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The doctresse: a plain and easie method, of curing those diseases which are peculiar to women. Whereunto are annexed physicall paradoxes, or a new discovery of the æconomy of nature in mans body. / Written by R.B. &c.
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Bunworth, Richard.
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1656
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Wing B5474; Thomason E1714_2; ESTC R209649
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and break all his bones then boyl him in sixe quarts of Water with these following ingredients in an earthen or iron pot close covered over a gentle fire until the liquor when it is cold shall be of the consistence of a Gelley Strain it and sweeten it with double refined sugar and let her drink a porrenger of it at a time three or four times in a day for the space of thirty or forty dayes The Ingredients RAspt Harts horn six ounces the roots of China and Sarsaparilla of each an ounce and half Shepheards purse a handful Bistort roots an ounce Cinamon half an ounce Nutmeg and large Mace of each a dram In the mean time let her swallow three small Pills made out of this following Mass every other night when she goes to bed The Mass for Pills TAke Aloes three drams Myrrh two drams the gum of Guajacum a dram Saffron half a dram Make them all into fine powder and with as much syrupe of Mugwort as is sufficient beat them into a Mass or Paste out of which let her form Pills as she shall have occasion After she hath done taking her pills and gelley let her return to her usual Diet onely let her be sure to quench a gad of Steel in all the Beer she drinks The dryness of the womb doth also cause sterility in that the womb is thereby rendered incapable of making its application to the seed so soon as it is injected for if the seed be not immediately embraced by the contraction and application of the womb unto it it cannot ferment and consequently it doth become useless for generation From the defect of moisture proceedeth a scirrhosity or hardness in the womb unto which hardness we must have a respect in our prescriptions as well as unto the alteration of the whole body Let her make three small Pills out of this following Mass and swallow them down every morning fasting for the space of ten dayes together always exercising after them The Mass for Pills TAke Aloes three drams Gum Ammoniacum dissolv'd in Vinegar two drams salt of Steel a dram Crabs eyes and Tartarum vitriolatum of each half a dram with as much Oxymel of Squills as shall be sufficient make them up into a Mass according to art After ten dayes let her begin to bath in a Semicupium that is to sit in an artificial Bath up to her navel let her first continue half an hour in the Bath and so longer and longer by degrees that in her latter bathings she may continue a full hour or more Boyl a good quantity of these following ingredients in so much water as that when they are sufficiently boyled there may be liquor enough for her to sit up to the navel therein in a convenient Tub or bathing vessel Let not the ingredients be taken out of the liquor wherein she doth bath Let her bath one day give her a Clyster the second day and the third day let her take three of the same pills whereof she took every morning before her bathing Let her continue this course for the space of 30 days The Clyster which she is to take every third day is as follows The Clyster TAke Mallows Mercury Beets Chamomile and Mellilot flowers of each half a handful Aniseeds half an ounce boyl them in a pinte and half of water until half be wasted strain away the ingredients and dissolve in the strained liquor brown Sugar two ounces the yolk of one Egg Castle-soap one dram Let there be injected into her womb with a Matrix-Syringe some of the aforefaid Clyster about a quarter of an hour before she takes it Clyster-wise This by Gods blessing will make her that is barren a happy mother and take away her reproach amongst women But before she useth the aforesaid means let her be very certain whether the distemper of her womb be from driness or from moisture which shee shall know by these following signes If the distemper of the womb proceed from driness there is oftentimes felt a sensible hardness therein which is called a Callus proceeding from a melancholick juyce in the body She is scarce satisfied with the act of Venus She hath commonly a heat and driness in her hands She is much inclined to Warts in other parts of her body She commonly disgests her meat well But if from moisture she is of weak disgestion She hath never any appetite to her meat immediately after sleep She is often sick or sleepy after meat She hath a heaviness like unto a weight in her head She is listless and indisposed to exercise By such like signes it is not hard to determine certainly the true cause of Sterility in any woman whatsoever Mineral waters which come from Iron Mines do sometimes help those that are barren The frequent use of Sage is much commended by ancient Writers the reason is because it is rough and fixing and consequently it doth correct the slipperiness of the womb The Cock-treadings of three new laid Eggs dissolved in four or five spoonfuls of Vinegar and drunk down about half a quarter of an hour after she hath had to do with her husband is accounted a great secret CHAP. X. To cause speedy delivery in Childe-birth BE sure her appointed time be come before you attempt to use meanes for the hastening of her delivery Give her nothing which nourisheth but onely those things which have a Physical respect to her present condition I am of opinion that they which have difficult and long Labours are hindered by the too much indulgence of those that are about them in giving them nourishing things as they think to support nature whereas in several respects nature is thereby prevented from doing those offices which are suitable to the present condition of the Patient Let her wholly abstain from all things that nourish Let a Suppository be put up made of Honey and Salt according to art and after that is com'd away put up another Boyl three or four handfuls of Mugwort a little while in Spring water then strain it from the liquor and put the hearb into a bag and apply it warm to her navel They which are so good accountants as to know to a day the time of their Travail may assure themselves of easie and speedy labour if three or four dayes before they do observe a strict and sparing diet A dram of Myrrh powdered and given to drink in white Wine causeth speedy Delivery Some have used Irish Slate with good success others do commonly use Sperma Caeti or Bezoar And some Midwives give onely the powder of Aristolochia or Birth-wort because that doth after a more powerful manner cause speedy Delivery then those before mentioned But this is fittest to be given to those that are of strong constitutions CHAP. XI To expel the Secondine or After-birth THe same things which cause speedy Delivery do also help to expel the After-birth or part thereof if it be broken and left behinde in the body Yet
an ounce and half Epithymum an ounce Liquorice and Fennel seeds of each six drams black Hellebore half an ounce Boyl them all together in a gallon of Rain water over a gentle fire in an iron pot close covered until half be wasted Strain away the ingredients and sweeten the strained liquor with brown Sugar or common Triacle After she hath taken her Apozeme and Electuary let the part be fomented twice a day with this following fomentation and presently after it is fomented annoint it with this following Liniment Continue the fomentation and liniment until she be cured The Fomentation is onely the decoction of the herb Isatis called in English Woad you may have the liquor out of a Diers fat ready for your use The Liniment Take twenty Egs boyl them or roast them hard then take out the yolks and put them into a Skillet and set it over a gentle fire then break the yolks with a spoon and stir them continually that they may not burn keep them stirring over the fire untill you shall perceive them to be full of oyl then take them from the fire and strain out the oyl Take of this oyl two ounces of the juyces of Houseleek Nightshade and Rue of each half an ounce Quick-silver two drams beat them all together in a Leaden Mortar with a Leaden Pestel untill they be perfectly incorporated Use this Liniment as aforesaid During the whole time she uses the Liniment and Fomentation let her every morning drink a draught of Whay or Posset-drink wherein have been dissolved ten grains of Tartarum Vitriolatum Let her eat no kinde of flesh-meat except Rabbets or Partridges CHAP. XVI For a Dropsie in the Womb. GIve her three small Pills made out of this following Mass for the space of ten dayes together The Mass for Pills Take Aloes Rosata two drams Myrrh two scruples Castoreum half a dram Saffron a scruple make them all into very fine powder and with as much syrupe of Mugwort as is sufficient make thereof a Mass for Pills After she hath taken all her Pills let her drinke a quarter of a pinte of this following Apozeme every morning fasting for the space of ten dayes more The Apozeme Take horse Radish-roots an ounce and half Sassafras an ounce the roots of red Madder Butchers broom and Asparagus of each half an ounce Fennel seeds Dill seeds Caruay seeds of each two drams boyl them in White wine and Spring water of each three pintes until half be wasted sweeten the strained liquor with syrupe of the five opening roots When she hath done all her Apozeme let her bath in a Semicupium every other day until her belly be fallen The Semicupium Boyl a sufficient quantity of these following ingredients in so much water that when the liquor is strong of the ingredients there may be enough for her to sit up to the Navel therein in a Tub or convenient bathing vessel The Ingredients Chammomile and Mellilot flowers Bay berries Cummin seeds Sage Wormwood Penny royal Mugwort Bryony root Horse-raddish roots Anniseeds Fennel seeds Thime Majoran Rose-mary Alwaies immediately after her bathing let her belly be anointed with Chymical oyl of Dill. Let her diet be very spare but chiefly of flesh meat let her exercise much let her sleep but moderately Physicall paradoxes PHysicall knowledge which is nothing else but an observation of the order and course of Nature was by the Ancients begun and founded upon experience and afterwards traditionally communicated unto posterity It was first in the particular senses then in the common sense and by degrees introduced into the intellect and there digested into a science which science being analyz'd or resolved into parts might with ease by others be attained unto by reading although by the beginners thereof it was onely elaborated by experience as for example Any one of an indifferent capacity may in a short time have the whole body of naturall philosophy in his mind by reading over some short physicall systeme whereas another of a most penetrating wit cannot attain thereto in many years by the onely light of Nature Hence it is that the Ancients who had no considerable writings from others were so laborious and industrious in the inventing of arts and sciences that they esteemed mans life too short for the perfecting of one art 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith Hippocrates life is short but art is long But the succeeding ages being heirs to the writings of their predecessors became so carelesse and negligent of farther knowledge that they did wholl forsake that way which their ancestours used and did content themselves onely with a speculative knowledge of reading over the writings of others this book-learning hath been so sacred amongst such-like schollars of superficiall and speculative knowledge that it hath been by them accounted a Piaculum to gainsay the least tenet of generally received philosophy It is not long since our universities were to guilty of taking upon trust the opinions of others confirming their assertions by sic dicit Aristoteles whereas Aristotle himself could say Amicus Plato amicus Socrates sed magis amica veritas Aristotle well knew that if some doubt should not be made of the positions of the best Author truth could not possibly be discerned from error And indeed if Aristotle himself should have been beleev'd in all things the world should have still retained those chimeras of the elementary fire the motions of the heavens by intelligences c. If faith should have been given to the writings of Hippocrates without all exceptions many women with childe had perished whose lives have been saved by letting bloud If succeeding ages had rested in Galens knowledge the sciolists of our dayes would have made mad work with hellebore scammony colocynth c. such violent and dangerous purging medicines as Galen onely knew If some in this age had not doubted all authority whatsoever the circular motion of the bloud had not beene discovered Is qui nil dubitat The common wealth of learning hath received the greatest advantages from such as have not been contented to tread in the common road but have taken to themselves the liberty to try whether the most generally received tenets might not have been at first taken up by a misunderstanding of circumstances Now they which have made the best discoveries in all ages have alwaies found many adversaries and have been accused of affecting singularity untill such time as their opinions grew popular the reason is because the world takes no notice of that way and means by which the ancients gott their knowledge They which make new discoveries and do adde to arts and sciences or doe obliterate any thing which hath been generally received have no other way to doe this then the ancients had for the invention of the said arts and sciences for there cannot possibly be any physicall knowledge in the intellect which hath not first been in some sort in the sense He that could never see or hear cannot possibly have