Selected quad for the lemma: spirit_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A30115
|
A new discovery of the French disease and running of the reins their causes, signs, with plain and easie direction of perfect curing the same / by R. Bunworth.
|
Bunworth, Richard.
|
1662
(1662)
|
Wing B5476; ESTC R29144
|
21,177
|
95
|
use Let it be very well chafed in otherwise it will not let him spit at all when he begins to spit let him leave off to anoynt himself and keep very warm Let him continue spitting till his spittle leave off its brackish taste and become either insipid or else of a sweetish taste which is commonly in fourten or fiteen days during the whole time of his spitting During the whole time of his spitting let him drink a draught of warm posset-drink for three or four times a day When you would abate the spitting which must be upon some very extraordinary occasion as if he spit blood so that you perceive any of the vitals to be offended then give him every after-noon at four of the clock this following clyster Take new milk a pint brown sugar two ounces two yolks of eggs and three dramms of common salt mix them together according to art and give them Clysterwise blood warm Give him also at night when he goes to bed this following Bolus Take of Diascordium two scruples Gascoynes powder twenty grains oyle of Vitriol two drops with a little syrrup of white Poppy mix them into a Bolus If while he spits his teeth are very loose let him keep a piece of gold in his mouth Some people are so ignorant as to procure salivation by anointing all the joynts but this Remedy is worse than the Disease for there be many that have been so anointed which have had feeble joynts all the year after Salivation may be also procured by the mouth as well as by unction as thus Take of Turbith minerals ten grains and make it into a ball or pill with conserve of Roses and give it the patient the next day but one give him eleven grains so made up as before and the next day but one to that give him thirteen grains of the said Turbith When he takes his doses he must receive it early in the morning and sleep after it an houre and then rise and keep himself very warm for an hour nor must he drink any thing but posset-drink warm while the flux continues which will be for twenty days he shall eat no meat but broth of mutton or hens after he hath done fluxing let him take this drink Take of Sarsaperil two ounces Guaiacum four ounces Hermodactyles two ounces Senna two ounces Annis-seed Cominseed two ounces Liquorice sliced Twenty two ounces boyl all these together in ten quarts of liquour half beer half water and let them boyl twelve hours on a soft fire till three quarts be consumed and then drink thereof half a pint in a morning and half a quart about four in the evening till you have drunk it up You may when you take this drink eate boyl'd mutton or veal or hens rosted The Cure of the French disease by salivation or spitting surpasseth any other cure provided it be used to those bodies unto which it is most convenient otherwise it is most uncertain and dangerous For it proves destructive to those that have a moist brain and are subject to pain in the head and are inclin'd to cold diseases But to those that are of extreme hot constitutions and are not at all obnoxious to the headache it is the onely remedy under heaven for the disease CHAP. X. The third way of curing the French disease TAke of Conserve of Wood-sorrel and conserve of Barbery's of each three ounces red Coral prepar'd two drams Crabbs eggs salt of steel and Tartarum vitriolatum of each a dram and a half Succinum two scruples with as much syrrup of coral as is sufficient mix them together in an electuary Give the patient the quantity of a nutmeg of this electuary every morning fasting and as much at four in the afternoon so long as it shall last and let him exercise after it and in the mean time every fift day let him purge with this following potion and once a week let him sweat in a hot-house or in his bed with bottles or bricks Take white-wine three ounces syrrup of roses solutive an ounce and a half Lac sulphuris two scruples mix them together according to art Let him not take the Electuary when he purges and sweates This is a good way for those that live sedentary lives and have obstructions in their inward parts as the liver the spleen the Mesentery c. CHAP. XI The fourth way of curing the French disease KEep the patient in his bed four or five days or a week together and sweat him continually In the mean time let him drink now and then a draught of hot posset drink but let him by no means take any thing else whatsoever This way is used much in the Low Countries It is the only way for those that have sharp and eating humours insomuch that they are fearfull of losing the palate of their mouth or the bridge of their nose and have holes in their head or any other part CHAP. XII The fifth way of curing the French disease TAke of Sarsaperil one ounce and an half split it and cut it into half an ounce of the best spirit of wine in a glass close stopp'd with a cork and bladder Let the infusion continue so long till the spirit of wine continue of a perfect golden colour Then strein it and put to the streined liquor gum of Guaiacum powder'd an ounce natural balsam a dram stop them very close and shake up the glass once or twice every day until the gum be perfectly dissolved Let the patient take half a spoonfull of this Artificial balsam in every draught of beer he drinks three weeks or a month together In the mean time let him be purg'd every fifth day with two scruples of extractum Rudii and ten grains of Mercurius dulcis mixt together according to art and made up into five pills This is an excellent way for all effeminate persons and such as are of weak constitutions CHAP. XIII The sixt way of curing the French disease TAke white wine three ounces Venice Treacle two scruples Balsam of Sulphur seven grains mix them together into a potion Let the patient drink this potion every morning for the space of twenty days together and let him not eat or drink any thing for three hours after This is accouned a great secret among the French and Italian Doctors It cures the disease He may goe about his occasions every day notwithstanding the potion which he takes in the morning It is safe for all sorts of people but it agrees best with cold constitutions and such as are inclin'd to shortnes of breath a defluxion of Rheum upon their lungs Many of the French Doctors doe use balsam of Sulphur alone with good success But this way is not to be used when the disease is over far gon CHAP. XIV The seventh way of curing the French disease TAke gum Guaiacum two drams Antimonium Diaphoreticum flower of Brimstone Diagrydium mans bones calcind Mercurius dulcis of each a dram Opium half a
Red sage a small handfull Senna an ounce Coriander seeds prepared three drams boyle them over night in white wine and spring water of each three pints untill half be wasted Then while it is hot put into the decoction two drams of Rhubarb sliced and let it infuse in the liquor all night with the rest of the ingredients in the morning strein away the ingredients and put to the liquor four ounces of syrrup of Cichory with Rhabarb Let the patient drink twelve spoonfulls of this Apozeme fasting so long as it shall last The next day after he hath taken all his Apozeme let him begin to take of this following electuary Take of Lenitive Electuary three ounces Cassia lately extracted in red rose water and Venice turpentine wash'd in plantain water ana an ounce and a half The powder of Senna and Anniseeds of each a dram and a half Rhubarb finely powdered a dram mix them according to art into an electuary Of this Electuary let him take the quantity of a wall nut fasting and as much at four of the clock in the afternoon so long as it shall last When he begins to take of this electuary let him take this following plaister and lay it athwart his back letting it continue on as long as will stick Take of Venice Turpentine an ounce Virgins wax half an ounce melt them together in a brass ladle or smal earthen pot over a gentle fire and when it is almost cold stir into it three dramms of white sealed Earth finely powdered spread it upon Allome leather to be apply'd as aforesaid This way of cure best agrees with those that are of a hot constitution CHAP. XXIII The third way of curing the Running of the reines FIrst give the patient this following vomit Take of the infusion of Crocus metallorum an ounce Oxymell simplex two ounces oyle of Cinamon a drop mix them together give it him in a morning fasting with due observation according to the custome of vomiting After he hath taken this vomit two days after give half a dram of extractum rudii and twelve grains of mercurius dulcis mixt together made into four pills Two days after he hath taken the pills sweat him with this following sweating potion Take treacle water two ounces Antimonium diaphoreticum ten grains syrrup of wood-sorrel an ounce and a half mix them together The next day after he hath sweat let him begin to take this following Apozeme Take China Sarsaperil Senna rootes of water Lillies of each an ounce Raisins stoned four ounces black hellebore half an ounce Caraway seeds and Cinamon of each three dramms boyle them altogether in three quarts of water over a gentle fire in an Earthen vessel close covered untill half be wasted strain away the ingredients and sweeten the liquor with six ounces of common Treacle Give him four ounces of this Apozeme at a time every morning fasting for the space of twenty days in the mean time let him swallow every night when he goes to bed five pills as big as large peas of Cyprus Turpentine This cure is most proper for those that have a violent Gonorrhea or running of the reines which may have some tincture or smatch of the French disease CHAP. XXIV The fourth way of curing the Gonorrhea TAke of Rhabarb Crema Tartar of each four ounces Cassia newly extracted and Venice Turpentine as much as will thicken it into the form of an electuary Let the patient take of this electuary in the morning fasting as much as will amount to the quantitie of a wall nut and at night also when he goes to bed the same quantity drinking after it a glass of whay or if he find any sharpness in his urine a glass of milk and water Let him doe this for a fortnight or three weeks together He may goe about his business without any disturbance only keeping a temperate dyet and abstaining from much drinking and taking tobacco If the person be of a sanguine complexion he may let blood before he begins to take his Electuary Let this cure be used only when the disease is taken in time before the venome of the disease hath proceeded two farr CHAP. XXV The fifth way of curing the Gonorrhea FIrst purge the patient with a bolus of Cassia newly extracted causing him to drink after it a little broth without any salt in it After this let him take half a dram of Chrystallum minerale in six ounces of whey two howrs before meals morning and evening and at meals let him use this following dyet drink Take of barly grass topps of Mallows plantain leaves agrimony maidenhaire ana a good handfull liquorice as much as will suffice boyle it high and make thereof a Ptisan and to every foure pints of this Ptisan add half an ounce of Chrystallum minerale use this for fifteen or sixteen days or three weeks This with great ease stopps the gonorrhea of it self But if it be an old running after you have made use of the former prescription the due time set down take of this following mass of pills Take of Salt of Coral rectifyed twice or thrice with spirit of Guaiacum one ounce extract of Amber one ounce Terra sigillata three drams Crocus Martis astringent reverberated half an ounce Extract of tormentill Pilosell golden rod great Sanicle of each two ounces Venice Turpentine evaporated with a soft heat till the consumption of the third part Mix with the hot Turpentine first the extract of amber then the salt of coral and the terra sigillata mingled with the other extracts then the Crocus Martis stirring with a spatula till they be all exactly mixed Make a mass thereof and let the patient take thereof two scruples made into pills morning and evening till he find himself well You may also use injections into the yard made of the decoction of Tormentil golden rod pilosell and great Sanicle dissolving a dram of Saccharum Saturni in one dram of the said Liquor CHAP. XXVI The chymical way of curing a virulent Gonorrhea IN the curing of the Gonorrhea chymically green precipitate is thus made Take of mercurie three ounces and dissolve it in two ounces of aqua fortis of Venus one ounce and dissolve it in two ounces of Aqua fortis mix the two solutions together and distil them out of the sand through a retort toward the end of the distillation urging the fire more Vehemently whereby the greatest parts of the corrosive spirits may be taken away pound that which remains behind in a mortar and with vinegar digest it six days in the ashes then boyl it that the greatest part of the mercurie may be dissolved in the vinegar when it it impregnated with the vinegar take it and distil it with a soft fire till it be come very drie and there will remain in the bottome a green precipitate of this give four five six or seven grains according to the strength of the patient in conserve of roses CHAP. XXVII