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A11188	Diacatholicon aureum: or a generall power of gold purging all offensiue humours in mans bodie: good in generall for all diseases, where there needeth any purgation: as also for any sicknesse yearely incident, or which is feared to approach by the increase of any euill humor, distemperature of diet, or otherwise how so euer growing towards any disease, to preuent the same, and keepe the bodie in health. It may lately be taken of all maner of people, of what age so euer, sucking children, old men and women, in the quantitie of two, three, or foure graines, according to the age, strength, and disease of the partie. Whosoeuer stand in neede of this powder, may haue it at the signe of the Hand and Pistall, neere vnto Iuic Bridge, for two shillings sixe pence the graine.	Russel, Thomas, an empiric.	1602 (1602)	STC 21455; ESTC S101643	15,853	24

superficies of this powder from whence the purging facultie procéedeth as is plainely shewed in the end of the sixt Chapter is cold therefore ꝑ conclude that it cannot draw any humors into the stomacke My proposition was proued before by the naturall effectes of heate and cold and by the authoritie of Galen before cited in his booke intitled Quos purgere oportete and in his fift booke De simp medi. facul the sixtéene Chapter My assumption I proue thus as is the effect so is the cause but the effect which Mercurie worketh is cold and therefore Mercurie it selfe is cold My proposition in the Philosophers maxime the assumption is proued by instance in the disease called the Palsie and relaxation of the Sinewes which we see dayly happen to those that deals much with Quicksiluer as our Gilders with rich Gold being caused by the sinne of the Quicksiluer Now that the Palsie is a cold disease Galen witnesseth in his fourth booke De causis pulsuum My second instance is taken from another effect of Mercurie which is this When any hath taken a great quantitie as much as will poyson a bodie during all the time of the working of it the partie shall neuer thirst which if it were hot it would inflame the bloud and vitall spirits and cause intolerable thirst as it happeneth after the taking of all hot poysons for the partie will thirst euen to the death which is proued by an example cited of Conciliator in his booke De venenis of an Apothecarie who thirsting in the extreame heate of Summer in the night time tooke a Pitchard of Quicksiluer in stead of some drinke or other and dranke of it forthwith it cooled his thirst congealed the bloud and destroyed the vitall spirits and being found dead in his bed in the morning his body by the aduice of a Phisicion was cut vp and there was found in his stomack one pound of Quicksiluer the bloud in his heart being congealed by which the same Authour concluded that it was of a cold qualitie To these instances may be added that it is in the forme of water altogether without taste not bitter sharpe sowre salt swéete or hauing any stiplicitie or corrosiuenesse Besides these probable inductions the authoritie of diuers of our moderne Authors may be added who haue diligently both by speculation and proofe inuestigated the nature of it whatsoeuer Paracelsus through vaine subtilties and trifling arguments goeth about to perswade the world that it is of a hot qualitie then since the superficiall purging qualitie of this powder is cold it manifestly proueth that it doth not purge by attraction The second reason which proueth that this powder doth not purge by attraction is taken from a sure demonstration by certaine experience which is this The first time that it is administred vnto any bodie it will worke his effect duely as it ought to doe euacuating the humours but if it bee administred againe the next day it will then verie little worke by siege or vomit or nothing at all by reason the first day it did euacuate all the humours within the stomacke and bowels which it then met withall now all other purges attractiue being taken againe the second day will worke afresh because they still drawe mo humours out of the veines and fleshie parts of the bodie and if there bee none to draw they dissolue and melt the flesh it selfe draw bloud out of the veines spirits out of the arteries and so by consequent life it selfe which vice would also bee incident to this powder of Gold if it did worke any whit by attraction which seeing it doth not it cannot hold with the naturall possibilitie of this powder to produce any such fatall euent and as it worketh not Attrahendo so neither doth it worke Comprimendo because it leaueth the bodie after alwayes soluble sometimes a weeke a month yea a quarter of a yeere by which may bee noted the excellencie and preheminence that this purge hath aboue all other purging medicines in the world for this must needes be graunted which Galen himselfe confesseth in his booke entituled Quos purgare oportet That al purging medicines which worke by attraction are verie offensiue to the stomacke and noysome to all parts of the bodie diuers symptomes and great inconueniences following them by reason when there is such a suddaine violent and vnnaturall pulling and riuing the humours from bloud wherein life consisteth nature can hardly endure this seperation being before so firmely vnited together without her great detriment and losse of many spirits the inconueniences and vices whereof I will shew at large in the sixt Chapter Now this purge of Gold seeing it worketh not by attraction cannot be scandalized with any of those blots neither can any such symptomes follow it But happily some may here obiect that if it onely purge Leniendo and Lubricando and not Attrahendo how can it remoue and purge stubborne and rebellious humors out of the veines and solid remote parts of the bodie and then not being able to remoue them how can it be good almost for any disease and to conclude it were as good to take a glister or eate a little Cassia Manna or stued Pruines as to take this golden purge To this I answere that though it purge not the humours within the veines and fleshie parts by attraction yet it doth either helpe nature to digest them or expell them by sweate and Vrine which is a direct course according to natures owne procéedings so you see that it doth worke by vomit siege sweate and vrine according as nature is burdened and ouerladed for if the stomacke bee oppressed with light choler water and flegme it purgeth them by vomit if the intestines and lower parts bee ouercharged with choler water or flegme it worketh by siege if either stomacke or bowels be ouerladen with melancholy it euacuateth alwaies that humour by siege if the bloud and the solid parts of the bodie bee oppressed with any of those humours it dissolueth them and openeth their passage and purgeth them by sweate and insensible expiration If the Emulgent veines or reynes of the backe be burdened with choler flegme or melancholy or haue any obstructions it openeth the passages dissolueth the humours and bringeth them out by Vrine for it purgeth all the vicious and offensiue humours alike not hauing any humour destinate to it but as the body is most ouercharged on that it worketh first In the answering this obiection a greater may arise among the learned and that is this Whereas I say that this powder of Gold dooth purge by sweate and Vrine how can that agrée with naturall Philosophie and experience that a cold qualitie which I affirmed before this powder had can open dissolue sweate and expell by Vrine To this I answere that though the outward superficiall qualitie of this powder of Gold bee cold from the Mercurialitie yet inwardly there is a subtill acrious heate from the Aureitie which is

hauing especiall care of their Patients health laboured by all means possible to find out Antidotes and correctors to withstand their inconueniences and breake their malice and in regard each purging medicine had some manifest vice or other they did not onely inuent generall correctors to auoyd such capitall vices but also particular for euery such medicine Hence Aloes had Mastick Bdellium and Tragagant to keepe it from opening of the veynes drawing bloud out of them and causing the Emmorrhoids Mirabolanes were prepared with oyle of sweete Almonds and administred with iuice of Fumitary Wormwood Agarick and Spikenard and Diureticks to hinder them frō causing obstructions Scammony was corrected with iuice of Quinces and vineger to breake his malice and giuen with Aromaticks and comforters of the principall parts to ouercome his enmitie to the whole bodie Turbith was corrected with Ginger to auoyd windinesse and so in like maner euery one had his particular correcter directer and helper to worke duly qualifie their vices This knowne and well considered it resteth to shew whether there be any such vice in this Catholicon Aureum or no herein is the difference séene betwéene this and all other purges that whereas all of them néed correctors to breake their malice Aromatickes to take away their lothsomnesse and help their working admixture of contraries to stay their violent and immoderate operation and Cordials to comfort defend the principall parts So that if the ill effects they worke be weighed in an equall ballance with their good the good will scarce counterpoyse it This powder onely hath this grace that it neuer offendeth any of the principall parts neuer draweth bloud out of the veynes neuer worketh too violently euacuating more thē is burdensome to nature neuer inflameth the bloud or any part of the body neuer maketh exulceration of the stomack bowels neuer violently draweth humours but after a direct course helpeth nature to digest them or expell them by sweat vrine and expiration neuer néedeth any corrector nor hath any such inconuenience therefore by consequent neuer raiseth any such symptoms which vsually follow the taking of the other purges but contrarywise I affirme that it strengtheneth the heart the liuer the braine and the whole body purifieth the bloud reuiueth the spirits making them fit and apt to doe all their functions naturall That this is true I giue the learned thus much to consider The materials whereof this powder consisteth in generall are two for in it are two corporeall substances mixed and vnited together not as Elementa in composito mixta inseperabilia but as salt dissolued and mixed with water or sugar in wine per minima as farre as that mixion and vnicion may be yet with more fixation and very hard yet possible seperation One of the substances is Metalline fixed the other Mercuriall fixed agent patient Of these two vnited together is this powder made from these two in one procéed two seuerall qualities the one purging by siege Leniendo and Lubricando by vomit Os stomachi aperiendo and Naturam fortiter mouendo The other comforting from the Aureity and helping naturall heat to dissolue open and expell whatsoeuer is offensiue either within the vessels or without by sweat and expiration and as neither Mercury it selfe without his incorruptible patient can safely purge or work any good effect so neither Gold without his Mercuriall agent the true minerall fire can be so subtiliate as to comfort nature expell offensiue humours but both Philosophically circulate together make this perfect purge From these reasons it may be gathered why it both purgeth and comforteth from the one qualitie leauing the body long after soluble from the other qualitie strengthening the vitall spirits and animall faculties restoring also naturall heat and radicall moysture to the temperature thereof CHAP. 7. The conclusion CVrteous Reader I haue thus bréefely and truely shewed the materials whereof this powder consisteth the preparation of it the qualities and operation the differences betwéene this and all other purges and in what diseases it is good to take it yet imagine not that it will cure them of it selfe alone but onely seruing for a preparation to their cures wheresoeuer there néedeth any purging in stead of all other yet many of those diseases as I noted before it will of it selfe cure with diuers others which time and experience shall make manifest and the ingenious Reader may easily gather frō the instance of those and that with more effectuall safe pleasant and speedice working then any other at this day known and inuented and if any hereafter require farther satisfaction of the naturall possibilitie hereof either by authority reason or experience I shall bee ready at any occasion to doe it eyther by word or writing in the meane time commending these first fruites of my labours to his indifferent and equall censure Et hic me Plato sistere iubet FINIS