others In this Preparation the Antimony is strip'd of its External Acid Sulphur And contains only some Vitriolic Particles which cause an Evacuation by provoking the Fibres of the Stomach to a Contraction and an Internal fix'd Sulphur which Composes the Irregular motions of the Spirits and Corroborates Nature Upon this Account it may justly claim the Privilege of being prefer'd to all other Preparations which rather cause than remove disorders It must be exhibited in infusion with Rhenish Wine or in the form of a Syrup In substance 't is both fallacious and hurtful In adjusting the Doses of the Infusion we must have a particular regard to the quantity of the Wine and not to the Powder infus'd For twenty Grains infus'd in three Ounces of Wine are no stronger than the infusion of five Grains in the like quantity Rhenish Wine is the best for infusing it in by reason of its Acidity and the easy Admission it vouchsafes to the Antimonial Particles The same remarks are to be observ'd in the use of Crocus Metallorum and Mercurius Vitae As for Example Take of Vitrum of Antimony or Crocus Metallorum or Mercurius Vitae four five six or eight Grains infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Rhenish Wine Let them stand in a warm place all Night In the Morning strain the Wine through a Paper and exhibit one Ounce or at most an Ounce and a half for a draught If ye please ye may add two Drams of Cinnamom Water 'T is a pretty enough Contrivance that some have of an Antimonial Cup into which they pour the Wine and let it stand in some warm place for the space of a Day Then strain it off and exhibit as above If a Syrup be more agreeable Take of Crocus Metallorum two Drams and two Scruples Infuse it for three Days in ten Drams of Wine Vinegar Let it stand in some hot place and shake the Vessel frequently Then strain it off and add ten Drams of Loaf Sugar Stop the Glass well and clap it into hot Water and the Sugar will dissolve Some add a Dram of the Essence of Red Poppy Flowers Or Take four or five Drams of Vitrum Antimonii infuse it in pure Wine Vinegar Let them stand in digestion for some Days and shake the Vessel now and then After some time strain it and add an equal quantity of Loaf Sugar Make a Syrup Dose three or four Drams and to those that are very robust six Drams Or thus Take Glass of Antimony in Powder half an Ounce or an Ounce Infuse it in half a Pound or a Pound of juice of Citrons that has stood till it grew in some measure clear Set them in a warm place for digestion and shake the Glass frequently Strain the Liquor and with a sufficient quantity of Sugar boyl it into a Syrup which may be prescrib'd thus Take of Mint Water six Drams or an Ounce Cinnamom Water two Drams This Emetic Syrup half an Ounce Syrup of Tobacco two Drams Mix for a Draught The Dose of the Emetic Syrup must be vary'd according to its Preparation Some exhibit these Antimonial Emetics in the form of a Conserve or Bolus As Take of Vitrum Antimonii in Powder one Ounce infuse it in a Pint of New Wine or Juice of Quinces Let 'em stand for digestion for some Days then strain it nicely through a Linnen Cloth or Paper and set the strained Liquor over a gentle fire to evaporate to the consistence of Honey or a soft Conserve Ye may give about the bigness of a Pease or two These are the safest and most usual Vomits next to them is Emetic Tartar which is an Antimonial Preparation but may safely be given in Powder 'T is true the general Maxim is that all Antimonial Vomits ought to be given in infusion but solid Emetic Tartar is in a manner the same with the infusion of Antimony in Wine For Tartar being the Natural Production of Wine is impregnated with the same Acid that equally rejects the Grosser and Noxious Parts of the Antimony as well in a solid as a liquid form The best Preparation of Emetic Tartar is made from Vitrum Antimonii thus Take Glass of Antimony two Ounces beat it up together with an equal quantity of Cream of Tartar boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Common Water and strain the liquor while 't is hot then expose it to the Cold Air and 't will run into Crystals Thus ye have Emetic Tartar both in a liquid and solid form The common Dose is two or three Grains or five to robuster Persons In Madness and Melancholly distempers we are oblig'd to augment the Dose The common form of Prescription is as follows Take of Emetic Tartar two three four or five Grains Sugar refin'd six or ten Grains Mix and make a Powder Ye may add two drops of distill'd Oyl of Mint Or if ye desire it should move the Belly two or three Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur thus Take two Grains of Emetic Tartar two or three Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur and four or five Grains of white Sugar Mix and make a Powder Which may be taken in a spoonful or two of Chicken Broth. The Sugar is added to give the Medicine a Body lest so small a quantity as two or three Grains should be lost or escape the view of the Patient If a Bolus be more Acceptable Take Conserve of Mint one Dram Emetic Tartar two Grains with a small quantity of Syrup of Cinnamom make a Bolus Or take Rob of Juniper half a Dram Emetic Tartar two Grains Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Orange Peel make a Bolus The Sulphur of Antimony call'd Auratum is likewise an Excellent Vomit if it be well prepar'd as thus Take of Antimony Tartar and Nitre of each equal quantities Melt the Antimony in a Crucible then throw the Tartar and Nitre into it Let the Sulphureous and Mercurial parts be separated by Detonation and afterwards separate the Regular or refined part from the Dross Dissolve the Dross in Common Water and precipitate the Sulphur with a solution of Tartar The Precipitation is best perform'd by Tartar by reason that it Mitigates the Acidity The Dose of this Sulphur is from five to six Grains As Take Cream of Tartar half a Scruple Sulphur of Antimony right prepar'd six Grains prepar'd Scammony two Grains mix and make a Powder These are the safest and mildest Vomits which may suffice for a Thousand Cases But sometimes when we meet with obstinat and inveterat distempers we have recourse to Mercurial Emerâ—â—s Pure Mercury is a Metallin Alcali which is easily fix'd by the addition of Acids and set at liberty by Alkali's But all Acids are not equally capable to fix it The Spirits of Nitre and Vitriol render it very fix'd whereas Spirit of Salt leaves it more Volatil Thus Mercury prepar'd with the former is not so readily sublimated as when joyn'd
not so easily diluted as otherwise This Salt is of an Alcalin nature contrary to that which causes immoderat Hunger The privative cause is the Defect of Saliva whose Office 't is to water those parts and dilute the Salts The remote external Causes are Purging Medicines Pepper Salt Spices Arsenic sublimat Mercury talking loud sleeping with the Mouth open c. The internal remote Causes are the prevalency of a bitter Oyl in the Choler depraving the Lymph an Oyly sharpness in the Saliva occasion'd by Catarrhs extravasation of Serum or Scorbutic glutinous Lymph the Deficiency Glutinosity and Saltish sharpness of the Saliva as in Feavers Phthisicks Hectics c. To which we may add the disorder diversion or paucity of the Spirits which hinder the due secretion of the Spittle as in the Instances of Weakness Fatigue Anger Pain c. The heat of the Blood in the Lungs and dejection of the Appetit in the Stomac have likewise a great hand in causing Thirst Sometimes Thirst is attended by a Feaverish heat at other times it is quite free of it as in Scorbutic Hydropic and Catarrhous cases In general a sudden Thirst without any visible cause prognosticates some Disease or other If the Tongue be dry the Mouth beset with a tough Phlegm and the Body oppress'd with heat and yet the Person be insensible of Thirst 't is an Argument of a Delirium or great disorder among the Animal Spirits or of the stupidity of the Tongue and adjacent parts and is justly look'd upon as a malignant Symtom If in drinking the Liquor makes a noise as it falls into the Stomac it is an Argument of the Disorder of the Stomac In Feavers it disappears together with them But in Chronical Distempers 't is not so easily shaken off As for the method of Cure the irritating Cause must be first remov'd by Medicines vary'd according to its Nature Such are partly austere Acids partly temperat Medicineâ— which correct the sharp or urinous or oyly or saline Particles The Acids are Wood-sorrel Prunes Citrons Quinces Oranges Pomgranates Rasberries Barberries Corants Cherries and all their Juices and especially Tamarinds which not only abate the Thirst but open the Body The Juice of Houseleek Vinegar Strawberry-water Tinctures of Roses of Viclets and of Dasies Cream of Tartar Spirits of Vitriol of Sulphur of Salt or the Spirit distill'd from equal Quantities of Sulphur Antimony and Vitriol drop'd into the ordinary Drink The temperate Remedies are Milk Whey clarify'd with Citrons Emulsions of Seeds Raisins Liquorice e. The second Indication of Cure is to augment the quantity of Serum and Spittle by exhibiting Liquids alter'd with Wine or Cinnamom or mix'd with acid Spirits Simple cold Water tho' commonly us'd is very noxious Besides 't is not convenient to throw in too large quantities of Liquors for fear of loading the Stomac therefore Gargles and Mucilages applied to the Tongue and Throat will not be improper As for the Forms of Recipe's these following will suffice Take of the Decoction of the Leaves and Roots of Wood-sorrel one Pound fresh Juice of Wood-sorrel three Ounces Syrup of Bay-berries and Pomgranats of each six Drams Mix them Take of the Decoction of Barly one Pound Juices of Citrons and of Quinces of each two Ounces Tinctures of the Flowers of Dasies and Roses of each two Drams Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an Ounce and a half Spirit of Salt as much as sufficeth Make a Julep Take of the Flowers of Dasies six Drams sprinkle 'em with Spirit of Sulphur and infuse 'em in two Pound of Barly-water till it extract a Tincture strain the Liquor and add three Ounces of the Syrup of Rasberries Take of Tamarinds two Ounces bruis'd small Raisins an Ounce and a half boil them in Water and infuse in the strain'd Liquor while 't is yet hot an Ounce of fresh Citron-peel When 't is cold strain it out and add half an Ounce of the Tincture of Roses Make a Julep Take of Barly-water a Pound and a half cinnamom-Cinnamom-water an Ounce purify'd Nitre or Nitrum Antimoniatum from a Dram to a Dram and a half Mix them for a Potion This and all Nitrous Potions are proper for such as do not agree with Acids In Scorbutic Phthysical and Hydropic Cases the Saltness of the Lymph and Spittle is admirably corrected by Whey mix'd with Juice of Citrons or with the Juices of Scurvy-grass and Wood-sorrel Spirits of Salt and of Nitre are likewise very proper Emulsions prepar'd from the cooling and milky Seeds and the Decoction of China with Raisins and Liquorice are likewise conducive to the same purpose Acids in this case are improper But Liquorice and Fennel-Seeds boil'd are much approv'd As Take of Barly a handful small Raisins bruis'd an ounce and a half Anniseeds Fennel seeds of each a Dram and a half Liquorice-roots six Drams Boyl them in fair Water till the fourth part be consum'd adding towards the end a Dram and a half of Cinnamon Strain out the Liquor of which the Patient may drink at pleasure Gargles of Water Small-beer or Water impregnated with Nitre or the Juice of Houseleek or Mucilages of Quince-seeds Fleawort-seeds c. extracted with Rose-water or Phlegm of Vitriol and mix'd with the Juice of Houseleek applied to the Tongue and held in the Mouth are very useful especially when the Tongue is black dry and rough Some healthy Persons are molested with Thirst every Morning for whom Wormwood-wine is very proper Others are thirsty thro' Labour Fatigue and Exercise for whom the Spirit of Wine is very convenient SECT III. Of the Diseases relating to the Chewing Faculty HAVING dispatch'd the Disorders of the Appetit which is the first Spring of Nourishment I am now arriv'd at the manner of receiving Food It is first receiv'd by the Mouth Chew'd and impregnated with Spittle which being of a fermentative Nature not unlike that of the ferment in the Stomach predisposes and prepares it for Digestion Now if the Power of Chewing be deficient or disorder'd 't is neither impregnated with Spittle nor cut small so as to be fit for Digestion The Disorders of this Nature are such as respect either the Muscles imploy'd in that Motion the Jaw-bones or the Teeth Of these in order CHAP. I. Of the Contorsion of the Muscles of the Mouth or a Dog Cramp THE Temporal Muscles and those common to the Cheeks and Lips are the Instruments which move the under Jaw-bone in order to joyn it with the upper in the Act of Chewing If they are seiz'd with Convulsions or Cramps the under Jaw-bone is inseparably united to the upper if they be Paralytic it falls down by its own weight and they are not able to fetch it up But these Cramps and Palsies never happen but when the whole Body is equally affected and then they yield to the general Cure If one part or side of these Muscles be seiz'd with Convulsions or Palsy while the other is sound the Mouth stands awry inclining
useful in Quartan Feavers The Water of Tobacco and the Roots of Swallow-wort boyl'd in Wine and Water are likewise approv'd Vomits in these cases But of all the vomiting Tribe Antimonials are the best as the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum or take of Mercurius vitae five or six Grains infuse in Rhenish or Wormwood-Wine for the space of a Night strain out the Wine and give an Ounce or ten Drams for a dose Or Take of Mynsicthius his Emetic Tartar two or three Grains Sal-armoniac twelve or fifteen Grains mix and exhibit in a warm Vehicle Or if Pills be more acceptable take of Ruffus's Pills de tribus fifteen Grains Mynsicthius's Emetic Tartar two or three Grains Scammony sulphurated one Grain with Essence of Lesser Centory make Pills Sala's Emetic Syrup may be given in any convenient Vehicle from three to six Drams Salt of Vitriol is very offensive to the Stomac The Pairings of Man's Nails is a Horse-Vomit IV. All Purgations in the beginning of Intermitting Feavers or while the Urine is yet crude are hurtful nay in the height of the Distemper when the Urin begins to appear muddy fierce Purgatives may do a great deal of mischief If Vomits do not succeed or the first passages be stuff'd with Humors gentle Purgatives may be exhibited after the third or fourth Paroxysm either on the Intermitting Day or the Fit day so as that the operation may be finish'd before the invasion of the Fit As Take of Tartar vitriolated twelve or fifteen Grains Scammony sulphurated three Grains Troches Alhardal two Grains distill'd Oil of Aniseeds or of Cloves two drops Mix for a gentle purging Powder Take of Tartar vitriolated Powder of Jalap of each half a Scruple Magistery of Scammony six Grains make a Powder Take of the Hepatic Red Powder and Tartar vitriolated of each eight Grains Scammony sulphurated five Grains make a Powder Take of Cream of Tartar half a Dram Powder of Jalap half a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain distill'd Oil of Aniseeds two drops Mix them Take of Cream of Tartar half a Dram Arcanum duplicatum fifteen Grains Powder of Jalap six Grains Make a Powder Take of Powder of Jalap fifteen Grains Scammony sulphurated three Grains depurated Nitre four Grains Salt of Tartar two Grains Make a Powder If Infusions be more acceptable Take of pick'd Senna three or four Drams Aniseeds bruis'd a Dram Salt of Tartar half a Dram. Infuse for the space of one Night in a sufficient quantity of Carduus Benedictus Water To three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Cinnamom-Water and Syrup of Apples of each half an Ounce Mix for a Potion It tastes prettily and purges very gently In Tertians the Dose of the Senna is lessen'd and Rhubarb added Take of pick'd Senna an Ounce crude Roots of Black Hellebor two Drams of Polypody of the Oak three Drams Salt of Tartar half a Dram boil them gently in clarifi'd Whey To Four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Tincture of Tartar a Scruple compound Syrup of Fumitory half an Ounce Mix as above Take of pick'd Senna an Ounce crude Black Hellebor and Ginger of each two Drams of the sharpest Salt of Tartar half a Dram tie them into a Bag which infuse in warm Water in a close Vessel Let it stand 'till it cool and reserve the Infusion in a Cellar for use of which let the Patient take a large draught every fit day about two Hours before the Paroxysm and likewise in the Intermitting Days especially in Quartans Take of Wormwood-tops half a handful Flowers of lesser Centory two little handfuls choice Rhubarb two Drams Black Hellebor Roots a Dram Cinnamom Salt of Tartar of each a Scruple Infuse them in Fumitory Water for the space of a Night in a warm place To three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add solutive Syrup of Roses three Drams Mix for one Dose Take of Water of Carduus Benedictus one or two Ounces extract of Black Hellebor a Scruple Aperitive Extract of Steel half a Scruple Troches Alhandal two or three Grains Syrup of Apples six Drams Make a Potion Take of Mint-Water an Ounce Cinnamom Water half a Dram Gum Ammoniac dissolved in Vinegar sixteen or twenty Grains Tartar vitriolated seven or ten Grains Scammony sulphurated three Grains Extract of Troches Alhandal half a Grain or a whole Grain solutive Syrup of Roses or of Apples two Drams Mix c. If Pills be more agreeable take fifteen Grains or a Scruple of the Extract call'd Catholicum or of Crollius's Extractum Panchymagogum Or Take of Quercetanus his Pills of Ammoniac or of his Tartar Pills fifteen or twenty Grains Extract of Wormwood six Grains Scammony sulphurated two Grains make Pills Or Take of Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac fifteen Grains Extract of Carduus Benedictus Extract of Wormwood of each four Grains Nitre prepar'd with Antimony six Grains Scammony prepar'd with juice of Roses one grain With Essence of Wormwood make Pills Take of Crollius's Extractum Panchymagogum fifteen grains Extract of Steel prepar'd with juice of Apples twelve grains Tartar vitriolated six grains Scammony sulphurated three grains With Essence of Steel make Pills Take of Ruffus's Pills de tribus sweet Mercury of each fifteen grains Scammony sulphurated three grains Extract of Troches Alhandal one grain make Pills If the form of a Bolus be desir'd take of Conserve of Roses half a Dram sweet Mercury a Scruple Scammony sulphurated five grains Make a Bolus Or Take of sweet Mercury fifteen grains Tartar vitriolated half a Scruple Scammony sulphurated three grains With Conserve of Roses make a Bolus Sweet Mercury attenuats the viscid Humors Scammony purges the sharp and bilious Humors In obstinat Quartans sweet Mercury mix'd with Mercurius vitae or Butyrum Antimony given in Substance are very effectual As likewise the following Powders taken before the Paroxysm Take of white Mechoacan two Drams white Pepper-Corns in number one-and-twenty prepar'd Crabs-Eyes one Ounce Make a Powder for three Doses Take of Cream of Tartar fifteen grains Scammony sulphurated three grains diaphoretic Antimony six grains Make a Powder Take of Powder of Cornachini a Scruple Troches Alhandal one grain distill'd Oyl of Mace two drops Make a Powder Take of Powder of Jalap twelve grains diaphoretic Antimony not dulcifi'd six seven or eight grains Mix and make a Powder Take of prepar'd Red Coral Salt of Wormwood or Mynsicthius his Arcanum Duplicatum of each from ten to fifteen grains Brendelius's Preparation of Scammony two three or four grains Mix c. Take of Arcanum Duplicatum half a Scruple diaphoretic Antimony five grains prepar'd Red Coral three grains Powder of Jalap six grains Scammony sulphurated two grains Make a Powder V. Carminative and Abstergent Clisters are very useful especially when Wind or a murmuring noise molests the Guts when grievous pains invade the region of the Loins proceeding from the Mesentery when a vomiting anxiety and straitness of the Breast afflict the Patient or when gnawing sharp Humours are
crouded into the Stomach while its Mouth is stubborn and not easily mov'd to vomiting as in Hypocondriac and the like cases In scorbutic Feavers attended by convulsive Pains of the Belly or Loins those made of Milk Sugar Hony and the Yelk of an Egg are very useful In Hypochondriac and Histeric Fevers the same Clysters are given or mix'd with Turpentin The carminative and gentle Abstersive Clysters are as follows Take of the carminative and emollient Ingredients of each a handful Salt of Pot-ashes two or three Drams Dross of Regulus Antimonii a Dram Boil in a sufficient quantity of Water To eight Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Electuary of Bay-Berries one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a Scruple Or Take of the carminative or emollient Ingredients two handfuls Salt of Tartar a Dram or two Boyl them in Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Electuary of Bayberries one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Amber half a Scruple and the Yelk of one Egg. Make a Clyster Take of Chamomil Flowers two handfuls Juniper-Berries one Ounce Aniseeds half an Ounce boil them in equal quantities of Water and Human Urine To eight Ounces of the Decoction strain'd add of lenitive Electuary one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Juniper Berries a Scruple Make a Clyster Take of Roman Chamomil one handful Bay-leaves and Elder-Flowers of each half a handful Angelica and Lovage Roots and Aniseeds of each six Drams boil them in Water To nine Ounces of the Decoction strain'd add Electuary of Bay-Berries and lenitive Electuary of each six Drams Antimonial Nitre a Scruple distill'd Oyl of Angelica Oyl of Bayberries and Oyl of Rue of each four grains with the Yelk of one Egg make a Clyster Take of Bay-Leaves and Elder-Flowers of each half a handful Chamomil-Flowers one handful Lovage Roots six drams Fenugrec Seeds half an Ounce Boil them in Water and Humane Urine Strain the Decoction and add to nine Ounces of it Electuary of Hiera with Agaric six Drams Electuary of Bay-berries three Drams distill'd Oyl of Angelica Caraways and Rue of each four drops Make a Clyster Take of the Leaves of Wormwood and Carduus Benedictus of each a handful Roots of Elecampane one Ounce Lovage Roots six Drams Juniper Berries one Ounce Salt of Tartar a Dram boil them in Whey And to eight Ounces of the strain'd Decoction add Electuary of Hiera with Agaric one Ounce Hony of Roses six Drams Sal Gem a Dram and a half Mix for a Clyster Take of Chamomil Flowers two handfuls Mint one handful Juniper Berries an Ounce boil them in Water and Human Urine and inject the warm Decoction In scorbutic Feavers the Clysters must be compos'd of Milk as take of Goats or Cows Milk from nine Ounces to a Pound Hony of Roses Hony of Rue of each an Ounce or an Ounce and a half and two Yelks of Eggs. Make a Clyster for two Injections This and all other Clysters ought always to be injected about an Hour or two before the Paroxysm VI. These general evacuations can never compass the cure unless follow'd by Diaphoretics 'T is true sweating Medicines ought not to be exhibited till after Vomiting c. But the Feaver is not right cur'd if they be totally omitted or Sweats do not insue 'T is true Hot sharp Aromatics are justly avoided but the saline Febrifuga's must not be neglected VII The sick Person must take care to have an empty Stomac when the fit comes VIII Diaphoretic Medicines are not to be given in the Paroxysm but an Hour or two before it in order to promote sweating in the end of the Fit for if that be wanting the Person is seiz'd with the Head-ach But withal 't is an improper way to procure Sweat by a heavy load of Coverings IX The Physician must observe nicely if a Tertian partakes of malignity If the Tongue be rough and black and the Person seiz'd with a sudden Weakness 't is a shroud evidence of a malignant Tertian In this case Emulsions of Citron Seeds with Alexipharmacal Medicines joyn'd to Febrifuga's are proper X. Spirit of Sal-Armoniac is an infallible comforter either in the Cold or Hot Fit In Scorbutic Feavers 't is of soevereign use if mix'd with Spirit of Scurvy-grass It may be given before the Paroxysm or on the intermitting Day Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Essence of Opium fifteen drops Mix for one Dose to be taken immediatly before the Paroxyism Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniac three drams Spirit of Harts-horn succinated a dram dose thirty or forty drops Take Water of Carduus Benedictus an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac half a dram or a dram Laudanum Opiatum two grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an ounce mix for a Potion before the Paroxysm Take of Mint Water one ounce Spirit of Salarmoniac half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves or of Amber two drops Syrup of Orange peel two drams mix as above If the cold Fit be very troublesome add a grain of Laudanum Opiatum In Scorbutic Feavers add Spirit of Scurvy-grass Take of Mint Water two ounces Cinnamom Water two drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Diaphoretic Antimony sixteen grains Syrup of Betony two drams mix as above Take of purify'd Sal-armoniac a scruple Antihectcum Poterii twelve or fifteen grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops make a Powder to be taken before the accession of the Fit Take of Sal-armoniac fifteen grains prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a Scruple Laudamim Opiatum one grain make a Powder and use as above Take of Antiscorbutic Water and Water of Carduus Benedictus of each an ounce and a half Spirit of Scurvy-grass or Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram prepar'd Crabs Eyes and Strobelbergerus his specific against Feavers of each a scruple Laudanum Opiatum two grains Forestus's Syrup of Scelotyrbium an ounce Mix c. XI When the cold Fit is extreamly violent the use of Spirit of Sal-armoniac may be confin'd to the intermitting Days and the fix'd Alcali Salts exhibited on the Fit Days As Take of Red Coral prepar'd Salt of Wormwood of each fifteen grains Laudanum Opiatum a grain distill'd Oyl of Cloves or of Juniper Berries two drops Make a Powder to be given in a warm Vehicle about an Hour or two before the Paroxysm in order to procure Sweat Or Take of Salt of Wormwood a scruple Volatil Salt of Harts-horn five grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder as above Or Take of Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains Volatil Salt of Harts-horn three grains prepar'd red Coral half a scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder c. Take of Salt of Wormwood two scruples prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony half a scruple Mix for three Doses to be exhibited before a Quartan Paroxysm Take of red Coral prepar'd Salt of Wormwood of each a Scruple Fulminating Gold six Grains Make a Powder Take of Harts horn prepar'd without Fire two Scruples Salt of Carduus Benedictus Salt of
grains or Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two Syrup of Carduus Benedictus an ounce Mix for two Doses in order to Sweat This is to be given in the beginning or increase of the Disease after the general Premises As likewise these following Take of Rue Water and that of Vipers-grass Roots of each an ounce of the Mixtura Simplex a dram rectify'd Spirit of Soot half a dram Syrup of Water Germander half an ounce Mix for two Doses Take of the Cordial Saxony Water an ounce Cinnamom Water half an ounce Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd two drams volatil Salt of Harts-horn a scruple volatil Salt of Amber half a scruple Syrup of Clove Gilly Flowers half an ounce Mix and give a spoonful frequently when Delirium's are threaten'd Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus Water of Goat Rue and that of Elder Flowers of each six drams Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd a dram and a half volatil Salt of Vipers a scruple Diascordium two drams Syrup of Carduus Benedictus six drams Mix for two Doses Take of the Water of Vipers-grass Roots and that of Water Germander and Vinegar of Wine of each an ounce Venice Triacle two drams Diaphoretic Antimony two scruples Camphyr six grains Syrup of Rasberries an ounce Mix for two or three Doses If the Heat be violent exchange the Triacle for Diascordium Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus and that of Water Germander of each an ounce and a half fresh Juice of Citrons six drams Venice Triacle a dram and a half mineral Bezoar half a dram Laudanum Opiatum a grain and a half Syrup of Mint dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre a sufficient quantity Mix for two Doses Take of the Conserve of Citrons and Conserve of Roses vitriolated of each an ounce and a half Rob of Juniper half an ounce Diascordium two drams Camphyr a scruple With Syrup of Citrons make an Electuary Take of Venice Triacle a dram Diaphoretic Antimony fifteen grains Salt of Wormwood half a scruple Mix for a Dose or two to be taken in Vinegar of Wine This is to be given in case of great Malignity When the Disease is further advanc'd towards the height volatil Sulphureous Medicines must be cautiously us'd As take of Fumitory Water three ounces Harts-horn prepar'd without Fire two scruples mineral Bezoar a scruple extract of Treacle six grains Syrup of Orange Peel three drams Mix for three Doses Myrrh may also be added Take of the simple Mixture six drams the Spirit de tribus distill'd from Antimony Sulphur and Nitre two drams Flowers of Sulphur a scruple Fumitory Water two drams Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce Make a Potion for one Dose Take of Diaphoretic Antimony Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a scruple volatil Salt of Harts-horn four or five grains volatil Salt of Amber two or three grains Camphyr two grains Make a Powder I have seen the good effects of this Powder in the case of Delirium's and imminent Convulsions Take of Harts-horn prepar'd without Fire a dram mineral Bezoar two scruples seal'd Earth and mineral Unicorn of each fifteen grains laudanum Opiatum prepar'd by fermentation four grains Make a Powder for four Doses Nitrum Antimoniatum Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold solar and Jovial Bezoar volatil Salt of Vipers and Myrrh are proper Ingredients for the same purpose Take of Sennertus's Bezoardic Powder prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each a scruple solar and Jovial Bezoar of each six grains Mix for two Doses Take of the red Powder of Pannonia fifteen grains Nitrum Antimoniatum twelve grains Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold five grains Make a Powder During the use of these or suchlike Alexipharmacal Prescriptions let Acid Mixtures be exhibited for quenching the Thirst and comforting the Spirits after sweating As Take two fresh Citrons slice ' em Add of white Sugar three ounces Vipers-grass Roots two or three drams Spring Water six pound Boyl them till two parts of three be evaporated and strain it for use Take of Mynsicthius his Decoction of Citrons a pound and a half Gelly of Harts-horn an ounce and a half Syrup of Cherries and Syrup of Rasberries of each an ounce with a sufficient quantity of the Juice of Citrons make a Julep Take of the Decoction of Harts-horn with the Roots of Vipers-grass one pound Tincture of Columbine Flowers and that of Piony Flowers of each a dram Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Syrup of Rasberries six drams with a sufficient quantity of the Spirit of Nitre make a Julep The Syrup of Poppies in case of violent Heat is added with good success Take of the shavings of Sassafras six drams boyl them in Water to a pound and a half of the strain'd Liquor add two ounces of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half of the Syrup of Citrons and a sufficient quantity of the Spirit of Nitre to render it grateful Take of the Decoction of Tamarinds with Raisins a Pound Syrup of the Juice of Citrons Syrup of Rasberries of each an ounce with a little of the Spirit of Nitre make a Potion Sometimes the Confection Alkermes or Diascordium or Diaphoretic Antimony is dissolv'd in these acid mixtures During the time of Swearing some apply a little Loaf hot from the Oven the under Crust being par'd off and the Heart excavated and fill'd with Triacle and Wine thus they apply it to the Navel to attract the Malignity If the Patient bleed at Nose which is a fatal Symptom apply a dry Toad to the Arm-pits or take of Vervain Water three ounces Spirit of Wine Comphoris'd an ounce Opium five grains Make an Epithema for the Forehead which is also of use to prevent Head-achs and Delirium's If the Stomac be much disorder'd apply to it a Plaister of Tacamphac Balsam of Peru and Venice Triacle If the Throat and Palat be dry without a slimy Crust make a Gargle of fair Water Spirit of Wine rectify'd and Hony If a Looseness attend a malignant Feaver exhibit two scruples of the red Powder of Pannonia or Venice Triacle mix'd with Opium and fix'd Sudorifics Prepar'd Harts-horn Bole Armenic seal'd Earth mineral Unicorn are also proper to be added to Alexipharmacal Ingredients If a malignant Feaver be attended by Heartburnings and gnawings of the Stomac violent Head-achs Watchings Deliriums and a grievous Prunella 't is call'd the Hungarian or Camp Feaver and is highly Contagious Vomits commence its Cure which ought be follow'd by Acid Juleps and fix'd or meagre Sudorifics The Hungarians are wont to Cure it by rubbing the Body with a Root of Garlic soak'd in Spirit of Wine and bruis'd and then covering up the Person in order to Sweat The Prunella is accounted for by washing the Mouth with a mixture of House-leek Water Juice of House-leek and Sal-Armoniac Some malignant Feavers are accompany'd by Spots in the Skin resembling Flea-bitings These Spots are also compatible to some Tertian and Scorbutic Feavers that are not tinctur'd with Malignity When they attend malign Feavers they
preparations from Antimony fix'd with Tin and Steel To these we join other Balmy Ingredients viz. Amber Aloes Myrrh especially when the Phthisic is not far advanc'd nor the Hectic very troublesome Together with the pectoral specifics viz. Tragacanth Elecampane Roots Sperma Ceti given to half a dram in a Potch'd Egg Orris Roots the Conserve of Roses Bole-armenic seal'd Earth Blood-stone and the Mushroom of a Willow given to half a dram in the Conserve of Ground Ivy all which are very useful for tempering the acrimony of the Blood and Chyle But before we commence the use of Specifics a Vomit ought to be exhibited for cleansing the first Passages The Decoctions of Woods especially China and Sassafras together with Elecampane Liquorice Raisins and Vulnerary Ingredients are of singular efficacy in this Case Their Rosinous Sulphureous substance is at once qualify'd for tempering the sharpness of the Humors evacuating the corrupt Matter and cleansing the Ulcer But whoever would reap benefit by these Decoctions must resolve to Drink nothing else Narcotics especially the Pills of Storax are of good use for promoting the Maturation and Concoction of the matter in the Lungs curbing the dry Night Coughs and preventing Night-sweats Phthisical Persons admit of large Doses and persist long in the use of 'em without detriment Towards the height of the Disease when Respiration is difficult and a great deal of Viscous matter lyes ready for expectoration 't is convevient to discontinue their use In regard of the ulcerated Bowel the vulnerary Specifics and the baling Ingredients above-mention'd are calculated for its relief Ground Ivy Chervil Scabious and male Speedwel especially the first or its Juice ought never to be omitted Some commend Indian Cresses and Rosasolis In Scorbutic Cases 't is proper to add Antiscorbutic Ingredients If the Hectic do not Prohibit the use of Balsams we may add the Balsam of Sulphur Balsam of Peru Turpentin dissolv'd with the yelk of an Egg Myrrh c. Some recommend the Decoction of Penny-Royal Others the volatil Salt of Harts-horn and its Spirit tinctur'd with Balsam of Sulphur the Spirit of Ants the Spirit and volatil Salt of Man's Urine and the like but if the Disease be inveterat and the Lungs ulcerated they are very improper Perhaps after chronical Diseases or when the Chyle is not distributed thro' the Body they may be of some use The dry tickling Cough and Night-sweats that usually molest Phthisical Persons are abated by incrassating Medicines mix'd with Opiats But Treacle and hot Compositions ought to be avoided For cleansing the Ulcer in the Lungs and bringing up the viscous Matter the Syrup of Tobacco ought to be mix'd with the other expectorating Ingredients And if the Matter stink or if the Person spit very much let Myrrh and Hony be always added But if a Feaver or melting Looseness accompany a Phthisic let Hony be avoided and absorbent earthy Powders exhibited The Food of Phthisical Persons ought to be such as yields a substantial glutinous Juice such as Eggs Raisins Oysters River Crabs and Milk They ought to avoid drinking much and what they Drink may be impregnated with Fumes of Sulphur Of Wines the sweetest are the best As for Air those that are emaciated and wither'd require a thick Sulphureous Air whereas those that are otherwise find their account in breathing in a clear dry Air. It remains now to subjoin a few Receipts in order to exemplify the complication of the above-mention'd Ingredients Take of Sal-Armoniac and Nitre purify'd of each half an ounce the Powders of the Roots of Liquorice and Florentine Orris of each an ounce Mix and Exhibit as much as will lye upon the point of a Knife Morning and Evening remembring still the Cautions above-mention'd with respect to Acids Take of the Roots of Cuckow-pint four ounces Roots of Florentin Orris three Ounces Flowers of Benzoin an ounce and a half Flowers of Sulphur an ounce Poterius's Antihectic two ounces with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make a Powder to be given to a dram before Supper and at Bed time in the Decoction of China Roots for tempering the Acrimony of the Humors Take of the Kernel of the Pine Apple half an ounce white Poppy Seeds two drams with Scabious and Colts-foot Water make an Emulsion to which add of Ivory prepar'd without fire half a dram prepar'd Crabs Eyes and Mother of Pearls of each a scruple and sweeten it with Pearled Sugar Take of Diaphoretic Antimony a dram and half Flowers of Sulphur half a dram the Powder Diaireos and Diatragacanthon Frigidae and prepar'd white Amber of each a dram extract of Elecampane half a dram Balsam of Sulphur Anisated half a dram Sugar dissolv'd in Fennel Water four Ounces Make Tablets of which take eight thrice a Day follow'd by a Draught of the Decoction of Ground Ivy and Chervil Take of the Conserve of Ground Ivy an ounce Crabs Eyes and Poterius's Antihectic of each half a dram prepar'd Amber two scruples Benzoin a scruple with Willis's Syrup Diasulphuris make an Electuary and add some grains of Laudanum Opiatum if it be Convenient Take of Guajacum Wood three ounces Guajacum Roots and China Roots of each an ounce Elecampane and Burdock Roots of each two ounces Juniper Berries three drams Leaves of Speedwel two handfuls Ground Ivy a handful Infuse 'em for twenty four Hours in twelve pound of fair Water Then Boyl the half away and add towards the end Anis and Fennel Seeds of each an ounce and a half Liquorice Roots an ounce Strain the Liquor and exhibit a Draught every Morning adding twelve drops of the Turpentine Balsam of Sulphur or forty of that prepar'd with Oyl of sweet Almonds Take of Ground Ivy Chervil and Male Speedwel of each a handful Elecampane Roots an ounce and a half Roots of Florentine Orris an ounce Anis-seeds three drams Fennel-seed two drams Figs four in Number Corrants an ounce and a half Liquorice Roots six drams boyl them in Water for a vulnerary Decoction to be sweeten'd with the Syrup of Ground Ivy. And add to every Draught forty drops of Elixyr Proprietatis or half a dram of Sperma Coeti or some drops of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac mix'd with the Tincture of Sulphur Take of Poterius's Antihectic a Scruple Sugar of Lead half a scruple Extract of Saffron four or five grains Laudanum Opiatum two or four grains With Balsam of Peru make Pills for two Doses to be taken at Night to prevent Coughing and Sweating in the Night time Take of prepar'd Amber half a scruple choice Myrrh and valatil Salt of Amber of each five grains Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two With the Essence of Myrrh make Pills Take of the Conserve of Ground Ivy Conserve of Scabious of each an ounce and a half fresh Pine Apples half an ounce Ivory prepar'd without fire a dram Poterius's Antihectic and Flowers of Sulphur of each two scruples With Syrup of Tobacco make an Electuary for attenuating and expectorating Viscid
ought always to be dissolv'd in a watry Vehicle that so its Rosin may be separated Sometimes we mix Laxatives with Specific Alteratives and continue their use for some time And whet 'em if there be occasion with Coloquintida or Troches Alhandal Raisins Prunes Tamarinds and ripe sweet Apples or their express'd Juice are of great efficacy against Costiveness But Sugar and other sweet things ought to be carefully avoided Rhubarb or Cream of Tartar sharpen'd with Powder of Jalap are recommended to such as are of a juicy Constitution As for the forms of Receipts they are as follows Take of Quercetanus's Pills call'd Melanagogae a Dram and a half Extract of Senna Leaves half a Dram Rosin of Jalap a dram and six grains Tartar vitriolated thirteen grains volatil salt of Amber a scruple the Seeds of Mustard Scurvy-grass and Garden Cresses of each half a dram With some Antiscorbutic Water make Pills This is the Composition of Timaeus his Antiscorbutic Pills of which a scruple or half a dram is a Dose Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agaric twelve grains Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a scruple Scammony sulphurated two grains With the Essence of Steel make Pills Take of Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac a scruple sweet Mercury fifteen grains Extract of Troches Alhandal two grains the distill'd Oyl of Caraways two drops With the Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills The Vitriol of Steel calcin'd white and the Extract of Steel prepar'd with Juice of Apples may be added by Turns The Extract of black Hellebor is also a proper Basis for Pills Take of the Aperitive Crocus of Steel a scruple Scammony sulphurated and Salt of Tartar of each five grains Make a Powder Take of the fresh Leaves of Scurvy-grass Garden Cresses and Rose-mary of each a handful fresh Horse Radish Roots an ounce and a half pick'd Senna Leaves an ounce choice Rhubarb half an ounce Crude black Hellebor three drams Juniper Berries six drams Cinnamon and Galangal of each a dram and a half Salt of Tartar three drams Tye 'em in a Bag to be infus'd in Wormwood Wine of which let the Patient take a draught Morning and Evening Take of Wormwood three handfuls lesser Centory two handfuls black Hellebor Roots three ounces Polypody of the Oak an ounce and a half Bark of the Ash-tree and white Tartar of each half an ounce filings of Steel three drams Sprinkle 'em with nine Drops of the dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre and tye 'em in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Take of pick'd Senna Leaves two drams Polypody Roots three drams black Hellebor Roots two scruples Ginger half a scruple Salt of Tartar a scruple infuse 'em for the space of a Day in Whey then boyl 'em gently To three ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of the Spirit of Scurvy-grass a scruple Syrup of Apples three drams Mix for one Dose Take of Corants two ounces Bruise and boyl them in Water adding while the Water is yet hot pickt Senna Leaves three drams Violet Flowers three little handfuls Cream of Tartar a dram Let 'em stand for some time in a hot place then strain the Liquor for use Take of the Pulp of Corants three ounces Arcanum Duplicatum a dram purify'd Sal-Armoniac and the Powder call'd Diatrion Pipereon of each two Scruples With the Syrup of Apples make an Electuary for nine or twelve Doses After Purgatives we subjoyn Emollient abstergent Clysters especially those of Carminative Ingredients boyl'd in Childs Urine against Hypochondriac pains in the Belly those of Milk and Turpentine against Nephritic pains and those of Whey or rather of Milk injected every other Day in a confirm'd Scurvy As Take of Cows Milk nine ounces Lenitive Electuary an ounce Electuary of Bay-Berries half an ounce With the yelk of one Egg make a Clyster to be injected at Bed-time and retain'd all Night Some inject the Decoction of Elder Flowers and Henbane Leaves in Milk against Scorbutical Pains The Patient's Body being thus prepar'd we advance to Alteratives Such are Steel and all fix'd Salts or whatever subdues an Acid. To these we joyn either the Aperients Diuretics and bitter Stomachical Aromatics or the Spirituous volatil Salts Thus the filings of Steel all its Aperitive Crocus's the vitriol of Steel calcin'd the solar Liquor of Steel the natural Spaws consisting of Steel dissolv'd in Sulphur the Tincture of the vitriol of Steel the solution of Steel prepar'd with the juice of sweet Apples and mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony Chalybeat Bezoar the Bezoar Stone c. These I say are all of good use But when the Bowels are stuff'd or threaten'd with hard swellings they are improper Besides while Spaw Waters are drunk 't will be requisite to defend the Stomac by some Stomachical Ointment or Plaister Next to Steel are the bitter Plants dedicated to the Stomac and Spleen such are Fumitory lesser Centory Juniper Barries Wormwood Agrimony Cuckow-pint and Elecampane Their Decoctions Essences and above all their fix'd Salts and the Salt taken from the Caput Mortuum of the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac Mynsichtius's Arcanum Duplicatum is of excellent use especially when the Person is lyable to flushings and sudden Inflammations Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid and mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and that of Sal-Armoniac is also proper The volatil Salt and Spirit of Tartar the Tincture of Tartar mix'd with the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and given to forty Drops the Garminative Spirit prepar'd from Tartar Nitre and Spirit of Wine the Spirit distill'd from a Mixture of Quick-lime Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aromatics the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Antiscorbutic Spirits and espepecially the Liquor of the Terra Foliata of Tartar mix'd with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac are very much approv'd both in the Hypocondriac and Scorbutical Distemper especially when the Person is lyable to Heats and Flushings and apt to be offended by the Oily Aromatic Ingredients In which case purify'd or Antimonial Nitre is also useful Nay some are very diffuse in their Encomium's upon a mixture of Nitre and the Powder Diacumini The forms of Alterative Recipe's are such as these following Take of the Conserve of Fumitory an ounce and a half Confection Alchermes a dram and a half Crude Steel pulveris'd three drams Magistery of Coral prepar'd with the Juice of Citrons a dram With the Syrup of Apples make an Electuary Take of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Oyl of Sassafras two drams Dose fifty drops Take of Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Oyl of Cloves two drams Spirit of Scurvy-grass a dram and a half Dose forty drops thrice a Day Take of Fumitory Water two ounces Borrage and Bugloss Waters of each an ounce Carminative Spirit de tribus two drams prepar'd red Coral a dram Syrup of red Poppies half an ounce Mix and exhibit a spoonful now and then in
the Hypochondriacal Fit The Specifics that are peculiarly devoted to the Scurvy are of two sorts 1. Such are the volatil sharp Ingredients that amend the indisposition of the Blood 2. Balmy Oily Medicines that repair the losses of the solid and nervous Pasts Of the first sort are Scurvy-grass Marsh Trefoyl Water Cresses Celandin Pilewort the Herb call'd Trinity Arsmart especially its distill'd Water Horse Radishes Mustard-seeds and those of Garden Cresses Rockets Scurvy-grass and Columbines To these we add the Juice of Sorrel Citrons Oranges and such like Acids to temper the volatil sharpness that frequently offends young hot Constitutions Of the latter sort are the Buds and Bark of the Pine or Fir Tree the Pine Apple or Pine Wood Sassafras Guajacum China Roots Juniper Wood Winter Cinnamon the Rinds of the Ash-tree Tamarisk Citrons and Oranges Water Germander Fumitory Wormwood Elecampane Zedoary Galangal Angelica Lovage the Fruit of the Knotberry-bush and its Electuary Cacao Nuts the flowers of Broom St. John's wort Elder and Saffron Earth-worms and Goose Dung given to a dram in Wine The Antiscorbutics of the former sort being volatil wo'nt admit of Decoction Upon which account we choose to infuse 'em in Wine for Cold in Whey for Bilious and in Milk for dry wither'd Constitutions As Take of fresh Scurvy-grass Fumitory and Water-cresses of each a handful Horse Radish Roots three ounces fresh Elecampane Roots an ounce Corants six drams Cut bruise and tye them in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Whey or Milk of which exhibit a draught thrice a Day If they be infus'd in Wine 't will be proper to add half a dram of Crabs-eyes to every draught for preventing the bad effects of the acidity that prevails in Wine Take of fresh Scurvy-grass and Water-cresses of each a handful Elecampane Roots an ounce and a half Acorus Roots an ounce Shavings of Sassafras and Filings of Steel of each two ounces Orange-peel Citron-peel and Galangal of each two drams Tye 'em in a Bag as above If we desire to render 'em Purgative we add Senna Leaves black Hellebor Rhubarb and Salt of Tartar Take of the Juices of Scurvy-grass Water-cresses and Fumitory of each three ounces Ciâ—â—ons and Wood-sorrel of each two ounces clarify'd Goats-whey three pound Let 'em stand till they become clear then strain the Liquor and give five ounces for a Dose twice a Day adding to every Draught a convenient quantity of the Essence of Steel prepar'd with the Juice of Apples Take of the Chalybeat Cachectic Powder two drams Cuckow-pint Roots and Arcanum Duplicatum of each a dram distill'd Oyl of Scurvy-grass eight drops Make a Powder From the above-mentioned Simples we draw Spirits First by Fermentation then by frequent Cohobation upon fresh Ingredients These Spirits digested with the extract of Steel or with the extract and thicken'd juice of the other Ingredients yield noble antiscorbutic Essences that are given from half a dram to a dram To these we frequently joyn the distill'd Oyls of the same Plants and the volatil Spirits of Animals especially the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and that of Earth-Worms Of the balmy Antiscorbutics that are calculated for the disorder of the Nerves and solid parts Sassafras China Roots the wild Pine-tree and the Pine-apple are the most noted As Take of the Buds of the wild Pine-tree two ounces China Roots sliced an ounce infuse 'em in two pounds of Ale and boyl 'em till the half evaporat Exhibit a draught of the strain'd Liquor warm Morning and Evening in order to sweat Juniper-berries Fir-tops and Raisins are also proper Antiscorbutics The extract of Juniper-berries or the thicken'd decoction of the Pine-apple reduc'd to Essences with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass are admirable for this purpose being given from forty to fifty drops But withal we ought to take notice that all Remedies prepar'd from the Pine-tree are enrich'd with a plentiful volatil Oyl that dejects the Appetit and if too long us'd causes Feavers Pushes or cuticular Eruptions in young People But both the Indications of subduing the scorbutical Acid and relieving the solid parts are admirably accounted for by a Milk diet The time of exhibiting Milk is after the general Evacuations and the use of Steel Goats Milk is accounted the best and for those who are feaverish we choose Whey If the Patient be of a lean dry Constitution and if the scorbutical Acid be fiery and sharp Milk alone is best But otherwise we boyl antiscorbutical Ingredients in the Milk or add their Juices and Spirits As Take of Goat's Whey a quart and boyl it in a close Vessel with a handful of fresh Fumitory leaves Then strain it and add to every draught twenty drops of the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and a little Sugar to prevent its curdling Thus let the Patient continue the use of it for some time interlacing a laxative every fourth day remembring always to walk after taking it in order to promote Urin and abstain from Wine and acid Liquors This method of infusing or boyling antiscorbuticks in Milk ought to be follow'd during the Spring and Summer but in the Autumn Wine is the more proper Vehicle The general Cure of the Scurvy being thus dispatch'd it remains to account for its particular Symptoms These are I. The Laxity Swelling Bleeding Ulceration or Putrifaction of the Gums For removing such Inconveniencies we use Gargarisms Tinctures Powders and Ointments The Gargarisms are made of the juice of Sage and Scurvy-grass or the Decoction of Sage and Scurvy-grass in Milk Whey or Wine Or of Privat-wood Pine-tree tops Cresses and Allum in Milk Whey or Wine To which we add by turns Snake-weed Roots Tormentil Birthwort Myrrh Lac Spirit of Salt c. As Take of Sage-leaves three handfuls Scurvy-grass and Water-cresses of each half a handful Flowers of Mallows two handfuls Polipody Roots six drams Boyl them in two pound of fair Water till the half be consum'd Then strain the Liquor and add of the Hony of Roses an ounce and a half burnt Allum a dram purify'd Nitre three drams seal'd Earth and Florentin Lac of each a dram Mix for a Gargarism If the Gums are putrify'd boyl Lesser Centory Plantan Savin Water Germander Roses Birthwort Roots and Mastic in austere Wine and add to a pound and a half of the strain'd Decoction an ounce and a half of the Ointment Aegyptiacum and a dram and a half of crude Allum Take of Plantan Self-heal and rose-Rose-water of each four Ounces Tincture of Roses Spirit of Scurvy-grass of each two drams Spirit of Salt Spirit of Vitriol of each a scruple Mix and rub the Gums After Gargarising the Mouth 't is proper to rub the Gums with Tinctures especially Mynsichtius his Tincture of Lac which may be improv'd by adding Myrrh and shifting the Phlegm of Allum for that of Vitriol The following Tincture is also very effectual viz. Pour warm Water upon Quick-lime and boyl it then let it stand till it be clear and strain it Draw off this strain'd Lye till a
a wet one Sometimes critical Loosenesses give the solution of the Distemper As for Epiphora's if they prove inveterat in adult Persons they degenerat to a Fistula Lacrymalis which is oft-times incurable As for the Cure When the Inflammation proceeds from external Causes a few external Medicines may give relief But when the Cause is internal we proceed thus First of all we open a Vein in the Leg then in the Arm and aftewards but not sooner in the Forehead if it can be done without straitening the Neck In desperat cases we open the Jugular Veins and sometimes the Temporal Artery Blistering Plaisters appli'd to the nape of the Neck are of excellent use as occasioning a plentiful Flux of Blood into the outer branch of the Artery of the Neck which must needs drain the inner-branch that visits the Eyes They are best prepar'd of Emplastrum Citrinum mix'd with the Powder of Spanish Flies whout Acids and the Blisters ought to be kept long open with the Plaister of Ceruss mix'd with a small quantity of the Powder of Spanish Flies In Hydropical Persons or such whose Skin does not easily heal Blistering Plaisters may be omitted In difficult Cases we order Issues in the Arm or Leg of the same side with the inflam'd Eye and a Setum in the Neck Instead of a Setum some chuse to make a sort of Issue in the Ear thus Take the Root of Hellebor or Mezereon dry it and slice it into little round pieces which macerat in the solution of Nitre in Water or the Lye of the Ashes of Vine-twigs Then bore a Hole in the Ear and promote its suppuration for three Days with a thread cover'd with Butter and then put in one of these pieces thus prepar'd renewing 'em every day Internally we exhibit Jalap for a Purge and the Decoctions of China-Roots Sassafras Sarsaparilla and Juniper-Wood to which we add the Cephalic Dryers such as Fennel Eye-bright Valerian Betony Rosemary and their Essences If the Inflammation proceed from Mineral Fumes we give Mineral Preparations inwardly In external Applications we ought to avoid Opium and Milk tho' commonly usâ—d The former shuts the Pores and promotes a Gangrene the latter is also charg'd with the same Crime and besides is apt to Curdle and become Acid and by consequence must needs be prejudicial to the Eyes In the beginning of the Distemper while the heat pain redness and sharpness of the Rheum prevail absorbent Powders are proper such as Tutty Ceruss Chalk Flowers of Tin Crabs-Eyes Calaminar-stone c. In general the Water of Frogs-spawn the Water distill'd from bruis'd River-Crabs when they begin to putrifie and distill'd again with the Juice of Celandin the Oyl or Liquor per deliquium of Blew-bottle or Succory flowers they being gather'd in the Morning when wet with the Dew and put into a thick Glass encompass'd with a thick Crust of Dough and so baked in an Oven 'till they melt into Liquor the Phlegm of the Spirit of Vitriol the Oyl of Sugar per Deliquium or Sugar it self ground in a new Tin Platter 'till it become livid the Sugar of Lead Camphyr the mucilages of Flea-wort and Quince-seeds extracted with Celandin Water the Phlegm of Allum Whites of Eggs the strain'd Decoction of the Litharge of Gold in Vinegar the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum or the Glass of Antimony and in the height of the Distemper Collyriums prepar'd with white Vitriol are all approv'd Medicines If the Inflammation proceed from external Causes the above mention'd Mucilages or a piece of raw Beef or Veal applied to the Eye will finish the Cure If the Rheum be very sharp and corrosive we insist much upon fix'd absorbent Powders if it be thick and slimy diluting Medicines and gentle Astringents are convenient These Ingredients are prescrib'd in various Forms As Take of the mucilages of the Seeds of Quinces Clary and Fenugrec extracted with Celandin Water of each half an ounce Sugar of Lead twelve grains With Fennel or Eye-bright-water make a Collyrium Take of Plantan and Eye-bright-water of each an ounce prepar'd Tutty half a Scruple Camphyr five grains Saffron two grains Make a Collyrium to be us'd after the Small-Pox Take of Tormentil or Plantan-Water of each an ounce mix 'em with the White of an Egg and ten grains of Allum And apply it warm to the Eyes Take of the Glass of Antimony in Powder from ten to fifteen grains infuse 'em in three ounces of the Water of Frogs Spawn Let 'em stand all Night in a hot place Strain the Liquor in the Morning and add to it ten grains of the Sugar of Lead in fine Powder and six grains of Camphyr Take an Egg boil it hard and take out the Yelk putting into its place six grains of the Sugar of Lead eight grains of white Vitriol two grains of Camphyr and half an ounce of the Hony of Roses When they 're melted squeeze out the Liquor and drop it into the Eye especially when the Rheum is slimy and apt to make the Eye-lids stick togethet Take of rose-Rose-water and plantan-Plantan-water of each two ounces night-shade-Night-shade-water an ounce white Vitriol a scruple dissolve and strain then add a scruple of prepar'd Tutty Make a Collyrium in which dip a Clout and apply it warm to the Eyes about the height of the Distemper Take of the Ointment Diapompholigos and that of Tutty of each two drams prepar'd Pearl Coral Crabbs-Eyes Tutty and Sugar of Lead of each a Scruple Camphyr twelve grains Leaves of Gold and Silver of each four Make an Ointment With which anoint the lower part of the Eye-lids and put about the bigness of a Lentil into the corner of the Eye Take of sweet Apples roasted three in number boil them in eye-bright-Eye-bright-water 'till they be soft beat their Pulp thro' a sieve and add of prepar'd Tutty two Drams Camphyr ten grains Saffron four grains Make a Cataplasm for allaying the Pain and Heat Take of fresh Butter half an ounce Sugar of Lead prepar'd Tutty and Calaminar stone of each a scruple Camphyr a grain Make a Liniment for anointing the Eye-lids in a dry Inflammation A serous Inflammation is cur'd by extracting the external Objects that disturb the Eye or correcting the Acrimony of the Lymph or strengthening the Glandules For the first purpose we apply to the Eye a Crabs Eye making its hollow part to touch the apple of the Eye or a Seed of Clary or we make use of Instruments such as Hildanus recommends The Second Indication is accounted for in the Chapter of Catarrhs The Third is compass'd by moderat Astringents outwardly applied such as the Decoction of the Rinds of Pomgranats with Chamomil-Flowers especially after the Small Pox the infusion of Tormentil Roots and Allum in Plantan and Rose-water or of Tutty in Fennel-water the Powder of Citron Myrobalans infus'd three or four times in Rose-water and dry'd a-fresh every time the Liquor that flows from a Willow cut in the Spring the Decoction of dry'd Rue in
Prognostic of Empyema's those of the Brain attended by Vomiting are Mortal nay oft-times the Patient dies before the clotted Blood come to a Head Those of the Abdomen are frequently discharg'd by Imposthumes in the Groyn Those of the Breast if they be not cur'd betimes are apt to cause Phthisics and Consumptions If white smooth Purulent Matter be voided by Stool or Urine or copiously expectorated in an Empyema of the Breast and if the Thirst Inappetency Feaver and difficulty of Breathing relent 't is a good Omen But the reverse of these Circumstances is fatal The Cure consists in dissolving and evacuating the clotted Blood or promoting its suppuration evacuating the Pus and restoring the injur'd part to its due strength As for the evacuating Indication the efforts of Nature must be our Directory as if it incline to void the Matter by Urine Sweat or Stool it must be accordingly assisted If the clotted Blood be lodg'd in the Abdomen we give it Vent by a Paracentesis if in the Breast by opening the interval between the fifth and sixth Ribs reckoning downwards if in the Brain by a Trepanation All these Operations are both proper and safe if they be perform'd betimes and not put off till the Patient's strength be exhausted or the Matter be alter'd and render'd unfit for evacuation If it come by a prick we inlarge the Orifice of the Wound If the Person be Plethoric and the Blood be apt to boyl high or if the Evil was occasion'd by a Fall or Bruise Bleeding will be requisit especially that for Revulsion according to the Circumstances of the part As for internal Medicines The first in order are those which dissolve and disengage clotty Blood Such are the Decoction of Madder in Wine the Tincture of the lesser Dasies the Decoction of the Roots Leaves and Flowers of Arnic in Ale the Juice of the Herb Robert Sperma Ceti given to a dram Castor the Blood of Goats given to a dram Sparrow's Dung dissolv'd in Vinegar Man's fat melted given to half an ounce the Herbs Savin Ground Ivy Hyssop Chervil Wormwood St. John's-wort c. The Roots of Angelica Swallow-wort Birth-wort c. The Seeds of Carduus Benedictus Chervil and St. John's-wort the vulnerary Tinctures Bezoar Stone Diaphoretic Antimony and in a word all absorbent Powders especially Crabs dissolv'd in Vinegar These Ingredients ought always to be mix'd with evacuating Medicines that so the Blood when dissolv'd may be readily voided Thus if it be lodg'd in the Abdomen or if nature incline to void it by Stool we add Rhubarb and Laxatives if in the Breast we add Diuretics and Diaphoretics according to Nature's Motions In general Diuretics are the most proper The forms of Receipts are as follow Take of the Decoction of Ground Ivy a pound while 't is yet warm infuse in it over Night Rhubarb one ounce pick'd Senna Leaves half an ounce Salt of Tartar half a dram In the Morning strain the Liquor and add of the Powder of Crabs Eyes a dram and a half the Powder against Falls prescrib'd in the Ausberg Dispensatory a dram Sweeten it with the Syrup of Ground Ivy and exhibit a Draught now and then Take of the Powder of Crabs Eyes Sperma Ceti and Blood of Goats of each half a dram Mix for two Doses to be taken in Vinegar Note Vinegar renders the Crabs Eyes very Diuretic Take of Chervil Water three ounces Vinegar of Wine an ounce prepar'd Crabs Eyes a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Syrup of Ground Ivy six drams Mix for two Doses If the Head be bruis'd or Convulsions be fear'd add half a dram of the Cinnabar of Antimony Myrrh Laudanum Opiatum Spirit of Sal-Armoniac spirit of Treacle Camphoris'd Poppy-flower-water volatil Salt of Amber Essence of St. John's-wort and the vulnerary Essences may be added by turns Having dispatch'd the Cure of clotty Blood which for the most part degenerats into Empyema's we proceed to that of an Empyema it self which consists in evacuating the Purulent Matter qualifying its sharpness and strengthening the Part. The means for evacuation are either Natural or Artificial the latter are mention'd above The former are either Urine Sweat Stool or Spitting Empyema's of the Breast which may serve for a Pattern for all others as to the Cure for the most part empty themselves by Spitting and Urine tho' the Passages thro' which the Matter reaches either the Mouth or the Reins are yet undiscover'd However 't is a Physician 's part when he descry's Purulent Urine to exhibit Diuretics and when the Matter moves upwards and provokes Coughing to administer expectorating Medicines or rather a Vomit which is of wonderful Efficacy supposing still that there be no danger of a Spitting of Blood for in that case it ought to be omitted and shifted for expectorating Medicines temper'd according as the Matter is sharp or thick As for the sharpness of the Matter 't is admirably accounted for by exhibiting the Flowers and Balsam of Sulphur Balsam of Peru Myrrh and fix'd Antimonial Sulphurs such as Diaphoretic Antimony Poterius's Antihectic c. The injuries done to the solid parts by the purulent Matter are repair'd by Goats Milk and by the Decoctions of Woods Scabious Chervil and especially Ground Ivy. But Vulnerary or Balmy Medicines are not to be exhibited without such as evacuate one way or another nor without a particular regard to the Feaver that accompanies this Distemper As for Example Take of Hyssop and Scabious Water of each an ounce and a half the Flowers of Sulphur half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Jovial Bezoar half a scruple Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Make a Potion for two Doses To which if the Feaver be high add a few Drops of the dulcify'd spirit of Nitre Take of the Water of red Poppies three ounces Vinegar of Wine six drams prepar'd Crabs Eyes a dram Diaphoretic Antimony half a dram Syrup of red Poppy Flowers six drams Make a Potion to be given by Spoonfuls Take of the Juice of Ground Ivy four ounces the Juice of Hore-hound two ounces With Sugar make a Syrup to which add of Frankincense and choice Myrrh of each a dram Mix. c. The Decoction of China Roots mix'd with Diaphoretic Antimony or that of Guajacum with the Juice of Ground-Ivy or that of Ox-bones with the Gelly of Hartshorn are also very proper The hot Balsams may be mix'd with Sugar of Lead when heat prevails Take of the Shavings of Gujacum an ounce Sassafras half an Ounce boil them in seven Pound of Common Water 'till a Pound and a half be consum'd Then add Ground-Ivy Flowers of St. John's-wort and the Herb Speedwell of each two handfuls Liquorice-Roots half an ounce Fennel-seed six drams Corants bruis'd three Ounces Boil all 'till a Pound and a half more be consum'd Strain the Decoction and exhibit a Draught thrice a Day CHAP. III. Of Bleeding or the Bursting of the Blood Vessels THE stagnation of the Blood in its own Vessels
Light This is call'd a Suffusion If the Matter harden into a Membran 't is call'd a Cataract It generally sticks close either to the Horn or Grape Tunicle and seems to proceed from a preternatural Extension of its membranous Fibres 'T is always seated in the watry Humor tho it sometimes appears before the Coat call'd Vvea and sometimes behind it If this Membran cover the whole Eye the Sight is quite lost if it cover but the half the Object appears half'd if it exceed not the bigness of a small Point in the middle of the Eye and the Circumference is left open the Objects appear as if holes were made in them This last case is a true Suffusion The Signs are these In the beginning the Patient complains of Flies Smoak Cobwebs Filaments and such like before his Eyes the Color of Objects is alter'd and they appear either multiply'd half'd or cut asunder Thus by degrees the sight is darken'd and the Apple on the Eye grows dusky Some are seiz'd with Cataracts all of a sudden without any preceding Signs If the Colour of the Eye turn perfectly white 't is a compleat Suffusion As for Prognostics a young Suffusion is curable by the use of Medicines but an inveterat one is only to be cur'd by a chirurgical Operation If Light when brought near be quite imperceptible Surgery it self can afford no Relief If the Eye affected be watry and its Apple dilated while the other Eye is compress'd 't is some Incouragement for a manual Operation If not 't is a desperate case If the Cataract be not ripe and come to a sufficient Consistency it ought not to be touch'd with a Needle for fear the division of it should disturb the watry Humor or it reunite and become come more callous than before If it be of a long standing it sticks so close to the Coats of the Eye that it cannot be separated without rending them An ashy colour'd Cataract is generally ripe in five or six Months But if white it requires as many years If blew or green 't is incurable If yellow it must be taken in time else it becomes hard like a Horn. If the Cataract appear perfectly white it is a sign of Ripeness and withal of its remarkable Thickness In old Age a confirm'd Cataract from an internal Cause in one Eye portends the Invasion of another in t'other Eye and if couch'd it generally returns If the Headach either precede or accompany a Cataract 't is an ill Omen In the Method of Cure regard must be had to the degrees of the Suffusion if the Patient be only molested with the appearance of Flies Hairs c. before his Eyes 't is in its first degree When these filaments that cause such appearances are gather'd into a Membran 't is arriv'd at the second degree If the Membran be so thick and confirm'd that there remains no manner of Sight 't is finish'd to the last degree In the first degree Medicines are only proper In the second they may likewise take place but yield to manual Operation Internally we use Hoglice Eyebright Vipers boil'd in Ophthalmic Waters the Decoction of Woods Celandin Vervain Fennel Betony and such like The external Remedies must be very penetrating Antimonials are preferable to all others by reason of an Acid subtil Sulphur couch'd within ' em As Take of Glass of Antimony in Pouder from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains infuse in Water of Elewhottle Flowers evebright-Evebright-Water and fennel-Fennel-Water of each one Ounce Let them stand warm for the space of a Night in the Morning strain the Liquor and add six Grains of Camphyr-Drop it into the Eye while the Patient is laid on his back Or Take of the Eggs of Ants four Ounces and thirty Galls of Lampreys mix and distil with a slow Fire It yields a muddy Water which ought to be strain'd and applied to the Cataract in the Evening The distill'd Water of human Dung with the Gall of a Lamprey and Sugar-Candy dissolv'd in it is much commended Celandin the Greater and River Crabs half putrified and distill'd yield an Alcalin Water of excellent Use If these Medicines prove ineffectual we must have recourse to Quercetanus his Ophthalmic Water prepar'd from a Child's Urine and Vitriol to which the juice of Celandin may be added The White of an Egg harden'd and fill'd with white Vitriol and Sugar Candy and hung up in a Cellar melts into a Liquor which if diluted with Eyebright Water is of admirable Use in this Case The Spirit of Salarmoniac sharpen'd with Quicklime is the most penetrating Spirit and preferable to Spirit of Wine in which we are wont to dip Rags and apply them to the Eye Blistring Plaisters Issues and Setaces are serviceable in the beginning but are of no use in an inveterat Suffusion In room of them we may use what follows Take the Roots of Mezereon and macerat them in Water in which Nitre has been dissolv'd or in the Lees of Wine-ashes and afterwards dry them Make a little hole in the teap of the Ear with a Needle and put some of this Root thus prepar'd into it after the manner of an Issue It drains a great deal of Matter from the Head and Eyes In an inveterat case 't is probable a Salivation procur'd by Mercury may be serviceable Fonseca Mr. Boyle and Schenkius were of the same Opinion Besides the genuin Suffusion above-mentioned we meet sometimes with a spurious sort which ensues upon Hypochondriac Fits long Fastings and the Paroxisms of intermitting Fevers It generally depends upon the Disorders of the Stomac and oft-times disappears upon eating or at least is cur'd by stomachic Medicines viz. Aloe Mastic and Ginger A Cataract ought likewise to be carefully distinguish'd from what we call a Glaucoma that is when the Chrystallin Humor loses its Perspicuity and assumes a grey dusky Colour Old People are naturally obnoxious to it by reason of their scarcity of Moisture For if we take out the Crystallin Humor and put it betwixt us and Objects it magnifies them but if we dry it or boil it in hot Water it becomes thick and untransparent 'T is in vain to attempt the Cure in old Persons If the Patient be young we foment the Eye with Spirit of Wine or a Cloth dipt in it and apply'd to the Eye over Night Or infuse Borrage or Bugloss Flowers in Spirit of Wine and then use it Some commend a Tincture of Bugloss extracted with weak Alum Water and the distill'd Water of the Whites of Eggs. Thus much for the Obstacles which may embarrass the Passage of the Rays of Light If the Patient be insensible of their Influence when they have a free Admission the fault must lie in the optic Nerve and 't is call'd a Gutta Serena Obstructions or Compressions of the optic Nerve interrupt the Passage of the Spirits to the Eye and so cause the Blindness And a Tumor or Collection of watry Humors in the Brain or a violent Commotion
Herb Arsmart Mother of Thyme of each one handful Dock Roots Nettle Roots of each one Ounce Pellitory of Spain Roots the Shavings of Boxwood the Shavings of Lignum Sanctum of each half an Ounce Seeds of white Henbane one Dram. Boil them in a sufficient Quantity of Water Strain the Liquor for a Gargal Heurnius commends the Decoction of Tobacco with Chamomile Flowers Or Take of black Pepper Roots of Pellitory of Spain Seeds of Stavesacre of each an equal quantity boil them in Wine and use it for a Gargal Or Take of Juniper Gum one Ounce boil it in a Pint of Wine for the same use Or Take of the Flowers of Spikenard a convenient Quantity boil them in Wine for the same use Or Take of the Extract of Guajacum Wood three Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains distill'd Oil of Origanum or of Cloves two Drops Make Pills to be put into the hollow Tooth Or Take of the Flowers of Benzoin six Grains Opium dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and thicken'd three Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Extract of Triacle make Pills as above Or Take of Laudanum Opiatum one Scruple Oil of Camphyr Oil of Cloves of each five Drops With some convenient Balsam make a Balsam to be applied to the Tooth If the Face be inflam'd apply a Plaister of Triacle to the Cheek Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Spirit of Wine and Quicklime with Camphyr dissolv'd in it applied with Cotton to the Tooth gives present Relief The Essence of Sassafras prepar'd with Spirit of Wine is very proper But above all the Essence of Benzoin Elixir Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid is oft-times useful The Aromatic distill'd Oils especially of Savin mix'd with Oil of Henbane are preferable to Essences Sulphur Auratum Antimonii Oils of Amber Hazel Boxwood c. are sometimes successful The Surgeons are wont to apply Plaisters to the Temples or the following Plaister to the whole Part inflam'd Take of Triacle of Andromachus Tacamahac of each half an Ounce Balsam of Peru a Dram. Spread it upon a Linnen Cloth for use If the Toothach cause an Inflammation like to St. Antony's Fire Take of Triacle of Andromachus from half an Ounce to six Drams Salt of Wormwood Balsam of Peru of each a Dram Mix and apply If it be attended by a Swelling of the Jaws 't is not fit to provoke 'em to Suppuration But Take of Chamomile Flowers Elder Flowers of each a handful Roots of Florentin Orris in Pouder half an Ounce mix 'em with express'd Oil of Poppies make a quilted Bag and apply it hot to the Part affected Sometimes indeed there happens a little Tumor in the Gums at the very Root of the Tooth which ought to be suppurated by warm Milk or roasted Figs and afterwards kept clean with Honey or the like If the Toothach be inveterat and do not yield to the ordinary Medicines 't is necessary to purge with Jalap and let Blood and apply Cupping-glasses to the Neck and Shoulders If the Tooth be corrupted it must be drawn with a proper Instrument Before drawing 't is not amiss to apply the following Ointment in order to loosen the Tooth Take of Gum Ammoniac Seeds of Henbane Juice of Henbane of each a Dram and a half with the Fat of a green Frog and a little Wax make an Ointment In the case of Worms in the Teeth the Decoction of Savin in Wine is proper If the Tooth be rotten an actual or potential Cautery will prevent its further Corruption ART IV. Of the Aches of the Eyes AN Inflammation or the sharpness of the Serum or external Accidents may cause Pains in the Eyes If any external thing lurk in the Eye it must be taken out by putting a Seed of Clary or a little Pearl or Crabs-eye into it If the Pain proceed from a spontaneous Inflammation the Mucilage of Seeds of Quinces extracted with Water of Frogs Spawn adding five or six Grains of Camphyr and as much Saffron to three Ounces of Mucilage ought to be laid upon the Eyes fennel-Fennel-water with Sugar of Lead and Camphyr is likewise proper Or Take of the Water of Celandin the greater Water of Blew-bottle Flowers and of Larks Spur of each one Ounce white Vitriol twelve Grains strain the Liquor and add half a Scruple of prepar'd Tutty to be applied to the Eye with a Linnen Cloth Of all external Applications the following Cataplasm is the best Take three sweet Apples boil'd and squeez'd and rosted under the Ashes and the White of one Egg well mix'd with two Drams of Loaf-sugar and twelve Grains of Camphyr with five Grains of Saffron Mix for a Cataplasm to be laid upon the Eye Some recommend the opening of an Artery in this case Sometimes we meet with a pressing tearing Pain which comes in an Evening without any evident Cause and seems to proceed from the Convulsions of the Coats of the Eye In which case Antimonial Infusions are proper Or Take of the Mucilage of Plantain Seeds Quince Seeds and Clary extracted with Water of Frogs Spawn of each one Ounce Saffron six Grains Camphyr four Grains Or Take of Plantain Water Fennel Water of each six Drams Lindanus's Sugar of Lead a Dram and a half prepar'd Tutty seven Grains Saffron three Grains Mix for a Collyrium Sometimes Arthritic Pains are usher'd in by a Pain in the Eye-lids which may be cur'd by applying a blistering Plaister behind the Ears ART V. Of Pains in the Ears THE Pains of the Ears are for the most part occasion'd by the Disorders of the internal Membran by Inflammations and the Corrosion of sharp Humors or of Worms either ingendred in the Ear or receiv'd from without An Inflammation is very dangerous and attended by a remarkable Heat that is not observ'd in the case of sharp Humors Worms are distinguish'd by an Itching and Sense of Motion within the Ear. As for Cure the following Cataplasm is universally applauded Take an Onion rosted under the Ashes with an Ounce and a half of Oil of Chamomile and half an Ounce of Oil of Dill with as much fresh Butter and a Scruple of Saffron It is a sovereign Remedy for the Inflammations that follow the Toothach The softening Oils Infusions of Tobacco or the Smoak of it convey'd into the Ear and especially the Oils of Insects are all very proper As Take of the Oil of Scorpions one Dram Oil of sweet or bitter Almonds distill'd Oils of Anniseeds and Caroways of each half a Scruple Pour it hot into the Ear or apply it with Cotton In the case of an Inflammation Take of the Juice of Houseleek Oils of Scorpions of Earthworms and of Chamomile of each a Dram Mix and use as above If there be no suspicion of an Inflammation the distill'd Vegetable Oils of Origanum c. are proper Or Take a hundred of the largest Eggs of Ants Castor Pulp of Coloquintida Marjoram Savin Wormwood and Rue of each one handful The Seeds of Cumin Aniseeds Fennel-seeds
fresh Juniper Berries half a Pound Aromatic Costus three Drams tie them in a Bag to be put into fermenting Ale A Salivation may be attempted before the Disease be confirmed but afterwards 't is dangerous 'T is usual also to make Washes for the Feet As Take of Juniper Berries half a Pound of the Herb Rosemary six handfuls Mother of Thyme and Marjoram or Sage of each two handfuls Boil them in Lees and bathe the Feet at Night going to Bed CHAP. IV. Of the Disorders of the Sense of Tasting THE Nerves of the Tongue terminat in a great many Glandules dispers'd along its Surface which are endow'd with such a peculiar Texture as to be sensible of the various Impressions of the minutest saline Particles according to their respective Circumstances in which consists the sense of Taste This Sense is extinguish'd or render'd dull by the misplacing of the Nerves of the Tongue the relaxation of its Fibres sharp Defluxions or Paralytic and Apoplectic Diseases 'T is sometimes vitiated and counterfeits false Tastes by virtue of the Depravation of the Spittle as in Scorbutic Hypochondriac and Catarrhous Cases or those of a Jaundice or internal Ulcers This Depravation is cur'd by taking a Vomit drinking Whey with Juice of Citrons or mineral Spirits and removing the principal Cause In case of an Abolition or Flatness Aromatic and Cephalic Medicines are proper Horse-Radish Roots chew'd in the mouth or the Juice of Sorrel and Purslain us'd by way of Gargal are of noted virtue for restoring the Taste If the Muscles of the Windpipe or the recurrent Nerves are seiz'd with a Palsy or Convulsions there insues an Aphonia or want of Voice which if attended by a Hick-cough is very dangerous In the Method of curing an Aphonia the remote causes which occasion the relaxation or contraction of the Muscles or Nerves must be taken care of Internally give the Spirit of Sal Armoniac or of Hartshorn with Castor or Amber In an inveterat Palsy the Decoction of Sudorific Woods is very proper Sometimes 't is convenient to procure a Salivation by chewing For external Use apply to the Neck a Bag of aromatic Ingredients sprinkl'd with Spirit of Wine or bathe it with the Essence of Castor Spirit of Worms or of Ants or the distill'd Oils of Amber Lavender Rue Juniper mix'd with Triacle or Balsam of Peru. After a fit of an Apoplexy give what follows Take of the Herbs Sage and Rosemary of each a handful Rocket-seeds two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of simple Water in a close Vessel To a Pint of the strain'd Liquor add Spirit of Black Cherries six Drams Spirit of Sal armoniack a Dram Hony of Rosemary Flowers one Ounce mix for a Gargal 'T is proper to open a Vein under the Tongue if the Circumstances of the Patient admit of it Sometimes the Muscles of the Windpipe are in good order and the Voice remains but cannot be form'd into an articulat Sound or Speech by reason of the Paralytic or Apoplectic Disorders of the Tongue In this case Take of the Herbs Rosemary Marjoram Sage of each a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an Ounce Rocket-seeds or Mustard-seeds two or three Drams Cloves a Dram boil them in a close Vessel in Water To a pint of the strain'd Liquor add Spirit of Juniper Berries or of Black Cherries from six Drams to an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal-armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime or with Cloves from a Dram to a Dram and a half Hony of Rosemary Flowers from six Drams to an Ounce make a Gargal Or Take of Sage Hyssop Acorus of each a handful boil them in Water Strain the Liquor and add an Ounce of Oxymel of Squills Mix for a Gargal Take of Rocket-seeds Squills Onyons Smallage of each half a Dram Ginger Pepper Cinnamom and Nutmegs of each a Dram Of the Pouders Diambra Diamoschus dulcis and Dianthos of each two Scruples With a sufficient quantity of Aqua Vitae make a Mixture and anoint the Tongue and Palat. The Essence of Castor or Castor it self applied to the bridle of the Tongue is very useful especially for the stuttering of Children The distill'd Oils of Cloves or Aniseeds or Amber the Cephalic Spirit of Vitriol or Spirit of Black Cherries or Spirit of Triacle with Camphyr c. are all very proper As Take of Mithridat three Drams Extract of Castor half a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Amber and Aniseeds of each four drops mix and rub the Tongue Take of Mithridat three ounces candy'd Roots of Acorus an ounce Ginger Nutmegs of each two drams Volatil Salt of Amber a dram Mix all together in a Mortar and add of the Juice of Sage clarify'd an ounce and scum'd Hony as much as sufficeth to make an Electuary which sprinkle with distill'd Oil of Aniseeds or Amber rub the Tongue frequently with it and lay about the bigness of a Nutmeg upon it to be swallow'd down by degrees If old People are seiz'd with a difficulty of Speech exhibit every Morning and Evening an ounce of the Essence of Lavender Flowers infus'd in Spirit of Wine A Cataplasm of Lees with Amber or Oil of Amber and other Cephalic Ingredients may be applied to the top of the Head with good success CHAP. V. Of the Disorders of the sense of Smelling THE Organ of Smelling is the Membrane plac'd near to the sieve-like Bone above the Nostrils which is variously affected by the different Textures of the sulphurous Particles that proceed from external Objects This Sense is abolish'd or impair'd by the Apoplectic Paralytic and Convulsive Disorders of the Spirits by the obstruction of the Passages or Compression of the nervous Filaments that reach to the Nostrils and by the relaxation of the Membrane which may be occasion'd internally by copious Defluxious and externally by the forcible Impressions of odoriferous or sneezing things If it proceed from this last Cause 't is almost incurable As for the Cure The Disorders of the Spirits ought to be redress'd the Defluxions prevented and external offending Objects remov'd betimes The Medicines that are proper for these different purposes are recounted elsewhere Marjoram and Fennel Flowers are two noted Specifics in this case The Extract or Essence of Marjoram mix'd with the Oils or Essences of Penny Royal and Rosemary may be taken inwardly from eight grains to half a scruple Take of the Oils of Fennel-flower and of Orris of each half a dram distill'd Oil of Marjoram half a scruple Apply it to the inner side of the Nostrils 't is admirable in the case of an Obstruction or Catarrh Or Take of Marjoram and Fennel-flower-seeds each two drams sprinkle 'em with some drops of distill'd Oil of Marjoram or of Aniseeds and according to Art make a little Bag for the Nostrils Take of Fennel-flower-seeds infus'd in strong Vinegar and afterwards dried Rue Fumitory and Castor of each a dram reduce them to a fine Pouder and with Child's Urine beat it up into the
form of a Syrup Let the Patient snuff up five or six drops in the Morning fasting leaning his head backwards and holding warm Water in his mouth The Obstruction of the Nostrils may be caus'd by a Polypus or fleshy Excrescency that fills up the space Sometimes it rises from the glandulous Membran at the top of the Nostrils but more frequently from the nervous Filaments in the sieve-like Bone Sometimes it descends to the inside of the Mouth Sometimes it has but one stalk at other times more It s Colour is white or red if it be livid and painful 't is near akin to a Cancer It proceeds from the Corruption and Redundancy of the nutritious Juice and the occasional breach of the Unity of the Part. If it be white soft and painless it is a good sign If 't is deep rooted and reaches to the nervous Filaments 't is dangerous The Cure is chiefly perform'd by external Applications If the Body be disorder'd 't is not improper to prepare it by internal evacuating and altering Medicines The external Remedies must be us'd in the last quarter of the Moon because the Swelling then decreases The milder sort are the juice of Pomegranats Mustard-seeds mix'd with Vinegar the juice of Onopostus a sort of Thistle the Pouder of Turnsole the Juice of Watercresses or the Juice of the roots of Aron all which may be applied with Cotton to the part affected The fiercer Remedies are sublimate Mercury Verdigreese and Lees the Acid mineral Spirits Aqua fortis c. As Take of the Juice of Pomegranats three parts Oil of Vitriol one part mix Or take of the Oil of Vitriol a scruple burnt Alum a dram Plantain Water an ounce mix and sprinkle the Polypus with it Or Take of the Cerecloth of Myrtles an ounce of the Ointment call'd Aegyptiacum two drams mix for a Liniment you may sharpen it with precipitat Mercury frequently wash'd Or Take of the Ointment Aegyptiacum half an Ounce the Rinds of Pomegranats and Galls of each half a dram Oil of Vitriol a scruple Mix and touch the Polypus with it every day In applying these Caustics care must be taken that they touch not the neighbouring parts by using a silver Fistula or Cotton or a Tent. If a Polypus have any tendency to a Cancer it ought not to be meddled with If it be ulcerated apply the Water or Ashes of Frogs Pouder of Crabs Lead melted and dulcify'd the Crocus of Steel and such like If it only hang by one stalk it may be cut off or a thread of Silk well wax'd ty'd about the root After 't is taken off the bleeding must be stopp'd by Astringents and the Pouder of Gentian with the Juice of Figwort applied on a Tent to the Nostrils in order to prevent its return The Smell may be adulterated by an Ulcer in the Nostrils call'd Ozaena which sometimes seizes only the membranous soft parts at other times the Cartilages and Bones It may occasion bleeding at the Nose or a plentiful Evacuation of sordid matter or a Corruption of the adjacent parts or a Polypus The external Causes of an Ozaena are various the internal for the most part is the Pox. It ought to be cautiously handled for fear of a Cancer If it be inveterat and affect the sieve-like Bone 't is not easily cur'd The Ulcer may be cleans'd by snuffing up the Decoction of lesser Centory and Aromatic Calamiâ—s in Wine till the patient be sensible of its falling into the Palat or Marjoram Water with Hony Myrrh Sugar Candy and a little Cinamon Take of the Ointment of Tobacco three drams Balsam of Sulphur for external use a dram mix and apply to the Ulcer The fresh Leaves of Tobacco may be put into the Nose and kept there some months then taken out and anointed with this Balsam If there appear a Crust upon the Ulcer it ought not to be remov'd by force but by applying Oil of Sweet Almonds or Oil of Roses with fresh Butter and then proceed to the cleansing Remedies among which Clary boil'd with Hony of Roses is the most noted The Decoction of Agrimony and Vervain in Hony or Child's Urine or the smoak of a red Wax-candle receiv'd at the Nostrils are proper for the same purpose Or Take of Marjoram and Plantain Water of each an ounce and a half rectify'd Spirit of Wine three drams Hony of Roses six drams mix and inject with a Syringe If it do not yield to these Medicines we must have recourse to Mercurial Preparations As Take of Plantain Water four ounces in which dissolve of Sublimat Mercury twelve grains strain the Liquor and apply it to the Ulcer Sweet Mercury well dulcify'd or precipitat Mercury with Ointment of Roses or the Ointment Aegyptiacum may be applied with a Tent to the Ulcer or Oil of Vitriol drop'd on a little Cotton may be applied twice or thrice and then follow'd by proper Ointments SECT III. Of the Disorders of the Internal Senses and Animal Functions THE Internal Senses depend upon the various Motion and Agitation of the Spirits in the Brain The Organs of External Sense communicate the Impressions they receive from Objects to the Original of the Nerves where a Motion not unlike to their own insues and is called Common Sense This Motion in the Common Sensory is imparted to the Spirits in the Corpus Callosum where the Fancy resides The Spirits thus mov'd roll to and again among the Nerves of the Cerebrum and Cerebellum and their frequent returns thro the same Passages are christen'd The Memory These Faculties are equally compatible to Men and Brutes and are distinguish'd from those of the rational Soul by their unacquaintedness with reflex Knowledg If they are disorder'd all the Functions and Motions of the Body suffer by it The natural and involuntary Motion sof the nervous Fibres that surround the Stomach and Guts depend upon the regular Recruits of Spirits convey'd thro the Nerves from the Cerebellum and those of the Muscles which obey the command of our Wills are owing to the due distribution of the Spirits from the Cerebrum This Motion of the Muscles is perform'd by contraction The Spirits croud into the Cavities of the Fibres and by extending their width abridg their length and in the interim the arterial Blood flows copiously into the middle of the musculary Fibres where it meets with least resistance Thus the bloated Muscle contracts it self and exchanges its Rhomboides Figure for a Rectangular Form CHAP. I. Of a Swimming in the Head or a preternatural Commotion of the Spirits in the Brain THERE are several degrees observable in this Distemper Sometimes there is only an apprehension that all things are carry'd round and toss'd up and down sometimes 't is attended by a dimness of the Eye-sight and a false representation of various Colours and ofttimes the Sight is quite lost and the Person falls down which is mostly follow'd by Convulsions and a tingling in the Ears The part affected is
more sensible Parts of the Body frequently twitch'd and pull'd Then let Blood in the right Arm if it be convenient and exhibit a Vomit with all possible Expedition or inject a Clyster of Aromatic Herbs with Pulp of Coloquintida or Infusion of Crocus Metallorum with Sal Gem or Sal Armoniac and other volatil Salts All oily Ingredients must be omitted As Take of the Leaves of Tobacco and Sage Chamomil Flowers of each a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain from half an Ounce to six Drams Pulp of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag a Dram. Boil in a sufficient quantity of Water To nine Ounces of the Liquor strain'd add Honey of Roses or of Rosemary Flowers half an Ounce or six Drams Electuary of Hiera with Agaric from half an Ounce to an Ounce Castor in Pouder from a Scruple to half a Dram Sal Gem from half a Dram to two Scruples mix for a Clyster Or Take of Mother of Thyme Tobacco-leaves tops of lesser Centory of each a handful Lavender Flowers half a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain Roots of common Flower de-luce of each three Drams Nettle-seeds two Drams Pulp of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag a Dram and a half boil in a sufficient quantity of human Urine In eight Ounces of the Liquor strain'd dissolve of Electuary of Hiera with Agaric an Ounce Extract of Troches Alhandal half a Scruple Essence of Castor a Dram mix for a Clyster Or Take of the Decoction of Rue in which half a Dram of Crocus Metallorum hath been boil'd nine Ounces Bulls Gall thicken'd a Dram and a half Extract of Troches Alhandal half a Scruple Honey of Rosemary-flowers an Ounce and a half mix for a Clyster Or Take of the Decoction of Chamomil Flowers half a Pound Infusion of Crocus Metallorum in Wine two or three Ounces Honey from half an Ounce to an Ounce mix and make a Clyster As for Suppositories Take of the Roots of white Hellebor in Pouder Scammony sulphurated Troches Alhandal of each half a Scruple Castor in Pouder eight Grains Sal Armoniac a Scruple With a sufficient quantity of Honey make a Suppository In the Interim some Apoplectic mixture may be thrown down the Throat As Take of strong Apoplectic Water one Ounce Water of Lilly Convally half an Ounce Matthiolus's Quintessence two Drams Spirit of Hartshorn a Dram Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers half an Ounce Mix. Spirit of Black-cherries is of extraordinary virtue in this case As Take of Black-cherry Water Mint Water of each an Ounce and a half Spirit of Black-cherries six Drams Spirit of Hartshorn succinated or Spirit of Sal Armoniac or Spirit of human Blood two or three Drams distill'd Oil of Amber four or six Drops Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers half an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful now and then Take of Lavender-flower-Water Sage-water of each one Ounce Langius his Epileptic Water six Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac one Dram distill'd Oil of Amber eight drops Syrup of French Lavender one Ounce mix c. Take of Apoplectic Water two Ounces Spirit of Mother of Thyme two Drams Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a Dram Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers half an Ounce mix and use as above Take of Apoplectic Water two Ounces Water of Swallows with Castor an Ounce Spirit of Triacle camphoriz'd Spirit of Hartshorn succinated of each three Drams Confection Alkermes half an Ounce mix as above Take of Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine an Ounce and a half Elder-flower Water an Ounce Carminative Water half an Ounce Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a Dram and a half Confection Alkermes a Dram mix as above Take of Black-cherry Water two Ounces Spirit of Black-cherries simple Spirit of Triacle of each half an Ounce Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers six Drams mix Timaeus's Arcanum is of excellent use in a speechless Fit viz. Take of volatil Salt of Amber half a Dram Triacle of Andromachus a Dram and a half Pouder of Castor two Scruples distill'd Oils of Rue and Rosemary of each three Drops make an Electuary Dose as much as will lie upon the point of a Knife to be exhibited in some Apoplectic Vehicle The Palat and Tongue may be rubb'd with this Electuary or distill'd Oils and Apoplectic Spirits As Take of Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine two Ounces Spirit of Juniper-berries an Ounce Essence of Castor three Drams volatil Aromatic Salt half a Dram mix for the above-mentioned use This Method being observ'd if the sick Person do not come to himself in a quarter of an hour blow the following Pouder into the Nostrils viz. Take of the Roots of white Hellebor and Pellitory of Spain Marjoram Leaves Flowers of Lilly of the Valley Castor of each a Scruple make a Pouder and use as above Or Take of the Flowers of Lilly of the Valley a Dram Roots of white Hellebor a Scruple reduce 'em to Pouder and add distill'd Oil of Cloves and Marjoram of each three Drops Spirit of Urine Spirit of Sal Armoniac and Spirit of Hartshorn succinated are fit for the same use or the Fumes of Castor and Amber may be receiv'd at the Nostrils and the Temples and Nose anointed with Apoplectic Balsams or bath'd with the following Mixture Take of Baum Water Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine of each two Ounces Apoplectic Water an Ounce Vinegar of Rue two Drams Mix c. The rectify'd Oil and volatil Salt of Amber mix'd with Apoplectic Waters are given inwardly with wonderful success or with Camphyr or Oil of Camphyr drop'd into the Ear. The Back Neck Temples and Stomac may also be fomented with it or the following Mixture Take of express'd Oil of Mace a Dram and a half distill'd Oil of Rue a Scruple Oil of Spike Oil of Amber of each half a Scruple Or Take of white Rock Oil two Drams distill'd Oil of Amber a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Marjoram and Sage of each a Scruple mix and anoint the above-mentioned parts but withal we must be cautious in not over-doing lest the Head be affected by an indiscreet quantity of odoriferous Oils applied to the Body If the Paroxysm do not yield to these Medicines the Vomits and Clysters must be repeated blistering Plaisters applied to the Neck Arms Thighs Wrists behind the Ears c. the Feet rub'd and chaf'd with Pickle or Vinegar and Salt and the external Parts of the Body prick'd and twitch'd Having thus discuss'd the Fit it remains now to corroborat Nature and prevent future Paroxysms by a preservative Cure For which purpose after Purgation Sudorifics and Stomachics are most proper Sage is much applauded as also Cubebs Cardamom Rocket-seeds and Mustard-seeds As Take of Cardamoms half a Dram Coriander-seed two drams Rocket-seeds half an Ounce make a Pouder for several Doses to be taken when going to Bed 'T is a very good Preservative If an Electuary be more acceptable Take three large Figs and a spoonful of Rocket or Mustard-seed mix them in a Mortar adding a
Example of a late Instance of that Nature in Paris 5. The Wounds of the Breast In curing of which we ought to mind these Cautions 1. That if the Wound be lower than the seventh Rib it belongs to the Belly and not to the Breast 2. 'T will be needful to use Tents for the Wounds of the Breast but they ought not to be put in during the time of Inspiration lest they be suck'd in and besides they ought to have large Heads to prevent their Ingress 3. Internally Dieuretics are very proper by reason that matter in the Breast has ofttimes a tendency to pass by Urine 4. Antipleuritical Medicines will be also very convenient for preventing the Evils that may insue 6. Wounds of the Head In all which the Belly ought to be kept open If they 're only superficial let a Plaister of Tacamahac and the Plaister of Betony be applied If the Scull be injur'd apply the Pouders of the Flower-de-luce Aloes and Myrrh mix'd with Spirit of Wine or distill'd Oil of Turpentin If the Meninges and Scull be cut quite through we must stop the internal Bleeding by the Pouders of Aloes Frankincense and Bole Armenic mix'd with the Whites of Eggs and put into the Wound Clouts impregnated with the Oil of Turpentin or Balsam Capaivi Some apply the Oil of Roses but that and all fat viscid Ingredients are absolutely pernicious As for Bruises of the Head if they are without Wounds and are not likely to be discuss'd we must promote their Suppuration and open 'em very quickly lest the stagnating matter should injure the Scull If they are accompany'd by Wounds but such as do not injure the Cranium we apply a Digestive of Turpentin Gum Elemi Fat of Beavers and that of Hogs If the Scull be hurt by Bruises they cause either a Fracture or a Fissure or Depression of the Bone of which more anon We shall conclude this Chapter of Wounds with a few of their most remarkable Symptoms 1. Inflammations of Wounds are cur'd by applying Lime-water or the Juice of River-Crabs with Camphyr and Sugar of Lead 2. An Erysipelas by applying Venice Triacle and Salt of Wormwood dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine 3. Luxuriant over-growing Flesh caus'd by the spongyness and flagginess of the Part is remov'd by applying burnt Allum Crocus Metallorum the Ointment Aegyptiacum Platerus's Green Water or rather the Pouder of the Crystals of Silver dissolv'd in Spirit of Nitre 4. The Pain which generally attends Wounds of nervous parts is mitigated by applying a Mixture of the Oil of Earthworms distill'd Oil of Lavender and that of Amber 5. A Synovia or Efflux of the nutritious Juice of the wounded Joints is cur'd by applying Clouts soak'd in the Water distill'd from River-Crabs or in a Virgin 's first Menstrual Blood or a Cataplasm of Hog's Dung boil'd with the Blood of the Wound or the Moss of a dead Man's Scull or Wurzius's brown Ointment or in the room of 'em all the following Pouder viz. Take of the Pouder of Oyster-shells an Ounce Calaminar-stone Cuttle-bones and Jaw-bones of Pikes of each two Drams prepar'd Spodium and seal'd-Earth or Allum of each a Dram and a half Mix and make a Pouder 6. Convulsions of wounded parts are cur'd internally as an Epilepsy and externally by applying the Balsam of Peru with the distill'd Oil of Amber and if a Nerve be prick'd treating it as above or if it be imperfectly cut by cutting it or the Tendon quite through and so saving the Person 's Life tho at the expence of the Sense of that Part. 7. The Feavers that attend Wounds are for the most part usher'd in by extraordinary Heat Redness of the Eyes unwonted pain and frequent Flushing they 're cur'd by Sudorifics such as Crabs-eyes Diaphoretic Antimony Coral and Sal Armoniac mix'd with Nitre and the Juice of Citrons CHAP. III. Of Vlcers ULcers are the Corrosion of the Fibres occasion'd by a sharp acid Ferment flowing from the corrupted Nourishment of the Part or the vicious Blood and Lymph The Acidity of this corrosive Ferment is sufficiently made out by the acid Smell of Plaisters after they 've been applied to Ulcers and the unfitness of Alcalin Caustics to corrode as being more apt to mortify In nervous parts whose nutritious Juice is not laden with such a strong volatil Salt as that of the sanguine and in glandulous places where the Lymph do's naturally incline to Acidity Ulcers are more troublesom and dangerous than elsewhere In Persons whose Blood is degenerat from its volatil State and become acid Ulcers are very obstinat and scarce curable without the Crasis of the Blood be retriev'd If an Ulcer be clos'd before the malignant Ferment be quite drain'd 't will either relapse in the same place or corrupt the adjacent Bones or display its Energy in another part of the Body If they be much exposed to the Air their Lips become hard and callous and sometimes dry If they 're much discolour'd they signify a Gangrene If they continue long they cause Consumptions Feavers and Ulcers of the Lungs If the Matter that issues from 'em be bloody thin sharp yellow or stinking it is not so favourable as when 't is white and thick When Ulcers become dry unaccountably and of a sudden they portend imminent Death Ulcers are cur'd by volatil Acalies and fix'd Absorbents which mortify the prevailing Acid. The external Remedies are of three sorts 1. Digesting 2. Cleansing and 3. Healing Those of a digesting Force are the more temperat Alkalies such as Turpentin Yelks of Eggs Mastic Oil of St. John's-wort Myrrh c. and are us'd for qualifying the sharp bloody matter and working it into a thick Consistence call'd Pus For the prevailing Acid converts the nutritious Juice of the part into a sharp thin matter which ought to be qualify'd by an Alcali in order to become thick but so as not to destroy all the force of the Acid which entitles it to whitish Colour When the matter is thus prepar'd we proceed to cleansing Remedies that is sharper Alkalies that destroy the Acid more powerfully and hinder the Conversion of the nutritious Juice into corrupt matter Their cleansing Virtue is only accidental and less to be regarded than that which directly stifles the Causes Of this Nature are the Decoctions of vulnerary Plants in Lime-water or Cataplasms of the bruis'd Leaves of vulnerary Plants which are infinitely more useful than all the Oils Ointments and Plaisters of the Shops the last being of no use but for defending the Wound from Air and Cold. Take of Tobacco-leaves two Handfuls Wormwood-tops and the Herb Speedwell of each a handful Roots of round-rooted Birthwort an Ounce Juniper-berries half an Ounce Crude Allum from three to six Drams Boil them in black-smith's-Black-Smith's-water strain the Liquor to be injected into the Ulcer adding at every Injection a convenient quantity of the Spirit of Wine Take of Lime-water a Pound Sweet Mercury two Drams Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd an Ounce Mix
one Dram. Syrup of Rasberries half an Ounce With the Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth for a grateful sharpness Make a Julep Thus I have hinted at the general Cures of Alcaline and Acid Corruptions Besides these already mention'd there are some Universal Remedies not confin'd to either side but useful in both Cases These are Emulsions extracted from the Milky Seeds the distill'd Oyls of Vegetables Gums Mucilages and the Sulphurous Productions of Minerals which are all of a temperate Nature and equally remov'd from either extreme A Pituitous Cacechymy must be cur'd by Altering Attenuating and Resolving remedies Namely Alcali Salts as well fix'd as Volatil the more penetrating Gums and Generous Aromatics The Morbific matter being viscid and tough must be prepar'd and digested before we attempt any Evacuation The common forms for Digestives are as follows Take of Tartar Vitriolated and the Salt call'd Digestivum Hypochondriacum of each fifteen Grains Salt of Wormwood and of Carduus Benedictus of each half a Scruple Mix for a Powder to be divided into two parts Or Take of Tartar Vitriolated one Dram Salt of Carduus Benedictus half a Dram flowers of Sal armoniac fifteen Grains Mix them together and divide the Powder into three Doses Or Take of Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Crabs Eyes prepar'd one Scruple Salt of Tartar half a Scruple Mix them for two Doses Take Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Salt of Wormwood Crabs Eyes prepar'd of each fourteen Grains Make a Powder to be divided into three or four Doses Take of the Cream of Tartar one Dram Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Salt of Wormwood and Cichory of each half a Scruple Make a Powder and divide it into three equal parts These Powders must be exhibited a Day or two before Evacuation The following Powder is to be taken twice a Day in the Morning before Dinner and in the Afternoon two or three hours before Supper Take of Sal armoniac depurated a Dram and a half Mastic half a Dram Cinnamom a Scruple Salt of Wormwood six Grains Mix them and use as before directed If Liquid forms are more acceptable they may be prescrib'd thus Take of Mint Water one Ounce the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum one Scruple Crabs Eyes prepar'd half a Scruple Salt of Tartar five Grains Syrup of Hyssop half an Ounce Mix them for a draught Or thus Take of Mint Water two Ounces Cinnamom Water six Drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar one Dram Tartar Vitriolated one Scruple Syrup of Roses one Ounce Mix them for two or three Doses A Serous Cacochymy is remov'd by the use of such remedies as alter the vicious serum and evacuate it These last mention'd are the subject of the ensuing Paragraph SECT IV. Of the Medicines that evacuate the Corrupt Juices of the Body AFter the use of altering Medicines 't is a proper season to exhibit those that evacuate the prepar'd humors They are distributed into five Classes The first contains those which operate by Vomiting The Second those which move the Belly and perform their office by stool Those of the Third pass by Urine The Fourth by the Pores of the Skin And Lastly the Fifth is allotted to the Medicines which evacuate by Salivation This last Class I have taken notice of elsewhere but the other four I shall briefly run over CHAP. I. Of Vomiting Medicines THE Animal Family affords no Vomits that I know of except the Pairings of the Nails of Human Bodies Which we infuse in generous Wine over Night and in the Morning give the strain'd Liquor to Drink 'T is an excellent Vomit Among the Vegetables Asarabacca is the safest and most successful Vomit Dioscorides and the Ancients were not Ignorant of its efficacy It Enjoys a sharp pungent salt resembling that of Ginger and Zedoary which provokes Urine Corrects the causes of Chronical distempers and irritates the Fibres of the Stomach I have known Inveterat Tertian and Quartan feavers cur'd by the use of Asarabecca with white Pepper that would not yield to any other Medicines It may be given by way of Powder Infusion or Decoction If it be exhibited in form of a Powder it ought to be Pounded very fine for the grosser Particles cannot enter into the Pleats of the Stomach and being eluded there procure to themselves a Passage by Stool Its Dose is from half a Dram to a whole Dram. For a gentle Infusion we take Nine or Ten Green Leaves of Asarabecca and chop 'em small and infuse them for the space of a Night in four Ounces of Carduns Benedictus Water and half an Ounce of Mead. In the morning let the strain'd Liquor be exhibited 'T is a gentle Vomit For a stronger Infusion take Nine Green Leaves of Asarabecca Beat them in a Marble or Stone-Mortar pouring simple Mead upon 'em till ye have reduc'd them to a Juice Then take this juice and dilute it with two Ounces of Carduus Benedictus Water 'T is an Admirable Vomit As for Decoction Helmont Zwelfer and the Honourable Mr. Boyle have observ'd that if ye boyl Asarabecca Roots in Water they lose their Vomiting quality and become Diuretic whereas if ye boyl them in Wine 't is an excellent Emetic The Reason of which I take to be this Viz. That their diuretic vertue proceeds from an essential salt not very Volatil the saline Volatil Emetic parts being evaporated in boyling with Water but Wine penetrates into the Texture of its body before these Volatil salts are gone and so partakes of their Vertue If ye boyl Asarabecca Roots in Mead ye have a Noble Pectoral Medicine It Attenuates the slimy humors in the Breast and has no Emetic force There are no other Vegetable Vomits fit to be us'd White Hellebor 't is true was frequently exhibited by the Ancients But they infus'd it in a sweet Wine which qualify'd its sharpness and besides the difference of Climats alters the Vertues of Medicines I have seen very Tragical effects produc'd by white Hellebor and therefore would not advise any to use it except in one case Namely Madness 'T is a specific for that disease and is frequently attended with success where Antimonial Vomits have prov'd ineffectual Let it be us'd thus Take of the Roots of White Hellebor one Dram infuse it in Rhenish Wine or rather macerate it in some hot place for the space of one Night Then boyl it strain off this Wine and throw it away for 't is too sharp And pour fresh Wine upon it only to stand in infusion all Night In the Morning exhibit a Dram and a half or two Drams of the strain'd Liquor to the Mad Person 'T is a Medicine admirably fit for this case and this only In the Mineral Family Antimony and Vitriol are the two noted Emetics But Vitriol is not so Friendly to Nature as the former it weakens the Body and disorders the Stomach whereas Antimony produces no such effects The Vitrum Antimonii alone is of more use and efficacy than a Thousand
Hellebor For Decoction Take of the leaves of Pick'd Senna Fearn of the Oak of each three Drams Cream of Tartar one Dram. Boyl them in a close Vessel with a sufficient quantity of Cinnamom Water Strain out three Ounces of the Liquor and add to it three Drams of Cinnamom Water and half an Ounce of the Syrup of Borrage Mix for a draught For Infusion Take of the leaves of Senna two three or four Drams Ginger or Anisseeds a Scruple Salt of Tartar from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Cinnamom Water or Fumitory or Cichory Water Let them stand warm for a Night In the morning give two or four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor according to the Circumstances of the Patient adding two three or four Drams of solutive Syrup of Roses or Syrup of the Juice of Chermes Berries The Salt of Tartar will render the Potion red but 't is very grateful and operates gently But I prefer the following infusion Take of the leaves of Senna a Dram and a half or two or four Drams at most Black Hellebor Roots from half a Dram to a Dram or Rhubarb from a Dram to two Drams Annisseeds from a Scruple to a Dram or Ginger from a Scruple to half a Dram Salt of Tartar fifteen twenty or thirty Grains Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Betony Fumitory Hyssop or Cichory Water for a Night Add to two three or four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor three or four Drams of Cinnamom Water with half an Ounce of solutive Syrup of Roses or Syrup of Apples or any other sweetening thing If ye design one Infusion for several Doses Take of Corents an Ounce and a half beat them in a Marble Mortar pouring upon them a pint and a half of warm Water Then infuse leaves of Pick'd Senna three Drams Cream of Tartar one Dram Violet Flowers three little handfuls Let them infuse warm in a Glass well stopp'd And when 't is grown cold give three or four Ounces every Morning and Evening or every other Day It is good for dry Hypochondriac Constitutions and such as are subject to a Constipated Belly But it ought not to be kept above eight Days In Chronical Diseases and Inveterat quartan Feavers the following Infusion may be given before the invasion of the Paroxism Take of the leaves of Senna three Drams black Hellebor Roots a Dram and a half Ginger half a Dram Salt of Tartar two Scruples if ye please ye may add some sweet Calamus Roots chop and beat them small and tye them up in a Bag. Whch infuse in a Pint and a half of Water or warm Ale Set it in a warm place and let it grow cold by degrees Let the sick Person take two or three Drams every two or three hours I proceed to black Hellebor 'T is call'd so from its little black Roots tho' it have white Flowers It is endow'd with a Volatil sharpness not unlike that of Antiscorbutic Medicines Upon this Account it is a specific for all Diseases relating to the Nerves It is never given in substance by reason of its extreme sharpness but only in infusion or by way of Extract The Ancients were wont to infuse it in Vinegar but in vain For all Acids are so far from Correcting Vegetable Purging Medicines that they rather Imprison them and elude their Operation The Warry Vehicles are best for Hellebor which we generally infuse together with Senna Salt of Tartar is a proper Correcter for it In a dry Scorbutic Constitution we infuse it in whey thus Take oâ— black Hellebor Roots two Drams Senna leaves one Dram if ye please ye may add Polypody or Water Cresses Infuse in a sufficient quantity of Clarified whey for a Night In the Morning strain out three Ounces and add to it a Dram of Spirit of Scurvy-Grass and two Drams of Cinnamom Water Mix and make a draught for one Dose Oft-times the Hellebor is ty'd up in a Bag. As for the Extract the most compendious way of making it is this Take of black Hellebor Roots slic'd a convenient quantity Infuse them in Rhenish Wine Let them digest till the Wine have assum'd the taste and colour of the Hellebor Then thicken it to the consistence of a Rob. Some add Salt of Tartar Some make this Extract with Spirit of Wine but I should not dare to use it In a Habitual Epilepsy the following Pills are very proper Take of Extract of black Hellebor half a Scruple or fifteen Grains sweet Mercury half a Scruple fifteen Grains or a whole Scruple according to the Circumstances of the Patient Extract of the Troches call'd Alhandal from one to three Grains With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Mint or Sage or Sassafras make Pills For Cachectic Scorbutic Dispositions use the following Pill Take of Quercetanus's Tartar Pills and Extract of black Hellebor of each twelve or fifteen Grains Prepar'd Scammony from one to three Grains With a sufficient quantity of the solution of Steel prepar'd with Salt Make Pills for one Dose For all Chronical Distempers use this Pill viz. Take of Ruffus's Pills dâ— tribus Extract of black Hellebor of each half a Scruple The Vitriol of Steel Calcinated till it become white five Grains prepar'd Scammony one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Which are of excellent use to Hypochondriac Persons Next to Hellebor comes Aloe It is the Juice of an Indian Plant and was frequently us'd by the Ancients It has some Gummy Parts and some Resinous The former evacuate very gently The latter are endow'd with a baumy astringent bitterness and Entitle Aloe to the Character of an admirable Stomachic These two parts are evidently distinguish'd by washing Aloe in Water where the Gummy part is wash'd away and the Resinous remains Yet some People are so foolish as to prescribe wash'd Aloe for a Purging Medicine 'T is no quick Purgative and therefore scarce so proper for Acute as for Chronical distempers where gradual and slow Purgations are requir'd and where the altering Medicines must keep pace with those which evacuate For a Person subject to the Hypochondriac distemper I 've order'd the following Pills to be swallow'd down once in two or four weeks Take of lucid Aloe two Drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar one Dram Tartar prepar'd with Vitriol half a Dram. With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac Make a Mass for Pills of which take ten or fifteen two hours before supper and they will purge gently next Day N. B. Gum Ammoniac ought to be dissolv'd not depurated or evaporated lest it sustain a loss of its better part The Extract of Aloe may be made thus Take a convenient quantity of the Juice of Succory or Roses or Violets Infuse lucid Aloe into it Let it stand for Digestion and 't will Extract a mucilage strain this mucilage and thicken it to the consistence of an Extract Which may be
two or three Ounces Restharrow or Winter Cherry-Water one Ounce Elixyr of Juniper Berries from similitude of taste call'd Malvaticum six Drams or one Ounce or an Ounce and a half Spirit of putrified Earthworms three-Drams Volatil Spirit of Tartar from half an Ounce to six Drams Syrup of Ground Ivy or Syrup of Fennel from three to six Drams Mix and make a Potion Of which exhibit a spoonful at a time Or Take of Ground Ivy-Water Restharrow-Water and Parsley-Water of each an Ounce Elixyr of Juniper call'd Malvaticum an Ounce and a half Rectify'd Spirit of putrify'd Earthworms three Drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac a Dram and a half Syrup of Ground Ivy one Ounce Mix and make a Potion Dose two three or four Spoonfuls Or add three or four drops of distill'd Oyl of Turpentin or six drops of Oyl of Juniper in the Room of Spirit of Sal-armoniac Or Take of Strawberry-Water two Ounces Tincture of Tartar two Drams Syrup of Ground Ivy half an Ounce Mix and make a Potion Ye may add Essential Salt of Tartar or dulcify'd Spirit of Salt or Quintessence of Urine Amelungius's Nephritic Tincture is a Powerful Diuretic 'T is made of Nitre Tartar Hungarian Antimony and a sort of Flint Stones that are speckl'd with yellow spots The Nitre is first dissolv'd in Simple Water then the other Ingredients are added and after Digestion the Liquor is drawn off by Distillation Michael's Carminative Spirit is likewise an excellent Medicine for this purpose which is drawn from Nitre Tartar and Spirit of Wine Tartaris'd But above all Amber with its Volatil Salt and Distill'd Oyl All the Aromatic Herbs but especially fleabane are good Diuretics Camphyr Turpentin Juniper Human Urine Earthworms and their various Preparations are likewise of the same Family The Juice of the Birch-Tree provokes Urine more effectually than any other Medicine It ferments like Wine and becomes sowr like Vinegar and is an incomparable Medicine for Nephritic Pains Next to it is the Infusion of Spanish flies which I prepare thus Take of the Powder of Spanish flies one Scruple Infuse them in three or four Ounces of the best Rhenish Wine Let them stand in a warm place for several Days and Nights Then strain it out through Paper The Dose ten fifteen or twenty drops to be exhibited in a draught of warm Broth. Sometimes this Medicine causes Ulcers in the Bladder and a Pissing of Blood but a large draught of Milk with a little Salt of Tartar will quickly remove these Symptoms For a Diuretic Decoction Prescribe thus Take of the Leaves of Strawberries and Pellitory of the Wall of each a handful and a half Of the five opening Roots ten Drams Winter Cherries and Juniper-Berries of each six Drams The Seeds of the Ash-Tree and Red Vetches of each three Drams Cream of Tartar two Drams Boyl them in Parsley and winter-cherry-Winter-Cherry-Water Strain out a pint and a half in which dissolve Rob of Juniper two Ounces Fernelius's Syrup of Marshmallows one Ounce Spirit of Salt dulcify'd with the Spirit of Straw-Berries as much as sufficeth to give it a grateful sharpness So much for Volatil Diuretics The fix'd Medicines that provoke Urine are all the fix'd Salts of Herbs and the Artificial Compound Salts as Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol and the Salt call'd Digestivum Hypochondriacum Which is the Caput Mortuum remaining after the Destillation of Salarmoniac with Salt of Tartar Gromwell-Seeds Violet-Seeds and the Emulsions Prepar'd from them belong to this Class The forms of Prescription are these Take of Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol a Dram and a half Salts of Bean stalks broom and Pigeons dung of each half a Dram. Mix and make a Powder for several Doses to be taken in Wine Ye may add the Distill'd Oyl of Turpentin or of Juniper Berries As Take of the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum half a Dram. Salt of Broom or Pigeons Dung a Scruple Distil'd Oyl of Juniper Berries or of Turpentin four drops Mix and make a Powder for two Doses Cream of Tartar or Crabs Eyes or Nitre or Vitriol of Steel or Volatil Salt of Amber may be added by turns The Natural Spaw Waters provoke Urine plentifully as also the Spirit of Salt and Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre If the form of a Bolus be desir'd prescribe thus Take Rob of Juniper one Dram. Crabs Eyes Prepar'd fifteen Grains Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol half a Scruple Mix and make a Bolus Or if an Electuary be more acceptable Take of Conserve of Violets one Ounce Rob of Juniper half an Ounce Crabs Eyes Prepar'd two Drams Arcanum Duplicatum one Dram. With a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Ground Ivy make an Electuary Which sprinkle with a few drops of the Spirit of Salt CHAP. IV. Of the Medicines that procure Sweat THE dissolution of the Blood and its swifter Circulation cause the separation of the serum which is evacuated by the Glandules in the skin The Medicines of this fourth Class are such as produce these effects Some of which are Volatil and others fix'd Of the first sort are the Spirits and Volatil Salts Extracted from Animal and Vegetable Productions such as Spirit of Hartshorn Urine Vipers Human Blood c. And the Spirits Prepar'd from Vegetables by Putrefaction The Distill'd Oyls of Amber Tartar Guajacum and such as are drawn from the Bones and other Parts of Animals All Resinous Aromatic bitter and Attenuating Vegetables and their various Compositions as Venice Triacle Mithridate Diascordium c. They are prescrib'd in these or the like forms Take of Volatil Salarmoniac fifteen Grains Camphyr two Grains Mix and make a Powder Or Take of Fumitory Water one Ounce Spirit of Harts-horn together with its Volatil Salt one Dram. Syrup of Carduus Benedictus two Drams Mix for a Potion Or Take of Elder Flower Water one Ounce Spirit of Elder-Berries one Dram. Spirit of Sal-armoniac from half a Dram to a whole one Camphyr two Grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Make a Potion for one Dose Or Take of Carduus Benedictus Water an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal-armoniac a Dram. Or Volatil Sal-armoniac a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Syrup of Fennel or Orange Peel half an Ounce Mix for a daught Take of Viper Grass Water one Ounce Cinnamom-Wated half a Dram. Spirit of Triacle Prepar'd with Camâ—â—â—â— half a Dram. Volaâ—â—â— Salt of Hartshorn twelve 〈◊〉 Volatil Salt of Amber six Grains Syrup of Scor 〈…〉 Ounce Make a â—oâ—ion As for the fix'd Medicines that procure sweat such are all Lixivial Salts well alkalis'd and the fix'd sulphurs of Metals and Minerals Antimony Steel and Nitre joyn'd together make a Powerful Sudorific or the Sulphur of Antimony and Steel The Bezoar stone is an ineffectual Medicine by reason that there is not one of a Thousand that is Genuin The stone cut out of Human Bodies is infinitely better and a Sovereign Antidot in all Pestilential Diseases We prescribe such Medicines in these or the like forms Take of
Centory of each half a handful Elecampane and Evans Roots of each half an Ounce Mustard-seeds or Rocket-Seeds one Ounce Cinnamom two Drams Cloves one Dram. Infuse as above If ye desire to make it a little loosening Take of Mint two handfuls tops of Wormwood one handful Roots of Aron Roots of Crude black Hellebor of each half an Ounce Roots of Elecampain and the Leaves of pick'd Senna of each one Ounce Aniseeds Fennel-seeds of each six Drams Galangal Zedoary and Ginger of each two Drams Salt of Tartar three Drams Infuse as above When the Spittle is glutinous and the Mouth tasts bitter the Roots of Horse-Radishes and Elecampane in equal quantities infus'd in Rhenish or Wormwood-wine or Pepper infus'd in like manner or Wheaten-Bread dipp'd in Wine or even a Draught of good generous Wine are approved Remedies or Thonerius's Decoction thus Take of Cichory-Roots of the Herbs Roman Wormwood Carduus Benedictus and Rosemary of each a handful lesser Centory a handful and a half boil them in equal quantities of Wine and Water till a third part be consum'd Dose half a Pint Morning and Evening Or Pachequus his Decoction of Agrimony Wormwood and lesser Centory in Water If ye please ye may add some temperat Acids As Take of mint-Mint-water two Ounces cinnamom-Cinnamom-water from two Drams to six Drams Juice of Quinces from one Ounce to an Ounce and a half Syrup of Quinces either simple or aromatis'd from half an Ounce to six Drams Mix and make a Potion of which the Patient may take at pleasure Take of Mint-water one Ounce Cinnamom-water half a Dram Spirit of Treacle a Dram and a half Laudanum Opiatum prepar'd by fermentation two Grains Syrup of Cinnamom half an Ounce Mix c. The Spirit of Mastic and Spirit of Bread and the Mineral Acid Spirits dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine the dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol given from twenty to thirty drops in a warm Vehicle about two hours before eating the volatil Salt of Amber c. are proper to this purpose But they ought to be well qualify'd or joyn'd with vegetable Stomachic's as in Elixir proprietatis which is a noble Medicine For Example Take of Elixir proprietatis two Drams Essence of Wormwood and Mint or Aromatic Calamus of each a Dram. Mix c. Or Take of the Conserve of the Pulp of Citrons an Ounce and a half Conserve of Mint Vitriolated one Dram the red Hepatic Powder two Drams Spirit of Salt coagulated two Scruples with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Quinces spic'd make an Electuary Michael's Stomachical Elixir is not improper in this case As Take of Mint four handfuls Roman Wormwood Rosemary of each two handfuls Sage Penny-Royal Baum of each one or two handfuls Acorus-roots fresh three Ounces or dried one Ounce Burnet or Elecampane-roots two Drams round Cypress-roots one Dram Mastic six Drams or an Ounce and a half or two Ounces of the four hot Seeds of each half a Dram Mustard seed six Drams of the Shavings of Sassafras three Drams Zedoary Galangal of each a Dram and a half or two Drams or three Drams of Cubebs Nutmegs Mace Cinnamom Ginger Cloves of each three Drams or half an Ounce Coriander-seed one Dram pour upon 'em Spirit of Salt or Philosophical Spirit of Vitriol which is almost the same as much as sufficeth for a grateful sharpness Extract the Tincture with Spirit of Mint Strain it and add as much of the compound Stomachical Extract as it will bear Dose fifty or sixty Drops For a Scorbutic and Hypochondriac Constitution it may be mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass taking a Dram and a half of the Spirit to three Drams of the Elixir Mynsichtius his Elixir Vitrioli and the Essence of Amber are much commended And likewise Alcali's sharpen'd with other Salts As Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar and Elixir proprietatis prepar'd without the Acid of each three Drams Mix c. Sal-armoniac is a good Stomachic but it ought not to be joyn'd with fix'd Alcali's which drive away the volatil part of the Armoniac and fix the remaining Acid. It succeeds better when joyn'd with Spices As Take of the Flowers of Sal-armoniac or depurated Sal-armoniack one Dram. The Powder call'd Diatrion Pipereon or Powder of Cubebs or any other Aromatic Powder a Scruple or half a Dram. Mix and make a Powder for three or four Doses of which the Patient may take one every Morning Or Take of depurated Sal-armoniac one Dram Ginger and the Powder of Diatrion Pipereon of each a Scruple or fifteen Grains Mix for three Doses Or Take of dried Aron roots one Dram prepar'd Crabs-Eyes Salt of Wormwood of each from a Scruple to half a Dram distill'd Oyl of Cloves three Drops Mix for three Doses Or Take of Aron-roots half a Dram black Pepper a Dram and a half Ginger half a Dram Flowers of Sal-armoniac two Drams distill'd Oyl of Aromatic Calamus a Scruple Make a Powder Or Take of the Conserve of Wormwood-tops Conserve of Elecampane-roots of each two Drams candy'd Ginger six Drams Powder of Diatrion Pipereon three Drams Sal-armoniac one Dram with the Syrup of Quinces make an Electuary Some use Sal-armoniac in Wormwood-wine Tartar also and its various Productions are very proper And the saline Stomachical Powders such as Michael's which is made thus Take of the Powder of dry'd Aron-roots two Pound the Salt call'd Arcanum duplicatum one Pound Salt of Wormwood Arabian Costus and Aromatic Calamus-roots of each two Ounces Cinnamom and Cloves of each an Ounce and a half Mace Long Pepper Ginger Cubebs Cardamoms Grains of Paradise Zedoary and Coriander-seeds of each one Ounce Mix and make a Powder Dose from a Scruple to half a Dram. If a shorter Process be more agreeable Take of the Powder of Aron-roots one Dram Arcanum duplicatum two Scruples distill'd Oyl of Mint six Drops Mix and make a Powder If Inappetency be caus'd by the Animal Spirits or the Nerves take the Essence of Ambergrise and joyn it to other Stomachic's Wine and all Spiritous or Aromatic Liquors especially the Essence of Baum and Penny-Royal with a few Drops of the Distill'd Oyl of Juniper-Berries are very proper on this occasion As also the Balsam of Peru either taken in the Yelk of an Egg or exhibited in Sugar or Wine or in the form of a Tincture extracted with the Tincture of Tartar And Paracelsus his Stomachical Electuary as follows Take of Rob of Juniper six Drams Powder of Ginger half a Dram Aromatic Calamus Mace of each two Drams Cubebs one Dram with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make an Electuary Or Take of Cichory-roots candy'd Vipergrass-roots candy'd of each one Ounce Conserve of curl'd Mint Conserve of Roman Wormwood of each an Ounce and a half Conserve of Cichory-Flowers Conserve of Roses Conserve of Rosemary-Flowers and Powder of Zedoary of each one Ounce of Aromatic Calaâ—â—us Ginger and the sharpest Cinnamom of each a Dram of Mithridat or Venice-Treacle two
liberally and especially Raisins are of good use Rhubarb and Aloes are not to be us'd unless mix'd with Antimonial Ingredients Take of the Pulps of Raisins and Tamarinds of each an ounce and a half Crystals of Tartar three drams Powder of Jalap roots two drams Scammony sulphurated a scruple laxative Antimony half a dram With solutive Syrup of Roses make an Electuary The Decoction of Prunes or of Senna with Raisins is likewise very effectual Clarify'd Whey mix'd with solutive Syrup of Roses or impregnated with Tamarinds by Decoction is an incomparable Medicine for opening the Belly It injoys a volatil oyly Alcali which tempers the austere acidity of the Juice of the Pancreas the frequent cause of Costiveness and moderates the acrimony of scorbutic Salts The Decoctions of emollient Herbs in Broth or that of Figs in Barly-water are likewise useful Some instead of Sugar use Manna for the Conferves of Roses and Violets and mix 'em with the Pulp of Raisins and Cream of Tartar with very good Success If the Excrements be very hard and a glassy Pituita beset the Guts there 's nothing better than Gum Ammoniac As take of Mint-water an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a dram solutive Syrup of Roses half an ounce make a Potion for two Doses If the Operation be difficult add Tartar vitriolated and Scammony sulphurated The Tincture or Essential Salt of Tartar is much approv'd But in Cases of Extremity we must have recourse to Quicksilver two or three ounces of which may be exhibited in Broth or Oyl of sweet Almonds or it may be infus'd for a Month in Wine shaking the Wine often of which a spoonful or two is a Dose Fulminatory Gold reduc'd to Pills with Extract of Hellebor or Syrup of Roses is look'd upon by some as the last Refuge But it ought not to be dulcify'd or rob'd of its Salt otherwise it becomes diaphoretic I choose to joyn it with Antimonial Nitre which provokes the Guts to Expulsion and find it very useful both in this case and that of Childrens Gripings Strong Purgatives ought to be avoided by reason that they promote the Contraction of the Guts and consequently the induration of the Excrements As for External Assistance Emollient Clysters of the Decoctions of softning Herbs mixt with Lenitive Electuaries Hony Manna yelks of Eggs and softning Oyls are very proper Some choose to inject the Decoction of Raisins in Veal Broth. Turpentine Clysters are very convenient when Costiveness is caus'd by Nephritic Pains Common Oyl or the Oyls of Linseed and Rapeseed are sometimes more effectual than any other Ingredients As Take of Rape Oyl in which a dram of Troches Alhandal has been boyl'd eight ounces with an ounce of Hony of Roses and the yelk of one Egg make a Clyster If Emollient Clysters prove ineffectual and the Excrements be notably harden'd let Sal Gem be added to 'em As for Example Take of Chamomil Leaves and Flowers three handfuls Elder and Mullein Flowers of each a handful boyl them in Water To nine ounces of the strain'd liquor add of Sal Gem a Dram Hony of Roses an ounce make a Clyster If Wind molest the Guts add of the distill'd Oyls of Cumin and Caraway-seeds of each half a Scruple If Sal Gem be insufficient add a dram of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag to be boyl'd with the other Ingredients still observing this Caution that when such sharp Ingredients are added Oyls and such like things ought to be omitted for these cramp the others And in the last place if Coloquintida it self be insufficient in the room of it add two three or four ounces of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum but withal 't is still to be remembred that if the Guts be irritated or molested with Contractions the simple softning Clysters are only proper and that the use of such sharp Ingredients is to be nicely confin'd to the case of the insensibility and relaxation of the Guts Next to Clysters are Suppositories made of Salt Hony Powder of black Hellebor and a small quantity of Sal Gem. Sylvius and other Authors are very diffuse in commending Suppositories of Allum either mix'd in Powder with Tragacanth dissolv'd in white Lilly-water or a piece of Rock allum cut into the form of a Suppository and anointed with Oyl of sweet Almonds But during the use of Clysters and Suppositories 't is proper to exhibit some laxative inwardly lest an ineffectual Provocation of the Guts shou'd creat an Inflammation 'T is likewise convenient in the mean while to foment or bathe the Belly and after bathing to anoint it thus Take of the Leaves of common Mallows Marsh-mallows Plantane and Wormwood of each a handful Chamomil and Melilot Flowers of each half a handful Seeds of Fenugrec Linseeds and Cucumberseeds of each a scruple Boyl them in Wine till two parts be consumed Foment the Belly with the Decoction Take of the Oyls of sweet Almonds Violets Lillies Roses Chamomil and Spikenard of each half an ounce Goose fat an ounce with a little of the Plaister of Bay-berries make a Liniment with which anoint the Belly after fomentation If the motion of the Intestines be much impair'd let the Oyntments be sharpen'd with Bull 's Gall and Sal Gem or apply a Plaister of Bull 's Gall and Oyl of Coloquintida to the Navel Zivet especially in Colic Pains us'd the same way is a valuable Secret The Ointment of Soubread soften'd with Oyl of Coloquintida is very useful for the same purpose As also Elaterum or Scammony or Aloe mix'd with Oyl of Coloquintida Some mix Goose fat with a roasted Apple and apply it to the Belly Others apply Oyl of Poplar with Hiera Picra to the Soles of the Feet Some choose to anoint their Fingers with Rape or Linseed Oyl and so thrust 'em into the Fundament and they say 't is a very effectual Method Coughing and sneezing are recommended by Platerus as fit means for forwarding the Excrements Meibomius gives an instance of a Prince that was wont to cause his Servant to whip him to Stool ARTIC II. Of the Iliac Passion THE Iliac Passion is an extreme Costiveness pain about the Navel and voiding of the Excrements upwards caus'd by the inverted peristaltic Motion of the Guts If the Inversion of the peristaltic Motion commence from the Pylorus it creates Vomiting if from the Guts which are a Continuation of the Membran of the Stomac it produces the same Symptoms For the most part it takes its rise from the Ileum tho' sometimes it begins at the Rectum or Colon as appears by their Inflammations and other observables in dead Bodies The Causes are Ulcers of the Guts extreme Costiveness or acid austere Excrements irritating their Fibres and causing Obstructions especially about the Caecum a Rupture The Corrugation of the Guts by a Gangrene mistaken by some for a twisting of 'em round one another a thing inconsistent with their ligation to the Mesentery The runing of one Gut into another caus'd by Wind distending
Take of the Leaves of Hyssop and white Horehound of each two handfuls Elecampane Roots two Ounces Fennel seeds half an Ounce Anis seed two drams Terra foliata Tartari three drams Common Water three Pound Scum'd Hony half a Pound Boyl them in a close Vessel Scum the Liquor and add three drams of Cinnamon and a dram of Oriental Saffron Strain it for use Let the Patient take a draught twice or thrice a day Take of Hyssop and Speedwell Water of each an ounce and a half Cinnamon Water an ounce Essence of Zedoary half an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar and a dram and a half Oxymel of Sqills an ounce Mix for two or three Doses Take of Hyssop Poppy flower and Asthmatical Waters an ounce and a half Asthmatical Spirit Prepar'd fâ—om Gum Ammoniac Verdigris and Brimstone an ounce and a half Oxymel of Squills or Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Take of the Tincture of Tartar half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac two drams Mix and take thirty or forty drops in a warm Vehicle Take of the Roots of Fennel of Asarabacca and of Florentin Orris of each three drams Liquorice two drams Boyl them in Water till the third part be consum'd To eight ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Gum Ammoniac a dram Oxymel of Squills an ounce Syrup of Horehound an ounce or two Mix. This is Brunnerus his Potion Note Sugar and Sweet things ought to be Cautiously us'd in this Disease They are offensive to the Stomac and Lungs and favour a Phthisic Take of Rape flower Water four ounces strong Cinnamon Water half an ounce Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Spirit of Sulphur as much as sufficeth for a Grateful Acidity Mix c. A dram of Gum Ammoniac may be added Take of Cinnamon Water two ounces Sperma Caeti two drams Oxymel of Squills an ounce Mix c. Take of the Wine and Infusion of Woodlice eight ounces Extract of Elecampane Roots two drams Extract of Saffron half a dram Syrup of Hyssop and Syrup of white Horehound of each two drams Mix and take a draught twice a day As for the Convulsive dry Asthma's they are cur'd by premising a Vomit excepting the case of Hysterical Symptoms exhibiting Antiepileptic Medicines such as the Volatil Salt of Amber the Spirits of Tartar Amber Harts-horn Sulphur and Sal-armoniac especially the Essence of Castor whose Oyly salt conquers the Acid most effectually the Spirit of Putrify'd Earthworms and the Distill'd Oyls of Amber Anis and Turpentin mix'd with Narcotics Externally we apply the Oyl of sweet Almonds with Saffron to the Breast and Blistering Plaisters to the Shoulder-Blades and Arms. ART II. Of a Hiccough THE Hickets are a Convulsive motion of the Diaphragm bending it downward distending the Belly and provoking it to accelerat and interrupt Inspiration The Ancients refer'd it to the Stomac but its influence over the Belly its necessary dependence upon Inspiration its ready Obedience to the Command of our Will its being cur'd by continu'd Inspiration Sneesing Mirth and Violent Passions argue that 't is Seated in the Middriff 'T is true the Irritating Cause is frequently lodg'd in the upper Orifice of the Stomac from whence it has a short influence upon the Middriff thro' which the Orifice Passes Thus sharp acid Cold Liquors and Victuals or an acid Viscous Phlegm in the Stomac such as Children are Obnoxious to are frequently the Authors of this Disease As also the Convulsive motions of any other Membran that Corresponds with the Middriff Violent Purgatives Disjoynting of the Ribs Inflammations of the Liver Ruptures and whatever injures the Guts or Adjacent Membrans If a Hiccough proceed from the assumption of sharp Liquors or External things 't is not so dangerous as when it follows the Inflammations of the Liver Costiveness Colics or Feavers especially towards their height The Cure consists in abating the Convulsive sense of the Middriff and removing the material cause The former end is compass'd by Narcotics mix'd with Specifics Now the Specifics are Cinnamon Mastic Galangal Ginger Aniseed Burnt Hartshorn or Ivory Spirit of Sal-armoniac and especially Castor Take of Venice Treacle half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Aniseed half a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Mace two drops With the Juice of Quinces Make a Bolus If the Evil be Inveterat 't will be necessary to Vomit Or at least to Purge with Pills of Aloe and Sweet Mercury mix'd with Laudanum After their Operation is over exhibit the following Mixture Take of Wine Impregnated with Quinces and the Tincture of Roses of each an ounce Extract of Zedoary fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Orange Peel four drops Syrup of Quinces half an ounce Mix c. If the Stomac be distended with Wind add the Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre If the Person be molested with Hysterical Symptoms add the Extract of Castor Externally we apply to the Stomac Cataplasms of yest Aromatic Powders and Oyl of Castor Or hot Bread soak'd in Spanish Wine or in Vinegar in which Pepper Castor and Mustard seeds are Boyl'd If a Hiccough proceed from Crudities in the Stomac besides the General method of Vomiting and Purging with Aloe 't will be requisit to exhibit Stomachical Mixtures of the Essence of Zedoary Spirit of Mastic Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd with Spirit of Sal-armoniac Essence of Wormwood c. If it be occasion'd by sharp Corrosive rusty humors 't will be needful to joyn the above mention'd Specifics with Absorbent Powders such as Seal'd Earth Crabs Eyes Coral Solar Earth and especially the Inner skin of a Hen's Breast If it take its Root from Poyson or be Accompany'd by Malignity let Alexipharmacal Ingredients be added In Feavers Antimonial Nitre given to a dram is of Noted Efficacy If sudden Cold or Drinking of Cold Liquors immediatly after heat gave being to the Disease 't will be proper to Bathe in the Decoction of Nervous Plants ART III. Of the Night Mare THE Night-Mare is either Accidental or Habitual The former is occasion'd by the Distention of the Stomac with Wind or Crudities and prevails when Persons are asleep and lye upon their Backs For then the Stomac dilated presses the Middriff and Muscles of the Bread most and so incumbers the descent of the one and dilatation of the other which are necessary for Inspiration Thus the Blood stagnats in the Lungs and the Person is not able to speak or breathe freely but fancies himself press'd by some particular Object The Habitual is occasion'd by some Acid Lymph that disorders the Spirits and Creates a Paralytic or Convulsive Disposition of the Nerves of the Middriff and Muscles of the Breast which by consent Cramp those of the Wind Pipe whose Contraction raises a sense of strangling and abolishes the Power of an Articulat Voice Hypochondiac and Scorbutic Persons are most subject to this habitual sort which is frequently attended by red spots in the skin and seems to be near a-kin to an Epilepsy Sometimes 't is the effect of Worms
the Disease In order to solve this difficult knot let us consider in the first place that Nature is forc'd to these Evacuations by the sharpness of the humors which ought to be corrected by temperat Medicines in the next place that if they exceed in quantity they may be safely curb'd or if deficient in quantity may be gently incourag'd If the quality of the matter be faulty that is if such things are evacuated as ought not to be 't is allowable to stop it according to Hipp. Sect. 2. Aph. 2. If both quantity and quality be faultless and the evacuation charg'd with no Crime but that of its being ill tim'd it may nevertheless prove Critical Blood-letting is frequently injoyn'd in Feavers but oft-times it do's more harm than good The general Plea for it is that it ventilats and cools the Blood whereas on the contrary the more space be given to the Blood to boyl in the higher it boyls In intermitting Feavers I positively aver that 't is noxious in malignant Feavers 't is next door to cutting the Patient's Throat And as touching the continual burning Feavers it ought to be very cautiously gone about by reason of a latent malignity that oft-times attends them If the Patient be plethoric young and lusty if a Vomit could not conveniently be exhibited in the beginning of the Feaver if any wonted evacuation of Blood be stop'd and such other circumstances indicate Blood-letting 't is well But however it be 't is never safe after the third or fourth Day As for evacuating Remedies Hippocrates's Aphorism is a standing Rule namely that Concocted not crude humors ought to be evacuated So proper Purgatives are inconvenient till after the height of the distemper Indeed gentle lenitives that do not reach further than the first ways may be mix'd with digestive Salts and exhibited in the beginning or progress avoiding the time of the Crisis Vomits are proper in all kinds of Feavers especially if there be any inclination to Vomit sour Belchings murmuring noise in the Guts Head-ach or Giddiness They ought to be Administred only in the beginning of acute Feavers In the progress of slow Feavers they may likewise be given Clysters are proper for mitigating the Heat and redressing the disorders of the Head and Guts But upon the point of Critical Evacuations or Eruptions they are altogether improper Sweating Medicines are authoris'd by Nature's Example They ought to be frequently repeated and that not only after signs of Concoction but during the whole course of the disease especially if it be malignant Such of 'em as are sharp aromatic rosinous oyly or Hot are to be avoided and those which are temperat as the fix'd absorbents and the thin volatils are only proper for this purpose If sweat do not easily insue add Opiats to them Which are never to be us'd without a sudorific mixture nor about the time of the Crisis nor in the very first beginning of the disease In Feavers Sugar and sweet things ought to be avoided by reason that they promote the Fermentation Thirst generally attends Feavers and proceeds from the deficiency of Spittle and from Alcalin Salts lodg'd in the Palat. 'T is a vulgar Error to derive it from Heat for a few drops of Spirit of Sulphur are more efficatious in quenching it than a whole Gallon of Water or cooling Liquors Wine is likewise of noted efficacy for quenching Thirst corroberating the Stomac and Spirits and promoting Urine But it ought to be of a sharp thin Body for the sweet fat Wines from Spain Florence c. are hurtful Hippocrates was wont to exhibit Wine in all Feavers at least in intermitting and malignant Feavers 't is of soveraign use In continual burning Feavers what disorders it may occasion are presently visible and yield to absorbent Powders for 't is not the hot Spirit but the Acid of the Wine that can do the least harm nor that neither but only in some particular Constitutions Ale or Beer is not agreeable to feaverish Persons because the digestive faculty of the Stomac being languid it corrupts and causes bitter musty Belchings Waters and thin Liquors mix'd with Acids are preferable As Take of the Flowers of red Roses two handfuls extract a Tincture from them with Water sharpen'd with Spirit of Sulphur then add the Syrrup of the Juice of Gitrons or of Barberries or of Rasberries and make a Julep Or Take three Citrons slic'd and throw upon 'em white Sugar Then Boyl them in common Water Take of this Liquor strain'd a Pound and half fresh juice of Citrons three Ounces Flowers of Roses and of red Poppies of each a handful with a small quantity of dulcify'd Spirit of Salt Let them stand in a warm infusion in order to extract a Tincture In continual Feavers let the Patient drink at pleasure But the Liquor must not be cold nor much of it drunk at once In intermitting Feavers these Acid potions ought not to be Administred till after the cold Fit The Spirit of Sulphur with common Water is a proper Liquor both for quenching thirst and promoting sweat Or Take of Whey two Pound Citron Juice three Ounces Dasies and red Poppy Flowers of each an Ounce and a half Boyl in a close Vessel till the Tincture be extracted The Citron Juice depurates the Whey It is useful in all continual Feavers and qualifies Scorbutic or Hypochondriac Salts As for Diet. They ought to avoid Meat Fishes and Summer Fruits In a word let them eat but a little and as their Appetit requires What they eat must be thin and watry but never forc'd upon ' em Broth Panado's a Tost in Wine or at most poach'd Eggs are their proper food Quiet and Rest are good Signs and sleep if it be not preternatural composes the Spirits and procures Sweat CHAP. II. Of Intermitting Feavers A Feaver is styl'd Intermitting when the fermentation and agitation of the Blood and Spirits is interrupted and after a certain interval of time revives again If it return with equal force every Day 't is call'd Quotidian If it return every other Day leaving an interval of one intire Day 't is a Tertian if the interval consist of two Days 't is a Quartan Some return after three Days some after four five c. Some every Week some every Month and some every Year but these are very unfrequent If the fit return twice or thrice in one Day 't is call'd a double or treble Quotidian If two Paroxisms happen every other Day or if the intermitting Days of Tertians have likewise Paroxysms corresponding to one another 't is a double Tertian If two Fits come in the Fir Days and but one in the Intermitting 't is a treble Tertian If the Fits return every Day so as that the first for duration and other Symptoms is parallel to the fourth the second to the fifth third to the sixth c. 't is a treble Quartan If the Feaver intermit only every third Day 't is a double Quartan 'T is
than the Disease Aguish Persons are very apt to salivate by taking but a few grains of sweet Mercury which inconvenience ought to be prevented by Purgation or forcible sweating XVIII Chronical Feavers thicken the Blood and Lymph and are apt to degenerat into slow Hectic Feavers which are best prevented by the use of Sal-armoniac a Vomit being premis'd or the following Powder viz. Take of Arcanum Duplicatum twelve or fifteen grains Ivory prepar'd without fire half a scruple mix and exhibit two hours before the Fit Inappetency succeeding to such Feavers is cur'd by the continued use of Wormwood or lesser Centory XIX Chronical Feavers and such as are cur'd by repeated Doses of absorbent Powders are frequently follow'd by Colics Dropsies swellings of the Feet c. Such Symptoms are obviated or remov'd by the internal use of the Decoction Essence Juice or extract of Wormwood and the external application of Celandin the greater XX. In the Declination of an Intermitting Feaver or after their removal or on the intermitting Days 't is not improper to obviat the Cachectic indispositions that generally follow 'em by the use of the following Vegetable Febrifuga's which sharpen the Bile enervat the Acid and fortify the Stomac Take of Essence of Wormwood or of lesser Centory or of Gentian or of Myrrh half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac two drams Mix. Dose thirty or forty drops twice a Day Take of Michael's Febril Elixyr and Elixyr Proprietatis of each a dram and a half Mix. Dose forty or fifty drops Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid two drams Mix c. Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams Quintessence of Wormwood one dram Mix c. Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams of the Carminative Spirit a dram Mix. Dose forty or fifty drops twice a Day XXI During the cold Fit the sick Person must abstain from Eating or Drinking After the height of the Fit when the Sweat begins to breath forth and the Heat is violent he may drink plentifully Warm Wormwood Wine or Wormwood Ale is not improper if there be any apprehension of a scorbutic Feaver the Wine may be Tinctur'd with Antiscorbutics But in Quartan Paroxysms 't is adviseable to drink little or none at all or at least to drop forty drops of Spirit of Sal-armoniac into the Liquor which must always be warm Let the ordinary Drink be Water or small Beer mix'd with Wormwood Wine or clarify'd Whey with a few drops of the juice of Citrons Refrigerating Juleps are improper barring the case of immoderat Heat for which warm Drink with Nitre or Spirit of Vitriol is very proper As Take of the Flowers of red Poppies Flowers of Roses of each half a Handful Infuse them in a Pound and a half of Poppy Flower Water or Clarify'd Whey and sharpen it with Spirit of Sulphur per Campanam Let them stand in a warm place till the Tincture be Extracted Then add of Syrup of Jujubes two ounces Syrup of Violets an ounce Make a Julep Take of the Conserve of Wood Sorrel Conserve of Roses Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers of each an ounce dissolve 'em in a sufficient Quantity of the decoction of Vipers-grass or Boyl them gently in a close Vessel Strain the Liquor and reserve it for use Take of the Roots of Woodsorrel and Tamarinds of each an ounce Boyl them in Water To four pound of the strain'd Liquor add three Handfuls of red Roses sprinkl'd with dulcify'd Spirit of Vitrol Set them in a warm place till the Tincture be extracted Then strain it and add the Syrup of red Corants and Syrup of Rasberries of each three ounces Mix and reserve for use Take of Spring Water half a pound Cinnamom Water half an ounce fresh Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth for a grateful Acidity Mix c. XXII In Tertians let not Sweat be artificially promoted before the fourth Fit and if it comes naturally in the declensions of the Fits let the Person be lightly Cover'd In Quartans Sudorifics are improper till the signs of Concoction appear but if sweat break forth of its own accord before that time it must not be suppress'd XXIII The chilness shivering shaking c. attending the cold Fits are admirably accounted for by applying Aromatic Oyls to the Stomac Breast Back-bone Loins and Soles of the Feet As Take of Balsam of Peru a dram the distill'd Oyls of Cloves of Mace and of Amber of each half a scruple Mix and Anoint the above mentioned Parts Take of express'd Oyl of Nutmegs a dram distill'd Oyl of Cloves distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom of each fifteen grains Mix c. Take of the distill'd Oyl of Juniper-Berries and Rosemary a scruple distill'd Oyl of Cloves half a scruple Inwardly the same symptoms are mitigated by exhibiting the fixed Salts Aromatic extracts and distill'd Aromatic Oyls But they are peculiarly calculated for such Feavers where the cold Symptoms are more violent than the hot The forms of prescribing are such as these Take of the Salt of Wormwood a scruple prepar'd Oyster-shells and white Pepper in Powder of each six or seven grains Take of Sal-Armoniac fifteen grains Cloves and white Pepper of each five grains Make a Powder for two Doses To be taken before the invasion of the Fit Take of prepar'd Pearl half a scruple Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder Take of the Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains Diaphoretic Antimony half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum one grain distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder to be taken two or three Hours before the Fit Take of Crollius's specific against Feavers a dram Salts of Wormwood and of lesser Centory of each half a scruple distill'd Oyl of Cloves three drops Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Carduus Benedictus Water an ounce Cinnamom Water a dram extract of Gentian half a dram Spirit of Sal-Armoniac half a dram Syrup of Carduus Benedictus two drams Make a draught to be exhibited two Hours before the Fit In Quartans when the cold Symptoms prevail most the Dose of the Extract may be augmented but in Tertians when the Heat obtains the ascendant the Quantity of the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac ought to be inlarg'd Take of the Extracts of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus lesser Centory and Triacle of each from five to six Grains distill'd Oil of Cloves three Drops Make Pills to be given before the Fit when cold and its Appendants prevail and little or no heat insues For Oil of Cloves is an incomparable Antidote against shivering Laudanum Opiatum and Extract of Troches Alhandal are proper Ingredients for the same purpose XXIV If the heat and its Consequences be more troublesome than the coldness Sal Armoniac or its urinous Spirit is the only proper Medicine As Take of Sal Armoniac a Scruple Poterius's Antihectic Ponder half a Scruple Mix and make a Pouder
exhibit forty or fifty drops a day towards the height of the Disease or when the Pusnes are well advanc'd and the Symptoms mitigateâ— After a sufficient eruption we ought to promote their suppuration and prevent Pits in the Skin by exhibiting a Compound Powder of Crabs-Eyes Harts-horn Myrrh and Salt of Carduus Benedictus Besides the direct indications of the small Pox and Measles we ought likewise to obviat their incident Symptoms as unquietness and inolination to vomit if it be proper to stop it by the Spirit of Harts-horn succinated and Extract of Treacle mix'd with Laudanum Opiatum a looseness towards the height accompany'd with a murmuring noise in the Belly and frothy Excrements by seal'd Earth or Laudanum Opiatum and Diascordium mix'd with other specifics Watchings Deliriums and Convulsions attended with a hardness of the Belly by exhibiting the Cinnabar of Antimony or Spirit of Harts-horn succinated or injecting Clysters anointing the Navel and pit of the Stomac with distill'd Oyl of Amber and in the beginning of the Disease injecting Clysters A bleeding at Nose ought to be promoted if needs be by squeezing or pricking the Nostrils or if it exceed measure restrain'd by applying dry'd Toads to the Arm-pits or mixing Narcotics with Absorbents and avoiding all volatil Ingredients A Cough or any disorder of the Breast ought to be repress'd by Scabious Water mix'd with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac anisated and Laudanum Opiatum adding before the eruption incrassating Syrrups such as those of Colts-foot Jujubes c. and after the eruption attenuating ones such as those of Tobacco Mint Hyssop c. A weakness and prostration of strength ought to be repair'd by exhibiting the Tincture of Coral mix'd with the Spirit of Stag's Heart or a Toast soak'd in Rhenish Wine These Symptoms last mention'd precede the Eruption Those which follow the Eruption are likewise to be accounted for As if the Pox or Measles retire unseasonably and fall upon the nervous System causing Deliriums and Convulsions apply blistering Plaisters to the Soles of the Feet and exhibit the Ashes of Scarlet Cloth in Wine If the sharpness of the Humour threaten Pits in the Face exhibit Crabs Eyes and Myrrh inwardly and apply outwardly with a Feather the Spirit of Wine tinctur'd with Myrrh or Rose-water in which Sugar of Lead is dissolv'd or the Plaister of Frogs Spawn with Sugar of Lead But all external applications before maturation are much suspected for fear of repressing the Matter Lime-water in which Sulphur is boil'd being mix'd with rose-Rose-water or a Cataplasm of the Meal of Beans and that of Lupines and Ox Urine are of use for taking off the Scarrs If a Salivation succeed to the Eruption let the Patient drink plentifully of Barly Water or small Beer and likewise gargle his Mouth with it If the small Pox or Measles threaten Injury to the Eyes either by settling in the Apple of the Eye or distending the Eye-Lid let the Eye be wash'd with the infusion of the Glass of Antimony in Plantan and Rose-Water with Tutty and Sugar of Lead If the Eyes be red and itch apply a piece of raw Beef to the Eye renewing it every quarter of an Hour for some time Or let a healthy Woman chew Garlic and breath upon the Eye or wash the Eye with the juice of Chervil or Rue mix'd with Fennel Water or make a Collyrium of Plantan Night-shade and Rose Water in which Sumac and Plantan Seeds are boil'd or the Rinds of Pomgranats infus'd The mucilage of Marsh-mallows extracted with Fennel Water or the infusion of white Vitriol and Tutty in Eye-bright Water or plantan-Plantan-Water mix'd with Frogs Spawn and Sugar of Lead are also very proper Or Take of plantan-Plantan-Water an Ounce Eye-bright and Rose Water of each half an ounce prepar'd Emerald twelve grains prepar'd Pearls six grains Camphyr three grains Saffron four grains Mix and drop it into the Eye Some choose to drop into the Eye a drop or two of the Fat of Vipers If the Eye-lids are beset with the Pox and inflam'd notwithstanding all these Precautions apply the Decoction of Line-seed Fenugrec-seed and Mallows or that of Melilot-Flowers and Quince-seeds Some apply Milk but I cannot approve their Practice since 't is apt to become Acid. If after all the Eyes be injur'd and remain so after recovery of the Pox 't is proper to use Rulandus's Opthalmic Water and apply Blistering-Plaisters to the Nape of the Neck and when that Blister ceases to run apply two behind the Ears mixing one part of the Blistering Plaister with five or six parts of the Plaister of Frogs-spawn to keep the Blister open If the Pox injure the Nose or Ears the former is reliev'd by applying Vinegar of Roses impregnated with Camphyr and anointing the Crusts within the Nostrils if there be any such with fresh Butter wash'd in Rose-water The latter viz. The Ears are restor'd by putting into the Ears the Essence of Castor with Cotton or fumigating it with the Decoction of Castor Myrrh Coloquintida Fennel-seed and a little Saffron in Wine and applying Blistering Plaisters behind them The Throat is frequently infested by the small Pox and consequently respiration disturb'd To prevent this inconvenience let the Mouth and Throat be wash'd with Goats Milk and Plantan Water or the Tincture of Poppy-Flowers or with the common Gargles mix'd with Horse's Dung or the Juice of River Crabs and Nitre After the Wheals are open 't will not be improper to add Allum and Honey of Roses Plantan is also a noted Specific both against this Symptom and that of pissing Blood If the Tongue be ulcerated apply Honey of Roses sharpen'd with Spirit of Salt or the following Liniment viz. Take of the Flowers of Holyhocks half an Ounce Pomgranat Flowers two drams choice Myrrh a Dram Allum half a dram with Hony make a Liniment or Electuary If the Lips be much in trouble anoint 'em with the mucilage of the Seeds of Quinces Sometimes the small Pox leave most obstinate Ulcers in the Head Breasts and other parts which elude all common methods and yield only to Mercurial Salivations The Scarlet Feaver is generally referr'd to the Measles It invades for the most part Children and is occasion'd by an Ebullition of the Lymph and attended by the Symptoms of a Catarrh It is in some measure acute and after three or four Days from its beginning breaks out in the Neck Shoulders and Breast either in the form of an equal redness resembling a Rose or that of dispers'd red Spots which fall off about the seventh Day like Scales It is cur'd as the Measles or small Pox but has this peculiar property that 't is follow'd by soft swellings in the Face and Legs that last for eight Days after its disappearance CHAP. VII Of the Plague and Pestilential Feavers THE Plague is an exalted pitch of Malignity compatible with any Disease whatsoever In this place we take it for an epidemical catching and highly malignant Disease proceeding from poisonous Miasma's
which Worms are the Head The Spirit of putrifi'd Earth-worms rectifi'd upon Cephalic Plants or the Infusion of bruis'd Worms in Wine Milk or Whey are most effectual Medicaments Some apply living Worms to the Part which die if the Pain be violent and as the Symptoms relent prolong their life Therefore this Application is renew'd till the Worms cease to die When the Paroxysm declines we endeavour to root out the radical Cause by preparations from the Pine-Tree China Roots and Juniper-Berries mix'd with Antiscorbutics The Decoction of Wormwood and lesser Centory Bags of Antiscorbutical Ingredients infus'd in Wine and the carminative Spirit or Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass are all of good use In a Word if the Patient be of a moist Constitution and apt to sweat volatil Ingredients are best if not Milk especially Goats Milk or Whey in which softning and Antiscorbutical Ingredients are boyl'd is preferable Take of Cinnabar of Antimony a scruple Poterius's diaphoretic Gold twelve grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder to be exhibited in the beginning of the Disease Take of the Water of Mother of Thyme Pine-Apples and Scurvy-grass of each an ounce the Essence against Catarrhs three drams the spirit of putrifi'd Earth-Worms a dram the volatil salt of Harts-horn a scruple the volatil salt of Amber half a scruple prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a dram Laudanum Opiatum three grains Syrup of Elecampane Roots an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful in order to sweat Take of the Buds of the wild Pine-Tree three ounces China Roots slic'd an ounce and a half Juniper Berries an ounce Boil them in Water and exhibit four ounces in order to sweat every Morning and as much at Night without sweating Externally we ought to avoid all oily Applications Let the part be forcibly rub'd with a Cloth outwards or toward the Circumference and fumigated with the steams of the Decoction of Earth-worms and Ants. Then apply Cataplasms of Horse-Radish Roots or Briony Roots boil'd with Camomil Flowers and Comfrey Roots in Milk or of Cats Dung and Earth-Worms or of Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine sprinkl'd with the Spirit of Earth-worms and mix'd with Camphyr but 't is worthy our notice that these Cataplasms ought to be always kept warm for if they grow cold upon the Part they wring and straiten its Pores Upon which account some choose rather to foment it with the Spirit of putrifi'd Earth-worms Spirit of Ants the Spirit of Juniper Berries camphoris'd or the Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aromatic Plants and then apply a Plaister of Tacamahac and Mynsichtius's Diaphoretic Plaister VII Scorbutical Head-aches are cur'd by volatil Sudorisics such as the volatil Salt of Amber Spirit of Harts-horn the Cephalic Spirit of Vitriol the Anti-scorbutical Elixir Proprietatis and sometimes Opiats To these we subjoin a Milk Diet which tho' noxious in other Cases is of admirable efficacy in this VIII A scorbutical Palsie is for the most part usher'd in by a sense of a creeping sort of Pain like the motion of Emmets 'T is Cur'd thus administer a Vomit unless the Person be liable to Pains in the Belly Avoid Bleeding unless the Person be Plethorick inject emollient Clysters and exhibit the mildest Laxatives Then order the Decoction of Juniper and Pine-tree-wood or the Pine Apple with Rosemary and cephalic Plants in Milk or Whey The Decoctions of sudorific Woods the Essence of the Pine Apple the Essence of Juniper Berries the volatil Spirit of Tartar or the Carminative Spirit de tribus mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass the volatil Salt of Amber and especially Poterius's diaphoretic Gold or fulminatory Gold are all recommended upon this occasion Externally the same Medicines are requir'd as we order for the wandring Gout especially the Spirit of Juniper Berries Essence of Castor Spirit of Earth-worms Some order the Person to be set up to the Waste in a Heap of Grapes while they ferment either naturally or by the addition of Quicklime Cataplasms of Briony and Comfrey Roots are oft us'd with good success some fumigate the Part with the steams of Goose-fat thrown upon burning Coals and anoint it with the Oil of Scurvy-grass the Oil or Spirit of Earth-worms distill'd Oil of Amber and Balsam of Peru. Some apply Plaisters such as Oxycroceum and Nervinum Vigonis but all oily things are improper by reason that they shut the Pores Of the natural hot Baths those of the meekest force and heat are best IX Scorbutical Convulsions are cur'd by Vomits Purges and Antiscorbutics mix'd with nervous Ingredients Lac Cinnabar of Antimony the volatil Salt of Amber and Camphyr exhibited in the Decoction of Elecampane and Juniper Berries are of excellent use Some recommend Castle-Soap dissolv'd in Milk as also the Essence of the Pine-Apple the Essence of Sassafras carminative Spirit and Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and Laudanum In the last extremity we must have recourse to the Decoctions of sudorific Woods China Roots and Fennel Externally the Oil distill'd from a mixture of Quick-lime and Oil of Lin-seed is of noted efficacy and likewise all cephalic Spirits and Oils Some recommend Bathing every Day for eight Hours in the Decoctions of Gentian Juniper-Berries Rue and Agrimony X. Asthma's attending the Scurvy are cur'd by the Extract of Saffron spirits of Hart's-horn Castor Amber and Sal-Armoniac Benzoin and Birth-wort-Roots with Antiscorbutical Decoctions If the Asthma's are merely Convulsive Laudanum Hystericum is a sovereign Remedy XI Vomitings require Artificial Vomits gentle Purges and stomachical Medicines mix'd with absorbent Powders and Antiscorbutics Loosenesses are cur'd after the same method rather than by Astringents which frequently occasion Anxieties in the Breast and Swoonings Bleedings at Nose or any other part are best stopp'd by exhibiting inwardly chalybeat Astringents such as Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony Vitriol of Steel the Antiphthisical Tincture c. XII A scorbutical Consumption is generally accounted for by a Milk Diet which is of excellent use when it proceeds from the degeneracy of the Blood But if the disorders of the Stomac and first Passages gave Birth to it Milk is improper and is fitly exchanged for Vomits and stomachical Aromatics In general Elixir Proprietatis without an Acid the spirit of Sal-Armoniae the Antiphthisical Tincture and Raisins eaten after Meals are very proper If the Animal Spirits are flat nervous Remedies will be useful If the milky Vessels or Glandules of the Mesentery and other Parts are charg'd with Obstructions volatil Aperients are necessary XIII Scorbutical Fevers take their Original from the Corrosive sharpness of the Blood and generally pass for Hectics Their Symptoms are an excessive Appetit follow'd by Vomiting or love for salt Victuals Costiveness Sweats smelling like Acids and leaving red Sand in the Bed and livid Spots in the Skin They are cur'd by Antiscorbutics mix'd with Steel and volatil and fix'd Salts especially the Flowers and spirit of Sal-Armoniac the Spirit of Sassafras and Arcanum Duplicatum
handful the Rinds of Beans an ounce Plantan Leaves a handful Boyl them in Water with a little lye adding two ounces of Turpentin dissolv'd in Hony to a pound of the strain'd Decoction and in desperat Cases the Ointment Aegyptiacum Mix and inject it with a Syringe for cleansing the Ulcer Take of Ladies Mantle and Tops of St. John's wort of each a handful Marshmallow-roots half an ounce boil them in Lime-water adding to ten ounces of the strain'd Liquor one ounce of the Syrup of Comfry and three or four drams of the vulnerary Essence Mix for injection in order to consolidat Bathing in hot Baths and drinking Spaw Waters are much approv'd both for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Bladder ART 8. Of a Phrenzy or Inflammation of the Membranes of the Brain THE Inflammation of the Membranes and some part of the substance of the Brain was call'd by the Ancients Sphacelus as that of the Midriff was call'd Phrenitis from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diaphragma and indeed all derivative Words ending in tis signifi'd the Inflammation of the Part whose Name they 're deriv'd from as Pleuritis Hepatitis Nephritis c. However that we may not depart from the customary manner of speaking we shall treat of the Inflammations of the Brain under the name of Phrenitides or Phrensies Their Symptoms are a visible beating in the Carotid Arteries and an unsufferable tearing Pain in the Head obliging the sick Person to throw toss and as it were beat his Head and furiously pull at the Hair They are attended by doating and are apt to degenerat into fatal Gangrenes at which time Convulsions prostration of Strength and a sort of a Lethargy insue Their Urine is pale crude and white and if their Stools be also white if the Teeth gnash the Nose drop and the Person tremble shake and pick at the Bed-Cloaths 't is a desperate case Sometimes Phrenetic Persons are only molested with frightening Dreams and a timorous inward doating without any noise which is a worse Symptom than open fury loud out-cries and violent tossings of the Limbs A Phrensie is distinguish'd from a simple Delirium by the unrelenting vehemence of the Feaver and Head-ache and a difficulty of breathing Sometimes but very rarely a Phrensie terminates in critical Sweats Bleeding at Nose Loosenesses c. Sometimes it becomes an incurable Imposthume in the Brain A true Phrensie for the most part is incurable however its Cure is attempted by Bleeding Vomits Clysters and Diaphoretics Of which more in the Second Book ART 9. Of the Genuin and Spurious Inflammations of the Eyes A Genuin Inflammation of the Eyes is either Sanguine or Serous The former is call'd Ophthalmia the latter Epiphora or Lippitudo An Ophthalmia is an Inflammation of the Tunicles of the Eye especially the Conjunctive which by reason of their Derivation from and being of a piece with the Membranes of the Brains are apt to communicate their disorder to the Brain as on the contrary the disorders of the Brain are frequently display'd in the Eyes The External Cause is whatever provokes the Fibres to Contraction and consequently obliges the Blood to stagnate in the small Arteries which are very plentiful in the Coats of the Eyes as the sharp effluviums of the Air Dust steams of Metals c. The internal cause is the suppression of any evacuation of Blood or the retention of a sharp Acid in the Body as after the Small Pox or when the running of the Ears customary to Children ceases Sometimes an Inflammation proceeding from the Effluvium's of the Air is epidemical and sometimes catching The Symptoms of an Ophthalmia are the Heat Tumor Redness Pain and watriness of the Eyes In its highest pitch the Eye-lids are likewise inflam'd and unable to shut and the White of the Eye is swell'd up above the adjacent Surface with a sort of Chink betwixt ' em If the stagnating Blood proceed from the outer Vessels we observe a Pain Tumor and beating in the Temples if from the internal Membranes and Vessels the Pain is more vehement and lies deep the Palat and Nostrils itch and the Person is apt to sneese often As for the Epiphora and blear'dness of the Eyes the former is a destillation of a Cold or Hot Rheum from the Glandules in the corners of the Eyes the latter from the Glandules of the Eye-lids in conjunction with those of the Eyes Their Causes are 1. The Laxity of the Glandules as in Old Persons and in malignant Distempers when the Animal Spirits are almost extinguish'd or when the Caruncle that shuts them is Corroded or Cut. In this case the Eyes are apt to be red for that the Blood Vessels swell when the Glandules are so often emptied 2. The irritation of the Eye and its Glandules by sharp effluviums from the Air Pepper Onions Garlic c. This Cause is at the same time apt to cause an Ophthalmia 3. The sharpness and acidity of the Lymph which tickles provokes and corrodes the Glandules The Corrosion is frequently follow'd by a roughness and that by a thickness and intransparency and consequently a total blindness The Remote Causes are whatever is apt to occasion Catarrhs All these Inflammations whether Sanguin or Serous are attended by a warriness or running of a Humour that is either sharp saltish corrosive and apt to gaul the Cheeks or insipid slimy thick and apt to make the Eye-lids stick together The former is call'd a hot Catarrh the latter a cold one The various Condition of this Catarrh presents us with four observable Periods in an Inflammation The First is call'd the Beginning viz. When the Humor is thin and plentiful The Second the Increase when the Pain grows and the Humor thickens The Third the Height when the Humor is concocted and makes the Eye-lids stick together The Fourth The Declension when all the Symptoms relent But withal we ought to remember that this Humor is sometimes the Effect and not the Cause of the Disease as in the case of external irritation for which Astringents are proper tho' noxious in other Cases A spurious Inflammation is distinguish'd from the Genuin by its comparative dryness and admits of three Degrees 1. When the Eyes itch and void a small quantity of a saltish Rheum 2. When the Eyes are red swollen heavy and molested with a gentle Pain and Itching without any flux of Matter 3. When the Eye-lids are hard and rough without itching or running The Inflammations of the Eyes proceeding from the Disorders of the Membranes of the Brain are very dangerous If the Pain continue long 't is an ill sign If the Inflammation be very tedious or apt to relapse it threatens a thickness of the Membranes or Webs Scars and loss of Eye-sight If it tend to suppuration it threatens a Gangrene which if the Eye be not quickly extirpated is apt to invade the Brain the consequence of which is certain Death A dry or spurious Inflammation is tedious but not so dangerous as
communicat their disorder to all the adjacent Parts When its motion in the Kidney first commences the Person is molested with a heavy dull Pain in the Loins inclining to the right or left side and sometimes reaching to the respective side of the Head according as the right or left Kidney is disturb'd When the Stone is advanc'd from the Pelvis to the Vreter then the Pain shoots pricks and raises a sense of distention or tearing and does not cease 'till it either reaches the Bladder or retire to the Kidney Immediately before the invasion of the Paroxysm the Urine is scanty watry and very sharp Sometimes when the Stone is in motion the nutritious Juice of the membranous Parts being deprav'd is voided together with the Urine rendring it thick pale and glutinous especially towards the bottom of the Urinal Sometimes 't is high tinctur'd and thick as being copiously impregnated with dissolv'd Salts sometimes 't is actually mix'd with Blood by reason of the Stone 's offensiveness to the Blood-Vessels Oft-times Sand is also voided but then it falls to the bottom and is hard not friable otherwise if the Sand be friable and reddish it is only a Coagulation of scorbutical Salts sometimes the Urine is totally suppress'd the other Kidney being contracted by the provok'd Nerves During the Paroxysm the Person is unable to stand upright or bow his Body and the Pain glides along the Ureters to the Bladder sometimes it draws up the Testicle and benums the Leg of the same side sometimes it causes vomiting inappetency contractions of the Fingers a tickling pain in the Nut of the Yard and difficult respiration the Midriff being by sympathy affected and girding the Region of the short Ribs with a sense of constriction But above all the most common Symptoms are gripings in the Guts Colick Pains in Men Hysteric Symptoms in Women and in such as are high-belly'd Pains resembling those of Child-birth The Pulse for the most part is hard by reason of the convulsive Contractions of the Fibres of the Arteries All these Symptoms are not always to be met with neither are they peculiar to this Disease but those which are most certain and distinguish this Distemper from the Colick are the benum'dness of the Leg inability to stand upright or to stretch their Back the continuance of the Pain without remission the disorders of the Urine and the absence of the Symptoms peculiar to the Colick A Stone in the Kidneys is a dangerous Disease especially to Women with Child If frequently causes mortal Convulsions Suppressions of Urine Inflammations and Ulcers in the Kidneys c. especially if it be rough and large If the Urine that was at first thin becomes thick and muddy as being laden with Sand and small Stones 't is a good sign But if the Urine be suppress'd for a considerable time and if the external Parts be cold or seiz'd with cold Sweats Death is at hand Sometimes the Pains observe a Tertian or Quartan period If they cause a Lethargy 't is incurable The Cure consists in mitigating the Pain and removing the Contractions of the Ureters and Membranes and expelling the Stone by Diuretics For which end we ought to observe 1. That all violent Diuretics are improper while the Pain is vehement for that they provoke and irritate the Membranes to contract ' emselves more Wherefore while the Pain lasts we give only the most temperate meek Diuretics mix'd with Opiats 2. That oily things such as Emulsions c. are absolutely necessary for allaying the sharpness of the Urine The Ancients indeed recommended 'em for relaxating the Passages but 't was a groundless Fancy To be sure if they had any relaxating virtue they would first display it upon the Stomac 3. That the first Passages ought always to be kept clear lest their impurities should aggravate the Symptoms of the Abdomen Upon this Account emollient and anodyn Clysters are very serviceable especially in the beginning of the Paroxysm Such are those of the Decoction of Speed-well Camomil-flowers Marsh-mallow-roots c. in Milk or of Rape and Lin-seed-Oyl but we ought to take notice that the simplest Decoctions are best that large quantities must not be injected especially in high-belly'd Women for fear of distending the Parts and aggravating the Pain and that if the Belly be very costive we may add Purgative Electuaries and when the Pain is abated Juniper-Berries volatil Salt of Amber and such like Diuretics After the injection of Clysters we order Baths and Fomentations of the Decoctions of soft'ning carminative cephalic and diuretic Ingredients follow'd by emollient relaxating Liniments sharpen'd with distill'd cephalic and diuretic Oyls As Take of Pellitory a handful Mallows and Violets of each half a handful Chamomil and Elder-flowers of each two little handfuls Marsh-mallow-roots six drams boil them in Child's Urine or Whey To eight Ounces of the strain'd Decoction add of Turpentin dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg two drams Oyl of White Lillies half an ounce Oyl of Scorpions a dram Antimonial Nitre two scruples Make a Clyster Take of the emollient Ingredients three handfuls of the four large hot Seeds and Salt of Tartar of each a dram boil them in Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of the Electuary of Hiera with Agaric an Ounce Distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a dram with the Yelk of an Egg make a Clyster Take of the Herbs Mallows Marsh-mallows Pellitory and Mercury of each two handfuls Chamomil and Elder-Flowers of each two handfuls Juniper-Berries two ounces Lin-seed and Fenugrec-seed of each three ounces make two Bags to be boyl'd in Water for a Bath applying in the time of bathing one Bag to the Loyns and the other to the Navel Take of Sage Mother of Thyme and Chamomil-flowers of each two handfuls Juniper-berries two ounces Seeds of Anis and Dill of each an ounce Tye 'em in a Bag to be boyl'd in Water foment the Loyns and Abdomen with the Decoction and apply the Bags as above Take of the Ointment of Marsh-mallows three drams Oyl of bitter Almonds and Oyl of Scorpions of each a dram and a half Rock Oyl two drams Make a Liniment With which anoint the Loyns Navel and Region of the Ureters Take of the Oyls of bitter Almonds Chamomil white Lillies and Scorpions of each two drams white Rock-Oyl three drams distill'd Oyls of Spike and Juniper-berries of each a dram and a half Make an Ointment as above Take of Rock-oyl three drams express'd Oyl of Poppies a dram and a half express'd Oyl of Henbane half a dram Make an Anodyn Liniment The Essence of Opium is useful for the same purpose The nervous Cephalic Oyls the distill'd Oyls of Turpentin Cummin c. are also very proper But above all the Oyl of Camphyr is an admirable Diuretic for external Compositions The Oyl of Amber is too fierce and apt to aggravat the pain Take of the Plaister call'd Nervinum and Tacamahac of each an ounce Balsam of Peru two drams
all Bleedings viz. Either an Anastomosis or Diaeresis The former is caus'd by the laxity of the Pores of the Reins violent Motion Jumping Falls excessive Venery violent Diuretics and a redundancy of Blood in the Body The latter by sharp corrosive Humors as in maligant Feavers the Small Pox and the Scurvy or by the application of Spanish Flies without mixing and tempering them with Acids by the Stone Ulcers c. The bloody Urine is distinguish'd from that which is only tinctur'd by Salts by its thick intransparent Consistence and a red blackish Sediment like clotted Blood at the bottom of the Urinal When the Blood proceeds from the Kidneys or Bladder a heavy or gnawing pain besets those parts When the Blood is plentiful and well mix'd with the Urine and is not curdled but liquid when it falls to the bottom it comes from the Kidneys When the Blood is scarce unequally mix'd voided with Pain and gives a clotty Sediment it takes its rise from the Bladder If the Blood be voided without the Urine or fall to the Bottom immediately upon making of Water it proceeds only from the Vrethra If a sharp Urine be voided with a sharp gnawing biting Pain and if a strangury or difficulty of making Water went before the flux of blood is caus'd by the Corrosion of the Vessels If it proceed from Cantharides the Person is molested with an eternal erection of the Yard If it proceed from the corrosion or ulceration of the Bladder 't is very dangerous but that from the corrosion or weakness of the Reins is yet more such For Cure the Causes must be enquir'd after and remov'd after the same method as in spitting of Blood A redundancy of blood admits of bleeding The sharpness of the Serum prohibits both that and Purgation Rhubarb indeed may be allow'd as being an Alterative and Fortifyer of the Reins as well as a Laxative Sylvius's Mixture of Coral Dragons-blood Laudanum and Syrup of Myrtles with Vinegar and Plantan and Cinnamon-water is a general prescription for all Haemorrhagia's However the Acrimony of the Urine ought always to be accounted for by the Juice of Plantan or Purslain or the Syrup of the Juice of Comfrey and that of Plantan Leaves the Decoction of Ground-Ivy or the following Decoction Take of the Herbs Agrimony and Yarrow the tops of St. John's Wort and the Moss of Bullace-Trees of each a handful Comfrey-Roots two ounces St John's-wort-Seeds two three or four drams boil 'em in Chalybeat Milk or Whey or Black-Smith's Water sweeten the strain'd Decoction with the Syrup of Comfrey and add to every Draught Crabs Eyes dissolv'd in Vinegar The Decoction of Ground-Ivy or Ground-Pine Sheep's Milk exhibited to four ounces with a dram of Bole-Armenic Amber and especially its Troches given to a dram with half a dram of Bole-Armenic and a little Vinegar in Plantan-water or with Crabbs Eyes and Sugar of Lead the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol the Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd Blood-stone exhibited with Milk especially when the Disease is caus'd by Cantharides and the Emulsions of milky Seeds are all very proper and ought to be frequently interlac'd with Laudanum Opiatum To these we add vulnerary Ingredients especially the Juice or Powder of River-Crabbs and Turpentin either given in Pills with Rhubarb or dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg in some convenient Vehicle The Spirit and Oyl of Turpentin are too sharp If the Bladder be ulcerated we may inject the Troches of Amber mix'd with Plantan Water or the Juice of Plantan with the Powder of Blood-stone When the Pissing of blood is over we ought to dissolve the clotty Blood that may remain in the Bladder with Amber and its Productions CHAP. II. Of Diseases relating to the Expulsion of Vrine from the Bladder ART 1. Of a total suppression of Vrine arising from its stay in the Bladder THE Urine being separated in the Kidneys is convey'd through the Ureters to the Bladder and when its distending quantity or its sharpness provokes the Bladder to Contractions is voided thro' the Vrethra This natural Evacuation is suppress'd either thro' the default of the Bladder or of its Sphincter or of the Vrethra The Bladder is faulty when its Fibres are heedless and stupid as in Malignant Feavers or relaxated and unable to contract it This may be occasion'd by staying long in cold Water by Wounds Blows Bruises in the lower part of the Back or any Injury done to the Nerves of the Part by an excessive quantity of Urine forcibly retain'd in the Bladder by Worms Ulcers Inflammations Tumors c. in the Bladder and adjacent parts and by the remissness of the Muscles of the Abdomen which ought naturally to press its Fibres The Sphincter is faulty when it shuts the Orifice as being constantly contracted 'T is provok'd to such Contractions by Cholic and Nephritic Pains Scorbutical Pains in the Abdomen and the Application of Spanish Flies The Vrethra or Passage which leads from the Bladder is faulty when Inflammations Tumors or Venereal Excrescences beset the Neck of the Bladder Prostratae or Perinaeum or when 't is block'd up by a Stone clotty Blood or viscous glutinous Humours occasion'd by using Diuretics immediately after eating before the Chyle be transform'd or by giving bad Milk to New-born Children who are naturally liable to that Symptom The Symptoms of this Distemper are these When the Bladder is over-distended by a large quantity of Urine the Person is molested with a grievous pain and vain desire of making Water and the suppression is difficult to cure when the Bladder is Paralytic 't is insensible of Pain or of any Provocation to evacuat when the urinary Passage is obstructed a painful Tumor appears in the Pubes and is exasperated by touching If clotty Blood cause the Obstruction 't is discover'd by preceding Falls Bruises pissing of Blood c. If glutinous Humors block up the Way antecedent Causes and Slime voided with the Urine will give us to know it If a suppression of Urine in the Bladder be free of all Pain and attended by a Tenesmus and Hiccough it prognosticates Death That from a Schirrus in the Neck of the Bladder or adjacent parts is not easily cur'd The Cure is vary'd according to the Causes If the Bladder be Paralytic and insensible we give inwardly Cephalic Medicines especially the Elixyr and distill'd Oyls of Juniper the distill'd Oyl of Amber or that of Turpentin the Brains of Magpies c. and inject Clysters first of emollient Ingredients and afterward of Centory Coloquintida c. Or we administer gentle Purgatives and order the Person to keep in his Breath and squeeze the Abdomen If these methods be ineffectual we open the Passage with a Catheter or rather a Wax Candle anointed with Hony and Oyl of sweet Almonds When the Bladder is empty'd we inject the Decoction of Sage Penny-royal wild Marjoram Calamint Rue Castor c. in Wine and foment the External Parts with a Spunge or apply
Emollient Vegetables such as Camomile Night-shade Water-Lillies c. They apply Emulsions to the Forehead and Temples or Liniments made of the emollient Oils Sanctorius affirm'd that all these external Applications were of no use Primerosius was of the same Opinion CHAP. II. Of Excessive Sleep SLeep is accounted preternatural when the Spirits do not repair to the external Organs in their wonted Season but continue lock'd up within the Brain If a scarcity of Spirits and extreme Weakness occasion a shutting of the Eyes 't is not properly Sleep but Swooning As in the case of hysteric Fits and Weakness after Child-birth there first appears as it were a violent Inclination to sleep which presently terminates in Swoonings If the Sleep be so profound that the Person does not wake when jogg'd or call'd upon but remains destitute of all Sense and Motion except Respiration 't is call'd a Carus and if it proceed from any internal Cause is a sort of Apoplexy and requires the same Cure The external Causes are excessive Drinking smoaking Tobacco using Narcotic Medicines the Steams of sulphurous Minerals or fermenting Liquors or new Plaistering upon the Walls of the House and such like When the Person doats in his Sleep and readily answers upon a Call but continues sensless and presently drops asleep again 't is call'd a Sleeping Coma. If the Fancy be awake while the external Senses are shut up by Sleep and attended by frantic Outcries and irregular Motions of the Members of the Body 't is call'd a waking Coma which seldom comes alone but is generally follow'd by Phrensies and Convulsions and disappears upon their Removal Sometimes the strength of Imagination is such that while the Person is asleep he not only speaks and moves but gets up and walks about and attempts many fearful things that when awake he would shrink to think of This is rather a natural Infirmity than a proper Disease It is influenc'd by the Moon and seems to be near akin to Hypocondriac Melancholy If the sick Person be seiz'd with a sleepy Coma and withal a slow Feaver and a forgetfulness of what he does speaks or demands 't is call'd a Lethargy which is the only sleeping Distemper that requires Consideration in this place The immediat Cause is the dulness of the Spirits The remote Causes are 1st A Paucity of Spirits occasion'd by Bleeding Venery Watching Fatigue c. 2dly A watry or pituitous Humour separated from the Blood by the Glandules of the Brain that blocks up the Passages and drowns the Spirits Thus Children Hydropic and Arthritic Persons and those of a Phlegmatic moist Constitution are ofttimes obnoxious to this Distemper The Stone in the Kidneys or any thing that suppresses the evacuation of the Serum will give rise to a Lethargy 3dly Narcotic Medicines and sulphurous Liquors or poisonous Fumes which stupify the Spirits by making such alterations in the Humors of our Body as are apt to produce a Numness Thus the very Humors of our Body turn Narcotic and have the like influence upon the Spirits as new Wine by fermentation acquires a stupifying Quality which formerly it had not 4thly The stagnation of the Blood Contusions or Tumors in the Brain which compress the Spirits and straiten their Passages Sleep distinguishes these Distempers from all others The particular Symptoms that distinguish one sleepy Distemper from another may be gather'd from what is already said As for Prognostics Sleep in general is a bad Omen and is more or less to be suspected according to the degree of sleeping A Coma is very dangerous in the height of an acute Feaver If the Feaver intermit or be accompany'd by evacuations 't is less hazardous except it happen in the beginning A Lethargy generally brings Death in seven days If the sick Person survive the seventh day he recovers If 't is follow'd by evacuations by Stool by the Nostrils the Ears or salivating Glandules 't is a tolerable sign especially if the Feaver and other Symptoms relent If the Symptoms are heighten'd and the Body in the interim oppress'd by other Distempers especially those of the Head together with cold Sweats 't is a desperat Case A Phrensy preceding a Lethargy makes it mortal whereas if it follow after 't is a sign of Recovery If a Trembling succeed it portends ill If it come of its own accord without the impulse of an external Cause 't is mortal In the Method of Cure we must have regard to the remote Causes abovemention'd If a Lethargy proceed from a prevalency of serous or pituitous Humors in the Blood and consequently in the Brain Blood-letting is for the most part necessary both by way of Aversion Derivation and Revulsion It may be repeated according to the former strength of the Patient 'T is better to bleed often and draw forth but little at a time than to take it all at once In the beginning of a Lethargy from this Cause 't is not improper to inject the following Clyster Take of Wormwood lesser Centory and Rue of each a handful Pellitory Roots three Drams Pulp of Coloquyntida ty'd in a Bag from half a Dram to a Dram boil them in common Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Electuary of Hiera with Agaric one Ounce Ox Gall thicken'd a Dram Volatil Salt of Amber half a Dram and the yelk of one Egg or if you design to make it very sharp half a Dram of Sal-gem mix for a Clyster Or Take of Asarabacca or Tobacco Leaves the Herb Rue the Flowers of lesser Centory Flowers of Arabian Stechas of each half a handful Bryony and Gentian Roots of each half an Ounce Pulp of Coloquyntida ty'd in a Bag a Dram and a half boil them in common Water or human Urin in seventeen Ounces of the strain'd Liquor dissolve of Electuary of Hiera and Agaric one Ounce Ox Gall thicken'd a Dram Essence of Castor two Scruples make a Clyster Or Take of the Pouder of Hiera with Agaric a Dram and a half Mice Dung Ox Gall thicken'd of each a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Honey of Rosemary Flowers or Honey of Rue make a Suppository to be anointed with Oil of Myrrh or Coloquyntida If these prove ineffectual 't is proper to apply a blistering Plaister as Take of the Pouder of Spanish Flies from a Scruple to two Scruples Pouder of Euphorbium from half a Scruple to twelve Grains Castor in Pouder from fifteen Grains to a Scruple with half an Ounce or an Ounce of Capital Lees make a blistering Plaister to be appli'd to the pit of the Neck or behind the Ears or to the back of the Head or to the Arms or Legs 'T is a very effectual Medicine in this Case If the Patient reap any Benefit by these prescriptions then 't is time to prescribe Vomits and Purges The Antimonial Vomits are best As for purging Medicines Take of Castor two Scruples and prepar'd Scammony one Scruple mix for two Doses to be exhibited in Oxymel Or Take of Quercetanus's
virtue of which we form Idea's exactly parallel to the motion of the external Object Thus when the Arm is cut off there ofttimes remains an imaginary pain as if deriv'd from the first Finger These outward Senses are five in number among which that of seeing is justly intitled to the noblest Character CHAP. I. Of the Diseases belonging to the Eyes THE Rays of Light are either convey'd to us in a direct line from a luminous Body or reflected from the surface of a dark solid Substance If this reflecting Body be smooth and polish'd the Rays are return'd in the same condition and manner as they 're receiv'd if it be rough and unequal they suffer various determinations according to the respective Figures and Texture of the Parts from whence ensues the admirable variety of Colours These Rays terminat in the Retina where they form the inverted image of the Object after having suffer'd a Decussation in the Crystallin Humor And the size of this imaginary Picture is augmented or diminish'd according to the proportional largeness of the Angles of Intersection The sense of seeing may be extinguish'd or diminish'd when the Rays of Light have not a free access to the Eye as when the Eyelids are seiz'd with a Palsy which is cur'd by applying a Plaister of Tacamahac and Caran or distill'd Oil of Tartar with Wax or an Ointment of Balsam of Peru and Aqua Vitae Sometimes the Rays are not admitted by reason of a Web or preternatural Tunicle covering the Eye which proceeds from a corrosion of the Glandule in the internal corner of the Eye by the sharpness of the Serum and some disorder of the general Coat call'd Adnata The nutritious juice of this Coat and the Serum separated by the Glandule being thus vitiated congeal into a thicker Substance which encreases by degrees and at length covers the whole Eye If the small blood Vessels adjacent to the Glandule be likewise vitiated some strokes of Blood appear in it which is a sign of Malignity and if it be thick rough and painful withal it approaches to a Cancer and ought not to be meddled with If it be thin clear and white 't is a good Sign If it be inveterat or attended by a suffusion 't is safest not to touch it In curing the Diseases of the Eyes the following Cautions are fit to be taken notice of 1st That all sharp irritating Medicines are improper 2. That they ought to be neither very cold nor very hot but temperat 3. That when the Humors are sharp and apt to inflame the part Wine is not convenient Tho 4. when a cold moisture prevails Wine Fennel Eyebright and especially the Decoction of Sassafras are incomparable internal Remedies 5. That drinking of Spaw-Waters is very conducive in the end tho it seem to offend the Eyes at first 6. That Alcali's are always proper Quercetanus prepar'd an excellent Water thus Take of Childs Urine half a Pound white Vitriol and Tutty of each four Ounces juice of Celandin two Pounds let them stand to digest for some days then distil and reserve the Spirit for use Others thus Take of the Roots of Celandin the greater and of Valerain of each one Pound of the Herbs Rue and Eyebright of each four handfuls Aniseeds Fennel-seeds Lovage-seeds of each two Ounces Marygold-flowers Roses Borrage-flowers and flowers of Comfrey the greater of each four handfuls and fifteen Crabfishes chop 'em all small and pour upon them equal quantities of the weak Spirit of Vitriol and juice of Celandin let them stand to digest for a Month then distil putting a dram of Camphyre into the Alembic reserve one half for use add to the other half two Drams of Crocus Metallorum let it stand for the space of two Hours and then strain it 'T is an admirable Water for the Eyes Hartman's Eye Water was thus prepar'd Take of Fennel Water Anniseed Water of each a Pound Dissolve in them half an Ounce of the purest white Vitriol Then infuse in it the Roots of Elecampane in Pouder Strain the Liquor and reserve it in a Glass Or Take of the Water of the Flowers of Comfrey Royal of Blew-bottle Flowers of Night-shade Flowers of each an Ounce White Vitriol from half a Scruple to twelve Grains To the strain'd Liquor add half a Dram of prepar'd Tutty Let it be dropt into the Corner of the Eye or applied with a warm Cloth The best Method of using these liquid Remedies is that the Patient be laid flat on his Back and the Liquor drop'd into the Eye and then the Eye must be carefully cover'd Blistering Plaisters and Issues are very proper as also a moderate use of sneezing Medicines To return to the Web upon the Eye It ought to be remov'd either by resolving Medicines or by the help of a Needle And afterwards Astringents ought to be applied In order to the former Sugar Candy Honey burnt Harts-horn Egg-shells c. are very proper either by way of Pouder or form'd into an Ointment Quercetanus's Ophthalmic Water is generally us'd 'T is this Take of Eye-bright Water Fennel Water and Water of Celandin the greater of each one Ounce Crocus Metallorum or Glass of Antimony or Buttyr of Antimony a Scruple let it stand warm for the space of two or three Weeks then strain the Liquor and drop it while warm into the Eye for all cold things are hurtful to the Eyes Or Take of the Glass of Antimony pouder'd from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains infuse it in Water of Blew-bottle Flowers Eyebright and Fennel Waters of each one Ounce Let them stand in a warm place over Night In the Morning strain the Liquor and add six Grains of Camphyr Or Take of Sal-gem a Dram dissolve it in rose-Rose-water and fennel-Fennel-water of each one Ounce mix for a Collyrium The Gall of a Pike and several other Fishes also a Water drawn from human Gall or from young Goose Dung are by some reserv'd for Nostrum's The following Water is incomparable and much us'd Take a Vessel of Brass pour into it half a Pound of quick Lime Water prepar'd with Water of Comfrey Royal and add half a Dram of Salt Armoniac Let them stand till the Color alter The Juice of Celandin mix'd with the Dew gather'd from Fennel or Eye-bright Water is a great Specific in this case As for Pouders white Vitriol leads the Van. Sometimes they 're diluted with Waters as Take of White Vitriol a Dram prepar'd Tutty Sugar Candy Collyrium Albi Rhasis of each four Scruples Camphyr six Grains Rose Water Vervain Water and Water of the Flowers of Eye-bright of each four Ounces Mix. 'T is good for removing Inflammations as the following is for taking off the Web. Take of the Bone of a Cuttle one Scruple Sugar Candy one Dram white Vitriol half a Scruple prepar'd Tutty half a Dram Mix for a Pouder Riverius pilfer'd this Prescription out of Poterius and was not so just as to take any notice of its Author If
The volatil Remedies prepar'd from human Urine and the Parts of Animals are all proper Antidots against a volatil Acid. As for example Take of Aqua Articularis for external use from an Ounce and a half to two Ounces Spirit of Urine or Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime six Drams putrify'd Earthworms or Earthworms mix'd with a volatil Salt two or three Drams Mix and bathe the Part affected Or Take of the Leaves of Tobacco of Sage of Rosemary of each one handful Angelica Roots half an Ounce Roots of Cuckow Pint and Pelsitory of Spain of each two Drams Rosemary Flowers Lavender Flowers and Flowers of Arabian Stechas of each two little handfuls Rocket Seeds six Drams Castor three Drams pour upon them two Pints of Spirit of Wine and one Pint of Spirit of Worms Let them stand warm for some days in a close Vessel And then strain the Liquor to be us'd as above Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine is good for Arthritic Pains In case of a burning Pain it ought to be mix'd with Water of Frogs Spawn or Spirit of Wine with Camphyr and Saffron Camphyr Oil of Frogs and the Oil of the Juice of Dwarf-Elder and all emollient Oils are convenient in Arthritic Pains Paracelsus's Oil prepar'd from Galbanum with Turpentine and Oil of Spike and the Oils distill'd from Aromatic Seeds from the Bones and Fat of Animals or from Wax digested with Spirit of Wine are celebrated Medicines in all Pains arising from an Acid. Or Take of Balsam of Peru one Ounce dissolve it with the Yelk of an Egg and add three Ounces of the Spirit of Juniper Berries or of Elder Flowers Mix for external Unction The Gums and Plaisters prepar'd from 'em are proper in the case of a viscid Acid. And likewise Cataplasms of human Dung or the Dung of Animals with Oil of Roses Among Purgatives in this case sweet Mercury is the best And Sudorifics are the best internal Medicines 2. All Anodyn Pacific Medicines are us'd for Aches As Milk Emulsions Mucilages or Oils of softening Herbs Cataplasms made of white Bread Milk and Saffron Or Take of the Crum of white Bread a sufficient quantity let it soak in Cows Milk Mix it with Yelks of Eggs and fresh Butter and an Ounce and a half of the Oils of Chamomile Dill white Lillies and Earthworms Apply it to the Part affected with a warm Cloth Swallow-water with Castor Liniments of the Fat of Animals and emollient Oils and all oily softening Liquors or Ointments are all proper for external use 3. Narcotic Medicines stupify the Part and so lessen the Sense of Pain But where a viscid Acid prevails they are inconvenient In case of a sharp Serum they are not amiss As Take of the Hypnotic Ointment two Drams express'd Oil of Nutmegs two Ounces Oil of Henbane Seeds one Ounce mix Or Take of Oil of Dill and express'd Oil of Poppies of each a Dram Oil of Henbane half a Dram mix The Oil of the Seeds of Henbane mix'd with Camphyr Saffron and Spirit of Wine cover'd with fermented Dough and bak'd in an Oven yield an incomparable Liquor for Pains of the Legs ART II. Of the sharp tearing Pains in the Joints THese Pains are frequently met with in Scorbutic Cases They proceed from a subtil Acid fix'd in membranous and musculary Parts And generally rage more by Night than by Day Blood-letting sometimes gives Relief Blistering Plaisters conveniently applied and Issues are oft-times not improper The volatil Sudorifics Decoctions of Woods and all volatil Alcali Salts such as we call Antiscorbutic together with Anodyn Absorbents as Chalybeat and Antimonial Preparations are proper to be given inwardly Take of the Roots of Swallow-wort an Ounce and a half Myrtle Leaves one handful Seeds of St. Johns Wort and choice Rhubarb of each a Dram and a half Boil them in common Water and in six Ounces of the strain'd Liquor dissolve an Ounce and a half of the Syrup of Maidenhair Mix and give it inwardly Or Take of the Shavings of Juniper-wood three Ounces Sprouts of a young Pinetree two handfuls of the Herb Rosemary one handful Infuse them in six Pints of simple Water and let them stand over night in a Balneum Mariae In the Morning boil it to four Pints and give it for a Draught It has a peculiar Virtue in the Obstructions of the Glandules about the Head and Chops External Medicines must be cautiously us'd fat unctuous things are hurtful Take of the Spirit of Lilly of the Valley not much rectify'd four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime two Ounces Essence of Castor half an Ounce Mix for external Use Or Take of Aqua Articularis for external Use an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac six Drams Spirit of putrify'd Earthworms three Drams Mix and apply with a warm Cloth Or Take of the Leaves of Tobacco Leaves of Origanum Flowers of Elder of each one handful Roots of Angelica an Ounce Roots of Cuckow-Pint and of Pellitory of Spain of each two Drams Flowers of Arabian Stechas of Lavender and of Lilly Convally of each two little handfuls Rocket-Seeds six Drams Castor three Drams Infuse them in two Parts of Spirit of Wine and one part of Spirit of Earth-worms Let 'em digest for some days Strain the Liquor for use Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and volatil Spirit of Tartar Cataplasms of Comfrey Roots and the use of hot Bathes are much commended ART III. Of the Toothach THE Toothach proceeds from an acid Humor that corrodes the Membrane surrounding the Tooth Sometimes the nutritious Juice of the Teeth is vitiated and causes the Pain Sometimes an acid Humor is distill'd from the neighbouring Glandules or collected in the Cavities of the Bones of the upper Jaw under the Eye and gives rise to it This Corruption of the Humor sometimes runs to that height that the Substance of the Teeth is eaten away and little Worms ingendred in ' em The Membrane is the original Seat of the Pain which oft-times seizes the whole side of the Head attended by an Inflammation of the Jaw or a Swelling of the Face For the nervous Fibres being contracted in Sympathy with the Membrane the Passages of the Blood and other Juices are straitened The remote Causes are a Depravation of the Juices of the Body and consequently of the nutritious Juice of the Teeth as in Scorbutic and Venereal Cases the use of acid Liquors Sugar or Honey which ferment and acquire a notable Acid very prejudicial to the Substance of the Teeth The Toothach is not dangerous of it self but may be follow'd by Convulsions Inflammations Tumors and Ulcers If the Tooth be corrupted it must be drawn If it proceed from a Scorbutic Cause Antiscorbutics must be added to the Remedies exhibited If from a venereal Cause the Decoction of Guajacum or its Oil must be us'd As for the common Remedies some use Decoctions of Herbs As Take of the
to the sudorific Decoctions The volatil Salt of Amber Camphyr the diaphoretic Preparations of Antimony and urinous volatil Salts are proper Alteratives in all Pains of the Head The Decoction of Tea in Wine or Water the Essence of Silver the volatil Spirit of Vitriol c. are of the like nature Take of prepar'd Amber from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Cinnabar of Antimony half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum one Grain distill'd Oil of Sassafras one Drop Mix for a Pouder Or Take of native Cinnabar or Cinnabar of Antimony a Scruple Extract of the Wood Aloe fourteen Grains Extract of Castor eight or ten Grains Laudanum Opiatum four or five Grains Make Pills for four Doses Or Take of the Conserves of Sage Flowers Rosemary Flowers and Clove Gillyflowers of each six Drams Amber a Dram native Cinnabar or Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram of the Pouder Diambra and of the Pouder Diamoschus dulcis of each two Scruples with Syrup of Clove Gillyflowers make an Electuary Or Take of black Cherry Water Vervain Water of each one Ounce Water of Lilly Convally prepar'd with Wine six Drams the Spirit of Harts-horn with Amber two Scruples Syrup of Betony three or four Drams Or Take of the Spirit and volatil Salt of Harts-horn three Drams Essence of Opium tartariz'd one Dram Mix. Dose forty or fifty Drops Or Take of the compound Essence of Castor two Drams Essence of Amber and Spirit of Hartshorn with Amber of each a Dram Mix. 'T is profitable in a Catarrhous Headach 9. Among the external Medicines Vervain leads the Van. Next are the Flowers of red Poppies and the Herb Betony As Take of Betony two handfuls Wormwood one handful Cubebs two Drams Boil them in two Pints of Wine and foment the Head with the Decoction The Root of Rhodium may be beat up with Vervain Water and applied to the Head in the form of a Cataplasm Or Take of the Root of Rhodium an Ounce and a half Flowers of red Poppies and of Roses of each half a handful with three Poppy-heads boil them in Water and apply the strain'd Liquor warm to the Forehead and Temples Or Take of Vervain Water Water of Elder Flowers Betony Water of each one Ounce Pouder of Zedoary half an Ounce Use as above Timaeus fomented the Head with the following Mixture Take of Vervain Water an Ounce Betony Water Elder Water of each half an Ounce Pouder of Rhodium Roots two Drams Rose Vinegar six Drams Mix c. Emulsions made from narcotic Seeds and cephalic Waters or Decoctions of cephalic Herbs are sometimes us'd both inwardly and outwardly The following Infusion is mightily esteem'd Take of the Seeds of Henbane one Ounce Rose Vinegar five Ounces put 'em into a Viol well stopp'd and let them digest in Balneum Mariae for five or six hours Apply it to the Head with a Spunge The Ointment of Alabaster is us'd in all Pains of the Head Or Take of express'd Oil of Poppy Seeds a Dram express'd Oil of Peach Seeds two Drams express'd Oil of Henbane and distill'd Oil of Dill of each a Scruple with a sufficient quantity of Wax make a Liniment to be applied to the Temples Take of the Extract or thicken'd Juice of Vervain a Dram express'd Oil of Henbane half a Scruple make a Liniment 'T is excellent in scorbutic cases Take of Extract of Vervain and of Dill of each two Scruples express'd Oil of white Poppies and of Henbane of each half a Scruple distill'd Oil of Dill and of Chamomile of each five Drops In Chronical Aches external Narcotics are of no great use They may be fitly exchang'd for a Plaister of Tacamahac with distill'd Oil of Amber 10. If the Headach be caus'd by the Effervescency of the Blood a Clyster ought to be injected before Blood-letting Absorbent diaphoretic Pouders and gentle acid Juleps are proper outwardly we apply the Juice of Houseleek and Purslain warm to the Forehead Temples and Stones likewise Emulsions and Ointments As Take of Ointment of Alabaster three Drams Triacle of Andromachus or Philonium Romanum half a Dram express'd Oil of Nutmegs half a Scruple Make a Liniment Or Take of the fresh Juice of River Crabs three Ounces Betony Water Water of Chamomile Flowers and Water of Elder Flowers of each one Ounce Pouder of Zedoary two or three Drams Make an Epithema Or Take of the Herb Vervain of Violets of each a handful Of the Flowers of Roses of Elder and of Violets of each half a handful Tie them into a Bag and boil it in sharp Wine If a Plaister be more acceptable Take of the Plaister de Ranis with Mercury a convenient quantity of the Plaister of Betony and of Alabaster of each half as much Make a Plaister If there be any apprehensions of Phrensies or Convulsions Take of the Leaves of Rue a handful and a half Pigeons Dung an Ounce common Salt half an Ounce Capital Lees two Ounces With Elder Flower Vinegar make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Feet 11. If a Headach be caus'd by a redundancy or sharpness of the Serum and the Person be of a Plethoric Constitution first of all let Blood If Bleeding be inconvenient inject a Clyster or exhibit a Laxative then apply blistering Plaisters to the Neck or behind the Ears and in inveterat Pains to the Head In the interim Opiats may be cautiously exhibited and when the Pain relents Purging Sweating and diuretic Medicines may take their turns In order to provoke Sweating and Urine take what follows Take of the Roots of Elecampane of Avens and Sarsaperilla of each six Drams Roots of Florentin Orris and Shavings of Sassafras of each half an Ounce Of the Herbs Rosemary Sage and Chervil of each half a handful Galangal two Drams Fennel-seeds three Drams Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water and add two Ounces of Syrup of Betony or of red Poppies to a Pint and a half of the strain'd Liquor Dose two or three Ounces twice or thrice a day 12. If the Pain be fix'd and obstinat it arises from a viscid tenacious matter which ought to be remov'd by the sweating Decoctions above mention'd and applying of Balsam or distill'd Oil of Amber and the Plaister de Ranis with Mercury to the Head When the Sutures of the Head open this Plaister is of excellent use in which case sharp Clysters are also proper As Take of the Electuary of Hiera with Agaric four Ounces Electuary of Bay-berries two Ounces Pouder of black Hellebor Roots an Ounce and a half the Gall of a Bull thicken'd three Drams Mix and add two Ounces to the common Decoction for Clysters For a change instead of the Plaister the Head may be fomented with this Decoction Take of the Herbs Rosemary Vervain Betony and Chamomile Flowers of each half a handful Boil them in Wine 13. If the Pain proceed from Cold discussing Medicines are requir'd As Take of Millet Seeds tosted a convenient quantity Common
Antimony volatil Salt of Hartshorn or of Vipers Spirit of Sal Armoniac Volatil Spirit of Tartar and the Decoction of Sudorific Woods Antiscorbutics ought to be mix'd with ' em External Medicines ought not to be applied till the Paroxysm have arrived at its height In a hot Gout attended by Inflammations take Quick Lime and Sal Armoniac pour Spirit of Wine upon 'em and distil adding to the distill'd Spirit a little Camphyr Apply it to the Part. Or Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra two Ounces Spirit of Worms an Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac three Drams mix and use as above Or Take a sufficient quantity of Elder Flowers beaten put 'em into a new earthen Vessel so that the Vessel may be full stop it close and set it under ground till the Flowers be converted into a Liquor to be applied hot with a Cloth Mullen Flowers Henbane Flowers may be boil'd in Milk or the Leaves of Valerian or Burdock may be applied to the Part with good Success Or Take of the Crums of white Bread three Ounces Pouder of Marshmallow Roots one Ounce Flowers of Chamomile Meal of Beans half an Ounce Meal of Linseeds and Fenugrec of each three Drams Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Milk to the Consistency of a Pultise then add of Vnguentum Anodynum an Ounce Balsam of Soap two Drams with the Yelk of one Egg make a Cataplasm The Lean of Beef applied to the Part and chang'd Morning and Evening is much commended Human Dung and Urine are likewise proper Or Take of Ox Dung one Pound rose-Rose-water and Water of Speedwel of each two Ounces the Yelk of an Egg beaten up with a little Allum Saffron a Dram Camphyr a Scruple Mix. The Plaister of Frogs Spawn with a large quantity of Sugar of Lead or Tachenius's Plaister de Alcalibus with Camphyr are proper All oily things ought to be avoided and the Cataplasins or Plaisters frequently renew'd If the Gout be cold Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime and Spirit of Urine may be applied Or Take of Venice Soap an Ounce and a half Camphyr six Drams Castor half a Dram. Dissolve in a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Earth Worms Apply with a Feather to the Parts affected The Oil of Soap or the Roots of black Hellebor boil'd in Rock Oil or Balsam of Peru mix'd with the Yelk of an Egg and Spirit of Worms or Tacamahac mix'd with Oil of Amber or Mysinchtus his Diaphoretic Plaister mix'd with Triacle and stinking Oil of Tartar or Triacle mix'd with Spirit of Salt Armoniac are all much esteem'd in this case Blistering Plaisters ought to be cautiously us'd In a cold Gout perhaps they are not amiss If the Pains are follow'd by Nodes or hard Swellings apply Spirit of Quick Lime or old Cheese with the Decoction of Pork or a thin plate of Lead to the part The Cure of the Sciatica differs in some things from that of other arthritic pains In this Leeches applied to the Hemorrhoid Veins are very useful after which inject sharp Clysters as Take one Coloquintida Apple and divide it into four equal parts Tie one part in a Bag and boil it in Wine and Child's Urine of each a Pint adding a handful of Honey-suckles till two thirds be consumed Inject it for a Clyster Vomits and strong Purges are more allowable in the beginning of a Sciatica than of the other sorts And in the progress of the Disease Troches Alhandal and sweet Mercury are safely given As for external Remedies the following Cerecloth is equall'd by none Take of Pitch four Ounces Turpentine half an Ounce Mastic Amber of each two Drams Brimstone in Pouder half an Ounce make a Cerecloth I cured the Sciatica in a young Gentleman by this Method He being plethoric I first ordered a Vein to be opened then I prescribed thus Take of Diaphoretic Antimony Chalybeat Bezoar of each half a Scruple Diaphoretic Gold five Grains make a Pouder to be frequently repeated Take of the Waters of Mother of Thyme of Mint and Elder Flowers of each one Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac a Dram and a half prepar'd human Bones two Scruples Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus six Drams Mix and give it by Spoonfuls Take of the Spirit of Sal Armoniac Liquor of Hartshorn with Amber of each a Dram and a half Mix and reserve for use Externally I applied the above-mention'd Cerecloth for some days then I order'd the part to be rubb'd and fomented with the following Mixtures Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra an Ounce and a half Spirit of Salt Armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime six Drams Mix c. Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra two Ounces Spirit of Juniper-berries one Ounce Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg three Drams Mix. Cataplasms of Antiscorbutic Herbs boil'd in Wine and bathing in Wine or in the Decoction of Ants in Wine are much commended If after the Paroxysm there remain a Swelling 't is proper to fumigate the part with Wormwood Rocket and Mugwort boil'd in Wine and Water or to apply the Nurimberg Plaister The Decoctions of Aromatic Vegetables in Wine are good for strengthning the Joints If there remain a Weakness in the Joints without any Swelling let Issues be cut in several parts of the Body And indeed an Issue in the Groin is not improper Thus much for what is proper to be done in the Paroxysms It remains now briefly to point out the Method of preventing them The vicious Acid must be carefully rooted out of the Stomac by the use of Mercurial and Antimonial Preparations and a regular Diet. Those who are meagre and can easily digest Milk may confine themselves to a Milk Diet. Vomits are absolutely necessary Turbith Mineral sweet Mercury black Hellebor and Coloquyntida are much used Gentle Purges and such as regard the Stomac are best Sweat ought to be frequently procur'd by the use of Diaphoretic Antimony Antichecticum Poterii Antimonial Sulphurs and urinous Sudorifics Next are Diuretics which are of excellent use in preventing the Gout As Spirit of Sal Armoniac of Worms of Hartshorn c. or the greazy Stagflies or Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes two Scruples prepar'd red Coral a Scruple Volatil Salt of Amber fifteen Grains Mix for three Doses As for Alteratives Aromatic Volatil Medicines are proper As Take of the Roots of Elecampane Pyony and Avens of each six Drams China Roots one Ounce Of the Herbs Sage Baum Germander Ground-pine of each a handful Rosemary tops two handfuls Juniper-berries an Ounce and a half Galangal Ginger Cinnamon of each two Drams Salt of Tartar from three to four Drams Tie them in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Or Take of the Herbs Germander and Strawberry of each a handful and a half Rest Harrow Flowers of St. John's Wort of each a handful Bryony Roots an Ounce and a half Sarsaperilla one Ounce Nephritic Wood three Ounces
Feavers Inflammations Gout Arthritic and Hypochondriac Fits in which the prevailing Acid fixes in tendinous parts and renders them stiff Collections of Serum in the Brain and Worms in the Guts which are for the most part accompany'd by swellings of the Belly Sometimes a flatulent serous Humour affects the Muscles and causes a Contraction Sometimes the offending Cause is lodg'd in the contracted part and sometimes elsewhere As for the Cure the universal Evacuations are first in order especially the injection of sharp Clysters The internal Specifics are the same as in the case of an Epilepsy For external use all spirituous and oily things are proper but such of 'em as are more penetrating than viscid or unctuous are prâ—â—erable as the Oil of Worms per deliquium Or Take of the Oil of Orris Oil of Earth-worms of each two Ounces Castor in Pouder four Scruples mix them by continual shaking and anoint the contracted part without intermission till the Convulsion cease The Oil that drops from a rosted Goose the Spirit of Wine with Saffron Spirit of Triacle camphoris'd with Castor the Decoction of stale Urine with white Bread mix'd with a small quantity of Assa faetida Oil of Amber mix'd with Roâ—k Oâ—l when the occasional Cause is of a cold nature are much approv'd for the same use Or Take of Oil of Turpentine Oil of Earth-worms of each an Ounce and a half Human Fat one Ounce the Fat of Dogs half an Ounce make a Liniment Or Take of human Fat three or four Ounces distill'd Oil of Turpentine three Drams Oil of Juniper Berries two Drams Oil of Spike half a Dram make a Liniment Or Take of Oil of Turpentine half a Dram distill'd Oil of Cloves six Drops Mucilage of Briony as much as sufficeth for a Liniment When a Nerve is prick'd by an error in Blood-letting the Wound must be dilated and distill'd Oil of Turpentine or of Wax or of Bricks drop'd into it warm If the Wound be large apply the following Plaister Take of Euphorbium a Scruple Turpentine half an Ounce with Wax make a Plaister If after scarifying or letting of blood the Part swell and ache anoint it frequently with the following Liniment Take of the fat of Foxes fat of Badgers of each three Ounces distill'd Oil of Spike half an Ounce Oil of Mastic two Drams Wine two or three Drams mix 'em before the fire and use it hot If the Part be livid swell'd and affected with pain apply the following Cataplasm Take of the Herbs Agrimony Chervil and Flowers of Chamomil of each a handful Roots of Larks Spur three Ounces Roots of Solomon's Seal an Ounce Linseeds Fenugrecseeds of each half a Dram Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to the consistence of a Cataplasm If the Convulsion proceed from a Wound in the part drop into it the Balsam of Sulphur with Turpentine and anoint the part with Oil of Worms and distill'd Oil of Turpentine If it be caus'd by a poisonous Animal anoint with Oil of Scorpions apply scarify'd Cupping-glasses or an actual Cautery to the part or the magnetic arsenic Plaister and give inwardly Triacle with Gentian in order to procure sweat If it be occasion'd by violent Purgation give Triacle with Opiats For a windy Cramp take a rough Cloth hot and dip it into Spirit of Juniper Berries or rectify'd Spirit of Wine and rub the part or foment it with Spirit of Triacle and Juniper Water In case of extremity apply the following Ointment Take of fresh Goose-tallow four Drams distill'd Oil of Cloves half a Scruple distill'd Oil of Cinnamom five drops Mix for an Ointment Volatil Anti-acids Milk and such like temperat things are proper for the Convulsions which proceed from an internal Acid. ART III. Of Trembling TRembling resembles Convulsive Motions and when it follows Epileptic Fits partakes of their Nature Some particular Members are apt to shake after drinking or sudden Passion but this is a lesser sort of trembling For some are universal some particular some greater and some lesser It do's not proceed from any weakness of the moving Faculty but from the joint Action of several Muscles that are either Antagonists or imploy'd in different Motions of the Member which is occasion'd by the almost equal Incursions of the Animal Spirits whereas upon the Will 's injoining a particular Motion they ought to repair more copiously to the Muscle whose Office 't is to perform the commanded Motion than into its other Companions that are supposed to rest The Animal Spirits are apt to commit this Error when disorder'd by Passion or over-fix'd by the use of Narcotics or excessive drinking of Wine But oft-times the Spirits themselves are innocent and the fault lies either in the Nerve or the Muscle If any Obstruction or Irritation happen at the head of the Nerve the Spirits design'd for the Muscle are diverted another way If the Fibres of the Muscle be contracted dry misplac'd or not so accessible as they ought to be the regular â—rrival of the Spirits is prevented Thus mercurial Steams immoderat Venery Cold drinking of cold Liquors suppression of wonted Evacuations and malignant Feavers are wont to occasion a Trembling Trembling is easily distinguish'd from a Palsy by the performance of the voluntary motion and from Convulsions by this that it never appears but when a voluntary motion is attempted If it succeed to a Palsy it prognosticats a Recovery If it proceed from internal Causes it ought not to be neglected If it be hereditary of a long standing or accompany'd by old Age it seldom admits of a Cure If it terminat in Convulsions or approach to their Nature If attended by Doating in Burning Feavers If it succeed to Child-birth or happen in a Lethargy or Apoplexy it portends ill If the under-lip quaver it betokens Vomiting The occasional Cause must be diligently inquir'd for and remov'd So the method of Cure must be calculated for the various Causes In general it requires cephalic and nervous Medicines such as are us'd against Palsies Convulsions and Apoplexies Sage is a noted Specific in this case it may be eaten with food infus'd in Ale or a Spirit or Essence taken from it and mix'd with Castor which may be us'd inwardly often The Hands or Part affected may be fomented with this Spirit or an infusion of Sage in Wine or Water us'd for a wash Baum is next its Leaves infus'd in Wine or Spirit of Wine make a useful Medicine for this purpose Juniper-berries their Spirit Oil Rob Infusion in Wine or Spirit of Wine and the infus'd Berries in substance are very sovereign in this case After due Evacuations there is nothing so proper as a Diet-drink of the Decoction of Woods especially of Juniper Wood. Nutmegs Cinnamom Cloves Castor and its Preparations the â—rains of Hares rosted c. are mightily esteem'd Peacocks Dung infus'd in Spirit of Wine is a sovereign Remedy against Trembling in old Age. The Oils of Hazelwood and Boxwood are also very
Ruffus his Pills de tribus half a Scruple Extract of black Hellebor five Grains Tartar vitriolated three Grains With distill'd Oil of Caraways make Pills Take of Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar Bdellium dissolv'd in Vinegar of each half a Dram Vitriol of Steel calcinated till it become white a Scruple Magistery of the Gum of Peru fifteen Grains Scammony prepar'd according to Brendelius's Method a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal six Grains make a Mass for Pills fifteen of which are one Dose The Decoction of sudorific Woods are very proper in the declination of the Paroxysm and ought to be continued for some time If these and such like Remedies do not accomplish the Cure we must have recourse to Setums Cuppingglasses Issues c. If the Person be of a Catarrhous Constitution an Issue in the pit of the Neck is very proper But these external Helps are of no use in positive Apoplexies in the privative indeed where the Blood or Lymph is faulty they frequently afford relief The Plaister de Ranis with Mercury mix'd with Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg may be applied to the Head with good success When the Disease declines a Salivation perhaps may not be improper ART II. Of particular Apoplexies WHEN an Apoplexy seizes a particular part 't is call'd Paraplegia and by most of Writers is referr'd to Palsies but the frequent reciprocal Permutation of general Apoplexies and Paraplegia's vouch for their near alliance Sometimes it is only a retainer to a universal Apoplexy at other times it comes of it self in the form of a principal Disease It admits of three degrees 1. When the Sense of the Part remains and only its motion is lost 2. When 't is depriv'd both of Sense and Motion but retains its natural heat 3. When 't is destitute of Sense Motion and Heat and becomes flaccid and soft Some assign the Obstruction of the Nerves for its Cause but Experience teaches us that it may proceed by consent from other parts from Hysteric Fits Worms in the Guts and the Pastions of the Mind The true cause seems to be the contraction of the nervous Parts about the root of the Spinal Marrow which interrupts the intercourse of the Spirits to the part affected perhaps by the consent of the Nerves as the Stone in the Kidneys is wont to stupify the Leg of the respective side It undergoes a frequent Permutation into Convulsions and Palsies The manner of its succession to privative Apoplexies is accounted for above It succeeds likewise to positive Apoplexies and in that case seems to be tinctur'd with a convulsive Quality The Method of cure is the same as that of an universal Apoplexy Vomits are always proper especially if it follow an universal Apoplexy As Take of Mercurius Vitae two Grains Scammony sulphurated three Grains with Conserve of Bugloss-flowers make a Bolus If Vomiting be very uneasy to the Patient give a strong Purge As Take of Resin of Jalap half a Scruple dissolve it with the yelk of an Egg in Fumitory Water six drams Cinnamom Water a Dram. Mix. When it follows privative Apoplexies Bloodletting is proper otherwise it ought to be avoided except in the case of a Plaethora Issues Blistering Plaisters laid on the Pit of the Neck and scarify'd Cupping-glasses applied between the Shoulders are likewise useful against this privative sort These general Remedies being premis'd Sudorifics come next as the volatil Salts and Spirits of human Scull or human Blood and all Apoplectic or Epileptic Specifics The Decoction of Woods with Juniper and Laurel-berries and Roots of Elecampane is very much us'd for this purpose As Take of Sassafras Wood two Ounces Rosemary-leaves a handful or two fresh juicy Juniper-berries or Laurel-berries an Ounce and a half or two Ounces boil 'em in a Balneum Mariae in Wine and Water of each a pound and a half with an Alembic Mix the strain'd Decoction and the distill'd Liquor and add of Spirit of Juniper-berries four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac three or four Drams Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers three Ounces Mix and give a large draught thrice a day Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold is admirably fitted for this Case He either prepar'd it of Gold calcined by Amalgamation or mix'd Aurum fulminans with a double quantity of flowers of Sulphur and reduc'd it to a Pouder of a purple Colour by putting red hot Coals into the Crucible then digested it for fifteen days in rectify'd Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aniseeds and afterwards separated the Spirit either by distillation or deflagration and reserv'd the Pouder for use 'T is not fit to be given in a liquid form for that it sinks to the bottom but thus Take of Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers a Dram Diaphoretic Gold from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Make a Bolus for two Doses Or Take of prepar'd human Scull prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each fifteen Grains Diaphoretic Gold half a Scruple Mix. Or Take of human Scull prepar'd without fire prepar'd red Coral of each fifteen Grains fulminatory Gold three Grains Mix. Or Take of human Scull prepar'd without fire prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each twelve Grains fulminatory Gold four Grains volatil Salt of Vipers six Grains Mix. After the first Dose of these Pouders the Person may take a spoonful or two of Spirit of Triacle and then make account to sweat Cinnabar of Antimony is likewise a noble Sudorific As Take of Cinnabar of Antimony fifteen Grains Amber half a Scruple volatil Salt of Amber five Grains make a Pouder Or Take of prepar'd human Scull prepar'd red Coral Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a Scruple distill'd Oils of Cinnamom and of Cloves of each a Drop Make a Pouder to be taken in a convenient Vehicle Or Take of Black Cherry Water Lilly Convally Water Mint Water of each an Ounce Spirit of Black Cherries six Drams Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram volatil Salt of Hartshorn fifteen Grains Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers an Ounce Mix. For an Apoplexy of the Hands foment the Pit of the Neck with distill'd Oils and spirituous Waters If the Feet be affected apply them to the Loins and neighbouring Parts But fat express'd Oils must be avoided Take of Mustardseeds one part Juniper-berries two parts bruise and infuse them in Spirit of Wine which reserve for Fomentation Take of Spirit of Wine camphoris'd or Spirit of Ants three Ounces Spirit of Earthworms an Ounce and a half Essence of Castor six Drams Spirit of Sal Armoniac with Quicklime three Drams mix and bathe the Back-bone immediatly after sweating applying afterwards a warm Cloth fumigated with Gum Ammoniac or rubbing it with distill'd Oils mix'd with Oil of Tartar or some of the Oils of the fat and hard parts of Animals strip'd of their nauseous stink by frequent Cohobation upon their Caput Mortuum If they are of themselves too sharp or apt to draw Blisters qualify 'em with the Oil of Earthworms by decoction If the part affected be apt to
Tacamahac and Galbanum softn'd in distill'd Oil of Amber and Oil of Bricks may be applied to the Joints If the Ligaments are much unbended and flat apply Crollius's styptic Plaister soften'd with Oil of Bricks and Oil of Earth and in the mean while endeavour to procure Sweat by giving Venice Triacle inwardly Barbette recommends the following Plaister Take of Gum Caran half an Ounce Galbanum an Ounce Oil of Euphorbium a Dram and a half Make a Plaister If the Disease proceed from mercurial Fumes exhibit the Decoction of Elecampane and Fennel and after the Mercury is thrown out by sweating let the Patient drink Whey or Milk In a scorbutic light Palsy the urinous volatil Medicines and Milk are proper The Decoction of Pine-Apple is likewise much commended Or Take of the Tendrels of Fir an Ounce and a half China Roots an Ounce cut them small and boil them in Ale and Water till the half be consum'd Give a draught of the strain'd liquor twice a day These Ingredients may be also boil'd in Milk The Decoction of Betony with Juniper berries or an Essence prepar'd from the Rob of Pine-apples with some Antiscorbutic Spirit and mix'd with Castor are very proper After a regular use of fix'd Absorbents and volatil Medicines Milk or Whey mix'd with Antiscorbutics is a sovereign Remedy but it ought always to follow these Premises Issues and Setums are not improper in this Case If a Palsy proceed from the Colic the Belly must be chiefly taken care of Lenitive Clysters of Turpentin and Milk frequently injected and strong Purgatives carefully avoided The Decoction of Elecampane of Millet-seeds and the four hot Seeds and Sassafras are proper Sudorifics Whey mix'd with Antiscorbutics is much esteem'd Let the Navel and part affected be fomented with Spirit of Tartar or of Sal Armoniac and anointed thrice a day with Paracelsus his Galbanetum So much for the internal Cure of Palsies It remains now to consider the external Forms If the Disease be inveterat and the Part begin to wither temperat fat Oils are proper If the sense of Feeling be not much impair'd and the power of Moving only lost the strong Apoplectic Waters or rectify'd Spirit of Wine in which the Pouders of Mustard-seeds Pepper Rue-seeds Nettle-seeds Aron-roots and Pellitory of Spain have been infus'd and digested are fit for external Fomentation Or Take of fresh Tobacco-leaves a handful or two Leaves of Origanum Flowers of Elder of each a handful Roots of Angelica from an Ounce to two Ounces Roots of Pellitory of Spain Aron-roots of each an Ounce Euphorbium Castor and Myrrh of each from half an Ounce to six Drams white and black Pepper of each three Drams Flowers of Arabian Stechas of Lavender and Lilly Convally of each half an Ounce Rocket-seeds or Mustard-seeds Seeds of Mountain-Siler from six Drams to an Ounce and a half cut and beat them small and pour upon 'em of rectify'd Spirit of Wine two parts of Spirit of Earth-worms one part digest 'em in a Balneum Mariae and draw off the Spirit by distillation With which foment the parts immediatly after sweating Or Take of the Herbs Rosemary Sage Marjoram or Lavender of each a handful Lavender-flowers Lilly Convally-flowers and Rosemary-flowers of each two little handfuls Juniper-berries an Ounce Mustard-seeds from half an Ounce to an Ounce Castor three Drams black Pepper a Dram and a half Infuse them in Spirit of Wine and after digestion reserve the strain'd Liquor for use as above And if the Disease be accompany'd by scorbutic Pains add to it some Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime Or Take of Aqua Articularis for external use two three or four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac with Quick-lime from an Ounce to two Ounces Spirit of Earth-worms prepar'd by putrefaction half an Ounce Mix and bathe the part thrice a day Or Take of Spirit of Wine camphoris'd three Ounces Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms an Ounce Essence of Castor six Drams Mix and use as above Or Take of Apoplectic Water three Ounces Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms and Spirit of Sal Armoniac succinated of each half an Ounce Mix c. In a Colic Palsy rectify'd Spirit of Tartar mix'd or cohobated with Spirit of Wine tartaris'd are externally us'd with great success Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg and mix'd with Essence of Amber extracted by rectify'd Spirit of Wine is much approv'd for external use in all sorts of Palsies Take of common stinging Nettles three handfuls Chamomil one handful Cumin-seeds a Dram Salt three Ounces beat 'em well in a Mortar and boil them in a sufficient quantity of human Urine till the fourth part be consum'd Bathe the part Morning and Evening with this Decoction and wrap it up in a Cloth dip'd in the Liquor and after three or four days anoint it with Oil of Foxes In Apoplectic Palsies pricking with Nettles is a very successful Remedy Bathing in fermenting Wine or such as is reduc'd to a Fermentation by throwing Quick-lime into it is of extraordinary use both against Palsies and Sciatica's for by this means the volatil Tartar of the Wine insinuats it self into the Part. A bag full of Ants thrown into boiling Water yields a Vapor which is conveniently receiv'd upon the part is very serviceable after the Bag has lost its smell it may be boil'd in Water for the Patient to bathe in Take of Brimstone and Bay-berries of each half a pound Roots of Gentian three handfuls Roots of Elecampane and long Birth-wort of each two handfuls boil them in Quick-lime Water for an artificial Bath The last Refuge is the Hot-baths But if a Colic or use of Wine gave rise to the Disease or arthritic and gouty Pains accompany it they are not proper In a word they are more convenient for a Sanguin or Phlegmatic than a Choleric Constitution Take of the Herbs Marjoram and Sage of each a handful Rosemary two handfuls Juniper-berries four Ounces Bay-berries two Ounces Roots of Pellitory of Spain an Ounce Boil them in Water and place the hot Decoction under the Person 's Feet that the Fumes may ascend Take of Galbanum half a pound Oil of Turpentin a pound and a half distil the Oil from them to which add an Ounce of Oil of Lavender and then repeat the distillation which produces an excellent Balsam to be digested and circulated with rectify'd or tartaris'd Spirit of Wine This may be applied to the Navel Back or Part affected as occasion requires Take of white Rock Oil two Drams distill'd Oil of Amber half a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Marjoram and Spike of each a Scruple mix and anoint the affected parts As for Plaisters those of Tacamahac are most approv'd especially when the Nerves are overcharg'd with Moisture But if the Person be scorbutic or the Part depriv'd of all manner of Sense temperat oily things are best As Take of human or Goose fat of each three four or six Ounces distill'd Oil of Turpentin
begin with the ordinary one and from thence advance gradually The Flowers of Antimony Aurum Vitae the Infusion of Mercurius Vitae Sylvius's vomitory Soap and Sala's Emetic Syrup are all useful As Take of Fumitory Water one Ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Wine from a Scruple to half a Dram Emetic Syrup a Dram and a half Scammony sulphurated Extract of Troches Alhandal of each one Grain Simple Syrup of Roses two Drams Mix for a Potion The Dose of Purgatives must be likewise augmented or sharpned with Salts As Take of Extract of black Hellebor a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal two Grains Purgative Antimony or Mercurius Vitae five Grains With Essence of Steel or Tincture of Tartar make Pills Or if a Potion be more acceptable with the Waters of Pimpernel or of Flowers of St. John's-wort make a Potion and sweeten it with laxative Syrup of Apples The Troches Alhandal are of incomparable use for subduing the viscid matter that reigns in this and all other Chronical Distempers Take of Extract of black Hellebor sweet Mercury of each a Scruple Magistery of Jalap six Grains with Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar make Pills Take of Mint-water one Ounce Liquid Extract of Steel half a Dram Extract of black Hellebor a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain Syrup of Apples half an Ounce Mix c. Take of Mint-water one Ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a Scruple or half a Dram Tartar vitriolated half a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain Syrup of Apples half an Ounce Mix c. Take of pick'd Senna two or three Drams Roots of Polypody three or four Drams Roots of black Hellebor one or two Drams Salt of Tartar half a Dram. Infuse them warm in clarify'd Whey over night In the Morning let 'em boil gently and add to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor a Dram and a half of Cinnamom Water and three four or six Drams of Syrup of Apples Or Take of Corants bruis'd three Ounces pick'd Senna six Drams choice Cinnamom three Drams Cloves a Dram and a half Cream of Tartar three Drams Bruise 'em and tie 'em in a Bag to be infus'd for the space of a night in three Pound of simple Water Take of Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar five Grains Tartar vitriolated three Grains Extract of Gummy Aloe two Grains With Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Next to Hellebor and its Productions are the Infusions of Senna Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac or of Tartar of Fumitory c. Absorbent Digestives ought to precede the use of Purgatives such are Cream of Tartar Vitriol of Steel or its Tincture Essence of Steel c. Or Take of prepar'd Crabs half a Dram prepar'd red Coral Alterative Crocus of Steel of each half a Scruple Make a Pouder for two Doses Or Take of Sal Armoniac Salt of Wormwood and prepar'd Crabs eyes of each fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Make a Pouder for two Doses Alteratives in this Disease either correct the Acidity of the Blood or amend its Indisposition and purify it by Urine Of the former kind are Preparations of Steel such as its Infusion and Extract with the Juice of Apples all the Aperitive Crocus's of Mars Mynsicht's Tincture of Steel c. Lead also but especially its Sugar Coral and its Preparations and chiefly its true Tincture in room of which if it be wanting you may take of the Tincture of Coral prepar'd with Spirit of Stag's Heart or that of Roses one Dram Essence of Baum and Saffron of each half a Dram. And mix ' em Of this sort also is the true Tincture of Silver and its Magistery either alone or mix'd with other Anti-acids as Coral and such like Mynsicht's Arcanum Duplicatum is frequently us'd with good success likewise Lapis Lazuli either in Pouder or its Tincture mix'd as follows Take compound Essence of Pimpernel three Drams Tincture of Lapis Lazuli a Dram. Dose from forty to fifty Drops For altering and purifying the Blood by Urine the Vegetable Kingdom affords many excellent Remedies amongst which Tartar and its Preparations excel as Cream of Tartar plain or vitriolated or mix'd with lixivial Salts Spirit and volatil Salt of Tartar Rhefeldius's Diaphoretic Liquor of Tartar with Juices made thus Take of the express'd Juices of Dittander four Ounces Scurvy-grass Sea Radish Water and Garden Cresses of each an Ounce rectify'd Spirit of Tartar one pound Mix and digest and then distil in a Bath over a slow Fire Dose half an Ounce Remedies also are prepar'd of Borrage Bugloss Fumitory Saffron Camphyr which last ought always to be joined with Alteratives in melancolic and maniac Distempers As Take liquid Essence of Steel two Drams compound Essence of Fumitory and that of Saffron of each a Dram Camphyr five Grains Dose thirty or forty Drops Or Take of the Leaves of Harts-tongue two handfuls of Fumitory an handful and a half Flowers of Borrage and Bugloss of each a handful of Clove Gilly-flowers and Violets half a handful Barks of Tamarisk and the Ash-tree of each six Drams Roots of Polypody or Elecampane Filings of Steel of each an Ounce Cinnamom two Drams Cut bruise and tie them up in a Bag. Or Take of the flowers of Rosemary Borrage and Bugloss of each four Ounces of Saffron a Dram Quinces four Ounces best White-Wine two Pound Mix and digest fifteen days and then distil Dose an Ounce to be reiterated Take of Hartman's Cachectick Pouder a Dram red Coral prepar'd half a Dram Camphyr fifteen Grains Mix and divide into three equal parts to be taken in so many Mornings The following Pills may be taken before sleep Take of the Sugar of Lead from five to nine Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains distill'd Oil of Camphyr three Grains and make Pills The Spirit of Sal Armoniac is an incomparable Sudorific especially mix'd with an equal quantity of the Carminative Spirit If Pains seize the Head apply to the Forehead this Epithem Take Waters of Elder-flowers and St. John's-wort of each an Ounce and a half Camphyr six Grains Mix ' em This will yet prove more effectual if a Plaister of Tacamahac be applied to the shaved head If the Spleen is faulty beside Preparations of Lead taken inwardly apply the Plaister of Tobacco to the Region thereof Of Madness THE Blood which in Melancoly abounds with a vitious Acidity is oftentimes by an intestin and fermentative Commotion volatilized and so acquiring an Acrimony and furnishing the Brain with Spirits sutable occasions Madness which is Melancoly arrived at the highest degree In Madness we may observe three Circumstances 1. A remarkable Fury and temerarious Boldness hurrying one to attempt any thing tho never so cruel and tragical 2. A prodigious Strength able to break in pieces the strongest things and surpassing that of two or three Men. 3. A wonderful Sufferance of even the extreamest Cold. It is also accompanied with most stubborn Watchings The Disorder of the Stomach
Intestinum Duodenum and Bowels under the short Ribs is the cause of the grossness thickness and vitious Acidity of the Blood which is the immediat material Cause of Madness The formal Cause is the Spirits which degenerating from their seminal and friendly Complexion become of a sharp saline and as it were sulphureous acid Quality and consequently being too too movable and less capable to be check'd in their ordinary Motions and withal penetrating every where by virtue of their pointed parts they become the Cause of Restlesness Watchings Fury extraordinary Strength c. This Disease is more incident to the Young than Old to Men than to Women but especially to melancolic Constitutions If it proceed from internal Causes it is an Evil of long continuance and of difficult Cure which tho it remit for some Months or Years yet it often leaves Melancoly behind which being easily exasperated returns with fresh Rage and accompanies the Patient till Strength failing through Watchings Fastings and almost perpetual Movings it kindly shuts up their miserable Life In curing this Disease we must endeavour 1. To mitigat the Fury that the Patient may be the easier manag'd and Medicines exhibited 2. To remove the Distemper of the Blood and Spirits The first is excellently perform'd by strong Vomits and frequent Bleeding Preparations from Steel and Lead joined with Anodine Medicines correct the Blood and other Humors as Remedies from Camphyr and Musk do recreat and restore the Spirits The Foundation therefore of the Cure must be laid by administring strong and generous Vomits not only in the beginning but progress of the Disease For this purpose the Antients us'd white Hellebor-roots with excellent success But it ought not to be given in substance Take of white Hellebor-roots from half a Dram to a Dram boil them in Wine till it become soft infuse the Root thus prepar'd in fresh Wine all night in a hot place strain the Liquor or squeeze more or less according to the measure of its desired strength Dose a Dram. Some instead of this use Infusions of Antimonial Emetics but they prove too weak Morcurius Vitae is good Aurum Vitae Kegleri is much commended also the Leaves of Asarabacca but all these must be given in a greater Dose than ordinary As Take of the Conserve of the Leaves of Asarabacca a Dram Pouder of its Roots two Scruples Mercurius Vitae one Grain make a Bolus The Infusion of human Nails is also a strong Emetic surpassing those of Antimony If in the beginning of this Disease Purging is required you may use what I have above prescrib'd for Melancoly chiefly black Hellebor and its Extract the Extractum Melanogogum Quercetani c. to which Antimony Purgative or Mercurius Vitae Laxative ought still to be added As Take of the Essence of black Hellebor a Dram and a half of that of Pimpernel half a Dram Emetic Syrup of Angelus Sala half an Ounce After strong Purgation copious and frequent Bleeding is proper first in the Ancle then in the Arm and Forehead some have been cur'd by opening an Artery Cauterizing and trepaning of the Skull have been successfully used as hath also Salivation by Mercury But while these things are a doing such Alteratives are to be given as may restrain the boiling and wild Motion of the Blood and Spirits and together with these Opiats and sulphureous Minerals and fix'd Anodines and that in a strong Dose Such altering Remedies as we prescrib'd for Melancoly may be us'd here Particularly those from Tartar Steel Lead c. But withal Nitre and its Preparations are not to be neglected As Take purify'd Nitre half a Dram Camphyr eight Grains Mix 'em and make a Pouder Or Take purified Nitre two Scruples Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Make a Pouder We may also use appropriated Specifics such as the Arterious Blood of an Ass Pimpernel with the red Flowers St. John's-wort Fumitory Water-Lilly Borrage Baum Spleen-wort the Herb True-love Polypody of the Oak to all which Camphyr may be added As Take a clean Linen Rag of a hands length and breadth dip'd in Asses Blood infuse it in a sufficient quantity of Water of St. John's-wort to two Ounces of the strain'd Infusion add Essence of Pimpernel half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum about a Grain Or Take the Leaves of True-love together with the Berries two handfuls Leaves of red flower'd Pimpernel Flowers of St. John's-wort of each an handful Roots of Polypody of the Oak an Ounce small Raisins bruis'd two Ounces boil these in a sufficient quantity of Whey to three pounds of the strain'd Decoction add Essence of Pimpernel an Ounce and a half Mix them Or Take leaves of Baum cut small an handful infuse 'em in four Ounces of Spirit of Wine add half a Dram of prepar'd Pearls Dose two Spoonfuls to be repeated every day The Epitheme prescrib'd for Melancoly may also be us'd here Or Take of Musk twelve Grains Camphyr a Scruple red-rose-Red-rose-water impregnated with the Tincture of red Saunders fifteen Ounces In this Mixture dip several Folds of Linen Cloth to be apply'd to the shav'd Head and Temples wetting the Cloth as it dries for twenty four hours space or anoint with the following Liniment Take of the Sleep-causing Ointment two Drams distill'd Oil of Camphyr a Scruple Musk half a Scruple Saffron eight Grains Mix ' em Or Take Rose-water or Juice of River-Crabs ten Ounces Opium half a Dram Saffron half a Scruple make an Epitheme for the Forehead and Temples ART IV. Of Deliriums from an external Cause THIS Cause for the most part is the biting of some other Creature enrag'd with Anger or taken with Madness As in the case of a Canina Rabies which is so called because 't is oftenest occasioned by the biting of a mad Dog tho the Infection may be deriv'd from any other Creature For if any Creature chaf'd with Anger bites another 't will cause either Madness or a very malignant and dangerous Wound These things relating to this Disease are most worthy our Observation viz. 1. The manner of Infection which may be by the slightest bite or hurt of the mad Creature or even the least touch of its Spittle 2. A Hydrophobia or the fear of Water and other liquid things accompanies this Distemper 3. The malign Contagion lies hid and as it were asleep in the Body sometimes two three or as some say thirteen or twenty years 4. In the Spittle and Urine of rabid Animals are often seen other small Creatures resembling the Form of the first Authors of their Madness And lastly the infected Creature exactly imitates the Actions and Meen of that which gave the Contagion The Cause of this Disease consists in a certain peculiar Ferment which affecting first the Spirits and then the Blood do's in some sort assimilat 'em to those of the furious Creature This Ferment is carried along with the Saliva into the Wound It is of importance to know whether the Creature by which a Man has been bitten be
provoking Venery External Inunctions are not Improper Let the Perinaeum Cod Stones Groyn and Nut of the Yard be anointed with the Apoplectic Balsam or distill'd Oil of Mace with Oil of Cloves Mosch and Civet or with the Spirit or Juice of Ants. But care must be taken that their smell do not reach the Nostrils As for the Causes of the Deficiency of the Seed relating to the Stones if they be hid within the Abdomen we must endevour to bring 'em down by jumping leaping c. by emollient Baths and anointing the place where they are lodg'd with Balsam of Sulphur The swelling of the Stones is occasion'd either 1. By Blood and is call'd an Inflammation Or 2. By Wind call'd Pneumatocele 3. By a Collection of Serum within their Membrans call'd Hydrocele 4. By a schirrous Tumor 5. By a superfluous Flesh call'd Sarcocele 6. By the dilatation of the Spermatic Vessels call'd Hernia Varicosa Of these in order ART I. Of the Inflammation of the Stones THE Stagnation of the Blood causes Inflammations of the Stones or Cod. That may be occasion'd by the suppression of a Gonorrhaea violent Ligatures Contusion Blows Compression by riding c. The Signs are a pricking shooting Pain notable heat and redness besetting the affected Testicle and neighbouring parts accompany'd by a slow Feaver The Pain is exasperated by touching and reaches almost to the Loins If it be not quickly discuss'd it tends to a Gangrene or Impostume especially the Inflammation of the Cod. The Cure consists in discussing the swelling and mitigating the Pain If that cannot be obtain'd it must be ripen'd and open'd For the former purpose Bleeding and the common Evacuations and such gentle Diaphoretics as promote the Circulation of the Blood are the proper internal Remedies Outwardly apply the following Cataplasm Take of the Meal of Beans three or four Ounces Pouder of Cuminseeds two Ounces With Vinegar make a Cataplasm If the Vinegar be too sharp add of Lytharge of Ceruse from one to three Ounces For Lead and its Productions dulcify the sharpness of Vinegar Apply this Cataplasm warm to the part for all sorts of Inflammations Take of Quick-lime-Water a Pound or a Pound and a half Spirit of Wine camphoris'd half an Ounce or an Ounce Ceruse or Sugar of Lead a Dram and a half Make an Epithema to be applied hot And if the pain be violent add of Opium dissolv'd in Vinegar one Scruple For venereal Inflammations let the Part be fomented with the Decoction of China-roots and Elder-flowers in Ale or Wine Rue Agrimony Vervain Chamomile the Herb Paris Elder-flowers c. are also proper Ingredients for Cataplasms or Decoctions If the Pain be violent add to them Leaves of Henbane thus Take of the Leaves of Wormwood Lady's Mantle and lesser Centory the Flowers of the Sloe-tree Chamomile and Mullein and Leaves of Henbane of each a handful Boil them in Wine with a little Water and apply the strain'd Liquor with a warm Cloth to the Part. The Mucilage of Fleawort-seeds extracted with Water of Frog's Spawn may be added to the foregoing Ingredients If the Tumour cannot be discuss'd emollient suppurating things are proper as the Plaister call'd Filii Zachariae soften'd with Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin If the Pain be overbearing let the Leaves of Henbane be rosted under the Ashes bruis'd and applied with Lard in the form of a Cataplasm When the swelling is ripe let it be open'd with a Lance by a skilful Surgeon ART II. Of a Pneumatocele or distention of the Stones by Wind. IT is ofttimes accompany'd by a Hydrocele or Collection of Water The Wind is either deriv'd from the Abdomen or owing to the acid vitious quality of the nutritious Liquor of the Membrans surrounding the Stones The Signs are a swelling and distending pain without any sense of weight If it likewise seize the Cod it moves too and again when press'd by the hand All internal carminative Medicines are proper Externally let Carminative and discussing Cataplasms be applied As Take of the Pouder of Chamomile and Melilot-flowers and Meal of Beans of each six Drams Goats Dung and Bay-berries of each half an Ounce With Wine and Oil of Dill make a Cataplasm Take of Cows Dung two pound Brimstone and Cumin-seed of each an Ounce With Hony or Oil of Dill make a Cataplasm This is more effectual than the former If it be accompany'd by a Hydrocele anoint the part with Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin or Juniper and afterwards apply Rulandus's Plaister Diasulphuris temper'd with Oil of Nutmegs by expression Or Take of Coriander-seeds half an Ounce Cumin-seeds Aniseeds of each two Drams Allum half a Dram Wine common Water of each a pound and foment with the Infusion ART III. Of a Hydrocele or Collection of Water within the Membrans of the Stones THE Cause is the Rupture of the Lymphatic Vessels in the Stones or whatever stops the reflux of the Lymph from thence The Signs are a sense of something floating in the Cod the alteration of the form and bigness of the Stone the lucid and unwrinkled appearance of the Cod before a Candle At first the Swelling is soft and yields to the touch but do's not retire into the Belly by lying down or compression afterwards by continuance it becomes harder but is capable of receiving Pits and the Membrans grow thick and stiff The Cure is perform'd inwardly by Antihydropic Medicines Externally let the Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin or Schroder's Plaister ad Horniam or the Ausburg Hydropic Plaister be applied Or Take of the Plaister of Bay-berries Goat's Dung of each an Ounce and a half Cumin-seeds Flowers of Sulphur of each two Drams Mix with the Oil of Rue and Chamomile and make a Plaister Take of the Flowers of Chamomile of the Herb Paris of each two handfuls Meal of Beans from half an Ounce to an Ounce Goat's Dung three Ounces Pouder of Cockle-shells two Ounces Boil them in four parts of chamomile-Chamomile-water and one part Vinegar to the Consistence of a Cataplasm Take of Goat's Dung one Pound Chamomile-flowers Elder-flowers of each two handfuls Cumin-seeds an Ounce Boil them in Child's Urine Foment with the strain'd Liquor and make a Cataplasm of the remainder Take of Cockles bruis'd together with the Shells four Ounces Bay-berries Brimstone of each two Ounces Goat's Dung three Ounces With Lees make a Cataplasm If a Hydrocele be inveterat all external Discussives are in vain and only Surgery can afford relief There are two ways by which it performs the Cure 1. By pricking or boring a hole in the Cod and outermost Coat of the Stone under which the Lymph is wont to be lodg'd 'T is a safe Operation in a simple Hydrocele but in hydropic Tumours for the most part it causes a Gangrene 2. By cutting away the affected Stone for ofttimes it relapses after a pricking or the neighbouring parts are in danger of a Gangreen in which
if withal the Texture of this glandulous Membran is by frequent runnings rendred loose and flaccid in this Case I say there follows a continual and much more copious Flux of a serous Liquor of various Colours as yellow black or green and sometimes of a noisom smell This Flux is accompany'd with Cachexies loss of Appetite swelling of the Feet Belchings Weakness dulness of the venereal Appetite c. and ofttimes occasions Barrenness If it is of long continuance the Cure is hard especially in old Women if the matter is sharp it causes Itchings Burning Exulcerations of the Genitals Gangreens and at length Death In curing this Distemper we must first retrieve the Chylification of the Stomach by vomiting and stomachical Medicines 2. Correct the cachectic Crudity of the Blood partly by Steel and partly by volatil Salts and Aromatics 3. In particular we must resist the Disease with Specifics And 4. Repair the injury done to the solid parts with astringent and nervous Remedies Two Scruples of the Pouder of Asarum-root given after the use of Digestives is the choicest Vomit Purgatives are of no use but Sudorifics as Guaiacum Sassafras Juniper-wood c. and Diuretics as Turpentin c. may fitly supply their room Take Turpentin wash'd in Rose-water half an Ounce Pouders of red Coral and Bole Armenic of each half a Dram. Mix and take it twice a week fasting 't is an excellent Diuretic Rosemary is of noted efficacy to which some add leaves of Mint and Baum also the Roots of Galangal Cyperus Avens Marjoram Clove Gilly-flowers and their distill'd Oils also vulnerary Herbs as Ladies Mantle Agrimony c. Of Steel Medicines the chief are Liquor Martis Solaris Tincture of Steel with Tartar its Solution in Juice of Quinces c. Internal Specifics for this Flux are such as allay the saltish Acid dry up watry Humours and leave some astriction behind such are Misletoe of the Oak in Substance and Decoction the Decoction of the Pine-nut with the Wood of this Misletoe is an admirable Remedy drop Fern Tormentil Solomon's Seal Angelica and the like Garden and wild Clary us'd any way for internal or external Use dead Nettle with the white Flower its Water Conserve or Decoction Walnut-shells white flower'd Millfoil Fern-root Melilot with the white Flower Plantane Horse-tail white Daisy Woods of Mastic Guaiacum and Sassafras Chalybeat Milk mix'd with Bole Armenic shells of hatch'd Eggs either crude or calcin'd given to half a Dram the Bone of the Cuttle-fish Jaw-bone of a Pike River-Crabs Capons head powder'd burnt Cork given to a Dram Amber and its Preparations prepar'd Crystal Pumice-stone crude or calcin'd Diaphoretic Antimony feathered Allum Osteocolla the Pizzle of a Hart or Whale Of these Ingredients various Receipts may be prescrib'd As Take Ostoocolla prepar'd half an Ounce prepar'd Crystal and Jaw of a Pike of each a Dram with the Conserve of Rosemary-flowers make an Electuary to be taken twice or thrice a day Take Walnut-shells two Drams Aniseed a Dram. Mix and make a Pouder for four or five Doses Among external Remedies the Ointment of Clary is famous viz. Take Clary and beat it up with Butter let it stand sometime to putrify then boil and strain it with this anoint from the Navel to the Groin using it also by way of a Pessary Natural Baths are useful as also artificial ones made with Quick-lime Allum Sage Clary Mugwort Feverfew c. or Injections of the Ashes of Walnut-kernels with Wine Some use Fumigations with Mastic Frankincense Nutmeg Amber c. Or convey the Smoak of Sage by a Pipe Issues in the Thighs Legs and Shoulders are of use to divert the Humours SECT II. Of the Disorders of Women relating to the venereal Appetite CHAP. I. Of the loss of Virginity IN the outer Neck of the Womb behind the Urinary Passage there is a transverse Membrane plac'd which if the Lips of the Privity be drawn aside resembles a Crescent with a hole in the upper side but when the Lips fall together it has the appearance of three small fleshy Prominences like Myrtle-berries In the Integrity of this Membrane together with the straitness of the Vagina does Virgin-Innocence consist and Virginity is said to be lost when by the admission of the human Yard the former is violently broken or loosened and distended and the latter widened tho yet in the mean while it may be violated by other means Tho Virginity once lost can never be properly restor'd yet an artificial one aping the true may be obtain'd by straitning the Genitals and retrieving their natural Tone which is effected by Baths and Fomentations prepar'd of Astringents such as the Root of the greater Comfrey Plantane Ladies Mantle Rob of Acacia c. to which Allum must still be added As Take of Oak and Plantane-leaves of each a handful Root of the greater Comfrey three Ounces Galls an Ounce Allum half an Ounce boil them in water This Decoction may be injected by a Syringe or apply'd externally with a Spunge Moreover if we frequently foment the great soft and flagging Breasts of Women that have conceiv'd with the distill'd water of green Pine and wash them with the same at night letting them dry of themselves they will become little round and hard Ladies Mantle Feaverfew and Clary are also of use for this purpose That which provokes Virgins to forfeit their Title to the Angelical Character is Lust which they begin to entertain about the age of fourteen when the menstrual Flux commences CHAP. II. Of the Depravation of the venereal Appetite THE venereal Appetite or Lust is nothing else but a tender sense and tickling of the extended Clitoris caus'd by the influence of seminal matter abounding in the two glandâ—ous Prominences and other Glandules of the Vagina This according to nature ought to be moderat however it is sometimes deficient and sometimes it exceeds The languishing of the venereal Appetite is frequently occasion'd by the paucity of Genital Liquor and its want of Spirits proceeding sometimes from another Disease as the Scurvy Whites c. But if this Appetite is altogether wanting I am of opinion it is a default in the Structure or Conformation of the parts and admits of no cure As to the former it is an Evil of little danger save that it is ordinarily accompanied with barrenness The want of Genital Liquor may be supplied by the use of juicy Food and volatil Aromatics such as Musk Civet and Amber But if it is only the effect of other Causes 't is cur'd by their removal Externally foment with the Infusion of Ants together with their Nest and anoint the Groin and Privities with the Oil of Ants or with Aromatic Oils or Apoplectic Balsam mix'd with Civet and Musk. If the seminal humor contain'd in the glandulous Substance of the Vagina either by too long retention or otherwise become sharp saltish or somewhat acid it excites sometimes in the places through which it passes such an itching as disturbs Sleep
state of the nutritious balmy Juice which alone is able to consolidate and repair the loss They are prescrib'd in these or the like Forms First Internally Take of River-Crabs in number twelve Comfry-roots an Ounce Leaves of Bugloss and Ground-Ivy and Tops of St. John's-wort of each a handful Boil them in Water and Wine and sweeten the strain'd Decoction with the Syrup of Ground-Ivy and if a nervous part be wounded add Oil of Amber Dose six Ounces twice a day Note 1. The simple vulnerary Medicines are best Therefore Crabs-eyes and Diaphoretic Antimony in Feavers Antimonial Nitre and in nervous Wounds the Oil or Spirit of Amber are sufficient for internal use Note 2. When any heterogeneous Matter is lodg'd within the Wound or when 't is very foul we add to such Decoctions Savin Mugwort Speedwel Agrimony c. and when the Wound is sufficiently cleans'd leave 'em out Secondly Vulnerary Medicines are prescrib'd for Injections As Take of the Herbs Speedwel Winter-green Sanicle and Tobacco leaves of each two handfuls Dog's Dung four Ounces Boil them in Water Add to the strain'd Liquor Spirit of Wine with Hony and wash the Wound with the Mixture Thirdly They 're prescrib'd in the Forms of Oils or Balsams to be drop'd into the Wound of which the Oil of St. John's wore Balsam of Sulphur or that of Peru and especially Capaivi are infinitely the best Fourthly Ointments As Take of Benzoin an Ounce Spirit of Wine an Ounce and a half Mastic a Dram of the black Balsam half an Ounce Make a Liniment Or Take of Ear-wax two Drams Sugar of Lead two Drams With the express'd Oil of Walnuts make an Ointment Note 1. Ear-wax is of peculiar use for Wounds of nervous parts 2. Spirit of Wine not over-rectify'd is of admirable Efficacy for preventing Corruption and Consolidating Hence Venice Triacle mix'd with it and applied to the Wound is much approv'd Fifthly Plaisters of which Paracelsus's Oppodeldoch and Crollius's Styptic Plaister are the best Some pretend to cure Wounds by Sympathy as by mixing the Blood of the Wound with the Vitriol of Copper calcin'd by the Sun or by applying Arsmart to the Wound it being first dip'd in cold Water and then removing it from the Wound while 't is hot and burying it in a Dunghil But the Colcothar of Vitriol wash'd and dissolv'd infus'd or boil'd in Wine for washing the Wound is certainly a useful Medicine The general Cure of Wounds being thus premis'd we come next to consider some particular sorts as 1. Bruises or those which partake of Contusion If the Contusion be very considerable 't will be needful to scarify the Wound if not the common Digestives and suppurating Medicines will sufficiently cleanse it to which we may add the Oil of Wax express'd Oil of St. John's-wort and the Plaister of Cummin Towards the end of the Cure we may apply the Spirit of Sal Armoniac distill'd with Quick-lime Of this Nature are the Wounds receiv'd from Guns for so much as Bullets tear and bruise wherever they come in curing them we ought first to promote Suppuration by applying Tents dip'd in Spirit of Wine and cover'd with the following Liniment Take of the Oil of White Lillies four Pound boil two Puppies in it till their Bones be dissolv'd then add of Earth-worms boil'd in Wine a Pound Boil them together and when the Liquor is strain'd add Venice Turpentin three Gunces Spirit of Wine an Ounce and a half Make a Liniment After Suppuration is obtain'd let the Wound be cleans'd with the following Ointment Take of Venice Turpentin five Ounces Oil of Roses an Ounce Hony of Roses strain'd three Ounces Myrrh Aloes Mastic and round-rooted Birth-wort of each half a Dram Flower of Barly three or four Drams Make an Ointment to be sprinkled with Spirit of Wine If the Part be much corrupted we may add precipitat Mercury If the Bones be seiz'd with Aches after they 're cur'd as it sometimes happens in these Wounds anoint 'em with the Oil of Turpentin If when the Wound was receiv'd the Gun was very near the Person the wounded part will be likewise burnt in which case Quick-lime-water with the Juice of River-Crabs and Phlegm of Allum is very useful 2. Malignant and venomous Wounds The Causes are a poisoned Instrument or the biting of an angry or mad Animal The Symptoms are an unaccountable Pain sudden blewness or blackness of the Part and its tendency to a Gangrene difficulty of Breathing cold Sweats Swoonings Headaches c. If the Wound be deep it must be scarify'd and Venice Triacle with Spirit of Wine applied to it If it was caus'd by the biting of a Viper apply a living Toad bruis'd or the Pouder of a dry'd Toad in Vinegar and touch the part with a hot Iron but so as not to burn it and exhibit Urine to drink For the Bites of mad Dogs c. apply the Stone of an Indian Serpent or in want of that Sala's Magnetic Plaister mix'd with the Pouder of River-Crabs or a Cataplasm of Onyons Garlic Venice Triacle and Yest After the Poison is extracted we apply Digestives as above Wounds receiv'd by poysoned Darts c. are cur'd after the same manner In the mean while we administer internally Venice Triacle Diaphoretic Antimony c. with distill'd Vinegar 3. Wounds of Veins and Arteries In which the most pressing Indication is to stop the Bleeding For this end we apply styptic Liquors of the Solution of the Vitriol of Steel mix'd with a half quantity of the Solution of Allum in some Astringent Vehicle or a mixture of strong Vinegar Crocus of Steel and the dulcify'd Caput Mortuum of Vitriol or above all the Moss of a dead Man's Scull or the Mushroom call'd Crepitus Lupi tied very hard to the part If the bleeding be obstinat and if there be no Nerves or Tendons in the way we apply a Caustic of Vitriol calcin'd till it become white mix'd with Crepitus Lupi For Amputations Ligatures are of very good use Internally we exhibit nitrous Acids with Astringent Tinctures But in the mean while the Patient must carefully avoid all Emotions either of Body or Mind 4. Wounds of the Nerves or nervous Parts are very dangerous by reason of their liableness to Convulsions Inflammations Gangrenes c. If a Nerve or Tendon be prick'd drop into it the distill'd Oil of Turpentin mix'd with Spirit of Wine and Camphyr or Euphorbium If a Nerve or Tendon be cut across avoid all Tents and express'd Oils or fat Ingredients and apply volatil vulnerary Balsams sharpen'd with the distill'd Oil of Amber or the Pouder of Earthworms mix'd with Turpentin or the Pouder of Snake's Cast-Coats mix'd with that of Crabs-eyes or a Mixture of the Oil of Earthworms Oil of Foxes Man's Fat and Juice of Earthworms rubbing the whole Interval betwixt the wounded part and the Original of the Nerve Sometimes when Tendons are cut across they may be few'd together with a fine Needle according to the
new close Vessel or mix'd with black Pepper Salt dry Soot and Orpine be sprinkl'd upon the Ulcer after 't is wash'd with Plantane-water If these prove successless apply the Oil of Man's Dung and for the last Refuge Arsenic fix'd with Nitre and mix'd with Scot and Rulandus's Balsam of Sulphur in the form of an Ointment or the Oil per deliquium of the Arsenic thus fix'd it being dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine If the Cancer still continue after these Applications 't will be needful to cut it off and then burn out its Roots with a hot Iron for if the least Particle of the Ferment be left 't will revive again Alliot Physician to the Duke of Lorrain publish'd a Schedule at Paris some years ago in which he pretended to cure an ulcerated Cancer without cutting or burning and that by a certain Alcalin Salt that is so fix'd that it won't dissolve or melt as the other Alcalin Caustics which by so doing exasperate the Cancer This Salt he says makes an Eschara and converts the sharp matter into a laudable Pus 6. Ulcers caus'd by Burning In order to adjust their Method of Cure we ought to distinguish three degrees in Burning 1. When the outer Cuticle alone is hurt and lifted up in little watry Bladders This is the ordinary effect of hot Water burning Straw c. 2. When the inner Skin is also contracted and wrinkl'd This is the effect of hot Oil Wax Pitch c. 3. When the Flesh it self is burnt and the Skin cast into a Crust as by melted Metals c. The Cure consists in subduing the volatil Sulphureous Acid of the Fire which melts down the nutritious Juice of the Part and causes the fiery Bladders For this end we apply for the first degree Quick-lime-water prepar'd with the Decoction of Rapes and mix'd with the Oil of Linseed to the Consistence of a thin Ointment or a Liniment of Quick-lime frequently wash'd and purg'd of its sharp Salt Tutty Whites of Eggs with Vinegar and Oil of Roses or the Juice of Onyons or Garlic mix'd with Salt Castle-Soap and Oil of Roses The Mucilage of bruis'd River-Crabs extracted with the Water of Frog's Spawn or an Ointment of River-Crabs bruis'd and mix'd in a Leaden Mortar with fresh Butter the Solution of Litharge in Vinegar mix'd with the Oil of Rapes Camphyr Mucilage of Quince-seeds and the Whites of Eggs a Liniment of common Oil mix'd with the Whites of Eggs or the Syrup of Elder mix'd with Spirit of Wine are all approv'd in the same case In the second degree we lay open the Bladder without any delay and then apply the above-mention'd Medicines or a Liniment express'd from fresh Hen's Dung fry'd with fresh Butter and Sage and Plantain-leaves or a Mixture of the Pulp of Apples boil'd in the Water of Frog's Spawn with Sugar Camphyr and Saffron In the third degree we lay open the Pushes with all possible speed and apply emollient Liniments for separating the Crust such as Butter mix'd with the Decoction of Mallows or the Mucilage of Quinces extracted with the Water of Frog's Spawn and mix'd with Butter the Oil of Eggs and that of white Lillies If the Crust do not come easily off it must be cut with a Launce for fear the imprison'd matter should create a deep Ulcer After the Crust is remov'd we apply Digestives and Cleansers as in other Cases CHAP. IV. Of Dislocations THE Bones design'd for Motion are receiv'd into Cavities call'd Sinus's and fasten'd to 'em by Ligaments Tendons or Muscles And when the Head of any Bone is justled out of its proper Sinus 't is call'd a Dislocation The Causes are generally external tho sometimes a vicious Acid thickening the nutritious Juice that waters these Cavities may straiten their Capacities and so deny Admission to the Bone as in the Sciatica and Gout and sometimes a sharp saltish Catarrh such as Scorbutical Persons are obnoxious to by relaxating the nervous Ligaments may indirectly promote a Dislocation When a Bone is put out of joint its Figure Situation Length and inability to move will discover it Some Dislocations are call'd perfect when the Bone is quite out of its place others imperfect when it sticks upon the side of its Cavity The former is more difficult to cure than the latter The Dislocation of the Thigh Bone as it dos not easily happen by reason of the extraordinary Strength of its Ligament so 't is hard to cure the Muscles being very thick and the part in a manner inaccessible But that of the small Bones about the Ankle is much more dangerous they being surrounded with many Tendons which when they 're misplac'd are apt to create grievous Pain Inflammations Convulsions c. When a Bone is set let the contracted Muscles be extended to their due Length and the whole Member be conveniently ty'd fast with broad or narrow Swathes as its nature requires remembring still not to tie it too hard nor to apply Astringents as most Surgeons are wont to do lest the Stagnation of the Blood or Serum should occasion Inflammations or Tumors If the part be much inflam'd we must not pretend to extend it or to set the Bone till the Inflammation be abated by the following Decoction Take of the Tops of St. John's-wort a handful and a half of the Herbs Betony Chamomil and Rosemary of each a handful Comfrey-roots three Ounces Roots of round-rooted Birth-wort six Drams the four large hot Seeds of each an Ounce and a half Boil them in Water and add to a Pound and a half of the strain'd Liquor six Ounces of Wine in which Sage has been infus'd Mix and foment the part and after 't is ty'd up wet the Swathes with a Spunge dip'd into it If the Pain be excessive we may add Poppy-Heads to the Decoction In the mean while give internally volatil Alcalies and fix'd Diaphoretics for preventing the Stagnation of the Blood If a white Swelling invade the part either before or after the Bone is set anoint it with the distill'd Oil of Tartar or of Man's Bones rectify'd with burnt Hartshorn However in all Cases let express'd Oils and Astringent Cataplasms be avoided the former shut the Pores and relaxat the Fibres and the latter cause Inflammations and Tumours The common Plea for Astringents is that they strengthen the Fibres Whereas the Fibres are much more benefited by fomenting 'em with Aromatic and nervous Decoctions and applying Cephalic Plaisters of Amber Elemi Balsam of Peru c. If the Dislocation be caus'd by the internal Coagulation of the nutritious Juice of the Joint 't is incurable unless Mercury give relief If it be only threaten'd we endeavour to prevent it by giving inwardly the volatil Preparations of Tartar especially its Spirit prepar'd from Tartar fermented with its own Alcaly to which we may add Sal Armoniac and the Spirit and volatil Salt of Man's Bones Externally we apply the Spirit of Earth-worms mix'd with Spirit of Sal Armoniac and in
one beyond its natural Capacity while the other retains its wonted bulk apt to be swallowed up by the larger This entrance of one Gut into another may be promoted by Persons unquietness and tossing in the extremity of their Pain Convulsive Contractions of the Guts Coalition of their Sides Corrosion of their Valves and Inflammations caus'd by over-acid Juices and attended by Feavers which if a Gangrene insue become malignant The signs of an approaching Iliac Passion are extreme Gostiveness retraction of the Anus a loathing vomiting and intolerable Pains in the small Guts and if a Hiccough insue it threatens Death If the Anus be much drawn back so that a Clyster-pipe cannot enter it is a sign that the gross Intestines are affected If otherwise the small Guts are only touch'd If the greatest Pain be seated in the Epigastrium the Ilium is most oppress'd A shooting burning Pain in one particular part of the Belly a Lipyria Feaver Thirst and ardor of the Stomac are signs of an Inflammation If the Pain be over and follow'd by cold Sweats difficult Respiration Swoonings and sometimes Convulsions 't is a sign of a Gangrene In fine the common Symptoms of an Iliac Passion are hardness of the Belly suppression of Urine loathing vomiting first of the Contents of the Stomac and next the Excrements a stinking habit of Body frequent Swoonings insufferable griping Pains in the Guts a prodigious anxiety and sometimes vomiting of Clysters Inflammations or Gangrenes are Mortal If the upper Gut descend into the lower 't is a fatal Symptom If the lower ascend into the higher 't is curable If the Disease proceed from a Rupture or harden'd Excrements 't is not desperat If Sleep succeed to the taking of Opiats 't is a hopeful Circumstance The Hiccough Deasness Convulsions or Doatings are bad Consequences If the Eâ—â—rements be vomited and if the Sweat Breath Belchings and Wind voided downwards stink much 't is a dangerous case The Cure consists in removing the Irritation and retrieving the natural peristaltic Motion of the Guts In general the following Rules will direct us 1. If the Excrements be harden'd they must be soften'd with Clysters betimes else we labor in Vain 2. All Purgatives are improper till such time as the Guts and Stomac are appeas'd and restor'd to their natural Motion 3. Tho' the Symptoms disappear we ought not to think our selves secure till large quantities of humors be voided downwards eitheir by a natural or artificial force 4. The weakness and dejection of the Parts which is caus'd by the stink attending this Disease ought be always accounted for by exhibiting Confection Alkermes Spirit of Triacle camphoris'd Cinnamom Water Ambergrise c. 5. In case of a Gangrene Opiats are very noxious as likewise in that of Obstructions till such time as the Belly be well open'd When the Disease proceeds from a violent Irritation and is attended by a furious everlasting Vomiting Opiats may be mix'd with Stomachical Medicines while the Person is yet strong 6. Whatever is us'd whether outwardly or inwardly must be warm as well in the time of Recovery as that of the fit Now as to particular Cases If the small Guts only be inverted emollient Clysters quicken'd if need be with Coloquintida Sal Gem or Antimonial Infusions or those of the Carminative Seeds boyl'd in Childs Urine and Water or of the Decoction of Sheeps Guts and Caul or in case of an Inflammation those of Nitre and Barly-water are proper But if the motion of the gross Intestines be likewise inverted all such Clysters promote the Irritation Wherefore we are obliged in such cases to endeavour the Cure by temperat softening laxative lubrical Potions as the Decoction of emollient Herbs in Broth mix'd with the Oyl of sweet Almonds or the Oyl of sweet Almonds new drawn given to the quantity of three Ounces in Broth with Sperma Gaeti Or Take of the Decoction of Raisins with Tamarinds half a Pound Oyl of sweet Almonds two or three Ounces Syrup of Apples an ounce and a half The Decoction of Rapes or that of Chammomil Flowers with fresh Butter or the juice of rotten Apples is of good use Some apply the Pulp of Apples with Saffron to the Belly In a word the same Method is to be follow'd in curing this Disease as we recommended in the last Article When all other Medicines are ineffectual we have recourse to leaden Bullers and Quicksilver But in case of an Inflammation Rupture Gangrene or descent of the upper Gut into the lower the former are very noxious and even in other Cases they are frequently either insufficient or hurtful Wherefore Quicksilver claims the Preference Before we use it the Body ought to be prepar'd with lubrical things such as Oyl of sweet Almonds or Sperma Caeti Then exhibit three four and sometimes eight ounces of purify'd Quicksilver together with Oyl of sweet Almonds and Mint-water If it do not succeed at first let it be frequently repeated And in the mean while inject emollient Clysters foment the Belly with softening â—â—coctions or set the Person into a Bath If the Mercury after frequent using do not pass make the Clysters sharper anoint the Belly with Ointment of Soubread and Oyl of Coloquintida and apply the Plaister of Hemloc with Gum Ammoniac to soften the Excrements If the Mercury disturb the Mouth Throat and Gums Gargle 'em with Hony of Roses and Syrup of Violets After the Body 's open'd 't is likewise proper to exhibit the lunar Bezoar and diaphoretic Antimony for carrying off the remains of the Mercury Besides the above mention'd Emollient and temperating Potions some commend salt of Wormwood with Juice of Limons or the Spirit of Turpentin or when the Guts are free of Inflammations Venice Triacle dissolv'd in Wine for removing the Irritations or the following Recipe's Take of Mint-water two ounces Cinnamom and Zedoary Waters of each half an ounce Salt of Wormwood half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Syrup of Buckthorn six drams Make a Potion Take of Fennel Mint and carminative Waters of each an ounce Spirit of Salarmoniac anisated a dram and a half Essence of Opium a dram Syrup of Mint six drams mix and exhibit in the beginning of the Disease Take of prepar'd Amber Diaphoretic Antimony Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum two grains Camphyr one grain make a Powder Mineral Bezoar and volatil Salt of Hartshorn are likewise proper Ingredients If the Disease be caus'd by an Inflammation let blood both in the Arm and Leg let the Person abstain from eating let Clysters of Nitre Milk and mucilage of Fleawort-seeds be injected and exhibit a Potion of Mint-water Spirit of Venice Treacle camphoriz'd Salt of Wormwood and Syrup of Buckthorn Externally anoint with the Oyntment of Marshmallows six drams Oyl of Chamomil half an ounce distill'd Oyls of Juniper and of Turpentin of each a dram and a half mix'd After anointing lay a hot Brick upon the Belly Sometimes a
may be useful for strengthning the Fibres of the Guts But to what Purpose should the Irritating and Floating Humors be bound up 'T is better they should take their Course than be thrown upon a Nobler Part. 'T is true Tormentil seal'd Earth Sugar of Lead and such like things are very useful but 't is not upon the account of their Adstringent but Absorbing and Correcting Vertue 7. 'T is the Ridiculous Humor of some to avoid Wine Whereas nothing is more Friendly to the Stomac or more proper against a Looseness Of All the Medicines us'd against Loosenesses Opium is the Head 'T is a Powerful Controuler of all Tumultuous Motions 'T is exhibited in Vinegar Or rather Recent Diascordium may supply its Room being given from a Dram to two Drams Some extoll the use of two Eggs boyl'd very hard sprinkled with Rose-Vinegar and Pouder of Mace and Nutmegs Others recommend a Quince fill'd with Wax and Roasted Goats Tallow melted and mix'd with Flower Extract of Tormentil dissolv'd in Cinnamon or Mint Water together with a Grain or two of Laudanum the Juice of Austere Fruits such as Medlars and Quinces mix'd with the Juice of Arsmart The Rob made from the Juice of unripe sorbe Apples the Conserve of Quinces mix'd with Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamon and Laudanum Opiatum The Decoction of Masticwood or in the Room of it that of Mastic it self with Mace and Cinnamon mix'd with Gelley of Hartshorn for Ordinary Drink or Water impregnated with the fumes of Mastic The Decoction of Juniper-berries or that of Hartshorn and Stag's Pizzle or the Decoction of Gum Arabic and Sugar in Ale The Golden Earth found in Gold Mines dissolv'd with the Spirit of the Vitriol of Steel Whey or Vinegar impregnated with Steel Crocus of Steeâ— Dulcify'd Gaput Mortuum of Vitriol exhibited in an Acid Vehicle Coral Crystal mix'd with Hysteric Laudanum and Chalybeat Bezoar against a Bilious Looseness Blood Stone Sugar of Lead Plantan Purslain Tormentil and Columbin-Waters and the Juices of Quinces and Pomgranats These are all specifics in this Disease Take of Plantan-Water three Ounces Cinnamom-Water an Ounce Fracastorius's Diascordium two Drams Prepar'd Red Coral two Scruples seal'd Earth a Scruple Syrup of Myrtles an Ounce Make a Potion Give a spoonful now and then Vinegar of Wine or of Roses and Diaphoretic Antimony may be added Take of Mint-water two Ounces Cinnamom-water two Drams Extract of Tormentil eight Grains Astringent Crocus of Steel and Hysteric Laudanum of each six Grains Syrup of Quinces half an Ounce Mix for one Dose Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre may be added Or to temper the sharpness of the humors an Emulsion may be made from sweet Almonds and White Poppy Seeds with the Decoction of Hartshorn and mix'd with absorbent Powders Take of Vitriolated Conserve of Mint an Ounce and a half Diascordium half an Ounce Seal'd Earth a Dram Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony and Extract of Tormentil Roots of each half a Dram. With Syrup of Masterwort make an Electuary Dose two Drams twice or thrice aday When a Looseness is attended by Gripings black excrements thirst and inappetency give what follows Take Conserve of Mint and Diascordium of each two Ounces Rhubarb a Dram Red Coral two Scruples With Syrup of Coral make an Electuary Of which let the Patient take a Convenient quantity frequently In malignant Epidemical Loosenesses Alexipharmacal sudorifics ought to be mix'd with proper specifics as Spirit of Venice Treacle with Spirit of Mastic Seal'd Earth and Volatil Salt of Vipers c. Or thus Take of Seal'd Earth and Diaphoretic Antimony of each fifteen Grains Powder of Mace four Grains Volatil Salt of Vipers six Grains Mix for one Dose Take of Mint and Scordium Waters of each an Ounce and a half Cinnamon Water three Drams Vinegar of Wine six Drams Venice Treacle a Dram and a half Mineral Bezoar half a Dram Syrup of Quinces three Drams Mix for a Potion In the mean while let the Stomac be fortify'd by the Juice of Quinces Dulcify'd Spirit of Salt or a Draught of Generous Wine In case of a Tenesmus inject Milk-Clysters frequently If a Looseness be caus'd by Poyson give twelve Grains of Emerald with Conserve of Quinces The External Remedies against Loosenesses are Venice Treacle mix'd with Balsam of Peru and the Distill'd Oyl of Mastic sprinkl'd with the Distill'd Oyl of Mace and Applied to the Belly or the Crust of Tosted Bread soak'd in Vinegar and Cover'd with Cloves and Nutmegs in Powder or a Cataplasm of yest Powder of Mint Leaves Zedoary Cloves Galangal Ginger and Rose Vinegar applied to the Navel Fomentations of the same place with Decoctions of Aromatic Ingredients or Inunctions with Distill'd Aromatic Oyls incorporated with Express'd Oyl of Nutmegs applying after Inunction a hot Brick are also proper If there be a necessity of cleansing the Intestines either in the Beginning or Declension of the Disease give half a Dram of Rhubarb with eight Grains of Nutmegs and three Grains of Hysteric Laudanum Or give the Decoction of Tamarinds But these things are most proper in the Declination of the Disease or if in the beginning it must be when the humours are hurry'd into the Guts from other Parts or the first Passages are very foul as when a Looseness proceeds from Summer Fruits If the Great Intestines are the Seat of the Evil Clysters of Milk are proper as also when the Person goes frequently to stool and voids but little which is a sign of the Acrimony of the humor In that case Emollient Clysters of Chalybeat Milk Yelks of Eggs Turpentin and Hony of Roses are very useful If the Anus be excoriated foment with Milk in which Emollient-Herbs are Boyl'd If a Looseness be occasion'd by over violent Purgation let Laudanum Opiatum Wormwood Rue Essence of Venice Treacle mix'd with Anodyns and Diaphoretic Powders such as Seal'd Earth Sugar of Lead Blood stone Diaphoretic Antimony c. Be exhibited Let Venice Treacle be applied to the Navel or the Belly be fomented with Wine in which Wormwood Mint and Spices are Boyl'd If the Person be Grip'd or Molested with a perpetual Itch of going to stool inject a Clyster of warm Milk in which Venice Treacle is dissolv'd If a Looseness proceed from an Error in the use of External things as Summer Fruits c. It ought not to be stopped unless it overbear or cause an inappetency and weak Concoction in which case we exhibit the absorbent Powders with Opiats in the same method as above If a Looseness proceed from the transferring of the morbific matter to which Catarrhous Persons are obnoxious in the Night-time and which the Ancients fancy'd to flow from the Brain it is cur'd by aversion and derivation by Issues and Blistering Plaisters If a Looseness be caus'd by the spontaneous course of humors 't is cur'd as a common Looseness or by Chalybeat Medicines and Bathing But these last sorts of Loosenesses require no Cure unless they prove exorbitant ART II. Of the
Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Make a Potion for one Dose In fine the Common Prescriptions against all sorts of Dysenteries are such as these following Take of the shavings of a Stag's Pizzle half an Ounce Comfrey Roots Tragacanth and Nutmegs of each three Drams seal'd Earth Bole Armenic Burnt Hartshorn and Zedoary of each a Dram and an half Make a Powder You may add Laudanum Opiatum and Oyl of Cinnamom Take of the Extract of Tormentil twenty four Grains Vipers Livers Prepar'd Crabs Eyes of each a Scruple Hysteric Laudanum nine Grains Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom two Drops Mix for two Doses Ye may add Troches of Amber and Prepar'd Crystal Take of Venice Treacle a Dram Prepar'd Blood-stone a Scruple Dead Men's Bones Calcin'd fifteen Grains Sugar of Lead six Grains Make a Bolus Take of the Rob of the Fruit of the Service Tree a Dram and a half Chalybeat-Bezoar fifteen Grains Dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol six Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains make a Bolus Take of Diascordium an Ounce and a half the Shavings of a Whales Pizzle three Drams Troches of Amber a Dram and a half Flowers of Sulphur a Dram. With Juice of Quinces make an Electuary Of which take a Convenient quantity at Morning Noon and Evening Take of Crude Allum half a Dram Cinnamon an Ounce and a half Make a Powder Dose a Scruple to be taken in Red Wine Take of Tormentil Water two or three Ounces Cinnamon-Water Prepar'd with Quinces an Ounce Spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd three Drams Syrup of Comfrey an Ounce Mix for a Vehicle to the above-mention'd Powders Take of Plantan Water three Ounces Cinnamon Water six Drams Vinegar of Roses half an Ounce Diascordium two Drams Troches of Amber or those of Seal'd Earth half a Dram Prepar'd Crabs Eyes two Scruples Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Syrup of Myrtle-berries or of Quinces an Ounce Mix. Sugar of Lead Dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol Extract of Tormentil and Shavings of a Dead Man's Scull may be added or mutually shifted by turns After the Symptoms are mitigated by the use of the foregoing Prescriptions it will not be improper to exhibit some healing things calculated for the Corrosion or Ulceration of the Intestines Such are the Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oyl of Amber or Annis or of Juniper-berries or of Turpentin Balsam of Peru given to half a Scruple with Sugar or with the Yelk of an Egg To which we may add the Vulnerary Decoctions As Take of the Leaves of Ground-Ivy Plantan and Tormentil of each a handful Pomgranat Flowers three little handfuls Shavings of a Whale's Pizzle three Ounces Boyl 'em in Black-Smiths-water To two Pounds of the strain'd Liquor add Syrup of Coral and that of Comfrey of each three Ounces Mix and exhibit a large Draught twice or thrice a day with fifteen Drops of the Balsam of Sulphur As for Clysters we ought to be very cautious of using ' em Anodyn Clysters for allaying the Pain and tempering the sharp Humors are made of Chalybeat Milk with Emollent Ingredients boyl'd in it and mix'd with Laudanum Opiatum Turpentin Venice Treacle Goats Tallow and Yelks of Eggs. Pouders are not convenient for they stick to the Guts and provoke ' em Vulnerary Healing Clysters are prepar'd from Vulnerary Decoctions or the Decoction or Juice of River Crabs mix'd with Balsam of Peru Goats Tallow and Oyl of Linseed Externally apply a Plaister of Venice Treacle to the Belly and take of Express'd Oyl of Nutmegs half an Ounce Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oyl of Anis two Drams Balsam of Peru a Dram. Make a Liniment and anoint the Belly Take of Oak leaves and Bran of each three handfuls Flowers of Chamomil and of Mullein of each two handfuls Make two Quilted Bags to be dipp'd in warm Vinegar one large and round to be applied to the Navel the other long and small for the Breech Some reap benefit by sitting upon the Caput Mortuum of Vitriol when they go to stool others by applying a Cataplasm of Arsemart Leaves bruis'd and beaten up with Chalybeat Wine others by receiving the smoak of Burnt Harts-horn or Vinegar or Ginger thrown upon burning Coals just under their Breech when they go to stool A Tenesmus is a Retainer to Dysenteries being a perpetual but vain desire of going to stool The Immediat Cause is the irritation of the Intestinum Rectum especially that part of it that is surrounded with the Sphincter This Irritation may proceed by Consent or Sympathy from Nephritic Pains a Stone in the Bladder or Distention of the Womb or Essentially from a tenacious Corrosive Acid Humor thrown upon that Gut either by a preceeding Dysentery or sharp Purgatives from Inflammations occasion'd by the suppression of the Piles and the Corrosion of the worms call'd Ascarides An Essential Tenesmus is more dangerous than a Sympathetical one If it continue long it degenerats into Ulcers and Fistula's of the Anus In Women with Child it frequently causes miscarriage As for the Cure Let the Irritation be abated by Opiats If a Tenesmus proceed from a sharp renacious humor Abstergent Clysters and Fomentations are proper If the Intestin be excoriated temperat soft Ingredients are requir'd Take of Mullein flowers two handfuls Seeds of Red Vetches two Ounces Salt of Tartar a Dram Boyl 'em in Water To a Pound of the strain'd Liquor add two Ounces of Goats Tallow and an Ounce of Hony of Roses Mix for two Clysters The Decoction of Worms in Milk is likewise very proper But all Clysters ought to be injected in small quantities at a time Foment the Anus with the Decoction of Mullein flowers in Milk Or apply a bag quilted with Toad flax and Mullein Leaves and the flowers of Mullein and Chamomil and boyl'd in Chalybeat Milk Or let the Anus be fumigated with hot Bricks or Iron thrown into warm Vinegar Or with the Decoction of Savin in Water and Vinegar Or with Myrrh Frankincense Roses c. thrown upon burning Coals If the Intestin be Ulcerated inject Vulnerary Decoctions with the Oyl of Wax Or anoint with a Liniment of the Oyl of Roses and Earthworms mix'd with the Solution of Litharge in Vinegar Or thrust up a suppository of Unguentum Album Camphoratum Diapompholygos and dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol Internally the Oyl of Mastic with Mint Water or the red Oyl of Vitriol with Broth is much approv'd The Hepatic flux is a Painless voiding of Watry Blood from the Internal Hemorrhoid Veins which the Ancients fancy'd to proceed from the Liver It either follows the Excoriation caus'd by a preceeding Dysentery or is occasion'd by the ordinary Causes of Eruption of Blood of which elsewhere Opiats Astringents and gentle Laxatives especially Raisins are the Basis of its Cure Some Persons are troubled with an Itching of the Anus If it be caus'd by the approach of any External sharp thing let it be fomented with warm Milk and Rose Water If it tend to an Ulcer apply a Liniment of Sulphur
the Gut In adult People 't is a difficult matter to cure a Rupture c. A Hiccough following a painful and sudden Bursting is a fatal symptom If it be caus'd by cold 't is very dangerous The cure is perform'd by putting up the Caul or Gut fortifying it in its proper Station and healing the Breach or contracting the Width of the Peritonaeum Purgatives are pernicious If the great Guts are molested with Wind or the Belly costive let Clysters be injected Flatulency promotes and exasperates the Disease and therefore ought to be particularly subdu'd by Carminative and Precipitating Medicines In putting up the Gut we ought to handle it very tenderly and very seldom for fear of Irritation and place the Patient's Feet higher than his Head All things us'd either Internally or Externally ought to be Lukewarm Solid Victuals ought to be avoided and Liquid Food chiefly us'd If the Gut be hard let it be Fomented with Emollient Decoctions for the hardness proceeds for the most part from its Distention and Convulsive Posture rather than hard Excrements which are seldom found in the small Guts When the part is handled let the Surgeons Hands or Fingers be anointed with Oyl of Chamomil and Oyl of St. John's wort with a few Drops of some Carminative Oyl If it be difficult to put up the Gut let the following method be observ'd Internally Exhibit the Decoction of the greater Four hot Seeds in VVine Externally apply a Cataplasm of Sheeps Dung boyl'd in Goats Milk and Foment with the Decoction adding to it a little of the Spirit of VVine in order to discuss the VVind and Hardness and allay the Pain Some apply the hot Caul of a gelded Lamb and with good success The Hardness VVind and Pain are likewise mitigated by Fomenting with Decoctions of Emollient and Carminative Ingredients Or Clysters of the same Ingredients may be injected that so the great Guts being emptied any irritating matter in the small ones may have the easier passage Let Plaisters also be applied to the Loyns to oblige the mesentery to draw back the fallen Gut As Take of Gum Ammoniac Galbanum and Sagapenum of each three drams Turpentin and Virgin VVax two or six drams Arsenical Loadstone two drams and fifteen Grains Roots of Cuckowpint a dram Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar and boyl them to the consistence of a Plaister together with the other Powders Apply the Plaister to the Loyns Some commend the fat of a Bear or of a Hedghog for the same use If all these means prove ineffectual a Surgeon must open the place and put up the Gut and then heal the wound After the Gut is put into its proper station it will be necessary to confirm it and the Peritonaeum by Internal and External Means The former are the Vulnerary Decoctions especially those of Rupturewort and Thorowax The Seed of Carden-Cresses is of Excellent use given inwardly in Powder with Red VVine or by way of Decoction and applied Externally being beaten up with the Yelk of an Egg or form'd into a Plaister with Caran and boyl'd Turpentin The Oyl of Lizzards is of singular use for External Unction The salted Skins of Eels or of Serpents boyl'd up with Lees to the consistence of a Plaister or Plaisters made of Pitch Mastic Caran Dragons-blood Bole-armenic c. Or of Rosin Pitch and Powder of Bricks or Compound Plaisters of Rulandus's Diasulphuris the Rupture-Plaister and Pitch mix'd in equal Quantities are all recommended for outward application Some anoint the Part with Balsam of Sulphur and the Oyl of the Yelks of Eggs. But others reject all Oyly Ingredients as being too Laxative and order the application of Clouts dipp'd into distilled Vinegar in which Lytharge is dissolv'd and after that a Plaister of the Gum of Black-Cherry-Tree dissolv'd in Oyl of St. John's-wort and mix'd with Frankincense and Mastic During the time of applying these Plaisters let the Belly be kept open and a Truss kept constantly about it and never remov'd but when the Patient lies on his Back CHAP. II. Of the Downfalling of the Anus THE Intestinum Rectum is sometimes stretch'd out so far that the Retracting Muscles are not able to draw it in The Cause is either the too frequent or violent Expulsion tearing the fibres of the Retracting Muscles and occasion'd by Irritating Clysters Suppositories a Tenesmus Viscid hard Excrements requiring extraordinary force to expel them the bearing down in Child-birth a stone in the Bladder provoking the Gut c. Or the Relaxation and Weakness of the Retracting Muscle occasion'd by the foregoing causes or falls upon the Os sacrum disturbing its Nerves or the injury of External cold when the Gut is violently stretched forth If this disease continue long it degenerates into a Troublesome Tumor If the Auus be inflam'd it may end in a Gangrene if troubled with a Tenesmus or Bleeding 't is very dangerous If the Muscle be Paralytic the Cure will prove both difficult and tedious For Cure the Anns must be put up and fasten'd when 't is up If we suspect hard Excrements in the Gut we ought to Foment with and Inject Clysters of the Decoctions of Melilot Mullen and Elder-Leaves in Milk If a sharp fordid Slime provoke the Gut inject the same Decoction with some Astringent Ingredients added If the Anus be inflam'd foment with the Decoction of Chamomil Elder and St. Johnswort flowers red Roses Wormwood Tops and Melilot in Whey or in Milk if the Pain be great Or in Red Wine in case of a hard Swelling Then Fumigat the Anus with a mixture of Amber Mastic Myrrh Francinsence and Jews Pitch and after fumigation Anoint with Oyl of Eggs or the Oyl of Mastic in which Stagflies are boyl'd applying in the mean while a Plaister of Opopanax and Sagapenum to the Os Sacrum Every thing being thus Prepar'd let the Anus be put up with the finger cover'd with a Clout dip'd in red Wine or anointed with Goat's or Hart's Tallow After 't is up let the Person lye on his Belly with his Legs stretch'd out And apply quilted Bags of Bran Mullein flowers and Yarrow leaves boyl'd in Black Smiths Water and Vinegar to strengthen the Anus For which end Aromatic Ingredients may likewise be added If after the return of the Gut to its proper place there remain an Inflammation or Redness in the Anus foment it with Plantan Water in which Sugar of Lead is dissolv'd SECT XIII Of the Incumbrances of the Chyle in its Passage from the Guts THE Chyle being duly separated and purify'd in the Guts ought to enter the Milky Vessels and proceed thro the Glandules of the Mesentery to the common Receptacle where it is diluted with the Lymph of the inferior Branches and from thence continues its progress thro the Conduit of the Breast to the Axillary Vein where it joyns the Lymph of the upper Region This natural motion is oftimes anticipated by tenacious humors guarding the entry of the Vasa Lactea or
Juniper berries in Ale taken in order to sweat For Preservatives against the Influence of the Air we may anoint the Nostrils with the Distill'd Oyls of Anis Amber and Mace and snuff up the Powder of black Hellebor mix'd with Sugar and Oyl of Cloves 2. If an accidental dry Cough by continuance become moist and void slimy matter let a Vomit be first exhibited and then Opiats follow'd by Pectoral Vulnerary Prescriptions if the matter be lodg'd in the Breast and Stomachical Arematics if it lye in the Stomac The Pectoral Ingredients are Ground-Ivy Chervil Speedwell Scabions Elecampane Roots Coltsfoot and Sassafras The Stomachical are Mint Zedoary Elixyr Proprietatis c. 3. A wet Pectoral Cough is formally cur'd by Attenuating and Expectorating Ingredients interlac'd with Vomits or moderat Purges and follow'd by Vulnerary Medicines for healing the corroded parts The Attenuating Ingredients are Cuckowpint Roots the fresh Juice of Radishes given with Sugar the Decoction of Horehound or of Elecampane Gum Ammoniac Ground Ivy Hyssop Ginger Syrup of Tobacco Oxymel of Squills Hedg Mustard Spirit of Sal-armoniac Aniseeds and the Carminative Spirit de tribus given to forty drops thrice a day Take of Hyssop Water two ounces Speedwell Water an ounce Asthmatical Water half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Mix c. The Vulnerary Ingredients are the flowers of Sulphur the Balsam of Sulphur Anisated given to fifteen drops in the yelk of an Egg twice a day Benzoin Poterius's Antihectic Diaphoretic Antimony and the Vulnerary Plants Take of Crabs Eyes and Flowers of Sulphur of each a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum a Grain Distill'd Oyl of Anis a drop make a Powder Take of the Herbs Speedwell Ground Ivy and Scabious of each a handful Chervil a handful and a half Shavings of Sassafras an ounce Boyl them in Water adding at last Bruis'd Corants two ounces Liquorice Roots an ounce And after 't is taken off the fire three drams of Cinnamon hung in a Bag. 4. A wet Stomachical Cough proceeding from a viscid matter in the Stomac is cur'd by exhibiting first Vomits then Purges mix'd with attenuating Ingredients As Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agaric fifteen Grains Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Anis two drops With Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Sweet Mercury may also be added After Purgation it will be requisite to prepare the matter for Expectoration by attenuating Compositions and towards the end when the viscid matter is in good measure evacuated we may add the Syrup of Poppies As Take of Ouckowpint Roots a dram and a half Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar Mastic of each a Scruple Tartar Vitriolated half a dram With Sugar dissolv'd in Mint Water make Tablets Take of Hyssop and Mint Water of each an ounce Asthmatical Water six drams Cinnamon and Oxymel of Squills of each an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar of Squills two drams Dulcify'd Spirit of Salt as much as sufficieth Mix. Dose a spoonful now and then After the use of attenuating Medicines 't will be proper to strengthen the Stomac by Elixyr Proprietatis Essence of Elecampane Decoction of Zedoary Spirit of Sal-armoniac Essence of Saffron and Chocolat which is useful against all Coughs As Sage and Water Germander Leaves Flowers of Sulphur and Laudanum Opiatum mix'd with the Syrup Diacodium in the form of an Electuary are very convenient against all wet Coughs 5. Dry Nocturnal Coughs proceeding from the acidity and saltness of the Lymph are cur'd by Volatil Sudorifics mix'd with Opiats a Vomit being premis'd if it be needful The Volatil sudorifies are the Spirit of Sal-armoniac or the Spirit of Hartshorn succinated mix'd with the Essence of Opium Amber Myrrh Sylvius's Pills of Storax to which we may subjoyn the Incrassating Pectorals such as the Flowers of Sulphur given to a scruple in a Potch'd Egg Benzoin Sperma Ceti the Distill'd Oyl of Anis and Fennel the Syrup of Jujubes the Decoction of Rapes a very successful Medicine the Juice of Liquorice Purg'd from its Adulterating Ingredients by a Dissolution in Hyssop Water Gum Arabic Marshmallow Roots c. For Example Take of the Spirit of Sal-armoniac Succinated Tincture of Sulphur of each a dram Essence of Opium half a dram Mix. Dose forty drops to be taken two hours before Supper Take of prepar'd Amber half a scruple choice Myrrh and Volatil salt of Amber of each five Grains Extract of Saffron two or four Grains Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains With the Essence of Sassafras make Pills to be taken two hours before Supper Take of the flowers of Sulphur Benzoin Prepar'd Amber of each half a dram Frankincense and Gum Arabic of each a scruple Extract of Saffron half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum three Grains With Sugar dissolv'd in Fennel Water make Tablets to be sprinkled with the Distill'd Oyl of Anis Take of Sperma Ceti a dram Flowers of Benzoin a scruple Myrrh and Volatil salt of Amber of each half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum four Grains Make a Powder for four Doses Take of the conserve of red Roses two ounces Poterius's Antihectic a dram and a half the flowers of sulphur and Powder Diaireos of each two scruples With Diacodium Make an Electuary Take of white Henbane seeds white Poppy seeds of each half a dram Frankincense and Myrrh of each a scruple Saffron half a scruple thicken'd Juice of Liquorice a dram Sugar of Marshmallows Prepar'd with the mucilage of Marshmallows half an ounce Gum Tragacanth dissolv'd in Rose Water a dram Laudanum Opiatum a few Grains Make small Tablets to be melted gradually in the mouth Take of the Conserve of Rosemary flowers Conserve of Betony flowers Conserve of Marygold flowers of each three drams Prepar'd Amber two drams Myrrh two scruples Benzoin and Frankincense of each a scruple With sugar dissolv'd in the Water of Wild Thyme Make Tablets and Spinkle 'em with the Distill'd Oyl of Amber Take of the Roots of Florentin Orris two drams Flowers of sulphur a dram Distill'd Oyl of Anis half a dram Distill'd Oyl of Fennel fifteen drops White Sugar three drams Make a Powder of which exhibit a dram twice a day Take of the Extract of sulphur Pulveris'd twelve Grains Extract of Saffron two Grains Choice Myrrh four Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain With the Essence of Amber Make Pills Take of Storax Extract of Liquorice Olibanum Myrrh and Laudanum Opiatum of each half a dram Oriental Saffron a scruple With the Syrup of white Poppies Make Pills This is the Composition of Sylvius's Pills of Storax which are of Excellent use in Nocturnal Coughs The Juice of Liquorice is frequently adulterated and do's more harm then good To prevent this Inconvenience 't will be requisit to prescribe always the Juice of Spanish Liquorice or at least to dissolve the ordinary Juice of Liquorice in Hyssop Water and Strain it before it be thicken'd that so the impure
dregs may be separated Take of the Powder Diaireos a dram flowers of sulphur half a dram Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Make Pills for three Doses If the Nocturnal Feaver be troublesom Take of Scabious Water four ounces Asthmatical Water half a dram Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a dram and a half Diacodium six drams Mix and Exhibit before the Paroxysm in order to sweat Towards the finishing of the cure 't will not be improper to Purge thus Take of Crato's Pills of Amber sixteen Grains Extract of Agarie eight Grains Troches Alhandal and Scammony sulphurated of each two Grains With the Essence of Sassafras Make Pills 6. If a dry Noctural Cough continue so long that it begins to void Corrupt matter and that the Lungs are Ulcerated let a draught of the Decoction of Guajacum and Sassafras or of China and Raisins be exhibited every morning and Opiats at Night And apply an Ointment of Hogs Tallow and Onyon Heads to the Feet in the Evening for three days together 7. The dry Chin Cough arising from the Stomac is cur'd thus First give a Vomit then exhibit twice a day a spoonful of the Decoction of Electampane and Corants in Spanish Wine mix'd with Diacodium The Decoction of Rapes is equally effectual both in this and all other dry Coughs Or Take of the Compound Tincture of Tartar two drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated a dram Essence of Opium half a dram Dose forty drops thrice a day In General All dry Coughs are treated as Catarrhs and the moist sort as wet Asthma's 8. As for the Convulsive Coughs arising by sympathy from the influence of foreign Membrans they are cur'd as Convulsions by Volatil Salts 9. If the Throat and Palat be excoriated 't is customary to give some thickening licking Medicines for defending the Passage This gave occasion to the Vulgar mistake as if such licking Medicines should drop into the Wind Pipe whereas they only keep the throat easy Such are the Syrups of Jujubes Coltsfoot Liquorice and the Oyl of sugar thus Prepar'd Take of the Spirit and Oyl of Juniper berries of each four ounces White sugar two ounces Kindle the Spirit and the Sugar or Oyl will remain Which mix with the Extract of Saffron to be often lick'd of ART IV. Of a Choaking Catarrh THAT which the Ancients call'd a Choaking Catarrh is a Disease causing difficult Respiration and Threatening Suffocation which seems to be Complicated of an Asthma Cough and Hoarseness The Ancients fancy'd that a Catarrh falls from the Head and overflows the Lungs But Anatomy affords no Passage for such a descent and therefore we shall wave their Opinions For the most part Convulsive Asthma's are miscall'd Catarrhs or whatever symptom of this Nature is different from them may be cast into these four Heads 1. A fear of suffocation may insue when the Lungs are stuff'd and provok'd to Contract their fibres by a viscid Heterogeneous Acid as if sulphureous fumes should stick to 'em like foot to a Chimney they 'd provoke the Lungs to contract and squeese out Lymph with which they joyn in the form of a new Concrete till being concocted together they find a vent by Expectoration Upon which the Contraction and Difficulty of Breathing ceases But the Nutritious Juice of the Lungs is so deprav'd that they retain a Propensity to relapse upon the least occasion The acid that prevails in Children renders them also liable to this symptom 'T is cur'd by Opiats and Thickening Medicines 2. When the Head of the Wind Pipe and Epiglottis are provok'd to Contraction as when a bit of Bread falling into it causes a Coughing Hoarseness difficult breathing and voiding of matter The cause in respect of the Larynx is either External or Internal The former is a viscous thick Lymph falling from the hinder Membrana Pituitaria into the Wind Pipe especially in the Night time and when the Patient lies on his back which Irritats and Tickles the Head of the Wind Pipe provokes the Epiglottis to shut and hinder Respiration occasions a hoarseness snoring and spitting of thin matter which in process of time becomes thick and concocted The latter is a sharp Lymph lodg'd within the Wind Pipe and producing the like effects As for cure if it proceed from the cause that is External or Foreign to the Wind Pipe it requires a Vomit and Attenuating Medicines viz. The Juice of Radishes Syrup of Tobacco Gum Ammoniac c. And in a word the same cure with the Inveterat moist Gough As for Example Take of Hyssop Water Mint Water and the Water of Tobacco of each an ounce The Asthmatical Water six drams Oxymel of Squills half an ounce Syrup of Tobacco six drams or an ounce Mix and make a Potion of which give a spoonful now and then Or Take of Hyssop Water and Scabious Water of each an ounce and a half The Asthmatical Water six drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a dram Syrup of Scabious an ounce Mix and Exhibit as above To these and such like mixtures we may add opiats now and then The Water of Hedge Mustard with Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar the Roots of Cuckowpint and Michael's Asthmatical Spirit Prepared from Verdigris and Gum Ammoniac are also very proper If this Symptom proceeds from an Internal cause 't is cur'd by sudorifics mix'd with Opiats Vomits being premis'd if there be occasion after the same manner as a dry Nocturnal Cough proceeding from a sharp Lymph Take of Mint Water Scabious Water Water of Mother of Thyme of each an ounce Asthmatical Water six drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated two drams Flowers of sulphur half a dram Syrup of Diacodium an ounce Mix and give a spoonful now and then Or. Take of the Essence against Catarrhs three drams the Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated a dram Mix and Exhibit a Convenient quantity frequently Take of Aqua Articularis ad Extra two drams Spirit of black Cherries and of Lilly of the Vally of each a dram Essence of Opium two scruples Mix and apply it with a warm Cloth to the Region of the Larynx especially when the Person is sensible of a tickling or constriction in that part If this Disease return frequently let an Issue be cut in the Arm. Clysters Blood-letting Blistering Plaisters and all the Stratagems of the Ancients Calculated for Defluxions from the Head are of no use 3. The third sort of Suffocation or Catarrhus Suffocativus happens when the Blood stagnats in the Lungs In this Case it is coincident with a Syncope Cardiaca approaches to a Peripneumonia and is attended by the Symptoms of an Apoplexy Nay Apoplectic Persons when Dead have their Lungs stuff'd after the same manner as those who dye of this distemper And therefore Hypocrates Styl'd it a strangling Aph. 13. Sect. 2. The froth that sometimes attends this Paroxysm proceeds from the Imprison'd Blood in the Lungs when Rarify'd by Air Thus if we inject Oyl of Turpentin into a Dogs Veins it congeals the Blood
Fit which sometimes break forth together with the Sweat and disappear when it is finish'd But the most infallible evidence of a scorbutic Feaver is when red crumbling clots of Sand stick to the bottom or sides of the Chamber-pot or in room of that a fat Crust or a gross reddish scurfy Sediment appears in the Urine Periodical Feavers degenerat oft-times from their regular Measures and either anticipat or postpone the hour of returning This may be occasion'd by the strength or weakness of the Spirits the greater or less activity of the febrile ferment or viscidity of its Vehicle As for their frequent multiplication or the degeneracy of simple Feavers into double triple quadruple c. 't is occasion'd either by a preposterous use of fixing Medicines Opiats or Purgatives or by eating Fish Summer-fruits Milks and over-feeding just before the Paroxysm The Diagnostics are couch'd in the preceding Paragraphs As for Prognosticks a Tertian if regular and well manag'd do's not exceed seven Fits but a Quartan tho' more tedious is less dangerous Malignant intermitting Feavers are justly suspected The spurious Tertians or such as begin meekly and slowly are worse to cure than the regular acute ones and for the most part drive out to the fourteenth Paroxysm All benign intermitting Feavers are easily cur'd if taken care of betimes but if neglected they become chronical and degenerat into grievous Distempers If the Urine voided out of the Paroxysm thicken apace it signifies the shortness of the Disease If at first it appear crude and soon after assume a white Cloud the Feaver will end with the fourth Paroxysm But if it continue scanty reddish and unconcocted the Feaver will last to the seventh Fit or if discontinu'd is apt to relapse If all the Symptoms are heighten'd in the second Paroxysm of a Tertian and relent in the third the fourth concludes the Feaver but if their heighth be put off till the fourth and their remission to the fifth the seventh is the finishing stroak While a Tertian anticipates its hours it increases and declines when it begins to postpone Schirrus's in the Bowels succeeding to intermitting Feavers are sad presages of chronical Distempers Such Feavers as observe regular constant Periods are more obstinate than those which vary Vomiting is a good sign and Convulsions in the Fit are not to be fear'd When a copious Sweat succeeds to the Paroxysm oft-times there 's no sediment in the Urine and in that case there 's no bad indication but if otherwise 't is justly suspicious As for Quotidians they are apt to continue forty Days or longer If attended by a heaviness of the Head and drowsiness they terminat in a Lethargy or Carus If they are sipun out to a considerable length they degenerat into Dropsies and other grievous Distempers If the Paroxysms invade by Day 't is a worse case than if they came by Night and if they continue long without Sweating while the Appetit and Strength of the Person are very languid there 's small hope of recovery If the Paroxysms be short attended by Vomiting in the beginning and early signs of Concoction in the progress of the Disease 't is a good Omen Sometimes Quotidians are solv'd by frequent Vomiting pituitous evacuations by Stool or a translation of the febril matter to the Joints A Quartan after the sixtieth Year of one's Age is mortal It may continue for two and twenty Years together but the utmost measure of its regular duration is one Year If its Periods be constant and regular they portend ill if inconstant they betoken a sudden recovery An Autumnal Quartan continues till the Spring Equinox and then for the most part ceases of its own accord A Vernal Quartan if it do not disappear at the Summer Solstice reaches to the Autumnal Equinox The duration of Autumnal and Winter Quartans is longer than that of the Summer ones Women are oft-times freed from this Feaver by being got with Child If it be attended by the disorder of any Bowel it introduces a Dropsy oâ— obstinate Scurvy If it dwell long in a dry Constitution it ends in a Hectic or Consumption An irregular Diet especially in respect of drinking adds to its duration Loss of Appetit is a very bad sign Black Urine tho' a dangerous Symptom in other Diseases signifies the solution of a Quartan unless it be attended by a notable weakness for then it is a sign of approaching Death A Jaundice in the beginning of a Tertian or Quartan is an unlucky Sympom but if it happen later may infer a solution of the Disease Tertians are sometimes cur'd by Critical Eruptions in the Lips Nostrils c. and sometimes by long fasting but the most effectual way is that of sweating Now in order to answer all the indications of Cure let the following Cautions be carefully weigh'd I. That by all means the Cure be commenc'd betimes for intermitting Feavers by delay become obstinat II. In these Countries Blood-letting does but prolong ' em Perhaps some occasional Circumstances may justifie the use of it in a few particular cases but in general this is an uncontested Maxim that whatever impairs the Heat or does not promote Sweating is hurtful III. Vomiting is absolutely necessary in all intermitting Feavers especially Quartans and ought to be repeated as occasion requires Let a Vomit therefore be exhibited two or three Hours before the invasion of the Paroxysm unless the weakness of the Person dissuade in which case give it the Day immediatly preceding The symptomatical Vomitings that oftentimes happen in the Paroxysm are so far from arguing against Artificial Vomits that they are a plain indication for ' em If the Person be troubled with a bitter nauseating taste in the Mouth in a Morning or complain of straitness of the Breast Heart-burrings Unquietness Giddiness Belchings c. a Vomit is loudly demanded In fine in Quotidians and all other Intermitting Feavers it is a sovereign Remedy but withal care must be taken that the Stomac be not over-weaken'd upon which account let the following mixture be given after the operation of the Vomit Take of Rasberry-Water one Ounce strong Cinnamom-Water two Drams Confection Alkermes half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum one grain Simple Syrup of Poppies two or three Drams Mix for the above mention'd use Asarabecca is a noted Vomit especially in Quartans A Dram or Four Scruples of the Powder of Asarabecca Roots may be given with eight or ten Grains of Sal-armoniac in a draught of White-wine an Hour or two before the Paroxysm it procures both vomiting and sweating Or Eight or Nine Leaves cut not very small may be infus'd over-night in Carduus Benedictus Water and exhibited in the Morning with Oxymel If the Leaves be beat in a Mortar 'till their Juice be express'd and that mix'd with Oxymel and Water of Carduus Benedictus they yield a more powerful Vomit If the leaves be boil'd in Water they 're strip'd of the vomiting vertue and become Diuretic but withal are highly
will not be improper to Bath it with the Spirit of Wine and strong Waters as for astringent Fomentations I doubt they do more harm than good If the Vessels or Organs be broke we may add vulnerary Ingredients to the above mention'd Specifics If the difficulty of breathing be very troublesome 't is usual to give a dram of Sperma Caeti in Spanish Wine after vomiting If Hydropical Persons be extream thirsty we must be very cautious of pleasing them or answering their demands since abstinence from Drink is the better part of the Cure Nitre melted in the Mouth Wine temper'd with Juice of Citrons the dulcifi'd Spirit of Salt Vinegar diluted with Chalybeat Water and the Decoction of Juniper Berries in Whey given for ordinary drinking are of use for mitigating this Symptom In the mean while it will not be improper to inject Clysters of hydropical Purgatives and aromatic Ingredients or of Herrin-Pickle or of a Child's Urine impregnated with carminative Seeds in case of Wind or mix'd with Turpentin and Nitre Nor will it be amiss to apply discussive Aromatics to the soles of the Feet Belly and Cod. Such are the Leaves of Celandin the greater Bags quilted with aromatic Seeds and Bran Man's Ordure Goats Dung boil'd in mint-Mint-Water or mix'd with Man's Urin in the form of a Cataplasm Horse's Dung mix'd after the same method with Meal of Barley and Vinegar Quick-lime-Water mix'd with Spirit of Wine is of excellent use for bathing the Legs Belly and Scrotum especially when a Gangrene is threaten'd by the appearance of Spots Cataplasms made of Cockles bruis'd together with their Shells and mix'd with Goats-Dung are particularly recommended by Thonerus If these Cataplasms prove uneasie they may be shifted for aromatic Oyls such as the Oyl of Scorpions distill'd Oyl of Juniper Oyl of Bays Oyl of Toads mix'd with the Ointments Agrippae Martiatum c. Or an Ointment made of Sulphur Quick-lime and the Extracts of sharp Plants Some commend Bathing but 't is only of use against Anasarca's It remains only to annex a few Recipe's for illustrating the Method of prescribing Take of the Extract of Elaterium fifteen or twenty grains Rosin of Jalap from two to five grains Troches Alhandal one or two grains distill'd Oyl of Juniper two drops With Essence of Wormwood make Pills for a Hydropical Purge To which we may premise the Tincture Spirit or Salt of Tartar as a Digestive Take of the Conserve of Peach-Flowers a dram twelve grains of Mercurius vitae mix'd with fifteen grains of sweet Mercury Extract of Elaterium a grain or two With the Syrup of Buckthorn make a Bolus for one Dose Take of the Rob of Juniper an Ounce and a half Extract of Steel prepar'd with Juice of Apples half an ounce Powder of Rhubarb two or three drams with Cinnamon-Water make an Electuary for corroborating the Stomac Take of Swallow-wort Roots two ounces Leaves of Celandin the greater Hore-hound and Wormwood of each a handful Citron and Orange-peel of each six drams Seeds of the Ash-tree of Cumin Fennel and Annis of each two or three drams Juniper Berries bruis'd an ounce and a half Galangal Cloves Ginger of each a dram Salt of Tartar six drams infuse them in Wine Of which let the Patient take a Draught frequently Take of the Salt of Vine-twigs or that of Pigeons Dung of each a dram Powder of Toads two scruples Make a Powder for two Doses Take of the carminative Spirit de tribus half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac two drams Mix. Dose half a dram twice a day Take of the Decoction of Camomil Flowers half a Pound Man's Urine three Ounces lenitive Electuary six drams distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a scruple Make a Clyster Take of the carminative Decoction six Ounces Man's Urine three ounces Yest a Dram common Salt a scruple Hony of Roses an ounce Make a Clyster Take of Cockles and their Shells bruis'd a Pound Powder of Caraway-Seeds two ounces Goats Dung an ounce Make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Belly and Cod. Take of the Ointment of Sowbread an Ounce Ointment of Agrippa half an ounce Oyl of Scorpions an Ounce and a half distill'd Oyl of Toads three drams Mix for a Liniment and anoint the Belly frequently ART 3. Of the Yellow Black and White Jaundice A Jaundice is a cachectic disposition of Body attended by a preternatural Colour of the Skin it is caus'd either by the corruption of the Chyle in the Stomac or its vicious fermentation with the Bile and Juice of the Pancreas in the Duodenum or by the immediat putrification of the Mass of Blood The first cause defiles the Mass of Blood and taints it with various Recrements according to the manner of its corruption Hence Milk curdled in the Stomacs of Children Summer-Fruits Cucumbers Fish c. being converted into a musty Crudity will cause a Jaundice by mixing the corrupt Chyle with the Blood which being unfit for nourishment or assimilation is thrown out in a serous Vehicle upon the Glandules of the Skin and sometimes upon internal Glandules The Jaundices which follow Feavers or extreme bleeding which are attended by vomiting of yellow corrupt Matter musty Belchings Heart-burnings and Excrements colour'd as in a healthy state seem to arise from this cause and are accordingly cur'd by Vomits and bitter stomachical Medicines The second Cause takes place when an Acid prevails and the Bile is lazy or unactive and either cannot make good its secretion through the Liver and consequently recoils into the Blood or when separated stagnates in the Gall-Bladder and settles into Stones so as to cause an Obstruction of the Passage Hence sulphureous strong Liquors that exalt the Oyl of the Bile and cramp its active Volatil Salt are frequently charg'd with causing a Jaundice Sometimes the Convulsions of the neighbouring Membranes may contract the Gall-Bladder and so shut up the Passage upon which account Vomiting Colic-pains Hysteric Passions and hard Labour in Child-bearing are observ'd to introduce this Disease The prevalency of an Acid in the Duodenum arising either from the austere Recrements of the Stomac or the degeneracy of the Juice of the Pancreas will also pervert the Chyle and consequently the Mass of Blood So that the greatest part of Jaundices are wholly owing to a preternatural corrupt Acid in the Stomac or Duodenum and the inactivity or imperfect distribution of the Chyle As for the third Cause viz. The immediat putrefication of the Mass of Blood 't is occasion'd by Poyson birings of Vipers or Mad Dogs malignant Ulcers suppression of the Terms the Scurvy c. And when a Jaundice springs from this cause the Stomac Bile and Colour of the Excrements continue in their natural state Now any of these three Causes will occasion a preternatural colour of the Skin which always attends the Jaundice For the Blood being vitiated and tinctur'd with corrupt Recrements precipitats and throws 'em out in a serous Vehicle upon the Skin where the miliar Glandules are
we ought to observe nicely where the Impediment lies If the Stagnation and Viscidity of the Humors about the Breast retard the work let a Vomit be exhibited If want of strength and Spirits let the sudorific Decoctions be Administred The Salivation being obtain'd must be continu'd till the Saliva become foetid and viscous and apt to fall to the bottom in a Vessel full of Water or stick to its sides If the Salivation exceed its due bounds let Opiats Clysters and Purgatives be us'd as also Gold both held in the Mouth and given inwardly After the Salivation is over it will be requisit to shift the Bed-Cloaths and wearing Cloaths and to continue the use of the Decoctions of Woods Which if the Salivation was imperfect may recal the Nocturnal Pains by driving the remaining Acid dissolv'd by the Mercury into the external Parts but their continu'd use with that of Mercury will overcome ' em Purgation is also proper after the Salivation Before the Commencement of the Cure as well by a Salivation as by Sweating it is not amiss to cleanse the first Passages by Vomits and Purges that so the humors may be more pliable and the troublesom Symptoms of the Breast prevented If the Pox be inveterat or if the virulent Matter be fix'd in the external Parts one or two Purges will suffice since we ought to be cautious of recalling the humors to the Center When the Matter is joyn'd to the fluid Juices repeated Purgation is of use For which end Coloquyntida and sweet Mercury are the topping Ingredients As Take of the extract of Black Hellebor and sweet Mercury of each fifteen Grains Scammony Sulphurat and extract of Troches Alhandal of each two grains With Essence of Fumitory or that of Woods Make Pills Take of the Conserve of Fumitory a dram Rosin of Jalap Sulphurat Scammony of each six grains Turbith Mineral four grains Make a Bolus Some add Purgatives to the Sudorific Woods as likewise volatil Salts urinous Spirits and Cinnabar of Antimony together with the extracts and distill'd Oyls of Woods As Take of the shavings of Guajacum four scruples Diaphoretic Sulphur of Antimony a sctuple volatil Salt of Vipers twelve grains Make a Powder for two Doses Or Take of Matthiolus his Quintessence half an ounce Spirit of Venice Treacle a dram Clyssus of Antimony half a dram Spirit of Guajacum two drams Mix for a Dose to be pour'd into each draught of the Sudorific Decoction Before we take leave of this Subject it will be requisit to consider the Symptoms and account for their particular Cures The first that offers it self is the Clap or virulent running of the Reins This Symptom appears frequently by it self without the Pox but if it be not speedily cur'd degenerats into it The cause of it is some sharp Miasma's proceeding from Ulcers in the Womb which in the time of Coition insinuat themselves thro' the Urethra and inlarged Pores of the Yard into the Prostatae and by fermenting corrupt their watery Juice which in time becomes Corrosive Ulcerats the Glandules and Excoriats the Urethra and Prepuce Hence the Symptoms of a Clap are a violent pain about the Root of the Yard where these Glandules are seated a continual Efflux of discolour'd matter as being first yellow then green and blue the Inflammation and oft-times Ulceration of the Nut of the Yard the Corrosion of the Urethra follow'd by Caruncles an insufferable Heat of Urine and a squeezing Pain girding the Yard especially in the Night-time or when it attempts Erection If a Clap continue long it Excoriats and Wasts the Glandules and sometimes the malign ferment reaches the Stones and causes their Swellings and Bubo's The first step towards the Cure is to cleanse the Body by purging with Coloquintida the extract of black Hellebor and sweet Mercury or rather the green precipitat prepar'd with Quick-lime which tho' it may seem at first to exasperat the Symptoms yet it lays the Foundation of the Cure After Evacuation we proceed to Balmy cleansing and healing Ingredients in regard of the Ulcer of the Prostratae Such are the distill'd Oyl of Turpentine the Turpentine Balsam of Sulphur joyn'd to Quercetanus's Clap Water the Juice of Lemons mix'd with Spirit of Turpentine and Camphyr the Balsam prepar'd of Sugar of Lead and Oyl of Turpentine Oyl of Juniper extract of Tormentil Rosin of Guajacum prepar'd with Tincture of Tartar the Decoction of Quick-silver in Water the Balsam of Peru and above all that call'd Capaivi or its Essence prepar'd with Tartaris'd Spirit of Wine Some commend the infusion of Cantharides in Wine To these we may add the Bone of a Cuttle Diaphoretic Antimony Chalybeat Bezoar and whatever subdues a prevailing Acid. If the Infection have already reach'd the Blood it will be needful to administer Decoctions of Woods and the above mention'd sudorifics mix'd with the Essences of Woods and Tincture of Coral Take of Turbith mineral six or eight grains With Conserve of Roses make a Bolus Take of Extractum Catholicum fifteen grains the green precipitat Mercury six grains extract of Troches Alhandal two grains with the Essence of Woods or distill'd Oyl of Amber make Pills Take of the extract of Tormentil an ounce Sugar of Lead half an ounce Camphyr two drams With distill'd Oyl of Turpentine Make Pills Take of the Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oyl of Turpentine two drams Balsam of Capaivi a dram Mix Dose fifteen drops twice a Day Externally for cleansing the Ulcers we inject Quick-lime Water in which Aloe Myrrh Honey of Roses Sugar of Lead and sweet Mercury are dissolv'd If the Ulcers tend to a Cancer we add Vnguentum Aegyptiacum or if an Ulcer appear in the Nut of the Yard we wash it with a solution of sublimat Mercury in the same Water If the Testicles are inflam'd we apply Cataplasms of the Meal of Beans and Cuminseeds boyl'd in Vinegar and Water and mix'd with Litharge or anoint 'em with a Liniment of the Balsam of Sulphur Oyl of Cummin and Ointment of Marsh-mallows and if any hardness remain discuss it with a Plaister of Gum Ammoniac and the Plaister of Hemlock The Plaister de Ranis with Mercury is of excellent use for other places but for the Testicles 't is not so proper for fear the Mercury should extinguish their ferment If the Prepuce be inflam'd foment it with the Phlegm of Vitriol or Dissolution of Sugar of Lead in Lime Water A Clap in Women is cur'd after the same manner and attended by Symptoms of the same Nature The next Symptom we take notice of is that of Bubo's or Glandulous swellings occasion'd by the Sâ—agnation of viscid Lymph Their suppuration ought to be promoted by applying Sala's Magnetic Plaister or Toads soak'd in Vinegar or the Plaister de Ranis with Mercury soften'd with Oyl of Guajacum or foetid Oyl of Tartar or the Plaister of Hemlock mix'd with Soap When the Bubo's are sufficiently soften'd let 'em be open'd with a Caustic or a
Salt remain at bottom Now take of this Salt three drams of the Gum Lac two drams Cyprus Vitriol six Grains Rosemary and sage-Sage-waters of each an ounce and a half Mix and dissolve with a gentle heat As for Powders Take of Snake-weed and Tormentil Roots and the Rinds of Pomegranats of each a dram Blood-stone Frankincense Burnt-allum and Sal-Armoniac of each half a dram make a Powder for rotten Gums Or sprinkle it with the distill'd Oyl of Cloves and Spirit of Scurvy-grass Note all stony or tartarin things are pernicious to the Gums If the Mouth or Gums are beset with Ulcers apply the following Liniment Take of crude Allum a dram and a half Sage-leaves three drams Roots of Florentin Orris a dram and a half Myrrh half a dram With Hony make a Liniment Borellus recommends Allum with the Oyl of Sulphur and Conserve of Roses If the Ulcers are malignant and stinking apply the Ointment of Columbines with the Juice of Sage and Spirit of Salt or the Ointment Aegyptiacum diluted with Hony or Platerus's green Waters Note the Spirit of Vitriol always makes the Teeth black II. Scorbutical Tooth-aches are cur'd by applying the Decoction of Pine-tree Leaves with Spirit of Scurvy-grass or the Juices of lesser House-leek and Scurvy-grass with the Decoction of Henbane Rosemary Rue Plantane Sage Snakeweed and Fearn If the Pain reach the Temples and Face foment 'em with the weaker Spirit of Scurvy-grass mix'd with the Spirit of Earth-worms III. The spots on the Skin ought to be promoted by exhibiting inwardly the volatil Specifics mix'd with absorbent Powders and the Tincture of Columbine Flowers or Emulsions of its Seed or the Antiscorbutical Tincture of Coral If the Spots be red we add acid Juices if blew or livid Scurvy-grass and volatil Ingredients Externally if they disorder the Skin and are apt to excoriat apply after sweating a Liniment of Mustard-seeds mix'd with Vinegar or if that be too sharp with the Oyl of sweet Almonds and fresh Juice of Citrons The Ointment of the Roots of Florentin Orris and white Hellebor mix'd with the Oyl of sweet Almonds is look'd upon by some as infallible for this purpose If the Skin itch and be molested with little miliar Eruptions exhibit the Decoction of Pine-tree Buds and let the Hands and Feet be lick'd by a Dog IV. The fix'd pains in the Legs are remov'd by bleeding in the Arm applying Blistering Plaisters near the affected part exhibiting Sudorifics especially the Decoctions of Woods and Pine-tree Buds the Essence of Sassafras Spirit of Scurvy-grass Spirit of Venice Treacle camphoris'd and Spirit of Elder-berries mix'd with the Essence of Opium and Laudanum Opiatum and by fomenting the part with the Spirit of Juniper-beries camphoris'd Spirit of Earth-worms and Aqua Articularis or by soaking it in Tanner's Lye mix'd with Man's Urine or in hot fermenting Wine or in the Decoction of Ants the Person being put to a warm Bed immediately after Some recommend the Decoction of Sage Chamomil and Elder-flowers Water-cresses and Henbane-leaves in Milk or Whey for a fomentation or the Rob of Juniper mix'd with the thicken'd Juices of Water-cresses Camomil and Elder Flowers in the form of a Cataplasm or hot dry Bags of Millet-Seeds Salt Bran Wormwood-tops and Chamomil Flowers to be applied to the Parts however if all prove ineffectual we must have recourse to the natural Hot Baths or Artificial ones of Sulphur and Quick-lime V. The Colick Pains or those resembling the Nephritic as proceeding from the Cramp and Convulsion of the Guts and the Mesentery which is seated in the Loins are Cur'd by cleansing the Guts and appeasing the tumultuous motions The first design is compass'd by Raisins Goats-Whey Oyl of sweet Almonds and the Decoction of Marsh-mallows Pugatives are very pernicious But if the Pain be recent and not very violent we may venture to exhibit a gentle Purge mix'd with Opium the Body being first prepar'd by Digestives If the irritating matter be hot and sharp Whey in which China-Roots Borrage-Flowers and Clove-Gilli-flowers are boil'd the Emulsions of cold Seeds Sugar of Lead or the Antiphthisical Tincture and earthy absorbent Powders are proper but if the Urine be laden with a sandy Tartar all Lenitives are in vain 'till that be remov'd by meek Diuretics such as Turpentin the Syrup of Marsh-mallows c. In other cases we exhibit the Volatil oily Salts mix'd with Opiats especially the Spirit of Nitre dulcifi'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass the carminative Spirit de tribus and the Spirit of Earth-Worms Or thus Take of Dorncrellius his Carminative Water and the Antiscorbutic Water of each two Ounces the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and the carminative Spirit de tribus of each a dram the Essence of Opium half a dram Syrup of Orange-peel an Ounce Emollient Anodyn Clysters are also very proper I mean such as are usually prescrib'd against Colic and Nephritic Pains especially those of the Decoction of River-Crabs But if they do not quickly give relief 't is advisable to set 'em aside for fear of inflaming the Guts and to foment the Belly with the Decoctions design'd for ' em 'T is also usual to anoint the Navel with the Oyl distill'd from Galbanum and Turpentin and then apply either a hot Brick or the Plaister of Galbanum mix'd with the Balsam of Peru. Pâ—terius's Plaister Diasulphuris applied to the Loins is of good use as also Fomentations or Cataplasms for the Belly of Chamomil and Elder-flowers Juniper Berries Henbane-leaves Cresses c. boil'd in Milk If the Clysters prove successful let 'em be still continu'd and sharpen'd with purgative Ingredients after the Paroxism exhibit the Decoction of Pine-Apples and Juniper Berries and other Antiscorbutics VI. The wandring gouty Pains that follow the Scurvy are owing to the Convulsive influence of the scorbutical Salt upon the nervous Parts especially the Membranes that cover the Bones They are distinguish'd from a proper Gout by these Symptoms They are very inconstant and apt to shift the place of their Abode and return again on a sudden Thus rubbing with a warm Cloth will occasion their removal and appearance in another Part. They never rise up in hard stubborn Swellings Their solution is frequently accomplish'd by Sweat and Urine and by cuticular Eruptions with an unsufferable itching The Cure consists in allaying the impeutosity of the Spirits and Humors evacuating the Scorbutic Salt by Sweat and Urine and removing the radical cause after the Paroxysm is over First of all it ought to commence by bleeding in the opposite side to the part affected then Clysters and Vomits follow'd by absorbent Powders and fix'd Salts especially Arcanum Duplicatum diaphoretic Antimony and Cinnabar of Antimony to which if the Spirits be very irregular we add Narcotics Oft-times a gentle Laxative is very necessary If the Spirits be low and flaggy we may exhibit the Essence of Woods or Venice Treacle with Osteocal mix'd with Opium After these Preparations we proceed to the use of volatil Specifics of
mix'd with Camphyr and the Waters of the Flowers of Beans Solomon's Seal and Frog's-spawn or an Ointment made of Pepper Ginger Brimstone and Vngentum Pomatum In desperat Cases we must have recourse to Mercurial Compositions If the Skin be discolour'd by the Heat of the Sun Pushes Pimples or otherwise its natural Colour may be retriev'd by applying the Juice of Citrons or Vinegar impregnated with the Flowers of Beans Solomon's Seal Jasmin and white Lilly Flowers The Spirit of Wine Camphoris'd the Essence of Benzoin mix'd with fair Water are also recommended As also Powders made of dry'd Venice Soap white Poppy-seeds Starch Lupins Florentin Orris Magistery of Marcasite Mosch and Zivet or of Briony and Cuckow-pint Roots with Sugar of Lead and sweet Mercury which are mix'd with the Waters of Figwort-roots white Lillies Solomon's Seal Flowers of Beans and Roses and so applyed in the form of a Calaptasm Some mightily covet the Oyl of Talk as an admirable Cosmetic but since 't is not to be had genuin the Oyl of Tartar per Deliquium will supply its room The Decoction of Sublimat Mercury in common Water the water being boyl'd till the Acrimony be quite extinguish'd and than mix'd with Cerues and after a fresh gentle boyling clarify'd with the white of an Egg is a Wash of infinite use in Counterfeiting Colours The Mange or Scurf that frequently besets the heads of those who are lyable to the Scurvy French-Pox or Leprosie seems to arise from an Acid ingag'd in a viscid Vehicle that stagnats upon the out-Parts and shuts the Pores It is cur'd internally as the Scab Externally let the Head be frequently wash'd with the Decoction of the Herbs Southernwood Betony Celandin Soapwort Mallows the Roots of Marsh-mallows sharp pointed Dock and Burdock Pease Bay-berries and Coloquintida Let these Ingredients be boyl'd in Lye and reserve the strain'd Liquor as a wash for the Head Before we conclude this Chapter 't will not be improper to take notice of the sheding or off-falling of the Hairs which is remedy'd by washing with the Decoction of Rosemary Southernwood Hony Myrtle Berries Linseed and Oyl of sweet Almonds in Wine The Ingredients being first infus'd for twenty four hours and then boyl'd till the Moisture be consum'd and the remaining Juice express'd for use If the Hairs are gray we may indeavour to change their Colour by combing with a Leaden Comb wet with Aqua Fortis in which Silver is dissolv'd it being qualify'd with common Water Some commend the Ointment of Tobacco sharpen'd with Oyl of Bricks for an Universal Alopecia and exhibit inwardly the Essence and Decoction of Woods with Chalybeats SECT XVIII Of Diseases hindring the regular Reflux of the Blood to the Heart THERE are three Cases in which the regular return of Blood to the Heart is hinder'd 1. In Inflammations when the Blood stagnats in its Vessels 2. In Empyema's when the Blood is extravasated and lodg'd in some Cavity within the Body 3. In Haemorrhogia's or external Bleedings CHAP. I. Of Inflammations INflammations are occasion'd by the stagnation of the Blood in any part viz. When the Quantity imported is larger than what returns by the Veins The Symptoms attending 'em are 1. A Redness 2. A Heat 3. A Swelling and 4. Pain which is either accompany'd with a sense of the distention of the Fibres and Nervous Parts or a beating as arising from the rebounding of the Blood when disappointed of its Passage or a pricking as caus'd by the sharp Salts when strugling and tending to suppuration Now that stagnating Blood is apt to produce those effects is too plain to need a Proof The remote Causes which promote this Stagnation are either External or Internal The former are the occasional Compression Contusion or Distortion of the Vessels Pains or the shrinking and contraction of the Nervous Fibres and consequently of the Capillary Vessels as in Arthritic Pains and the Tooth-ach or when a Thorn or Wasp stings the Part. The internal Causes relate either to the general Disposition of the Blood Or the Infirmity of a particular Part. Those of the first sort are the thickness and viscidity of the Blood or its being Clotted by a prevailing Acid. Hence the infusion of an Acid Liquor into a Dog's Vein redundancy of Blood and the inconsiderat assumption of cold Liquors or exposing ones self to the cold after hot Exercises are apt to produce Inflammations Nay the Blood of Pleuritic Persons is visibly clotted when let forth and all the Medicines both internal and external that are recomended for Inflammations are such as dissolve or attenuat the thicken'd Blood and drink in the Acid. The Causes relating to a Particular part that is frequently more lyable to Inflammations than its other Companions are the weakness of the Innate Spirit of the Part the Relaxation Distention or disorder of its Fibres and the hidden remains of an Acid all owing to preceding Inflammations especially if they degenerat into Ulcers If the Acid be very prevalent the humor hardens and becomes a Schirrus not far distant from a Cancer If the Volatil Alkali and the Acid be more equally match'd they ferment together and combine into a salin purulent matter that discharges it self by an Ulcer If the stagnation be so great that small quantities of Blood cannot Pass and the innate Spirit of the Part cannot Correspond with the Animal Spirits the Blood corrupts and Causes a Gangreen If the Alcali of the Blood be more vigorous and powerful than the Acid it unlocks the Blood and discusses the Inflammation If an Inflammation happen in a temperat Season to young healthy People and settle only in a fleshy Part it is less dangerous than if it siez'd a Nervous Part or attack'd Cachectic old Persons For the most part all Inflammations are acute and accompanied by a Feaver As for the Cure of Inflammations Purging is pernicious Perhaps upon the account of the Feaver a gentle Laxative may be allow'd Or if the Belly be Costive a Clyster of Whey and Hony may be injected Bleeding is very proper espicially in the Beginning as well by way of Revulsion in the opposit side to the part affected as by way of Aversion in the same side at some distance and by way of Derivation just by it But we ought to be cautious of not over-doing and weakening the Patient or of being mis-led by the Practices of some in hotter Climats that cannot be look'd upon as precedents in ours What remains of the internal Cure is admirably accounted for by administring Volatil Sudorifics that unlock and attenuat the Blood and Absorbent Powders that inbibe the Acid. Of the former sort are the Spirits of Sal-Armoniac volatil Salt of Harts-horn Venice Treacle the Spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd and especially the Spirit Essence Syrup or Water of Elder Flowers To all which we frequently add Laudanum Opiatum especially if unquietness thuart the design of Sweating The Absorbents are Harts-horn Ivory Unicorns-horn Diaphoretic Antimony Mineral Bezoar and
Spirit of Vitriol Sugar of Lead the Powder of Blood-stone mix'd with Vinegar or the Juice of Pomgranats the Vitriol of Steel mix'd with Sugar of Lead Hartman's Astringent Extract of Steel given to nine Grains the Spaw-waters or in want of them the solar Liquor of steel and above all the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol prepar'd thus Take of the Native Genuin Vitriol of Steel that 's void of all Copper and dissolve it in Water if the Vitriol be not genuin put the filings of Steel into the Water and 't will precipitat the Copper and then the strain'd Liquor being thicken'd will yield the genuin Vitriol of Steel when the Vitriol is dissolv'd in Water pour into it the Oyl of Tartar per Deliquium or the Lie of the Salt of Tartar and 't will precipitat an Astringent Crocus of Steel which ought to be frequently dulcifi'd with Water and dry'd then dissolv'd in the Spirit of Nitre and after the Spirit of Nitre is drawn off the Caput Mortuum digested with rectin'd Spirit of Wine gives the Tincture which is of admirable use against all Bleedings Its Dose is thirty or forty Drops in a convenient Vehicle The Animal Province affords us burnt Hartshorn Unicorn's-Horn the Powder of green Frogs the Water of Frogs spawn Crollius's Sperniola given to fifteen Grains the Juice of Asses and Hog's Dung mix'd with the Juice of Nettles or with Sugar in the form of a Syrrup or their Powders with the Powder of the Dung of a Dog that 's wont to gnaw Bones and the Powder of the Blood that comes forth in Bleeding it being dry'd and given to a Dram in some proper Vehicle The Forms of Recipe's are as follows Take of the Extract of Flowers viz. of Red Roses Red Poppies and Dasies infus'd in Water in order to be strain'd or thicken'd for an Extract three drams Ivory and Sea-Horse-Teeth of each half a dram prepar'd red Coral a dram prepar'd Blood-stone two scruples with the Syrup of Red Poppies make an Electuary for allaying the Heaâ— and Turgescence of the Blood Take of the Pulp of Raisins three ounces choice Rhubarb and prepar'd Red Coral of each a dram and a half Ivory prepar'd without Fire a dram Sea-Horse-Teeth half a Dram Extract of Steel prepar'd with the Juice of Apples three Drams With the Syrup of Red Roses make an Electuary Of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening for correcting the serosity of the Blood Take of Plantan Water three Ounces Cinnamon-water three Drams Vinegar of Wine half an Ounce Astringent Crocus of Steel half a dram seal'd Earth a scruple Laudanum Opiatum three grains Syrup of Myrtles three drams Mix and exhibit a spoonful or two frequently for correcting the sharpness of the Blood and Humours For the Bleedings in Malignant Feavers we add Alexipharmacal Ingredients If a Bleeding be causâ—d by Cantharides we exhibit Milk and the Decoctions of Raisins Isinglass and Misletoe of the Oak with Gum Arabic Tragacanth c. Take of the Juice of Fresh-Asses Dung Syrup of Purslain and that of Myrtle-Berries of each half an Ounce Plantan Water an Ounce Mix for a Draught After the Bleeding is thus stopp'd we exhibit such Medicines as dissolve and evacuat clotted Blood especially if it proceeded from an internal part In the mean while we use likewise external Medicins viz. Such as either cement the Vessels by their gluy Vertue as the Whites of Eggs Mastic Aloe Beans and a living Pigeon or Hen cut up and applied to the Part whose Blood curdles upon the orifice of the Vessels and shuts 'em or such as wring the Vessels by their austerity or imbibe the Blood and stick close to the Orifices of the former sort are Vitriol Vinegar c. Of the latter are Bole Armenic seal'd Earth Allum Potters-Clay mix'd with Vinegar c. In general the French Styptic Liquor which is nothing else but the solution of Allum and half its quantity of the Vitriol of Steel in a proper Vehicle and Tulpius's compound Powder of Bole Armenic Quicklime burnt Vitriol burnt Allum Blood-stone Aloes Dragons Blood Lemnian Earth Crocus of Steel Mummy Mastic and â—rankincense these I say are generally approv'd for external use in all Bleedings ART 1. Of Bleeding at the Nose and Gums THE small Arteries inserted into the Membrane of the Nostrils are liable to frequent Bleedings as being relaxated by prevailing moisture The Symptoms and Causes of this Bleeding are related above If it be very copious and unwonted or unseasonable it prognosticates the Disorders of the Spirits in Acute Diseases especially about the height 't is an ill Omen but in the beginning of the small Pox or when it follows a Deafness after the height of a Feaver 't is not ill In the Disorders of the Liver or Spleen if the Nostril of the same side with the Part affâ—cted void Blood 't is well if that of the opposite side 't is a bad Symptom according to Hippocrates In regulating the Method of Cure we must have a particular regard to the various Causes viz. the redundancy turgescence serosity or sharpness of the Blood and single out proper Medicines according to the Directions given for Bleedings in general To which we shall only add this one Observation that in habitual Bleedings at Nose fresh Mint or its Juice taken frequently is of singular use Externally we endeavour to divert and appease the Spirits to curb the turgescence of the Blood and to shut the Orifices of the Vessels For compassing the first Design we use painful Ligatures Frights Caustics appli'd to the remote parts cold things suddenly apply'd to the Scrotum or Breast a dry'd Toad hung under the Armpits or tied to the Forehead or its Powder applied to the Nostrils a Blood-stone or genuin Jasper held in the Hand 'till it become warm Ash-wood applied to the Nostrils c. For the second end we sometimes Bleed by way of Revulsion and Derivation or apply scarifying Cupping-Glasses to the Neck or to the Calf of the Leg those which the Antients order'd for the Liver and Spleen being very dangerous and of no use Cataplasms of Fullers Earth and Vinegar and Epithema's of the Juice of House-leek Vinegar Nitre and Camphyr or of Soot Vinegar and the Whites of Eggs or of Allum Frogs Spawn and Vinegar being applied to the Fore-head Temples Crown of the Head Nape of the Neck Scrotum in Men and the Breasts in Women are of admirable efficacy for appeasing the tumultuous Motions of the Blood As for the third Indication of shutting the Orifices of the Vessels we blow into the Nostrils the Powder of Allum or Vitriol mix'd with Painters Lac or apply it with a Tent dipp'd into the White of an Egg or into the Juice of Hoggs-Dung mix'd with Juice of Plantan The Powder of Hoggs-Dung and that of Toads are very proper for the same use as likewise the Phlegm of Vitriol writing Ink the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol Soot taken from the
bottom of a Kettle and mix'd with the Powder of the Blood that runs from the Nostrils the French Styptic Liquor or a solution of Allum and Vitriol of Steel in Plantan-Water and above all the rectifi'd Spirit of Wine The Gums are also very liable to Bleedings occasion'd by the laxity of their Substance or the Corrosion of sharp scorbutical spittle or the drawing of a Tooth or by the general Causes of other bleedings If their bleeding be periodical customary or critical it ought not to be stop'd If it be caus'd by the drawing of a Tooth apply the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol with Cotton and gargle the Mouth with the Decoction of Tormentil and Snakeweed-roots with Galls and White Poppy-seeds in Water mixing it with Bole-Armenic Allum and a little Vinegar Sometimes the Spirit of Salt mix'd with Water is useful for washing the Mouth But when every other thing proves ineffectual an actual Cautery is the surest Remedy Scorbutical Bleedings are accounted for elsewhere ART 2. Of a spitting of Blood THE Blood that is evacuated by spitting may either proceed from the Stomac of which elsewhere or from the Palat Nostrils and Gums as was related in the last Article or from the Organs of Respiration viz. the Wind-pipe Bronchia or Lungs in which case the Disease is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hemoptysis or a spitting of Blood and is the subject of this Paragraph The general Causes are already accounted for The particular Causes are 1. The Rupture of some Vessel in the Breast occasion'd by a redundancy of Blood suppression of the Terms or Piles violent Crying bearing heavy Burdens Falls Blows vehement Coughing or immoderat Laughter 2. The Corrosion of the Vessels in the Breast especially in the Lungs occasion'd by the Inspiration of Mineral Sulphureous steams or by a sharp Lymph reigning in the Body as in the small Pox or when a sordid Ulcer is unseasonably dry'd To these we may add the accidental swallowing of Leeches and immoderat Bathing A Spitting of Blood is of it self manifest But to trace out the part from whence it proceeds is a piece of Difficulty For this end the Physician ought to weigh the antecedent Causes such as excessive Crying Falls Bruises of the Breast and violent Coughs which generally arraign the Lungs while other Causes are apt to affect other parts Besides the Circumstances attending the Evacuation will give some further light into the Matter as if the Blood be clotty if it be voided without Coughing or much Hauking and that in small quantities then it proceeds from the Palat Gums Throat c. and not from the Breast If it be copiously voided with a Cough that not only accompanies but precedes the evacuation and makes a hollow Noise then it comes from the Wind-pipe or Lungs and if the respiration be difficult if the Blood be florid thin and frothy as being rarify'd by the Air and if a pain beset the lower part of the Breast it certainly takes its rise from the Lungs If the Blood be black clotty and thick and voided with a Cough and hollow Noise it springs from the Veins in the Cavity of the Breast As for the Prognostic A Spitting of Blood from the Lungs is most dangerous and apt to degenerat into a Phthisic or Ulcer of the Lungs especially if it took its rise from the Corrosion of a sharp Humor If it be only a Symptom of another Disease as of a Pleurisie Peripneumonia c. it is not so dangerous as when it stands upon its own Legs If a Spitting of Blood occasion'd by a suppression of wonted evacuations or by the Turgescence of Blood be unseasonably stop'd it degenerats into a Peripneumonia or Consumption The Cure is perform'd in the Paroxysm by removing the cause appeasing and thickening the Blood and repairing the losses of the Vessels out of the Paroxysm the clotty Blood remaining in the Breast ought to be discuss'd and the Lungs strengthen'd Now in order to answer these Indications let 's mind the following Rules 1. When a Spitting of Blood is caus'd by the Corrosion of sharp humors Blood-letting is improper in some other cases it may be serviceable but regard must still be had to the Rules of Revulsion and Aversion as if it proceed from the suppression of the Piles or Terms a Vein must be open'd in the Leg When it arises from the suppression of a customary Bleeding at Nose the vein of the Fore-head or that under the Tongue is the proper place 2. Purgatives are highly pernicious But Diuretics and Diaphoretics are very useful 3. Internal Astringents ought not to be us'd before the Blood be turn'd off for fear of imprisoning the Blood in the Breast and so causing a Suffocation or Peripneumonia 4. All external Astringents and cold things applied to the Breast are more apt to enflame than mitigat the Disease 5. Opiats are always safe and useful but such of 'em as are very hot as Venice Treacle Mithridat c. are not so proper as Laudanum Opiatum and especially Henbane Seeds which are unanimously approv'd both by the ancient and modern Writers Hence an Electuary of Henbane and white Poppy Seeds with Coral Blood-stone and the stale Conserve of Roses is of excellent use However the safest way is to give but a small quantity of Henbane Seeds at a time and repeat the Doses oftner because they are very Narcotic and apt to cause Madness 6. In all Compositions we ought still to have an Eye upon the corrosive sharpness of the Humors for tempering which we use the same Medicines as were recommended against Bleedings in general especially Plantan Purslain and Comfrey their Decoctions Juices and Syrups for their Waters have no astringent force The Decoction Syrup and Conserve of Ground Ivy a noble Pectoral the Juice of Nettles the stale Conserve of red Roses Diascordium the Troches of Amber which at once temper sharp humors dissolve clotty Blood and stop its Flux The Oyl of Linseed given by Spoonfuls the Oyl of Vitriol when there 's no apprehension of a Phthisic the Juice express'd from Quinces boyl'd in Water till they be soft given to two or three Spoonfuls three or four times a Day the Decoction it self being mix'd with that of Barly or Corants for ordinary Drinking Mice Dung given to a dram twice a Day with the Juice of Plantan and Sugar the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol Bloodstone the Antiphthisical Tincture Mynsichtius's Species Diaplantaginis c. 7. When the Paroxysm is over we ought to add dissolving and expectorating Medicines such as Sperma Ceti Diaphoretic Antimony Crabs Eyes with Vinegar Oyl of Amber Oxymel of Squills c. 8. In the last place the Lungs ought to be fortify'd by Vulnerary Balmy Medicines As for external Applications some apply a dry'd Toad under the Arm-pits some trust to the Sympathetic Powder of Vitriol and others choose to wet or wash the Testicles with Rose Vinegar and that with good success Take of the Conserve
Make a square Plaister to be applied to the Loyns Take the expres'd Juice of ten River Crabs boyl'd in Milk and add to it three ounces of the Crum of white Bread three yelks of Eggs an ounce of Butter an ounce of the Oyl of Chamomil and half a scruple of Saffron Mix all for a Cataplasm to be applied to the Loyns for allaying the excessive heat of the Kidneys While these Prescriptions are in use 't will be requisite to look out for internal Med'cines In the beginning gentle Laxatives are useful They ought to be mix'd with the meekest Diuretics As Take of Tartar Vitriolat fifteen grains Salt of Broom three or four grains Scammony prepar'd with the Juice of Roses three grains distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a drop Make a Powder to be exhibited in the beginning of the Paroxysm Or Take of Turpentin a dram Rhubarb in Powder two scruples prepar'd Amber half a dram Cinnamon half a scruple with the Oyl of Turpentin make Pills for a few Doses Note Turpentin is both a Laxative and a Diuretic and upon that account highly useful in this case The Emulsions of Violet-seeds with Speedwell-water mix'd with Crabs Eyes are also very proper for the same purposes The first Passages being clear'd we exhibit such Medicins as mitigat the Pain and allay the sharpness of the Humours with gentle Diuretics Thus the Elixir of Juniper mix'd with the Essence of Opium and exhibited by Spoonfuls The Oyl of sweet Almonds mix'd with Pearch Stones and the Syrup of Mash-mallows And the Emulsions temperat Seeds are very proper In general Narcotics are very serviceable not only by allaying the Pain but by procuring Sleep and so strengthening the Spirits in order to the expulsion of the Stone To these we add the gentle and easie Diuretics As Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes Sperma Ceti of each a scruple volatil Salt of Amber five grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder Sometimes we add Cinnabar of Antimony for preventing or removing the Convulsion of the internal parts Take twelve living Wood-Lice bruise 'em with two drams of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar then strain it and add a scruple of the Essence of Opium Dose thirty or forty drops The Tincture of the Balsam of Peru or that of Capivi are likewise very proper Take of the extract of Acorus sixteen grains Castor four grains Hysteric Laudanum six grains with the Oyl of Turpentin make Pills to be exhibited when a Vomiting and Hiccough attend the Stone in the Kidneys Take of the Water of Strawberries and Winter Cherries of each an ounce and a half Cinnamon-water three drams Crabs Eyes two scruples Egg-shells calcin'd a scruple purify'd Nitre half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two or three grains Syrup of Marsh-mallows half an ounce Make a Potion Take of prepar'd red Coral and Pearch Stones of each fourteen grains Diaphoretic Gold twelve grains Camphyr three grains Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Marshmallows-roots an ounce Liquorice-roots two drams Mallows one handful Violet-seeds half an ounce Boyl them in Barley-water To two pound of the strain'd Decoction add of the Syrup of Poppies two ounces prepar'd Crab's Eyes a dram Mix c. Sometimes we add Juniper-berries Carrot-seeds St. Johns-wort-seed c. Forestus's diuretic Decoction is much approv'd As also the decoction of Chamomil-flowers or that of Water-lillies In every draught of such Decoctions 't is customary to add a few drops of the Spirit of Nitre or of a mixture of the Spirit of Salt with the volatil Salt of Amber When the Symptoms attending the Fit begin to relent we must have recourse to strong sharp Diuretics such are the Juice of Radishes given to two ounces with Spanish Wine the Roots and Leaves of Horse-radishes infus'd in Wine or a Spirit distill'd from Wine in which Roots or Leaves of Horse-Radishes have been infus'd in a Cellar for fourteen Days together the Essence of Restharrow Burdock-seeds the Infusion of Ground-Ivy dry'd and Garlic Heads in the Spirit of Wine or that of Juniper-berries an Electuary of the Rob of Juniper and St. Johns-wort-seeds which when bruis'd smell like Turpentin and consequently must needs be serviceable both for cleansing the Veins and preserving their ferment by its balmy virtue Carrot-seeds infus'd in fermenting Ale The distill'd Oyl and volatil Salt of Ash-tree-seeds or the following Oyl Take of the inner rindes of Ash-tree-roots two pound fresh Juniper-berries three pound Turpentin a pound and a half Mix 'em with the Turpentin and digest all for the space of three Months in twelve pound of Water Then distill an admirable Diuretic Oyl Dose eight or ten drops in white Wine The Juice of the tendrels of the Birch-tree gather'd in March is of excellent use if drank like Spaw-waters As also the Water distill'd from Arsmart and frequently cohobated the Decoctions of the Indian Nephritic Wood the Gum of the Cherry-tree form'd into Pills or dissolv'd in Wine and the Nephritic Essences or Spirits of Winter Cherries Juniper-berries c. Timaeus recommends the Juice of the wild Tansey gather'd in May before the Sun-rising and that of green Rye mixt with red Wine To these we add the volatil Salt of Amber the Salt of Urine Nitre Spirit of Nitre and all nitrous Salts especially that of Pigeons Dung or the infusion of Pigeons Dung in Vinegar mix'd with Hony or the following Salt Take Nitre well fix'd and expose it to the Air. 'T will melt to the consistence of Pap. Then mix it with an equal quantity of the red Oyl of Vitriol When their Ebullition ceases draw off the Liquor with a strong Fire and 't will leave a white Salt of admirable efficacy against the Stone The Mineral and Animal Stones are likewise recommended in this case especially Nephritic Stones Crabs Eyes Pearch or Carp Stones the shells of Eggs especially Estrich Eggs. They are not directly Diuretic but they drink up the Acid that gathers the Stone and if dissolv'd in the compound Spirit of Salt are converted into a third Concrete that proves an admirable Diuretic The Lye of the calcin'd Eggshells the lixivious Salt of Quick-lime calcin'd with Sal-Armoniac are also much approv'd The decoction of Quick-lime in Water being strain'd and congeal'd yields a fix'd Salt which is either us'd in Powder or infus'd in rectify'd Spirits to which it gives a notable red Tincture that 's much commended Helvetius boyl'd Quick-lime in Vinegar and evaporated the decanted Decoction The remaining Salt he made red hot in a Crucible and extracted a notable nephritic Tincture with Spirit of Wine The Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms is also a proper Diuretic or the Powder of Scorpions first wash'd then infus'd alive in Spanish Wine for 24 Hours and then bak'd in an Oven in a Pot cover'd with Sage leaves their Dose is four or five grains in a potch'd Egg. If the Wings Head and Feet of Crickets be lop'd off and its Body be macerated in Parsley-water 't will become a milky Liquor that 's very Diuretic
of Spirits From whence ensues the variety of the animal or sensitive Phaenomena's 2. That the Brain and Spirits have a peculiar dependance upon the Moon and upon that account the Diseases of the Head encrease or diminish in proportion to its Age. The Spirits when disorder'd are more sensible of this Influence than in their natural State 'T is true the Sun has some Ascendant over our Bodies but that properly relates to the vegetable and vital Functions the Animal Province being more peculiarly allotted to the Moon 3. That there is an admirable Sympathy betwixt the Brain and the Bowels especially the Stomac An ungrateful Imagination disturbs the Stomac and Vomiting and Giddiness do equally give rise to one another The Disorders of the Stomac and lower Belly have a visible Influence upon the Fancy as in the case of Hysteric or Hypocondriac Fits and the ridiculous Appetites of Women Helmont was very happy in this Observation and the practical Inferences he deduc'd from it but his Theoretic Conjectures are frivolous The reason why the Spirits and the Stomac do so sensibly affect one another seems to be this That the Mouth of the Stomac is the first part of all the Body that receives any sensible Impression in the Womb for so much as all Alterations in the Embryo must be produc'd by the Nourishment convey'd to the Stomac This establishes an early Correspondence betwixt it and the Spirits and lays the lasting Foundation of their future Intimacy 4. That the Spirits are liable to the same material Alterations with the Blood CHAP. I. Of immoderate Watchings WE are said to wake when the Spirits are distributed through the Organs of Sense and extend their Fibres On the contrary Sleep unbends the Fibres and imprisons the Spirits The Privation of which causes Disorders in the Body The immediate Cause of Watchfulness is a continued or violent Incursion of Spirits into the Organs of Sense The remote Cause barring some external Object must either be the Disorder of the animal Spirits or some defect in the Brain The Spirits are oft-times too nimble and moveable as in young People and such as feed high and drink generous Liquors The Heat of Summer or travelling in a hot Climat eating of Venison immoderat Care Study and the Passions of the Mind the accession of foreign heterogeneous Particles from malignant Distempers or drinking Tee and Cossee are the natural Causes of the Mobility and Disorder of the Spirits and consequently of Watchfulness As for the Brain Watchings will insue upon the Openness of its Pores occasion'd by a Dryness or want of Moisture to fill up the Intervals This may happen through Fasting or eating of sharp volatil Meats immoderat Venery Sweating smoaking Tobacco which tho it be an Opiat exhausts the Moisture of the Brain an unseasonable Use of purging Medicines or a Deficiency in the first Digestion which not only affects the Spirits by Consent but robs the Brain of its wonted Recruits in neglecting the regular distribution of the Chyle This Disease is manifest of it self As for Prognostics It infers a Weakness and Feebleness 'T is more sufferable in Youth than in a State of Manhood and among Men than among the Female Sex It portends ill in acute Distempers But in Chronical Diseases may be longer endur'd tho 't is oft-times follow'd by Phrensies Folly or Stupidity The Cure is perform'd by taking off the remote Causes If it be caus'd by the Inflammation and Impetuosity of the Blood a Vein must be open'd If the Blood be sharp and oppress'd with heterogeneous Particles Purgation and Sweating take place If it spring from the Disorder of the animal Spirits they must be reduc'd to Order by the use of pacific Medicines such as Opium or Laudanum opiatum or their Compounds Bartholetus commends the Essence of Opium prepar'd with Spirit of Vitriol or Spirit of Cockle Ens Veneris which consists of Vitriol and Salt Armoniac and likewise the Anodvn Sulphur of Vitriol are proper in this case But in using Opium we ought to observe these Causions Not to exhibit it when the Watchings are owing to the Efforts of Nature endeavouring a Solution of a Disease or when attended with a straitness in the Breast or difficulty of Breathing or when they proceed from the deficiency and want of Spirits as in old Men c. The mildest Opiats are the safest Let them be given in small Quantities and repeated often As Take of the Conserve of wild Poppy Flowers one Dram Venice Treacle or Diascordium half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Make a Bolus Or Take of native Cinnabar fifteen Grains Saccharum Saturni eight Grains Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains with the Extract of Saffron make Pills to be taken in the Evening about an hour before Supper The Seed of Thorn Apple is of excellent use in this case As for the Watchings which arise from the Dryness and Openness of the Brain moist and cooling Medicines are most proper such as Emulsions and other oily temperat Compositions Take of the four greater cold Seeds of each half an Ounce Garden Poppy Seeds two Drams sweet Almonds from two Drams to half an Ounce with a sufficient quantity of the Water of Water Lillies make an Emulsion Add of Cinnamom Water half an Ounce and sweeten it with Syrup of Poppies Or the Emulsion may be accommodated to whatever acute Distemper accompanies the Watchings as in a malignant Fever Take of sweet Almonds and Garden Poppy Seeds of each two Drams of the four greater cold Seeds of each a Dram With Viper Grass Water make an Emulsion sweeten it with pearl'd Sugar and add half an Ounce of Ciâ—namom Water and a Scruple of Bezoar Mineral It pacifies the Spirits and obviats the Malignity of the Distemper The Decoction of Barley with Poppies and Liquorice is much applauded And in general all moist nourishing milky chilous Medicines are very conducive in this caseâ— especially the Seed of Thorn Apple of the Fruit we make Pills thus Take of Thorn Apples six Pound bruise and boil them in twelve Pints of Lettice Water to eight Pints express the Decoction and digest it in the Sun sprinkle it with Spirit of Wine and set it to dry To an Ounce of the Juice thus thicken'd and dry'd add half an Ounce of Saffron and two Scruples of the Oil of Citron Peel Make a Mass for Pills Dose a Grain or two It procures Sleep and stops all Fluxes In the Watchings of old Men or such as proceed from a scarcity of Spirits or a frigid Crudity in the Stomac Opiats are inconvenient Comforting and aromatic Medicines are only proper Some give Opiat Clysters or Suppositories to procure Sleep but 't is a dangerous Method unless the Watchings be accompany'd with a Loosness or Pains in the Guts Besides the internal Use of moistening and quieting Medicines some apply them outwardly to the Forehead Temples Feet and Hands They foment and bathe the extreme Parts with the Decoctions of Anodyn and
you please you may dilute it with Celandin and Royal Comfrey Water of each one Ounce Take of Blood-stone half a Scruple white Vitriol fifteen Grains Myrrh and Saffron of each five Grains white Sugar Candy one Scruple make a Pouder or mix it with some convenient Water and apply it to the Web with a Feather If such Medicines prove ineffectual we must have Recourse to sublimat Mercury Plempius's wonderful Arcanum was this Take of sublimat Mercury from five Grains to half a Scruple dissolve in Rose Water Eye-bright Water and Fennel Water of each one or two Ounces Touch the Web with a Drop or two of this Liquor every Morning and Evening The Juice of red Ants express'd and drop'd into the Eye is of wonderful Success Having thus consider'd the first Obstacle to the passing of the Rays of Light the next is when the Horn Coat or White of the Eye is disorder'd This may happen 1. When it is unequally nourish'd or some Parts of it elated while the others are depress'd by reason of the Viscidity of the nutritious Juice 2. When white Scars remain in this Coat after the small Pox or any other Ulcer 3. When by an external Accident the Blood is forc'd out of its Vessels and creates an Inflammation The Signs are these In the first case this Coat appears white and thick In the second we discover as it were a white Spot upon the Eye The third is known by the blue livid Colour that attends it Children are more easily cur'd of these Maladies than adult People If they are of a long standing 't is a difficult matter to remove 'em only the last is generally more tractable As for the Cure The Viscidity of the Chylous Juice and the Scars upon the Coat ought equally to be remov'd by attenuating sharp Medicines which ought to be somewhat sharper in the latter than in the former case The Seeds of Clary applied to the Eye are converted into a Mucilage by the Lymph which waters those Parts and thus prove an incomparable Medicine in this case The Gall of a Pike or of a Partridg and Ox Gall or a Water distill'd from it are much commended they are us'd with the Water of Frogs Spawn If the Scars or Clouds in the Eye succeed the Small Pox exhibit what follows Take of Fennel Water two Ounces of the Gall of an Eel from a Dram to a Dram and a half Sugar Candy in fine Pouder a Dram Mix and let them stand warm for the space of a Night The Spirit of Urine distill'd with Vitriol the Juice of Eye-bright or Fennel new drawn mix'd with a little Balsam of Peru or rather the Juice of Fennel mix'd with Sugar of Lead are very proper to this purpose The Liver of a Lamprey melted into an oily Liquor is accounted a Specific 'T is a sharp Medicine and ought only to be applied to the Eyelids unless the Malady be inveterat The Scar may be gently anointed with Oil of Paper or burnt Rags with a Feather or with the white Water of Honey If the Cloud or Scar be inveterat take the yellow Water of Honey or the following compound Water Take of Honey from the Combs two Pound tops of Elder Flowers Eye-bright and Fennel tops of each half a handful Sugar Candy four Ounces Distil in the Balneunt Mariae with a strong Fire The Juice of Celandin the greater or of Rue or of Brooklime or its Water either drop'd into the Eye alone or mix'd with Honey of Roses are of excellent use As also the Water of quick Lime with Sal Armoniac as above prescrib'd or Platerus's famous Experiment especially if the Serum be sharp or apt to inflame the part viz. Take of the Pulp of four Apples half a Pound chop 'em small and boil them in rose-Rose-water and Fennel-water to the Consistency of a Mucilage Then add two or three Ounces of the Mucilage of Fenugree Seeds and two or three Yelks of Eggs half a Dram or a Dram of prepar'd Blood-stone and two Drams of the Rinds of Pomgranats pouder'd Mix and make a Cataplasm to be applied and continually kept upon the closed Eye and renewed twice a day The Waters distill'd from Cichory Flowers or Blew-bottle Flowers according to Schroder and Hoffman's Method Fennel Water with the Gall of an Eel the Pouder of the Bone of a Cuttle with white Sugar the compound Pouder of Crabs Eyes and the Scales of a Serpent either blown into the Eye or diluted with a convenient Vehicle are all noted Specifics But above all sublimat Mercury is the most effectual Medicine exhibited as above When Children are seiz'd with these Distempers the Nurse or Mother may chew a little Fennel Seed and then breathe upon the Child's Eye or touch it with her Tongue When the Eye is beat black and blew by an external Accident apply Cloths dipt in Chervil-water Hyssop-water or the Water of Blew-bottle Flowers The chewing of Cumin Seed or Fennel-Seed or Cloves and then breathing upon the Eye is a celebrated Remedy Fomentation with Wine in which the tops of Hyssop have been boil'd is very successful but for a forlorn Hope take what follows Take of Comfrey Roots six Ounces the Roots of Solomon's Seal two Ounces Elder Flowers an Ounce and a half Meal of Beans one Ounce mix and use them by way of Decoction or Cataplasm or reduce them with fresh Butter into the form of a Liniment Or Take of the Roots of Comfrey the greater and of the lesser of each half a Pound Chamomile and Melilot Flowers of each two Ounces Meal of Beans four Ounces fresh Butter three Ounces Fenugrec Seeds one Ounce Saffron half an Ounce Boil them and foment with the Decoction which is better than a Cataplasm by reason that all fat oily things offend the Eyes Or Take of Blew-bottle Flowers and Flowers of Comfrey Royal of each a little handful tops of Hyssop half a handful Comfrey Roots three Drams Roots of Solomon's Seal a Dram and a half chop and beat them small and then boil them in a sufficient quantity of Wine Add to two or three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor two or three Drams of Spirit of Wine camphoriz'd If there happen a Collection of Matter under this Coat it must be drawn forth by the hand of a Surgeon Sometimes little Blisters appear upon this and the native Tunicle which are caus'd by the suppression of sharp Humours They are cur'd by applying Hartman's vitriolated Water or a simple Solution of white Vitriol or by blowing the following Pouder into the Eye Take of prepar'd Calaminar Stone half a Dram prepar'd Tutty half a Scruple Sugar of Lead half a Scruple mix c. If the Blisters are open'd the Water of the Whites of Eggs is very proper Having thus dispatch'd the Disorders that may affect the Coats of the Eye let us next consider those of the watry Humor The watry Humor is indispos'd when a viscid Matter is mix'd with it and interrupts the Rays of
and Caraway-seeds of each three Drams Bay-berries and Juniper-berries of each half an Ounce the Rinds of Pomgranats six Drams Roots of black Hellebor of round rooted Cyperus of Radishes and Sow-bread of each one Ounce bitter Almonds two Drams with seven pretty large Onions Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Wine and draw it off from a Balneum Mariae Use as above Sometimes ye may add a small quantity of Opium If the Pain be occasion'd by Worms they ought to be entic'd to come forth by pouring in sweet Milk or applying a sweet Apple rosted to the Ear. If they refuse to come forth they must be kill'd by bitter Oils and Juices As Take of the express'd Oil of Peach-seeds one Dram Quercetanus's Oil of Coloquintida half a Dram sweet Mercury from six Grains to half a Scruple Mix and pour it in by Drops or apply it with Cotton Or Take of Aloe two Drams Myrrh from a Dram to two Drams Coloquintida half a Dram tops of Wormwood half a handful Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Wine or Water and use the strain'd Liquor as above If an Ointment be more acceptable take of Salt of Lead Earwax and express'd Oil of Filberds of each an equal quantity Mix c. Fumigations by the bitter Herbs and Antimonial Ingredients are proper both for the Ear and Mouth If a Flie creep into the Ear put a little Turpentin into it If a Flea put a little Ball of Dogs-hair If a Leech inject the Solution of common Salt or the warm Blood of any Animal ART VI. Of Headachs SOmetimes the whole Head is seiz'd with an universal Pain at other times only a particular part as the hinder part of the Head in Women which generally slows from the Disorders of the Womb the external Membranes surrounding the Scull in venereal Cases and the internal Membran call'd dura Mater from the Indisposition of the Blood which it receives by an infinit number of capillary Veins If the Headach be not originally caus'd by some Disorder in the Head it oft-times proceeds from those of the Stomac the Spleen the Kidneys the Womb c. by reason of the mutual Commerce establish'd betwixt them and the Head by virtue of their Membrans and Nerves If it proceed immediatly from some defailance in the Head it may be caus'd accidentally by external Wounds use of Mercury immoderat Drinking c. and disappears upon their removal If it become habitual and inveterat it proceeds either from an Inflammation of the Blood in the Vessels of the Brain or the Depravation of the Lympha separated by its Glandules or a collection of some heterogeneous Humor which oft-times settles into a viscid Consistency and creates particular Pains confin'd to narrow Bounds as the breadth of an Egg the head of a Nail c. The only use of Signs in this case is to distinguish the Causes If 't is inconstant and apt to relent or be accompany'd by Disorders in the lower Region of the Body without any visible defect in the Head it is owing to the influence of these other affected Parts If it be habitual or observe set Periods in returning and be influenc'd by the Sun and Moon 't is an essential Headach And if it cause a Sense of beating like to that of an Artery and a burning Heat it proceeds from the Blood If it increase after eating or vanish after Sleep it arises from the Depravation of the Chyle If attended by a Drousiness a sense of Weight and a seeming Distention of the Brain it proceeds from some serous or viscid Matter lodg'd in the Head If follow'd by scorbutic or venereal Symptoms they discover the Cause As for Prognostics If in Feavers it suddenly vanish without any Evacuation 't is an ill Omen If attended by grievous Symptoms as Giddiness Convulsions Vomiting c. 't is not easily cur'd If a drouzy Headach seize a Child-bearing Woman it is dangerous If accompany'd by a Coldness of the external Parts it betokens an inward Inflammation 'T is more suspected in acute than in chronical Diseases In order to a regular Cure 't is needful to observe the following Cautions 1. If it arise by consent with other Parts it yields to Vomiting Purging and the Restoration of the disorder'd Part. But if it be essential and inveterat frequent Evacuations are not so proper as corroborating cephalic Medicines 2. Opiats are not very proper in essential Headaches At least they must be given in sinall Doses and if externally us'd must not be applied to the Sutures but to the Temples and Forehead 3. 'T is always conducive excepting the case of a malignant Feaver to keep the Belly open 4. The scorbutic Pains of the Head are the most obstinat The Decoctions of sudorific Woods volatil Salts and Spirits Milk Opiats blistering Plaisters and external Anodyn Applications are proper in such cases 5. In all Headachs the Decoctions of the sudorific Woods ought to succeed to the general Evacuations 6. Chirurgical Operations are of great use If it proceed from the Blood open a Vein in the Arm or the Vein of the Forehead or the Vein betwixt the Thumb and first Finger or apply Leeches to the Temples or open the Artery that runs along the temporal Muscle towards the Forehead which gives present Relief and is a very innocent Operation if cautiously perform'd If it arise from a Depravation of the Serum apply blistering Plaisters behind the Ears or over the whole Head or cut Issues in the Arm Neck or Head it self Trepanations are sometimes but very seldom convenient Cupping Glasses are not amiss But the universal Evacuations ought to precede all chirurgical Attempts 7. If the Headach arises by Consent Vomits are proper But if it be essential Purges are more convenient As Take of the Pills of Mastic a Scruple extract of black Hellebor extract of Castor of each five Grains Troches Alhandal two Grains with a sufficient quantity of Elixir Proprietatis make Pills They are likewise proper against the Disorders of the Stomac and lower Belly which oft-times cause a Head-ach Take of Crollius his Extractum Panchymagogum or extract of black Hellebor fifteen Grains Extract of Vervain seven Grains sweet Mercury from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Drams Scammony Sulphurated two or three Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Saffron make Pills Or Take of Extract of Agaric half a Scruple Extract of black Hellebor six Grains Aloe prepar'd with Juice of Roses Rosin of Scammony of each three Grains distill'd Oil of Rosemary Flowers or of Origanum one drop Mix and make Pills In a pituitous Headach Take of the Pills Aloephanginae with Diagrydium one Scruple Rosin of Jalap six Grains with Essence of Amber make Pills Or Take of the Conserve of Rosemary Flowers one Dram Cream of Tartar half a Scruple Golden Sulphur of Antimony five Grains Rosin of Jalap four Grains Make a Bolus 8. Rosemary always ought to be added
Urine in which case Take of Pellitory of the Wall two handfuls of Parsley the whole Herb one handful Boil them in Water Bruise them into a Pulp and with two Ounces of Oil of Scorpions make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Pubes Or Let the Pubes and Perinaeum be fomented and then anointed with the following Liniment viz. Take of Cony Fat or Ointment of Marshmallows an Ounce Oil of Scorpions half an Ounce Mix c. Of Melancolic Deliriums THE Doatings of Melancoly are free from a Feaver They ought to be heedfully distinguish'd from the Melancoly it self which is a principal Disease arising from internal Causes attended by a sorrowful fullen peevish pensive Humour an unaccountable Straitness and Anxiety of the Breast a proneness to Anger and a facility of being frighted Whereas those are for the most part occasion'd by external Causes The Epithet of Melancoly is join'd to them not as if Melancoly and Grief were inseparable Companions for some are merry and sportive but because they proceed from a vicious fix'd acid Humour which the Antients call'd Melancoly All Persons seiz'd with this sort of Doating have peculiar Symptoms and Humours according to the variety of their Objects and the manner in which they are carried out in pursuit of ' em But in general they all jump in the following Particulars 1. The Mind and Thought are always confin'd to one Object or one Set of Objects 2. Fear and Anxiety still haunt them tho they imagin themselves rich Monarchs c. and seem to be tickl'd with the Fancy yet still the Joy is but short-liv'd and Fear Vexation and Trouble fill its room 3. They all sleep little or none at all or if they happen to sleep are still haunted with fearful Dreams and scaring Phantasms 4. All of 'em have their lucid Intervals 5. The Disease is more apt to disappear or remit upon some sudden alteration of Diet or any other such occasional Cause than by all the force and application of Art 6. The Source of the Disease is always seated in the lower Belly Upon which account Vomiting is the most sovereign Remedy 7. The Cure never succeeds without abating the immoderat Watchings 8. Foolish Deliriums are ofttimes cur'd by foolish Remedies which serve only to rectify the Fancy as a Man imagining Serpents to be in his Belly was cur'd by conveying Serpents into his Excrements and giving him occasion to think that they were voided by himself We may read a great many such Instances in Thonerus Platerus Forestus c. The Seat is referable only to the Imagination or Fancy which receives the Ideas of Objects convey'd thro the external Senses and stamp'd upon the Spirits Now if these Animal Spirits degenerat from their lucid temperat Quality and perform uncouth awkward Motions the rational Soul must needs consequently entertain it self with sutable Ideas Tho this kind of Delirium be different from Melancoly it self yet it do's not invade any but such as have a Melancoly disposition of the Blood and Spirits which by the way is the true reason why it do's not always follow where its ordinary Causes take place Suppose we then that a melancoly Person meets with an Object which is extreamly agreeable or disagreeable to him and is forcibly stamp'd upon the mind by the introduction of some violent Passion Love Grief Fear c. as if a Hypocondriac Person be molested with a murmuring noise in the Guts resembling the croking of Frogs This fills him with fear and amazement It determines the Spirits to new Passages which they are unwilling to forsake The Idea of the frightful Noise still haunts his thoughts till at length by the repeated and continu'd Rack and inuring the Spirits to that unwonted particular Motion of Thought the Rational Soul is brought into a habit of entertaining and dwelling upon that Subject and so the Person is insensibly wrought into the fix'd Opinion that Frogs are lodg'd in his Belly Now that the Spirits being forcibly driven into new Channels are apt to persist in the same course and are unwilling to return to their wonted Devoirs is evidently made out by the Influence of Passion or any weighty Concern upon Watchings or the Dreams of sleeping Persons which is only owing to the proneness of the Spirits to retain the same new Passages as the preceding Business and the Commotion it occasion'd had so effectually cut out for ' em The verity of this advance may be likewise evinc'd by the many Instances of Persons liable to this Distemper The Doating that follows Melancoly being thus accounted for our next business is to offer the Causes of Melancoly it self They are either external or internal The former are such Objects as are apt to occasion violent Passions which immediatly disorder the Spirits and consequently the Blood and first Digestion The latter are such Circumstances of Diet and way of living as alter the Juices of the Body which impart the respective quality to the Blood and Spirits This Constitution of the Blood and Spirits is ofttimes natural and hereditary arising from the nature of the Seed for so much as most of our Humours and Propensity to particular Passions is owing to the natural Idio-sincrasy of the Blood and Spirits All melancoly Dispositions that have a tendency to Doating owe their immediat Original to some vicious Fermentation or Digestion in the first Passages The remote Causes may be sometimes external sometimes internal but they never reach the length of Doating till they have stamp'd a vicious Character on the Belly and its Entrails Some imagine a Chymeric Melancoly proceeding essentially from the Head but if they view the matter throughly they 'l find cause to acknowledg their Error 'T is usual to ascribe Melancoly to the Spleen And doubtless in melancolic Constitutions the Spleen may be damag'd by the Stagnation of the Blood in the Arteries and may serve to exasperat the Disease it being a part enrich'd with good store of Nerves and communicating with the wandring and intercostal Pair cannot well miss of being prejudic'd by the membranous Convulsions that Hypocondriac Persons are subject to But originally the Spleen is faultless and the principal Cause must needs be a vicious Acid bred in the first Passages that thickens the Blood and destroys its due Fermentation This is evinc'd both by the Symptoms and Method of Cure The former are a voracious Appetite a constipated Belly and Acid Belchings the visible Effects of an Acid sculking in the Stomac or first Passages As for the Cure it turns upon absorbent Anti-acid Medicines The Blood thus perverted by the prevailing Acid stands accountable for the difficult Respiration beating of the Heart and the like Symptoms It is not so productive of volatil lucid Spirits as otherwise upon which account they become stiff and more fix'd and consequently apt either to move irregularly in the Brain or still to retain the same course of Motion In the former case the Doatings are wandring and
mad or not in order to prevention the manner of the Discovery is this apply and rub upon the Wound Crum of Bread till it is impregnated with the moisture and if a Dog will neither eat nor smell to it or dies if he does 't is a sign the Creature was mad Sometimes this Disease is accompany'd with a Feaver and sometimes not The Signs that attend its beginning are an anxious heaviness of Heart Anger without a manifest Cause complaining of the offensiveness of the Ambient Air heaviness of the Body c. The Signs of a perfect Rabies are Convulsive Distentions of the Members a bloated Face anguish of Heart frothing at Mouth frightful Eyes barking like a Dog or otherwise aping the infecting Animal restlesness perpetual Watching c. but especially an Hydrophobia or shrinking at the sight of any Liquor If taken at the beginning it may be cur'd with proper Remedies but if it is come to perfection and accompany'd with an Hydrophobia it is an acute Distemper which seldom admits of Cure but brings Death the second or third or at most the fourth day from the Invasion of this Symptom In the Cure of this fatal Distemper two Periods of times are to be noted 1. That of receiving the first Hurt or Wound 2. That of the supervening Madness and subsequent Hydrophobia To begin with the latter we must endeavour by all means to explode that venomous Ferment already possessing the Mass of Blood This must be done by internal Antidots as well common as specific such are Roots of Gentian and Swallow-wort Galen's Mad-wort Rue St. John's-wort Pimpernel Carduus Benedictus Fuller's Thistle Sage Betony Myrrh and the like As Take of the Leaves of Rue Sage Plantan Polypody Vervain common Wormwood Mint Mugwort Baum Betony St. John's-wort Lesser Centory of each a convenient quantity beat them into a Pouder to be taken from one to two Drams in hot Broth or a draught of Wine or in half a Dram of Venice Triacle and Syrup of Lemmons for forty days together at least The Waters of Germander Carduus Benedictus Tormentil Triacle white Maiden-hair and the like are convenient Vehicles for such Pouders Moreover seal'd Lemnian and Melitean Earths are good also Venice Triacle Mithridat Electuarium de Ovo c. but above all Theriaca Diatessaron with Opium As Take of the Water of the Flowers of St. John's-wort an Ounce and a half Venice Triacle half an Ounce Bezoardic Tincture a Dram and a half Essence of Crabs-eyes a Dram mix them for one Dose Or Take of Venice Triacle one Dram Salt of Wormwood half a Dram let them be taken in a Draught of sharp Wine The use of these and such like Antidots must be persisted in for two or three Months for oftentimes after it has lain hid for some Months nay sometimes years the Hydrophobia will again show it self so that tho the use of Sudorifics may yet that of Specifics ought not to be discontinu'd As for example Take of prepar'd Crabs-eyes burnt Hartshorn prepar'd and prepar'd Jaw-bone of a Pike of each a Dram. Mix and make a Pouder The River-Crab alone is a Specific against the biting of a mad Dog It must be gathered in the Dog-days and calcin'd alive A Dram or two of the Ashes with a Dram of Pouder of Gentian may be given in a Cup of good Wine the Patient being prepar'd for Sweating But the better way of exhibiting River-Crabs is to distil them being well bruis'd with an Alembic in a Water-bath so you shall have the fam'd Water of Crabs and what remains at bottom may be given inwardly from half a Dram to a whole one in their own distill'd Water adding Pouder of Gentian-root or Pimpernel Or Take of Venice Triacle a Dram River-Crabs thus prepar'd Roots of Pimpernel of each half a Dram. The Root of the wild Rose-tree is commended by the Antients Staeckerus us'd to give a Dram of Pouder of Gentian mix'd with as much Venice Triacle every Morning for three days injoining the Person to fast five or six hours after and make account to sweat having first ty'd on the Wound Garlic Rue and Salt bruis'd and mix'd in the form of a Cataplasm which Method he says never fail'd him Some Remedies are taken from the mad Creature it self such as its Blood pulveriz'd given to a Dram for three days Its Hair Heart or Liver boil'd or pouder'd Some plunge the Patient into cold Water over head and ears suddenly keeping him under Water a small time Purging is sparingly to be us'd and that only when the Hydrophobia is but just a beginning in this Case white and black Hellebor as also Species of Hiera picra are proper Strong Diuretics are not amiss among which Valerian and Cantharides are Specifics As to the Wound by which the Infection is receiv'd so soon as possible the malignant Poison is to be drawn forth lest it diffuse it self through the blood Let the Hair of the mad Creature if it can be had be laid on the Wound or the place being scarify'd and cleans'd with the exactest care apply this Cataplasm Take one of the sharpest Onions five Cloves of Garlic and half of its Root Venice Triacle six Drams with half an Ounce of Yest make a Cataplasm Several other things may be added such as Hony Mustard-seed Germander Gentian c. Some apply the Liver or Flesh of the Creature as also live Pigeons others use Scarification and Cupping-glasses others wash the scarify'd Wound with Wine or its Spirit camphoris'd Brine Salt Water Decoction of Germander or Gentian-root in Water or Wine applying afterwards the following Plaister Take six Ounces of Wax Oil of Olives and Goats Fat of each three Ounces melt them and add of best Frankincense half an Ounce The Wound is to be kept open for some time or even enlarg'd and if it is clos'd up before the compleat Cure of the Disease it must again be open'd But the most safe and withal the most speedy Remedy is burning with a hot Iron or an actual Cautery which utterly destroys all the Poison abolishing its seminal Crasis and so leaves the Patient secure as to the fear of dismal Events This were the proper place to treat of the Delirium Musicum occasion'd by the biting of the Tarantula and cur'd by Music but seeing it is not to be found with us we shall pass it over As for Deliriums proceeding from poisonous things whether taken down by the Mouth or drawn in with the Breath the first is cur'd by a Vomit given at first and the last after universal things are premis'd by Vinegar Castor and Camphyr given together or separately with proper Medicines As for Love-fits they are remov'd partly by rational Perswasions and partly by such Medicines as have been prescrib'd in Melancoly and Melancolic Distempers with this only difference that the milder sort will here prevail AN ABRIDGMENT OF ETMULLERUS HIS Practice of PHYSIC c. BOOK III. Of the Diseases peculiar to the
Spirit of Turpentin and Camphyr is extoll'd by Faber Some commend the solution of Coral with Juice of Citrons Emulsions of Hempseeds are of soveraign use in desperat Runnings but they enjoy a narcotic Virtue prejudicial to the Animal Spirits Take of Hempseeds half an Ounce Seeds of the Chast-tree two Drams With the Water of Yarrow make an Emulsion Add of prepar'd Amber and Bone of the Cuttle-fish of each a Dram. Sweeten and reserve it for use Take of the Seeds of the Chast-tree Melon-seeds of each two Drams Hemp-seeds white Poppy-seeds of each a Dram and a half With the Waters of Purslain and Water-Lillies make an Emulsion To which add the Bone of the Cuttle-fish prepar'd a Dram Crollius's Compound Pouder of Sperniola two or three Scruples prepar'd white Amber and Diaphoretic Antimony of each half a Dram mix and sweeten with pearled Sugar This is of noted efficacy especially if the Perinaeum and Loins are girded with heat Some commend the following Decoction Take of the Leaves of white Archangel four handfuls Leaves of white Yarrow two handfuls Seeds of the Chast-tree four or six Drams Boil them in Mint or rue-Rue-water or in Wine and sweeten with Syrup of Water-Lillies Some recommend a Spoonful of the Juice of Ceterach to be taken now and then as a singular Remedy for stopping a Gonorrhaea as also two Drams of the following Pouder to be taken in Chalybeat Wine Take of the Leaves of Mint and Rue Seeds of the Chast-tree and Pouder of Galls of each equal quantities Beat 'em into Pouder for the use above-mention'd Spirit of Turpentin and Sugar of Lead is a delicat Remedy The Juice of Yarrow or of Mallows with sweet Milk is also approv'd Some apply outwardly the Juice of Lettuce with Camphyr to the Testicles As touching the second Indication viz. qualifying the sharpness of the seminal matter the Tincture of Coral with Spirit of Woods or of Sassafras is very useful The Astringent Crocus or Tincture of Steel Sulphur of Vitriol Sugar of Lead and white Amber prepar'd are all very proper Or Take of the Conserve of Red Roses Conserve of Mint of each an Ounce or an Ounce and a half prepar'd Bone of the Cuttle-fish which in this Case is a noted Specific two Drams Calcin'd Borace a Dram Nutmegs half a Dram Syrup of dry'd Roses as much as sufficeth to make an Electuary Of which the Patient may take a convenient quantity twice or thrice a day Crude Borace provokes Lust but when calcin'd it leaves a Styptic Caput Mortuum of contrary use Take of the Bone of a Cuttle-fish prepar'd a Dram prepar'd red Coral two or three Scruples Sugar of Lead half a Scruple Mix for six Doses Take of prepar'd Chrystal Bone of the Cuttle-fish prepar'd Amber of each two Scruples Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Crollius's Sperniola a Scruple Sugar of Lead fifteen Grains Make a Pouder for five or six Doses The Turpentine of Cyprus reduc'd to Pills with prepar'd Amber or Crocus of Steel or Rhubarb is very effectual Of late the Balsam Capivi is mightily esteem'd Sugar of Lead and the Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd with it is of noted efficacy Take of the Waters of Rue and Water-Lillies of each half an Ounce Juice of Lemons six Drams Bole-Armenic a Dram Cuttle-bone and Diaphoretic Antimony with Steel of each two Scruples Syrup of Citrons half an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful now and then If the Yard be exulcerated by the sharpness of the matter take of Woman's or Cow'd Milk four Ounces prepar'd Tutty two Drams Aloe a Dram Sugar Candy half a Dram. Mix and inject half an Ounce or six Drams at a time As for the third Indication viz. corroborating the relaxated parts and correcting the watriness of the seminal Liquor Mint Wormwood Amber Mastic Astringent Tincture of Steel Tincture of Coral Pouder of Frankincense which if too frequently repeated causes a suppression of the Urine Sugar of Lead Extract of Tormentil-roots seal'd Earth and Bole Armenic us'd with Vinegar Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol c. are all proper Ingredients Take of the Extract of Tormentil-roots two Drams Crollius's Compound Pouder of Sperniola two Scruples Plantain-seeds Seeds of Chast Lamb Roots of Comfrey of each a Scruple Venice Turpentine boil'd Camphyr of each twelve Grains Make Pills I have cur'd a desperat Running with giving thirty or forty Drops of the Tincture of Sulphur of Vitriol in a warm Vehicle every Morning and half a Dram of the Troches de Carabe every Evening without any other Injunctions except that of lying on the sides and a spare Diet. If in the Declination of this Flux a thin watry Humor continue to run as it frequently happens take of Gum Arabic Tragacanth prepar'd white Amber prepar'd Mummy Bole Armenic of each a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum half a Scruple With a sufficient Quantity of the Tincture of Catechu make Pills for five Doses The natural Baths that partake of Allum are proper in an inveterat Case Outwardly the parts may be fomented with the Decoction of the Rindes and Flowers of Pomegranats Roses Comfrey-roots Plantain c. or let the Perinaeum be anointed with the following Mixture Take Oil of Myrtles three Drams distill'd Oil of Mastic a Dram distill'd Oil of Cloves express'd Oil of Nutmegs of each half a Dram. With Wax make a Liniment If the ferment of the Testicles be desicient Milk Rice Eggs and aromatic Ingredients are proper Ofttimes 't is needful to purge both in the beginning and progress of the Disease as thus Take of boil'd Cyprus Turpentin a Scruple Scammony prepar'd with Juice of Roses Rosin of Jalap of each five Grains Make Pills for one Dose I am now arriv'd at the spurious Flux of Seed which is call'd such when the matter voided is of a different nature from the Genital Juice being discolour'd sharp stinking attended sometimes by Pain and other Symptoms but not occasion'd by venereal Actions or partaking of any venereal Virulency It corresponds to the Whites in Women and is call'd by some Gonorrhoea Catarrhalis but there are few Authors that have taken any notice of it The part affected is the Prostratae whose Office 't is to separat a Lymph for a Vehicle to the Seed Now if they are relaxated or exulcerated they separat and void larger quantities as in the like case the Glandules of the Eyes or those in the Throat are wont to do The material Cause is the serous cachectic Disposition of the Blood The remote Causes are the Disorders of the Stomac and digestive Faculty or whatever equips the Blood with crude and watry Particles The formal efficient Cause is the Relaxation of the Prostratae occasion'd by excessive Venery manual Violence Riding a Fall c. Tho this Flux may serve to cleanse the Blood yet if it continue long it degenerates into a Consumption The Cure turns upon corroborating the Stomac correcting the Crudity of the Blood and cleansing and fortifying these Glandules The first of
of Civet eight Grains Ambergrise six Grains Mosch five Grains distill'd Oil of Cinnamom eight Drops distill'd Oil of Nutmegs four Drops Balsam of Peru as much as sufficeth for a due Consistence Mix and anoint the Perinaeum and Nut of the Yard CHAP. II. Of the immoderat Erection of the Yard THIS proceeds from the Contraction of the Muscles at the Root of the Yard hindring the Recess of the Blood which may be occasion'd two ways 1. When the Redundancy and Turgescence of the seminal Liquor irritats to a perpetual Erection and desire of Venery which for the most part ceases after repeated Injoyment 2. When the Muscles are seiz'd with Convulsions and the Erection is attended with Pain exasperated by venereal Embraces and free of any Inclination that way As for the first viz. the Heat Sharpness and Turgescence of the Seminal Liquor 't is occasion'd by a sedentary Life high Feeding use of Spices or venereal Incentives wanton Thoughts and Conversation volatil sharp Purges c. It prognosticats fast Living an universal Weakness and a short Life 'T is cur'd by frequent Blood-letting imploying the Mind exercising the Body fasting watching the continu'd use of Nitre and Spirit of Vitriol or of Camphyr or of Sugar of Lead Hempseed is a proper Specific Purslain Lettuce Water-Lillies Vervain Mint Willow-Twigs and Leaves c. are generally approv'd Take of Hemp-seed Melon-seeds of each two Drams the four cold Seeds of each a Dram Lettuce-water Sorrel-water and Water of the Flowers of Water-Lillies of each three Ounces make an Emulsion and sweeten it with Syrup of white Poppies Take of the Waters of Vine-leaves and of Willow-leaves of each an Ounce and a half dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol half a Dram. Mix and sweeten with pearled Sugar Take of the Phlegm of Vitriol two Drams Tincture of Dazies Tincture of Rose-flowers of each half a Dram. Mix c. Take of the Pouder of the Seeds of Chast Lamb depurated Nire of each two Drams Camphyr half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum six Grains Make a Pouder Let the Juices of Plantain Nightshade Hemlock Henbane and Comfrey be mix'd with distill'd Vinegar and Sugar of Lead and applied to the Cod and Sharebone Or make Cataplasms of the same Ingredients with Vinegar Let the Juice of Comfrey or of Lettuce in which Nitre is dissolv'd be applied to the Stones Loins and all round the Genital Parts As touching the Second viz. The Convulsion of the Muscles causing a Priapismus hindering the Reflux of the Blood and imparting somewhat convulsive to the Yard 't is occasion'd by the iritation of the Animal Spirits whether by an internal or external Cause Cantharides or other venereal Incentives unseasonably and immoderatly us'd frequently produce it If it be attended by violent Pain it portends an Inflammation or Impostume in the Part or the Convulsions of other Parts As for the Method of Cure Vomits are more proper than Purgatives by reason that the latter frequently prove Incentives to Venery After Vomiting let vitriolic and nitrous Acids be exhibited The Decoction of Lentils with the Seed of the Chast Tree is applauded by Lindanus Opium and Camphyr with the Juice of Citrons Diaphoretic Gold Rue Mint c. are much in use If it proceed from the use of Cantharides Milk is not improper Let the Perinaeum be anointed with Oil of Rue or of Mint or fomented with Wine in which Rue and Cumin-seeds have been boil'd or apply Cataplasms of Mint Rue Flowers of Water-Lillies Vinegar and Water Or anoint with Camphyr dissolv'd in Oil of Sweet Almonds or in Vinegar Vitriolic and nitrous Liquors are proper for the same use CHAP. III. Of the Depravation of the Erection of the Yard THE Erection of the Yard is deprav'd when it stands awry or departs from the natural Posture If the Bridle be short it stands crooked but that is cur'd by cutting the Bridle If the Depravation proceed from the Inflammation of the Yard 't is cur'd by emollient Cataplasms such as we prescrib'd for the Inflammation of the Testicles Sometimes Erection is hindred by a Pain in the Yard caus'd by frequent Venery which is cur'd by thrusting into the Passage Balsam of Peru or the Leaves of Hemlock bruis'd If the Pain be caus'd by a Stone in the Bladder there is nothing better than to put the Yard into the Water of the Whites of Eggs with Woman's Milk and Camphyr The remaining Causes which disturb the Erection of the Yard are those relating to the Foreskin They are of two sorts 1. When the Prepuce imprisons and straitens the Nut and cannot be drawn back This is call'd Phimosis 2. When the Prepuce being drawn off cannot be brought to cover the Nut again This is call'd Paraphimosis As for the first if the Prepuce be naturally so strait it ought to be cut but so as to avoid the Vein that runs along its side If it proceed from the accidental Corrugation of the Prepuce let the Cream of Quicklime be beaten up with fresh Butter and applied to it If it proceed from an Inflammation occasion'd by the Embraces of a foul Woman foment the Prepuce and Nut with the following â—â—ixture Take of the Mucilages of Fleawort-seeds of Quince-seeds of Fenugrec-seeds extracted with Plantain-water of each an Ounce the Yelk of one Egg and three Ounces of Cows Milk Mix c. Or Foment with the Water or Decoction or Quick-lime warm if you please you may add to it Sugar of Lead or sweet Mercury Take of Chamomile and Elder-flowers of each a handful Henbane-flowers Aniseeds and Fennel-seeds of each half a handful Bay-berries half an Ounce Cut bruise and boil them in Lime-water and apply the hot strain'd Liquor to the Part. Or make a Cataplasm of the Meal of Beans with Lime-water for the same use As for a Paraphimosis 't is occasion'd for the most part by the first Venereal Encounter and is ofttimes accompany'd by a swelling of the Prepuce Upon which account softning and discussing Ingredients ought to be joyn'd together Take of the Leaves of Marshmallows common Mallows and Pellitory of the Wall of each a handful Marshmallow-roots and white Lilly-roots of each an Ounce Flowers of red Roses and Flowers of Chamomil of each two little handfuls Boil them in Milk to the Consistence of a Pultise and apply to the part Flowers of Chamomil or of Elder or of Henbane may be boil'd in Milk or Lime-water for a Fomentation Or apply a Cataplasm of white Bread Yelks of Eggs Oil of Roses and Saffron If the Pain be violent Saffron ought always to be added AN ABRIDGMENT OF ETMULLERUS HIS Practice of PHYSIC c. BOOK IV. Of Diseases peculiar to Women SECT I. Of the Disorders of the Menstrual Flux THE most notable Alteration which happens to Women when they are ripe for Men's Embraces is the monthly Evacuation of Blood by the secret Parts beginning ordinarily in the fourteenth year of Age and ending in the forty ninth tho sometimes it anticipates the former
Salt of Tartar of each a Dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of common Water to nine Ounces of the strain'd Decoction add Electuary of Bay-berries an Ounce distill'd Oil of Amber volatil Salt of Hartshorn or Urine of each a Scruple the Yelk of one Egg Mix them and make a Clyster To such Decoctions you may also add Electuary of Hiera Picra Castor distill'd Oils of Cumin Caraways Amber Juniper-berries Turpentine c. Or instead of distill'd Oils volatil Salts from a Scruple to half a Dram as that of Urine Hartshorn Amber c. Clysters of the Smoak of Tobacco are also approv'd If the Patient is plethorick a Vein may be opened but with due caution Internally in the time of the Fit volatil and oily Salts are to be us'd and in particular such as readily cause sweat to which Opiats may be added Bitter things therefore are in common use such as Set-wall Southernwood Wormwood Lovage Angelica Gentian-root Mint Galangal Penny-royal Fever-few Clary its Decoction and Spirit Roman and common Chamomil Orange Peel wild Carrot-seed Juniper-berries Garlic taken in Wine its Electuary Saffron Rosemary Myrrh Elder and dwarf Elder-berries c. all which by virtue of an oily volatil Salt destroy the vitious Acid. To these we may add Castor Assa foetida the volatil Salts themselves as Spirit of Sal Armoniac Hartshorn volatil Salt of Amber given from five Grains to twelve in Swallow-water with Castor distill'd Oil of Amber volatil Salt of Soot the Tincture of Tartar Tincture of the Dross of the Regulus of Antimony Tincture of Castor prepar'd with Spirit of Wine or otherwise all the several Preparations of the fore-mention'd Simples Crollius's Elixir for the Womb Camphyr the Spirit of human Secundine chiefly that of the first Child the Juice of Courser's Dung express'd with Wine or Ale or its Decoction to all which we join Opium Hysteric Laudanum Mithridate and Triacle of which innumerable Prescriptions might be made up As Take of the Waters of Mint Elder-flowers and Fever-few of each an Ounce Essence of Castor three Drams volatil Salt of Hartshorn twelve Grains that of Amber eight Grains Hysteric Laudanum nine Grains Syrup of Orange Peel six Drams Mix and make a Potion Or Take prepar'd Amber prepar'd Pearls or Crabs-eyes Castor of each a Scruple distill'd Oils of Rue and Amber of each five Drops Mix and make a Pouder 'T is to be noted that Preparations with Castor and such like fat volatil Salts yielding a strong smell agree not with some Patients for whom meagre Salts are more proper as dulcify'd Salt of Nitre c. If sweet Smells or Tasts be offensive we choose Medicines of contrary qualities After the Fit is over if a Relapse is feared it may be prevented by the use of Medicines partaking of Steel As Take Antiscorbutic and Hyssop-water of each an Ounce and a half Solution of Steel in Juice of Apples three Drams Spirit of Scurvy Grass a Dram and a half fermented Laudanum two Grains Syrup for the Scurvy three Drams Mix and make a Potion But if what is above prescrib'd prove ineffectual we may try a strong Snuff and if that has no effect give a Vomit yea Blood-letting has been found sometimes to avail in desperat Cases Hitherto we have prescrib'd what is to be done during the Paroxysm when 't is over we first give Digestives then Vomits and afterwards Anti-hypocondriac and Antiscorbutic Remedies for Digestives I refer you to the hypocondriac and scorbutic Diseases Or Take red Coral prepar'd or Mother of Pearl or Crabs-eyes prepar'd half a Dram Arcanum Duplicatum a Scruple Salt of Wormwood half a Scruple Mix for three Doses For a Vomit take Arcanum Duplicatum or Tachenius's vitriolated Tartar nine Grains Mynsicht's Emetic Tartar two or three Grains Mix and make a Pouder Next to these Aromatics mix'd with mild Laxatives are to be us'd and these almost the same as the internal Specifics prescrib'd in the Fit In short the Method of Cure is the same with that of hypocondriac and scorbutic Disorders So that alterative Bags of carminative Ingredients such as are friendly to the Nerves and Womb infus'd in Wine are of very good use Or whatever partakes of a volatil Alcali or a volatil oily aromatic Salt more or less bitter which destroys Acids or has an anodine Quality as the Roots of Angelica Butter-burr Set-wall Lovage Gentian and the like also Orange-peel and all Aromatics especially Clary and its Decoction also Baum Rosemary Mugwort Sage c. the Carminative Seeds or those call'd hot to which wild Laxatives such as black Hellebor and Briony may be added As for example Take of the Leaves of Baum Fever-few Pennyroyal of each a handful Leaves of Senna Roots of Gentian and black Hellebor of each a Dram prepar'd Spurge and true aromatic Costus of each three Drams Set-wall Salt of Tartar of each half an Ounce Cut bruise and tie them in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Medicines of Steel are wonderfully helpful as also succinated Spirit of Salt Ammoniac given to thirty Drops at night and mild Laxatives mix'd with Opiats Take Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a Scruple Vitriol of Mars five Grains Extract of Castor three or four Grains Extract of Troches Alhandal a Grain or of the Troches themselves three Grains Make Pills with the distill'd Oil of Amber SECT IV. Of the Disorders of Women denying admission to Men. CHAP. I. Of the down-falling of the Womb. SOmetimes the outer Neck of the Womb especially its internal wrinkled Membrane either by hard Labour or the unskilful hand of a Midwife or by an immoderate red or white Flux is so relaxated and extended that it hangs out in form of a Ball having a hole in the middle two Fingers breadth without the Privity and sometimes some part of the internal Membrane is relaxated and hangs out like a blind round Ball by a small Neck In this Case both the Antients and some of the Moderns fancy that the Womb falls down Whereas that Symptom never happens but when an unskilful Midwife pulls it down by force and so kills the Patient outright This Distemper is usher'd in by a stretching Pain of the Parts to which the Womb is fastened sometimes a Feaver and Convulsions supervene and sometimes the prominent Substance becomes the Seat of an Ulcer or Gangrene and must be cut out by the hand of the Surgeon All that Art can do is 1. To restore the Part fallen down to its natural Place 2. To confirm it there either truly by Astringents or palliatively by other means 3. If that can't be compass'd Amputation is the only relief The Patient being conveniently plac'd on her Back let the part be gently put up with ones Fingers cover'd with a soft Cloth wet with the Decoction of mild discussive Aromatics such as Rosemary Sage Wormwood c. boil'd in equal parts of Wine and common Water or Water from the Forge This done Decoctions prepar'd of vulnerary Astringents
are to be us'd internally such as those of Rupture-wort Mousear Knot-grass Comfrey-root Cyprus-Nuts Betony Tormentil c. to which Anise and Fennel-seeds and the four greater hot-seeds may be added Externally also Astringents must be us'd the place may be fumigated with their Smoak or their Decoction injected or the Privity fomented therewith or a Pessary of carded Wool may be dip'd in it and apply'd Such Astringents are Galls Oak-leaves and those of the Myrtle Sloe-tree Horse-tail Ladies-Mantle Milfoil Pomegranat-rind Sumac and the like which may be boil'd in forge-Forge-water adding Allum if the Parts be not excoriated or exulcerat The Moss of the Oak-tree also and Nettles and Sun-flower are commended For a Palliative Cure you may use Wax or Cork white Wax or the Mass of a Plaister made of Wax Colophon Gum Elemi and the like shap'd into a round oblong or pear-like Form according as there is occasion with a hole in the middle and a thread fasten'd to 'em their bigness must exactly answer that of the Vagina But if it is only an Excrescence or one or two wrinkles of the Vagina or if the Vagina it self being fallen down is altered by the Air or corrupted or ulcerated it must be cut off by the Root a Ligature being first made with a Thread and then it must be cur'd as an Ulcer CHAP. II. Of the Inflammation of the Womb. THIS is caus'd by Blood stagnating in the Pores of the Womb which is occasion'd either by too frequent Coition or cold catch'd after Labour or the Terms or by hard labour The Signs are a Swelling Heat stretching Pain of the Genitals Groin and Navel which if the Finger is put up into the Genitals is exasperated extending to the Lips Back-bone and Shoulders the Vagina is red with swollen Veins the Terms suppress'd with a burning continual Fever Thirst driness of the Tongue Head-ach Delirium and Convulsions It is dangerous enough and is easily converted into a Gangrene Discussion is safer than Suppuration sometimes it degenerates into a Schirrus and is accompanied by a Dropsy The Patient must in the beginning be let Blood at the Arm and a Clyster being given next day at the Ancle afterward you may use temperat emollient and resolving Clysters of the Decoction of Lettuce Mallows Violet-leaves Flowers of Chamomil c. boil'd in Lime-water mix'd with Lenitive Electuary solutive Syrup of Roses and Nitre To loosen the Belly give Decoction of Tamarinds wherein Senna with Cream of Tartar has been infus'd Externally we foment the Groin or apply Cataplasms of Mallows Marsh-mallows Pennyroyal Mugwort Melilot c. boil'd in common or Lime-water or Wine CHAP. III. Of Vlcers of the Womb and Vagina THE Causes are either internal as retention of the Loches suppurated Inflammations Corruption of the Foetus or Mola a virulent Clap the Whites c. or external as frequent and excessive Venery fretting of the Vagina hard Labour c. The naked Eye or a Womb-glass discovers 'em or if they lie deep in the Womb it self the troublesom biting Pain of these Parts when tickl'd in Coition or by sharp Injections reveals the Mystery They degenerate frequently into Fistulas or end in a Dropsy and tho they be cicatriz'd infer Barrenness If they proceed from an external Cause they must be cur'd by consolidating Remedies if from the sharpness of Humours they must be corrected and evacuated but first of all the Pain must be mitigated Internally cleansing vulnerary Decoctions are useful such as those of the tops of St. John's-wort ground Ivy Plantane Sawicle Shavings of Hartshorn c. Externally the same Decoctions may be injected Or Take of Chalybeat Milk one pound Turpentin dissolv'd in the Yelk of an Egg half an Ounce Hony of Roses an Ounce to be often injected for cleasing and consolidating the Ulcer SECT V. Of the Disorders of Conception COnception is nothing else but the Impregnation of one of the little Eggs contain'd in the female Testes by a certain Air or Spirit exhal'd from the seminal Liquor of the Male received into the Womb. The Egg thus influenc'd falls off into one of the Womb-Trumpets which at that time embrace the Testes and thence passes unto the Womb. Being received there it straight begins to increase and then one little point begins to distinguish it self by its tremulous and leaping Motion being surrounded with subtil red Threads the Rudiments of the Blood-vessels round which some small time after is to be seen something more gross and white like a little Cloud distinguish'd into two parts whose greater part consisting of four little Bags represents a rude Draught of the Brain Cerebellum and two Eyes and the lesser part being strech'd out below like a Ship 's Keel is the Rudiment of the Back-bone from which the Limbs gradually extend themselves while the Bowels successively shoot out from the Blood Vessels till the perfect Foetus is form'd The matter of which it is form'd is partly a clear Liquor resembling the white of an Egg convey'd thither by the Arteries and squeez'd through the glandulous Substance of the Womb into its Cavity and partly Blood elaborat from the foresaid Chyle or nutritious Juice so that the Parts are rightly distinguish'd into sanguine and spermatic There are scarce any infallible Signs of Conception however ordinarily if a Woman hath conceived the internal Orifice of the Womb is close shut up the Terms are stopp'd In the first days after Coition a certain shivering or wandring Sense of Cold spreads it self over the Body or its extreme parts the Appetite is impair'd she vomits every Morning and is troubled with longings and loathing such Meats as formerly were grateful If the Woman is cacochymical and scorbutic she is troubled with hysteric Affections tho unacquainted with 'em before a gradual Swelling invades the Belly and points upwards In the third fourth or fifth Month the Child is felt to move in the Belly first more obscurely and afterwards more distinctly finally the first Months oftentimes discover a heavyness and giddiness of the Head and sometimes the Tooth-ach from which Signs concurring we may conclude the Woman is with Child With reference to Conceptions we shall treat of false Conceptions Barrenness and vitious Conceptions Conception is counterfeited by an Inflation or Swelling of the Belly caused by external Air received unto the Womb after Child-bearing or Abortion or Bathing or in the time of or after the Menstrual Flux attended sometimes with cruel pains girding the whole Belly This is distinguished from a true Conception by these Symptoms 1. The Belly is not always equally distended 2. There is no motion or at least none but what may easily be distinguish'd from that of a Child 3. The Swelling is greater and less weighty not pressing so much upon the Pubes This Distemper is seldom dangerous tho sometimes when the Flux of the Terms or Lochia is stopt 't is attended by grievous Pains in the Womb. In which case let the Vein Saphaena be opened let
the Digestion of the Stomach be promoted and consequently Wind prevented by stomachic and Carminative Medicines Let the Decoction of Sassafras with Anise and Fennel-seeds be us'd for a Diet-drink and the Essence of Zedoary be taken every night going to Bed Castor Chamomil-flowers Rosemary Fever-few Pennyroal Sage Flowers of Marigold and Groundsel Roots of Elecampane Zedoary and Gentian the four greater Hot-seeds Galangal Ginger c. their Decoctions Essences or distill'd Oils are of good use both inwardly and outwardly to which we may add the Species of Hiera or the Mass of Pills of Hiera with Agaric or the Extract of Elaterium Sometimes 't is necessary to open the internal Orifice of the Womb to give vent to the Wind by fomenting with the above-mention'd Decoctions or applying to the Belly and Pubes Bags of Millet-seed dry'd Salt Chamomil Flowers and Carminative-seeds boil'd in Wine and Water or anointing with Oil of Chamomil Oil of Bays and Castor or applying a Cataplasm of Goats-Dung and Carminative-seeds boiled in Wine or a Plaister of Tacamahac with Balsam of Peru. Sometimes a false Conception is feign'd by a Dropsy or Collection of clear or yellowish Water in the Womb. And sometimes this Dropsy of the Womb joins it self to a true Conception as taking its rise from the Redundancy of the nutritive Liquor mix'd with much Water from the Suppression of the Terms or Lochia or whatever obstructs the Reflux of the Lymph from the Womb. This Swelling covers the whole Belly equally and do's not rise to a top in the middle as that of a true Conception and is distinguish'd from a Dropsy of the Belly by the fresh Colour of the Face and absence of Thirst If the Swelling is caus'd by Water 't is not so dangerous as when it flows from a corrupt Liquor If the Patient is with Child little or nothing can be attempted but if otherwise we may boldly use convenient Methods to conquer the Disease and in the first place for a Purgative use this Pill Take Extract of Elaterium twelve Grains Mercurius dulcis fifteen Grains Troches Alhandal three Grains Make Pills with Essence of Rosemary The Infusion or Extract of Spurge-root or the Infusion or Syrup of Briony-root given to half an Ounce are also proper Vomits are approv'd by all by reason of their squeezing Effects Such things also are to be used as provoke the Womb to Excretion or discuss insensibly such as Decoction of Calamint Pennyroyal Sage and white Onyon with Sugar also Castor Myrrh Saffron all Aromatics Elixir Proprietatis and the Decoction of the Woods Externally we use purgative Pessaries of Elaterium and dry Figs or of Coloquintida and Extract of Black Hellebor Sometimes we inject into the Womb the Decoction of the Leaves of Pennyroyal Savine Calamint c. in Water or human Urine mix'd with Electuary of Hiera but all will be rendred more effectual by premising Baths and Fomentations of emollient and expelling Ingredients And if one or both the Lips of the Privity are hydropic there 's nothing better than to foment with Lime-water The second Disorder relating to Conception is that of Barrenness occasion'd by the Indisposition of the Ovarium the narrowness of the Trumpets the defect of the nutritious Juice of the Egg the Laxity of the Womb Disorders of the external Parts and other occult Causes And if the Womb be ulcerated 't is incurable As for the Cure after the universal Evacuations aromatic Ingredients are proper for strengthening the Womb and the Ovarium such are Rosemary Sage Lavender Marjoram Baum Pennyroyal Roots of Burnet Setwal and Galangal Cassia Lignea Cardamoms Nutmegs and Myrrh To which in Cachectic and Scorbutical Cases we add Guajacum and Sassafras with other Sudorifics With these we join the specific Ingredients and such as gently provoke Venery viz. Satyrion Eryngo Rocket and Mustard-seeds Mosch Amber flesh of Vipers the Stones of a Hart or Boar the Matrix of a Sow Hare or Hind pulveriz'd the Spirit of Ants the Pouder of a human Secundine c. Externally natural Baths are profitable or artificial ones of the Decoction of aromatic Ingredients and that of Ants with their Nests Some commend Baths made of Hemlock or Fumigations with sweet-smelling aromatic Rosins such as Gum of Juniper Juniper-berries Amber Frankincense Storax Mastic c. and Pessaries prepar'd of the bruis'd Leaves of Fever-few and sprinkled with a little Oil of Spike After Barrenness we come in order to vitious or deprav'd Conceptions They are said to be such when the Subject of Conception departs from a human form and assumes that of other Animals intitling it to the Character of a Monster or continues a shapeless Lump void of Form and christen'd a Mola The immediate Cause of a Mola is the Confusion or Mixture of the nutritious Humour contain'd in the Chorion with that of the Egg upon which the Tracts of the Foetus delineated in the latter are effac'd by the former If this Confusion be very early it generats a watry vesicular Mola If its date be as late as the forming of the Vessels and their repletion with Blood it leaves a fleshy Lump which if the fibrous Threds are already spun out and enrich'd with Spirits is endow'd with a principal Motion This vitious Mixture is oftentimes occasion'd by violent Motion Passion or Heat 'T is a difficult thing to distinguish a Mola from a true Conception especially if a Child accompanies it in the Womb in which case it either kills the Child or causes Abortion However if we carefully observe we may discern a Mola by its much greater weight and by the measure of its motion which is either none at all or such as by its sluggishness is easily distinguish'd from the brisk Motion of a living Child If it possess the Womb alone it generally putrifies and entails the like mischief to the Womb. First of all we ought to observe carefully whether the Mola is join'd with a Child and if so we must endeavour to prevent Abortion and expect the exclusion of the Child with which the Mola is ordinarily expell'd But if the Mola is alone we must endeavour with all convenient speed to procure its ejection for which purpose we must use first preparative and then expelling Medicines Preparatives are Baths Fomentations Inunctions Clysters both for the Belly and Womb c. of emollient and laxative Ingredients Womb-Clysters must be of Oil those for the Belly of Milk In the next place a Vein must be opened first in the Arm and then in the Foot after which we may use strong Vomits either from Steel or Vitriol and powerful Purgatives such as the Faetid Pills those of Hiera with Colocynth or the Decoction of Senna Pennyroyal and Savin in Whey taken for three days successively To these we subjoin such Medicines as bring down the Terms and are intitled to an expulsive Faculty viz. Rue Mug-wort Penny-roal Savin Briony Gentian Asarabacca Dill Juniper-berries the Essence and Oil of Cloves the Decoction and distill'd
of Citrons or the Tincture of Columbine and Blewbottle-flowers and such like temperat Acids are the best If the Person be frequently seiz'd with slight Shiverings and little pricking Pains in the Back 't is a sign of miliar Eruptions which if they be white are dangerous Before their Eruption absorbent Diaphoretics are proper after their appearance Emulsions of the expulsive Seeds the antiscorbutic Tincture of Coral and the Essence of Myrrh ought to be added SECT IX Of the Disorders relating to Suckling THE nutritious Juice that was wont to be measur'd out for the Child in the Womb stagnats in the Blood when the Womb is empty'd and contracted This Stagnation is follow'd by a Fermentation or Milk-feaver and that by a Precipitation of Serum which being strain'd thro the Glandules of the Breasts and thicken'd by their acid Ferment is converted into Milk and fitted for the Nourishment of new-born Infants The Accidents which thwart Nature in this its Design are such as either impair or over-mulâ—iply the quantity of Milk or else deprave it Those which impair the quantity of Milk are the artificial Compression or preternatural Obstruction of the Glandules and Passages in the Breasts the meagre dry Constitution of the Woman's Body much sweating or voiding large quantities of white Serum in the Childbed Flux drinking of acid Liquors or austere Wine Grief Fear Anger and Childbed acute Diseases to which we may add the want of a sucking Force in a weak Child Now in order to supply Milk we order juicy Food and the Decoction of Elder-flowers in Milk or that of Earth-worms and Fennel-seeds for drink The Seeds of Anis Caraways and Dill or their distill'd Oils are also very proper Prepar'd Crystal and Marle from Rocks indirectly promote the increase of Milk by subduing the Acid that thwarts it Externally we order the Breasts to be rubb'd with a rough Cloth after eating and fomented with the Decoction of Fennel-seeds Marshmallows Mint and Elder-flowers in Milk or anointed with the Oil of Worms mix'd with a few Drops of the distill'd Oil of Anis and cover'd with a Cataplasm of the Meal of Barly Marshmallows and Yest Contrary to this Symptom is the Redundancy of Milk caus'd by the Laxity of the Glandules in the Breasts or the over-acting of a volatil Acid which promotes the Precipitation It is follow'd by a distention of the Breasts pain in the Back swelling of the Glandules under the Arm-pits and sometimes a Corruption of the Breasts if it stagnate there or by an universal Weakness if it be evacuated If it coagulat and distend the Breasts we endeavour to promote its Egress by sucking and applying the Plaister of Sperma Ceti and above that hot Bags quilted with Millet-seeds Rice and Barly If the Milk be free from Coagulation in the Breasts we foment 'em with the Decoction of Mint Hemlock Cumin-seeds and Allum in Water and Vinegar or apply Cataplasms of the Pouder of Mint Bread Vinegar and Salt Some commend the Juice of Plantane and the Plaister of Hemlock Internally we exhibit the cold Antivenereal Specifics Besides the Deficiency and Redundancy of Milk there remains yet another Disorder relating to the same Class viz. its Corruption or Curdling occasion'd either suddenly by the quick Retreat and Perturbation of the Animal Spirits through Grief and Fear or gradually by its mixing with acid Lymph in the Glandules of the Breasts and lingring beyond its due time The Symptoms of curdled Milk are the unequal Swellings of the Glandules of the Breasts at first free of pain but afterwards follow'd by a violent Heat Redness pinching Pain and Inflammation that perhaps degenerats into Imposthums Fistula's Schirrus's or Cancers The Cure which ought to commence betimes consists in discussing the Swellings and dissolving the curdled Milk or else promoting its Suppuration The Discussion is obtain'd by giving inwardly Sperma Ceti to a Dram or Crabs-eyes and Myrrh with Diaphoretic Antimony and fixed Salts or the Pouder of Woodlice to a Dram or the Spirit of Sal Armoniac to a Dram in order to sweat After sweating we apply a large quantity of the Plaister of Sperma Ceti and cover it above with hot Bags of Rice Millet-seeds and Barly or if that Plaister be ineffectual that of Galbanum with Saffron cover'd in like manner the Breast being bath'd twice a day with a Mixture of the Spirit of Sal Armoniac Essence of Saffron and ordinary Spirit of Wine If the Breasts be much inflam'd or seiz'd with St. Antony's Fire the Woman is molested with feaverish Shiverings and a beating Pain in the middle of the Swelling In this case let the Milk be forcibly suck'd let the Decoctions of Mint and Chervil with the above-mention'd Sudorifics be administred and Hony spread upon gray or blew Paper be apply'd to the Breasts The Phlegm of Vitriol strip'd of Acidity the Water of Frogs Spawn and especially that of Quick-lime are very useful for external Fomentation Some order River-Crabs bruis'd to be applied to the Breasts But above all a Cataplasm of the Meal of Beans Lentils and Lupins boil'd in Vinegar and Water and mix'd with the Whites of Eggs is most effectual For St. Antony's Fire let the Syrup of Elder spread upon a Linen Cloth be applied to the Breasts and renewed every hour If Discussives prove successless we must endeavour to ripen the Swelling by bathing it twice a day with Essence of Saffron and Spirit of Sal Armoniac mix'd and applying Mynsichtius's Plaister of Galbanum with Saffron mix'd with Diachylon 'T is usual to apply Cataplasms of the Juice of Smallage Juice of Sheeps-dung c. But they generally create pain Perhaps the following Cataplasm may not be amiss Take of the Roots of Orris rosted Onyons of each three Ounces Yest two Ounces Yelks of Eggs in number three fresh Hogs Tallow half an Ounce Oil of Roses Meal of Beans and Linseed of each two Ounces Make a Cataplasm When the Swelling becomes soft it ought to be open'd with a Lance because tho the Glandule and Fat be easily dissolv'd by the purulent matter yet 't is not able to break through the Skin without insufferable pains After 't is open apply Tents cover'd with Balsam of Peru or Oil of the Balsamin Apple Oil of St. John's-wort or the common Digestive of Turpentine Hony and Yelks of Eggs or above all the Oil of Man's Ordure In case of a Fistula wash it with the Decoction of Agrimony Allum and Myrrh and apply the following Ointment Take of the Juice of Agrimony an Ounce Aloes Myrrh Sarcocol and plumous Allum of each a Dram. With Hony make an Ointment Ofttimes these Swellings elude the Operation both of discussing and suppurating Medicines and become hard painless Scrofles or Schirrus's the former arising from curdled Milk the latter from clotted Blood fix'd by a powerful Acid after the Inflammation In this Case Gum Ammoniac Galbanum the Plaister of Hemloc and a Liniment of the Juice of Nightshade with Lytharge are proper for external
hungry Habitations to a fat Pasture In particular she ought to avoid Acids Sweetmeats Cheese Wine Summer-fruits or whatever is apt to curdle and clot the Milk And as her Diet ought to be clean and regular so she ought to preserve a calm dispassionat temper of Mind since Fear Anger and Grief clot the Milk by diverting and withdrawing the Spirits that should keep up its equal temperature Nay the influence of Fear and other Passions is visible in the natural Marks that are intail'd to Children in the Mother's Womb by the violent Motion of the Mother's Spirits determin'd upon one part and by the way these Marks are cur'd by applying frequently a hot bloody Secundine or Clouts dip'd in Menstrual Blood and the touch of a dead Child's hand Some apply Clouts dip'd in the Blood of Toads or Fernelius's Aqua Divina or in case of extremity cut 'em off If Fear or Passion actually prevail and cause the Coagulation of Milk let the deprav'd Milk be first suck'd out by a Puppy and the Medicines recommended against the same Symptoms in the foregoing Book be exhibited before the Child be admitted to suck In general the curdling of the Milk is best prevented by eating Anise and Fennel-seeds after Meals and abstaining from cold drink or avoiding any external Cold especially by diverting the menstrual Purgation and shunning the Emotions of Venery which by curdling the Milk in the Child 's Stomac frequently entail to it an Antipathy against Cheese as being a natural resemblance of the curdled Milk that was wont to annoy it After the Child has suck'd about a year it ought to be weaned especially a little after the Equinoxes during the increase of the Moon The chief Inconvenience Children are liable to is drinking in the Nighttime which swells up their Belly and occasions Loosenesses and many other bad Symptoms To prevent this let the Essence of Wormwood be mix'd with their drink or if these Evils prevail already exhibit a little Spanish Wine and apply Aromatic Bags to the Belly Besides as for the other Food of young Children it ought to consist of white Bread dry'd and beaten small Yelks of Eggs and Aniseed boil'd in Milk or Water to the Consistence of a thin Pulp That which is commonly made of Flower and Milk or Water is fitter for Paste than any thing else for it lies heavy in the Child 's Stomac and degenerats into a viscous tough Crudity whereas the Bread being already fermented is sooner and more easily digested 'T is customary among Nurses to attenuate the Child's Food in their own Mouths before they give it and indeed 't is true that a healthy Nurses Spittle is of use for promoting the quick Digestion But if scorbutic Salts be lodg'd in her Gums or if a Cacochymy prevail in her Body it is too apt a Vehicle for conveying a morbifical Tincture into the Child's Body These premises if duly weigh'd will furnish us with a distinct Idea of the Causes of Childrens Diseases The Excrements retained and vicious Milk or Pap receiv'd into the Stomac degenerat into an acid Crudity which if imprison'd in a viscid Vehicle displays its force within and if diluted with a thinner Serum breaks out upon the Skin in various Eruptions From this Source it were easy to derive all the particular Diseases of Children their violent Gripings and voiding of discolor'd Excrements the generation of Wind and distention of the Belly Vomiting and Inappetency Hiccough Watchings Convulsions and the numberless Train of cuticular Eruptions or aches on the Skin occasion'd partly by the Efflux of a ferous acid and partly by a want of due transpiration which obliges it to stagnat in the out parts Now forasmuch as all these Diseases of Children are deriv'd from one Cause and consequently demand the same Method of Cure 't will be needless to trace every distinct Symptom apart and therefore we shall content our selves with a general Account of the Method of Cure And indeed if the foregoing Hypothesis be duly considered and understood 't will be an obvious Consequence that the Basis of the Cure falls upon Alcalies or such Medicines as discuss a viscid Crudity and imbibe an acid These are first the volatil Alkalies especially the Spirit of Sal Armoniac succinat which tho dreaded by some is recommended by experience as an incomparable Medicine for Children 'T is given in the Mother's Milk or in Mint or Fennel-water To this Class we may join oily Aromatics as Aniseed given in Pouder to half a Dram Castor Myrrh and Elixir Proprietatis prepar'd without Acids In the second Rank we place the fix'd absorbent Alcalies viz. Coral Crabs-eyes Pearl Sea Horse-teeth Ivory Bezoar-stone To which we may add the Tincture of Tartar or that of the Dross of the Regulus of Antimony and Venice Triacle or Mithridate given to two Grains stronger Narcotics and more generous Medicines being improper As for example Take of prepar'd Crabs-eyes half a Dram Hartshorn prepar'd without fire half a Dram prepar'd red Coral half a Scruple choice Myrrh six or nine Grains Venice Triacle three or four Grains distill'd Oil of Anise three or six Drops Make a Pouder Or Take of Hartshorn prepar'd without Fire a Scruple Crabs-eyes and red Coral of each half a Scruple volatil Salt of Hartshorn six Grains Venice Triacle four Grains choice Myrrh three Grains Make a Pouder of which give a convenient quantity in Milk or Pap. Take of Elder-flower-water two Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac fifteen Drops Hartshorn prepar'd without Fire the Jaw-bone of a Pike and prepar'd Unicorn of each half a Scruple Syrup of Poppies two Drams Make a Potion to be given by little Spoonfuls Now the acid Crudity being thus subdu'd and prepar'd it remains only to make Provision for its Evacuation first by Clysters of the Decoction of Chamomil-flowers mix'd with Salt of Tartar Hony of Rue and Oil of Anise or those of Milk with Turpentin dissolv'd by the Yelk of an Egg or in a difficult Case thus Take of the Decoction of Carminative Ingredients with Salt of Tartar two Ounces Sala's Emetic Syrup two Drams Hony of Roses two Drams Make a Clyster If a viscid Slime stuff the Breast we may exhibit for a Potion three Drams of Hyssop Water half a Dram of the Syrup of Tobacco and a Scruple of Sala's Emetic Syrup mix'd or half an Ounce of Mint-water with half a Dram of the Emetic Syrup As for Purgatives take what follows Take of the Solutive Syrup of Roses two Drams prepar'd Crabs-eyes half a Dram prepar'd red Coral twelve Grains With a few Drops of the Spirit of Anis make a Mixture Or Take of the Pouder of Jalap six Grains Tartar vitriolat half a Scruple Make a Pouder Manna given to two or four Drams in Breast-milk or Pap is also a good Laxative But above all sweet Mercury is the most effectual Correcter and Evacuater of acid viscous Humours especially upon the approach of the Small Pox or Measles 'T is given
but continually gall and gnaw the skin They are cur'd thus Bathe the Child in warm Water or Lee in which Chickens Dung is boil'd and rub the Body over with Hony to tempt the Worms to come out in the form of black Hairs Then scrape 'em off with a Crust of Bread made sharp like the Edg of a Knife After this has been practis'd three or four times bathe 'em in wormwood-Wormwood-water in which Aloe is dissolv'd or in the Decoction of Quicksilver Inwardly the Tinctures of Antimony Essence of Myrrh and Salt of Vipers are proper 3. When the Glandules of the Mesentery or milky Vessels are stuff'd with viscid Crudities and deny passage to the Chyle This we discover by the hardness and distention of the Belly the viscidity and whiteness of Excrements and cure it by the abovemention'd volatil attenuating Ingredients To which we may add the Tinctures of Steel the Tincture and Salt of Tartar and after the Child is wean'd Arcanum Duplicatum Externally we anoint the Belly with the Ointment of Soubread and that of Marshmallows Gum Ammoniac and Oil of Chamomil The Fevers that Children are liable to are also owing to the corrupt Crudities in the first Passages which defile the Blood Their Cure is perform'd by answering the various Indications according as the infirmity of Children will admit and the nature of the Fever requires In general Laxatives and absorbent Pouders accomplish the Design AN ABRIDGMENT OF ETMULLERUS HIS Practice of PHYSIC c. BOOK VI. Of Surgery SURGERY is that part of Physic which affords manual relief to the external Disorders of the Body But 't is not necessary for a Physician to be nicely acquainted with all the particular Directions for the Hand that being a Province peculiar to Surgeons So that our present business amounts no further than to account for a Physician 's Duty in regulating the Method of external Applications and inward Administrations This we project to do under five Heads viz. those of Swellings Wounds Vlcers Dislocations and Fractures But before we launch into Particulars 't will not be improper to take notice of the Distinction of the parts of the Body into those that are hard and others that are soft The former are frequently injur'd by applying oily fat things which injoy a latent Acidity prejudicial to the Bones The latter are either sanguine or spermatic The sanguine are originally nourish'd with Blood and all Tumours Wounds Ulcers or Amputations relating to them are neither so painful nor so easily provok'd and irritated by sharp Medicines nor so difficult to cure as those of the spermatic or nervous parts which are nourish'd from the beginning with Chyle and nutritious Juice Now when any of these parts suffers external Injury we must endeavour to allay the Pain and Symptoms that attend it to preserve the natural Course of the Blood and Humors and remove the putrifying acid Ferment that annoys the Part. CHAP. I. Of Swellings A Swelling is the Enlargement of the Dimensions of any part It may be caus'd by Dislocation or Wind but for the most it owes its being to Humours as if the Blood or Serum stagnate the former Causes Inflammations the latter soft white Swellings If the thinner Humours force their Passage while thick viscous Excrements stick by the way they gather into a Body by degrees and so cause Tumours such as the critical Swellings that succeed to Feavers to the Plague and French Pox and the hard Tumours of Glandules If the nutritious Humour of any part is corrupted by a vitious Ferment residing in it or otherwise occasionally alter'd it degenerats into Imposthumes Ulcers Callous Tumours and Excrescences And if the nutritive Juice be too plentifully receiv'd into any part it produces the like effects The remote Causes are the straitness of the Passages occasion'd by Constriction Compression or painful Contractions of the Fibres the viscidity and thickness of the Humour the disproportion of its Particles the Influence of an acid Ferment the extraordinary distention of the Pores giving entrance to large Quantities of nutritious Juice c. The Swellings are cur'd by retrieving the natural Motion of the stagnating Humours or by Discussion Suppuration or artificial opening Discussion is proper for sanguine Tumours and is accomplish'd by applying volatil attenuating Ingredients which temper the congealing Acid and dissipat or exhale the Humour Suppuration is the Effect of a mutual Effervescence betwixt the alkalin oily parts and the Acid which precipitats 'em into a white Pus but if the Acid be predominant the Tumour either degenerats into a Schirrus or breaks the Skin without Suppuration Upon which account all ripening Ingredients ought to be juicy and balmâ— for tempering the Acid and unbending the Fibres of the part Hence volatil Remedies which dissipate the thin and so condensate the thick Humours and those of an acid quality are improper Indeed if nature be inactive and the Humour be very thick 't will sometimes be useful to join some sharper Ingredients to the ordinary Medicines If the Swelling cannot be forc'd to Suppuration it ought to be open'd by a â—aunce or by a potential Caustic of the Lee of Soap or of the Butter of Antimony or of â—â—â—nes Arsenicalis which if well manag'd is an admirable Caustic and causes no pain The Medicines which unlock and set at liberty the stagnating Humour are 1. Emollient such as Marsh-mallâ—ws Pellitory of the Wall Melilot Fenugrec Linseed white Lillies Figs recent fat of female Animals Mucilages â—ils c. 2. Attenuating as well as well as Softening Such are Smallage Elecampane rosted Onyons St. John's-wort Saffron Chamomil and Elder-flowers Turpentin liquid Storax Goose Fat Goats Tallow Gum Tacamahac Spermâ— Ceti Oil of Dill Oxymel of Squills c. 3. Discussive and in some measure Diaphoretic such are Briony wild Cucumbers crude Onyons Note the rosting strips 'em of their volatil Salt Swallow-wort Sowbread Tobacco Squills Savin Mustard-seeds Gum Ammoniac a Swallow's Nest the Urine and Dung of Animals Spirit of Urin Spirit of Sal Armoniac Yest Oil of Scorpions Oil of Bricks Oil of Turpentin Oil of Worms the Plaister Oxycroceum or of Ammoniac or of Hemlock a Plate of Lead cover'd with Mercury the Ointment call'd Martiatum c. These Ingredients yield us Liquors for Fomentation Cataplasms Ointments and Plaisters As Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows and white Lillies of each an Ounce and a half the Leaves and Flowers of Mallows and Melilot and Elder-flowers of each a handful fat Figs in number six Boil them in Whey or Goats Milk And to a Pound and a half of the strain'd Decoction add of the recent Juice of Onyons or Oil of Chamomil three Ounces Mix and foment the part Take of the Roots of Marshmallows three Ounces Roots of the Flower-de-luce an Ounce Gole-wort Mallows and Wormwood-leaves of each a handful Chamomil and Melilot-flowers of each half a handful Linseed an Ounce and a half Bruise them and boil them in whey or Milk Then beat the Pulp
squeezing the Miliar Glandules and so provoking them to an evacuation Some Purging Medicines enter into the Blood and dissolve its Mass If there be any corrupt juices Incorporated with it they carry them off If there be none they melt down the laudable Blood into serum and dispose it for secretion We are oppress'd with a Numberless train of Purging Medicines whereas one or two might Answer all our demands Some few indeed besides the evacuating Vertue have a specific Relation to some Diseases as black Hellebor to Melancholly Rhubarb to the disorders of the Kidneys and especially Câ—loquintida to all Acid Enormities But by a modest Computation five or six might be pick'd out that might very well suffice for all the Indications in Physic These are Jalap Senna black Hellebor Aloe and Rhubarb to which ye may add Scammony and Coloquintida for quickning Ingredients Jalap is a Root imported from Mexico It s Purgative Vertue is owing to its resinous Oyly parts which are strongly six'd by an Acid. For if ye extract the Resin out of it by Spirit of Wine the remaining Caput Mortuum is rob'd of its Purging Vertue This discovers the error of many Physicians who order Jalap to be infus'd in Wine or Common Water which are improper Vehicles for a resinous Body It purges gently without throws or gripings The excrements it evacuates are ting'd with a yellow Colour It agrees best with moist Constitutions and is recommended by Borellus as a specific in a Dropsy If it be well Concocted in the first Passages it not only evacuates but attenuates the humors But the Resin of Jalap taken in solid Powder sticks to the pleats of the Stomach and Guts causes a great many disorders and sometimes a super-purgation Whereas if it be dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg in any convenient liquor it is easily concocted and operates without any trouble If Jalap be desir'd in a solid form we prescribe thus Take Cream of Tartar from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Powder of Jalap ten twelve or fifteen Grains and a drop or two of Distill'd Oyl of Annisseeds or Mace Mix and make a Powder If it want to be quicken'd thus Take Powder of Jalap ten fifteen or sixteen Grains Cream of Tartar or Tartar Vitriolated or the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum from twelve to fifteen Grains Prepar'd Scammony one Grain or two Distill'd Oyl of Anisseeds or Mace or Cinnamon two drops Mix and make a Powder as above This is call'd the Purging Vegetable for many uses or Purgans Vegetabile Polychrestum The following prescription purges gently and do's not Gripe Take Powder of Jalap from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Nitre depurated half a Scruple or four Grains of Nitre and the like quantity of Salt of Tartar prepar'd Scammony one Grain or two Distill'd Oyl of Anisseeds or Mace one or two drops Mix and make a Powder Or Take Cream of Tartar one Scruple Resin of Jalap half a Scruple Salt of Tartar seven Grains Distill'd Oyl of Anis-seeds two drops If a Bolus be more acceptable than a Powder Take of Conserve of Clovegilliflowers half a Dram Cream of Tartar fifteen Grains Powder of Jalap half a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Mace two drops With a sufficient quantity of Solutive Syrup of Roses make a Bolus Or Take of the Pulp of Raisins two Drams Powder of Jalap one Scruple Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Fumitory make an Electuary For Pills prescribe thus Take of Extractum Catholicum twelve Grains Resin of Jalap four Grains the extract of Trochisci Alhandal two Grains Mix for Pills For a liquid form thus Take of Spirit of Wine or of any other rectified Spirit one Pint of the Roots of Jalap four Ounces Citron Peel six Drams Saffron five Grains Let them stand in a warm infusion then strain the liquor and reserve it for use 'T is call'd Essentia Citrata and may be given from half an Ounce to six Drams Or Take of Hyssop Water one Ounce Cinnamon Water three Drams Powder of Jalap fifteen Grains Extract of Trochisci Alhandal two Grains Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb half an Ounce Mix for a Potion Or Take Rosin of Jalap from half a Scruple to twelve Grains Salt of Tartar from six to seven Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Roses make a Syrup The Salt of Tartar Correct the resin and prevents its sticking to the pleats of the Stomach If an Emulsion be more agreeable Take Melonseeds peel'd half a Dram Resin of Jalap six seven eight nine or fourteen Grains Beat them up together pouring in of warm Rose Water or Mint Water or any other convenient Water one Ounce add Cinnamon Water two Drams Make an Emulsion and sweeten it with solutive Syrup of Roses or any other grateful Syrup Ye may add two Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur or one Grain of the extract of Trochisci Alhandal with eight Grains of Salt of Tartar Hartwigius prepar'd it with the Yelk of an Egg thus Take Resin of Jalap seven eight or ten Grains and for those who are more robust twelve or fifteen Grains beat 'em up with the Yelk of an Egg. Then pour upon them of Fennel or Mint Water half an Ounce or as much as sufficeth to make an Emulsion Afterwards add Cinnamon Water a Dram or two with a small quantity of sugar or Syrup of Cinnamom 'T is an admirable Purge and sometimes evacuates both upwards and downwards Senna was first found out by the Arabians Hippocrates and the Ancient Grecians knew nothing of it It is a mild Purgative more usual in Chronical Distempers than in acute which are generally cur'd by Vomits Three things are diligently to be observ'd in using of it First that the leaves be well separated from the stalks which are apt to Gripe Secondly that they be not infus'd too long lest the thicker mucilage which is troublesom to the Stomac and Guts be also extracted For the Purging Vertue of Senna proceeds from a Volatil mucilage attended by a thicker The former is gentle and easy The latter griping to a high degree Thirdly that it be never exhibited without the addition of Ginger and Tartar which sharpen and attenuate the mucilage It is a proper purge for hot and dry Constitutions We prescribe it in Powder thus Take of Cream of Tartar and Leaves of Pick'd Senna of each two Drams Ginger Anisseeds Cinnamom and Galandal of each half a Scruple Mix and make a Powder Which is a gentle Lenitive and may be taken at Dinner in a spoonful of broth Dose as much as will lie upon the Point of a knife The infusion of Senna is better than the Decoction in which the Volatil mucilage evaporates and the thicker is too much extracted If ye add Cream of Tartar to it it must always be boyl'd else it will not mix with the Cream Therefore in simple infusions we only add Salt of Tartar and for the most part black