each one ounce make a Decoction in two quarts of Barly-water boil it to the consumption of a third part in the strain'd Liquor dissolve of syrup of dried Roses and Diamoron each three ounces of Hony two ounces make a Lotion With this the Ulcer may be washed daily either by Syringing or Gargling but if the Ulcers be behind or over the Palate the best way to cleanse them will be to pass the Injection up into the Nostrils but the Patient must keep his Mouth full of Water all the while to prevent Coughing If the Ulcers are sordid dress them with the Lac sublimate upon an armed Probe if there be a Caries in the bone of the Palate touch it with Aqua divina Fernelii if the bone be corrupted through 't will be necessary to wear a plate In Ulcers of the Nose the matter usually mixing with the excrementitious humours dryes in the passage and thereby prohibits the discharge and increases the ulceration and also the Caries and therefore you are in the first place to supple and remove that by casting up mucilaginous decoctions Take of cleans'd Barly one ounce of the roots of Marsh-mallows two ounces of the Seeds of Quinces three Drachms of Liquorish two drachms boyl them in a quart of Fountain-water to the strain'd Liquor add three ounces of Oyl of Almonds let it be injected often in a day the mucus being thus removed inject the following Water Take of Sarsaparilla sliced three ounces infuse them twenty four hours in three pints of plantain-water then boyl half away towards the end add of the Leaves of Agrimony Sage and the tops of Brambles each one handful of red Roses and Balaustines each half an handful quench Steel often in the strain'd Liquor and add to it two drachms of Roch Alum and make an Injection This will cleanse the Ulcers and in the mean while you may by Anti-venereals hasten the exfoliation of the Bones and consolidation of the Ulcers For the extirpation of Warts and the like Excrescencies magisterial water of Alum lac Sublimati Spirit of vitriol and the caustick Stone are proper when these will not do the business the Ligature and Knife and actual cautery will but the growing of them again must be prevented by Anti-venereals To cure the fluttering noise in the Ears arising in this Disease Take of the bark of Guiacum one drachm of the bark of Sassafras two drachms of Castor four scruples of the flowers of Lavender one drachm and an half of Cloves half a drachm of Spirit of Wine rectified eight ounces make an Infusion in a glass Vessel twenty four hours upon hot Ashes keep the strain'd Liquor for use Put some of this daily into the Ears warm with Cotton To ease Pains Take of Lard four ounces of Oil of Scorpions two ounces of the Oils of Camomil Rosemary and Sage each half a drachm of Petroleum and Spike Oil each one drachm of London Laudanum one Scruple more or less mingle them and anoint the Part. If Nodes cause the Pain apply the Plaister of Frogs with four times the quantity of Quick-silver CHAP. CXXVII Of the Itch and Spots and Pimples in the Face OFten and constant eating of salt Fish or Flesh and dryed in the Sun also Drinks that are disagreeable and poysonous do commonly cause cutaneous eruptions also the Humour gathered in the cutaneous Glands sometimes by meer Stagnation becomes not only itchy but oftentimes corruptive wherefore not only they that have been long kept in Prison but also they that have liv'd a Sedentary Life and are used to Filth and Stinks are subject to these Diseases As to the cure of the Itch there are two primary Indications First that the glandulous Humour be reduced to a due disposition Secondly that the pores of the Skin be freed from ichorus concretions The preservative Indication respects these two things First that the itchy Humour does not regurgitate upon the Blood and nervous Liquor Secondly that itchy Humour if it be fallen upon the noble Parts be eradicated All these intentions of Healing ought to be complicated or at least provided for by turns by external and internal Remedies You must begin and end with Purging and Bleeding if nothing contra-indicates must be used at the beginning Alteratives must be also used and Liniments and Baths or Topicks of other kinds I will set down some choice forms of Medicines of every kind and first as to Purges a Purge or a Vomit must be given at the beginning and after bleeding if it be used a purging Apozem or Diet-Drink must be taken for seven or eight days Take of the Electuary called Diacarthamum three drachms of the Species called Diaturbith with Rhubarb one drachm of Cream of Tartar and Salt of Wormwood each half a Scruple of the purging Syrup of Apples a sufficient quantity make a Bolus Take of Sulphur of Antimony grains seven of Scammony sulphurated grains eight of Cream of Tartar half a scruple make a Powder Take of the Roots of Polipody of the Oak of sharp-pointed Dock prepared each one ounce of the leaves of Sena ten drachms of Turbith Agarick and Dodder of Thyme each one ounce of the seeds of Carthamus half an ounce of yellow Sanders two drachms of the Seeds of Anise and Caraways each two drachms cut them and beat them and digest them hot in two quarts of White-wine in a Vessel close stopped for twenty four hours pour off the clear Liquor without pressing The Dose is six ounces either by themselves or with a spoonful of the Syrup of Dodder of Thyme Or Take the fore-said Ingredients and boyl them in three quarts of Fountain-water till half is consumed then add a pint of White-wine strain it presently to be taken as before Or Take of the roots of Polypody of the Oak of sharp-pointed Dock each three ounces of the best Sena four ounces of Dodder of Thyme Turbith and Mechoacan each two ounces of yellow Sanders one ounce of Coriander-seeds six drachms prepare them according to Art make a Bag for four Gallons of Ale after five or six days Tap it and take three quarters of a pint more or less every morning for eight or ten days For the ordinary drink provide four gallons of small Ale and hang in a Bag in it the following Ingredients Take of the tops of Tamarisk and Fumitory dryed each four handfuls of the roots of sharp-pointed Dock dryed six ounces of the bark of Woody Night-shade two ounces cut and beat them As to altering Remedies there is little need of others besides the altering drink above prescribed only the Patient must observe a good course of Diet he must forbear salt and peppered Meats Shell-fish and such as are Pickled also Wine Strong-waters and strong Beer As to Ointments the following is commonly used Take of the powder or flower of Brimstone half an ounce of Butter that is not Salted four ounces of Ginger powdered half a drachm make a Liniment The following is neater though not
sorrel one drachm of species Liberans half a scruple with a sufficient quantity of the syrup of the juice of Citron make a Cordial Bolus Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws half a scruple of Volatile salt of Hart's horn three grains of confection of Hyacinth a sufficient quantity Take of the Cordial magisterial Powder of compound Powder of Crab's claws each twelve grains of the temperate Cordial Species eight grains mingle them make a Cordial-powder for two Doses Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws and of the Goa-stone each half a drachm mingle them Make a Powder to be divided into three doses Catharticks TAke of Quercetan's pill of Tartar one drachm and an half of the Pil. Coch. major two scruples of chimical Oil of Marjoram three drops mingle them make twelve Pills and let three be taken at Bed-time once in two or three days Take of the fetid Pill and of Troches of Myrrh each one drachm of volatile Salt of sal Armoniack one scruple of peruvian Balsam a sufficient quantity make midling Pills Take of the fetid Pill and of Rudius's extract each half a drachm of salt of VVormwood ten grains of Oil of Cloves two drops with a sufficient quantity of Elixir Proprietatis make twelve Pills Let him take four every third day with Regimen Take of the Pills of Storax ten grains of Aloes Rosat two scruples make eight Pills Let him take them every other night and the next morning an ounce of Manna and a drachm of Cream of Tartar Take of Pil. ex duobus and of Pil. Coch. minor each one scruple of salt of Tartar half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Backthorn and four drops of Juniper berries make twelve Pills Let him take six with Regimen Take of the Pill of Hound's-tongue one scruple of Aloes Rosat and of the Pil. Coch. minor each one drachm of salt of Tartar half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Violets make eighteen Pills Give six when the cholick pain is violent and let the sick keep his bed six hours and repeat them upon occasion Take of Manna one ounce and an half dissolve it in two ounces and an half of black Cherry-water add one ounce of the purging syrup of Apples of spirit of Sulphur three drops Let the Child take half of this every other day Take of Gerion's decoction of Sena four ounces of syrup of Buckthorn six drachms of spirit of Sulphur six drops of Aqua mirabilis one drachm mingle them make a Potion to be taken in the morning Take of the Powder of Rhubarb twenty five grains of salt of Wormwood eight grains of syrup of Succory with Rhubarb a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus to which add two drops of chimical Oil of Aniseeds Take of Mercurius dulcis and Diagridium each fifteen grains mingle them make a Powder to be taken in the morning Diaphoreticks TAke of Venice-treacle half a drachm of bezoartick Powder one scruple of syrup of the juice of Citron a sufficient quantity Make a Bolus Take of the Powders of the roots of Contrayerva Virginian snakeweed and Butterbur each one drachm of Cochinele and Saffron each half a drachm mingle them make a Powder The dose is half a drachm Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws half a drachm of conserve of VVoodsorrel one drachm of Mithridate two scruples and an half mingle them Presently after taking it drink a draught of Posset-drink wherein Camomil or Marigold-flowers have been boil'd Take of Venice-treacle one drachm of Laudanum Opiatum one grain and an half of the pulp of Conserve of Roses half a drachm mingle them make a Bolus to be taken at bed-time drinking upon it the following draught Take of Treacle-water one ounce of Carduus-water two ounces of syrup of Cowslips three drachme mingle them make a draught Take of Venice-treacle two scruples of volatile Salt of Amber and Bezoartic mineral each half a drachm of Laudanum opiatum three grains mingle them make a Bolus Take of Salt of Hartshorn two grains of the magisterial Cordial-powder six grains of Camphor and Cochinele each four grains of Venice-treacle one scruple of the Aqua Coelestis a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus Let it be taken at a convenient time and let nine ounces of the following Apozem be taken every third hour Take of the roots of Scorzonera two ounces of Butturbur Angelica and Fennel each one ounce of rasped Hartshorn six drachms of Ivory rasped three drachms of Marigold-flowers one pugil of Vetches half a handful boil them in a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to a quart of the Liquor strain'd add half an ounce of tincture of Saffron of Christalline Sugar one ounce mingle them make an Apozem Diureticks TAke of Sal Prunellae two drachms of Sugar candy one drachm make a Powder to be divided into six parts Let one be taken thrice a day Take of Sal Prunella three drachms of Salt of Amber half a drachm make a Powder The dose is half a drachm thrice a day Take of Compound-water of Horse-radish two ounces of Pellitory-water four ounces of spirit of Salt one scruple fifteen grains of salt of Tartar fifteen grains of syrup of Violets half an ounce mingle them make a Potion Take of the Powder of Bees one scruple of the seeds of Lovage half a scruple mingle them make a Powder Take of the Powder of Egg-shells half a drachm or one drachm give it in a draught of Whitewine Take of the Waters of Arsmart and Wake-robin each six ounces of compound Briony-water and compound Radish-water each two ounces of the syrup of the five opening Roots one ounce and an half of spirit of Salt forty drops mingle them make a Julep Let four or five ounces of it be taken twice a day Eye-Waters TAke of the water of Spawn of Frogs of Plantain and of Roses each one ounce of Tutty-stone prepared two scruples of the white Troches of Rhasis half a scruple mingle them make an Eye-water to be used twice or thrice a day cold Take of red Rose water two ounces of Salt of Vitriol finely powder'd five grains mingle them make a Collyrium Take of Crocus metallorum one drachm of Plantain-water three ounces digest them hot for six hours and then filter them Make a Collyrium to be dropt into the Eyes often in a day Emulsions TAke of blanched Almonds number three of the seeds of Melons Lettice and white Poppies each one drachm of the pulp of Barly three drachms beat them and pour on them a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to eight ounces of the strained Liquor add five drachms of Diacodium mingle them make an Emulsion Take of blanched Almonds twelve of the four greater cold Seeds each one drachm and an half of the seeds of Lettice and white Poppies each half a drachm beat them in a marble Mortar and pour on them gently a sufficient quantity of Poppy-water make an Emulsion for 2 doses
to which add an ounce of syrup of Violets and half a drachm of sal Prunella Take of blanched Almonds infused in Rose-water two ounces of the four greater cold seeds and of Plantain and Purslain each one drachm of seeds of Marsh-mallows and white Poppies each one scruple beat them according to Art and pour on them a sufficient quantity of the decoction of Barly and Liquorice make an Emulsion for two doses To each add of syrup of Water-lillies one ounce of sal Prunella half a drachm Gargarisms TAke of the Waters of Plantain and spawn of Frogs each four ounces of syrup of Mulberries and dried Roses each one ounce of spirit of Vitriol a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly acid make a Gargarism Take of the middle bark of the Elm two ounces of Barly-water one pint and an half boil it to a pint Add to the strain'd Liquor when 't is clear of Epidemic-water and syrup of Rasberries each two ounces of spirit of Sulphur half a scruple mingle them make a Gargarism Take of the mucilage of the seeds of Quinces made in Rose-water two ounces of syrup of Rasberries one ounce mingle them Let him take one spoonful often and hold it a little upon his Tongue and swallow it by degrees Take of Plantain-water one pint the whites of two Eggs of Sugar a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Gargarism Take of the roots of Marshmallows one ounce of Liquorish rasped three drachms of the middle bark of the Elm and of common Bramble-bush each three drachms of the leaves of Sage and Columbine each half a handful of fat Figs number five of red Roses half a handful of Balaustines half a drachm of Jew's Ears two drachms of Cochinel one scruple boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to one pint strain the Liquor and sweeten it with Hony of Roses strain'd make a Gargarism Take of the Waters of red Roses and Plantain each two ounces of Hony of Roses strain'd and of syrup of Mulberries each three drachms of crude Alom pouder'd ten grains mingle them make a Gargarism Glisters TAke of the carminative Decoction ten ounces of mercurial Hony one ounce of brown Sugar two ounces and a half of the Electuary of Laurel-berries half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of the common Decoction for a Glister one pint of Lenitive Electuary one ounce and a half of Diacatholicon one ounce of Oil of Camomil half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of Cow's milk one pint of yolks of Eggs number two of Venice-treacle half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of the carminative Decoction with Lawrel and Juniper-berries ten ounces of the Electuary of Lawrel-berries one ounce of Vinum Benedictum two ounces of brown Sugar three ounces of chimical Oil of Juniper ten drops mingle them make a Glister Take of the common Decoction for a Glister six ounces of the species of Hiera piâ—ra one drachm of Cassia six drachms of mercurial Hony one ounce and a half mingle them make a Glister Take of Cow's Milk with a pugil of red Roses boil'd in it six ounces of Diascordium one drachm mingle them make a Glister Take of the roots of Tormentil of yellow Myrobalans of the seeds of Coriander each three drachms of the Flowers of Camomil half a handful of Balaustines one scruple boil them in a quart of Fountain-water to half a pint of the strain'd Liquor ade one drachm of Mithridate make a Glister Liniments TAke of the red Ophthalmic Ointment of the last Edition save one of the London Dispensatory two drachms of Oil of bitter Almonds twenty drops mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the Eye-lids with a hot Finger Take of pure Sperma ceti two drachms dissolve it in half an ounce of Oil of Almonds fresh drawn add six drachms of Pomatum mingle them make a Liniment for the Face Take of Oils of Scorpions and of sweet Almonds each one drachm of Saffron pouder'd half a scruple mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the region of the Heart with a hot Hand and apply over a Pidgeon cut in the middle and renew it every third hour Take of the Alabastrine Ointment one drachm and a half of Oil of Nutmegs by expression two scruples mingle them anoint the Forehead and Temples and apply over a Rose-cake sprinkled with Vinegar Take of Populneum Ointment half an ounce of Opium one scruple mingle them Take of Ointment of Tobacco one ounce and a half of Flowers of Sulphur half an ounce of Oil of Nutmegs by expression two drachms of sal Armoniac one drachm mingle them Take of the pectoral Ointment and of the Flowers of Oranges each one ounce and a half of the chimical Oil of Camomil-flowers one scruple mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the Breast with a hot Hand Pectorals TAke of Olibanum Spema ceti and of the Powder of Liquorice each one scruple of syrup of Marshmallows a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus Repeat it twice or thrice in a day Take of Storax strain'd Myrrh Balsam of Tolu Juice of Liquorice and Hony each a sufficient quantity make Pills Take a scruple thrice a day upon an empty Stomach drinking upon it two spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of compound Gentian-water and of strong Cinnamon-water and of Oxymel of Squills each three ounces mingle them Take of syrup of Maiden-hair and of Jujubes each three ounces of Oil of Flax fresh drawn two ounces mingle them make a Lohoch Let him take half a spoonful every other hour and when the Cough is violent Take of Aniseeds finely pouder'd and of Liquorice pouder'd each three drachms of flowers of Sulphur one drachm and a half of the best Hony two ounces and a half dissolved in three spoonfuls of Cinnamon-water hordeated make an Electuary to which add fifteen drops of Balsam of Sulphur of Oil of Aniseeds ten drops Let him take two drachms in the morning and at bed time Take of the Lohoch Sanans half an ounce of syrup of Maiden-hair two ounces of Oil of sweet Almonds half an ounce of syrup of Jujubes half an ounce mingle them make a Linctus to be taken when the Cough is violent Take of the Lohoch Sanans three ounces of syrup of Rasberries one ounce mingle them Make a Linctus Plasters THE Head being shaved and washed with equal parts of Canary and compound spirit of Lavender apply a Plaster made of the Cephalic Plaster and a fourth part of Gum Tacama-haca To the Breast and Region of the Stomach apply the Stomach-Plaster with eight drops of Oil of Wormwood Take of the Plaster ad Herniam and of red Lead each a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Plaster to be apply'd to the Vertebrae of the Loins and the Os Sacrum Take of the Plasters of Hemlock with Ammoniacum of compound Melilote and Cummin each equal parts of sal Armoniac half a drachm mingle them make a Plaster for the region of
is very hardly cured and there is Danger least it should turn to a Cancer That which is seated below or in the Middle of the Nostrils is easier cured than that which grows at the Root of the Nose because Medicines can scarce reach thither Both of them are to be cured the same Way viz. The superfluous Flesh must be taken off But first the antecedent Cause must be removed which is a Flegmatick Humour falling from the Head To this End an attenuating Course of Diet must be ordered and universal Evacuations Revulsion and Derivation Afterwards the superfluous Flesh must be taken off either by a caustick or by an Instrument and the Ulcer remaining must be cicatrized But at the Beginning when the Disease is fresh it is sometimes cured by astringent and very drying Medicines and such gentle Means are always to be used before you proceed to greater Take of unripe Grapes three Pounds of the Bark of Pomegranate of Balaustins and Sumach each two Pounds infuse them in Vinegar and distil them then add of Allum a Pound of Vitriol three Ounces distil them all again and touch the inward parts of the Nostrils frequently with the Water If this is not sufficient more powerful things must be used and you must add Sandarach and Orpiment to the foregoing Water or the Polypus must be frequently touched with Spirit of Vitriol tempered with Plantane Water But red Precipitat often washed is reckoned the best Medicine It may be mixt with Honey of Roses and applyed with a Tent dipt in it Plaisters are also used in this Case Take of Verdigrease Orpiment Vitriol Crude-alum each one Ounce and an half of Antimony six Drams infuse them in Vinegar and then powder them very fine when they are dry infuse them and powder them eight Times more then lastly infuse them in Plantane Water and dry them afterwards take of Oyl of Roses four Ounces of Thithargo two ounces mix them and boyl them and towards the End two Ounces of the foresaid Powder boyl it to a sticking Plaister and make Tents of it to be put up the Nostrils Note That before the Use of Causticks the Nostrils must be defended by Galen's cooling Oyntment or with Populeum or with the White of an Egg mixt with the Oyl of Roses or the like Secondly you must take Notice that caustick Medicines must be conveyed through a Silver Pipe which must incompass the Polypus so that the Medicine may work and not touch the Nostrils Thirdly you must take Notice that such Medicines must be used when the Moon is waneing for then the Tumour is much diminished and so the Medicine may the easier reach the Root of it Lastly if it cannot be cured by Medicines you must proceed to Chirurgical Operation which is described by Cornelius Celsus and by late Authors CHAP. XXXVIII Of the Loss of Smelling and other Faults of it SMelling as all the other Actions of the Body is hurt three Ways it is either diminished abolished or depraved The Cause of Smelling diminished and abolished are the same they only differ in Degree they are Intemperies Obstruction and Compression A cold and moist intemperies joyned with Flegmatick Matter lessens Smelling or quite abolishes it upon which Account in a Catarrh and Coryza the Sense of Smelling is frequently lessened or wholly destroyed Obstruction is occasioned by a Flegmatick Humour which stops the Passages of the Nostrils and the Pores of the Mamillary Processes so that Smells cannot come to them it may also be occasioned by a Sarcoma Polypus or any thing else that stops the Passages of the Nostrils A Compression also sometimes may happen from a Flegmatick Humour collected in the fore part of the Brain compressing the Mamillary Processes as happens in Diminution of the Sight by compressing of the Optick Nerves It also may happen from a natural Defect in the Confirmation of the Nostrils as when the Nostrils are so narrow and low that there is not a free Passage The Cause of depraved smelling is a bad Savour continually striking upon the Nostrils which either proceeds from an Ulcer of the Nostrils or from putrid Flegm gathered together about the Nostrils or the Os Ethmoides For that Flegm that putrifies in the Sense of Smelling or near it betwixt the Coats of the Brain does not affect the Sense it self nor those that labour under it but any one that sits near them will easily find it out for nothing can be smelt but what is carried to the Sense from some other Place A nasty and stinking Vapour may be carried to the Processus Mamillares from other Parts as from the Stomach Gums and the Brain it self that spoil the Sense of Smelling so that all Savours are thought to be such even as the Tongue being disordered by bitter Choler tasts all things bitter Any of these Causes are easily known a cold Intemperies and Abundance of Flegm are known by a cold and moist Intemperies of the Brain and a slimy Flegm dropping from the Head An Obstruction if it be occasioned by Flegm is known by the same Signs If it proceeds from a Sarcoma or a Polypus the Diagnostick is to be taken from their proper Chapters The Place wherein the Matter causing the Obstruction resides is known from this If it sticks in the Passages of the Nostrils there is a Defect of the Speech because the Nostrils do greatly contribute to the forming of Words But if the Matter stick in the fore part of the Brain or the Mamillary Passages the Speech will be perfect You may know by the peculiar Diseases of each Part from whence the ill Scent arises that offends the Organ of Smelling As to the Prognostick Smelling if it be lately lost or if it arises from a simple Coriza may be easily cured The cure must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes if it arise from a cold Intemperies those things are proper which are used for a cold Catarrh But to open an Obstruction occasioned by Flegm thrust into the Passages of the Nostrils or into the Mamillary Processes such Remedies are to be used as purge those Parts viz. Errhins Sneazing-Powders and Apoplegmatisms Lastly If the Nostrils are obstructed by a Sarcoma or Polypus it must be cured by the removing of them CHAP. XXXIX Of an ill Scent in the Nostrils AN ill Scent in the Nostrils and a stinking Breath are very different for that comes wholly from the Nostrils but this from various Parts viz. From the Stomach Lungs Gums or from Ulcers in the Jaws which are either apparent to Sense or may be known by their proper Signs But an ill Scent in the Nose is occasioned by putrid Vapours arising either from the Nostrils as in an Ozena a Sarcoma or Polypus or from Air transmitted to the Nostrils from putrid Humours contained in the Brain and in rhe fore Part of it or about the Mamillary Processes or Os Cribrasum But Flegmatick Humours putrifie in the said Parts when they are retained in
Abdomen are violently moved and a Wheezing accompanies it But an Orthopnoea is the greatest Difficulty of Breathing wherein the Sick can only breath as the Word signifies sitting upright The Cure of an Asthma is twofold one in the Fit and the other out of it in the Fit a Glister being first given Bleeding must be used if Blood seem to abound in any Degree and the Sick must be placed upright in a free Air and Smoak or the Breath of the Standers by must not offend him and his Cloathes or any thing else that covers his Breast must be loosned After Bleeding or it being omitted if it be not thought proper a Phlegmagogue Purge must be given As to Vomits though some dislike them yet are they very proper in this Disease as is evident by Experience and frequently the Fit is taken off by this Remedy alone Sharp Glisters are often to be injected to make a Revulsion nevertheless their Quantity ought to be small Frictions in the inferior Parts are also to be used and many Cupping-glasses are to be applied to them and to the Neck afterwards the gross Humours must be moistned and attenuated and the Wind arising from them must be discussed to which Purpose the following Medicines must be given Take of Gum Ammoniack and Bdellium dissolved in Vinegar of Squills each one dram and an half of Castor and of the Flowers of Sulphur each half a dram of Millepedes prepared one dram of Salt of Ambar one scruple of Elixir Proprietatis half a dram with a sufficient quantity of Oxymel make small Pills Let him take four Morning and Evening drinking upon them three Spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Rue Black-Cherries Lime-flowers each two ounces of compound Peony and compound Briony-waters and of Spirit of Castor each one ounce of Syrup of Staethas and Gilly-flowers each one ounce and an half mingle them and make a Julep Take of the Nerve Plaister half an ounce of Oyl of Amber four Drops of Balsam of Sulphur half a dram mingle them spread a Plaister upon Leather and apply it to the Breast Take of the Cephalick Plaister with Euphorbium a sufficient Quantity make Plaisters for the Soles of the Feet In the mean while things that expectorate the gross Matter must be used Take of the Pectoral Decoction a quart add to it of Spirit of Salt-armoniack half a dram of Oxymel of Squils half an ounce of Tincture of Castor one dram of Ground-ivy Water three ounces mingle them let him take six Spoonfuls every two Hours Or Take of the Seeds of Annise finely powdered and of Powder of Liquorish each three drams of the Flowers of Sulphur one dram and an half mingle them add two ounces and an half of the best Honey dissolved in three ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated make an Electuary add to it of Balsam of Sulphur fifteen drops of Oyl of Annise-seeds ten drops let him take one dram every third or fourth hour drinking upon it five Spoonfuls of the following Decoction Take of the Roots of Elecampane one dram and an half of the Leaves of Ground-ivy half an handful boil them in three pints of the Pectoral Decoction strained add three ounces of Canary-wine Syrup of Maiden-hair two ounces and an half mix them The Breast must be anointed with Oyntments and Liniments that soften and discuss Take of the Oyntment of the Flowers of Oranges and Pomatum each three drams of Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two drams of Oyl of the Berries of Juniper and Annise each half a dram mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the whole Breast Morning and Evening Take of the Oyntment of Marsh-mallows one ounce and an half of Oyl of Annise-seeds thirty drops make an Oyntment If the Fit Continue apply a Blister to the Neck when the Fit is off the Fluxion of the Humour must be hindred and that which has already flowed upon the Lungs must be incided cleansed away and expectorated and to restrain the Force of the Fluxion a clear and pure Air must be chosen and Southerly and rainy Air must be avoided and the Air in the Night Sleeping and Watching must be moderate and the Humour must be purged off by the following Medicines Take of the bitter Decoction made with a triple quantity of Senna three ounces and an half Manna half a ounce mingle them make a Purging Potion Or Take of the Pilulae Ruffi one Dram of the Species Hiera half a dram of Salt of Wormwood half a scruple of Aloes Rosat and of Rhubarb powdered each one scruple of Elixir Proprietatis a sufficient quantity make Ten Pills of a dram let him take four at bed-time Of the Days he does not Purge let him take of the following Medicine Take of the Seeds of Annise finely powdered two drams with a sufficient quantity of Lucarellus's Balsam make Pills of each drams Six let him take three in the Morning and as many at four in the Afternoon drinking upon them four ounces of the bitter Decoction It is to be noted that Purging must be often used in this Disease and the Form of them must be varied least Nature should be too much accustomed to one and the same Remedy CHAP. LV. Of a Pleurisie THis Disease that is as frequent as any other comes at any time but especially about the Spring and Summer for at that Time the Blood being heated by the nearness of the Sun rushes violently into effervescences and inordinate Motions It chiefly seises those that are of a sanguine Temperament and often country People and those that are accustomed to much Labour It most commonly begins with a Shaking and Shivering and then Heat Drouth and Restlessness and other Symptoms of a Feaver follow after a few Hours though sometimes it is much longer before this Symptom comes the Patient is taken with a violent pricking Pain in one of his Sides about the Ribs which sometimes reaches towards the Shoulder-blades sometimes towards the Back-bone and sometimes towards the Breast he coughs frequently which occasions great Pain so that sometimes he holds his Breath to prevent coughing the Matter which is spit up at the beginning is little and thin and often sprinkled with Particles of Blood but in the Process of the Disease 't is more and more concocted and mixt with Blood the Feaver in the mean while keeps the same Pace and is helpt on by those Symptoms that proceed from it and the said Feaver with all its ill Train viz. The Cough the Spitting of Blood the Pain and the like is gradually lessened according to the Degree of the free Expectoration of the Morbisick Matter But the Matter occasioning this Disease does not always in the Process of it attain the Concoction that is due to Expectoration for it often happens that the Matter spit up is yet little and thin as at the beginning of the Disease and consequently the Feaver and other Symptoms do not at all remit till they have destroyed the Sick In the
it is fit to add Chalk Coral Dragons-blood and other temperating astringent and emplastick Medicines which in some manner fix and mitigate the Ferment of the Blood For Instance Take of the Waters of Tormentil Oak-buds each three ounces Cinnamon-water hordiated four ounces of Aqua-mirahilis one ounce of Pearls and Coral prepared and of Chalk each two scruples of true Bole and Dragons-blood each half a dram of Japâ—n Earth a scruple of destilled Vinegar or Spirit of Vitriol as much as is sufficient to make it gratefully acid Syrup of Mirtles an ounce and an half Mingle them make a Julep let the Sick take two or three ounces of it every third or fourth hour shaking the Viol every time it is used The Cloaths on the Bed must be also lessened and the Sick must be removed into a thin warm and free Air let him always sleep in a large Room and as soon as his Strength begins to fail the Sweat must be rubbed off with dry Linnen Cloaths a little warmed and the Patient must be removed to the other Part of the Bed As to the violent Vomiting that seises Consumptive Persons at the latter end there is little Help to be afforded by Art only the Physician ought to assist by his prudent Counsels since he cannot by Medicines First therefore The Sick ought to be ordered to eat little though frequently at a time Secondly He must eat those things that afford good Nourishment and are of easie Digestion Thirdly After eating he must avoid as much as he can Coughing Sleeping and lying down Sometimes it happens after the Putrid Feaver begins especially if the Evacuation of the Colliquative Matter by Stool or by other ways is hindered by Art that Nature indeavours tho in vain the Protrusion of the Enemy by the Salivary Ducts or the glandulous Tunick of the Mouth and Oesophagus by which means a troublesome Spitting arises that continues for many Weeks Secondly by reason of the Acrimony of the Humour evacuated by these Parts an Inflammation not only of the Membrane of the Mouth but also of the Oesophagus and Stomach follows Thirdly By the Inflammation an Ulceration is occasioned and from thence little Ulcers called Aphthâ—â— accompanied with a very troublesom Pain of the Throat And Lastly An Hicop that is very troublesom arises from the Inflammation and Exulceration Which Symptoms as they are troublesome so are they sometimes long and always deadly for the Cause from whence they proceed is incurable yet cleansing softning astringent and Mucilaginous Gargarisms must be injected with a Syringe and to ease the Pain of the Throat a double Flannel worn about the Neck does much Good by defending it from the external Cold. CHAP. LX. Of Swooning or Fainting THe next and immediate Cause of this Disease is a Defect of the Vital Spirits and this Defect of the Spirits chiefly happens four ways Either because there is not a sufficient quantity of them generated or because they are dissipated and evacuated when they are generated or they are preternaturally altered and corrupted Or lastly They are suffocated and overwhelmed They are not generated either by reason of a Fault of the Faculty or of the Matter the Faculty of the generating the Spirits is hurt either by a Peculiar Disorder of the Heart or by Consent The peculiar Diseases of the Heart that are chiefly to to be taken Notice of are great Intemperies overturning the native Temper of it or destroying the Substance of the Parts and of the Native Heat as acute and malignant Feavers Colliquative Pestilential and Hectick Fevers also Organical Diseases as Constriction and too great Dilatation The Faculty of the Heart is hurt by Consent as from the Brain and Liver which have a great Sympathy with it and also often from the Mouth of the Stomach by reason of its nearness and Exquisite Sense upon which account Swooning is divided into Cardiack and Stomachick that is Cardiack which proceeds from the Heart being Primarily affected that is Stomachick which is produced by Consent of the Stomach It also often arises from the Womb by reason of ill Vapours transmitted thence to the Heart The Fault of the Matter is a Defect or Corruption of the Air and Blood from whence the Vital Spirits are generated A Defect of the Air happens from Respiration or Transpiration hurt A Defect of the Blood from a Fault in Nutrition The Corruption of both is occasioned by putting on another Quality so from the infected Air in a Pestilential Constitution Swooning and Fainting frequently happen and some ill Smells occasion the same and sweet Smells in some Women The Blood is also often corrupted by unwholesome Food Too large Evacuations dissipate the Spirits both sensible and insensible sensible Evacuatioins are first of Blood it self by the Mouth Nostrils Womb Belly Hemorrhoids Bleeding and great Wounds Secondly of other Humours which though they are Excrementitious yet being evacuated in a large quantity they dissipate the Spirits and occasion Fainting Such Humours are wâ—nt to be evacuated by Vomit Stool Urine Sweat by opening a large Abscess especially inwardly as of an Empyema and also outwardly as in a Dropsie the Navel being open Insensible Evacuations are made by too great a rarity of the Skin and by reason of Thinness or Acrimony of things contained by immoderate Heat Bathing and excessive Labour They are also dissipated by long Watching long Fastting immoderate Venery Anger or excessive Joy long and acute Sickness violent Pains of the Heart Stomach Bowels Veins Ears Teeth and of all the Nervous Parts The Spirits are altered and corrupted by an ill Disposition of the Bowels and by any thing that has a malignant and an inimical Quality to the Heart as a venomous and pestilential Air drawn in by the Breath or generated in the Body by Putrefaction of Humours Poison taken inwardly does the same and the Biting of Venomous Creatures Lastly A violent Reflux of the Spirits and Blood to the Heart and the like suffocates and overwhelms the Vital Spirits A noble Virgin which was very subject to fainting upon every small occasion died suddenly by reason of a sudden Reflux of the Blood and Spirits to the Heart as she was about to sign a Contract of Marriage with a very handsom and accomplished Gentleman Fainting also sometimes happens from cold and thick Blood heapt up in abundance in the greater Vessels As to the Cure it must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes but from whatever Cause it proceeds that which follows must be observed in the Fit You must lay them on their Back and sprinkle Water in their Faces and provoke Sneezing put some good Wine or Cinnamon-water into their Mouths apply Bread hot out of the Oven to their Nostrils call them aloud shake them pull them by the Nose double their Fingers pull their Hair use Frictions Ligatures and Cupping-glasses But the Cure must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes in the following manner If it takes its
distilled Water Tincture of Tartar of Steel or of Antimony may be also given by turns As to the Cure of the Trembling of the Heart Medicines proper for Convulsions must be given it being meerly Convulsive Wherefore having made sufficient Evacuation the follow Medicines may be given Take of prepared Coral and of Pearls each two drams of both the Bezoars each half a dram of white Ambar two scruples of Ambar-grease one scruple make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram twice or thrice in a day in some proper Julep or distilled Water Take of Compound Powder of Crabs-claws two drams of the Powder of the roots of Male-peony of Mans Skull prepared each one dram of the flowers of Male-peony and of Lillies of the Vallies each half a dram make a Powder to be taken the same way Take of Ivory and red Coral powdered each three drams of the Species Diambra one dram of white Sugar dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Orange-flower-water and boiled to Tablets seven ounces make Tablets each weighing half a dram Let him take one or two often in a day or when he pleases Take of the Conserve of the Flowers of Lillies of the Vallies six ounces of Coral prepared of Pearls Ivory and Crabs-eyes each one dram and an half of Vitriol of Mars one dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Coral make an Electuary The Dose is one or two drams twice a day drinking upon it a Draught of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Orange-flowers and of the whole Citron each six ounces of Orange-peels distilled with Wine two ounces of Sugar half an ounce make a Julep Take of Syrup of Steel six ounces The Dose is one Spoonful in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon in two ounces of the Julep above prescribed but you must omit the Sugar Take of the Powder of Ivory and of Coral each two drams and an half of the Species of Diambra one dram of Salt of Steel two drams of Sugar eight ounces of Ambar-grease dissolved half a scruple make Tablets each weighing half a dram The Dose is three or four drams twice a day Taâ—e of fresh Strawberries eight Pints of the outward Peel of twelve Oranges of the fresh Filings of Steel half a pound beat them together and pour upon them four quarts of Wine Let them ferment together in a close Vessel twenty four hours then distill them in a cold Still Take of Spirit of Harts-horn or of Blood or the like three drams The Dose is twenty drops twice a day in some proper Vehicle Take of the Flowers of Sal-armoniack and of Coral prepared each two drams The Dose is one scruple twice a day Take of Sal-prunella two drams of Salt of Ambar one dram of Salt of Harts-horn one Scruple The Dose is from fifteen to twenty grains twice a day in some proper Liquor Note Such of these Medicines as agree with the Constitution of the Patient are to be chosen CHAP. LXII Of Weakness THE Cause of Weakness is a Defect of Native Heat and of Spirits This Defect is occasioned by the Defect of Vital Spirits The Vital Spirits are wanting either when they are not generated in a sufficient quantity or because when they are generated they are dissipated corrupted or suffocated as it happens in Fainting But the difference betwixt Fainting and Weakness is That in Fainting the Causes produce their Effect of a sudden but in Weakness by degrees The Cure of this Disease respects the taking away the Cause and the cherishing the Heart and Vital Spirits The Causes are almost all great Diseases whereby Nature is much weakned therefore the taking off the Causes respects the Cure of almost all Diseases which must be sought for in their proper Chapters But the Strengthning the Heart and the Restoration of the Vital Spirits are to be treated of a part and sometimes to be preferred before the Cure of the Morbifick Causes when there is danger of Death But you must always take care that whilst you endeavour to refresh the Spirits you do not increase the Morbifick Causes and therefore in a hot Disease you must give temperate Cordials in a cold such as are hot And first With Meat you must mix Cordials as Confection of Alkermes or of Hyacinth in Broths also Mutton Broth the Fat and Skin being cut off is good also Gravy of Mutton is frequently used and the Gravy of the Heart is mightily commended The Italians make a Soop of Yolks of Eggs Wine Sugar and Cinnamon which is very restorative Jelly of Harts-horn is also very good Cordial Juleps may be also prepared in the following manner Take of the Waters of Bugloss Roses and the Flowers of Oranges each one ounce of Syrup of Apples and of Lemons each half an ounce Confection of Alkermes half a dram of Cinnamon-water two drams make a Julep To the Stomach may be applied Bags made of Spices and moistned with Wine the private parts may be fomented with Confection of Alkermes dissolved in Wine The Arteries of the Temples the Hands and Feet may be anointed with the same And Apoplectick Balsam may be often held to the Nostrils CHAP. LXIII Of Appetite depraved diminished and abolished THE Cause of an excessive Appetite is a sharp Juice abounding in the Body and especially brought from the Pancreas to the Intestine and sending thence Vapors that are sharper than usual to the Stomach This Acid is increased in the whole Body by sharp Meats and Drinks Cold and Serene Air immoderate Grief continued long violent Motion and long Watching The Appetite is diminished by Fat Choler and by Fat and Viscid Meat by Hot or Rainy Weather by too much Sleep Sloath and great Cares The Causes that diminish Appetite will wholly abolish it if they are extream Depraved Appetite is usual in the Green-sickness and in Women with Child and sometimes but rarely Men are troubled with it It most frequently happens before the Flux of the Courses or when they are suppressed In the Green-sickness they crave for Meats that are improper and unusual or they eat Chalk Ashes Coals Pitch Dirt Leather and many other things Appetite increased is to be cured with such things as temperate the acid Juice as Coral Pearls Crabs-eyes Filings of Steel and the like also Fat and Oily things and Volatile Spirits Take of Coral prepared and Pearls prepared each one scruple of white Chalk half a scruple of white Sugar three drams make a Powder to be divided into six Doses Take two Papers in a day three or four hours after eating in a Spoonful of strong Wine If a Liquid Medicine be more pleasing let him take a Spoonful of the following Mixture now and then Take of the Waters of Mint two ounces and of Scurvy-grass-water and of the Tincture of Cinnamon made by Infusion in rectified Spirit of Wine each half an ounce of Syrup of Wormwood one ounce mingle them Or Take of Oyl of Mace by Distillation and of the Oyl of Juniper-berries
each one scruple mingle them in a Glass Let the Sick take two or three drops of this Oyl in a Spoonful of Malago Sack or in any other generous Wine or in the foregoing mixture and let him eat fat Broths Appetite diminished or abolished must be cured by Medicines that evacuate and correct Flegmatick and Viscid Humours Acids and Spices correct them Coloquintida Turbith Hermodactiles evacuate them Take of Mint-water two ounces of Cinnamon-water half an ounce of Syrup of Fennel one ounce of Spirit of Salt a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly Acid. Or Take of Tartar vitriolated half a dram of Cream of Tartar one dram of white Sugar-candy two drams mingle them make a Powder to be divided into three Doses Let him take one or two in a day in Rhenish-wine or in the preceding mixture and if he please instead of Spirit of Salt he may add half a dram of Elixir proprietatis to be taken by Spoonfuls They that dislike Acids may take the following mixture by Spoonfuls Take of the Waters of Mint and of Fennel each one ounce and an half of Aqua vitae Matthioli six drams of Oyl of Mace by Distillation three drops of Syrup of Mint one ounce They that had rather take a medicated Wine may use the following Take of the Roots of Elecampane and of Acorus each two drams of the leaves of Sage Marjoram Garden-rue each one handful of the Seeds of sweet Fennel two drams of Orange-peel dried one dram being cut and grossly bruised put them into a Bag and hang it in a Glass and pour on it twenty ounces of Whitewine after it has stood a night in a Cellar three four or five ounces may be taken in a Morning Fasting or at Dinner or Supper as every one pleases or as they find it agrees best with them And fresh Wine may be put on as long as the Aromatick Vertue remains in the Ingredients When Purging is necessary Take of the greater Faetid Pills half a dram of Coche one scruple Extractum Catholicon ten grains Oyl of Cloves two drops mix them make fifteen Pills gild them or cover them with Powder of Liquorish or Cinnamon Let the Sick take five of these Pills or more if he be hard to Purge But if you design to add Chymical Medicines in form of Pills you may prescribe in the following manner Take of Gum-ammoniacum or Opoponax or the like cleansed by Vinegar and afterwards thickned half a dram of the Troches Alhandal Mercurius dulcis each one scruple mix them make fifteen Pills and gild them Let the Sick take five or more of them But if the form of an Apozem seem more convenient for the Sick he having no great Aversion to bitter things the following is convenient Take of Liquorish rasped half an ounce of the Roots of Smalage one ounce of the Shavings of Guajacum three ounces of Laurel-berries and Seeds of Annise each two drams of the Pulp of Coloquintida half a dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of Rain-water in thirty ounces of the strained Decoction dissolve of Syrup of Roses solutive with Senna of Diacnicum each one ounce and an half of the Salt of Tartar vitriolated two Scruples Tincture of Cinnamon one ounce mix them Let the Sick take three four or five ounces of this Decoction once or twice a day by which the Flegmatick and viscid Humours are both corrected and evacuated per Epicrasin In the mean time let the Sick abstain from fat and viscid Meats Let him use a clear Air that is hot and dry Let Sleeping be diminished if it be too long Let the Mind be chearful Let the Motion and Exercise of the Body be moderate Evacuation by Stool and Urine daily ought to be proportionable to what is taken in by the Mouth if it can be conveniently Appetite diminished by fat Choler is presently cured by correcting of it if it abound too much it must be evacuated either by Stool or Vomit For correcting of this Choler there is nothing more effectual than Elixir Proprietatis given in Wine or any other convenient Mixture five or six drops at a time especially before Eating Those who do not love Acids may take in place of it sweet Spirit of Salt prepared with rectified Spirit of Wine by several Cohobations The same Choler is corrected by Wormwood and Wormwood-wine in the place of which also other Aromatick Plants may be likewise infused in Wine which may be drank in a small Quantity at Dinner and Supper Such Plants are Mountain-calamint Marjoram Rosemary Garden-rue Hyssop Thym Sage and the like Choler is very conveniently evacuated by Vomit by several Medicines prepared of Antimony as Crocus Metallorum Glass of Antimony and the Sapa Vomitoria that is made of it Oxysarcharum or Oxymel Vomitorium Mercurius Vitae or the like Rhubarb Scammony Tamarinds and the like evacuate Choler by Stool Scammony may be prepared presently and well if a convenient Dose of it twelve or fifteen Grains more or less according to the Age and Constitution of the Sick be powdered in a Mortar and a little Baulm-water Succory-water or the like be poured upon it and rubbed with it till it becomes of a milky Colour pour it off and put more Water on that all the Vertue of the Scammony may be extracted leaving the black Faeces at the Bottom then add to the Liquor of Cinnamon-water or Fennel-water or some other Aromatick-water two drams of Syrup of Roses solutive or the like two or three drams and so you will have a very pleasant Purging Draught and that it may work the easier a Scruple or half a dram of Cream of Tartar may be drank in Broth half an Hour after taking the Purging Draught Pleasant Tablets may be also made of Scammony in the following manner Take of Christals of Tartar one ounce and an half of Diagridium three drams of Oyl of Cinnamon six drops of white Sugar dissolved in Rose-water eight ounces mingle them make Tablets These Tablets may be conveniently prescribed for Infants Children and delicate People the highest Dose of them is from three drams to half an ounce an Infant must take but half a dram or a dram a Youth may take two drams They who are afraid to use Scammony or Medicines made of Scammony though it be a kind safe and powerful Medicine may use Rhubarb in the following manner Take of choice Rhubarb rasped two drams of the best crude Tartar half a dram of Succory-water a sufficient quantity infuse them all Night over ashes or in a Bath to the Liquor strained gently add of Syrup of Roses solutive or of Succory with Rhubarb half an ounce of Cinnamon water two drams and to take off the nauseous Smell of the Rhubarb and to expel Wind add of Oyl of Annise-seeds two or three drops make a Draught To evacuate the over abounding Choler those that had rather use an Electuary may take of the following Take of the Pulp of sharp and sweetish Prunes ten
ounces of Cream of Tartar and the best Scammony each two ounces of choice Rhubarb ten drams of sharp Cinnamon half an ounce of Yellow Sanders two drams of clarified Sugar a Pound mingle them make an Electuary The Dose is from three drams to half an ounce It may also be dissolved in some convenient Water and so you may make a Potion of it The Cure of a depraved Appetite depends on the Purification of the Blood and Humours But Volatile Salts are more successful in this case than any other Medicines a few grains of them being taken twice or thrice in a day in Wine or some other Liquor especially at Dinner or Supper and to evacuate the vicious Humours Purging and Vomiting must be used CHAP. LXIV Of Nauseousness Belching and Vomiting IN perfect Health nothing is wont to be evacuated upwards by the Mouth wherefore whatever comes this way signifies Sickness whether it be Meat Wind or a thick or thin Liquor When Wind comes forth with a Noise it is called Belching when the Meat is ejected it is called Vomiting Nauseousness always precedes Vomiting and sometimes Belching Wind by reason of the Clamminess of its Nature sticks to the Stomach and is difficultly excluded and is often accompanied with an Inflation of the Stomach Belching arises from windy Meats or from other flatulent things taken inwardly as Chesnuts Pease Beans Turneps Redishes and the like or from Flegmatick and viscid Humours sticking to the Stomach and rarified to Wind by taking Aromaticks That the material cause of Wind is a Flegmatick and clammy Humour is evident from the Antecedent Causes as from Meats of a like kind viz. Milk Fish especially Sea-Fish and the Feet of Animals and Gellies and from the Cure which is wholly performed by evacuating and correcting Flegmatick Humours As in Belching only Wind is evacuated so in Vomiting either Meat crude or more or less fermented or various sorts of Humours as Watery serous flegmatick and cholerick and the like thin thick white yellow green Sky coloured or black Humours or the like insipid bitter acid rough sweet stinking or Humours without Taste and sometimes bloody Matter or Excrements All Vomiting is occasioned by the Stomach being Primarily or Secondarily affected The Stomach is Primarily affected when the Cause of Vomiting or of the Peristaltick Motion inverted is in it self It is Secondarily affected by consent from other Parts and it is provoked to the Inversion of its Peristaltick Motion in Part or altogether by the Peristaltick Motion of the Guts which is sometimes occasioned by the violent Agitation of the Diaphragma and of the Muscles of the Belly by a violent Cough The Stomach is primarily disposed to vomit first when it is inflamed excoriated or ulcerated then it is easily excited to any violent Contraction of it self from any sort of Nourishment taken Secondly When the Nourishment by its Quantity and chiefly by its Quality is troublesome to the Stomach Thirdly when sharp Humours from he Head fall upon the Sâ—omach and corrode the lower Orifice and so occasion Vomiting From the total Inversion of the Peristaltick Motion of the Guts Vomiting is occasioned as in the Iliack Passion whereby Glisters are often vomited up From the same Motion inverted in Part Vomiting is occasioned frequently as in the Cholera Morbus and from any other Motion upwards of Humours fermenting in the small Guts and by Reason of the Passage of the Excrements stopped In a violent Cough the Diaphragm being shaken violently Vomiting is occasioned which we think to be caused by a conjunct Compression of all the Bowels contained in the Abdomen made towards the Breast which mightily troubles the Stomach and forces it to the Inversion of the natural Motion Vomiting oecasioned by things taken in at the Mouth is quieted of its own accord so soon as they are vomited up or upon use of a few Aromaticks and Opiats it is stopped and cured For Instance Take of Mint-water two ounces Tincture of Cinnamon two drams London Landanum two grains Syrup of Minâ— half an ounce mingle them let the Sick take a spoonful of this Mixture by short Intervals and the Vomiting will presently cease Sharp Humours flowing from the Head upon the Stomach are to be evacuated by proper Purges mentioned before or corrected by Medicines that alter and temperate the Noxious Acrimony Vomiting of Blood occasioned by the Rupture or Erosion of the Vessels of the Stomach and Intestins is cured by conglutinating them by the following Mixture which is also useful in other Excresions of the Blood Take of Plantain-water two ounces of Cinnamon two drams distilled Vinegar half an ounce of red Coral prepared half a dram of Dragons-blood ten grains of London Laudanum two grains of Syrup of Mirtles one ounce mingle them A Spoonful of this Mixture being taken often cures most Ruptures of the Vessels and will â—top Fluxes of Blood in a short time beyond Expectation But Blood collected in the Stomach the Flux and the Vomiting of it being stopt will be carried off of its own Accord by Stool but if there is danger of the Blood 's coagulating to the foregoing Mixture may be added half a dram of Crabs-eyes and one scruple of Diaphoretick Antimony Vomiting of Matter chiefly following an Inflammation of the Pancreas or of some neighbouring Part or some notable Ulcer must be cured by curing the Primary Distemper In the mean time you may use the above described Mixture with Crabs-eyes and Antimonium Diaphoreticum It will be also proper to give a drop of Balsam of Sulphur annisated in all the Liquor he takes The belching and generation of Wind will be cured by First avoiding Flegmatick and Windy Meats Secondly By inciding and evacuating clammy Flegm Thirdly By attemperating the Choler if it be acrid Fourthly By discussing the Wind that is already made Acids and Aromaticks and volatile Salts incide clammy Flegm and Flegmagoges purge it off Spirit of Nitre attemperates Choler when it is acrid better than any thing else two or three drops of it being taken in common Beer or in some convenient Mixture Most Spices discuss Wind so do the Oyls of them but especially the Seeds Flowers and Barks but Spirit of Niter is better than all for it corrects Choler and Flegm and hinders the Generation of Wind and discusses that which is generated The following Mixture is also good to expel Wind from the Stomach and Bowels Take of the Waters of Mint and Fennel each two ounces of Spirit of Wine rectified one ounce of the sweet Spirit of Niter twenty drops of London Laudanum three grains of Oyl of Mace by Distillation six drops of Syrup of Mint one ounce and an half mingle them This Mixture must be taken by Spoonfuls often or seldom according to the degree of Pain and Quantity of Wind. Silvius's Carminative Spirit is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Angelica one dram of Master-wort and Galingal each one dram and an half of the Flowers of Rosemary
it before in those parts but if he be delirious or paralitick the Suppression of Urine may be imputed to either of these Diseases The Compression that is made by Tumours of those or of the neighbouring parts or by other Causes above mentioned may be known by the proper Signs of those Diseases The Obstructions of the Channel of the Bladder may be known by probing it with a Wax Candle or a Catheter and if they do not penetrate but stop in the Passage it is a Sign that a Stone or a Caruncle or some other Matter obstructs and these things that obstruct may be distinguished viz. If a Stone stop the Channel Nephritick Pains went before if it fell from the Reins and if it was bred in the Bladder or lay a long while there the Signs of the Stone in the Bladder preceded at least some of the gentlest of them if a Caruncle stop the Passage a virulent Gonorrhea preceded or an Ulcer in the Passage of the Yard that emitted purulent Matter for a long time Lastly If clotted Blood or concreted Matter or thick Pus occasioned the Obstruction small parts of them have been evacuated through the Yard or have stuck to the Catheter when it has been used A false Ischury may be known for that there is no Tension nor no Tumour nor Weight in the Region of the Pubis but rather a Vacuity is perceived there there is no desire of making Water nor no Irritation of the Bladder and when the Catheter is used it passes in easily but Signs of the Stone in the Kidneys went before or of an Inflammation of the Ureters or of great Fullness or large Drinking went before but little Urine followed upon which account the Veins were too much filled Or Lastly there is a burning Feaver or a Dropsie whereby the Serous Matter is diverted As to the Prognostick A Suppression of Urine is very dangerous if it exceed the Seventh Day it certainly kills for the Serum regurgitates upon the whole Body and the Patient is in danger of a Suffocation or a Coma. Suppression of Urine occasioned by a Wound in the Spine or by reason of a Luxation of a Vertebra is incurable If the Smell of Urine can be perceived from the Mouth or Nostrils of the Sick it is deadly If a Tenesmus come upon a Suppression of Urine the Sick dies in seven Days The Hickops also indicate sudden Death The Cure of a Suppression of Urine whether it be total or partial is to be directed to the taking off the Causes And First The false Ischury that depends on the Diseases of the Reins or Ureters must be cured in the same manner as an Inflammation a nephritick Pain or the Stone in the Kidneys But that which proceeds from a Fulness of the Emulgent Veins must be cured by large Bleeding and by Hydragogue Medicines A true Ischury must be also cured by Remedies that take off the cause producing it And First If it proceed from an Inflammation of the Bladder or neighbouring Parts it must be cured as an Inflammation of the Bladder is but if the Suppression is caused by a Stone thrust into the Neck of the Bladder it must be removed by the following Remedies First The Sick must be laid upon his Back and his Legs must be elevated and he must be shook much and a long while that the Stone may fall back into the Bladder and if by this means it cannot be moved it must be forced back with a Catheter but if the Stone has passed into the Passage of the Yard we must endeavour by all Ways to exclude it by moving gently with the Fingers towards the end of the Yard and also by dipping the Yard into warm Milk or by placing the Sick in a Bath to enlarge the Passage But if it will neither go backwards nor forwards Practitioners teach that it must be cut out the upper and lower part being tied But an Obstruction of the Neck of the Bladder which proceeds from an Inflammation must be cured by proper Remedies for an Inflammation But in the mean time if the Urine be retained too long it may be gently let out by a Wax-candle dipt in Oyl of sweet Almonds But you must forbear the Use of a Catheter least Pain being occasioned you should increase the Inflammation thereby But the Suppression of Urine which proceeds from a Caruncle must be cured by the Extirpation of the Caruncle This must be done by proper Remedies thrust in by a skillful Chirurgion upon a Wax-candle But Necessity urging for sometimes the Caruncle swells and obstructs the whole Channel we must use the Catheter to evacuate the Water though there is danger that the Part will swell more But you must first endeavour to lessen the Inflation of the Caruncle by Bleeding and Vomiting and by repelling Medicines applied to the Pubes and Perinaeum If the Suppression of Urine be occasioned by thick Flegm Purging is first convenient with Diaphaenicon and Rubarb made up in a Bolus and afterwards Turpentine must be given frequently with Powder of Liquorish afterwards a Decoction of the opening Roots may be given with Oxymel and Byzantine Syrup In the mean while Glisters Fomentations and emollien and opening Baths must be used and all those things are proper that are proposed to dissolve or expell the Stone And amongst the rest the following are found by Experience peculiarly proper Take of Benedictum Laxativum half an ounce of the Troches of Mirrh two scruples of a Decoction of Savin three ounces mingle them make a Potion whereby a Suppression of Urine was cured in a short time in a certain Woman If there seem to be abundance of Flegm in the whole Body a universal Purge by an Apozem prepared for three or four Days must be ordered which is proper at the beginning Bleeding being first used A Julep also of the Juice of Pellitory of Sea-fennel and of Lemmons with Oyl of sweet Almonds is also very beneficial Dodoneus mentions an Observation of one of eighty Years of Age that was perfectly cured of a Suppression of Urine by only using once a Lee made of the Ashes of Egg-shells mixed with Rhenish-wine Arnoldus Villa Novanus commends Winter-cherry-wine and he mentions a Cardinal who had not made Urine for four Days and was much swelled was cured by drinking Winter-cherry-wine the Wine was made by beating five or seven or more winter-cherries with good White-wine afterwards it must be strained Millepedes also beat and given in White-wine are very Effectual to provoke Urine Oyl of Scorpions of Mathiolus also forces Urine powerfully five or six drops of it being given with Broth or some other Liquor The frequent use of Sal-prunella does also the same especially when there is danger of an Inflammation which is often occasioned in the inner Coat by the Urine too long retained Spirit of Salt also does the same but is more effectual the Juice of Pellitory clarified and four ounces of it given with half an
things to draw downwards they bring the Blood also to the Fundament and if you use astringent things to it they by reason of the Nearness of the Parts repel what should be brought to the Womb so that the only Way of Cure is to apply such things to the Womb as may allure the Blood thither after you have used such things as draw the Blood downwards But the most frequent Obstruction of all is that which proceeds from an Obstruction of the Veins of the Womb the Cure whereof is in a manner the same with that of the Green Sickness But the Eruption of them must be helpt by opening a Vein in the Foot about the time they used to flow when the Patient was well as also by Cupping-glasses applied to the Hips and Legs instead of Bleeding with or without Scarification by Frictions of those Parts and by painful Ligatures Take of the Roots of round Birthwort half a dram of the leaves of dried Savin one dram and an half of Dittany of Crete and of Troches of Mirrh without Assa-Faetida each one dram of choice Cinnamon two drams of white Sugar two ounces make a Powder whereof let her take two drams every Morning for some days with the Broth of red Vetches wherein two drams of Cinnamon and half a dram of Saffron have been boiled Take of Roots of Briony of Lillies Cyperus Valerian Angelica Asarabacca Orris and Parsley each one ounce of the Leaves of Mugwort Bays Rue Savin Thym Rosemary Penny-royal Nep Mallows Mercury each one handful of the Flowers of Elder of Wall-flowers and of Camomil each two Pugils of the grains of Juniper two ounces boil them in Water and Whitewine with the strained Liquor foment the Belly and Thighs with a Spunge With the same Decoction the quantity being increased a Bath may be made wherein the Sick may sit up to the Navel and the boiled Herbs being put in a Bag may be applied to her Belly but you must take care that she does not sweat for that rather stops the Courses Take of the Leaves of Mercury bruised one handful of the Powder of Hiera Picra and of Benedictum Laxativum each two drams of the Powder of long Birthwort one dram with a sufficient quantity of Honey or the Juice of Mercury make a Pessary Injections are also wont to be made for the Womb which are called uterine Glisters for they cleanse it from Filth sticking to the Sides and they open the inner Orifices of the Vessels They may be prepared with a Decoction for the Fomentation above described the acrid things being left out or of fat Figs with Mugwort Penny-royal Mercury or only of the Juice of Mercury clarified wherein a little Benedictum Laxativum has been dissolved for you must not use acrid things lest they should occasion an Inflammation And after the use of these things which must be retained only an hour it is convenient to inject a Decoction of Mallows Barley and Violets or a little Hydromel diluted with the Whey of Goats Milk When the Disease is inveterate Issues in the Leg do much good In the use of the forementioned Medicines some things are to be observed First You must never use Remedies to force the Courses unless general Evacuations went before Secondly You must begin with gentle Means and proceed by degrees to stronger Thirdly Medicines that are given to move the Courses must be taken in a large quantity Fourthly Pessaries and uterine Glisters must be prescribed only for married Women But for Virgins Fomentations Baths and the following Fume may be ordered Take of Cloves Cinnamon and Mace each two drams of Juniper-berries half an ounce of the Seeds of Nigella one dram of Storax Calamit two drams make a gross Powder which must be cast upon Coals and the Fume must be received through a Tunnel Lastly In Cholerick and Melancholly Constitution the hottest Medicines must be avoided and only such as are gentle must be used and things that are opening moistening and mollifying must be mixed with them CHAP. XCV Of an immoderate Flux of the Courses AN immoderate flux of the Courses invades either in Child-bed or at other Times As to the first that afflicts Women most on the first Days after a difficult Labour and is accompanied with a long train of Hysterick Symptoms and as it happens only on the first days so usually does not last long for if a thickning Diet be ordered it soon abates The following Drink may be also used Take of Plantain Water and red Wine each one pint boil them till a third part is consumed Sweeten it with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar and let her take half a pint of it twice or thrice a day and in the mean while some gentle Hysterick Julep may be used and the following Nodulus may be often held to the Nostrils Take of Galbanum and Assa Foetida each two drachms of Castor one Drachm and an half of volatile Salt of Amber half a drachm mingle them make a Nodulus Or two drachms of spirit of Sal Armoniack may be often held to the Nose But as to the Flux which happens out of Child-Bed though it befals Women at any Time yet most commonly it invades a little before the Time they leave them viz. when they are about forty five Years of Age if they had them very young and about fifty if it was late before they began to have them And by reason of the great quantity of Blood which is continually evacuated they are almost continually seized with Hysterick Fits and though in this Case Hystericks both inward and outward may be used by the by but you must forbear the strongest lest they should further the Flux yet the Cure must be managed by such things as stop the Flux You must bleed in the Arm and eight Ounces of Blood must be taken away The next Morning the following Purge must be given Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of Sâ—na two drachms of Rhubarb one drachm and an half infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain Water In three ounces of the strained Liquor dissolve of Manna and syrup of Roses solutive each one ounce make a purging Potion which is to be repeated every third day for twice every night at bed-time through the whole course of the Disease let an Anodyn be given of an ounce of Diacodium Take of the conserve of dryed Roses two ounces of the Troches of Lemnian Earth one drachm and an half of Pomgranate peel and of red Coral prepared each two scruples of Blood-stone of Dragon's-blood and of Bole-Armenick each two scruples with a sufficient quantity of simple Syrup of Coral make an Electuary whereof let her take the quantity of a large nutmeg in the morning and at five in the afternoon drinking upon it six spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the waters of Oak-buds and of Plantain each three ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated and of Syrup of dried Roses each one ounce of Spirit of Vitrial a
often become deadly Sometimes they come with great Shivering and with violent Vomiting a Loosness with Gripes the Cholera Morbus the Colick of the Stomach a periodical Hemicrania Apoplexy fainting Rheumatism general Convulsions Phrensie Peripnumonia and the like Mr. Amblar dwelling at Mile-end a Man of Fifty years of Age that was lean and sickly was often before subject upon slight occasions to an obstinate Ague accompanied with violent Symptoms but in the Year 1690 having taken a great Cold he was suddenly taken with Shaking and Shivering which was succeeded by an universal Chilness during which his Pulse could scarce be felt he was also violently afflicted with Vomiting a Loosness and with a horrid oppression and Sickness I visited him the next Morning and found his Face plainly Hippocratick his whole Body was cold as clay and a Dew upon it the Skin looked black by reason of the congelation of the Blood his strength was almost spent by the perpetual Sickness and the evacuation of divers coloured Choler by Vomit and stinking white Excrement by Stool of the consistence of a Cream all things shewed that Death was approaching for the vital principal or the animal Spirits was so oppressed by the Venom that there was no hope that they cou'd expand themselves But to blunt the malignant acrimony of the Humours I ordered that he should drink Chicken-broath plentifully and that it should be injected through a Syringe into the Anus I also ordered that the Stomach should be well fomented with Aromatick Bags made hot and a very cordial Bolus with as much Laudanum in it as the strength of the Patient would bear was given with a draught of a Cordial and alexipharmick Julep every fourth hour After the third or fourth Bolus I perceived the Pulse was much stronger and the blackness of the skin went off and heat returned to the extream Parts and the evacuations were something suppressed the colliquative Sweat was diminished and he was more quiet he slept a little and was not so sick after he waked After this remission of the Symptoms I endeavoured to remove the Venom by giving the Jesuits Powder mixed with Laudanum in the form of a Draught every fourth hour knowing well that the Sick could not bear a second Fit but before the third Dose of the Powder the Fit returned again unexpectedly accompanied with the former dreadful Symptoms and the poor Man died within the space of twenty four Hours I was called to one Mrs. Baker an ancient Woman dwelling in Fleet-street I found her oppressed with continual Sickness and Vomiting and so she had been for four days She presently vomited up all she took she fainted often her Pulse was quick and Weak but her temper by reason of faintness and perpetual sickness was moderate and in some sort cold her Urine looked in a manner well she could not rest and was almost delirious but she complained only of Nauseousness and Vomiting Having enquired carefully about every thing I was told that this Woman had been sick six Weeks that she was hot and cold by turns the periods were uncertain and that she was troubed with a Nauseousness and Vomiting frequently After I had prescribed a Cordial Bolus and Julep and Chicken-broath for her ordinary Drink I ordered a Julep made of Salt of Worm-wood and juice of Limons to be taken by Spoonfuls to comfort her Stomach afterward I ordered the Peruvian Bark should be given freely in the form of a Draught and of a Tincture adding twice or thrice a day ten or twelve drops of liquid Laudanum upon the account of the violence of the Vomiting and in a days time the Sickness and Vomiting were lessened and critical white Aphtha covered the whole Mouth the Urine was very red and other signs of the expansion of the Spirits and of the feverish heat were present and soon after a tertian Ague appeared in its proper form the cold heat and sweat succeeding one another alternately and after two Fits the Sick was cured by the Bark CHAP. CXXV Of Over-purging AS Purging Medicines are sometimes necessary to loosen the Belly and to evacuate ill Humours so if the evacuation be immoderate remedies must be used to stop it To prevent it consideration must be had of the Constitution and Strength of the Patient and of the Nature and Dose of the Medicine and while the Medicine is in operation the Bowels and Blood and Spirits must be kept free from disturbance wherefore at this time gross and viscous Meats must be avoided and much must not be eaten Cold must be carefully avoided and the mind must be clear and free and after the operation of the Medicine the Animal Spirits must be quieted and the effervescence of the Blood by giving an Anodyne Take of Cowslip Flower-water two ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated and of Diacodium each half an ounce of Pearls half a Scruple make a Draught to be taken at Bed-time But if Over-purging happens the Patient must be presently put into a warm Bed and you must apply to his Belly a Plaister of Venice-Treacle and he must presently take inwardly a Bolus of Venice-Treacle and burnt Claret diluted with Mint-water often by Spoonfuls and if he be much grip'd a Glister must be injected made of Milk and Venice-Treacle CHAP CXXVI Of the French-Pox THE French-pox came first from the West-Indies into Europe in the Year 1493. but a violent Gonorrhea shewed it self first about an hundred years since It is propogated either by Generation as when a Child is infected by the Parents or by touching of some soft part as when a Child is Infected by sucking a Diseased Nurse or a Nurse by Suckling a Diseased Child or by a Child's lying in Bed with such as are Infected but it chiefly comes by impure Coition But in sound and firm Constitutions impure Coition it self is not always sufficient to Infect for sometimes many lying with an infected Woman some are infected and others not though they all equally deserve it When a Man has to do with an impure Woman either he has a heat or inflammation of the Penis with Excâ—riation or else he finds a heat in his Urine and in a day two or three a Gonorrhea or virulent Matter issuing from the Privy parts sometimes Chancerous Ulcers and when the Infection has been very violent or the Inflammation neglected a Gangren and christaline Bladders arise and the part Mortifies Sometimes there is no Gonorrhea but instead of it a Bubo arises in the Groin which according to the degree of its Malignity either proves easily curable or else improves its Venom and terminates in a phagedenous Ulcer with jagged Lips There are also many veneâ—â—l Ulcers upon the Scrotum and Perineum A Cancer is commonly attended with breaking out all over the Body like a Flea-biting which terminates in various sorts of ulcerous Scabs or Teteâ—rs or it may be Pustles arise in one or more places of the Body as Head Face Arms Thighs or Legs or Ulcers
is to be revived by Frictions Vellications plucking of the Hair Ligatures Squeesing of the Fingers together and the like he must be presently Blooded if he has Strength but his Strength is not to be judged of by the present Circumstances but by such as he was in before the Disease invaded him You must first Bleed in the Arm and then in the Jugular Vein presently after give the following Vomit Take of the Blessed Wine one Ounce and an half of Carduus water one Ounce of Spirit of Juniper-berries two drops make a Vomit Inject two or three sharp Glisters in a day Take of the Carminative Decoction with Bay-berries and Juniper-berries ten Ounces of the Electuary of Bay-berries one Ounce of Vinum Benedictum three Ounces and of brown Sugar three Ounces of Chymical Oyl of Juniper ten drops mingle them make a Glister If the Glister be not rendred in due time provoke the Belly by a Suppository Take of Hiera picra half an Ounce of Sal Gemma one Dram of Hony a sufficient quantity make Suppositories The Spirit of Sal Armoniack must be held to the Nostrils and things of all kinds that cause Revulsion must be used not only Frictions and Ligatures but also Cupping-glasses set on the Back Shoulders Arms and Thighs But in an Apoplexy you must not apply Cupping-glasses to the Back or to the Hypochonders least the Muscles of the Breast and Belly should be contracted and so Respiration more hindred Cupping-glasses applied to the Head are counted very proper apply a Blistering Plaister with Euphorbium to the Neck Some according to the Custom of the Ancients hold a red-hot Frying-pan to the Head at such a distance as it may burn the Hair but not the Skin Take of the Waters of Rue Balm and Black-Cherries each three Ounces of Compound Peony water and of Compound Syrup of Peony each one Ounce and a half of Tincture of Castor one Dram of Spirit of Sal Armoniack half a Dram mingle them make a Julep give four or five Spoonfuls often In the general Cure of these Diseases you must take notice that in those which proceed from Blood Medicines that heat the least are to be used but Bleeding is to be used more freely and afterwards the Vein in the Forehead is to be opened and things that purge Choler are to be mixed with those that purge Flegm If the Brain be very much cooled the Sick after universal Evacuations may use Tablets made in the following manner Take of Amber-grease half a Scruple distilled Oyl of the Seeds of Anise Cinnamon and Nutmegs of each three drops Oyl of Cloves one drop of Sugar dissolved in Orange-flower water four Ounces make Tablets let him take a dram or two drams every Morning The following Powder is also commended and is much in use Take of white Ambar half an Ounce of the Powder called Diarhodon Abbatis two drams of the Roots of Peony one dram and an half make a Powder whereof give a dram in two Spoonfuls of Simple Peony water before the New Moon It is also proper to hold Nutmeg often in the Mouth and to chew it and Perfumes are to be held often to the Nostrils especially Apoplectick Balsam Spices are to be used with Meats and the following Digestive Powder after Meals Take of the Seeds of Coriander sweet Fennel Caraways each fifteen Grains of white Ambar one Dram of the yellow peel of Citrons and flowers of Rosemary each one Dram and an half of Nutmegs half a Dram of white Sugar three Ounces powder them grosly and give half a spoonful after Meals If from too great a quantity of Blood a sleepy Disease is feared the Patient must be sufficiently Blooded and the utmost endeavours must be used to make the Hemorrhoids flow than which nothing can be more advantageous Purging is to be ordered to prevent a Relapse Take of the Pill of Ambar and of the lesser Cochie each two Scruples of the best Castor six Grains of Oyl of Ambar a sufficient quantity mix them and make 12 Pills Take six for a Dose and the other six three days after Or Take of the Pill of Ambar one Scruple of Rosin of Jalap six Grains of Tartar vitriolated eight Grains spirit of Lavender eight drops of Elixir Proprietatis a sufficient quantity make 4 or 5 Pills to be taken in the Morning After Purging prescribe the following Medicines Take of the Conserves of the Flowers of Male peony and of Rosemary each one Ounce of the Bark of Citron Candied six Drams of the Species Diambra and Dianthos each one Dram of Castor powdred two Scruples of Compound Spirit of Lavender half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrups of Gilliflowers and Compound Peony Make an Electuary give the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening daily and let the Sick take four spoonfuls of the following Julep after it Take of the Waters of Black Cherries Rue Pennyroyal each three Ounces of Compound Peony Water and Langius's Epileptick Water each one Ounce of the Syrup of the Flowers of Male Peony one Ounce mingle them Or Take of the Powder e gutteta three Drams of Castor half a Dram of Syrup of the Flowers of Peony a sufficient quantity make forty Pills whereof let him take four every Night at Bed-time drinking upon them two spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of the Flowers of Peony Black Cherries Rue Pennyroal each two Ounces of Compound Peony Water and of Compound Briony Water and Tincture of Castor each one Ounce of Syrup of Male Peony an Ounce and an half mingle them Take of Ambar one Ounce sprinkle the fourth part of it every Night at Bed-time upon the Head CHAP. VIII Catalepsis or Catoche THis Disease is very rare and very wonderful Galen mentions an Observation of one of his Scholars who upon hard Study was seized with a Catalepsis He lay says he like a piece of Wood extended rigid and inflexible his Eyes were always kept open but he could not speak When he recovered he told us he could hear us speak though not plainly he remembred what was done and saw all that were with him but he said he could not speak nor move a Limb And Fernelius mentions two Observations of this kind He says that a person studying very hard was seized with this Disease and that he was so stiff that sitting with his Pen in his Hand and looking earnestly upon his Book he was supposed to be hard at Study till being called and pull'd he was perceived to have no Sense nor Motion Another lay as it were Dead who neither saw nor heard nor felt when he was pricked He breathed well and whatever was put in his Mouth he readily swallowed Being taken out of his Bed he stood alone and being push'd he went forward and in what manner soever his Hand or Arm or Leg was Bent it stood fix'd so that he look'd like a Statue The like Observations are to be found in many other
Medicines may be applied to the Forehead and the Temples at the very beginning of the Disease because by them the Veins by which the Humours fall upon the Eyes are compressed and the Humour repelled They may be made after this manner Take of Bole-armenick Dragons blood Frankincense Mastich each one Dram red Roses Balaustins and the Flower of Lentles each two Scruples mix them with the White of an Egg and Vinegar of Roses Make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Forehead and Temples A Cataplasm made of the Juice of Nettles and Wheaten Flower is esteemed very effectual for stopping the Flux of Humours upon the Eye being applied to the Forehead and Temples sometimes the Juice of Nettles by a specifick quality does stop all manner of Fluxes of Blood being either applied outwardly to the place or taken inwardly In the mean time if the pain be very violent which causes a Fluxion more and more upon the Eyes anodine Medicines must be applied to the Eyes of which the new Milk of an healthful Woman is the best which is to be milk'd from the Breast into the Eye instead of it new Cheese made of Sheeps Milk may be used But it must be often changed lest it turn to Butter and so augment the inflamation The White of an Egg beat into Water is greatly commended by Galen because it eases Pain and stops the Fluxion gently An Apple roasted under Cinders does also greatly mitigate the pain of the Eyes The Mucilages of the Seeds of Fleabean Quinces and Fenugreek Seeds extracted with Rose-water do greatly ease Pain they must be changed once in two days lest they become sharp Of these several Compositions may be made upon occasion For example Take of the Pap of a sweet Apple roasted under the Cinders one Ounce of the Mucilages of the Seeds of Psyllium and of Quinces extracted in Rose-water each six Drams of the Liquor of the White of a new Egg and Womans Milk each one Ounce Make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Eyes Pieces of Kids Calves or Sheeps Flesh new kill'd frequently applied to the Eyes powerfully ease Pains A more simple Cataplasm may be made of Crums of Bread moistned in Womans Milk and Rose-water But if the Pain be vehement and intolerable Narcoticks must be used but sparingly and with Caution because they condense the Spirits that serve for Sight and thicken the Coats of the Eye and the Humours and so dull the Sight Amongst the Ocular Narcoticks Trochisci Albi Rhasis with Opium are the best which may be prescribed after this manner Take of Rose Water two Ounces the White of an Egg strongly beaten one Ounce Trochisci Albi Rhasis with Opium one Dram make a Collyrium to be dropt into the Eyes After the Pain is abated repelling Medicines are to be used which ought to be moderate and anodine Medicines are to be always mixed with them to this end the following Collyrium uses to be prescribed Take of Plantane-water Rose-water each an Ounce and an half Liquor of the White of an Egg an Ounce Trochisci Albi Rhasis without Opium one Dram make a Collyrium to be often dropt into the Eyes If the Pain be more sharp Womans Milk and the above mentioned Mucilages may be added to the Collyrium The following Remedy powerfully abates the Inflammation and stops the Fluxion Take the white of one Egg beat it with a pretty big piece of Allum in a Tin Platter stir it until it has got the consistence of an Ointment spread it upon a Rag and apply it warm to the Eyes romove it in the space of two Hours lest by staying too long it fix the Humours in the Eye by the astringent force which is in the Allum Sal Saturni dissolved in Rose-water or Oxycrate or mixed with Pomatum does powerfully extinguish the Inflammation of the Eyes In the augmentation of the Disease digesting Medicines are to be mixed with repelling Medicines therefore to the above-mentioned Collyriums may be added Waters of Eye-bright Fennel Celandine and the Mucilages of the Seeds of Flax Marsh-Mallows Foenugreek Galen chiefly commends the Decoction of Foenugreek Seeds because it Digests Concocts and moderately repels When the Disease is at a height Sarcocol is also added to Collyriums which digests a little more powerfully But because it hurts the Eyes by its Acrimony it is fit to infuse it some days in Milk often changed before it be used and a small quantity of it ought to be prepared at once for after it is long kept it turns sharp and is hurtful to the Eyes it may be used after this manner Take of Flowers of Melilot Camomil red Roses each one pugil of the Seeds of Foemigreek well cleansed one dram boil them in Plantane-water in four ounces of the strained Liquor dissolve a dram of Sarcocol prepared of Tutty prepared and Trochisci albi Rhasis without Opium each half a dram make a Collyrium There are some Waters commended by Authors as very effectual Quercetan in his Dispensatory commends the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum in Eye-bright and Plantane-waters Crollius and the rest of the Chymists greatly commend Salt of Saturn dissolved in Rose-water to which may be added some Grains of Sal Ammoniacum It may be prescribed after this manner Take of Sacharum Saturni three grains of Salt Ammoniacum three grains Rose-water three ounces mix them and drop of it into the Eyes Morning and Night A Water made of white Vitriol it being dissolved in Red Rose-water or Plantane-water is commonly used as Take of White Vitriol one scruple dissolve it in four ounces of Plantane or Rose-water strain it and drop it into the Eyes If it be too sharp it must be qualified by mixing more Water with it Many Ointments are also commended for the Cure of an Ophthalmia Take of prepared Tutty an ounce and an half of Camphor one dram of Verdigrease grains twelve powder the Camphor and the Tutty together in a Mortar and the Verdigrease by it self all of them must be very finely powdered then take of fresh Butter one Ounce of Rose-water one dram boil them together gently and having taken them from the Fire mix by degrees first the Tutty with the Camphor afterwards the Verdigrease strain them through Silk and make an Oyntment Anoint the inward part of the Eye-lids especially about corners with this Oyntment This is of excellent use for Inflammations of the Eyes and for itching of the Eye-lids When the Disease is come to its State resolving Remedies ought to exceed Repellents and the same Remedâ—es which were used at the beginning are also good when it is at its height if you increase the quantity of the Resolvents and lessen the quantity of the repelling Ingredients A Fomentation made in the following manner is convenient to be used to discuss the Morbisick Matter when the Disease is at height Take of the Flowers of Camomil Melilot Roses each one Pugil of the Seeds of Fenugreek two Ounces make a Decoction wherewith foment
Syrup of Violets let it be clarified with the white of an Egg and give it Purgatives are not always to be given nor ever unadvisedly in this Disease but Glisters are used frequently and most commonly daily they must be gentle and emollient such as easily move the Belly without any great Agitation of the Humours or Blood for this purpose Milk or Whey is often convenient with brown Sugar or Syrup of Violets Or Take of the Leaves of either Sort of Mallows of Melilot and Mercury each one handful of Linseed and sweet Fennel-seeds each half an ounce of sweet Prunes Number six boil them in a sufficient Quantity of Spring water to a Pint to which add Syrup of Violets one ounce Sugar ten drams Sal Prunella one dram make a Glister Medicines for the third Intention viz. for dissolving the Clamminess of the Blood are wont to be administred in the Form of a Powder of a Spirit or a Potion according to the Manner following 1. Powders Take of Crabs-eyes two drams of Sal prunella one dram and an half of pearled Sugar one dram make a Powder for six Doses one to be taken every Sixth Hour with a proper Julep or Apozem Or Take of the Tusk of a Boar of the Jaw of a Pike or of Crabs-eyes each one Dram and an half of the Flowers of Sal Armoniack of the Powder of red Poppy Flowers each half a dram mix them for four Doses 2. Spirits and Chymical Liquors Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniack distil'd with Olibanum three drams the dose is from fifteen drops to twenty thrice a day Or Take of the Spirit of Vrine or Soot after the same manner Take of the sweet Spirit of Nitre three drams the dose it from six drops to ten 3. Potions Take of Carduus-water one Pint fresh Horse-dung three ounces dissolve it warm and filter it the dose is three or four ounces twice or thrice a day add half an ounce of Syrup of Violets or of red Poppies Or Take of the Leaves of Dandelion two handfuls bruised and infused in half a Pint of the Water of Maries Thistle Treacle-water half an ounce press them out add Powder of Crabs-eyes one dram take four or six Spoonfuls thrice a day The fourth Intention of Healing in respect of the Symptoms greatly urging does suggest divers Sorts of Operations First in respect of the Feaver the Juleps and Apozems above prescribed are convenient Moreover the Use of Sal-prunella ought to be frequent Secondly for the Cough and difficulty of Breathing Lambatives and Decoctions or Pectoral Juleps are administred with Success Take of the Syrups of Jujubes and Maiden-hair each one ounce and an half of Syrup of Violets one ounce Flowers of Nitre one Scruple make a Linctus to be lick'd now and then Take of Syrup of Marsh-mallows one ounce of Diacodium and of Syrup of red-poppies each half an ounce Powder of Crabs-eyes two Scruples make a Linctus to be taken the same Way Take of the Syrups of Hyssop and Liquorish each one ounce and an half of the Powder of red-poppy Flowers one Scruple of Crabs-eyes one dram of the Lohoch of the Pine six drams make a Lohoch take the Quantity of a Nutmeg four times or oftner in a Day Take of the Roots of Grass Chervil Marsh-mallows each one ounce Figs Number four Jujubs and Sebastines of each Number six Raisins one ounce Liquorish three drams Barley half an ounce boil them in three Pints of Spring-water to a Quart strain them the Dose is three or four ounces Take of Raisins stoned one ounce and an half Filberds number four of Liquorish sliced three drams of Hyssop Water one Pint and an half infuse them warm in a close Vessel six Hours strain them and add one ounce and an half of Syrup of Marsh-mallows make a Julep the dose is three or four Spoonfuls often in a day swallowing it by degrees Thirdly Against Watching Take of Red-poppy water three ounces of Syrup of the same six drams of Epidemick-water two drams make a Draught to be taken at Bed-time If the Pulse be strong and the Strength remains Take of Cowslip Water three ounces of Diacodium half an ounce make a Draught to be taken at Bed-time Fourthly If the Pain be much about the Place affected Take of Oyntment of Marsh-mallows two ounces of Oyl of sweet Almonds one ounce and an half mingle them make a Liniment to be applyed with thin Paper Fifthly For the last Intention of healing which assisting the Secundary Indication prescribes Medicines maturating and expectorating the following Forms are convenient Take of Linseed Oyl fresh drawn three ounces Syrup of Violets two ounces of Hissop water half a Pint mingle them in a Glass take two or three ounces twice or thrice a day shaking the Glass first Take of Olibanum powdered one dram put it into an Apple made hollow roast the Apple in the Embers let him eat it at Bed-time repeating it three or four times Take of Oyl of Almonds fresh drawn of Syrup of Maiden-hair each one ounce and an half Sugar-candy two drams stir them in a glass Mortar till they are perfectly mixed make a Linctus to be taken often in a day with a Liquorish Stick also let a Spoonful be taken thrice a day in a Draught of Posset drink It would be easie to produce many Observations of Peripneumonick Patients but seeing the Type of the Disease and the Reasons of the Symptoms are in all almost the same it will be sufficient to mention only one or two and while I was writing these Things I was sent for to a Patient very Sick of a Peripneumonia he was about fifty Years old lean and cholerick he fell into a Feaver by taking Cold he was troubled with a Cough a pain in the Breast and a Difficulty of Breathing when he had continued thus four days without any Remedy or Physical Administration I found him in a great Feaver with Thirst and a great Inflammation in the Breast breathing very difficultly and painfully and ratling insomuch that he seemed in the Agony of Death but because his Pulse was strong enough though quick and disturbed I presently ordered him to be blooded and that eight or ten ounces of Blood should be taken away and seeing he was little relieved after three Hours Intermission a Glister being first administred I ordered twelve ounces more of Blood to be taken away moreover I prescribed Spirit of Harts horn twelve drops of it to be given every sixth Hour with a proper Julep and between I ordered a Dose of the following powder to be administred Take Powder of Crabs-eyes and Sal-prunella each one dram and an half of Pearl one dram Sugar-candy two scruples make a Powder to be divided into eight Doses Moreover he took as often as he pleased a Draught of a pectoral Apozem by the use of these within three hours all the Symptoms began to abate and the Night after he sweated and slept a little the day after I repeated
after if the loosness continues CHAP. LXXVI Of the Bloody Flux SOmetimes it begins with shaking and shivering and Heat of the whole Body follows as is usual in Feavers and soon after the Gripes and Stools but oftentimes there is no Appearance of a Feaver going before for the Gripes begin and Stools soon follows but there are always great Gripes and a Depression of the Bowels with Pain when the Patient goes to Stool the Stools are frequent with a very troublesome Descent as it were of the Guts and they are all mucous not excrementitious excepting that sometimes an excrementitious Stool comes between and that is without any great Pain these mucous Stools are streaked with Blood yet sometimes there is no Blood at all mixt with them through the whole course of the Disease yet notwithstanding if the Stools are frequent with Gripes and a mucous Filth the Disease may be as properly called a Dysentery as if Blood flow'd with them Moreover The Sick if he be in the Flower of his Age or is heated by Cordials has a Feaver and his Tongue is covered thick with a kind of whitish Matter and if he has been much heated 't is black and dry the Strength is much dejected the Spirits are dissipated and all the Signs of an ill favoured Feaver are present And this Disease does not only occasion dreadful Pains and Sickness but unless it be skilfully managed it brings the Patient into great Danger of his Life for when a great many of the Spirits and a great deal of the vital Heat have been exhausted by frequent Stools before the peccant Matter can be cast out of the Blood his Hands and Feet growing cold he will be in danger of dying and if he should escape Death this time yet many Symptoms of a different kind attend the Poor Wretch For Instance Sometimes in the Progress of the Disease instead of those Sanguineous Filaments which at the beginning us'd to be mixed with the Stools pure Blood is evacuated unmingled with Slime and in a larger quantity at every Time which is an Argument that some of the greater Vessels of the Intestines are corroded and so the Patient is in danger of Death And sometimes also by reason of the great Burning which is occasioned by a large Flux of hot and sharp Matter to the Parts affected the Intestines are gangren'd Moreover a Thrush at the end of the Disease does very often affect the Mouth and Jaws especially when the Body has been a long Time heated and when the Evacuation of the peccant Matter has been hindred by astringent Medicines the Fomes of the Disease having not been first purged off and this is most commonly the forerunner of Death but if the Patient get over the foresaid Symptoms and the Disease continues long at length the Intestines seem to be affected successively downwards till the Disease be thrust down into the right Gut and ends in a Tenesmus But tho this Disease is very often deadly in grown People but especially to ancient People yet 't is very gentle in Children who sometimes have it some Months without any Injury if it be left to Nature As to the Cure When I was first called I bled in the Arm and at Night I gave an Anodyne and the next Morning the following lenitive Purge Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of the Leaves of Senna two drams of Rubarb one dram and an half boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water in three ounces of the strained Liquor dissolve of Manna and of Syrup of Roses solutive each an ounce to be taken early in the Morning And because 't is very obvious that purging Medicines tho they be never so gentle do heighten the Gripes and cause a general Disorder and Depression of the Spirits by the Adventitious Tumult they raise in the Blood and Humours therefore I usually give an Anodyne after every Purge somewhat earlier than is customary viz. At any time of the Afternoon if the Purge seem to have done working whereby I may be able to quiet the Tumult I have raised I repeat the foresaid Purge twice to be taken every other Day and give an Anodyne after every Purge at the Time above mentioned and I order this to be us'd Morning and Evening when the Patient don't Purge that I may quell the violence of the Symptoms and gain a Truce while I am evacuating the peccant Humours The Anodyne I use is chiefly Liquid Laudanum viz. Sixteen or eighteen Drops of it in any Cordial-water for one Dose After Bleeding and Purging once used I allow through the whole course of the Disease any temperate Cordial to be taken now and then as Epidemick-water compound Scordium-water and the like For Instance Take of the Waters of Black-cherries and Strawberries each four ounces of Epidemick-water and compound Scordium water and of Cinnamon-water hordeated each one ounce of prepared Pearls one dram and an half of Christaline Sugar a sufficient quantity add half a dram of Damask-rose-water to make it pleasant to the Taste mingle them and make a Julep of which let him take four or five spoonfuls when he is faint and any other time when he will I chiefly used these things in ancient and Flegmatick People that I might somewhat refresh and comfort their Spirits usually dejected in this Disease their Drink was Milk mixt with three times the quantity of Water or the white Decoction of Harts-horn and of white-bread each two ounces boyled in three Pints of Fountain-water to two and sweetned with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar and sometimes Posset-drink and when they were very weak they took for their ordinary drink cold a quart of Fountain-water boiled with half a Pint of Sack they were dieted sometimes with Panada and sometimes with Broths made of lean Mutton I kept ancient People much in Bed and permitted them to use more freely any Cordial-water they had been accustomed to than was fit for Young People and Infants This Method was the best I have hitherto met with for the Cure of this Disease which seldom lasted after the third Purge But if the Disease was obstinate and did not yield to these things I prescribed the foresaid Paregorick every day in the Morning and at bed-time till the Patient was quite well yea that it might be the more certainly quelled I gave the foresaid Laudanum every eighth Hour and a larger Dose than I have mentioned above viz. twenty five drops if the former Dose was not sufficient to suppress the Flux Moreover I ordered a Glyster made of half a a pint of Cows-milk and of an ounce and an half of Venice-treacle to be injected daily which is exceeding beneficial in all manner of Fluxes of the Belly Infants seized with this Disease are to be treated after the same manner but the quantity of Blood to be taken away and the Doses of the Purging and Anodyne Medicines are to be lessened with respect to their Age so for example two drops of
ounce boil them in a quart of Fountain-water till half is consumed add a Pint of Rhenish-wine strain it presently and add to it half an ounce of the best Senna six drams of Rubarb half an ounce of the Leaves of Black-hellebore of the yellow Peel of Oranges two drams infuse it warm in a close Vessel twelve hours keep the strained Liquor in a Glass well stopped the dose is five or six drams After Purging once or twice if Bleeding be indicated you must bleed in the Arm or with Leeches After Bleeding many Remedies of another kind are necessary but that you may prescribe orderly you must consider whether the Preservatory Indications have only place here or whether some curatory Indications namely such as respect the Symptoms that are violent ought not to be minded between whiles But if there be no urgent Symptom you must wholly apply your self to the Cure according to the following Method And as to the Cure of the Symptoms we shall treat of them by themselves below Wherefore If your chief Design be to erradicate the Cause of the Scurvy digestive and Specifick or Antiscorbutick Remedies must be used at all times except on the Days the Sick purges whereunto if there be Occasion Diaphoreticks or Diureticks must be sometimes added Various Forms are prescribed by Authors every where to answer these Intensions but we will only mention the chiefest which according to the twofold Disposition of the scorbutick Cause viz. The Sulphurous Saline and the Salino sulphurean Discrassy of the Blood we will distinguish into two Classes And First Of the cold Scurvy Among Digestive Medicines Cream of Tartar Salt and Tincture of it Tartar vitriolated Elixir Proprietatis or either of these may be taken twice a day Or Take of the Winteran-Bark of Wood of Aloes of the Roots of the lesser Galingal each two drams of Cinnamon Cloves and Cubebs each one dram of the Seeds of Bishops Weed and Cresses each half a dram bruise them and pour upon them the following Menstruum three Fingers high digest them in a Matrass six days in Sand keep the strained Liquor in a Glass well stopeed The dose is twenty drops more or less in a Spoonful of Canary-wine or some proper Water twice a Day The Menstruum is made in the following manner Take of Spirit of Vitriol rectified six ounces of Spirit of Wine rectified sixteen ounces mingle them and distill it in a glass retort and Cohobat it thrice and keep it in a Glass well stopt for use Elixir Proprietatis is made easier and better by this Menstruum than by the common way Whilst these Remedies are given in a small quantity Morning and Evening Antiscorbutick Medicines of another kind may be taken which are generally prescribed in a double Form viz. Solid and Liquid to be taken together the Solid first and the Liquid presently after Take of the Conserves of Scurvy-grass and Roman Wormwood and of Fumitory each two ounces of the Powder of the Winteran-bark of the Roots of Angelica and of Wake-robin each two drams of the Species of the three Sanders one dram and an half of the Powder of Crabs-eyes one dram of Salt of Wormwood two drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the Bark of Citron make an Electuary Take of the Conserves of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass and Brook-lime made with an equal quantity of Sugar each three ounces of the Troches of Capers and of Rubarb each two drams of Salt of Wormwood and of Scurvy-grass each one dram of Ivory Powdered and Coral calcined each one dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup made of the Juice of Scurvy-grass make an Electuary I use to prescribe Conserves made of the yellow Peel of Lemons and Oranges of the Purple-flowers of the Ash of the Leaves and Flowers of Ladies-Smock of the Roots of sharp-pointed Dock and of English Rubarb made with an equal quantity of Sugar which I give by themselves or mixed with other Conserves or Species For Country and poor People who desire Medicines that are cheap and easily prepared I prescribe after this manner Take of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass and Brook-lime each four ounces of white Sugar eight ounces beat them together in a Mortar and add to them of the Powder of the Winteran-bark half an ounce of Tartar calcined with Niter three drams with a sufficient quantity of Spanish-wine make an Electuary The Dose is the quantity of a Wallnut twice a day drinking upon it some proper Liquor Take of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass one pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned and of White Sugar each half a pound of the Lees of the Root of Horse-radish two ounces beat them together and reduce them to the Form of an Electuary In some scorbutical cases where the use of Steel is indicated three drams of Steel prepared with Sulphur or two drams of Vitriol of Mars may be mixed with any of the Electuaries After the taking of the Medicine once or twice a day the Body must be exercised Take of the compound Powder of Wake-robin one ounce and an half of Winteran-bark half an ounce of Cubebs grains of Paradise and Cardamoms each two drams of Salt of Wormwood three drams of Tablets of Oranges three ounces make a Powder The dose is one dram in some proper liquor For Delicate People the following Tablets may be prescribed Take of the Powder of the Winteran-bark and of Crabs-eyes each one dram and an half of Pearles powdered half a dram of white-sugar dissolved in a sufficient quantity of the Water of Worms and boiled to Tablets six ounces of Spirit of Scurvy-grass two drams make Tablets each weighing half a dram let two be taken twice a day drinking upon them some proper Liquor Tablets of Oranges are made in the following manner Take of Orange Lemmon and Citron peel candied each one ounce of Eryngo-roots candied half an ounce of Pine and Pistach-nuts each twenty of sweet Almonds blanched number ten of Annise-seeds powdered half an ounce of Ginger candied two drams of the Species Aromatick Rosat and of Nutmegs each one dram and an half of the Roots of Galingal one dram of Cloves number ten of Ambar-grease grains four of Musk and Civet each grains two of White-sugar dissolved in Rose-water and boiled to Tablets one pound and an half and so make Tablets Antiscorbutick Wines and Beers Take of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass four handfuls of Horse-radish-root rasped four ounces of Winteran-bark bruised half an ounce of the yellow peel of four Oranges and as many Lemmons put them into a glass and pour upon them six quarts of Rhenish-wine keep the Glass close stopt in a cold place let a quarter of a pint be taken Morning and Evening and at dinner-time daily and pour off the Wine clear when you use it But medicated Beer is more common for the Scurvy to be drank constantly for ordinary Drink Provide four Gallons of Ale and instead of Hops boil in it four handfuls of the tops of
does not only cause Pain there but it also stops the Urine just as if there were a Stone whereas there is none But this last kind seizing the Bladder happens very seldom That which resembles the Stone in the Kidnies is not so rare both use to invade those Women who are much weak'ned by Hysterick Fits coming frequently and whose health of Body is much impaired Sometimes falling upon the Stomach it causes câ—ntinual Vomiting and sometimes a Looseness when it is setled upon the Guts But no Pain accompanies either of these Symptoms though oftentimes in both the green Humours appear Both these kinds are familiar with those that are weak'ned by the Hysterick Fits coming frequently And as this Disease afflicts almost all the inward Parts so sometimes it seizes all the outward Parts and the musculous Flesh occasioning Pain and sometimes a Tumour in the Jaws Shoulders Hands Thighs Legs in which kind that Tumour which swells the Legs is more conspicuous than the rest But whereas in Hydropical Swellings these two things may be always taken notice of viz. That the swelling is most in the Evening and that the Finger prest upon it leaves a pit In this Tumour the swelling is most in the Morning nor does it yield to the Finger or leave any mark behind it and for the most part it only swells one of the Legs As to other things if you mind the largeness of it or its superficies it is so very like Hydropical Swellings that the Patient can scarce be brought to believe that it is any other Disease nor can the Teeth free themselves from the assaults of this Disease tho' they are not hollow and tho' there is no apparent defluxion that may occasion the Pain yet it is no whit gentler nor shorter nor easier cured But these Pains and Tumours which afflict the outward Parts chiefly seize those Women that are in a manner quite destroyed by a long series of Hysterick Fits and by the force of them But among all the Torments of this Disease there is none so common as a pain in the Back which most certainly all feel how little soever they are afflicted with this Disease Moreover this is common to the foresaid Pains that the place on which they were will not bear touching after they are gone but is tender and akes just as if it were soundly beaten But this tenderness goes off by degrees And this is worth observing That often a notable Cold of the external Parts makes way for these Symptoms which for the most part does not go off till the Fit ends which Cold I have observed is almost like that by which a Carcass grows stiff yet the Pulse is good And moreover all Hysterick Women which I have hitherto taken care of complain of a dejection and sinking of the Spirits and when they would shew the place where the sinking of the Spirits is they point to the region of the Lungs Lastly every one knows that Hysterick Women sometimes laugh excessively and sometimes cry as much without any real cause for either But among all the Symptoms that accompany this Disease this is the most proper and almost inseparable viz. a Urine as clear as Rock-water and this Hysterick Women evacuate plentifully which I find by diligent Enquiry is in almost all the pathognomonic sign of this Disease which we call Hysterick in Women and Hypochondriack in Men and I have sometimes observed in Men that presently after making Water of a Citron colour yea almost the next moment being suddenly seized with some violent commotion of the Mind they make Water as clear as Cristal and in a great quantity with a continued violent Stream and continue ill till the Urine comes to its wonted colour and then the Fit goes off And it happens to all Hysterical and Hypochondriacal People that sometimes they belch up ill Fumes as often as they eat tho' they eat only moderately and according as they have an Appetite and sometimes the Wind that comes from the Stomach is sower just like Vinegar Nor are they unhappy upon this account only viz. That their Bodies are so ill affected and as it were tottering like ruined Houses just about to fall for their Minds are more diseased than their Bodies and an incureable desperation is mixed with the very nature of the Disease and what the Roman Orator said of the Superstitions exactly agrees with these melancholy People Sleep says he seems to be a Refuge to the Laborious and Careful but from thence Cares and Fears arise whilst only Funerals and Apparitions of their deceased Friends are represented in Dreams and they are so tormented in Body and Mind that one would think their Lives were a Purgatory wherein they were to purifie themselves and to expiate Crimes committed in some other State Nor does this happen only to mad People but also to those who if you except those Impetuosities of Mind are very prudent and judicious and who much excel for deep thought and wisdom in Speech others who 's Minds were never excited by these Provokments to thinking But this dreadful condition of Mind which we have above described seizes on those only that have much and a long while conflicted with this Disease and have been at length wholly vanquished by it especially if Adversity care or trouble of Mind or hard Study or the like join'd with an ill habit of Body have added Oil to the Flame A day would scarce be sufficient to reckon up all the Symptoms belonging to Hysterick Diseases and I think Democritus reckoned pretty right though he mistook the cause of the Disease when he said in an Epistle to Hippocrates That the Womb was the cause of six hundred Miseries and of innumerable Calamities The procatarctick or external causes of this Disease are either violent motions of the Body or which is much oftener vehement commotions of the Mind But to these disorders of the Mind which are usually the occasions of this Disease is to be added emptiness of the Stomach by reason of long Fasting immoderate Bleeding and a Vomit or Purge that works too much As to the internal efficient Causes in my Opinion those Diseases which we call Hysterick in Women and Hypochondriack in Men proceed from a confusion of the Spirits The origin and antecedent cause of this confusion is a weak constitution of the Spirits In order to the Cure I order That 8 ounces of Blood be taken from the right Arm and that the following Plaster be applied to the Navel Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in tincture of Castor and strain'd three drachms of Tacamacha two drachms mix them make a Plaster The next Morning let her make use of the following Pills Take of the Pill Coch. major two scruples of Castor powder'd two grains of peruvian Balsam four drops make four Pills let her take them at five in the Morning and sleep after them Repeat them twice or thrice every Morning or every other Morning according to their operation and
the Spleen Take of the best Aloes and of the Ointment de Arthanita each one ounce of Turpentine a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Plaster to be apply'd to the Navel Take of the Cephalic Plaster with Euphorbium three parts of Burgundy-pitch one part make a Plaster for the soles of the Feet Pultisses TAke of white Bread baked the day before two ounces of red Sanders pouder'd one drachm and a half of Camphor pouder'd half a drachm mingle them and with a sufficient quantity of cold Fountain-water beat them make a Pultiss to be apply'd to the Eye shut the quantity of a small Wallnut being used at a time twice a day Take of the seeds of Mustard bruised two drachms of Garlic one ounce of black Soap two ounces mingle them make a Cataplasm to be apply'd to the soles of the Feet Take of an Onion and the tops of Savine each half an ounce of Currants and Sea Salt each half a handful beat them and make a Cataplasm to be apply'd to the Wrists Stomach Medicines TAke of the Stomach Pill with Gums of Aloes Rosat each fifteen grains of London Laudanum one grain mingle them make four Pills to be taken at Bed-time the next morning let him take two quarts of Epsom-waters or the like Let the Pills and the Waters be repeated every third day for four times Take of the Tinctura sacra one pint and a half let him take four spoonfuls every third night at Bed-time and the next morning let two quarts of Epsom-water be boiled and turned with Milk and let him drink it then Take of the bitter Decoction a quart in making it put in but half the quantity of Sena and add a drachm of salt of Wormwood To the strain'd Liquor add four ounces of compound gentian Water made with White wine Let four ounces be taken in the morning fasting three hours before Dinner Take of the bitter Tincture without Sena two ounces of Steel-wine one ounce of spirit of Saffron eight drops take it morning and evening for thirteen days Take of Crab's Eyes prepared Pearl red Coral prepared each two scruples of the best Chalk one scruple mingle them make a Pouder to be divided into eight parts let one be taken in a spoonful of syrup of Mint thrice a day Take of the Waters of black Cherries and Baulm each three ounces of Dr. Stephans's water one ounce and a half of spirit of Mint three drachms of Confection of Alkermes two drachms of syrup of Mint a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Julep Let five spoonfuls be taken at a time Take of the tops of the lesser Centaury of the flowers of Camomil and Agrimony each half a handful of common Wormwood half a pugil of the roots of Gentian sliced half a drachm of Zedaary one drachm of the seeds of Carduus Benedictus and of Citrons each one drachm and a half of Filings of Steel two ounces digest them all over a gentle Fire in two pints and a half of Whitewine for four days filter the Liquor and let nine ounces of it be taken every morning and at four in the afternoon Take of Salt of Wormwood one scruple of syrup of Lemons a sufficient quantity to take off the Ebullition Let it be used upon occasion Suppositories TAke of Hiera piera two drachms of Coloquintida and Agarick each half a drachm of Diagridium one scruple of sal Gemma two drachms of Hony boil'd to a due consistence a sufficient quantity make Suppositories Vomits TAke of salt of Vitriol half a drachm of compound Water of Wallnuts two ounces of compound syrup of Scabious half an ounce mingle them make a Vomit Take of Vinum Benedictum six drachms of the Water of Carduus Benedictus one ounce of Oxymel of Squills half an ounce mingle them make a Vomit Take of Oxymel of Squills three ounces of compound syrup of Scabious one ounce let it be taken in an Evening in a draught of clear Posset-drink and let him drink Posset-drink frequently with a spoonful of Oil of Almonds in each draught Take of Mercurius Vitae four grains give it in the pulp of a roasted Apple Take of Turbith Mineral nine grains of conserve of red Roses a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Vomit ADVERTISEMENT EXcellent Purging Pills prepar'd by the Author are to be sold by Mr. Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard They cure the Scurvy the most reigning Disease of this Kingdom They purge the Head Breast Stomach and Reins and cleanse the Blood and are a very proper Purge for those that cannot confine themselves when they want Purging but are forc'd to go abroad about their Business The Price of each Box is 1 s. 6 d. with Directions for use BOOKS Printed for Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard COllections of Acute Diseases in five Parts I. 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The Cholick the Bilious Cholick Histerick Diseases the Gout and the Bloody Urine from the Stone in the Kidnies Promptuarium Praxeos Medicae seu Methodus Medendi Praescriptis Celeberrimorum Medicorum Londinensium Concinnata in Ordinem Alphabeticum digesta The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants Containing all such English and Foreign Herbs Shrubs and Trees as are used in Physick and Surgery and to the Virtues of those that are now in use is added one Receipt or more of some Learned Physitian The Doses or Quantities of such as are prescribed by the London Physitians and others are proportion'd Also Directions for making Compound-waters Syrups Simple Medicines Moreover the Gums Balsams Oyls Juices and the like which are sold by Apothecaries and Druggists are added to this Herbal and their Virtues and Uses are fully described These four by the Author of this Practice of Physick The General History of the Reformation of the Church written in Latin by John Sleidan faithfully Englished To which is added A Continuation to the End of the Council of Trent by E. Bohun Esq in Folio Pains afflicting Human Bodies Their various differences Causes Parts affected Signals of Danger or Safety shewing the Tendency of Chronick and Acute Diseases for a seasonable prevention of fatal Events With a Tract of Issues and Setons by E. Maynwaring M. D. Octavo A New Description of Paris Containing a Particular Account of All the Churches Palaces Monasteries Colledges Hospitals Libraries Cabinets of Rarities Academies of the Virtuosi Paintings Medals Statues and other Sculptures Monuments and Publick Inscriptions With all other remarkable Matters in that Great and Famous City Translated out of French The Second Edition to which is added a Map of Paris Letters of Religion and Virtue to several Gentlemen and Ladies with some short Reflections on divers subjects Pia Desideria Or Divine Addresses in three parts 1. Sighs of the Penitent Soul 2. Desires of the Religious Soul 3. Extasies of the Enamour'd Soul Illustrated with 47 Cuts Written in Latin by Herm. 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ounce of Sugar is very good Sal-prunella or the Spirit of Salt may be mixed with it If Suppression of Urine occasioned by a phlegmatick Matter often recur nothing is better than the Bath-waters which easily dissolve and cleanse away the Mucilaginous Matter A certain Nobleman that was afflicted with a Suppression of Urine for many Days after other Medicines used to no Purpose was freed by injecting the following Glyster which he retained two Hours Take of the Roots of Smallage and Parsly Knee holm Asparagous Mallows each two drams of Pellitory two handfuls of the Seeds of Annise Fennel Daucus Bishop-weed bastard Saffron Rue Cummiâ— and Juniper-berries each half an ounce of the Flowers of Camomil Mellilot Dill and Stoechas each two Pugils boil them in Whitewine till half is consumed in one Pint of the strained Liquor dissolve four ounces of fresh Butter of Honey of Roses two ounces of red Sugar one ounce of Benedictum Laxativum half an ounce of the Yolk of one Egg of Oyls of Nuts Dill or Linseeds one ounce make a Glister In the whole Course of the Cure Fomentations Liniments Cataplasms Baths and the like must be used among other things a Cataplasm of Pellitory fried with Butter or rather with Oyl of Scorpions is good also a Bladder half full of Oyl wherein Cantharides have been boyled A Cataplasm made of Onyons fried in Lard and with some Oyl is commonly applied to the Region of the Pubis and Loins When an Ischury proceeds from clotted Blood Troches of Ambar Mumny simple Oxymel Oxymel of Squills Syrup of Sorrel and the like must be used and Cow-dung outwardly applied does Wonders Lastly when the Suppressions proceeds from Pus things that cleanse and incide must be used such chiefly as were proposed for an Ulcer of the Reins and Bladder CHAP. XCIV Of a Dysury or Heat of Vrine THe next and immediate Cause of rendring Urine with Pain is a Solution of the Continuum in the Sphincter Muscle or Channel of the Bladder and therefore whatsoever causes Solution of the Continuum in those Parts occasions also a Dysury or Heat of Urine Among these Causes the chief and most frequent is an Acrimony of the Urine sometimes simple without the Mixture of other Humours which a hot Intemperies of the Bowels or of the whole Body or the use of acrid and hot Meats occasions it But it is most commonly from a Mixture of acrid Humours sometimes Matter flowing from the Reins or Bladder ulcerated occasion such an Acrimony in the Urine and sometimes a white and Milky Matter that is emitted plentifully with the Urine occasions the Heat of it also a Stone in the Bladder or Gravel produces the same Lastly An Inflammation as in a Gonorrhea as long as the Prostratae are Inflamed the Heat of Urine continues The Signs of the Causes may be thus distinguished If it proceeds from an Acrimony the Urine is thin and high coloured or there will be a Mixture of Purulent Matter and an Intemperies of the Bowels went before or hot and acrid Aliments the Heat of the Air or the like heating causes preceded Lastly Stones and Inflammations of these parts may be known by their proper Signs As to the Prognostick This Disease is not of it self dangerous but is very troublesome to the Patient and is sometimes difficultly cured especially in old Men who if they are decrepid have it as long as they live and if it continue long in any Age it ulcerates the Neck of the Bladder The Cure is first to be directed to the taking off the Cause and therefore if it arise from the Stone an Inflammation or from an Ulcer of the Bladder or the Neck of it the Cure must be taken from the Chapters of these Diseases but those things which are mentioned below may much abate the Symptom But that which proceeds from an Acrimony of Urine and from hot Humours mixed with it must be cured with the following Remedies And first To qualifie the Intemperies of the Parts frequent Bleeding is necessary and it must be often repeated if there be a great quantity of Blood or danger of an Inflammation Purges are also convenient in this Disease but they must be lenitive and cooling for otherwise they mightily exasperate the Heat of Urine wherefore some do not dare to give any thing besides a simple Bolus of Cassia and this is certainly to be preferred before all other things Yet it may be made more cooling if Tamarinds are added to it or a Decoction of Lettice Purslain and the Tops of Mallows with Cassia may be taken for many Days that the acrid Humours flowing to the Urinary parts may be by degrees turned upon the Bowels but yet if a large quantity of ill Humours requires more Purging we may use the following Potion Take of the Leaves of Lettice Purslain Plantane and the Tops of Mallows each half an ounce of Tamarinds half a dram of yellow Mirobalans one dram boil them to six ounces in the strained Liquor dissolve one ounce of Cassia fresh drawn strain them again and afterwards add the Infusion of one dram and an half of Rubarb in Lettice water with yellow Sanders of Manna and of Syrup of Roses each one ounce make a Potion Vomiting also with gentle Remedies is excellent for it makes Revulsion from the Part affected and does not occasion those Disorders that Purging does and therefore such as can bear Vomiting well may take a gentle Vomit once or twice a Week Glisters also frequently injected do good Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows one ounce of the Leaves of Mallows Violets and Lettice each one handful of the flowers of Water-lillies and of Barley cleansed each one Pugil boil them to a Pint in the strained Liquor dissolve an ounce of Cassia newly extracted one whole Egg and two ounces of Oyl of Violets make a Glister The Mucilages of the Seeds of Marsh mallows Quinces Fenugreek may be mixed with Glisters to ease the Pain But to qualifie the Heat and to ease the Pain Glisters of Milk by it self or mixed with the foregoing things are usually so effectual that I have known some eased of long Pains with this Remedy only and by the Bath which shall be mentioned by and by But many things may be given inwardly to asswage the Pain and to correct the Intemperies of the Parts affected Take of the Waters of Purslain Lettice and Water-lillies each one ounce of the Syrup of Violets and of Water-lillies each six drams Sal-prunella one dram mingle them make a Julep to be repeated often Emulsions may be also used though they are diuretick because they cool and gently cleanse the Urinary Passages Take of the four greater cold Seeds and of White Poppies each three drams of Sweet Almonds blanched and infused in cold water half an ounce bruise them in a Marble Mortar and pour upon them gently a pint and an half of the Decoction of Barly of Liquorish and the Tops of Mallows make an Emulsion for