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A67767	Physick refin'd, or, A little stream of medicinal marrow flowing from the bones of nature wherein several signs, particular rules, and distinct symptoms whereby the most ordinary diseases may be distinctly known, and truly judged, are perspicuously delineated : and the most proper way, safe method, and simpathetical care, whereby nature may be helped, the sick eased, and languishing patients relieved (without the use of poysonous purging potions, and venomous medicaments) is succinctly demonstrated / by John Yarwood.	Yarwood, John, 17th cent.	1683 (1683)	Wing Y18; ESTC R25217	23,195	122

Trochisci Bechici All these medicines are good in the moist Asthma as also juice of Radish Roots with Tincture of Sugar The dry Asthma is cured with Epilepticals as Section the 12th Sect. 24. Inflammation of the Lungs and Vlcer of the Breast AN Inflammation of the Lungs is accompanied with a sharp Feaver caused by some preceding diseases for the most part known by great heat difficult breathing and stretching out of the breast with a redness there the breath is hot the eyes swell a dry Cough Appetite is lost the Tongue is dry the Patient is desirous of cold Air and cold water If this disease follow a Pleurisie 't is very dangerous An Ulcer of the breast is generally from an inflammation of the Lungs being suppurated and the Rupture of the Impostume whereby the matter falls into the cavity of the Breast while the suppuration is perfecting the Feaver increaseth but being broken the Patient spits Matter is faint with heaviness in the bottom of the Breast a Cough and great pain If the matter spit up be green livid froathy or brought up with difficulty and the belly loose 't is very dangerous If the matter be not spit up in a Moneths time it turns to a Consumption The Cure An Inflammation of the Lungs is cured wih the same Medicines mentioned for a Pleurisie at Section the 22th For an Vlcer in the breast Take 10 grains of Antimonium Diaphoreticum at once four times a day Anoint the stomach with Oyntment of Tobacco and then lay on a pultis of Figs and Raisons stoned mixt with oyl of Amber and Juniper berries sharpning the Patient drink with oyl of Sulphur or Vitriol Sect. 25. Consumption THis distemper is a wasting of the whole Body the Patient breathes difficultly the Eyes are hollow the Nostrils sharp is Thirsty and hath a Cough sometimes and the hair falls off spits either froath blood or matter from an Ulcer in the Lungs If the matter spit up stink If the body be very loose or an acute disease conjoyned 't is very dangerous But if the Ulcer be but new begun there is hope of Recovery The Cure Balsom of Sulphur is excellent take it 3 or 4 grains at a time Morning Noon and Night and let the Patients drink be sharpen'd with oyl or Sulphur 20 or 30 drops to a pint The oyles of Rosemary Cinamon and Carawayes help much taken ten drops at a time in brothe Lukewarm there is a Syrup made of Corals or Tincture of the same used with good success so is Syrup of Turneps and extract of Elecampane a spoonful at once in any convenient Vehicle Trochischi Bechisi taken 5 grains at once 3 times a day hath proved effectual so hath a Syrrup made of the juice of Cabbage 1 ounce a day Take Choyce Myrrh 4 ounces Saffron half an ounce Nutmegs two ounces Aromaticum Rosatum two ounces Olibanum one ounce Honey three pound make it into an Electuary and take as much as a Hazzle nut 3 times a day Sect. 26. Spitting of Blood IT may be caused by excessive crying leaping blows or falls or inwardly through Plenitude or sharpness of the Liquor Latex corroding the vessels 'T is commonly ill more especially when 't is from the Lungs and many times foretells a Consumption if it be not critical c. The Cure All those Medicines mentioned in the last Section for the cure of a Consumption are proper to be used here to which these following may be added If the disorder be caused through sharpness of the Latex Goates blood gently dry'd and pouderd and given a dram at a time is excellent Henbane-seed powdered and mixed with Electuarium ad Tabidos and given morning noon and night is commended The Electuary is thus prepared Take Nutmegs and Cinnamon of each 3 ounces Ginger three drams M●gistry of Pearl two ounces clarified Honey twelve ounces beat the species severally then mix them together with the Honey given half a dram at a time morning and evening Trochisci Beehici taken 5 or 6 grains at once is profitable 'T is thus made Take juice of Liquoris one pound white Sugar 2 pound Opium one ounce with the mucilage of Gum Tragocanth make it into Roles or Troches and dry them But above all is Roche Allome dissolve it in water and distill off the water to a dry bottom and give 20 drops at a time in any drink Sect. 27. Pain of the Stomach THere is sometimes accompanying this disease a pain in the Head which shews the distemper to arise from Wind and continuing unremoved a Timpany follows If there be a perpetual gnawing felt in the stomach then it is caused by Worms and so less dangerous if there be a looseness vomiting or the patient thereunto inclined it shews a sharpness in the stomach and if it be accompanied with a Feaver or the extream parts be cold 't is very dangerous The Cure If the distemper be occasioned by Wind things Carminative are most proper Take the distilled oyls of Cumming-seeds half an ounce of Fennel Annis and Caraway of each one dram of Dill and Camomil of each half a dram mix and take 3 or 4 grains in luke warm broth If worms cause the disorder take the cure from the 5 Section If it be caused by some preternatural sharpness in the stomach some anoint outwardly with the oyntment of Tobacco and use Laudanum 3 or 4 grains given at night in a pill but 8 or 9 drops of oyl of Cinamon in luke-warm broth is much safer spirit of Camomil in Mint-water is famous in the case so is Essence of Elder Angelica and Rosemary Sect. 28. Swounding and Beating of the Heart SWounding in some is caused through extraordinary fear Immoderate grief c. and in this case 't is the least dangerous in others its without manifest cause and these commonly dye suddenly but in a Feaver 't is dangerous and pernitious Immoderate and unnatural beating and trembling of the heart may be known by feeling and is sometimes caused through shame joy fear or Anger In others 't is continual and in these cases the least to be feared But if it be caused from a Tumour in the Perecardium or Arteries of the Lungs as some Physitians say it may it is incurable and coming upon an acute disease very dangerous The Cure Of both these distempers are performed with Cordials mongst which Aurum Potabile and Species Alexipharmaca taken 5 or 6 grains at a time of either is excellent so is Elixir Proprietatis and Elixir Vitae 20 grains taken in Wine or Syrup of Clove-gilly slowers Oyl of Citrons and juice of Alkermes mixt with Spirit of Wine is highly commended so is the Essence or spirit of Bawnt Borage and Buglose Magistery of Pearls and Corals There are a sort of Flies which Children call Lady Cows with Golden colour'd wings being gently dryed and powdered are given inwardly with good success Sect. 29. Depraved and Lost Appetite A Depraved Appetite is that which fondly covets longs

a Spirit from Antimony one Pound and Nitre three Pounds whereof I give five or six Drops in white Wine or Ale It must be drawn in an open Retort and cast in by two Drams at a time and the Retort stopt quickly SECT V. Worms THere are three sorts of Worms as first Round ones about six or eight Inches in length Such as are troubled with these feel a gnawing in the Stomach and Bowels They start in their Sleep have a small dryish Cough and the Body wastes The second sort are broad Long-Worms which do continually gnaw the Stomach There is great Appetite slenderness and weakness of the Body and certain small things much resembling Cucumber-Seeds avoyded with the Excrements The third sort are thin short and small Worms mostly in the Fundament and in the Right Gut They are known by these two signs they cause the Fundament to itch and provoke to Stool which gives the Patient ease Worms voyded in the declining of a Disease without taking Worm-killing Medicines is good But if they leave the Body in the beginning of a Disease 't is a sign of Death The Cure Take thin slices of fat Cheese set them in a Pewter-dish before the Fire and melt out the Oyl put an Ounce of it to half a Pint of sweet Wort warm and drink it in the Morning fasting two Hours after it Take Earth-Worms slit them scowr them in Salt dry them with a gentle Heat and give the Powder inwardly Take Salt of Wormwood drop on Spirit of Salt till it cease broyling dry it and give twenty Grains at Night SECT VI. Gout T Is a Disease of the Joynts where there is tormenting Pains It hath got five Names according to those five Places of the Body it uses to torment In the Shoulder it is called Omagra in the Hand Chiragra in the Hip Sciatica in the Knee Gonogra in the Foot Podagra If it be knotted in the Joynts or the Patient very old Physicians count it uncurable If the Pain run from one Joynt to another 't is then call'd a Rheumatism or the Running-Gout If this be with an Asthma the Cure is difficult The Cure Take twenty Grains of sweating Antimony at Night and twenty Drops of Tincture of Antimony in the Morning or the like quantity of Spirit of Tartar Take seven Grains of Salt of Lead or twenty Grains of Ens Veneris at Night or Bezoar Minerale Sixteen Grains taken as the former sweats excellently anoynting the Place with the Oyl of Man's Blood or with a Lye made of the Salt of Cow-dung dissolved in the Air and the Part bathed there-with Take Pigeon's-Dung Vinegar and Mustard-Seed of each a like quantity beat it into the form of an Oyntment and apply it on Linnen to the Place grieved Then lay on Emplastrum Arthriticum till the Pain cease then apply Emplastrum de Minio spread on Linnen and let it lie on a Month and renew it six times SECT VII Head-Ach IF then Pain be extended to the Root of the Eyes the Pain is within the Skull otherwise 't is without the Skull It commonly lasteth long and invades the Patient with pain on light Occasions as Blows Heat of the Sun violent Exercise and the like with extream sharp Fits In some it continues all times in others it goes and comes by fits If the Pain be inward and extent to the Roots of the Eyes the Films that cover the Brain are inflamed But if the Pain be outward the Films that cover the Skull are grieved 'T is for the most part curable but if it be of long continuance 't is difficult and is in danger of Returning The Cure Take Oyl of Vitriol an Ounce Spirit of Wine or good Brandy a quart mix them cork it well and set it two or three days in a warm Place and take half an Ounce at a time in Wine or Ale two or three times a day Flowers of Antimony not Vomitive taken ten Grains at a time are excellent Give it every other Night and five Grains of Laudanum dissolved in Sack or made into a Pill may be taken the other Night I use Ens Veneris twenty Grains taken at Night in unsalted Broth or the like quantity of Matthew's or rather Starkey's Pilulae Anodynae Boyl Verjuice and put them hot into a narrow-mouth'd Bottle and receive the Fume at the Ear anointing the Temples of the Head with Vnguentum Populeon or rather with this Oyntment Take Ground-Ivy stamp it and boyl it well in White-Wine strain out the Herbs and add Sallet-Oyl and boyl it to the Consumption of the Moysture and anoynt the Head and Temples therewith warm it well SECT VIII Megrim and Vertigo THe Megrim is a Pain in one half of the Head wherein if the Films that cover the Skull be inflamed the Pain is so vehement that the Patient cannot suffer the Skin to be touched with the Hand being more violent than dangerous for 't is commonly quickly cured The Vertigo is a Swimming of the Head 'T is said to be caused by a windy Exhalation There is Giddiness things seem to turn round sometimes the Patient falls down There is many times dimness of Sight hardness of Hearing a decay of Taste and Smell the Head is heavy and acheth some feel a gnawing in the Stomach and have a disposition to Vomit This distemper commonly turns to some other Disease If the things which the Sick sees seem Purple-colour'd it is the Forerunner of the Epilepsia If they seem red or bloody there is danger of Madness Sometimes it degenerates into an Apoplexia The Cure For the Megrim take ten Grains of Confectio Anodyna or twenty Grains of Pilulae Anodynae or else five Grains of Laudanum at Night and two Drams of Essence of Rosemary in the Morning Mix twenty Grains of Euphorbium finely powder'd with an Ounce of Oyl-Olive and drop one Drop into the Ear warm on the pained side Also take Euphorbium boyl it a little in Vinegar and apply it to the contrary side or apply a warm Cataplasm of Goat's Dung and Vinegar For the Vertigo anoynt the Nostrils with Oyl of Nutmegs Marjoram or Rosemary Give inwardly Essence of Rosemary in Wine or Peacocks-Dung dryed and powder'd a Dram at a time or a few Grains of Native-Cinabar in Oyl of Caraways SECT IX Phrensie and Madness THe Phrensie is a kind of madness or fury joyned with a Feaver affirmed by some to be an Inflammation of the Brain or the films hurting the internal senses there is little sleep they speak without sense rise up leap and cry furiously pulling as though it were straws or the like from the Bed-clothes they breath lightly and the Pulses are small some laugh others are raging angry and hardly ruled This disease is commonly mortal and if the Urine be white and clear 't is a dangerous sign Madness hath a great affinity with the Phrensie the signes are evident they are both hard to cure they differ in this the Phrensie is accompanied with

for and desires to eat hurtful things not fit for food as Oatmeal unripe fruits Chalk Coals Ashes c. it commonly happens to Women with Child and Maids troubled with the Gren sickness this may be of long continuance but of it self in Maids it is not dangerous yet if it be not cured great obstructions Cachexia's Dropsies and pain of the stomach follows Want of Appetite is cause by obstruction of the mouthes of the Meseraicks or through too much fullness and over glutting of the stomach or else weakness want of natural heat c. and if it happen in the declination of a disease it signifies a relapse if it be caused through want of natural heat 't is most dangerous and worse to be liked in children than in men The Cure To women with child the blood of a Vine is commended Maids may remove the cause which is best performed by Elixir Proprietatis Essence of Garlick Savin or Penroyal Tincture or spirit of Tartar taken 4 or 5 times at Night going to bed 8 drops at once In a depraved appetite give 9 drops of oyl of Cloves or oyl of Cinamon in warmish broth sharpen the Patients drink with the oyl of Vitriol or oyl of Sulphur and in both cases strengthen the stomach as at Sect. 30. Sect. 30. Vomiting THis disorder is generally caused through weakness or foulness of the stomach weakness may arise from Antecedent causes as too much emptiness want of natural rest superlative Anger boundless Passion and the like If the matter vomited up be green black livid or stinking it is for the most part dangerous but being of none of these colours but coming after a Flux of the belly 't is good or on a Critical day 't is accounted by the Galenists a plausible sign of Recovery provided the matter vomited up be such as they call Flegm and Choler The Cure Most Physitians in this case when it is caused through the foulness of the stomach give a gentle vomit The stomach must be strengthened with Syrup of Corals and Pearls and Spirit of Mint take a spoonful at a time morning noon and night Crude juice of Quinces is wonderful powerful and Syrup of Vinegar is none of the worst Medicines Let all the Patients drink be sharpned wirh oyl of Sulphur give 15 Grains of Elixir Proprietatis in Sack at night going to bed or the like quantity of Elixir Vitae applying to the stomach a Cataplasm of Bread and Vinegar or a plaister of London Treacle There may be a Magestery made of Oyster-shells and given to the quantity of 20 grains at a time with good success Sect. 31. Iliac Passion THis is a distemper of the small Guts commonly occasione through obstruction of the Bowels with a coldness and putrifaction of food it is known by most vehement and horrible pain the stomach abounds with too much moisture there is a great rumbling in the Bowels Wind and belching without ease the dung is stopt and if the disease increase the Patient voyds all the excrements upward and then 't is mostly accounted deadly and being accompanied with the Stranguria 't is the worse The Cure 'T is performed by those Medicines prescribed for removing the Colick at the 32 Section a dram of Cream of Tartar dissolved in a mess of unsalted broth hath been found effectual so hath oyl of Almonds and Malmsey wine I use to sharpen the Patients drink with oyl of Vitriol to a pleasant acidity which hath proved effectuall when all hope from common means hath been past and clisters was vomited upward Sect. 32. Cholick T IS a pain in the Gut Colon sometimes caused by Wind and then there is a stretching forth and swelling of the belly if it be occasioned through Inflammation of the said Gut there is an inward burning hear stoppage of Urine the body is bound sometimes there is vomiting thirst and a Feaver If the distemper be behement the belly bound with watchings vomiting Hiccough coldness of the extream parts and cold sweats all these are desperat symptomes but if the disease be gentle and the body soluble there 's little danger The Cure Take Salt of Wormwood and drop on it spirit of Salt till it cease broyling dry it and give 8 or 9 grains at a time in broth Infuse Hawthorn flowers in Rhenish wine distill off the spirit and take a spoonful at once Take Lemmon Orange and Citron peels of each two ounces spirit of wine one pint infuse them together 20 dayes pour off the Tincture and give a spoonful at once in wine with a few drops of oyl of Cinamon Take spirit of Salt and spirit of wine of each a like quantity mix them in a Glass and administer 40 drops at once in a draught of wine or Ale Take 6 or 7 grains of salt of Lead in white wine or ten grains of Ens Veneris taken in broth at night going to bed and the like quantity at morning and noon two hours before and after meat hath been found very effectuall If the disease be caused by wind give Oyl of Anniseeds Fennel or Carawayes in warm broth proper spirit or distilled water Sect. 33. Flux of Blood and Matter A Bloody Flux is an Exulceration of the Bowels known by vehement pain and bloody Excrements when the disorder is in the Great Bowels the dung is as at other times comes forth with wind froathiness and Blood aloft but if the small Guts be exulcerated there is pain about the Navel the Excrements are of various colours if black and stinking the case is desperate commonly they are of a Lead colour and there is a gnawing felt If there be pain in the Liver and Midriff Vomiting and Hiccough Loathing of meat a Feaver thirst or pieces of flesh voided the ease is dangerous A Flux of Matter generally follows a Flux of blood the Patient continually goes to stool the Excrements are crude and pale and the taste is lost if the disease last long it may turn to a Dropsie when it follows other diseases 't is for the most part deadly There is also an ordinary flux of the belly which in a dropsie shews recovery but if it happen to a woman with child or the Excrements be Green Blew Black or Yellow 't is of evil signification The Cure Let the Patient drink Cows Milk plentifully Potable Gold and tincture of Corals are excellent so is the juice or pulp of Quinces or a dram of crude Allum dissolved in water and so drank but Roach Allum dissolved in water and it distilled off in Ashes is highly famous so are Bramble Berries gathered unripe dried and powdered and given in Red wine the juice of sloes or Poppy water Tincture of Emeralds is excellent 5 grains at a time See the following Sect. Sect. 34. Tenasmus THis distemper is a continual desire in the Patient to go to stooll without voiding any thing except bloody or filthy matter like snevil some say it is generally caused by cold or that it may