provoke sweat and expel the Venome of the Plague Take a glasse Bottle as big as you will fill it halffull of Elder flowers a third part of Holly-hock Flowers and uppermost a third part of the Flowers of St. Johns-wort filling herewith the glasse then put thereon old Sallad-Oil as much as the glasse will hold stop it very close and let it stand a sunning a whole Summer with this Oil rub the Body very warm 3 or 4 times a day it provoketh sweat abundantly Anoynt the sick Persons Breast or Heart with this Medicine following Take of the best Treacle one ounce Juyce of Lemmons and Vinegar of each half an ounce Saffron and Camphire of each one scruple mingle them together and spread them on a piece of Scarlet and apply it If a Plague-soar begin to appear with any redness and will not imposthumate then take a young Pullet pull off the feathers off her Belly then cut her open and hold it upon the swelling then shortly after take another and do as before Another to draw out the Plague-sore Take a great Onyon and roast it with Treacle therein and lay it upon the soar with a plaister of Oxicroceum and Diachilon cum Gummis Also take the common Plaister of Diachilor 3 dragmes and the Juyce of Celendine and make a Salve thereof with a little Wax or seeth Cole-worts with a little Bacon and lay it on the swelling and when you see it begin to imposthumate then use this following Take Holly-hock Roots Scabious and Mallows of each a like quantity seeth them and beat them to a Pap and make thereof a Plaister with Barrows-Grease And apply it to the swelling To kill the Plague-soar Take 2 or 3 yolks of new laid Egges and temper therewith about half an ounce of Salt pounded small and lay it on the place renewing it every quarter of an hour If the sore Corrode further take fine Bolus Dragons-blood Vinegar Rose-water and whites of Egges as much as you please lay the same Plaister-wise upon the sore When the Plague-sore is throughly killed take Scabious 4 handfuls Treacle one ounce Barrows-Grease one ounce and a half stamp the Herbs and make a Plaister thereof and refresh it often To clense the Ulcer and ingender new flesh when other accidents are past Take Turpentine washed in Scabious water 4 ounces Barly-meal one ounce two yolks of Egges Saffron Sarcocolla Mastick and Frankincense of each half a dragme mix them all together for a Plaister Lastly take Beaten half an ounce Honey of Roses a sufficient quantity to make thereof a Salve use it till the sore be perfectly whole Et Laudate Dominum A fulgure tempestate A Pestilentia fame a bello Caedibus A subitanea improvisa morte Abira tua a morte perpetua libera nos Domine Amen OF URINES IN the Judgment of Urines you must have regard to the Substance Colours Regions and Contents And these be the Colours of Waters that follow Urine white as Clay-water of a Well this Colour signifies ill Digestion a bad Stomack and a bad Liver if you see in this Colour many shining beams it denotes an Imposthume in the Milt Medicine Take Gromel Saxifrage Parsly and Sage boyl them in stale Ale and drink it Also use powder of them in thy Pottage If the Urine be white as Whey thick and little in quantity it betokeneth the flux Medicine Make Drink with white Poppy-Seeds and Lettice and use it A white Russet if it be thick in substance it betokeneth the Cholica Passio Medicine Take Water-Cresses and grinde them small and boyl them in white-Wine and drink thereof evening and morning Urine of the Colour as it were broth of flesh half sodden If it be little in quantity and fat as Oil and frothy above it betokeneth wasting Medicine Take the powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them with clarifyed Honey and make a Confection thereof and so use it Urine of the Colour of broth of flesh well sodden and thick in substance it denotes a quotidian Fever that comes of Flegme And this and all the other 5 colours are signs of bad Digestion Medicine Take Vinegar and Mustard and boyl them together and then take Treacle as much as a bean or two wash it with white-Wine and mix therewith and use it when the sickness taketh thee Urine of a yellow Colour as a yellow Apple with a thin substance and a salt savour betokeneth a double Tertian that comes of Melancholy Medicine Take Figges Licorice Hyssop Hore-hound and Elecampane and boyl them in water till half be wasted and drink thereof morning and night Colour of Urine red as Saffron if any yellow froth above it betokens the Jaundice Medicine Take Mirobalans Aloes Epatick Sene Sugar and Annis make them into powder and use thereof at night and morning Urine as pale Gold and thin in substance in a Child denotes a quotidian in a young Man a tertian in an old Man a double tertian and in a Woman a quartain Medicine Take Powder of Gete the seed of Cresses and seeds of Broom and use it in thy Pottage Of the Colour of red Gold thick in substance and shaddowing above betokens a lasting quotidian Medicine Take Satyrion-Roots Mustard-seed Pepper Annis and Cinamon and mix them with Honey to an Electuary and so use it Urine as red as a Rose and thick denotes a burning Fever Medicine Let him blood under the Ancle or on the Vein of the Arm And take Aloes Epatick 1 dragme and boyl it in a pinte of white-Wine and drink thereof a spoonful at evening and in the morning Urine as black Wine or rotten blood This in a lasting Fever betokeneth death if it be troubled fatty and stinking it betokens bursting of a Vein in the Reyns Medicine Take Osmond Savin and Gromel and boyl them with white-Wine and clarifyed Honey and use it first and last Urine green as worts and little in quantity betokens death Urine black as a Coal fatty and stinking betokens death Subrufus is like Gold Silver medly This Colour betokens a Fever and Imposthume If there be a Circle with small Bells in it as it were of rain-water it is a wind in th Head that riseth out of the Stomack Medicine Take powder of Elecampane and Turmentil and boyl them to a Confection with Honey and use it Albus like a cleer water it denotes wasting of the Spleen the Dropsie Madness pissing against ones will heat of the Liver Emrods and stopping of the Flowers Medicine Make a Drink of Gromel Saxifrage Pellitory Sage and Hemp seeth them in stale Ale and drink it When the Urine hath great contents and stink it betokeneth pain in the Reyns and the Spleen If it be bloudy and cleer and pure it denotes a Vein broke in the Liver if it be little with a strong savour and ly in Gobbets in the Bottome it cometh from the bladder If it be spotted as bloud and red the pain is in
the Reyns and in the share If it be cleer and blackish then the pain is in the back and in the share and about the bladder Raw humours is a content of the Urine which you shall know thus If the Urine after his casting fleet full of Gravel motes which come of the residence of the bottom or in the middle Region then in the Urine be raw humours And if the raw humours be above on the water it betokeneth a straitness in the Breast and shortness of breath and nipping of the Spleen If it appear in the middle it signifies griping in the Body and Guts and wind in the Stomack which cometh of excesse of meat and drink And if they be in the bottome the pain is in the Reyns and sometimes it is in the Cod. Fat without Axys betokeneth wasting of Grease about the Fundament if it be with Axys wasting of the Body Moates white small and round signifies the Gout both in Man and Woman Spermatick Resolutions if they appear fleeting about in the Urine and the Urine raw in Colour it denotes involuntary wasting of the Seed How to know Mans Urine from Womans and Beasts from Man or Woman You shall understand that if there be any trouble in Mans Urine it sheweth it self in the midst of the Urine and in the Womans Urine it doth not so And the froth after the casting of Mans Urine it shall be long and of a Womans after the casting it shall be round thus saith Avicenna Now to know Beasts Water from Mans Water Beasts Water is more sad and subtil of Complexion Also the Beasts Water swelleth more then the Mans. Also mingle the Urine of a Beast with a Mans and they shall part asunder And if it be a Cow that is with Calf the Contents of the Cows Urine is much greater then the Urine of a Woman in as much as the Woman is lesse and fair of Complexion then the Cow is Urine fat and troubled betokeneth a burning Fever that cometh of Choler Urine red and thick over all with a black Circle betokens sickness over all and if the Patient sweat not it is death Urine white and thin and little declares cold in the Body Urine cleer with a black Circle betokeneth the Tissick Urine thin and somwhat black above in the casting declares great losse of Nature Urine thick and troubled as Horse-pisse betokens Head-ach Urine fat in the bottome white in the midst and red above betokens a Fever quartain Urine that hath black Contents small as moats in the midst of the Water signifies an Imposthume under the side Urine that hath grains under the Circle betokens a Stomack full of Worms and burning of the Heart Urine that is foul above signifies heat in the Heart in the Lungs and in the Spleen Urine frothy cleer and a little red betokens pain under the right side Urine of a Woman that is with Child that Water shal have some cleer strikes and the most part shall be troubled and the troubleness shall be reddish in the manner of a tawney and this token shall never fail As soon as the Child hath life if it be a Girle the troubleness shall draw downward and if it be a Boy it shall ascend above Urine of a Woman white heavy and stinking betokeneth pain in the Reyns and pain of the Mother and sickness of cold Urine of a Woman shining as bright Gold signifyeth lust to a man Urine of a Woman that fleeteth fat above betokens pain in the Reyns Urine of a Woman with black Contents in the bottome betokens falling of the Flowers Urine of a Woman coloured as white Lead if shee be with Child the Child is dead within her And if shee be not with Child and the Water stink it betokeneth that the Mother is rotten Urine of a Woman coloured as Linseed and if shee have the flux it betokeneth death Urine of a Woman red as Gold with a watry Circle above signifies that she is with Child If thou see thy face in a Womans Water and shee be without a Fever it betokeneth shee is with Child But if thou see thy face in the Urine of a hot Fever it is a sign of death And if thou see thy face in Urine that hath no Axes it betokens long sickness Urine thin in substance having fleeting above as it were a dark Skye betokens death Of the Regions of the Urine You shall understand that in the Urine when it is in the Urinal there be three Regions The first second and the third The third beginneth at the bottome of the Urinal and lasteth to the thickness of a fingers bredth upward The second Region begins as the 3 doth end and lasteth upward to the Circle And the first Region contains all that is upward above the Circle And in these Regions be divers Contents There be 4 Contents that belong to Urines which I will here declare to you and first I will begin at froth Froth that dwelleth and cleaveth to the Circle betokeneth indigestion and wind in the Stomack and in the Bowells and in the Head And if above that froth dwell great Bubbles it betokeneth great pain in the Reyns And if the froth dwell small it 's a sign of burning in the Stomack and burnt bloud in the Liver If the froth be full of grains it betokens Rheume in the Head Breast and the black Jaundice If it be green it 's a sign of the Jaundice that cometh of burnt bloud in the Liver A small skye appearing and shadowing the Urine above if the Urine be a party blew it betokeneth pain at the Heart and shortness of breath and wind that cometh of the Lungs And if the Urine be not blew and such a skye shadow the Urine above it it betokens chafing of the Liver and especially if the froth be yellow A Circle thick and little Colour betokeneth pain in the Brains A Circle thick and little and coloured as Purple betokeneth pain in the forehead A Circle black or white thin and a little coloured betokens pain in the left side of the Head A Circle thin and high-coloured as red or yellow signifies pain in the right side of the Head A Circle green betokens wavering in the Head and pain in the Stomack And if it appear in an hot Axis it betokeneth the phrensy that cometh of cold A Circle in a hot Axis coloured blew if it trembled betokeneth death Grains that dwell in the Circle after casting of the Urine gone down and after rise up again to the Circle they betoken Rheume in the Head And if they go down and turn not again to the Circle then they signify Rheume in the Breast Lungs and the Spleen And if you see 2 small grains or more in the second Region knit to a small skye they betoken pain in the Breast of Rheume a bad Stomack Liver and Lungs Urine white or pale neither too thick nor too thin with an even and clean substance betokeneth health in a Melancholy man Urine white as Water and not thin with beams as they were yards appearing in the midst betokens sickness of the Spleen These be the tokens overthwart swelling in the side with hardness indigestion a small Neck a lean Body heaviness and sloath in all the Body Especially if they go against a Hill Paleness of Visage and swelling after meat Urine white and thin with fleshly and long resolutions much in quantity and often made betokens a sickness that is called Diabites and of the said sickness cometh Urine overmuch and unmeasurably The tokens are great thirst unmeasurable dryness of Body and this breedeth often the Dropsie Urine white and thin with small round moats betokeneth the cold Gout The tokens are The Patient is wan of colour and shaking Urine white and thin as Water with a manner of darkeness and with Gravel betokeneth the stone and the spices thereof as is shewed in the Contents Urine white and thin long continuing with Scales and black resolutions signifies in Womans Water stopping of her Flowers The tokens are ach in the Head and Back and Neck and in the nether part of the Body And an evill appetite to meat Urine in the beginning red and shining as flames of fire and thin and after white and thin betokeneth the Phrensie These be the tokens a Fever Ague great thirst Alienation of minde and many times they think their bed is full of straw or such like things which they seek after and when they cannot find it they be very raging Urine white and thin as colour of Lead with whiteness betokens the falling sickness These be the tokens heaviness of the Head sloath of the Body Yawning Quaking of the Hands and Feet Pollution of Nature pissing involuntarily Urine white and thin and cleer and much shining and little Gravel appearing betokens the swimming in the Head which is called Vertigo These be the tokens ach in the Head and especially in the forehead darkness of the Eyes and overcasting of the uppermost part so that if they see wheels go or running water they fall down loathings of meat and oftentimes abomination of the Stomach Urine white and thin in lean people betokeneth wasting of the substance of the Body These be the tokens the Face is wan the Eyes hollow and drye a faint heat like a soft Fever in the hands loathing of meat Urine white and thin in what sickness soever it be betokeneth indigestion and feebleness of natural heat The tokens be these closing of wind under the Ribs and the Sides rumbling in the womb swelling of the Sides heaviness of the Eyes and Joynts The Body slothful and evil disposed on the left side And thus have I set before you the Symptomes of Diseases our frail Bodyes are incident unto manifested by the Urine if you desire to know the Medicines look into the Table annexed to this Mirror of Health where you will find several fitted and plainly prepared for you for which means give God the praise Triuni Deo sacro-Sanctae individuae Trinitati sit Honor Gloria in secula seculorum Amen 23 July 1656. Sol in Aries 10. 33. Per Rob. Turner
evening To Clarify the sight of the Eyes Take red Roses Smallage Rue Vervain Mayden-hair Eye-bright Endive Sengreen red Fennel Celendine of each a quarter of a pound wash them clean and infuse them in white-wine a day and a night and then distill them the first VVater will be like Gold the second like Silver and the third like balme And this water is very good for all manner of sore Eyes for a webbe perle or haw Another for sore Eyes TAKE Smallage Fennel Rue Vervain Egrimony Betony Scabious Avens Hounds-tongue Eye-bright Pimpernel red Roses and Sage Distil all these together with a little Urine of a Man-child and five grains of Frankincense And of this distilled water drop a drop or two into the Eyes at night when you go to bed For pain in the Eyes TAKE Egrimony Vervain Fennel Rue and Roses and put them in a Scillatory and spring on them good white-VVine and distil it This water is good for swelling of a mans Eyes that cometh of Cold and for bleared Eyes and Eyes that be red with anguish and easeth the pain of them Another for the pain in the Eye TAke a little Allom and powder of Mint and mix them together draw thereof a VVater and put thereof a drop into the Eye going to bed and in the morning Another for sore Eyes TAke Flowers of Hawthorn and the Flowers of Withy and distil it make thereof a VVater and this VVater is good for the sight in the Eye and for the redness in the Eye and for burning and heat in the Eye and for Eyes that do lightly VVater and for webbs in the Eye of a Man or VVoman A good Water for the sight TAke Sage Fennel Rue Vervain Betony Egrimony Sanacle Pimpernel Eye-bright Cinquefoil and Rue of all these like much and grinde them in a Morter then take powder of Alom and a little Camphire and mingle them together and distil it And know you of a truth that this VVater is profitable for all evills of the Eyes And restoreth the sight that hath been almost lost by the space of 3 years Water of Copporas to make good for the Eyes TAke Copporas and grinde it to powder and put a little water to it and let it stand a day and a night and strain it through a Cloth This VVater is good for the Eyes and for the Canker in the mouth and for noli me tangere and to make a deer complexion Another Water for sore Eyes and pain in the Head TAke red Roses Maydenhair Rue Vervain Eye-bright Betony Calamynt of each one handful steep them in white-VVine 24 hours The second day distill it in a Distillatory The first water that thou dost distill it shall be like colour of Gold The second of Silver The third of Balme And this is called the precious water for Ladyes Another Water for sore Eyes TAke good red VVine and Cumin and Salt and put it in a pot and set upon the pot an Alembick and stop it fast about with good paste and make a slow fire of Cole The first VVater that is distilled is good for all cold sickness in the Eyes of Man or VVoman The second VVater is good for all manner of hot maladies in the eyes Another for the same Take and fill a pot of thick Dregs of good Ale and put thereto a handful of Cumin and Salt and put a Lembeck on thy pot and stop it about with paste and distill it a precious VVater for the Eyes Salgem THE VVater of Salgem is good to cleer the filth of a mans Eyes and it is good for the scurffe and Morphew and for the stink of the hammes and Arme-pits Take a pound of Salgem and wrap it up in Colewort-Leaves and do it in the hot Ashes And there let it seeth in his own kinde till it be turned to whiteness after that lay it on a marble-stone a day and a night and that which goeth over thereof will be a Silver Colour Then take that and keep it in a glasse and when need is put a drop thereof into the sore Eye For the haw in the Eye Take Pepper and stamp it to powder then take the marrow of an old Gooses wing and mingle it together and do it in a Cloth and burne it to powder and put thereof into the Eye For dim sight and bleared Eyes Take Ginger and rub it on a whetstone into a fair Bason and put thereto as much Salt and temper it in VVine with the juyce of Eye-bright and let it stand infusing a night and a day And then take the cleerness that ascendeth above and put in a glasse for use and with a feather when thou goest to bed or as often as thou lyest down to sleep therewith annoynt thy eye-lyds within and without and it will heal them An oyntment for sore Eyes approved Take Vinegar and put it in a clean Bason then take the flowers of plumbs and mingle all together and let it stand three dayes and three nights covered then put it in a box and reserve it for your use to anoynt the Eyes when need requires Another for the same Take Raw Cream made of Ewes milk and spread it on the bottome of a fair scowred Bason then take a vessel that hath stood with Ale in it 6. or 7. dayes and pour out the Ale and whelm the pot or vessel over the Bason so letting it remain a whole night then take the Cream and keep the Cream in a box till you need it for an oyntment for sore Eyes Another for the same Take red Snayles that be without houses and seeth them in water and after that burne them on a hot tilestone to powder and mix the powder with the fat that will arise above the water they are boyled in And anoynt the Eye-lyds therewith at night going to bed For bleared Eyes Take the Juyce of VVorm-wood and mingle it with water made of the white of an Egge and therewith anoynt the Eyes and it will put away the bloodiness and aking thereof Another for the same Take Celendine Rue Planten Annis of each a handful and as much Fennel as of all the rest and stamp them in a new earthen pot and let it stand two days and two nights then strain it and therewith anoynt the Eyes evening and morning For a pin and Webbe in the Eye Take an Egge and rost it hard and take the white all hot and put in as much white Copporis as a pease and while it is hot strain it through a Cloth and let it drop into the Eye a good drop And this for young and old is proved a good Medicine For Eyes that be blasted Take Tutty and Calamint and wash them in white-Wine 9 times and then grinde them upon a stone with some of the white-Wine and white Goose-Grease and Capons Grease and put thereof in the eye morning and at night approved For Eyes that be red and full of pain Take white Ginger and rubbe it
into a Bason on a whet-stone put thereto as much white Salt and grinde them together on a Marble-stone and when it is small ground add thereto white-Wine and then temper them well together and let it stand so a day and a night then pour out the thinne cleer liquor that standeth above and put it in a Vyal And when the sick goeth to bed anoynt well the Eyes with a clean feather Probatum For Eyes that run with Water Take a Colewort leaf and anoynt it with the white of an Egge beaten well and lay it to thy Eyes when thou goest to bed and let it lye all night and it shall help thee by the grace of God To cleer the Eyes a Drink Take Celendine and stamp it and temper it with fair water and drink it three dayes and it shall heal the head and cleer the sight marvelously For the Perle in the Eye at first Take white Ginger that is good and fine and rubbe it on a whet-stone of Norway into a sawcer of â—ewter and put thereto white-Wine but let it be muddy of the Ginger and with a feather do it into thy Eyes A precious Water for Eyes called the Water of Mr. Peter of Spain Take Fennel Rue Celendine Vervain Eye-bright Clary Rosin or the water of Rosin and stamp them by the space of a natural day in white-Wine and then put all together in a Lymbeck and distill a water thereof wherewith wash the Eyes it clarifyeth and comforteth them greatly The Powder of Master Peter de Villa Nova Take Tutty prepared one dragme Antimony one dragme and a half Marjoram 2 dragmes Flower of red Coral one dragme and a half Raw Silk of the Silk-worm cut small as may be half a dragme make hereof as subtil a powder as may be made and keep it in a box of Metal This powder dryeth tears and rectifieth redness of the Eyes And was made for Bishop John A Powder for the Eyes called Bonaventure Take a dragme of Sugar-Candy Tutty prepared half a dragme powder them and wash them with water of Roses and spread them abroad on a Bason and fumigate the Bason with the fume of Lignum Aloes and Frankincense dry it and powder it subtily and keep it in a box of brasse or pewter And put it in the Eyes with a Pencil of Silver This powder is good for all manner of spots in the Eyes A precious Powder for a pin and Webbe in the Eye Take two dragms of Tutty prepared of Sandragon one dragm of Sugar one dragme beat them together to a very fine powder whereof put into the Eye a little at a time approved For a hurt in the Eye with a Thorn Stubble or any other thing Take Monsear and stamp it and drink the Juyce thereof and lay three drops upon the Eye and stamp Egrimony and lay it on the hinder part of the Eye For the Webbe in the Eye Take ground Ivy and dresse the Eye with the Juyce thereof once a day and it will destroy it Another for sore Eyes Take Centory and make thereof an Electuary with Honey very thick and eat thereof It is good for the stomack and will make a man to have a good talent to his meat And therewith anoynt the Eyes it is very good for sore Eyes A Soveraign Medicine that helpeth the sight and purgeth and clarifyeth the Eyes be they never so bleared Take a good quantity of Housleek and stamp it in a Morter and wring out the Juyce clean and put it in a broad Vessel a day and night till it be clear then take 20 Egges and seeth them very hard then take away the Yolk of every Egge and set the shell hot in wheat-bran and fill it full of the water of Housleek and so serve all the Egges while the water lasts and let them stand so a day and a night at the least a day then take the water and put it in Vials VVith this water anoynt the Eyes morning and night Also take a Pidgeon and let it bleed in the right Vein under the wings and anoynt thine Eyes with the blood 9 dayes and 9 nights and more if it be need for this Medicine hath been proved many times An excellent Oyntment for the Eyes Take new Hogges-lard 2 ounces Tutia prepared 1 ounce Lapis Hematis washed 1 scruple Aloes washed and powdered 12 grains Perles 3 grains Steep the Grease 6 hours in Rose-water then wash it 12 times in white-Wine powder the Tutia very fine and make it into an oyntment with a little Fennel-water and therewith anoynt the corner of the Eyes For Rheumatick Eyes First purge the Head and the Body and let the Patient sweat a little Then use this powder following for the Eyes Take Tutia prepared 1 ounce and a quarter red Coral yellow Myrobalaus of each 1 quarter of an ounce Pepper half a dragme powder them very fine and strew them in the corners of the Eyes A Water to wash Rheumatick Eyes Take rain-Rain-water boyl therein Gal-nuts Myrtle-Seeds fine Bolus and Cypres-nuts And therewith wash the Eyes oftentimes To asswage and drive away the pain of the Eyes Take prepared Tutty Camphire bruised very small of each one scruple Rose-water 1 ounce white-Wine half an ounce temper them well and when you have occasion to use it stir it well about and put a drop or two in the Eye For redness in the Eyes This oftentimes proceeds from superfluity of blood which floweth unto the Eyes it is necessary in this case to apply Cupping-glasses to the shoulders if need be to open the Head-vein on the contrary side and to purge the Body and outwardly to apply such things to the Eyes as may repercusse and drive back the humour offending as followeth For the redness of the Eyes Take the white of an Egge and bray it with Womans milk and apply it to the Eyes I mean drop a drop or two thereof into the Eye For the same Take Linseed and boyl it in water and wet a Sponge in that Decoction and lay it warm on the eyes or do in like manner with the Decoction of Fenegreek or Camomile For the same Take the Juyce of Night-shade and mix it with the white of an Egge well beaten and Oil of Roses make a cloth wet in it and lay it on the Eye For blood-shot Eyes Take the Juyce of Worm-wood bray it well with the white of an Egge and drop thereof into the eye Another for pain or redness in the Eyes Take broad Planten water 1 pinte small bruised Verdigrease 1 ounce fine Bolus Dragons blood of each half an ounce Camphire 1 quarter of an ounce distill this in a glassen helm in Balneo This water taketh away redness of the Eyes and pains thereof and helpeth swollen Eye-lids that have long continued And is also good for all sore mouths and stinking imposthumations therein and especial for all Ulcerations in the privy members For the same Take water of Vervain Eye-bright Marjoram of each half an
ounce Fennel-water an ounce Camphire half a dragme the Gall of a great Pickerel temper and stir it all together and use it as the other An Oyntment for red Eyes Take Tutia half an ounce Oil of Bay 1 quarter of an ounce Honey and Vinegar of each one spoonful Camphire 1 dragme make a Salve thereof and therewith anoynt the Eye-lids this is also good for inverted Eye-lids Nutmegs confected in Honey do help the redness of the Eyes and defend the sight being eaten For hot Eyes Take water of Eye-bright Fennel Celandine of each 1 ounce Tutia prepared 3 scruples Sarcocolla and Pearles prepared of each half a dragm temper it together and therewith anoynt the Eyes Another for the same Take Rue Fennel Vervain of each equal parts stamp them and put to them Rose-water and white-Wine as much as will cover them quite over Let it infuse a night and then distil it in a glasse body in balneo and reserve the water for the use aforesaid For pricking and hot Blysters in the Eyes This is oftentimes caused through over-much moisture setling it self in the white or apple of the Eyes These are dangerous to be cured The Patient must be let blood in the Head-Vein and purged to divert and carry away the humours And first take for it this Medicine following A Water for blystered and pricking Eyes Take Lycium and Saffron of each half a dragme Juyce of sloes 1 scruple mix this with rose-Rose-water and drop a little into the Eyes with the white of an Egge Another for the same to ripen and draw out the corruption and asswage the pain Take Fenegreek and Linseed of each one quarter of an ounce Melilot one quarter of an ounce seeth it in fair water and wash the Eyes oftentimes therewith and somtimes drop a drop thereof into the Eyes Another for the same Take Crums of white-bread and steep it in Womans milk and lay it on the Eyes and when it grows dry renew it and lay on fresh A Confection good for all heat pricking and swelling in the Eyes Take Eye-bright Fennel Cinamon of each 3 dragms long Pepper Mynts Mace Marjoram Vervain Calamus Rosemary of each one dragme and a half Sugar Pennets 3 ounces white Sugar 5 ounces with the Sugar seeth these Juyces following of Roses and Vervain of each 2 dragmes Juyce of Fennel clarifyed five ounces Juyce of Celendine and Rue of each one ounce and an half let them seeth almost as thick as a Syrrup afterwards temper amongst it the rest well beaten Another Oyntment to asswage the pain and heat in the Eyes Take young Endive and stamp it with Oil of Roses or Oil of Violets and therewith anoynt the corners of the Eyes and Eye-lids Against itching Eyes This commonly proceeds from a defluxion of salt humour that falls down to the Eyes and causeth great itching and pricking in them which maketh the Patient alwayes very apt to rubbe them but that he must by all means refrain for that hurteth the sight and maketh the eyes more red hot and angry he must be moderate in eating and forbear strong drink purge the Body of choler and open the Head-vein wash the Eyes well in Rose-water and afterwards foment and bath them with the Decoction of Mallows Violet-Leaves Vervain and Celandine For running Watry Eyes This infirmity somtimes flowes from the weakness of the faculty retentive And is also often occasioned through superfluous moist Rheumes falling down from the brain upon the Eyes and likewise it may be caused through mirth but oftner through its opposite sorrow for that alwayes follows that kinde of deceitful pleasure under which excessive drinking seems to mask it self sharpe windes smoke Coughs stinking Savours do perish the Eyes For help of this defluxion use these remedies following Purge the Body with Pill Cochiae Aureae with succo Rosarum or with Pills of the 5 kindes of Mirobalaus Forbear all moist sharp meats and drinks Salt Fish and Flesh Milk Cheese Onions Garlick and all that fumes into the head Outwardly beat the white of an Egge and temper it with Womans milk and drop a drop thereof into the eye For the same Also take unripe Grapes and burn the same to ashes and make it into a fine powder and blow thereof into the Eyes it dryeth up the Rheume and taketh away the redness Another for Watery Eyes Take Rose-Leaves fresh half an ounc Saffron Spica Indie Gum Arabick of each 1 quarter of an ounce beat them small and make Cakes thereof with rain-rain-water And when you will use it take 1 dragme thereof and lay it to steep in the beaten white of an Egge and herewith anoynt the Eyes This repelleth the matter and consumeth the pain Another for the same Take Juyce of Fennel well clarifyed 1 ounce and a half Aloe two dragmes and a half a leaf of beaten Gold mix them well together then add to it 7. grains of Frankincense dissolve them in good white-Wine and mix them all together with Fennel and Rose-water and drop of this water into the Eyes twice a day Another for running and over-moist Eyes Take Myrrhe half a dragme Blood-stone one dragme Rose-leaves one ounce seeth them in a glasse in Balneo to the consumption of half then strain it through a cloth and drop thereof 4 times a day a drop into the Eyes A Salve for watery Eyes to ease the pain and stay the defluxion Take Juyce of Rue Oil of Mirtle of each 2 ounces Let it boyl untill the Juyce be sodden away then strain it and set it again upon the fire and mix amongst it Saphire prepared half a dragme Jacynt one scruple Antimony one dragme burnt Copper 1 scruple Tutia prepared 3 dragmes let it seeth gently on the fire adding thereto two or three dragmes of Wax more or lesse accordingly as you desire to have it hard when you will use it melt a little and anoynt the Eye-lids therewith If the Rheume in the Eyes cometh of cold then at the first beginning of it take inwardly this Confection following A Confection for Watery Eyes that come of taking cold Take Spica Indie 5 dragmes Agarick 1 dragme and a half Cynamon 1 ounc Mastick as much as the weight of them all make a Confection thereof with clarifyed Honey and take thereof every morning Muske and Pomanders are good for the Patient to smell to in this case and to chew Betony in his mouth every morning An outward Oyntment for the same Take Bloud-stone prepared 1 quarter of an ounce Roses burnt Ivory white and red Coral Amber yellow Mirobalaus of each one dragme Juyce of Housleek 4 ounces temper them together and so keep it well stopped anoynt the Eye-lids every day herewith and put of the same a drop into the Eye Another Water for the Eyes to dry Catarrhes and cold Rheumes Take Gummi the Muscilage of Fenegreek-Seeds of each one quarter of an ounce of prepared Sarcocol Spikenard Myrrhe Cynamon Aloes Bever-cod of each half a scruple powder
The Compleat BONE-SETTER Wherein The Method of curing broken Bones and Strains and Dislocated Joynts together with Ruptures vulgarly called Broken Bellyes is fully demonstrated Whereunto is added The Perfect Oculist and The Mirrour of Health Treating of the Pestilence and all other Diseases incident to Men Women and Children Also The Acute Judgement of URINES Written originally by Friar Monlton of the Order of St. Augustine Now Revised Englished and Enlarged by ROBERT TURNER 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 LONDON Printed by J. C. for Martha Harison at the Lamb at the East-end of Pauls 1656. To the truly worthy and Religious Gentlewoman Mrs ELIZABETH CRESWEL Widow Wife to the Worshipfull Thomas Creswel late of Heckfield in Hampshire Esq Deceased and to his Honorable Memory Robert Turner humbly dedicates these his studies Mrs CRESVVELL AS the Lord hath abundantly blessed you with internal graces so hath he likewise honoured you with external blessings whereby you are instrumental in relieving the wants and binding up the Wounds of your poor Sick and Lame Neighbours my experience of your affections and endeavours thereunto if I were not otherwise obliged is no small cause of this assay But large courtesies require large acknowledgements from all that would not willingly lye under the Ignominious brand of ingratitude And many have endeavoured and sought by this means to render satisfaction for benefits received but no such construction must be made of my present intention that is not my end and scope but only to shew a thankful acknowledgement for your former favours Then that I have thus chosen you out by a single Dedication to be the Patroness of these my Lucubrations I hope you will account it but a venial transgression If therefore you shall please to accept of these my poor presented pains there shall my Ambition Anchor And I doubt not but your reading and practise of this small Treatise will gain you the poors Prayers and plead my excuse London July 23 1656. Your humble Servant alwayes to be commanded Robert Turner To the Readers THis is not the first time that I have bestowed my pains for the publick good having already translated four Treatises in print and as many more are in the Presse of Physick and Occult Philosophy my only aime in them all is to learn men if once they would learn to admire and glorify the great power of God who hath commanded such weak means as the Herb or Grass of the field that grows and flourishes to day and to morrow is cast into the Oven to preserve the life and cure the infirmities that the sin of man hath originally subjected himself and all his posterity unto and to see and contemplate the power of the great Creator in the influence of those superiour Bodies the Stars if they are duly observed and well regarded in their operations it is a great Book so full of uncontrollable Arguments as are enough to stop the mouths of all Gainsayers and Raylers against Astrology and the Professors thereof calling them Wizards and the art unlawful but rather to cover their Faces with shame that they are ignorant therein and of the wonderful dispensations of God by them This treatise indeed tends not thereunto only but is chiefly composed and made plain in the English tongue not to make Coblers cast away their Lasts and Auls and such fellows straightway turn Doctors I would never write an English line on that account Neither do I write any thing in derogation of the honor due to the learned but for the use of those Godly Ladies and Gentlewomen who are industrious for the improvement of their Talent God has given them in helping their poor sick Neighbours expecting the recompence of the reward of Come ye blessed c. when I was sick ye visited me which Christ the righteous judge shall give them accounting what they do for the poor members of his as done to himself and not for those who think they were created for no other end and had estates given them to bestow spend in painting their Faces deforming themselves with ugly black patches minding nothing but their crisping-pins and curling Irons powders and perfumes going with stretched-out Necks like those in Isaiah but never remembring the afflictions of Joseph not regarding the answer of Abraham to Dives when he cryed for a drop of water to cool his Tongue Remember That in thy life-time thou hast had thy good things c. nor fearing that dreadful sentence of ITE MALEDICTI I have made this plain to every Vulgar capacity putting all the Physical terms in words at length and plain English that so people who are able may easily make Medicines for themselves and reap the harvest of the sown Spring Of Robert Turner 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 London 23 July 1656. from my study at Christs-Church in Carpenters-yard The Contents A. Aches 100 101. Against infected Airs 146 154 155. B. Broken bones 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. Bones putrified 16 17. To keep a broken Bone being set from falling out again 6 7. To stanch bloud 15. Broken Bellyes 30 31 32 33. Bowells to strengthen 50. Bleared Eyes 64 66. Breast 123 Spitting Bloud 126. Stinking Breath 127. C. Callus to ingender 45. Pultis for Childrens Cods that are broken 36 37. Clysters 38 49 50 106. Lotions for the Cod. 39. Cods putrified 46 47. Confection for a Rupure 51 52. Clysters for the Head-ach 106 109. Consumption 123. Dry Cough 123 144 145. Tough Cough 124 125. Cold and Cough 128 129 130. Cramp 142. Confections against the Plague 154 155. D. A Drink for a Rupture 57. Drink for the Eyes 68. Drink for the Head 105. Decoction for the same 107. Drink for the Head-ach 110. Deafeness 112 113. E. Waters for Eyes 53 54 55 56 57 58 92 93. Sore Eyes 59. 60. Pain in the Eyes 60 67 74. Oyntment for Eyes 64 65 73 80. Pin and Web in the Eye 6â—… 71. Blasted Eyes 67. Hurt or thorne in the Eye 71. Rheumatick Eyes 73 74. Redness of the Eyes 74 75 76. Hot Eyes 77. Blisters in the Eyes 78 79. Itching Eyes 80. Spots in the Eyes 87. Electuary for the Head 110. Pain in the Ears 113. Noise in the Ears 113 114. F. Fomentations 42. Frantick persons to cause sleep 134 135. Falling sickness 143 144. G. Guts falling into the Cod. 48 49. Gargarisme for the Head 108 131. Gums imposthumated 120 121. Gout 142. H. Head-ach 62 99 100 101 103. 104 107. Haw in the Eye 64. Honey to prepare for the Eyes 89. Hoarseness 123. Head to cleanse 131. To draw moistures out of the Head 132. 133. To stâ—â—â—gthen the Heart 137. J. To set a Joynt 5. Joynts luxated 20 21. Imposthumes in the Head 101. Imposthumes in the ear 115 116 117. Against Infection 151 152. L. Lotions 39 112. Liver to strengthen 42. Lungs infected to help 123. Lozenges for hot Rheumes 144. Legges scabbed 146. M. Withered Members 25. Mirrour of Health 99. Meagrim
101 102. Memory to strengthen 131 132 133. N. Noise in the Ears 114 115. Bleeding at Nose 115. O. Oyntments 10 11 12 13 14 15 64. The perfect Oculist 53. Oculists Electuary 94 95. P. Plaisters 15 18 19 22 23 42 43. Pultis for Ruptures 36 37. Pills 41. 107. Purges for a Phlegmatick Rupture 43 44. Plaister for the same 44 45. Perle in the Eye 68. Powder for Eyes 69 70 88 89 90 92 97. Pomander for Eyes 90. Purblind 98. Perfume for the Head 118. Powder for the Head-ach 111. Potion for to purge the Head for a weak sight 97. Palsey 135 136 137. Against Poison 137. Dead Palsey 138 139. 140 141 142. Pleurisy 145 146. Pain in the back 145. Plague 146 147 148 149 150 152 156 157 158 159. Pomanders 152 153. Pills against Pestilence 153 154. Powders for the same 155. R. Ruptures 26 27 30 31 32 33. Drink for Ruptures 35 36. Oyntment for Ruptures 38. Rheume 144. S. Sprains 20 21. Salve for swelling in the Members 29 30. To cleer the Sight 58 59. Salgem 63. Swelling of the Eyes 89. Speech lost to restore 121 122 123. Speaking in sleep 126. Sickness and pain in the side 129. Squinancy 130. To cause Sleep 134 135. To Comfort the Stomach 137. T. Tumors 28 29. Tabulats for the Eyes 96. Tooth-ach 117 118 119 120. To make Teeth white 120. Against stinking Teeth 120. Tumor in the Throat 130. Trembling in the joynts 137 138. U. Ulcers 17 18 19. Urine to provoke 41 42. To make the Voyce cleer 124 125. Of Urines 156 157 158 159 160 c. W. Windy Rupture 38. Watry Rupture 40. A Water for the sight 55 56 60 61 62 63 96. Watry Eyes 68 81 82 83 84 85. Wheezing 124 125. Any of all these Medicines besides many others as Pumicils and a powder for to clense and whiten the Teeth prevent the Tooth-ach and fasten loose Teeth Lozenges for the Cough and an excellent Cordial Water called Aurum Potabile effectual against all infections agues and surfets being taken and swear upon with many other Virtues far exceeding the intellect of the Moderne Speculator of Spittle-fields are prepared and to be had at Mr. Hepburns in the Carpenters-yard in Little Brittain by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Δόξα τῶ Θεῶ The PREFACE Sheweth the minde and intent of the Author in setting forth this treatise which take as followeth in his own words COnsidering that this treatise is very needful and necessary for a Common-wealth and amongst the Common liege-people I Thomas Moulton Doctor of Divinity of the Order of the Fryers of St. Augustine am induced to Compose and publish the same for divers causes One is Prayers of my own Brethren A thing it seems in those dayes more esteemed then profit Another is cause of prayers of many worthy Gentry Another is Compassion that I have of the poor people who oftentimes are destroyed and perish for want of help And the fourth cause that moveth me hereunto is pure Conscience for every Christian Man and Woman are bound by the Law of Conscience if they know their fellow-Christian in peril or likely to fall into any mischief to help them if he may by his Counsel with his Travel and with his goods And these four causes moved me to compound and gather this treatise and that every man both learned and leud rich and poor may do thereafter and thereby come to be their own Physitians in time of need And therefore I have prescribed Remedies for divers other diseases that hurteth or grieveth the body of man and in the first place of broken bones and luxated or dislocated joynts The Compleat BONE-SETTER Of broken Bones THis is an accident often happening in the Country amongst poor people where Surgeons and especially good ones are very scarce and oftentimes remote and thereby many times ensues much danger to the party thus afflicted through the neglect or perchance misdressing of his wound and therefore it ought diligently to be regarded The first progresse that is to be made in the remedying of any such mischance is diligently and dexterously to joyn and reunite together the fractured Bones into their proper seats places again that thereby the member may be again enabled to perform his proper office he is ordained for by God and Nature Secondly in the next place care is to be taken that the bones thus reduced to their proper form and figure be so kept and preserved without motion to gather strength Thirdly to use means to ingender Callus whereby the parts of the broken bones are conglutinated joyned and fastened together again And fourthly to take heed to prevent and preserve the part afflicted from those accidents which in such cases are apt to follow the fracture of the Bone bringing much hurt to the patient First therefore to joyne and set again the broken Bones into their right and proper place observe how and which way the member where the Bone is fractured doth extend and stretch it self if the member where the Bone is broken doth stand upwards and is pricking shewing an inequality when it is touched it certainly manifests that the broken Bone is out of his natural place wherefore to reduce the same again the fractured member is decently to be extended and that part of the Bone which is depressed or crushed down into the flesh to be gently lifted up and that part which standeth upwards to be put down untill both ends of the broken Bone do and be united and closed together and brought again into their natural and proper place having a diligent care that the member be not too immoderately extended and drawn out for that will bring very vehement pain and consequently the Fever Palsey Convulsions and such like accidents will pursue it and oftentimes by this means the fibres and threads in the heads of the Muscles be broken whereupon lameness ensues Therefore to proceed rightly and avoyd such danger let one man lay his hand on the member above the fractured or broken place and another on the nether part of the member under the fractured Bone and so gently and moderately stretch and extend the member till both parts of the Bone do meet together in their proper place then form it together till you feel you have brought it again to its natural form and figure and the Bone be reposed in his due place Which being done then and not till then shall the Patient be eased of his pain To keep the Bone being set that it fall not out again THE second progression to be made in the effecting this Cure is to keep the fractured Bones being reduced and brought to their proper place and figure that they start not out again The means to be used in the effecting hereof is to use apt and conâ—enient splinting binding ligature and rolling of the fracture and by all means to keep the member without motion as much as possible may be But when you have reduced the member or
to speak more plain set the broken Bone before you roll up the member mix some Oil of Roses and the white of an Egge together and dip therein a soft linen cloth and lay it all over the place that it may compasse it all about and above and below it and then roll up the member but not too hard so as to compresse it draw humors causing inflammation therein nor so slack that the broken Bones separate again but alwayes remember that in measure resteth virtue Begin your roller smoothly upon the broken place going three or four times about it untill you have compassed about the sound place above and below it Wet your rollers well in Water and Wine before you use them and if the place be much afflicted with any Vehement pain or inflammation then the member ought to be wrapped about with fine Wooll or towe well carded and wet in Oxicratum or Oil of Roses Then to defend the member from accidents and to keep it together and strengthen the same lay upon the rollers a plaister or Cerecloth made of Wax melted in Oil of Roses but if there be besides the broken Bone any bruise or hurt in the flesh then do not apply any Oil or Cerecloth to it but in stead thereof Cloths dipt in red and Stiptick Wine Also to keep the member from pain and accidents there must be splints prepared to put about the broken member which splints must be smooth and equal without ruggedness or crookedness and are to be thus applyed First wet cloths in Rose-water and then lay them upon the Roller three or four times double then roll Wool or Cotton round about the splints and place them about the member about the bredth of a finger one from another and bind them gently on taking heed that you do not compresse the member nor touch any joynt if the broken Bone be neer a joynt lest the joynt do thereby become inflamed and ulcerate but make your splints the shorter and smaller if the fracture be neer to any joynt Now after this progresse if the Patient receive ease no pain inflammation or itching be fell in the fractured part then let the splints remain on and unopened twelve or fifteen dayes but if on the contrary any of the forementioned accidents happen then you must unrole the Member the third day at the furthest and foment and wash the place with warm water to put away the pain and itching It is likewise good to prevent and remove such accidents as usually attend these mischances as gangrenes ulcers inflammation itchings caused through immoderate dryness or moisture and for the most part extream pain which the Patient will quickly be too sensible of then must you speedily loose the binding about the broken place and take off your roller which being done foment and bathe the place with Oil of Roses Vinegar before and hereafter mentioned and also use Unguentum Album and Unguentum Populeon or either and do not either roll or splint up the Member again till the pain abateth and the inflammation ceaseth but only endeavour to strengthen and keep the Member together and afterwards roll it and splinter it as before and to strengthen the weakned Member this following is very good A special Oyntment to resist accidents and strengthen a broken Member TAke Camomile Mallows Balme and the Rootes thereof of each one handful Chop and stamp them very small and then take May-Butter 2 pound Doggs Grease 1 pound and a half and therein boyl the Herbs very well strain it and then Take Wax five ounces and a half Ammoniacum Galbanum of each 2 ounces Dissolve the Gum in Vinegar and strain it and then boyl it till the Vinegar be wasted away then melt the Wax amongst it then put amongst the strain'd Herbs before and when it is almost cold Take Bevercod 1 ounce and a half Oil of Camomile 2 ounces and a half Oil of Bayes 16 ounces Mix all this together into an Oyntment and reserve it as a special secret for your use And when you have occasion to use it melt a little of it and therewith anoynt the grieved place and afterwards apply thereon this Cerecloth following A Cerecloth for broken Bones Take Frankincense Galbanum of each 3 quarters of an ounce Mastick 1 ounce Wax 3 ounces Rosin 1 ounce and a half Oil an ounce Dissolve the Galbanum in a little Vinegar and then melt all together in the Oil and afterwards strain it through a Cloth and then dip your Cerecloth therein and apply it after the anoynting Another for the same Take Sallat-Oil 4 ounces Wax half an ounce Mastick half an ounce Beat the Mastick to powder and melt the Wax in the Oil and when it is almost cold put in the Mastick and temper them well together and use it as before is directed For the same Take Virgins-Wax Frankincense of each half an ounce Linseed Oil 4 ounces Melt and incorporate them all well together and dip a Cerecloth therein and use it as the other Also for the same because if you have not one Medicine in readiness I prescribe many that you may speedily apply what remedy is next at hand Take Wax and fresh Butter and melt them together and apply it Another for the same Take Fenegreek meal as much as you think good and Comphrey pound the Comphrey small and boyl them together in Water till they be as thick as grout and apply it moderately warm to the fractured place For the same Take Litharge of Gold Bolus Comphrey of each 3 ounces Bean-meal one ounce and a half Beat them all together and infuse them in good Vinegar one night then Take Wax Rosin of each 3 ounces Sallad-Oil 12 ounces Incorporate them all well together on the fire and let them boyl till all the Vinegar be consumed Then when it is almost cold stir into it two ounces of Dragagant in powder that hath been well steeped in Wine and so make it into a plaister and apply it Another very good for the same and for other Ruptures Take Saffron Euphorbium Long pepper of each 1 Dram. Rosin five ounces Aquavitae 1 ounce and a half Dissolve the Rosin in Aquavitae and beat all the rest to powder and then boyl them all together till the Aqua-vitae be consumed and afterwards add to it as much Wax as is sufficient to make it into a plaister and reserve it for the use aforesaid Another plaister for the same Take Ammoniacum half an ounce Galbanum 3 quarters of an ounce Wax Turpentine of each 4 ounces Myrrhe a quarter of an ounce Dissolve the Gums in Wine and then melt them all together and when it is almost cold put in the Myrrhe and make thereof a plaister for your use But if together with the breaking of the Bone there happen any wound or flux of blood then indeavour to stanch the blood for which you may use this powder following A Powder to stanch blood in a wound Take of
blew flower de Luce 2 ounces mix them all together and drink it Pills for the same Take the Root of Laureola one scruple steep it 5. dayes in Vinegar Sulpher Vive 4 grains burnt Copper 2 grains Licoris Annis and Dragagant of each 4 grains make pills thereof with Juyce of Roses and take them all at once To provoke Urine in this case is requisite for which use these things following To move Urine TAke red Pease 6 ounces 2 Fennel Roots boyl them well together and take 5 ounces of this Decoction at a time For the same Take Smallage-water and Melilot-water of each 2 ounces and a half sweeten it with Sugar and drink hereof a week together Or for the same drink Broom-water about 5 ounces at a time To strengthen the Liver use this Confection Take Trochiscos Diarhodon Species Diacynamomi of each 1 dragme burnt Ivory one scruple 4 ounces of white Sugar seeth it in Fennel-water and make Tabulats of it and take of these a quarter of an ounce before meat A Fomentation for the Rupture Take Seseli Cumin Camomile and Melilot of each one ounce seeth these together in a quart of Water until the third part be spent and therewith bathe and foment the Rupture and then lay this Plaister following upon it binding it on warm A Plaister for the watery Rupture Take Roots of blew flower de Luce and Roots of wild Cucumers of each 3 ounces Pease-meal and beane-meal of each 2 ounces Oil of Rue and Juyce of Bay-leaves of each 2 ounces seeth this together to the thickness of a Plaister and then spread it on a Cloth and bind it warm upon the Rupture Another Plaister for the same Take Mastick one ounce Cypres-Nuts half an ounce Dragagant Gum of each one dragme temper these together with Oil of Roses unto a Plaister and so apply it If the Rupture be caused of Phlegmatick humours then use these Purgations which follow A Purge for a Rupture caused through blood or Phlegme TAke Turbith 1 quarter of an ounce Ginger one dragme white Sugar 3 dragmes temper them together Let the Patient take a dram hereof every fourth day with Worm-wood-water and the other mornings between them take this Potion following A Drink for the same Take Water of Balme Betony and Worm-wood of each one ounce and a half Sugar half an ounce Vinegar of Squills one ounce mix them together and so drink them A Plaister for the same to take away the Phlegmatick matter Take Sandaracha two ounces Sarcocolla one ounce Ashes of Bean-straw or Vine-stocks 6 ounces Vinegar of Squills 2 ounces Water as much as is needfull to seeth them all together till they come to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it upon the place binding it on warm as before is directed If the Rupture be fleshy that is a fleshy excresence growing in the Cods which may be caused through overmuch heat and moisture in the Cods whereby the blood turneth into flesh which much weakneth and infeebleth this member in this case such meats and drinks must be refrained which do over-much heat or moisten such as sweet Wines Sugar delicate meats and the like and on the contrary the Patient must eat such meats as are cooling and drying The Hemorrhoids in the fundament must be opened together with the Liver or Median Veyne and outwardly apply these Plaisters following A Plaister for a fleshy Rupture Take Leutil Night-Shade Roses Plantayn of each 6 ounces Barley-meal 12 ounces Boyl these together in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar and thrice as much water adding thereto 3 whites of Egges boyl it to the thickness of a Plaister and lay it all over the Cod renewing it every day 5 or 6 dayes one after another Of the Melancholy blood putrifying in the Cods which is called Buris THis is the falling of Melancholy blood down into the Cod which causeth great swelling there and sometimes if the Cod be full of matter and corruption and it remain long it putrifyeth the Stones and spoileth them therefore care is to be taken speedily to purge away and draw out the Melancholy humours to effect which it is necessary that the Liver-Vein be opened and the next day afterwards give the Patient this purging Potion viz. Catharticum Imperiale with Violet-Water or Lilly-water and take 6 or 8 dayes following after these Potions following Take Violet-water Lettice-water and Hop-water of each one ounce Syrrup of Cytron-Pills one ounce and a half drink it warm in the morning And outwardly to asswage the swelling take these Medicines following viz. Take Bean-meal 3 ounces Muscilage of Holly-hocks Camomile Annis Seeds Fenegreek Seed Raisins stoned of each half an ounce Temper them with yolks of Egges and apply it to the grieved place A Pultis for the same Take Cow-dung Crums of Rye-bread Cumin Night-shade Bean-meal Melilot Camomile and Oil of Lillies pound and seeth them all together and lay them on the place grieved For the same Take Bean-meal Lilley-Roots Colewort-Leaves Figges and Fenegreek-meal of each a like quantity and seeth them together being bruised into the form of a Pultis and so apply it Of the falling of the Bowels or Guts into the Cod. THE first thing in this case as before is generally directed is diligently to endeavour the putting up of the Bowels again into their due place by taking hold of the lower part of the Cods gently thrusting them up the Patient lying on his back with his buttocks somthing higher then the other part of his Body that thereby the Bowels may the easier be reduced to their due place Then foment and bath the whole Cods and parts about it with such Lotions as before are directed then lay this Plaister following thereupon and bind it on with a good Trusse Take Cypres-Roots 2 ounces Mil-dust 3 ounces Comphrey-Roots Daisy-Rootes of each 1 ounce Isinglas 1 ounce and a half Dragagant Gum Mumey Burnt Ivory of each half an ounce Dragons blood Sagapenum Sealed-earth Fine Bolus of each 5 dragmes Pound the Roots and seeth them with the meal in 2 parts of Water and 1 part of red Vinegar until it be thick enough then mix molten Wax amongst it as much as is needful stir it well together with dissolved Gum till it be cold so spread it and apply it as before is directed To asswage the pain of the falling down of the Bowels Clysters are very commodious to be used for which these following are very good Take white Sesamum Seeds grosly beaten Linseed and Fenegreek make a decoction thereof and mix therewith Butter and Oil of Violets and administer it warm For the same Take broth made of a Hen or Cock and Oil of Sesamum of each 6 ounces Salgem half an ounce temper them together for a Clyster Another Take sweet Wine 12 ounces fresh butter and Oil of sweet Almonds of each 2 ounces Benedicta Lax half an ounce temper them all together for a Clyster To strengthen the broken place where the Bowels come
and changing them again as often as it dryeth Another for the same more strong If the heat be very extream take the Water of Nymphea called in English white water Lilleys water of Endive of each 3 ounces Saunders red white and yellow of each one dragme or else 3 dragmes of one of them if you cannot get them all three Rose leaves beaten half a dragme beaten Camphire half a dragm mix them all together and use them as the other If there be any flux of the Belly or ague that causeth the Head-ach then for young or weak persons you may use these Medicines following with good effect Such as are Cassia Manna Syrrup of Roses or Sene-Leaves boyled with some cooling Herbs more stronger Bodyes may purge with Pill Cochiae or the like strong purge if they have no looseness with it If there be any great flux or looseness of the Body then let the Patient avoyd light and loosening meats but boyl his meat in steeled water which is thus made Take as much fair water as you intend to use set it on the fire then take a good peece of Steel heat it red hot in the fire then quench it in the Water repeating it over three or four times So likewise may you Steel Milk or Wine and prepare Gold Silver or flints for the same purpose but if the Patient hath no looseness then you may soon prepare for him this Decoction following Drink for the Head-ach Take Sene-Leaves 1 ounce Cinamon Anniseeds Fennel-Seeds and Currans of each one dragme Licoris two dragmes sweet Marjoram and Rosemary of both half a handful two or three Figges boyl them all in a quart of water with one ounce of Sugar till half be consumed then strain it And for the Dose give hereof to a Child 2 ounces at a time or weak Persons to stronger Bodyes 4 ounces If there be pain in the Head and the Body bound endeavour the first thing you do to open and make it soluble otherwise the ascention of vapours unto the brain will so distemper the Head with heat and pain that phrensies raging and madness will ensue to do this use Clysters Purgations and some purging Potions and Suppositories A Clyster to provoke the Body to go to Stool Take Mallows 3 handfulls Beets and Herb Mercury of each two handfulls boyl them well together in fair water then strain them Then take 12 ounces of this Decoction three yolks of Egges Oil of Sesamum or Linseed 4 ounces Salgem half a dragme temper them together and minister it warm Another Take Mutton-broth Veal-broth or Hen-broth of either of them 16 ounces melt therein fresh Butter and Ducks-Grease of each one ounce Saffron half a dragme Oil of Lilleys and Oil of Dill of each one ounce and a half Indie-Salt one dragme then temper them together and administer it A Decoction to open the Body for the same Take 12 Prunes Licorice Currans Annis-seeds and Fennel of each half an ounce Flowers of Burrage and Buglosse of each one dragme and a half boyl them in a quart of water till a third part be wasted strain it and drink thereof Another for the same and to coole the Body Take Currans Licorice Prunes Injubes Violets Barley Melon-seed Pompeon-seed Gourd-seed and Cucumber-seed of each one quarter of an ounce boyl them as the other Pills for the Head-ach Take Rhabarb 2 drames Mastick one scruple Scammony half a dragm make them into Pills with Juyce of Rue one dragme of them at a time A sweet Ball or perfume for the Head-ach Take Violets Water Lilleys Willow Leaves Roses of each one ounce Camphire 2 grains beat them all together and bind them up in a piece of fine Silk and wet it often in Rose-water and smell often to it If the Head-ach proceed from a cold cause it is good to use Gargarismes to draw forth the Rheume out of the Head for which this following is effectual A Gargarisme for the Head-ach Take Mastick Calamus Licorice Currans of each half an ounce Hysop Ireos of each 2 drams Pellitoty of Spain Ginger Saxifrage Mustard-Seeds of each one dram beat them all together and boyl them in fresh Water and gargle the mouth therewith three or four times a day warm A Clyster for the same Take Mallows Herb Mercury Dill Rue Bran of each one handfull boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water take of thiâ— Collature 12 or 16 ounces mix with it Hyera Picra and white Sugar of each half an ounce Salt two dragmes Oil of Dill and Rue of each one ounce and a half and give it warm A Conserve for the Head-ach Take Conserve of Roses 2 ounces and a half Conserve of Betony one ounce and a half Cinamon Cloves Annis-seeds of each one dragm green Ginger half an ounce Syrrup of Citrons a sufficient quantity to make it into an Electuary and take thereof every morning the quantity of a Nut. Another for the same called Electuarium Vitis Take Currans 6 ounces Licorice 2 dragmes boyl these in the Waters of Buglosse Scabious and Betony of each 12 ounces then strain it out hard and steep in the liquour warm 1 dragme of Rhabarbe Lavender 5 grains bound up together in a Cloth stop it close and boyl it a good while in Balneo then strain it out and add to it as much Rhabarbe and Spike as before and let it steep therein a night strain it again and then put therein one ounce of the Barks of yellow Mirobalaus then boyl it a little more and strain it and add to the Collature 6 ounces of Sugar and two ounces of Manna and boyl it to a Syrrup when it is almost cold mingle in it half an ounce of Cinamon Cloves Galingale and Nutmegs of each one dragme Seeds of Fennel and Annis of each half an ounce boyl them up to an Electuary and keep it for your use for the purposes before recited A good Drink for a Head-ach of cold Take Buglosse Roots 1 handful Chicory Roots Harts-Tongue Flowers of Buglosse Borage Roses of each half a handful Boyl them all in 4 quarts of white-Wine a quarter of an hour when it is cold strain it and add to it 4 quarts of white-Wine more and steep in it Sage-Leaves and Rosemary of each half a handful long Pepper Galingale Cloves Cubebs of each half an ounce Currans Cinamon and Coriander-Seeds prepared of each one ounce grosly beaten and tyed up all together in a Cloth boyl the Wine 3 or 4 walms and put up the Wine in a Rundlet and drink thereof as you please A Powder for a cold pain and Rheume in the Head Take Nutmegs Mace Rosemary Cloves Frankincense Mastick Lavender Myrrhe Marjoram and Stechas of each a like quantity beat them all to powder and rub the Head well therewith then cover and keep the Head warm with a Cap. A Lotion or Water to Bath and Wash the feet for the Head-ach Take Betony Roses Elder Flowers Sage Camomile and Marjoram of each 4 handfulls
of each one dragme Rose-water 3 ounces temper them together and use them as the other before But to conclude Take Album Graecum Anglicè a white Doggs Turd beat it to powder and mix it with Syrrup of Mulberryes Black-berryes or Honey and give it to the Patient to swallow by little and little Probatum To strengthen the Memory an Experiment of Johannes Coletus taught him by a Jew A Gargarisme to cleanse the Head for the Memory TAke Pieretrum Marjoram Galingale Ginger Caraway Broad Planten-Seed and Mustard-Seed beat them grosse together and put two ounces of this powder to one quart of Water into a Vessel close stopt and boyl it in Balneo then when it hath well sodden put a quart of strong Wine to it and an ounce of cleer Honey and let it seeth again till about a pint of the Liquor be wasted herewith gargarize the mouth well and many times together every morning holding it hot a good while in the mouth that the fume may ascend up into the Head but use it only when the Moon is increasing Then use this Drink for the Memory to draw superfluous Moisture out of the Head Take Ginger long Pepper of each one dragme Galingale one scruple Cloves Cubebs of each one dragme and a half beat them all together to powder and ty them up in a linen Cloth and boyl them in Balneo in a pot close stopt with 2 quarts of Wine then let it stand covered till it be cleer then drink a good draught thereof morning and going to bed Kemb your Head a good while together in the Sun or by the fire as the season of the year is to open the pores then wash your Head with rue-Rue-Water and drink a draught of Wine after it and eat a bit of bread steeped in the Wine eat light suppers be moderate in your sleep and dyet And continue this use many dayes together And then anoynt the Head and Temples with this Oyntment following Take white Lillyes Colewort-Leaves Balm of each one dragme pound them together and put them in a pot pour therein 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil fresh Butter as much as all the rest Spirit of Wine 4 times rectified 3 spoonfuls of water of Rue Sage and Celendine of each 2 spoonfulls white-Wine 5 spoonfuls incorporate and mix them all well together then set them 6 or 8 hours in a warm place strain it and seeth the liquour till it be as thick as Honey and set it in the Sun afterwards till it look red as Copper This Salve will keep two years The best time to make it is about June And after the Head is purged as before is directed anoynt the hinder parts of the Head Temples with this Salve and keep the Head warm with a leather Cap that it may have the better operation wash the Head with warm Wine at night let your meat be easy of digestion and especially forbear excessive drinking use this at first four dayes together and then two or three dayes together every eight weeks for a year every three months the second year and once every year afterwards as long as you live Let the Moon be increasing when you use it A Potion to procure steep in Frantick people Take white Poppey-seeds half an ounce Roots of Mandragora Henbane-seeds of each half a dragme Saffron 4 grains bruise them all together and bind them up in a Cloth then steep them 6 hours in 5 ounces of Water-Lilleys then strain it and give to the Patient of this water from one ounce to three according to the quality of the Disease and strength of the party Another for the same Take 12 ounces of Water-Lilleys Opium one dragme steep them together in 3 pints of Malmsey 24 hours then cast therein one quarter of an ounce of Salt as much Henbane-seeds Lettice-seed 3 dragms and distill it in Balneo and give hereof from half a dragme to a dragme at night when the Patient goes to bed An Oyntment or Salve to cause sleep Take one ounce of Poplar Salve That is the Oyntment which the Apothecary calls Unguentum Populeon half an ounce of Oil of Violets Henbane-seeds and Mandragora Roots of each half a dragme Saffron Cassia-wood of each one scruple mix them together and apply it to the privityes of Men and the Breasts of Women For the same Take Willow-leaves Water-Lilleys Vine-leaves and Lettise boyl them in water and with the Decoction bath and wash the privy Members hands and feet A Clyster against the shaking Palsey Take Centaury Sage Rue Cowslips St. Johns-wort Mercury of each half a handful Saffron-seed Rue-seed Silver Mountain-seed Basil-seed of each half an ounce Agarick 5 dragmes Stechas Amaranthus of each half an ounce Seeth them together in sufficient water then take 12 or 16 ounces of this Decoction Honey and Oil of Lilleys of each one ounce and a half Salgem and Pill Cochiae of each half a dragm temper them well and administer it for a Clyster A Powder for the Head against the shaking Palsey Take Field-Cypres Cowslips Lignum Aloes Ireos Hermodactils Stechas Marjoram Mints of each half adragme Spica Indie Grains Rue of each one scruple Beat every one by himself to a subtil Powder then temper them together and bestrew the Head with it when it is new shorn An excellent Confection which resisteth Poyson and defendeth the Heart against all Contagion and Infection comforteth the Stomack helpeth the Palsey or the trembling of the Joynts Take Cynamon Lignum Aloes Cloves Spica Indie Galingale Licorice Trochis de Vialis sive Scammonio Diarrhodon Abbatis of each 5 dragmes Nutmegs Aliptae Muscatae Sedoary Spikenard Mace Rhabarbe Red Storax of each half an ounce Pearles prepared Burnt Ivory Harts Bones Ginger Blatia by Zantia of each 2 dragms and a half Muske Amber Cardamom Lovage-seed Basil-seed of each one dragme and a half Camphire one dragme Make them all into a Confection with 3 ounces of clarifyed Honey take thereof every morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg You may if you please for your better conveniency make Lozenges thereof by adding 12 ounces of Sugar boyled in Buglosse-water to one ounce of the fore-mentioned ingredients For the dead Palsy Take Nutmegs sliced Licorice and Annis-seeds of each one ounce Piony Roots one dragme Elecampane Roots half an ounce Spirit of VVine 16 ounc Honey 8 ounces mix these all together and make a Conserve thereof and if you use it in VVinter put thereto a quarter of an ounce of long Pepper and give the Patient about a spoonful thereof every morning Pills to purge for the dead Palsy Take Agarick one scruple Assa-Faetida half a scruple Ginger 13 grains Diagrydion 1 grain make Pills thereof with the Juyce of Hysop and after the Patient is purged let him take this Drink following for eight dayes together Take Egrimony-water and Southern-wood-water of each 2 ounces and sweeten it with Sugar Drink it in the morning and fast four hours after it A Syrrup for
the dead Palsy Take Calmus half an ounce Cowslips 3 handfuls St. Johns-wort Sage Betony Balm Rue Bayleaves of each one handful Silver Mountain Balsam-wood Balsam fruit Bazil-seed of each 2 dragms Licorice Currans Lavender Flowers Amaranthus of each one ounce Boyl all these together into a Syrrup with six ounces of clarifyed Honey and a pint of Rain-water clarifyed with the white of an Egge A Clyster for the dead Palsey Take Sage Rue Stechas Mallows Centory Mercury Bran of each half a handful Seeth them all together then take 12 ounces of this Decoction of mix therewith Hyera Logodion half an ounce Salt one quarter of an ounce Sallet-Oil 3 ounces minister it warm A Powder to strew on the Patients meat in stead of spice that hath the dead Palsey Take Cynamon 1 ounce and a half Coriander Cloves Galingale Pepper Cubebs Mace Nutmegs Saffron of each one ounce Calmus 2 ounces Coutchenel half an ounce Temper them all to a fine powder with 6 ounces of fine Sugar A bath for the dead Palsey Take Bay-berryes Juniper-berryes and Pepper of each as much as you will beat them to powder and set the Patient in a dry bath and poure of this powder on hot Irons tempered with Lavender-Water and let him sweat well with the vapour thereof then rub all the infected Members with Venice Soap till the Soap be drye And after the Patient cometh out of the bath keep him in a warm place and rub the lame Joynts hard with Deers-suet An Oyntment for the dead Palsey Cramp and cold Gout Take Squills Rue Calmus Nettle-Roots Egrimony Cowslips of each one handful Pound them all together and put to it Oil of Nuts and old Sallet-Oil of each 12 ounc Wine as much seeth these all together till the moisture be evaporated away then strain it and temper amongst it Salt-Peter Euphorbium Pepper Oil of Bayes of each one ounce and a half Galbanum Turpentine of each 2 ounces VVax as much as is needful to make a Salve thereof and keep it for the use aforesaid A Powder against the falling sickness Take Pearls prepared Harts-bones of each 1 dragm Red Coral Piony-seeds and Roots of each half a dragm Misleden one dragme and a half Amber prepared 2 scruples White Sugar one ounce Six Leaves of Gold Make them all into fine powder and take hereof a dragme once a week in Piony-water or Broth. A Clyster for the falling sickness Take Swines-bread black Hellebore Centory Daffadil of each one dragme Saffron-seed half an ounce seeth this in a quart of water till half be consumed take 13 ounces of this Decoction temper therein Hyera Logodion one ounce Oil of Euphorbium 10 dragmes Salgem one drame and a half mix them all together for a Clyster A Confection for the same Take Diapenidium 3 dragmes Pliris Arcoticon 1 dragm Diambra half a dragm Cynamon 1 dragme and a half Nutmegs Cubebs of each 2 scruples Ginger one dragm Sugar 8 ounces Make a Confection thereof with Piony VVater Lozenges for the Cough and Rheume Take white Poppey-seeds Lettice-seeds and Purslain-seeds of each one dragme Dragagant Gum-Arabick and Saffron of each half a dragme Opium 5 grains pound all that is to be pounded and make it to a dough with Syrrup of Poppey make Lozenges therof as big as small Beanes and let one of these at a time dissolve in thy mouth this is for hot Rheumes Other Lozenges for a Cough Take Pine-apple Kernels steeped a night in rose-Rose-water and bitter Almonds blanched of each 3 quarters of an ounce Juyce of Licoris 2 ounces powder of Licoris 3 dragmes make Lozenges thereof with rose-Rose-water they are good against the Cough and rawness of the Throat that proceedeth thereof An Oyntment for pain in the back Take Oil of Spike and Oil of Lilleys of each half an ounce Oil of Camomile and Dill of each one ounce Saffron Lavender Madder and Egrimony of each one dragme Mastick and Squinant of each one scruple VVax as much as is needful to make it a Salve herewith anoynt the back-bone A Clyster for a pleurisy of heat and blood Take 16 ounces of broth made of a Calves-Foot or Lambs-Head put therein one ounce of brown Sugar the yolk of an Egge 2 ounces of Sallet-Oil Salt one dragme and a half temper them together for a Clyster An Oyntment for Scabs and breaking out in the Legges Take the red Dock-Root the Roots of Celendine and Worm-wood and the Leaves of Laurel of each a like quantity stamp them and seeth them in May-Butter unto an Oyntment strain it and keep it in a box for use How the Body is to be Governed against Pestilential and infectious Ayres The first and principal preservation is to avoyd all that may ingender any Feaver or Ague and forbear all manner of excesse either of meat or drink eat no grosse meat no Onyons Leeks Garlick nor fruit Abstain from venereous actions for that both openeth the Pores and destroyeth the kind natural and infeebleth the Spiritual Members and the Spirits of Man Also in time of Pestilence suffer no great thirst and drink but measurably only to slacken thy thirst and drink such drinks as will abate heat as Water of Borage Endive Lettice Violets Roses Scabious Tormentil Dittany either mingled or else severally alone by themselves For if the Pestilence reigne in the heat of the Summer these Drinks be profitable especially for those that be of a Cholerick Complexion Also when you sleep either in the afternoons or at night a-bed shut your Chamber-doors and Windowes close and cast on a Pan of Coles this Powder following Take of Laurel-Leaves and Rosemary dryed and Frankincense of each a like quantity make them into powder and strow about half a spoonful hereof upon the Coales Use also to burn in thy Chamber Juniper-wood or for want thereof Ash-wood and use to cast on the fire Frankincense Storax Calamint If one be infected with the Pestilence and a sore begin to arise between the thigh and the privy Members it is a sign that the Liver purgeth out the infection in that place then bleed on the Foot in the same side the swelling appears the Vein betwixt thy great Toe And if the botch be more outward to the side and further from the privy Members bleed then on the Vein between the Ankle and the Foot If the matter appear in the cleansing place of the Head then consider well in what side it appears and bleed on the Medium Vein of the Arm or the Vein of the Hand between the Thumb and the next finger of the same side but take good heed that you sleep not in 12 hours after bleeding It is good alwayes to have in your hand to smell to this Pomander following which comforteth the Vital Spirits Take Lapdanum purified an ounce Storax Calamita dissolved Roses Cloves Mace of each three half penny weight and make them into powder add thereto 5 spoonfulls of Oil de Bay an ounce of Virgins Wax mingle them well all