Bilious Colic TAke Rose-Water and Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire of each two Ounces mix them for a Draught For the Wind Colic TAke a greasie Dishclout and apply it pretty hot to the Belly or where you feel the Pain Renew it often Another DRY a handful of common Salt put it in a Linen Cloth and apply it pretty warm to the place affected For all sorts of Colics TAke a Dram of Walnut-Flowers in Powder in a Glass of White-Wine For a Looseness TAke every three Hours a Pint of Cow's-Milk boil'd with the Yolk of an Egg about half an Ounce of Sugar and as much White-Bread as you think fit You must neither eat nor drink any thing else and besides you must keep your self in Bed or at least in a dry and warm place For a Dysentery TAke two Ounces of Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire or if that cannot be had take the like quantity of Sweet Oil-Olive two Ounces of Rose-Water and one Spoonful of Sugar Mix them all together for a Draught to be taken in the Morning fasting The Signs of a Dysentery are a Looseness accompany'd with a griping Pain and the voiding of Blood or Excrements mixt with Blood About two Hours after the taking of the above-mention'd Medicine you may drink some Broath and eat a new-laid Egg. You may make your Broath with a Leg of Mutton or a Cock. So long as the Distemper lasts you must take a Clyster every Day made only of the Decoction of Barley and Bran and when you are just ready to take it add the Yolks of two raw Eggs with a little Sugar and beat them well together You must be let Blood once or twice in the Arm and must drink nothing but a Ptisan made of the Decoction of Barley and Liquorice You must not take a purging Medicine till eight or ten Days after the Cure Then you may take half an Ounce of Catholicum dissolv'd in about four Ounces of Rose-Water For the Worms TAke two Spoonfuls of the Juice of Limons or Citrons with the like quantity of Sweet Oil or of White-Wine and mix them for a Draught to be taken in the Morning fasting For the Worms in little Children CHafe the Belly about the Navel with Oil of Bitter Almonds and lay a Plaister of Aloes over it For the Piles either Internal or External whether they void Blood or not TAke small Male Sengreen or Prick-Madam and fresh Butter a sufficient quantity beat 'em together in a Mortar and apply it to the Part renewing it three or four times a Day For the Pain of the Kidneys DIP a Linen Cloth in Oxycrate and apply it to the Part affected Oxycrate is a Mixture of six parts of Water and one of Vinegar For the Stoppage or Suppression of the Vrine INfuse an Ounce of Linseed in a Pound of River or Fountain-Water for twenty four Hours If it be in the Summer you must infuse it in a cool place and if in the Winter in warm Ashes Afterwards strain it off and put it into a Glass Bottle Drink a Glass of it every Morning Noon and Night FOR THE DISEASES OF WOMEN To bring down the Courses BEAT two or three Heads of Garlick and make a Plaister of them which must be apply'd to the lower par◠of the Back on the Right-Side To stop the immoderate Flux of Blood which happens to Women in Labour or after they are brought to Bed INject two or three Clysters of Oxycrate every Day For the Suffocation of the Womb. Take an Ounce of Cinamon cut into small Pieces three Ounces of fine Sugar in Powder mix them and add four Ounces of Rose-Water and six Ounces of strong Brandy let them stand twelve Hours in Infusion strain it two or three times thro' a Woollen Cloth and keep the Liquor in a Glass-Vial The Patient may take two or three Spoonfuls of this Liquor to prevent the Return of a Paroxysm and even during the Fit that she may be the sooner delivered from it For Fits of the Mother TAke a handful of the Herb call'd Avens beat it and infuse it for the space of an Hour or two in a Pint of White-Wine and let the Patient drink a little of it when sh◠is thirsty For a Woman in Labour to hasten her Delivery TAke the Liver and Gall of the fattest Eel you can procure dry 'em in an Oven after the Bread is drawn out and beat 'em to Powder The Dose is one Dram in three or four Spoonfuls of the best Wine To expel a dead Child GIve the Sick Woman an Ounce of the Juice of Hyssop in half a Glass of warm Water with a Spoonful of Brandy For the Colic or griping Pain of the Belly which frequently assaults Women that are newly deliver'd TAke Orange-Flower-Water and Syrup of Maidenhair of each two Ounces mix and 〈◊〉 a Draught To bring Milk into the Breasts of Women that are newly deliver'd GIve the Woman a Dram of the Powder of Fennel-seed in Cabbage-Broath or in a Glass of White-Wine For those who have too much Milk TAke Rose-Water and Verjuice of each two Ounces mix them together with five or six Grains of Salt heat the Mixture upon a Chafing-Dish then dip a Linen Cloth four or five times doubl'd in the Liquor and apply it warm to the Breast laying over it two pieces of Linen well heated You must renew the Application twice a Day and if the Distemper continue you must apply it also the Day following To dry up the Milk in those who are not willing to suckle their Children TAke a Bitter Orange pierce it in several places with the Point of a Knife or with a Bodkin squeeze out the Juice and put the Orange into a little Earthen-Pot which you must fill with Oil-Olive boil away two thirds of the Oil and then rub the Breasts with it very softly and as warm as it can be endured For the Inflammation of the Breasts TAke the Crum of a White-Loaf boil it in a sufficient quantity of Milk add an Ounce of Oil of Lilies and make a Pultiss which must be apply'd to the Breast For the Fits of a Tertian-Ague IN the beginning of the third and fourth Fit take half a Glass of the Juice of Borage mixt with the like quantity of White-Wine but you must take a Clyster and be let Blood the Night before For an Intermitting Fever TAke a handful of the Leaves of Burnet Infuse them twelve Hours in a Pint of White-Wine then strain out the Wine thro' a Linen Cloth and give the Patient half a Glass of it at the beginning of the cold Fit continuing after the same in the three or four succeeding Fits For a Quartan Ague DIssolve the Yolk of a new-laid Egg in a Glass of Wine and drink it at the beginning of the cold Fit For a Purple Fever TAke the Leaves of Wood-Sorrel Scabious Carduus Benedictus and Queen of the Meadows of each one handful boil them in a sufficient
Stomach is drawn downwards by such a Load of Excrements if we consider that the unusual weight that hangs like a Clog upon the Stomach may be reasonably suppos'd to produce the same Effect upon it as if it were fill'd with a hearty Meal So when we advise a Man in that condition to take Physick our design is not to evacuate the remainder of his Meat since we suppose he has fasted for some Days but to procure the evacuation of those Impurities which being insensibly stopt and gather'd in those parts wou'd otherwise occasion those Disorders in the Body of which I have already discours'd OBJECT III. ONE that is troubl'd with a Looseness will perhaps be extremely surpriz'd when he is order'd to take a Clyster or a purging Medicine and will be ready to look upon that advice as a sure way to encrease his Distemper which in his opinion has purg'd him but too thoroughly already without the assistance of Physick This Objection will appear as groundless as either of the former if it be consider'd that a Looseness is usually either the effect of Indigestion in which case it ceases after some time and hardly requires the use of Remedies or 't is a sign that the Excrements are stopt in the great Guts and then if there be a copious Evacuation we must recruit Nature and repair her decay'd Vigour by good Nourishment taken in small Quantities On the other hand if the flux be inconsiderable or if the Patient be frequently troubl'd with a desire to go to Stool without voiding any thing since 't is evident from thence that the Motion of the Intestines is not sufficient to expel those Impurities that cause such frequent Irritations we must in the first place by the use of Clysters endeavour to dissolve that corrupt and biting Matter and afterwards when the Irritation ceases we must take some Purgative Medicine to expel the remainder of that excrementitious Matter that may be lodg'd in some places which the Clysters cou'd not reach OBJECT IV. Against Bleeding 'T IS the usual Cant of those who are profest Enemies to Bleeding that the Blood is the Treasure of Life and consequently that we ought rather to furnish the enfeebl'd Patient with a fresh supply of that precious Liquor than to rob him of what he is already possest of But I must beg those Gentlemen's leave to put 'em in mind that the Blood can never deserve so noble a Title if it be either deprav'd or redundant For if it exceeds either in Quantity or Quality it is so far from preserving our Health that it exposes us to the most dangerous Distempers As our Life is manifestly endanger'd when too large a quantity of Blood is lost so it is secur'd and supported when a moderate quantity of impure and corrupt Blood is taken away however it must be acknowledg'd that this Evacuation ought always to be perform'd with a great deal of Caution according to the Age and Strength of the Patient the Nature of his Disease and the Seasons of the Year And therefore those who are desirous to be their own Physicians ought to try seveveral Remedies and to make choice of such as produce the same Effects upon them which in the foregoing Chapters are ascrib'd to safe and useful Remedies A TREATISE OF Particular Remedies THE PREFACE WHen I form'd the Design of publishing the preceding Treatise I did not intend to have added a Collection of particular Remedies because I look'd upon that as a Subject that had been sufficiently handl'd and even almost wholly exhausted by so many Authors who have compos'd entire Volumes of this Nature But since I have been desir'd by several Persons whom I wou'd not willingly disoblige to compleat my Vndertaking by subjoining an account of such Remedies as I had observ'd to be most esteem'd and found to be most useful and effectual I cou'd not deny 'em so small a Favour And that I might render my Performance in this kind more serviceable to the Public I thought fit to add some short Reflexions according to the variety of the Subject A TREATISE CONTAINING An Account of the most Simple Remedies and such as are most frequently used for the curing of several Diseases Of Medicines in General MEDICINES or Remedies are mix'd Bodies which being taken by the Mouth if they are Internal or applied outwardly if External serve to restore our Health by altering the bad Disposition of our Bodies They differ both from our usual Food and from Poyson the first of which preserves and supports our Health and the latter destroys it We ought not to have recourse to Purgatives unless the Intestines be stuff'd with clammy and thick Humours or the Mass of the Blood be full of salt or bulky Particles that hinder its Circulation which may be known by a Hardness or Swelling of the Belly Drowsiness Weariness c. 'T is expedient to make use of Clysters some Days before Purgation that the purging Medicine not meeting with any Obstacles may operate more strongly and quickly and occasion less disturbance in the Body An Ounce or an Ounce and a half of extracted Cassia dissolv'd in a Glass of Whey or mixed with an equal quantity of compound Syrup of Apples moistens and cools the Body loosens the thick Humours that are lodg'd in the Breast and helps one to Spit freely Feeble and weak Persons such as those who are extremely lean whom we usually call Phthisical or Consumptive as also Women with Child may be safely purg'd with an Ounce or two of Manna taken in Veal or Chicken-Broath When we design to purge scour and wash away the slimy Matter that sticks in the Intestines we may profitably use the Juice of Roses from one Ounce to two And 't is also a good Remedy for a Looseness Rhubarb taken in Substance from half a Dram to a Dram purges Choler helps those that are troubl'd with a Looseness and serves to kill Worms It may be also us'd by way of Infusion from a Dram to half an Ounce according to the Age and Strength of the Patient To evacuate Hydropical Humours or bring down Women's Monthly Courses we may use the Root of Briony from half a Dram to a Dram or its Juice to half an Ounce I will not speak of Agaric Scammony Jalap Mirabolans and Mechoacan because they operate too violently nor will I trouble the Reader with an Account of Chymical Medicines which ought not to be used but with a great deal of Precaution nor without the Advice of a Physician Of Diuretics DIureticks serve to augment the serosity or fluidity of the Blood to agitate the Serous and coagulate the Fibrous Part and to retard the Course of the Humours We ought never to use them without an antecedent preparation of the Body by Purgation least the gross Particles which they agitate and drive towards the Reins shou'd breed an Obstruction in those Parts and occasion a stoppage of Urine River-Water Mineral-Waters and White-Wine are the
Pound of the best Honey you can procure and boil it again softly for half an Hour Then take it off the Fire strain it thro' a Linen Cloth and pour the Liquor into an Earthen Pot. Take a Draught of it two Hours before and two Hours after Meals A Purgative and Laxative Ptisan POur two Quarts of River or Fountain-Water into a close Pot and set it near the Fire put into it half an Ounce of Sena four or five Roots of Wild Succory two little Sticks of Liquorice more or less according to the Palate of the Patient and a Dram of Green Fennel-seed then tye a Dram of the raspings of Ivory and the like quantity of Harts-Horn in a Linen Rag boil 'em a little longer with the rest of the Ingredients in the Pot and afterwards strain out the Liquor Drink a Glass of it every Morning fasting for Eight or Ten Days A Pectoral Ptisan TAke Jujubes Sebesten and Damask Raisins of each one Ounce a Stick of Liquorice beaten and a quarter of a Pound of Honey Boil them softly in two Quarts of River-Water for a quarter of an Hour and afterwards strain out the Liquor thro' a Linen Cloth You may drink a Glass of it every Morning and another at Night when you go to Bed It must neither be too hot nor too cold when you drink it OF SYRUPS And their Vertues THE Syrups that are most frequently us'd are the Syrup of Pale Roses the Syrup of Peach-Flowers compound Syrup of Apples compound Syrup of Succory Syrup of Violets Syrup of Maiden-hair and the Syrup of Corn-Poppies The Syrup of Pale Roses serves to evacuate all sorts of Serosities either Phlegmatic Bilious or Melancholic it strengthens the Stomach and opens Obstructions in the Capillary Vessels of the Liver and of the rest of the Entrals The Syrup of Peach-Flowers is good for those who are Hydropical and is particularly adapted for expelling Serous Humours Compound Syrup of Apples evacuates the Melancholic Humour which infects the Mass of the Blood It is also very good to purge the Spleen Compound Syrup of Succory prepra'd with Rhubarb purges the redundant Bile strengthens the Liver and Stomach and opens Obstructions in other Parts of the Body Syrup of Violets purges Choler cools and promotes Expectoration You may take an Ounce or a Spoonful of it in a Glass of Water but you must have two Glasses and pour it out of one into the other several times to dilute the Syrup Syrup of Maiden-Hair is of excellent use in Diseases of the Breast it frees it from the corrupt Humours that are log'd in it and helps the sick Person to spit Syrup of Corn-Poppies procures Sleep The Dose is from an Ounce to two Ounces at Night FOR THE TOOTH-ACH AFTER Eating you must gargarize your Mouth and wash your Gums with Wine and Water then take the Ashes of the second Bark of the Ash-Tree mix 'em with a Spoonful of Brandy and make a Plaister which must be apply'd to the Temples on that side where you feel the Pain Another PUT a Clove or two upon the aking Tooth then shut your Teeth and hang your Head on that side where the Pain lies this will draw out abundance of Water and by that means give you ease If the Tooth be rotten or carious you must pull it out or else put a Drop of Aqua-Fortis into it OF CLYSTERS A Cooling Clyster MAKE a Clyster of Oxycrate that is mix a Pint of lukewarm Water with six Spoonfuls of Vinegar A Clyster for one who is Costive TAke a quarter of a Pound of Oil of Nuts and the like quantity of common Honey put them into a Pint of Water and if you are troubl'd with Gripes add as much Powder of Anise or Fennel-seed as you can take up between your Fingers and Thumb If not add half a quarter of a Pint of Vinegar and boil it as usually A Clyster to stop a Looseness MAke a Decoction with White Mullein Provence Roses and Plantain of each one handful Lin-seed and Quince-seed of each a Dram half an Ounce of Starch and the Yolk of an Egg. In the beginning of a Looseness you ought not to make use of Astringent Medicines but must let Nature act without disturbance for some Days according to the Age and Strength of the Patient FINIS AN INDEX OF The Principal Matters contain'd in the TREATISE of REMEDIES OF Medicines in general 73 Of Diuretics or Medicines that provoke Urine 75 Of Vomits 76 Of Sudorifics and Diaphoretics or Medicines that procure Sweating and insensible Transpiration 77 Of Sneezing Medicines and Errhina 74 Of Incrassating or Thickening Medicines 79 Of Narcotics or Medicines that procure Sleep 80 Of Styptics or Astringents 81 Of Carminatives or Medicines that dispel Wind Ibid. Of Particular Remedies FOR the Head-Ach 82 For the Apoplexy 83 For the Palsie Ibid. A Remedy for the Rheumatism hard Swellings in the Joynts for all Cold Tumours and to strengthen the Nerves Ibid. To Purge Melanchâ—ly 84 To Purge Choler Ibid. To Purge Phlegm Ibid. For the Itching of the Eye-Lids 85 For an Inflammation of the Eyes Ibid. For Deafness Ibid. To stop Bleeding at the Nose Ibid. To cure a Red Face and take away Pimples 86 For Shortness of Breath Ibid. For Obstructions of the Lungs Ibid. For the Pleurisie 87 For a Cold Ibid. To stop Vomiting Ibid. To comfort and strengthen the Liver Ibid. For the Spleen 88 For the Jaundice Ibid. For the Dropsie Ibid. For the Nephritical Colic or Stone in the Kidneys 86 For the Bilious Colic Ibid. For the Wind Colic Ibid. Another Ibid. For all sorts of Colics Ibid. For a Looseness 90 For the Dysentery Ibid. For Worms in the Belly 91 For the Worms in little Children Ibid. For the Piles either internal or external whether they void Blood or not Ibid. For a Pain in the Back or Kidneys 92 For a Stoppage or Suppression of Urine Ibid. Remedies for the Diseases of Women TO bring down the Courses 93 To stop the immoderate Flux of Blood which happens to Women in Labour or after they are brought to Bed Ibid. For the Suffocation of the Womb 94 For Fits of the Mother Ibid. For a Woman in Labour to hasten her Delivery Ibid. To expel a dead Child 95 For the Colic or griping Pain of the Belly which frequently assaults Women that are newly deliver'd Ibid. To bring Milk into the Breasts of Women that are newly deliver'd Ibid. For those who have too much Milk Ibid. To dry up Milk in those who are not willing to suckle their Children 96 For an Inflammation of the Breasts Ibid. For the Fits of a Tertian-Ague Ibid. For Intermitting Fevers 97 For a Quartan-Ague Ibid. For a Purple Fever Ibid. For the Plague 98 For Carbuncles or Plague-Sores Ibid. A Remedy for Corns Ibid. To preserve the Face from being mark'd by the Small-Pox 99 To preserve the Sight in the Small-Pox Ibid. Another Ibid. For the Sciatica Ibid. For the Itch or Scab 100 For a Tetter or Ring-Worm Ibid. For a Cut or Wound 101 For Burning Ibid. To open all sorts of Tumours without a Launce Ibid. For all sorts of Inflammations that happen either before or after the Breaking of a Tumour 102 For Bruises Ibid. For all sorts of Wounds Ibid. For all Gun-shot Wounds 103 For all sorts of Ulcers Ibid. For a Gangrene 104 Of Ptisans or Decoctions A Cooling Opening and Pectoral Ptisan 105 A Purging and Loosening Ptisan Ibid. A Pectoral Ptisan 106 OF Syrups and their Vertues Ibid. Syrup of Pale Roses 107 Syrup of Peach-Flowers Ibid. Compound Syrup of Apples Ibid. Compound Syrup of Succory Ibid. Syrup of Violets Ibid. Syrup of Maidenhair Ibid. Syrup of Corn-Poppies Ibid. Remedies for the Tooth-Ach 108 OF Clysters 109 Cooling Clysters Ibid. A Clyster for one that is Costive Ibid. A Clyster to stop a Looseness Ibid. The End of the Table
to divert his Thoughts and therefore in expectation that Time which is the only Physician in such Cases may heal the Wounds of his Mind or some of those unexpected Revolutions to which all the World is subject may put an end to the Cause of his Sorrow we must content our selves with persuading him at least to resist the fatal Influence which this Passion may have upon his bodily Health because of the strict Union that is between those two Parts which compose the Man 'T is certain that Grief may be the Spring and Fountain of many Diseases by causing the Excrements to remain too long in the great Guts And therefore we must endeavour to make the best use of the Signs by which the Internal Physician acquaints us with the stoppage of those Impurities in these Passages lest the Mind shou'd by degrees communicate the infectious Contagion of its Distemper to the Body that is we must expel those Excrements as soon as we perceive any signs of fulness and in order to this we must chuse the most convenient Medicines For as I intimated before we must either entirely remove the Causes of a Disease or at least endeavour to prevent their Fatal Effects Of Debauchery or Intemperance The Second remote Cause of Diseases DEbauchery consists chiefly in two things viz. in excess of Drinking and Eating and in the immoderate use of the Pleasures of Love for 't is by this means that the most healthy Persons destroy themselves and shorten their Days even tho' they be otherwise of a stronger Constitution than others CHAP. II. Of Excess in Drinking and Eating THAT we may comprehend the manner how Diseases are occasion'd by excess in Eating and Drinking we must examine the Action of the Stomach and Guts in converting the Food into Chyle for if we consider that all the Fibres which compose the Contexture of those Parts are as it were so many small Springs being which successively slacken'd and contracted keep the Food in a continual Motion which with the assistance of dissolving Acids attenuates bruises and entirely changes its Nature Now 't is plain that these Springs may lose their force and activity by a continual Pressure and distension occasion'd by an excessive quantity of Food which fills the Spaces that are formed by their Turnings and Windings even as the Springs of our Machines are stopt when their Relaxation is hinder'd by a strong Pressure For as a Bow cannot long retain its Spring if it be kept continually bent and the finest Machine in the World will decay insensibly if it be not diligently kept in Order so the most vigorous Stomach may be spoil'd by an over-proportion'd quantity of Food because the Fibres both of that and of the other Parts which help Digestion are either broken or so weaken'd by a continual Extension that they cannot afterwards contract and expand themselves either to concoct the Food or to expel the Excrements that are separated from it Now Indigestion and the Stoppage of the Excrements in the Body are in a great measure the immediate Causes of Diseases But let us suppose that the Stomach tho loaded with Food may nevertheless be able to digest it when the Body is very strong and vigorous what must be the consequence of such a Digestion but that the redundant Chyle flowing out of the Stomach and not being admitted into the Milky-Vessels of the Mesenterium must remain in the small Guts and afterwards pass with the Excrements into the greater where it must quickly be corrupted for want of a sufficient ferment to keep up its Motion and consequently must of necessity corrupt the Excrements and occasion all those Disorders which shall be mentioned in the Chapters that treat of the immediate Causes of Diseases We ought therefore diligently to avoid excess in Drinking and Eating and for that reason 't is necessary that every one should be acquainted with his own Constitution As for Example the Cholerick have occasion to eat oftener than the Phlegmatick because those are much hotter than these and the Heat not meeting with Matter to digest takes hold of the Alimentary Juice and thereby insensibly weakens the principal parts of the Body Whoever enjoys a perfect Health ought to use indifferently every thing that is fit to Nourish him especially when he has observ'd that any particular sort of Food is endu'd with all the necessary Qualities as first when it is agreeable to the Taste for when the Stomach loaths any particular kind of Meat tho' at the same time it be very good and wholsome we ought to abstain from it because it will infallibly either cause Indigestion or provoke Vomiting Secondly When 't is easily digested without occasioning either a slackness or straitness in the Belly These are the surest Marks of wholsome Food and there remains nothing more to be observ'd but that the Quantity must always be moderate We must then to preserve our Health eat when we are hungry and drink when we are thirsty whatsoever is proper to be eaten or drunk without forcing Nature and without either starving or cloying our Stomachs CHAP. III. Of the immoderate Vse of the Pleasures of Love THIS sort of Intemperance is no less dangerous and prejudicial than the former I need not mention those infamous Marks and Effects of Lechery the Gonorrhaea both simple and virulent Phimosis Paraphimosis Excrescencies Bubo's and in a Word the Disease which is commonly entertain'd by all Nations tho' none of 'em are willing to own it as a Native these are the usual Consequences and the just Rewards of unbridl'd Lust But besides it is certain that the immoderate use of those Pleasures dissipates the Spirits extremely weakens the Brain robs the Nerves and Membranous Parts of their proper Nourishment is fatal to those who have a weak Breast heats and drys up the whole Body and makes way for a whole Army of Diseases by weakening the Action of the great Guts by dissipating the Spirits and by drying up the Fibres It is therefore necessary to moderate the Pleasures of Love if we wou'd preserve our selves from irrecoverable Ruine and consequently in our amorous Inclinations we ought to consult our Strength and never to give a full career to our eager Desires We must be entirely Masters of our selves that we may be able upon Occasion to curb the heat of a Passion which has in all Ages fooled the wisest Heads and baffled the severest Vertue since the Wisdom of Solomon the Holiness of David and the Strength of Sampson could not moderate the Sallies of this ungoverneable Passion And 't was this that made the modest Virgil say Omnia vincit Amor nos cedamus Amori Reason which ought to guide us in all our Steps is never less obey'd nor more strangely puzzl'd than when she attempts to calm the impetuous Motions of Love that are stirr'd up in us by an infinite Number of Objects and after a thousand several ways To make our selves Masters of this Passion
an Ounce of the Oil of Walnuts Having given you a short Account of Medicines in general I shall proceed in the next place to mention some Specific and particular Medicines which in the Schools are call'd Topical Remedies 'T is to be observ'd that before the use of those particular Medicines you must evacuate the grosser Impurities by Clysters and lessen the excessive quantity of the Blood by Bleeding Of Particular Remedies A Remedy for the Head-Ach WHEN the Head-Ach proceeds from Phlegm or from a Cold Cause which is known by a Drowsiness and Heaviness of the Head the Brain must be purg'd thus Take the Leaves of Rosemary Thyme Betony and Sweet Marjoram of each a handful dry them in the Sun or in an Oven beat them to Powder and sift 'em thro' a Searce Take a convenient Dose of this Powder every Morning and Evening about an Hour or two before you eat It mitigates the Pain of the Head by purging the Brain But when the Distemper proceeds from heated Choler you must provoke Sleep with some of the Remedies mention'd in the Chapter that treats of Narcotics Against the Apolexy YOU must immediately open the Patient's Teeth with a Spoon and put into his Mouth several large Corns of Salt then Bleed him in the Arm and apply Cupping-Glasses with all convenient speed Against the Palsie TAke two Ounces of rectified Spirit of Wine three Ounces of Oil of Bays mix them with an Ounce of Balsam of Peru and having incorporated 'em together make a Liniment with which you must anoint the Part affected and wrap it up with a Linen-Cloth as hot as you can A Remedy for the Rheumatism hard Swellings in the Joynts for all Cold Swellings and to strengthen the Nerves TAke four or five handfuls of Sage beat it with a Pound of fresh Butter then boil all together for a Quarter of an Hour after which strain it through a course Cloth and rub the Parts affected with the Straining melting the Ointment every time you use it To Purge Melancholy TAke Polypody of the Oak and Tops of Hops of each half an Ounce and boil 'em with two or three Rennet-Apples cut in Slices in a sufficient quantity of Water Then strain the Decoction thro' a Linen-Cloth and infuse in it two or three Drams of Sena with as much beaten Anniseeds as you can take up between your Fingers and your Thumb Take this Medicine in the Morning and about two Hours after drink some Broath To Purge Choler MAke a Broath or Decoction of Lettice Purslane and Succory infuse in it according to the Season a handful of March Violets Peach-Flowers or Pale Roses and take it in the Morning fasting You may also take half an Ounce of Conserve of Pale Roses fasting and a little after take a Broath made of cooling Herbs To Purge Phlegm BOil fifteen Grains of Asarabacca-Leaves in a-sufficient quantity of Wine with a little Mint or Baum. Take three or four Spoonfuls of the strain'd Liquor in the Morning fasting and an Hour or two after drink a little Broath For the Itching of the Eye-Lids TAke an Ounce of White-Wine as much Rose-Water a Dram of Hepatic or Liver-Aloes in Powder mingle 'em together and apply a piece of fine Linen dipt in this Liquor to the Eyes For an Inflammation in the Eyes TAke a Spoonful of Rose and of Plantain-Water drop the Mixture into the Corner of the Eye and keep your Eye shut For Deafness TAke Juice of Onions and Brandy of each an Ounce and a half mix them together and put some Drops of the Mixture luke-warm into the Ears and afterwards stop 'em with Cotton To stop Bleeding at the Nose LAY a Key upon the Patient 's Back betwixt the Shirt and the Skin or throw a Glass of cold Water in his Face A Stone of Cyprus-Vitriol put into the Nostrils stanches the Blood The same Vitriol is also good to cure Ulcers in the Mouth by touching them two or or three times with it but you must not swallow your Spittle after it To Cure a Red Face and take away the Pimples DIssolve a sufficient quantity of Cyprus-Vitriol in Plantain-Water and when you go to Bed wash the Pimples with a little Cotton dipt in the Solution and in the Morning wash your Face with River or Fountain-Water For Shortness of Breath DRink a Glass of Mead in the Morning for Eight Days and if that be not sufficient put into it five or six Drops of Spirit of Tobacco For Obstructions of the Lungs TAke Jujubes Sebestens dry'd Figs Damask-Raisins and ston'd Dates of each half a Pound Dogs-Grass Liver-Wort Hyssop the Leaves and Flowers of Colts-Foot and Scolopendria of each a handful the four Capillary Herbs of each half a handful Liquorice four Ounces and three Pounds of Sugar Make a Syrup of all use it often and swallow it as slowly as you can For the Pleurisie TAke half an ordinary Glass-full of the Juice of Bugloss or Borage and an equal quantity of the Juice of Broom Mix them together and drink the Mixture warm before you go to Bed lying upon that side where you feel the Pain or upon your Back For a Cold. TAke a Spoonful of Oil of Sweet Almonds two Spoonfuls of Syrup of Violets and a Glass of Ptisan mix them together and drink off the whole when you go to Bed To stop Vomitting TAke a Spoonful of the Juice of Pomegranates or of Limons and half a Dram of Salt of Wormwood mix them for a Draught To Strengthen the Liver TAke a Pound of the Juice of Endive and an Ounce of the Juice of Burnet mix them well together and take half a Glass every Morning for eight or fifteen Days For the Spleen TAke two handfuls of the Leaves of Harts-Tongue chop them and put them into a strong Bottle with two Pints of White-Wine cover the Bottle with a piece of thick Cap-Paper making several Holes with a Pin in it then boil the Wine softly till it sink a few Inches in the Bottle Take half a Glass of this Liquor in the Morning fasting for eight Days For the Jaundice TAke the Dung of a young Goose Chicken or Hen dry it in the Sun and beat it to Powder Take from half a Dram to a Dram of this Powder every Morning in a Glass of White-Wine with a little Sugar and Cinamon for eight Days For the Dropsie TAke half a Glass of Juice of Chervil with an equal quantity of White-Wine and about two Hours after drink a little Broath You must continue the use of this Medicine till the Swelling be abated and in the mean time drink very moderately Infuse Burnet in Water and mix it with an equal quantity of White-Wine for your ordinary Drink For the Nephritical Colic or Stone in the Kidneys TAke two Ounces of Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire with a like quantity of Juice of Limons or Citrons or if you please you may take the Oil in two Ounces of White-Wine For the
quantity of River or Fountain-Water To the strain'd Liquor add four Drops of the Spirit of Vitriol and half an Ounce of sine Sugar Let the Patient take half a Glass of this Liquor before or during the Fit continuing after the same manner five or six Days Let him drink a Ptisan made with Barberries and Scorzonera-Roots Let him not take a purging Medicine till the Fever disappear For the Plague MElt an Ounce of old Hogs-Grease with a like quantity of Honey then remove the Vessel from the Fire and add an Ounce of Rie-Meal and two Yolks of Eggs stirring them all the while Spread this Ointment upon Leather and apply it to the Bubo's changing it twice a Day When a Carbuncle or Bubo is suppurated and breaks put into it a Tent dipt in the same Ointment and lay a Pultiss over it For Carbuncles or Plague-Sores TAke the Ointments Populeon and Basilicon of each one Ounce mix them and spreading a sufficient quantity upon a piece of Leather apply it to the Sore till the Scab or Eschar fall off A Remedy for Corns BOil a sufficient quantity of the Crum of Brown-Bread in Milk to the thickness of Broath and after you take it off from the Fire add to it a proportionable quantity of Vnguentum Rosatum spread it upon Linen and apply it to the Corn. To preserve the Face from being mark'd by the Small-Pox DIP a Feather in Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire and anoint the Pocks as they come out for the space of Nine or Ten Days To preserve the Sight in the Small-Pox PUT a little Saffron in Plantain-Water mix them well together then drop it into the Patient's Eyes Another TAke a piece of Gold heat it red-hot in the Fire quench it several times in Plantain-Water and pour some Drops of the Water into the Eyes of the Patient You must continue in the use of this Remedy from the first appearance of the Small-Pox â—or the space of three Weeks or a Month. For the Sciatica TAke Mustard-seed and Figs of each two Ounces beat 'em to a Mash which must be apply'd like a Plaister to the Part â—ffected and often renew'd For the Itch. AFter you have been let Blood in the Arm and purg'd according to your Strength and Constitution rub the Palms of your Hands your Wrists the Soles of your Feet and even your whole Body with an Ointment made of two Ounces of fresh Butter and half an Ounce of the Flower of Brimstone well mixt together warm it every time you use it And that it may work more effectually you may anoint your self near the Fire For a Tetter or Ring-Worm TAke three Drams of new Wax melt it with four Ounces of Oil of Roses and two Ounces of Honey of Roses When 't is all melted take it off the Fire and put to it an Ounce of Soot and half an Ounce of Ceruss in Powder stirring it till it be cold When you have occasion to use it spread it upon a Linen Cloth and apply it to the Part affected For a Cut or Wound TAke a red-hot Coal out of the Fire beat it to Powder and put some of it into the Wound It will immediately stanch the Blood For Burning TAke four Spoonfuls of Water in which unslack'd Lime has been quench'd the like quantity of Oil of Nuts and beat them up to the thickness of a Liniment then anoint the burnt Part with a Feather and cover it with brown Paper To open all sorts of Tumours without a Lance. TAke fresh Butter and Verjuice of each two Ounces mix and boil them together Dip a fine Linen Rag or piece of brown issue-Paper into the Liquor and apply it pretty hot to the Place affected For all sorts of Inflammations that happen either before or after the Breaking of a Tumour TAke a fine Linen Rag dip it in Oxycrate or Water then spread a little of Galen's Ceratum upon it which may be found at any Apothecary's Shop and apply it to the inflamed Part. For Bruises TAke a quarter of a Pint of thick Red-Wine two Ounces of fresh Butter two Pugils of Provence Roses and one Pugil of Wheat-Bran boil all together to the thickness of Broath spread it upon a Linen Cloath and apply it to the Part affected For all sorts of Wounds TAke a Pound of fresh Butter a quarter of a Pint of the Juice of Sage the like quantity of the Juice of Wall-Wort an Ounce of Bay-Berries in Powder with a quarter of a Pint of good Wine Boil all together in a Vessel upon the Fire to the thickness of an Ointment or till the Moisture be consum'd and reserve it for use For all Gun-shot Wounds TAke two Ounces of Birth-Wort either long or round put it into an Earthen Pipkin with three quarters of a Pint of Wine and boil away one half then take the Pot from the Fire and put in two Ounces of Sugar Keep this Liquor for use in a Glass-Bottle When the Wound is large lay on the first Dressing with the Whites of two Eggs beat up to a Froth to which add a Dram or two of Bolâ—-Armenic in Powder then spread the whole upon the Tow of fine Hemp and leave it upon the Wound till the same Hour next Day After twenty four Hours you must take away the first Dressing put some of this Water into a Spoon heat it lukewarm dip a Linen Rag in it and wash the Wound and lay upon it another piece of Linen dipt in the same Water taking care to keep the Wound always Moist For all sorts of Vlcers TAke Burgundy-Pitch Rosin and new Wax of each two Ounces put them all into an Earthen-Pipkin and melt them on the Fire then add six Ounces of fresh Butter with a Dram of Vardigrâ—ase in Powder stirring 'em all the while Put this Balsam into an Earthen Pot and keep it for use For a Gangrene INfuse half a Pound of Vnslak'd Lime for the space of six Hours in a Pint of Smith's-Water then pour it off softly without removing the Vessel In this Water infuse a Dram of Sublimate for the space of a Night Then add a sixth part of rectified Spirit of Wine and pour it all off without stirring the Sediments Wash the gangren'd parts every Morning Noon and Night with this Water a little heated OF Ptisans or Decoctions THEY may be prepar'd several ways according to the various Uses they are made for The most common are Purgative Laxative Cooling and Pectoral tho' many other sorts may be made according to the different Distempers that attack Human Bodies But I shall only mention those that are most frequently us'd and most easily prepar'd A Cooling Opening and Pectoral Ptisan TAke half a Peck of good Oats well cleans'd wild Succory and Burnet of each one handful boil them softly in a Gallon of River-Water for a large half Hour or three quarters of an Hour after which add half an Ounce of Sal Prunellae with a quarter of a