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A33286	Vermiculars destroyed with an historical account of worms, collected from the best authors as well ancient as modern, and expe[r]iments [pr]oved by that admirable invention of the microscope : with directions for the taking those most famous medicines, intituled Pulvis Benedictus, &c. : also diagnostick signs of worms and signs of health in children, with the various causes of vermiculars / by R.C., chymist ...	R. C. (R. Clark)	1690 (1690)	Wing C4484; ESTC R39983	18,229	31

respective to her and never gave her any occasion to entertain such Diabolical Thoughts Hearing this I advised her to make her Address to a Divine for such in this case were more proper than a Physician The Woman still insisted on my Powder I gave her a Paper four or five days after she came for another affirming she was much better but not returning to me again I sent to see what was become of her the Person that went found her in good Health and those wicked Fantastick hellish Temptations subdued and vanished Now whether this sudden Change was caused by the powerful Vertue and Effect of the Medicine ay or no you may Conjecture as you please for I never will attest what I am altogether uncertain of She voided no Worms visible to the Eye but abundance of strange stuff Diagnostick Signs of Worms Paleness of the Face itching of the Nose hollowness of the Eyes unusual defluxion of Spittle grating of the Teeth when asleep ●ulness pains and heaviness in the Head a dry Cough an itching in Ano white and thick Vrine a universal Trembling over the whole Body a shining about the Eyes unquiet Sleep often starting lost Appetite unreasonable Appetite driness of the Tongue and Lips Extension and swelling of the Belly a gnawing and biting about the Stomach frightful Dreams Extream Thirst the Body decayed and lean Fits in Children often Vomiting stinking Breath Signs of Health The Complexion fresh or clear Moderate Appetite Quiet Sleep The Mind cheerful Excrement yellow Vrine well Coloured The Body open The Flesh firm c. These are the Signs of Health of which Temperance is the chief Pillar and consists most in Meat Drink Sleep and Exercise after which all prudent Parents ought to cast an Eye But on the contrary I have seen People force or perswade their Children to eat against Appetite which as Rames●y say is very pernicious for if there be little or no Appetite it is an infallible Sign the Meat formerly eaten or the Crudities thereof lies yet in the Stomach or in the Veins And to fast too long is as injurious for thereby the Stomach is fill'd with abundance of Humours which will not only endanger Worms but divers other Evils for empty Veins draw deepest and what they first receive good or bad that they mix with the Blood Therefore Children by reason of their growing ought to eat often but not too much at a time nor of many Dishes for many Dishes breed many Diseases and Distempers with care are easier prevented than cured Yet we see many by over-eating wilfully murther themselves dig their own Graves with their Teeth and all to please that devouring Gut of theirs which is a pernicious Sink and the Fountain of all Diseases it subverts and perverts the good Temperature of the Body stifles the Senses and Wits strangles Nature being not able to digest the Meat throughly whence ensue Crudities and the Ground and Seeds of many Diseases yet it is impossible to prescribe any exact Rule as to a Quantity for all Ages Sexes and Constitutions when we see by Experience That one and the same Man cannot live in Health with the same Food that sufficeth for quantity at another time that what will suffice in Summer is too little in Winter That what will satisfie one and less than that will surfeit another should he eat as much therefore it is not only an idle Conceit but a Madness Since there is such Variety in mens Bodies Strength Constitutions Dispositions and manner of Living the quantity of Food then ought to be proportioned by no other Rule but the quality and condition of the Stomach and that measure is exactly proportioned we may conclude which the Stomach hath so much Power over as perfectly to Concoct or Digest in the midst of any Imployment either of Body or Mind and then the Body will be thereby more lightsome and refreshed So that I would have all observe the old Rule that is To rise with an Appetite considering we have two Guest to entertain the Body and the Soul and that therefore we have a Care that we destroy not the Power of the one nor the Faculties of the other for tho the Belly have no Ears yet it hath Intelligence to beg its due and Wisdom to discern when it hath enough The same may be said by too much Wine that brave Heroick Elevator of the Spirits which drags the Soul out of its solitary and inmost Room adorning it with vigorous cheerful and aspiring Thoughts Yet soon is this great work unravel'd by the dull sluggish power of drowsie Sleep And all are Metamorphosed our Souls are the same they were only they had been drest in various Figures And to conclude Wine 's but a delusive Bliss a shortning to our days the introducer of all Quarrels and Mischiefs the Exhauster of our Estates the Trouble and Sorrow of our Friends all which Temperance prevents which is its own Reward were there no greater I Shall now speak of such as cannot hold their Water or have a Diabetes In this Disease with my Powder I have often brought away Worms by Vrine though the Medicine never did effect a Cure which is apparent Worms are not the cause of that Distemper Yet by reason it is a Disease that often proves fatal and brings Children into Consumptions and so to the Grave I have collected and set down such Remedies as the best of Physicians made use on Hoggs Bladder in Powder Marcellus The Claws of a Sow in Powder Plinius The dry'd Combs of Hens in Powder Rhases The Throats of Hens in Powder Galenus Galen chiefly used this for the Cure of a Diabetes The Spectacle-Stone call'd in Latin Specularis being burnt Al●rovandus the Powder is given with great success against flux of Vrine Fistula's and Hemorrhoids The Blood of a He-goat in Powder Dioscordes The Bones of a Water-Rat in Powder Ae●culapis A Flea'd-Mouse dried and beat●n into Powder and given at a time for three days together Any of these aforesaid being prepared in fine Powder may be given in a little Clarit or Plantane-water the Quantity according to the Age of the Patient give it in the Morning some take it Night and Morning If you purge first it will be the better For this Disease is occasioned by the fulness weakness and heat of the Kidneys and Reins which causes such a swift Passage of that which is drunk throw the body that the Drink is hardly altered Worms in the Face Worms in the Face are animated of corrupt Humours lodg'd between the Skin and the Flesh and cannot be destroy'd quickly without injuring the Face But those who have patience may destroy them with Oyl of Myrrh mix'd with Vinegar of Squills and when you use it let it dry into the Skin Freckles taken out The said Oyl mixt with the Blood of a Vine will take out Freckles if not too deep in the Skin or mix it with

Birch-water it will effect the same Pearl dissolved Birch-water Dissolves Pearl and makes a rare Cosmetick which is a Secret very little known if you find it too sharp for your Skin mix it with water or May-Dew clarified by the Sun Some use the waters of Bean-Blossoms White-Thorn and Lyllys But I am convinced that all waters drawn by Fire are iniurious to the Skin unless extracted with some Balsamick Body as Hungaria water is though the Composition is only Spirit of Wine and Rosemary-Flowers Aqua Hungaria Four pound of Flowers to three Quarts of Spirits and after 24 Hours infusion draw it off in Balneo the Head and Receiver being well lu●ed This is a rich Cosmetick and hath many other Vertues which I shall omit here by reason they are so well known And now you may think as many pretenders do that is having the Receipt you can make the Water which already hath blasted its Estimation For some make it of Rosemary-tops instead of Flowers others of Flowers they know not when gathered or from whence they came But if you design to make this Water observe and you will find upon Rosemary-Flowers a rich White Gum or Balsamick-matter then they are in their prime gather them on a dry day for if they hang long that Balsamick-matter is exhaled by the influence of the Sun and the Flowers good for little but to set Fools to work Such as design to make use of Birch-water must tap the Tree in April Oyl of Myrrh BOyl Hen-Eggs hard and cut them long-ways through the middle take out the Yolks and fill the Cavities with Powder of Myrrh joyn them and bind 'em gently with a Thred put them on a Grate in a cool moist Celler a Dish under and the Oyl will drop from them This Oyl dropt in Water is a good Cosmetick prevents Worms breeding in the Face creates a fair fresh and youthful Complexion and if used in time I believe might prevent the Marks of the Small-Pox by reason it will heal a Wound without leaving a Scar. Or thus So soon as the Small-Pox appears To prevent marking in the Small-Pox that you are satisfied it is the Disease with a Feather anoint the Fa●● with Oyl of Sweet-Almonds six or seven times over Let the Oil be new drawn when you have done so cover the Face all over with Leaf-gold the Eyes excepted be sure you leave no part uncovered but rather lay two leafs on for where there is a defect of Gold there will be a scar Let it remain on till the Scabs shale off This is the only thing yet known for this purpose and if well applied seldom if ever fails The sick must lye on their Back while it is done That Worms are the occasion of the shedding of Hair Worms in the Head kill'd is the Opinion of many wise and learned Authors Being bread in the Roots which frequently appears after a Fit of Sickness on the Head as well as the Hands and Feet and to destroy them rub the Head morning and night with the Inside of an Out-Peel of an Orange for a month or six weeks and it will not only kill the Worms but make the Hair grow thick I have known it bring Hair on a Bald-Head 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 killed There is another sort of Worms by some called Teredo These Vermin are bred in the Feet and hands and cause a great itching in those parts They generally appear through weakness after a Fit of Sickness They are killed by anointing with Black-Soap and Quick-silver Worms very often are the cause of a Red-Face and the way to destroy them and take away the Redness if there should be no Worms is as followeth The Cure of a Red-face Take half a pound of distilled Vinegar two New-laid-Eggs with their Shells two spoonfuls of Flower of Sulphur Let these infuse in the Vinegar three days then take out the Eggs and with a Needle prick them full of holes but not too deep lest any Yolk come out and let the Whites run into the Vinegar and strain all through a fine Cloth and tye the Sulpur in the Cloth like a little Ball and when you use it dip the Ball in the Liquor and pat the Place three or four times a day and in a short time you will find the Effect Keep the Ball in a Box from the Air. Directions for the taking of Pulvis Benedictus I. AN Infant of six Months old so upwards to a year may take half a Paper in the Morning How taken by Infants you may give it in a spoonful of Breast-milk and let it take it two or three Mornings together which with the same Quantity of my Night-powder taken at night may effect a Cure not only as to Worms and Vermiculous matter but in any other grievance or Disease incident to their Age. Though if you find they do require more proceed and give it only intermit a day for the Medicine is so safe you need not fear any prejudice by it and an Infant of two or three Months old may take the same From a year to two years II. From a year to two years of age you may begin with half a Paper if that give not two or three Stools give the next Morning a whole Paper From two years to four or five III. From two years of age to four or five you may begin with a whole Paper From five to ten IV. From five or six years and so to ten you may begin with a Paper and a half V. From ten to fifteen with two Papers From ten to fifteen From fifteen to twenty c. VI. From fifteen to twenty with two Papers and a half or three if your Constitution be very strong and hard to work on you may take four but this is very rare The difference in Constitutions and Dose to keep to VII So great is the difference in Constitutions that it is impossible to propose any one Dose for all though of an age when a Child of five or six years of age will and do often take three Papers and shall have with it no more Stool than a man that takes the same Quantity therefore I would advise you to begin with a low Dose till you know the strength of your Constitution and keep to that Dose as gives only two or three Stools VIII You may take it three Mornings successively How often taken and then intermit a day and so continue till the Cure be effected which will be in a few days But for Men and Women they may take it six or seven days without intermission if the Wormatick matter be so obstinate and rebellious as to repaire it and they have strength to go through it IX You may take either the great or lesser Composition in a spoonful or two of Beer Ale or Claret or in the Pulp of an Aple In what it may be taken c. The more curious may give