Sick has vomited a great while you must give Laudanum without delay and such a dose as is not only equal to the violence and duration of the symptom but such an one as is sufficient to vanquish it Of Barrenness BArrenness is an impotence to conceive coming from defect either of the Genitals or of the blood or of the menstruous blood First through the defect of the Genitals either by the closing up of the Orifice of the womb which may be cut and opened by Art or through the narrowness of the parts for so they will not admit the Yard or by reason of some Ulcers or Excrescencies in the neck of the womb Or by reason of some fault in the seed either the woman being too young or too old or through some distemper in the Vessels dedicated to generation and then the woman perceives very little or no pleasure in the act of Copulation The Cure of this is referred to the Chapter of the distempers of the womb Or when there is not that due proportion of seed which ought to be in both parties which chiefly arises from the use of those things that extinguish barrenness as Mint Rue Camphire Or from Inchantments and then the man cannot lye with his wife or though he should yet cannot emit the seed Against which it is affirmed that the drinking a draught of cold water that drops from the mouth of a young Stone-horse as he drinks and saved in a little vessel is very potent Or when the womb doth not draw the seed which is ejected and that by reason of some cold and moist distemper in which case all sorrow anger and much sleep are to be avoided as also the eating of Milk fresh Cheese and any thing that is made of dough Neither is she to eat Endive Spinage Beets Lettice Nuts Cherries Purslane Onions Garlick or such like nor much broth vinegar and fat flesh In the next place the womb must be cleansed from over-abundance of moisture with syrup of Wormwood with the decoction of Harts-tongue Fennel Cumin and Aniseed After this take once every 14 days a dram of blessed Pills fasting five hours after them Take also of these following Pills Take of Labdanum Agaric Wax and Sheep suet tryed of which you may make Pills to take two or three of them every morning or use this confection Take shaven Ivory Ash keys yellow and wild Rape-seed Siler mountain with red and white Behen of each one dram Cinamon Galingale long Pepper Cloves and Mace Balsam-wood Rosemary-flowers Blatrae Byzantiae Marjoram Penny-royal of each four scruples Baulm Bugloss Citron Pils of each two scruples Pearls one scruple Musk 2 grains white sugar twenty four ounces seeth this with Malmsey and make thereof a Confection Or because of some Diseases in the parts where note that too much fatness of the Call doth close the mouth of the womb such women must not sleep much especially in the day time they must use strong Clysters that are warm and dry and purge often Or when the Womb doth not attract the seed when it is cast in which proceeds from a moist intemperance which is by the looseness of the fibres of the Womb so that the Womb cannot contract it self which is cured as in the moist distemper Or by reason of the thickness of the Womb for then the blood that increases the seed doth not slide down to that place The cure hereof requires a thin diet purging and sweating or by reason of the slipperiness thereof which happens by reason of the running of the whites in women The cure whereof consists in the stopping of the whites which hath been already treated of or by reason of the gaping of the Orifice which hath been occasioned either by difficult birth or by some abortion The cure is performed by astringent Medicines among which the chiefest are the fomentation of Lentisk and Myrtle or by reason of some sudden cough or sneezing immediately after copulation by which the seed is shaken forth Or when the Womb doth not alter the seed that is cast in through an immoderate cold distemper Sometimes through heat and then it would be requisite to avoid hot air and to keep the part about the womb cold the eating of hot meats and spices must be avoided Purge after blood-letting in the Basilick vein of the right hand with Electurium de Epythymo and juyce of Roses of each two drams and a half whey four ounces mix them well together and take them in the morning sleeping on and fasting four hours upon Purge also with Triphera Saracenica and Rheubarb with potions prepared and mixed with syrup of Roses Violets and Endive Take Pistacia Eringo's of each half an ounce of Saffron a dram Lignum Aloes Galangal Avens Mace red and white Behen Baulm-flowers of each four scruple shavings of Ivory and Cassia rinds of each two scruples syrup of Ginger confected twelve ounces white Sugar six ounces seeth these together with the syrup in 12 ounces of Baulm-water untill it be all boyled away when it is cold put some more water to it and stir them together and at last of all mix with it a scruple and a half of Musk and Amber of this Conserve let the woman take thrice a day to wit in the morning an hour before supper and an hour after dinner Or it proceeds from obstruction of the Flowers in which case first let blood in the Basilick vein then purge with Opoponax and Hiera Composita of each half a dram to be made up into seven Pills to be taken in the morning sleeping upon them an hour and a half with a draught of sugar'd water five hours after or with a potion of syrup of vinegar compounded syrup of Hemp agrimony of each three quarters of an ounce Feverfew Mugwort and Elecampane roots of each an ounce and mix them together Then she may put up into the Womb a pessary of Musk Amber Aloes-Wood and Ash keys of each three grains Saffron half a scruple Hares rennet as much as suffices which being made up like a good big Tent she must keep a whole day in her Body Of the bringing up of Children and of their Diseases Of the Diseases of the Head THE Diseases common to Children are first certain little ulcerous risings chiefly in the Head sometimes in the whole Body they arise from some vitious humour either collected in the Womb or out of the Womb by reason of the badness of the milk containing a serous salt and nitrous quality If there be no ill to be suspected the humour may be driven forth by giving the Child some Syrup of Fumatory or Harts-horn burnt The Nurse is to be purged and the matter offending to be tempered with Syrup of Borage or Fumary If there be much corruption under the Crust of the Scab the Head of the Child is to bo bathed with some softning decoction and then to be anointed with some drying Ointments Sometimes they are troubled with an inflamation of
to be applied to the breasts If you would increase the milk foment the breasts with the decoction of Fennel or else give her the decoction of Mint and lay the Mint boyled upon her breasts Or if these things prevail not use this following Powder Take of Anise Fennel Cummin-seed two drams Ginger half an ounce Carui of both sorts of Pepper Coral each one dram Cinamon three drams seed of Daucus one dram Siler montan half an ounce Cardamom Long pepper each three drams Seselos half an ounce seed of Sesamum one ounce white Poppy half an ounce mingle them and make a powder thereof and take one dram at pleasure in broth made of red Coleworts Or you may use this following oyntment Take of Venice-Turpentine oyl of Roses Vinegar of Roses equal parts add to this a little new wax and therewith anoint the breasts But if the Milk do curdle and harden in the breasts First chafe the breasts well with raw honey then take of new wax two ounces new oyl of nuts and vinegar two or three spoonfuls melt them together and dip that in little round linnen clothes with holes in the middle to lay upon the breasts Now if there be any tumour or hardness caused by the coagulation of the milk then Take of the leaves of Parsley Hemlock Uinca pervinca Box and Chervile and let them boyl in the strongest Vinegar and then strain them then take oyl of Roses Lillies and sweet Almonds each one ounce of the foresaid Vinegar four ounces mingle them in a marble mortar for an oyntment adding one scruple of Camphire dissolved in part of the oyl and toward the latter end of your stirring it add the white refrigerating Ceratum of Galen Unguent of Roses of Messu one ounce and a half mingle them all well together and apply them to the hard swelling part it asswages the tumour and causes the milk to flow through the Teats If the Tumor be painful and enflamed you must not use the Camphire for it encreases the pain till that the pain be asswaged An Oyntment against the curdling of the Milk in the Breast TAke of the roots of Marsh-mallows half a pound boyl them well in Vinegar and strain them thro' a hair sieve add to this Bean-meal one ounce powder of Rue and dried Mint one dram Oyl of Mastick as much as suffices Against Fissures in the Breasts TAke Gum-Arabick most finely powdered one ounce Rose water and Aqua-vitae a sufficient quantity prepare them together till they come to a just thickness make thereof an oyntment and apply it to the said Fissures Or else anoint the said Fissures with Ointment of Roses then apply the inside of the leaf of Ground-Ivy changing often this cures within six or eight days Another of the same TAke Lytharge of Silver Myrrh Ginger and oyl-Olive as much as suffices mix them to the thickness of an oyntment before you apply this moisten the Fissures themselves with spittle but no part of the breast beside Pain in the Breasts after Delivery TAke new Wax two ounces oyl of Nuts half an ounce oyl of Rape-seeed or Turnep seed half an ounce first melt the Wax then add the Oyls dip therein the clothes cut fit to the breasts if there be any pain after delivery the application of these cloaths will with great success asswage the same An Opiate to be given to Childern newly born TAke Mithridate of Alexandria three drams Conserve of Bugloss and Roses of each one dram mingle them well together and keep them in a glass Vessel well stopt an hour or half an hour after the Child is born before it hath suckt give to it of the foresaid opiate to the quantity of a Filberd let it not suck till five hours after continue thus doing for a month giving the Child this opiate once in a week and then it will be sufficient that the Child abstain but an hours space from the Teat It will not be amiss to anoint the Navel of the Child with an ointment made of Ambergreece and Suet equal parts with a little oil of sweet-Almonds This will preserve the child from Epilepsies and Convulsions Against Barrenness TAKE of Pine-nuts first well washt in Rosewater six ounces sweet Almonds washed in like manner and bruised each two ounces Citron pill condited root of Satyrion Erythranion one ounce Pulp of Sebesten Prunes of Damascus fat boiled in Sugared water each one ounce and a half Coriander prepared three drams Pulveris Diambre one dram Penidium one ounce and a half the inner rind of Cinamon half an ounce true Amber of an Ash-colour one dram Moso one Scruple refined Sugar boiled in Rose-water one pound and a half take all these things and beat them and powder them well and make thereof a Paste so dried at a gentle fire Let the woman take this at pleasure after dinner and three hours before at pleasure abstaining from liquid meats The man also may eat of this paste but let him not use copulation at the time of the Womans Purgations nor when she bathes her self but presently after Those mornings that he abstains let him take one spoonful of the water of Cocks-blood with three or four spoonfuls of the best Broth. For the same A Syrup Take Syrup of Hempagrimony Simple Oxymel Syrup de rad each one ounce and a half waters of Nipp Betony and Mugwort of each three ounces make thereof a syrup perfectly boiled strein it and let it he aromatized with Cinamon for three doses morning and evening A Potion Take Agarick infused in Honey of Roses and a little white-Wine for a whole night one ounce Diacatholicon half an ounce Diaphenicon Elect. Ind. major each one dram and a half Syrup of Roses Solutive with Agorick one ounce with a decoction of red Chiches make a Potion thereof and give it after the Syrup is all taken for ten days and ten days before the coming of the monthly purgations Three days after the operation of the said potion let blood in Vena Saphena of the right foot and take away three ounces of blood at evening An Opiate Take of the great Triphera without Opium two ounces Methridate three ounces mix these well together and let her take thereof the quantity of a Walnut after she is let blood drinking upon the said Bolus a spoonful of Aromatick Wine white or Claret let the Patient take this when she is clean from her Purgations only in the morning while she hath them upon her only at night and then let her also make use of this Pessary Take of Spike Myrrh and Agarick and Colocynth each three drams Benedict one ounce and a half mix them well together with the juyce of French Mercury and wrapt in fine red silk make thereof little Pessaries and put one of them into the Womb in the day and another at night But from the time that she is let blood until her Purgations let her use but one in the day but from the time that they
be fomented with a certain fomentation of Milk wherein hath been boiled a few Roses some Chervil and a little Plantain From the next day to the eighth day you may use this bath Wine and water of each half a pint red Roses and flowers of St. John's wort of each two handfuls Agrimony one handful mak of this a decoction after bathing once or twice lay this following Oyntment along the lips of the Privities upon a linnen cloth Take Oyl of St. John's wort 2 ounces Sperma ceti an ounce and a half a little white wax mix all these together melt them and make an Oyntment After the eight days are past you may lay upon her belly this following Plaister Take Oyl of St. John's wort Camomile and Anniseeds of each one ounce Oyl of Mastick an ounce and a half Oyl of Mirtles six drams Sperma ceti two ounces the fat of the Reins of a Goat an ounce and a half Deers suet one ounce of this make an Oyntment to anoint the belly of the woman in Child-bed and then apply this following Plaister Take Oyl of Myrtles and St. Johns-wort of each an ounce and a half Oyl of Nip one ounce Venice-Turpentine washed in water of Motherwort four ounces melt all these together and put them upon a Hempen cloath that may cover all the belly and let her wear it the space of eight days These fifteen days being past for the space of eight days more you may lay upon her belly and her hips this following Plaister Take Oyl of Mastick Myrtles Jasmine and Quinces of each an ounce and a half Oyl of Acorns two ounces Sperma ceti one ounce Venice-Turpentine washed in Plantain-water half an ounce wax six ounces melt all these together adding powder of Mastick and seal'd earth of each half an ounce Florentine Orrice one ounce spread all these upon a hempen cloath and lay it upon her belly to be kept there for the space of eight or ten days for the lower parts this Fomentation may be needful Take Leaves of Plantain Mullein Knot-grass and Horse-tail of each one handful Cypress-leaves a handful and a half of the rind of Pomgranates Cypress-Nuts and Pomgranate-flowers of each half an ounce red Roses Camomile and Melilot of each a handful Roch-allum two ounces Sweet smelling-Flag and Florentine-Orrice of each three drams Gilliflowers one dram make of these two bags and boyl them in like quantities of sowre wine and Smith's water for the exteriour mouth of the neck of the Womb. Of the choice of a good Nurse THE choice of a good Nurse is very important and therefore you must first look upon her aspect and see whether her sight be no way imperfect as whether she be squint-eyed or have a down-cast look you must have a special care that she be not red haired for their Milk is extreamly hot see moreover whether her teeth be sound and white and well set know whether she come of Parents that have been troubled with the Consumption and if she have not nor be consumptive her self you may judge of her stomach and whether she be subject to Catarrhs you must also take heed that she send no stinking-breath either from her mouth or nostrils for that corrupts the Lungs of the Infant Enquire whether neither she nor any of her kindred have been troubled with Leprosie by reason that it is very contagious or with the Falling-Sickness And therefore those Women that either cannot or will not nurse their own Children must make use of such women as are most fit to the humour they would have the Child to be of For the Nurse is now to be the second Mother of the Child from whom the Infant draws all her Conditions be they good be they bad and it is often seen that Children do partake more of the Conditions of the Nurse than the Mother and therefore care must be taken that the Nurse be good conditioned good teeth brown hair of a healthy generation that neither she nor her Husband have had the French Disease that she be not peevish nor cholerick that she have Milk in abundance and a good fleshy breast that her breast be not over-fleshy that she be not over fat and above all that she be not of too amorous a humour and desirous to be with her Husband for that is perfect venom to the milk What is to be done in the extream pains of the Child IF a Child have extream throws presently after it be born you must rub it with Pellitory and fresh butter or Spinage or else with Hogs-greace and apply it upon the Navel having first a great care that it be not too hot Or else make a little cake of Eggs and Oyl of Nuts and apply it in the very same place if this avail not give it a little Clyster of Milk the yolk of an Egg and a little Sugar this easeth the pain of the Intestines What is to be done with those Children that are troubled with Flegm THere are some Children born of ill-constitution'd Women or else of Women that have not used good nourishment in the time of their being with Child who are very full of flegm these you must lay upon one side and somtimes upon the other for if you lay them upon their backs you may perchance choak them you must be sure to keep their bellies soluble causing them to void that blood kept in the Entrails from the time of their being in the womb by giving it a little Suppository of black Sope well rubbed in fresh butter to take away the Acrimony of it then give it a spoonful of Syrup of Violets this causes the flegm to pass down If you perceive that the Infant hath not much heat you may mix with it half the quantity of Oyl of sweet Almonds and half of the syrup of Violets and continue it stroaking the stomach anâ— the belly of the Infant with fresh butter every time thaâ— they undress him That which ought to be done to Children that have their Cods full of wind WHen Infants have their Cods full ye must examine whether it be with wind or water if it be with water by rubbing and chafing the skin with fresh butter the waters will sweat out if it be wind the Children must be stirred and swung gently mingling in their drink the decoction of Aniseeds How to take away the Canker from the mouths of Infants THere have been known certain Children which have ben nourished with cold milk which hath been thick and in great quantity which a few days after its birth hath heated the mouth of the Infant in such a fashion that it caused a white Canker which presently possessed the tongue palate the gums the throat and all the mouth whereupon it was taken with a Fever and it could no longer suck all the assistance that could be was still applied and when no other Medicine did avail there was found one a particular remedy which was half a handful of Sage a
the hand to take away the root of the disease but this is not to be done 'till you have used all other means to soften and dispell the humour which may perhaps be done by the use of Diachylon or by a plaister of melilot to which you may add half an ounce of Ammoniach an ounce of Oly of Lillies and an ounce and an half of the root of Flower-deluce of Florence Neither may this following Plaister be amiss Take of the roots of Marsh-mallows two ounces boil them and strain them and add to that Oyl of Lillies Ganders-grease of each an ounce burnt Lead and roots of Orrice of each an ounce and an half mingle all these together and make of them an Emplaister If this avail not the operation of the Hand must be used in which the skill of the Surgeon must be very able and ready Of the Scirrhus of the Breasts THE Scirrhus of the Breasts is a hard swelling without pain Of this there are two kinds the one ingendred of a Melancholy and produced by a feculent and gross blood or else from a thick Flegm now this exquisite Scirrhus is without pain in which it differs from the other The other is not so exquisite an hardness perhaps because it is not yet come to its full maturity or else because it hath certain other humours mixt with it This exquisite kind of Scirrhus is ingendred either because the Spleen is obstructed and cannot purge away the melancholy Blood which for that reason abounding in the Body discharges and empties it self upon the Breasts or by reason of the supression of the Courses which causes the feculent and gross humour to disgorge it self upon the Breast gathering together in the Veins and Flesh of the same Many times the ignorance of the Surgeon is the cause of it when they apply an unreasonable company of refrigerating Medicines to the inflammations of the Breast or too many resolving and heating Medicines to it in case the Breasts be over-hard This Scirrhus is known by its hardness without pain from the unevenness of the Body and the colour of the part either inclining to black or brown Now though the cure of these hardnesses be something difficult yet is there great hopes that they may be overcome which is to be done two ways by mollifying diligently that which is hard and by taking that away which remains hard and knotty in the Breast And first of all care is to be had to keep good order of diet to which purpose she must use Wheaten bread rear Eggs Pullets Capons Partridge Veal and Mutton which must be boiled with Spinage Bugloss and Borage she must abstain from Beef Venison Hares-flesh and Brawn from Pease and Beans and unlevened Bread from all Salt and Smoaked Meats as also from all things that have a sharp biting quality also she must abstain from all care and sadness immoderate exercise and going in the Winds If the monthly Courses be stopt you must seek to provoke them gently which may be done by letting Blood in the Foot or to let blood with Horse-leeches In the next place it will not be amiss to purge well with Sena and Rheubarb to which you may add Catholicon or Triphera Persica if you find that the Disease needs a more strong purgation Between every purge it will not be amiss to take good Cordial and Comfortable things as Confection of Alkermes Triasantalon Electuarium de gemmis conserve of the Roots of Borage Conserve of Orange-flowers You may after all this use Topicks that is to say such Medicines as heat and dry moderately being hot in the second degree and dry in the first such are Sheeps grease especially that greasie substance that grows upon the flank of a Sheep Wax Oyl of sweet Almonds Oyl of Camomile Oyl of Dill Capons-grease Goose-grease Hogs-grease Bears-grease c. Veal-marrow Deers-marrow Emulsions of Mallows Lillies and other things of more force As liquid-pitch Liquid Storax Galbanum Cummin-seed Rue-seed Broom-flowers and Dill-seed If this swelling come of a hard Flegm which is known because it yields not so much to the touch as the other you must use the same Topicks to this as to the watry tumour before rehearsed If melancholy be the cause of it you may use a Fomentation of the leaves of Mallows and Marsh-mallows of each a handful and a half of Fenugreek and Lineseed of each two drams Cucumbers Bears-foot of each two ounces boil them in as much water as is sufficient and Foment the breast with this twice or thrice a day After that take this Oyntment Take of the root of Mallows one ounce when it is boiled and bruised take it out and add to it Sheeps grease and Capons-grease of each two ounces and with a little Wax make an Ointment This you may use for some few days after which you may if need require use this Ointment Take Hysop-leaves Dill-leaves and Thyme-leaves of each half a handful roots of Mallows and Fenugreek-seed of each half an ounce boil them in as much Wine and Vinegar as is sufficient 'till half be boiled away then take of the aforesaid Vinegar Goose-grease Ducks-grease and the marrow of the leg of a Hart of each two ounces boil it to the Consumption of half the Vinegar You may add to this two drams of Diachylon and make it into the form of a Plaister You may also use for this purpose plaisters of Melilot or Oxycroceum At length if all remedies fail the operation of the hand must be the last succour which we leave to the Surgeon In the Cure of a Scirrhus three intentions are required the first is the regulation of Diet and manner of living the second is the preparing and evacuating the antecedent or peccant Humour the third is the application of external Medicines in order to the first the Air ought to be clear and temperately hot and moist their Food such as may breed good blood as new laid Eggs Chicken Pullets Mutton Veal Lamb Kid and these boyled with Spinage Borrage Endive Succory Lettice Sorrel and the like their Bread ought to be of good Wheat and well baked their Drink a well boiâ—ed small Ale or small white Wine Rhenish or the like their exercise and sleep must be moderate their minds must be chearful and their bodies soluble by Glisters or otherwise The second intention is the evacuation of the Humour which abounds in the Body whether flegm or Melancholy be the cause of the Scirrhus or whether it proceeds from obstructions of the Courses or a suppression of the Hemorrhoids if from any of these causes blood abounds and be feculent bleeding is allowed but if Bloud do not abound forbear bleeding and proceed in preparing and evacuating the humours the Antients used for preparatives the Syrrups of the juice of Borrage Bugloss of Hops of Apples and the Bizantine Syrup and the like and also the destill'd waters of the same Plants or Whey The following are also used Gerion's decoction of
Air more moist than dry and his diet must be the same The best and most approved remedy is to apply a cautery in the hinder part of the Head to the nook of the Neck between the second and third Vertebra which may be done to new born Children Frictions also of the Legs Back-bone and Thighs are very profitable as also Cupping-Glasses applied to the Thighs and Legs If the Convulsion come by reason of the Worms you may give him this Clyster Take of simple Hydromel four ounces new butter one ounce powdered Aloes half a dram and make a Clyster Or you may give him two drams of Earthworms killed dried and poudered Sugar poudered one ounce and let the Child take two drams of it every day in a spoonful of Lettice-water If any venemous Vapour be the cause hereof let him take six grains of Treacle or Mithridate in Mint-water Of the swelling of the Hypochondria in Infants WHICH causeth Children by reason of the narrowness of the Mouth of the Stomach to be troubled with a difficulty of breathing It ariseth from the greediness of the Infant which either sucks too great a quantity of Milk or of other Meats The inward Cure of this is performed by administring the Powder of the root of Orrice or Paeonie Of Costiveness in Children THIS proceeds from the unskilfulness of the Nurse in the Dieting of the Child or from a cold and dry Distemper of the Guts or from the hot and dry Distemper of the Bowels in this case the Belly may be well loosned with Cassia or with a liniment composed of new Oil of sweet Almonds Goose fat May butter Ointment of Marshmallows of each two drams Colocynth gr sixteen one scruple of Salt Species Hierae one scruple Diagridion four grains make of this an ointment and anoint the Navel Or it proceeds from a viscous Flegm which wraps about and holds the dregs which may be remedied by a suppository of Mouse Dung and Goats suet or by the use of an Emplaister of Aloes Bulls-gall Myrrh and May butter to be laid upon the Navel Of looseness in Children LOoseness of the Belly happens either in the time of Teeth breeding or out of the time in the time of breeding Teeth either by reason of the corruption of the nutriment or by reason of overmuch watching through the pain of the Teeth or by reason of a Fever and some unnatural heat It must not be suddenly stopt if it be not over copious and that the Infant can endure it the Belly must be afterwards cleansed with Roses solutive and afterwards stopped great observation being had whether the cause come from a hot or cold Distemper Of Burstness in Children BUrstness happens to Children either by reason that the Peritonaeum is burst through crying or falling or splaying with the Thighs For the Cure whereof the Child must be kept quiet and still from crying upon which after the part affected is well bound up you may give the Child inwardly of the essence of the greater Comfrey one spoonful with two drops of Balsam of Sal Gemma You may also foment the place with a fomentation made of the roots of the greater Comfrey and Osmund Royal the bark of Elm and Ash Knot-grass each half an ounce the leaves of Plantain Mullein Rupture wort Horsetail Flowers of Camomile red Roses and Melilot of each a handful and a half Balaust Cypress Nuts and Acorns of each two drams put these into two bags and boil them in equal parts of sowre Wine and Smiths water for a Fomentation to be used for a quarter of an hour then you may lay on a Plaister of the red drying Ointment eleven ounces pouder of Mastick Olibanum and Sarcocol Cyprest Nuts of each one dram with a little Wax and Oil of Mastick to make a Plaister which must be put upon the place affected and bound down with a little pillow Sometimes this burstness proceeds from a watry humour abounding in the Abdomen which descending into the Cods causeth them to swell for which you may use with good success this Ointment Take of Unguent Comitiss and the red drying Ointment of each two ounces Pigeons dung half an ounce live Sulphur three drams powder of Lawrel Berries and Mustardseed of each a dram Oil of Dill and Venice Turpentine of each three drams Wax as much as sufficeth This is also an extraordinary remedy for the burstness proceeding from Wind. Of the Inflammation of the Navel THE Inflammation of the Navel ariseth when the blood gathers thither by reason of some external hurt the danger is very great if it should Apostemate and so the Guts fall down and therefore suppuration must be hindred as much as may be Of the jutting forth of the Navel THIS differs from the Inflamation because here the Navel doth not give way to the touch neither is the colour of the Skin changed neither is there any very great pain or Pulse unless the Intestines are very much fallen it proceeds from the ill binding thereof at first which is incurable or when a greater portion than needs of the Navel string is left Secondly from a laxation of the Peritonaeum and then the tumour is equal nor doth the Navel jut forth very far In the Cure hereof you must let the Child abstain from all windy meats and from much crying Sometimes it is occasioned by the rupture of the Peritonaeum the swelling is hardly perceived when the Child lies upon his back but increaseth and swells forward when he walks sits cries and bawls In the Cure of this the Moss that grows upon the wild Prune Tree is very much commended or you may make little swathbands of Leather and anoint them with Oxycroceum Of the Stone in the Bladder THIS is known by the coming forth of the Urine by drops and with pain which is sometimes unmixed sometimes containing a kind of serous humour sometimes died with a little blood It is produced either by the Milk which is engendred of meats that do increase the Stone or through a hot distemper of the Liver which attracts the Chyle and sends it unaltered to the Bladder For the Cure you must use Baths among which this is commended to anoint the Bladder withal take Oyl of Scorpions Oyl of bitter Almonds Conies Grease and Hens Grease of each an ounce and a half and of the juice of Pellitory of the Wall two ounces Or take Sal Tartar one ounce Parsly-water a Pint mix them through a fine paper rubbed over with the Rinds of Oranges and give a small quantity thereof Of the not holding of the Urine THis ariseth either from the Muscle which shuts the orifice of the Bladder which is so disposed that it is loosed upon the least exciting of the Urine and grows so into a habit that it many times accompanies them to their Graves or from the stone in the Bladder or from the weakness of the Sphincter proceeding from a cold and moist distemper which is cured partly by
ever it be spreading it upon soft leather such as Childrens gloves are made of About fifteen days or three weeks before she lyes down she must begin to use mollifying oyntments anointing therewith the lower part of the belly her thighs and genitals The Oyntment of Sheeps trotters will serve for fifteen days but some eight days before she lyes down let her use one which is more mollifying such as this which follows Take of roots of Lillies two ounces Marsh-mallow-roots two ounces leaves of Marsh-mallows Mallows and March-Violets of each one handfull of Hemp-seed and seed of Fenugreek of each one ounce two Sheeps trotters with their Wooll on cut and bruised boyl all these together in a great quantity of water till all be boyled to a mash then strein them hot then set the streined liquor over a soft fire let it consume and evaporate 'till there be nothing left but the fat and something of a viscous matter beside To this add eight ounces of oyl of Hempseed drawn by expression like Oyl of Almonds and eight ounces of Hogs-Seam This Oyntment mollifies very much and renders the passages very slippery and easie to extend upon any occasion While the party is with Child if she happen to be bound in body let her use this following Clyster Take one Sheeps trotter Hempseed and Fenugreek-seed of each one ounce Melilot-flowers two handfuls boyl these in Cows milk then strein it and take six ounces thereof and put thereto four ounces of Oyl of Hempseed if she be near the time of her Labour but if not Oyl of Roses and if the excrements be very hard you may add thereto one ounce of Catholicon At the time of Child-bearing it is good to take the above-said Clyster if it may be done possibly for that after the Woman is delivered she is to be four or five days without a stool as well because of the great evacuations which she hath so lately had as also that being to be kept continually hot in her bed the excrements do thereupon harden and afterwards putrifie and then generate putrid vapours and many times a feaver There happens also another inconvenience from the said excrements being kept in the body and not emptied before delivery and that is this that when the Patient endeavours to deliver her self of the Infant the excrements do also forthwith come out which many ways give annoyance as well to the Child the Midwife as to the other Assistants by reason of the change of linnen and the troublesome smells Beside the foresaid inconveniencies the Child will not come forth so easily because the Intestines being full do compress the Matrix and by consequence cause the passages to be more close and difficult In the mean time that is to say when the woman is in pain and that all the signs of Child-bearing do appear then let her take about two ounces of Cinamon-water this will fortifie her spirits and hasten the coming forth of the Infant If the water alone do not suffice you may give it her the second time adding thereunto the weight of a half crown of counterfeit Borax made of Roach-Allum such as the Goldsmiths use it is neither offensive to the taste nor any way dangerous as some Physicians think mistaking it for Chrysocoll of the Greeks for it is a soveraign medicament both to cause the Child to come forth and to expell the Secondines if they come not forth in their due time If you cannot have the said Borax then take two scruples or forty grains of Date-stones powdered very fine and drink it in Cinamon-water or for want of that in a draught of good Hypocrass The weight of a Crown of the powder of the leaves of Cretan Dittany drank in Cinamon-water worketh the same effect Or else take of Venetian Borax one dram Saffron three grains drink this in one spoonful of water of white Lillies Or else take this following powder Take Cretan Dittany half a dram Savin yellow Amber of each two scruples make it into powder and drink it in water of Cinamon Hysop or Rue Or else Take of the powder of leaves of Cretan Dittany half a dram of Penny-royal half a scruple a little Cinamon Myrrh one scruple mingle these powders well and drink them in Hypocrass Or take this following water Take Water of Cinamon four ounces of Hysop and Thyme of each two ounces of Rosewater one dram in these waters dissolve half an ounce of Confectio Alchermes let them stand a whole night then distill them in Balneo the dose to be taken at a time is two drams you may add if there be necessity a drop or two of Oil of Savin Or you may use this powder Take of Myrrh of Cinamon and Saffron of each the weight of the third part of a Crown mix them well together and put them into a raw egg and cause the party to sup it up and let her drink after it a draught of Hypocrass Or else take this potion Take of the juyce of Savin two ounces Cinamon-powdered two drams Saffron half a Scruple water of Radishes four ounces and a little Sugar of this make a potion for the woman to drink in time of travail There be many other Remedies but these are the most certain and easie to take where the danger nor the pain is excessive but in cases of urgent necessity you may use these following remedies Take of Mugwort one handful Butchers Broom and Fennel of each one handful of salt three drams of Assa foetida two drams of bran one handful of water and white-wine of each eight pints boil them to the consumption of the third part Or take this which never failed Take of the root of Gentian powdered one or two drams take this in white-wine or honey it never hurts the Infant To accelerate and hasten the labour before the time of Child bearing use this following ointment Take of the muscilage of the seed of Fenugreek and the root of Marshmallows with water of Mugwort two ounces oil of Lillies and sweet Almonds and Hens-gerase of each one ounce and a half of Saffron half a scruple of Wax as much as suffices Of this make an ointment to anoint the back belly and privy parts for fourteen days together before the birth Or else take this following Ointment Take oil of white Lillies with hens grease of each an ounce and a half of Saffron half a scruple of these make an Ointment with as much Wax as suffices to anoint the Back Navel and privy Parts for fourteen days together Note that all those things which we have said to be good to be given at the time of delivery must never be given before for that otherwise they will be of little use they serving only to facilitate the Birth without endangering the Child or Mother The Woman ought also to walk about the Chamber as much as she can being held by other Women Neither let any person whether Man or Woman against whom she
may have any ill will or whose presence may breed any thing of shame in her be at that time in the room because any such accident as that retards Nature but let them be such as she loves sociable merry and helpful towards her It is also necessary for a Woman in Travel to sneeze and cough which are great means to force down the Infant to the lower parts And as to the Midwifes duty she ought to anoint the lower parts with oyl of Hemp-seed or Nuts if the waters which should precede the Birth do not come forth or if they be come down a good while before the Birth to the intent to make the said parts slippery to ease the coming forth of the Child If the Child descend not easily the Midwife may with her hand gently press the top of the belly to the intent to make the Child descend with more hast As soon as the Woman is delivered and that the Secondines are likewise come away it shall be convenient to wrap her in a warm sheep-skin which must be flead near the Chamber for that purpose which must be done with as much expedition and as near a great fire as may be that there may be nothing of coldness when the Woman is wrapt therein In this the Patient must continue twelve hours This will much help the Matrix in its natural purgation when you take it away you must apply warm Cloths in the stead and above all things take great care that no air do enter into the Matrix which often-times is the cause of very great evils Or you may apply warm to the belly of the Patient Tow dipt in the whites of Eggs wherein the pouders of Cloves Pepper and Nutmegs shall be mingled which must be bound close to the body with swath-bands Great care is to be taken how you apply astringent things to the Womb presently after delivery unless after perfect purgation of the Secondines for fear of very great mischiefs Now if you use the said sheep skin and that you find the woman notwithstanding tormented with very great pains and that the said skin doth not at all appease them let her take an ounce and a half more or less according to the height of the distemper of oil of sweet Almonds drawn without fire the same day and two hours after let her take the weight of half a crown of this following powder either in white-Wine or Capon broth Take of the root of great Comfrey dryed two drams kernels of Peaches Nutmegs each one dram yellow Amber and Saffron of each one scruple Amber greese half a dram make a powder of all this For besides that it asswages the Throws it corroborates and fortifies the body weakened by reason of those great evacuations After you have taken away the sheep-skin if there be any excoriation in the privy parts by reason either of the bigness of the Child or the streining of the woman you must anoint the said parts with this following oyntment which is infallible Take of Oil of St. John's wort well made one ounce Sperma Coeti half an ounce balsom of India two drams white Wax two drams This ointment doth consolidate all the parts But if together with this excoriation any thing of the Secondines remain in the Womb Oil of St. Johns-wort only will suffice or for want of that oil of Nuts If the evacuations after the Secondines be too much so that they cause too great a weakness you must apply to the Navel this following plaister Take of Treacle one dram and a half Bean-meal one dram Venice-Turpentine one dram and thereof make an emplaister to be spread upon thin Leather If all be well and that only the lower parts be prejudiced after you have anointed them with Balsom of the Indies together with oil of St. Johns-wort you must foment the said places with the following fomentation Take of Sage four little handfuls wild Pomgranate flowers Myrtle berries Acorns Cypress nuts of each two ounces let them be well bruised together red Roses four handfuls Roche-allum one ounce put all these into two little bags and let them boil in Smiths water or in water where iron hath been often quenched when one bag is cold apply another The Sheep-skin being taken away if the patient be afraid of any wrinckles in the skin which now is as much relaxed as it was before extended let her anoint the belly with this following ointment Take of Sperma Caeti two ounces oil of Myrtles of Mastick and St. John's-wort of each one ounce white wax an ounce and a half Turpentine of Venice washt in Vinegar of Roses one ounce of these make an ointment over a gentle Fire with which you must anoint the belly once a day continuing so to do for ten or twelve days laying when you have done upon the place so anointed a linnen cloth dipt in the following ointment Take oil of sweet Almonds oil of Nuts Sperma Coeti each four ounces white Wax four ounces melt these together and dip therein a good large towel big enough to wrap about the belly when you do these things great care is to be taken that the patient do not take any cold If the patient have no mind to nurse her Child and desires to dry up her milk then do as follows some six or seven hours after the Delivery Tak a linnen cloth cut round about the bigness of the breasts making a little hole in the middle for the Teat to come through then dip the clothes in the following ointment and lay them upon the breast not taking them off again 'till the end of ten or twelve days Take Venice Turpentine four ounces washed in one half part of Rose-water and one half part of Vinegar Populeon one ounce mix them together and apply them as is before said If the milk doth not dry up for all this make the Cataplasm as follows Take Bean-meal four ounces Bole-amoniack one ounce juyce of Plantain three ounces Vinegar of Roses two ounces Fountain water half a pint let them boil 'till they come to the thickness of a Cataplasm adding toward the end two ounces of Populeon spread this on a linnen cloth and apply them to the breasts without washing them changing the Cataplasm twice a day The juice of Chervile boiled with Bean-meal and a little Populeon worketh the same effect Because the difficulty of Child bearing proceedeth from the loss of those waters that break forth before the Child therefore to supply that defect and to render the places slippery let her use these following remedies Take Marsh-mallows with the roots one handful Mugwort Savine of each half a handful Hempseed and Fenugreek seed of each four ounces Cummin seed one ounce and a half boil all these in water then take four ounces of this decoction and add thereto oil of Hempseed two ounces Mosch gr 2. and inject it into the neck of the womb Then take this following pouder Take of the bark of Cassia
begin until the time that they end let her use two as is before said Let her withal take this following Clyster two or three days before her purgations Take Feverfew one handful Penny-royal Calamint and Savine of each half a handful seed of Juniper one ounce flowers of Melilot and tops of Dill of each one handful make a decoction of nine ounces of water add thereto oil of Lillies four ounces two whites of eggs and one dram of common salt Lastly one day before her monthly purgations let her take three Pills of those which are called Pillulae Rufi then after she is clean from her Purgations let her lye with her Husband For the same AN Injection Take Cypress one ounce Myrrh half an ounce Pulp of Colocynth one dram Bdellium one scruple water a pint boil them altogether to the consumption of the third part then strein them make an injection of four ounces of the streined liquor into the Womb three days before the Bath and let the Patient keep it as long as she can A Fumigation Take juyce of Bistort Schoenanth Cypress nuts red Storax and Mastick one ounce Hares-dung mix them and pound them well together and make a Fumigation let the patient receive it sitting on a stool with a hole in it Then let her use this following Bath Take Basil Calamint Betony Melilot Roses each two handfuls Thyme Elder Germander Mugwort Savin Balm of each two handfuls Feverfew leaves of Laurel and Lavender each one handful bruise them together and when the water boyls throw them in when they have boiled sufficiently let her take the waters off and bath therein A Plaister Take of the mass of Emplaister of Mastick one ounce of Plaister for the Womb two ounces mingle them together and extend them upon a round piece of red cloth in the middle whereof put one Trochisch de galla Moschat and six grains of Amber-greece the last day of her bathing when she goes to bed let her apply that plaister to the region of her Matrix That Night after due concoction let her lye with her Husband To increase Lust and to help Conception TAKE of the juyce of the Herb Mercury and clarified Honey of each one ounce of meal of Nigella two ounces make thereof a mass and let the Patient take two or three every night An Opiat for the same TAKE Conserve of Eringo-roots and Satyrion each three ounces green Ginger condited Citron rind one ounce and a half sweet Almonds Pistaches Pine-Apples Filberds Chesnuts Dates the Pulp of Cocus's of each one ounce of the reins and loins of the beast called a Skink of the pizzle of a Bull of the stones of a Hare or Boar of each half an ounce seed of Parsnip Rockquet and Nettles each three drams white Pepper Galang and cinamon each half a dram all these things being well provided and beaten mix them together with Wine sweetned and boiled to a thickness and make an Opiate add thereto of the powder of Glow-worms killed in the steam of Vinegar one scruple For the same TAKE Pine-Apples new Filberds peel'd of each one ounce and a half brains of Cock-sparrows two drams new Satyrion rosted under the ashes in wet tow three drams Stones of a Ram roasted half an ounce Indian Nuts one dram pound them all with the broth of young Pigeons then mingle therewith six ounces of refined Sugar and boil it to a thickness and add thereto the following pouders Take seed of Bombax cleansed the best Cinamon each two scruples seed of Rocket Onions Nettles and Parsnips each half a dram the reins of Skinks Long Pepper Galang White Ginger of each two scruples shavings of the pizzle of a Hart four scruples make a Confection and take the quantity of a Walnut after the first sleep and two hours before you eat An application to be made upon the Privities presently after Delivery TAKE the whites of two Eggs and oil of St. John's wort of each one ounce and a half oil of Myrtles one ounce dip therein flat stoups of Hemp and apply them to the lips of the Privities do this three or four times a day but take heed that it touch not the neck of the Matrix because it hinders its purgation The next day foment these parts with this following Fomentation TAKE of Wine and water half a pint of Madder Rose-mary and St. John's-wort of each two little handfuls let them boil for a Fomentation which is to be applied hot with the Hempen stoups aforesaid This is to be done the second day The third day take wine a pint water half a pint Myrrh two drams Cinamon two drams and a half Allum two drams and a half of the stones of Grapes two drams the rind of Granates one dram flowers of red Roses one little handful and a half make of this a decoction to foment the Womb until the ninth day twice a day Take oil of St. John's wort one ounce and a half Sperma Coeti three drams with a little wax make of this an ointment to use at the beginning with the aforesaid Fomentation to the lips of the Privities When you have taken away the sheeps-skin as is before said you may not only do as is there set down but also use this following method First take Sperma Coeti two ounces oil of sweet Almonds Camomile and St. John's wort of each an ounce and a half Goats suet one ounce oil of Myrtles half an ounce Saffron half a scruple with this ointment being lukewarm let the belly be well anointed once every day then lay over the whole belly this following Cerecloth Take of new wax four ounces Sperma Coeti one ounce and a half Turpentine washt in Rosewater two ounces and a half oil of Almonds and St. John's-wort of each one ounce Saffron half a scruple Let them melt and boyl together when all the ingredients are well mixed take them from the fire and put into it the hempen cloth and when it is cool make it smooth and apply it let it be bound on with swathes and do this for eight or nine days together The Woman being thus duly and rightly purged and being free from any Fever or other bad symptoms she may make use of these following Baths She shall go into the Bath three mornings together the first being luke-warm staying therein but a very little The second a little hotter with something longer continuance therein But in the third let her stay as long as she can The Bath in Summer TAKE a very clean Tub wherein wine hath for sometime been put therein a quantity of the best Wine and fill it with River-water and the second day after you have filled it put therein Marjoram Mug-wort Agrimony Penny-royal of each two handfuls then let them boil and as they boil now and then quench a hot piece of Iron therein then add flowers of red Roses two ounces and a half Camomile Dill and Melilot of each one ounce and a half strein them all and
so make the first Bath out of which let her come out as soon as she feels any pain When she comes out let her take as follows Of the rind of Pome-citron and Conserve of Bugloss of each two scruples let her take this going into her bed then let her sweat and the sweat being wiped off let her eat some good and wholsome meat Take the water of the first bath and add thereto Bean-meal and Oat-meal of each two pound and a half meal of Tares one pound and a half of Lupines one pound Roach-allum and Salt of each four ounces Cloves and Nutmegs of each one dram let them be aromatized with Benjamin and Storax then put them all together in a bag and let them boil in the foresaid water When she comes forth let her take the aforesaid Bolus The third part FILL the Tub emptied of the Wine with River water then add thereto a quantity of white-wine then take of Rosemary Mint Marjoram Mugwort Savin Ground Ivy of each two handfuls Scarlet grains four ounces flowers of Rosemary Camomile Mint of each two ounces Bean-meal Oat-meal of each one handful and a half meal of Lupines and Tares of each one pound Cloves Nutmegs and Cinamon of each half an ounce bruise all these things together and let them boil in a little bag adding thereto a pint and a half of Aqua vitae and let burning Iron be often quenched therein This is the third Bath wherein she is to stay as long as she can When she comes forth let her take the same Bolus as before After she hath bathed let her foment for one or two days the lower parts of her Belly TAKE of red Roses two handful and a half Shoenanth half a handful Myrtle-berries two drams and a half Allum one dram and a half Mastick three drams let them be bruised and then boil together in sower red wine Add also two drams of Nutmegs with this being taken lukewarm let fomentation be made for eight days together The fomentation ended let her receive this following Fume in a Chair with a hole in it Take Lignum Aloes raw half an ounce Nutmegs and Cypress nuts of each two drams and a half yellow Amber one dram and a half make all these into powder and let her sit over the Fume A Fomentation for the Womb the second day after the Bath TAKE Galbanum and Cypress-nuts of each half an ounce rind of Granates two ounces red Roses dryed one ounce Marjoram a handful Schoenanth one handful Allum a dram and a half Thyme half a handful let them be boiled in sharp wine for a Fomentation To cause the swelling of the Belly to fall SOme women have their bellies as much swelled after Delivery as it was before when any such thing happens do as followeth Take half a pound of Figgs Barley-meal and Bean-meal of each four ounces powder of Brick two ounces Cypress nuts one ounce let them boil all together in Smith's water 'till it come to a thickness then spread it upon a linnen cloth and apply it warm to the Belly re-iterate this often and the belly will fall to its wonted shape Or else Take meal of Beans Rice and Almonds of each two ounces powder of Brick one ounce and a half Bole-Armoniac two ounces and a half Dragons blood one ounce and a half of Cypress-nuts ten drams Scarlet grains three ounces Galls half an ounce oil of Myrtles six ounces wild Prunes Rosewater each a pint and a half boil them to the thickness of a Pultess and apply them as aforesaid to the belly Pain after Delivery TAke heed that when you find the Patient in pain after Child-bearing especially on the right side that the redness or high colour of the Urine do not deceive you whereby you may be induced to give refrigerating medicines finding the whole body to be hot for such urine proceeds from the greatness of the pain and commotion in the body and the hot lying in bed Therefore if you find the Patient to be full of pain in her belly and sides and likewise perceive a retention of humours that should be voided more fluently Take of Sweet-smelling Flag one ounce and a half Zedoaory half an ounce Mace eight scruples Cinamon four scruples make thereof a powder and give her one dram at a time in powder Now though there be a Fever which seems burning yet refrain not at all to give this powder for it doth not for all that augment the Fever but causes the Womb which was so lately and violently moved to return to its former estate and the pain of the Matrix being ceased the Fever will cease of it self Or else take sweet-smelling-Flag one dram Dittany half a dram make thereof a powder Or take root of Dittany one dram Seed of Hartwort and leaves of Rue one scruple and a half make them into powder and give it as is before said Against the swelling of the belly after Delivery TAke Origanum Night-shade Mastick of each one scruple Sagapenum as much as suffices make of this seven Pills let her take them all at once and let her drink upon them four ounces of the water of the flowers of white Lillies Against wrinckles in the skin after Child bearing TAke oyl of sweet-Almonds two ounces Capons-grease half an ounce liquid Storax half a dram Muscilage of Tragacanth extracted with Rose-water two drams Wax as much as suffices make thereof a Cerecloath and apply it to the belly Oyl of sweet-Almonds with the marrow of a Hart is good also for this purpose This following oyntment may be used before a Woman lyes down TAke the marrow of the fore foot of a weather in the full of the Moon set it on the fire and let it melt in Rose-water by degrees you may conveniently add to this Hens-grease or oyl of Lillies Another TAke the Seam of a Goat a Kid and a Weather of each three ounces wash them diligently in Rose-water adding Sperma Caeti Rose-water as much as is sufficient and as you beat them and mix them together add powder of Mastick with the white of an egg and so make an oyntment A Pomatum for the same TAke Oyl of sweet-Almonds eight ounces Sperma Coeti Capons-grease marrow of a Hart and the bone of a Weather four ounces melt them all together between two dishes in water of Lillies then in Rose-water An Oyntment for the same TAke of the Muscilage of the Seed of Fenugreek and Hempseed extracted in water of Lillies one ounce oyl of sweet Almonds and Lillies of each half an ounce the blood of a Hog fryed the fat of a Capon and a wild Duck of each six drams with a little new wax make thereof an oyntment and keep it in a glass covered with wax Another TAke white Wax four ounces melt it and add thereto the marrow of fifty feet of black weathers gathered in the full of the moon when they are melted add thereto oyl of sweet Almonds six ounces wash them
usual in Dropsies In this case the natural heat is not able to concoct the nourishment and to drive out that which is superfluous for this sort of swelling make a bath of Camomile Melilot and Lavender and the Ashes of Vines afterwards foment with Aromatic Wine and in it dip compresses to be laid on and to be repeated three or four times a day But usually these swellings go off of themselves when the Woman is delivered the whole Body being cleansed by the Child-bed purgations Many big bellied Women are subject to the piles because the courses that were wont to be evacuated monthly are collected in a great quantity and flow back upon the Body They are also occasioned by the Costivness of the body they are painful Swellings and Inflamations occasioned by a Flux of humours to the Fundament Some are internal some external some small and with little or no pain and some very big and painful It is easy enough to prevent their further growth by remedies which hinder and turn the Flux from those parts when they are small and without pain but the greatest care is to be taken when they are large and painful First therefore you must endeavour to ease the pain for as long as that remains the Flux is ever increased and if Bloud abounds she may be blooded in the Arm-once and again if the case require it to divert the humours and to lessen them If Costiveness be the cause an emollient Glister must be injected made of the decoction of Mallows Marshmallows Violets and sweet Butter or Oyl of Almonds but you must be sure to add nothing that may fret or provoke the parts least the disease should be increased thereby especially when the piles are within Some put the small end of a pullets gut upon the end of the Glister-pipe that it may be the easier injected You may else anoint the swellings with Galen's cooling Oyntment mixed with an equal part of Populeon or you may use the hot stroakings of a Cow or you may foment with a Decoction of Marshmallows and linseed Oyls of sweet Almonds Poppies and water Lillies well beaten together with the Yolk of an Egg and ground in a leaden Mortar give great ease A cooling Diet must be ordered and the woman must keep her Bed till the Flux of the Humours is gone If the Swelling do not abate upon the use of these things Leeches must be apply'd But it is to be noted that in Women with Child the bleeding of the Piles may be beneficial if the Bleeding be moderate and without pain But if it flow in too great quantity the Mother and Child will be weakened thereby therefore if so it will be necessary to apply an astringent Fomentation made of a Decoction of Pomgranate Peel Province Roses Granat Flowers and a little Allom and to turn the Blood bleeding in the Arm is requisite Women with Child are subject to several Fluxes viz. a Looseness the Flux of the Courses and Floodings There are three sorts of Loosenesses a Lientery wherein the meat passes through raw and undigested a frequent Ejection of Excrement and Humours Lastly the Bloody Flux which together with the Evacuation of Humours and Excrements voids Blood with violent pains But whatever sort of Flux it is if it be much and of long continuance the Woman is in danger of miscarrying for in a Lientary the Mother and Child are much weakened that being cast out by Stool which should be the Nourishment and the Strength and Spirits are much weakened by a common Looseness but the bloody Flux is most dangerous because the frequent endeavours to go to Stool greatly disturb the Womb. As to the Cure of these Fluxes whereof great Care ought to be had in time for they occasion Miscarriages the Woman afflicted with a Lientery ought to use meat of easie digestion and little at a time that so her Stomach may be able to concoct it and she ought to drink Claret mixed with water wherein Iron hath been quenched and before and after Meals a little burnt Wine or good Canary may be drank or a little Marmalade of Quinces may be eat If it be only a loosness and is gentle and is not of long continuance it needs not be much regarded and therefore ought to be left to Nature but if it continues five or six days some gentle purging Medicine ought to be used as Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb or the like But great care ought to be taken in the bloody flux lest by its continuance it should cause miscarriage In this case the ill humours must be first purged off with Syrup of Succory and Rhubarb or the like and Broaths made of Veal and Chicken with cooling herbs in them must be used to qualifie the Acrimony of the humours and she must drink Claret wine and Water wherein Iron has been quenched or half a Spoonful of Syrup of Quinces may be mixed with Water and every other Night at Bed time after purging she may take fifteen or 20 Drops of liquid Laudanum and Glisters may be injected made of Calves Head or Sheeps head Broath and to prevent the frequent Endeavours of going to Stool a Glister made of Milk and the Yolk of an Egg mixed may be now and then injected When a Woman is with Child generally speaking she ought not to have her Courses because their ordinary passage is stopt and also because the Blood is then employ'd for the Nourishment of the Child yet some big bellied Women have their monthly purgations till the fifth Month and yet go out their time and do very well A Woman having her courses thought she was not with Child and because she found her self indisposed she advised with a Physician who by Bleeding and purging her made her miscarry after she had bin three Months gone with Child It is to be noted that when Women with Child have a Flux of Blood you must carefully consider whither it be the ordinary Courses or a real Flooding if if it be the ordinary Courses the Blood comes at the accustomed times and flows by degrees from the Neck near the inward Orifice of the Womb and not from the Bottom of it as may be perceived if trying with a Finger you find the inward Orifice quite closed which could not be if the Blood issued from the Bottom It must be likewise considered whether the Courses flow by reason of the Superfluity of the Blood the Acrimomony of it or the weakness of the Vessels If abundance of Blood be alone the Cause there being more than enough for the Nourishment of the Child it injures neither Mother nor Child but is a Benefit to both provided it be moderate But if there be not abundance of Blood and if the Woman use to have but a small quantity of her Courses before she was with Child it is a sign that the Flux proceeds from the Heat and Acrimony of the Blood or the Weakness of the Vessels To prevent this Flux when
any pain sometimes inject a little new warm milk Others are more gentle with a little stinking matter flowing from them For the cure of which gentle abstersives are profitable as Honey of Roses with Barly-water Whey with Sugar and the decoction of Lentiles after these gentle astringents must be applied Others are sordid with much matter slowing from them In which case stronger Medicines must be applied Others do eat into the Flesh having a coloured green and stinking matter flowing from them For the cleansing of which Aloes and Wormwood are very much commended or the foresaid injection There are another sort of Ulcers little and long which eat the skin of the neck of the Womb they are known by the pain and blood which they produce immediately after congression they are seen also by looking into the neck of the Womb being much like chilblains that come upon the hands in Winter time They are caused divers ways either by a difficult Lying in or by a violent coiture and cured by an astringent Clyster or they are produced by some Inflammation or Flux of sharp humours Purgations are here needful before Topicks be applied among which is much commended the grease that fries out of wooden ladles much used in Kitchens being held to the fire as also the Oyntment called Pomatum The Cure of the Ulcer must be performâ—d by stopping the defluction of acrid humours and by cleansing and conglutinating the Ulcer And first if the body be Plethorick or if the Ulcer be accompanied with an inflammation a vein must be open'd in the arm and bleeding must be repeated as often as there is danger of a new Fluxion especially at the time of the Courses to lessen them which are wont to increase the matter of the Ulcer and to promote the Flux of other humors to the Womb. Purging is also very necessary to cleanse the body from ill humors but it ought to consist of gentle Catharticks as of Sena Rhubarb Tamarinds Myrobalans and the like it must be often repeated that the vitious humors may be diverted and this is of so great moment that a Noble Matron was cur'd of an Ulcer of the Womb by taking every day five ounces of a decoction of Sena dodder of Thyme red Roses Indian Myrobalans sweetned with Sugar and by injecting a cleansing decoction into the Womb. If the Sick vomits easily a Vomit is most useful for it mâ—kes a revulsion of the humors from the Womb and the days the sick does not purge a vulnerarary decoction must be used a long while made in the following manner Take of the leaves of Agrimony Knot-grass Burnet and Plaintain each half an handful of the roots of China three drams of Coriander-seed one dram of Raisins half an ounce of red Sanders one Scruple boyl them in Chicken Broth strain it let the sick take of it Morning and Evening If the Fever be violent and if a great quantity of Sanies be evacuated Whey is very proper half a pint or more being taken in a morning with a little honey of Roses If the Body begins to wâ—ste and there is a Hectick Fever Asses milk must be taken with Sugar of Roses for a whole Month Sudorâ—â—â—ks may also do good to dry the Ulcer and to drive the serous humour towards the habit of the body if theâ—e be no inflammation or hot intemperies Turpenâ—ine washed in some proper water for the Womb as in Mugwort or Feverfew-water or in some water proper for the Ulcer taken with Sugar of Roses by intervals cleanses and heals the Ulcer Pills of Bdellium taken dayly or every other day are also very good Take of Bdellium three drams of Myrrh and Frankincense each one dram of Sarcâ—coal Amber Sâ—orax and Myrobalans call'd Chebule each one drâ—m of red Coral two Scruples with Syrup of Poppiâ—â— make a mass for Pills to which when the pain is violent may be added a little Opium Troches of Alâ—â—kengy with Opium may be also used when the pain is violent The following powder is also very eâ—â—ectual to dry the Ulcer Take of Acatia and Hypocistis each one dram of Dragons-blood white Starch the roots of Plâ—ntaiâ— and of round Birthwort each half a dram of Bole Armoniack one dram of Mastich and Sarcacoal each half a dram of these make a fine Powder The Dose is one dram in Plantainâ— or Rose-water or in some Chalybeâ—â— Water To cleanse heal and dry the Ulcer various Inâ—ections are prepared but they must not be used 'till the inflammation is taken off and 'till the pain is eâ—sed and therefore upon account of the inflammation and acrimony Emulsions of the cold seeds the whey of Goats Milk or the Milk it self or mixed with the juyce of Plantain or Shepherd's-Purse may be injected first If necessity requires a decoction of Poppy heads and tops of Mallows may be injected Some Practitioners say the Sick may be much relieved by injecting frequently warm water The hot intemperies and the pain being quieted at least diminish'd such things must be used as cleanse beginning with the gentle as Whey with Sugar a dâ—coction of Bâ—rly with Sugar or hony of Roses but simple Hydrâ—mel cleanses more A decoction will be a little stronger made with Barly Lentils Beans not excorticated of the leaves of Smallage Plantain and Pellitory a little hony of Roses may be added When the Ulcer is very sordid the following decoction may be used Take of the roots of Gentian Rhaponticum Zedoary and round Birthwort each one ounce of white Wine three pints boyl them to the consumption of a third part in the strain'd Liquor dissolve half a pound of Sugar and keep it for use If the Ulcer be very faetid a little Aegyptiac Oyntment may be added to the decoction when the Ulcer is well cleansed you must use such things as dry and consolidate Take of the Roots of Comfry and Bistort each one ounce of the leaves of Plantain Horse-tail Shepherds-purse Sanicle Mouse-ear Milfoil each one handful of red Roses half an handful boil them in a measure of Water for an injection The following sarcotic powder may be added to it Take of the Roots of Orris Birthwort and Comfry each half an Ounce of Myrrh one ounce of Aloes three drams make a Powder whereof let half an ounce be mingled with every injection Take of Turpentine washed in Plantain-water two Drams dissolve it with Honey and the Yolk of an Egg and mingle it with the injection This is very effectual and is more so if the Sarcotic Powder be also added Fumes must be used for deep Ulcers for they penetrate to the bottom of the Womb and dry the Ulcers Take of Frankincense Myrrh Mastick Gum of Juniper Labdanum each one ounce with a sufficient quantity of Turpentine make troches for a fume When the Ulcer is very obstinate Cinnabar must be added which is of excellent use The Bath-waters have cured some Women when all other Medicines have bin ineffectual After you have sufficiently cleansed the
her self in her bed and let this plaister be spread upon her loyns Lay a Goats-skin between the sheet and the bed because of the heat of the hollow Vein or else take Crocus Martis one dram juyce of Knot grass four ounces Rose-water and Vinegar of each one ounce mingle them all well together with the white of an egg then dip a linnen cloth therein and apply it cold to the loins An Emplaister for a Woman that is fearful of containing the Birth TAke of the root of Snake-weed and Tormentil each one ounce and a half Joubertus astringent powder Myrtle-berries Psidia Pomgranate-flowers of each six drams Dragons-blood Spong Bedeguar of each half an ounce Frankincense Mastick of each three drams Cummin one dram Nutmegs Cloves of each half a dram Common Pitch six ounces Venice Turpentine washed in juyce of Shepherds-purse Ship pitch three ounces Wax as much as is sufficient make of these an Emplaister to be applied to the reins Preparatory Oyntments to be used before the time of Delivery TAke Oyl of Lillies and Cammomil of each four ounces new Hogs-seam strein'd new fresh Butter of each an ounce and an half Muscilage of the seed of Fenugreek extracted in Mugwort-water two ounces of powder of round Birth-wort and Saffron of each two drams Wax as much as suffices make a mollifying Oyntment to anoint the Thighs Hips and Matrix Or else Take the roots of white Lillies cut small four ounces leaves of Violets and Mallows chopt of each one handful oyl of Lillies one pint boyl these together upon hot embers in a silver dish always moving them 'till they grow soft in the nature of a Cataplasm Then strein it and to the streined liquor add Goose-grease Hogs-seam of each three ounces Saffron one ounce mingle them well and make an Oyntment for the use above-said In case of Vomiting APply to the Stomach a Stomachical Cerecloth sprinkled with Galbanum powdered powder of Cloves and Mastick and then covered with fine linnen Or else give Aromaticum Rosatum before meals which is a most excellent remedy A woman in the first place finding her self to be with Child for the three first months ought to keep from violent exercises as also at the first quarter at Full of the Moon and in the time when she hath her natural purgations for at all these seasons there is a motion of the humours and of the blood which many times causeth a discharge of the Birth neither ought a woman at such times as these dance ride or go in Coaches but upon urgent necessity and that very softly In the fourth month the Child being alive moves and stirs which causeth a squeamishness in the stomach where at that time 't is good for the Woman to eat alone that she may neither see nor hear of any thing of hurtful diet to which she may have a longing desire Neither is it good at that time for her to walk in the field or in gardens for fear she should see any thing to long after offensive to her health The fifth and sixth months are not so dangerous yet 't is good to have a care In the seventh month the Child comes to perfection and oft-times endeavours to come forth for which cause great and diligent care is to be taken of the Woman at that time For though the Child born in that month may live yet it will prove weak and harder to bring up The eighth month in indifferent The Child which is born in that Month is not long liv'd because it is much weakned by its indeavours to get forth in the seventh and has not yet recovered strength Regulation of Diet. FOR the first eight months it will be convenient for her to use such meats and drinks which neither moisten loosen nor bind overmuch but moderately and let them be of easie digestion and good juyce As to Flesh Capons Partridges Larks Pullets and Mutton afford good nourishment As to Fish the Gurnard the Sole the Smelt and many other firm Fish may be eaten Her Bread ought to be white well baked and light Marmalade is good after meals and sometimes before neither are the best sort of Pears forbidden As for her drink Claret is very good as also small Ale and Beer well brewed strong wines are very hurtful especially those that are white She must have a care to abstain from Spices opening and windy meats as also from raw herbs and Salads from Beans and Pease and all baked meat In the ninth month she must abstain from all astringent things as Paste of Quinces Rice and Pears Marmalad and the like on the contrary let her use mollifying and loosening meats as flesh that is young and tender Pottages made with Borage Bugloss Lettice Violets March-mallows and such like Other Advertisements relating to the several accidents which may happen FIrst if the Woman fear Abortion and that she carry her Child low near her Privities let her do as follows Take the Treddles of three new laid Eggs and beat them well together then take of Scarlet Silk as much as suffices and cut it very small and mix it with the egg and make the said mixture into Pills take of these Pills in a little Claret-wine do this three days together and every month three times in the same manner You may also use this following Plaister Take of Myrâ—les Orange-flowers of each one ounce Acorn cups stalks of Roses each one ounce Bole Armonick fine and true Dragons-blood of each three ounces Turpentine two ounces Oyl of Quinces or Myrtles as much as is sufficient to make the plaister which is to be applied to the reins and upon the belly and withall to be stretched out upon the thighs It may lye on five or six days without changing However a woman ought not to tamper nor use any thing unless there be very great necessity which she shall know thus If at the full or new Moon or else at the time when she uses to have her monthly purgation if at that time her Purgations come down then Abortion is to be feared and remedies are to be applied But if the woman carry the Infant high and that her belly swells and extends so strongly that there may be some danger of fissures and clefts in the skin then let her use this following oyntment Take half a hundred of Sheeps trotters with bones and wooll when the Moon is at the full bruise them and beat them then let them boyl in a good quantity of water for half a days time let them cool and then take off the fat that swims and with this mingle four ounces of Sperma Caeti four ounces of Oyl of Almonds drawn without fire and four ounces of white Wax melt all these together over a soft fire then put therein half a pint of Rose-water then take it off the fire and stir it till it grow cold with this oyntment you shall first anoint the part extended and then lay some of it on the said part where
Dittany of each two drams Cinamon four scruples Sugar the weight of the other ingredients Make them into pouder and let the Patient take one dram thereof in white-wine or Mugwort water An Oyntment for the Midwifes hands TAke Oyl of Hempseed one ounce and a half Oyl of Castor half an ounce Gall Moschate half a scruple Labdanum one scruple make of this an Oyntment with which let the Midwife often anoint the neck of the womb After Delivery WHen the Infant is well cleansed by the Midwife let her give unto it in the Winter nothing but a little Mithridate but in the Summer let her mingle therewith a little conserve of Roses and Bugloss If the Mother have not yet taken any thing let the Midwife give to her the juyce of a Capon pressed out in a press with a little Saffron and the yolk of an egg Then let her take this following powder against gripings of the belly or after throws which indeed she ought to take before any meat presently after Delivery Take of the greater Comfrey dryed one dram and a half kernels of Peaches Nutmegs of each two drams yellow Amber one dram Amber-greese two scruples or this Take kernels of Peaches and Dates of each one dram and a half Nutmegs four scruple Pulv. Elect. Diamargarit Calid two drams Aniseed condited one dram of the best Cinamon two scruples Saffron half a scruple Sugar as much as suffices drink two drams of this powder in white-wine twice or thrice a day if the pains be very great If the pains cease not with these remedies use that which follows TAke the whites of twelve eggs rosted under the embers Cummin-seed and Hempseed of each one ounce and a half flowers of Camomile and Melilot of each two drams boyl these in oyl of Dill 'till they come to the form of an oyntment apply it warm to the belly still changing it as it grows cold Or thus Take the flowers of Dill Rosemary Melilot and Camomil of each one handful Fennelseed Aniseed and Cummin-seed of each two drams boyl them in part wine and part water and make a Cataplasm for the whole belly To streighten the Womb. TAke of the leaves of Myrtle and Starwort of each three handfuls green Medlers green Prunes and the sharpest wild Pears of each one little handful and a half the Stomacks of three Cocks newly taken out distill all these together then take Cotton and dip therein and then put it into the womb and let it continue there a good while To streighten the Womb without the help of Swathe-bands TAke the white of an Egg and meal as much as is sufficient make thereof a Cataplasm to cover the lower part of the belly where it lies upon the belly there must be a hole made and that hole must be covered with moss You must cover the plaister also with powder of Frankincense This plaister profits more in a little while than a Swathe in many weeks A Fomentation to provoke the after-birth TAke the Birth-worts of each of them one ounce or a handful Carduus Feverfew and Mugwort each one handful Dwarf Elder half a handful ground Ivy one handful boyl them together in Wine or Water or Ale especially if there be any Fever for then you must by no means meddle with Wine adding to it one handfull of the leaves or half a handful of the roots of Master-wort For the same TAke Savine one scruple rind of Cassia half a scruple Saffron ten grains Assa-faetida two grains juyce of Wall-Ivy half an ounce Snakeweed one ounce Pulvis diagar five grains Syrup of Mugwort half an ounce mingle all these together and make a potion to drink at once Or else take four drops of the distilled oyl of Savin in white-wine A Pessary for the same TAke the leaves of red Coleworts and bruise them and put them into a little piece of linnen cloth in the shape of a finger then bruise them again that the juyce may come through and dip the cloth in a mixture of oyl of Lillies Camomil and sweet Almonds For the same TAke long and round Birthwort Assa-Faetida of each half an ounce Myrrh one dram Spike two drams make them up with the decoction of Parsley and Apple-tree leaves For the same TAke of Borax one dram Cinamon one scruple Saffron three grains make a powder and let the woman drink it in four ounces of water of Mugwort To expell the Child and after-birth in time of great necessity TAke of the water of Mugwort Agrimony and Penny-royal of each one ounce Syrup of Mugwort one ounce and a half powder of Castor round Birth-wort Myrrh Asarabacca of each one scruple mingle them together make a potion Or else take Origanum Calaminth and Hysop of each two drams roots of Orrice Asarabacca Savin each one dram Myrrh Olibanum Galbanum Sagapenum one scruple dissolve them and make a Pessary To expell the after-birth another TAke one stone of a Castor and distill it with strong Vinegar when you have so done let the Patient take four ounces of this distilled liquor Or you may take of the Oyl drawn out of the stone of a Castor with a soft fire mingle it with a sufficient quantity of this Oyl a little of the waters of Penny-royal and Dittany and a little strong Vinegar To expell the Birth whether alive or dead TAke the milk of a woman that nurses a male child and dissolve it with a little Saffron that it may not be known then boyl an egg rear and take out the white and in the place of that put in the milk and let the patient sup it up if it prevail not in a quarter of an hour prepare another egg and fill it with milk as aforesaid Or take of the juyce of Bugloss four ounces sweetned with Sugar Against pains of the heart TAke of the roots of Fennel Bugloss and Cicory each two ounces boyl them in three pints of white-wine to the consumption of two parts then add Fennel-water and Cicory-water each six ounces then boyl them again till there remain but a pint and a half take one spoonful morning and evening To dry up the Milk TAke Honey newly drawn out of the Hive and dissolve it in water and wash the breasts therewith For the same TAke of the juyce of Mint and Shepherds-purse of each half an ounce mix them together and drink them a mornings with the broth of a hen or chicken A Fomentation for the same TAke of the juyce of Parsley and the strongest wild Turnep equal parts and moisten therein a linnen cloth and apply the said Cloth to the Breasts Another TAke Oyl of Violets three ounces juyce of Mint and Parsley three ounces white Vinegar one ounce Rose-water two ounces boyl all these over a gentle fire to the consumption of the juyces then add a little wax and make an oyntment Or Take of the tops of Elder Sage and Mint one little handful boyl them in common water and make thereof a Cataplasm