or few wordes I haue said all Now of the cure of this disease as I haue experimented the same an infinite sort of times in my life which way soeuer the cause commeth worke thou after this manner and thou shalt neuer sustaine blame or discredit When the payne in the head is confirmed and that thou canst finde no helpe by common Theorick or Practike do these things following First let them bloud on Leonichie cutting it ouerthwart and let the patient spat as much as he can Then the next morning let them take our Aromatico fasting The next day let the head be shauen and lay thereon an attractiue plaister drawing out the humiditie whereof I haue made mention in my Caprici medicinale In the end cause them to neese and hereby all the payne in the head will cease CHAP. II. Of the Catarrhe and rume in the head THe Catarrhe is a moist vapor which assaulteth the head and afterward falleth downe agayne into the stomacke where it ingrosseth and corrupteth This moisture hath his beginning of the moisture of the lungs and vntill such time as the lungs be discharged thereof the Catarrhe will continue in his force This infirmitie raigneth more in flegmaticke and melancholike bodies then in any of other constitutions Such as are troubled with it are not long liued because their lungs consume by little and little and thereupon they are troubled with the Ptisicke and consequently they perish if they be not quickly releeued I will now shew thee a rare secret to cure the same Take Pulmonaria and Sena that is fresh and new infuse them in wine and water ouer a small or gentle fire till the wine haue drawne out the vertue Then straine it and put thereunto our Quintaessence keepe it close in a glasse let the patiēt drinke thereof euery morning ℥ iij luke warme for twentie dayes together let him eate good nourishing meates for they agree well with this disease If the patient be not too farre spent you shall see your cure performed in short time In the meane while if the patient be weake you shall giue him new layd egges and good white wine If the humiditie be perceiued not to be quite expelled and euacuated then giue him our Aromatico afterward comfort him agayne with restoratiues and cordials to make him strong and no doubt by the helpe of God he shall be cured This methode of curing this infirmitie differeth from the common course that Phisitians take which would cure it with diet bleeding and mollifying liniments and causing them to spat and such like which are meanes rather to augment the Catarrhe then to diminish the same The second course to cure the descension that commeth from the head to the stomacke VSe these fiue things if you will cure this disease first our Electuario Angelica 2 Quintaessence solutiue 3 our pillulae pro descenso 4 Vnguents for the stomacke and head 5 our Quintaessence vegetable The electuarie clenseth the head and stomacke the Quintaessence solutiue euacuateth the body the pilles take away the cause of the descension the vnguents drie and the vegetable Quintaessence preserueth the body from all ill and noisome infirmities The Electuarie must be taken first in the morning of the Quintaessence solutiue you must take a spoonfull in the morning in a little broth and suger keeping a reasonable good diet and do this foure or six dayes Then take the pilles in the euening and in the meane time annoint the head and stomacke with Oleum cerae and drinke euery morning a little of our Quintaessence which if you do vse continually by the blessing of God vpon it there is no doubt but the body shall be free from many troublesome maladies There was a certaine woman of the age of 58. yeares who being greatly troubled with a Catarrhe was cured by the vse of our Aqua preseruans morning and euening and by annointing the stomacke with balsamo One that was affected with a Catarrhe and a stitch in the side was thus cured He tooke our Aromatico twise Then he tooke euery morning a spoonfull of our Quintaessence solutiue with the broth of a capon for seuen or eight dayes together and euery night when he went to bed he annointed his stomacke with oleum incompostibile and thereby was soone after cured A woman that had great payne in her head and stomack and had her menstrues stopped with losse of her appetite was thus helped First she tooke two doses of our Pillulae Angelica that done she tooke euery morning a spoonfull of Quintaessentia solurtuo with broth and suger for fiue or sixe mornings together After that she tooke euery morning one spoonfull of our Aqua preseruans whereupon in short time after she was cured A contusion in the head A Certaine man had a great fall from an horse wherewith he bruised his head most greeuously who was cured in foure dayes by annointing the place with Oleum benedictum nostrum The taking away or healing of the white scall THis noysome maladie is perfectly cured by purging the patients with our Aromatico and annointing the head with our Oleum Philosophorum Also the Artificiall balsame of our description doth the like and Oleum benedictum nostrum effecteth the same Payne in the eyes with great dimnesse of sight A Certaine man that had great payne in his eyes and was almost blind recouered his sight by letting bloud vnder the toung The next day he tooke Aromatico once after that he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue seuen or eight dayes together and euery night he annointed his stomacke with Oleum cerae rectified then was dropped into his eyes our Quintaessence for the eyes and thereof was he well cured An vnguent for sore eyes TAke rose water fenell and cufrage water ana put therein a small quantitie of Verdi grece boile it a little on the fire Then let it settle till it be cleare and powre it of With this water see that you wash Anxungia porcinae seuen or eight times and of that put a little into the eye when ye go to bed To cure or stay the spatting of bloud ONe that spat bloud was cured in ten dayes by drinking the liquour of honie morning and euening An other was healed by drinking the decoctiō of mint in vineger another by drinking of Crocus martis The description and cure of the Squinancie THis disease is a windie moisture and a suffocation of bloud as you may see by experience that such as are possessed therewith haue a great alteration or many chaunges of feuers with a swelling in the throte and many times if it be not quickly holpen it will choke them and this is the cure thereof You shall giue them ʒ j of the powder of a wild Bores tooth with ℥ iij of oyle of linseede and forthwith by the helpe of God they shal be greatly eased The description and manifold cures of the disease called Scrophulae or for unculi which some do call waxing
℥ j of white Tartar in water or wine and two houres before supper you shall take the like Let your bread be rye also you must weare a trusse fit for that purpose and vse this remedie following Take of the spirite of wine ℥ xij frankincense Olibanum mastiche sarcocolla ana ℥ ss infuse them in the said Aqua vitae and therewith wash the rupture twise a day then presently cast thereon the powder of Bislingua and the herbe Balsamina and lay thereon a cloth wet in the said water and bind on the trusse so hard as he may possiblie abide it and hereby shalt thou heale any great rupture in an hundred dayes but see that you keepe a diet accordingly Another for the same TAke very stiffe and thicke paper well gummed chew it in thy mouth till it be soft then lay it vpon the rupture and weare thereon a trusse fit for the purpose Some vse to steepe the paper in lye and wring the same out till it be drie and applie it to the rupture chaunging it once in 24. houres CHAP. XIIII Of retention of Vrine and the cure thereof THe retention of vrine ariseth of many causes one is grauel that stoppeth the cōduits where it should passe an other is the want or weaknesse of the vertue expulsiue so that nature cannot expell an other is a carnositie which is an alteration caused of corrupt and putrified humors which do so restraine the powres and vrine that it cannot passe There is another and that is viscositie of the reynes so grosse that it hindreth the vrine from passing Another cause which is too too common is the Gonorrhaea when it chaungeth into Stranguria that it is a stopping or choking of the conduites that carrie the veyne to the bladder All these foresaid causes proceede of one originall euen of the distemperature of nature whereof if you aske the reason you shall vnderstand that it ariseth of that filthy beginning the French pocks That which moueth me to beleeue it is the obseruation thereof diuers and sundry times for I haue cured many that were infected with the pockes which were troubled some with Carnosity before spoken of some with grauell some with debilitie of the vertue expulsiue some with Gonorrhaea all which when I had cured of the pockes the other distemperatures were therewith also cured For that disease is the cause of twentie mischiefes and the reason why many Phisitians make a long cure of the former distemperatures is for that they know not the mayne and principall cause of them But now I will shew thee a true and excellent manner of curing the retention of vrine which way soeuer it commeth First giue them a dose of Aromatico then giue vnto them our Syrupo solutiuo eight or ten dayes but in any wise keepe no straight diet but a good gouernement as you do most commonly vse and eate such meate as pleaseth thy stomacke best cause them also to sweate and in short time thou shalt thoroughly cure them CHAP. XV. A most excellent remedie to cure the difficultie of vrine THe difficultie or retentiō of vrine caused diuers wayes as of grauell viscositie exulceration c. is in this sort very well and safely cured Whē the cause of this difficultie of vrine is in the reynes or kidneies so that it be not a stone in the kidneies or some great store of grauell see that thou worke thus ℞ Rognoni of a male hare boile it in good wine when it is well boiled stampe it small and passe it thorough a strainer with the said liquor wherein it was boiled Remember that when you boile it there must not remaine much liquor in the vessell Then take the said matter that you strained and put thereto as much purified honie and boyle it on a soft fire vntill it come to the forme of an Electuarie When it is boiled put thereunto for euerie pound of that Electuarie these things following made into fine powder of Lignum aloes of Cinamon ana ℈ j cloues saffron ana ℈ j muske graines foure Aquae rosarum ℥ j our Quintaessence ℥ i ss Incorporate these well together while it is warme and keepe it in a glasse close stopped And when you will vse it you must first take a dose of our Electuario Angelica and while you vse the Electuarie remember to annoint the reynes with our Aqua faetida when you go to bed Of the Electuarie you must take ℥ j in the morning and fast thereon foure houres and vse some exercise and in short time thou shalt see a maruailous good worke performed For the reynes will be strengthned the viscositie will be resolued the powres will be opened and the vrine will be expelled and clensed all which are effectes necessarie for him to regard that will with honestie and credite helpe the former maladie Another often proued If thou wilt presently helpe one that cannot make water by reason of wind viscositie or other greeuous cause vexing the partie annoint their reynes and all the priuie partes with our Balsamo Artificiato and keepe them verie warme and forthwith they shall make water to their great satisfaction Retention of the Vrine with stitch in the side ONe was in verie short time cured of these infirmities after he had taken our Aromatico and annointed him in manner aboue specified with our Balsamo Artificiato CHAP. XVI The swelling of the legge and foote cured in manner following FIrst the patient tooke one dose of Aromatico then he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue three or foure mornings together in a little broth That done he dronke euerie morning a little of our Quintaessence vegetabile fasting and euerie night he annointed his legge with Oleum Philosophorum nostrum Also now and then he tooke a dose of Pillulae Angelica to keepe the body soluble he kept a reasonable good diet he vsed not much walking so that verie shortly after he was well cured CHAP. XVII Of Chilblaines and their cures YOu shall vnderstand that Chilblaines as we terme them are caused of no other thing then of humors dried and restrained in our bodies For in the winter when it is cold the pores do shut so close together that the humor cannot passe or come forth neither by sweat nor other exhalation or expiration For that cause the humors in a young man who is hote of complexion may not be kept in for then nature which would ease her selfe sendeth that exhalation vnto the extreme parts of the bodie that is vnto the handes and feete where remaining there is caused that alteration and in processe of time the skinne doth open and the humor goeth forth but cannot heale till the spring when warme weather commeth in Howbeit I haue found out a secret to cure them quicklie and with great ease First let them bloud then giue them a dose of our Electuario Angelica after that let them take our Syrupo solutiuo six or seuen dayes together not keeping any straight diet or rule After this annoint them
CHAP. XX. The healing of sore mouthes THe Vlcers and Sores that haue bene in the mouthes of young and old haue bene healed by the lotion or gargarisme made with plantaine water honie suckle water and barlie water mixed with saccarum Saturni CHAP. XXI An Vlcer in the vpper lippe A Certaine porter of London hauing an Vlcer on his vpper lippe which was like a cancer some called it Noli me tangere continuallie running with filthie stinking sanies was thus cured First he was purged with Turpetum minerale then was the sore dressed with this medecine â„ž aloes lotae â„¥ ss salis preparati Ê’ ij Mellis â„¥ iiij misce vtere CHAP. XXII An Vlcer in the throte ex morbo Gallico A Young woman that was much troubled in the throte with a greeuous Vlcer was thus cured First she was purged with Aromatico twise or thrise with our Quintaessence solutiue mixed with syrupe of roses then was the sore touched with Aquarealis two or three times with a litle lint and lastly she vsed this gargarisme â„ž mellis rosarum â„¥ ij Diamorum â„¥ ij ss honie suckle water ana â„¥ vi oleum vitrioli as much as will suffice to make it tart this hath bene often proued in daungerous cases CHAP. XXIII The healing of a scald head A WomaÌ„ had all her head couered with a most filthy scab which was dry aboue and moist vnderneath very noysome to behold who could neither be healed by purging or locall medecines that were vsed till this medecine was applied vnto her Once in a day oleuÌ„ ligni guaiaci was applied and in short time the scall fell away like a scull of an head and there began haire to grow vnderneath it this cure was performed in twelue dayes Another cure performed vpon a scald head A Maiden of eighteen yeares of age hauing an huge great scall vpon her head was cured after she had taken one dose of Aromatico by often washing the part affected with Mater balsami Fiorauante CHAP. XXIIII An Vlcer on the thombe ONe had such a filthie stinking Vlcer on the thumbe that the Chirurgians would haue 〈◊〉 of the whole thumbe This partie was afterward cured by the application of Fodicationum emplastri CHAP. XXV An Vlcerated legge swolne A Young boy that had an vlcerated legge wonderfully swolne was thus cured He receaued at two seuerall times Quintaess solutiue with syrupe of roses Then were the sores washed with salt of vitrioll dissolued in plantaine water a cloth being wet therein and applied thereto morning and euening CHAP. XXVI Two putrified Vlcers on the legge healed by I. P. FIrst this patient was purged with Aromatico Leon once or twise then his Vlcers were dressed with this vngueÌ„t made of rubified vitrioll and a cerote called the great Cerote This was applied vnto the Vlcers with a pledget of lint and was suffred to lye 24. houres which mortified the sores Then was more of the same vnguent applied and with an instrument the escare was loosed round about and in three or foure dayes the escare came away easily with a paire of Mullets then he healed it vp with Magno licore saccarum plumbi within a litle while after CHAP. XXVII Three Vlcers in the legge healed by W. H. A Certaine woman of Bedford had three Vlcers in her legge who had sought her cure at the hands of diuers the space of foure yeares but could finde no helpe yet she was afterward cured in this manner First she tooke in the morning fasting Aromatico Leonardo which euacuated her stomack and bâ—â—ie Then was there applied vnto the sores saccarum plumbi three or foure dayes togither which caused euerie day a certaine thinne skin to come vpon the Vlcers much like the filme of an egge the same skin was takeÌ„ away euery day With this medecine following it was dressed the fourth day which caused it to looke faire and red the next dressing and so in short time it was perfectly cured To one spoonfull of magno licore was put as much saccaruÌ„ Saturni as would lye vpon a three pence and so it was incorporated warme the sores were dressed therewith euerie day CHAP. XXVIII The cure of old rotten sores by W. R. A Certaine old woman did in this manner helpe diuers old sores in the body First she purged the patients and then she applied this vnguent to the sores Take a pot of strong ale and set it to boile ouer a gentle fire till it wax thicke like a salue and then vse it At the first this medecine will smart and be somewhat painfull to beare neuerthelesse it will clense and heate Note Also a freind of mine told me that the iuice of marigold leaues or the leaues boiled with milke to an vnguent will heale all vlcers and woundes CHAP. XXIX The healing of vlcers in most parts of the bodie but chieflie in the head by W. H. A Certaine man being full of vlcers coÌ„ming of the pocks in most parts of his bodie shewing theÌ„selues but chieflie in the head was cured in this manner First he was purged twise or thrise with Panchimagogon after that he kept his chamber that had a good sire in it and tooke six graines of Turpetum diaphoreticum mixed with Ê’ j of AmuletuÌ„ Palmarij Halfe an houre before he tooke a draught of fat broth and kept his bed and alwayes as he â—…ited he washed his mouth with a conuenient gargarisme and sweat thereon one houre or two and then was dried with warme clothes That done he reposed a day or two and tooke the foresaid Turpetum agayne in manner aforesaid this he did three or foure times In the meane while he annointed his vlcers with oleum guaiaci which did both clense and heale Also diuers times he vsed this potioÌ„ in the morning which caused him to sweat â„ž â„¥ ij of the water of lignum vitae made by distillation and as much of the sirrupe of fumitorie and ℈ j of the salt of lignum vitae mixe them warme and drinke it fasting Thus in verie short time he was cured This one thing must not be forgotten that when there shall come any inflammation or sorenesse in the mouth you do vse this gargarisme following Take plantaine water honie suckle water ana â„¥ iiij barlie water â„¥ vi mel rosarum â„¥ ij ss Diamorum â„¥ ij oleuÌ„ vitrioli as much as will make it tart this will heale any sore in the mouth Remember also that if the vlcers be very corrosiue and foule you shall touch them once or twise with oleum vitrioli or oleum tartari faetens whereby they will heale the sooner this hath bene often proued CHAP. XXX The healing of scabs like the leprosie by G. M. A Young man which was thought to be infected with a leprosie had on his head and most partes of his bodie hard and drie scabs but he was cured in this manner First he was purged with Aromatico Leonardo once or twise Then euerie morning till
and dangerous infirmities then any other The liuer of a man Also from the liuer of a man will be drawen by distillation a water and an oile If the water be dronke euery morning together by the space of a moneth in the quantitie of Ê’ j with â„¥ ij of liuerwort water it will recouer such as are halfe rotten thorow diseases of the liuer and hath diuers other properties whereof I will not speake at this time Flesh of man From the flesh of man distilled there will come forth a stinking water and an oyle which is most excellent to annoint woundes withall when they are badly healed and that there remaine any hurt about those parts that they are out so sensible and pliant as they were wont to be before this resolueth them And it mollifieth and softneth all hardnesse of any tumor of what originall soeuer it shall come From the forepart of a mans scull Mansâ—â—ll there is drawen by distillation a water and oyle and a salt which is most profitably vsed against the falling sicknesse Finallie from ech other part of man there are medecines to be made for the cure of sundry diseases in man and woman as you may also read more at large in the spagiricke preparations of Iosephus Quercetanus published in English by Iohn Hester Practitioner in the Spagiricall art CHAP. XIII Of an henne and the Phisicall vse thereof SOme write that the flesh of an henne will dissolue gold and that the bones will calcine it easily Another told me that the ashes of hennes fethers Dâ—ssâ—lue and calcine gold being calcined white doth mundifie incarnate and cicatrise vlcers Also there is made A restoratiue an excellent restoratiue of an henne after this manner Take a good fat henne and pull her quicke and take forth the guttes onely and stampe her in a morter Then boile it in xij lb of faire water with â„¥ j of salt till lb viij be consumed That done passe it thorow a strainer and distill it in Balneo till all the substance be come forth Hereof you may giue vnto the sicke at all times with a little of a plaine and simple Iulepe When you finde any euill accident in the bellie you must adde thereunto a little oyle of sweet almondes newly made while it is warme for then is it one of the best restoratiues that can be found out or diuised in the world CHAP. XIIII Of Eeles and the medicinall vse them MAny haue vsed the fat of an eele against deafenesse but to small purpose But if you will distill the eeles with Aqua vitae Againstâ—â—easnesse you shall haue a most subtill oyle which doth most excellently preuayle against that infirmitie Also if you boile the skinnes of the eeles in strong ley vntill they be dissolued then strayne it and boile it to a thicknesse and it will be a most strong glew for wood or other workes Also if you annoint a corroding vlcer therewith it will greatly represse the rage thereof and comfort it CHAP. XV. Of the Barbill and to what vse she serueth in medecine Lose the bellie IN the moneth of May the Barbill hath egges which are of a soluble quality and of some those egges being eaten they shall be prouoked to vomite The vse and qualitie They haue a qualitie contrarie to other purgers they must be dried in the sunne mixed with a little Sena and theÌ„ ministred in wine or water that is sodden When it hath well wrought the patients must eate good meate to nourish them and may drinke wine and when they are disposed thereto suffer them to sleepe CHAP. XVI Of Bees and their medecinall vse BEes are of nature hote and moist hauing a generatiue propertie Sterelitie preuented To quicken dead bees For if they be giuen to any barren creature they shall conceaue in short time after Also if yon lay dead bees in a drie place to putrifie wetting them sometime with wine they will reuiue agayne though not as they were before but they will be much bigger and of an other forme These bees if you bring into powder with as much Cantarides boile them a little with oyle of Chamomill Cause haire to grow and annoint any part where the haire is fallen away and it shall quickly come agayne and in a short space a most straunge thing to behold CHAP. XVII Of frogges and their vse THe skinnes of frogges being boiled and made into the forme of a plaister with waxe and franckincense Hote affluctions is very profitable for such as haue any maligne or troublesome accident about their legges thorow heate The fat of frogges is a wonderfull medecine against Fuoco sacro or S. Anthonies fire S. Anthonies fire a disease hapning vnto children and others through the great heate that is in their bloud CHAP. XVIII Of Centumpedes called in English Sowes IF you minister the powder of these creatures in wine it hath many excellent properties but chiefly Stitch in the side it hath bene experienced greatly to preuayle against the stitch in the side for it will helpe that greefe presently If you burne the little crieking creature called a Cricket and minister the powder thereof in some Diureticke liquor Prouoke vrine it prouoketh vrine Mallowes Alkakengi Centum nodi Centumgrana and the rootes of Rapes are of like propertie being handled and vsed according to art These are oftentimes found in standing pooles and putrified waters certaine small creatures which are rounde like a cherry hauing a tayle and two feete which are in Lombardie called Comazzâ— Take these and distill thereof of a water or liquor Disolue Iron wherewith you may very soone consume or breake iron a very great secret obserued in nature CHAP. XIX Of the resine or gumme called Tacca Mahacca and the vse thereof TAke thereof as much as you will distill it in a retort of glasse from it there will come both oyle and water Of which I haue seene diuers medecines made against sundrie diseases Annoint the bellie with this oyle cold when you go to bed Cruditie of the Matrix and it helpeth against the cruditie of the Matrix If the genitall part of the man be annointed therewith before the act of generatioÌ„ Helpe conception the woman shall be the more fit for conception for by this meanes some kinde of sterilitie is taken away Payne in the head It helpeth and easeth payne in the head proceeding of a a cold stomacke Helpe digestion It helpeth digestion and resolueth payne throughout the body in what part soeuer they shall come specially when they haue their beginning of cold Wind in the stomacke The water hereof dissolueth wind in the stomacke helpeth digestion prouoketh vrine mitigateth all feuers that come of cold CHAP. XX. Of the gumme Carrana and the medecinall properties of it TAke it and distill it in a retort with the yolkes and whites of egges and there will come forth oile and water the oyle whereof will be blacke and the water red Chilblaines The water of Carranna helpeth Chilblaines and all choppes or clefts in the lippes arising of cold in the winter Sore breasts It is a great ease for the sore breastes of women that giue sucke The oyle worketh wonderfull effects Woâ—â— in woundes of the head arme or legges Annoint a simple wound therewith once or twise Heale quickly and it will very speedily be healed Take a quantitie of this gumme and mixe it with as much of the seede of water cresses and the white of an egge and make thereof a cerote to apply vnto a rupture Rupture wherewith it will in short time be healed all other circumstances being also obserued CHAP. XXI Of liquide Amber and the medecinall vertues thereof TAke liquide amber and distill it in a retort and from thence there will come a red oyle This oyle is vsed against all indispositions of cold Cold and windinesse and moisture or wind The same healeth scabs and is good for woundes Scabs If you annoint the stomacke therewith Comfort the stomacke it will exceedingly comfort the same for it is a thing vncorruptible and like vnto Balsamum The end of the Appendix vnto the former Collection