of Angelica there described If she be not very weak purge her once or twice before she enter into this Course Of the Suppression of the Terms They loath Meat the Face is discoloured the whole Body is heavy the Forepart of the Head Loins Legs and Lower Belly are pain'd and the Feet are swoln Prescribe the same Remedies that are commended in the Chapter Of the Hysterical Passion but if these will not prevail proceed thus Every morning and at four a clock in the afternoon give five spoonfuls of the Hysterical Julep without Castoreum with twelve drops of Spirit of Hatts-horn and every night at her entrance into Bed let her take one scruple of the Troches of Myrrh made into a Bolus or Pills with Syrup of Mugwort Of Vomiting or Spitting of Blood Spitting of Blood is accompany'd with a Pain and Heat in the Breast and a certain Feebleness Let ten ounces of Blood be taken out of the Right Arm. The next morning let the Patient take the common purging Potion and the same night a composing Draught of three ounces of Black-cherry Water and one ounce of Syrup of Meconium Then let him use the following Remedies Take of Bole-Armeniac one ounce Powder of Comfry Roots two drams seal'd Earth Blood-stone and Dragons Blood of each one dram fine white Sugar the weight of all the rest mix them and make a fine Powder of which let him take one dram in the morning at five a clock in the afternoon and at night drinking four ounces of the following Apozeme after it Take of the Leafs of Plantane wild Bramble Bush and Yarrow of each one handful Boil them in a convenient quantity of Water to a Pint and an half in the straining dissolve two ounces of syrup of Comfry mix and make an Apozeme or let him take six spoonfuls of the following Tincture Take of Red Rose Flowers six drams the inner Bark of the Oak half an ounce Plantane Seeds somewhat bruss'd three drams Spring Water one quart Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth to give the whole a pleasant sharpness Infuse them four hours in a close Vessel with a gentle Heat To the straining add three ounces of Barley Cinnamon Water and as much fine white Sugar as is sufficient to make it pleasant to taste If the Patient have an aversion against Powders let him use the Electuary prescribed in the Chapter Of the Immoderate Flux of the Terms Prescribe a Clyster to be injected every day and Diacodium to be taken at night Moreover the Patient must be let Blood again once twice or thrice according to the necessity of his condition some days being interposed Also if need be let him once again repeat the purging Potion And observe a cooling and thickning Diet. Of the Pricking of a Tendon A watery Humour or thin Gleet doth perpetually drop out of the Orifice of the Vein that is cut Take of White Lilly Roots boil'd in Cows Milk till they grow tender and beaten four ounces Lin-seed flower and Oat-flower of each three drams Boil them to the consistence of a Cataplasm in the same Milk in which the Roots were boiled Apply it to the part affected every morning and evening Of Burning Foment the part affected with Clouts dipt in Spirit of Wine till the pain be asswaged then dip the Clout again and apply it three or four times in a day to the part affected Of Common Madness This Disease proceedeth from a too vivid and exalted Constitution of the Blood There is also another sort of Madness that comes after long intermitting Fevers and at length degenerates into Folly which is caused by the Weakness and Flatness of the Blood proceeding from a long Fermentation thereof You must therefore prescribe high Cordials such as Treacle of Andromachus the Electuary de Ovo the Countesses Powder Sir Walttr Rawleigh's Powder in Plague water Treacle water or some other convenient Vehicle And injoin a Restorative Diet. In young Persons let a Vein be opened in the Arm and eight or nine ounces of Blood taken away twice or thrice every fourth day Then let the Jugular Veins be once opened After which the whole Cure depends upon the use of the following purging Medicine which must be given every third or fourth day while the Disease lasts But in the mean time it is to be observed that after the Patient hath been purged eight or ten times the exhibition of the Evacuating Medicine must be omitted for a Week or two Take of the Domestic Medicine that is White Briony Roots in powder one dram Cows Milk four ounces Or Take of the same Roots half an ounce or six drams White Wine four ounces Infuse them a whole night In the strained Liquor dissolve one ounce of Syrup of Violets Mix them for a Potion Or Take of Gambugia fourteen grains Black-Cherry water three ounces Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers half an ounce Make a Potion Of Contusions or Bruises Let a Vein in the Arm of the side that is most affected be opened and ten ounces of Blood taken away The next morning exhibit the common purging Potion and thenceforward in like manner repeat Blood-letting and Purgation by turns till the Patient recover In the mean while if the inward parts are hurt let him use the following Remedies during the whole course of the Cure Take of the Pectoral Decoction a pint and an half Syrup of Violets and of Maiden-hair of each two ounces Mix them for an Apozem of which let him take half a pint thrice a day Exhibit also frequently a Spoonful of Oil of Sweet Almonds newly drawn Take of Oil of Sweet Almonds the Ointment Dialthaeae and Pomate of each one ounce Mix them for a Liniment with which anoint the part affected morning and evening laying over it a Cabbage Leaf Of Scurf or Scales in the Head Let the Common Purging Potion be twice exhibited Then Take of Oil of bitter Almonds Oil of Laurel the Ashes of Sothernwood leaves of each one ounce Mix them thoroughly for a Liniment with which anoint the whole Head every night rubbing it in diligently and then cover it with a Sow's Bladder But first let all the Hair be cut off and afterwards rub off the Scales by degrees every morning according as they are ready to fall away Of the Biting of a Mad Dog After 40 Days or more the Signs of Melancholy appear a Fever Thirst Hydrophobia or the Fear of Water and at length Convulsions of the extreme Parts Take of Spirit of Wine highly rectified four ounces Treacle of Andromachus one ounce make a mixture with which anoint the part that is hurt thrice every day laying over it a Clout dipt in the same mixture Of the Ulcer of the Bladder Stinking matter is voided or Blood and sometimes Scales or membranous Skins and as it were scurfy Crusts like Bran whereas when the Ulcer is in the Reins pieces of Flesh which sometimes are very big are voided with the Urine There is also a perpetual difficulty of
the animal Spirits run into disorderly motions the Urine appears sometimes limpid and in great quantity the sick persons cast off all hope of recovery and portend the most dismal things to themselves Whatsoever part of the body the Disease doth affect and it affecteth many immediately the symptoms that are proper to that part appear in the Head the Apoplexy which ends in a Palsy of one half of the body comes presently after Child-bearing sometimes they are seized with Convulsions that very much resemble the Epilepsy and are commonly called the Suffocation of the womb in which the Belly and Entrails rise upwards towards the Throat At other times they are miserably tormented with the Hysterical Clavus in which there is a most vehement pain in the head which you may cover with your thumb the sick person in the mean time vomiting up green Matter like to that sort of Choler that has its name from Leeks The Paroxysm doth also counterfeit the Palpitation of the Heart the Cough the Colic and Iliac Passions the Stone and Suppression of Urine it is attended with prodigious vomitings and sometimes with a Diarrhaea outwardly in the musculous Flesh it causes sometimes Pains and sometimes swellings In the Legs it is like a Dropsie nor which is wonderful doth it leave the Teeth untouch'd The Back is often cruelly pain'd and almost always the external parts are so cold that a dead body is not more The sick persons break out ridiculously into excessive Laughter and Tears without any cause and are some times troubled with spitting to such a degree as were enough to make one believe that they had been anointed with Mercury Hysterical Pains whatsoever part they affect leave a Tenderness behind them that cannot endure to be touch'd as if the Flesh had been beaten Let Blood be taken away to the quantity of eight ounces Apply the Plaister of Galbanum to the Navel And next morning let the sick person begin to use the following Pills Take of the Pills call'd Cochiae the greateâ— two drams Castoreum powder'd two grains Balsam of Peru three drops Make twelve Pills of which take four every morning of every second day according to your strength about four or five of the clock sleeping after them Take Rue water four ounces compound Briony water two ounces Castoreum tyed in a knot and hung in the Glass half a dram Sugar-candy a sufficient quantity Of this take four or five spoonfuls in every Fit After the Pills take what follows Take Filings of Steel eight grains and with a sufficient quantity of Extract of Wormwood make three Pills which must be taken early in the morning and repeated at five in the afternoon for thirty days drinking after them a draught of Wormwood Wine If the form of a Bolus be more grateful Take Conserve of Roman Wormwood and Conserve of the yellow part of Orenges of each one ounce preserv'd Angelica Nutmeg preserv'd Treacle of Andromochas of each half an ounce compound Powder of Aron three drams preserv'd Ginger two drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the juice of Citrons or in want of that Syrup of Orenges make an Electuary Take of this Electuary two drams Filings of Steel eight grains and with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Orenges make a Bolus which is to be taken morning and evening drinking after it a draught of Wormwood Wine or six spoonfuls of the following Infusion Take Roots of Angelica Elicampane and Masterwort of each one ounce Leaves of common Wormwood lesser Centory white Horehound and Germainder of each one handful the Barks of two Orenges slic'd pour upon them so much Spanish Wine as will rise two inches above them and strain it at the time of using it Or To delicate persons the Steel may be given in the form of a Powder as follows Take Filings of Steel finely powder'd one ounce compound Powder of Aron six drams Coriander seed prepar'd seeds of Anise and sweet Fennel of each half an ounce the best Cinnamon red Coral prepar'd of each three drams Nutmeg two drams Beat them all into a very fine Powder to which add of the best white Sugar to the weight of all the rest Take half a dram of this Powder in a Spoon twice a day four days together and afterwards a whole dram twice every day for forty days drinking after it six spoonfuls of the following Julep or of Wormwood and Wine Take Milk water twelve ounces compound Gentian water four ounces Wormwood water of the greater composition two ounces White Sugar a sufficient quantity Make a Julep Or Take half a pint of Rhenish Wine prepar'd with Wormwood compound Gentian water two ounces Syrup of Clove-Gilliflowers one ounce Make a Julep Take choice Myrrh Galbanum and Assa foetida of each one dram Castoreum half a dram with a sufficient quantity of the Balsam of Peru make them up into Pills twelve out of each dram of which take three every night drinking after them three or four spoonfuls of compound Bryony water during the whole process of the Cure If these Pils move the Belly use these that follow Take Castoreum one dram volatil salt of Amber half a dram with a sufficient quantity of extract of Rue make four and twenty Pills of which take three every night drinking after them three or four spoonfuls of the Hysterical Julep Spirit of Harts-horn exhibited frequently to sixteen or eighteen drops is of excellent use But if the Disease doth not yield to these remedies then take the following Pills Take Troches of Myrrh powder'd one scruple Balsom of Sulphur terebinthinated four drops with a sufficient quantity of Gum Ammoniac disolv'd make four Pills which must be taken morning and evening drinking after them four or five spoonfuls of the Hysterical Julep with twelve drops of Spirit of Harts-horn The Antiscorbutic Electuary with the Water there described is good also in this Disease and likewise the corroborating Electuary with the addition of Conserve of Garden Scurvy-Grass one ounce compound powder of Aron six drams drinking after it the forementioned Water But if all these Remedies prove ineffectual you must have recourse to the waters that partake of Iron and if these also do no good to those that are sulphureous such as are the Bath waters Concerning the use of the Mineral waters these things are to be observed If any bad symptom appear which may be ascribed to the drinking of the water in such a case you must abstain from them till the symptom disappear Continue the use of them for six weeks at least rather two months Eat now and then preserv'd Ginger or Caraway seeds confected to warm the stomach You may also take three of the Hysterical Pills the first ten nights drinking after them four or five spoonfuls of the Hysterical Julep As for the Bath waters you must dsink them two days and bath in them the third proceeding thus alternately six weeks or two months If the Steel heat the body too much
wise the letting of Blood and Purgation to a third or fourth time and allowing always a convenient respite between the Evacuations that the Patient be not expos'd to any danger In the days that are free from Purgation prescribe as follows Take Conserve of Roman Wormwood and of the yellow part of an Orenge of each one ounce Conserve of Rosemary flowers half an ounce old Treacle of Andromachus and preserv'd Nutmeg of each three drams preserv'd Ginger one dram with as much as sufficeth of syrup of the juice of Citron make an Electuary Dose as much as a Nutmeg in the morning and at five a clock in the afternoon drinking after every Dose five spoonfuls of the following Wine Take of the Roots of Peony Elicampane Masterwort and Angelica of each one ounce Leafs of Rue Sage Betony Germainder white Horehound and the tops of lesser Centory of each a handful Juniper Berries six drams the Pills of two Orenges Let all be slic'd and infus'd cold in three quarts of Canary Wine When you use it strain out so much as you intend to drink Take of Rue water four ounces Laugius his Epileptic water and compound Bryony water of each one ounce Syrup of Peony six drams mix and make a Julep Dose four spoonfuls every night at the time of going to Bed with eight drops of the spirit of Hartshorn Let a Plaister of Caranna be apply'd to the soles of the Feet The next year about the same time of the year that the Disease first appear'd let a Vein be again open'd and a purging Medicine exhibited some days for prevention of a Relapse It seemeth probable to me that the Falling Sickness in adult persons might be cur'd by this method which nevertheless I have not yet experienc'd But since it is accommodated to the tender Ages of those that are wont to be infested by Saint Vitus his Dance if it be apply'd to the Cure of Epilepsies in persons grown up both the quantity of the Blood that is to be taken away and the Doses of the purging Medicines ought to be augmented Of the Apoplexy It consists in a most profound Sleep and total privation of Sense and Motion excepting only Respiration which is still perform'd but with difficulty and snoring Let a Vein be instantly opened in the Arm and twelve ounces of Blood taken away and afterwards eight ounces more out of the Jugulars Immediately after exhibit a Vomit or an ounce and an half or two ounces of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum Let a large and sharp blistering Plaster be applied to the hinder part of the Neck While these things are doing let the sick person sit upright in his Bed not oppressed with too great a burthen of Cloaths Let Spirit of Sal Armoniac excellently rectified be held to his Nose After the operation of the Vomit is finished let three or four spoonfuls of the following Julep be from time to time exhibited Take Rue water four ounces compound Bryony water and Langius his Anti-epileptic water of each one ounce Spirit of Hartshorn twenty drops Sugar-candy as much as sufficeth make a Julep Or a spoonful of compound Spirit of Lavender may be given twice or thrice by it self during the Fit interposing the space of an hour or half an hour betwixt the Doses Observe heedfully that Cordials ought not to be exhibited too frequently and such as are too hot not at all as it is the custom to do For after all whatever specific vertue they may seem to be endued withal they do more mischief than good by melting the humors and consequently augmenting the Disease which inconvenience also is no less occasion'd by too great a burthen of Cloaths After the Paroxysm is over to prevent a Relapse let these things be prescribed Take of the pill Cochiae the greater two scruples for a Dose to be repeated six times every third day at Four of the clock in the morning sleeping after them Take Conserve of Sage Flowers and of Rosemary Flowers of each one ounce Conserve of the yellow part of an Orenge six drams pre served Nutmeg and preserved Ginger of each half an ounce old Treacle of Andromachus two drams the powders of the Electuaries Diambrae and Diamoschu Dulcis of each one dram with a sufficient quantity of the syrup of Citron pickle make an Electuary Dose as much as a Chesnut every morning and evening drinking after it two spoonfuls of Langius his Epileptic water Take of Ambergris half a dram the distill'd Oils of Anise-seed Cinnamon and Nutmeg of each two drops Oil of Cloves one drop Sugar dissolv'd in Orenge-flower water as much as sufficeth to make Tablets according to Art Let the Patient eat one at his pleasure Let him abstain from all manner of strong Drink and eat Broths made of Barley Oats or of Chickens and sometimes even the flesh of Chickens and Lambs and such like Meats of easie digestion especially while purging Medicines are exhibited Of the Inflamation of the Eyes It is manifest of it self Let ten ounces of Blood be taken out of a Vein in the Arm and the common purging Potion exhibited the next day and repeated two days after and once more reiterated after a like interval of time The same Nights let the Patient take a quieting draught of an ounce of the Syrup of Meconium Also let him drink four ounces of an emulsion of the greater cold Seeds and white poppy Seed three or four times every day that is free from purgation Take of Plantain water Red-Rose water and Frogs sperm water of each one ounce Powder of prepar'd Tutty one dram Make a mixture Pour a few drops of it into the Eye twice every day beginning after the first purgation If the Disease do not yield to these Remedies the Letting of Blood especially if it appear pleuritic and Purging must be repeated yet twice more Let the Patient abstain from the use of Wine and all sorts of strong Liquors from Meats also that are salt and hard of digestion and drink milk and water boil'd all the days that are free from purgation Note that it often happens that the setting of Blood and purging how often soever repeated are still found to be ineffectual In this case a composing draught of an ounce of Syrup of Meconium exhibited every night perfects the Cure without the help of any other Remedy Of the Falling down of the Womb. Take of the Bark of an Oak two ounces boil it in four quarts of Spring water till one half be consum'd adding towards the end the Rind of a Pomgranate beaten one ounce Red Roses and Pomgranate Flowers of each two handfuls then add half a pint of Red Wine Let the part affected be fomented with woollen Cloth dipt in the Liquor that is strain'd out two hours before the Patient rise every morning and at night when she is in her Bed till the Symptom disappear Of the Paroxysms of the Stone in the Kidneys The Signs are these A fix'd pain in the
of Amber half a dram mix them and tie them in a Bag. Or Take two drams of Spirit of Sal Armoniac and put it frequently to her Nose Of Suppression of the Loches The Signs are these A Swelling of the Belly a heavy Pain in the lower parts of the Belly the Loins and Groin redness of Face difficulty of breathing perturbation of the Eyes Shiverings acute Fevers Swoonings Cold Sweats a Sense of Beating and Burning heat in the Womb a Palsy of the lower parts and sometimes an Epilepsy Let her be instantly confin'd to her Bed and the Hysterical Plaister apply'd to her Navel then prescribe this Electuary Take Conserve of Roman Wormwood and of Rue of each one ounce Troches of Myrrh two drams Castoreum English Saffron Volatil Salt of Amber Sal Armoniac and Asa Foetida of each half a dram Syrup of the five Roots as much as sufficeth to make an Electuary of which let her take the quantity of a Nutmeg every four hours drinking four or five spoonfuls of the following Julep after it Take of Rue water four ounces compound Bryony water two ounces Sugar-candy as much as is convenient Make a Julep Or let her take a scruple of Troches of Myrrh every four hours If after the prescrib'd quantity of these Remedies is consumed the Loches continue still to be supprest exhibit only one dose of Laudanum namely 14 drops of Laudanum Liquidum in compound Bryony water or one grain and an half of solid Laudanum made up into two Pills with half a scruple of Asa foetida If these suffice not let a Clyster of Sugar'd Milk be only once injected Of the Dropsie This Disease is first known by the Pits or Impression remaining in the lower parts of the Legs after you have thrust your Finger upon them which appear conspicuously at night but vanish in the morning especially if this sign be accompanied with a difficulty of Breathing though women with Child and such as are troubled with a suppression of their Courses and Men that are suddenly freed from an inveterate Asthma are also not unfrequently molested with swellings of a like nature The Feet and Legs being extremely swoln the Waters rush into the Abdomen and by degrees filling up its capacity stretch it forth to the uttermost till at last falling upon some of the more noble Entrals the sick person is drowned As the bulk of the parts affected increaseth the rest do proportionably grow more and more slender In the mean time there is a difficulty of Breathing and little Urine is voided This Disease doth commonly assault Men when they grow old and Women when they leave off Child-bearing The principal Scopes of the Cure are first the evacuations of the Waters and then by the restauration and strengthning of the Blood to prevent the new increase of the Waters Take of White-wine four ounces Jalap in fine powder one dram powder of Ginger half a Scruple Syrup of Buckthorn one ounce mix them for a Potion to be taken early in the morning and repeated every day or every second day according to the strength of the Patient till the Swelling be abated Or Take of Tamarinds half an ounce Senna Leafs two drams Rheubarb a dram and an half Boil them in a convenient quantity of water to three ounces dissolve in the straining of Manna and loosning Syrup of Roses of each one ounce Syrup of Buckthorn half an ounce the Electuary of the juice of Roses three drams mix them for a Potion to be taken as above Or Take of the Pills ex duobus one Scruple Elaterium three grains Chymical Oil of Cloves two drops Make three Pills to be taken early in the morning and repeated as the occasion shall require Or Take of Gambugia fifteen grains White-wine and Cichory-water of each one ounce and an half Syrup of Buckthorn half an ounce mix them for a Potion to be taken as above Or Take three handfuls of the inward Bark of the Elder boil them in a quart of milk and water equally mixt to a pint Let the Patient take one half of the strain'd liquor in the morning and the other in the evening every day till he be restored to his health But this Remedy is of no efficacy but only in those Bodies that are very easily moved by purging Medicines Concerning the use of Purges in this Disease three things are to be observed In the first place consider whether the Body of your Patient is wont to yield easily or difficultly to purging Medicines For one ounce of Syrup of Buckthorn being exhibited by it self to such as are easily wrought upon will evacuate the Waters very copiously whereas in others the strongest Purges above prescribed will hardly produce the desired effect Secondly Such Purges as are of slow operation do more mischief than good and therefore such as work strongly and even too strongly are always to be preferred before these that are too weak Thirdly The Waters ought to be evacuated with as much haste as the strength of the Patient can possibly bear lest by interposing too long Intervals between the several purgations we give occasion to the Waters to gather again There are some Cases in which all purging Medicines of whatsoever kind they be may and ought to be wholly omitted For when the sick person is of a weak constitution or a Woman subject to Vapours the Evacuation of the Waters is to be attempted only by Diuretics or Medicines that provoke Urine among which the most efficacious are those that are composed of lixivious Salts For Example Take a pound of Brome-ashes infuse them cold in four pints of Rhenish Wine strain the liquor through a piece of brown paper of which let the Patient drink three ounces in the morning at five in the afternoon and at night till the Humours be wholly evacuated Which being performed let such Medicines as heat and strengthen be exhibited as for Example Take the Roots of Horse-Radish Leaf of Garden-Scurvy-grass common Wormwood and Sage the Tops of lesser Centory and Brome infuse them in strong Ale for ordinary Drink which alone doth sometimes cure a beginning Dropsie without the help of purginâ— Medicines Or prescribe that which follows Take of the Conserve of Garden-Scurvy-grass and of Roman Wormwood of each one ounce extract of Gentian of common Wormwood and of lesser Centory of each three drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Citron Pill make an Electuary Dose as much as a large Nutmeg in the morning at five a clock in the afternoon and at night drinking four ounces of the following Infusion after it Take of Gentian Roots one ounce Brome tops and tops of lesser Centory and common Wormwood of each one handful Seeds of Fennel and Parsley of each two drams Chop them small and pour upon them four pints of Rhenish Wine let them stand together in a cold Infusion and strain out the Liquor when you use it Note That during the use of these corroborating Medicines you
Urine and continual pain in those parts But in an Ulcer of the Reins the difficulty of Urine and Pain come by Fits and there are some Intervals of ease the Matter also that comes from the Reins is more abundant white thin and not stinking the Urine is voided like milk but after it hath stood long the Matter being separted falls to the bottom Take of the Plaister call'd Flos Unguenti a dram and an half make nine Pills of which let the Patient take three at the physical hours viz. at eight a clock in the morning and five in the afternoon drinking six spoonfuls of the following Water after them Take of the Roots of Comfrey Fennel Birthwort and Avens of each three ounces Leafs of Agrimony St. Johns Wort Bugle Sanicle and Plantane of each six handfuls chop them small and distil them in White-wine and Milk of each four Pints Draw off only four Pints for your use Take of the Powder of Comfrey Roots and Gum Arabic of each one ounce Sugar of Penides two ounces make a Powder of which let the Patient take a spoonful twice a day Of an Asthma or Difficulty of Breathing in Persons of a Sanguine Constitution Of this Disease there are three kinds Dyspnaea which is a difficult Breathing in which the Breath is drawn often and thick without noise or ratling arising from the stuffing of the Lungs Asthma or a great and frequent Breathing in which the Diaphragma or Midriff and intercostal Muscles as also the Muscles of the Abdomen are violently mov'd with a ratling noise and wheesing In the former kind the substance of the Lungs in the latter the Bronchia or Gristles are stopp'd And Orthopnaea which is the greatest difficulty of Breathing in which the sick person cannot breath but sitting and with his Neck stretch'd upright the Muscles also of the Breast and Shoulders are vehemently agitated Let ten ounces of Blood be taken from the Right Arm and the next day let the Patient take the common purging Potion and repeat the same every third day to two other Doses In the intermediate Days let him proceed thus Take two drams of Anniseed in fine powder and with a sufficient quantity of Lucatella's Balsam make twelve Pills of which let him take three in the morning and at five a clock in the afternoon drinking after them four ounces of the bitter Decoction without the purging Ingredients warm If the Symptoms still remain let the whole Process be iterated afresh Of the Palsy Both the Faculties of Sense and Motion or either of them singly are entirely lost or at least diminished and vitiated in the parts affected Take of the Pills Cochiae the less two scruples let them be exhibited six times every other morning And afterwards let the Patient take the Antiscorbutic Electuary thrice a day for thirty days together See the Chapter Of the Scurvey Take of the Unguent call'd Nervinum three ounces compound Spirit of Lavender and Spirit of Garden-Scurvy-Grass of each an ounce and an half with which anoint the parts affected as the Back-bone c. every morning and evening The most part of the Reâ—â—â—ks there prescribed though they seem to be only adapted for the Cure of the Scurvy yet forasmuch as they are peculiarly qualify'd to volatize crude and fixt Humors they are also good against the Palsy Of the Cough and Pthisis or Consumption The Cough is evident of it self As for the Consumption it is to be observed that People are obnoxious to it from eighteen to thirty five years The Signs of it are these An Hectic Fever which is augmented after Meat as appears by the quickness of the Pulse and Redness of the Cheeks the Matter that is spit forth with Coughing is bloody or purulent that is mixt with Quittor being cast into the Fire it sendeth forth a noisom Smell and if it be put into a Vessel full of water it sinks to the bottom Sweating at Night Blueness of the Cheeks Paleness of Face and Sharpness of the Nostrils And the sinking of the Temples crookedness of the Nails falling off of the Hair and melting Flux of the Belly are the immediate Forerunners of Death When the Cough is of no long standing nor is yet accompany'd with a Fever or other Signs of a Bastard Peripneumonia nor came after a Pleurisy or Peripneumonia for want of sufficient Blood letting in such a Case it will be sufficient to caution the Patient against the use of Wine or Flesh for some days and to prescribe these or the like Remedies to be used by him at his pleasure Let him take ten drops of Balsam of Sulphur anisated in a spoonful of Sugar-candy twice or thrice every day and frequently eat one of the following Tablets which he ought always to carry about him Take a pound and an half of Sugar-candy boil it in a convenient quantity of Spring water till it stick to the ends of your Fingers then add to it of the Powder of Liquorish Elicampane Anniseed Angelica Seeds of each half an ounce Powder of Flower-de-luce of Florence and Brimstone of each two drams Chymical Oil of Annis two scruples Make Tablets according to Art which may be called Domestic Lozenges And in the mean time let the Patient use the following lambitive Medicine Take of Oil of Sweet Almonds two ounces Syrup of Maiden-hair and Violets of each one ounce Sugar-candy as much as sufficeth to make a Lohoch let the Patient lick thereof with a Liquorish Stick when the Cough surprizeth him In a thin Defluxion you may prescribe thickning Lohochs But if the Cough yield not to these Remedies more especially if it be attended with a Fever or came after a Pleurisy or Inflamation of the Lungs in that case it will be to no purpose to rely upon pectoral Medicines forasmuch as the Cure must be wrought by Blood-letting and Purging according to the method described in the Chapter Of the Bastard Peripneumonia If after all the Cough do not only continue to molest the Patient but by long and violent concussion of the Lungs hath exceedingly weakned them and thereby introduced a Pthisis or Consumption you must proceed thus Pour ten drops of Balsam of Peru into a spoonful of Syrup of Ground-Ivy or if the Patient dislike that of Sugar-candy and let him take it thrice a day drinking after it four ounces of the bitter Decoction prepared without the purging Ingredients or if that doth occasion a Looseness of his Belly let him diminish the Dose to three ounces But of all the Remedies that hitherto have been invented the most excellent and efficacious is for the Patient to take long and far Journies on Horse-back It is moreover to be observed thar Men or such as have already past the years of their Youth must spend more time in this exercise than if they were Boys or Young-men And truly the Peruvian Bark is not a mucn more certain Remedy for intermitting Fevers than in this Age Riding is for a Consumption Of
right Arm to the quantity of ten ounces and the next day take this Potion Take extracted Cassia one ounce Liquorish two drams four fat Figs Leaves of Sena two drams and a half Troches of Agaric one dram Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to four ounces then strain and dissolve in the liquor Manna one ounce solutive Syrup of Roses half an ounce But if he cannot take a Potion let him take two scruples of the Pills Cochiae the greater at four in the morning The day following let a Vein be open'd again and the same quantity of Blood extracted as formerly and the day after let the purging Medicine be again exhibited and afterwards repeated once in three days if the consideration of his strength do not require longer Intervals to be allow'd him Moreover if the Symptoms still continue he must be again let blood once twice or oftner interposing always some days as you see occasion but for the most part the second Letting of Blood will be sufficient In the mean time while this method is prosecuted let him use the Pectoral Decoction Eclegma and Oil of Sweet Almonds prescrib'd in the foregoing Chapter especially in the days that are free from Purgation Of the Rheumatism In this Disease they are first taken with coldness and shivering and the other symptoms of a Fever and after a day or two sometimes sooner they are seiz'd with a most sharp pain sometimes in one part and sometimes in another but especially in the Wrists Shoulders and Knees which it leaves and assaults by turns the part last affected remaining for some time after red and swoln The Fever wears off by degrees the pain still continuing yea and sometimes raging more cruelly than before In Rheumatic Aches of the Loins there is a most violent pain that remains fix'd about the region of the Loins and counterfeits the Stone only the sick person is not troubled with a desire to vomit He cannot lie in his Bed but either leaps out of it or sits upright in it perpetually tossing his body backwards and forwards The Blood is like that in a Pleurisie Let ten ounces of Blood be taken from the Arm of the side affected Take Water of Lettuce Purslain and Water-Lillies of each four ounces Syrup of Limons one ounce and a half Syrup of Violets one ounce Mix and make a Julep to be drunk at pleasure Prescribe an Emulsion of the four greater cold seeds and a Cataplasm of the Crums of white Bread and Milk ting'd with Saffron to be apply'd to the part affected The day after let the same quantity of Blood be taken away as before which must be repeated after a day or two and the same operation must be reiterated four times or oftner if need require Observing that after the second time there must still be greater intervals interpos'd In the days that are free from Phlebotomy let a Clyster of Sugared Milk be now and then injected or that which follows Take of the common Decoction for a Clyster one pound Syrup of Violets and Brown Sugar of each two ounces Mix them for a Clyster If the Patients Weakness will not permit the repeated taking away of his blood then after the second or third time the Cure is to be thus attempted Let him take the common Purging Potion every second day while his illness continues and the same nights a composing Draught of the Syrup of Meconium But if these Remedies prove ineffectual and the Feebleness of the Patient be such that he cannot bear any Evacuations let him use the Antiscorbutic Electuary and Water describ'd in the Chapter of the Scurvy which are also useful in the Scorbutic Rheumatism In young persons and such who are not much addicted to Wine the Rheumatism may be as happily cured by a very cooling and indifferently nourishing Diet as by repeated letting of blood which they cannot so well bear For example Let the Patient live only upon Whey four days together and afterwards besides his Whey he may once in the day instead of a Dinner eat a little Bread made of fine Flower till he perfectly recover Only during the last days of his Illness he may be allowed to eat another piece of Bread for his Supper After the ceasing of the Symptoms he may eat boil'd Chickens and other Meats of easy digestion observing every third day to feed only upon Whey till he be perfectly restor'd to his former Health Of the Erysipelatous Fever All the parts of the Body especially the Face are swoln red and full of pain The Face and Head are overspread with little thick Pimples which sometimes rise into Blisters the Eyes are hid under the Swelling Coldness Shivering and other signs of a Fever do also appear There is another species of this Disease caus'd by the drinking of attenuating Liquors in which there is a slight Fever accompanied with Wheals like the pushes that are caused by the pricking of Nettles which sometimes rise up into Blisters then immediately vanish and lurking under the skin where they occasion a very troublesome itching after scratching they appear again There is also another kind of Eruption which usually breaks out in the Breast and is a broad spot that hardly rises above the skin being scurfy and full of yellow Scales The Person affected with it is well so long as it continues but after its disappearing there follows a slight sickness and the Urine looks troubled and yellow It is cured with the same Remedies that are prescrib'd for a confirmed Itch. Let the Patient drink Wine and feed upon Meats of easy digestion Let a Vein be open'd in the Arm and nine or ten ounces of blood taken away The next day let the common purging Potion be exhibited Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows and Lillies of each one ounce Leaves of Mallows Elder and Base Mullein Flowers of Cammomil and Melilot Tops of St. Johns-wort and Lesser Centory of each one handful Lin-seed Fennyreek seed of each half an ounce Boil them in a convenient quantity of water to three pounds strain out the Liquor and when you use it add to every pound two ounces of Spirit of Wine Dip pieces of Woollen Cloth in this Decoction and having squeez'd them apply them hot twice every day anointing the part affected after fomentation with the following mixture Take half a pound of Spirit of Wine Treacle of Andromachus two ounces powder of Long Pepper and Cloves of each two drams Make a Mixture in which dip a piece of Brown Paper and wrap about the part affected If the first Letting of Blood be not sufficient let it be repeated and if the Disease still continue the same must be reiterated yet once and again interposing always one day In the days that are free from letting of blood prescribe a Clyster of Milk with Syrup of Violets and cooling Emulsions and Juleps Of the raging Itch and other inveterate Diseases of the Skin which are not curable by Letting of Blood and Purging
of each one Scruple with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Quinces make an Electuary of which let her take the quantity of a large Nutmeg in the morning and at five a clock in the afternoon drinking after it six Spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Water of Oak-buds and Plantane of each three ounces Barley Cinnamon Water and Syrup of dried Roses of each one ounce Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth to give it a grateful sharpness Take of the Leafs of Plantane and Nettles of each a convenient quantity Beat them together and press out the Juice of which being clarified let her take four or five Spoonfuls now and then at her pleasure After the first Purgation let the following Plaister be apply'd to the Region of the Loins Take of Vermilion plaister and the plaister for a Rupture of each an equal quantity Spread them on a piece of Leather for a plaister to be applied to the Region of the Loins Of the Hysterical Colic It is a certain kind or rather a very notable and usual Symptom of the Hysterical Disease which is accompany'd with a most sharp pain about the pit of the Breast and vomiting of green Humours First that the glut of the corrupt Humours lodged in the Stomach may not obstruct the efficacy of the quieting Medicine let a large quantity of posset as for example a Gallon and an half be swallowed down and cast forth again by vomiting After which exhibit 25 drops of liquid Laudanum in an ounce of strong Cinnamon Water plague Water or any other convenient Vehicle Concerning the use of the composing Medicine it is to be observed that they ought to be constantly repeated till the Symptoms wholly disappear interposing a convenient space between the Doses that so we may be able to judge of the effect of one before another be exhibited If the patient be of a sanguine Constitution nor hath been formerly subject to this Symptom or weakned by it then let a Vein be first opened before the use of the prescribed Vomit The Disease called The Hysterical Clavus is also cured by the same method But if the Hysterical Colic continue a great while and come by Fits then let the following things be given in the Intervals between the paroxysms Take a Dram of Zedoary reduced to fine powder and make a Bolus with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Citron pickle to be taken every morning and evening for 30 days together drinking the following Infusion after it Take half an ounce of Zedoary cut into small pieces Infuse it cold in four ounces of Canary Wine and after it hath stood twelve hours strain it for your use Or take Balsam of Peru as it is prescribed in the Chapter of the Colic of the people of Poictiers What is here said of the Hysterical Colic ought to be applied to the Hypochondriacal Colick And this also is to be heedfully observed The nature of both these Distempers seems in a peculiar manner to require that we should essay several Medicines till that at last be found out to which the Disease naturally yields tho for the most part Steel is in this case most effectual This kind of Colic both in Hypochondriacal and Hysterical persons doth often degenerate into the Jaundice which by degrees vanisheth of it self But if it continue long let the following Apozem be exhibited Take of the Roots of Madder such as Dyers use Turmerick of each one ounce greater Celandine the whole plant Tops of lesser Centory of each one handful Boil them in equal parts of Rhenish Wine and Spring Water to a Quart In the strained Liquor dissolve two ounces of the Syrup of the five Roots Make an Apozeme Dose half a pint warm every morning and evening till the patient recover Of the Jaundice when it doth not come after the Colick It is known by the following Signs a yellow colour of the whole Body with which also all Objects appear ting'd to the sick persons and it is chiefly conspicuous in the White of the Eyes an Itching Laziness and Weariness Bitterness of the Tongue sometimes cholerick Vomitings Hiccoughs White Excrements the Urine is of a Saffron colour and dyeth Cloths that are dipt therein of the same colour Exhibit the common purging potion and then prescribe the things that are here subjoin'd during the use of which let the purging potion be repeated every fourth day Take Conserve of Roman Wormwood Conserve of the yellow part of an Orenge of each one ounce preserved Angelica preserved Nutmeg compound powder of Aron and Steel prepared with Vinegar of each half an ounce extract of lesser Centory extract of Gentian and Cream of Tartar of each two drams English Saffron powdered half a dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the five Roots make an Electuary of which let the patient take the bigness of a Nutmeg every morning and at five in the afternoon or instead of the Electuary you may give Chalybeat or Steel Pills drinking after the morning Dose four pints of mineral purging Waters and half a pint of the Apozeme prescribed in the Chapter of the Hysterical Colic after the Dose that is taken in the afternoon But if any Signs of a Dropsy appear let the patient use the Apozem both in the morning and evening But if the obstinacy of the Disease will not be overcome by the long continued use of these Remedies let the sick person have recourse to the Iron or Spaw Waters which ought to be drunk at the Fountain head Of the Preservation from Abortion Use the same things that are prescribed in the Chapter of the Immoderate Flux of the Courses omitting only Purgation and the Juices Of the immoderate Flux of the Loches or Child-bed Purgations There are three things required to constitute a natural flowing of the Loches First pure Blood flowing copiously for the first three days then watery Blood like Water wherein Flesh hath been washed continuing about four days after and last of all tough and clammy matter coming forth during the five or six days next following and so onward to the end of the month Now the immoderate Flux of the Loches is to be estimated from the decay of strength Swooning the coming forth of clotted Blood Loathing of Meat Pain in the Hypochondria or under the Ribs Distension of the Belly a weak and frequent Pulse Dimness of Sight Noise in the Ears and Convulsions Let a thickning Diet be prescribed and the following Potion added Take of Plantane Water and Red Wine of each one pint boil them together till a third part be consumed then sweeten the liquor with a convenient quantity of fine white Sugar and let the Patient drink half a pint of it cold twice or thrice a day In the mean time let some mild Hysterical Julep be now and then exhibited and the following Bag applied to her Nose Take of Galbanum and Asa Faetida of each two drams Castoreum a dram and an half Volatil Salt
play in the Dark Thus we see that the Ignorant are the Quacks best Customers and who is there that hath read the Works of but one Learned Physician that would not tremble to put his Life into the Hands of a Mountebank These and divers other Considerations make me very inclinable to believe that if the greatest or at least the best part of Physical Books were put into such Languages as are commonly understood whatever particular and accidental Inconveniencies might possibly follow thereupon yet in the general both the Number and Credit of Quacks would be exceedingly diminished They would then be more easily discovered nor would they find so many Cullies Men would not fancy themselves able enough to be their own Physicians much less would they suffer themselves to be fooled by the Impudence of an Ignorant Impostor And of all the Books in the World this that I have taught to speak its Author's native Language seems to be one of the least dangerous to be read and understood by the Vnlearned 'T is true indeed that any Person that is Master of a tolerable Judgment and Capacity and shall read with Application any one Chapter of this Book especially of such as treat of Internal Diseases which are the Physicians peculiar Province will certainly be thereby very much improved in so important a Part of Knowledge But it is no less certain that this Improvement of his Knowledge will be equally for the Advantage of the Learned Physician and the Empiric ' Confusion as that which will enable him to discern the Skill and Sagacity of the Former and the Rashness and Ignorance of the Latter and consequently make him Love and Esteem the one as much as he will Detest and Contemn the other After all as I am confident that a honest and judicious Persons whether Phyâ—cians or others will ever Honor the Illustrioâ— Memory of my Author so neither am I altogether without Hopes that they will Excuse and perhaps also which is more than I either desire or pretend to deserve Thank The Translator The common Purging Potion TAke half an ounce of Tamarinds two drams of Sena Leaves one dram and a half of Rhubarb boil them in a sufficient quantity of Spring-water to three ounces Then strain them and dissolve in the liquor Manna and solutive Syrup of Roses of each one ounce Mix them for a Potion The Common Vomit Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus two ounces the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum one ounce Syrup of Clove-gilliflowers half an ounce mix them for a Vomit which is to be taken about four a Clock in the Afternoon drinking a large draught of Posset after every vomiting The Pearl Julep Take Black-cherry water Milk-water of each three ounces Barley Cinnamon-water â—e ounce Prepar'd Pearl a dram and an half â—ugar-candy as much as is sufficient add Daâ—ask-rose-water half a dram Mix them for a Julep Dose four or five spoonfuls in sickness for fainting fits The Cordial Julep Take Milk water Black-cherry water of each three ounces Plague water Syrup of Clove Gilliflowers Syrup of the Juice of Citrons of each half an ounce Mix them and make a Julep which is to be taken frequently The Decoction for a Diet-drink Take Roots of Sarsaparilla six ounces Sassafras and China of each two ounces Liquor ish one ounce boil them in two Gallons of Spring water for the space of half an hour after which let them stand in a close Vessel of hot ashes twelve hours then boil them again to the consumption of a third part of the water and assoon as you take the liquor from the fire infuse into it half an ounce of Anise seeds after it hath stood two hours more straâ— it and let it stand till it grow clear then poâ—â— off the liquor into Glass-bottles well stoppâ—â— and reserve it for use This is to be used fâ—â— ordinary drink and continued thirty days The Opening and Antiscorbutic Apozem Take the Roots of Grass Cichory Fenâ—â—â— and Asparagus of each one ounce Currans aâ—â— Raisins ston'd of each two ounces Leaves 〈◊〉 Liverwort Harts tongue and Maiden-hair 〈◊〉 each one handful Leaves of Brook-lime â—ded towards the end two handfuls boil them in a sufficient quantity of Spring water to two pounds or a quart to which toward the end add half a pint of Rhenish Wine Then strain them and while the liquor is yet hot infuse in it for two hours in a close Vessel one handful of the Leaves of Garden Scurvygrass After which strain again and add Syrup of the five Roots Syrup of Orange juice of each two ounces Barley Cinnamon water one ounce Mix them and make an Apozem the Dose of which is half a pint every morning and at 5 in the afternoon for fourteen days together The thickening Eclegma or licking Medicine for a Cough Take Oil of Sweet Almonds one ounce Syrups of Red Poppy of Purslain and of Juâ—ubes and the licking Medicine call'd Lohor â—anum of each half an ounce Sugar-candy a sufficient quantity Mix them in a Marble Mortar for the space of an hour and make a perfectly mix'd Licking Medicine which is to be kept in a Galley-pot for use It is to be taken frequently licking it off of a Liquorish stick An Eclegma that thickens more powerfully Take Conserve of Red Roses Syrup of Violets and of Meconium of each one ounce White Poppy Seeds three drams Beat them together and strain them through a Hair Sieve then add express'd Oil of Nutmeg six grains Make an Eclegma In a thin Defluxion Take Conserve of Red Roses two ounces Syrup of Meconium and of Jujubes of each one ounce Olibanum Mastick and Amber of each one dram express'd Oil of Nutmegs six grains Mix them and make a Lohoch which is to be lick'd often You may take twice every day a spoonful of this Eclegma pouring into it Balsam of Sulphurs anisated from eight to twelve drops Purging Ale Take Polypody of the Oak one pound Roots of Monks Rheubarb Sena Leaves and ston'd Raisins of each half a pound Rheubarb slic'd and Horse Radish Roots of each three ounces Leaves of Garden Scurvy-grass and Sage of each four handfuls four Orenges slic'd Infuse them in five or six gallons of Ale not hopped while it is fermenting and when it is ripen'd use it instead of your ordinary drink for fourteen or one and twenty days especially drink a draught of it every morning The Hysterical Plaister Take Galbanum dissolv'd in Tincture of Castoreum and strain'd three drams Taramahac two drams Make a Plaister for the Navel A Purging Medicine for young Infants Take one small spoonful of Syrup of Cichory with Rheubarb The bitter Purging Decoction Take of the bitter Decoction prepar'd with a double quantity of Sena four ounces Syrup of Buckthorn one ounce Electuary of the juice of Roses two drams Mix them for a Potion Of the Disease called in Women the Hysterical in Men the Hypochondraical Passion When by any grievous accident the Soul is troubled