perceived stoppings or stuffings of the lungs which alwayes more or lesse groweth with the Plura some have glandulous knobs or bunches though but seldom 2. In the cavity of the brest is sometimes seen a collection of wheyish waters and more frequently then in the cavity of the Abdomen 3. Sometimes all the lungs on the left or right side though seldom is infected with an impostume so that being crushed they yeeld a copious thick and stinking matter of a yellowish colour and in the impostume is contained much water 4. The kernel in the cavell bone is always observed to be great 1. The skull being sawed thorow in a circular figure and the little cover being opened you may observe the Dura mater to be firm and adhered to the skull in many places 2. Between the Dura mater and the Pia mater and in the very ventricles of the brain is sometimes found wheyish and waterish humors which is the cause of the Hydrocephalus 3. The Carotides and the jugular veines exceed in many their just proportion but the arteries and veines are usually slender in this affect 1. The prognostical signs are these the disease properly natural or if it invadeth before the birth is the most dangerous and seldom end in health 2. The more early the invasion is after the birth the more dangerous the disease is 3. Elder children that go up and down are more easilier cured then young infants that cannot use their legs 4. This disease proceeding from some other foregoing affects is more dangerous then that which is introduced by an erroneous regiment of health 5. This disease chiefly invadeth the cradles of the Gentry who live at great ease 6. The greater the head is the longer and harder is the cure 7. The weaker the back bone is the greater and the more dangerous is the affect 8. The great swellings in the bones of the wrists and the ends of the ribs the crookedness of the shank bone the shoulder bone or the bone of the arm and the great inflexion of the joynts do presage the continuance of the disease 9. If the Hydrocephalus be complicated with the Rachites it ever importeth great danger If the sutures of the brain-pan do gape and water get into the middle spaces and swell the the Dura mater into a waterish and soft tumor it is mortal 10. A painful breeding of teeth is sometimes accompanied with most vehement symptoms and even threatneth death but the dog tooth portends more danger in this disease 11. An Asthma especially the Orthopny Othopnaea in which the Patient cannot draw breath but with an erected neck is very dangerous for that prompteth to a suspition of some tumor impostume plurisy or inflammation of the lungs or some growing of the lungs with the Plura 12. If the ptisick be
a curling or intangling of the haire Secondly 2. Decoloratio a deformity of the colour Thirdly 3. Quassatio a splitting or cleaving asunder of the haire Fourthly 4. Fractio which is a short breaking away of the haire for it snappeth asunder Fifthly 5. Atrophia a drying away or consuming of the haire for lack of food Sixthly 6. Canities is when the haire before its due time becomes gray or white Seventhly 7. Defluxio which is a falling away of the haire like as in them who lost their naturall heat or recovered after a long continued sicknesse Eighthly 8. Phiasis is when the haire is coloured like a snake The ninth and last is this 9. Alopecia I now treat of The causes of Alopecia Causa are inflamed moystures whereby the haire before was fed which through inflammation thereof is taken away If blood abound open a vein Curatio Venae sectio Fomentatio and take myrtill seeds and leaves boyle them in plantin water and red wine and wash the head therewith Or â„ž Mellis purioris vini cretici Fallopius urinae puerorum Lactis ana lb. Aqua Fallopius j. Destillet aqua qua abluantur loca unde pili decidunt Fallopius CHAP. III. TORTVRA ORIS called of Almansor Contractio it is untruly named the palsie for it is more nearer a cramp yet if it proceed from moysture it is a kind of palsie if through drowth then it is a kind of cramp and is commonly a sign of death The chief cause springeth Causa as of that of the palsie or cramp called Spasmos or else of cold or some angry passion The mouth and lips are contracted to the right or left side Signa so that one eye is sometimes clear shut up and the breath issueth out at one corner of the mouth For the cure Curatie if you look into the Chapters of Spasmus and Paralysis you shall find plenty of remedies yet this bag following is much commended â„ž Sacculus Pulicar herb paralys orig calamenti folior lauri rutae anthos an m. ss florum stoecados salviae sambuci ana p. j. radic pyretri â„¥ .j. fiat sacculus And apply it Oleum castorei but first let the diseased part be anoynted with oyle of Castoreum Lastly â„ž Aqua opt Quercetanus Aquarum Lillii convallii Aquarum juniperi ana â„¥ j. olei succini ℈ ss misce Quercetanus CHAP. IV. PEDICVLARIS MORBVS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa the lowsie evill is a miserable sickness It happeneth that these vermin do breed of moysture of a mans flesh and begin commonly in the eye-browes and in some scabs or scruf by little and little they creep out of the whole body with such danger that very skilful Physicians have enough to do therewith First purge Curatio and then anoynt with this liniment following â„ž Ol. amigd amar â„¥ ij ol antiquiss LinimentuÌ„ Rondelet vel rutac â„¥ j. staphi agriae â„¥ j. centaur minor Ê’ ij myrrhaeÊ’ iij. arg viv â„¥ ij axung ranc dae salitae â„¥ iij. incorporentur simul fiat linâ—mentum Lastly let him drink the juyce of wormwood and scurvigrass in his beer for a week together And â„ž Malv bismal ciclae ana m. ij hord integ Rondeletius Lotio leviter torrefacti p. iij. fo â„¥ j. flor chamo mellil ana p. j. fiat decoctio qua abluatur Rondelet lib. 1. cap. 3. Or the oyntment made with Tobacco ashes see the first Chapter and second page of this book or make this liniment â„ž Aloes staphydis agriae an â„¥ ss olei fraxini LinimentuÌ„ succi genistoe q. s Fiat linimentum Weckerus CHAP. V. OPHTHALMIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an inflammation of the coat Adnata and consequently of the whole eye with beating and great pain It may be caused either by a fall Causa a stroak dust or small sand flying into the eyes or by a defluxion of a thin hot humour upon the eyes or an inflammation of the Dura mater or pericranium may be the cause The signes are great heat Signa rednesse and pain which sometimes is so vehement that it forceth the eyes out of their orbe and breaketh them asunder they are sometimes taken with vomiting which is a sign that the matter of the disease proceeds from the stomack Their diet must be moderate Curatio Victus ratio Venae-sectio Galenus and of a cooling quality and if nothing forbid give him a gentle purgation and open a vein in the arm But Galen commends the opening of a vein in the forehead to be a most speedy help Then use repercussives as â„ž Collyrium Paraeus Aq. ros rub plantag an â„¥ ss mucagin gum tragacanth Ê’.ij album ovi quod sufficit f. collyrium Let certain drops be dropped into the eye and presently after apply this cataplasme to the eye â„ž Cataplas Karaeus Medul pomor sub ciner coctorum â„¥ .iij. lactis muliebris â„¥ ss fiat cataplasma CHAP. VI. SVFFVSIO vel cataracta 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a disease in which the Patient imagines that he seeth black things It is the concretion of an humour into a thin skin under the horny coat just against the apple or pupil or it is a corrupt water congealed like a curd betwixt the Tunicles and set before the sight of the eye and the cristalline humour so that the sight is quite lost weak or somehat depraved Leucoma or the web of the eye Leucoma Glaucoma is not much unlike the cataract and also Glaucoma which is when the cristalline humour is dry and thick and the colour of it is green so that the eyes seem green The causes of a cataract may be a fall Causa stroak heat cold or pain by whose meanes the humour is drawne and gathered together or else vapours and humours ascending to the brain and from thence descending to the eyes which in processe of time and by reason of cold are changed into water and in the end becomes thick and congealed When the cataract is formed and ripe Signa it resembleth a thin membrane spread over the Apple or pupil and appeareth in colour sometimes black green livid citrine and a quick-silver-like colour which are all held uncurable because it is very like that the optick nerve is obstructed But a chesnut or a sky or sea-water colour with some little whitenesse yeeld great hope of a happy and successeful cure At the first when it beginneth to breed they seem to see many things as flies hares nets and black things sometimes every thing appeareth two and sometimes lesse than they are and their sight is best in the morning now if this filme cover half the pupil then all things shew but by halfes But if the middest thereof be covered and as it were the centre of the cristalline humour then they seem as if they had holes or windowes but if
feaver and other accidents shall remit and when the tumour hath a sharp head and when by the pressing of the finger the humour flow to and fro then you may know that it is ripe Then without any further delay the tumour must be opened either with an incision-knife or a potential cautery in which action consider 1. First that you put your knife to the softest part of that Abscess 2. Secondly to the lowest part 3. Thirdly you must make your incision according to the wrinkles of the skin and the right fibers of the muscles lying next under the skin 4. Fourthly turn your knife from the large vessels and nerves 5. Fifthly the matter must not be evacuated too abundantly at once in great Abscesses 6. Sixthly handle the affected part gently 7. Seventhly and lastly after the matter is evacuated the Abscess must be cleansed filled with flesh consolidated and cicatrized The ulcer must be dressed 2 or 3 dayes with this medicine ℞ Medicamentum Vitellum unius ovi terebinth venetae ol rosar an ℥ ss fiat medicamentum Then use this detersive medicine ℞ Mellis rosarum ℥ j. syrupi rosar Medicamentum terebinth venetae an ℥ i. ss farinae hordei ℥ ij fiat medicamentum ad usum But if you would cleanse it more powerfully use Vnguentum Apostolorum Vnguentū or Aureum and Aegyptiacum mixed according to the scope you conceive in your mind Amongst the symptomes which most usually accompany phlegmons feavers are the chief as Ephemera Synochus c. Their causes signes and cures you shall find in the second book of this volume CHAP. XXXII ERYSIPELAS or inflammation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Herpes miliaris It is a general name for all impostumes brought forth by choller as the Herpes miliaris The eating Herpes Ring-worms and Tetters c. They are made by most thin and subtle blood Causa which upon any occasion of inflammation easilie becomes chollerick or by blood and choler hotter then is requisite or by choler mixed with an acrid serous humour but oftentimes by sincere and pure choler which by Galen is called a true and perfect Erysipelas Galenus 1. If choler being predominant be mixed with blood it is termed Erysipelas phlegmonodes 2. If with phlegme Erysipelas oedematodes 3. If with melancholy Erysipelas scirrhodes But if they concurre in equall quantity there will be made Erysipelas phlegmone Erysipelas oedema Erysipelas scirrhus There is great heat Signa pulsation and pain which is pricking and sharper then the pain in the phlegmon without heavinesse a yellowish red colour They quickly slide back into the body at the least compression of the skin Erysipelas principally assayles the face by reason of the rarity of the skin of that place Galenus Galen acknowledges two kindes of Erysipelas one simple without an ulcer Prognostic the other ulcerated If an Erysipelas possesse the womb it is deadly And in like manner if it spread too farre over the face by reason of the sympathy of the membranes with the brain So impostumes of a monstrous bignesse are often deadly by reason of the great resolution of the spirits caused by their opening Hippocrat Curatio Venae sectio Victus ratio Hippo. Aphor. 8. Sect. 6. The cure is performed by evacuation and refrigeration Open a vein if nothing prohibit the Cephalick vein if it assayles the face Let his diet be of a cooling quality then give a clyster of refrigerating and humecting things Galenus Avicenna Galen and Avicen commends this oxycrate following ℞ Oxycratum Aqua font ℥ vj. aceti acer ℥ j. fiat oxycratum In which you may wet linnen cloathes and apply them to the affected part and renew them often If it be upon the face ℞ Linimentū Vnguentum ros ℥ iv succi plantagin semper vivi an ℥ j. trochis de camphoraʒ ss aceti parum misce fiat linimentum Also Aqua sperm ranarum is excellent Aq. sperm ranarum you may wet cloaths in it and apply them If the pain be intolerable this narcotick is good ℞ Succi hyoscyami solani cicutae an ℥ j. Linimentū album ovorum n. ij aceti ℥ ss opii camphor an gr iv croci ℈ ss mucaginis sem psyll foenugr extractae in aq ros plantag an ℥ j. ol de papav ℥ ij fiat linimentum addendo ung refrigerantis Gal. camphor q. satis sit But if the fiery colour begin to wax livid and black abstain from narcotick medicines and use resolving and strengthening things as ℞ Rad. altheae ℥ ij fol. malvae bismal pariet Fotus absynthii salviae an m. j. flor chamaem meliloti rosar rub an m. ij coquantur in aequis partibus vini aquae fiat fotus cum spongia After the fomentation Emplastrū apply a plaister of Diapalma dissolved in oyle of cammomile and melilote Erysipelous tumours do bring with them oftentimes Tertian feavers as Exquisita Tertiana Tertiana notha Semitertiana febris CHAP. XXXIII HERPES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa is a tumor caused by pure choler separated from the rest of the humours and carried to the scarf skin and is diffused over the surface thereof If choler be compounded with some small mixture of flegm it will raise little blisters over the skin like to the seeds of millet Herpes miliaris Herpes exedens This tumour of the ancients is called Herpes miliaris And if it have any admixture of melancholy it will be an Herpes exedens Let his diet be of a cooling quality Curatio Clysters oft times sufficeth for the purging of the peccant humour The chirurgion shall have regard to the resolving of the tumour and the drying of the ulcer for which purpose ℞ Vnguentū Cerusae tuthiae praep an ℥ j. ol ros adipis capon an ℥ ij corticis pini usti ℥ ss cerae quantum satis fiat unguentum For an Herpes miliaris ℞ Vnguentū Pulv. gallarum malicurii balaust boli armeni an ℥ j. aqua ros ℥ iij. aceti acerrimi ℥ j. axungiae an ser olei myrtill an ℥ i. ss terebinth ℥ j. fiat unguentum ad usum Vnguentum enulatum is of great force in the removing this tumour Vng enul for it kills the pustules and wastes the humour Also fretting ulcers which seem uncurable may be healed by touching the edges with Aq. fortis or oyle of vitriole CHAP. XXXIV OEDEMA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a soft laxe and painlesse tumour caused by collection of a phlegmatick humour And may be said to be a general name for all tumours which phlegme produceth Antheromata Steatomata Melicerides as the Atheromata Steatomata and Melicerides The matter of every one of these tumours is shut up in its bladder or bag as it were in a peculiar cell The matter of the first is like childrens pap Of the
humours be purged Then take this emollient and resolving medicine â„ž Mucaginis alth foeenugr ficuum ping an Cerolum â„¥ ij olei liliorum chamaem an â„¥ j. pinguedinis anseris axungiae porci an â„¥ ss terebinth ven â„¥ i. ss ammoniaci galbani in aceto dissolutorum ana â„¥ j. cerae novae quantum satis fiat cerotum secundum artem ad modum diachyli magni With some of this Cerote may be mixed the powder of Quick-silver and applied for many have been holpen therewith they must be dressed every second or third day The unguent for the French disease and Vigo's plaster are excellent for this purpose especially if they be continued so long untill the Patient come to salivation The best way if possible is to bring it to suppuration and then let the expert Chirurgion open the tumor or tumors but not before all the contained humours that appear be converted into pus or matter for we must not as soon as any portion of the humour be turned into pus hasten the apertion because one portion of the suppurated humour causeth the rest to suppurate As fruits which begin to rot If the putrefying part be not cut away the residue quickly becomes rotten Also natural heat is the efficient cause of suppuration Such as are in the neck and have no deep roots may be cut away but speciall care must be taken that the jugular veines the sleepie arteries and the recurrent nerves be not violated or hurt Lastly some commend this emplaster following â„ž EmplastruÌ„ Manardus Rhabarbari electi â„¥ ss Aloes hepaticae â„¥ j. Lixivti fortis lib. j. Saponis veneti lib. ss cerae â„¥ ij Decoquantur ad duritiem justam CHAP. XXXVII SCIRRHVS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an hard tumor proceeding of melancholie A cancer leprosie corus a Thymus Gemursae 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is a kernel under the canell bone The Dracunculus which is a generation of haires like worms and are bred in the musculous part of mans bodie whose cure according to Gorraeus Gorraeus is performed after the same manner and by the same method of section and incision as the varices are Varices A varix is a crooked swelling vein or if you will it is the dilatation of a vein Morpheae Also the morphew black and white and all other impostumes arising from a melancholie humour Scirrhus legitimus may be reduced to a Scirrhus a true and legitimate Scirrhus is generated of a natural melancholy humour being indued with a little sense hard and without pain The illegitimate Scirrhus is generated of a melancholick humour Scirrhus illegitimus concrete by too much refrigerating it is insensible and without pain There is also a Cancerons Scirrhus bred by the corruption and adustion of a melancholy humour And lastly an Oedematous Scirrhus Causa The cause is a grosse tough and tenacious humor concrete in any part which happeneth by an ill and irregular diet or the unnatural affects of the liver or spleen as obstruction or by suppression of the Haemmorrhoids Signa or courses The signes are hardnesse renitency a blackish colour and a dilation of the veines of the affected part with blackishnesse The illegitimate or bastard Scirrhus and also the cancerous admit no cure and the true legitimate scarce yeeld to any First prescribe a convenient diet Curatio Victus ratio and let the Patient be free from all perturbation of anger grief and sadnesse and let him flie from venerie as from an enemie Secondly Venus procure the Haemorrhoids in men and the courses in women and purge with this potion following Potio purgans â„ž Diacatholiconis tripherae persicae an Ê’ iij. diasennae solut Ê’ ij rhabarbari in aqua endiv. infusi expressiÊ’ j. cinnamomi gr iv aquarum lupuli endâ—viae an â„¥ ij misce fiat potio At the beginning emollients must be used and then presently resolving or such as are mixed both of resolving EmplastruÌ„ and emollient faculties for which purpose the emplaster of vigo with a double quantity of Mercury is effectual for that mollifies resolves and wasts all tumors of this kind Lastly Goats dung is very good to discusse Scirrhus tumours If you want more look into the Chapters of the diseases of the spleen Quartan feavers happeneth often upon Scirrhus tumours CHAP. XXXVIII CANCER It is a hard tumor rough and unequall 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 round and immoveable of an ash or livid colour horrin by reason of the veines on every side swollen with black blood and spread abroad to the similitude of the stretched out legs and clawes of a crab The suppression of accustomed evacuations Causa an irregular diet and obstruction of the spleen may be the cause It torments the Patient with pricking pain Signa like the pricking of needles with acrid heat being of a livid and ash colour and representing the toothed clawes of a crab There is an ulcerated or manifest Cancer and the not ulcerated or occult some are inveterate one small another great one raging and malign another more mild Every Cancer is held uncurable or very difficult for it is a particular leprosie Some possesse the internal parts as the womb guts and fundament Others the externall as the brests The tumor seems soft to the eye but hard to the touch The ulcer is filthie with lips thick swollen hard knottie turned out and standing up casting forth fllthie and carrion like filth having a horrid aspect The pain feaver and all the symptomes are increased by acrid medicines In weak bodies we must not attempt the cure Curatio but only keep them from growing more violent and from spreading further Hippocrat Hippocrates saith that such as are cured of an occult cancer do quickly die but such as are not cured live longer Galenus Galen affirms he cured a cancer not ulcerated The cure is performed by medicines purging melancholie by phlebotomie and shunning all things that may breed ill and feculent blood A cooling and humecting diet must be prescribed Victus and the part affected with the cancer must be gently handled Asses milk is exceeding fit to asswage the acrimonie of the cancerous humour taken inwardlie and applied outwardlie to the cancerous ulcer If the cancer be small and in a part which may suffer amputation cut a way according to art whatsoever is corrupt even to the quick Historia A neer kinsman of mine was eight years agone troubled with a cancerous tumor in his brest for a certain time I bathed the part affected with Oleum rosarum omphacinum Ol. ros omp applied many plasters of Diacalcitheos Diacalcith and it pleased the Lord to cure him Yea and contrary to the Aphorisme of Hippocrates he lived many yeares after Hippocrat This following medicine is very commendable â„ž Plumbiusti loti pomph thuris an Ê’