Troches Alhandal three Grains with the distilled VVater of Marjoram make them up into seven Pills of which take three at night and four in the Morning especially near the Full and Change of the Moon Or take the Pills directed in the Chapter of the Vertigo Or make use of the following Liquor Take the Flowers of Sage Rosemary Betony and Lavender of each one good handfull Castor two Drams Sugar-candy four Ounces boil these in one Gallon of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and drink thereof at any time hot for it is of excellent use to prevent the Apoplexie CHAP. VII Of the Palsey THe Palsey is a distemper wherein the one half of the Body either the right or left doth lose both Sense and Motion and then it may be called a general Palsey But sometimes it hapneth in one Member only as in the Head the Tongue the Hand and the Yard Leg c. In the Palsey sometimes Sense is only lost and sometimes Motion alone and at other times both Sense and Motion The cause of this Disease is through abundance of gross tough and clammy Humours which obstruct or stop the Sinews hindering the Animal faculty that it cannot come from the Fountain to the Members Sometimes it is caused through immoderate Cold at other times through excessive heat or inflamation or by some Schirrus or hardness in the Back bone or in the parts adjacent or in other Sinewy parts over much pressed or crushed by which means the Animal faculty cannot pass Many times it is caused through a Feaver and that principally ingendred of melancholy possessing the mind and changing the temperature thereof It is frequently caused three manner of ways sometimes of Melancholy it self and sometimes by the alteration of the Blood in the Brain and through inflammation and evil affect of the Stomack and Sides The signs of the Palsey are many as sadness fearfulness envy hatred strange fantasies or imaginations This is no acute Disease but Chronical or of long continuance and for the most part curable especially in young people or when the paralitick Member doth not become less or change his Colour for if so it is hardly curable In this Distemper his Diet ought to be slender and drying and for the first two or three days let him altogether abstain or be content with Broath made of Barley unhusked or with Mede c. after let him have Meat of good Juice and of light digestion and that well Roasted Let him eat Partridge Larks and such like Pine-nuts and Almonds Let him take of Savory Sage Parsley Fennel Hysop and Marjoram And forbear all things that are cold and moist as Fish Fruit c. and drink sparingly except of Honey and Water wherein is boiled Sage and Cinamon Or of the drink made as followeth Take Gallingal long Pepper Nutmegs Cloves and Mace of each one Dram Cardamoms one Dram and a half Ginger half an Ounce the best Cinamon two Ounces boil them altogether in three or four Quarts of running Water to the consumption of half then strain it and add thereto eight Ounces of the best Sugar and drink thereof a small quantity at a time first and last In the time of Cure drink no Brandy neither any other strong Spirits of that Nature Also forbear Wine except a small quantity towards the latter end of the Cure Exercise and motion is good also mirth sleep in the night but not in the day The Cure ought to be began with Blood-letting if age and strength will permit especially where fullness abounds but it ought to be taken away with moderation least the Body should be over much cooled and also observe to open the Veins on the well and whole side and a day or two after cleanse the Bowels with the following Glister Take Sage Betony Camomil Mercury both sorts of Mallows of each one handfull Calamint and Rue of each half a handfull Staechados half an Ounce the Seeds of Ammeos and Fennel of each two Drams Cut and Bruise them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and take a Pint thereof to which add the Electuary called Benedictum Laxativum and Diacatholicon of each half an Ounce the Extract of black Hellebor 20 Grains Oyl of Rue Oris and Bayes of each six Drams Sal Gemmae two Scruples being mixed together and a Glister made thereof put it up according to Art You may make use of the Pills directed in the Chapter of the Vertigo for they are uery proper in this Distemper The next day after Purging make use of the sweating Potion made as followeth Take Venice Treacle one Dram the Powder of Virginia Snakeweed one Scruple Oyl of Vitriol well Rectified ten drops Syrup of Cowslips one Ounce Carduus Water three Ounces mix them all well together and make a Potion thereof which take in the Morning and sweat as strength will permit repeating the same as need require To comfort and strengthen the Vital and Animal Spirits especially in persons afflicted with this Disease make use of the following Cordial Julip Take of the distilled Water of Cowslips and Lavender of each three Ounces Syrup of Betony and Cowslips of each two Ounces Spirit of Lavender and Castor of each one Ounce and a half Oyl of Vitriol Rectified 20 drops or as much as will cause it to be of a sharp tast of which take one Spoonfull first and last or at any time when ill or fainty Anoint the Region of the Back with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Nutmegs Nard Oyl and Oyl of Foxes of each one Ounce the Juice of Sage and St. Johnwort of each three Drams Sagapenum dissolved in Juniper Water two Drams Powder of Castor and Euphorbium of each one Dram with a sufficient quantity of Wax make it up into an Oyntment Or Take the Oyl of Juniper berries Euphorbium and Castor of each half an Ounce Oyl of St. Johnswort and Terpentine of each one Dram the Water of Juniper three Drams mix them all well together and anoint the parts affected therewith for it is also of excellent vertue Or Take Oyl of Earth-worms Foxes and Castor of each one Ounce Lucatelles Balsom two or three Ounces Spirit of Sack half an Ounce the Chymical Oyl of Rosemary one Dram and a half mix them well together and anoint the Back therewith hot and the other parts affected and cover them with warm Cloths Another Oyntment of excellent use in t he Palsey and weakness of the Limbs pains in the Joynts c. Take Bay-leaves Rue St. Johns-wort of each three handfulls Camomil Sage and green Rosemary of each one handfull cut and bruise them very small then add thereto Neats-foot Oyl three Pints Caraway Seed bruised one Ounce and a half after which boil them all together over a gentle fire till the Oyl become Green and the Herbs dry then strain it and add to the strained Liquor one Bull or
Linseed of each two drams Gum Ammoniacum dissolved in Wine one dram with a sufficient quantity of Wax make it into an Ointment and anoint the Brest therewith as afore-directed for it doth not onely molifie but discuss the matter offending CHAP. XIX Of the Pleuresie THe Pleuresie is an inward Inflammation or a Postumation of the upper Skin girding the Ribs c. This Disease is often times caused through abundance of hot Blood flowing preternaturally to the fore-mentioned upper Skin The principal Signs are Difficulty of Breathing a very troublesome Cough a continual Feaver and a violent Pricking pain a sharp and hard Pulse As touching the Cure In short if the Body do abound with filthy Humours or be full of Blood forthwith open the Liver-Vein on the same side for with so doing Blood is not onely drawn but the part grieved quickly purged After Blood-letting especially the Body being Costive make use of the following Glister or if the Disease be not violent make use of the Glister before Bleeding Take the Leaves of Spinage Mallows Mercury both sorts of Endives and the Leaves of purple Violets of each one handful Barley not bruised one ounce boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of the third part strain it and to one pint thereof add of Cassia newly drawn one ounce and a half fresh Butter half an ounce Oyl of Violets and Camomil of each two drams Common Salt one dram being well mixed together make a Glister and put it up according to Art Or take of the Lenitive Electuary six drams Syrup of Violets and Roses of each half an ounce Cream of Tartar two scruples the Distilled Water of Cichory or Fumatory four ounces being mixed together take it in the morning all at once And if the Patient have still a Feaver Take fresh Pruuns one pound Blew Currans half a pound Wood-Sorrel one good handful boil them in three quarts of Spring Water to the consumption of the third part and strain it and let the Patient drink often thereof Take one Pippin the Core being taken out and fill the hole with the Gum called Olibanum after which toast it till it become soft then take off the skin from the Apple and mix them well together and take it all at once for to admiration it removes the pain I having made trial thereof one hundred times The Powder of Olibanum taken from one scruple to one dram in the Pap of a roasted Apple at night doth the same and with less trouble Some to ease the violent pain in this Discase give Laudanum and Syrup of Poppies c. but they must be taken in small quantities lest they stop spitting and bind the brests from which sometimes death follows so attempt them not without good advice Take Horse-dung and infuse the same in the distilled water of Carduus for a small time then strain it and give thereof to the Patient for it also powerfully disperses and abates the pain Or take the powder of Hens-dung which is white one dram Carduus water four ounces Syrup of Violets half an ounce and give it to the Patient warm for it hath the aforementioned virtue Or take Hempseed bruised one ounce white Hens-dung and Stone-Horse-dung of each half an ounce infuse them for twelve hours in six ounces of Carduus-water strain it and drink it off warm all at once Or take from one scruple to a dram of prepared Goats Blood in the aforesaid water for it doth effect the same Or you may take the Spirit of Soot from five drops to ten in Carduus-water and the bright flakes of Soot made of wood fire beaten into fine powder and given from two scruples to one dram is of excellent use and very safe You may apply outwardly the following Fomentation c. Take the Flowers of Dill Melilot and Camomil of each two or three handfuls Bran the Powder of Fennugreek Linseed and Melons of each an ounce and a half boil them in a sufficient quantity of water and bath the part grieved therewith or put some of the Decoction with the Herbs into Bladders or dip therein a large spunge and apply it to the part affected hot Or make use of the Plaister made as followeth Take the Flowers of Tapsus Barbatus Camomil and Dill of each half a handful Fennugreek Anniseed and Linseed of each a quarter of an ounce Barly-flower two ounces being all bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of water till they become somewhat thick after which add thereto the Oyl of Camomil and Dill of each one ounce boil them again and then add the Yolks of two new-laid Eggs and Saffron beat into Powder one scruple and a half and make a Plaister thereof which apply warm to the part affected Some use Cupping-glasses with Scarification which I shall leave to the discretion of the Ingenious Physitian CHAP. XX. Of the Ptisick or Consumption THough the Ptisick signifies a Consumption yet it may be most properly taken for that Leanness of Body which follows an Ulcer in the Lungs This Disease is commonly caused through sharp fretting and gnawing Humours which falls from the Head upon the Lungs It is also caused through Blood and matter which continue after the breaking out of the same in such that have the Pleuresie and sometimes the Dropsie and French Disease c. are the very principal Causes of the Consumption The chief Signs of this Distemper are known by flowing of flegm from the Head upon the Lungs which causeth a Tickling and small Cough the Spittle somewhat hot and bitter the whole Body wasteth and the flesh becomes exceeding loose the Hair falls off the Nostrils very thin and sharp the Temples fallen down the Eyes hollow the Balls of the Cheeks swarthy or Leaden coloured the Shoulder-Bones stick out the Patient often vexed with a Hectick or burning Fever and breathes with much difficulty the Nails become pale and crooked the Stomach and Belly often tormented with violent pain and much troubled with thirst and if the Lungs are ulcerated what the Patient spits will be of a strong foetid or stinking Smell And the Cure often proves very difficult However in the first place let the Patient if possible be removed into some wholesome place where the Air is clear and temperate neither too hot nor too cold And if you perceive the Lungs to be ulcerated purge once a week with the following Medicines especially where the Body is not become very lean Take Cassia newly drawn one ounce the fine Powder of Liquorish two scruples and make a Bolus thereof which give to the Patient in the morning Or take of the choicest Manna from one ounce to two ounces and dissolve it in Chicken-Broth c. and drink it off as afore-directed Or take Liquorish Raisins of the Sun stoned Flowers of Bugloss and Violets of each three drams Barly one ounce and a half Jujubes four in number being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water
third part After which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Wormwood one ounce and a half Syrup of Agrimony six ounces Being well mixed together let the Patient drink four ounces at a time twice a day first in the morning and two hours after Dinner Or let him take often of the Conserve of Wormwood mixing therewith each time a drop or two of the Chymical Oyl Or drink some drops of the Spirit in Wine first and last two hours before Dinner and two hours after Outwardly you may use the Oyl of Wormwood Nard and Oyl of Camomil mixed together making it hot Or take Nard Oyl Oyl of Wormwood and Rue of each one ounce and a half Spicknard Squinant Cinamon Cloves Mastick Wood of Aloes all made into fine Powder of each two scruples with a sufficient quantity of the best Wax make them up into an Ointment And let the Patient make use of such meats as are of light Digestion which are with all somewhat heating and let him drink Wine at Meals that is thin and hot broth wherein is boiled Sage Savory Sauthernwood Hysop Fennel and Parsly and such like In the moist Distemper of the Liver Let the Patient make use of drying Medicines as the Decoction of Sasaphras Saâ—saperilla Lignum vita and China c. and let him eat flesh well roasted and let him make use of dry Baths or hot Houses Or take Venice Treacle one dram Diaphoretick Antimony ten grains Chymical Oyl of Wormwood five drops mix them together drink it off in a Glass of Sack and sweat moderately Thus do once or twice a week Or take Dialacca Diacurcuma and Syrup of Wormwood of each one ounce mix them together and take as much as a Nutmeg at a time morning and evening for it is not onely good against the over-moistness of the Liver but very good against the Dropsie because it strengthens the Liver c. In the dry Distemper of the Liver The Patient ought to make use of moist Medicines therefore if the Body be costive take at night going to Bed one ounce of the Lenitive Electuary or of Cassia newly drawn with either of which mix two or three drops of the Chymical Oyl of VVormwood for that will strengthen the Liver You may take the powder of a VVolfs Liver well prepared one dram the distilled VVater of Strawberries four ounces Syrup of Violets half an ounce being mixed together drink it all at once in the morning repeating the same as need require The Livers of young Rooks washed in White-wine and after dried and made into fine powder as aforesaid is very profitable in such cases Or take half a dram every morning of Diamargaritum frigidum or Diatragacanti frigidi or Pulvis Haly as afore-directed for I will assure you it is also very profitable CHAP. XXIII Of the Stoppage of the Liver THe Stoppage of the Liver is a continual straightness of the Branches of the Gate and hollow Vein c. The cause of which stoppage is oftentimes viscous gross and clammy Excrements sometimes the over-plenty of Humours causeth stoppage more especially when they are tough and clammy and cannot find a free passage The Signs are known by Grief and Heaviness about the right side and stretching forth If this stoppage come of gross and tough humours then followeth heaviness with sense of pain but sometime ease and then pain again Sometimes the Patient hath a Fever and sometimes no Fever Oftentimes the breath is short and very difficult especially when the Patient goeth up a hill or up a pair of stairs or walketh fast because the parts stopped do draw the Midriff downwards and so hinders its free motion The Cure of this Distemper ought to be begun with Medicines that will cause plentiful Evacuation of the whole Body by a potion or Pills agreeable to the nature of the Distemper Therefore make use of the following Potion Take of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses six drams Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb three drams Salt of Tartar ten grains Salt of Wormwood twelve grains with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Cichory make a potion thereof which take in the morning fasting Or take Rosin of Scamony and Rosin of Jallap of each ten grains Extract of Rhubarb fifteen grains Tartarum Vitriolatum twelve grains Salt of Wormwood five grains with a sufficient quantity of the foresaid water or the distilled VVater of Fumatory make a Potion thereof which drink as afore-directed Note either of these potions may serve the weaker sort twice being equally divided Or if you please take of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they very powerfully open all manner of Obstructions and strengthens the Liver besides And after the Patient hath taken of either of the Potions or the Pills afore-directed if the Body abound with fulness open the Liver-Vein in the right Arm and draw forth such a quantity of Blood as may be thought requisite After which make use of the following Broth Take Roots of Sparagus Smallage and Parsly of each half an ounce Agrimony Maiden-hair and Hysop of each one handful Crystal of Tartar that is rightly prepared one dram boil them with a Neck of Mutton or with a Chicken and make broth therewith every morning for a week or nine days together Every second or third day you may infuse into this broth one dram of Anniseed which will keep the Body very soluble Or make use of the following Pills for they also are good to remove Obstructions Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agarick one ounce the Troches of Agarick one dram the Powder of the lesser compound of Senne half an ounce Aloes Rosate two drams the Powder of Steel one ounce and a half the faecula of Briony Aron and Piony round Birth-wort Madder Borax Cloves of each half a dram Salt of Mugwort one scruple Spirit of VVormwood fifteen drops the Powder of Turpentine one dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb make them up into a mass for Pills The Dose is from two scruples to one dram Or take Filings of Steel one ounce Elicampane and Eringo-Roots of each half an ounce Senne one ounce and a half the inward Rind of Tamarisk two drams Epithimum half an ounce Cinamon and faecula of Briony of each one dram the Powder of white yellow and red Sanders of each twenty grains VVhite-wine and the distilled water of Agrimony of each half a pint being infused three days in Balneo Maria strain it and take thereof three ounces every day two or three hours before Dinner Or make use of the following Syrup Take of the Filings of Steel infused in Vinegar two ounces the middle Rind of Tamarisk half an ounce Cinamon three drams Ceterach half a handful the distilled Water of Agrimony and Wormwood of each half a pint White-Wine sixteen ounces infuse them in some warm place for six or seven days then strain it and add to the strained Liquor of the best double
apply it to the Belly as afore-directed You may anoint the Belly often with the following Ointment Take the Flower of Linseed Fenugreek Beans and Barly of each two ounces the Ointment called Vnguentum Agrippae one ounce and a half the seeds of Negella Daucus and Marsh-Mallows of each one dram Euphorbium Roch-Allum Frankincense of each one dram and a half fine Bole and quick Brimstone of each two drams Orris Roots three drams Oil of Rue white Lillies Orris Elder and Camomile of each one ounce Oil of Turpentine ten drams with a sufficient quantity of Bees VVax make thereof an Ointment and anoint the Parts swelled therewith before a good Fire Or take the Ointment of Sowbread Marsh-Mallows the Ointment called Vnguentum Martiatum of each one ounce and a half Oyl of Roses Rue Sage Elder and White Lillies of each half an ounce Mix them together and anoint the Parts therewith as afore-directed For they are not onely beneficial in the Tympany being the worst of Dropsies but in Ascites And in that Dropsie called Anasarca c. But assure your selves where my Pills are made use of in time there will be little or no need of outward applications ☞ For they alone have in them a Specifique or Particular Vertue totally to root out the Dropsie of all kinds and to strengthen the Liver and the rest of the Principal Bowels through the Coldness and VVeakness of which most Dropsies proceed Yet notwithstanding instead of ordinary Drink make use of either of the Drinks made as followeth seeing that oftentimes they conduce much to the Cure Take the Bark of Elder Red Sage Ground Ivy or the Herb called Alchoof Smallage the Roots of Fennel Aron and Pollipody of the Oak Scurvygrass and Brook-lime of each half a pound the best Juniper-Berries one pound Ginger one ounce being cut and bruised tie them up into a thin Cloth and hang it in an Earthen Stein and pour thereto a sufficient quantity of New Ale or Beer such that are abse may add some Rhenish or VVhite-wine so let it work together when fit to drink make use thereof Or take Clivers and Elder-Bark of each three or four good handfuls Galsingal one ounce being cut and bruifed boil them in six Quarts of small Ale to the consumption of half then add thereto three Quarts of the best White-wine and let it just boil up the second time strain it and drink thereof when dry as of ordinary Drink Or take the Bark of the Roots of Elder two handfuls Sasaphrass Sarsaperilla of each two ounces Winter Cinamon and Winter Cherries of each one ounce and a half the Seeds of Alexander one ounce being cut and bruised very small boil them in six quarts of White-wine to the consumption of the third part strain it and sweeten it with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows and drink thereof a quarter of a pint hot first and last Or take White-Wine four quarts the best Nutmegs and Winter-Cherries of each twenty in number being cut and bruised boil them to the consumption of the fourth part then strain it and keep it for use of which Liquor let the Patient drink a small quantity at a time when he pleaseth for it will not only comfort the Spirits and strengthen the Liver but with My Pills cause much Urine Or take Diacurcuma Dialacca of each two drams Troches of Rhubarb one dram with a sufficient quantity of the Conserve and Syrup of Wormwood make them up into an Electury and let the Patient take the quantity of a Nutmeg at pleasure for it strengthens the Liver to admiration To eat often of the Conserve of Sea-Wormwood is also very profitable Sweating is of wonderful profit in this Disease So if it cannot be gained through exercise as by walking in the Summer time in the Sun or in a warm room in the Winter-season make use once a week upon a day you take no Pills of the Medicine made as followeth Take Venice-Treacle one dram and a half Diaphoretique Antimony ten grains Salt of Wormwood and Salt of Tartar of each five grains being mixed together take it upon the point of a Knife or in a Glass of hot Sack and sweat as strength will permit Or take Carduus-Water three ounces the Spirit of Saffron and Treacle-Water of each one ounce Syrup of Balm and Clove-Gilliflowers of each six drams the Chimical Oyl of Sulphur ten drops mix them and make a Potion thereof which take in the morning and sweat as directed CHAP. XXV Of the SCURVY SCORBVTI as Authors say is a barbarous word and formerly unknown to most of the Ancient Physicians especially those of the Southern Parts and derived from the Danes Which Disease was supposed to be that which Pliny maketh mention of in his Natural History The Principal Causes of the Scurvy comes from a thick and saltish Constitution of the Air being corrupt as the Air near the Sea fenny foggy or moist places which infect by the unwholesome Vapours coming from the same Also the eating of salt Meat and Bread twice baked Fish over-much dried in the Smoak rusty Bacon and many other sorts of Diet which are of corrupt nourishment decayed Beer and stinking Water do cause this Disease Likewise it comes through the Obstruction of the Spleen the course of Melancholy being hindred and mixed with the rest of the Blood infecteth the whole Body with Corruption and violent wasting The grosser part falling down staineth the Legs with spots of divers colours the thinner part being carried up doth defile the Gums with sharp salt and fretting humours and filthy growing of flesh between the Teeth The Symptoms or Signs of the Scurvy are in chief as followeth A pricking and grievous pain in the Head a stinking Breath or evil savour of the Mouth Jaws and Teeth the Gums bleed and are often red and itch and soon corrupt the Teeth loose black and rotten Spots in the Face Body Thighs and Legs at first commonly Red but afterwards Blew Purple-colour or Black sometimes Yellow c. which proceeds from the serous corrupt and filthy part of the Blood which being unfit to nourish the Body is sent forth The Patient is often troubled with a suffocation and as it were choked up the Heart panteth the Stomach is puffed up the Left Side is commonly swelled there are perceived frequent Sighings Belchings Cramps and Windiness motions to Vomit sometimes the Patient is feverish at other times tremble and shiver with cold and upon a sudden hot again sometimes heavy dull and melancholy disability to walk upon a sudden their Breath fail and it is with very much difficulty if they use but the least motion when they offer to rise or sit but upright they are almost ready to die their Spirits so much fail them but when they lie down they seem to be much refreshed and breathe not with so much difficulty and for the most part their Appetites are sharp and greedy of Meat and desire to eat often the Stomach seldom failing but the
being well boiled together make Pills thereof which let the Patient take at his pleasure Or take fine Bole White Starch sealed Earth and make them up into Pills with Gum-Dragon first dissolved in Plantane-Water which take as the former Or take the Roots of Tormental being dried and beat to fine Powder the quantity of one dram in four ounces of Plantane-Water every morning fasting Or take Terra Lemnia fine Bole Dragons Blood Spodium burnt Gum Dragon of each one dram and a half Linseed Cucumbers and Melons of each two drams the Seeds of Smallage Starch and Pine Nuts roasted of each one dram being beat all well together and a very fine Powder made thereof give to the Patient two drams at a time in new Milk These and such like do not onely dry but Conglutinate You may take one dram of the Troches called Cordonii in fine Powder first and last in four ounces of Plantane-VVater sweetned with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows for it is of excellent use in such cases as I have often proved Or Take Sanicle and VVound-wort of each three or four handfuls Plantane-Roots and Leaves two large handfuls Being cut and bruised boil them in Two Gallons of VVater to the Consumption of half and sweeten it with Syrup of Marsh-Mallows or Honey And let the Patient drink thereof as of Ordinary Drink for one whole month And doubt not the Cure if you purge well first The Reins may be strengthened and made more dry with the Ointment or Plaister made as followeth Take Oyl of Quinces Myrtles and Roses of each a like quantity being mixed together anoint the Reins therewith every night going to bed Or Take Frankincense Mastick and of the fore-mentioned Oyls of each one ounce the Powder of Red-Rose-Leaves and Barly meal of each a sufficient quantity and make a Plaister thereof which apply to the Reins CHAP. XXIX Of the Stone in the Blader THe Stone in the Blader doth not only ingender in Children but in Persons of middle Age and in old People And that is when gross and very thick Urine is carried into the large space of the Blader and there retained like to the dregs of VVine or filthy muddy Water and at length through heat compact together breedeth a Stone The principal Cause of the Stone in the Bladder is thickness of Vrine and many times violent heat The Signs of this Disease is a continual itching in the Privy Members and sometimes swelling of the same and the Patient is always making of water though but by drops as in the Strangury c. The Cure of this Distemper doth not much differ from that of the Reins but that it must be performed with stronger Medicines and their application for the most part to other places To help the Stone in the Bladder Take of the Distilled Water of Winter-Cherries two ounces Salt of Camomile one dram Syrup of Marsh-Mallows half an ounce Salt of Amber ten grains mix them and make a potion thereof which let the Patient take in the morning lasting repeating the same if need require for it is a very good Remedy Or take the Stones of the wild Hips being well dried beat them to fine Powder and take thereof a quarter of an ounce at a time in four ounces of White-Wine which will provoke Vrine much and bring away the Stone and Gravel Or take the Powder of Ivy-Berries Red-Nettle-Roots of each one ounce Sal Prunella half an ounce being mixed together take three or four scruples every morning in four ounces of White-wine Or take the Seeds of Camomile Smallage Parsly Black Piony Fennel Lovage Marsh-Mallows Burdoch and the Seeds of Ash-Keys of each two drams being dried and beat to Powder take thereof one dram and a half or two drams every morning in Rhenish or VVhite-wine Or take the Distilled Water of Onions two ounces Spirit of Juniper one ounce the Powder of Wood-Lice prepared one dram Syrup of Marsh-Mallows one ounce mix them and make a potion thereof which drink every morning fasting for some time together Or take one dram and a half of the Powder of the aforesaid Lice in the distilled VVater of Onions and VVhite-wine in equal parts Or make use of the Liquor made with Vinegar and Pigeons Dung directed in the Chapter of the Stone in the Reins Or take Cantharides well prepared one scruple the Powder called Diatrag. frigidi one dram the distilled Water of Winter-Cherries two ounces being mixed together drink it in the morning repeating in the same if need require The ignorant ought not to meddle with Cantharides for it must be calcined according to Art before it be made use of lest the Patient suffer damage thereby for not being rightly prepared it excoriates the parts and causeth a bloody Urine Goats Blood is not onely good to break the Stone in the Reins but in the Bladder also which you may take in VVhite-wine or in the the Distilled VVater of Radishes or Winter-Cherries as afore-directed Outwardly to give ease when in extream pain caused by the Stone in the Bladder Take common Mallows Marsh-Mallows and Mellilot-Flowers of each alike being bruised and boiled in VVater bath the part therewith hot Or take Wild Time Broom Rue of each two handfuls Figs half a pound Bran one handful being boiled in a sufficient quantity of VVater to the consumption of the third part strain it and adde thereto Honey Oyl of Dill Camomile and Oyl of Lillies of each one ounce and bath the Privy Members therewith as afore-directed Or take Camomile Red-Nettles Roots and all together the Tops of the Juniper Tree the Leaves of an Oak of each a like quantity being boiled in water to the consumption of half strain it and bath often therewith After which anoint the bottom of the Belly and Privy Parts with the following Ointment Take the Gum called Opopanax and Bdellium of each one ounce and a half Ducks Greafe half an ounce Oyl of Lillies Dill Turpentine and Oyl of Scorpions of each three drams with Bees VVax make them up into an Ointment and after bathing anoint therewith or make use of the Ointments directed in the Chapter of the Stone in the Reins And if the Patient have a suppression of Utine syringe up into his Yard the Urine of a wholesome person which will not onely cause him to make Water freely but ease the violent pain CHAP. XXX Of the Ulcers in the Bladder THe Ulcers of the Bladder are oftentimes caused through Boils or Botches sometimes swelling by reason of some kind of Rupture and sharp gnawing Fluxes doth many times cause this Distemper The Signs are violent sharp and pricking pains in the Bladder for the most part the Patient with his Urine voideth dregs slimy matter and in the bottom appears a sediment like to Bran or small Pieces of thin Skin and if the Ulcers are deep the Urine is bloody and full of stinking Pus or matter and then the more difficult to be cured But if they are not deep nor of
Pills according to Art There are several other Pills made use of in this Disease not much differing from the former as those Pills called Barbarossae c. The Dose of either are from twenty grains to thirty more or less according to the age and strength of the Patient Which have been often made trial of not without good success ☞ But My Pills having not one grain of Mercury in the whole Composition doth more sweeten and purifie the Blood than any other Medicine yet found out by which means they are no less effectual in this Distemper than in the Dropsie and Scurvy c. But in that let the Patient use his own discretion And after he hath purged very well for a week or ten days together if strength will permit Let him sweat three days gently with my Arcanum Vitae or with the following Liquor the third day purge again and then sweat Thus do for twenty days together if need require Take Sarsaperilla and Lignum Vitae of each four ounces the Bark of Lignum Vitae and the Roots of China of each one ounce Burdock-Roots and Liquorice of each two ounces being cut and bruised boil them in six quarts of Running Water in a Vessel close stopped to the consumption of the third part after which strain it and take thereof one pint hot in the morning and lie three or four hours in a breathing sweat To every dose of this Liquor you may add ten or twelve drops of the Chymical Oyl of Sulphur The second Decoction of the foresaid Ingredients will serve to drink as of ordinary Drink Another Excellent Medicine to provoke Sweat in this Case Take the best Sarsaperilla cut in small pieces what you please which put in a Glass and add thereto Spirit of Sack that it may lie above it the breadth of two singers Let it so stand being covered close till the Spirit become Yellow then strain it and put it into another Glass and to half a pint of this Spirit add two ounces of Gum Guaicum in fine Powder that being dissolved add thereto one spoonful of Natural Balsom then keep it for use Whereof take two spoonfuls in Rosemary Posset and sweat as afore-directed And purge with my Pills every third or fourth day And doubt not the Cure if the Disease be not of too long continuance There are several other ways made use of in the Cure of this desperate Disease as Mercurial Ointments and Fumigations with Ciniber c. to cause Salivation Medicines inwardly given to cause the same are Turbith Minerale Arcanum Corallinum Red Precipitate Mercurius Vita and Mercurius Dulcis which is the most safest of all being well prepared and given at the beginning fifteen grains and increasing every day five grains till the Flux is sufficiently raised in which course the Patient ought not to eat or drink any thing except Posset-Drink or Mutton-Broth and such-like And after the Flux is raised he may drink of the Decoction of Sarsa China c. keeping himself therewith sometimes in a breathing sweat for Purging and Sweating is the best Cure for this Disease and most safe And to heal the Sores in the Mouth make use of some of the Waters directed in the Chapter of the Ulcers of the Mouth and and Throat For the Ulcers in the Secret Parts make use of the Waters directed pag. 84. especially the two last And apply the Powder of Album Graecum with Vinegar thereto for it doth not onely kill the Ulcers but heal You may anoint the part with the White Ointment with Camphir mixing therewith a small quantity of Mercurius Dulcis or White Precipitate in fine Powder To take away the Warts that often grow within the Fore-Skin of the Yard and Glans c. Take Orpment Quick Brimstone and Lime of each two drams the Powder of Savin half a dram mix them together and touch the Warts therewith or anoint them with Balsom of Sulphur Oil of Antimony and Oil of Quicksilver are of wonderful use in such Cases So is the Oil drawn from Mans Excrements In this Distemper You must remember to eat Meats of Light Digestion as Chickens Rabbets Mutton and Partridges well roasted For supper you may eat Raisins of the Sun stoned or blew Currans with Bread only and drink very sparingly But use as much exercise as possible for thereby many young men that have been able to indure sweating through the same as dancing playing at Tennis c. have been with the least Physick imaginable in the beginning of the Disease perfectly cured CHAP. XXXIII Of the PLAGUE THe Plague is a Disease that falleth upon many which we have had too large experience of and hath its original or beginning from a deadly putrifaction which in a very high measure doth exceed the Common Many times this deadly quality hath its beginning in our selves for it often times cometh to pass that the humours of our Bodies do so much degenerate from the natural temperature that at last it taketh unto it self a deadly venomous quality and so is forced to strive with pernicious poyson Sometimes it ariseth from external means as malignant and putrid Exhalations which are communicated to the Air and sometimes from dead Bodies not buried and from the Roots of Cabbages stinking above the Earth from standing corrupt Waters Fens and foggy places the stinking smells from slaughter-houses and Butchers Shambles doth cause Or take the Essence of Venice-Treacle and Tincture of Saffron of each a like quantity being mixed together give to the Patient one or two spoonfuls in the distilled VVater of Scabios or Bugloss every morning as afore-directed Or take Venice-Treacle Mithridate of each one ounce the Confection of Alkermes two drams the Conserve of Wood-Sorrel two ounces mix them together and take the quantity of a Walnut every morning Or take the Spirit of Sack one pint Venice-Treacle one ounce and a half Saffron two drams mix them together and let them stand close stopped for three days then filter it and keep the clear Spirit for use of which let the Patient take one spoonful every morning in the distilled VVater of Rue or Carduus Or take one dram of Venice-Treacle every morning in the distilled Water of Wood-Sorrel or alone if you find it not too hot Or take the Seeds and Bark of Citrons Zeduary Angelica Gentian Tormental Pimpernal and the Roots of Dittany of each a like being made all into fine powder take the quantity of one dram thereof in the distilled VVater of Carduus or Borrage every morning fasting Or take Juniper-Berries the Leaves of green Rue of each one ounce the Kernels of Walnuts two ounces Venice-Treacle Saffron of each two drams ten or twelve Figs beat them all well together then mix therewith a sufficient quantity of the best Vinegar and make an Electuary thereof of which take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every morning Outwardly to prevent this Disease Take Venice-Treacle one ounce Conserve of Cowslips two ounces being mixed
cut and bruise them very small and add thereto one pint of VVine and another of VVater and boil them to the consumption of the third part and wash the Sore therewith twice or thrice a day after which apply thereto Oaken Leaves every time fresh and if the Oaken Leaves chance to be dry make them moist in the aforesaid VVater Or boil the Inward Bark of Oak and Elm in water with a little Salt and wash your Sores therewith often for it doth not only dry but heal Or you may apply thereto the Plaister of Red or VVhite Lead fresh twice a day CHAP. XXXIV Of the GOUT THis Disease is frequently ingendred through perpetual Crudities and Drunkenness and through the immoderate use of Venery by vehement riding and walking and sometimes by standing long still also through obstruction or stopping of accustomed Purgations Fluxes c. and through intermitting of common Exercise Grief or Sorrow Care VVatchings or sitting up all night and several other Perturbations of the Mind doth not only breed this miserable Distemper but doth ingender other violent and corrupt Humours And many times the Cholick is turned into the Gout being not well cured But for the most part a disposition to this Distemper is hereditary or from the Parents to the Children and to their Posterity and in especial manner from such Parents that have been tainted with the Pox whose Children at least must be troubled with the Gout being in my opinion somewhat related thereunto The Signs of the Gout are many which here I must omit but only when it is near at hand the Patient hath a more than ordinary sense and quickness in his Joints in so much that the smallest matter will hurt him And at the very beginning of it there will be found in the Joints a sense as it were like to crawling Pismires with a kind of unusual heat c. This Disease is known to be present by a violent pain in the Joints which for the most part is attended with swelling and redness if not at first it appears presently after and the pain commonly seizes upon the great Toe upon the left Foot and often times it spreadeth it self to the other Joints The Gout that is Hereditary or very long contracted the Patient having hard and stony knots about the Joints and more than ordinary subject to be costive and bound is seldom or never perfectly cured But those that have the Gout and not over-much stricken in years and are inclinable to exercises and are without the forementioned stony knots may be cured ☞ In order to which Cure Let the Patient make use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills and of the sweating Bolus made as followeth Take Venice-Treacle one dram the Powder of Virginia-Snakeweed Gascoign-Powder Diaphoretique Antimony of each ten grains Saffron Salt of Scurvygrass Wormwood and Salt of Ash of each five grains make them up into a Bolus with the Syrup of Groundpine which take every third or fourth day in Rosemary Posset or burnt Sack and sweat as strength will permit rubbing the Patient with clean hot Cloths Or take Venice-Treacle one dram and a half Diaphoretick Antimony ten grains Salt of Tartar seven grains mix them together and take it as afore-directed and sweat Or take the Roots of Asarum four ounces Carduus and Centaury of each two good handfuls the Roots of Groundpine two ounces boil these in six quarts of Running VVater to the consumtion of half strain it and let the Patient take half a pint at a time hot and sweat as above-directed for some days together ☞ But first let the Body be sufficiently purged with my Pills and once or twice a week upon a day that you sweat not purge therewith also for they will not only keep the Body soluble but expel all acrimonious sharp and fretting humours from the Joynts by which means with the use of the sweating Medicines the Gout I have often known cured And after you have purged and sweat so that you have found Ease or Cure thereby make use of the following Pills for they much strengthen the parts made weak and prevents the return of the same Take Venice-Turpentine made into Powder two ounces Turmarick and the Roots of Ground-pine of each one dram and a half the Powder of Ash-Keys one dram the Salt of Ash and Scurvy-grass of each twenty grains Salt and Spirit of Wormwood of each ten grains with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Groundpine make them up into Pills as big as VVhite Peas and take thereof five at a time every morning fasting There are several Remedies to ease the violent Pain of the Gout some of which are made as followeth Take a new white penny Loaf Powder of Saffron and Opium of each one dram make it moist with the Oyl of Scorpions and apply it to the part pained plaister-ways Or take the Leaves and Flowers of Marigolds being bruised apply them warm as afore-directed Or boil the Crums of white Bread in new Milk and add thereto some Yolks of new-laid Eggs and apply it to the part grieved Some bath the part with warm Goat or Cows Milk not without good success Or take Red Poppies and beat them small and mix therewith a little Vinegar and apply it to the part plaister-ways Or take VVheat-Bran what you please and Elder-Leaves two or three handfuls if you can get them and boil them in a sufficient quantity of a wholesome Childs Urine after which adde thereto the fat of a Loin of Mutton or some Hogs fat and apply it warm as afore-directed changing the same twice a day Or take the Distilled VVater of the Sperm of Frogs or the VVater of Earth-Worms or the Distilled VVater of Oxe Blood and bath the part pained therewith before the fire Or take dry Salt and powder the same very small to which add Sallet Oil with a small quantity of the Oil of Juniper-berries and anoint the part affected therewith Or take the Chymical Oil of Wax and Myrrh of each a like being mixed together and the parts anointed therewith have done wonders especially in the cold Pains of the Gout Or take the Oyl of Camomile St. Johns-wort and Turpentine of each one ounce the Ointment of Marsh-Mallows one ounce and a half mix them together and anoint therewith Or take the sine Powder of Bay-berries and Ginger Sallet Oyl and White-wine Vinegar of each half a pint boil them together to the consumption of the Vinegar after which add thereto a sufficient quantity of White Wax and Harts Fat and make thereof an Ointment which use as afore-directed for it easeth the pain in any part The following Plaister is also of wonderful use Take Diapalma Paracelsus Oxycrocium of each one ounce the best Opium six drams and make a Plaister thereof which apply to the part grieved Or take the Plaister of Paracelsus and Diapalma of each half an ounce Camphir two drams being mixed together apply it as afore-directed Or take Frankincense White Wax
Burgundy Pitch and Harts Fat of each one ounce melt them together adding thereto one spoonful of Linseed Oil after which strain it into a Bason of cold water and with your hands rubbed with Sallet Oil make it up into a Roll and keep it for use for it giveth ease in most pains of the Joints being applied thereto CHAP. XXXV Of the Sciatica or Hip-Gout THe Sciatica is a violent pain in the Huckle-Bone which is caused for the most part through a gross flegmatick humour and being congealed is retained in the foresaid Bone Sometimes violent Exercise the stoppage of the Hemorrhoids and other accustomed Evacuations as the Mensis c. may also be the Cause of this Disease As touching the Cure In the first place let the Patient forbear drinking Brandy and sophisticated Wines and the unmeasurable use of Venery ☞ And make use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills for they with much ease purge all flegmatick humours from the Joints if not of long standing there congealed Or take Oxymel of Squills from half an ounce to six drams at night going to Bed The next morning take the following potion Take the Electuary called Caryocostinum half an ounce Troches Alhandal five grains mix them with two or three ounces of White-wine and drink it off fasting repeating it as need shall require Or take the Powder of a Mans Skull that was never buried Hermodactils Senna and Turbith of each two drams Scamony prepared with Sulphur one dram being made into very fine Powder give to the Patient one dram at a time in the Distilled VVater of Fumatory or in Broth or Posset-Drink Or take Scamony prepared with Sulphur two scruples Mercurius Dulcis one scruple mix them and make it up for three doses The stronger may take it at twice as afore-directed which will eradicate or root out the Humour causing this Distemper but nothing near so powerfully as my Pills However let the Patient use his own pleasure Outward Medicines of Excellent Vse in this Disease are made as followeth Take a Bull 's or an Oxe's Gall and clarifie the same after which add thereto the like quantity of Aqua Vitae and gently boil the same till it come to Ointment with which anoint the part pained well before the fire Or take the Chymical Oil of Wax one dram and a half Oil of Myrrh and the Chymical Oil of Salt of each half a dram Oyl of Scorpions two drams being mixed together anoint therewith for it is of wonderful efficacy and to my knowledge hath helped many Castle-Sope is also of Excellent Virtue if it be first dissolved in the true Spirit of Sack and the Hip anointed therewith well before the fire You may also take the Oil of Foxes half an ounce Oil of Tiles and Earth-worms of each one ounce Oil of Turpentine and Saint John's wort of each one ounce and a half with a sufficient quantity of Virgins VVax make an Ointment thereof and use it as afore-directed Or take the Oil called Petrolei Oil of Tiles Juice of Dane-wort Turpentine of each one ounce Oil of Earth-worms one ounce and a half Spirit of Sack half an ounce melt all these together and anoint the grieved part hot therewith Or apply to the part the Plaister made of Frankincense White Wax c. in the Chapter of the Gout page 229. Or take Rosin Burgundy Pitch the Plaister of Paracelsus and Bees Wax of each one ounce Verdigrease in fine Powder half an ounce being melted altogether spread it upon Sheeps Leather and apply it to the part Some apply with excellent success Blistering Plaisters to the Huckle-Bone which doth attract or draw forth the matter to admiration keeping it running two or three days by the applying thereto a little Butter and Wax melted together and spread upon a Linnen Cloth CHAP. XXXVI Of the Invention and most Remarkable Cures effected by those most Famous CATHARTIQUE and DIURETIQUE PILLS ABout March in the Year 1661. many Persons sorely tormented with the Dropsie c. coming to me for Advice and then being ignorant of any Medicine though I had made trial of many that would combat the same put me upon a severe Study and soon after by searching the Great Volume of Nature observing the Property and occult Quality of Metals Minerals and Vegetables I arrived to the Knowledge and true Preparation of this most Incomparable Medicine And the first Pill that ever I gave thereof was to a very worthy Person a Good Friend of mine at which instant of time I took another my self which wrought upon us both very strange effects expelling not onely viscous or tough flegmatick Humours that lay furring the Tunicles of the Stomach but all sharp salt and watry Humours that were found offending And I will assure thee Reader that this Gentleman and many others with my self ever since the year 1662. upon the least indisposition of Body have made use of those Pills and thereby preserved our Bodies in Pristine Health Which may be a sufficient Argument to convince the People that this is a very Safe Medicine leaving no evil Qualities behind it as some of the same Faculty falsely to defraud the Patient do report In the year 1663. I effected many strange Cures upon persons very dangerously afflicted with the Dropsie and Scurvy c. Amongst which Captain Matthew Hall now belonging to Her Majesties Life-Guard being much troubled with the Dropsie and Scurvy for which he drunk plentifully of Tunbridge-Waters being there to wait upon Her Majesty but finding it rather destructive than to do him the least good against the Dropsie he forthwith made use of my Pills by which he had present help and will upon request testifie the same About September the same year I was called to a Gentleman then living in Black Friars sorely tormented with the Dropsie and from some other cause had Buboes in his Groins which were newly broke putting him to very great misery which with the Dropsie were soon cured with my Pills Onely he kept the Sores clean with White-wine wherein was dissolved a small quantity of Egyptiacum and applied thereto the Plaister of white Lead One Mr. John Powel a Taylor living then near to the aforesaid place troubled with a Tertian Ague his Legs much swelled who had a great Pain in his Back was in a very short time cured with my Pills The following Winter I was called to a Gentlewoman then living in Newgate-Market who had been for some years troubled with a violent pain in her Stomach and had made trial of many Medicines for help but found none till she made use of my Pills and drinking with them the Decoction of Pellitory of Spain and Gallingal as you have directed pag. 127. was perfectly cured and in a short time conceived with Child though she had had none before though married seven years About August or September 1664. Mr. Quallet then living in Field-Lane near Holburn sorely afflicted with the Dropsie Scurvy and Gout was in three weeks
sufficient quantity of white Wax make it up into an Oyntment Or take Oyl of Roses Violets of each three Drams Oyl of Foxes Camomil of each two Drams with a sufficient quantity of white Wax make them into an Oyntment to which add the Mueilages of the Roots of Marsh Mallows Linseed Fanugreek of each half an Ounce And anoint the parts therewith as afore directed and after you have anointed them cover them with a hot Sheep Skin Lamb or Cat and when it is cold make it hot again with Oyl of Lavender and Dill c. You may give to the Patient Cordial Julips wherein is mixed Spirit of Castor and Spirit of Lavender and such like And purge the Head with the following Gargarisme Take Roots of Pellitory of Spain and the Seeds of Rocket of each half an Ounce being bruised boil them in one Pint of Wine to the consumption of half and add thereto Oxymel of Squills two Ounces Hiera Piera half an Ounce wherewith let the Patient Gargle his Mouth every Morning fasting And make use of the sneesing powder made as followeth Take Marjoram Euphorbium Pellitory of Spain of each two Scruples and dry it being beaten to a fine Powder snuff a small quantity thereof up into the Nostrils CHAP. IX Of the Catarrh ACatarrh is an unnatural defluxion of an excrementitious Humour falling from the Head to the inferiour parts as to the Nostrils Mouth and Throat c. and doth cause Appilation it is caused Coryza and when it doth descend to the parts of the Throat it is called Branchus and when it falleth to the Breast or to the Lungs then it is called the Catarrh The cause of this Disease is often either through outward coldness or heat also of Vapours arising from too much or evil nourishment sometimes by the Odor or Scent of hot and cold things also by the over much use of Venery especially in those who are animated thereunto through the use of provoking Medicines other violent Exercises and too much sleep c. also doth cause this Distemper The Symptoms or Signs are heaviness in the Head dulness of the Senses long sleep and much snorting a snotty running Nose more then ordinary spitting the body often or altogether Costive and much troubled with Wind. If this Disease come of a very cold Humour the Patient will be sensible of much cold the Face pale the Spittle sweet sour Belchings slimy and watry Matter and a general Flegmatick constitution of body If the Humour distilling is hot it will appear by the redness of the Face thirst salt and very sharp inflamations pains and Ulcers in the Mouth and most commnoly a cholerick constitution of the whole body There are two sorts of Catarrhs the one hot the other cold The hot Catarrh is cured by Medicines which discharge the Matter found offending which doth thicken and take away as also by Correcting the distemper of the parts sending and receiving the same So forthwith let Blood especially where the Body is full if age and strength will permit and take it by degrees forth of the Liver or middle Vein in the right Arm or as occasion serves open the Vein under the Tongue After which give to the Patient the following Potion Take Rubarb four Scruples Myvabelans rubbed with Oyl of sweet Almonds one Scruple and a half Yellow Sanders ten Grains infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Purslain and Letuce Water after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Roses Solutive and Manna of each eight Drams make it up into a Potion and give it in the Morning all at once Or make use first of the following Glister Take the Flowers of Violets and Camomil Dill Mallows Mercury wild Betouy of each one handfull Cut and Bruise them small and boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half then strain it and to one Pint of the strained Liquor aâ—â— Hiera simple one Ounce and a half Oyl of Camomil three Ounces common Salt one Dram. Mix them well together and put it up into the Fundament Glister ways You may give to the Patient to drink a decoction made of Tamarinds and cold Herbs to which you may add some purging Medicines as Senna Rhubarb c. Or make use of the following Julip Take the four great cold seeds white Poppy Seeds of each two Drams Plantain Purslant and Letuce of each one handfull Red Poppies Violets and Water Lillies of each half a handful boil them in a sufficient quantity of running Water to one Pint strain it and add thereto Syrup of dryed Red Roses and Violets of each one Ounce and a half being mixed together divide it into three parts and drink one part thereof first and last so long as need require Or instead thereof use the distilled Water of the forementioned Herb or the Emulsions of the four cold Seeds which are all of a specifick vertue to thicken the Humour And also make use of the Oyntment made as followeth Take Oyl of Roses and Water Lillies of each one Ounce Rose water half an Ounce Vinegar of Roses two Drams Mix them well together in a Silver Dish over some Coles and anoint the Head therewith and with Lint apply it warm to the Temples An excellent Foot Bath for the Catarrh Take three Quarts of Lye made of wood Ashes red Wine one Quart add thereto Camomil and Bay Salt of each one handfull Let them boil together for a small time and bath the Feet therewith first and last Or Take Betony Dill and Camomil Flowers the Leaves and Flowers of Poppies and willow Leaves of each a good quantity and make a Bath therewith and bath their Feet therein as afore directed after which apply to the Soles of the Feet warm the green Buds or Leaves of the Oak bruised and beat well together with a small quantity of Salt and Vinegar The more to restrain the flux and thicken the Humour Take Syrup of Poppies dryed Red Roses and Syrup of Violets of each two Ounces of which take an Ounce thereof every night going to Bed Or Take the Species called Diatragacanth frigid one Dram Conserve of old Red Roses three Drams fine Bole washed in Rose Water and the Powder of Mastick of each one Scruple and a half with the Syrup of dryed Red Roses make it into an Electuary according to Art whereof take as much as a small Nut every night last Another to spose the Gatarrh or defluxion of Rheume Take the finest Bole washed in Rose Water and prepared two Drams the best white Starch one Dram Gum Arabick and Gum Tragacanth White Poppy Seed of each half a Dram beating all into fine Powder add thereto Conserve of Red Roses two Ounces and with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Poppies make them up into an Electuary whereof let the Patient take often the quantity of half a Wallnut The Cure of the cold Catarrh consists in the preparing and evacuating of the offending Humors and by the clear
in a Brasen Vessel to the consumption of half Or take a whole Pomegranate and boyl the same in wine and snuff it up into the nostrils Or take Sugar of Lead dissolved in Plantain water and syring the nostrills which will both dry and heal Or make tents of dried Gentian and put them up into the nostrils for they will dilate or open themselves Then take salt of Gemme two drams Mastick and Frankinsence of each one dram Being made into powder add thereto the juice of Celandine one ounce oyle Olive half a pint and let them be boyled to an ointment after which anoint the tents therewith putting them up as afore directed And sometimes with a feather touch the Ulcers with strong Vinegar wherein is mixed the powder of Album Graecum if after all this there remain pains in the nostrills Take oyle of Mirtles Roses of each an ounce Litharg of Gold and burnt Lead of each two scruples fine Bole Venus white Lead the powder of Pomgranate peels of each one scruple white Wax as much as is sufficient to make them up into an oyntment which annoint the part affected therewith In the cure of these Ulcers and such like in the beginning the head ought to be strengthened and dried because they often happen through corrupt humors flowing from the head to the nostrils so in the first place shave the Head and apply thereto the Plaster called Emplastrum Stephaniaion c. Or anoint the head with oyle of Roses wherein is mixed a small quantity of Roch Allum in sine powder Or take unripe Galls and Willow leaves bruised and mixed with Vinegar and apply to the head by which means the foresaid Remedies shall have the better effect For the bleeding at the Nose if strength and fulness permit open the vein in the Arm and take it forth at several times and not all at once it is also good to put the Patients feet in hot water rubbing them up and down c. and strong binding of the hand wrists and above the knees c. is also of excellent use let large Cupping-glasses be fastened to the sides if the Blood flow from the right nostril fasten the Cupping-glass upon the Liver and if from the left nostril upon the Spleen if from both nostrils apply Cupping glasses to both places you may also apply them to the Shoulders with Scarification Apply to the Forehead juice of Lettuce Sorral Plantain Sheppards purse and knot Grass with a spunge c. Or apply the Herbs bruised to the foresaid place or the distilled waters of the same with linnen Cloaths made moist therein or apply to the privy parts linnen Cloaths made moist with Vinegar or cold water blow into the Patients Nostrils a small quantity of the Powder of a Toad prepared or mix a little of the same with Paste and apply it to the Pallate with your fingers If that take no effect give to the Patient four Grains of the Powder thereof in two or three spoonfuls of Plantain water or in the distilled water of Hogs Dung for it hath been found effectual where no other Medicine would prevail Or take the juice of the leaves of Nettles a quarter of a pint at a time sweetened with Sugar for it is also a certain remedy against bleeding at the Nose c. Or make Tents with Lint and dip them in the juice of Nettles and put them up into the Nostrils Or you may burn the blood that cometh forth of the Patients Nose and blow thereof up into the Nostrils for it is also of excellent use Or take Egge-shells wherein Chicken have been hatched being made into fine Powder blow it up into the Nostrils Or take the Powder of the best Aloes and roll it up with Wool Or the hair cut off the belly of a Dog make Tents therewith and put them up as afore directed How to cure the Polypus which is a fleshy matter growing in the Nose After you have applied the forementioned remedies c. to the head and purged sufficiently Take the juice of the Cyprus Tree and dip Tents therein and often put them up into the Nostrils The juice of Aron roots commonly called Cuckow pint roots used as afore directed will effect the same The juice of Garden Dragons are also very good for the purpose aforesaid c. Or take three ripe Pomegranates the one sower the other sweet and the other between both bruise them in a Wooden or Marble Mortar strain it and boil the juice to an Ointment and dip a rag or lint therein and put it up into the Nostrils for it dryeth and consumes the matter without pain or sharpness Or take the flowers and peels of Pomegranates Shumach of each one pound Grapes that are not ripe one pound and a half infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar 24 hours after which distil it then add thereto Roch Allum half a pound White Vitriol one ounce and a half and distil them altogether the second time and touch the part often therewith but if you perceive that it is not strong enough add to the fore-mentioned water a small quantity of Orpiment and Sandarach Or take red Precipitate one scruple Honey of Roses half an ounce being mixed well together apply to the part affected with a Tent. Or take the white Ointment of Roses one ounce red Precipitate one dram mix them well together and apply it as afore directed for they are both of wonderful virtue to consume proud flesh You may also take Plantain water one ounce Spirit of Vitriol two drams and mix them together and touch the Polypus often therewith Or in the same manner use the water that the Goldsmiths separate Gold withal called the second water How to cure the putrid or rotten Ulcers in the Nose caused by the French Pox. Take Plantain water two ounces Syrup of Mulberries and Honey of Roses of each half an ounce Sugar of Lead two drams and siringe the Nostrils often therewith And often anoint the Nostrils with a feather made moist in the Ointments afore directed mixed with red Precipitate with which I have cured many Or firinge the Nostrils with the distilled water of Cucummets and strong Vinegar in equal parts sweetned with syrup of Mulberries and the syrup made with the Bramble-berries after which apply Tents dipped in the following Ointment Take Album Graecum three drams Vinegar of Squills and Honey of Roses of each half an ounce Mercurius Dulcis one dram mix them very well together and apply it as afore directed changing the same as need require Or take springe water and boil therein a sufficient quantity of the inward bark of an Elm-tree strain it and make it somewhat sharp with spirit of Vitriol and often siringe the Nostrils therewith Or wash the Ulcers three or four times a day with the water made as followeth Take Mercury sublinate commonly called White Mercury half a dram Roch-Allum one dram both in fine Powder Red-Rose-water four ounces Plantain water
of water to the consumption of half strain it and take thereof one pint To which adde Benedicta Laxativa and Hiera Piera of each one ounce Honey of Roses one ounce Diaphenicon four drams Oyl of Rue Bays and Castor of each half an ounce Salt Gemme one dram Mix them all well together And give it to the Patient Glister-ways Or instead thereof let him take the following Potion Take of the Lenitive Electuary one ounce Cream of Tartar ten grains Rosin of Jallap six grains the distilled Water of Fumatory or Cichory four Ounces Being mixed together give it in the morning to the Patient fasting Or take of the best Senna in very fine Powder one ounce Ginger one dram Clarified Honey two ounces let them be well mixed together by simpering over the fire of which let the Patient take as much as a large Nutmeg at a time which will keep the Body open and in such cases be of excellent Use And often take of the Drink made as followeth especially if inclinable to a Feaver Take the best Pruins two pounds Wood-Sorrel and Dandelion of each one handful and a half being cut and bruised boyl them in a sufficient quantity of running water to the consumption of half Strain it and keep it for use And let the Patient gargle his Mouth and Throat with the Gargarism made as followeth Take Oaken Leaves one handful Flowers of Roses and Pomegranates of each one pugil and a half the Rind of Pomgranates half an ounce Burnt Allom twenty grains Being cut and bruised boyl them in a pint of Plantane or running Water to the consumption of half strain it and adde thereto Syrup of Mulberries two ounces mix them together and gargle therewith Or take Ground-Ivyor Ale-hoof the Leaves of Violets of each half a handful Dandelion one handful and a half boyl them in a pint and half of Barley-water strain it and dissolve therein Honey of Roses one ounce and a half Spirit of Vitriol twenty drops mix them well together and make use thereof as afore-directed Or take Night-shade Plantane Woodbine-leaves and Bramble-leaves of each one handful boyl them in one quart of water to the consumption of half strain it and adde thereto Syrup of Mulberries three ounces Sal Prunella one dram and a half mix them and make a Gargarism thereof And to heal the parts excoriated Take Honey of Roses and Syrup of Mulberries and Album Graecum and let it dissolve in your mouth swallowing the same Or take the Bark of Pomgranates two drams the Flowers of the same one pugil Liquorish three drams Jujubes in numbertwelve three Figs Raisins three drams being cut and bruised boyl them in a pint and a half of Barly-water strain it and dissolve therein Syrup of Maiden-hair and Honey of Roses of each one ounce and gargle your Mouth therewith Or take Elder-Flowers and the Flowers of Red Roses of each one handful Album Graecum one dram boyl them in a sufficient quantity of thin Beer or Ale then strain it and adde thereto Sugar of Lead and Sal Prunella of each one scruple sweeten it with the Syrup of Mulberries and gargle your Mouth c. therewith for it heals to admiration You may apply to the fore-part of the Throat outwardly the Plaister made as followeth Take the Powder of Album Graecum and Wheat Flower of each alike Oyl of Camomil half an ounce with a sufficient quantity of the best Honey make them up into a Plaister Or take the Roots of Marsh-Mallows White Lillies of each one ounce the Powder of a Swallows Nest and Album Graecum of each half an ounce eight or ten Figs boyl them in Beet or Ale strain it and adde thereto the Flower of Linseed Wheat Flower of each one ounce the Flower of Fennugreek and the Flower of the Seeds of Marsh-Mallows of each two ounces the Yolks of two New-laid Eggs Saffron two drams Oyl of Camomil two ounces mix them and make Plaistrrs thereof and apply them hot as afore directed Or take Oyl of White Lillies and Oyl of Orris of each one Ounce and a half the Juice of Onions two ounces being boyled two or three walms adde thereto two drams of the Powder of a Swallows Nest and with a sufficient quantity of Wax and Pitch make a Plaister thereof according to Arr and apply it to the fore-part of the Neck And sometimes you may anoint the Neck with Oyl of Lillies Camomil and Dill c. And let the Patient drink no Brandy neither any other stronger Liquors for they inflame the part and oftentimes prove mortal CHAP. XVII Of the Kings Evil. THe Kings Evil is a Distemper that possesses the Throat c. with preternatural Tumours The Cause of this Disease is Flegm oftentimes mixed with Melancholy also the eating of gross and raw Diet drinking filthy waters c. may be the Cause thereof Of those Tumours in some there are but few in others many Such as have but few moveable slight shallow and thin may be resolved or be taken out by incision or be broke without danger by Causticks c. but such as are hard malignant and fixed or being near the Weasand or Wind-pipe large and joyned with the Veins are perilous This Disease commonly possesseth the Elbows Hands and Feet and many other parts of the Body besides the Throat For the Cure of this Disease In the first place let the matter offending be evacuated and a Diet of light Digestion directed for the Patient If the Body abound with fulness it may be necessary to open a Vein and purge very well with the Medicines made as followeth Take of the Pills called Arthriticae and Extractum Rudii of each one dram Rosin of Jallap and Mercurius Dulcis six times sublimed of each one scruple with a sufficient quantity of the Juyce of Fumatory make them up into twenty Pills whereof take two at Night and three in the Morning more or less according to the Age and Strength of the Patient repeating the same as need requires Or take Hermodactils Turbinth of each two ounces the Roots of Sope-wort one ounce and a half the Roots of Angelica one dram the best Senne one ounce fine Scamony four scruples Being made all inno fine Powder and mixed well together take thereof in the Syrup of Roses from one dram to two drams adding to every dose four or five grains of Mercurius Dulcis Give this every second or third morning for fifteen or twenty dayes together Or take of Hiera with Agarick one dram Pills of Cothia two drams Troches Alhandal and Myrrhe of each one scruple the Chymical Oyl of Fennal two drops with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Stechados make them up into twenty Pills and take them as afore-directed Or take of my Cathartique and Diuretick Pills twice or thrice a week for they absolutely help this Disease because they purge Flegm c. to admiration During the Cure let the Patient drink of the following Liquor as of
of excellent use in the very fit of this Disease How to prevent and Cure the Falling Sickness Take Syrup made with the Juice of Betony and Cichory of each half an Ounce the distilled Water of Lillies of the Vally two Drams Musk twelve Grains mix them well together and take a small quantity thereof first and last with a Liquorice stick Or Take Rosemary Betony Sage of each one Ounce the Roots of Cichory and Citron Pills Candied cut in very small pieces of each half an Ounce Species Diamoschi dulcis Diambra of each one Dram and a half Misselto of the Oak or White Thorn Red Coral prepared the Skull of a Man and the Ashes of a Cuckow of each one Dram the Seeds of Peony two Drams Oyl of Cynamon 10 drops with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Betony make it up into an Electuary according to Art whereof let the Patient take every morning fasting the quantity of half a Wallnut Or make use of the following Powder Take the Roots of Cichory and Red Mugwort of each one Dram Misselto of the White Thorn the Skull of a Man of each four Scruples Peony Seed two Scruples Red Coral prepared Unicorns Horn of each one Scruple Pearl prepared half a Scruple Musk ten Grains being mixed and made into very fine Powder let the patient take the quantity of one Dram at a time about the Full and Change of the Moon or near the approaching of the Fit in three or four Spoonfulls of the distilled Water of Lavender Or take young Swallows burn them in their Feathers altogether in a new Earthen Pot covered very close and after they are taken forth of the Pot add thereto as much Castor and beat them well together and put it into a Glass and add thereto sour Vineger and let it so stand three days after which distill it in a Glass according to Art of which precious Water give to the Patient one Spoonfull at a time every Morning forty days together and doubt not of a good success Or Take Assafaetida Galbanum Castor of each one Dram make them up into 30. Pills with the best Oyl of Amber whereof take one every third morning after which fast two or three hours Or Take Misselto of the White Thorn Peony Roots dryed and beat into fine Powder of each one Ounce the best Castor in Powder two Drams Leaf Gold one Scruple with a sufficient quantity of the best old Mithridate Mustard and Oyl of Amber in equal parts being beaten all together in a Marble Morter make it up into Pills as big as white Peas of which take three or five every day first and last for three Months together c. With this very Medicine with the use of my Cathartique and Diuretique Pills to keep the body soluble I cured Mrs. Elizabeth Hampton in the Year 1662. then belonging to Sir Robert Byrons Lady who Lodged at the Countess of Peterbrough's in St. Martins Lane in the Fields This Cure was perfectly affected in one Spring and Fall though some years most horribly afflicted therewith often falling suddenly down sometimes in the Church at other times in the fire c. to the great hazard of her life who ever since remains well and free from the least Symptoms of those Fits Many have been cured by opening the Vein in the Forehead called Vena Frontis and by drinking first in the Morning from two Drams to one Ounce of Vinegar of Squills Some have been cured by Vomits made with the Salt of Vitriol which may safely be given from two Grains to seven in any convenient Liquor every fourth or fifth day till the Patient have taken it six or seven times Or Take Conserve of Rosemary Betony and Lavender Flowers of each two Ounces Mithridate and Ringo Roots Candied of each one Ounce the Powder of Saxafras six Drams Castor three Drams Elkes Hoof and the Powder of a mans Skull that was never buried of each two Drams the Seeds of Gith and the Roots and Seeds of Peony Wild Rue and Pelitory of each one Dram with a sufficient quantity of Oxymel of Squills make it up into an Electuary and take as much as a large Nutmeg every Morning Many have received much good by Vesicatories or Blistering Plaisters applyed to the proper parts And by a Seton or Skein of Silk drawn through the Neck Others as it were past all hopes of recovery have been perfectly cured by opening part of the Skull with a Trepan some distance from the Sutures to let the evil Air forth But the last cannot be safely attempted without good advice and a very skilfull Chirurgou For the Falling Sickness in Children In the first place if need require make the body soluble with a gentle Glister or with a Supositor after which give to the Child some gentle Purge Take the Syrup of Cichory with Rubarb from half an Ounce to an Ounce or the Electuary of Diacarthamum from a Dram to two Drams Or Take the Tincture of Hiera Picra from ten drops to twenty and give to the Child in some proper Liquor as the distilled Water of Cowships Black Cherries Peony or Lavender sweetned with Sugar And take the fresh roots of Peony cut them in small pieces and hang them about the Childs Neck and bind them upon the Hand-rist and repeat them as they grow hard Or Take the distilled Water of Black Cherries two Ounces the Syrap of Peony one Ounce Pearl prepared one Dram Spirit of Rue ten drops and give thereof to the Child one Spoonfull in the fit Or take a small Mouse the Skin and the Guts taken away only the Liver Heart and Lungs remaining therein which put together in some Earthen pot close covered and burn it to Ashes then powder it very small and divide it into three parts and give one part thereof to the Child every Morning in a small quantity of the distilled Water of Beech-tree Flowers The Juice of Rue is also very good being given four or five drops at a time with the distilled Water of the Flowers of Hogs Fennel called Mathern or May Flowers In the same Water you may give to the Child the Powder of the middle Claw of the fore Foot of a Hare The After-birth of a sound Woman which is delivered of a Male Child dryed and made into fine Powder and one Scruple thereof given to a Child at a time in Black Cherry Water is a present remedy Half a Grain of Musk given in Wine or the foresaid Water twice a day will also help or take the Powder of the Roots of wild Valerian and give thereof ten Grains at a time in Milk or in any of the foresaid Waters and it Cureth Or Take the Flowers of Lillies of the Valley the Flowers of Lime-tres or Tile May Flowers of each one good handfull Lavender Flowers half a handfull Peony Roots two Ounces being cut small boil them in one Quart of Water with half a Pint of white Wine and one pound of
Steers Gall six Ounces of the best Aqua Vitae Oyl of Turpentine three Ounces boil it again two or three walms and keep it for use With which precious Balm anoint the paralitick Member twice a day How to Cure the Palsey in the Tongue First let the body be well purged with the Pills afore directed Or Take of the Pills of Assaiereth Cochia Troches or Extract of Agarick of each two Scruples with a sufficient quantity of the distilled Water of Sage make them up into Pills ten in number whereof take two at night and three in the Morning The next day take Mustard made with Elder Vinegar and often chew in your mouth in the same manner you may use Pellitory of Spain Mustard Seed or hold in your mouth half an Ounce of Spirit of Lavender mixing therewith one or two Grains of the Powder of Euphorbium all which have been known of wonderful effect In such cases some apply blistering Plaisters to the Nape of the neck For the Palsey in the Hands Take Elder-leaves and make a decoction thereof in strong Beer add thereto good store of Mustard and bath your hands therein hot Some rub the Hands with Camomil with good success Or anoint them well with the Oyntments afore directed and wear Hare Skins upon the parts affected For the Palsey in the Bladder and Yard When the Palsey is in the Bladder the Urine is stopped and sometimes it passeth away without the consent of the Patient So annoint the lower part of the Belly and Privy parts with the following Oyntment Take Oyl of Nard Rue Cummin of each half an Ounce Opoponax Castor and Galbanum dislolved in Butter of each a quarter of an Ounce being mixed well together use it as afore directed and inject a small quantity thereof into the Bladder warm but if the Urine be stopped then first force the Patient to make Water by putting up into the Yard a Catheter The Palsey in the Yard doth also stop the Urine the Sperme and doth hinder Copulation So make use of the same Remedies directed for the Bladder Or take the Oyl of Pepper Euphorbium and Costinum of each an equal quantity with Wax make them up into an Oyntment and anoint the Yard therewith You may anoint the Hips and Loins with the Oyntment directed for the Back and give the Patient to drink Medicines that will provoke Urine Also the Spirit of Castor or the Powder thereof in the distilled Water of Lavender is very effectual Or let him make use of the Medicines made as followeth that have power to erect the Yard Take Diasatyrion one Ounce Powder of Castor one Dram being mixed together take the quantity of a large Nutmeg at a time And Bath the Yard with Wine wherein hath been boiled Sage and Elder with a small quantity of Pellitory of Spain CHAP. VIII Of the Convulsion or Cramp THe Cramp is a Disease in which the Sinews are drawn or pluckt up against the Patients will Of which there are three sorts The first is called in Latine Distentio and that is when the Neck doth remain altogether without motion and not to be turned to either side but must be held upright The second is called Tensio ad Anteriora in which Disease the Head and Neck are drawn down to the Breast The third is called Tensio ad Posteriora in which Distemper the Head is attracted or drawn backward down to the Shoulders and Back The Causes of this Disease according to Hypocrates are supposed to be two that is to say fullness and emptiness of the Sinews in the body and sometimes it hapneth through the biting and stinging of venemous Creatures and the over much use of Venery more especially when it is made use of upon a full Stomack is the cause of this Disease and many times it is caused through Embecillity or weakness and by the loss and want of Blood If the Convulsion or Cramp be caused of fullness give to the Patient Diet that is hot and dry But if it be caused of emptiness his diet ought to be moist therefore let him be nourished with fat Broths and Flesh of easy and light digestion Let his Drink be small and thin Wine c. except he chance to be in a Feaver then let him make use of Barley Water and the decoction of Cinamon and let him also be provoked to sleep with Diacodium or with the Syrup of Poppies c. He ought to use no exercise neither Medicines that empty the body and let his drink be such that is frequently given in Hectick Feavers The following Glister will also prove of excellent use Take Betony Marjoram Sage Mercury wild Betony and the lesser Centaury of each half a handfull Caraway and Coriander Seeds of each half an Ounce being bruised and cut small boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consumption of half strain it and take one Pint thereof to which add Hiera simple one Ounce and a half Diaphaenicon one Ounce Oyl of Rue two or three Ounces Sal Prunella one Dram mix them well together and make it up into a Glister which administer warm to the Patient After which if the body be Plethory or full let blood and that in a large quantity out of the middle Vein but take it forth by degrees and not all at once After which give to the Patient the Drink made as followeth five Ounces at a time first and last Take Betony Marjoram Sage Hysop of each one handfull Carduus Water Germander the lesser Centaury of each half a handfull Annis and Caraway Seeds of each half an Ounce cut and bruise them small and with three Pints of Mede or Metheglin mixed therewith boil them for an Hour and a half after which strain it and add thereto Syrup of Staecados and Betony of each three Ounces and take it as afore directed warm After which make use of the following Pills Take the Troches of Agarick Sagapen Pills of Faetida of each one Scruple Troches of Alhandal five Grains with Honey of Roses make them up into five Pills which let the Patient take after his first sleep You may anoint the parts affected especially the Nape of the Neck and Back with the Oyntment and Oyl directed in the Chapter of the Palsey Or bath the parts with the following Bath Take Ground-Pine Sage Betony Camomil Origan the Roots of Marsh Mallows Elicampane of each two Ounces Seeds of Faenugreek three Ounces Sulphur one Pound Alum half a Pound being cut and bruised boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water and make a Bath thereof with which bath the Patient in the Morning before dinner and rub it well in over all his body if need require or else in the particular Member that is affected After which anoint the Nape of his Neck and Back and all parts affected with the Oyntment made as followeth Take Oyl of Earth-worms white Lillies of each half an Ounce Oyl of Costinum Turpentine of each three Drams with a
together make Plaisters thereof which apply to the Region of the Heart repeating the same as need require Let the Patient always be smelling to Tar Oil of Galbanum or Amber Camphir It profiteth much also to smell to Roses Wormwood Rue c. Or make use of the following Pomanders Take Storax Labdanum Camphir of each half an ounce Cinamon Cloves Nutmegs of each two drams Wood of Aloes Spikenard Myrrh Mastick Frankincense of each one scruple and a half Musk and Amber of each three or four grains being made into fine Powder with a sufficient quantity of distilled VVater of Marjoram and Liquid Storax make them up into Pomanders Or hang about the Neck the Amulets made as followeth and believe me for they are of excellent use Take a Hasel-Nut the Kernel being taken forth and fill it with Quicksilver after which close up the hole with Wax then cover it with Silk and hang it about your Neck that it may touch the Pit of the Stomach Or take the Head of a Toad well dried and covered with Silk and hang it about your Neck as afore-directed Or take Venice-Treacle one ounce Toads dried and grosly beaten two ounces Virginy Snake-Weed and Contra Yerva of each half an ounce with a sufficient quantity of Gum-Dragon dissolved in Rose-VVater make Amulets thereof mixing them with a little Cotton to keep them from breaking and gild them with Gold and wear them about your Necks Those and such-like Medicines may with Gods blessing be sufficient to prevent the Pest The Cure may be performed as followeth If this Disease doth invade the Patient at Dinner or Supper when the Stomach is full of meat it will be necessary to make use of the following Vomit Take the infusion of Crocus Metallorum half an ounce Oxymel of Squills one ounce Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers six drams being mixed together drink it off warm The stronger sort may take of the foresaid infusion from half an ounce to six drams c. Or take from three grains to six or seven of the salt of Vitriol Or from two grains to five of the red powder of Antimony Or take the Emetique powder made as followeth Take the distilled water of Rosemary one pint wherein dissolve one ounce of Cream of Tartar to which add the powder of Crocus Metallorum one ounce and let it stand altogether for the space of one night after which filter it through paper and Evaporate the humidity and keep the powder which remains in the bottom for use for it is not only good to Vomit in the Pest but in many other distempers The Dose is from two grains to six in white wine or Posset And after the Patient have made empty his Stomach with either of the foresaid Vomits administer to him the following Diaphoretique Potion Take of the Electuary of Eggs one dram the powder of a Toad truly prepared six grains Treacle-water two drams with four ounces of Carduus-water make thereof a Potion which let the Patient take and sweat as his strength will permit repeating the same as need shall require If the Electuary of Eggs cannot be obtained take instead thereof two drams of Venice Treacle and mix therewith the powder above directed Or take Dr. Starkies Pill and Diaphoretique Antimony prepared from the Regules thereof of each ten grains Tincture of Saffron two drams mix these together which give to the Patient in any Convenient Vehicle With these and such like Medicines I cured many in the year 65. not only in the City of London but in the City of Bristol in the year 66. not one person dying under my hands that would be perswaded to make use of those Medicines as soon as possible after they were infected as many worthy persons of that City can testifie they not being ignorant of the good success I had in the Cure of most other diseases during my abode with them The Patient in the time of sweating or at any other time in this sickness to comfort his spirits may make use of the Cordial Julip made as followeth Take the distilled water of Marigolds and Cowslips of each three ounces the water called Aqua Cordialis frigida Saxoniae Tincture of Saffron and Treacle water of each one ounce Syrup of Clove-gilli-flowers two ounces Oyle of Vitriol 20 or 30. drops being mixed well together take one or two spoonfuls at any time when more then ordinary ill or faint And take sometimes the quantity of a Nutmeg of the following Electuary Take Conserve of Violets Cowslips Marygolds Bugloss and Roses of each one ounce and a half Bole Armonick well prepared two drams red Coral two scruples with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the juice of sharp Citrons make them up into an Electuary according to Art If the Patient be Extream Thirsty Take the distilled water of Wood-sorrel Syrup of Violets and Syrup of the Juice of Citrons and the distilled water of Buglos of each two ounces mix them together and take a spoonful thereof now and then Or take the Decoction made with Wood-sorrel Scabios and flowers of Buglos and sweeten it with Syrup of Citrons and Violets Or take Barly-water sweeten the same with the Syrup of Lemmons and add thereto the Juice of Wood-sorrel or unripe Grapes and let the Patient take moderately thereof The Manner how to break and heal the Carbuncle or Plague Botch Take Pidgeons-dung Elder-leaves and Mustard-seed of each one handful beat them all very small then add thereto Venice-Treacle one ounce and two ounces of the Urine of a young Child miring them all well together after which spread it upon a Cloath and apply it to the Botch Or make a Linnen Cloth moist in the distilled water of Ale-hoof and apply it to the Botch hot Or take a Live Cock and pull off the Feathers off his Brest and apply him to the Botch keeping him there till he die afterward bury him for he will have drawn the poyson to himself Or take a large Toad thrust him through with some sharp Stick after which dry him in the Sun and apply him to the part for this will in a short time break the Sore Or take the best Venice-Turpentine one ounce the Yolks of two new-laid Eggs mix them together and apply it to the Botch for it causeth any hard Tumor to open Or take a green Frog and tie him alive upon the Botch till such time he dieth by which means all the poyson will be drawn forth Or take six or seven Figs large Raisins one ounce Sal Gem two drams Honey ten drams with a little Oil of Camomile make them into a Plaister and apply it hot to the Botch Or take the Plaister of Diachylon Simple two ounces Gum Ammoniack and Galbanum of each one ounce mix them together and apply it to the Part. Goose-Dung dissolved in Oil of Camomile or Common Oil and applied to a Plague-Sore doth to admiration break the same To heal the Sores Take Juniper-berries VVall-Pepper and Sarasens VVound-wort