the Nostrils so the like being pour'd into the Mouth often give help wherefore we often give with good success to Hysterical persons the Tincture of Castoreum Solutions of Assa Foetida and of Galbanum also the Spirits of Harts-horn and of Soot with appropriated Waters Take Spirit of Harts-horn from twelve drops to fifteen or twenty let them be taken in a little Draught of the following Julape Take Water of Penny-royal and Mugwort of each four Ounces Water of Bryony compound two Ounces Castoreum tyed in a Nodulus and hung in the Glass half a Dram double refined Sugar an Ounce Mix them Take Tincture of Castoreum from a Scruple to half a Dram let it be taken in a little Draught of Small-beer Take Assa Foetida or Galbanum two Drams let them be dissolved in Spirit of Wine till a red Tincture be extracted the Dose is a Scruple in two or three Spoonfuls of Water of Featherfew Riverius greatly extols that of Solenander Take Musk Dragons-blood of each a Scruple let more or less be taken in three or four Ounces of Water of Navews Johannes Anglicus commends the Seeds of Parsnips or of Columbines in Wine or an appropriated Water as most certain Remedies If the Fit continuing a long time renders the Person senseless or without any Pulse let smart Clysters as of the Roots of Briony with Carminatives boil'd with them in Water be injected let Frictions be us'd to the Legs and Feet and if we must proceed to stronger things let Cupping-glasses be applied to the Belly or Groin nay and let sneezing be often provok'd it is good for some to give them in the midst of the Fit a Draught of cold Water either simple or in which Camphire has burnt The preservatory Indication comprehends these three chief intents viz. First To take away or to drive to some place else the impurities of the Blood which are apt to be discharg'd on the Brain and Genus Nervosum Secondly To fortifie the Brain and so strengthen the Spirits in it that they either admit not at all the Heterogeneous Combination or readily shake it off Thirdly to amend whatsoever is amiss in the Womb and contributes to the Convulsive Disposition 1. The first Intention is perform'd by Purging and Bleeding and other common ways of Cleansing and Purging the Blood and Humours If there be room for a Vomit I Judge we must always begin with that especially in Cacochymical persons or such as are troubled with the longing disease in whom a mighty load of Viscous Phlegm sticking in the Folds and Coats of the Stomach hinders the vertues of other Medicines Within a few days after the Vomit unless somewhat indicates the contrary let Blood be drawn in Women of a hot temperament presently from the Arm and afterward if need be from the Foot or from the Veins of the Fundament by Leeches but in Bodies troubled with obstructions and less hot let Blood be drawn more sparingly and rarely and only in places seated below the Womb. After these evacuations provided always that they are indicated being duly perform'd let a Purge be given once within six or seven days according to the forms following Take Pil. Foetidae Majores a Dram and a half Rosin of Jalap twelve Grains Tartar Vitriolated Castoreum of each a Scruple Ammoniacum dissolved in Hysterick Water what suffices make twelve Pills for three Doses Or Take Rosin of Jalap eighteen Grains Calomelanos a Dram Castoreum a Scruple make a Powder divide it into three parts for three Doses give it in the Pap of a boil'd Aple or in Conserve of Borage To persons of a Hot temperament a dose of our Extract or Loosning Syrup may be properly given For the revulsion of the Morbisick matter from the Head an Issue in the Leg or Thigh and somtimes Vesicatories Ligatures and Painful Frictions are wont to be us'd Nor must we only have regard here to the cleansing of the Blood and to the Revulsion of its superfluous Dreggs from the Head but likewise to the alteration of its Liquor and the reducing of it to its due Crasis Wherefore in certain Hysterical persons Chalybeats prove beneficial in others Mineral Waters or Whey in some the use of Hot Baths are wont to do mighty good 2. The second intention viz. the rectifying of the Brain and of the Animal Spirits is perform'd by Cephalick and Particularly by Anticonvulsive Medicines and let them be carefully given almost every day when there is no Purging or Bleeding There being various kinds and ways of Administration of such Medicines I shall here give you some of the more choice forms of them Take Faecula of Briony Assa Foetida Castoreum of each a Dram Salt of Coral Amber and of Jupiter of each half a Dram Galbanum dissolv'd in Hysterick Water what suffices made a Mass the Dose is from half a Scruple to a Scruple Morning and Evening Drinking after it a Dose of an appropriated Liquor Or Take seeds of Wild Parsnips and of Nettles of each two Drams Vitriol of Mars a Dram extract of Gentian and Feverfew of each a Dram and a half with a sufficient quantity of a Syrup of Mugwort make a Mass let it be taken to half a Dram after the same manner If the form of a Powder be more grateful Take roots of Virginia Serpentary and Contrayerva of each a Dram and a half Coral prepar'd Pearl White Amber of each a Dram mix them make a Powder the Dose is from a Scruple to half a Dram Morning and Evening with an appropriated Liquour Let Opiates be made after this manner Take Conserves of the Flowers of Lillies of the Valley Male Peony and Betony of each two Ounces Peony Seeds Red Coral prepar'd of each two Drams Powder of Bastard Dittany a Dram and a half Salt of Wormwood two Drams with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Citron Pills make an Electuary The Dose is Morning and Evening the quantity of a Nutmeg After the same manner to the Poor let Conserves of the Leaves of the Tree of Life or of the Leaves of Rue be given twice aday The Liquours appropriated to Hysterical affects and to be Drank after the foresaid Medicines are either Distilled Waters which may be taken by themselves or with others in the Form of a Julape or they are Decoctions or Tinctures and Infusions Take Water of Mugwort and Pennyroyal of each half a Pound Hysterick Water four Ounces Tincture of Castoreum half an Ounce Syrup of Coral an Ounce and a half mix them the Dose is from an Ounce to an Ounce and a half with any of the Medicines above prescribed Take Leaves of Penny-royal Feverfew both Southernwoods Calamint Nep both Horehounds of each a Handful Briony Roots four Ounces parsnip-Parsnip-Seeds two Ounces being Slic't and Bruis'd pour to them of White-wine or Sider six pounds distil them according to Art Take roots of Male Peony Angelica Valerian of each half an Ounce Leaves of Mugwort Ground Pine Calamint Peny-royal Misteltoe
Tablet Sugar an Ounce and a half Juice of Licorice diluted and strain'd what suffices Make a Mass for Troches 7. Tablets TAke Species Diatragacanthi frigidi three Drams Powder of red Poppy Flowers Lac Sulphuris of each half a Dram Sugar dissolv'd in Poppy water and boil'd to a consistency for Tablets four Ounces Make Tablets weighing half a Dram. Take Species Diaireos and of Fox Lungs of each three Drams Flowers of Sulphur Elecampane Roots of each half a Dram White Benzoin a Dram Make a fine Powder and Oyl of Anniseeds a Scruple Sugar dissolv'd and boil'd to a consistency for Tablets eight Ounces Make Tablets weighing half a Dram. 8. Powders THese though seldom yet sometimes are given in a Cough and affects of the Lungs with good success Take of the Reddish tops of ground Ivy what suffices being bruis'd let them be made into a Cake and presently dry'd in the Sun then reduce it into a fine Powder and keep it in a Glass this Plant retains its vertue with its smell and colour excellently well for a long time beyond all Conserves and Syrups and is of wonderful efficacy in a great and obstinate Cough Give from half a Dram to a Dram twice a day with a distill'd water or Pectoral Decoction After the same manner Powders are prepar'd of other Pectoral Plants and are given with good success Take Cup-moss three Drams Lac Sulphuris a Dram Sugar-candy half a Dram Make a Powder the Dose is from a Scruple to half a Dram twice a day This Powder is proper for those that are troubled with a Convulsive or Chin-Cough Take Flowers of Sulphur Olibanum Ceruse of Antimony of each two Drams divide it into twelve parts Give one Mornings and Evenings in a spoonful of some fit Vehicle 9. Pills TAke Aloes Rosat or rather Pilul Ruffi Flowers of Sulphur of each a Dram and a half Flowers of Benzoin a Scruple Juice of Licorice diluted with water of Snails what suffices Make a Mass form it into little Pills let four of them be taken at Night repeating the Dose every Night or every other Night Take Powder of Elecampane Roots Licorice and Flowers of Sulphur of each a Dram Flowers of Benzoin half a Dram Tar what suffices Make a Mass and form it into small Pills the Dose is three or four at Night and early in the Morning Take Millipedes prepar'd two Drams Powder of the Seeds of Nettles and Burdock-seeds of each half a Dram Oyl of Nutmegs drawn by distillation a Scruple Salt of Amber half a Dram Juice of Licorice what suffices Make small Pills let three of them be taken at Night and in the Morning 10. Decoctions THese are taken either by themselves or with Milk added to them Among those of the first kind the Pectoral Decoction according to the London Dispensatory first presents it self which is to be taken twice a day from four Ounces to six or eight Take Leaves of ground Ivy Maiden-hair Harts-Tongue Coltsfoot Agrimony of each a handful Roots of Chervil Butchers-broom of each an Ounce Seeds of Carthamus and sweet Fennel of each half an Ounce boil them in six Pounds of fountain water till half be consum'd adding towards the end either of Licorice three Drams Raisins ston'd two Ounces and six Jujubes or of the best Honey three Ounces Make an Apozeme Scumming off the Froth and Clarifying it with the white of an Egg. The Dose is six Ounces warm twice or thrice a day Decoctions to be taken with Milk are us'd Mornings and Evenings instead of a Breakfast and a Supper according to the manner following Take great Daisie Flowers a handful Snails cleans'd in number three Candied Eringo Roots half an Ounce Barley three Drams boil them in a Pound and a half of fountain water to a Pound Take from six Ounces to eight warm adding as much of Milk and afterwards let the quantity of this be encreased by degrees After the same manner let Cup-moss also the Leaves of ground Ivy St. John's-wort and of other Pectorals be boild and taken with Milk Decoctions of Woods frequently conduce very much to the Cure of an obstinate Cough especially being taken constantly for some time instead of Beer as an ordinary Drink Take Roots of Sarzaparilla four Ounces of China two Ounces red and white Saunders of each half an Ounce shavings of Ivory and Hartshorn of each three Drams Let them infuse according to Art and boil in eight Pounds of fountain water to four Pounds adding to it of Licorice six Drams Raisins ston'd an Ounce and a half In a Phlegmatick or cold Constitution add Raspings of Guaiacum 11. Distill'd Waters EVery Man may make many and different Forms of these as occasion requires and according to the Constitution of the Patient they may choose sometimes Milk alone sometimes Milk with some part of Wine sometimes Ale or Brunswick Beer I shall give you a Specimen of these as follows Take Leaves of ground Ivy Hyssop Pennyroyal of each four handfulls Snails half boil'd in their shells two Pounds Nutmegs slic'd in number six All of them being small shred together pour to them of new Milk eight Pounds Distil them in common Organs the Dose is three Ounces twice or thrice a day by it self or with some other Medicine When it s taken let each Dose be sweeten'd with Sugar-Candy or with Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy. In a Constitution that is not hot especially if there be no fervent heat of the Blood or Praecordia to six or seven Pounds of Milk add of Canary Wine a Pound or two and in a Phlegmatick or Aged Body instead of Milk let the Menstruum be Ale or Brunswick Beer Moreover in the Winter when Snails are not easily or scarce at all to be gotten the Lungs of a Lamb or of a Weather may properly enough supply their place and sometimes also those of a Calf half boil'd and slic'd very small and let them be distill'd with the foresaid Ingredients and added to a fit Menstruum in common Organs or a Rose-still In this Classis where it s treated of a Cough not yet arrived to a Phthisick we may aptly range the Convulsive or suffocating Cough of Children commonly called the Chin-Cough This Disease chiefly assaults Children and Infants and at certain times viz. in the Spring especially and Fall it s usually Epidemical The Diseased have frequent and very cruel fits of Coughing in which the Organs of Respiration do not only greatly labour but likewise being affected with Convulsions variously interrupt suspend or pervert their Actions But for the most part the Diaphragm being seiz'd with Convulsions by it self or by the impuise of other parts obstinately so continues for a very long space sometimes its Contraction and sometimes its Dilatation that Inspiration or Expiration being hindred for a time the Vital Breath can scarce be drawn at all so that the Coughers cry out as though they were strangled and their Countenance turns black through the Stagnation of
First of one troubled with a simple Cough which begins of it self and is free from the suspicion of a Phthisick Some years since I took care of the Health of a Student who from his Childhood had been subject to a Cough and was wont often to undergo severe fits of it and of long continuance he seem'd to be of a pretty strong Constitution only that his lungs being originally weak suffer'd much whenever his blood began to run into serosities in summer as long as a free perspiration lasted he was sound enough but spring and fall when the blood changing its temper either of its own accord or upon some slight occasion offer'd falls into serous fluxions he fell lightly into a Cough accompanied with abundance of thick spittle yet this affect very often vanisht by degrees within six or seven days without any great adoe with Medicines assoon as the mass of blood was purg'd by the lungs But if to the said slight occasion of this Disease other greater Causes were added as chiefly the stoppage of the Pores and errours in Diet sometimes a most violent and obstinate Cough came upon him not soon nor easily yielding to Remedies and threatning nothing less than a Phthisick Then growing ill indeed for the first days he had light shiverings in his whole Body and perceiv'd a Catarrh in his Larynx Afterwards he was troubled with a frequent Coughing accompanied with a thin spittle together with a giddiness deadness of the senses and a dropping at the Nose In this state his best Remedy and often try'd with good success was to drink Sack somewhat freely and as little of any other Liquor as might be for by this means the Acidity and flowing of his Blood being supprest and a more free perspiration rais'd he sound himself very much eas'd and sometimes in a very short space grew well Moreover going to Bed and first in the Morning he us'd to take seven or eight drops of Tincture of Sulphur in a spoonful of Syrup of Violets or of the Juice of ground Ivy Or Take Conserve of red Roses four Ounces Spirit of Turpentine two Drams Mix them the Dose is the quantity of a Chesnut Evenings and Mornings But if these Remedies together with the Canary Antidote and a thin Diet do not do the Disease not being Cur'd by such means runs then to a great length and following him sharply for some Weeks and sometimes Months brings the Diseas'd to a mighty leanness and even to the brink of the Grave For the Cough growing daily worse and very troublesome hinders sleep mightily and interrupts it his strength languishes his appetite is dejected heat and drought press hard upon him In the mean time the Spittle is daily increas'd and cast forth in a vast quantity so that afterwards not only the Serum and dreggy Excrements of the Blood but even the nutritive Juice and the wastings of the solid parts being continually pour'd on the Lungs turn into corruption which is Cough'd forth in abundance but respiration grows difficult the Limbs very weak and the Flesh consumes very much When our Patient was lately ill in this manner we prescrib'd the following Method and Remedies by the continued use of which he at length recovered In the first place a thin Diet being ordered him and Ale or Beer wholly forbidden he took of the following Apozeme about four Ounces twice a day warm and a little of it at other times cold to quench his thirst Take China Roots two Ounces Sarzaparilla three Ounces white and yellow Saunders of each an Ounce shavings of Ivory and Hartshorn of each three Drams Infuse them according to Art and let them boil in eight pounds of fountain water to half adding Raisins of the Sun three Ounces Licorice three Drams Strain it and let it be us'd for ordinary drink Take Tincture of Sulphur three Drams Let him take from seven drops to ten going to rest and early in the Morning in a spoonful of Syrup of Violets or of Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy. When by a long use of this Medicine he began to loath it the following Eclegma was ordered in its stead Take Conserve of red Roses four Ounces Spirit of Turpentine two Ounces Mix them by bruising them together the Dose is about a Dram at the same hours Afterwards instead of this the following Powder was sometimes taken Take Powder of the Leaves of ground Ivy prepar'd in the Summer Sun three Ounces Sugar Candy half an Ounce Mix them the Dose is half a spoonful twice a day with three Ounces of the following distill'd water Take Leaves of ground Ivy six handfuls Hyssop white Hore-hound of each four handfuls the Lungs of a Lamb half boil'd and slic'd small pour to them of Posset-drink made with small Ale eight pounds distil it in common Organs Let the whole Liquor be mingled and when it is us'd sweeten it at pleasure with Sugar Candy or Syrup of Violets To appease the almost continual toyl of Coughing he swallowed now and then the following Troches or a little extract of Licorice Take Species Diatragacanthi frigidi three Drams Powder of the Seeds of Annise Caraway and sweet Fennel of each half a Dram Flowers of Sulphur two Scruples Flowers of Benzoin a Scruple extract of Licorice diluted with Hyssop water what suffices Make a Paste and form it into Troches Or Take Species Diaireos è Pulmone Vulpis of each two Drams Flowers of Sulphur Roots of Elecampane of each half a Dram Oyl of Anniseeds half a Scruple Sugar dissolv'd in a sufficient quantity of Pennyroyal water and boil'd to a consistency for Tablets six Ounces Make Tablets according to art weighing half a Dram let him take one as often as he pleases swallowing it by little and little In the midst of this Course though he had a weak Pulse and was of a cold temperament he was let Blood in the Arm Besides these Remedies a great benefit accrued to him from the fresh Air which he took daily either on Horseback or in a Chariot For by this he first began to recover his Appetite Digestion and Sleep which afterwards were followed by degrees with an abatement of the other Symptoms so that at length he perfectly recover'd He has us'd a method like to this and with the like success as often as till this time he has been troubled with a tedious and stubborn Cough and now though he be wholly free from that distemper yet he is forc'd carefully to avoid all occasions by which the Pores are stop'd or by which a Fusion or Precipitation of the Blood into Serosities is rais'd such are chiefly his going by Water on the Thames and his drinking Acid Liquors as Cider French or Rhenish Wines The foregoing Relation gives you a Type and way of Curing a Cough caus'd through the fault of the Blood and not reaching the limits of a Phthisick Now follows another which Illustrates the nature of the same affect when it proceeds chiefly from the
Spirit of Vitriol of Mars half a Scruple take it after the same manner Take Barley water with madder Roots boil'd in it a pound and a half Put into it when grown pretty cold of red Rose Leaves a handful Add Spirit of Vitriol a Scruple let there be a close and warm infusion for three hours Make a Tincture to the straining add Syrup of the Juice of St. Johns wort an Ounce and a half Take three or four Ounces thrice or four times in a day Take of the Decoction of the Roots of fresh Nettles a pound and a half Seeds of white Poppies and of Henbane of each two Drams Melon seeds pill'd six Drams Make an Emulsion according to Art sweetned with Sugar Penids The Dose is three Ounces three or four times a day 3. Juices of Herbs and Juicy Expressions TAke Juice of Plantain Leaves half a pound Let two or three Drams be taken thrice a day with three Ounces of the distill'd Water above written and sweeten it at pleasure Take Leaves of fresh Nettles Plantain the lesser Daisy of each three handfuls being bruis'd together pour to them of Purslain water six Drams Wring it forth hard take it as the former 4. Powders and Pills TAke Powder of Blood-stone of Dragons Blood ground on a Marble with Rose-water and of Pearl of each a Dram Bole Armeniack Terra Lemnia of each half a Dram Troches of Winter Cherries two Drams Make a Powder divide it into twelve parts let one part be taken thrice a day with the distill'd water above written Take of the Seeds of Henbane and white Poppies of each ten Drams Terra Sigillata red Coral of each five Drams Sugar of Roses three Ounces Make a Powder the Dose is a Dram Morning and Evening This Composition brought into a soft Consistency with some proper Syrup is call'd Helidaeus's Electuary so Famous heretofore in Germany The foresaid Powders may also be made into convenient Pills and Tablets by adding the Solution of Tragacanth or some fit Syrup The spungy Excrescency usually growing to the fruit of the Dog-Rose Tree made into Powders and given twice a day to the quantity of half a Dram is a very good remedy in spitting Blood Take Yarrow bruis'd and dry'd in the Summer Sun what you think good Make it into a fine Powder and keep it in a Glass for Vse The Dose is from half a Dram to a Dram twice a day in a fit Vehicle The Powder of Julius Caesar Scaliger or rather of Serapion is mightily commended The Dose is four Drams twice or thrice a day 5. Lohoch's and Electuaries TAke Conserve of red Roses and of the Dog-Rose of each two Ounces Powder of the Seeds of the white Poppy and of Henbane of each two Drams Species Diatragacanthi frigidi a Dram and a half Blood-stone Sanguis Draconis prepar'd of each half a Dram Syrup of red Poppies what suffices Make an Electuary let the quantity of a Chesnut be taken Evenings and Mornings and at other times suck it with a stick of Licorice Take Conserve of the Flowers of great Comphrey and of Water-Lillies of each an Ounce and a half Troches of Winter Cherries and Diatragacanthum frigidum of each a Dram and a half Syrup of Jujubes what suffices Make a soft Lohoch of which take often with a stick of Licorice Take of the White of an Egg well beaten two Drams Lucatellus's Balsam half an Ounce Troches of Winter Cherries two Drams Syrup of red Poppies what suffices Make a soft Lohoch take the quantity of a Chesnut Morning and Evening The Second Indication being for preservation suggests to us those Remedies which keeping the Blood in a just temper and the Lungs in a due Conformation provide against a relapse of Spitting Blood and an ensuing Consumption such as regard the Blood are either gentle Evacuatives by Seige Urine and Sweat or meer Alteratives Every one of these are wont to be prescrib'd either in the Form of a Drink Powder Electuary or Pills We shall set down some Select Forms of some of the chief of them 1. As to Evacuatives a gentle Purge may sometiems be ordered after this manner Take of the best Sena three Drams Cassia bruis'd with the Fistula an Ounce Tamarinds three Drams Coriander-seeds a Dram and a half Boil them in a sufficient quantity of fountain water to fix Ounces to the straining add Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb an Ounce Clarify it with the White of an Egg. Or Take Gereons Decoction of Senna four Ounces Purging Syrup of Apples an Ounce Mix them and make a Potion For preserving the Blood in a good temper and that its dreggy Excrements deriv'd from the Lungs may be continually discharg'd by Sweat and Urine the following Alteratives or some of them must be constantly taken which being also of a healing Nature relieve Lungs that are infirm or dissolv'd in their Unity For ordinary Drink let it be pure Water especially in a hot Constitution or water a little ting'd with Claret Wine Those with whom this Drink does not agree may use with as good success a Bochet of China and Sarsa with the shavings of Ivory Hartshorn and white Saunders in it or sinall Beer or Ale with the Leaves of Harts Tongue Oak of Hierusalem and the like infus'd in it Let Pectoral Decoctions or Hydromels with temperate Traumatick Herbs be taken twice or thrice a day to six or seven Ounces Take Roots of fresh Nettles and Chervil of each an Ounce Leaves of Harts Tongue Speedwel Mous-ear Ground Ivy St. John's-wort of each a handful Boil them in three pounds of fountain water to two pounds adding Raisms stone'd an Ounce and a half Licorice two Drams to the straining add Syrupus Byzantinus two Ounces Clarifie it with the White of an Egg Make an Apozem to be taken to four or six Ounces twice or thrice a day for a Month. In a cold or Phlegmatick Constitution the Licorice and Raisins being omitted with the Syrup add towards the end two Ounces of the best Clarified Honey strain it and keep it for use The Dose is the same as the former Let these things sometimes be taken betwixt whiles with a distill'd water appropriated to the same end which also may be more frequently taken by some Persons to whom Apozems are nauseous and loathsome Take Cypress Tops Leaves of ground Ivy of each six handfuls Snails half boil'd a pound and a half All the Saunders bruis'd of each an Ounce Being slic'd and bruis'd pour to them of new Milk eight pounds distil it with common Organs The Dose is three or four Ounces with a spoonful of Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy twice a day 2. In respect of the Lungs viz. that the Union of its parts and the due Conformation of the whole may be preserv'd without any obstruction or opening of its Vessels temperate Balsamicks are of chiefest use For this end Lucatellus Balsam is perscrib'd even by the vulgar to be taken constantly and for a
to ensue undertakes the purifying of the Blood and the strengthening of the Lungs for which eads Purges Vulnerary Decoctions distill'd Waters and Physick Drinks are proper Take Gereon's Decoction of Sena with Agarick a Dram and a half three Ounces and a half Purging Syrup of Apples an Ounce Aqua Mirabilis two Drams Make a Potion to be taken once a week with governance Let the Form of the vulnerary Decoction be the same which is prescrib'd for the Empyema after the Incision or because there is no Feaver you may give that Decoction of the shops to four or six Ounces thrice a day Take Fir tops six handfuls fresh Leaves of ground Ivy Hyssop Savory Rocket Hedge-mustard Winter Cress of each four handfuls Sun-flower Seeds six Ounces sweet Fennel-seeds two Ounces Roots of Elecampane and Florentine Orris of each three Ounces being slic'd and bruis'd pour to them of Brunswick or Spruce Beer eight pounds distil it with common Organs Let the Liquor be all mixt and when it s us'd let it be sweeten'd at pleasure with Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy The Dose is three or four Ounces thrice a day Take Roots of Sarzaparilla six Ounces China Roots two Ounces all the Saunders of each six Drams shavings of Ivory and Hartshorn of each half an Ounce Mastick-wood an Ounce being slic'd and bruis'd let them Infuse according to art and boil in twelve pounds of fountain water till half be consum'd adding of Licorice an Ounce Raisins of the Sun four Ounces let the straining be us'd for ordinary drink The Third and Vital Indication prescribes Cordial and Anodine Remedies and a fit Diet The same Forms of Medicines in a manner that are prescrib'd for an Empyema after Incision are proper here Also the same Diet which is ordered in a beginning Consumption and Asses Milk often does good in this case Concerning the Cure of this Disease I have obferv'd that an Issue made in the side has often a very good effect A Gentleman of a middle Age having been always strong and healthy found himself ill without any manifest cause and in a short time fell into a languishing condition losing his appetite sleeping with difficulty was thirsty and had a heat about his Praecordia He was a long time under the hands of some Physicians for the Scurvy and of others as Hectical and after various methods of Cure had been try'd in vain the Disease at length openly discover'd it self For whilst one Night being more restless than usual he toss'd himself very much in his Bed the Impostume within his Lungs breaking on a sudden he threw up by Coughing a vast quantity of Pus which stunk most horribly so that within four or five hours he had thrown up about two pounds Moreover the Cough continuing for above two Months afterwards he daily voided by Spittle of that Purulent thick and mighty stinking matter till his Flesh being consum'd and his strength wholly spent he was decay'd and fallen away to nothing After the Impostume was thus broken we carefully gave him Medicines to cleanse and heal the place where it gather'd and to mundify the Blood and the Lungs and free them from the imminent Consumption Our Tincture and Syrup of Diasulphur together with Pectoral and Vulnerary Decoctions and Distillations also Linctus's and Balsamick Pills were taken day after day in a constant method With these Glisters also gentle Catharticks and Diureticks were interchangeably given Vaporations first then Suffumigations both Sulphureous and Arsenical were also us'd Mornings and Evenings After these things had been carefully followed a long time without any good we concluded to open his Thorax and were soon directed to a place proper for it for on the left side of his Sternum betwixt the fifth and sixth Vertebrae a tumour appear'd Instead of a Cautery I apply'd thereto a Suppurating Plaister and within three days the top of that Swelling became red and soft out of which being open'd the next day after first issued a thin Ichor and a little after a yellow and well concocted Pus and afterwards it continued daily to run in a more plentiful manner and then the stinking Spittle began to abate and within a Fortnight wholly ceas'd the Morbisick matter finding both an easie and more apt passage through that Orifice which at length was chang'd into an Issue and a Pea or a Pill of Wood being daily put into it there came forth continually for a year and a half a plentiful Ichor and in the mean time the Gentleman having wholly got rid of any corruption in his Brest and recovering his strong and fleshy habit of Body became sound in all respects Lastly That Issue being remoy'd to the Arm he has nothing of that Distemper about his Brest nor minds longer any fence against it Shortly after this Cure I was call'd to a Lady of Quality who having been troubled with a Cough and a heat of the Praecordia for many years on a certain day sensibly perceiv'd somewhat broken in her Lungs whilst she was Coughing and presently voided by Spittle a great quantity of meer and stinking Pus after that that Spittle with the Cough notwithstanding any use of Remedies continuing for a Week seem'd rather increas'd than diminish'd I advised that she would permit an Issue to be cut in her side near the place whence she perceiv'd the Pus to arise which she readily giving way to within three days meer Pus such as she Spit forth by her Cough began to run from the open Orifice and afterwards the Morbifick matter finding a sufficient vent by that passage both the Cough and the Spitting of Pus entirely ceas'd and within six Weeks the Patient grew perfectly well After this I was call'd to a robust man a great Drinker who being also affected with an Impostume of the Lungs did Spit forth a great quantity of mighty stinking Pus He would not permit any Issue to be made in his side yet being very free to take all sorts of Medicines he got free at length of that Disease by a long use of them The Medicines which chiefly did him good were preparations of Sulphur wherefore our Syrup and Tincture were given him often every day To these we gave for Vehicles sometimes a Pectoral Decoction sometimes a Pectoral Hydromel sometimes Lime water with the Infusion of Pectoral and Vulnerary Ingredients Moreover Fumigations especially of Sulphureous and Arsenical things gave great Relief CHAP. VII Instructions and Prescripts for the Cure of the Asthma AN Asthma is a difficult short thick and pursy Breathing with a great Agitation of the Brest and for the most part without a Feaver And it s either meerly Pneumonick proceeding from some stoppage in the Vessels that convey the Air or meerly Convulsive arising from some fault in the Organs of motion or mixt when both parts are joyntly faulty As to its Cure there are two Primary Indications or rather so many distinct methods of proceeding viz. the one Curatory the other
ends the following Method and Forms of Medicines may be us'd Take Aloe Rosata a Dram and a half Flowers of Sulphur a Dram Salt of Amber half a Dram Tar what suffices Make Pills in number twenty four take four in the Evening every Night or every other or third Night Or Take Gum Ammoniacum and Bdellium dissolv'd in Vinegar of Squills of each half an Ounce Flowers of Sulphur three Drams Powder of the Leaves of Hedg-mustard and of Savory of each half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Diasidphur or of Oxymel of Squills Make a Mass form it into little Pills and take three every Evening Or Take Millepedes prepar'd two Drams Flowers of Benzoin half a Dram Salt of Amber two Scruples Extract of Elecampane half a Dram Castoreum half a Dram Saffron a Scruple Venice Turpentine what suffices Make a Mass and form it into small Pills take four every Evening and Morning unless when you Purge If Pills are not grateful or the foresaid Medicines will not do then let the following be try'd to free the Lungs from obstruction Take Spirit of Gum Ammoniacum distill'd with Sal Armoniack three Drams Syrup of the Juice of Ivy three Ounces Magisterial water of Snails and of Earth-worms of each an Ounce Tincture of Saffron two Drams Mix them take a spoonful going to Bed and early in the Morning Or Take Tincture of Gum Ammoniacum three Drams The Dose is from fifteen Drops to twenty in a spoonful of Oxymel or Syrup of ground Ivy. Or Take Tincture of Sulphur three Drams The Dose is from seven Drops to twelve or twenty at the same hours with a fit Vehicle After the like manner also other Spirits endow'd with a Volatile Salt and mixt with Pectoral Syrups and Cephalick waters may be usefully prescrib'd Morning and Evening Instead of a Mixture or Asthmatical Julape of distill'd waters of the shops the following Magisterial may be prepar'd to be us'd frequently and upon several occasions Take Roots of Elecampane Florentine Orris Angelica Masterwort of each four Ounces of Briony a pound Leaves of white Horehound Hyssop Savory Penny-royal ground Ivy of each four handfuls fresh Juniper and Ivy Berries of each a pound Lawrel Berries half a pound Seeds of sweet Fennel Caraway Annise Lovage Dill of each an Ounce Cubebs two Ounces long Pepper Cloves Mace of each an Ounce all of them being slic'd and bruis'd pour to them of Brunswick Beer eight pounds distill them with common Organs Let the whole Liquor be mixt and when it s used let it be sweeten'd at pleasure with Sugar or the Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy or with Oxymel Moreover instead of Oxymel or of any common Pectoral Syrup let the following Forms of Medicines be prescrib'd which are more appropriated to an Asthma And in the First place the Syrup of Elecampane invented by Horatius Augenius and afterwards recommended by Platerus Sennertus Riverius and other famous Practitioners shall be set down here and ought to be frequently made use of Take Roots of Elecampane and of Polypody of the Oak prepar'd of each two Ounces Currans two Ounces Sebestens in number fifteen Coltsfoot Lungwort Calaminth Savory of each a handful one large Tobacco Leaf Licorice two Drams Seeds of Nettles and of Cotton-plant of each a Dram and a half boil them in Wine and Honey diluted to a pound and a half and with the like quantity of Sugar make a Syrup Let it be taken either by it self in the Form of a Linctus or a spoonful at a time Mornings and Evenings or put a spoonful of it to a Dose of the distill'd water or Apozeme Take Roots of Florentine Orris and of Elecampane of each half an Ounce Garlick pill'd four Drams Cloves two Drams white Benzoin a Dram and a half Saffron a Scruple being slic'd and bruis'd let them digest warm in a pound of rectified spirit of Wine for twenty eight hours To the straining add of the finest Sugar a pound put it in a silver Bason on hot Coles then the liquor being fired keep stirring it as long as it will burn and then the flame going out it will become a Syrup let it be given after the same manner as the former Moreover in this place we may aptly insert the Decoctions of an old Cock so much commended by famous Physicians both ancient and modern for the Cure of the Asthma These Broaths are of two kinds viz. with or without Purgers and we find various and differing sorts of both amongst Practical Authors though I shall only give you a form or two Without Purgers this is a common Form Take Roots of Elecampane and of Florentine Orris of each half an Ounce Leaves of Hyssop and of Horehound dry'd of each six Drams Carthamus-seeds an Ounce Anniseeds and Dillseeds of each two Drams Licorice slic'd and Raisins cleans'd of each three Drams let them be prepar'd and sewed up in the Belly of an old Cock which must be boil'd in fifteen pounds of fountain water till the flesh falls from the Bones strain it and let it settle The Dose of the clear Liquor is six Ounces with an Ounce of Oxymel simple or if you would have it purge in each draught dissolve fresh Cassia and Manna of each half an Ounce Let it be taken for many days together sometimes for a whole Month. Riverius prescribes a good Form of this sort of Purging Broath Take Roots of Elecampane and of Florentine Orris of each a Dram and a half Leaves of Hyssop and Coltsfoot of each a handful Licorice slic'd Raisins clean'd of each two Drams Figs in number four Senna cleans'd three Drams Roots of Polypody of the Oak Carthamus-seeds of each half an Ounce Anniseeds a Dram and a half Boil them with a third or fourth part of an old Cock according to art and make a Broath for one Dose to be taken in a Morning let it be continued for twelve or fifteen days I shall now give you a Relation of a Person who was subject to fits of this Disease which were meerly Convulsive and of another who was subject to fits of the same which were partly Convulsive and partly Pneumonick A Noble Man of a tall Stature and full and strong grown having bruis'd is left Side by a fall found himself injur'd upon it and afterwards fell into an Asthmatick Distemper so that now and then though at no set times First a pain would seize him about that place and presently after a great straitness of Breath followed with a vehement and long continued straining of all the parts of Respiration so that during the Fit the Patient seem'd to be in the very Agony of Death I was first call'd to him after he had lain ill of such an Asthmatick Fit for two days and was look'd upon as almost past Cure Nevertheless finding his Lungs to be without hurt our Prognostick bid us still hope well and presently other Physicians being joyn'd with me in Consultation it was
himself in danger and having try'd some Medicines without any good effect was advised upon a consultation of Physicians to have his Side open'd Wherefore provision for the whole being made a Chyrurgion apply'd a Cautery betwixt the sixth and seventh Vertebrae and the day following he put a Pipe into the Orifice cut into the Cavity of his Brest upon which presently a thick Liquor whitish like Chyle and as it were Milky issued forth There were only about six Ounces taken from him the first time and the day following as much On the third day somewhat a larger quantity being let forth he was presently seiz'd with a great fainting and afterwards being Feaverish he was ill for a day or two Wherefore till he recovered his due temper and strength it was thought fit to stop the egress of that matter and afterwards a small evacuation only of the same being daily made the Cavity of his Brest was in a manner wholly emptied though he still carries the Pipe in the Orifice with a Tap which being drawn forth once in twenty four hours a little gleeting of humour still issues out In the mean time being well dispos'd as to his Stomack Countenance and Strength he Walks and Rides abroad and performs other exercises which he had been formerly us'd to with vigour enough He us'd not much Physick nor did he need it After the Incision we prescrib'd him temperate Cordials viz. Powder of Pearl Julapes and sometimes Hypnoticks and afterwards a vulnerary Decoction to be taken twice every day By this Method and Form of Medicines continued for some time the Person seem'd to recover his due temper strength and habit of Body nay and to be sound in his Breast yet he still carried the Silver Pipe in the Orifice of his Side out of which an Ichor continually issued And when after some Months this being taken forth that Issue was clos'd up there was a gathering again of the same humour within the hollow of the Breast as was perceivable by the sound and floating of it But afterwards as upon the return of the Disease the same Remedy presented it self and consequently the opening of the Side was ordered Nature as it fell out performing the Office of a Chyrurgion it happened of its own accord and gave way for the matter which was ready to break forth and now he is fain to keep that Orifice constantly open as a sink to prevent that gathering of nastiness in his Brest As to the Cure of the Dropsie of the Brest the Primary Indications as usually in Curing most other Diseases are three viz. Curatory Preservatory and Vital The First endeavours that the Waters gathered in the Cavity of the Breast be some way or other evacuated The Second prevents the gathering of new matter The Third takes care to restore strength and speedily to remove the Symptoms that injure it To satisfy the First Indication there are only two ways or manners of evacuation by which that filthy Mass of Waters may be clear'd forth viz. either that the Vessels of the Breast and Ductus's of the humours being emptied drink up again that Lympha when Rarifyed and then convy it forth either by the way of the Blood or of the Breath or Secondly that the water be all let forth in its proper Species by an Incision of the Side The former way though seldom yet sometimes to my knowledge succeeds For the Texture of the Lungs being spongy within and outwardly very Porous whilst upon every Diastole it is dip'd in the waters lying under it it sometimes imbibes them being converted into vapour and so either returns them to the Blood or exhales them with the Air continually breath'd forth at the Mough that this effect may more readily happen for Curing this Disease Physical Aids are here us'd Therefore for that intent the passates of the Blood Air and humours ought to be emptied as much as may be and to be kept open and free For this end let gentle Purges Diureticks and Diaphoreticks be methodically given by turns also Thoracical and Expectorating Remedies must be us'd Let the Diet be thin and heating and let such a method be ordered in all things which may promote the exhalation of the Blood and cause all the superfluous humours to evaporate I shall set down some Forms of Medicines proper for these purposes Take Roots of Chervil Butchers-broom Polypody of the Oak of each an Ounce Leaves of Agrimony Maiden-hair Oak of Hierusalem ground Ivy of each a handful Carthamus-seeds an Ounce Roots of Florentine Orris half an Ounce Boil them in four pounds of fountain water till a third part be consum'd then add to the straining Sena Leaves an Ounce and a half Agarick two Drams Mechoacan Turbith of each half an Ounce yellow Saunders a Dram and a half Roots of the lesser Galingal a Dram Boil them close cover'd for two hours then strain it add of the best Honey two Ounces and Clarify it with the white of an Egg Make a Purging Hydromel the Dose is from six Ounces to eight in the Morning twice or thrice a Week Or Take Calamelanos a Scruple Rosin of Jalap half a Scruple Balsam of Peru what suffices Make four Pills let them be taken in the Morning repeating the Dose within five or six days Take Tincture of Sulphur three Drams give from seven drops to ten going to Bed and early in the Morning in a spoonful of the following Mixture drinking after it three spoonfuls Take the waters of Snails Earth-worms and Compound Radish water of each four Ounces water of the Juice of Elder-berries fermented a pound Syrup of the Juice of ground Ivy two Ounces Mix them make a Julape Or Take Tincture of Gum Ammoniacum or of Galbanum Give to twenty drops at Night and early in the Morning with the same Mixture Or Take Millepedes prepar'd two Drams Flowers of Sulphur two Scruples Flowers of Benzoin a Scruple Powder of wild Carrot and Burdock-seeds of each half a Dram Venice Turpentine what suffices Make a Mass form it into little Pills take four at Night and early in the Morning drinking after it a little draught of the same Julape At nine a Clock in the Morning and five in the Afternon drink a draught of the water of Quick-lime Compound to four Ounces by it self or with some other appropriate Medicine For ordinary drink take the following Bochete Take Roots of Sarsaparilla six Ounces China two Ounces the Woods of white and yellow Saunders of each six Drams shavings of Ivory and Hartshorn of each three Drams Roots of Calamus Aromaticus half an Ounce Raisins ston'd half a pound Licorice three Drams Let it infuse according to Art and boil it in twelve pounds of fountain water to six pounds strain it I was call'd to a young Scholar at Oxford who had been ill for three Weeks of a pain of his Thorax and of a great difficulty of Breathing that constantly followed him in the Evening which also upon a
when green Herbs are scarce we may prescribe after this manner Take Leaves of Scurvy-grass four handfuls tops of Broom of the Pine-tree and of Juniper of each three handfuls the Middle-bark of Elder and Ash of each four Ounces Roots of Horse-raddish and of Polipody of the Oak of each three Ounces the Rinds of four Oranges and of as many Limons Winters-bark four Ounces being slic't and bruis'd pour to them of White-wine or of Cider or of Whey made with either of them eight Pounds let them be distil'd The simple Water of the Leaves of Aron distil'd in the Spring time is an efficacious Remedy against the Scurvy if three or four Ounces are given twice a day with another Medicine The simple Water of Scurvy-grass pour'd again on fresh Leaves bruis'd and distil'd and so iterated by frequent Cohobations becomes an efficacious Remedy Moreover a hot Spirit of Scurvy-grass is prepar'd after this manner Take Leaves of Scurvy-grass what suffices being bruis'd let it be made into Balls such as are made of Woad for Dying Then let those Balls be kept in a Glaz'd Pot for three or four days very close stopt in a cold place either Water of Scurvy-grass or Wine of the same being pour'd to them and covering them over above four fingers deep Then an Alembick being put on let the whole matter be distill'd Let the distill'd Water being put into a Cucurbit be rectified the hot Spirit will come off first whereof let fifteen or twenty drops be taken in a fit Vehicle 6. Antiscorbutick Wines and Beers I Use to prepare a simple Antiscorbutick Wine of excellent use after this manner In the Spring or Summer-season Take Leaves of Scurvy-Grass gathered in clear and dry Weather what you think good being bruised let the Juice be prest forth and let a Vessel containing three or four Gallons be fill'd a spoonful or two of Yest being put to it let it ferment for two Days then the Vessel being close stopt let it be plac't in a Wine-Cellar for six Months and then let the clear Liquor which will be of an Amber colour like Spanish Wine be drawn out into Bottles and be kept for use it continues good many years The Dose is three or four Ounces twice a Day Physick Wines whereof a Glass or two may be daily taken at Physical Hours or also at Dinner may be prepar'd after this manner Take Leaves of Scurvy-Grass four handfuls Raspings of Horse-radish four Ounces Winters-bark bruised half an Ounce the outward Coats of four Oranges and of so many Limons Let them be put in a Glass with twelve Pounds of White Wine or Rhenish or small Spanish Wine The Vessel being stopt let it be kept in a cold place Let the Wine be pour'd off clear as often as you use it It 's more usual to prescribe a Physick Ale or Beer to Scorbutical persons to be drank constantly for their ordinary Drink Let Beer be prepar'd to fill a Vessel of four Gallons instead of Hops let three Handfuls of Pine or Fir-tops be boiled in it After it has wrought in the Vessel put into it Leaves of Scurvy Grass three Handfuls Roots of sharp pointed Dock prepared four Ounces the Rinds of four Oranges After it has stood a Week to clear let it be expos'd to Drink These kinds of Physick Drinks with other Ingredients may be variously prepar'd according to the Temperament and Affect of the Patient by which kind of Remedy in regard the Physical Particles altering the Dyscrasy of the Blood are forthwith convey'd into its Mass together with those of the Food often much good is done in removing the Cause of the Scurvy But since we have shewn the cause of this as also the Nature of the Disease to be twofold and since the Medicines hitherto proposed regard in a manner only the Salino-sulphureous Distemper of the Blood we must next direct Medicines which are proper in the other viz. the Sulphureo-saline Dyscrasy of the Blood CHAP. III. Of Medicines of each kind of the foregoing forms which have regard to the Scurvy raised in a hot Constitution and in a Sulphureo-Saline Dyscrasy of the Blood IN certain Scorbutical persons the use of Scurvy-grass Horse-Radish Winters-bark and of other smart things and such as are greatly endow'd with a volatile Salt is found to be very offensive wherefore in those kinds of cases where the Morbifick Cause consists in a hot Dyscrasy of the Blood resembling over-fretted Wine temperate Medicines and such as do not exagitate the Particles of the Humours which are apt to boil too much of them selves are indicated Wherefore we shall set down Forms after the same order and running as it were parallel with those before and in the first place we shall give you solid Medicines Electuaries Take Conserve of Brooklimes and Cuckow-Flower made with an equal part of Sugar of each three Ounces Species Diatrion Santalon Diarrhodon Abbatis of each a Dram and a half Ivory powdered a Dram Pearl half a Dram Salt of Wormwood and of Tamarisk of each a Dram with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Coral make an Electuary Take Conserve of Wood-sorrel and of Hips of each three Ounces or Conserve of the Roots of sharp pointed Dock and of the Roots of Cichory of each three Ounces Troches of Rhubarb two Drams Species Diamargariti Frigidi a Dram and a half Bark of Tamerisk a Dram Sal Prunella a Dram and a half Myrobalanes condited in number two with a sufficient quantity of the syrup of the Confiture of Mirobalanes make an Electuary For poor people I use to prescribe this easy prepar'd Electuary Take Leaves of Brooklimes six Ounces of Wood-sorrel two Ounces double refined Sugar eight Ounces let them be pounded adding Powder of sweet Fennel-seeds half an Ounce Ivory powdered two Drams Sal Prunella a Dram and a half with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of the Juice of Brooklimes make an Electuary Confections TAke Powder of the Roots of China and of the Male Peony of each a Dram white and yellow Saunders of each three Drams Ivory a Dram and a half Pearl half a Dram Crabs-eyes a Dram Coral moistened with Juice of Oranges and ground on a Marble two Drams white Tartar a Dram and a half double refined Sugar dissolved in a sufficient quantity of compound Scordium Water six Ounces Make a Confection Take Roots of Eringo and Scorzonera preserv'd of each three Ounces Powder of Aron-roots compound half an Ounce Species Diatrion Santalon two Drams Sal Prunella a Dram and a half with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Clove-Gilli-flowers Make a Confection Powders TAke Powder of the Leaves of Ground-Pine of Aron-roots Compound of each an Ounce and a half Ivory powdered red Coral prepared with Juice of Oranges of each two Drams Tablets of Oranges two Ounces mix them Make a Powder The Dose is a Spoonful twice a day Pills TAke Species Diatrion Santalon and Diamargariti Frigidi of each two Drams Seeds of Citrons and of Carduus
given craftily and the Person not knowing of it let it be put in a crust of white Bread to be taken in Broath or Milk let this vomitory be frequently repeated viz. once within four dayes Take Mercurius Vitae six or seven grains make a Powder let it be given after the same manner The Emetick Tartar of Mynsicht Hercules Bovii and other various preparations of Mercury may begiven after the sme manner Aurum Vitae or the Solar and also the Lunar precipitate are accounted by Chymists specifick Remedies against against Madness and indeed Mercurial Medicines in as much as they work by Vomit and Seige and often also by Sweat Vrine or Salivation prove egregiously beneficial a copious Spitting and of long continuance has perfectly cru'd some mad persons Strong Pruges where the strength and constitution will bear them in as much as they depress the exorbitances of the Blood and spirits and much evacuate the emunctories for receiving the recrements of the Rlood and Nervous juice often give relief also in this Disease For this use preparations of black Hellebore as especially its extract and the Wine of the infusion of its Fibres or the pap of an Apple boyled with the Roots of it sticking in it are very much commended Take extract of black Hellebore Calamelanos of each a scruple make a Bolus Take Calamelanos a scruple Diagridium from twelve grains to fifteen make a Powder Take Confectio Hamec or the Electuary of the Juice of Roses from half an ounce to six drams let it be given in Broth. Take Gereons Decoction of Senna or the Decoction of Epithymum with two drams of the roots of Black Hellebore six ounces make a draught The Pulvis Diasennae two drams let it be taken in Whey In the mean while that these things are done let the preservatory Indication take care of the Cause of the Disease Wherefore with these frequent Purges and Bloodings let alterig Remedies be interlac'd for tempering the Blood and nervous Juice and for reducing them to their due Crases if haply the diseased being obsequious and tractable do not refuse to take such things methodically Take crystal Mineral or Nitre excellently purified two ounces Pearl powdred two drams Sugar-Candy two drams and a half Camphire half a Scruple let them all be ground into a subtle Powder let two drams of this be put in a Glass-bottle holding a quart with Fountain-water or small or mild Beer for ordinary Drink wich may be given at pleasure Let boyling Whey be poured to the Flowers of Violets or Nymphea after an infusion for two hours let it be drank off plentifully Spaw-waters also drank regularly and in a plentiful manner are proper for mad Persons Take fresh and tender tops of Borrage and Bugloss of each four handfuls three mash'd Apples Sal Prunella two drams Sugar half an ounce being bruised together pour to them three pounds of Rountain-water express it strongly let half a pound be taken thrice a day or oftner Take Conserve of the Flowers of Borrage and Violets of each three drams Confection of Hyacinth Alchermes of each two drams Coral prepared a dram and a half Pearl powdred a dram Salt of Coral a dram Syrup of red Poppyes what suffices make an Electuary wherefore let two drams be taken twice or thrice a day drinking after it of the following Liquour four ounces Take Water of Nymphea Borrage Bugloss black Cherryes of each four ounces of red Poppyes six ounces red Rose-water two ounces Camphire tyed in a Nodulus and hung in a Glass half a dram Syrup of Coral an ounce and a half mix them make a Julep Take the yellow Flowers of a Willow what suffises distill them with common Organs repeat the distillation pouring the Water on fresh Flowers by three Cohobations let it be given to four ounces twice or thrice a day sweetning it with Syrup of Nymphaea Take leaves of the Willow Meadow-sweet Burnet Borrage Baum of each six handfuls Flowers of Nymphaea tops of St. Johns Wort of each four handfuls Camphire powdred three drams all being slic'd together pour to them of fresh Milk eight pounds distill it with common Organs Let Sheeps Brains be distilled with milk and let the Water be given to three or four ounces thrice a day Moreover let specifick Remedies be applyed to use of which kind the Decoction of Pimpernell with a purple Flower is famous also the tops of St. Johns Wort and other Decoctions Opiats and powders against Madness well known by all famous Empiricks As to the cure of Madness caused by the biting of venemous or mad Animals since it is in a manner only Empirial and vulgarly known there is no need for us to discourse of it in this place we having also propos'd our Conjectures concerning it elsewhere Again the Decoction or infusion of Apples either crude or boyled in fountain Water the Liquour Tea Emulsions with many other things forms of which we have given in the cure of Melancholy are proper in this case Moreover many other helps besides Blooding are wont to be afforded from Cbirurgery for curing this Disease Cupping-glasses with a Scarification often do good Vesicatories Cauteries both actual and potential are commended by many Some commend Arteriotomy others trepanning and others Salivation But these kinds of administrations besides that they are of a doubtful effect cannot easily and searce with safety come in practice by reason of the intractable disposition of the Diseased Wherefore it would be superfluous here to enquire into the reasons of the relief or Cure to be expected from those things It is good sometimes the Head being shav'd to apply the warm Lungs of a Lamb or Sheep and other fomentations to the Sinciput and now and then to change them But these Epithemes also in regard they cannot be methodically applied and repeated to the Diseased who admit them with reluctancy often do more hury than good 30. The Vital Indication directs how mad persons ought to be handled as to their Government Diet and Sleep In this Disease otherwise than in many others there is no need of restoring for neither ought the strength to be restor'd with Resumptives nor the Spirits with Cordials but on the contrary a suppression or as it were a certain extlnction is to be us'd to both being too exorbitant of themselves resembling a flame as it were burning above measure Therefore let the Dyet be thin and not delicate the cloathing course the lodging hard the dealing with them severe and rigid But Sleep because it is very necessary if it be wholly wanting ought sometimes to be caus'd by giving Remedies for which end the Hypnotick Medicines prescribed before for Melancholy are proper also in this disease those who have an inveterate habitual Madness are seldom put to a Physical cure but being committed to Hospitals for mad Persons by the ordinary discipline of that Place either return at length to themselves or are kept there from doing hurt to themselves or others It
of the Oak of each a handful Seeds of both the Wild Carrots of each three Drams Raisins a handful let them Boyl in four Pounds of Fountain Water till half be Consum'd add of Whitewine two Pound and a half Strain it Let it be kept in Vessels close stopt The Dose is three or four Ounces twice a day Take Seeds of Wild Carrots bruis'd two Ounces Castoreum an Ounce put them in a Glass with two Pounds of White-wine The Dose is two Ounces twice a day 3. As to the third intent which putting a stop to the disorders of the Womb advances the Cure of the Hysterick affect I say in the first place that what was formerly believ'd concerning the Cause of the Disease and the Scope of Curing it viz. That the Womb did Ascend and therefore that it ought to be restor'd to its due place is altogether Fictitious as we have shewn elsewhere The descent or falling forth of the Womb often happens but this seldom or never produces Hysterical affects Moreover a Dislocation of the Womb sometimes happens to Child-bearing Women presently after Child-birth viz. When the body of the Womb being enlarged and newly emptied does not settle in a right place within its Cavity but leans high sometimes to the right side of it sometimes to the left and there being Constring'd like a Purse is folded up in a great Lump which Lump lying a long time in the side of the Inguen is wont to Cause suspicion of another Foetus or of the after Birth being left behind or also of a Scirrhous Tumour there Growing but afterward when upon the Lochia's passing away freely the Womb is reduc't to its due magnitude that Tumour vanishes by degrees And whilst it continues there unless haply the Lochia are thereby stop't it does not cause Hysterick Passions For the quick reducing of this part to its due position Fomentations Liniments and Plaisters contribute much But very often that Symptom passes away of its own accord without any further offence We have shewn elsewhere ex professo to what affects else the Womb is obnoxious after Child-birth and with what methods of Physick we must obviate them As to the other Distempers of this part which happen to other Women viz. to such as do not Bear Children we observe those chiefly to be either a Disease of the Womb caus'd by a Solution of continuity which is either a Tumour or an Ulcer or to be a Stoppage of some usual Excretion viz. either of the Sanguis Menstruus or of the Fluor albus or of the Seminal Humour by reason of the Menses retain'd the Heterogeneous particles being often discharged on the Head Cause Convulsive Passions In like manner when the White Humour is stop't the Excrementitious Matter being drank in again by the Blood is delivered to the Brain and Genus Nervosum Moreover when a wonted evacuation of the Seed is stop't the superfluities of the Nervous Humour Regurgitate into the Brain and infect the Spirits in it with a Morbifick and Explosive Tincture It will not be necessary for us to discourse particularly and at large on these particular affects of the Womb but to Complicate Medicines and Physical Administrations appropriated to Womens Diseases with Anticonvulsive Remedies CHAP. IX Of Affects vulgarly call'd Hypochondriacal which are shewn to be for the greatest part Convulsive and by the by of Chalybeate Medicines AS we have shewn before that the Passions vulgarly call'd Hysterical do not always proceed from the Womb but oftner from the Head 's being affected So though it has been vulgarly held that the affects call'd Hypochondriacal are caus'd for the most part by Vapours arising from the Spleen and running hither and thither yet in truth those distempers are for the greatest part Convulsions and Contractions of the Nervous parts which may better appear after we have considered the Symptoms As to the affects therefore which are vulgarly call'd Hypochondriacal it is to be observed that they chiefly happen to persons of a Melancholick Constitution with a wan aspect and a thin habit of body It is seldom that Disease troubles persons who are well in flesh and have a florid or also an over Phlegmatick countenance About the time that persons come to a set age it discovers itself with manifest signs Men are found to be more frequently obnoxious to this than Women in both being become habitual it is cur'd with great difficulty or searce at all in Women by reason of their weaker Constitution it is attended with far more Convulsive affects Wherefore it is commonly said in this Sex that the Hysterick affect is joyn'd to the Hypochondriacal The Symptoms which are accounted as belonging to this Disease are commonly very many and of a differing Nature nor have they in all a like Origine or the same mutual dependance on each other For we see that in these the Viscera of the Belly in those the Praecordia in others the Confines of the Brain are most affected in a great many but not in all the Stomach much Labours as to appetite it has often too much of it but is presently opprest by what is taken into it and when the food through slowness of Concoction tarries a long time in it the Saline particles of it being rais'd to a state of flowing pervert the whole mass of the Chyle into a Pap sometimes Acid or Austere sometimes Salt or Tart Hence a Cardialgia a mighty store of Flatus's a Rumbling and a frequent Vomiting ensue and because through a defect of a Pneumatosis the Chyme is not volatilis'd throughout and carryed forth but a Mass of Viscous Matter sticking to the Coats of the Stomach is left behind an almost continual Spitting molests them a distention in the left Hypochondre and often there and under the Ventricle a violent beating is felt and there pains every where arise which shoot here and there at random and miserably torture the person with a certain pungent Pain for many hours Mean while from the Contractions of the Membranes and the Fluctuation of the Flatus's thence rais'd Croakings and Rumblings are produc't So in the Thorax there is often a great Straitness and Constriction so that the Breathing becomes difficult and painful upon any motion nay farther in some very terrible Astmatick Fits supervene Moreover the diseas'd are wont to complain of a Trembling and palpitation of the heart with a mighty oppression of the same also frequent Failings of the Spirits and danger of Swooning come upon them that the diseased always think Death at hand In this Region about the Membranes and especially the Mediastinum an acute Pain which one while is determin'd in one part another while is extended to the Shoulder is a familiar Symptom of this Disease But in the Head an Iliad of Evils for the most part troubles Hypochondriacal persons to wit most violent Pains Periodically returning arise also Scotomia's frequent Giddiness Obstinate Watchings a Fervency and a most troublesome Fluctuation of thoughts