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A50079 A treatise of the vertues and uses of several panacea's or most infallible remedies in physic. By James Massard one of the most ancientest doctors of the Colledge of Grenoble. Nov. 20th. 1685. This may be printed, Rob. Midgley. Massard, Jaques. 1685 (1685) Wing M1027A; ESTC R221557 3,995 17

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●REATISE OF THE VERTUES and USES OF SEVERAL PANACEA'S OR MOST Infallible Remedies IN PHYSIC By James Massard one of the most ancientest Doctors of the Colledge of Grenoble Nov. 20th 1685. This may be Printed Rob. Midgley London Printed for the Author dwelling at present at Oliver Martinet a Taylor at the Kings Arms in New-Street near Covent Garden 1685. THE PREFACE I Have formerly publish'd a Discourse touching Panacea's or the chief Remedies in Physic Those that wou'd know the Vertues of 'em must read that Treatise the matter is important and therein clearly explicated And Mr. Blegny's Journal of Physic for the Month of August 1681 Pag. 378. gives a full and advantagious account of the aforesaid Book Also in his Journals of Physic for the following months he gives a description of the two Treatises which I publish'd one concerning the Venerial Distemper and the other of Fevers And all these Remedies are of such vertue that the sick are soon enabled by 'em to walk abroad about their affairs CHAP. I. The Vertue of the Panaceas or Vniversal Remedies THE Panacea's are the greatest and most infallible remedies in Physic they cause no loathings are necessary not only to sick people but to those that are in perfect health for prevention of distempers and they never do hurt they heal most Diseases which seem incurable and make other Remedies efficacious CHAP. II. The vertues and use of potable Gold THIS drink is of liquid Gold of the colour of fine Gold it is of a fine scent agreeable taste and rejoyceth the heart as soon as 't is taken This potable Gold is so perfectly dissolved that it cannot be any more reduced into a body and therefore easily mixes with the Spirits penetrates all digestions and so communicates with speed it 's rare Vertues The potable Gold is a rare Divine Panacea helping all natures in every distemper preserving health keeping off the infirmity of old age cures Fevers and inflammations eases pains calms nature regulates all her motions and brings to her assistance new and prevailing forces Dissipating the very cause of distempers and driving 'em out by insensible transpirations removing the indispositions of the parts and happily restoring health and vigor Fifteen or twenty drops of this liquor of Gold is enough taken in a Spoon with a little good Wine or Cordial water at any time even at Meals twice or thrice in a day a man needs no direction or precaution in the matter for this Remedy heals without any sensible evacuation CHAP. III. The Vertues of the great Panacea WANT of Transpiration being the general cause of all distempers so the Remedies which in opening the Pores render the body transpirable are universal Remedies for their Cure The great Panacea is of an agreeable colour having neither taste nor smell no nauseous belches in the Stomach It makes no sensible evacuation in healthy persons it puts the body into a gentle breathing animating the Spirits and thereby preserving health and encreases strength This Panacea heals the sick by opening all the passages of the body in dissolving the causes of the distemper destroying it by making way for those evacutions which nature requires and at the same reducing 'em to order In fine by taking away the impure viscuosities and filth which lies in the very substance of the parts which are the roots whence diseases Spring So likewise does it infallibly cure all sorts of Fevers and Inflammations as Plurisies Small Pox Appoplexies Head-Aches pains in the Breast all Consumptions all sounding Fits Vomitings Cholics Gravel Womens pains in Labour Vapours Suppressions of Monthly Effluviums loss of Blood Costiveness Griping in the Guts paleness in the Countenance cures Rheumatisms and is of rare vertue against the Gout Moreover this Remedy heals all sorts of Wounds which are not absolute mortal in speedily stopping the Course of Blood and dissolving and emptying by insensible transpiration and by Urine or by Stools the Blood which is extravased and diffused in what part soever of the body it be and likewise hindring inflamations and Fevers which often follow upon Wounds In short by consolidating immediately by a balsamic vertue all bruises inward or outward Concerning the using of this Panacea You may take the weight of one or two drams in Powder at one time or else made into Sugar Plums to the number of ten at each time In violent Distempers they are to be taken commonly twice a day to wit in the morning after dinner or at night In long illness it suffices to take 'em once a day This Powder is to be mixt in a Spoon with a little good Wine or else take it in Sugar Plums drink a Glass of good Wine after this remedy and an hour after some good Broth afterwards you may eat as at other times if your illness be not very great But to keep the body open boyl in Broth made of Veal or the like without Salt or in water with a little Sugar an ounce or an ounce and an half of good Tamarins with pot-herbs during a quarter of an hour after which strain it without squeezing This Broth is a little sharp and very agreeable to the taste Or else take a Glyster which is made of four or five ounces of the best Cassia taken out of the stick with as much Honey boyl them in a sufficient quantity of ordinary decoction for a quarter of an hour Afterwards strain this before you take it it refreshes it purges sufficiently and leaves the body open As to the manner of Diet there is no need of much scrupulosity 't is sufficient if one avoids all kinds of excess As this Panacea frees nature regulates her motions and turns all food into good nourishment so one may without the least hurt in using this remedy follow ones own inclinations in eating and drinking what we please for as much as nature being assisted with proper remedies has no irregular desires CHAP. IV. Vertues and use of Flowers of Silver THE Flowers of Silver are pleasant to behold and agreeable to take This Panacea of Silver is diaphoretic and febrefuge it cleans the Organs of the body opens her passages purifies and renews the blood sweetens the humours appeases the inflammations and rectifie all digestions And therefore this Panacea extinguishes Fevers as well intermitting as Hectic and continual ones and cures most inveterate distempers without any sensible evacuation A dose of this remedy consists of thirty or forty Grains it may be taken at any time but at Meals CHAP. V. The Vertues of the aperitive Panacea THE obstruction of the Entrails being the usual cause of long illnesses so the aperitive Panacea's are universal Remedies for the cure of inveterate maladies And indeed experience shews us that opening Pills cure the pains and giddiness in the head a weak digestion and weakness of the stomach shortness of breath and hypocondraic indispositions and all other melancholly distempers the Sympathetic Epilepsie which is the commonest the Scurvy