and corrodeth more Rec. Mercurij precipit one ounce and a halfe Masticis tvvo dragmes Vitrioli coÌ„bust i. drag and a half Aluminis vsti ii dragmes Corallij rub one dragme Poulder them finelye and make it to your vse ¶ Trochisis corrosiue very strong but exceading commodious being vsed with good discretion Rec. Mercurii precipit one dragme s. Mercurii sublim i. ounce i. drag Cinabrii ii drag and a half Masticis one dragme Vitrioli combusti halfe an ounce Corallii rub tvvo dragmes Amyli iii. dragmes Poulder these fine and make thereof trochisis with Muscilage of gumme Dragagant and Plantaine water drie them not at the fier but otherwyse and to occupie them make one in poulder and applie it ¶ A resolutiue plaster to be vsed vvhere any hardnes swelling or inflammation or paine is about the Ulcer Rec. Muccag altheae iii. dragmes Muccag psilii ii ounces s. Muccag dragagaÌ„ti one ounce s. Olei rosar halfe a pounde Olei meliloti iii dragmes Olie Chamomillae half an ounce Olei liliacei iii. ounces Olei nenupharis ii ounces Olei violacei one ounce and a halfe Boile them together till the muscilages be consumed after ad to Ammoniaci one ounce Bdellii ana halfe an ounce Galbani Gummi Arabici iii. dragmes Opopanacis one ounce ii drag Sagapeni iii. dragmes Ping. Anseris ana halfe an ounce Anatis Resinae purae iiii ounces Terebintinae ii dragmes Cerae albae one pounde Cerusae vi ounces Plumbi albi vi ounces Dissolue the guÌ„mes in vineger poulder that whiche is to be pouldred make it according to art in fourme of a plaster in roules of what bignes you will and so vse it ¶ A potion preparatiue for Vlcers THis I vsed in the curing of grosse Ulcered persones such as be engrossed replete with much corrupt humors for in suche bodies the Ulcers doe become rebellous and difficult to be cured for that is one of the principal thinges which maketh Ulcers hard of curatioÌ„ Neuerthelesse it must be vsed aduisedly and with good discretion that is to saye to what bodie it is geuen for as muche as that whiche helpeth a moist bodie harmeth a drie and that whiche succoureth a grosse bodie offendeth the leane c. Rec. Ligni sancti one pound and a halfe Corticis eiusdem vii ounces Salxza Parilia ii ouÌ„ces and a half Aquae fontanae tvvelue pounde Vini albi foure pounde Herbarum saluiae ana i. haÌ„dful and a half Fumariae Eupatorii one handful Scabiosae ana halfe a handful Betonicae Epithimi Lapathi acuti vii ounces Rubarbari iii. dragmes Agarici ana one ounce Sem. Cartami Senae Alexandrinae vi ounces Zinziberis half an ounce Polipodii iii. ounces Galangae one ounce Sem. Anisi half an ounce Glicyrrizae rasae ana one p. Florum cordial Put all these into a narrowe mouthed pot close stopped that no aire goe foorth then set it within an other vessel of water and let it boyle the space of fourty houres then streine and clarifie it and ad thereto Mellis rosarum halfe a pounde and let the patient take thereof morning and euening the quantitie of foure or fiue ounces at a time a litle warmed the terme of three dayes together and on the fourth daye geue the patient foure ounces of the decoction adding therto CoÌ„fection hamechâ— tvvo dragmes and a halfe Syrupi Cichorii cum Rubarbare one ounce Use it in this order to your patient so long as you thinke conuenient ¶ An excellent and most profitable ointment which extinguisheth the heate of al Cholericke humors flowing to any Ulcered part and moste chieflye circa vlcera virgae as if the heate be betweene Glans and preputium it yeeldeth a wonderous coÌ„moditie Rec. Axungiae porcinae purae i. pound and a halfe Pomorum dulcium scissoruÌ„ halfe a pounde Pingued caponis ana foure dragmes Cigni Succi Limonis iiii ounces Let them boile betweene twoo pewter â—ishes on a chaffingdishe with coales the space of foure houres or vntill the iuyces be perfectly consumed then let it runne through a linnen cloth into a fayre hasen and ad therto Muccaginis psilii extracti cum aqua Plantag. one ouÌ„ce and a half aquae rosaceae iiii ounces aquae Semperuiui tvvo ounces Labour them altogether so long vntill all bee encorporated brought to one vniforme substaunce and no water perceiued then haue in readines these following finely pouldred viz. Boracis one ounce and a halfe Camforae half an ounce Plumbi albi tvvo ounces Aluminis vsti halfe an ounce Mixe all these together and laboure them a whole houre and reserue it the goodnes whereof is sufficient to coÌ„mend it selfe as the learned who ministreth aduisedly shall plainly perceiue VVhat meates are to be vsed as touching diet in Vlcered bodies GALENE sayth that in the curing of Ulcers whiche haue their beginning of other matters or humors there be thre principal wayes viz. Diet aide of medicines and operatioÌ„ of the hand And sithens diet is the moste noble and excellent instrument among the rest as Galene supposeth I haue accompted it worthy the labour only in this treatise or part to set foorth the onely order of diet to bee vsed in curation of Ulcers but amongest those thinges wherof our bodies doe chaunce necessarily to bee altered as Galene saith and wherein also the whole way or consideration of diet doth consist is especially the aire whiche doeth enuiron and compasse vs about Whereto also Galene adding sayth that whiche doth compasse and enuiron vs is that without the which neither the disease can be taken away nor the health be kept and preserued further he saith also that there is no small strength or force of preseruing the healthe by chosing the good aire and for this cause it is meete first to shewe what aire the bodye corrupt with Ulcers doth require It is worthy to be noted howe the disease is driuen awaye by the chaunging of the ayre to the sicke bodie and that is by chaunging to an other kinde of temperature in the aire whiche the dissease which is driuen awaye by his contrarie doth aptly require as if the disease be of nature colde the ayre must bee hoate and somewhat more that is to witte of a greater inequalitie of the temperature of the ayre to the propertie of the disease whereby it may the more easelye be driuen awaye as for example If the disease be colde in twoo degrees moist in one the ayre must be of greater heate then of twoo degrees and of more drienes then one degree But howe shall we be able to know or discerne exquisitely this proportion or excesse in degrees sithens Galene hath saide that the certaine quaÌ„titie of the thing can neither be written with penne nor pronounced with the tongue The Chirurgian must therefore endeuour to finde it foorth by coniecture for it suffiseth to the driuing awaye of the disease if the propulsatiue cause of the disease doe obtaine a certaine
flesh is ofttimes only temperate not weake and ofttimes both vnteÌ„perate weake for strong inteÌ„perature bringeth weakenes to the affected part The thirde and last intention which is in amending and taking awaye the accidentes and dispositions ioyned with the Ulcer is brought to passe by due consideration of the qualities of the humors and nature of the affected part The Seconde part ¶ The seconde discourse of Vlcers vvith their particuler cures HEretofore I haue expressed the causes signes differences and vniuersall or generall cure for all kyndes of Ulcers with their Prognostications or Iudgementes Now also will I prosecute the matter without ceasing vntil I haue prescribed to euery Ulcer his particuler distinction and seueral cure gathered forth of diuers Authours and especially out of Antonius Calmeteus Vergesatus Of an Vlcer vvith intemperature VVHat kinde of intemperature soeuer it be it may be abated by vniuersall remedies as by diet conuenient purgations and if it be ioyned with anye humor by reuulsions of all sortes Hote in temperature whether it bee alone or ioyned with the Fluxe of humors it may be amended with VnguentuÌ„alb or Rub. cum Camfora or Vng. ex Pompholig vel de Plumbo vel de Cerusa aut aqua Rosacea Succis Plantaginis Solani Semperuiui Colde intemperature may be ameÌ„ded by fotibus only of wine heated or boiling therein Wormwoode Mintes Isope Penirial Calamint Organi Rosemary Stechados c. or Lee with Allom or vngueÌ„ Basilic or vng Citrin vel Dealthea The moist intemperature is brought to a natural by exiccatiue vnguentes as De PoÌ„pholi de PluÌ„bo de Cerusa de Gratia Dei Diacalcitis The humors respected for that inteÌ„perature hapneth seldome without a humor neither must we passe the nature of thaffected part which must either more or lesse receiue drying medicines The drie intemperature may be restored naturall sayeth Galene by fotions of water or Vng. BasilicoÌ„ or vng de Pice or Diachilon dissolued in oyle to euery ounce whereof is added Pulueris Rosarum I dragme Of an Vlcer vvith paine PAine in an Ulcer proceedeth moste coÌ„monly of hote and sharpe intemperature with corrosion And then profiteth publique medicines as Succus Plantaginis Solani SeÌ„peruiui Hiosciami or their stilled waters mixt with Uineger and Oile of Roses It profiteth also to minister the white of an Egge or the whole Egge mixt with Oile of Roses Bolo armeno and Terra sigillata and Aceto A Cataplasme also is commodious made with Mallowes Plantaine and Branne and boyled and mixt with oile of Roses Or it shall not be incommodious to vse the white of an Egge with Oile of Roses Litharges diligently mixed in a LeadeÌ„ mortar after boiled at a geÌ„tle fier in a pound of the iuyce of Housleeke to the consumption of the sayde iuyce Els the whole Egge mixt with Oile of Roses and TerebeÌ„tine or vng Popillionis halfe an ounce cum oleo Vitelli ouoruÌ„ one ounce Or vng Album Camforati or vng de Lithargi De minio de Tutia De Plumbo vng Rub. cum Camfora If the paine come of colde intemperature washe the place with wyne wherin hoote thinges is boyled such as is spoken of before and these or suche like also are profitable viz. Basilicon vnguentum Fuscum Citrinum But when the paine springeth by dissolution of continuitie stupefactiues then are exceeding commodious Notwithstanding those are much more profitable which encrease the naturall heate as the yolke of an Egge Saffron Terebentine and Oile of Roses together mixt and applied to the Ulcer And about the circuit of the Ulcer Ping. Gallinarum Anseris Anatis Suis c. Muccagi sem Lini Fenugreci Maluae aâ—e good and necessarie Also Oleo Rosa Amig Chamomeli Aneti Violacei Vulpini c. Or els Rec. Maluae one handful and a half Farmae Sem Lini ana half an ounce Fenugreci Hordei Olei Camomeli ana vi drag Lilij Ol. Ros. iii. ouÌ„c. Muccag sem Altheae one ounce and a halfe Vitellos num ii mixe them and make therof a Cataplasme When the paine is great and the precedent medicines preuaile not then Ad Narcotica accedendum and make a Cataplasme with Far. Hordei Oleo Ros. Nimpheae vel Mandrag cum lacte vel passo coctis or with bread crummes infused in water with Oile of Roses the yolkes of Egges and Saffron adding thereto Opij halfe a scruple Or a Cataplasme made with the leaues of white Poppie Mandrag and Henbane with the pouder of Camomill So is it good to apply Philonium or Theriaca or OI de Papauere Mandrag vel Hiosc cuÌ„ Opio or Succus Hios cuÌ„ lact mulie cuÌ„ Ouillo Opio And great commoditie hath bene founde ex Oleo Ranarum Of an Vlcer vvith a tumor IF with the Ulcer through paine a tumor do chauÌ„ce it must be asswaged the cause of pain considered whether it come thy dissolutioÌ„ of coÌ„tinuitie or with biting or inteÌ„perature But if the swelling come by the malice or aboundaunt Fluxe of humors to the place then prescribe a diet thinne and colde Mollisie or purge the belly respecting the humors nature vse Phlebotomie restraine the humor flowing and resolue that which is already flowedâ— which all must be considered in tumors against nature If the tumor proceede of hote humors it shall be expedient to boyle in tart wine a swete Orenge brused or Quinces and sower Peares boiled with the poulder of Mirtles els Lintels decocte with the poulder of the rindes of Pomegranettes mixte with Roses and Terebintine In the augmentatioÌ„ the like medicines adding to Hordei FabaruÌ„ Tritici Farinae Camomel In the state make a Cataplasme ex decoct Mal. Absinth in vino dulci cum Far. Sem Lini Fenug furfure But if Puâ— firste appeare make a Cataplasme ex Mal. in aqua coctis â—â— Farina Sem. Lini Fenugr axungiâ—â—suilla vel ex Farina Tritici Oleo â— Croco boyled in water to the forme of â— pulteise If the â—muÌ„ctory places througâ— paine of y Ulcer be afflicted with tumorâ— the matter being hote coquito Mal iii. ounces cum Furfure in aqua and apply it whiche also preuayleth muche against the tumor in the Ulcer but if the matter be colde Rec. MuÌ„miae in vino ad crassitiem coctae i. ouÌ„ce Oesipi ii ouÌ„c. Fari Tritici half an ounce Boyle these together and make thereof a Cataplasme Of the Contused Vlcer AN Ulcer contused requireth thinges moistening and engendring Pus as a pulteis ex Fari triti Oleo aqua coct aut TriticuÌ„ aqua calida diutissime maceratum which being boiled applie it Or one made ex radi altheae caricis simul coctis ad mellis crassitiem cuÌ„ Fari triticea fiat Cataplas and then resorte to the cure of woundes Of Fleshe excreasing in Vlcers THis being coÌ„monly called proud flesh must
domesticall birdes as Capons Hennes and houshold Doues are nothing vnmeete but greatly alowable and together with these the Fesaunt Partriche Quailes and such like are much agreeing The meate of foure footed beastes whiche is alloweable to Ulcered bodies are these and suche like viz. Yong Conies yonge Hares which with their moiste nourishement doe cherishe susteine the naturall heate encreasing also the strengthe of the whole bodie which is a trewe meane to restore the healthe of the body wherefore by this it followeth coÌ„sequently that all waterfoules by their moist temperature and hardnes of digestion are to bodies thus affected moste hurtful vnprofitable viz. Gese Ducks c. Neither is it doubtfull to any man that the fleshe of Lambes is hurtfull to those and that because they engender a substaunce to moiste for so wee be taught by Galene Let them also which be affected beware of to muche pouldred meate for Galene saith that salt is noisome especially to Ulcers in the head ¶ Of Fishe BEcause Fysshe of theyr owne propre nature exceadeth in aboundaunce of moisture which saith Galene is rebellious to Ulcers they are to be eschewed both because they augmeÌ„t the cause of the Ulcer and also for that they bee harde of digestion moste chiefly saith the same authour those which are full of excrements of the whiche sort are the fishe of Lakes Marrishes Muddie pooles and stinking Pondes for their meate is so excremeÌ„tal and so slimy that thereby filling all the pores of the bodie empaireth the streÌ„gth of the members and greueth or depriueth their functions whereupon payne lothesomenes rottennes and corruption of humors are engendred But those fishes whiche are engendred in Lande floodes and are nouryshed in harde stonie and grauellie waters especially in quicke streames are lesse hurtful the meat therfore of those fishes whiche swimme in the pure and cleane sea is very litle hurtfull to them chiefly being taken when the sea is at a full water and tossed with a quicke wynde as manifestly it is to be founde in Galene For by so muche the fishe is the worse by howe muche it is lesse exercised tossed and troubled Let them also beware of pouldred fishes as I saide euen nowe of pouldred fleshe And we prohibite generally al kind of fish by what meanes soeuer they be taken or kept for by their slimines they corrupt the humors being very harde in passing and difficult in digestion and the more slimie the worse Of Egges GAlene sayeth that the Egges of creatures doe engendre good and perfecte bloud as the Egges of Hennes c. For by the reason of the equalitie of their teÌ„perature they are iudged conuenient and agreable to all bodies as well diseased as sounde for they doe not onely engender good humors and commeÌ„dable iuyce but also are of light digestion easie passage greeuing very litle the naturall strength as is euideÌ„t in Galene But let the egges be newe layde or els they be rebellious to the nature of man and be euill to digeste engendring sundrie accidentes and euill dispositions Let their Egges also be boiled in water for the rosted are harder of nourishement c Furthermore it shal be best only to eate the yolke of the Egge because the white is of colde and moiste temperature Let the Egges also boyled be rere for they be of swift transiture engeÌ„dring the best iuyce and streÌ„gthening the faculties of the bodie But as Galene saith the Egges whiche are fried of all other are moste pernitious and harde of digestion wherfore all meates fried with Egges are vtterly to be eschewed of bodies affected with Ulcers Of Milke BOth Milke and what meate soeuer is compounded or made of Milke are very rebellious to Ulcered bodies for the â—uming to the head whereby grosse humors are engeÌ„dred For Hypocrates saith that Milke to those affected with paine causeth ache in the head and is euill both to feuers and paine in the bellie Also Galene sayth that Milke well boyled doth nourishe well and engeÌ„dre good humors â—â—t in affected persones doth touche the head it is dauÌ„gerous enducing the dropsey in Ulcered bodies therefore all forces of meates made with Milke must bee of suche persones eschewed Of Cheese TO al that be affected with Ulcers we forbydde the eating of Cheese bothe for the aboundant slimines which is therby engendred in humors as also for that it maketh them slowly to digest Galene being witnes whereby saith he the members by the passage of those slimie humors are altered and maketh ofte solution of continuitie causing paine in suche persones and that so muche the more by howe muche the chese is more salte and older for therby it is tarter and therfore harder to digest and maketh worse nourishment And note that although Chese be of a diminishing facultie of grosse humors yet is it vnprofitable for by y naugh tines of the iuyce boyling heate it bringeth more inconuenience then the attenuation of grosse humors can profite Since therfore there is a common faulte to all kindes of Cheese let persones thus affected ab staine from it Of Fruites OF Fruites saith Galene which men doe eate whiche the auncient writers call Horarios for because they spring in the hower of the yeare whiche hower of the yeare Galene calleth that time in the middest whereof the starre whereof the Caniculer dayes bee named appeareth Of the whiche some are called fruites of the earth of whiche sorte are Gourdes Pompions Citrons Mellons Coucumersâ— c. Whiche because they are of a moist nature and endewed with large humiditie they doe not onely engender a moiste nourishement but a slender humiditie and that whiche is easely purged foorth of the bodie Galene saith also that that fruite both coÌ„taine a naughtie iuyce encreasing the disease and weakening the members almost depriuing their functions wherefore to be taken as an vsuall seruice in Ulcered bodies we must flatlye deme And those fruites whiche Galene calleth arboreous are those growing vppon trees viz. Figges Peares Apples Peaches Mulberies together with the fruite whiche the Italians call Armelini being a fruite accompted amoÌ„g the Peaches and Cheries Plummes c. Whose substaunce is soft and moist not onely engendring the like nourishment but also by their wyndines doe attribute no small hurte and paine to the affected bodies and therfore are altogether to be forbidden But if the bodie affected do feruently desier and earnestly as it were long after fruite then may we permitte him to eate Figges that be well ripened as thinges lesse hurtfull lesse engendring euill humors theÌ„ the Autumne fruites although they be not altogether voyde of faulte for so they be not saieth Galene Notwithstanding as is aforesaid they be lesse hurtfull then al the rest yet nowe and then an Apple rosteâ— vnder embres may bee pardoned for the fier diminisheth the moiste iuyce thereof and abateth the wyndines Whereby otherwyse it commeth
to passe that the eaters of fruites doe ofte suffer paines tormēts in the belly viz. such as Quinces Orenges Medlars Sorbes Nuts such like which are not only slow in passage but also being grosse gluie doe engendre astringent iuyces retaining the naughtines of humors Notwithstāding we accompt not sweete Almondes vnprofitable sithe in them is conteined no binding force for y they doe make cleane and extenuate and therefore probably allowed in Ulcered bodies And Galene also affirmeth that Almondes do purge the bowels wherby it cōmeth to passe that virious humors being propulsed to the skin and forbidden to abide in the inner parts are driuen out by the pores of the skinne as it were by breathing whereby paines of the belly and other exterior inconueniences are preuented wherefore sweete Almondes are a conuenient fitte meate for affected bodies But Filberdes and Walnuttes because of their binding strengthe and the cause aforeshewed are moste vnprofitable and verie vnholsome for Ulcered bodies ¶ Of herbes to be vsed in brothes c. HErbes fitte for suche bodies are those whiche be hoate and drie viz. Hysope Calamint Watermint Fenill Sage Betonie c. And when herbes that doe attenuate and make softe bee with these compounded then doe they easely clense and expuise al grosse and slymie humors and therfore must needes be graunted cōmodious for suche persones the herbes of contrarie temperature viz. colde and moist are as muche hurtful such as Lettuse Endiue Mallowes Spinache and suche like whiche by their colde nature doe compact and heape together naughty humors in thinner partes of the bodye hindring their passage or expulsion for whiche cause the depth of the bodie is not purged but the disease more augmented and a great deale the more when the patient through fonde and gredie desire shal haue eaten herbes colde and drie with astringent facultie whiche to the pacients are moste obnoxious of whiche sorte bee these viz. Plantain Sorrel Nightshade and of like sorte ¶ Of Onions Garlike Musheromes or Toade stooles c. ONions Garlyke Scalians Leekes for their sharpe and byting tartnes together with the obscuritie of their substaunce both more dāmage to the body thē their force of extenuating can pleasure agayne Of the earth also proceadeth funges or Todestoles whiche any waye prepared are to be eschewed since they are not onely of euill iuyce but their nutriment is colde and flegmatick and to all accidentes and dispositions proceding of Ulcers moste hurtfull Of that minde is Galene saying further for as muche as Toadestooles can not drie it is a manifest token that in them is euill contained And Auicen saith that prefocation happeneth to them which vse to eate Toadstoles ¶ Of Pulse SInce there is no Pulse endewed with good perfect pleasure but doe greatly fill the bodye with wynde by whiche meanes paines in the bodye may arise to Ulcered bodies therefore vnneedefull I do not without cause accompt them vnprofitable Galene being author of which sorte be these viz. Beanes Fitches Rise and suche like let vs streightly cōmaunde the Ulcered patientes clearely to eschew these kinde of graines in what order soeuer they be altred but to an immoderate appetite the broth of red Rice may indifferently be permitted for that doeth attenuate and clense grosse and clammie humors open the obstructed wayes which meanes are much assistaūt to the healing of Ulcers ¶ Of motion and reste VNderstanding by Galene that reasonable motion is not onely helthfull to the bodie but also maketh the sayde bodie of a good fourme and habite and kepeth it in healthfull plight It shal be moste expedient that the person affected do moderatly frequent the motion and exercise of his bodie But yet saith Galene I would not haue him to vse it when he is full for endamaging or hurting the head with vapours whiche by muche motion maye arise from the meate newely taken and vndigested Exercise is good before meat for thē it encreaseth the force and strēgthe of the bodie saith Galene and thereby purgeth the pores of the bodie and expelleth the excrementes Galene therefore affirmed it profitable to vse exercises before meate yet it is conuenient also to vse exercises sometime after meate not alwaye but as Galene sayeth when the meate is entred into the seconde digestiō and the time of eating is at hande againe But if either before or after that time the exercise be vsed it either filleth the bodie with rawe superfluities or els hastneth the comming of Melancolie For sayeth Galene if the exercise after meate bee not gentle and easie it hasteneth downe the meate from the stomake before it be digested Wherfore the exercises before meat must be more hastie and quicke to the end that the superfluities whiche lurketh in the hollowe places of the body may more easely be expulsed nature being assisted by exercise ¶ Of sleepe and vvatching GAlene saith that sleepe and watching doth come on euery side according to the motions of vnconstaunt heate slepe to the inner partes and watching to the outward The naturall heate beeing moued forewarde for the whiche cause when as in muche sleepe the naturall heate being called to the inner partes a great quantitie of vapours doeth rise vp to the head whereby fluxions doe distill to the members belowe I thinke it expediēt that the Ulcered bodie refraine from much sleepe least superfluities multiplied by reason of sleepe should heape and gather to muche to the members which lie and reste Day sleepes must be altogether forbidden For in watching the breathinges may be moued from the harte to the outward parts they doe attenuate and dissolue the grosse and clammie humors engendred in the members natural heate being adioyned For the whiche thing it is expedient for the partie to vse watching for the longer distāce of time And when daily sleepe would possesse an accustomed order let it be shaken of and lost by litle and litle according to the precept of Galene ¶ Of Ioye or Mirthe GAlene saith that mirth proceadeth by motion of the minde to the outwarde partes of the body For the breath being gathered at the hart at the going foorth doth yeelde a comfortable heate to all the members whereby all flegmatick superfluities in them hidde is scattered and put foorth therfore profitable to Ulcered bodies But by sadnes by reason cometh the contrarie for that reuoketh al the spirites and heate vnto the heart so that the outward partes are vtterlye destitute of heate therefore greatly mouing and augmenting the cause of Ulcers wherefore vse myrthe and auoyde sadnes Of repletion and Inanition REpletion whether it be of meate or of euill humors filling the vessels of the body it is euill and straightly to bee reproued as sayeth Galene For when the vessels be filled aboue meane or measure with meates and drinkes the parties are in ieopardie of burstnes obstruction of naturall heate c. 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therefore all those that be infected with Ulcers to flee from vnmoderate filling of their bodies according to the causes rehearsed for that thereby all paynes anguishe and perturbations with euill disposition accompaning the Ulcers may be incited Let the patientes therefore vse a slender kinde of diet and yet not an vnmoderate kinde and excessiue fourme spare feeding sithens suche may easely engēder the falling sicknes whiche when the stomack shal be inordinatly emptied hath rediest accesse for so saith Galene But a thinne diet by moderate vse obserued resisteth the same Galene therfore hath this sentence a meane moderate diet vsually kept doth safely cure yong folkes of the falling sicknes newely begon doth metely assiste them though they be olde and the disease inueterated De Coitu FOr as muche as generally all Ulcers doe proceede of intemperature with colde and weakenes of natural heate and that nothing more augmenteth the mallice of suche affectes nor encreaseth their continuaunce then exercises decaying naturall heate thuse of thinges that weaken coole and drie the bodie And againe since nature in such parties is sufficiently busied in strengtheninge and sending due nourishement to the affected partes it must needs bee great damage to the patient and hinderaunce of the curation to vse Coiture which as Galene affirmeth doth make the body more weake slacke cold and drie whiche sure is needeles in Ulcered bodies who are commōly giuen to be of that intemperature And Paulus Aegineta saith that Coiture hurteth bodies sound that be of colde and drie complexion Wherefore to affected bodies which haue nothing in them naturall that may be wanted we ought without pardō to prohibite the vse of venerie A Table of Simples AND since I haue so narrowely touched the curatiō of Ulcers in the former treatises I thinke it more expedient then vnneedeful and more worthie the labour then out of the waye to set foorth in order the naturall temperatures and diuers operatiōs of suche simple medicines as my slender diligence at oportunitie of tyme hathe collected and drawen out of diuers worthie and approued writers and for the more easie finding of them I haue tradured and brought them into the order of an alphabet as followeth Aqua water colde and moist in the firste degree repercussiue Acetum Uineger colde in the first drie in the thirde degree aperitiue Aqua aluminosa Alom water drie in the fourth degree abstersiue and repercussiue Agresta nota Ueriuse colde in the second degree in the thirde repercussiue Acasia the iuyce of Sloes colde and drie in the thirde degree repercussiue Acedula litle Sorel colde and drie in the seconde degree repercussiue Anthera the yellowe of the Rose colde drie in the firste degree repercussiue Atriplex Arage colde and moist temperatly maturatiue and lenitiue Absinthium Wormewood hoate in the first degree drie in the seconde degree abstersiue Apium Smaledge hote in the first drie in the seconde degree maturatiue and mundificatiue Agrimonia Egrimonie hoate and drie in the seconde degree abstersiue Acusmuscate vide pes Columbinus Aristolochia Aristologie hoat and drie in the fourth degree adustiue and attractiue Allium Garlike hoate and drie in the fourth degree adustiue and attractiue Aloes a Gumme hoate in the seconde drie in the firste degree consolidatiue Auena Dates hoate and moiste temperatly maturatiue and abstersiue Amilum Starche colde and drie in the first degree lightly binding Axungia fatte or grease of a swyne hoat and moist in the first degree mollifieth and ripeneth Argentum viuum Quicksiluer the temperature wherof is diuersly supposed and iudged of for Auicen saith it is colde and moist in the seconde degree Dioscorides saith it is hoate and moiste in the fourth degree Paulus saith it is hoate and drie in the fourth degree Montanus whose iudgement I suppose moste allowable saith it is colde and moist vehementlye it is penetratiue Anisum Anysseede hoat in the third drie in the second degree dissolueth and correcteth windines Anethum Dill hoate and drie in the seconde degree resolutiue Asphodeli radices Daffadil rootes hoat drie in the second degree abstersiue and corrosiue Anacardus A kinde of fruite hoate and drie in the fourth degree vlceratiue Arsenicū Arsnicke hoate in the third drie in the seconde degree mortificatiue Auripigmentum Orpiment of the propertie of arsnicke Alumen rochinum Roche alome hoate and drie in the thirde degree stipticke Argilla Claie colde in the first drie in the second degree repercussiue Antimoniū or Stibium colde in the firste degree drie in the seconde mundifieth and purgeth with correctiues Ammoniacū a gumme hoat in the third drie in the first degree mollifieth with attraction Assa foetida a Gūme hoate in the third drie in the firste degree abstersiue and attractiue Asphaltū a fome hardened of a part of the sea named Mare mortuū it is hoate and drie and consolidatiue Acanthus Bearfoote hoate and drie in the first degree maturatiue Atramentum a mineral hot drie in the third degree corrosiue with stipticitie Aconitum woulfes wort it is deadly by reason of putrefaction Acorus Gladin hoate drie in the thirde degree resolutiue Adiantum vide capillus veneris Aiuga seu abiga Ground pine hoate in the seconde drie in the thirde astringēt Aizoon vide Semperuiuum Altea Highe Mallowe drie without notable heate or colde loseth and scattereth humors Alcibiadicū wilde Buglosse hoate without manifest drines expelleth venime Alisma Water plantaine hoate abstersiue Amaracum Fetherfew hote in the third drie in the seconde it mollifieth and delaieth inflammation Amarantus flower amour hoate and drie aperitiue Ambubeia vide Endiuia Ammi Ameos hoat and drie in the third degree aperitiue Anagallis Thickweede hoate and drie conglutinatiue Anagallis aquatica Water pimpernell hoate and drie aperitiue Androsemon vide Ipericon Anetum vaccinum Oxe eye hoate and drie resolutiue Angelica Angelicke roote hoate drie in the thirde degree dissolueth and openeth Angurium vide Cucumer Anisum Anise hoat and drie in the third degree digesteth and dissolueth Annonis Arkangel hoate and drie in the firste degree abstersiue and aperitiue Anthemis vide Camomilla Apium agreste Wilde smaledge hoate drie vehemently vlceratiue Apium hortense Garden smaledge hoat in the seconde moiste in the thirde degree openeth and mundifieth Arnoglosson vide Plantago Artemisia Mugwort hoate and drie in the seconde degree aperitiue Aron wake Robin hoate and drie in the thirde it wipeth and maketh tender Asarum or Asara bacca Hoate and drie in the thirde degree the leafe is astringent and the roote is aperitiue Asperagus vide Speragus Atractilis vide Carduus benedictus Auricula muris Mouseare colde moist attractiue and mundificatiue Agaricus Agaricke hoate and drie in the firste degree resolutiue Amigdala Almondes hoate and moiste in the firste degree prouoketh vrine Ambra Amber hoate and drie in the seconde degree comforteth the braine Argentum scoria eius Siluer and the drosse or filinges thereof colde drie conglutinatiue Aurū Golde tēperatly