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A28326	Blagrave's supplement or enlargement to Mr. Nich. Culpeppers English physitian containing a description of the form, names, place, time, coelestial government, and virtues, all such medicinal plants as grow in England, and are omitted in his book, called, The English-physitian, and supplying the additional virtues of such plants wherein he is defective : also the description, kinds, names, place, time, nature, planetary regiment, temperature, and physical virtues of all such trees, herbs, roots, flowers, fruits, excrescencies of plants, gums, ceres, and condensate juices, as are found in any part of the world, and brought to be sold in our druggist and apothecaries shops, with their dangers and corrections / by Joseph Blagrave ... ; to which is annexed, a new tract for the cure of wounds made by gun-shot or otherways, and remedies for the help of seamen troubled with the scurvy and other distempers ...	Blagrave, Joseph, 1610-1682.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. English physician.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3121; ESTC R15907	274,441	310

wounds of the Joynts are those of the Shoulder Elbow and Knee in any of which places the Cure is difficult because those parts are subject to receive fluxions and by reason of the productions and Insertions of the Nervs and Tendons by which they are bound together so that these parts being naturally more sensible of the lest pain than other parts they being wounded there follows oftentimes bad symptoms especially if the wound be in the bending of the Arm or Armpits the inward part of the Wrist or the Ham there must n●eds follow great flux of bl●od great pain and other Inflammations and other symptoms by reason of the Veins Arteries and Nervs about those parts all which Symptoms must be resisted according as their nature and condition requires as fluxes of blood must be stayed with medicines for that purpose which are set down oftentimes before Likewise pains must be asswaged with Anodines or things against pain as is often repeated before if the wound be large and wide it is to be joyned together by stiches leaving an orifice in the lower-lower-part by which the matter or qui●ture may come forth This following powder is to be strowed upon the stitch or Suture Take Frankinsence Draggons blood Boll-Armonack Sea led-earth of each two drams Aloes and Mastick of each one dram make them into a fine powder and use them Then you must wrap about the joynt this following medicine made of the whites of Eggs Boll Armonack Mastick and Barley-flower with a little of the oyle of Roses if you are necessitated to use a tent let it be short and thick lest it cause pain and let it be armed with this Medicine made of the yolk of an egg Turpentine washed in Plantain-water oyl of Roses and a little Saffron But if the wound be so narrow that the matter hath not free passage you are to make it wider the part must be sure to be kept quiet in rest and ease and you must not use any cold moistning mollifying or unctuous medicines to it unless it be upon necessity to asswage pain But on the contrary you must apply to the part those Medicines that are of a binding and drying quality such as those poultises mentioned in the Cure of wounds of the Nerves and Tendons or this following Poultis Take of Barley or Bean-flower of each four ounces Camomil and Mellilot-flowers of each half an handfull three ounces of Turpentine two ounces of common-honey an ounce of oyl of mirtles with as much Oxymel-simple or Oxycrate that is water and vinegar or common washing-lee as much as will suffice to make it up to the form of a Poultis or you may make a Poultis of the Lees of wine Turpentine Ciprus-nuts Gauls the powder of the Bark of an Oak and wheaten-bran that are of a binding strengthning quality and so are good to asswage pain and to hinder destruction of Humours to the parts This following Medicine is likewise binding and agglutinating Take two ounces of Venice Turpentine the powders of Mastich Allaways Mirrhe Boll Armoniack of each two Scruples and a little Aquavitae Now seeing these wounds are apt chiefly to cast forth mucous excrements and such as are like to the white an egg sometimes thin and watery which preceeds from the old distemper of the part therfore to correct that you must apply things actually hot such as discussing decoctions put into bladders filled half-full and the like moreover there must be special care had of the figure of the wounded part which if not well regarded there follows oftentimes numness incurable contraction and the like though the wound it self be cured up to avoid which danger observe these following Rules If the forepart of the shoulder be wounded the Patient must car●y his arm in a scarf and you must put great bolster under his arm-pit if the lower-part be wounded when flesh begins to grow in the wound and the lips thereof come together then let the Patient often stir his Arms every way lest after it is cured it become more stiff and l●ss pliable to move any manner of way or for fear of quite losing its motion If the wound be upon the joint of the Elbow then the Arm is to be rolled so that it be not too strait-howed not held out too stifly for otherways after it is Cured there will be some difficulty in stretching out and pulling in his Arm. When the wrist or joint of the fingers be wounded either in the outward or inward part you must keep his hand half shut moving a Ball therein for if the fingers be kept stretched too much out they cannot take up or hold any thing after they are cured If the Joints of the Hip be wounded you must place the Patient so that the thigh-bone go not out of the hollowness of the huckle-bone which may be done with Artificial-rollings and linnen bolsters and the Patient lying upon his back when the wound begins to cure up the Patient shall move his thigh every way so that the head of the thigh-bone may not stick to the cavity of the Huckle-bone so that he cannot move or make use of it When the Knee is wounded that the Patient may not be lame the Leg must be placed and kept strait out The joint of the Feet and Toes being wounded the Patient shall bend these parts neither in nor out for if he doth otherways he will not be able to go If any of the Limbs of the Body should be so mortified that it must be cut off which falls out when if you cut the part you find it senseless black and flaggy-flesh being cold smelling like a dead Carkass and if you suppurat the skin from the flesh there flows from it a Green blackish matter The manner of cutting off such mortifyed member is this Draw up the Muscles and flesh very hard then bind the part two inches above the place which is to be cut off with a strong fillet that done with a sharp Razer or a dismembring-knife made for that purpose being somwhat crooked cut the flesh round to the very bone if this be to be done below the Elbow or in the Leg then you must with your Incision-knife devide the flesh betwixt the Forsiles then with the back of it take away the film or membrane which covers the bone which is called the Periostium then with your Saw take away the bone as near the flesh as you can If the Patient be strong and full of blood you may let it bleed a little afterwards you must stay the flux of blood by Cauterising-irons made for that purpose by which a●●er you have clensed and wiped away the clotted blood from the mouths of the Vessels you must fear them by applying thereto the Cauterising irons once or twice at the most some stay the flux of blood by such powders as this and the like Take six ounces of Tarin Volatil Dragons-blood and Frankinsence of each one ounce Boll Armonack sealed-earth of each

two ounces Barley and Bean-flower of each one ounce Wormwood and Bettony of each half an ounce two drams of Commin-seeds powdered Boyl them all in a pinte of Red-wine to the thickness of a Pultis according to art then add oyl of Roses and Oyl of Camomile of each one ounce and two ounces of honey being mixt it is to be applyed morning and evening or Paracelsus plaister hath been applyed with good success but from the eleventh to the twentieth day apply this following plaister Take twelve ounces of fresh Porks greese of sweet oyl and red lead of each twenty ounces Calcit is burnt but not till it be red burnt Allum of each two ounces four ounces of Deer-suet Mastich and Olibanum finely powdered of each two ounces of these make a plaister according to art before you use it you must moisten it with oyl of Lillies then make use of Paracelsus his stiptik-plaister moistened in Oyl of Camomile to the end of the cure If there be a wound with the fracture in children dress it with a feather dipt in Arceus his Linement not taking away any part of the skul unles there be either a feaver Convulsion a vomiting or a Palsey then open as before and dress it according to art In older persons if in Summer make a Pultis called a Cataplasm of Barley-meal vinegar water apply it If it be in winter make it with wine adding thereto powder of Roses Mastich Myrtle-berries and oyl of Roses administring to the Patient this purge Take of the Electuary called Cariocostinum and of the Electuary of the juice of Roses of each one dram Syrrup of Chichory with Rhubarb one ounce with three ounces of the distilled water of Endive make thereof a Potion letting him bloud before and as often afterwards as you shall see it necessary and having given him a glyster or glysters or Suppositories as you thought good drop some Oyl of sweet Almonds into his ears and nose about the fourth day make him some Gargarisms made of the flowers of Rosemary and Roses Violets Cinamon and the like boyled in Barley-water to which you must add honey of Roses or honey and White-wine-vinegar and water boyled together called Oxymel simplex the seventh day use the same plaister you applyed to children from the eleventh to the twentieth day moistned with oyl of Roses but if you see any appearance of dangerous symptoms after the seventh day open the skul and cure it according to art For wounds of the brain and the other Membrans prevent what possible you can the entrance of the air for the first seven days use oyl of Roses and Turpentine Honey of Roses of each one ounce Aqua-vitae two ounces but honey of Roses and Spirit of wine are to be compared to none upon all which apply Paracelsus plaister When there is a moving of the brain from its natural place by reason of violent external causes such as blows falls from a high place and the Patient be astonished vomit and at length fall a Raving sometimes it is more gentle wherein no vessels are broken sometimes more violent wherein the vessels are broken and the brains shaken then follows speechlesness bleeding at the nose and ears vomiting the matter putrifying a feaver follows First begin the Cure in letting the Patient blood in the arm or the veinunder the tongue give him often cooling glysters such as before were mentioned if occasion be gently purge him then shave the head and anoynt it twice a day with oyl of Roses after apply this Pultis warm Take of Barley-meal three ounces powder of Bettony and Roses of each half an ounce Boyl them with the decoction of Bettony and a little Rose-water to the form of a Pultis adding towards the end half an ounce of oyl of Roses yolks of two eggs mix them and so apply it if there be a wound use this following Oyntment Take new wax and Collollony of each one ounce Gum-Elemie Venus Turpentine of each half an ounce Oyl of Earth-worms Sweet Almonds and the yolks of eggs and of Roses of each two drams Saffron one dram mix it and therewith make an Oyntment if with two ounces of this you shall mix the yolk of one egg it will afford more ease to the Patient If there shall happen to grow a Tumor called a Mushroom from its likeness to the thing so called which is sometimes hard without bloud almost sensless sometimes it will be soft and tender and it will smell noisome being narrow beneath and broad above sometimes increased to the bigness of a Hens egg caused from a thick melancholy blood springing from the broken vessels as before and will partake of the nature of the part to which it grows which will prove dangerous if it happens from the flowing of vicious humours from the brain In the beginning of the cure use such glysters as this every day afterwards every third day take the roots and leaves of Marsh-mallows Mallows the herb Mercury flowers of Camomile Myrtle-flowers and leaves of Bettony of each half a handfull Linseed and Fenugreek Anniseeds of each half an ounce Boyl them in Spring or running-water till the third part be boyled away Strain it to one pinte of the straining add Benedict laxativum and Hiera picra compound of each three drams the yolk of one egg oyl of Camomile two ounces common salt one dram mix them and make a glyster use the following fomentation twice a day Take of the leaves and flowers of Bettony Sage Camomile Mellilot Roses tops of Sweet Margerum and Rosemary of each one handfull Anniseeds and Fenugreek of each one ounce cut them and bruise them then take as many of them as will fill a Bag which may cover almost half the head let it be quilted then boyl it in equal parts of Red wine and water and apply it hot Then cleanse the head with hot Linnen which done be sprinkle the Mushroom or fungus and the wound with this following powder Take of the root of Avens Angelica sweet-smelling or Aromatical Reed of each half a dram of the root of round Birthwort Orrice and Lignum-vitae of each two drams flowers of Sage tops of Sweet margerum and Rosemary of each one pugil i. e. as much as you can take up betwixt your thumb and the two fore-fingers make all of them into a powder and use it as is before directed upon which apply the Basilick plaister the Receipt is as follows Take four ounces of the Bettony-plaister Gum-elemy dissolved in one ounce of Oyl of Roses Powder of Red Roses and Myrtles of each one dram Mastick Sweet-smelling or Aromatical Reed Angelica Avens or Herb-Bennet of each half a dram as much wax as will serve to make it into a plaister But if it be grown to such a bigness as a Hens egg bind it with silk 〈◊〉 ●he root very fast and when it is fallen off use the former powders for a Swelling coming from wind use the same method Wounds of the

then the Patient shall lie low with his head down and his buttocks raised higher putting a pillow under him If the Cawl fall out of the wound it is to be put into his place as soon as may be because it is subject to putrefie but if it be putrified before it can be restored to its place which is when it looks black and is cold then bind it near the warm and sound parts and cut off that which is corrupt leaving the string hanging out if the colour of it be not altered and it be warm put it in and stitch up the wound after this manner putting your needle first through the skin and muscles to the Peritoneum not touching it on that side and then putting the needle from within outwards on the other-side thrust through all and after tye it an inch further make another stitch contrary to the former and remember that you leave an Orifice for a Tent For more security you may strengthen it if you please with a dry stitch to the wound it self use Arceus his Liniment with oyl of St. Johns wort compound or some artificial Balsom and the like before often prescribed In summer lay over all the Diapalma plaister moystned in oyl of Roses in the winter Paracelsus anointing the part if it be painful with this following Oyle of Roses and Mirtles of each half an ounce oyl of Lillies and Earthworms of each one ounce oyl of Cammomil and Dill of each six ounces oyntment of Marsh-mallows and poplar buds of each three drams mix them and make a Liniment according to Art Those wounds which pierce into the Belly onely require to be joyned together and so to be cured as simple wounds If the stomach be wounded there follows vomiting of Choler and Hickets sometimes meat and drink comes forth as it is taken If the wound be quite through the stomach or near the mouth of the stomach or if in the bottom of the stomach and very great then no hopes if not if the Patient be full bodyed then let him be let blood making him wound-drinks as before prescribed if the wound be large stitch it up leaving only a place in the depending part for a tent to be applyed with Balsomes of which you have several laid down before in the cure of wounds let the Region of the stomach be annointed with the oyles of Mint Mirtles Roses and Quinces giving them first cleansing glisters afterwards nourishing ones likewise Broths wherein wound-herbs have been boyled You may know the Liver is wounded if the wound be on the right side and there hath followed a flux of blood sometimes he vomits Choler sometimes casting forth blood by stool and urine and his face grow pale and wan If the wounds of this part be not very great having not bled much but little they are curable as one says if a peece be cut off For cure inwardly Take Troches of spodium or burnt Ivory in Plantaine water or the decoction of Red Rose leaves To which add syrup of dryed Roses and Mirtles two scruples of the powder of red Roses is very good if blood fall down into the cavity of the Belly and clots dissolve it by medicines before mentioned in wounds of the Breasts if you perceive that Nature hath a mind to cast out the matter by urine assist it by boyling Smallidg Parsley Fennel and Radish in his Drinks or Broths If the wound be on the left side and blackish blood issues out there and he be very thirsty then the Spleen is wounded if the wound be small it is Cureable if deep deadly and it is Cured as in wounds of the Liver If the small Guts be wounded there ensues Vomiting of Choler pain joyned with a Feaver and meat and drink and Chile comes forth the flanks will swell and be hard and the patient will be troubled with Hickets and ringing pains in the Belly apt to have some cold-sweats and the outward-parts wax cold These wounds are very difficultly Cured especially if in the Gut called Jejunum in English the empty Gut by reason many vessels which run to it are in danger and it self is of a Nervy substance they are to be stitcht with a Glovers stitch after put them up fomenting them first with red Wine then upon them apply this powder Mastick Sarcocol of each one dram Borax and Myrrhe of each half a dram make a powder of them for use then stitch up the outward parts For inward means you have several medicines prescribed before Mastick is good to be taken in all things especially in the wounds of the stomach Difficulty of making water or it is altogether stopt in those that are wounded in the Kidneys pissing blood with his urine paine stretched about the groines if the wound be but slight and superficial and in the fleshy part then much blood flows and his water is stopt if it pass to the cavity or hollowness of the Kidneys then blood passeth with the urine If Urine be stopt anoynt the Pecten with the oyle of Scorpions and bitter Almonds apply a pultis made of Pellitory Mallows and Saxifrage for Injections use Trochisces of Amber called Trochisci de Carabe dissolved in Horsetailer Plantain-water When the bladder is wounded there comes but little urine and that bloody if the wound be in the bottom of the bladder the urine will fal in the lower part of the Belly and as if there were a seeming dropsie pain will reach as farr as the Groin and Stones in men For help let him use this following inwardly Shumack Mirtle-berries of each three ounces red-Rose leaves dryed one pugil Pomgranate-flowers half an ounce boyl them in six quarts of Rain running or fountain-water strain it and therein dissolve syrup of dryed Roses and honey of Roses of each six ounces syrup of Myrtles three ounces gum dragon half an ounce drink of this decoction ten days if you cut in four Quinces it will be the better outwardly use some Ano●ine unguent as before or else Turpentine with oyle of St. Johns-wort with the yolk of an egg and a little Saffron powdered mixed together and applyed inebricating the part with oyl of Roses Lillies and Scorpions Wounds of the Limbs as Arms Thighs Leggs if they peirce the great Ves●els within-side sometimes cause death or else are very difficult to cure if they peirce not the vessels they are to be cured as other ordinary wounds For the wounds of the long Tendon which goes near the Heel suffer not your Patient to goe except with Crutches for it is very requisite that he rest as much as possible may be for fear if he go too much upon it before the Cicatrize and Scar of the wound be drawn very hard the wound break out again Likewise you are to take notice that great and deep wounds in the Limbs require often bleeding and purging especially if it be near the joynts and then you are to apply fit and convenient Bolsters for the purpose The most Material

points or else cut them quite off if there be many Splinters after you have restored them try to knit them together with a medicine made of Wheat-flower Dragons-blood Bol-armonack Frankinsence all made into powder mixt with the white of Eggs and ther apply it putting splints thereupon covered with soft linnen rags armed with the same Medicine and then lay a bolster dipt in the same upon each side and one thicker then the other upon the place that is broken and bunches out to keep it so then roll the part with the roller of a hands breadth and two els and a half long cross wayes filling his Arm-pits especially that next to the broken-bone In rolling drawing his arm somewhat backwards and do not unroll until the seventh day unless necessity urge The Shoulder-blade may be broken either in the ridge thereof which may be perceived by an unequality being compared to the other sound part or else may be broken on each side and then there is a Cavity or Hollowness to be perceived or else it may be broken in that part where the shoulder is knit and joyned together to it here if the splints or fragments stick to the bone and doe not prick the flesh they are to be restored to their former state and place and so kept with the glutinating Medicines and such as beget the substance called a Callus as hath been before mentioned and rollers and bolsters fit for the purpose But if the fragments doe not stick fast to the bone and prick the fleshy parts about them and so cause ill symptoms then cut open the flesh and with your Forceps or Crows-beak or such like instrument and so take them out yet they are not to be taken out though you may move them up and down if they stick fast to the membran Concerning the bone called Periostium and the Ligaments prick not the Muscles so cause not pain for it may come to pass that they may grow to the bones adjoyning But if they be wholly parted and stick not to the Periostium then they must be plucked away unless you conceive that Nature will be strong enough to drive them forth of it self those fractures that happen in the neck of the shoulder-blade or joining of it to the shoulder are seldom recoverable by reason of the many large Vessels as the axillary-Axillary-vein and Arterie and Nerves about this place which are subject to Inflammation and putrifaction whence grievous symptoms and oftentimes death it self insues by reason of the neerness and communication of the heart and other principal parts these bones usually knit together within four and twenty dayes space The Breast-bone is sometimes broken sometimes prest-in onely without being broken if you perceive an inequality by your feeling the bones crackling at the thrust of the finger it shews the bone is broken but a manifest hollowness in the part as spitting of blood Cough difficulty of breathing argue the depression of the bone only sometimes both for restoring of this Bone whether it be broken or depressed or thrust in onely without being broken you must order such Patient after the same manner as in fractures of the Coller-bone pressing the Ribs on both sides and so set the bone with your hand to the part apply formerly described fitting Medicines to asswage pain with bolsters fastned thereto with a Ligature made cross-waies above the shoulder being not too straight lest it hinder the Patient from breathing The Ribs may be broken either inwardly or outwardly the first is deadly the latter is discerned as well by uneveness of the part as noise in touching to restore which those which are inward let the Patient lye upon his sound-side apply this following plaister to the broken part Take one ounce of wheat-flower half an ounce of Ising-glass being dissolved in Scabies and Poppy-water powder of Mastick Frankinsence Dragons-blood Gypsum and Farena Volatil as much as will serve to make a plaister being boyled to a good substance in Red-poppy-water apply this hot spread upon a strong cloth with two strings fastned in the middle pull it off quickly and with great force after it hath laid on a good while so that the Rib with your plucking may come to its former place this is to be done so often till he find himself better and breathe freely and with more ease then anointing with oyl of Roses apply that Pultis till the eighth day spoken of at the beginning of the cure of Fractures if there happen a swelling it must not be neglected but resolved with such fit Medicines as this and the like Take Barley and Bean-flower of each two ounces the flower of Cammomil Mellilot Elder of each one ounce boyl them in sufficient quantity of water when they are boyled enough put to them oyle of Cammomil and Roses of each one ounce if the swelling cannot be made to vannish with this or the like medicine but it shall come to apostumate then it must be speedily opened lest the matter contained within the Aposthume rot the bone afterwards cure it according to art But if the pricking continue and so cause pain and inflamation cut open the flesh as before and take out the fragments and cure up the wound as you have heard often before The Back-bones are sometimes broken sometimes bruised or strained on the inside whence it comes to pass that the membrans which encompass the marrow of the Back-bone and sometime the marrow it self being oppressed there follow many malign symptoms as Palsie numness of the Arms Legs Fundament and bladder which quite take away or else diminish the faculty of feeling or moving so that their urine and excrements come from them without their knowledge or will or else they are wholly stop'd which when it happens because the marrow of the Back-bone is hurt you may fore-know that death is at hand After you have so prognosticated you may cut open the flesh to take out the splinters of the rack bones of the back which if you cannot do you shall at leastwise apply such medicines as are sit for asswaging pain and hindring Inflamation then put the broken bones into their places and so keep them by applying two pieces of wood of four fingers long and one fingers thickness more or less wrapt in linnen cloaths one on each side of the broken rack bones of the back and so with your hands press them against the broken bones till you put them again into their proper places if the processes or bunchings out of the rack-bone of the Back be only broken you shall put the fragments into their places unless they be quite parted from their periostium or membran that covers them If they be open the skin and take them forth then heal the wound according to art After the same manner are fractures of the Os sacrum or holy bone to be ordered Fractures of the Rump-bones are to be put in their places by putting your finger into the Patients Fundament

Seamen or others is chiefly or almost the very same used to those troubled with Hypochondriack melancholy so that you are first to begin the Cure with general evacuations as Bloud-letting Purging and sutable to the nature of the disease strength and constitution of the Patient for Bloud-letting you must do it in the liver-Liver-vein little and often that you cool not the body too much at once the next thing to be looked after is good dyet which because often wanting at Sea in long Voyages they are to carry with them some such comfortable things as may be useful as Wine Sugar c. Then you are to administer Glisters or Suppositories such as formerly has been spoken of in the Cure of Wounds and afterwards such a Bolus or Morsel as this following Take of Diacatholicon and lenitive Electuary of each half an ounce Cream of Tartar half a dram with three or four drops of Spirit of Viteral make a Bolus to be taken in the morning fasting you may if you see the Patient weak open the Hemrod-veins with Leeches you may repeat Bloud-letting in the Arm if you see occasion the gentle purges are the best often given such as common Pills of Ruffus called Pillulae Ruffi communes Pillulae Macri Mercurii dulcis one scruple two scruples or a dram are enough for a dose Barley-water is good the juice or syrrup of Lemmons to which you may if you will add some few drops of Cinnamon-water or Oyl of Viteral and Sugar then you may make use of specifical medicines which are such as have a peculiar faculty against the Scurvy such as Dutch or Sea-scurvy-grass Brook-lime and Water-Cresses Worm-wood Fumitory Turnips Lemmons juice or syrrup of Oranges Limes Tamarinds those which have not so great force against the Scurvy are these that follow viz. Agrimony Maiden-hair Betony Borrage Bugloss Ceterach Elecampane Germander Hysop Polypody of the Oak the Bark of Ash Capers and Tamarisk the flowers of Alder dodder of Time and Tamarisks but alwayes observe that if the Patient be feaverish or inclining to a Feaver you must be sparing of the hotter things and give them in a smaller quantity adding to them Endive Succory Sorrel c. with some few drops of Spirit of Sulphur or Vitriol Of all which you may make several sorts of medicines as Decoctions Apozems Syrrups c. Or else this following Take the juice of Scurvey-grass and Brook-lime of each three pound two pound of powdered Sugar boyl them together till they come to the consistence of a Syrrup Or thus Take two pound of the juice of Scurvy-grass one pound and three quarters of the juice of Lemons and three-quarters of a pint of the spirit of Wine or Brandy to which adding a sufficient quantity of Sugar is made a syrup of which you may take three or four spoonfulls fasting two hours after To your juice of Lemmons alone you may add a spoonful of Aquavitae As much spirit of Vitriol as will sharpen a cup of Beer water or wine is very good also Diatrium piperium taken from a scruple to half a dram in some convenient liquor as Wine Beer or Ale first and last is good Theriaca Diatessaron from half a dram to two and Theriaca Londinensis two drams taken in the morning are good so are conserve of Roses Conserve of Wormwood with a few drops of the spirit of Viteral Likewise green Ginger Rosa-Solis and Wormwood water also it will not be amiss to sweat after purging which you may do by giving him a dram of Venice Treacle or Mithridate or half a dram of Antimonium diafreticum more or less as you find the constitution of your Patient There is commonly accompanying the Scurvy swellings and putrefaction of the gums for which you may take Bistert and Tormentil-roots boyled in a sufficient quantity of water to the consumption of half to which add some drops of Vitriol to make it sharp or else take this following of Roman or white Viteral two ounces one pint of water and two spoonfuls of Honey being boyled to the consumption of the third part add to it half an ounce of Sal●prunella for your use To conclude when you come to any place on shore you may make use of these following Receipts Take a pint of the decoction of Barley four ounces of white-wine Horse-raddish root but thin and bruised two ounces three handfuls of Scurvy-grass leaves strain them through a Cloth mingle them and take a spoonful of this morning and evening Or else take of Wormwood and Juniper-Berries bruised of each one handful Goats-milk if to be had or in want of it Cows-milk or Sheeps-milk two quarts Boyl them till the third part be consumed strain them and to the straining put one dram of Saffron in powder let them boyle a walm or two then strain it again give of this morning noon and evening Or Take three pints of white-wine a quart of small Ale four ounces of the juice of Scabies Brook-lime and water-Cresses of each two ounces half a handfull of Rosa solis boyl them to the Consumption of one pint to which add half a pint of the juice of Scurvy-grass let them boyl a little in a pint of this steep three spoonfuls of Horse-dung let them stand all night strain them in the morning and let the Patient take half a pint thereof being sweetned with Sugar-Candy For a Beer to drink constantly of Take a pound of Scurvy-grass a little dryed Brooklime and water-Cresses of each four handfuls a handful of Sage an ounce of Saxifrage six ounces of Sarsaparilla six drams of Nutmegs Let the Herbs Roots and Spice be bruised a part then mix them hang them in a bag in four gallons of beer after it hath stood nine days the Patient may drink thereof Half a pint of this following-drink every morning for fourteen dayes hath been often tryed and approved and hath cured divers Take Scurvy-grass stamp it and strain it with posset-drink made of thin skim-milk turned with just as much white-wine Vinegar as will serve to turn it during all the time of your cure you must forbear salt meat strong-drink fruits and old Cheese drinking whey at your Meals if you can get it if not instead thereof small Ale and you must chew Brook-lime for three mornings together if your teeth be loose In Voyages at Sea there happen to Sea-men the disease Called the Callenture It is a kind of contagious Fever sometimes with fits sometimes without the Patients being often possessed with a Frenzy for they oft think the Sea to be a Meddow and so make an offer to go into it on some the fits are very violent which are hot and cold in some This Disease happens through great obstructions caused by ill dyet and intemperature of the Climate which aire being somewhat Contagious causeth an ill habit of the Body For the Cure of this Distemper you are first to begin with Cordials which strengthen and defend the faculties from the venemous quality of the