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A76995 Paracelsus his Dispensatory and chirurgery. The dispensatory contains the choisest of his physical remedies. And all that can be desired of his chirurgery, you have in the treatises of wounds, ulcers, and aposthumes. / Faithfully Englished, by W.D.; Dispensatory and chirurgery Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; W. D. 1656 (1656) Wing B3541; Thomason E1628_1; ESTC R208971 143,934 437

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inflame_v by_o any_o disease_n that_o it_o can_v be_v in_o great_a torture_n the_o best_a thing_n we_o can_v use_v to_o take_v away_o this_o heat_n and_o pain_n be_v to_o eat_v arsmart_n those_o of_o ancient_a time_n when_o they_o use_v this_o herb_n they_o take_v away_o the_o bite_n of_o it_o by_o fry_a it_o with_o butter_n or_o oil_n and_o so_o do_v eat_v it_o and_o be_v so_o eat_v it_o cure_v those_o disease_n for_o which_o it_o be_v intend_v and_o further_o this_o herb_n by_o its_o benumb_a faculty_n be_v a_o remedy_n for_o putrefaction_n it_o take_v away_o the_o pain_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o lung_n cough_n pain_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o rise_n of_o the_o mother_n be_v outward_o apply_v it_o cure_v that_o extreme_a inflammation_n call_v st._n anthony_n fire_n and_o all_o other_o inflame_v ulcer_n but_o it_o must_v be_v wet_a in_o rose-water_n before_o it_o be_v lay_v on_o it_o cure_v likewise_o all_o pain_n which_o arise_v of_o corrosive_a humour_n or_o those_o subtle_a salt_n 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