Scruple to half a Drachm to Epileptics and you will see Wonders for this Arcanum hath been confirm'd by many experiences CHAP. XV. His magistral Caput mortuum TAke the Caput mortuum of Aqua fortis made of Nitre rectify'd and Vitriol well calcin'd and make a lixivium thereof with warm distill'd Rain-water and extract a Salt according to Art Then the same Salt being dissolved again twice in the said distil'd Rain-water until there appear chrystalls take one part of rectify'd Nitre and two of the said Salt and melting the Nitre in a crucible with a Fire of the second degree add the Salt by degrees and melt them all with the Fire for the space of three hours Put this Mass into Aqua fortis extracted from the aforesaid things and to every pound add flowers of Antimony from the Regulus of Mars three Ounces leaf Gold three Drachms Coral Pearls Egg-shells of each two Drachms digest all in a warm place for four days together this done distil to a dryness powder 〈…〉 which remains and imbibe it again in Aqua vitae digest for eight days and distil to a dryness The Caput mortuum which remain keep in Glasses well stopt And if you shall give from twelve to eighteen drop thereof you will consume Hypochondriacal Diseases for it is one of the most powerful remedies against such Diseases I expells all kinds of obstructions anâ— naughty Fevers 't is good for Cachectiâ— Bodies and frees solks from Dropsies CHAP. XVI His Golden Catharâ—â—ic TAke of our Aureat hereafter describ'd half an Ounce Spirit of Sulphur rectify'd after the best manner threâ— Ounces digest them in a warm place At fifteen days end distil them with 〈◊〉 Glass retort with a Fire of Sand anâ— then cohobate the said Spirit with the saiâ— Aureat nine times and wash the powdeâ— very well with Cordial Waters and dry it The dose is from four to ten Grains with Magistery of Mechoacan Jalap Seamony or Extracts which shall be most convenient CHAP. XVII His Antivenereal Pills TAke of our Calomelanos Magistery of Lapis lazuli extract of Rhubarb Seâ—a Turbith Buckthorn-berrys of each two Drachms Gum Guajaci or Ligni sancti the weight of them all magistery of Tarâ—ar dissolv'd in Oil of Cinamon of each one Drachm and an half Syrup of Fumitery as much as will suffice to form them into Pills Vertues Vses and Doses THese Pills very happily pull up all Venercal humors by the root yea even â—f the Bones be infected Their dose â—s from half a Drachm to one Drachm â—or twenty thirty or forty days together CHAP. XVIII His Calomelanos TAke good Mercury and put it into a Retort with a double quantity of Sanâ— both very well mixt and put to the Firâ— by degrees and pour it into a Vessel noâ— shuting its mouth that the impure partâ— may remain in the Sand. Then sublimatâ— it with common Salt decrepitated according to Art and throwing away the foeces add the Salt again to that Mercury being more purely sublimated Then casting away the parts that remain sublime iâ— more purely with new Salt do this seven times and the foeces being at last separated place the Retort in a Reverberatory Furnace with the sublimate of the seventh process and leave it there for two hours with a most vehement Fire Then wash it with Cordial waters many times and imbibe in Juniper Aquae vitae which must swim a top a fingers breadth and â—urn it which you must do thrice CHAP. XIX His Cathartic of Antimony with Vitriol called His Catholicon TAke shining Antimony out of the Earth that which is of a Golden Color one part rubify'd Vitriol two parts being â—urify'd and mixt put them into a Cruâ—ible that they all melt together then â—owder the Mass and put it into a Reâ—ort very well luted with distill'd Vinegar â—hat it may be uppermost four fingers â—readth and augment the Fire by litle â—nd litle and at last make a most ardent â—ne that all the Spirit may be exhal'd â—nd it will evaporate with a moderate â—eat until there remain a sat Tincture Then take of the Extract of Rhubarb Seâ—â—a Jalap Turbith black Hellebore of each one Drachm Extract of Aloes one Ounce Essence of Juniper and Citron Pills of each two Drachms and adding thereto half an Ounce of the abovesaid Tincture digest them all with a moderate heat and so reduce to the consistence of an Extract and you will have a very excellent Cathaâ—â—â—c marvelous against all kinds of Fevers as well acute as intermittent excelling aâ— the â—anchy magogues of other Physitianâ— the dose from eight to fifteen Grains CHAP. XX. His Troches against Gangrenes TAke the foeces of Common Reguluâ— and put it into a moist place upon a Marble under a Vessel and keep it from the rain that the Air only penetrate it and that it may be dissolv'd into an Oil which you shall exhale with a gentle Fire and you will have a most pungent Salt whereof take one Ounce Mercury sublimate one Ounce Barly and Lentil meal oâ— each two Ounces Gum tragaganth two Drachms dissolve them in Rose-water and make Troches of them which will cure all Gangreens and wonderfully corrode peccant flesh CHAP. XXI His Antihectic Powder TAke of the starryed Regulus of Mars and English Tin of each one part â—ulverize them and mix them with three parts of rectify'd Nitre and calcine them according to Art then take away all the â—altness with hot water as is usual and put the white powder again into a Reverâ—eratory Furnace for three days or in a Glass or Potters-Furnace and imbibe â—t again in Aqua vitae rectify'd which you shall kindle to burn and this you shall do thrice Take one Ounce of this Powder of Vipers prepar'd half an Ounce Sage dry'd and powdred one Ounce and a half then throw live Frogs into a pot shut it close till they be dead and then put them into an Oven till they be so dry as they may be powdred and mix three Ounces of these with the ingredients abovesaid and of this compound give from one Drachm to two for forty days together CHAP. XXII His Aqua vitae against pains of the Joint TAke four handfuls of ground Ivy of Cypress leaves Sage Râ—lemaâ— Spike Netles of each one handful oâ— Elme Bark and leaves of 〈…〉 Ounces Dwarf Elder two handfuls all these being beaten in a Morter infute them in two pownds of Generous Wine and the◠〈…〉 and extract the forth part T◠〈…〉 call'd Aqua vitae add half o◠〈…〉 the aforesaid green Herbs and 〈…〉 of Earth-worms which have 〈…〉 wash'd well with Wine before and 〈◊〉 pounds of Dogs grease and then diâ—â—l them again extracting the half Then â—â—d the third part again of the aforesaid Herbs Worms and sat and distilling them again extract the third part and so you will have a perfect Aqua vitae which will be excellent good to comfort and resolve all Diseases of the Joints and Feet-Gout CHAP. XXIII His
after the same manner and all good but these two excel the other that likewise which is extracted from crude Antimony is marvellous because the simple Nitre attracts the Tincture and the Fire consumes nothing thereof and is call'd a Panacea It is extracted from the vulgar Regulus of the third degree from Ambars from Regulus of Mars from Regulus of Jupiter from Crocus metallorum from flowers of Antimony from calcination of the same and if it be extracted with the said menstruum it will be much better than from distill'd Vinegars and other such liquors its dose is from half a Scruple to one Scruple His Corrosive Oils are of two sorts to wit his Oleum glactale that is the butter that I speak of to dissolve Gold and this corrodes all bad flesh The other is a liquor which is made of the foeces of the vulgar Regulus by deliquium Those are accounted for Essences by many which I call by the name of Tinctures or Extracts But I call those Essences which are made after this manner Take of the Simple from which you will extract an Essence Flowers Barks Peels Seeds Roots if you can have them all and macerate them in rectify'd Spirit of Wine for two days then distil to a dryness Then imbibe that Spirit again with the herbs or flowers of the same and digest them again in a Vessel well stopt and distil a fresh and follow the same course twice then circulate and you will have a vegetable Essence for your use Those which he used for the most part are those of Wormewood Mint Rosemary Sage Spike Lillies of the Vally Marygold-leaves flowers of the Lentil tree Peony Oak Angelica Carline Swallow-wort Celandine Eyebright Bistort Tormentil Contrayerva Jumper and Bay-berryes Ani-seed and Fenil-seed and Cummin Parsnip and Carots-seeds Cardamoms Galanga Citron-peels and such like CHAP. XLII QVINTESSENCES THese are made after another manner than your Essences for you materials must be sermented as mosâ— writers direct and then an Oil separateâ— by distillation what 's separated is theâ— true Quintessence your liquid Tinctureâ— are extracted with Spirit of Wine by exhaling part thereof Some Extracts are made with distill'd waters by the help 〈◊〉 acid Liquors They are extracted from minerals and semiminerals with their preper menstruums as may more fully appear from our Laboratory CHAP. XLIII FLINIRS SInce we mention'd these in our Observations 't is necessary therefore to exâ—licate some of them As for your Flixir Proprietatis I always follow'd Crellius's way of process and can testifie of its very good effects And I add with him of the Essence of Wormewood and Mint as for example two Ounces of the Elixir of the Essence of Wormewood and Mint of each one Ounce digest them together and use them for it is a great stomachie And so I add to the same of the Essence of Celandine Watercresses Mustard-seed Snails of each equal parts and I digest them for a month of which I give from a Scruple to half a Drachm Against all atrabiliary distempers and Scorbutic and Hypochondriac with very happy success CHAP. XLIV An Elixir against the Scurry and Hypochondrical effects TAke two pounds of Elixir Propietatis Essence of Ambar two Ounces Essence of Capars and Tamarisk-Bark Essence of the midle bark of Ash of each half an Ounce white Dittany roots Rhapontic Polypody Scorzonera Fern Sweet root of each two Drachms Watercresses Wall-house-leek Germander Celandine Ceterach Harts-rongue Agrimony Vine leaves with its flowers Liverwort Fumatory flowers of Broom Centaury St. John's-wort of each two handfuls Broom-seeds Fenel-seed of each half a Drachm Lignum sancium raspt and its bark of each four Ounces Salsaparilla one Ounce and an half Sassafras four Ounces Salt of Tartar half an Ounce â—eat them and infuse them all in well rectify'd Spirit of Wine and dephlegmated as much as will suffice till they be well imbib'd and it overtop them two fingers bredth digest them eight days distil and in the distill'd repote a new composition â—s before 't is marvelous for Hypochondriacs and for those that are assiâ—red with cold Rheums the dose is from one Scruple to half a Drachm in appropriate vehicles CHAP. XLV Elixir Nephriticum TAke of true Nephritic wood one Ounce and an half Camomil Melilot ground Ivy Golden-rod Flewellin St. John's-wort with its seed and flowers Rupture-wort or the Turkish herb of each three handfulls Rest-harrow root Pimpernel Saxifrage of wild Rose-seeds and Gromwel of each two Ounces winter Cherryes three Ounces Juniper and Ivy-berryes of each one Ounce and an half being all beaten put them into a Vessel well stopt with Spirit of Wine terebinthinated which must be uppermost the bredth of four singers then digest for eight days then distil and again infusing the same things green do as before the dose is of this from a Scruple to half an Ounce And 't is an excellent thing for Gravel and the Stone CHAP. XLVI An Vterine Elixir TAke Mug-wort Rupture-wort Feverfew Peny-Royal Catmint of each three Drachms Peels of Citrons and Pome-Citrons of each half a Drachm of the roots of Swallow-wort Birth-wort Peony Madder Bryony Oris white Ditany Zedoary Ani-seed and Cardamum-seeds of each half an Ounce Bazil two Drachms Bay-berryes two Ounces Ginger Cinamon Nutmegs and Saffron of each one Ounce being all beaten digest them in Spirit of Wine alchoolizated three pints in a Vessel close stopt and in a warm place to wit in Horse-dung or Balneo Martae at fourteen days end distil in Balneo Mariae and then add to the foeces a pint of new Spirit of Wine and digest again in an hot place At eight days end separate the ting'd Spirit by inclination and exhale the Tincture with a very gentle Fire until it be converted into a mellagenous substance Add this to the first distillation burn the foeces to ashes and extract a Salt with water of Mugwort which you shall join to the aforesaid Elixir together with an Ounce of Tincture of Tin It works alter a heavenly manner in diseases of the Womb and all diseases that draw their origine from the Womb. The dose is from half a Drachm to a Drachm in proper Liquor and may be administred during several days according as necessity requires CHAP. XLVII His Antiepileptical Extract TAke of the Extract of an humane cranium made according to Art half an Ounce Extract of Box the root and seed of Peony Oak-wood Flowers of Lilly of the Vally and Flowers of Line-tree of each two Drachms of the mucilage of an Harts-horn of one year old three Drachms of true Oriental Bezoar Stone true Unicorns-horn true Elks-hoof of each one Drachm of the Extract of â—wallows and Magpies before they fly out of their nests Peacocks-dung of each one Drachm and an half of our Narcotic Vitriol Salt of Silver Aâ—bar of each two Drachms Magistery of Pearls Corals and Saphirs of odoriferous slowers of Sweet-root the true Balsam of Peru of each half a Drachm of our sixt Diaphoretic of
with water of Water-cresses make a Salt according to Art Then take of this Salt two Ounces and add two Drachms of Vitriol of Mars Salt of Tartar aluminated half a Drachm slowers of Sal-Armoniac thrice sublim'd two Drachms twenty leaves of Gold Common Spirit of Salt as much as will suffice to imbibe so that it overtop half a singers bredth let the Spirit with the aforesaid materials be dryed and make a Mass and 't is called Riverius's Antiscorbutic which is very exquisite in Hypochondriacs and Cachectics c. for it expells all impurities of the attribilious humors and mundisies the Veins the dose is from half a Drachm to one Drachm in proper Liquor CHAP. LVIII His Extract of Lignum sanctum for the Lues Venerea THis differs from others because I use the Extract and menstruum which is sudorisie after this manner Take Lignum sâ—◠〈◊〉 rasp'd with 〈◊〉 Bark Salsaparilla Cinamon of each 〈◊〉 Ounces Sassafras two Ounces generoâ—s Wine six quarts digest them in a Vessel well â—â—opt after two days distil and extract a quart of the Spirit which put by it self the other Wine exhale by B. M. till half be wasted then strain and siltre and exhale again by Balneum until it be of the consistence of Hony and a litle harder To every Ounce of this extract add two Drachms of Common Antimony diaphoretic and half a Drachm of Oriental Bezoar make Pills of which give one in a morning from one Scruple to half a Drachm in half an Ounce of the Aqua vitae spoken of before and let the Patient be well covered and in thirty days more or less they shall be freed from all evil quality of the aforesaid disease as I have often experienc'd of this composition CHAP. LIX His potable Turpentine for Gonorrheas TAke four Ounces of clear Terebinthine and put it into a marble Mortar with two yelks of Eggs and mix them with a â—â—oden pestle and they will be converted into a Liquor adding a pint of water of Agrimony mix them till it be wholly dissolv'd Then put it into a Glass Phiol in B. M. for a night and early in the morning strain it through a broun Paper or a linnen Cloth Then add a pound or more of fine Sugar with as much juice of â—imons as will suffice for a gratefullness and of this you shall give one Ounce or an Ounce and an half in the morning to them that cannot take Pills CHAP. LX. His Water against old Gonorrheas TAke Lignum sanctum Mastie-wood the bark of Firr of each four Ounces beat them and infuse them in four quarts of generous Wine add Dittany and Oris roots of each three Ounces a handful of dry'd Mint An handful and half of Vervene Seeds of Agnus Castus Rue Letuce of each three Ounces well bruis'd clear Terebinthine one pound mix them and put them into a Glass cucurbit for twenty four hours in a warm place then distil by B. M. and of this give two or three spoonfuls in the morning for some days CHAP. LXI His potion against Gonorrheas and Vlcers of the Reins and Bladder TAke of the herb Prickmadam two handfuls of the roots of Confound Tormentil Ladies Mantle Solomon's-Seal Knotgrass Plantan of each one Ounce and an half Seeds of Quinces Agnus Castus Bue Plantan Roses of each one Ounce juice of Limons one pound Sanguis Draconis Crocus martis astringent of each one Ounce water of Mallow flowers three pints macerate them for two days then boil with a gentle Fire and give two spoonful in the morning four hours before meat CHAP. LXII Concerning Extracts IN my Master's Pharmacopeâ—a many Operations seem to differ from these but reduc'd to the form describ'd by him and are of greater value then those that Quercitan and others use not that Quâ—rcitan and so many others wanted the best but facile inventis addere he kept an other a more profitable form as appears from these Arcanâ—'s describ'd by me which are amplify'd by the addition of Operations and Virtues My manner of Extracting Purges from Vegetables according to the aforesaid discipline is thus I Extract the juice from those Plants which I had gather'd before at proper times and I digest in B. and clarâ—â—y very well then I distil by seperating the Spirit and I coagulate what rests into the 〈◊〉 of an Extract Afterwards I beat the press'd Plant and the fresh on not press'd and put them into a sit Vessel to distil by descent such a Vessel as they use to make Oils of Woods having plac'd your Vessel to receive the Oil with a 〈…〉 Fire which must always â—e more vehemently augmented all the humâ—â—â—â—y long extracted I convert the rest being burnt into white ashes but lest the ashes should not be calcin'd enough I calâ—ine them again Of this with the Water or Spirit that is first separated I make a Lixivium and by siltration a Salt according to use The Oil extracted by descent which exhales an igneous odor I mix with the aforesaid Salt and a litle clear and pure Salt of Tartar being added to the same I digest in a warm place then I distil always cohobating the Spirit upon the foeces till the Oil by the strength of the Salt be destitute of an Empyreuma Then I reduce it into the form of Hony I then add this mellaginous substance to the extract first made whereby all the Spirits of the Extract and faculties of the Salt are united by this means This is the perfectest process that can be found out for Extractions In using 'tis given according to strength of the Compound or the Rules of the Pharmacopoeas yea rather in a less quantity because 't is more Effectual In Herbs Druggs or dry Roots or of litle juice all the strength is extracted with their proper menstruum and the matter is so accommodated as before by descent and an Oil express'd Then is made a Salt which is added to the Oil and being often rectify'd as 't is said is join'd to the Extract but truely those kind of Extracts are to be kept in Glass Vessels stopt All sorts of Extracts may be made after this manner as well Alexipharmic as Specific though they were compounded of divers things but I shall not stay to describe the way for one that is vers'd in the Art needs no Instruction It is to be noted that your Extracts of Vulnerary Herbs as Aristolochia St. John's-wort Comfry Star-wort Veronica Sanicle ground Ivy c. may not only be us'd inwardly but also outwardly in form of Liniments apply'd to wounds by it self or with other like they work wonderful effects for they strengthen and contract and defend the part from corruption and bring it soon to a cicatrice â—o also those Plants which are abstersive and Ulcerative will the better perform their operations Concerning Oil of Vegetables for Spagyric use many spagâ—ric Volums treat thereof but I esteem this to be the best way Dry the Plant that you will have Oil from and
of each one Drachm Balsam of Peru Occidental Opobalsam Civet of the Extract of Benjoin of each half an Ounce Musk Ambar-grise of each one Scruple mix them all and with a moderate heat make a Balsam which is prevalent against diseases of the head by anointing the hinder part thereof the noistrills and pulse against the Apoplexy Epilepsy c. Collic pains and Hysteric passions are remov'd by anointing the navil CHAP. LXXII His Pills against pestilential diseases TAke wash'd Aloes Saffron Myrrh of each half an Ounce Oriental and Occidental Balsam of each half a Drachm six bones of Harts-heart Unicorns-horn Emeralds Oriental Bezoar Pearls and Coral prepar'd wood of Aloes of each ten Grains Ambar-grise five Grains our Tincture of Ambar-grise of Ambar and Magistry of Tartar of each as much as will form a Mass of Pills where take one of half a Drachm weight going to bed twice a week These mundify the Blood corroborate the Head and Stomach help pains of the Heart comfort all the Spirits revive youth and retard old age CHAP. LXXIII His Water breaking the Stone TAke green Wallnuts in the month of May bruise them and distil them thrice always cohobating with the distill'd water upon the fresh Nuts bruis'd then extract a Salt from the residue of the Caput mortunm and 't will be very powerful CHAP. IXXIV His Balsam against Asthmâ—'s TAke Balsam of Sulphur made with Oil of Terebinthine and his Oil of Sulphur dulcify'd of each one Ounce slowers of Sweet root one Ounce and an half two pounds of Oil of Sugar made with Spirit of Wine mix them and make a Balsam this is very profitable in all diseases of the brest and lungs the dose is from half a spoonful to a spoonful CHAP. LXXV His Pills against all impurities of the blood and humors TAke Extract of black Ellebore with its sixt â—alt half an Ounce of our Calomelanos two Drachms leaves of particolâ—â—'d Gold half a Drachm Magistery of Pearls one Drachm mix them and make a Mass of Pills the dose is from a Scruple to half a Drachm If without Calonclanos it may be given for four or five months twice in a week but you will mundify the contumacy of the Lues venerea with the said Calomclanos CHAP. LXXVI His 〈◊〉 against 〈…〉 TAke of Persian bitter Almonds four pounds Cypress Tere inthine three pounds beat them and mix them well then take three Ounces of express'd Oil of Nutmegs â—alsam o◠〈◊〉 one Ounce and an half Oil of Cloves half an Ounce mix and distil them according to Art and cohobate thrice upon the Capat â—â—â—â—tuum then add Spirit of Vitriol rosated three Drachms mix them and circulate for fifteen days for 't is very profitable against Colic pains the â—ose is from half a Scruple to one in proper Liâ—quors CHAP. LXXVII His Opthalmic water TAke the juice of Celandine Eyebright Verbene of each half a pound juice of River-Crabs eight Ounces Aloes Succotrine half an Ounce crude Tutia one Ounce Crocus metallorum one Ounce and an half digest them with a gentle Fire for twenty four hours then distil and add to the distillation three Drachms of glass of Antimony and boil them over a gentle Fire for an hour then strain and keep it for it is excellent against dimness of sight Cataracts c. CHAP. LXXVIII His Arcanuum against the biting of a mad Dog TAke the Liver of a mad Dog reduc'd to the form of a Magistery and the Magistery of River-Crabs of each one Ounce Tincture of Oriental Saffron Gentian Castor Myrrh of each two Drachms of the Quintessence of Vitriol of common Salt Antimony Silver of each half a Drachm of St. John's-wort-leaves Betony Yarrow the lesser Centaury Mug-wort Mint Wormwood Plantane Polypody of the Oak the lesser Sage Verven Garden Rue of each one pugil of Moon-wort three pugils dry and powder them and with a sussicient quantity of Gum draganth dissolv'd in Scorzonera-water and with the abovesaid liquors make Troches and give a Drachm for a dose for four days with some Cordial water and you will see wonders CHAP. LXXIX His Tincture against Dysenteries TAke of Hares-blood dry'd half a pound rectify'd Spirit of Wine one pound and an half digest them in B. M. for three days then extract a Tincture according to Art and coagulate to the consistence of Hony the dose is from half a Scruple to one with some Emulsion of Sorel-seed CHAP. LXXX His Balsam of Mastich TAke of the best Mastich as much as you will dissolve it in Spirit of Terebinthine over a warm Fire in B. M. then separate the menstruum from the dissolv'd body and then you have a Balsam for all diseases of the body for outwardly apply'd to the mouth of the stomach it stays vomiting and inwardly you give five drops in Broth or Wine CHAP. LXXXI His Arcanum against twisting of the guts and vomiting TAke of the aethereal Oil or Quintessence of Terebinthine six Ounces a Drachm and an half of Balsam of Peru fine Mastich six Drachms mix and distil them then cohobate thrice and use it in Malago Wine or Broth of red Cicers or any other specific liquor the dose is from six Grains to twelve your oleum ethereum is good for the same after the same manner CHAP. LXXXII His Spirit of fixt Nitre tartariz'd TAke of Spirit of Nitre rectify'd one pound put it into a glass Cucurbit with a large mouth open and pour on drop by drop and by degrees as much Oil of Tartar by deliquium which will raise a froth and so long pour on as long as you shall observe no more froth to arise The Tartar'd Nitre will fall to the bottom then decant and dulcisy with Rose-water 't is given in long diseases with appropriat decoctions from six drops to eight in water of Crabs or Ants and 't is Antifrebrisic CHAP. LXXXIII His Emplaster against a Pleurisic TAke three Ounces of Line-seed Onions and new Soap of each one Ounce and an half bruise and mix them then put them over the Fire in a Frying-pan mixing them till they be incorporated spread these upon a stupe and apply it to the Pleuretic part and opposite pain and you will see marvelous effects against this disease CHAP. LXXXIV His Emplaster for broken and disjointed bones THE bone being reduc'd into its place take three Ounces of chimney-soot one Ounce of Frankincense four Ounces of Wheat-flower as many whites of Eggs as will suffice to bring the materials into a sit consistence then apply it to the part with fit splinters and bandages and remove it not till it fall off by help of nature this may seem improper to some but truely I never saw any equal or excel this in such like cases you may afterwards use Cerats of Oxycroceum and such like as occasion requires CHAP. LXXXV His Antipleuretic Oil. TAke four pound of common Salt in the month of May wherein put humane pleurae two pounds three pounds of Cammomil and white
THE SECRETS Of the Famous LAZARVS RIVERIVS Councellor Physician To the FRENCH KING And PROFESSOR of PHYSICK In the UNIVERSITY of MONTPELIER Newly Translated from the Latin by E. P. M. D. LONDON Printed for Daniel Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Barr MDCLXXXV THE PREFACE TO THE READER Reader THou art here presented with the Secrets of that ever renown'd Physitian Lazarus Riverius whose other Works publish'd first in Latin and then in our own Language I believe thou art very sensible that they were like good Wine needing no Bush for at the first comming forth of his Practice of Physick in the Latin Language many eminent Physitians in England and other parts made it their Cynosura and steer'd their Practice wholly by it as the Mariner sails by his Compass for in those days before it was translated into English you might see the Apothecaries files fill'd with Recipe's transscrib'd out of his Book almost verbatim ad amussim scarce any alteration at all or what 's worth the taking notice of being made in their prescriptions and at this very day I can assure you there are very able Physitians in England and other parts without making comparisons that still adhere to and have a greater esteemation of and veneration for him than for Willis the London Practice of Physick c. and other later Books Now as concerning these his Arcanum's they were publish'd in Latin as it seems by an Honest Ingenious and Conscionable Scholar of his who was not willing the World should be depriv'd of such a rich Cabinet conteining so many precious Jewells and if any one shall object any thing as to the laboriousness of these above other operations yet extant they are desired to consider that their excellent Virtues and eximious Qualities will countervale equally ballance and recompence all that always remembring the old saying Dii laborantibus omnia vendunt labor improbus omnia vincit And this is all Reader I hope I need to say in behalf of this piece little truly in it self but will 't find without doubt to be great in its worth so I bid thee Adieu as also because I would never have too great Gate made for a little City and so I say again Farewell THE SECRETS OF Laz. Riverius c. CHAP. I. His Tincture of GOLD SINCE there are more then a good many Recipés of Aurum potabile extant in the World which by some are denominated the Essences of Gold c. I have a mind in like manner to describe one after my most Honoured and Learned Master Riverius's method and manner as one of those to whom I doubted not in the least to stand by and trust to after the example of my aforesaid Master and also of the very Learned and excellent Artist Peter John Faber under whose Discipline I first learned my Chymical Operations and many of his very excellent Secrets Other Artists dissolve Gold making not in the least any preparation or disposition thereunto before hand but our method is performed after this manner Take of the purest Plate-Gold and calcine it thrice with Antimony always adding thereto Crude Antimony then separate it from the Cinders which will be very apparent and being mundisied dissolve them in Aqua regia after the usual manner of dissolutions Upon the dissolutions sprinkle Oil of Tartar made by delâ—qâ—iâ—m drop by drop and so the Gold will be precipitated to the bottom then the water being drawn off by decantation see you take away the acrimony by often ablutions with clear sweet common water Then dry it either in the Sun or upon warm Cinders but be sure you beware of the Fire for it 's now Aurum fulminans Afterwards dissolve the Powder in Spirit of Salt and our Spirit of Vitriol keeping it in a heat for the space of one month and by that time it will communicate its whole Tincture to the said Spirits Separate the half adding a new Spirit till it be tinctur'd and to every Ounce of the tinctur'd Spirit add a drachm of the volatile Salt of Tartar dissolv'd digesting it in a warm place for the space of fifteen days then add all these again to the Powder which then remains in the bottom of the Vesel put it into a Glass-house Furnace for 〈◊〉 spâ—ce of two months with a gentle Fire at first augmenting the hear by litle 〈…〉 for at fifteen days end they will all become of the consistence of a stone then after two months let them be put in a moist place in an Egg as the custom is till they be dissolv'd thus you have the true exact and genuine process of our Aurum poâ—â—â—â—le Virtues Vses and Doses THE Virtues of this our so great a Secret very far excel all others for it corroborates the Heart the Brain the Liver and all the parts of our Body but those parts especially whose duty faculty and functions are to attract alter â—nourish separate expel c. By this the pture Balsame of life is upheld by this it 's preserv'd in its Youthful state its Spirits are augmented and old Age retarded and lastly it so orders affairs that the Humors corrupt not one another So that it 's proper in all kind of Diseases both by reason of the Gold and also of the six'd Salts which dissolves all impurities of the Body by transpiration it 's given in certain appropriate Liquors from five drops to eight for one dose CHAP. II. His Tincture of SILVER BEcause what 's written of Gold challengeth to its self the First place in Value and Vertue In the next place I put our Tincture of Silver as coming nighest to the other not only in Price but in Virtue also It s process is perform'd after this manner and method following Take of the purest Plate-Silver and dissolve it in Aqua fortis and see you precipitate it with Oil of Tartar then shall you wash it with common Water then dry it and extract a Tincture with the aforementioned Liquors after the very same manner and method as aforegoing in the process of Gold and at length dissolve it as abovesaid Virtues Vses and Doses INnumerable are the Virtues of this Tincture of Silver especially in Capital Diseases for it is very effectual in the â—pilepsie although it be of a long standing in the Vertigo in the Megrim Pally and all other Diseases proceeding from â—â—sâ—â—â—â—ion of the Brain For as it the Macrocosm or great World Sibver is called â—he Brain of the World So this Tincâ—ure is a true and powerful remedy against Diseases of the Brain It more over wonderfully helps Hectical and Pthisical persons if it be given with other specisies especially with our potable Gold before describ'd it 's given in Waters appropriate to the Disease as for example in the Falling-sickness in Swallows Water from five to seven drops c. CHAP. III. His Tincture of Jupirer or TIN. COncerning Tin many write of a Salt made thereof but few have had the happiness to
Anodine or Narcotic of Vitriâ—l TAke of Romane Vitriâ—l and Tartar of each one pound filings of Steel half a pound the Tartar and Vitriol being pulveriz'd put them into a Glass Cucurbit being first well mixt then imbiâ—e them in distill'd Vinegar swimming two singers bredth above and digest for three days Which being past congele them with a moderate Fire and imbibe them in Vinegar as aforesaid and follow the aforesaid order After you have congel'd them add distill'd Vinegar which must overtop it six singers breadth and with a mild Fire it will very suddenly take a red color Then put fresh Vinegar thereto until the Tinâ—â—ure be extracled and to the said Vinegar add Oil of Tartar per deliquium For so all the Sulphur will descend to the bottom of the Glass then you shall dry it well and immerge it in three pounds of rectify'd Aqua vitae then place the Vessel well stop'd with Mastick and the white of an Egg in hot Horse-dung which you must change every four days At the fortieth days end distil and reserve the Tincture remaining in the bottom of the Glass according to the custom of Tinctures And here you have a true Narcotic Virtues Vses and Doses THis Narcotic was invented chiefly to chase away away all acute burning and malignant Fevers and especially in deliriums as also against Hysterical passions Colic and Nephritic pains and against all Diseases wherein Laudanum or Nephenthe is to be given this Narcotic is safer the dose is from five Grains to twelve CHAP. XXIV 〈…〉 TAke one Ounce of 〈◊〉 Gold Crude Antimony four Ounces mix them and melt them together in a crucible but with an equal not a vehement Fire lest the 〈…〉 separated by too much Fire Atter you have melted them let them cool and then powder them finely after that calcine them by degrees with a gentle Fire after the same manner as done in calcining of Glass always stiring them with an Iron rod. You shall know them to be calcin'd enough when the Antimony and Gold shall become very white and will not cleave together nor being put upon burning coals will smoak at all Glass is made from hence by putting the Calâ— in a crucible in a vehement Fire of Fusion for an hour and then â—ts perfect when the Vitrification appears very clear and of the color of a Carbuncle Stone This truly is somewhat a difficult Operation and sometimes fails the Artist but you shall have a more clear manner and method for the compounding this Arcanum in another Work which I shall expose to light where I shall explicate the very proper and genuine one to the young Student This as it is a richer preparation with Gold than that which Crollius Senertus Schroderus and others have left us so 't is a more Cordial one Lastly this out Aureatum is of a vomitive and solutive nature but challengs to it self the first place among the Vomitives because the Gold defends the Heart and Viscera It doth not only equal the Virtues of the Antimonial Cup but excells them Its dose is from two Grains to five CHAP. XXV His Catholic Water TAke of the juice of Bryonie Buckthorn berryes Celandine Eglantine berryes of the bark of Elder dwarf Elder Germander of each two Ounces Spirit of Wine rectify'd two pounds digest them for two days space then distil them and to the distill'd water add your Extract of Rhubarb Agaric Sena Hedge Hyssop of each half an Ounce Magistery of Mechoacan three Drachms solutive Magistery of Tartar two Drachms Cinamon Mastick Ginger and Aniseed of each half a Dracâ—m Spirit of Vitriol stibiated six Drachms and digest them in Horse-dung At twenty four days end strain them and keep them in a Vessel very close stop'd This is call'd Catholic because it works truely without any nausconsness and 〈◊〉 all Diseases wherein purging is requisite it is very proâ—â—â—â—able and 't is to be taken either in Broâ—â—s Wine or Water the dose is from one Drachm to three or four at most CHAP. XXVI His First Alexipharmac Troches TAke of Oriental Bezoar Stone Harts-horn prepar'd Jovial and mineral Bezoar Of the true Unicorn and Rhinoceros's horn of each two Drachms Earth of Malta yellowish Bole-armenia Bohemian Earth Terra sigillata of each half an Ounce Contrayervae five Drachms Spodium all the Fragments of pretious Stones prepar'd half a Drachm Magistery of Pearls of all Corals of Boars teeth of each one Drachm twenty leaves of Gold let all be poudred and with the Mucilage of Harts-horn make Troches Virtues Vses and Deses THey free the Diseased from all manner of Poyson malignant and erratic Fevers and are marvellous good against menstrual Fluxes spitting and vomiting of Blood Pleurisie and pain at Heart And are in a more especial manner profitable to Women with child that fear Abortion their dose is from half a Scruple to a Scruple in Specifies CHAP. XXVII The Second Viper Alexipharmic Troches TAke yellow Monks-hood Swallow-wort Scorzonora Contrayervae Citrion Pills of each one Drachm Viper pouder half a Drachm right Unicorn's-horn true Bezoar Stone and Rhinoceros's-horn bone of Harts-heart of each half a Drachm Jovial Bezoard red Chrystal prepar'd of each one Drachm let them be poudred and with mucilage of Harts-horn make them into Troches which will vanquish Poysons and malignant Fevers Pustles Smal-pox and Meazles and the like the dose is from one Scruple to half a Drachm CHAP. XXVIII His Third 〈◊〉 of Alexipharmic Troches TAke of Tormentil Root Angelica Carline or White thistle Gentian Contrayerva yellow Monks-hood Swallow-wort Scorzonora Master-wort of each one Drachm Juniper and Bay-berries of each one Ounce Ivy hath an Ounce Cinamon yellow Sanders Wood of Moes of each two Scruples Bone of an Harts-heart half an Ounce you shall ponder all these and put them into a Gâ—â—sâ—en Vessel and besprinkle them with Essence of Tartar three Drachms adding red Chrystal prepar'd Oriental Bezoar-Stone Magâ—â—ery of Pearls true Unicorns-horn of each oâ— Scruple Magistery of Ambar Salt of Jupiter leaf Gold of each twenty five Grains Of the Mucilage of Harts horn and gum Tragacanth made with Pome-citron-water as much as will suffice to make all into Troches according to Art Virtues Vses and Doses THese Troches expel the Plague and Pestilential Diseases and malignant Fevers and are profitable and powerful in all Syncoeps or swooning of the Heart and Arsenical Medicines and such like Poysons the dose of them is from a Scruple to half a Drachm CHAP. XXIX His Cordial or Balsam of Life TAke of our Universal Panacea with Gold of the Essence of Gold and Silver of each two Drachms of the Essence of Ambar-Grise twenty five Grains of the Essence of Pearls three Drachms of the Tincture of Vipers half an Ounce of the Essence of Harts-blood one Ounce mix them and add to them true Oriental Opobalsmum four Grains and you have a very great Cordial to comfort Nature with all the dose of this Balsam is from half a Scruple to a
Antimony half an Ounce of our Universal Tinâ—â—ure of Antimony with Gold three Drachms mix them and make a compound whereof you shall give either in Pills or proper Liquor from half a Scruple to half a Drachm for a dose for fifteen days in the morning in the wain of the moon With this have many Epileptics been wholly freed though I gave it to some for months together more or less and though it be laborious and costly yet it challenges a place amongst the most powerful Used after the same manner 't is very good against all Megrims Palsies Apoplexies and capital diseases proceeding from a cold distemper CHAP. XLVIII His Polycrest or Tincture of many uses TAke of the roots of Angelica Carline white Dittany Bistort Tormentil of each three Drachms Swallow-wort Gentian Rhapontic Scorzonera true Acorus of each half an Ounce of the leaves of Wormewood Southernwood ground Ivy of each half an handful of the slowers of Rosemary Centaury the less Clary Betony Pome-citrons of each one pugil of Cinamon Nutmegs Cloves of each one Drachm Myrrh Mastic Aloes-Succotrine of each two Scruples red Coral prepar'd Harts-horn Mother of Pearl prepar'd of each one Drachm and an half Saffron one Scruple Assa dulcis Spikenard of each one Drachm Peels of Citron and Pome-citrons of each one Ounce and an half of all the sorts of Sanders of each half an Ounce beat all these and infuse them in a glassen Vessel well stopt in nine pints of choice alcoolizated Spirit of Wine to digest for fifteen days then seperate your Tincture by decantation and add thereto the Salt made of the foeces according to Art this Tincture excels in many Virtues as your Elixir vitae it recreats the vital Spirits and expels from them all venemoâ—s Vapors 't is given in all malignant diseases in time of the Plague and against all Poisons from a Scruple to a Drachm CHAP. LI. His greater Elixir of life TAke of the juice of Baum eight pounds generous Wine four pounds shavings of crude Harts-horn three pounds Unicorns-horn Bole-Armeny of each half a pound three Vipers the skins taken of without their heads tails or intrals and distil them through an Alymbic well tinn'd which hath a great refrigeratory but let the fragments of the Harts-horn and Unicorns-horn be put in the neck of the Alymbic that they may receive all the sume After you have distill'd add new juice and Wine to the distillings again and always new Harts-horn and three Vipers as abovesaid do this operation nine times to every time adding fresh juice and new Wine And changing your Vessel according to the capacity the last time let all things be added to the aforesaid Polycrest Tincture and let them be digested in Horse-dung or in a warm Balneo Mariae for a month in capable glaz'd Vessels well clos'd Then distil to dryness extracting not only from all the foeces but also from the shavings of the horns and earths a Salt according to Art which being mixt with the distillation you shall circulate for two months This Elixir although disticult yet 't is not very chargeable but I never sound a more pretious one among the many that I have used for it operates more cordially then that of the most Serene grand Duke of Tuscanie's It may be given in all diseases wherever the heart and viscera have need of help and to resist poyson and putrefaction c. It s dose is from half a Drachm to two Drachms neither hath it the smell of Aqua vitae but a most grateful and sweet one CHAP. L. His Tincture of Vipers TAke twenty Vipers their skins pul'd off and imbibe them in Spirit of Salt and then add white Dittany of Crete Tormentil Bistort Swallow-wort Scorzonera of each one Ounces as much generous White-wine as will serve to imbibe them which must overtop them two singers bredth and digest in Balneo Mariae or Hoâ—se-dâ—ng at eight days end boil them in the same glaz'd Vessel for two hours in B. M. and strain them hard Burn the dried foeces and extract a Salt from them what remains is to be twice purify'd with the white of an Egg and to be put into a warm B. M. again for three days with moderate heat for in this time it will be red like Blood This is Cordial and Alexipharmic profitable for Hectical Phthysical Hydropical Cachectical putrid and malignant Fevers and in time of the Pest and many use it for a preservative for they affirm it clears the Blood the dose is from a Scruple to half a Drachm CHAP. XL. His Antinephritic Extrall TAke Firr-wood rasp'd and its bark one pound Nephritic-wood half a pound seven Ounces of the inward bark of Filâ—erds Saxifrage and Pimpernel Pelitory of the wall Pupture-wort of each one handful â—iquiris Rest-harrow Burdock and â—ovage roots of each one Ounce and an halâ— ripe Juniper-berryes Persian Almonds Cherry stone kernels of each three Oâ—nces of the seeds of Carots Percely â—impernel Onions Netles Broom of each half an Ounce beat and brâ—ise them all then take of the juice of Rupture-wort ground Ivy Pellitory Onions â—itrons Redishes of each one pound generous Wine three pints and with all the aforesaid materials put it into a capable glaz'd Vessel well stopt in Balneo for eight days then press them strongly and clarify them with the white of an Egg and strain them and exhale by an Alâ—â—â—â—â— in B. M. until they become in form of a liquid Extract Then you shall add these things following Magistery of Crabs-eyes â—gg-shells Mother of Pearl mountain Christal of each one Drachm and an half volatile Salt of Beans Pellitory Ambar Urine of each one Drachm mix them and keep them for use This is a very great Remedy against all kinds of Stones Gravel and the like and excels others in extinguishing pains of the Reins The dose is from half a Drachm to a Drachm either in Pills or proper Liquors CHAP. LII His Antifebrile TAke of China root bark of Tamarisk and Ash of each one Ounce leaves of Germander Celandine Pimpernel the lesser Turnsoil of each a handful distill'd water of the juice of Turnsoil and from the juice of tender tops of Ash leaves of each three pounds Spirit of Vitriol stibiated two Drachms being all beaten infuse them in the aforesaid waters in a Glass Vessel well stopt in B. M. at twelve days end extract all the moisture by strong expression and make a Salt of the dry'd and burnt foeces make an Extract of the Liquor by the heat of a Balneum according to Art then take of this Extract two Ounces Extract of Rhubarb Sena of hedge Hysop of each half an Ounce Magistery of Mechoacan and Jalap of each one Drachm of Salt of the abovesaid foeces Salt of the lesser Centaury Gentian and Worme-wood vitriolated of vitriol of Mars of each one Drachm Magistery of long small Snails-shells of the Lake half an Ounce Magistery of Tartar solutive two Drachms all these you must ferment for twelve
days and this is given in all kinds of Fevers as well intermitting as continual It stays the Vapors of Fevers and purges pleasantly and is one of the most perfect that can be given and besides it hath never harm'd any one the dose is from half a Drachm to a Drachm and an half CHAP. LIII His stibiated Spirit of Vitriol which enters into his Aqua Catholica and Antifebrile Extract TAke Spirit of Vitriol rectify'd one Ounce Hyacynthine Glass of Antimony half an Ounce digest them in a warm place for a month and your Spirit will be ting'd into a Golden color strain it and reserve it for use This Spirit with other purging Medicines from twelve to twenty drops works pleasantly and without Vomit and corrects their heat CHAP. LIV. His purging Magistery of Tartar THis is describ'd by many but they put not that Trust in it which they ought for Physitians don't mind the way of composition which is this which follows Take Salt of Tartar made of the Oil of the said Tartar one part the strongest distill'd Vinegar two parts mix them together after they begin to ferment with an inward murmuring distil to a dryness then add new Vinegar and the aforesaid sublimation begining again let them be dulcilyed â—er the Vinegar puts off the Salt with its 〈◊〉 and the Salt throws off the Vinegar with its Acrimony then distil again and this â—peration you must perform ten 〈◊〉 until the Vinegar reassumes its 〈◊〉 and you must always distil to the fixing of the Tartar To the fix'd matter of the tenth operation add distill'd and rectify'd Aqua vitae made of the sâ—eces of Wine and it will suddenly be ting'd into a red color then strain the Tincture and pour on Aqua vita again till it will tinge no more then filtrate and distil again to driness what remains six'd will be dissolv'd into an Oily liquor by the Air which is then solutive Magistery of Tartar Virtues Vses and Doses THis dissolves gross and tenaceous humors in the Veins but 't is a certain and necessary remedy in all vitious and long Fevers yea my Master Riverius at the end of acute and contumacious Fevers to dissolve the reliques of the humors and the ferment purg'd his Patients by degrees after this manner Recipe of Maiden-hair-Water or the like proper for the peccant humor six Ounces Sena two Scruples Cinamon Rhubarb of each one Scruple stibiated or common Spirit of Vitriol three drops these he infus'd for a night and strain'd them in the morning and adding fifteen or twenty drops of the said Magistery he gave four or five times more or less as need required to some every day to others every other day to some a less to others a greater dose to some in lieu of Rhubarb he gave Mechoacan or Jalap to some he gave an Ounce of Roses solutive and after this manner bodies were freed from infection and Fevers from becoming erratic I have us'd and use this method as also many Physitians of my acquaintance have got great Praise thereby CHAP. LV. His Febrifuge TAke slowers of Antimony thrice sublimed with Sal-Armoniac and dulcify'd very clear Hyacinthine Glass of Antimony of each half an Ounce Aqua fortis made with Nitre and Alum four Ounces precipitate the said Antimony in Water and again take Mercury revivify'd from Cinabar six Ounces and with Aqua fortis made with Nitre Vitriol and Alum precipitate till all become precipitated Then take Gold of Venetian or Hungary Chehiens fil'd to one Ounce and dissolve it Aqua Regia and put the three menstroums with the materials into a Retort well luted distil by degrees to dryness gather the Spirit in a Recipient well stopt and pour the distill'd into a Retort distil again twelve times after the same manner always upon Caput Mortuum The last time break the Retort and wash the Powder five times with Cordial Waters and being dry'd put it into a quart of Aqua vitae rectify'd and distil again in a new Retort well luted cohobating six times upon the Mass then separate the Aqua vitae and put the Mass of Calx into a strong Crucible well luted in a circulatory Fire for three hours Then take away and kindle the Aqua vitae upon them This Febrifuge is compos'd of three Hercules with our Master the forth Champion the destroyer of quartane Agues as may appear from inumerable experiments from his and my observations The dose is from six Grains to twenty with Resin of Scammony or Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur from twelve Grains to fifteen according to the strength of the Patient Many have searched for this but not by true and legitimate operations but this is the only sincere one CHAP. LVI Very good Salts which he used in pertinaceous and Autumnal Fevers and to disselve Heterogeneous humors TAke Salt of Gentian of Centaury the less Celandine Worme-wood Carduus Benedictus Self-heal of Vitriol of Mars slower of Sal-Armoniae of each one Ounce water of Agrimony or such like as much as will suffice to dissolve the aforesaid Salts and make a â—â—xivinm decoct with a gentle Fire until there arise a skin a top and put it in a cold and molst place and they will be crystalliz'd Virtues Vses and Doses THese consume obstructions and vititious intermitting Fevers proceeding from impurities as quartanes c. the dose is from one Scruple to half a Drachm and a Drachm in Broth or some proper Liquor They are given to some two hours before the sit covering the Sick that they may sweat My Master gave a Salt made of Alum and Tartar which he highly extoll'd but I never us'd it 't is this Take Cream of Tartar and Alum of each equal parts as much Cardâ—us Water distill'd as will dissolve them and let them be reduc'd by a gentle Fire into a form whereby they may be christalliv'd in a moist and cold place Of this he gave from one Scruple to half a Drachm in proper Liquors I also often give Vitriolated Salt of Worme-wood or others to wit take Salt and put it to Spirit of Vitriol till there be a subbullition which done evaporate and it will be the less pungent and apter to deobstruct and cooler of Vitriolated Tartar many write and 't is given by Physitians In like manner any of these Salts are join'd with Steel if you take two parts of Salt which you would chalibeat and one of Vitriol of Mars and dissolve with some appropriat distill'd water you may then condense into a Salt with a gentle Fire which will truly be chaly beated After the same manner they are made with Vitriol of Venus with Salt of Luna with Salt of Tin and the like CHAP. LVII His Famous Antiscorbutic Salt TAke of the white and searsed ashes of Ash-tree Juniper Box Lignum sanctum crisp Mint Germander Agrimony Centaury Liver-wort Cetrach Harts tongue Fumitory Elder-budds Water-cresses Capars Tamarisc Broom St. John-wort Sea-Porcelane sprigs of Vine of each equal parts of which
extraâ—t an Oil by descent as aforesaid then make a Salt of the ashes which join to the Oil then with a litle â—â—lx vrva rectify the Oil for the calx dissipates the igneous odor if you will pour it on often times as the custom is Put it then into a Glass Vessel to the Sun mixing the flowers or leaves of the proper vegetable for infusion or of another if you intend a compound for it re-assumes a greateful odor and according to the Virtues of the Plants it receives those degrees of increase which are an hundred fold And it is used after the same manner to the aforementioned concerns by my first Master Letter John Faber as well inwardly as outwardly CHAP. LXIII His Chymical Bazilicon TAke distill'd Oil of Myrrh Mastich Frankincense of each an Ounce Oil of Turpentine Philosophoruâ— of wax distill'd of each one Ounce three yelks of Eggs mix them well and use them for you will find wonders CHAP. LXIV His Balsam of Sulphur TAke one Ounce of flower of Brimstone three Ounces of Oil of Turpentine Oil of Violets three Ounces mix them and let them boil in a glaz'd Vessel stiring them with a wooden Spathula till they become very red then take them from the Fire and add Oil of wax yelks of Eggs of each half an Ounce mix them and use it in all cancrous Ulcers in all Wounds Convulsions and bruised and prick'd Nerves CHAP. LXV His mumiated Balsam TAke of the Extract of round Birthwort the lesser Centaury of each half an Ounce of the Extract of St. John's-wort the greater Comfry of each one Ounce Venice Turpentine and white Hony of each four Ounces Myrrh an Ounce and a half true Mummy three Ounces Crocus martis four Ounces mix all these and infuse them in a glazen Vessel with three quarts of rectify'd Aqua vitae and digest for a month dayly stiring the ingredients that the Spirit of Wine may extract more easily the Tincture of the things then separate the Tincture diligently by inclination and distil in Balneo till there remain as it were of the consistence of Hony in the Alembie which is your Balsam which you may use to agglutinate all sorts of Wounds the distilled Spirit is also of wonderful Virtue CHAP. LXVI His Apolectic Baisam TAke of the Essence or distill'd Oil of Spike Sage Rosemary Juniper of each one Drachm Rue Marjoram of each half a Drachm Cinamon Cloves of each one Scruple of Ambar one Drachm and an half of the Extract of Berjoin Storax calamit Of the white oriental Balsam of each two Drachms of Balsam of Peru liquid oriental Basam of each half an Ounce prest Oil of Nutmegs three Ounces Ambar-greese of each one Drachm and an half sweet Musk two Drachms mix them and stir them over a very gentle Fire until they be united 't is a very complete remedy for Epileptics and Apoplecties it expells Vertigoes defends the body from contagious corruptions of the Air recreates the Heart and all the vital and animal functions 'T is to be used by anointing the coronal futures and the Tempills and by smelling to it CHAP. LXVII His Spirit of Sulphur to consolidate Vlcers of the Lungs and to cure their corrosions TAke of the acid Spirit of Sulphur rectify'd and imbibe thereon by degrees two or three pounds of filings of Steel and it will buble of it self and from thence become as it were of a saline quality Then put all into a Retort well luted and distil according to Art and extract a Spirit Imbibe in this again the Caput mortuum and cohobate five times in a new Retort every time to the dulcify'd Spirit add Magistery of Pearls Rue Oriental Balsam and of Benjoin of each one Ounce and an half mix them and it will be wonderful in the aforesaid diseases for all Pthysics whereof many have been cur'd by me with this Note Your Magistery of Pearls is made by distilling your Unions first in Oil of Sulphur and then being well dulcify'd with Cordial waters afterwards exalting them with Spirit of Wine Your Magistery of Benjoin and Oriental Balsam are to be dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and precipitated with Cordial waters and then sublimated after the same manner as Sulphur That which is sublimated is purer and best for the Lungs CHAP. LXVIII His Balsam of a Red-Dog KILL a Red-Dog and throwing away the Intralls not the Fat cut its flesh and skin all into pieces and break his bones small boil them all in a fit glaz'd Vessel with a sufficient quantity of Oil and Wine adding Bears Goose Hens Badgers Foxes Cats Horses Asses grease of each one Ounce four pounds of Earth-worms wash'd in Wine roots of dwarf Elder ground Ivy of each three handfuls Sage Spike Rosemary Worme-wood Southern-wood leaves of Cypress bark of Ivy and Elm Savin of each one handful boil all these until the flesh be consum'd then press them and put them into a strong Retort well luted with six Ounces of Ivy-Gum and two pounds of the Wormes aforesaid ground Ivy six handfuls twenty live Frogs and digest it in a warm place three days then distil and extract all the Oil which you shall keep for 't is an Anodine and consolidates the Nerves especially in articular diseases CHAP. LXIX Rulandus 's Emplaster of Sulphur TAke three Ounces of our Oil of Sulphur three Drachms of Colophony half an Ounce of wax of Myrrh the weight of all the Wax Colophony and Oil being mixt sprinkle in the Myrrh by degrees being very finely powdered and boil them with a gentle Fire always stirring them with a Spathula until they be very well mixt after a quarter of an hour take them from the Fire and let them cooll by degrees And so you have a most excellent and infallible Emplaster for the curing of all kinds of Wounds and Ulcers as his Experiments in his Centurys describe which you may always safely trust and in his ninety fourth cure he says that there is a divine wonderful and quick Virtue in this Emplaster of softening suppurating breaking absterging and agglutinating as by long experience hath been try'd CHAP. LXX His Toad Oil. TAke four live Toads far from any water and put them into a glaz'd pot well stop'd to purge then take two pounds of common Oil wherein boil Sage Sowthistle roots of Oris and Gentian of each one handful and puting one of the Toads therein set it over a Fire in an open place in a glaz'd Vessel cover'd but take heed of the smoak when the first is dry put in another live Toad and that dry'd a third and so a fourth and when 't is boild â—rain the Oil and this is very hot and very good against all cold pains against Scabs Morphew and Dropsie use it hot CHAP. LXXI His Anti-Apoplectic Balsam TAke rectify'd Oil of Ambar oleum petroleum Philosophorum Rosemary Sage Spike being all distill'd of each half a Ounce Oil of Nutmegs by expression two Ounces Extract of Castor Oil of Box. Camphar
Lilly flowers for two months place them in the Sun Then press them with a press and weigh the Oil to which add a Pompion in Summer the weight of the Oil cutting away the marrow and peel and cutting it into pieces make it boil until the Oil hath extracted all the moisture from the Pompion to wit its small pieces become dry Then you shall have in a readiness twelve pieces of new Iron red hot every one weighing half a pound and put them in singly into the Oil and so twice made hot you shall twice extinguish in the Oil and then it will be complete 'T will prove wonderful if the pain'd parts be anointed therewith twice or thrice in a day CHAP. LXXXVI His Vterine Powder TAke Rupture-wort one handful Bay-berryes husk'd Parsnip-seeds of each one Ounce Rue and Agnus Castus and Peony-seeds grains of Paradise of each half an Ounce Calamus Aromaticus Cassia lignea Mace Cinamon Cloves of each three Drachms Feculae Briontae sal Jovis of each two Drachms mix them and beat them into very sine powder whereof you shall give from half a Drachm to a Drachm in Broths Wine Conserves or the like against all diseases of the Womb. We cannot make publick all our Arcanaes at this time in this small treatise but if it shall please God to grant us two more years of life and health I have many observations worth noting to publish and a Laboratory wherein shall be expounded most of the mysteries of Art and cautions for errors wherein Artists offend And although there are at this day many new Volums publish'd in the Italian and Latin c. languages concerning the spagyric Art which have been collected from the Ancients yet I also shall write of the same but more corectly The Chymical Cup so often nominated in his Observations and so commonly administred to all people is not prepar'd as some have supposed of the Vulgar Regulus of Antimony true 't is prepar'd from a Regulus but of the third degree which dissers much from the Vulgar although many also use this not without prejudice to the takers I have been at Rome Naples Venice and other Cities of Italy and other Provinces and I sound many that would tell you they knew the secret of the Chymical Cup But all prepar'd it of the common Regulus or of that compounded with Mars I discours'd many of them to penetrate whether any of them knew how to separate the Arsenical parts which the Regulus conteines from the same but they judg'd when the Antimony is fired with Tartar and Nitre that those Sulphurous foeces which are then separated contain'd all the Impurity of the Antimony and that was the Cup of the ANcients But truely they are far from the truth for they will find none of the classic and rational Authors using the simple Regulus to make the Cup of but for other preparations The Vulgar Regulus hath not as yet left its crudity and made after the manner aforesaid 't is call'd Regulus of the first degree whereof many compositions may be made as the Starry Regulus with filings of Iron as the noble Ambar which is a Regulus and so with Gold Silver Tin Iron the other Regulus is made into an Ambar with Iron Brass Lead Tin Mercury and the Regulus but how to attain to the top of the third degree hic labor hoc opus and then it may be granted for perfect as Clossius and Bazil Valentine celebrate it for the King of purging medicaments for it only draws so much out of the body as is hurtful to it mundifies the Blood and corroborates the uncorrupted humors as is observ'd in those that have taken thereof who although they vomit yet are they not at all weakned thereby and in this it differs from other medicines I celebrate these its praises because I write in the Latin language and so they will not penetrate the ears of the ignorant for I am not to put weapons into the hands of Children I tell you truely for twenty two years past no other purging medicine hath entred my body than Wine of the Chymical Cup whereof I drink three or four times in a year and by the grace of God am perplex'd with no infirmity at this time and if you see it often mention'd in the Observations this is because it hath gain'd very great honor Here truely I must not neglect by any means to discover the frauds of some which they are not a fraid to perpetrate many of which make these Cups and distribute them Yet those cannot attain to fly higher than the first degree but that their operation may appear very beautiful and shining they add marchesite of crude Silver which doth not only augment the beauty but also multiplies the Regulas to the half and so being greedy of Gold they cheat you with a Regulus and sell you Cups as of the third degree But these are most diligently to be avoided for the Marchesite in lieu of mundisying the Blood corrodes it and though it quickly provoks bodies to vomit it brings no small damages thereto The way to detect so great cheats shall be more plainly laid down in our Chirurgery The composition of our Chymical Cup of our astringent Balsam and astringent Pills is not in this treatise but I reserve it for another and therein also shall be explicated the more hidden and noble Arcana and these shall be the most celebrated ones of my most beloved Master and the three aforesaid shall be the Captains For I hope therein to lay down rare secrets of nature to wit I have accurately investigated with Virtuoso's and other curious Persons the natural virtues of minerals semiminerals stones animals and vegetables which work by an occult power for those are your true specifies from which I have seen wonders neither could I know any thing therefrom In this second work I shall put to light public Observations belonging to Chirurgery which have and shall happen until this work shall come forth and chiefly those in the Kingdom of Naples and at Venice where I now live although I am not altogether fixt in this City I am often at the consults of most excellent Physitians as the most excellent Bernardus Florius Bracchus Bravus Cornelius and others who have often been pleased to accept of my advice I have made experience in this City of my astringent Balsam in the house of the most illustrious and most excellent the Count d' Avaux 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