the Sea nor the fish upon the land nor your nature continue long in an unnatural way against her self Are you composed of natural principles and will you not live conformable to what you are do you not live by natures assistance and natural means and do you think to continue long in a Counter-motion against the nature of your Composition they that invert natures course preposterously promiscuously in congruously using the necessary conservatives of life not onely are deprived of their benefit but also receive a positive hurt disordering the constant regular motions in the body and discomposing the harmonious and sociable temperaments of the parts There is a rule therefore method measure and season in all the requisite supports and auxiliary helps belonging and necessary unto life or lawful actions and customes whatsoever which duely observed are of much advantage for the preservation of the body in its true natural state vigour and prolongation of being but other wise a methodically and inordinately used disturbs natures course uniformity and regularity of operations raiseth unnatural motions commotions and cessations introduceth disorders and disjoynes the frame of nature accelerates and hastens the dissolution of the body The Impediments of long Life AN infirme and weak constitution from the Wombe derived from tender imbecile and infirm parents Irregular and unfit tractation of Infants whose tender bodies are soon discomposed and disordered by bad Nurses their erronious customes and the ill proprieties of their milk Noxious and intemperate Aire Irregular eating and drinking Immoderate and unseasonable exercise motion or labour Too much or unfit rest Sleeping and waking in extreams Immoderate Venus Undue excretion and retention of Excrements Inordinate passions and perturbations of mind All unnecessary and bad customes Hygiastic Precautions and Rules for the preservation of Health and prolongation of life Of Aire AIre is so necessary to life that without it we cannot subsist which surrounding us about and being continually suckt and drawn in must needs affect the body with its conditions and properties and by observation you may finde the body by the various constitutions and changes in the air to be variously affected well and ill disposed of which infirme parts are most sensible that they prognosticate before an alteration come the minde also by the mediation of the spirits is drawn into consent and hath its dispositions and variations when the Aire is close thick and moist the spirits are more dull heavy and indisposed but at the appearance of the Sun and a serene sky the spirits are unfettered vigorous and active the minde more cheerful airy and pleasant The Spirits are of an aetherial nature and therefore do much sympathize with the present constitution and change of air for of the air drawn in by the motion of the vital parts are the vital spirits augmented supplied continually by the peculiar ferment and operation of the heart therefore the pureness of the aire makes much for the purity of the spirits A gross impure and noisome aire obtunds and deads the spirits makes a slow pulse obstructs the pores and hinders ventilation generates superfluous humors and causeth putrefaction A serene sweet thin Aire perfumes and purifies an unwholsome body cherisheth the heart makes a lively pulse and much encreaseth the vital spirits rarifies and volatizeth a gross coagulate blood opens the pores for transpiration of putrid and offensive vapours acuates and sharpens the appetite and helps digestion The best aire and most agreeable to temperate bodies is in temperate climates for heat cold wet and dry not subject to sudden and violent changes as in some parts of America and other Countries very frequent not gross and turbulent infected with putrid vapours and noxious exhalations from stinking ditches Lakes Boggs Carrions Dunghills Sinks and Vaults for which causes great Cities and the adjacent places are not so healthful nor the people so long liv'd Change of Aire somtimes is very necessary for the conservation of health the recovery of it declining and lost for temperate bodies by an intemperate aire shall gradually and in time become intemperate intemperate bodies by the contrary intemperate Aire shall be reduced to temperature at least shall conduce much and be very Auxiliary for the reduction Therefore bodies declining from exact temperature are best preserved in that Aire opposite to their declensions as Cholerick hot and dry bodies in a moist and coole aire Phlegmatick cold and moist bodies in a dry and warme Aire It is not therefore of small moment in what place you live and more especially such who labour of or are more subject to any pectoral infirmity for the Lungs being of so tender a substance and porous continually drinking in the aire is most apt to receive impressions from it according to the qualities it is pregnant with and infested and many diseases of the breast arise from this sole cause and many exasperated by it and continued hence it is Asthmatick Phthisical and Consumptive persons shall not be cured in some places but may have cure in another Be cloathed according to the Clemency season and temperature of the Aire your age and habit of body leane and thin bodies pervious corpora rarae texturae and whose skin are loose and lax may wear thicker cloathing because such are more perspirable do magis emittere transpirare and are also more penetrable and subject to injury of the Aire Fat and fleshy people and whose bodies are solid firm and hard are more impenetrable and impervious and may wear thinner Garments Infants and children lately cherished in the stove of the wombe being of tender soft bodies and porous are easily exposed to the prejudice of the Aire Vigorous youth and middle age being accustomed to all weathers whose spirits abounding do strongly resist and keep out the assaults and injuries of an offensive Aire may best indure hardship Old age whose natural heate is abated and spirits exhausted stands in need of good defensatives against external cold and to cherish internal heat Observe the seasons and changes of the Aire and be then most careful for at such times you are in most danger to exchange health for sickness hence it is that Spring and Autumne abounds most with diseases the Air then assuming new qualities opposite to its former constitution sets new impressions upon our bodies which occasions the various aestuations and turgid fermenting of humours producing divers symptomes according to the variety of their nature the organical difference office and constitution of the several parts The Sun being risen and the aire clear open your Chamber-windowes that the fresh Aire may perfume your Room and the close Aire and inclosed vapours may go forth Bad smells and putrid vapours being drawn in with the Aire are very injurious to the Lungs and vital parts contaminating the spirits and impressing upon the ferment of those parts their tetrid nature are oftentimes the original of a Consumption and if the Lungs be weak and infirme are more apt to
but generally the body is to be accounted in a better or worse state and condition as the humor issuing is better better or worse thin sharp bloody or fowle smelling strong or stincking much in quantity declare the body to be cacochymical and foul the humors depraved and degenerate and require the issue to be continued but the matter issuing white resonable thick sweet little in quantity and not sharp causing pain nor inflamation about the place are good signes and shew soundness of body the humors to be in their natural condition amicable and friendly to the body and permit an Issue to be closed up but let due purgation immediately succeed and a spare dyet BELLUM NECESSARIUM SIVE MEDICUS BELLIGERANS The Military or Practical Physician reviewing his ARMORY Furnished with Medicinal Armature and Weapons offensive and defensive Anatomically fitted and appropriate To the Head Capital Pills Cephalic essence Lungs Pectoral Electuary Balsamic Extract Heart Cordial Tincture Bezoardic Confection Stomack Stomack Pills Digestive Elixir Spleen Mesentery and Liver Cachectic Fills Scorbute Tincture Hydropic Pills Hydropic Powder Guts Aperitive Powder Retentive Powdex Reins and Bladder Nephritic Extract Nephritic Powder Dysuretic Powder Genital Parts Restaurative Essence Hysterical Pills Expulsive Powder Restringent powder Joynts Arthritic Pills Skin Cosmetic Water Powder of Saturn Miscellaneous Italick Pills Neapolitan Pills Haematic Powder Febrific Elixir Sarcotic Pills Sudorific Pills Sympathetic powder Issue Cerecloth The Vertues use and Doses of each Medicine For the Head THE Capital Pills are appointed for infirmities of the brain and nerves and evacuates noxious humours that molest and hinder the exercise of the rational faculty or obstruct and impedite the free operation of the sensitive whereby the animal spirits are alleviated the ventricles of the brain and organs for sence freed from obstructions Conducing much to the cure of infirmities afflicting the head and nerves as lethargies apoplexy and soporiferous diseases Convulsions epilepsy palsies vertigoes tremors pains of the head rhumes dul sight or hearing Take them after your first sleep or halfe the dose when you go to bed the rest at 5 or 6 of the clock next morning in so doing you will not be called up before your due time to rise When you are up drink some warm posset-drink and walk about the house Eat at noon thus do 3 or 4 dayes together for they operate gently The Dose for men and women is 5 or 6 Pills for 14 years old 4 Pills The Cephalic essence is specifickly appropriate to the head effectually resisting the infirmities thereof and strengthening the brain and nerves of special use for such as are cataleptick epileptick apoplectick paralytick that have a cold or moist braâ—n sunject to rhumes Convulsions remblings or weakness of the nerves vertigoes paines of the head it strengthens a weak memory weak eyes amends dull hearing if the defect be not organicall It quickens and raiseth the spirits in somnolent drowzy persons makes them more acute and vigilant and roborates the animal faculty To be taken after the Capitall Pills if both be used Take it in the morning fasting thus Drop it upon fine powdered sugar and take it upon a knifes point then drink a draught of what liquor is most agreeable and proper for you eat an hour after and go abroad Also you may apply it to the nose profitably Whereby the vertue is received into the head The Dose for men and women is 2â— drops for children and infants so many drops as they are years old If under a year old only apply it to the nose as aforesaid and also to the temples Shake the bottle when you use it For the Lungs THe infirmities most incident to the Lungs are 1. A thin sharp rheum irritating and provoking the Lungs to expulsion by coughing which oftentimes procures an exulceration and spitting of bloud and from hence a Consumption may insue 2ly A grosse indigested flegm stopping the vessels of the Lungs and pipes for respiration causing difficulty of breathing wheezing and coughing which is called an Asthma 3ly A Consumption or Ulcer of the Lungs which in the beginning not so easy to be discovered but to be known by these signs An obtuse or heavy pain in the breast short breath frequent coughing and destillation upon the Lungs In time is made more manifest by spitting of purulent matter an ulcerous and more sharp pain in the breast a putrid Feaver the cough more vehement imbecillity and weaknesse of all the faculties c. For the infirmities aforesaid the Medicines following are effectual and peculiarly appointed The Pectoral electuary stayes defluctions of sharp thin rheums that invade the Lungs Mitigates their acidity and saltness which indangers Corrosion spitting of bloud and a Consumption checks the violence of coughing and easeth the breast it helps a dry cough loosens flegm and helps expectoration procures rest and respite from coughing in the night To be taken at any time the quantity of a nutmeg or more but chiefly at night and morning in bed The Balsamic extract is most effectual in restoring weak decayed Consumptive or ulcerated Lungs purifies and clenseth the breast from putrid matter that causeth the breath to stink or be ill savoured defends the Lungs from tetrid maligne vapours internally generated or externally received inducing a vitious depraved constitution of the Lungs or promoting a Consumption roborates and strengthens the Lungs firmly resisting an haereditary Phthisical consumptive disposition subject to some families Opens obstructions stoppings in the breast from Crude viscous phlegm stuffing the pipes of the Lungs and vessels for respiration helps old coughs asthmatic wheezings difficult short and faint breathing from indisposition decay or imbecillity of the vital parts and restores their vigour and natural ability Attenuates maturates and concocts tough raw flegm and facilitates expectoration retracts a confluence of crude humors flowing in upon the Lungs by the arteria venosa causing oppilatious short breath and Pertinacious coughing Is both a preservative and curative medicine for persons Consumptive inclining or disposed thereto by any Pectoral infirmity The Dose is half a dram for Man or Woman For 14 years old a scruple or 24 grains Take it night and morning in bed if it be for putrid or ulcerated Lungs you must continue the use of it 3 weeks or a month observing due order and dyet if for lesser infirmities a shorter time will effect the intention It confines you not to the house more then the tendernesse of your own body and the coldness of weather prohibits you to go abroad Rowl it in Sugar-Candy or fine powdered sugar and take it upon a knifes point and swallow it For the Heart THe Cordial Tincture is appointed for fainting fits it cheers the heart releives the vital spirits opressed cherisheth decayed nature in weak and antient persons comforts and warmes a cold stomack helps digestion expells winde and Melancholly vapours from the Spleen very good for palpitations of the heart or oppression at the stomack
your body be weak and brought low with the disease for nature will strengthen and be much incouraged dayly by the assistance of these Medicines and Methodical course prevailing upon the disease And you will be more cheerful and strong then at first when you began In the interim during this course and method no day is prohibited but you may use the powder of Saturne if there be any Ulcer pustuls Scabs or tumors caused by this disease also the Restringent powder if there be a Gonorrhaea and if your mouth be fore or the gums swelled and tender by reason of the malignant humor spending it self that way by spitting as sometimes it doth then use to gargle your mouth often with hot broth or warm Beer sweetned with hony and you need not fear any prejudice Haematic Powder THe Haematic Powder is appointed as a necessary help to rest ain an immoderate Flux of blood that is hurtful and weakning to nature whether it be the overflowing of womens monthly purgations vomiting or spiting of blood Haepatic Fluxes by Stool by Vrine or at the nose It corrects the acrimony tenuity or serosity and heat of blood which stimulates to expulsion and causeth transudation apertion or erosion of a vein It incrassates and thickens the blood And makes it indisposed for fluxion constringeth and bindes the Vessels and assists the dibility of the retentive faculty Take it in a draught of Verjuice Posset cold morning and night in bed The full Dose is one Dram for twelve years old half a dram Febrific Elixir THe Febrific Elixir is very auxiliary to mitigate and allay the burning heat of Fevers it checks the fermenting ebullition and aestuation of the blood resists febrific putrefaction and disposeth to transpiration of hot putrid vapours which causeth restlesness and unquiet watchings asswageth immoderate thirst irrigates and refresheth the parched spirits excites decayed appetite by restoring the stomachical ferment and is grateful to the stomack The full Dose is twenty drops for young people so many drops as they are years old Shake the bottle when you use it You may take it in a glass of White-wine or mingled with fresh smalbeer equal parts a good draught twice in the day or night You may put Syrup of Oranges or Lemmons if you will to it for the Pallate sake you need not fear the heat of the wine to prejudice you Sarcotic Pills THE Sarcotic Pills are appointed for Vicers internal and external they exsiccate clense and heal by their Balsamick vertue excoriations and ulcers within the body where there is a possibility of cure taking away all corrosive and sharp fretting humors which continues the ulceration they are very advantagious towards the cure of external ulcers and sores in any part of the body subtracting the antecedent cause evacuating serous acrid humors which feeds the sore and prohibites healing they are proper and beneficial for wounded persons to expedite their cures they are good for Scabbed persons Leprous or have any breakings out upon the skin The Dose for Man or Woman is 5 or 6 Pills for 14 years old 4 Pills Take them 3 or 4 mornings in a week you may lie an hour or 2 after them in bed 3 hours after taking them you may drinke posset drink or whey Which also is best for your common drink in the forementioned cases and to have it steeled with gads of steel quenched therein Sudorific Pills THE Sudorific Pills are aperitive resolutive and discussive opens the pores and procures breathing sweats removes Cold Aches and stiffness in the Muscles and joints transpires and breaths out putrid vapours and superfluity of crudy watery humors and rheumatic moisture depurates and clenseth the bloud and opens obructions very profitable in contusions or bruises dissipates and scatters the Flux of humors resorting to the dolorous part affected and prevents coagulation of the bloud resolves it if already fixed and congealed they prevent tumors and internal apostumation and disperseth a colleciton of humors A general Medicine and may fitly be used in all cases that require sweating with facility and benefit You may take them 2 or 3 mornings together fasting in bed covered warm a quarter of an hour after drink a draught of hot posset-drink then sweat will break forth lye in it for 2 hours then take off clothes by degrees and cool with discretion The full Dose is 4 Pills for 14 years old 3 Pills Sympathetic Powder THE Sympathetic Powder is of known vertue in cureing green wounds as also the Tooth-ach Take a few drops of bloud from the wound in a peice of linnen lay upon the bloud a little of this powder then tye it up close and put it in your bosome and keep it warm day and night for if cold or wet happen to it the wounded person will be much disturbed and pained If there be wounds in several parts each wound must have a several cloth used in like manner wash the wound with white-wine or the parties urine then binde up the wound with convenient linnen cloth that cold come not to it and in such manner as the brims of the wound may draw towards each other the third day open the wound and wash away the quittour or corruption then bind it up again with fresh clothes and you will have a speedy cure if the wound be in such a part of the body as is cureable In like manner you may do to a beast wounded with successe For the Tooth-ach thus cause your gum to bleed where the pain is with a pen-knife or needle then stain a cloth with it the breadth of a groat without rheum then lay a little powder to it tie it up and keep it as aforesaid and it seldom fails to give present ease and cure Issue Cere-cloth THE Issue Cerecloth is very commodious for those who have Issues in any part of the body it attracts and draws to the place for vent extravafated superfluous erratic humors causeth a dry Issue to run and brings away filthy matter prevents inflammation and keeps an Issue coole very necessary in journyes and voyages one peice will serve a month in wearing then lay on a fresh one wipe it and turn the other side to the place every dressing and lay a paper upon it A Catalogue of the Diseases and Symptomes for which the Medicines are peculiarly appointed PAlsy page 80. 81. Lethargy page 80. 81. Convulsions page 80. 81. Falling-Sickness page 80. 81. Vertigoe page 80. 81. Head-ach page 80. 81. Tremors page 80. 81. Rheums page 80. 81. 114. Bad hearing page 80. 81. Bad sight page 80 81. Coughs page 82. 83. Consumption page 82. 83. 100. Spitting blood page 82. 83. Short breath page 82 83. Ill savoured breath page 82 83 88. Palpitation of the heart page 85. Fainting page 85. Oppression at heart and stomack page 85. Melancholy vapours page 85. Bad Stomack page 87 88. Surfets page 85 87. Pain at stomack page 87. 88. Wind page 85 Worms page 87 88. Cholick page 87. Costiveness page 96. Fluxes page 87 95. Jaundice page 90. Gripings page 87. Spleen page 90 91 92. Scurvy page 90 91 92. Obstructed Liver page 90. Dropsies page 93 94. Obstructed Mesentery page 90 Stone and gravel page 98 97. Infirmities of the Urine page 98. 99. Gonorrhaea page 103. Green-Sickness page 101. Them immoderate page 111 Fits of the Mother page 101. Barrenness page 100. Masculine Imbecillity page 100. Hard-labour page 102. Weak backs page 100. Fevers page 85. 112. Plague page 85. Small-Pox page 85. Measels page 58. French-Pox page 170. 180. 109. Poysons page 58. Gout page 104. Râ—nkness of body page 100. Inflamations page 107. Tumors page 107. Vlcers page 107. 113. Bruises page 114. Aches page 114. Stiffness page 114 Scabs page 107 103. Itch page 107. 103. Tettes page 108. Ring-worms page 107. Swarthyness page 150. 160. Sun-burn page 150. 160. Morphew page 150. 160. Spots page 105. 160. Chilblains page 107. Initia Morborum quamvis levia serpunt Venienti occurrite FINIS The Medicines are appointed at these Rates that none may give more or expect them for less  s. d CApital Pills 2 6 Cephalic Essence 5 0 Pectoral Electuary 2 0 Balsamic Extract 7 0 Cordial Tincture 2 6 Bezoardic Confection 3 0 Stomack Pills 2 6 Digestive Elixir 5 0 Cachectic Pills 3 4 Scorbute Tincture 5 0 Hydropic Pills 4 0 Hydropic Powder 3 4 Aperitive Powder 2 6 Retentive Powder 2 6 Nephritic Extract 6 0 Nephritic Powder 4 0 Dysuretic Powder 4 0 Restaurative Essence 10 0 Hysterical Pills 3 4 Expulsive Powder 5 0 Restringent powder 3 0 Arthritic Pills 4 0 Cosmetic Water 6 0 Powder of Saturn 2 0 Italick Pills 3 4 Neapolitan Pills 4 0 Haematic Powder 3 0 Febrific Elixir 5 0 Sarcotic Pills 4 0 Sudorific Pills 2 6 Sympathetic Powder 3 0 Issue Cerecloth 1 6 WHat Medicines you intend to keep for emergent occasions set them in dry places from moisture and they will remain in full vertue the Electuaries a year and half the Pills and powders two years the Elixirs Tinctures Extracts and Essences many years being close stopt FINIS