sufficient quantity of white Wax make it up into an Oyntment Or take Oyl of Roses Violets of each three Drams Oyl of Foxes Camomil of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make them into an Oyntment to which add the Mueilages of the Roots of Marsh Mallows Linseed Fanugreek of each half an Ounce And anoint the parts therewith as afore directed and after you have anointed them cover them with a hot Sheep Skin Lamb or Cat and when it is cold make it hot again with Oyl of Lavender and Dill c. You may give to the Patient Cordial Julips wherein is mixed Spirit of Castor and Spirit of Lavender and such like And purge the Head with the following Gargarisme Take Roots of Pellitory of Spain and the Seeds of Rocket of each half an Ounce being bruised boil them in one Pint of Wine to the consumption of half and add thereto Oxymel of Squills two Ounces Hiera Piera half an Ounce wherewith let the Patient Gargle his Mouth every Morning fasting And make use of the sneesing powder made as followeth Take Marjoram Euphorbium Pellitory of Spain of each two Scruples and dry it being beaten to a fine Powder snuff a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils CHAP. IX Of the Catarrh ACatarrh is an unnatural defluxion of an excrementitious Humour falling from the Head to the inferiour parts as to the Nostrils Mouth and Throat c. and doth cause Appilation it is caused Coryza and when it doth descend to the parts of the Throat it is called Branchus and when it falleth to the Breast or to the Lungs then it is called the Catarrh The cause of this Disease is often either through outward coldness or heat also of Vapours arising from too much or evil nourishment sometimes by the Odor or Scent of hot and cold things also by the over much use of Venery especially in those who are animated thereunto through the use of provoking Medicines other violent Exercises and too much sleep c. also doth cause this Distemper The Symptoms or Signs are heaviness in the Head dulness of the Senses long sleep and much snorting a snotty running Nose more then ordinary spitting the body often or altogether Costive and much troubled with Wind. If this Disease come of a very cold Humour the Patient will be sensible of much cold the Face pale the Spittle sweet sour Belchings slimy and watry Matter and a general Flegmatick constitution of body If the Humour distilling is hot it will appear by the redness of the Face thirst salt and very sharp inflamations pains and Ulcers in the Mouth and most commnoly a cholerick constitution of the whole body There are two sorts of Catarrhs the one hot the other cold The hot Catarrh is cured by Medicines which discharge the Matter found offending which doth thicken and take away as also by Correcting the distemper of the parts sending and receiving the same So forthwith let Blood especially where the Body is full if age and strength will permit and take it by degrees forth of the Liver or middle Vein in the right Arm or as occasion serves open the Vein under the Tongue After which give to the Patient the following Potion Take Rubarb four Scruples Myvabelans rubbed with Oyl of sweet Almonds one Scruple and a half Yellow Sanders ten Grains infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Purslain and Letuce Water after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Roses Solutive and Manna of each eight Drams make it up into a Potion and give it in the Morning all at once Or make use first of the following Glister Take the Flowers of Violets and Camomil Dill Mallows Mercury wild Betouy of each one handfull Cut and Bruise them small and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor aâ—â— Hiera simple one Ounce and a half Oyl of Camomil three Ounces common Salt one Dram. Mix them well together and put it up into the Fundament Glister ways You may give to the Patient to drink a decoction made of Tamarinds and cold Herbs to which you may add some purging Medicines as Senna Rhubarb c. Or make use of the following Julip Take the four great cold seeds white Poppy Seeds of each two Drams Plantain Purslant and Letuce of each one handfull Red Poppies Violets and Water Lillies of each half a handful boil them in a sufficient quantity of running Water to one Pint strain it and add thereto Syrup of dryed Red Roses and Violets of each one Ounce and a half being mixed together divide it into three parts and drink one part thereof first and last so long as need require Or instead thereof use the distilled Water of the forementioned Herb or the Emulsions of the four cold Seeds which are all of a specifick vertue to thicken the Humour And also make use of the Oyntment made as followeth Take Oyl of Roses and Water Lillies of each one Ounce Rose water half an Ounce Vinegar of Roses two Drams Mix them well together in a Silver Dish over some Coles and anoint the Head therewith and with Lint apply it warm to the Temples An excellent Foot Bath for the Catarrh Take three Quarts of Lye made of wood Ashes red Wine one Quart add thereto Camomil and Bay Salt of each one handfull Let them boil together for a small time and bath the Feet therewith first and last Or Take Betony Dill and Camomil Flowers the Leaves and Flowers of Poppies and willow Leaves of each a good quantity and make a Bath therewith and bath their Feet therein as afore directed after which apply to the Soles of the Feet warm the green Buds or Leaves of the Oak bruised and beat well together with a small quantity of Salt and Vinegar The more to restrain the flux and thicken the Humour Take Syrup of Poppies dryed Red Roses and Syrup of Violets of each two Ounces of which take an Ounce thereof every night going to Bed Or Take the Species called Diatragacanth frigid one Dram Conserve of old Red Roses three Drams fine Bole washed in Rose Water and the Powder of Mastick of each one Scruple and a half with the Syrup of dryed Red Roses make it into an Electuary according to Art whereof take as much as a small Nut every night last Another to spose the Gatarrh or defluxion of Rheume Take the finest Bole washed in Rose Water and prepared two Drams the best white Starch one Dram Gum Arabick and Gum Tragacanth White Poppy Seed of each half a Dram beating all into fine Powder add thereto Conserve of Red Roses two Ounces and with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Poppies make them up into an Electuary whereof let the Patient take often the quantity of half a Wallnut The Cure of the cold Catarrh consists in the preparing and evacuating of the offending Humors and by the clear
white Sugar in a stone Bottle close stopped and set in a pot of water for two or three hours but open not the Bottle till it be cold then strain it and keep it for use of which give to the Child one or two Spoonfulls at a time for I will assure you it is a very excellent remedy and has cured many which have been lest past recovery Or give to the Child in the very Fit all the Gall of a Black sucking Puppy being choaked in the distilled water of Tile-flowers but for a Girl take the Gall of a Bitch Whelp There may be safely Blistering Plaisters applyed to the Nape of the Neck Cupping Glasses to the Shoulders and Loins with Scarification provided the Child be a year and half or two years of Age. CHAP. VI. Of the Apoplexie AN Apoplexie is a sudden privation both of the Sense and Motion of the Body and an interruption of the Animal Functions There are two sorts of Apoplexies the one strong the other more mild the strong is a most sharp Distemper and strangleth a Man forthwith or if not presently prevented turneth to a Palsey and is seldom cured But the milder sort is curable for in it both Motion and Sense remain but both very stupid heavy and exceeding dull The cause of the Apoplexie is too frequently in these dayes drunkenness falls from high places blows c. also it hapneth of Flegmatick Humours which doth fill and obstruct at one time the principal Ventricles of the Brain very cold Air which congeals or thickens the moist Excrements of the Brain is also oftentimes the cause of this distemper and it frequently cometh through gross melancholy humours The Symptoms or Signs of this deadly distemper are violent pains in the Head swelling of the Neck Veins a Vertigo and a brightness or a kind of glittering before their Eyes panting of the Body a coldness of the extream parts without any cause visible dull and slow in motion and in sleep oftentimes gnaw their Teeth their Urine little in quantity and black much like to Rust and the Canker in Mettals and hath a setling in the bottom like to flower Such that are troubled with the Apoplexie have not always evil Symptoms perceived before hand but fall down suddenly as if they were struck with Thunder and they lie with their Eyes fastned and snort without Sense Motion or Understanding differing from the dead only by Breathing and that with much difficulty This Disease for the most part happens to old men that are decrepit and of a Flegmatick Complexion and to the great drinkers of Brandy and decayed Wine too much made use of in these dayes were the Truth known The Cure of the milder sort of Apoplexie may be performed as followeth If the Cure be not too desperate in plethorick or full Bodies where strength will permit open the Cephalick Veins but take not away too much blood at a time but rather at several times I have often seen the Jugular Veins on both sides the Neck opened not without wonderfull success However bleeding ought not to be attempted without very good advice But give to the Patient the Glister made as followeth Take Lavender Hysop Pennyroyal Centaury Marjoram Betony Rue Origan Sage of each half a handfull Seeds of Fennel Carawayes Seselis Agarick Pollipody Pulp of Colocynthis of each two Drams cut and bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor add thereto Sal Gemme one Dram and a half Hiera Picra one Ounce and a half Oyl of Rue Castor and Bay-berries of each half an Ounce the Extract of black Hellebor one Scruple mix them altogether and make a Glister thereof Or Take hard Honey half an Ounce Euphorbium half a Scruple the Powder of Colocinthys twenty Grains Sal Gemma two Scruples boil them together and make Suppositories thereof and fix Threads thereto that after they are put up into the Fundament you may draw them forth at pleasure When you have done thus provoke the Patient to Sneese with the following Powder Take Pellitory of Spain Marjoram white Hellebor of each half a Scruple Euphorbium and Castor of each five Grains being made into fine Powder snuff it up into the Nostrils or blow it up through a Quill but a little at a time Or make use of the Powder directed in the Chapter of the Falling sickness made as followeth Take the Seeds of Nigella half a Dram Nutmeg Mumia Peony Roots of each ten Grains dryed Marjoram six Grains Musk two Grains all being made into fine powder blow a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils For it is most wonderfully effectual in the Fit of the Vertigo Falling Sickness and Apoplexie In places where such ingredients cannot be soon obtained take Nutmeg Ginger and sweet Marjoram or Ginger alone and blow it up into the Nostils as afore directed Or let the Patient smell to Galbauum Castor Opoponax or Sagapenum which will be a means to raise and stir him up It will also be necessary to annoint the Patients Back bone with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Euphorbium Castor of each one Ounce Oyl of Costinum one Ounce the Oyl of Petraeleum and Juniper of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of Virgins Wax make it into an Oyntment And take every Morning fasting the quantity of a Nutmeg of the Electuary made as followeth for it is a great preseruative against the Apoplexie Take the Conserve of Sage Betony of each half an Ounce Rosemary one Ounce Venice Treacle three Drams the Confection of Anacardit two Drams Diambra and Diamoschi Dulcis of each one Dram Powder of Castor and Seeds of Rocket of each half a Dram with Syrup of Betony make them up into an Electuary to which mix Oyl of Vitriol two Scruples Oyl of Cinamon ten drops stirring it well together Or Take Rosemary and Lavender-flowers of each one handfull Roses Violets Staechados Origan of each half a handfull Pellitory Peony Roots Gallingal of each half an Ounce Sea or Mountain Onign two Drams Cubebes one Dram Cloves Cardamoms Cinamon of each twenty Grains being cut and bruised boil them in one Pint of the distilled Water of Marjoram and a Pint and a half of Betony Water mixed together after which strain it and sweeten it with half a pound of the best Sugar or with eight or ten Ounces of the Syrup of Staechados and take thereof three or four spoonfulls every Morning fasting Purging Medicines proper in this Disease are made as followeth Take Extract of black Hellebor from 10 Grains to 15 Rosin of Colocynthis three Grains Spirit of Sal Armoniack six drops Tartar Vitriolatum Powder of Castor of each ten Grains with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Sage make them into a Potion which you may take every third Morning if need require Or Take Pills of Euphorbium Cochiae Aureae of each 15 or 20 Grains
apply it to the Belly as afore-directed You may anoint the Belly often with the following Ointment Take the Flower of Linseed Fenugreek Beans and Barly of each two ounces the Ointment called Vnguentum Agrippae one ounce and a half the seeds of Negella Daucus and Marsh-Mallows of each one dram Euphorbium Roch-Allum Frankincense of each one dram and a half fine Bole and quick Brimstone of each two drams Orris Roots three drams Oil of Rue white Lillies Orris Elder and Camomile of each one ounce Oil of Turpentine ten drams with a sufficient quantity of Bees VVax make thereof an Ointment and anoint the Parts swelled therewith before a good Fire Or take the Ointment of Sowbread Marsh-Mallows the Ointment called Vnguentum Martiatum of each one ounce and a half Oyl of Roses Rue Sage Elder and White Lillies of each half an ounce Mix them together and anoint the Parts therewith as afore-directed For they are not onely beneficial in the Tympany being the worst of Dropsies but in Ascites And in that Dropsie called Anasarca c. But assure your selves where my Pills are made use of in time there will be little or no need of outward applications ☞ For they alone have in them a Specifique or Particular Vertue totally to root out the Dropsie of all kinds and to strengthen the Liver and the rest of the Principal Bowels through the Coldness and VVeakness of which most Dropsies proceed Yet notwithstanding instead of ordinary Drink make use of either of the Drinks made as followeth seeing that oftentimes they conduce much to the Cure Take the Bark of Elder Red Sage Ground Ivy or the Herb called Alchoof Smallage the Roots of Fennel Aron and Pollipody of the Oak Scurvygrass and Brook-lime of each half a pound the best Juniper-Berries one pound Ginger one ounce being cut and bruised tie them up into a thin Cloth and hang it in an Earthen Stein and pour thereto a sufficient quantity of New Ale or Beer such that are abse may add some Rhenish or VVhite-wine so let it work together when fit to drink make use thereof Or take Clivers and Elder-Bark of each three or four good handfuls Galsingal one ounce being cut and bruifed boil them in six Quarts of small Ale to the consumption of half then add thereto three Quarts of the best White-wine and let it just boil up the second time strain it and drink thereof when dry as of ordinary Drink Or take the Bark of the Roots of Elder two handfuls Sasaphrass Sarsaperilla of each two ounces Winter Cinamon and Winter Cherries of each one ounce and a half the Seeds of Alexander one ounce being cut and bruised very small boil them in six quarts of White-wine to the consumption of the third part strain it and sweeten it with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows and drink thereof a quarter of a pint hot first and last Or take White-Wine four quarts the best Nutmegs and Winter-Cherries of each twenty in number being cut and bruised boil them to the consumption of the fourth part then strain it and keep it for use of which Liquor let the Patient drink a small quantity at a time when he pleaseth for it will not only comfort the Spirits and strengthen the Liver but with My Pills cause much Urine Or take Diacurcuma Dialacca of each two drams Troches of Rhubarb one dram with a sufficient quantity of the Conserve and Syrup of Wormwood make them up into an Electury and let the Patient take the quantity of a Nutmeg at pleasure for it strengthens the Liver to admiration To eat often of the Conserve of Sea-Wormwood is also very profitable Sweating is of wonderful profit in this Disease So if it cannot be gained through exercise as by walking in the Summer time in the Sun or in a warm room in the Winter-season make use once a week upon a day you take no Pills of the Medicine made as followeth Take Venice-Treacle one dram and a half Diaphoretique Antimony ten grains Salt of Wormwood and Salt of Tartar of each five grains being mixed together take it upon the point of a Knife or in a Glass of hot Sack and sweat as strength will permit Or take Carduus-Water three ounces the Spirit of Saffron and Treacle-Water of each one ounce Syrup of Balm and Clove-Gilliflowers of each six drams the Chimical Oyl of Sulphur ten drops mix them and make a Potion thereof which take in the morning and sweat as directed CHAP. XXV Of the SCURVY SCORBVTI as Authors say is a barbarous word and formerly unknown to most of the Ancient Physicians especially those of the Southern Parts and derived from the Danes Which Disease was supposed to be that which Pliny maketh mention of in his Natural History The Principal Causes of the Scurvy comes from a thick and saltish Constitution of the Air being corrupt as the Air near the Sea fenny foggy or moist places which infect by the unwholesome Vapours coming from the same Also the eating of salt Meat and Bread twice baked Fish over-much dried in the Smoak rusty Bacon and many other sorts of Diet which are of corrupt nourishment decayed Beer and stinking Water do cause this Disease Likewise it comes through the Obstruction of the Spleen the course of Melancholy being hindred and mixed with the rest of the Blood infecteth the whole Body with Corruption and violent wasting The grosser part falling down staineth the Legs with spots of divers colours the thinner part being carried up doth defile the Gums with sharp salt and fretting humours and filthy growing of flesh between the Teeth The Symptoms or Signs of the Scurvy are in chief as followeth A pricking and grievous pain in the Head a stinking Breath or evil savour of the Mouth Jaws and Teeth the Gums bleed and are often red and itch and soon corrupt the Teeth loose black and rotten Spots in the Face Body Thighs and Legs at first commonly Red but afterwards Blew Purple-colour or Black sometimes Yellow c. which proceeds from the serous corrupt and filthy part of the Blood which being unfit to nourish the Body is sent forth The Patient is often troubled with a suffocation and as it were choked up the Heart panteth the Stomach is puffed up the Left Side is commonly swelled there are perceived frequent Sighings Belchings Cramps and Windiness motions to Vomit sometimes the Patient is feverish at other times tremble and shiver with cold and upon a sudden hot again sometimes heavy dull and melancholy disability to walk upon a sudden their Breath fail and it is with very much difficulty if they use but the least motion when they offer to rise or sit but upright they are almost ready to die their Spirits so much fail them but when they lie down they seem to be much refreshed and breathe not with so much difficulty and for the most part their Appetites are sharp and greedy of Meat and desire to eat often the Stomach seldom failing but the
A FRIEND TO THE SICK OR THE Honest English Mans Preservation Shewing the CAUSES SYMPTOMS and CURES Of most Occult and Dangerous DISEASES Which afflict the Body of Man WITH A PARTICULAR DISCOURSE OF THE DROPSIE SCURVY AND YELLOW JAUNDICE And the most Absolute Way of Cure Whereunto is added A True Relation of some of the most Remarkable Cures effected by the Author 's most Famous Cathartique and Diuretique PILLS wherewith was cured his late Grace GEORGE Duke of ALBEMARLE c. Set forth for the Publick Benefit By William Sermon Doctor in Physick One of His Majesties Physicians in Ordinary LONDON Printed by W. Downing for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain 1673. To His Illustrious Grace Christopher Duke of Albemarle Earl of Torrington Baron Monk de Potheridge Beauchamp and Teyes c. My Lord AS Your Grace is both a Popular and Publick Peer I have humbly made bold to offer this Publick Treatise at the Altar of Your Illustrious Name And if my Lord the Offering be too mean for so magnificent an Altar Let it be Burnt and the Flame thereof may give me light to see my present Presumption My Lord Other Apollogy or Plea I have none besides that never-dying Obligation I owe your most Renowned Father of Blessed Memory whose Diffusive Goodness hath not only made Me but indeed three Kingdoms to be his Debtor Since then My Lord Bonds which are so justly due must in all Equity be discharged and the sublimity of his present Station cannot Permit me to Cancel them to Himself Yet Give me Leave then to Confess them to His Magnanimous Son your Thrice Noble Self the Inheritour of his Heroick Spirit as you are of his Paternal Possessions To the Plenitude and full Fruition of both which that your Grace may Gradually Arrive and with your Years increase your Heirs and Honours is the most Cordial Prayer of Sir Your Graces most Humble and most Faithfully Obedient and Devoted Servant William Sermon THE EPISTLE TO THE READER Worthy Reader IT may perhaps be thought an high Presumption especially by such that judge nothing well done but what they have the honour to do themselves for me that may be accounted the least of all men able to put my self to such a publick Censure of those most Learned and great Proficients in this Honourable and most Noble Art However because I would not hide my Talent that the Lord hath given to me and so be termed an unprofitable Servant having through the wonderful goodness of God found out those and such like Remedies and that by a diligent Care and long Study have had thereof large Experience which is the Daughter of Time the Mother of Wisdom the true Rewarder of Travel though the Jewel of a few and not doubting but that they will prove very profitable not only to the Diseased Patient but to the young Student in Physick for whose sakes I could by no means neglect the Publication hereof Another and the most principal Obligation was from a serious Consideration of the Great Necessity and Lamentable Misery that I daily behold some of the meaner sort of people being intollerably tormented with most dangerous and grievous distempers and must absolutely perish having not wherewithall to be at great Charges in long and tedious courses of Physick Neither to give to old Dives his large fee before-hand without which he will not put his foot into the Styrup nor his horses in the Coach These Reasons seriously considered were the absolute Motives to force me more to the publishing of this small and I hope beneficial Treatise And that the Honest English Man may reap thereby the greater Benefit I have purposely omitted all Philosophical Eloquent and hard crabbed words though not Ignorant thereof which more affright the honest and harmless Patient then Cure his languishing Disease Yet notwithstanding the real and best of my Endeavours to promote the Interest of my Countrymen and to do them service in giving them some certain Rules how to help themselves in times of Necessity Black mouth'd Envy that severely Barkes though cannot Bite will still Snarle and look upon me with a squint Eye as if I had done some Injustice to the very Laws of Friendship and common Society And the grand Reasons are that my Pills in the Dropsie have wrought more wonderful effects then any other Medicines yet have done Since which time to defraud the Ignorant every fracturated fellow in their Pamplets pretend to Cure the Dropsie though it be but with Aloes and Sena c. infused in Brandy and the Lungs of an Oxe applied to the Belly which preposterous Courses have of late killed many some of good worth But perhaps some of the fore-mentioned will be apt to Judge that I have published this Treatise purposely to promote my own Interest because I have in some Chapters made mention of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills in answer to which I will assure the Reader I have not made mention thereof but where they are absolutely necessary and I question not but those that are acquainted with me and them will believe that what I have here imparted is to the utmost of my power really to promote the well-fare of my Country and not my own Interest Which in Duty to God and Man I am bound to do this being first intended not for private use but for a publick good So not valuing the Threats of some of the same faculty knowing the snares they have laid for others themselves will be taken in When I shall be from their rigid Malice shelter'd under the Wings of the Almighty and there live above the Praise or Dispraise of Men. But yet must humbly acknowledge my self Dear Countrey-men Your most humble and faithful Servant to Command W. Sermon From my house in Eastharding-street near the Sign of Goldsmiths hall between Fetter-lane and Shoe-lane London July 12. 1673. In Libellum Laboresque Gulielmi Sermon Med. Doctoris SAlve Paeoniae non portio parva Palaestrae Successusâ— novos priscu succâ—ssibus adde Vt Qui Sanatum Magnum stupuere MonachuÌ„ Heìc Sanatrices mireâ—tur Amice Medelas Quam Populi commune bonum communibus instas Instaurare Bonâ—s Aâ—glo testabitur Orbi Iste Tuus Sermone liber Qâ—e â—liscutis omnes Morborum occultas caâ—saâ— calamoque Mederis Se auspiciis debere Tais Natura Senilis Agnoscit tandem ventura fatebitur aetas Laudum quanta Tuo debet Monumenta labori Tunc cum morbiugâ—s vestris Sermone Medelis Vanescet sensim vacuasque facesset in auras Invidiae Malesana Cohots lurida Famae Latricis Dignisque Comes Detractio Factis Hydra retundetur vulsisque venefica linguis Spicula sublato praetendet Vana Veneno Sic vaticinatur Tuissimus P. Fisher To his Worthy Friend Dr. WILLIAM SERMON Upon his Publishing a Treatise Entituled A Friend to the Sick or The Honest Englishmans Preservation VVHen DROPSIES did Sick Nature seek to Drown And SCVRVIES too like a Beleagur'd Town Surrounded
her and call'd in the Wild Rout Of that French Moth the Pox the sullen Gout And other Rude Distempers Man to Win And She her self thus Blockt up to take in Then Sir that Active Balm your healing Pill Into these crumbled Ruines did Distil Peic'd up those Breaches which these Foes had made And Beat back those that did the Fort Invade Whilst your brisk Pen such noble Rules Compiles They will Redeem Man from their future wiles And make him with just Gratitude Confess Faint Nature can then Vigorous Art do less Thomas Philipott To the most worthily well Deserving of both Rich and Poor W. Sermon Doctor in Physick one of his Majesties Physitians in Ordinary on his so Beneficial Tractate and Treatise Entituled A Friend to the Sick or The Englishmans Preservation VVHen Books speak Loud and Learnedly Confute Fond SCIOLISTS 't were Malice to be Mute And stifle that acknowledgment is due Dear Sir to this most useful Peice and you Whose safe and Soveraign Rules prevent our Ills And prove your Pen as powerful as your Pills Hipocrates and Gallen here are shut Like Homers Iliads couch'd up in a Nut Since in these few Octavo sheets are shewn Most Maladies and Medicines which are known And by your Dextrous Skill confirm'd your own On then succesful Sir and ne're Regard Detracting Tongues Vertue 's her own Reward And your Miraculous Cures both old and New Can testifie them not more strange then True And Maugre Malice speak your Crown'd success In most Distempers either Great or Less So Believeth the Admirer of your skilful Industry and true Honourer of your much obliging Self W. Faldo Hospitii Grayensis I. C. To my Honoured Friend Dr. WILLIAM SERMON One of His Majesties Physicians in Ordinary REnowned Sir had I an Argels Quill 'T were sit to write Encomiums on your Skill Your admirable Skill whose Fame resounds From shore to shore of this vast â—â—lands Bounds Physicians all admire and none dare sâ—â—â—e At Your Great Cure wrought on Great ALBEMARLE Which lent swist motion to Fames spreading Wing And gain'd you favour with our LORD the KING Yet not this high particular can raise Sufficient Trophies to your General Praise Your Knowledge Universalâ—s and â—â—ies Through all the Sphears of Physick's Mysteries The Plague that Generalissimo of all Diseases by your Skill's vast Power does fall The Dropsie Jaundice Scurvy and the Gout Your valiant Pills put to a Total Rout. These drain Hydropick â—ens make that Ground good Which worse than useless under Water stood How many thousands who had made their Wills Do yet survive by these Life-saving PILLS Diseases which in Ambuscado lie To ruine Man your Medicines make fly Yea the whole Host of Maladies you Rout Strong fortify'd Distempers you sorce out Diffusive Noble Soul Ev'n all these rare Secrets of Art sreely as GOD gives Air You do communicate to all Mankind That in this BOOK the SICK their HEALTH may find Art's long Life's short said wise Hippocrates Which Aphorism your power inverts with case Great be your Profit many be your Days And may your Honour still increase So prays Honoured Sir Your Humble Servant Edward Cocker July 7. 1673. To His Honoured Friend The Worthily Accomplished AUTHOR On this his no less Acurate than Useful Treatise Intituled A FRIEND to the SICK or The English Mans Preservation PHysick it self grew desperate Sick of late And languish'd under an unhappy fate To its Assistance all the Sons of Art Were call'd their Choice Arcanums to impart First some in State and Coaches gilt advance With Reverend Plush and Learned Ignorance Who view their Magick Glass the Vrinal And make it more their Bus'ness how to call Diseases than to Cure them such as still Act by Old Book and in rare Method Kill But these prov'd so unable to restore Art's former Health they but afflict it more For Nature no such Mystique Course affords To Cure Diseases only with hard words Of Swaggering Quacks there next appears an Host With lying Bills on ev'ry Pissing Post Fellows that scorn to Dose it by Retail But Cure by Wholesale whatsoe'er you ail Such silly Dog-Leaches a Man would scarce Entrust them to give Physick to an Horse The Healing Art by Factions thus opprest Retâ—â—â—d a while Brave Doctor to your Brest And those that now would find it out must look In This Rich Magazine of Health your Book In whose small Volumn you so much have wrought Cause Symptoms Cure of each Disease is taught He that alone could cure Great MONCK before Was sit Decaying Physick to restore Which by your pains lifts up its drooping Head And Liberally for Common Good is spread Your well-try'd Med'cines here in Publick hurld Like Sol at once enlightens half the World Though sneaking Envy nibble at your Name In Golden Leaves 't is Registred by Fame And after Ages shall admire that Skill Which thus Compos'd Your BOOK and matchless PILL So assuredly prophesies Worthy Doctor Your most Humble and Affectionate Servant Hen. Care 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ♂ Julii 1673. 6 H. P.M. To my Worthy Friend Dr. WILLIAM SERMON On his New and Excellent Piece Entituled A Friend to the Sick or The Honest Englishmans Preservation LEt Zoylus Roar and Envy Mount above The Spheres and there those mighty regions move Vntil they Burn Resolving to defeat Thy rare Productions by their scorching Heat Their threatning Power shall then be narrowed by An Awe from Thee Great Ingenuity Sit still brave Sir and only Laugh to see The Poor Attempts of Silly Enmity Hurt thee they can't for Nature promis'd thee Her best Assistance in Epitome Thou hast brought forth unto the Publick View A sparkling Light that scorns an empty shew It s Nature's Store to which she may resort In her worst Exigents as to a Fort That will secure her from the Painful Threats Of Dropsie Gout and from the Foppish Cheats Of Base Pretenders whose dull Fancies pry Not to th' Centre but superficially Do flutter up and down they know not where Vntil dark Error takes them in his snare In ev'ry Line the Judge Experience sits Trying the Causes Symptoms and then sits Some brave Balsamick that commands the Rage Of Natures Foes to quit that Noble Stage Whereon they thought to muster up such Aid As quite the Microcosm to invade Go on brave Sir and fly on th' Wings of Fame Th' unparallell'd Attempts have got the Name Preserver of Great Natures Noble Frame M. S. On this Elaborate WORK OF Dr. WILLIAM SERMON Intituled A FRIEND to the SICK or The English Mans Preservation AVant dull Quacks you that pretend to Skill Yet scarce know how to write a Pocky Bill Whose Lines as well as Art is all so base Fit onely to adorn a Pissing Place Who by pretence of a most Cordial Liquor Do cause the Grave-maker t' earn money quicker Such as St. Hugh's Bones did produce of late Near to the place yâ—leped Aldersgate But here 's Arts Master-piece in few lines writ Shews
an Ounce Pearl prepared one Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Violets make then up into an Electuary and take the quantity of half a Wallnut first and last Or make use sometimes of the following Potion for it doth not only cool but mitigate the pain Take Syrup of Violets and Syrup made with the Juice of Citrons of each one Ounce with the Distilled Water of Cichory and Endive of each four Ounces mix them and make a Potion thereof and take one part in the Morning and the rest at Night warm repeating the same as need shall require And you may apply outward Medicines made as followeth Take Rose Water four Ounces Vineger of Roses half an Ounce Oyl of Roses two Ounces the White of two Eggs mix them well together and with double Linnen Clothes apply it to the Temples and sore part of the Head Or take white Poppy Seeds and beat them to Powder being mixed well together with the Yelkes of new laid Eggs apply it to the parts aforesaid for it giveth ease in the most extream pain of the Head coming of heat as I have one hundred times experienced Or take one good handfull of House-leek Oyl of Roses and Womans Milk of each a small quantity being beat well together apply it to the part grieved Or take the leaves of Mallows and the leaves of Willows of each two handfulls Flowers of Melilot and Camomil of each one handfull the Flowers of Poppies half a handfull boyl them for the space of half an hour in a sufficient quantity of Water and apply it to the part pained as afore directed Or take the Flowers of Lillies Violets and Roses of each two handfulls Vervain Camomil and Mallows of each one handfull Powder of Red Sanders two Drams Camphir one Scruple being Cut and Bruised put them into a Bag and boil it in a sufficient quantity of Water with a little Vineger of Roses and apply the Bag warm to the fore part of the head and to the Temples when cold make it warm in the foresaid Liquor and repeat it as need require You may annoint the fore-head and Temples with the Oyntment or Oyl of Roses or with the Oyl of Night-shade made as followeth Take May Butter without Salt one Pound Oyl of Roses eight Ounces Night-shade half a Peck being bruised boil them well together in an Earthen Vessel after which strain it hard and keep it for use for it is of wonderful virtue Or take the distilled water of Night shade House-leek and Letuce of each one Ounce the Water of Camomil six Drams Viniger half an Ounce mix them together and make moist a Linnen Cloth therein and apply it to the fore-head and to the Temples and doubt not of help but let none of the foresaid cooling Medicines be applied to the hinder part of the head least you do harm for that part of the head cannot suffer cooling without damage ' CHAP. II. Of the Pain in the head through Cold. THE cold pains in the head are often caused through the extream coldness of the Air especially when the Patient is constrained to continue long therein with his Head bare c. and many times by applying of cold Medicines The signs of pains in the head caused of cold are quite contrary to those of heat for though the pain be violent yet by touching you cannot perceive the head hot neither are the Eyes red nor the Face dry but pale and full and the Eye-lids swell and are somewhat Black or of a Leaden Colour c. and the Patient seldom desires cold things neither can he receive comfort thereby Such that are troubled with this Distemper must use exercise and motion as walking or riding but let not the Air be too cold the head must be kept warm Let the Patient labour to be merry and cast away Melancholly and sadness and all perturbations of the mind Let him abstain from Milk and Fish c. which are cool in operation and drink thin Wine or such Liquors as do but moderately heat the Body must be kept soluble with Glisters or Supositors c. You must not apply to the head Medicines that are extream hot neither such that are exceeding cold least you hurt the Brain In order to the cure of this Disease Take Oyl of Rue one Ounce the Chymical of Rosemary and Lavender of each one Scruple being mixed well together anoint the fore part of the Head and Temples therewith and likewise the Nostrils and the Orifices of the Ears Or take the Oyl of Dill and Orris of each one Ounce Oyl of Marjorum Rosemary and Amber of each one Scruple Oyl of Euphorbium ten Drops mix them well together and use it as afore directed Take Betony Mints Marjorum wild Betony of each one handfull the Flowers of Lavender of each half a handfull Caraway Seeds half an Ounce Cloves two Drams being cut small make a quilt thereof with Silk or Linnen Cloth and apply it to the Head warm sprinkled first with a small quantity of the best Vinegar and with some Spirit of Lavender if you can with conveniency have it And let the Patient take Camomil Betony Sage Origan Bay Leaves Staechaes Rosemary and Melilot Flowers of each one handfull being boiled in a sufficient quantity of Water let the fume thereof go up into the Nostrils and Mouth Or take Bay-berries two Drams Zedvary half an Ounce the tops of Rosemary half a handfull being cut and bruised boil them in one Quart of white Wine to the consumption of half and bath the head therewith and apply it warm to the same with double Cloths Or take Juniper-berries Camomil Rue the Flower of Gray Peas of each one handfull being quilted in a small Cloth boil them in Wine and apply it to the Head warm repeating the same as need require Or take Lavender and Rosemary Flowers of each one Ounce Marjorum half an Ounce being put in a convenient Glass pour thereto two Quarts of Rose Water and stop it up close and let it stand for the space of nine days in a cold Seller after which distill it and keep it for use for it taketh away the cold pains of the Head c. to admiration the fore part of the Head and Temples being bathed therewith every Morning for some time together I told you before it would be necessary in this Disease to keep the Body soluble in order to which you may make 〈◊〉 of the Glister or some of the Pills directed in the Chapter of the Vertigo and assure your selves that they will prove very profitable CHAP. II. Of the pain in the head through the French Pox. THose that are infected with this Disease have a perpetual pricking and sharp pain in the head The cause of which ariseth from the Putrifaction of the Blood contained in the Veins and Meninges or of a Windy Spirit in the Arteries of the same The sign of this Disease is manifest and accompanied with the rest of the
signs of the French Pox as tumours in the Muscles and skin of the head c. Which Disease being cured ceaseth in order to which make use of the following Medicines Begin with the Glister for it will draw back the matter that causeth the pain in the head Take Nettles Bay-leaves Mercury Rue Marsh Mallows Betes of each one handfull the Roots of Pollipody one Ounce the bark of Broom and the Seeds of Carthami of each half an Ounce the Flowers of Camomil and Staechas of each one Pugil being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half strain it and take thereof one Pint to which add Confectio Hamech and the Juice of Orris Clarified of each one Ounce Hiera simple half an Ounce Oyl of Castor Rue Dill and Honey of Roses of each one ounce common Salt one Dram being mixed all well together make a Glister thereof which administer to the Patient in the morning fasting The next day it will be necessary to open the Cephalick Vein in the right Arm which will also be a means to take away the vitious humours After which make use of the following Pills Take Pills of Arabick and Pills of Faetida of each one Dram Troches of Alhandal six Grains the Chymical Oyl of Marjorum twelve Drops mix them together and make them up into twenty Pills of which take five every second or third morning six hours before Dinner Or take Extractum Rudij and the extract of Black Helleber of each two Drams Mercurius Dulcis six times sublimed four Scruples Gum Guaicum two Drams Oyl of Guaicum 〈◊〉 Scruple the Pills of Arthriticae four Scruples mix them together and of every Dram make six Pills whereof take two at night and three in the Morning twice or thrice a week Or you may take of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills of my own invention one at night and two in the morning more or less according to the age and strength of the Patient for they do not only expel pain in 〈◊〉 head caused through the French Disease but most other violent pains especially those caused by taking Mercurial Medicines for the Cure of the aforesaid Distemper and that from Idle fellows that are ignorant of the nature and quality of Mercury but much more how to dispel it when got in the head Notwithstanding taking of the Pills let the Patient apply to his Head the Plaster of Betony which he may have made up by the honest Apothecary and let him also make use of the following Liquor Take Betony three or four good handfulls the Flowers of Rosemary and Lavender of each one Ounce boil them in four quarts of running 〈◊〉 in a Vessel close stopped to the consumption of half then strain it and sweeten it with Sugar Candy of which let the Patient take a quarter of a Pint hot first and last Or take the tops of Rosemary one handfull Betony two handfulls boil them and sweeten it with Sugar Candy and take thereof as afore directed With this very Method I have cured many sorely tormented not only with pain in the Head alone but with corrupt and pocky matter issuing forth of the Eyes and Nostrils You may anoint the head with the following Oâ—â—â—â—ent the hair being first shaved off Take age Rue Staechas Lignum Vitae rasped oâ— each one handfull Renish Wine eight Ounces old Oyl one Pound boil these together till the Wine be consumed then strain it and if you please mix therewith a little Wax and anoint the head often with it Or take Peny oyal Wild Betony Origan Sage Savin Savory of each two Drams Bay-berries Olibanum Costus's Pellitory of Spain Caster Euphorbium of each one Scruple mix them and make it into an Oyntment Or take Venice Treacle Mithridate Câ—â—â—â— Rue of each half an Ounce with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Juniper-berries make them into an Oyntment and annoint the head therewith as afore directed CHAP. IV. Of the Vertigo THE Virtigo is a preternatural Motion of the Animal Spirit in the farther Ventricle of the Brain The principal cause of this disease â—ometh from the Brain it self being distenâ—â—â—â—â—d or evil assected or from the mouth of the Stomack or Womb c. offending the Brain and sometimes by over much drinking especially that destructive Liquor called Brandy do cause this distemper the Stomack being poisoned therewith from which windy and noxious Vapours affect the Brain causing a giddiness in the Head so that all Objects seemingly turn round the Patient being not able to stand but fall down except he laid hold on some thing to bare himself upon which Disease if not timely prevented will change it self into several other deadly Distempers as the Falling Sickness Apoplexy c. being somewhat related thereunto The Cure may be performed as followeth as soon as the fit is over and the Patient having recovered a little strength if the Body be costive or bound Forthwith make use of the following Suppositor Take Honey and Salt and mix therewith one Scruple or half of a Dram of Troches Alhandal boil them together and make thereof a Suppositor according to Art and thrust it up into the Fundament Or take the Leaves of Mercury Wormwood Betes Mallows Centaury Betony Dill Camomil Flowers of each half a handfull being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the Liquor add Oyl of sweet Almonds Oyl of Dill of each one Ounce and an half Heira simple ten Drams common Salt one Dram mix them together and make a Glister thereof which put up into the Fandament according to art If the Vertigo come of a cholerick humour it will be necessary for the Patient to drink of the Liquor made as followeth three day together Take Syrup of Cichory insusion of Roses 〈◊〉 each two Ounces Distilled water of Endive anâ— Cichory of each four Ounces the distilled Watâ—â— of Wormwood three Ounces Mix them together whereof take onâ— part in the morning the rest one hour before Supper After which the more to evacuate cholerick humours Take the bark of Mirobolanes and Citrons of each three Drams being bruised boil them in the distilled Water of Cichory and Burage of each three Ounces after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Roses Solutive one Ounce Diacatholicon and the Lenitive Electuary of each half an Ounce Being well mixed and a Potion made thereof take it betimes in the morning and fast after it six hours If the Vertigo come of a crude and melancholy humour the Pills following will be very proper Take the Pills of Arabick Cochiae and Aurea of each 15. or 20. Grains Troches of Agarick ten Grains with a sufficient quantity of Honey of Roses make them up into seven Pills Which are to be taken three at night going to Bed and the rest in the Morning if need require Or Take the Pills of Inde and
Lapis Lazuli of each 15. or 20. Grains make them into seven Pills with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Fumatory And take them as afore directed Or Take Heira Picra Simple and make it up into Pills as big as Gray Pease And take thereof three at a time every second or third night at the hour of sleep for they are of excellent use and good against vicious Juice which oftentimes Furr the Tunicles of the Stomack and for such idle fancies as the Brain suffers thereby The Pills of Faetidae taken once or twice aweek are also a very good remedy against the Vertigo So are my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills taken two or three at a time more or less according to the age and strength of the Patient For they above any yet found out are of most excellent use to cleanse the Stomack of all pituitous matter so hinders the ascension of Vapours from thence that so frequently hurt the Brain The like Vertue they have in all other Distempers that affect the same which in the following discourse shall be more plainly demonstrated Medicines which strengthen the Stomack and Brain in this distemper are made as followeth and are exceeding profitable Take Misselto of the white Thorn or Oak Gallingal Mace of each one Dram and a half Nutmegs Rosemary of each one Dram Cloves half a Dram Sugar one Ounce mix them and beat them into fine Powder and take the quantity of one Dram every night going to Bed for fourteen days together Or Take Mustard Seed and Hemp Seed of each a like quantity and infuse them in Vinegar 24. hours then strain it and take thereof one or two Spoonfulls at a time every morning fasting Or Take Cummin Seed and infuse it for the space of 12. hours in the best White Wine Vinegar after which dry it very well then take two Drams thereof Fennel Seed Anniseed Anacardii of each half an Ounce Hysop Marjoram Cardamoms Cubebes Rosemary of each two Drams Gallingal Mace Nutmegs of each one Dram double refined Sugar five Ounces Mix and make all into fine Powder and take a small quantity thereof every day after Meals upon toasted Bread so long as it lasts or make it up into an Electuary with Syrup of Betony and take it as afore directed To strengthen the Brain if the Vertigo come of a cold cause Take dry Marjorum Cinamon Cloves of each one Scruple Cubebes Mace Nutmegs of eech one Dram Rocket Seed two Drams being cut into small pieces mix them well together of which let the Patient take a small quantity and chew in his mouth every morning fasting as long as need shall require and each time let the Nostrils be stopped till the tast thereof be gone forth of the Mouth If Flegm be the cause of this Disease the following Gargarisme will prove of special use However it will be requisite if Flegm be not the cause Take Rocket Seed half an Ounce Pellitory of Spain three Drams Betony and Marjoram of each half a handfull cut and bruise them and boil them in White Wine and Water of each half a Pint to the consumption of half strain it and add thereto three Ounces of Honey of Roses and gargle therewith once or twice a day for it doth most wonderfully attract or draw the pituitous matter from the Brain c. So doth the Juice of Black and Red Beets or the Juice of Sow Bread being snuffed up into the Nostrils If the Disease prove violent you may safely bleed in the Cephalick Vein not too much at a time but take it forth at several times least the Patient faint When the body is purged according to the aforesaid directions apply blistering Plaisters to the Nape of the Neck and Hand-rists or apply Cupping Glasses to the hinder part of the head with scarification CHAP. V. Of the Falling Sickness THe Falling Sickness is a Convulsion or for the most part a praeternatural motion of the whole body and most commonly depriveth the Patient both of Reason and Sense There are three differences in this Distemper The first is caused when this Disease cometh only through the disease in the Brain as it falleth out when sharp Choler or gross and tough Flegm doth obstruct the passage of the Spirit in the Ventricle of the Brain and if this distemper cometh of a gross humour it doth suddenly seize upon the Patient and is quickly gone again The second Cause is through an evil affect in the Orifice of the Stomack that may be when the Brain laboureth to expel the Vapours that arise up to it from the Stomack The third cause is from Vapours which ascend by consent from most parts of the Body or else from some particular Member which the Patient may perceive like to cold Air creeping up to the Brain but this doth but seldom happen The signs of the Falling sickness are many in some sadness and forgetfulness c. in others a foolish state both of Body and Mind troublesome dreams the Head-ach and fullness in it more especially in passion or anger the Face commonly pale and the motion of the Tongue inordinate and oftentimes they bite it As soon as this Disease seizeth upon the Patient he falls down and is plucked up together he snorts and sometimes cries out many tremble and turn round The only sign of this Disease is foaming at the Mouth which happens most to Children and young people In the fit of the Falling Sickness as soon as the Patient falleth down open his Mouth with a stick the haft of a Knife or with the handle of a Spoon and after his Mouth is made clean by taking away the foam with a Rag or Feather give him to drink the following Julip Take the distilled Water of Lavender three Spoonfulls Syrup of Cowslips one Ounce Spirit of Vitriol or the Oyl of the same well rectified 20. Drops beingmixed together give it as afore directed The Chymical Oyl of Angelica given in the foresaid Water and Syrup doth also take away the Fit Or Take Red Coral Pearl prepared of each half a Scruple Vnicorns Horn two Scruples the Skull of a man hanged or killed by chance half a Dram the Roots and Seeds of Peony of each half a Scruple Musk three or four Grains being mixed and made into fine Powder give to the Patient in the Fit from half a Dram to two Scruples or a whole Dram to the stronger sort first infused for a small time in the distilled Water of Lavender Or Take white Helleber Marjoram of each one Scruple Castor and Euphorbium of each four Grains being mixed and made into fine Powder blow a small quantity at a time through a Quill up into the Patients Nostrils Or Take the Seeds of Nigella half a Dram Nutmegs Peony Roots Mumma of each 10 Grains dryed Marjorum six Grains Musk two Grains all being made into Powder blow it up into the Nostrils as afore directed Those and such like I will assure you are
Steers Gall six Ounces of the best Aqua Vitae Oyl of Turpentine three Ounces boil it again two or three walms and keep it for use With which precious Balm anoint the paralitick Member twice a day How to Cure the Palsey in the Tongue First let the body be well purged with the Pills afore directed Or Take of the Pills of Assaiereth Cochia Troches or Extract of Agarick of each two Scruples with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Sage make them up into Pills ten in number whereof take two at night and three in the Morning The next day take Mustard made with Elder Vinegar and often chew in your mouth in the same manner you may use Pellitory of Spain Mustard Seed or hold in your mouth half an Ounce of Spirit of Lavender mixing therewith one or two Grains of the Powder of Euphorbium all which have been known of wonderful effect In such cases some apply blistering Plaisters to the Nape of the neck For the Palsey in the Hands Take Elder-leaves and make a decoction thereof in strong Beer add thereto good store of Mustard and bath your hands therein hot Some rub the Hands with Camomil with good success Or anoint them well with the Oyntments afore directed and wear Hare Skins upon the parts affected For the Palsey in the Bladder and Yard When the Palsey is in the Bladder the Urine is stopped and sometimes it passeth away without the consent of the Patient So annoint the lower part of the Belly and Privy parts with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Nard Rue Cummin of each half an Ounce Opoponax Castor and Galbanum dislolved in Butter of each a quarter of an Ounce being mixed well together use it as afore directed and inject a small quantity thereof into the Bladder warm but if the Urine be stopped then first force the Patient to make Water by putting up into the Yard a Catheter The Palsey in the Yard doth also stop the Urine the Sperme and doth hinder Copulation So make use of the same Remedies directed for the Bladder Or take the Oyl of Pepper Euphorbium and Costinum of each an equal quantity with Wax make them up into an Oyntment and anoint the Yard therewith You may anoint the Hips and Loins with the Oyntment directed for the Back and give the Patient to drink Medicines that will provoke Urine Also the Spirit of Castor or the Powder thereof in the distilled Water of Lavender is very effectual Or let him make use of the Medicines made as followeth that have power to erect the Yard Take Diasatyrion one Ounce Powder of Castor one Dram being mixed together take the quantity of a large Nutmeg at a time And Bath the Yard with Wine wherein hath been boiled Sage and Elder with a small quantity of Pellitory of Spain CHAP. VIII Of the Convulsion or Cramp THe Cramp is a Disease in which the Sinews are drawn or pluckt up against the Patients will Of which there are three sorts The first is called in Latine Distentio and that is when the Neck doth remain altogether without motion and not to be turned to either side but must be held upright The second is called Tensio ad Anteriora in which Disease the Head and Neck are drawn down to the Breast The third is called Tensio ad Posteriora in which Distemper the Head is attracted or drawn backward down to the Shoulders and Back The Causes of this Disease according to Hypocrates are supposed to be two that is to say fullness and emptiness of the Sinews in the body and sometimes it hapneth through the biting and stinging of venemous Creatures and the over much use of Venery more especially when it is made use of upon a full Stomack is the cause of this Disease and many times it is caused through Embecillity or weakness and by the loss and want of Blood If the Convulsion or Cramp be caused of fullness give to the Patient Diet that is hot and dry But if it be caused of emptiness his diet ought to be moist therefore let him be nourished with fat Broths and Flesh of easy and light digestion Let his Drink be small and thin Wine c. except he chance to be in a Feaver then let him make use of Barley Water and the decoction of Cinamon and let him also be provoked to sleep with Diacodium or with the Syrup of Poppies c. He ought to use no exercise neither Medicines that empty the body and let his drink be such that is frequently given in Hectick Feavers The following Glister will also prove of excellent use Take Betony Marjoram Sage Mercury wild Betony and the lesser Centaury of each half a handfull Caraway and Coriander Seeds of each half an Ounce being bruised and cut small boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half strain it and take one Pint thereof to which add Hiera simple one Ounce and a half Diaphaenicon one Ounce Oyl of Rue two or three Ounces Sal Prunella one Dram mix them well together and make it up into a Glister which administer warm to the Patient After which if the body be Plethory or full let blood and that in a large quantity out of the middle Vein but take it forth by degrees and not all at once After which give to the Patient the Drink made as followeth five Ounces at a time first and last Take Betony Marjoram Sage Hysop of each one handfull Carduus Water Germander the lesser Centaury of each half a handfull Annis and Caraway Seeds of each half an Ounce cut and bruise them small and with three Pints of Mede or Metheglin mixed therewith boil them for an Hour and a half after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Staecados and Betony of each three Ounces and take it as afore directed warm After which make use of the following Pills Take the Troches of Agarick Sagapen Pills of Faetida of each one Scruple Troches of Alhandal five Grains with Honey of Roses make them up into five Pills which let the Patient take after his first sleep You may anoint the parts affected especially the Nape of the Neck and Back with the Oyntment and Oyl directed in the Chapter of the Palsey Or bath the parts with the following Bath Take Ground-Pine Sage Betony Camomil Origan the Roots of Marsh Mallows Elicampane of each two Ounces Seeds of Faenugreek three Ounces Sulphur one Pound Alum half a Pound being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water and make a Bath thereof with which bath the Patient in the Morning before dinner and rub it well in over all his body if need require or else in the particular Member that is affected After which anoint the Nape of his Neck and Back and all parts affected with the Oyntment made as followeth Take Oyl of Earth-worms white Lillies of each half an Ounce Oyl of Costinum Turpentine of each three Drams with a
of water to the consumption of half strain it and take thereof one pint To which adde Benedicta Laxativa and Hiera Piera of each one ounce Honey of Roses one ounce Diaphenicon four drams Oyl of Rue Bays and Castor of each half an ounce Salt Gemme one dram Mix them all well together And give it to the Patient Glister-ways Or instead thereof let him take the following Potion Take of the Lenitive Electuary one ounce Cream of Tartar ten grains Rosin of Jallap six grains the distilled Water of Fumatory or Cichory four Ounces Being mixed together give it in the morning to the Patient fasting Or take of the best Senna in very fine Powder one ounce Ginger one dram Clarified Honey two ounces let them be well mixed together by simpering over the fire of which let the Patient take as much as a large Nutmeg at a time which will keep the Body open and in such cases be of excellent Use And often take of the Drink made as followeth especially if inclinable to a Feaver Take the best Pruins two pounds Wood-Sorrel and Dandelion of each one handful and a half being cut and bruised boyl them in a sufficient quantity of running water to the consumption of half Strain it and keep it for use And let the Patient gargle his Mouth and Throat with the Gargarism made as followeth Take Oaken Leaves one handful Flowers of Roses and Pomegranates of each one pugil and a half the Rind of Pomgranates half an ounce Burnt Allom twenty grains Being cut and bruised boyl them in a pint of Plantane or running Water to the consumption of half strain it and adde thereto Syrup of Mulberries two ounces mix them together and gargle therewith Or take Ground-Ivyor Ale-hoof the Leaves of Violets of each half a handful Dandelion one handful and a half boyl them in a pint and half of Barley-water strain it and dissolve therein Honey of Roses one ounce and a half Spirit of Vitriol twenty drops mix them well together and make use thereof as afore-directed Or take Night-shade Plantane Woodbine-leaves and Bramble-leaves of each one handful boyl them in one quart of water to the consumption of half strain it and adde thereto Syrup of Mulberries three ounces Sal Prunella one dram and a half mix them and make a Gargarism thereof And to heal the parts excoriated Take Honey of Roses and Syrup of Mulberries and Album Graecum and let it dissolve in your mouth swallowing the same Or take the Bark of Pomgranates two drams the Flowers of the same one pugil Liquorish three drams Jujubes in numbertwelve three Figs Raisins three drams being cut and bruised boyl them in a pint and a half of Barly-water strain it and dissolve therein Syrup of Maiden-hair and Honey of Roses of each one ounce and gargle your Mouth therewith Or take Elder-Flowers and the Flowers of Red Roses of each one handful Album Graecum one dram boyl them in a sufficient quantity of thin Beer or Ale then strain it and adde thereto Sugar of Lead and Sal Prunella of each one scruple sweeten it with the Syrup of Mulberries and gargle your Mouth c. therewith for it heals to admiration You may apply to the fore-part of the Throat outwardly the Plaister made as followeth Take the Powder of Album Graecum and Wheat Flower of each alike Oyl of Camomil half an ounce with a sufficient quantity of the best Honey make them up into a Plaister Or take the Roots of Marsh-Mallows White Lillies of each one ounce the Powder of a Swallows Nest and Album Graecum of each half an ounce eight or ten Figs boyl them in Beet or Ale strain it and adde thereto the Flower of Linseed Wheat Flower of each one ounce the Flower of Fennugreek and the Flower of the Seeds of Marsh-Mallows of each two ounces the Yolks of two New-laid Eggs Saffron two drams Oyl of Camomil two ounces mix them and make Plaistrrs thereof and apply them hot as afore directed Or take Oyl of White Lillies and Oyl of Orris of each one Ounce and a half the Juice of Onions two ounces being boyled two or three walms adde thereto two drams of the Powder of a Swallows Nest and with a sufficient quantity of Wax and Pitch make a Plaister thereof according to Arr and apply it to the fore-part of the Neck And sometimes you may anoint the Neck with Oyl of Lillies Camomil and Dill c. And let the Patient drink no Brandy neither any other stronger Liquors for they inflame the part and oftentimes prove mortal CHAP. XVII Of the Kings Evil. THe Kings Evil is a Distemper that possesses the Throat c. with preternatural Tumours The Cause of this Disease is Flegm oftentimes mixed with Melancholy also the eating of gross and raw Diet drinking filthy waters c. may be the Cause thereof Of those Tumours in some there are but few in others many Such as have but few moveable slight shallow and thin may be resolved or be taken out by incision or be broke without danger by Causticks c. but such as are hard malignant and fixed or being near the Weasand or Wind-pipe large and joyned with the Veins are perilous This Disease commonly possesseth the Elbows Hands and Feet and many other parts of the Body besides the Throat For the Cure of this Disease In the first place let the matter offending be evacuated and a Diet of light Digestion directed for the Patient If the Body abound with fulness it may be necessary to open a Vein and purge very well with the Medicines made as followeth Take of the Pills called Arthriticae and Extractum Rudii of each one dram Rosin of Jallap and Mercurius Dulcis six times sublimed of each one scruple with a sufficient quantity of the Juyce of Fumatory make them up into twenty Pills whereof take two at Night and three in the Morning more or less according to the Age and Strength of the Patient repeating the same as need requires Or take Hermodactils Turbinth of each two ounces the Roots of Sope-wort one ounce and a half the Roots of Angelica one dram the best Senne one ounce fine Scamony four scruples Being made all inno fine Powder and mixed well together take thereof in the Syrup of Roses from one dram to two drams adding to every dose four or five grains of Mercurius Dulcis Give this every second or third morning for fifteen or twenty dayes together Or take of Hiera with Agarick one dram Pills of Cothia two drams Troches Alhandal and Myrrhe of each one scruple the Chymical Oyl of Fennal two drops with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Stechados make them up into twenty Pills and take them as afore-directed Or take of my Cathartique and Diuretick Pills twice or thrice a week for they absolutely help this Disease because they purge Flegm c. to admiration During the Cure let the Patient drink of the following Liquor as of
Linseed of each two drams Gum Ammoniacum dissolved in Wine one dram with a sufficient quantity of Wax make it into an Ointment and anoint the Brest therewith as afore-directed for it doth not onely molifie but discuss the matter offending CHAP. XIX Of the Pleuresie THe Pleuresie is an inward Inflammation or a Postumation of the upper Skin girding the Ribs c. This Disease is often times caused through abundance of hot Blood flowing preternaturally to the fore-mentioned upper Skin The principal Signs are Difficulty of Breathing a very troublesome Cough a continual Feaver and a violent Pricking pain a sharp and hard Pulse As touching the Cure In short if the Body do abound with filthy Humours or be full of Blood forthwith open the Liver-Vein on the same side for with so doing Blood is not onely drawn but the part grieved quickly purged After Blood-letting especially the Body being Costive make use of the following Glister or if the Disease be not violent make use of the Glister before Bleeding Take the Leaves of Spinage Mallows Mercury both sorts of Endives and the Leaves of purple Violets of each one handful Barley not bruised one ounce boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and to one pint thereof add of Cassia newly drawn one ounce and a half fresh Butter half an ounce Oyl of Violets and Camomil of each two drams Common Salt one dram being well mixed together make a Glister and put it up according to Art Or take of the Lenitive Electuary six drams Syrup of Violets and Roses of each half an ounce Cream of Tartar two scruples the Distilled Water of Cichory or Fumatory four ounces being mixed together take it in the morning all at once And if the Patient have still a Feaver Take fresh Pruuns one pound Blew Currans half a pound Wood-Sorrel one good handful boil them in three quarts of Spring Water to the consumption of the third part and strain it and let the Patient drink often thereof Take one Pippin the Core being taken out and fill the hole with the Gum called Olibanum after which toast it till it become soft then take off the skin from the Apple and mix them well together and take it all at once for to admiration it removes the pain I having made trial thereof one hundred times The Powder of Olibanum taken from one scruple to one dram in the Pap of a roasted Apple at night doth the same and with less trouble Some to ease the violent pain in this Discase give Laudanum and Syrup of Poppies c. but they must be taken in small quantities lest they stop spitting and bind the brests from which sometimes death follows so attempt them not without good advice Take Horse-dung and infuse the same in the distilled water of Carduus for a small time then strain it and give thereof to the Patient for it also powerfully disperses and abates the pain Or take the powder of Hens-dung which is white one dram Carduus water four ounces Syrup of Violets half an ounce and give it to the Patient warm for it hath the aforementioned virtue Or take Hempseed bruised one ounce white Hens-dung and Stone-Horse-dung of each half an ounce infuse them for twelve hours in six ounces of Carduus-water strain it and drink it off warm all at once Or take from one scruple to a dram of prepared Goats Blood in the aforesaid water for it doth effect the same Or you may take the Spirit of Soot from five drops to ten in Carduus-water and the bright flakes of Soot made of wood fire beaten into fine powder and given from two scruples to one dram is of excellent use and very safe You may apply outwardly the following Fomentation c. Take the Flowers of Dill Melilot and Camomil of each two or three handfuls Bran the Powder of Fennugreek Linseed and Melons of each an ounce and a half boil them in a sufficient quantity of water and bath the part grieved therewith or put some of the Decoction with the Herbs into Bladders or dip therein a large spunge and apply it to the part affected hot Or make use of the Plaister made as followeth Take the Flowers of Tapsus Barbatus Camomil and Dill of each half a handful Fennugreek Anniseed and Linseed of each a quarter of an ounce Barly-flower two ounces being all bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water till they become somewhat thick after which add thereto the Oyl of Camomil and Dill of each one ounce boil them again and then add the Yolks of two new-laid Eggs and Saffron beat into Powder one scruple and a half and make a Plaister thereof which apply warm to the part affected Some use Cupping-glasses with Scarification which I shall leave to the discretion of the Ingenious Physitian CHAP. XX. Of the Ptisick or Consumption THough the Ptisick signifies a Consumption yet it may be most properly taken for that Leanness of Body which follows an Ulcer in the Lungs This Disease is commonly caused through sharp fretting and gnawing Humours which falls from the Head upon the Lungs It is also caused through Blood and matter which continue after the breaking out of the same in such that have the Pleuresie and sometimes the Dropsie and French Disease c. are the very principal Causes of the Consumption The chief Signs of this Distemper are known by flowing of flegm from the Head upon the Lungs which causeth a Tickling and small Cough the Spittle somewhat hot and bitter the whole Body wasteth and the flesh becomes exceeding loose the Hair falls off the Nostrils very thin and sharp the Temples fallen down the Eyes hollow the Balls of the Cheeks swarthy or Leaden coloured the Shoulder-Bones stick out the Patient often vexed with a Hectick or burning Fever and breathes with much difficulty the Nails become pale and crooked the Stomach and Belly often tormented with violent pain and much troubled with thirst and if the Lungs are ulcerated what the Patient spits will be of a strong foetid or stinking Smell And the Cure often proves very difficult However in the first place let the Patient if possible be removed into some wholesome place where the Air is clear and temperate neither too hot nor too cold And if you perceive the Lungs to be ulcerated purge once a week with the following Medicines especially where the Body is not become very lean Take Cassia newly drawn one ounce the fine Powder of Liquorish two scruples and make a Bolus thereof which give to the Patient in the morning Or take of the choicest Manna from one ounce to two ounces and dissolve it in Chicken-Broth c. and drink it off as afore-directed Or take Liquorish Raisins of the Sun stoned Flowers of Bugloss and Violets of each three drams Barly one ounce and a half Jujubes four in number being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water
to three or four ounces to which add two ounces of the distilled water of Scabios wherein have been first infused Yellow Sanders and the best Rubarb of each four scruples Manna one ounce Syrup of Roses three drams add the two latter last being mixed together make a potion thereof which take in the morning But in the beginning of this Disease you may give stronger Purges nothing more proper than my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they above all purging Medicines carry off the salt and sharp Catarrh which is the principal Cause of such Ulcers After which make use of the following Medicine with which I have done wonders in such cases Take White-Rose-water one ounce white Sugar-Candy six drams the Yolk of one new-laid Egge new Milk warm from the Cow or made so a quarter of a pint being beaten well together let the Patient drink it all at once repeating the same morning and evening for some time together You may believe me this very Medicine is worth an hundred times the price of the Book which I freely communicate To young Children you may make use of a wholesom Womans Milk and being mixed as aforesaid will serve three or four times but the best way is still to make it up fresh so take but the third or fourth part of each Goats Milk is also of wonderful use more especially if taken as afore-directed And be assured that Milk is one of the best Medicines against the Ptisick or Consumption Another Excellent Remedy against the Consumption Take all the Blood that will be had forth of a Pig or Swine in his full strength and stir it as it is drawn forth that it may not congeal to which add the Powder of Cloves Cinamon Mace and Ginger of each one ounce Saffron and the Flowers of Rosemary of each two drams and forthwith distil it in a Glass with a very gentle fire The Dose is from three Spoonfuls to six or eight in so much Tent or Sack three times a day Or take the Powder called Pulvis Haley one ounce Conserve of Red Roses two ounces Conserve of Cowslips one ounce with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Violets make them up into an Electuary and make it somewhat sharp by mixing therewith some few drops of Oyl of Vitriol or Sulphur And take thereof first and last as much as a Walnut for it is of wonderful profit to such that are Hectick Or take Flower of Brimston and the powder of the best Frankincense of each one scruple Saffron three grains put them into an Apple the Core being cut forth and roast it after which let the Patient eat it with White Sugar-Candy for ten or twelve dayes together New strong Ale wherein is boiled Burdock-Roots Liquorish and Honey is of Excellent Use as I have often proved and the Poor may with much ease attain to this Drink The Herb Burnet made into fine Powder and White Sugar-Candy of each one dram taken often in Broth is also very good Or take White-Wine three pints Sugar-Candy four ounces the Roots of Elicampane one ounce Green Coltsfoot two ounces Violet Flowers one ounce and a half the Roots of Angelica ten drams being cut and bruised very small boil them in a Stone Bottle close stopped the Cork tied down with a piece of strong Linnen Cloth for three hours in a pot of water and open it not till it be cold after which strain it and take three or four spoonfuls first and last and at any time of the day With this very Medicine after I had gently purged a Painter I perfectly cured him in few days though he was by all his friends left for a dead man he was so much consumed and did stink that none could endure to come near him I know an eminent Physitian and several other persons that have for these many years been preserved by the foresaid Medicine taking it according to my Directions and by taking the old Conserve of Red Roses when he took not the former Sugar of Roses drunk in New Milk made as followeth is also of most admirable Use Take of the best Red-Rose-Buds the whites being cut off and dried suddenly in the Sun two ounces Double-Refined-Sugar two pounds being melted in the Juice of Roses and Rose-Water of each four ounces Being by degrees consumed put in the powder of the Rose-Leaves and mix them well together and put it upon a Marble Stone and make it up into Lozenges according to Art Natural Balsom is of excellent use for such that have Ulcers in the Lungs if you make White-Sugar-Candy up into Pills as big as Gray Pease therewith and take one fasting every Morning for some Time together CHAP. XXI Of the Pain in the Stomach PAin in the Stomach is commonly caused through corrupt and poysonous fretting Humours contained therein and oftentimes by Worms gnawing the Tunicles thereof Sometimes through sharp and salt flegm and through putrid matter sent into the Stomach from some imposthume broke either in the Brest or Liver Sharp Vapours from close corrupt Humours sometimes cause pain sometimes wind contained in the hollow part of the Stomach doth not onely cause pain therein but swelling c. If the pain of the Stomach be caused through flatulent or windy matter make use of the Glister made as followeth Take Calamint Penniroyal Rue Origan the lesser Centaury of each one handful Comin-seeds Annis Fennel and Carrot-seeds of each two drams being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water to the consumption of half then strain it and adde to one Pint thereof Benedicta Laxativa one ounce Diacatholicon half an ounce Oyl of Rue and Dill of each one ounce the Chymical Oyl of Juniper and Bay-berries of each seven drops being well mixed together make a Glister thereof and put it up according to Art Or take Hyppocrass and Sack of each half a pint Oyl of Rue and Aqua-vitae of each one ounce Oyl of Cinamon and Juniper of each six drop being mixed well together put it up Glister-ways Or take of the best White-Wine twelve ounces Oyl of Amber Cloves Juniper and Cinamon of each five drops mix them together and put it up warm for it giveth present ease After which Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agarick two drams Oyl of Nutmegs and Janiper-berries of each five drops mix them together and make thereof fifteen Pills of which let the Patient take two at night and three in the morning until they are all taken But if the pain cometh from sharp and Cholerick Humours or Flegm Imposthumes or Ulcerations there is no better Medicine than my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills The more to ease the pain Take Diaphaenicon three or four drams Phylonium Romanum two scruples the distilled Water of Camomil four ounces Syrup of Mints half an ounce being mixed together give it to the Patient going to Bed for this very Medicine hath done much good Or take Diasatyrion one ounce Sal Prunella half an ounce Oyl of
Belly often costive or bound and yet I have known many subject to a continual Flux And sometimes the Spots in the Legs are broad and are very black leaden-colour or blew and they often swell and sometimes the Legs become so much ulcerated that the Shin-bones lie bare which Disease if not timely prevented in some Constitutions will turn into a kind of Leprosie c. In this Disease there are also pains in the Shoulders Arms Back Sides Hips Thighs and Legs especially upon the Shin-bones which are much like those of the Pox and may perhaps deceive the Physician where the Scurvy is Rare and the Pox common But they may with ease be distinguished For the pains of the Pox are between the Joints and if they continue long there follows Nodes or Knots and there are or have been other signs as the Running of the Reins Ulcers in the Privy Parts sometimes in the Throat Pallat Mouth and Nostrils Buboes in the Groin all which come most commonly from Unclean Women But the pains in the Scurvy seiz upon all parts indifferently and there are many other Symptoms of it as aforesaid at least a melancholy Constitution and the matter is truly known if the Patient will in truth affirm that he hath not had Carnal Copulation with Vnclean Women There are many other Symptoms of the Scurvy which for Brevity-sake I shall here omit And so Demonstrate a Certain Safe and Alsolute Way of Cure which is as followeth If the Body be Plethorick or full Let Blood if strength will permit but in small quantity and that chiefly in the Hemorrhoid-Veins by Leeches but if you perceive the Spleen affected in particular then open the Middle-Vein in the Left Arm but if the Liver be more affected open the Liver-Vein in the right Arm or the Basilica or Middle-Vein But be sure not to attempt Phlebotomy if it be not in the beginning of the Disease For when the Distemper is deep rooted and hath spread it self over the whole Body Bleeding may then prove destructive So begin with the Medicine following which doubtless will prove to be very profitable Take the Bark of Ash Tree the Bark of Cappers of each two drams Pollipody two drams and a half the Roots of Black Hellebore first boiled in the distilled Water of Balm and dried three drams Fennel-seeds Annis-seeds of each half a dram the Roots of China two drams of the Four Great Cold Seeds of each one dram the Leaves of Wormwood Betony and the lesser Centaury Germander Cetarach of each half a handful Thyme Epithimum of each one Pugil the Leaves of Senna and the best Rhubarb of each two drams Conserve of Burrage Balm and Fumatory of each one ounce being cut and bruised boil them in three pints of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and let the Patient drink a quarter of a pint two hours before Supper repeating the same as need require Or take of the best Senna two drams the choicest Rhubarb one dram being bruised infuse them in five or six ounces of the Distilled Water of Wormwood for the space of one night after which strain it and add thereto Diacatholicon two drams the Electuary of Roses one dram Syrup of Epithimum half an ounce mix them together and take it warm in the morning fasting after it six hours ☞ But the most infalliblest way that I can in truth direct you to for the Cure of this now Common Disease is to make use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they so highly Purifie and Sweeten the Blood that no other Medicine can be compared to them in the Cure of the Dropsie and Scurvy with all other sharp salt and watry Humours And with them make use of the Diet-Drink directed first in the Chapter of the Dropsie page 156. Or sometimes make use of the following Medicines Take Brook-lime Water-Cresses the lesser Celandine Wormwood and Fumatory of each one handful Red-Dock-Roots one pound Horse-Radish four ounces being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of small Ale with a quart or more of VVhite-wine to the consumption of the third part being strained keep it for use of which let the Patient take a quarter of a pint first and last Or take Hysop Germander Betony Cetarach Carduus Asarum Agrimony Burrage and Bugloss of each one handful the Flowers of Tamarisk and Doder of Time of each one ounce the Bark of Cappers Tamarisk and Ash of each two ounces Pollipody of the Oak and Red-Dock-Roots of each two ounces and a half being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of small Ale mixed with VVhite-wine to the Consumption of the third part and drink thereof as afore-directed Or take the Juice of Water-Cresses and Brooklime of each one ounce the Juice of Fumatory two ounces mix them and make a Potion thereof which drink every morning fasting Or take the Juice of both sorts of Scurvy-grass White-wine and the Juice of Oranges of each one pint being mixed together drink thereof first and last three or four spoonfuls at a time Or take the Juice of Lemons Sorrel Brooklime and Water-Cresses Fumatory and White-Wine of each an equal quantity being mixed together take thereof as afore-directed Always observe to drink it warm so you may take thereof notwithstanding the taking my Pills which with them will prove certainly effectual in this Distemper After you have purged sufficiently with my Pill if much broke out make use of the following Ointment Take Ointment of Roses three ounces the white Ointment with Camphire two ounces Sal Prunella one ounce Mercurius Dulcis Ginger Burnt Allum of each half an ounce make them into an Ointment with Oil of Roses and Juice of Lemons according to Art Or take Red-Dock-Roots and Elicampane of each one pound the Buds or Leaves of Elder two handfuls Rosemary and Bay-Leaves of each one handful Cloves one dram being cut and bruised boil them in May-Butter or Hogs-fat to an Ointment and if you please to every pound thereof add two ounces of the Flower of Brimstone and anoint the Pustules or Scabs therewith for it will heal the greatest Scab or Itch with the use of my Pills Such that have the Scurvy in the Gums notwithstanding taking of my Pills let them take Vinegar of Squills and Plantane Water and gargle therewith Or take Crab-Verjuice and Scurvygrass-Water of each alike and add thereto a small quantity of Honey and Allom and gargle therewith as afore-directed Or make use of some of the Medicines directed p. 91 92 c. CHAP. XXVI Of the JAUNDICE THe Jaundice according to most Authors is nothing but a Yellow Colour of the whole Body proceeding of Choler spread all over the Skin and yet the Liver safe as in the Crisis of Diseases often-times the Jaundice is caused and doth happen when the Blood is corrupted without a Fever or some external Cause and is made Cholerick as it falleth out by the biting of Venomous Beasts It
Pills according to Art There are several other Pills made use of in this Disease not much differing from the former as those Pills called Barbarossae c. The Dose of either are from twenty grains to thirty more or less according to the age and strength of the Patient Which have been often made trial of not without good success ☞ But My Pills having not one grain of Mercury in the whole Composition doth more sweeten and purifie the Blood than any other Medicine yet found out by which means they are no less effectual in this Distemper than in the Dropsie and Scurvy c. But in that let the Patient use his own discretion And after he hath purged very well for a week or ten days together if strength will permit Let him sweat three days gently with my Arcanum Vitae or with the following Liquor the third day purge again and then sweat Thus do for twenty days together if need require Take Sarsaperilla and Lignum Vitae of each four ounces the Bark of Lignum Vitae and the Roots of China of each one ounce Burdock-Roots and Liquorice of each two ounces being cut and bruised boil them in six quarts of Running Water in a Vessel close stopped to the consumption of the third part after which strain it and take thereof one pint hot in the morning and lie three or four hours in a breathing sweat To every dose of this Liquor you may add ten or twelve drops of the Chymical Oyl of Sulphur The second Decoction of the foresaid Ingredients will serve to drink as of ordinary Drink Another Excellent Medicine to provoke Sweat in this Case Take the best Sarsaperilla cut in small pieces what you please which put in a Glass and add thereto Spirit of Sack that it may lie above it the breadth of two singers Let it so stand being covered close till the Spirit become Yellow then strain it and put it into another Glass and to half a pint of this Spirit add two ounces of Gum Guaicum in fine Powder that being dissolved add thereto one spoonful of Natural Balsom then keep it for use Whereof take two spoonfuls in Rosemary Posset and sweat as afore-directed And purge with my Pills every third or fourth day And doubt not the Cure if the Disease be not of too long continuance There are several other ways made use of in the Cure of this desperate Disease as Mercurial Ointments and Fumigations with Ciniber c. to cause Salivation Medicines inwardly given to cause the same are Turbith Minerale Arcanum Corallinum Red Precipitate Mercurius Vita and Mercurius Dulcis which is the most safest of all being well prepared and given at the beginning fifteen grains and increasing every day five grains till the Flux is sufficiently raised in which course the Patient ought not to eat or drink any thing except Posset-Drink or Mutton-Broth and such-like And after the Flux is raised he may drink of the Decoction of Sarsa China c. keeping himself therewith sometimes in a breathing sweat for Purging and Sweating is the best Cure for this Disease and most safe And to heal the Sores in the Mouth make use of some of the Waters directed in the Chapter of the Ulcers of the Mouth and and Throat For the Ulcers in the Secret Parts make use of the Waters directed pag. 84. especially the two last And apply the Powder of Album Graecum with Vinegar thereto for it doth not onely kill the Ulcers but heal You may anoint the part with the White Ointment with Camphir mixing therewith a small quantity of Mercurius Dulcis or White Precipitate in fine Powder To take away the Warts that often grow within the Fore-Skin of the Yard and Glans c. Take Orpment Quick Brimstone and Lime of each two drams the Powder of Savin half a dram mix them together and touch the Warts therewith or anoint them with Balsom of Sulphur Oil of Antimony and Oil of Quicksilver are of wonderful use in such Cases So is the Oil drawn from Mans Excrements In this Distemper You must remember to eat Meats of Light Digestion as Chickens Rabbets Mutton and Partridges well roasted For supper you may eat Raisins of the Sun stoned or blew Currans with Bread only and drink very sparingly But use as much exercise as possible for thereby many young men that have been able to indure sweating through the same as dancing playing at Tennis c. have been with the least Physick imaginable in the beginning of the Disease perfectly cured CHAP. XXXIII Of the PLAGUE THe Plague is a Disease that falleth upon many which we have had too large experience of and hath its original or beginning from a deadly putrifaction which in a very high measure doth exceed the Common Many times this deadly quality hath its beginning in our selves for it often times cometh to pass that the humours of our Bodies do so much degenerate from the natural temperature that at last it taketh unto it self a deadly venomous quality and so is forced to strive with pernicious poyson Sometimes it ariseth from external means as malignant and putrid Exhalations which are communicated to the Air and sometimes from dead Bodies not buried and from the Roots of Cabbages stinking above the Earth from standing corrupt Waters Fens and foggy places the stinking smells from slaughter-houses and Butchers Shambles doth cause Or take the Essence of Venice-Treacle and Tincture of Saffron of each a like quantity being mixed together give to the Patient one or two spoonfuls in the distilled VVater of Scabios or Bugloss every morning as afore-directed Or take Venice-Treacle Mithridate of each one ounce the Confection of Alkermes two drams the Conserve of Wood-Sorrel two ounces mix them together and take the quantity of a Walnut every morning Or take the Spirit of Sack one pint Venice-Treacle one ounce and a half Saffron two drams mix them together and let them stand close stopped for three days then filter it and keep the clear Spirit for use of which let the Patient take one spoonful every morning in the distilled VVater of Rue or Carduus Or take one dram of Venice-Treacle every morning in the distilled Water of Wood-Sorrel or alone if you find it not too hot Or take the Seeds and Bark of Citrons Zeduary Angelica Gentian Tormental Pimpernal and the Roots of Dittany of each a like being made all into fine powder take the quantity of one dram thereof in the distilled VVater of Carduus or Borrage every morning fasting Or take Juniper-Berries the Leaves of green Rue of each one ounce the Kernels of Walnuts two ounces Venice-Treacle Saffron of each two drams ten or twelve Figs beat them all well together then mix therewith a sufficient quantity of the best Vinegar and make an Electuary thereof of which take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every morning Outwardly to prevent this Disease Take Venice-Treacle one ounce Conserve of Cowslips two ounces being mixed