put into the eye breaks the web there though it be never so strong or of so long continuance 8. The Milke of a Womans breast is excellent for the foregoing infirmity of the eyes only with this Proviso if the party afflicted be a Male let it be the milke of a Woman that bare a Male if a Female the contrary 9. When People have gotten an inflammation in any wound the vulgar say they have gotten the Ague in it as 't is familiar when Womens breasts are inflamed to say they have the Ague in their breasts a speedy way and as cheap as speedy that I may not keepe such a quarter about the name as the Colledge of Physitians did about the Rickers is to take malt flower and make it into the forme of a Caraplasme or Pultis with Vertjuyce and apply it be the place in Arm Leg or Breast or elswhere either with wound or without 10. Hollyhock leaves boyled to a Pultis in milke works the same effect in the same causes 11. A most admirable remedy if not the best of remedies for a Consumption is to goe into the Country in Plowing-time and follow the Plow that so the smell of the earth being newly broke up may be taken in at the nose if this may not be by reason of the season of the year or poverty of the Patient then let it suffice to go out into the field every morning and dig up a fresh turse and smell to it an hour or two together 12. Take five white pease and chew them very well then swallow them downe then hold thy breath as long as thou canst thou shalt find it an excellent remedy against the heart-burning 13. For a Rupture this doe give the Patient two or three spoonfuls of the juyce of comfry every morning I know no reason but that the curious may make it into a syrupe then apply the bruised hearb mixed with its equall quantity of Dazies to the place and let him keepe his bed nine dayes by which time he will be well 14. Take a Jay pull off her feathers and pull out her guts then fill her belly full of Cumminseeds then dry her in an Oven till she be converted into Mummy a dram of her being beaten into powder seeds and all is an excellent remedy for the Falling-sicknesse being taken in any convenient liquor every morning put in Piony water 15. Rew bruised and worne under the fect next the skin is an excellent remedy for a quartan Ague 16. If deafnesse come of stopping in the passages of the eares as usually it doth no better remedy in the World then to inject white Wine into the ear being first a little warmed for the ears abhor cold and if you mix a little spirit of Castoreum with it t will be so much the better 17. The powder of burnt Harts-horn let it be well burnt viz. till it be white and rub your teeth well with it and it will keepe them exceeding white and safe from rotting 18. To eat the liver of a mad dog being first dryed and beaten into powder a dram at a time is sufficient is an excellent yea the best of remedies for the biting of a mad dog 19. If an Earwig be gotten into a mans ear you will say it will kill him but presently or so soon as you can conveniently get a mellow sweet apple and having cut a hole in it lay the hole so cut to the eare then lie down on that side and the Earwig will come out to the apple 20. The leaves of Agrimony bruised and boyled in hony and the head that is open moulded plaistered with it helps the disease 21. The juyce of Rue mixed with vineger and the head washed therewith remedies all superficial evils of the head and strengthens it to boot 22. A draught of the same drunk going to bed helpeth such as speak in their sleepes 23. Rew stamped with hony and salt helpes swellings in the knees 24. For broken bones in the head make an oyntment with Agrimony Betony and Hogs-grease with which anoynt the sore and tent it if need be also let the patient drink the juyce of Betony and Agrimony or a very strong decoction of them a quarter of a pint every morning 25. Take an Owl pull off her feathers and pull out her guts salt her well for a week then put her into a pot and stop it close and put her into an oven that so she may be brought into Mummy which being beate into pouder and mixed with Boares grease is an excellent remedy for the Gout anoyncing the grieved place by the fire I fancy this receit much it standing to good reason that a bird of ☽ should help a disease of ♄ and therefore define a dram of the pouder may be taken inwardly every morning 26. Also take notice that the foregoing way is the best way to convert any thing into Mummy and so the Jay before mentioned is to be used 27. If a man be feaverish and cannot sweat for sweating usually helpes such take brook lime and stamp it and having added a little vineger to it apply it to the soles of his feet and it will quickly rout the feaver and withall provoke sweat 28. For any ach or swelling in the knees bruise Rue and lovage and having boyled them a little in a little honey apply them warme to the griefe 29. The inner rind of Elder or dwarf-elder which is held to be better boyled in like manner in bores grease takes away paines in the feet and thighes I know no reason neither indeed do I beleeve there is any why the former should not take away paines in legs as well as in the knees both of them being under the houses of ♄ viz. ♑ and ♒ 30. If any sweat too much bruise lettice and linseed together and apply them to his stomack 31. Make a strong decoction of Centaury in stale ale then having strained it wel boyle it with two third parts of honey viz. imagine there be a pound of your decoction then take two pound of honey boyl it into a syrup a spoonful of this taken in the morning helps the yellow Jaundice strengthens the heart helps digestion and provokes Appetite 32. A pultis made with linseed and chick-weed bruised and boyled in water a little sheeeps suet being added at the latter end is excellent good for one that hath met with a woman a little two hot for his turn I mean to apply it to his members 33. Make vineger of vervain as you make vineger of Roses only make it of the leaves not of the flowers of vervain and this helps the head-ach the head being bathed with it this recepts I fancy much 34. A most excellent remedy for an imposthume in the head is to apply warm to it a red rose Cake moistned a little either with womans breast milk or else with red rose vineger 35. Also a handfull of Betony leaves and halfe an ounce of Cummim seeds
let him avoid Milk and all other meats of a dilative quality for they send vapors into the head and are hurtfull for him Let his drink be water in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled or in which syrrope of the juyce of Succory or the juyce of Pomgranates or Lemons is put Let him eschew carnal copulation exercises and baths all perturbations of the mind especially anger Directions negative Affirmative Perfumes Vnction If ♂ cause the disease you had better use vervain gathered in the houre of ♀ take this as a generall rule all things that are binding all things that cause stupefaction as crude opium Mandrakes Henbane Poppeys Nightshade those things that bind much though they coole must also be avoyded as juyce of Quinces Medlers c. Let the sick smell to rose water mixed with vineger and often snuffe some of it up into his nose Let also his forehead temples and that part of his head where the paine lies most be anoynted with oyle of fleabane Let the fleabane be gathered in the houre of Mars he being if it be possible in Aries in a good aspect to the Moone So will the infirmity be the easier and more speedily cured Have a speciall care that the Patient go to stoole in good order at the least twice a day Stoole if he do not provoke him first with a Clister then with an ownce of lenitive Electuary every night when he goes to bed for the people most incident to this Infirmity are such as are of a Cholerique constitution though the trouble of this disease be no absolute signe of a Cholericke-man which complexion most commonly causeth astringency 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of cold CHAP. III. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of Cold. BY cold I meane simply cold without any Flux of cold humours ☞ for that causeth Lethargies but onely a cold distemper The cause This paine in the head is caused of outward cold as by tarrying long bareheaded in a cold aire also by suddain applying of any wet and cold or very cold thing to the head The signes of this are contrary to the signes of the other that came of a hot distemper for in this though the paine indeed be vehement yet the head when it is felt is not hot their face and eyes do not look red neither are they hollow nor shrunke but on the contrary their face looketh full and pale and their eyes are full and swarthy also they desire not cold things nor find ease but paine by them Cautions Let them sleepe moderately but no more then usually they use to do Sleepe They must remaine in a warme aire if it be cold remedy it with a good fire Aire Let them forbeare all meates cold in operation Meats all fish water-fowles and milke Let them eat rear eggs hennes chickens partridge and phesants For drinke let them use Wine moderately Drinke and generally for the cure thereof you must use things that are hot in operation but in the cure as well of this as other diseases in the head you must diligently consider the natural temperature of the braine ☜ for it is such a thing as cannot endure either violent heat or violent cold Directions Negative Let not their bodies be costive but let them have every day a stool if not by nature give suppositories Let them avoide sadnesse deepe speculations and thoughts studying and other immoderate affections of the mind Let them use moving of their body Affirmative walking and if strength suffer riding Oyle of Vervaine is medicinall for the disease Motion let it be gathered in the day and houre of Venus she ascending fortunately Also Rew Laurell Unction If ♀ cause the discase use Fleabane an herb of ♂ Orris Dill Chamomel Mother of time Marjoram are Medicinal for the disease For the Oyle anoint the fore-head temples nostrills and holes behind the eares Also to boyle any of these hearbs especially vervaine gathered as beforesaid in water Nasalia and snuffe up the decoction in your nose Also quilt these leaves betweene two caps Cucufa and let the patient weare it upon his head The innermost cap being made of fine silke or Sarsnet Take Laurell Mother of time Marjoram Rosemary flowers of each a handfull Rew halfe so much Penny royall Calaminth two drams Cloves Staechas one-dram beat these into grosse ponder and sew them up in the Cucufa or double cappe before mentioned and having first sprinkled the head with Vineger warme it and apply it Also it is very good for the sick to smell to such a Pomander as this Pomander Take of Storax Calamitis two drams Cloves Mace wood of Aloes of each halfe a Dram Lavender two Drams Gallia mofchata a Dram Muske Amber greece of each two graines beate them into fine pouder searce them and with mussilage made with Gum Tragacanth and Marjoram water make it up into a Pomander 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of driness or moysture CHAP. IV. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of drinesse or moysture BY drinesse here ☞ and moysture also is meant only the baire quality for although of these alone without heate or cold no paine come yet hereby the studious in Physicke may learne and discerne when the Head-ach commeth of heate and driness when of heate and moisture when of cold and drinesse when of cold and moisture The cause Head-ach through drinesse is caused through drinesse of the aire through hunger much watching extreame studying by dry medicines over much exercise excessive use of venery and violent perturbations of the mind Head-ach of moisture is caused through moisture of the aire The fimptomes moist medicines bathes hot waters and other things that moisten over much Drinesse is knowne by these signes there come few or no excrements out of the nose the eyes be hollow the patient cannot sleepe neither before nor in the sicknesse also the skin of the head is dry as though it were scorched dry medicines do not ease the paine but increase it Moistnesse is knowne by the same that lethargies are of which hereafter Those in whome drinesse doth trouble the head let them remaine in a moist aire let them eate meates of good juyce and a moistning nature Diet. as yolks of egges cocks stones and the broth of them phesants partriches and such meates as moisten and nourish much let them drinke wine alwayes with water let them sleepe largely provoke them to it as in the second chapter let them eschew motion of the body and exercise and use quietness and rest let them eschew carnal copulation hunger and thirst and all things that do dry let them use baths of sweet waters that are warme let them be merry and pleasant and avoyd all perturbations of mind For paine comming of moisture See Lethargyes Let such as have head-ach of drinesse use to anoint the
regard the Patients strength his naturall temper the time of the yeare age and usuall custome of the sicke and accordingly order your Physick If the natural temper of the body be cholericke you must feed them with meat at the beginning of the fit â—â—â—tioâ— for it is very subject if the body be kept fasting to turn to an acute rotten Feaver See the body be kept laxative Stoole if he go not naturally to stoole provoke him with an emollient Clister Finally Bath so soon as the fit begins to wane bath him in a warm bath made with sweet hearbs boyled in water for that will open the pores and let out the vapours CHAP. IIII. Of Synochus non pistrida being a Feaver which lasteth three or four dayes THis Feaver is caused 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quid either because the small pores of the skin are stopped Cause or because the body it selfe is moderately thickned through cold or after bathing or by sharpe binding medicines heat of the Sun or any other thing that dries the skin It may be thus knowne First by touching Signs for the skin is harder and more compact then it was wont to be Secondly by the heat which at first seemes gentle and easie but after you have held your a hand while you shall feel it sharper Thirdly the Unine is not much altered from its naturall substance and colour for this disease lies in the spirits not in the blood Fourthly the body fals not away but their eyes are swollen and fuller of moisture then usually Fifthly the pulse is equall swift vehement and frequent Cure Bleeding For cure of this disease you may safely draw out so much blood as age strength and the season of the year permit After bleeding use things that clense and scowr Abstergents such are Oximel Hysop Origanum Smallage and observe whether the heat abate by this diet ☜ For if by the third day you find little heat left Bath you may safely bath him with such things as are scouring such be Orris and Aristolochia roots Smallage salt-peeter boyled in water and honey But if the Feaver then increase or on the fourth day then either you were mistaken at first in the disease or else the Feaver is altered and some humour putrified CHAP. V. Of a rotten Feaver called Synochus putrida Synochus putrida quid SYnochus putrida is a Feaver which holds from the beginning to the ending without any great mutation or sensible change and may well be called a constant or stable Feaver Of this are three sorts I described them in the second Chapter This Feaver is caused by the rotting of all the humours equally within the Vessels Cause and especially in the great Vessels about the arm-holes and share and this chanceth when fervent heat is kept in by violent binding and stopping which is within the body for when heat and moist things cannot breath out they putrifie and rot presently Therefore this feaver is seldome ingendred in thin spare folke nor in cold bodies nor old age but in such as abound in blood of grosse fat or fleshy bodies or stuffed with hot excrements This is properly known from Synochus non putrida Signes because there are signes of rottennesse in the Urine and the pulse of a man sicke of this but not so in the former The other signes all agree with the former The Cure of this feaver ‑ must begin with blood-letting Cure Bleeding and that in the beginning of the disease if you can Cold drinke is most perilous in this disease Caution first because it causeth obstructions and hindreth the attenuation of the clammy humours Secondly cold drinkes hurt weake members some by drinking cold drinke in this feaver have gotten such sore throats that they could not swallow in some the Stomacke is hurt that they could not digest in some the Bladder generally that part that is weakest is most subject to hurt and being hurt cannot performe its proper office But blood-letting you may use at any time if strength permit provided it be not upon a full stomacke Such as have this feaver have alwayes loosnesse and sometimes vomit up Choler Let his drinke be barly water Diake sweetned with syrrup of Violets and a little Oyle of Vitrioll to make it tart Let his diet be light of digestion Meat and let him eat it at his usuall times of eating for then it will digest best Also Oranges Lemmons Oxymel and Verjuyce are medicinall for him CHAP. VI. Of continual Feavers called by the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke is a continuall feaver that hath some certaine slacking betweene the fits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet no absolute intermission till the end of it and by this only it is knowne from Agues or intermitting feavers therefore I shall omit the signes till then Cause This feaver is caused by rotting of one particular humour only within the Vessels I shewed it in the first and second Chapters I remit you to that I shall only treat of that which is called of the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by it selfe in the next Chapter for that is the most dangerous and wind up the rest together in this A Compendium of the cure of Feavers In the generall cure of feavers of this sort these things must be considered First the Feaver Secondly the rottennesse In the Feaver In the feaver two things must also be considered First How that part which is already kindled and inflamed may be remedied 2 How that which is not kindled may be letted and hindred from inflammation Also two things must be considered touching the rottennesse or putrification In the rottennesse First how the humours already putrified may be healed Secondly how those that are not putrified may be kept from putrefaction Heac qui non animadvertit errabit nimis In the begining of the feaver if strength and age permit Bleeding let blood for that lets out the inflamed blood and cooles the rest Obstructions The body thus cooled you must cure the obstructions and that without heating the Patient lest you increase the feaver and cause more putrefaction This is best done by Clysters Clysters and sweates for Clysters take only the common decoction with Molossus Sweats and Diacatholicon For sweates you may use either Venire treacle Matthiolus his great antidote Serpentary roots Electuarium de ovo Consideratis considerandis To stop and hinder the humours not inflamed from inflaming use cooling juleps made with barly water Harts-horne Ivory Scorzonera roots Zedoary c. Syrupe of Violets c. To prevent putrefaction avoyd all meats I mean flesh and all broths of flesh To bring away humours already putrified boyle a white Lilly roote in White-wine and let him drinke it For outward medicines Vine branches Water Lillies Lecalia Endive Succory Wood-sorrel Sorrel Lettuce Knot-grasse Vinegar these
boyled in stale ale and the decoction drunk is excellent good for the same and therefore both together cannot do amisse 36. For a pain in the periostion take Alhoofe or Ground Iry make a strong decoction of it and ale and drink it A strong decoction of mouse-eare made in like manner works the like effect therefore if you please you may use them both together 37. A good oyntment for bruises and aches Take a good quantity of black snails alive such as have no shels on their backs salt them very well viz. throw salt upon them then put them into a linnen bag and let them hang til the water be dropped out of them take of this water a pound boyl it and scum it clean then add as much May butter to it and boyl it to an oyntment viz. till the water be consumed then adde a little wax to it and keep it to anoynt the grieved place with 38. Vineger made of Rew as you make vineger of Roses is excellent taken inwardly for shortnesse of breath and stoppings of the breast and lungs 39. A good remedy for a Tetter or Ringworm is to take the pouder of brimstone and having mixed it with black sope apply it to the sore 40. An oyntment made with the leaves of Henbane and hogs grease presently stancheth the blood takes away inflammation of any wound whatsoever 41. The juyce of the leaves or roots of fox-gloves mixed with the like quantity of the parties urine is excellent to wash any festered sores with it will cure to admiration You may boyle the juyce till it be thick and so you may keep it all the yeare 42. The juyce of Walwort or dwarf-elder which is all one drank four ounces each morning is an excellent safe and speedy cure for the yellow Jaundice if the disease be inveterate you may make a bath of the hearb boyled in water to bath the diseased body in 43. Take a hare a march hare saith my Author but he leaves no markes to know a march hare from another hare having taken out her bowels put all the rest of her hair and all into a pot and convert her into a Mummy as you were taught before A dram of this pouder being first beaten bones and all and exquisitely mixed being taken in white wine every morning is an excellent remedy for the stone 44. In an old Cock you may find when you have opened his gizzard and looked a white stone sometimes more then one never fewer this being born about one adds valour and makes one strong in the sports of Venus and beloved of all this is the magical use of it I come now to the Physicall 45. A very little of it being beaten in an Iron Morter for brasse spoyles it and given in white wine breaks the stone 46. The same stone or to speak more properly such alike one may be found in the gizzard of an old Hen why might not a man draw a conclusion and think it rationall when he hath done that the male is medicinall yea most medicinall for men that which is found in a hen for women 47. The best way to apply Cupping-glasses is to heat them first in hot water by putting the glasses in when the water is cold else they will break and so letting them heat with the water and so apply them close to the part of the body to be cupped as they cool so the Air in them will condense and to avoyd Vacuum draw the humours through the pores of the skin 48. By this means may bowed ribs be drawn to their proper places and the skull it selfe when it is broken and that without pain this way is ten times better then firing them with tow as the loggerheads of our age use to do 49. Centaury usually taken will prevent a dropsy before it come and help it being come viz. by drinking the decoction of it in ale 50. The seeds of hen-bane being wrapped up in the leaves of the same herb and so rosted in the embers well and then bruised and pressed hard through canvas in a press there will come out a precious oyl for the gout the grieved member being anoynted with it 51. I make no question but the ingenuous may easily find away to keep this all the yeare the hearb being only to be had in the beginning of the Summer I fancy the receit much it doth it by Sympathy I regard not the opinion of Artists most of which hold that Hen-bane is an hearb of ♃ which I disprove by this argument That hearb which delights in Saturnine places is a Saturnine hearb But Hen-bane delights in Saturnine places viz. where they empty jakes and naturally springs there in abundance Ergo it is a Saturnine hearb 52. Another thing to be admired in our Physitians for indeed their ignorance is admirable to every knowing soul is that hen-bane say they is only profitable in hot Gouts not in cold because it is cold it selfe whereas indeed it cures by Sympathy and their rule Contraria contrarâ—â—â— medentur is but a wooden and worm-eatene◠〈◊〉 for how then could hot things do good in a Feaver 53 Vervain boyled in water provokes urine exceedingly but you must drink the decoction it is not the boyling of it will do the deed 54 The distilled water of green-Walnuts is excellent good to take the freckles out of the Face but the oyl drawn out of the kernels is better 55. Take Cummin and Caraway seed and having bruised them well boyl them in Ale till it be thick this eaten with a spoon is an excellent remedy for the Collick 56. If any be bitten by a Spider take a great quantity of flies and bruise them and apply them to the place 57. Anoynt thy cheek with Horse-grease and thy gums also and thy teeth will cease rotting 58. An oyntment made with Hogs-grease and Mugwort and a little vineger is excellent for the swelling of the legs and feet 59. Rew infused all night in sack and the sack drunk the next morning is excellent good for the worms and wringing in the guts 60. Beat the white of an egg and then wet a Colewort leafe in it and lay it to the eye that runs a water at night when you go to bed and by morning it will help you 61. Take a kid of about a year and an halfe old and having fed him nine dayes without water kill him and take his blood and when it is cold pour the water away from it then dry the blood till it be hard a dram of this blood and halfe a dram of Ivy-berries taken in white wine every morning will break the stone in the body 62. For a wen bind him about as hard as you can endure then make a save with Vertdegrece Brimstone Allum and honey and lay it to it and it will consume it 63. Take a soft peice of sappy wood lay it in the fire and save the sap that runs out the which make into
a pultise with bran the which lay between the navils and the privities of one that hath the strangury and it will helpe him 64. If thy nose bleed chew the hearb pervincle in thy mouth and it will cease 65. Vervain boyled and the house sprinkled with the decoction drives flies out of it 66. A suppository made of white sope and put up the fundament is a medicine inferiour to none for one that is costive 67. The roots of flower-deluce bruised and boyled in white wine are an excellent provoker of urine 68. Chamomel and Betony of each an equall quantity boyled in vineger to a pultis and applyed warm to the head helpes the Megrim and the inveterate head-ach called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 69. Rosemary tops boyled in ale in like manner and applied to the temples doth the like 70. If thou be costive 't is a hundred to one if choler be not the cause but if not boyl the hearb Mercury in thy pottage in stead of hearbs and let them be but halfe boyled this pottage so eaten will not only take away the effects by making thy body slippery but also the cause 71. Take of Rew Sage and Cummin seeds bruised of each a handfull beaten pepper halfe an ounce make a strong decoction of them in water the which boyl into a syrrup with honey this syrup will help an inveterate cough by taking one spoonfull of it in the morning and another at evening 72. Three drops of a mans owne water put into his eare every morning warm helps noyse there 73. A strong decoction made with Plantane in White-wine drunk every morning doth the like 74. An oyntment made with Ivy-leaves and hogs-grease is excellent for swelling of the eyes 75. Take three or four great Onnions and having rosted them well in the embers take off the outward pill then bruise them with a few cummin seeds in pouder this applied plaister-wise in a few times using helps the head-ach This I am perswaded the hair being shaven off it is a good remedy for the Lethargy 76. Take wormwood and mallows of each alike quantity boyl them in water till they be soft then by adding-barly meal or malt-flower which is better and a little vineger and sheep suet to them they make an excellent pultis for any swelling whatsoever 77. The liquor wherein neats-feethave been boyl'd is an excellent bath to bath swolle legs in and if you will add chick-weed mallows and smallage to it t will be never the worse 78. Also when you have well bathed your Legs therein you may take out the hearbs and apply them to the soles of your feet 79. The juyce of Vervain or if it be time of year you cannot get it take the decoction of the dryed hearb it mightily encreaseth not barely milke but good milke in Nurses 80. The blood of a Hare dryed and taken inwardly breaks the stone in the bladder 81. The claws of a Goat burnt to powder and a dram of the powder taken in the morning helps such as cannot hold their water 82. To drinke an Allum Posset is a good remedy for overflowing of a Womans Menstruis 83. The juyce of Sorrel mixed with the like quantity of Milke is an excellent remedy being drunke for pissing blood 84. Pigeons dung mixed with Vinegar is excellent to anoint Warts with if you would be rid of them 85. The juyce of Primrose-roots snuffed up into the Nose is an excellent remedy for the Megrim 86. Take an Onion and having cut a round hole in the middle of it fill it full of Oyle then rost it by a gentle fire and having taken off the outward pill stamp it together and apply it warm to the deafe ear to restore hearing 87. An ointment made with Leek-blades and hogs grease is excellent good for burnings 88. A decoction of Earth-worms Sallendine and Ivy-berries in White-wine take equall quantities of each is an excellent remedy for the yellow Jaundice and if towards the latter end of the decoction you adde a little Saffron tyed up in a rag 't will be the better 89. Take the roots of Female Ferne such as in Sussex are called Brakes and having bruised them well mix some raw Cream with them so have you an excellent plaister for a scald He that hath any wit may make an Unguent or plaister of them to keep alwayes by him 90. The powder of burnt Garlicke helps the Hemorrhoids being strewed upon the place 91. The powder of Anniseeds strewed there doth the like 92. A rosted Onion laid to the place workes the same effect 93. An excellent cool ointment for wounds that have inflammations is thus made take of Litharge of Gold very finely powdered as much as you will and with Oyle of Roses and Verjuyce of each equall parts make it into an oinment by stirring it up and downe in a Mortar without the heat of the fire as it cooles so it dries exceedingly 94. For Ach in the Legs or Arms a precious remedy take very stale Ale and with the Gaul of an Oxe boyle it till it be as thicke as Birdlime when it is cold then anoint the grieved member with it by the fire it will be fluid when t is hot as hot as he can endure it and when it is dryed in once or twice spread some of it upon a peice of white leather and apply to it when it is hard take it off and apply to it another the former will wax soft again thus doing three or four dayes will help you 95. For the Megrim put some Assa foetida into the eare on that side the paine lies and the matter causing the disease will come out at the Nose And yet it may by my Authors leave be some question whether the Megrim lie within the scul or without 96. Take Snails Shels and all and burn them in a crucible till the ashes be white halfe a dram of this taken in White-wine is a great provoker of Urine 97. Take a quantity of water-grasse that part of it that grows above the water and having beaten it presse out the juyce this juyce a little of it being dropped into the contrary ear of one that hath the tooth-ach cures him of that paine for ever saith my Author 98. Take a piece of blew cloth wollen cloth the deeper the blew the better burn it to powder a little of this powder snuffed up the nose stops the bleeding of it 99. It is certain and by dayly experience verified that Elder barke if you slip it upward will provoke vomiting if downward it purgeth by stool 100. It s property is to cleanse the body of crudities and indigestion and they cause three quarters of the diseases in man you need but run to an Elder-tree for the cure and you may find one a great deale on this side Arabia if your stomack trouble you slip it upwards but if the disease afflict not the first digestion then slip it downwards 101. Polipodium stamped and plaistered upon
many other things too tedious to rehearse And thus much for Preventions I come now to Provision for it when Prevention is too late Twelve signes of one infected And first of all that Provision may be timely I begin with the signes of one infected which are twelve The first is when the outward Members be cold the inward Members being burning hot The second is heavinesse wearinesse Sloth and indisposition of the whole body and difficulty in breathing The third is paine and heavinesse in the head The fourth is carefulnesse of the mind and sadnesse The fist is a marvelous inclination to sleepe for the most part for sometimes watching and raving vex them The sixt is a frowning eye The seventh is losse of Appetite The eighth is immoderate thirst and often vomiting The ninth is bitternesse and drinesse of the mouth The tenth is a pulse swift small and deepe The eleventh is Urine for the most part turbulous thicke and stinking although I have seene the Urine of some that from the beginning of the disease to the time of their dissolution differed nothing from the Urine of healthy men and indeed the Prognostication in my opinion was the worse for I as yet never knew but two whose Urine was so and both were delivered by death and not preserved by Physicke and therefore considering that Vrina est meretrix you must have an eye to the precedent and subsequent signes and signe The twelfth and most certaine signe of all is if there appeare risings behind the eares under the Arme-boles or in the groyne without any manifest cause knowne or if Carbuncles arise suddenly in any other member These when they arise shew nature is strong and able Prognostica because it thrusteth the venome from it in the beginning of the sicknesse yea many times before the body perceives it selfe sicke These Carbuncles appearing shew which of the vitals is most affected with the malady for if they appeare about the eares the braine is most annoyed because that is the purging place of the braine If the rising appeare under the Arms the malady lyeth heaviest upon the heart for that is the purging place of the heart But if it appeare in the Groyne the Liver is most infected for the Groyne is the purging place thereof But if no rising at all appeare it foreshews weaknesse of nature and is most dangerous for nature is weake and not able to expell the venome When those spots appeare that are called Tokens they shew the whole blood universally is corrupted but of these hereafter If you feele your selfe infected first upon a full stomacke Cure-Vomit take a vomit presently Also in the beginning of the disease Bleeding let him bleed on that fide that the rising appears if it appeare in the Necke bleed him in the Cephalica on that arme viz. if it be on the right bleed him in the right arm if on the left side of the the neck on the left arm If the rising appear under the arm bleed him in the Basilica of the arm on that side the Carbuncle appears But if it appeare in the Groyné breath the vein in the Ankles of the same side If none at all appear consider which parts are most greived with pains and aches and proceed in blood-letting according to the former rules Sweating also is a soveraine remedy Sweat which you may affect by some such medicines as these Mithridate Venice Treacle Matthiolus his great Antidote his Bezoar Water Serpentary roots Electuarium de Ovo Let his blood be cooled with this or the like Julep Julep and let him drinke no other drinke Take of Harts-horne and Ivory of each â„¥ ss of the flowers of Violets Bâ—rrage Buglosse Clove-gilly-flowers Rosemary and Marigolds of each ii Ê’ of the rootes of Petasitis and Zedoary of each iii. Ê’ of the rootes of Scorzonera i. â„¥ boyle them all in a pottle of water to a quart adding toward the end of the decoction of Saffron and Cochaneal of each ten graines straine it and adde to the decoction syrrup of Violets clove-gilly-flowers and Melissaphylli Fernelii of each an ounce Oyle of Sulphur twelve drops let him drinke a draught of it so often as he is a dry If he be astringent Clyster keepe his body soluble with Clysters Refresh and strengthen him with Cordials Cordial such be Confectio de Hyacintho Confectio Alchermes Electuarium de ovo species Cordiales temperatae Trochisci Galliae Moschatae Magisterium perlarum Corrallorum pulvis Gasconiae Bezoar orient these or any of these consideratiâ— considerandis Provoke him to sleepe with Diascordium Sleepe if he sleepe not but have a care of Opiates in the beginning of the disease If he vomit much as some vomit up all they eate or drinke stay it with Spiritus menthae If swelling arise consider first whether it be likely to breake or not For risings that you may know if it lie deepe in the flesh and look white it is not likely to breake you must then anoynt it with oyle of Lillies or Chamomell If it rise to a head looke red and lie not deep it will breake then take a young Pigeon pull off the feathers from her taile and hold her bare fundament to the swelling and it will draw out the venome Some lay Venice Treacle to it and with good successe Venice Treacle attractive for Venice Treacle draweth the poyson to it and doth not cast it from it as some Physicians ignorantly affirme for proofe of which consider that all hot things are of an Attractive quality Treacle is hot Arg 1 therefore Actractive All purges draw the humour to them and having gotten it together nature casts it out for Rhubarbe that purgeth choler is purely Cholericke it self and therefore draws its like so Venice Treacle draws the venemous humour to it selfe and having gotten it into the tunicle of the stomack or other place farre from the Vitals nature will deale well enough with it Secondly if the Attractive faculty be hot Arg 2 and drie then must all hot and drie things be attractive But the attractive faculty is hot and drie Thirdly if the originall of all heate be attractive Arg 3 so are the Branches But the originall and roote of all heate is attractive as the Sun so then are the Branches But enough perhaps too much of this Sometimes the swelling falls downe again and blacke and that comes through cold taken and is a desperate signe for you must be very carefull of taking cold in this disease But when it is too late to prevent the remedy is presently to take a Pigeon and with a sharpe knife cut her through the breast to the back break her open and apply her yet alive to the place If this do no good apply a Cupping-glass to the place for though this remedy be desperate yet I have knowne it save a mans life When the sore is broken apply a Melilot plaister to
in strong Vinegar till they be soft then beat them in a Morter and make them into a Poltice with a little Mustard-seed and Cloves beaten into pouder spread this upon a cloth and apply it warm to the Region of the Stomach This in three or foure times doing will cure 9. To stay vomiting Take a toast and bake it very well then dip it in Vinegar chew a little of it in your mouth whilst it is hot and hold the rest to your nose and it will close the mouth of your stomach 10. For a weak stomach Take an ounce of Cinamon halfe an ounce of Galanga and as much Ginger beat them into powder and with syrrup of Hysop make them up into an Electuary of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg every morning fasting an houre or two after it if you cannot get syrrup of Hysop put halfe an ounce of Hysop in powder in it and make it up with clarified honey 11. For a stinking breath caused by the stomach Take the tops of Rosemary boyl them in wine and drink a draught of the decoction first at morning and last at night 12. For a watry Stomach Take an Oaken leafe and lay it upon your Tongue with the rough side downward shut your mouth close and it will draw the water from your Stomach CHAP. XIV Of the Liver and its Infirmities 1. A Caution IF the Liver be too hot it usually proceedeth from too much blood and is known by rednesse of Urine the Pulce is swift the Veines great and full his Spittle Mouth and Tongue seem sweeter than they use to be the cure is letting blood in the right Arme. 2. To cause the Liver well to digest Take Oyle of Worm-wood and so much Mastick in powder as will make it into a Poltice lay it warme to your right side 3. For heat of the Liver Take Liver-wort Cinkfoyle Endive Succory Borrage and Buglosse of each equall quantities boyl them in Clarified Whey and drinke no other drinke 4. Another Take of Sow-thistles Dandelion and Ribwort of equall quantities either boyl them in clarified Whey or else in faire water or if you will you may tunne them up in small Beer and drinke no other drinke 5. Stoppages for the Liver Take Ivie-berries Agrimony Harts-tongue Liver-wort and the bark of Ash Tree of all these a like quantity Pollypodium the double quantity of any one of them bruise them well and either tunne them up in small Beer or else make a decoction of them in water then make the decoction into a Syrup with Sugar to be kept for your use 6. A Caution If the Liver be stopped the Face will swell and you shall be as fure to have a paine in your right side as though you had it there already 6. For Stoppage of the Liver Use garden-thime in all your drinks broaths it will prevent stoppages before they come and cure them after they are come 8. For the Liver The Liver of a Hare dried and beaten into powder cures all the Diseases of the Liver of Man 9. Gently to clense and cool the Liver Take of Liver-wort Fumitory and Harts-tongue of each equall quantities clarifie them in Whey and drinke a pinte of it every morning fasting two or three houres after CHAP. XV. Of the sides and their infirmities 1. A Caution IF you have a paine in your side and question whether it be a Plurisie or not take Wormwood and heat it hot against the fire between two Tile-stones and when it is very hot sprinkle it with a little Muskadell then put it in a Linnen cloath and lay it hot to your side if it be only winde it will take it away in two houres but if it be the Plurifie it will increase the pain and then you must seek other remedies 2. For winde in the side Take the leaves of holly and dry them well and beat them to powder take two drachms of it in Wine and it will give thee ease immediately 3. For a Stich in the side Take the Urine of him that is ill and boyl Worm-wood and Cummin seeds bruised very well in it and anoynt the sides going to bed with the Liquor 4. Another Anoynt thy side going to bed with Oyle of Bayes 5. For a Stich in the left side Take a quantity of Cummin seed and bruise them very well infuse them in Malmsey or Muskadell three or four houres then fry them in a pan till they be pretty thick put it in a Linnen bag and lay it to your side CHAP. XVI Of the Heart and its Infirmities 1. For a trembling of the Heart without a Feaver TAke the Maw of an old Cock dry it and beat it into powder and take a drachm of the powder of it in the morning in Wine 1. Another Take red Corrall and beat it into very fine powder and take a scruple of it first in the morning and last at night in Borrage water 3. For fatnesse about the Heart Take the juyce of Fennell and clarifie it and make a Syrup of it with Honey and take an ounce of it morning and evening 4. For knawing about the Heart Take Sage leaves and Yarrow beat them and presse out the juyce clarifie it and drink a spoonfull of it in every draught of Beer you drink 5. A Caution Things which strengthen the Heart are Saffron Rue Borrage Buglosse Harts-horne Mustard red Roses Violets Mace good Wine and Spirit of Wine moderately taken 6. For Heart Qualmes Take halfe a Drachme of Piony roots in powder every morning or a spoonfull of Syrup of Pionyes and to be sure you shall be free from it all that day CHAP. XVII Of the Belly and its Infirmities 1. For a hard Belly without pain TAke Mallows and Mercury and stamp them together the hearb Mercury I mean not Quicksilver and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Navill 2. Another Take Rew and presse the juyce out clarifie it driâ—k a spoonfull of it in all the drink you drink 3. For a hard Belly that is sore Beat Penyroyall and mixe a little Ginger with it in powder and apply it Plaister-wise to the Belly 4. For a Bastard Chollick Take Worm-wood Rew Motherwort Lavender-cotton stamp them then mixe the Gall of an Ox with it warmed and apply it plaister wise to the Belly CHAP. XVIII Of the Navill and its Infirmities 1. For the swelling of the Navill TAke Cows dung and dry it to powder Barly flower and Bean flower of each a like quantity a little Cummin-seeds beaten into powder make it up into a Plaister with juyce of Knot-grasse and apply it to the Navill if it happen at such a time of the yeare when juyce of Knot-grasse canot be gotten add the leaves of Knot-grasse in powder in equall proportion to the rest and make it up into a Plaister with Ale boyled to the height 2. Another Take Cows dung and boyl it in the Milk of the same Cow into a Plaister and apply it to the
or any of these beaten and the juice mingled with oyl of Roses and wool dipped in it and applied to the Stomack mightily allay the heat But have a care by all means that you do not apply this at the beginning of the Feaver for then the heat lies inward ☜ and this will add more violence to it but onely when the heat is come to the externall parts for then it cherisheth the Lungs and provoketh sleep Provoke sleep with Diascordium Sleep if that prevail not use Laudanum But have a care of Opiats at the beginning of the Disease ☜ For Cordials Scorzonera-roots Bezoar Cordials Sirrup of Citron-pils and Syrrup of Balm of Fernelius Confection of Alchermes and de Hiacyntho Electuarium de Ovo any of these may be administred consideratis considerandis CHAP. VII Of a Burning Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Qad Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek is called in English a Burning Feaver or continuall Tertian It is caused of Choler rotting or putrifying within the Veins together with the Blood Those that have this Disease Signes their Tongue is dry rough black with gnawing of the Stomack immoderate thirst and watching their Dung is liquid and pale Let the place wherein the Sick lies be cool Cure Aire the aire sweet if it be not cool mâ—kâ— it so by art of which you have examples in my Criti a Cephalica vol. 3. lib. 2. Let him drink for his ordinary Drink Drink water wherein Barly Cinamon and such Herbs as cool and ☞ moisten such be Lettice Sorrell Wood-sorrell Purslane c. have been boiled Also Syrup of Violets Violet and Straw-berry-leaves Water-lillies and Verjuice juice of Lemmans and Oranges are medicinal With the other Medicines mentioned in the former Chapter and Bleeding If these Medicines prevail not Blisters but the Humours ☞ flow up and lye heavy on the Head which you may know by their talking idly you must apply Blisters to the in-side of the Wrests and the in-side of the Calves of their Legs If that prevail not but you perceive their case desperate Pidgeons apply Pidgeons to the soles of their Feet But if in a desperate case it oppresse their Stomack or Heart I have known six grains of Mercurius Vitae cure them yet in my opinion Lac Sulphuris had been better CHAP. VIII Of an Intermitting Tertian Feaver commonly called a second dayes Ague OF all Agues this onely is mortall yet the other two ☞ may turn to another Disease that may kill but they kill not themselves And this Ague though sometime it be mortall yet is ☞ of all other most frequent and if rightly handled easiest cured It vexeth young folks most I suppose the reason why this Ague is most frequent to be because Choler by reason of its heat Cause is most apt to stir with violence This Disease is caused of Choler pure sincere and unmixed carried with violence by the sensitive parts of the Body This Disease happeneth usually to persons Cholerick by nature in their flourishing age and in Spring time Signs The signs of this Disease are a vehement Cold rigour and stiffnesse in the beginning of the Fit the Patient thinketh his Body is pricked soreness of the Bones as though they were nipped an exact order and equality of the Pulse for as the Feaver encreaseth the Pulses are raised in strength vehemency and frequency In the vehemency of the Feaver it causeth thirst and burneth up the Patient his Breath is swift and hot as fire and requireth drink immoderately their Urine cholerick subrufe and something yellow The longest fit of a Tertian endureth but twelve hours When these Fits come sooner and sooner the Disease ☜ getteth strength over nature but if later and later the ☜ Disease loseth strength Galen's mistakes Galen saith men labouring of this Disease vomit Choler At the writing hereof and it is the seventh of February 1645 6. I have cured above twenty of this Disease and it is like seen more yet never knew nor saw any vomit at all I have known enough vomit sinee When I was a Boy I had the Disease constantly every Spring though Galen saith it comes onely in the heat of Summer Gal. ad Glauconem yet never to my memory had so much as a pronenesse to vomit The usuall Cure of this Disease Cure is by Vomiting and Sweating But I have found out a more certain and speedy and indeed never missing Cure Let the Air the sick abides in be clear and penetrating Aire Both this and Qâ—otidian Agues I never missed cure by giving onely Cinquefoil gathered in the hour of Jupiter if it be possible he being above the Earth and truly I should think it were the better if the Moon were aspected to him but I never observed it This I have given in Powder both in common Vinegar and Vinegar of Squils I have observed the number of the Leaves I have given viz. one for a Quotidian three for a Tertian c. and I have observed it I have given the Decoction thereof and all of them still did the Cure in three Fits sometimes in two therefore I hold it the most soveraign Medicine for Agues in the world CHAP. IX Of a Quartane Feaver or Ague THis proceedeth of Melancholy putrifying and rotting without the Veins This Feaver doth not invade the Sick with that rigour and stiffnesse that the former doth Cause but the cold is like the cold a man feels in an hard frost Signs as though it would break his Bones and doth not seem to prick him as the other doth Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter It commeth commonly about Harvest land stayeth without cure till next Spring and is a stubborn Humour to be dealt withall For many a time and often this Ague by violent Medicines ☜ as Vomits c. is turned to a double Quartane and so the Patient hath two sick dayes and but one well day Saturn the causer of this Ague is a sullen Planet and the Disease takes after him therefore deal gently with it at first you had better please a sullen potent adversary then displease him I never had any Patient of this Disease since I knew the vertues of the Herbe Cinquefoil it is very probable it will cure this as well as other Agues * Since I have done the Cure with it Bleeding I dâ—siâ—e these Hellebores may be let alone in this Disease for old Saturn will not be Vexeâ— Yet if Blood abound you may let blood in this Ague and if it look black draw out good store Also black Hellebore corrected with Cinamon may be given And white Hellebore if it may be given inwardly at all it may in this Disease But let these be given on the well dayes for then they
anger the Ague lesse In this Aguâ— you must have a great care of the Spleen for that is the receptacle of Melancholy Therefore you may anoint the left side with oyl of Capers Vng ex succis aperitivis or any opening splenetick Medicine CHAP. X. Of a Quotidian Feaver or Ague IT is caused of sweet Flegm Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 putrified without the Veins it is called of the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but if the Flegm that putrifies be glazen which is the coldest of all flegms it engenders a Feaver called Epialos In this Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Patient feeleth vehement heat and vehement cold both at one time in all parts of his Body In the beginning of a Quotidian Signs the Pulse is unequall slow little and weak nothing like neither Tertian nor Quartane neither for extremity of heat nor cold neither do they thirst much because the Vapour is moist and smoaky It most vexeth flegmatick persons But this also is compleatly perfectly and speedily cured by that excellent Herbe Cinquefoil so used as before was specified As for all mixed kinds of Agues I need not write but I commend this as a soveraign cure for them all And God-willing I intend to make proof of it in continuall Qâ—otidians Tertians and Quartanes CHAP. XI Of an Hectick Feaver AN Hectick Feaver is a Disease wherein an unnaturall heat is kindled throughout the fleshy and massie parts of the Body Hectica Febris quid They that have this Feaver feel no pain neither do they know the rules of Art excepted that they have any feaver at all because all the parts of the body are equally hot and so there is no reluctancy This Disease is caused two wayes Cause First through want of Physick or a skilfull Physitian in other feavers which having consumed the Humours seize upon the flesh Secondly they sometimes begin of themselves as of sorrow anger wearinesse burning of the Sun c. When these feavers consume and waste the body as indeed without speedy cure they alwayes do then Galen cals them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gal. de inaequali intemperie and this Marasmos saith he is incurable and to make this seem as though it were true he tels a long tale of the snuffe of a candle which saith he being put out mutters to pieces but if you put Oyl to it it makes it burn with more violence so quoth he this feaver if you go about to extinguish the heat the party dyes instantly but if you add moisture to him his feaver burns more violently But Experience the best Artist makes no difference between Hectick feavers and Marasmus but shews plainly that all Hectick feavers are wasting and also curable therefore I shall leave Doctor Galen and follow Doctor Experience in this Disease and therefore now to the purpose The Signs of this Disease are these Signs Their eyes are wonderfull hollow as though they were sunk in their heads their moisture is consumed so that you may see the bones of their Eye-brows stick out there hangeth at the hair of their Eye-brows gum or filth as though they had gone a long journey in the dust their skin is hard and dry and their eyes wink often as though they were sleepy when indeed it is far otherwise with such as have this Disease for they can hardly be brought to rest they pine to skin and bone and if you look upon their Belly it looks as if it had no bowels in it the Pulse is weak and often and continually after meat the feaver is encreased and the Pulses are augmented in greatnesse The Cure consists in cooling and moistning Cure which must be done both outwardly and inwardly Let the Aire the Sick abideth in Aire be cold and moist if it be not so naturally make it so by Art whereof you have examples in my Treatise called Crit. Cephal Let his Meats be such as moisten Meats and breed good and active Blood such are Lamb-stones Cocks-stones Lobsters Prawns Eggs boiled soft Paritich Larks c. For Herbs Herbes let him use Lettuce Endive Succory Spinage Mallows c. Let his Drink with his Meat Drink be onely water wherein Cinamon hath been boiled Let him drink new Milk abundantly Milk provided he have no feaver of putrifaction or rottennesse joined with it Hee may eat freely Raisons of the Sun Fruits and Almonds Cherries Prunes Pomegranates and figgs Let him eat often Caution and but little at a time For Cordials Cordials he may use Diarrhodon abbatis Diatragacanthum frigidum Diapapaver and species Cordiales temperatae Diamargariton frigidum For Syrrups Sirrups let him use Syrrup of Violets Endive Lettuce Water-Lillies and Vinegar Let him nrink Emulsions made of Barly-water Emulsion Almonds the four greater cold Seeds and white Poppy-seeds sweetned with Sugar Lastly Unctions let his body be kept continually anointed with pure oyl Olive and nothing else Many in this Disease vomit up all their Meat so soon as they have eaten it Caution which indeed I forgot before in such cases make their Emulsion of Mint water instead of Barly-water as before for only by this Medicine alone have I known Galen's supposed incurable Disease cured FINIS Physical APHORISMS Reader Give me leave to begin and I will not be beholding to time for leave to make a Preamble APHOR. I THE whole ground of Physicke is comprehended in these two words Sympathy and Antipathy the one cures by strengthning the part of the Body afflicted the other by resisting the malady afflicting 2. Many People are troubled with strange Visions especially in the night time strange lights strange sights appeare and sometimes voyces are heard let such avoid drinking Wine and as much as may be strong Beer for Melancholy is the cause of this which strong liquor attenuates and makes it fly upwards 3. The ashes of Hens feathers or Hens bones burnt and applyed to the place is an excellent remedy to stop bleeding in any part of the body 4. Toads Spiders and Frogs or their Spawn have the same effects but they doe it by Antipathy because the blood flyes from its enemy and there if a dryed Toad be but held in the hand of one that bleedeth the blood presently ceaseth and retireth back to the Centre 5. Take two or three Toads and boyle them in Oyle very well and this Oyle will by unction quickly cure any red face or any rednesse of the skin out of question by the former reason 6. Take the Seeds of Red Nettles beat them into powder and take a dram of it at a time in white Wine it procures chastity they say and is a far better medicine to rout Asmodeus the leacherous Devil then the liver of a fish 7. The marrow of a Goose wing and the older the Goose is it is so much the better a little of it being
the feet of a Woman labouring with Child causeth the birth of the Child presently either alive or dead 102. Take the grease of a Hog and rub the body of any that is sicke against the heart and the soles of the feet then throw the grease to a dog if he eat it the sick will live if not he will die 103. Take a green Elme or Ashen stick and put it in the fire and save the water that comes out at the ends and mix it with the fat of an Eele the like quantity boyl it a little over the fire and drop a drop or two of it into the ear that is deaf at night when you go to bed let it be lukewarm when you drop it in and in three or four dayes they will hear perfectly 104. Also the juyce of Bay-leaves dropped into the eares Pet Hisp takes away both deafnesse and noise in the eares 105. For ach in the bones anoint the place three or four times with good Aqua composita and let it dry in by a good fire then anoint it again and while it is wet strew the powder of Olibanum upon it then sew a cloth round about it and let it lie there three or four dayes by which time it will be well 106. Bay-leaves a thing knowne well Laid up among your cloaths Dioscorides Will give to them a fragrant smell And keep them safe from Moaths 107. Ants eggs beaten and strained and a little of the juyce of Knotgrasse put to the juyce of them and a little of it dropped into the eare cures deafnesse though of long continuance 108. Drop a drop of good Aqua-composita into the eye that is anoyed with cold and you will find it a present remedy to recover the sight 109. For Legs that are swollen by water this doe and you may heale them seeth Oats in water till they be soft then hold the swoln Legs over the steeme of them covering the Vessel with a Blanket that the steem may not go out and it will draw blisters out of which being cut will come much water and corruption a little fresh butter will quickly heale them againe if the cure be not perfect the first time doe so oftner 110. Dandelion or to write better French Dent-delion for our Country Blades are so nice that they scorn to call it by the plain English name Lions-tooth being boyled in water is a speciall remedy for the knitting of wounds as also for the cure of Ruptures the decoction being drunk and the boyled hearb applyed to the grieved place 111. Put unslaked Lime into a cleane new earthen Vessell till the Vessell be almost halfe full then having heat some water boyling hot in a cleane new Vessell pour it into the lime till the Vessel be full take off the scum from it clean and let it stand till the Lime be setled at the bottome then pour off the cleer water and keepe it in a glasse close stopped This is a marvelous water for the cure of Ulcers and chiefly such as spring from the French Pox by dipping a linnen cloth in it and laying it as a Plaister over the sore it draws the corruption out of Ulcers and putrified sores cleanseth them and takes away the inflammation of them this water Mizaldus extols to the skies 112. A dram of Mirrh given to drink in warm wine brings forth the Child Pet. Hisp alive or dead 113. A peice of the root of Crowfoot either put into the tooth if it be hollow or otherwise applyed to it instantly easeth the pains of it 114. Centaury taken either the juyce or powder of it cleers the voyce and cleanseth the breast marvelously 115. Pigeons dung boyled in wine till the wine be consumed and then applyed plaister-wise to the gout takes it away being used morning and evening in four or five dayes 116. Nettle-seed beaten into powder and taken with syrrup of Violets cleanseth the stomack of tough and hard flegm and helps the Plurifie 117. If the paine of the Gout be very outragious take a dram of Opium two drams of Saffron mix them with four or five Yolks of eggs and plaister the same upon the griefe it will not only asswage the paine but also dissolve the corruption 118. Heat two or three Bricks red hot then put them in a Pan under a close-stoole and pour a little Vinegar upon them and let him that is troubled with the Hemorhoids commonly called the Piles fit over them and receive the vapours up his fundament 119. The juyce of broom flowers of Scala Coeli commonly called Solomons Seale and of Honey of each a like quantity boyled to the thicknesse of Honey maketh a soveraigne ointment for the Gout 120. A little Gun-powder tyed up in a rag and held so in the mouth that it may touch the aking tooth instantly easeth the pains of the eeth 121. Tie Saffron up in a little rag and bind it to the Navil of one that hath the yellow Jaundice it gives present help 122. Take the roots of Beets and pare off the outer barke then stamp them and having pressed out the juyce snuffe some of it up your nose and you shall find it wonderfully purgeth the head and helps the Headach Vertigo or dissines in the head and Megrim 123. The feet of a great living Toad being cut off when the Moon is void of course and hastens to the conjunction of the Sun Cardanus cures one of the Kings-evill being hung about their necke 124. Tie up a Spider in a Linnen cloath and there bruise her a little and hold her near the nose that bleedeth but touch not the nose with the cloth and the bleeding will cease the reason is because a spider is so extreamly contrary to the blood of man that it flies back from its Enemy Oh Campanella how acute was thy judgement how is the world beholding to thee The truth of this Aphorisme appeares in that a Cobweb which is but the excrement of a spider will stop the bleeding of a wound 125. An approved remedy to stop bleeding which I have proved my selfe is this Dry some of the parties blood in a fire-shovel to powder which is quickly done and apply it to the place viz. if the nose bleed snuffe it up in it if by wound apply it to it 126. The blood of a Hare dryed and taken inwardly helps the bloody-flux 127. So doth the bones of a man or woman taken in powder the sex considered 128. Also one experience of mine own invention give me leave to quote for a bloody-flux Take new Tobacco-pipes that were never used beat them into powder and give a dram of them at a time in any convenient liquor morning and evening but so soon as the flux is stopped leave off This I found out in this manner when I was a Prentise a Gentleman in Tower-street gave a poor boy money as I remember five shillings to eate four grosse of Tobacco-pipes which is twelve dozen
in the book for the part afflicted where you shall find the cure for those diseases incident to it c. For that the Booke being but small the Table would be too large to insert every particular disease with it's cure treated of in this Booke FINIS COMPOSITA OR A SYNOPSIS OF The chiefest Compositions in use now with Galenists COLLECTED BY NICH CULPEPER Gent. Student in PHYSICK Meliora Spero LONDON Printed by J. G. for Nath Brook at the Angel in Cornhill 1655. HAving not long since drawne a Synopsis of Simples I intend now to doe the like by the most usuall Compounds now in use which if it serve for no other use yet will it be a good preparative to other Studies of greater consequence In this I shall observe this order Of Waters Chap. 1. Of Syrups Chap. 2. Of Wines Chap. 3. Of Oyles Chap. 4. Of Electuaries Chap. 5. Of Conserves Chap. 6. Of Salis. Chap. 7. Of Pills Chap. 8. Of Troches Chap. 9. This is the Method now to the matter CHAP. I. Of Waters Waters either Alter Purge By altering they cool Blood Choller heat Flegm Melancholly Cool the blood over-heated as Waters of Lettice Purslain Waterlillies Violets Sorrell Succory Fumitory Endive Cools Choller in the Head Nightshade Lettice Water-Lillies Poppies Breast Violets Poppies Coltsfoot Heart Sorrell Quinces Water-Lilies Roses Violets Bark of Walnuts Stomach Quinces Guords Roses Violets Purslain Nightshade Sengreen or Housleek Cools Choller in the Liver Endive Succory Nightshade Purslain Water-Lillies Reines and Bladder Endive Winter-Cherries Plantane Water-Lillies Melons Guords Citruls Strawberries Sengreen Grasse Black-Cherries Matrix Endive Lettice Water-Lillies Purslain Roses Heat Flegm in the Head Betony Sage Marjerome Camomell Fennell Calaminth Lillies of the valley Rosemary flowers Primroses Eyebright Breast Maidenhair Bettony Hysop Horehound Carduus Orris Scabious Bawm Tobacco Selfe-heal Comfry Stomach Wormwood Mints Fennell Cinamon Mother of Thime Marigolds Heat Flegm in the Heart Cinamon Bawm Rosemary Liver Centaury the lesse Wormwood Origanum Agrimony Fennell Spleen Birthwort Water-cresses Wormwood Calaminth Gentian Reines and Bladder Rocket Nettles Saxifrage Rhaddish Pellitory of the wall Cinkfoyl Burnet Elicampane Matrix Mugwort Savin Penyroyall Calaminth Lovage Heat Melancholly in the Head Hops Fumitory Breast Bawm Carduus Heart Borrage Buglosse Bawm Rosemary Liver Cichory Fumitory Hops Asarabacca Spleen Doddar Harts tongue Tamaris Thyme CHAP. II. Of Syrups Syrups Concoct vide pag. sequ Purge Choller Roses Violets Peach-flowers Cichory with Rhubarb Flegm Briony Hermodactills Oximell Julianizans Oximell Helleboratum Mixt humors Dyasereos Diacnicu Syrups concoct choller in the Head Water-Lillies Poppies Breast Violets Jujubes Juyce of Pomgranates Stomach Vineger Pomegranates Sour Grapes Roses Quinces Mirtles Heart Sorrell Wood Sorrell Juyce of Orrenges Lemmons and Citrons Liver Endive Succory Syrups concocting Flegm Head Betony Stoechas Breast Hysop Horehound Maidenhaire Coltsfoot Scabious Bettony Liquoris Heart Bizantinus Bawm Stomach Wormwood Mints Oximell Symplex compounds and Scilliticum Liver Of the opening roots Agrimony Matrix Mugwort Calaminth Melancholly in the Heart Juyce of Aples Borrage and Buglosse Citron Pills Baum. Liver and Spleen Epithimum Hops Fumitory CHAP. III. Of Wines Wines Concoct Purge Wines concoct according to Place Property According to place Wines heat the Head Betony Sage Rosemary Fennell Stoechus Eyebright Heart Borage Buglosse Bawm Hippocras Stomach Wormwood Black-cherries Hippocras Liver and Spleen Germander Tamaris Reines and Bladder Winter-cherries Sage In property they binde Quinces Peares Roses provoke sweat Guajacum resist poyson Zedoary Angelica Purge Flegm Vinum scilliticum Acetum scilliticum Choller Rhubarb Melancholly Black Hellebore Water Spurge Walworth CHAP. IV. Of Oyles Oyles are chiefly for an externall use and so they alter according to quality property In their quality they are hot cold Oyles heating the Stomach Mint Wormwood Mastich Spiknard Liver Bitter Almonds Wormwood Spicknard Mastich Spleen Capers Spike Joynts Spiknard Rue Nuts Nutmegs Heat the nerves as Oyle of Pepper Mastich Euphorbium Elicampane Earth wormes Marjoram Costmary Lovage Oyles cooling the Stomach Quinces Mirtles Roses Breast Violets Water-Lillies Liver Violets Water-Lillies Reines Lettice Water-Lillies Womb Quinces Water-Lillies Mirtles Gourds Oyles heating the head are of Rosemary Bettony Vervain Oyles cooling the head are of Fleabane Poppies Mandragues Oyls altering in property So they Binde Wormood Mints Mastich Mirtles Mollify Linseed Styrax Loosen Sweet Almonds Sallet Oyl Rarifie Dill. Chamomell Digest Bitter Almonds Nuts Rue Cleanse Mirrh Tartar Wheat Eggs. Elder Rhadishes In property they Glutinate Mirrh Tobacco Balsum Maudlin Provoke sleep Mandragues Poppy Henbane Water-Lillies Break the Stone Citron Seeds Scorpions Cherry Kernells Provoke Lust Emmets Fistick Nuts Ease paine Elder Wall flowers Chamomell Dill. White Lillies Bay St. Johns wort Populeon Foxes Dwarf Elder CHAP. V. Of Electuaries Electuaries either Alter in Quality Hot. Cold. Property Purge Choller Flegm Melancholly Mixt humours Electaries Heating the Head Confectio anacardina Diamoschum Diambra Diacorum Diapeonias Pleres Arcoticon Theriaca diates Breast Diaïris Diapenidion Diahysopum Diaprassium Diacalaminthum Heart Arom Rosatum Arom Caryophyl Dianthon Diaxyloaloes Diamargariton El. de gemmis Loetificans Gal. Conf. Alkerm Conf. Liberantis Pler Arcoticon Electuaries Heating the Stomach Arom Rosatum Diagalanga Dianysum Diacyminum Diacinnamomū Diagingiber Diaspoliticon Diatrion piperion El. è baccis lauri Rosara novella Liver Dialacca Diacurcuma Diacalaminthes Diacinnamomū Spleen Diacapparis Diacostum Diacalaminthū El. è scoriâ ferri Matrix Diambra Diacalaminthū El. è gemmis El. ex Affafoetida Cool the Head Diacodion Breast Diapapaver Diatragacanthum frigidum resumptivum Heart Diarrhodon Ab. Diatrion sanct Diamarg frig Conf. de Hyacintho Liver Spleen Matrix Joynts Triasantalum Diarhodon Ab. In property Binde Diacodion Micleta Tryphera minor Break the Stone El. Reginae Lilliontribon De cineribus In property Provoke Lust Diasatyrion Diacorum Tryphera Saracen Resist poyson El. de ovo Mithridate Treacle Antidotus Mathioli Athanasia Purge Gently Cassia with Senna without Diacatholicon Diaprunum simplex El. lenitivum Strongly see pag. seq Purge Strongly Choller El. è succo rosarum Diaprunum Solutivum Flegm Benedict Laxativum Diaphoenicum Indum Elect. Diaturbith Majus Minus Hyera picra simp Hyera cum agar Hyera Pachii Hyera diacolocynth Melancholly Confectio Hamech Hieralogodium Mixt humours Diacarthamum Diaturbith cum Rhubarb CHAP. VI. Of Conserves Conserves heating the Head Rosemary flowers Bettony Eyebright Sage Flowers Lavender flowers Marjoram Peony Breast Hysop Bawm Maidenhaire Heart Borrage flowers Buglosse flowers Rosemary flowers Bawm Clove-gilliflowers Stomach Wormwood Alicampane Mints Spleen Cetrach Fumitory Liver Wormwood Fumitory Elder flowers Conserves heating the Womb Marjarom Bawm Rosemary flowers Joynts Stoechas Rosemary flowers Conserves cooling the Head Water-Lillies Roses Violets Breast Violets Heart Sorrell Wood Sorrell Roses Violets Stomach Roses Violets Liver Endive Succory Roses Violets Spleen Reins Womb Joynts Roses Violets CHAP. VII Of Salts Salts purge by Coughing St. Johns wort Polypodium Urine Camomell Wormood Gentian Rest harrow Broom Beancods the Womb Mugwort Bawm Chelondine Sweat Guajacum Salts ease paine as of
15. For Eyes that are swelled Take two spoonfulls of Womans milke one spoonfull of Rosewater the Pap of a roasted Apple and the Yolk of a new said Egge boyl all these in a Pewter vessell over a Chasing dish of coals till it be thick then spread it upon a cloath and lay it to your Eyes luke warm when you goe to bed in the morning wash your Eyes with womans Milk and in twice or thrice it will cure you CHAP. III. For the Eares and their impediments 1. For Deafnesse with noyse in the Eare. TAke a little black Wool and dip it in strong spirit of Wine wring it pretty hard out and stop you Eares with it dip it and wring it out againe once in a day 2. For pain in the Eares Drop a little Oyl of sweet Almonds into the Eare and it easeth the pain instantly and yet Oyl of bitter Almonds is our Doctors common remedy 3. For an Imposthume in the Eare. Boyl some milk and put it into a stone Pot with a narrow mouth and hold the sore eare over the Pot whilst the Milke is very hot that the vapour of the Milk may ascend into the Eare this is an often approved remedy to take away the pain and break the Imposthume 4. To take an Earewig out of the Eare. Take an old Apple and cut it in two pieces and lay one piece to the Eare and lie down upon that side and the Earewig will come out to the Apple it seems they love Apples better than Eares 't is a wonder they are not called Applewigs Another was cured by the first remedy mentioned in this Chapter CHAP. IV. For the Nose and its Infirmities 1. For Polypus or a fleshy substance growing in the Nose TAke the juyce of Ivie and make a Tent with a little Cotten the which dip in the juyce and put it up in the Nostrill 2. For bleeding at Nose Let them that bleed at Nose smell to a Hoggs Turd 3. Another for the same If it be a Man that bleeds wrap a cloath moistned in strong white wine Vinegar about his privities if it be a Woman wrap it about her breasts 4. To cleanse the Nose Snuffe up the juyce of red Beet-roots it will cleanse not onely the Nose but also the Head this is a singular remedy for such as are troubled with a hard congealed stuffe in their Nostrills 5. For bleeding at the Nose Put a piece of hot Hoggs-turd as it comes from the Hogge up the Nose 6. Another Binde the Armes and Legs as hard as you can with a piece of Tape ribbening that perhaps may call back the blood 7. Another Hold a living Toad near the Nose it stops the blood instantly because the blood flies from its enemy 8. Another They say Smallage born about one stops bleeding both by the nose and by wounds 9. For a Canker in the Nose Boyl strong Ale till it be thick if the Canker be in the outside of the Nose spread it as a plaister and apply it if in the inside make a Tent of a Linnen Rag and put it up the nostrill 10. Another for the Polypus The water of Adders tongue snuffed up the Nose is very good but it were better in my opinion to keep a Rag continually moistned with it in the Nose 11. For an Impost hume in the Nose Keep a Rag continually in your Nose moistned with the water of yellow flower-de-luce such as grow by River sides the juyce of Carduus Benedictus will doe the like 12. For bleeding at the Nose Take Amber and bruise into grosse powder put it upon a Chasing dish of coals and receive the smoak up into the Nose with a Funnell 13. Another A certaine man that had bled four and twenty houres was thus cured he took a scaine of black thread and put one end of it in his nostrill and set fire to the other end and so soon as the smoke came to his nosttill the blood presently stopped 14. Another When no other meanes will stop the bleeding at the Nose it hath been known that it hath been stopped by opening a veine in the eare CHAP. V. Of the Mouth and its Diseases 1. A Caution WHosoever would keep their Mouth or Tongue or Nose or Eyes or Ears or Teeth from paine or infirmities let them often use sneezing and such Gargarismes as they were instructed in in the first Chapter for indeed most of the infirmities if not all which infest those parts proceed from Rheum 2. For spitting Blood Drink a spoonfull of juyce of Betony mixed with Milk every morning My Author sayes it must be Goats milk but I know not his reason 3. For a stinking breath Take the juice of Rue and black Mints I think he means Horse-mints and snuffe it up the Nostrils 4. To recover lost speech Take the juyce of Sage and Primroses and hold it in the mouth and it will cause thee to speak presently 5. For extream heat of the mouth Take Rib-wort and boyle it in red Wine and hold the decoction as warm in your mouth as you can endure it 6. For a Canker in the mouth Wash the mouth often with Verjuyce 7. Another Wash the mouth with water of Perwinkle or Lavender or Fumitory or Burnet but in my opinion the decoction of either is better 8. Another If the Canker be very inveterate and eating take old rusty Bacon and Vine roots of each an ounce of Wheat bran a handfull of Brine wherein Flesh hath been salted two or three pints boyl them together and when you take them off from the fire receive the steem up into your mouth with the Funnell afterwards wash your mouth with any of the foregoing waters 9. Of the falling down of the Pallat. There is a mad fantasticall opinion to this day in the brains of the Vulgar that there is such a thing in the Mouth which they call the pallat which will fall downe and be put up againe especially by an old woman which hath no more Teeth in her head than Eyes and all of them naught whereas indeed the truth is the Uvula is a spungy piece of flesh in the mouth and therefore very subject to receive either Inflammations or Humours which any hot thing dissipates from thence came the fashion of putting it up againe with Pepper and Honey 10. Another I adde this onely for the conceits sake it may be true enough though I can give no reason for it it is this Take a handfull of Featherfew rub it well between your hands and lay it to the top of your head and it will draw the Uvula up CHAP. VI. Of the Teeth and their Medicines 1. A Caution IF you will keep your Teeth from rotting or aking wash your mouth continually every morning with juyce of Lemmons and afterwards rub your Teeth either with a Sage leafe or else with a little Nutmeg in powder also wash your mouth with a little faire water after meats for the onely way to keep the
Teeth sound and free from paine is to keep them clear 2. To make Teeth white Dip a little piece of white cloath in Vinegar of Quinces and rub your Gums with it for it is of a gallant binding quality and not onely makes the Teeth white but also strengthens the Gums fastens the Teeth and also causeth a sweet breath 3. For the Tooth ache Boyle Wheat bran stale Ale together till it be as thick as Mustard let it stand while it is cold then strain what you can out of it and adde to what you have strained the like quantity of juyce of Rew make it into paste which paste tye up into a little bag of fine Linnen cloath lay one of them between your Cheek and your aking Tooth lye down on that side and let the water run out at your mouth this using three or foure times will not onely cure the Tooth-ache but also clense the brain 4. Another Take Hounds-tongue and stamp it and fry it with Butter and make a Plaister of it and binde it to the Cheek on that side the pain is on 5. Another Take a pint of the strongest White-wine Vinegar you can get a handfull of Sage a quarter of a handfull of roots of red Nettles and as much Oaken rind boyle all these together and wash your mouth with it 6. To make teeth fall out of themselves Take the root of a Mulberry-tree lay it in steep in strong Vinegar then take it out and dry it in the Sun beat it into powder doe but touch a tooth with that powder and it will drop out 7. For rotting of the teeth Wash thy mouth often with the water of Mother-wort the water of Vervaine will doe the like 8. For the Tooth-ache Take Ivy-berries and bruise them and when you have done so boyle them in strong White-wine Vinegar wash your mouth with the decoction and lay the Ivy-berries hot to your cheek 9. Another Roast an egge hard and when you have done put to it a spoonfull of Salt and two spoonfuls of White-wine Vinegar beat them all together to a pap very well and now and then put a little into your mouth 10. To make childrens teeth cut Take the brains of a Hare or the brains of a Hen and rub the childs Gums with them once or twice a day and it will make the Teeth cut without pain 11. Another Take the Tooth of a Colt of a yeare old and hang it about the neck of the child and this will doe it if Mizaldus say true And now give me leave to quote an experiment of my own one of my children breeding Teeth extreme hardly having read this in Mizaldus it seemed to me impossible to get a Colts tooth of a yeare old wherefore I bought a Calves head and took one of its teeth and hung about its neck and the very first night three of its Teeth cut which because its very unusuall so many Teeth should cut in one night I cannot but ascribe some virtue to the Medicine Besides all this I am of opinion that the tooth of a dead man hung about the neck of a child will doe it far better than either I am not determined to give my reasons at this time yet will I give you a verisimile for it the Tooth of a dead Man born about a man instantly suppresseth the paines of the Teeth as I have often found my selfe when all other remedies have failed me and if this be true why not the other 12 To fasten Teeth Seeth the Roots of Vervaine in old Wine and wash your Teeth often with them and it will fasten them 13. For the Tooth ache Take the inner rinde of an Elder tree and bruise it and put thereunto a little Pepper and make it into balls and hold them between the Teeth that ake CHAP. VII Of the Gums and their Infirmities 1. For a Scurvy in the Gums TAke Cloves and boyl them in Rosewater then dry them and beat them into powder and rub the Gums with the powder and drink the decoction in the morning fasting an houre after it Use Red-rose water for that is the best 2. For a Canker in the Gums Take halfe a pinte of White wine a quarter of a pinte of water an ounce of burnt Allum a handfull of Cinkfoyle roots bruised boyle all these in an Earthen pot for the sharpnesse of Allum will make vert-de-greese of a Brass vessell over a gentle fire till halfe be consumed scum it well strain it and keep it in a glasse till you have occasion to use it and when you have occasion wash your Gums with it 3. Another Take herb of Grasse or Rew which you will stamp it and presse out the juyce and mixe it with as much strong Vinegar the best way is to put the Vinegar to it after you have well beaten it and so strain them out hard both together when you have occasion to use it wet a Linnen rag four or five times doubled in the aforesaid juyce and apply it to the Gums if the Canker be very great and eating mixe a little burnt Allum with it 4. For rotting and consuming of the Gums Take Sage water and wash your mouth with it every morning and afterwards rub your mouth with a Sage leaf CHAP. VIII Of the Face and its infirmities 1. The Cause IT is palpable that the cause of rednesse and breaking out of the Face is a venomous matter or filthy vapour ascending from the Stomach towards the Head where meeting with a Rheum or Flegm thence descending mixeth with it and breaketh out in the Face Therefore let the first intention of cure be to cleanse the Stomach 2. Caution Negative Let such as are troubled with red Faces abstaine from salt Meats salt Fish and Herrings drinking of strong Beer strong Waters or Wine Garlick Onions and Mustard yea if it be a Welch Man or Woman he must abstain from toasted Cheese and Leeks and that is a Hell upon Earth to them 3. Caution Affirmative Let them use in their broths and stewed meats Purslane Sorrell Wood-Sorrell Lettice Sparagus tops and roots the tender tops of Hops Endive and Succory let them alwaies keep their bodies laxative and sleep with their heads high 4. For a red Face Take Sow-thistles Borrage Sorrell Purslane French Barley Parsly roots and Liquorish boyl them together in running water and drinke a draught of the decoction first in the morning and last at night 5. To make the Face faire Boyl Rosumary flowers in White wine and drinke a draught of the decoction every morning and wash your face with another part of it yet in my opinion it were a better way by farre to take a pound of Rosemary flours and put them into a rundlet to a Gallon of white-Wine shake them together and let them stand so a Moneth then strain it out and keep the Wine for the aforesaid use 6. Another Wash your Face with Bean floure water yet in my opinion Burnet water is the
best though my Author hold the contrary 7. For a white Scurfe in the Face Take a pinte of Vineger in which dissolve an ounce of Camphir let them stand together close stopped 14. dayes saith my Author but it is very probable halfe the time will serve the turne then wash your face with it every morning this hath holpen a Gentlewoman that had a Scurf in her Face divers yeares as though she had been a Leaper 8. For Freckles in the Face Anoynt thy Face at night going to bed with the blood of a Hare or of a Bull the next morning wash it off againe and this though it make one look more like a Fury than a Man it will cure him 9. Another Stamp Sellendine presse out the juyce and mixe it with the like quantity of White wine and anoynt your Face with it at night when you goe to bed 10. For a blasted face If it be a Man take red honey suckles if a Woman white honey suckles presse out the juyce of them and anoynt your Face with it at night going to bed this receipt seeming to me very rationall and is therefore most pleasing I shall explaine what here is meant by Honey suckles and herein I will Imitate Aristotle so farre as to tell you First what it is not Secondly what it is First it is not those Honey suckles which climb up in Hedges which the Latines call Caprifolium and the English Wood-bind or Honey suckles Secondly it is that which is commonly called Medow trefoyle by Physitians in Sussex it is commonly called Honey suckles 11. For a face full of red Pimples Dissolve Camphir in Vinegar and mixe it and the Vinegar with Sellendine water and wash thy face with it this cured a Maid in twenty dayes that had been troubled with the infirmity halfe so many yeares 12. Another Take Honey suckle leaves and distill them and wash your Face with the water use the same Hony suckles as I told you before this cured a woman that had her face full of white scales and it so perfectly cured her that she was never troubled with them againe 13. Another Also another woman was troubled with such an infirmity that if she had been by the fire but a little and afterwardes gone into the Aire her Face would have been as full of red spots as it could hold just like a drunken womans and she was helped by this following remedy she took Frankincense and beat it into powder with Saffron and cast the powder upon a Chafing dish of Coals and receive the smoak of it with open mouth and using of it often was helped 14. To take away the marks of the small Pox. Take the juyce of Fennell beat it luke-warme and when the small Pox are well skabbed anoynt the Face with it divers times in a day three or four dayes together 15. Another But I am confident the best remedy that is not onely to prevent the Scarres of the small Pox but also to cure deep wounds or Ulcers without a scarre is to anoynt the place with Oyl of Eggs. 16. For a red Face Take a handfull of Scurvy-grasse and a handfull of Tutsan leaves boyl them well in Ale and strain it and drinke a draught of it every mornining I desire you to be cautious in using this Medicine in giving of it to young people for Tutsan leaves consume the seed abundantly and causeth barrennesse CHAP. IX Of the Throat and its infirmities THe vulgar way in curing Diseases of the Throat which is yet in use with our pitifull Physicians is Album-graecum anglice a Doggs-turd a very sweet Medicine no lesse pleasing than profitable 2. A Caution Diseases in the Throat most commonly proceeds of Rheum descending from the head upon the trachaea arteria or wine pipe in such causes there is many times no other cure than first to purge the body of Flegme and then the head of Rheum as you were taught in the first Chapter 3. For hoarsenesse Take of Sugar so much as will fill a common taster then put so much rectified spirit of Wine to it as will just wet it eat this up at night going to bed use this three or four times together 4. Another If the body be feaverish use the former Medicine as before onely use Oyl of sweet Almonds or for want of it the best sallet Oyle in stead of spirit of Wine 5. Another Take penny royall and seeth it in running water and drinke a good draught of the decoction at night going to bed with a little Sugar in it 6. For the Quinsie Take notice that bleeding is good in all inflammations therefore in this It were very convenient that a syrup and an oyntment of Orpine were alwaies ready in the house for such occasions for I know no better remedy for the Quinsie than to drinke the one and anoynt the throat with the other but be sure you doe not drinke the oyntment and anoynt your throat with the syrup CHAP. X. Of the Breast and Lungs and their infirmities 1. For a Cough in a young child RUb his Stomach well when he goes to bed with Oyle of Roses and then lay a warme cloath to it and in three or four nights so using he will be cured 2. For weaknesse of the Lungs Beat the Lungs of a Fox into powder and take a drachm of the powder every night in Rosewater or if you will you may take it in the morning If any ask the reason why Electuary of Fox-Lungs is not better tell them that many compositions consist of so great variety of simples that the one of them spoiles the operation of the other 3. For inflammation of the Lungs Dissolve Sugar-candy in Rose-water and drink no other drinke 4. Another Also it is very good to anoynt the breast often with Oyle of Violets or Oyle of Water-Lillies 5. For stoppings of the Breast Take the Gum of a Cherry tree and dissolve it in old Wine and let the sick drinke thereof and it will open his pipes gallantly better than a sledge and wedges 6. Another Take Figgs and slit them and fill them full of Mustard then boyl them in White wine eate the Figgs and drinke the Wine CHAP. XI Of Womens Breasts their infirmities and cures 1. For sore Breasts that are broaken TAke Wheat flower Yolks of Eggs and the juyce of Plantane mixe it together till it be thick like an Oyntment spread it upon a cloath and apply it to the sore breast if there be any holes in the Breast dip a Tent in this oyntment and tent them with it and lay a Plaister of the same over it 2. For sore Breasts Take a handfull of Figgs and stamp them well till the kernells are broken then temper them with a little fresh grease and apply them to the Breast as hot as the Patient can indure it will presently take away the anguish and if the Breast will break it will break it else it will cure it without breaking 3. An
inward medicine for a sore Breast Let her drinke either the juyce or decoction of Vervaine it were fit that syrup were made of it to be kept all the year 4. For want of milk Use the former medicine it will help that also 5. For hardnesse of the Breasts It is usuall to Nurses when they have newly weaned their children to have their Breasts grow hard the milk to curdle in them which might easily be prevented by wearing a Dyachilon plaister to them but suppose it be come already and cannot be prevented in such a case take Chick-weed and chop it small and boyl it in Plantane water put a little Sheeps sewet to it to make it moist and apply it for a Poltiss to the Breast 6. Another Take Populeon and Linseed Oyle of each a like quantity mixe them together and warm them well then dip a cloath in it and lay it to the Breast it will not onely take away the hardnesse of the breast but also dry away the Milke 7. For want of Milke Take green Wheat so soon as it begins to change colour bruise it well and boyl it in Sallet Oyle then strain it and keep the Oyle till you have need of it to anoynt the Breast 8. For sore Breasts Take Clarret wine and boyl it with Barly flower till it be thick like a Poltice put a little Oyle to it or Sheeps Sewet to keep it moist and apply it to the Breast 9. For want of Milke Take Christall and beat it into very fine powder take a drachm of it in the morning in a draught of Muskadell 10. For Inflammations in the Breast This is that infirmity women usually call the Ague in the Breast take the whites of two Eggs two handfulls of Housleek or Sengreen which you will beat them well together and lay them Plaister-wise to the Breast 11. To cure sore breasts without a scarre Take the yolk of an Egge and beat it with fresh grease and when your Breasts are almost well apply that Plaister-wise to them this will cure not onely the Breasts but also any other wounds without a scarre Oyle of Eggs will doe the like CHAP. XII Of the Spleen and its Infirmities 1. A Caution THe Spleen is a spungy piece of flesh in the body of man lying under the Bastard ribs on the left side it is the seat of Melancholly and of the retentive faculty throughout the body of man it causeth mirth and laughing sadnesse and sighing according as it is well or ill affected 2. Another The Spleen is seldome afflicted but it stirs up winde in the body extreamely because it lyes in so great a cavity 3. Another There is a great harmony between the Liver and the Spleen insomuch that the one is never afflicted but it afflicts the other in one measure or another neither is any thing medicinall for the one but in one measure or another it helps the other 4. For hardnesse of the Spleen Take the marrow of Beef and mixe it well with the like quantity of Oyle of bitter Almonds warm it well and anoynt your left side with it 5. For the Spleen Take the inner rind of an Ash tree bruise it and boyl it well in White wine and drinke a draught of it every morning Tamaris bark and Caper roots worke the same effect used in the same manner 6. Another In the morning wash your left side with your owne water 7. Another Take the roots of Nettles stamp them well and boyl them well in Vinegar to a Poltise and apply it warme to the left side 8. For the Spleen over-burdened In this case many times you have no other remedy than to let blood in the fundament with horse-leaches 9. For the Spleen My own most approved remedies for the Spleen are these if the Spleen be afflicted with cold rub your left side every morning when you rise with your hand then anoynt it with oyntment of Tobacco and lay a Tobacco leafe moistened with the same oyntment by the region of the Spleen 10. Another Apply a Plaister of Ammoniacum to the Region of the Spleen if you can get that Plaister which is called Emplastrum Ammoniacum cum scicuta it is one of the best remedies in the world being applyed to the region of the Spleen 11. Another If a man live in the Countrey where these cannot be gotten let him get a handfull of Hemlock and warme it very hot and apply it to his side it were fitting an oyntment of it were made and kept in the house for such occasions for Hemlock being an hearb of Saturn is an excellent simphaticall remedy for the Spleen 12. A Caution When you apply any Plaisters to the region of the Spleen cut them as near as you can to the same form the Spleen is of so will they work their effects more effectuall and speedily 13. Another Let such as are troubled with the spleen forbear much drinking Wine for that makes the vapours of the Spleen thin and sends them up to the brain pel mel whereby corrupting the senses they make many men think they see the things they see not and hear the things they hear not These vapours of the Spleen I am perswaded is the reason why mad and fantasticall people think they see Visions many thinking they are inspired with the Spirit of God when t is nothing else but a few poysonous vapours of the Spleen CHAP. XIII Of the Stomach and its Infirmities 1. A Caution INfirmities of the Stomach usually proceed from surfeting 2. Another Let such as have weak Stomachs avoid all sweet things as Honey Sugar and the like Milk Cheese and all fat meats let him not eate till he is hungry nor drink before he is a dry let him avoid anger sadnesse much travaile and all fryed meats let him not vomit by any meanes nor eat when he is hot 3. For pain in the Stomach Take a slice of Bread of a pretty thicknesse and toast it very hot then dip it in Oyle of Camomell or Oyle of Spike which is next hand then wrap it in a Linnen cloath and apply it to that part pained 4. For moisture of the Stomach Taste a drachm of Galanga in powder every morning in a draught of what wine you love best 5. For heat of the Stomach Swallow foure or five grains of Mastich every night going to bed 6. For windinesse in the Stomach Take a scruple of Castorium every morning in good Wine t is an excellent remedy for windinesse in the stomach better indeed for women then it is for men to put halfe a dozen or ten drops in a draught of Beer after their meat 7. For a stinking Breath caused by the Stomach Take three ounces of Cummin-seeds bruise them well and boyl them in a gallon of Sack till halfe be consumed Drink a draught of it being strained first at morning and last at night 8. For one that vomits up his victuals Take Quincies the cores and rinds being taken away boyl them
Navill 3. For a childs Navell that is sore with crying Take a little Bean flower and the ashes of fine clouts burnt temper them with red Wine and Honey and lay it to the sore CHAP. XIX Of the Back and its infirmities 1. For weaknesse of the Back TAke Barly flowre and Bean flowre of each equall quantities make it up into a plaister with the Oyle of Roses and the Yolk of an Egge and apply it to your Back 2. Another Take Rice in fine powder and Wheat flowre of each equall quantities temper it with Claret Wine and Sugar the powder of Clary and Nutmeg make it into a Cake with fresh Butter and bake it and eate no other breakfast but it being baked for some dayes 3. For a pain in the back Take fresh Cow-dung and fry it in Vinegar and apply it Planter-wise to the Back you little think how soon it will give you ease 4. For heat in the Back Boyl the leaves of Willow trees in water till they be as thick as a poltice apply them to the Reines of the Back hot as you can indure it if it be at such a time of the year when Willowes have no leaves use the inner rind of the Tree in like manner and in four or five times dressing it will heal you CHAP. XX. Of the Fundament and its Infirmities 1. For falling out of the Fundament BEware of taking cold in that place be sure keep your Buttocks warme beware of costivenesse sit not upon cold Earth nor Stones 2. For the Figge in the Fundament This impediment is an imposthumation or lump of flesh growing in the right gut proceeding of Melancholly humours descending thither and therefore first of all purge Melancholly either with confection Hamech or Pills of Lapis Lazula 3. Another Take the powder of a Doggs head burnt mix it with juyce of Pimpernell and make long Tents of it and put them up the Fundament 4. For falling out of the Fundament Take Bay-leaves and boyl them well in water put the water in an Earthen pot and sit over it as hot as you can indure that the fume of the water may goe up into your Fundament so may you put it up with your fingers by little and little and when you have gotten it up sit downe with your bare breech upon an Oaken board made as hot with the fire as you can suffer it this will heal you 5. Another Take red Nettles and bruise them very well boyl them well in White wine in an Earthen pot till half the Wine be consumed let him drink this liquor first at morning and last at night and lay hearbs to his Fundament as hot as he can suffer it CHAP. XXI Of the Thighs and their Infirmitits 1. For stiffenesse of the Thighs TAke Brooklime Hoarehound and S. Johns wort Tallow Hoggs grease and Horse-turd boyl them all well together then strain them out and keep the oyntment for your use 2. For aching of the Bones of the Thighs Take a pinte of White wine and the Gall of any Ox boyle them to a plaister with a few crumbs of bread spread it upon a cloath and apply it to the grieved place 3. To knit the Sinews and Veines of the Thighs Take great Earth-wormes and beat them all to mash and adde unto them a little Mastick in powder then boyl them in Oyle till it be thick like a Salve then spread it upon a cloaâ—h and lay it to the grieved place let it lye on nine dayes and by that time all will be well 4. For swelling of the Thighs Take Hens dung or Pidgeons dung Pidgeons dung is the best by farre without any dispute of the Story Sheeps tallow smallage and Chickweed beat them all together then fry them well in Lees of Muskadell if you cannot get the Lees use Muskadell it selfe and apply it being fryed as hot as you can indure it to the place 5. For Sinews that are shrunk in the Thighs or elsewhere Anoynt the place with oyntment of Swallowes it is thus made take young Swallows out of their Nests by number twelve Rosemary tops Bay-leaves Lavender tops and Straberry leavs of each a handfull cut off the long feathers of the Swallowes wings and tailes and put them in a stone Morter and lay the hearbs upon them and beat them all to pieces Guts Feathers Bones and all then mixe them with three pound of hoggs grease set it in the Sun a moneth together then boyl it up strain it and keep oyntment for your use CHAP. XXII Of the Knees and their infirmities 1. For ache or swelling in the Knees TAke Rew and Lovage and stamp them and mixe a litte honey with them and apply it to the knee 2. For an ache coming of an old bruise Take a pottle of running water and a pint of bay-salt boyl them together till half be consumed then make it thick with Bran and lay it to the knee 3. Another Make an oyntment with juyce of Night-shade and May Butter to anoynt your Knee with 4. For the Knees The best remedy in my opinion is this take the bones of Goats Knees and beat them to powder and take a drachm of the powder every morning in Goats milke if you can get it if not in what liquor you please and wrap a part of the skin of the Goat about your Knee CHAP. XXII Of the Leggs and Feet and their Infirmities 1. For swellings of the Leggs TAke Worm-wood Southern-wood and Rew of each equall quantities stamp them together and fry them with honey till they begin to wax dry then apply it as hot as you can indure it either to your swelled Legs or Hands 2. For a Legge that is swelled and will pit after touching Take Chickweed and Pellitory of the Wall of each a handfull Sheeps tallow one pound Tartar beaten two ounces boyl these in milke till they be soft like a Poltice and apply it to the Leg. 3. Another And this pleaseth me much better take a quart of Red wine and boyl it to a Poltice with crumbs of Rye bread and apply it to your Legge as hot as you can indure it in four times dressing this will help you 4. For ach in the Bones in the Legs or Arms. Take a quarter of a pound of Dill seed beat it into powder and boyl it in a quart of good White wine boyl it till half be wasted away then put to it a pint of good Saller Oyl boyl it againe till all the Wine be consumed then strain out the Oyl and keep it as a Soveraign remedy for the premises 5. For a red swelling in the Legge or Arme. Take Oatmeal and boyl it in Milke and wheâ— it hath boyled a good while adde to it a handfull of Mallows and a handfull of Houseleek or Sengreen chopped small together with some Sheep Sewet chopped small boyl it to a Poltice and apply it to the sore place if it be ready to break it will break it if not it will cure it without breaking 6. For a Corn on the Toe Take a black snaile and roast him well in a white wet cloath bruise him and lay him 〈◊〉 to the Corn and it will take it away in a very shorâ— time 7. To make a Naile grow where it is wanting Take Cinkfoyle and bruise it with any fresh grease and apply it to the place where the Naile is wanting and it will make another grow FINIS