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A46939	Enchiridion medicum, or, A manual of physick being a compendium of the whole art, in three parts ... : wherein is briefly shewed 1. the names, 2. the derivation, 3. the causes, 4. the signs, 5. the prognosticks, and 6. a rational method of cure ... / by Robert Johnson, Med. professor.	Johnson, Robert, b. 1640?	1684 (1684)	Wing J816; ESTC R440	137,158	342

to wash the Mouth Gargarise to wash the Mouth Gangrene an Inflammation tending to Mortification Gonorrhaea the Running of the Reins H. HAemorrhage an excessive or continual Flux of Bloud Haemorrhoids the Piles also the Veins in the Fundament Hepaticks of or belonging to the Liver Hernius broken Bellied Homogeneous Homogeneal of one Kind Hydromel Water and Honey Hydrocele a waterish Rupture Hydrocephalos a Dropsie in the Head Hydragogue a Medicine to purge water Hydropical that have the Dropsie Hypochondries the fore-part of the Belly about the short Ribs Hypochondriacal a windy Melancholy Hysterical of or belonging to the Womb. I. ICterical having the Jaundice Icchorous waterish mattery Jejunum the hungry Gut Ileon the third small Gut Iliack passion a grievous Disease in the Gut Ileon Impostume vide Abcess Inflammation an hot angry Swelling Ingredients that which goeth into the making of a thing Intercostal between the Ribs Ischuria Stoppage of Vrine Jugular vein in the Throat L. LActeal veins milkie Veins Lethargy a slothfull sleepy Disease of the Head Lientery a Looseness caused by undigestion Ligament a bond or binding Linament a kind of hard Ointment Lipothimy fainting sounding Lithotomy cutting out of the Stone Lixivial made of Lye Lixivium a Lye made of Ashes Lympha a waterish Humour M. MAsticatory a Medicine to chew in the Mouth Medicinal of or belonging to Physick Membrane a thin Skin Menstruous a Woman having her Menses or monthly Terms Mercurial made of Quick-silver Mesentery the thick fat Membrane that fasteneth the Guts c. Muscle an Instrument of voluntary motion in the Body N. NArcotical stupefactive that hath power to stupefie or make the Body insensible Neopolitan disease the Pox. Nephritick of the Reins Nitrous made of Salt Petre. O. OPiate made of Opium to cause sleep and give ease Ophthalmy Inflammation of the Eye Optick nerve the Sinew which bringeth sight to the Eye P. PAlate the hollow of the Mouth above Panchymagogon a Medicine which purgeth all Humours Pancreas the Sweet-bread Paracenthesis a tapping for the Dropsie c. Pralitical that have the Dropsie Pectoral of or belonging to the Breast Pericardium the Membrane involving the Heart Periosteum a thin Skin enwrapping the Bones Peripneumony an Impostume of the Lungs Peritonaeum the inner Rim of the Belly Pest the Plague Pharmacy Medicine Phlegmagogues Medicines that purgeth Phlegm Phlebotomy Bloud-letting Phrenetical that hath the Phrensie Pia mater the tender Skin enwrapping the Brain Pituitous phlegmatick Pleuretical that hath the Pleurisie Plethorick fullness of Bloud Prohylactick a Preservative against the Plague c. Ptisan Barloy-water Pulsation a beating Pulverize pulverate to beat into Powder Puncture a Pricking Purgative which hath virtue to purge Purulent full of matter Pustule a Wheal or Blister Q. QUartan ague that cometh every fourth Day Quintan ague that cometh every fifth day but seldom observ'd Quotidian that cometh every day R. RAdical of or belonging to the Root Rarefaction a making thin of what was thick Rectum the Arse-gut Respiration fetching of breath Rupture a breaking S. SAline saltish Salivation spitting or fluxing at the Mouth Sanguification the changing of the Nourishment into Bloud Saphena the Vein by the inner Ancle Scamoniats Medicines made of Scammony Scarifie to cut or lance Sceleton a dry Carcass of Bones onely Sciatica the Hip-gout Scorbutick that have the Scurvy Scrofulae the Kings-evil Secundine the After-birth Seminal of the Seed Serosity the wheyish or waterish part of the Bloud Sphincter muscle the round compassing Muscle of the Fundament c. ordained to prevent untimely excretion Soluble Loose Solvent that hath Power to melt or dissolve Soporiferous causing sleep Spasm the Cramp or Convulsion Spermatical of or belonging to the Seed Spina dorsi the Back-bone Spinalis medulla the Marrow of the Back Spirituous full of Spirit Spissitude thickness Sternutatory to cause sneezing Sternon the Breast-bone where the Ribs meet Sterillity Barrenness Strangury a pissing by drops Sudorifick that causeth Sweat Suffocate to choak Suffumigate to smoak underneath Sulphur Brimstone Superfetation a conceiving the second time Suppuration a gathering to matter Symptom any grief following a Disease or sensibly joyned with it as Head-ach with an Ague c. Systole contraction of the Heart c. T. TEnasmus a Neediness to go to stool Tenuity Smallness Thoracick of or belonging to the Breast Torsions gripings of the Guts Trachea or Aspera arteria the Wind-pipe Transfer to carry from one place to another Transmute to change Transpiration sweaty Vapours coming forth of the Pores of the Skin Tubercles Pimples Wheals Tumour a swelling Turgid after a swelling manner Tympany the windy Dropsie V. VAperous full of Vopours Varices swelling of the Veins in the Legs Vegetables Roots or Plants Vehicle any thing that carrieth c. Ventoses Cupping-glasses Verntricle the Stomach c. Verminous full of Worms Vertebra the Back-bone Vertigo Giddiness Vesiccatory a Medicine to draw Blisters Virulent deadly poisonous Viscous clammy like Bird-lime Vitiate to corrupt Volatile that flieth U. ULcerate to blister to break out into Sores Unguent an Ointment Ureters the Vessels by which the Vrine passeth from the Reins to the Bladder Urethra the passage of Vrine from the Bladder through the Yard c. Uvula a fleshy substance hanging down like a Grape from the Roof of the Mouth towards the Root of the Tongue ADVERTISEMENT A New Idea of the Practice of Physick written by that famous Franciscus De-le-boc Sylvius late chief Professour of Physick in the University of Leiden The first Book of the Diseases either constituting producing or following the Natural functions of Man not in Health Wherein is contain'd beside a new Method in General a Vindication of the Spleen and Mother from fits attributed to them As also a new Discovery of intermitting Fevers the Yellow-jaundice and other Diseases never before discover'd All clear'd by Anatomical experiments and Chymical demonstrations as also by their Cures Faithfully translated by Richard Gower formerly Student under the Authour Printed for Brabazon Aylmer at the three Pigeons against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill in Octavo THE END Cephalalgia Cephalaea Hemicrania Signs Progn Cure Clyster Julep Powder A medicinal Wine Apozeme Purging Pills Epitheme For a quilted Cap. Signs Cure Powder Cordial Julep Clyster Vomit Purging Potion Troches Purging Infusion Electuary Observation Julep Tincture Emulsion Julep Epitheme Ointment Paralysis Apoplexi● Cause Cause internal Signs Progn Cure Cordial to cause sweat Observation Clyster Suppository Purging Pills Purging Electuary Vomit Cordial Julep Medicinal Wine Bath Oil. Plaister Sneezing Powder Spasmus Epilepsia Partes affectae Causes Signs Progn Cure Julep Infusion Cordial to cause Sweat Purging Pills Infusion Ointment Masticatory Epileptick Powder Incubus Cause Vertigo Cause Lethargus Signs Coma. Carus Causes Progn Cure Julep Decoction Sneezing Powder Vomit Purging Pills Purging Infusion Fomentation Oil. Phrenitis Mania Cause Progn Cure Clyster Julep Opiat Epitheme Li●amen● Dieta Julep Purging Pills Cause Progn Cure Julep Purging Pills Purging Potion Clyster Purging Decoction Pills opiat Tussis Sputum Sanguinis Decoction Astringent Julep Pectoral Julep For a quilted Cap. Powder to fume the Head c. Masticatory Note Plaster for the Head Asthma Cause Progn Cure Pectoral Julep Pleuritis Signs Peripneumonia Cause Progn Empiema Cure Cure Sudorifick Fomentation Ointment Plaster Pultis Balsam Sulphur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Compunctio Caution Tabes Causes Signs Progn Febris Hecticae Signs Liber 12. de marc cap. 4. Causes Progn Cure Powder Cause Progn Cure Julep Purging Pills Purging Decoction Cordial Julep Syncope Signs Causes Progn Cure Decoction Purging Pills Purging Pills Cordial Julep Difference Symptomes Causes Lipiria febris Cause Hystory Progn Pars affecta Cure Cautio Purging Decoction Volatile Powder Cordial Julep Observation Causes ●he cause 〈◊〉 the Re●●rn of the 〈◊〉 Quotidian Cure Cordial Julep Purging Pills Powder Difference Calenture Signs Cause of Malignity Signs Progn Cure Cordial Sudorifick Cause Signs Progn Cure Cordial Electuar● Cordial Jalep Signs Causes Progn Cure Cordial Julep Phlebotomy Water 〈◊〉 the Eyes Gargaris Nodulas Cause Signs Cure Julep Emulsion Purging Infusion· Pica Malacia Cause Cause Cause Signs Progn Cure Nausea Cause Progn Cure Cordial Opiat Purging Decoction Diet-drink Cause Progn Cure Cordial Opiat Purging Pills Cause Progn Cure Ileos Choler Cholerica passio Hoemoptysis Cause of Ileos Causes of the cholerick passion Causes of vomiting Bloud Progn Cure Cordial Opiate Cure of Cholerick passion Vomit Cordial Opiate Cure of bloudy vomiting Astringent Julep Carminative Julep Purging Pills Cure of Iliaca passio Clyster Emulsion Cholica Passio Tenesmus Signs Causes Cause of the Colick Observation Tympany Progn Cure Julep Emulsion Purging Potion Cordial Diaphoretick Cordial Julep Cure of the Cholick Clyster Ointment Empl. Carminative Julep Purging Decoction Purging Pills Teretes Taenia Ascarides Vermina Signs of Teretes Signs of Taenia Signs of Ascarides Signs of Vermina Progn Cure Purging Pills Lienteria Coeliaca Diarrhoea Dysentery Tenasmus Hemorrhoids Causes Causes of Lientery Cause of the Jaundice-like flux Cause of the Chyle-like flux Causes of the divers kinds of Diarrhoea Cause of a Dysentery Cause of Tenasmus Cause of Hemorrhoids c. Signs Progn Cure Purging Powder Cordial Julep Decoction Powder Astringent Julep Clyster Purging Bolus Bolus Opiat Decoction Sudorifick Causes Signs Progn Cure Diaphoretick Opiate Bath Ointment Icterus Cause Progn Cure Decoction Sudorifick Diuretick Decoction Opiate Cachexia Signs Progn Cure Hydrops Ascites Cause Cause Cause of a Tympany Signs of Ascites Signs of Anasarca Signs of a Tympany Progn Cure Purging Infusion Purging Pills Pills Sudorifick Carminative Julep Medicinal Wine Ointment Pultess Hypochondriacus Causes Progn Cure Julep Electuary Purging Powder Medicinal Wine Tincture Linament Water against the Scurvy Cause Signs Progn Cure Cordial to cause Sweat Powder Purging Pills Medicinal wine Cause Cause of Whites Signs Progn Cure Astringent Julep Purge Purging Pills Astringent Electuary Astringent Julep Linament Plaster Fume Cause Signs Progn Cure Bath Powder For a quilted Bag. Progn ●ure Infusion Electuary Causes Signs Progn Cure Purging Infusion Cordial to cause sweat Causes Signs Progn Indications Cordial Julep Powder Julep Cordial Opiate Clyster Fomentation Cause Observation Signs Cause of the Stone Histories History Progn Cure Purging Bolus Julep Powder Decoction Julep Cordial Astringent Julep Cause Signs Progn Cure Cordial Opiate Decoction Pissing in Bed Causes Progn Cure Cause Progn Cure Causes Progn Cure Decoction Lues venerea Cause Signs Progn Cure Apozeme Purging Pills Decoction Purging Pills Bolus Ointment Balsamick Pills Injection Observatio Causes Signs Progn Cure Vomit Observatio Infusion Purging Bolus Linament Plaster Pectoral Ointment Arthritis Causes Observatio Signs Progn Cure Fomentation Pultess Cataplasm Linament Purging Pills Water against the Gout Rheumatismus Cause Progn Cure Linament

prepared and kept for use Take Cristals of Tartar two ounces Scammony one ounce white Sugar four ounces with Gum Dragon dissolv'd in Rose-water as much as is sufficient let it be made into Troches according to Art Half a drachm of these Troches may be given to a Child with carefull governing a Man or Woman may take two drachms of them They who are fearfull of Scammoniats though safe and potent let them take the following infusion Take of choice Rhubarb two drachms Cream of Tartar one drachm infuse them in four ounces of Endive-water for a night then strain it and add Syrup of Roses solutive Syrup of Cicory with Rhubarb of each half an ounce Cinamon-water two drachms give it in the morning fasting This Electuary is also an excellent Cholagogue Take the Pulp of Damask-prunes ten ounces Powder of Scammony Cream of Tartar of each two ounces Rhubarb ten drachms Cinamon half an ounce yellow Sanders two drachms the best Manna Syrup of Cicory with Rhubarb of each eight ounces mix all together into an Electuary according to Art The Dose is from two drachms to half an ounce taken either in a Bolus or dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Endive-water or any other convenient vehicle These excellent Medicines do not onely purge Choler abounding but purify the Bloud and other Humours and here we may note that if a purging Medicine do not operate according to Expectation it may safely be repeated the same day without any danger If the Head-ach be accompanied with a great Fever and Thirst be augmented the following Medicines will much conduce to asswage it Take of Barley-water two pints Cinamon-water two ounces Syrup of Violets four ounces salt Prunella half an ounce mix it and give the sick three or four spoonfulls of it often This Tincture is also very effectual Take of Barley-water two pints Red-rose-buds one ounce spirit of Vitriol twenty drops or as much as is sufficient to make it of a good Tincture let it infuse all Night then strain it and add Syrup of Jujubes four ounces mix it and give three or four spoonfulls every three hours If an Emulsion may please better take this following form Take of sweet Almonds one ounce the four greater Cold-seeds of each half an ounce white Poppy-seeds two ounces let the Almonds be blanched and all well beaten in a stone Mortar then with four pints of Barley-water make an Emulsion strain it and add Syrup of the Juice of Limmons Diacodium of each three ounces Cinamon-water two ounces of which let the sick drink often four spoonfulls at a time You may also have a little fine Sugar and salt Prunella equally mixt which may be kept in the Mouth to deceive the Thirst. But where rest is hindred by the Choler abounding and cannot be obtain'd by the Emulsion which gently procureth sleep you may dissolve two grains of Laudanum opiat in two or three spoonfulls of it and give it at night or you may order this or the like Julep Take the Waters of Lettice Water-lillies of each two ounces Syrup of red Poppies one ounce Cinamon-water half an ounce Laudanum opiatum four grains Oil of Vitriol six drops mix it and give four spoonfulls of it to cause sleep This Epitheme may be applied to the Temples and Fore-head with Linnen-rags Take the Oils of Violets and Water-lillies of each half an ounce the waters of red Roses Lettice and Houseleek of each two ounces Vineger of Roses half an ounce mix it You may also anoint the Temples and Fore-head with this Ointment Take the Ointment of Alabaster Populion Oil of Mandrakes of each half an ounce mix it Let the Patient's diet be Mutton or Veal-broth without salt When a salt Catarrh or the like spittle is the cause of Thirst augmented you may administer a Pill of S●yrax or Cynoglosson which will temperate the saltness of the humours and if salt serous matter abound in the Bloud you may purge it b●●●ool and Urine for which there are variety of Medicines prescrib'd in the Chapter of Catarrhs CHAP. II. Of the Palsie and Apoplexy THE Palsie is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. a solvendo eo quod nervorum genus resolutum facultate animi defluere prohibita sensu motuque destituatur It may be also called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. dimidia Apoplexia In Latin it is called nervorum resolutio vel relaxatio It is a Privation of sense and motion of one side of the Body or of some particular part The Apoplexy is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 percutior attonitum reddo In Latin 't is called stupor corporis it being an Abolition of sense and motion through the whole Body The parts affected are the Brain Spinalis medulla and Nerves the motion of the Animal spirits through them being deprav'd The causes are either external or internal The external is much cold and moisture which doth chill and over moisten the Head and extreme parts and this seems to prove that phlegmatick and watry Humours abiding about the Ventricles of the Brain and Nerves may over moisten and perhaps so far loosen the Tunicles or Membranes of them that it may render them unfit to let the Animal spirits pass through them hence it is that sometimes one particular Member hath been Paralytick by too much Cold and Moisture and sometimes more parts have more or less lost sense and motion It is the opinion of most eminent Physicians both ancient and modern that the Animal spirits being severed from the Bloud in the Brain c. are from thence carried through all the Nerves to exercise the external senses and Animal motion which is continual and equal in healthy persons but changeable and unequal according to the divers diseases of the Body or Mind Wherefore when no Animal spirits are carried to the Organs of the external Senses or Animal motion the functions of seeing smelling tasting hearing and touching and the sense of heat as also of motion in the Palsie and Apoplexy cease all that time The Signs of the Palsie are manifest to wit deprivation of sense and motion of the Paralytick parts the Eye and half the Tongue viz. of that side affected is much weakned and deprav'd The signs of the Apoplexy approaching are these a sudden crying out for help with an abolition of sense and motion 1. If the Palsie or Apoplexy do invade the sick in the decrease of the Moon and the Patient be old 't is an ill sign 2. If the sick do snort and is droughty and cast spume or froth out of the Mouth and have great sweat with difficult breathing 't is mortal But if the Person be young and a strong Fever immediately happen 't is a good sign for the Fever consumes the superfluous moisture and makes a Dissipation of the

and humours from all purulent matter if there be any hopes of the Patient's recovery All Effusions of Bloud Seed and Milk are to be shun'd except the wonted emptyings which are natural and serve the individual Let the motions of the Mind be moderate and the exercise of the Body be gentle and let sleep and watchings keep a mediocrity Appoint a moistning and nourishing Diet which is of easie fermentation as Broth and Jellies of young Creatures and Milk of Goats Sheep and Cows and chiefly of wholsome Women A Panado made with the Broth of a Chicken the Crums of White-bread and the Yelk of a new laid Egg may sometimes be given the sick for a change Let ●ooling Herbs be boiled in the Broth and Jellies adding other ingredients that are cooling moistning and cordial both to strengthen Nature and revive the Spirits Let the sick drink Barley-water made pleasant with some Pectoral Syrup and if they have been accustomed to drink Wine let it be well diluted with water As for Fruit Apples are much commended especially Pippins and Permains which will much refresh the sick If the Patient be costive you may sometimes administer a Clyster of Milk and the yelk of an Egg. The worst symptome that can attend these diseases is a Loosness if it so happen give Goats or Cows milk wherein steel hath been quenched and Rice boiled in it adding a little Powder of Cinamon and let the sick eat commonly of it CHAP. IV. Of the Palpitation of the Heart THIS Disease is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in Latin palpitatio Cordis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod leviter ac frequenter commovet because there is an over frequent Pulsation or leaping of Bloud in the Heart c. It is a Convulsive motion of the Heart with a vehement Systole and Diastole of it which sometimes hath been so inordinate that the Pulsation hath not been onely seen but heard at a notable distance yea sometimes it hath been so great that the adjacent Ribs in young and tender people who have been afflicted with this distemper hath been dislocated and the Aorta or great Artery hath been much dilated See Fernelius lib. 5. cap. 12. pag. 292. This deprav'd motion or Palpitation of the Heart is for the most part caused from sharp viscous and flatuous humours frequently arising out of the small Guts and transmitted to the ventricles of the Heart and adhereth to them by which the Heart is provoked to a vehement and unequal contraction of it self without intermission These humours are mov'd and driven forward either by their vitious effervescency or else they are stirr'd up by violent motion or exercise of the Body especially in the quick ascending of a steep hill and sometimes they are constrain'd or urg'd by grievous Passions of the mind Sometimes there have been observ'd fleshy Tumours and Cartilaginous excrescencies in the Substance of the Heart when dissected and those poor Creatures when living were never free from a vehement Palpitation Also Worms have been found in the Pericardium of some that have been dissected after death which without doubt caused a deprav'd motion or pulsation of the Heart when living That which is caused by fleshy Tumours Cartilaginous excrescencies Worms or any other extraneous thing in the Pericardium or substance of the Heart is incurable But the Palpitation of the Heart which is caused by acrimonious flatuous and viscous humours may be cured Those medicines must be administred that cut and discuss and temper an acid Acrimony The following Julep may serve for an example Take the Waters of Parsley Fennel of each three ounces Tincture of Cinamon Syrup of Mint of each two ounces Chymical Oil of Mace ten drops Spirit of Salt Armoniack twenty drops Laudanum opiat ten grains mix it let the sick take a spoonfull of it every quarter of an hour till they get some ease If the distemper hath persever'd long the peccant humours must be emptied out by purging and to educe them I prefer before all others Pills to be made of Gums seeing they loosen the glutinous humours and dispose them to be easier carried out For example Take of Galbanum prepar'd with Vinegar half an ounce Powder of Scammony prepar'd Troches Alhandal of each two drachms Oil of Carraway twenty drops make it into a Mass for Pills Take five or six of these Pills in the Morning fasting twice a week They who abhor Pills may use an Aromatick and purging Decoction The following though bitter is very efficacious Take the five opening Roots of each one ounce Roots of Angelica Berries of Bay and Juniper of each half an ounce the best Senna Orange-peel Carraway-seed Coloquintida of each one drachm Guiacum four ounces let them be cleansed bruised and boiled in two quarts of Fountain-water till half of it be boiled away then strain it and add Syrup of Roses with Senna four ounces Cinamon-water two ounces mix it Let the sick take four ounces of this bitter Decoction every other Morning which will by degrees diminish and mildly educe the hurtfull humours by purging But seeing not onely the cause ought to be removed but also the Symptomes asswag'd by refreshing the Heart you must administer cordial Medicines which have power to corroborate the Heart and to cherish and strengthen nature The following Cordial may be preferred in this Case Take the Waters of Baum Mint Borage Cinamon of each three ounces Syrups of Baum red Poppies of each two ounces Laudanum opiat Amber-greese of each ten grains mix it Let the sick take two spoonfulls of this rich Cordial every three hours which will wonderfully refresh and delight the sensible Stomach from whence the persumed impressions will soon be communicated to the whole Body by which all the vital and animal Functions will be refreshingly cherished and strengthned and the Palpitation of the Heart eased and abated If the Patient hath a costive Body let a carminative Clyster be sometimes administred and if a Plethora concur let a vein be opened either with an Instrument in the Arm or by Leeches applied to the Haemorrhoids CHAP. V. Of an universal Languishing as also of Swouning and Syncope AN universal Languishing of the strength of all the parts and functions is sometimes observ'd to remain after some disease preceding not rightly cured especially when the Infirmity hath been grievous for then a weariness or defect of the Animal motion doth usually concur together with a weak or little pulse and dulness and debility of the internal and external senses whereby the sick continues weak and more languishing by certain intervalls than is natural All the kinds of Swounings may be divided for methods sake into two viz. the lighter kind and the most grievous The lighter kind of Swouning or fainting is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latin animae defectio ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 anima 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 deficere

Bishops-weed of each half an ounce Saffron two drachms Kernels of Fistick-nuts one ounce let them be all bruised and infused in a quart of Muskadel-wine for two or three days then strain it and add more Wine to the ingredients for a second infusion The following Electuary is also excellent Take the Roots of Satirion and Eringo candied of each one ounce candied Ginger and preserv'd Nutmegs of each two drachms Kernels of Hazle-nuts and Fistick-nuts of each half an ounce Powder of a Bull's-pizle of Ivory Seeds of Rocket Bishops-weed of each one drachm Species Diambrae Diamosc dulcis of each six drachms Confectio Alkermes one ounce and half with Syrup of the juice of Citrons make it into an Electuary according to Art Let the Woman take the quantity of a Nutmeg of it every night going to bed and drink a glass of Sack or Muskadel or of the aforementioned Infusion after it If a cold and moist distemper of the Body and Womb accompanied with the Whites be the cause look for the cure in its proper Chapter If it be caused by Witchcraft there are some things commended by Authours to be worn about the party against Fascination viz. the Pizle of a Wolf a Diamond a Jacinth-stone Rue Squills Sea-holly Sagapenum Amara dulcis Hypericon c. But above all let fervent and devout Prayers be put up to the Throne of grace for help and reject and despise Incantations or Charms and all other Diabolical means CHAP. XIX Of Abortion or Miscarriage ABortion is called in Latin Abortus vel intempestivus foetus Because it is an untimely Birth the Child being brought forth either dead or alive before its fit time of deliverance This is the worst Symptom that attends breeding Women It may happen from the first Moment of Conception to the end of the sixth Month but it is most usual in the end of the third or the beginning of the fourth Month. The causes are either external or internal The external Causes are a great excess in things nonnatural as too great Anger Fear and other Passions or else it may be through defect for if the Mother undergo Penury or Famine or lose much Bloud the Child wanteth Nourishment Many times things longed for and not obtained kill the Child Also strong purging Medicines that provoke the terms and all fetid smells falls blows lifting carrying dancing running riding or any other outward violence may be the Cause of Abortion The internal Causes may be the depravedness of the humours by which the Mass of Bloud becometh vitious also Acute or Chronick diseases especially of the Womb and also violent Coughing Sneezing Vomiting Convulsions and Fluxes of the Belly may loosen the Ligaments of the Womb and so cause miscarriage The signs of Abortion at hand are great pain about the Loins and Share-bones sometimes with shivering the Breasts growing little and flaggy the Situation of the Child changed towards the Bottom of the Belly with a bearing down and evacuation of Bloud c. 1. Women who have moist and slippery Wombs are most subject to miscarry but with little danger except it be the first Child and that very big 2. Much bleeding with fainting raving or Convulsions is for the most part mortal To prevent Abortion if there be an evil disposition of the Body or Womb you must endeavour to remove it if the Woman hath a plethorick Body let a Vein be opened in the Arme especially in the first six months If ill humours abound purge often with gentle means This purging Infusion may serve Take of Cinamon Rhubarb Anise-seed of each two drachms let them be bruised and infused in four ounces of Plantain-water very hot for the space of a Night then strain it and add Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb the best Manna of each half an ounce mix it and give it in the Morning fasting Also the Pills prescrib'd in page 240. may be used in this case If the Woman be troubled with a Rheumatick distemper accompanied with Wind and if she be pretty strong you may sweat her gently sometimes with this or such like Cordial Diaphoretick Take the Waters of Treacle Carduus Fennel of each one ounce Cinamon-water two drachms Syrups of the Juice of Carduus Coral of each half an ounce Confectio de Hyacintho half a drachm Spirit of Niter six drops Oil of Cinamon two drops Laudanum opiatum three grains mix it and give to provoke sweat Let the Womb be strengthned with Cordial Astringents Those prescrib'd in page 239.240 are excellent CHAP. XX. Of hard Travel in Child-birth HArd labour may be called in Latin partus vel enixus laboriosus quod ipse nitendi pariendi actus The time of a natural Birth ought to be accomplished in the space of twenty four hours if the Womans travel continue longer time with vehement pains and dangerous Symptoms it may be called hard labour or difficult Travel in Child-birth There are various Causes of hard Labour sometimes tender Women by reason of pain are very fearfull and do endeavour to hinder pains and consequently the Birth also Sometimes the Child being weak or dead and not following the Water in Due-time before the passage be too dry may be the Cause especially if the Mother be weak by reason of any Disease afflicting her or by too much Evacuation of Bloud or there be not sufficient Motion of the Womb and Muscles of the Belly Sometimes the Child's head may be too big or the passage too strait Also the Child may be turned in the Womb and the Hands Shoulders Back Belly or Buttocks c. may come forward to the Birth and then the endeavour to bring forth will be painfull and difficult The signs of hard Labour are easily known if the Child do stir and there be strong pains and no water appear the Secundine is strong If pains be weak and long before they return and more in the Back than Belly the Infant is weak If the Woman be little and her Husband big and full shouldred then there is a great Child which will cause tough work 1. Hard travel in Child-birth is very dangerous for sometimes the Mother sometimes the Child and many times both do lose their Lives 2. If the Woman be in Travel above four days the Child can hardly be alive and therefore must be drawn away before it be too late for if it be neglected it will cause Fevers Faintings Convulsions Sleepiness c. which are the Forerunners of Death 3. If sneezing cometh of its own accord it is a good sign of deliverance First give this Cordial to strengthen both the Mother and Child Take Waters of Baum Vervain Cinamon of each two ounces Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers Saffron of each six drachms Spirit of Saffron Confectio Alkermes of each one drachm mix it If the Child be situated on Os pubis it must be removed and all other unfit Postures must be rectified Then such

will be by salivation I do not approve of unction with me●●curial Ointments to raise the Flux nor Turbith-mineral to be given inwardly but the safest way is to administer Mercur. dulcis but let it be well prepared Then you may give twenty grains of it with a little Diascordium or Conserves of Roses give it three or four Mornings successively and drink a draught of the Diet-drink after it Also the second Decoction may be sometimes made use of for ordinary Drink all the time of the Cure and warm Posset-drink at other times when desired When the Salivation is rais'd let the sick have a piece of Gold between the teeth and keep warm and continue spitting till the Spittle become insipid which is commonly in twenty days In the mean time wash the Mouth with Plantain-water and Syrup of Mulberries When you would abate the spitting administer a Carminative Clyster or a Clyster of Milk and Sugar every Night and after its operation give the following Bolus Take of Diascordium half a drachm Gascoigns powder fifteen grains Oil of Vitriol two drops with Syrup of Poppies make it into a Bolus give it at Night going to bed Pustules Tumours and Ulcers of the Mouth Tongue Gums or any other Place will be all easily cured when the Salivation is over You may dress the sores with the following Ointment which is very effectual to cure all Pocky ulcers Take of Verdigreece and common Salt of each two ounces powder them and calcine them together then mix it with eight ounces of Vnguentum Enulatum When the filthy Enemy or Neapolitan disease is cast out by Salivation you may sweat the Patient with the Decoction of China c. before mention'd for sometime as is there directed Let the Diet be drying rost Meat is better than boil'd Mutton Chickens Partridges Rabbets c. are all good Food When strength doth begin to increase Bread and Raisins may be eaten The greater Symptoms of this Disease are the Running of the Reins Nodes Caruncles c. The Running of the Reins is called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ex 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 semen 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fluo it being a Flux of natural Seed of Man or Woman unwittingly If the Gonorrhoea be virulent it is a praeludium to the Pox and must be cur'd the same way but if it be newly contracted it may wholly and most safely be absolved by purgation The same Apozeme and purging Pills before mention'd are very proper which must be continu'd till the Running of the Reins cease If the Patient be plethorick let a Vein be opened To strengthen the spermatick parts the following Balsamick Pills are effectual Take of Mummy Bole Armenick Gums Dragon and Arabick of each one ounce Balsam of Sulphur two drachms with Syrup of dried Roses make it into a Mass for Pills of which you may give half a drachm every Morning and Evening If there be Nodes Caruncles or Ulcers in the urinary Passage The following Medicine may be daily injected Take the Water of the Spawn of Frogs four ounces Honey of red Roses one ounce white Troches of Rhasis one drachm powder the Troches and mix all together for an Injection After injection put in an hollow Instrument made of Silver or Lead being first anointed with some consolidating Ointment as was directed in the Stoppage of Urine I do not approve of Astringents in the Beginning of the Cure of a Gonorrhoea till the Patient be well purged and the running begin to cease because all Astringent means conduce to prolong the Distemper but after the Cause is eradicated by purging then they may be safely administred if the Cure be not effected without it To prevent the Return of the Distemper I advise the Patient to purge and bleed every Spring and Fall Also keep a good Diet be moderate in Exercise and all other of the nonnatural things When thou art recovered give God the Praise and have a care of committing the like sin again lest a worse thing befall thee for it is a fearfull thing to fall into the Hands of the Living God Hebr. 10.31 CHAP. XXVII Of the Rachites or Rickets THIS Disease may be called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It may be called in Latin morbus spinalis it being a Disease of the Spine of the Back This spinal Disease is commonly called in English Rickets It is peculiar to Children because they abound with a crude phlegmatick matter for if they labour under a cold moist Distemper there is presently a Penury and Paucity of the Animal Spirits for the Brain cerebellum and spinalis medulla being more compact than is wont is unfit for percolation so that the most spirituous part of the Bloud cannot pierce or be strein'd through it Hence the separation of the Animal Spirits is diminisht For the aforesaid cold moist phlegmatick Humours compacting the soft substance of the Brain c. it is thereby too much thickned and straitned in its porous passages The coldness of Air Water or Snow vehemently affecting the Head seems to confirm and prove this opinion because when the Glandules of the Brain are affected and thickned by a stuffing of the Head with Coldness then a more sparing production of the Animal Spirits useth to follow The essence of this Disease consists not onely in the Animal and vital but natural Constitution also all the Functions being in time vitiated For the spinalis medulla being primarily affected all the Nerves which proceed from it in its passage through the spina Dorsi must of necessity be stupifi'd and vitiated with a loose Feebleness hence also all the nervous membranous and fibrous parts through which those Nerves are carried or inserted into must consequently be vitiated with an inward weak Slipperiness so that the very ends of the bones as well as all the Faculties of the Body bear a share in this Distemper When the Rickets is confirm'd in Infants it seems to have some affinity with divers other Diseases viz. a Chronical fever an extenuation or leanness of the Body and an Hydrocephalus and many more which are frequently complicated with this affect And indeed not onely this but most other Diseases in process of time do unite unto themselves other affects of a different kind and therefore for the most part there is a complication of Chronical diseases before Death The Causes are either external or internal The external may be any of the Non-naturals exceeding either in excess or defect All things cold and moist do powerfully contribute to this Disease especially an over cold and moist Air which is most frequent in the Spring the Air being then cloudy thick rainy and full of vaporous Exhalations Hereupon the Children of those which inhabit near the Banks of the Sea or great Rivers Ponds or Marshes that are obnoxious to too much Rain or are fed with a great Number of Springs are more or