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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90743	Phlebotomiographia or, a treatise of phlebotomy. Demonstrating the necessity of it in diseases; the time for elections. And likewise of the use and application of cupping-glasses, and leeches. Whereupon is added a brief and most methodicall tract of the crisis. Written originally in French, by Da de Plumis Campi chirurgion. And now faithfully rendred into English, by E.W. well-wisher to physick and chirurgery.	Planis Campy, David de.; E. W.	1658 (1658)	Wing P2376A; Thomason E1929_1; ESTC R209992	52,319	224

doth exercise its power and faculties upon the body Division of the Sun in its Circular Motion So also as the Circular motion of the Sun is divided into four parts which are called Quarters of the Heaven representing the four Elements and Seasons of the Year together with the four parts of the Day from whence re●u●teth that there is a certain Sympathy as well between the four quarters of the Moon and the Elements and the four Seasons and the four Humours and the four parts of the Day yea I shall also say with the very four Windes and four Ages Nay such a Sympathy that it is impossible that the one being depraved the other with which it doth Sympathize should not have a resentment thereof Division of the Seasone with the Elements But for the more clear understanding hereof we say That these four quarters of the heavens do represent the four Elements and the four seasons of the year That is to say from the Sun rising unto the Mid-day The first from Noon to the Sun setting The second from Sun-set to midnight The third and from thence to Sun rising The fourth so that the Sun being in the first quadrature with the fixed Starrs therein Then is the spring which is represented by the Ayre being in the second then is the Summer which is represented by the Heavens or Fire and being in the third causeth Autumn represented by the Earth and lastly being in the fourth it causeth Winter which is represented by the water Moreover we see the Symbolization of the spring to the Ayre to blood and to youth of the Summer to fire Choller and manhood of Autumn to the Earth to Melancholly and by consequence the first part of old age and in fine the fourth is of the Winter to water Phlegme and decrepit age Division of the day for the Elements and humors of the body The same division is of the time wherein the Sun moves round the Earth which is one day divided into four parts The first part is from three of the Clock in the morning untill Nine for the Ayre the spring and the blood And from Nine a Clock in the morning untill three afternoon for the Fire Summer and Choler And from that time untill Nine for the Earth for Autumne and for Melancho●ly and from thence following untill three of the morning for the Water for Winter and for Phlegme And if it so happen that one of those Elements be depraved or Malignant in a man or that thereby a disease of its temper or degree insallibly it will discover it self in the time so appropriate or ordained Maladies occasioned by the Signes are healed by the opposing of contrary Signes Now it is impossible that these humours Symbolizing thus with the Heavens and the Elements can continue without alteration seeing that the Starrs do make known their effects in them as we have said in another place wherefore it is that the blood hath such force and power that the Spring being come and it being in vigour doth ingender Maladies and feavers of its nature to wit continuall ones which give no space or respite which Maladies are caused by the depravation of the three signes which govern the above mentioned humour such are Gemini Libra and Aquarius and the healing of such Maladies ought to be performed in contrary signes which are Taurus Virgo and Capricornus In like manner the Choller in Summer making its course and recourse by daies alternate occasions the Tertian feaver and that by the depravation of the three signes which have influence upon that humour that is to say Aries Leo and Sagittarius which Maladies are cured by opposition of the contrary sign as Cancer Scorpio and Pisces Afterwards the Phlegme in Winter when it is putrify'd engenders the Quotidian intermittent feaver also caus'd by the three signs which govern that humour such are Cancer Scorpio and Pisces and those diseases are cured in like manner as the last above mentioned and that is by the observation of Aries Leo and Sagittarius finally the Melancholly at the beginning of Autumn stirrs up the quartain Feaver or Ague caused also by the aspect of these signes which govern over that humour such are Taurus Virgo and Capricornus and the curing of them is found by the Concurrence of these three Gemini Libra and Aquarius Wherein consisteth the one-day Feaver So the Ephemere or one-day ague doth end in one day or shortly after in regard that it doth not consist in the Putrefaction of the humours but only in an inflamed exhaled spirit All which things are done by the same reason the same proportion and the same order as the rising and setting of the Sun The Ebbing and flowing of the Ocean and the pleasant vicissitude of Plants and Hearbs and Trees which bear seed and fruit How the fits of the Feaver appear Insomuch that if one do take good heed hereunto we shall easily observe that almost at the same time that the humours are forced by the Starrs they demonstrate the fit of the feaver not as some would say who alleadge that then when the humors do every one by its turn perform its office comes the fit of the feaver but when the time is compleated of each the hours which serve to the humors provided that they be pure and not intermingled th' one with th' other then they cease and conclude A Considerable reason But I say these reasons are not to be received but much more to the purpose and with more verity this that the accesses of the feaver appear then when the Star which governs the humour concurrs upon it wherefore it is that we see the fits to become retrograde or to skipp forward even as that Star renders it self Retrogade or direct So that we ought by good right to consider more narrowly of the Judgment upon Maladies that destroyer of that Little World Man who is constrained to suffer Change every four daies which the Vulgar do call Crisis which is done by loosenesse in the belly by bleeding vomiting or sweating excited and occasioned by the Course of the Moon through the points of the Zodiac But because I have resolved to speak succinctly of Crisis'es in this place and how you ought to observe the Criticall daies from the Concurrence of the Starrs we will discover first what a Crisis is for of necessity the Malady quits the patient in the same instant by the Crisis or else by solution by little and little Definition of the Crisis Now Crisis is a suddain change of the disease either to health or to death which is done then when nature separates the ill humours from the good to the end she may force them out Two sorts of Crisis And of this Crisis there is two sorts the one perfect and the other imperfect The imperfect is that by which the matter is not absolutely forced out of the body but is evacuated from the Noble parts to the Ignoble and from the interiour

called Grande Chirurgerie I speak of it largely enough wherefore I say you shall have recourse to the Ephemerides In the mean time I will persue the declaring upon what parts of the body the Stars do rule with their proprieties And in the first place Aries is hot and dry of the nature of fire he governs the head and face of a man and it is good to blood when the Moon is there unlesse it be in the part which the Moon governs The parts wherein the Signes rule together with their property concerning blooding Taurus is cold and dry of the nature of the Earth and governs the neck and Wind-pipe and it is bad to make use of bleeding the Moon being in that Sign Gemini is hot and moyst of the nature of Ayr and governs the shoulders and Arms and hands is ill for blooding Cancer is cold and moyst of the nature of water and governs the Breast the stomach Lungs and is indifferent neither too good nor too bad for blooding Leo is hot and dry of the nature of fire and governs the back and sides and is ill for blooding Virgo is cold and dry of the nature of the Earth governs the Belly and the Intrals is neither very good nor bad for blooding Libra is hot and moyst of the nature of the Ayr and governs the Navel the Reins and the lower part of the Belly good to blood in Scorpio is cold and moyst of the nature of water and governs the parts for generation is neither good nor bad Sagittarius is hot and dry of the nature of fire and governs the Thighes is good to let blood Aquarius is hot and moyst of the nature of Ayr and governs the Legs is neither good nor bad for letting blood Pisces is cold and moyst of the nature of water governs the Feet and is neither good nor bad to let blood Aries Libra and Sagittarius are very good Virgo Scorpio and Aquarius and Pisces are indifferent Taurus Gemini and Leo and Capricorn are evil Yet we say that the Moon being in Trixe and Sextile with Venus it is a good time to purge Choller by Electuary with the Sun 't is good to purge Flegme by drinks with Jupiter 't is good to purge melancholy by Pills Division of the Signes Furthermore you must take notice that every one of the Signes is divided into 30. Degrees from whence it followes that in the whole Zodiac there are 360. degrees and again every degree is divided into 60. minutes and every minute into 60. seconds and every minute into 60. thirds and so of the rest following until ten The rising and setting of the Signes Besides you must take notice that when we have the longest day of Summer which is to say then when the Sun is in the beginning of Cancer there arises six Signes in a day which do rise directly and in the night six Signes obliquely And on the contrary when we have the shortest day of the year to wit the Sun being in the beginning of Capricorn then six Signes rise in a day obliquely and the six of the night directly but when the Sun is either in th' one or th' other Equinoctial point then they rise three Signes directly and three obliquely in a day and in the night in like manner For there is a Rule that let the day or the night be long or short as you will six Signes rise in the day and six by night so that either for the length or the shortness of the day or night neither the more or lesse Signes do rise For the knowledge of which Signes you must take notice of the Characters following as the Astrologers mark them Aries with such a Sign ♈ Taurus such a one ♉ Gemini such ♊ Cancer ♋ Leo. ♌ Virgo ♍ Libra ♎ Scorpio ♏ Sagitarius ♐ Capricornus ♑ Aquarius ♒ Pisces ♓ Let this suffice for the discovery concerning the 12. Signes let us come now to the 7. Planets whereof we should here make a Table or Figure but because we have sent the Reader to Ephemerides in relation to the Signs we will do the like concerning the Planets contenting my self only in this place to set down their Characters for the discovery of the more easie understanding them and their differences Behold then how the Astrologers mark them Saturne thus ♄ Iupiter thus ♃ Mars thus ♂ Sun thus ☉ Venus thus ♀ Mercury thus ☿ Luna thus ☽ Here followes the difference of the Planets as well for purging and blooding as for the making other operations upon humane bodies Most good ♃ ♂ Indifferent ☉ ☽ ☿ Bad. ♄ ♂ The Chirurgion must Encounter the Starrs And you must take notice that then when Mercury is with a good Planet he augments its goodnesse and with a bad one its Malignity wherefore it is that when one is wounded you must take notice whether Mercury be not with some bad Planet which rules the part wounded and if so then the Chirurgion must Encounter the Starrs and so you must minde these things but most especially in blooding to the end that we having done nothing improperly through our negligence may have an occasion of praise and thanks-giving to the Authour of all things to whom Father Son and Spirit be honour and glory for ever Amen CHAP. V. That it is necessary that the Chirurgion have the Astronomicall figure in his study or in his shop and of the profit that proceeds therefrom as well for the sick persons as for those who exercise it which is proved by a History and other examples As also that it is better to keep cleanse the blood then to evacuate it With the description of two admirable remedies for this end The good desire of the Authour I Should desire by good reason as well for the profit of those who search relief or Remedy from Phlebotomy as for the spiritual contentment of those that practise it to the end that the whole might be to the honour and glory of God that every Chirurgion had within his shop the Astronomicall figure as formerly the Ancients had and who had recourse unto it then when they would know the Domination of a Starr on the part whereon they were to operate observing with all their power the rising and setting of the above mentioned Signes and their constellations insomuch that the Antients have not found it to be unprofitable Of the truth whereof among severall of them Arnoldus de villa nova shall be a most faithful witnesse Therefore I shall again heartily intreat the Chirurgions that they would take heed unto it and not to pretend that their Art is subject to Calumnie seeing it is they themselves which are the cause of their arts being so Calumniated whilst they neglect that which is most necessary to be known in their profession to wit Astronomie The ignorance of Astronomy is cause of great evils Insomuch that not having the knowledge of it there doth arive many evil Accidents and the

and Tumors of the Kidneys and other evils The Saphaena under the interior Maleolla or Ancle vein of the Foot yea which runs a crosse it sometimes for all the passions of the Matrix for all the affections of the Testicles old scabbiness salt Phlegme for the griefs of the Cox tibia It strongly provokes the Menstrue and the Hemorrhoides for the purging of the Vterus after birth of a Childe it takes away barrenness for the affections of the yard for the derivation of blood from the Matrix Yard and Testicles The vena Tarsi appearing and ending about the great Toes for the vices of the Bladder to the faults or spots of the Face inflammation of the upper skin of the Eye call'd Ophthalmia for redness of the Eyes blear-eyedness running with water being red and soare for the Cancer for the Varices of the Tibia with corrupt matter and for the maladies near the Saphena The Vein in the middle of the Foot is to be blooded for pains or maladies in the Kidneys for the weariness and dull heaviness of the Members of the Body Apoplexie Palsie and Epilepsie Of Cupping-glasses and of the benefit of the use of them in generall Intentions for which one should apply Cupping-glasses Every one knoweth well what Cupping-glasses are They are to be applyed where blooding cannot well be performed some are with scarrifications and others without it those with scartification are for the evacuation of a matter Conjunct in one part and the other is to make attraction they are also applyed to make revulsion and derivation in several parts as for deflexion into the Eyes the Cupping-glasses are to be applyed upon the shoulders for the flux of the blood at the Nose they are to be applyed to the Hypocondryes Besides they being applyed without scarrification are good for diverting of Aposthumes from the Noble parts to the ignoble parts and to draw the heat to a member debilitated by cold They are to be used in the Cholique being applyed above the Navel or under it for easing of the pain for drawing from the Center to the Circumference To evacuate the windiness to stop the Hemorrhoides to reduce the members into their place For the pain of the Matrix they being put upon the Navel the part being first well warmed For the immoderate Flux of the Menstrue if they be applyed about the Region of the Paps at the same time Also for the Flux or bleeding at Nose as we have said already being applyed upon the Liver if it be the right Nostril that bleeds and if it be the left Nostril that bleedes you must apply them to the Region of the Spleen For drawing pestiferous Aposthumes from the Interior parts and in venerious Bubons For diverting the blood which flowes immoderately to one place To stop the Fluxes of the stomach For the drawing out of Poyson and for the coldness of the Ventricle But in the use of them you must consider four things First the matter of them Secondly The manner of applying them Thirdly The time And Fourthly The Intentions and parts to be applyed to In the matter you must consider three things First The substance which is either of Horn or of Glasse or Metal or Earth Secondly The quantity of them which is great mean or little And Thirdly The Figure or Form which is Circular or round and somewhat long like a Horn. The manner of applying them is with fire or else without fire and that with scarrifications or without scarrifications as we have said deep or superficial The time of the Application is either necessary which being there is nothing to be respected or Elective and then you must take heed that it be with the necessary regularity proposed by Guidon Concerning the intentions we have spoken enough thereof already before Notwithstanding you must take notice that the Attraction of Cupping-glasses doth not depend upon any natural faculties of them nor of any similitude but upon an accidental vertue of hindering of the Vacuum This Attraction is made when the fire for want of ventilation or breathing being choaked doth degenerate into Ayr and possesseth lesse room then when it was fire for as the Philosophers say one little part of Ayr produceth ten parts of fire and on the contrary ten parts of fire turn themselves into one part of ayr so that nature to supply the place of the fire contracts the flesh the Spirits and the humours into its place Finally the parts whereupon the Cupping-glasses are to be applyed are the shoulders the neck the hinder part of the Head the Hypocondyres the Reins of the back the stomack the Matrix the Thighes the Buttocks for the better understanding whereof we will mention them more particularly and distinctly together with the maladies wherein they are profitable Of the use of Cupping-glasses as to the parts or places as well with scarrification as without it In the first place Cupping-glasses being applyed upon the Head are very commodious in madness or distraction scotomie canicie manginess scabbiness knots or pimples in the eyes and in the maladies of the nape of the neck but they do prejudice the Intellect and the memory because they do stupifie They being applyed to the forehead do help very much in the pain of the hinder part of the head in the heaviness and swelling thereof in all affections of the brain for madness and distraction for old infirmities of the face Ring-worm or Tetter Ulcers Leprosie scabbiness and Morphew for all the maladies of the Eyes and for the Vertigo or swimming in the Head but they do prejudice the reason and Intellect They being applyed to the Chyne are very profitable against Pustules and swellings in the mouth for maladies of the Teeth and Gums for the Spots and viciousness of the face for Wens for swellings in the throat for all maladies of the Jawes They being applyed between the neck and shoulders are very commodious for maladies of the face of the neck Teeth nostrils eyes for the stinking smell of the mouth for Ring-worms or Tetters for the Squinacy having first opened the Cephalique or median vein but they do prejudice the memory and cause the head to shake They being applyed between the shoulders in the part against the heart and stomack are very commodious in the affections of the Breast in the maladies of the neck for the Asthma or Spasme for the trembling or quivering of the heart and for the blood in the throat but they do prejudice the stomack and the heart the which in its trembling doth not send forth the blood They are to be applyed upon the breast in the pain thereof and for the Asthma on the Region of the Liver for the Inflammation thereof upon the back for the pains that happen therein over against the part grieved They being applyed upon the stomack they avail much in swellings thereof and when it is grown cold and for the humours and viciousness thereof They being applyed upon the hands