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A28996	Medicinal experiments, or, A collection of choice and safe remedies, for the most part simple and easily prepared very useful in families and fitted for the service of country people : the third and last volume, published from the author's original manuscripts : whereunto is added several other useful notes explicatory of the same / by ... R. Boyle ...	Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.	1694 (1694)	Wing B3992; ESTC R1739	19,675	120

Tooth-ach Page 12.21.27.36 Tooth Hollow Page 27.36 Teeth to fasten Page 68 Tumors from sharp Humours Page 8 Tettars to kill Page 44 U URine to provoke Page 25.83 Viper Biting Page 29 Vrine supprest Page 25.30 Vapours of the Spleen Page 31 Vlcers an excellent Medicine Page 34 Vlcers Scrophulous Page 40 Vvula relax'd Page 59.89 Vlcers and Sores Page 49 Vitriolate Eye-water Page 69 W WEakness to help Page 67 Womb-Madness to cure Page 19 Womb to cleanse Page 18 Womb of a Puerpera to cleanse Page 10 Wounds Green to heal Page 39 Whites in Women Page 48.87 These following BOOKS Published by the Honourable Author and Printed for J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1. A Free Inquiry into the vulgarly receiv'd Notion of Nature 2. A Disquisition about the final Causes of natural things with Observations about vitiated Sight 3. The Martyrdom of Theodora and Dydimus 4. The Christian Virtuoso 5. Experimenta Observationes Physicae with a Collection of strange Reports 6. A Natural History of a Country great and small for the Use of Travellers and Navigators 7. His Seraphick Love Books printed for J. Taylor DR Salmon's Practical Physick Dr. Yworth's new Art of Brewing His whole Art of Distillation Logick or the Art of Thinking Lord Viscount Shandon's Moral Essays His Characters and Discourses His Letter to an Atheist Acquaintance Dr. Salmon's with Dr. Sydenham's and Monsieur Blanchard's new Method of caring the French Disease Loue 's whole Art of Surveying Strodes's easy Method for the Art of Dyalling Plutarch's Morals 5 Vol. english'd by several Hands Culpepper's Directory for Midwives Kirkwood's new Family-Book with an Epistle by Dr. Horneck Abbady's Truth of the Christian Religion english'd Gouge's Words to Saints and Sinners His Christian Directions Counsellor Manner's Legacy to his Son Ryder's new Practice of Surgery Evelyn's French Gardiner with Cuts Gilbert's Florists Vade mecum Baxter's Call to the Unconverted Osborn's Works Divine Moral Historical and Political Virgilius Notis Minelii Quintilian's Declamations english Legrand's Historia sacra Newton's compleat Arithmetician The Modern Courtier Miracles perform'd by Money a Poem The Humours of a Coffee-house a Poem Foxes and Firebrands A Defence of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary Strode of Combinations c. The Swordsman's Vade mecum by Sir William Hope Dyer's Works Vanity of the Creature Publick Devotion by Mr. Camfield A Collection of Choice and Safe REMEDIES VOL. III. 1. A good Medicine for a newly taken though violent Cold. TAke about four Ounces of Spring-water and in a convenient Vessel put to it three Leaves of good Tussilago Coltsfoot and a pugil of Maiden-hair and a Stick of Liquorish for bigness and length like the furthest Joynt of the Little-finger make the Water warm and when 't is ready to boil put in the forementioned Ingredients the Liquorish being first slic'd and minc'd cover the Pot well let it boil for a few walmes then take it off the Fire and having presently strain'd it let the Patient drink it hot like Tea he being already in Bed do this three or four Nights consecutively or till there be no more need of the Medicine 2. A good Water for Eyes that are foul and pain'd by sharp Humours TAke prepared Pearl and Coral Ana one scruple Aloes Cabalina finely pouder'd three grains red Rose-water and Succory-water Ana one ounce mix them well and if you would have the mixture stronger put in a very few grains of Trochisci alli Rhasis in very fine Pouder 3. A good Medicine for Pain of the Teeth that comes from Rheum OF the Pouder of white Helebore put into a clean Linen Rag like a Nodule of about the bigness of the largest sort of Peas or somewhat greater and let the Patient hold it between his Teeth with his Head and Face somewhat inclined that the Rheum may run freely out of his Mouth 4. An Experienced Sternutatory to clear the Head LEt the Patient snuff up in the Morning fasting a small Spoonful or less of the clarify'd Juice of Haedera terrestris i.e. Ground-Ivy or of Beets spitting out from time to time as much Liquor as comes into his Mouth 5. An often try'd Remedy for the Dysentery and sharp Fluxes of the Belly GIve from fifteen to twenty grains of carefully made Mercurius Dulcis incorporated with about two ounces of Catholicon or else with about one scruple of toasted or somewhat less of untoasted Rhubarb See Numb 1. 6. A good though uncommon Medicine for the Dropsie TAke Virginian Snake-weed a sufficient quantity and having cut and slic'd it very small infuse it into a competent quantity of good Sack till the Liquor be very strongly impregnated with the Plant. Of this Infusion let the Patient take three four or five Spoonfuls at a time or more if the case be urgent when the Stomach is empty See Numb 2. 7. An often Experienced Medicine for Blood-shot or Inflamed Eyes CUt a new-laid Egg boiled hard into two halfs without taking out the Yelks and apply one of these considerably warm but not too hot to the part affected and keep it on for some hours six or eight if it need so long Note well To the same purpose you may apply with good effect a Poultis made of a rotten Apple the cold being first quite taken off See Numb 3. 8. An Excellent Remedy for a Burn or Scald in the Eye TAke Mucilages of Quince-seed Fleawort Linseed and Fenugreek-seed of each one scruple boil it but very lightly in four ounces of Betony-water filter it and apply it to the Part. 9. A good and innocent Dentrifice TAke Mastich and Dragon's-blood of each a sufficient quantity pouder them and mix them together and let the Patient use them as a Dentrifice See Numb 4. 10. To Correct the Laxity of the Gums and fasten the Teeth TO a Pint of Red or Claret Wine take about two drams of Japan Earth and having dissolv'd so much as you can pour off the clear and let the Patient wash his Mouth therewith from time to time 11. An uncommon but effectual Fomentation for Tumours accompany'd with sharp Humours TO a Gallon of Spring-water put as much dry'd Sage as you judg will afford a Decoction strong enough of the Herb. Into this when it first grows hot cast about two ounces or some drams of Castle-Soap and let it dissolve there till your Decoction be compleated With this and Stuphes foment the part for a good while together 12. A rare Medicine for Hysterical Affections and several Distempers of the Genus Nervosum TAke one ounce or a sufficient quantity of Volatile Salt of Harts-horn which need not be exactly pure and drop on it as much Spirit of Tartar as will serve to satiate it when the conflict is quite ceas'd Digest the mixture for a while that it may acquire a red Colour and keep it carefully stopt for Use and give four or five drops twice a day in any convenient Vehicle 13. An often prov'd Remedy to

well Then beat it and the Herb together to a kind of Poultis and apply it warm but not hot to the part affected and bind it thereon letting it lie all Night or if you use it in the Day time for six or eight hours 35. An useful Drink for the Kings-Evil and some Affections that have the like Causes to it TAke a large handful or two little Physical handfuls of the Leaves of Ground-Ivy green or if the Season denies you them well dry'd wash off the Dust with Beer not Water and put the Herb into a Gallon of Ale-wort when 't is ripe for drinking draw it out into Bottles and let the Patient take a draught of it twice or thrice a day or if it be thought fit he may use it at Meals See Numb 6. 36. An often experienc'd Remedy to expel Gravel and provoke supprest Urin. KIll a black Cock or Hen rather than one of any other colour take out the thick Membrane or Skin that lines the Gizzard or Stomach and having wip'd it clean dry it cautiously so as it may be beaten to pouder With this mix an equal part or half so much of choice red Coral calcin'd Of this mixture give from twenty or thirty Grains to forty or fifty Grains See Numb 7. 37. An approved Remedy for the Kings-Evil SEt a quart of new Milk on the Fire till it just boils up then take it off and put into it two spoonfuls of the best Honey and stir it till it be dissolved And then set it on the Fire again and let it boil two or three walms Then divide it into four parts and drink one part warm early in the Morning another about ten of the Clock another about four in the Afternoon and the last a little before Bed-time Do this daily for two or three Months except you purge which must be once a Week taking if a grown Man three quarters of an ounce of Caryo-costinum dissolved in Posset-drink Dress the Sores if they run with any drawing Sear-cloth or a Plaister of Burgundy-Pitch The Medicine though not very promising is very famous by the many Cures done with it by a charitable Lady of whose Ingenious Chaplain I procur'd it 38. A good Composition to stop a hollow Tooth and appease the Pain TAke two parts of fine Sugar that of Lisbon does best and one part of black round Pepper both finely pouder'd and mixt put them into a Silver spoon over two or three well-kindled Coals and when the Sugar begins to melt take off the Spoon and whilst the mixture is yet soft form it into little grains for size and shape suted to the part affected 39. A Plaister prefer'd by an old Physician that often try'd it to the common Soap Plaister MIx about one dram of Castle-Soap with one ounce of Diachylum and make thereof a thin Plaister to be worn upon the part affected 40. An Excellent Liquor to be used Topically in Gleetings TAke four ounces of Spring-Water or Plantane-Water and dissolve in it about one scruple of the Sympathetic-Pouder or so much as will give it a sensible yet but faint Vitriol-like taste And of this mixture inject as much as is usual of a small Syringe every Morning and Evening as long as need require directing the Patient to retain the injected Liquor as long as conveniently he can 41. An approved Medicine in the biting of a Viper TAke of white Horehound and apply the Plant well beaten into the form of a Poultis to the part affected and give the Patient a spoonful or two of the Juice of the same Herb to drink 'T is also very good for the Jaundice 42. An almost specific Medicine for the suppression of Urin. TAke of Stoechas Citrina in English French Lavender and infuse in a good heat two handful of the Flowers in a pint of good Brandy not rectify'd Spirit of Wine and of this infusion give about a small Wine-glass-full at a time diluted if there be great need with a sufficient quantity of some appropriated Liquor 43. For an Ague often try'd BOil Yarrow Mille-folium in new Milk till it be tender enough to have a Cataplasm made of it Apply this to the Patient's Wrists just when the cold Fit is coming on and let it lie on the parts till the Fit be gone and if another Fit comes use fresh Cataplasms as before 44. An useful Plaister for those that are troubled with Vapours of the Spleen and shortness of Breath when 't is a Nervous Affection TAke two parts of strain'd Galbanum and one part of Asafoetida and make thereof according to Art a Plaister of about the bigness of the Palm of one's Hand taking care to leave a broad Edg quire round to prevent its sticking to one's Linen and putting a pretty large piece of Cotton in the middle that the Gums may not touch the Navel to which the Plaister is to be apply'd 45. A slight but excellent Medicine to take off Fits of the Head-ach TAke about a handful of fresh Rosemary and boil it for a pretty while in a quart of common Water then almost fill with it a pint Pot or rather a Mug let the Patient cover his Head and Face with a Napkin so that he may receive the Steam as hot as he can well bear and keep the Vessel there as long as he finds the Steam strong enough 46. An easie and try'd Medicine for the Itch Praenissis Universalibus BOil four Ounces of clean Quick-silver in about a Gallon and a half of Spring-water and let the Patient take of this between a quarter and half a pint at a time aromatizing it if he pleases with a little Lemon-peel 47. An easie Medicine to purify and sweeten the Blood TAke the Minera of Hungarian or other choice Antimony and having ground it to very fine Pouder without suffering it to touch any Metal give of this dry Alcohole from ten Grains to a Dram giving it once a day and unless some particular reason disswade that time let it be at Dinner that it may mingle with the Patient's Meat in his Stomach 48. A cheap but excellent Medicine for Ulcers TAke one dram at least of Corrosive Sublimate finely pouder'd dissolve it in a quart of fair Water and let it lie there if you have leisure four or five days in a light Digestion that it may be throughly dissolved Then drop in it as much Spirit of Sal-Armoniac or as much Oyl of Tartar per deliquium as will precipitate it all Then filter it carefully and keep it stop'd for use which is to imbibe Dorsels or Plagets with it and apply them to the Ulcer twice or thrice a day 49. An easie and innocent Medicine for Costiveness BOil in as much Broth as will serve to fill a large Poringer about half a handful of the Leaves of common Mallows chop'd and of this Broth being strained let the Patient make the first part of his Meal See Numb 8. 50. For the Aching of a hollow Tooth

TAke Oil of Wax and with it moisten well a little Cotton and thrust it up into the hollow Tooth letting it lie there till the pain be sufficiently asswag'd 51. An often try'd Medicine for the Bloody-Flux being good also for Pleurisies GIve the weight of an Escu D'or or near one dram of the Seed of Sophia Chirurgorum in English Flax-seed in two or three spoonfuls of any convenient vehicle once or twice a day 52. The Cinamon Drink good in Gripes and Fluxes c. TAke two ounces of calcin'd Hart's-horn pouder it and boil it in three pints of Spring-water till a pint be wasted then take it off the Fire and infuse in it an ounce and half of good Cinamon setting it upon Embers in a cover'd Vessel for about an hour Then sweeten it with Sugar to your Palat and drink about a quarter of a pint at a time If taken for prevention only a fourth part of the Cinamon will serve the turn See Numb 9. 53. An easie but useful Medicine for redness of the Eyes TAke a Blanch'd Almond and about three Grains of Camphire and in a Glass or a Marble Mortar incorporate them by wary grinding and then add to them little by little two or three ounces of red Rose-water still grinding them till the whole be brought to a kind of Emulsion Drop a little of this into the part affected See Numb 10. 54. A most excellent Balsam for any green Wound of what Nature soever OYl of St. John's-wort and Venice-Turpentine of each a like quantity set them over the Fire in a gentle heat half an hour or less that they may incorporate Then put them up and keep it for use as one of the best of Balsams 55. A good Medicine for suppression of the Menses GIve for three Mornings together about the expected time of the Monthly Evacuation a dram or dram and half or thereabouts of the Gauls and Livers of Eels dry'd and made into Pouder 56. An experienced Remedy to prevent Apoplectic Fits MAke at the crossing of the Sutures and Issue with Diapalma and Oil of Vitriol and keep it open the ordinary way 57. To dry up or correct the Humour that makes Scrophulous Ulcers TAke of the Bone of the Cuttle-fish and having reduc'd it to an impalpable Pouder give about one dram of it at a time in any convenient vehicle 58. An effectual Medicine for a recent Strain TAke a handful of Wormwood-Leaves and boil them in strong Ale till the Consumption of about a third that you may reduce them to the Form of a Cataplasm which when you take from the Fire you must strengthen by putting into it two or at most three of Brandy and apply it very warm renewing it if need be in twenty four hours at least See Numb 11. 59. For a slight Inflammation of the Eyes as also a Hordeum growing on the Eye-lid TAke fresh Housleek and having pouder'd it very well to a kind of Cataplasm cover as much as is needful of it for example sake to the thickness of a half-Crown or a Crown-piece in the fold of a Rag or Linen-cloth that may be so apply'd that the Cataplasm may reach the Eye and the rest of the Cloth be fastned about the Patient's Head Let the Medicine lie on all Night and be taken off the next Morning Repeat this Application two or three times in case there be need 60. For most Astmatic Distempers TAke of the Roots of Elecampain thinly slic'd one ounce of the Leaves of Ground-Ivy a good handful Boil these in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then strain the Decoction sweeten it with a little live Honey and let the Patient take it five six or seven spoonfuls at a time Note well Remember the efficacy of Saffron in the same Disease as 't is commended by Mr. Ray in his Catalogue of Plants See Numb 12. 61. For an Ague TAke of the Bone call'd Patella of the Knee of a dead Man and having reduc'd it to fine Pouder give of it as much as will lie upon a Groat or a Six-pence for one Dose in any proper Conserve or fit Vehicle at a convenient time before the cold Fit 62. An experienced Medicine to kill Tetters TAke of Flowers of Brimstone Ginger and Burnt-allum of each alike mingle them well and of this mixture incorporate as much with new unsalted Butter as is requisite to bring it to the consistence of an Unguent With this anoint the part affected as hot as the Patient can well endure it and let it stay on all Night and the next Morning wash it off with Celandine-water But when the Patient goes to Bed he is to take a Dose of some Alexipharmacal Medicine as Gascon's Pouder Treacle c. to keep the Humour from being driven into the Mass of Blood He is also to bathe the part oftentimes in a day with the Celandine-water 63. To make a good Pouder for a Gonorrhaea TAke of choice red Coral and of Mastich equal parts reduce them separately to fine Powder Mingle them very well and of this mixture give about thirty or forty Grains for one Dose 64. A choice Medicine for a slight Stroke or Bruise of the Eye TAke two spoonfuls of Fennel-water or of Betony-water and drop into it three or four drops or five at most of good clarify'd Honey shake them well together and use them twice or thrice a day But you must have a care to make this mixture fresh once in four or at most in five days especially in Summer for if it be longer kept 't will be apt to grow sowr 65. An often try'd external Medicine for an Erysipelas TAke the Blood of a Hare 't is best if kill'd by Hunting in March and if you can have it fresh anoint the part affected with it otherwise apply on it a Linen Rag that has though a good while ago throughly imbib'd the fresh Blood of that Animal and dry'd in the Air. But if the imbued Linen be too hard or stiff it must be softned with a little fair water and then the cold taken off apply'd to and bound upon the part See Numb 13. 66. An Emperics much boasted Remedy for the Fluor Albus or Whites in Women MAke a strong Decoction of the Herb Alchymilla in English Ladies-Mantle and let the Patient drink of it about half a pint every Morning fasting and if the case be urgent make an Injection of the same Plant boil'd till it be very tender and let the Patient make use of it from time to time See Numb 14. 67. An excellent Water for Ulcers and Sores try'd with great Success TO a quart of Spring-water take one dram of Mercury sublimate finely pouder'd and when 't is quite dissolved drop into the Solution either Spirit of Sal Armoniac which is best or Oil of Tartar per Deliquium till you see that no more will manifestly precipitate This done filter the mixture through Cap-paper and reserve the Precipitate for other uses The Liquor