arb Lupines Pistatium bitter Almonds Spicknard Stoecades Gentian root of Plantin the seed and leaves dried juyce of Anagallis the female succorie Alkekendgi Endive and Bruscus especially the decoction of these Curcum also Curcuma is good If the disease be inveterate use purging with Rhubarb pills and bleeding Venae sectio is good when the hollow part of the liver is vexed purge by the belly If the embossed part of the liver be vexed purge by urine but this Electuary following is good â„ž Electuariâ—â—on Rad. Ireos Camoepiteos sem anisi Apium anaÊ’ ij AsaronÊ’ ij.ss Cinnamomi zingiberis cammomeli Carawayseeds of either one dram Stoecades gentian and horehound of either two drams with oximel Scilliticium make an Electuary it purgeth vehemently by urine or â„ž Conservae fol. absinthii capill ven flor Opiata Riverius tamarisci an â„¥ j conser rad enulae camp cortic citri conditi an â„¥ ss myrabolan condit n. j. nucis moschat condit Ê’.iij confect alkerm. Ê’.ij pulver elect diarrhod abbatisÊ’ j salis absinthii Et tamarisci ana ℈ .ij. croci ℈ .j. ambrae griseae ℈ ss cum syrrupo conditurae citri fiat opiata River lib. 6. cap. 3. Lastly steel is an excellent opener CHAP. XLVIII HEPATIS INFLAMMATIO there is Causa as well as in other members and through the same causes that they be ingengred of If the liver be vexed with inflammation Sâ—gna there is felt pain and heavinesse all over the right side with swelling in the place he hath a sharp fever a small and drie cough insatiable thirst abhorring of meats difficulty of breathing the tongue is first red and after that black vomiting pure choller the body is costive the colour of the body is changed like Icterus they have the hicket In their fit they rave voyding forth sharp urine The inflammation that chanceth through causes in the crooked and hollow parts of the liver have the foregoing symptoms but if ingendred in the outward and round part of the liver it causeth greater pain in drawing breath and a greater cough than the other And sometime the Muscles leaning upon the liver be inflamed causing the skin round about to be stretched with swelling sometimes a swelling fashioned like the liver which is a true signe In the beginning open the liver vein Curatio Venae sectio which hath society with vena causa draw out a large quantity Clyster if nothing forbid the next intention must be to administer a cooling clyster foment with oyle of Quinces and Roses putting to it odoriferous wine Ceratum Ceratum Santalinum is good remember that restrictive things do exceed those that mollifle and loosen when the heat is vehement on the contrary when it decreases let those that mollify exceed the other beware you do not apply things cold but warm them a little Fomentatio foment with the decoction of wormwood mellilot red roses cammomel dill plantin endive and in vehement pain juyce of liqueris in hot water or juyce of endive with honey Vietus ratio for their diet Ptisan and chicken broath in the first boyle Apium in the second parsley also barley broath is good If the inflammation change to suppuration the aforesaid signes will increase as paines fever Decoctio Cataplasma ravings c. for this boyle figges in water and give him of it to drink Also take the root of AlthaeaÊ’ i. ss fenegreek and linseed ana Ê’ ij leaves of Althaea and mallows ana M. ij dry figges No. vj. boyle them in water untill they wax soft bruise them and make a cataplasme you may adde root of white lillies flowers of cammomel and mellilot to help break it so we use doves dung and mustard seed c. that draw to the superficies some with the decoction of polya sumitory roots of Camedrios c. when it s broken minister water of honey or decoction of Cicers If the matter avoyd by the veines provoke urine If by the belly purge gently with Goats whey and Cassia fistularis and clysters after that glutinate and joyn up Outwardly apply this Cataplasme â„ž Farinae hordei â„¥ .iv. rosa rubr santal Cataplasma Fontanus omnium seminis endiviae scariolae absynth mino an Ê’.ij succi endiviae q. s fiat cataplasma Vt artis est applicandum regioni jecoris Vel â„ž Oleirosati myrthill an â„¥ .ij. olei anethi â„¥ j. Fomentatio Fontanus aceti parum foveatur pars tepide Vel â„ž Succi endiviae aut cichorii Linimentum vel utriusque â„¥ i.ss nenupharini â„¥ .iij. cerae albae aceti parum fiat linimentum Fonta lib. 3. cap. 15. CHAP. XLIX LIENIS INFLAMMATIO Causa the spleen is nexed with inflammation as oft as hot blood flowes thither unnaturally It is known by heavinesse Signa and swelling of the left side which will not give place to the feeling also it 's known by pain stretching out of the place by burning heat and fevers and if abundance of humours rush in thither it is known by the greatnesse and swiftnesse of the ingendring the inflammation For the diet look Curatio into the foregoing Chapter First open the Salvatella vein Venae-sectio between the little and ring-singer wash the belly often with Clysters if he may not bleed this fomentation is good Fomentatio â„ž ol rosarum Cydoniorum an â„¥ ij ol cammomeli â„¥ .j. Aceti op â„¥ ss misce beware of applying any thing that is not first warmed the liver and spleen require one kind of medicine but the spleen the strongest Alwayes commix vinegar with something that is acceptable to the spleen If the spleen tendeth to suppuration and rotting you shall find plenty of remedies in the foregoing Chapter Lastly â„ž Linimentum Platerus Ol. Rosacei â„¥ .ij. ol de absynthio vel nardini â„¥ j. ol Chamom vel de meliloto â„¥ ss Satal omniumÊ’ j Spicae â„¥ ss cerae q. s fiat linimentum CHAP. L. LIENIS SCIRRHVS Inflammation of the spleen not rightly cured draweth together a hard swelling of the spleen Causa The cause is a certain humour cleaving stubbornly to the spleen but it is when hardnesse ingendreth without inflammation in over-much swelling It is easily known by touching Signa of what cause soever it be His diet must be easie of digestion Curatio Victus ratio Exercitium he may drink pure wine being without all restriction exercise before meat is excellent strong potions are good root of capers are good Harts-tongue the root and herb of Tamariscus sodden in vinegar or oximel juyce of centory drunk the decoction of bitter lupines rew and pepper Iron often quenched in wine is a convenient remedy if a fever quench it in Posca steele is commended also wormwood Cassia Chalybs Aniseeds c. you may make a fomentation with the symples above mentioned oyle of capers lillies and ireos are good Vng
muscadel oximel or the juyce of pruins also let it have muscadel oftentimes instead of beer Vinum If the child be very young give it no beer untill it be well Also oximel is good give it honey with any thing you give it if the disease be caused of dissipation Mel. or extream heat give it all cooling things and if you fear worrnes let Wormseed and Rue be boyled in vinegar with honey Syrrupus and give thereof often You may boyl the Wormseed in muscadel if nothing forbid it Fernelius Avicenna if you want more look in Fernelius and there you may find plenty of remedies Also Avicen bids that wine should be given before meat and Galen commendeth a vomit Vomitus CHAP. XXIV CATARRVS is a distillation of some Rhumatick matter into the lower parts 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as when it falleth to the mouth or jawes it is called Gravedo when it falleth into the nose Gravedo and causeth the pose some call it Raucedo Raucedo others when it doth descend to the nostrils and cause opilation they do call it Coryza Coriza and when it doth desceâ—â— to the parts in the throat Branchus it is called Branchus and when it doth descend to the brest and lungs then it is called a Catarrhum from whence this verse doth arise Si fluit ad pectus Rheuma tunc dico Catarrhum Ad fauces Branchon ad nares dico Coryzam The cause is either of some outward cold Causa or heat sometimes evaporation of meats sometimes the smell of hot or cold things the immoderate use of Venery over much sleep violent exercise or too much rest or repletion For the sign Signa if the flux of humours come off heat the head is hot and a sharp and thin humour distilleth as well by the nose as by the mouth also the face and nose is red and for the most part there followeth a fever contrariwise they that have the flux caused of a cold humour their head forehead is stretched forth every where also a phlegmatick and thick humour distilleth out of the nose For the cure Curatio if a hot humour distill from the head together with a fever the first thing is to purge if costive with this cooling Apozem â„ž Apozema Decoctio sennae â„¥ .6 Syr. Rosarum â„¥ j. Syr. de Rhabarbaro â„¥ ss Mix them and make an Apozem and give it half overnight and the rest in the morning warm or if you think proper you may wash the belly with a clyster Venae-sectio and be sure you open the Cephalica veins if nothing forbid it also powr rose vinegar upon hot tile-stones or iron and so receive the fume but the best is this Gargarisme following â„ž Gargarismus Aqua plantag â„¥ .iv. Aq. Rosarum Rub. â„¥ .ij. Decoctio Hordei â„¥ .vj. Syr. violarum de Rosis siccis de papaver is er q. s fiat Gargarismus Also this bolus following is very good to hold in the mouth â„ž Bolus Bolus armeniaeÊ’ j Mastichis ℈ .j. pul sem papa albiÊ’ ss cons oxiacanthae q. s f. bolus s Artem. In a cold cause the first intention is to purge with head-pills Pilulae if it be salt rheume and falleth to the eyes Emplastrum apply an attractive plaster to the hole of the neck and every night when they go to bed Vuguentum gr ij of ung Tutiae will be good to put into the corners of the eyes then shut them and anoint the eye-lids all over in a cold cause after you have purged as aforesaid either with pills or potion use this hot Gargarisme following â„ž Gargarismus Cyperi calami aromat anaÊ’ ij fol. Myrtinum M. ss corticis Thuris â„¥ ss fiat Decoct colatura dissol Mel. Ros â„¥ .ij. fiat Gargaris Afterwards it is proper to use fumes of Styraxcal Fumigatio cinnamon frankincense cloves mastick these you may make into powder to strew upon coles also of these may be made booles adding thereto Syrrup of Myrtles with a little cinnamon water Lastly draw the rhume back with a plaister of Cantharides and take Pillulae de cynoglossa made as followeth â„ž MyrrhaeÊ’ vj ThurisÊ’ v. opii Pilulae Hyoscyami ana â„¥ ss crociÊ’ i. ss Rad. linguae canis â„¥ ss Ê’ ss Fiat massa Datur à ʒ ss adÊ’ j Mesue de piluâ—s fol. 144. Mesue CHAP. XXV ASTHMA is a certain difficult thick 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and hard respiration without a fever Causa and is when as grosse and clammy humours in abundance be gotten into the grissles and lappets of the lungs or when there is some swelling like unto a botch sometimes a pestilent ayre and the fume of quick-silver may be the cause also intemperate diet and idlenesse and grossenesse of body but chiefly it happeneth from a grosse clammy and viscus flegme which doth stick in the passages of the sharp Artery For the signe Signa it is easie to be known asunder for distillation doth often chance in hayl folks by and by through a manifest cause in a manner altogether without a fever having the tokens of distillation following it if there be swelling of the lungs like a botch then there must needs follow a fever and so within few dayes after it the inflamed botch being rotted the matter is cast out with the cough if there be a cruid raw Tubercle and both ingendred such do not feel any great grief neither are they troubled with much difficulty of breathing but they are much troubled when they eat or drink because they cannot swallow but with great grief Now they which be properly Asthmatick or orthopnicks have no fever at all there chanceth to them heavinesse of sence and they do not spit out matter with their spittle There is also a difficulty of breathing Morbus virgineus Glissonius not unlike this which happeneth unto young women commonly called the Green sicknesse or white fever For the signe of this sicknesse Signa you shall know it thus their water is pale and inclining to greenish their Menstruis be retained and great difficulty of breathing when they stirre their complexion is like the wall and they do desire those things generally that put out naturall heat as milk apples nuts peares fish roots turnips wheat oatmeal and such like now I shall first give you a way how to cure Asthma and then the green sicknesse which is a disease very common For the cure of Asthma Curatio Victus ra tio is first to erect a fit and convenient diet that I leave for brevities sake to the discretion of the learned Physitian The next intention must be to purge with this or the like purgation â„ž Potio pur gans Diaphenicon Ê’.ij pul Sanctus Jallap benedict lax an Ê’ ss vini albi q s f potio Or if there be abundance of
excited The outward signes are smoak and dust If it be caused through a cold distemper Signa they spit out nothing while they cough neither is it so violent but may be eased by holding the breath because through holding the breath the instruments of breathing that were vexed with cold do waxe hot and contrary they are provoked with breathing oftentimes to cough their face is pale and they are not thirsty If a hot distemper be the cause there is felt thirst and often breathing do relieve and succour them it is also sharp and more tedious and they spit but little this is a thin hot Rhoume distilling from the head to the Trachaea arteria and sometimes happeneth in the plurisie For the cure in a cold cause Curatio which for the most part happeneth in winter may be helped with hot things his neck and feet are to be kept warm Oleum and oyles of mace dill and lillies be good to anoint the brest and if he have a plethorick body give a purgation made by the judgement of the water If a thin cold Rheume give penedice in every sooping they take and syrrup of oximel is wondrous proper Oximel If from thin and sharp humours then ingross it with syrrups of violets foals-foot and maidens-hair and stay the distilling humour with such things as you shall find proper in Catarrhus In a hot cause first an Apozem as you shall see proper after take mallowes M. 6 currents Apozema M. 3 stamp them together Decoctio then take Liquoress â„¥ j. boyle them in four pints of water till halfe be wasted strain it and adde stone-sugar â„¥ .ij. Syrrup of violets â„¥ j. give the patient five or sixe spoonefulls at a time last at night first in the morning about ten in the forenoon Syr. de papavere erratico and four in the afternon also syrrup of poppies in poppy water or given alone is good CHAP. XXX PICa is a languishing of the stomach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with a provoking and desire of vomit or casting of meat received and sometimes vomiting of chollar and flegme or it is a certain desire of vitious and unwholesome meats for they desire strange things as raw-flesh shells coals chaulk lime salt vinegar old rags rotten leather tar candles one I knew would eat tobacco-pipes The cause according to Piso is a hurtful action of the animal faculty which doth erre Pisco and not desire good nourishment the part affected is the mouth of the stomach as may be perceived by the appetite this disease hapneth for the most part to young women being repleat and full of naughty humours but chiefly when they are with child sometimes to maides and girles and such as are troubled with Cachexia which is an evill state of the whole body with a waterish disposition whereby it waxeth loose and soft the cause signe and cure you shall have in its proper Chapter For the signe of pica or malacia Signa Malacia is that if there be shed burnt and black chollar in the stomach they desire such things as are acrid and sharp as coales ashes tobacco-pipes and all such things as are drie If salt humours they desire those things that are salt some have referred the cause of this disease to be crudity corruption of the whole body which being communicated to the mouth of the stomach they will have it to be affected by consent in like manner there do appear daily spittings gnawing of the mouth of the stomach If there be flegmatick humours heavinesse and according to the variety of vitious humours and patient doth desire the foresaid divers and strange meats This disease for the most part as I said before happeneth to young women with child about the fourtieth day from conception and do continue often untill the fourth month and then it ceaseth partly because vitious humours are avoyded by vomit and partly because they are concocted by reason that about those times the woman receiveth but little nourishment through a loathsomenesse partly because the multitude is diminished by evacuation that in the first two months the child draweth but little to it self because it is but small of growth but in the increase it doth require more nourishment so much as it draweth something that is vitious as well as good and so it happeneth that the whole body becometh more empty from that vitious quality and is lesse offended with naughty humours As for women with child Curatio Viâ—ctus Ratio they seldom make use of a physician but if any do prescribe a sparing diet as chickens rabbets or the like with parseley but nothing that is fat a mornings to eat almonds and reysons of the Sun and oximel and to drink muscadel in the day time is good but suffer not much drink to be drunk because the meat will swimme and if a plethorick body give clysters Vomitus or provoke gentle vomits but not in the first month for danger of Abortive or if a child laboureth of this disease use the means prescribed in the Chapter of Canina appetentia if it take hold on men which is but seldom known Vomitus first prepare the humour with oximel and then administer such a vomit as you shall know to be proper If chollar be adust and scorcheth prepare the humour with this Apozem following â„ž Syr. de Rhabar â„¥ j. syr Rosarum sol â„¥ ss Apozema Decoction Sennae q. s.f Apozema Let it be taken the one half over night and the other half in the morning after this give such a purgation as you shall know to be proper by the water or if need be give stomachal pills Pilulae which are wondrous proper to take one pill at a time one hour before supper when they have gone a day and have not had a stoole or they may purge good roundly with 7 or 9 at a time Syrrup of Rhubarb is good for children Syrrup de rhabarbaro and so is honey and muscadel but indeed they must be diligently admonished and must be constrained from the use of such unwholesom feeding those of reason must hearken to perswasion and children must be made to forbear with the Rod After purging or vomiting â„ž Julepus Platerus Aquae mens ij succi granat vel agrestae â„¥ ij Sacchari â„¥ ss coquatur parùm Vel â„ž Julepus Platerus Aquarum acetosae endiviae ana lb. ij sucei Ribes vel agrestae vel granat â„¥ .iij. succi limonum vel pomorum acid parum coquantur addito saccharo vel sine eo â„ž Electuarium Platerus Conser ros â„¥ .ij. conser acetosae â„¥ .j. cons viol bugloss nenuph. ana â„¥ ss Rob. de ribes q. s.f Electuarium In a cold cause you may use outwardly Oleum nucis moschatae Oleum caryophyllorum absynthii menthae c. In a hot cause Oleum Rosaceum myrrhinum cotoneorum Weckerus cum aceto
with crums of white bread like a poultis spread it on a double cloth and apply it warm If the body be temperate and a doubt of worms instead of the syrrup aforesaid use worm-seed according to the directions in the Chapter of Canina appetentia if blood cause vomiting you shall have directions in the Chapter of sputum sanguinis Vomitus In a cold cause procure vomiting with Asaron if nothing prohibit Pilulae and after use stomachal pills mint-water and the syrrups of wormwood if you want more look in Sitis and Imbecillitas stomachi I have oftentimes stopped vomiting with Aquamenthae syrrup cidoniorum Mixtura of either one ounce mixed together CHAP. XXXIV CHOLERICA PASSIO is an immoderate perturbation of the stomach caused by vomits upwards and downwards the Latins call it Cholerici It is caused through much crudity and rawnesse of the stomach choller Causa and sharp humours with an ill and corrupt digestion For the signe Signa there is pricking and biting about the stomach and withall vomiting and a flux of the belly it is called the chollerick passion in English there do oftentimes accomcompany this disease cold sweats a swift pulse frequent little and short with Syncope If children be taken with this disease Curatio sleep profiteth much in old men for the most part deadly the juyce and syrrup of Quinces with syrrup of Roses and Myrtills is excellent in a hot cause as this Recipe following ℞ Mixtura Miva Citoniorum ℥ 4. syr Citoniorum Mirtilorum ana ℥ .j. cons Oxiacanthae ℥ ss Give of it to the patient often in the best red Rose-water Vomitus providing that if you see a plethorick body and abounding with choller give a vomit with stybium if nothing prohibit or else this Apozem following ℞ Apozema Syr. de Rhabarb Rosarum sol ana ℥ .j. The decoction of Seene as much as sufficeth to make an Apozem give the one half over night and the other half in the morning warm they must abstain from all hot things as strong beer wine hot waters spices c. and take soopings of a cooling quality as broath made with cooling herbs Victus ratio as sorrel borage and burnit Endive succory sorrel possets and lemmond possets barley water and cooling juleps are very good Julepus made with the waters of Endive purslaine sorrel and syrrups of the same In a cold cause Vinum the best wine thin and odorifferous is sometimes sufficient in a full body purge with this or the like purgation ℞ Potio purgans Diaphenicon ʒ.ij Benedict lax pul Sanctus an ʒ.ss White wine Pilulae as much as sufficieth to make a potion or you may give stomachal pills if their body be not able to bear a strong purge but these vomitings many times in a hot cause syrrups or juyces of quinces and syrrup of Myrtils in a cold cause the syrrup of mints and cordial mint water is sometimes sufficient Lastly this emplaster following is excellent to be applyed either to the stomach or belly ℞ Olei cotoneorum myrthini ana ℥ .ij. Emplastrct Weckerus Hypocistidis acaciae Rhu ana.ʒ.ij. Corall rub ʒ.j cum cera resina fiat Emplastrum CHAP. XXXV IMBECILLITAS JECINORIS is caused of a distemper either hot cold moyst Causa or dry 1. Signa A hot distemper doth burn up as well the humours which were before in the liver as also those humours which are carried to the liver by the veines Mesenterii and there is stinking grosse choller avoyded by the belly and is abundantly coloured also a fever vexeth him he abhorreth meat and many times casteth up choller with a sore thirstinesse the vrine high and a swift pulse 2. In a cold distemper it doth make the flegmatick and raw humour which is already contained in the liver tough and hard to be moved and the humours that be carried to the liver it leaves them half digested this indureth long and the belly floweth certain dayes abundantly but lesse stinking and not so much in quantity and is like putrefact blood curded but indeed for the most part you shall find it as it were a certain slime and dregs of grossblood coming nigh to melancholy many times there appeareth a faint fever the face doth not fall and there is a greater appetite of meats 3. A dry distemper doth make the humours drier and thicker and less in quantity than the former but thirsty 4. A moyst distemper make the humours more thin and watery and they are less troubled with thirst therefore they which have a weak faculty of the liver are called Hepatici 1. Curatio Venae-sectio In a hot cause if there be not great aridity and driness with exceeding heat open the liver vein of the right arm otherwise not for blood is a bridle Ceratum Victus ratio and temperator of choller in all heat of the liver Ceratum santalinum is good Use broath wherein is boyled Lettice Endive and Succory no flesh except it be chickens partridg birds of mountaines or a little veal no wine except the stomach be weak then let it be very thin and anoynt the stomach but especially the region of the heart Oleum with Oleum Rosarum aut violarum If he be in a pining condition make him gellies and put in red saunders and let him take of this julep following ℞ Julepus Syrrupus Endiviae Acetosae Portulacae Rosarum Rub. violarum ana ℥ .j. Barley water as much as sufficeth to make a julep if the stomack be weak adde a little syrrup of wormwood also this Electuary following is wondrous proper ℞ Electuariū Cons Rosat Rub. ℥ j. Spec. Diarrho Abb. ʒ.j Spec. Aromat ros ℈ .j. Syr. lujulae q. s f. Elect. Mosle Or as you shall see cause you may adde Rosarum Rub. Trochis Diarhod Coral Rub. Diatrion santalon For the poorer sort direct chirnmilk boyled with sorrel and so let them drink the Ale thereof 2. In a cold cause or distemper take savory Hysop sage and parsley in his broth let his meat be dressed with aromatick things as Cinamon Cloves c. Also wine is good Vinum Decoctio especially clarret providing they avoyd idleness also the decoction that is set down in Paralysis is good adding wormwood calamint anise fennel and let the one half be wine sometimes drink it with syrrup of wormwod and agrimony use hot oyles as nard wormwood cammomel cinamon cloves and spicknard Oleum also for the poorer sort use wormwood beer and wormwood wine 3. In a moyst distemper use a drying diet Diacurcue ma. and provoke sweat Diacurcuma is good so is syrrup of wormwood 4. In a drie distemper use a moystning diet also mixe strengthening things with your moist things one dragme of wolves liver in powder and ministred in sweet wine allayed with water is very excellent
exercise of the former life let passe for a time 2. The second is when watery blood like the water wherein new killed flesh have been washed or soaked which chanceth through weakness of the liver is sent forth 3. The third is when there is sent forth an humour more shining and blacker than that which is natural being commixt of blood and Melancholy 4. The fourth kind in which by little and little and between whiles is cast out pure blood yet sometimes clodded and shavings of the bowels cometh out with pure blood and many times thick dung sprinkled with drops of blood of this fourth kind I shall treat at this time and let passe the other three The cause of this last kind is through exulceration of the bowels Causa caused many times through outward cold heat and moystnesse sometimes through pernicious medicines as scammomy eating of fruit or sharp and soure meates crudity and rawness or through sharp and gnawing humours flowing from the whole body to the belly or ingendred in the belly it selfe and this doth sometimes begin after Tenasmus the excrements are cholerick diverse and fatty because the fat that cleaveth within the bowels is melted so that when the Superficies of the bowels are bare and the exulceration abiding about it then the excrements be dreggy and bloody but when the ulcer is pierced deeper then there is sent forth filthinesse having as it were little pieces of parchment commixed with it so that if it be not stopped it eateth the places nigh unto it and sendeth forth such excrements as are wont to runne from dead bodies 1. Signa When the small guts are exulcerate there is pain about the Navill the excrements are chollerick the patient feeleth grief and frettings and gnawings so that the patient is not farre from fainting they are not thirsty and feverous the excrements are cruid and raw and the bowel Jejunium is exulcerate sometimes though seldom and sometimes they vomit and abhorre meats 2. But if the exulceration be ingendred in the great bowels there the ordour is pure and much heaped together coming out with windinesse and frothinesse mixed with fatnesse blood swimming aloft the knowledge of this greatly helpeth to the cure 1. Curatio If the exulceration be in the upper or small bowels you must cure it by medicines given at the mouth If in the great or lower bowels it must be done by clysters be the cause what it will endeavour to procure rest and give them little meat milk is good and Rice with milk if there be no fever marmalad of Quinces Plantin boyled in the juyce of French pruins with balaustia no flesh except Birds or Rabbits c. Chalybs steel quenched in running-water is good If the stomach be weak give restringent wine not very old amongst syrrups take plantin knotgrasse purslain sharp mulberries Balaustia Frankincense Terra lemnia and grape curnels all these restrain the tallow of goats swine geese and hens these asswage the acrimony which should be first looked to that thereby the patient may be eased Hares creem Harts-horn burnt the shells of Crabs running water and sage these drie up This clyster following is good for Dysenteria though the cause resteth in the great bowels as well as in the small and better â„ž Fol. Ros Rub. Plantag Centinodium Clyster Consol Maior prim veris ana M. ss BalaustiaÊ’j Rad. Consol Maior â„¥ ss Rice burnt one ounce seethe them all in running water wherein hath been quenched steel strain it and adde the juice of plantin Ê’ ij Bolus arm Ê’j goats tallow â„¥ .j. oyles of Roses Myrtills Quinces of either â„¥ .j. make a Clyster now though this Clyster be set down at large yet you may direct one for a poor body not so costly with some of the Engredients This clyster is most proper for the Dysenteria in the great bowels 2. If the exulceration be in the small bowels then give unto them such things as you shall find proper in Diarrhaea use syrrup of dried Roses Myrtils and Quinces apply this Cerate outwardly â„ž Ceratum Ol. Mastic Rosarum Myrti Cidoniorum an â„¥ .j. fol. Ros Rub. Plantag anaÊ’ j BalaustiaÊ’ j Bolus arm Ê’.j Mastic Ê’ ij Barley meal Ê’ ij wax and Rosin as much as suffiâ—eth to make a Cerate some medicines you may find in the Chap. of Colerica passio The infusion of Rhubarb is of some praised Infusio Oleum vitrtoli and of others suspected but oyle of vitrial is much commended in plantin water the distilled water of the spawn of frogs is an excellent Remedy Aqsperm ranarum if it be well made if the patient be weak make him broath with chickins with a little cinamon 1. Clyster If there be deep excoriation make a clyster with the decoction of brann and â„¥ ij of deer suet clysters of milk is good for either of them 2. Purgatio If it happens through contagion of Ayre at the first give a strong potion of Rhubarb infused in plant in water with a little cinamon and then a little treakle or methridate in cinamon or treakle water is excellent But after purging endeavour next to procure rest either with Laudanum or something else and then give a scruple of treakle or methridate in c. Theriaca mithridat as aforesaid forbare bleeding or purging except with Rhubarb many have been cured with Harts-horn burnt others take hard bones of Beef or Pork calcined or burned untill they be white made into powder and so drunk in ordinary drinks continually with some few drops of cinamon water and cinamon and nutmegs in powder are good This unguent following is wondrous proper to procure rest â„ž Olei nymphaeae VnguentuÌ„ violarum unguenti populeonis an â„¥ ss Opii gr iij. Croci gr iv fiat unguentum quo nares tempora inungantur Rauzonius Rauzonius Lastly let this chyster be administred for it is effectual in Dysenteria â„ž Succi plantaginis arnoglossae portulacae an Clyster Gorraeus â„¥ iij. boli armeni sanguinis draconis amili an Ê’ i. ss seni hircini vel capriniÊ’ j velÊ’ i. ss vel â„¥ ij fiat Clyster Gorraeus pag. 153. CHAP. XLII TENASMVS is a continual desire to go to stoole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with extension and straining out of the right gut called Intestivum rectum being stopped avoyding nothing except it be a little blood or filthy matter like snivel or snot 1. Causa The cause is sometimes through outward cold 2. Sometimes through sharp chollerick humours 3. Sometimes through salt flegme 4. Sometime through impostumation 5. Sometimes through inflammation ingendred in the streight gut 6. Sometimes the blind gut is stopped with hard dung 1. Signa The sign is as various if it be caused of cold it is known by the tale of the sick whether he hath set on any cold stone c. 2. If chollerick it is known by the colour
signe is if certain things like coucumber-seeds be avoyded out with the excrements 3. Ascarides do raise vehement itch in the fundament and provoke the patient to go to school continually and they that be troubled with this disease for the most part are better after egestion and easing themselves For the cure Curatio eschew all things that ingender flegmatick humours but they must be fed and not hunger Victus ratio no hot things if there be a fever but be diligent to get the worms out of the body or else they will gnaw untill they die therefore first kill them and then drive them out these symples following are good if there be no fever if there be use them outwardly or inwardly with some thing that is of a cooling quality wormwood Seryphium a kind of wormwood growing in the Sea Sothernwood Callamint Horehound Dittanie Hysope Rew leaves of Persica Coriander seeds Hartshorn Lupines Mints Peniroyal Origan Centory Fern Gentian Aristolochia rotunda Garlick seed of Coleworts and roots of Ennula campana but Aloes is most commended so is wormseed of all these you may make either powders decoctions or poultices also Pulvis contra lumbricos is good Palvis but remember to give your powders with milk honey or Syrrup of liquoris because it allureth the wormes outwardly you may use Bulls gall or the oyles of some of the fore-mentioned symples Emplastrū and a plaister of honey and Aloes is good also Rew and wormseed boyled in white-wine vinegar Decoctio and after it be strained adde honey if no fever Pulvis boyle it in Muscadel or take wormseed ʒ ij centory wormwood harts-horne burnt ana ʒ j calamint peniroyal origan ana ℥ ss Sothernwood mints lupines leaves of Aristolochia rotunda ana ℈ .j. Aloes ℈ .ij. make a powder the doss is one dram in some sweet Syrrup If it be an infant and that the body be bound apply a poultis made of cammomel Cataplasma wormwood mint and porret c. and rost an onyon soft stamp it with neats gall and apply it a little above the Navill sometimes syrrup of Rhubarb is sufficient Hierapicra Pilulae and pilulae pestilentiales or Rufie have a marveylous efficacie in killing and bringing out wormes If there be a flux joyned search the Chapters of fluxes but remember to adde with restrictive things those things that do kill wormes but labour to strengthen the stomach The worm called Ascarides in children that be infants they must be brought out with Suppos made with honey and salt or such like Suppositoria Clyster in them that be elder give clysters with some of the symples abovesaid adding oyls of the same but first take a piece of old powdred flesh fashion it like a suppository fit for the fundament Suppositor and thrust it into the Tuel applying a ligament or band let it alone awhile and then draw it out with the worms that stick on it after this the clyster and then anoynt the streight gut or fundament with Acatia Hypocischidos Acatia juyce of Sumach for the flesh being constrained by restrictive things looseth its ability that ingendreth wormes and excludeth and shutteth out the Ascarides Arnoldus Vermibus eductis valent pilulae Arnoldi quia tunc materiae reliquae sunt maxime educendi CHAP. XLVI HEMORRHOIDES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is an unfolding or spreading abroad of the veines in the Tuel some be blind which do swell some be open at certain times sending forth blood Through melancholy blood in abundance sent by the liver to those veines Causa is the cause of the Hemorroids For the signe the patient cannot be ignorant of the disease Signa for it is easily known If they be blind raising tormenting pain Curatio Venae sectio and a full body cut the vein in the ankle and keep the body soluble and sit in a bath made of the decoction of mallows Balneum violet-leaves melilot fenegreek cammomel leaves of Althaea and Linseed some get out blood by putting wooll anoynting it with juyce of onyons or with oxe gall Decoctio the best is Eldern leaves M.j. boyle them in water untill they be very tender dip a piece of scarlet in it apply it as warm as may be suffered five or six times one after another then lay the herbs upon the scarlet hot Sanguisugae apply it some use horse-leeches with good successe in a reed If they bleed moderately do not stop them but if immoderately weakening the patient then stop them Victus ratio lest a dropsie follow therefore Rice is good with Bolearmenie for pot-herbs Endive succory purslaine and marmalad of quinces and restrictive wine open a vein in the right arme Mixtura Galenus also look into dysenteria and other fluxes Galens medicine was frankinsence one part Aloes one part and a half commix them with the white of an egge untill it cometh to the thicknesse of honey lay it on the soft haires of an Hare and apply it to the bleeding place bound outwardly with bands If they bleed not Pulvis the best thing is rosemary mother-time sweet Marjoram of either a like quantity in powder and a little frankinsence mixe them for a fume Vnguentū or take May butter or Pork suet of the best halfe a pound Ivie leaves four handfuls stamp them and then boyle them together straine them for an oyntment also the fume of the parings of a stone-horse hoof I have used with good successe Lastly ℞ Mucilag psyllii sem cydon an ℥ .j. ol Linimentum Hercules Saxonia de chrysomel vel ros completi ℥ .ij. pinqued gal ℥ ss vitell over No. ij imponatur in mortarium Plumbeum agitentur cum pastillo plumbeo per tres horas sub sole f. linimentum Habet vim emolliendi sedandi dolorem ex parte haemorrhoides exsicoandi Hercul Sax. lib. 3. cap. 35. pag. 318. CHAP. XLVII HEPATIS OBSTRVCTIO or obstruction of the liver Causa It is caused of vapours grosse and windiness hard to digest sometimes of viscous humours in the ends of the veines springing from the flat part of the liver 1. Signa If grosse and vaporous windinesse wanting free passage doth ingender obstruction there ariseth heavinesse and griefe about the right side and a feeling of distention and stretching out 2. If through viscous humours there is heavinesse pain easie and sometimes vehement with a fever and sometime without especially when the patient useth vehement moving after meat when the body is stopped there is pricking and extension Give hot meates Curatio Victus Ratio having virtue to take away obstruction as be leeks with oximel sperage fennel parsley capers these in pottage wine thin and old Catalogus symplicium is good also these symples wolves liver fumitory Agrimony cammomel galingall Dragons root Asaron Anise Apium wormwood Cassia Ireos liqueris Raphonticum Rhub
also coleworts of the sea called soldana and soldanella taken in drink excelleth all the rest you may give it in wine or whey stamped it bringeth forth hydropick water this clyster following is good Clyster flowers of laurel Ê’ ij root of polypody Agarick ana Ê’ i.ss Dodder or cucutha Ê’ iij seethe them in wine or water untill the third part be consumed strain it lb. j. and adde Benedict lax â„¥ ss Elect. nidumÊ’ ij ss mel rosarum â„¥ .j. oyles of Rew cammomel and Ireos ana â„¥ j. salt gemme Ê’ i.ss fiat clyster you may adde Aniseed caraway-seeds and rew For poultises provokers of urine and the like I have spoken of in the former Chapter This kind of dropsie is more dangerous than the former moderate sweating is good in all dropsies Haustus Take the green rind of helder Carduus benedictus and Rosemary boyle them in possit ale strain it and adde treakle or methridate Ê’ j or Ê’ i. ss â„ž corticis rad cucumeris agrestis ℈ .j. infriatum insperge mulsae sine molestia pituitam ducit Aetius Actuarius nec stomachum laedit Ex Aëtio Actuario Also this water following is good for a strong body if he abound with flegme â„ž Florum Persicorum scammonii Rubeus Aqua purgans Turpeti ana part aequales Distillentur in balneo Mariae servetur in vase vitreo ad usum Modâ—ce admodum solvit Dentur species diacurcumae vel dialaccae si non adest febris CHAP. LVI TYMPANITES 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa is also properly called Hydrops as well as Anasarca It is caused of wind and water swelling the belly so that it is stretched out The signe is Signa the belly is puffed up higher than that of Ascites the navil is thrust forth if one clap upon it it gives a noyse or sound and all the other parts of the body wax leane this kind is most dangerous There diet is like the other Curatio ExercitiuÌ„ but more especially windy things are to be avoyded exercise is good and thirst doth succour the patient First purge as aforesaid also clysters Clyster as in Ascites onely you may adde in the boyling roots of Apium fennel parsely rew melilote in the streining Hierapicra Electuarium è baccis lauri and oyle of Dill you must provoke urine and dissolve windines of this look into the Chapter of the chollick it will help much for poultises look into Anasarca EmplastruÌ„ Emplastrum è baccis lauri is good also these lozenges powder of Dianisum Lozeng and Diacuminum ana ℈ .j. powder of the Antidote of laurel berries Ê’ j powder of Diagalanga Ê’ ss seeds of Anise carrawayes Dancus and fennel ana ℈ ss rew seeds of Apium and lovage ana ℈ .j. sugar â„¥ .vj. with the distilled waters of fennel and Apium make lozenges If they complain of pain in their body apply this emplaster â„ž EmplastruÌ„ Mesue Thuris masticis myrrhae ana â„¥ .j. Baccarum lauri â„¥ .ij. Cyperi costiana â„¥ ss mellis despumati quantum sufficit Fiat emplastrum Mesue de ung emp. pag. 153. These pills following are very good â„ž Pilulae Sennertus Mass pilul de hiera cum agarico turbith electi rhabarb an ℈ .ij. fol. soldanellaeÊ’ ss rad asari ℈ .j. trochisc alhandal elaterii nucis moscat galangae cinamom piperis cubebar an ℈ ss Pulveri sanda pulverisentur excipiantur omnia succo iridis fiat massa cujus dosis scrup ij vel Drach j. cum oximel scillit ff Pilulae mediocres Sennertus Tom. 2. lib. 3. cap. 4. pag. 1070. â„ž Clyster Fol. rutae flor chamaem sambuci summit anethi an M..j sem anisi faenic cumin carui an â„¥ ss coqu in aqua simpl Colaturae ♄ lb.j. vini maluatici â„¥ .iij. bened lax â„¥ .j. bac lauri â„¥ ss ol rutacei laurini an â„¥ .j. fiat clyst CHAP. LVII MIGTVS SANGVINIS is a disease of the reines through the which thin wheyish blood is pissed It is caused through weaknesse of the reines Causa being not able to divide the urine or through amplitude of the reines breaking of a vein in the reines caused through lifting or leaping sometimes sharp humours gnaw the reines flowing from above also stones in the reines may be the cause If this disease be caused through weaknesse Signa the blood is wheyish If through amplitude and largenesse of the veines they feel no pain If through breaking of a vein then the blood cometh forth abundantly If through gnawing humours the blood is sent forth by little and little with pain vexing the reines If through a stone look into its proper Chapter If through weaknesse of the reines Curatio rest profiteth black wine and restrictive meats Se sputum sanguinis abstain from carnal copulation Venus and diuritick things harts-horn with wine or juice of Marygolds is good Decoctio and Lapis Hematitis also the decoction of knot-grasse Syr. de rosis succis myrtils sheeps milk â„¥ .iv. mixed with a dram of Bolearmoniack is onely praised Bolusarus and loafe-sugar with it is not amisse look into the Chapter of Dysenteria also myrtill berries pomegranet rinds and Balaustia give meats of good juyce sometimes blood is curded in the bladder then cleanse but first dissolve and then use astringent things Venae sectio as aforesaid If through breaking of a vein or gnawing of sharp humours open a vein in the same side draw blood by little little If there be inflammation give cooling things inwardly and outwardly and avoyd sharp and salt things If an exulceration be left look into the same Chapter If it be caused by certain circuits the cure is the same Aq. sperm ranarum Aq. sperm ranarum is most excellent especially if there be inflammation or exulceration CHAP. LVIII INFLAMMATIO RENVM is an inflammation of the reines Causa caused through corrupt humours and medicines which ingendreth inflammation of the reines and especially continual and vehement ridings also stripes may be the cause There is a beating pain behind about the joynt of the back Signa a little above the bastard ribs the pain stretching inwards towards the liver the right side reine most commonly is vexed and also the bladder privie members loynes hips share and thighs weaknesse of limbs their extream parts are cold as the calves of the legs and feet there is difficulty of making urine in the beginning it 's thin and watery but afterwards more rubicund gross and filthy a vehement fever a disposition to vomit gnawing of the stomack and vomiting of choller this is when it comes to a Nephritick passion some are vexed with sweats and faintings costivenesse of body puffings up with wind and abhorring of meat First his diet must be of a cooling quality Curatio Victus ratio Phlebotomia and thin Secondly bleed the Basilica vein on the same side and after
the Saphena beware of hot diureticks and acrid medicines as scammony use outwardly oyle of roses and quinces cooling clysters with Cassia is very good Olcum or Cassia inwardly with syrrup of violets also to drink Aq. sperm ranarum is excellent Aq. sperm ranarum fasting is hurtful use diureticks when the Absessus is broken as parsley and fennel in clysters put in oyls of roses violets and cammomel If you want more look into the Chapters of other inflammations and the Chapter of ulcers in the reines for the which honey and milk is good This clyster following is proper in the inflammation of the kidneys ℞ Rad. althaeae ℥ .j. fol. malvae violar Clyster lactucae ana M.j. prun dulc paria iv hord mundat flor violar ana P. j. fiat decoctio ad ℥ .viij. vel x. In colat dissolve cassiae vel diapruni simplicis ℥ .j. ol violac ℥ .4 Riverius vitellos ovorum num ij Fiat clyster Riverius lib. 8. cap. 3. CHAP. LIX CALCVLVs RENVM 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa happeneth oftner to men then to children The cause is continual crudity and rawnesse of the stomach whereby much grosse and earthly humours are heaped up together which being parched with a burning fiery heat about the reines hardneth into a stone The stones do sometimes differ in greatnes and figure colour and sharpness they are black whitish and pale They feel grievous pain in the reines Signa even as it were a bodkin thrust through and yet no swelling without he have much adoe to turn his back bone the leg against the diseased rein is astonied with abhorring of meat and vomiting the urine is sometime pissed forth little in quantity and watery afterward followeth perfect suppression of urine the womb avoyddeth nothing yet maketh many proffers to go to the stool sometimes blood is avoyded through the violence of the stones especially if they be sharp the urine hath gravelly residence when the stone is removed If the stones be light and round they are easily sent forth but very hard if they be long and sharp For the cure Curatio if thou wouldst first prevent it in any person prohibit fulnesse of diet and all such things as ingender gross and obstructive juyce unleasened and light bread gross and new ale and beer with new and unsetled wines and their exercises must be mean also let them avoyd cheese and milk and plenty of flesh all things that do heat and inflame the liver and kidneys are to be avoyded let him not stand with his back against the fire sallets are good Victus ratio and let his meat be such as yeeld nourishment as veal pullets chickens partridges doves larks and hedge-sparrowes which is said to be best Cassia Cassia is much commended to be given in a good quantity with syrrup of violets Althaeae maiden-haire or lymonds the broath of Althaeae is very good with the roots of parsely fennel cicers and the root and seed of saxifrage with a little new butter ℞ Bolus Terebinth venet ℥ .j. aut ℥ i.ss let it be washed in saxifrage water take it in wafers also some of the aforesaid syrrups taken in Aq. sperm ranarum cannot but be excellent wine of Alkekengie Vinum and also the milk of an asse is much commended by Aetius also syrrup of marrich mallows Aetius Potius diuret taken in parietary saxifrage or onion water is good Secondly if the stone be ingendred if there be a plethorick body and strong some will advise the vein in the ham of that leg that is astonied to be cut and also purging Phlebotomia if nothing forbid it otherwise take this clyster following ℞ Malvae Althaeae merculialis capil ven Clyster parietariae ana M.j. nastur M.i. ss Sem. Apii feniculi anaʒ iij Boyle them in a sufficient quantity of water strein it and adde ℥ .i. of Cassia Hierapicra ℥ ss oyls of dill and cammomel ana ℥ .j. Salicom ʒ.ij f. Enema anoynt the region of the reines and loynes with oyles of dill sweet Almonds cammomel and Althea Cataplas A cataplasme made with wheat meale linseed fenegreek lupines cammomel fennel roots beaten well and leaves of Althea If the stone stick fast or rest quietly in the kidneys beware of diureticks you must first loosen the reines with foments and cataplasmes as aforesaid and if the stone shall happen to fall into the bladder or yard and so stop the urine then make use of a silver Cathetur and diureticks the blood of the goat in saxifrage water is good Elect. Dulcis the ancients use Justinum or Elect. Dulcis In the fit you may use clysters bathes unction Cassia turpentine to disturb the stone use the clyster abovesaid to which may be added in the boyling cammomel roots of parietary and aniseed in the streining hony of of violets ℥ .j. venus turpentine ℥ ss oyles of scorpions ʒ ij aut ℥ ss give syrrup Dialthaea Syr. alth to make the passages slippery in some diuretick water but this is to be noted that if the stone be old or hard it is in vain to use diureticks but if it be sand and small stones then use those things aforesaid If you want more look into the Chapter of obstructions and the three kinds of dropsies and also into the Chapter of inflammation of the reines Hercul saxonia lib. 3. cap. 41. p. 346. Hercules Saxonia did frequently use Turpentine and indeed it is of great force not only to cleanse the reins and bladder from slime and gravel but also to break the stone ℞ Bolus Riverius Terebinthinae in aqua saxifragiae vel parietariae decies lotae ℥ ss cum saceharo fiat bolus Vel. ℞ Aliud Riverius Cassiae recentur extractaeʒ vj. terebinthinae ℥ ss pulv liquirit ʒ.ij misce fiat bolus Vel ℞ Aliud Terebinthinae ℥ ss Pulv. lithontrypticiʒ ij Misce fiat bolus Riverius lib. 8. cap. 1. pag. 235. If the inflammation and pain be great apply this cataplasme ℞ Cataplas Fontan Mucilaginis seminis lini faenugraeci an ℥ .vj. pinguedinis gallinae ℥ .iv. farinae hordei q. s.fiat cataplasma Fontan lib. 3. cap. 31. pga. 413. Vel ℞ Vnguenti populeon ℥ j. dialth ℥ ss misce Vnguentū Mar quardus Or if that will not be sufficient you may adde one dragme and a halfe of Opium CHAP. LX. DIABETES is a disease about the reines 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 causing much thirst and what is drunk is pissed out again even as it is taken It is ingendred of weaknesse of the retentive vertue of the reins Causa but the attractive vertue is so strong that it sucketh the whole body through immoderate heat causing a stubborn thirst For the sign they drink continually Signa because the drink they take passeth swiftly out again their bowels seem to burn the loynes swell up and the stones and
continual provoking to piss It is caused through the sharpnesse of urine Causa or by exulceration of the bladder inflammation or an impostume of the liver or reines which being broken and sending the filth to the bladder through the shar pness it causeth continual desire to pisse In old men sometimes sharp humours is the cause Sharpness is known when the urine is chollerick and gnawing about the bladder Signa An exulceration of the bladder an impostumation of the liver and reines are known by the signes mentioned in their proper Chapters For the cure Curatio in aged persons some commend exceeding much as Galen lib. 5. Galenus Terebinthina Cassin Phlebotomia Clyster Turpintine washed in plantine water If there be sharp humours with inflammation and a young body bleed and purge with Cassia in whey but beware of hot things and many diureticks Clisters are good of Mallowes purslain violets cucumber seed beware of salt things and sharp things Lac. also hot milk indeed is the best thing to asswage pain to the former clyster adde Althea water-lillies in the boyling and Cassia fistula sugar oyle of violets and roses in the streining Lastly Aq. sperm ranarum Aqua spermat ranarum is most excellent Yet these emulsions following are much commended by Gorraeus in his Treatise de formul Gorraeus remed pag. 158. ℞ Emulsio Quatuor seminum frigidorum majorum recentium mundatorum anaʒ iij vel ℥ ss amygdalarum dulcium excorticatarum in aqua frigida ℥ .j. terantur omnia in mortario lapideo cum aqua fontis prius cocta fiat colatura ad lb.j. quae in vase vitreo servetur Vel ℞ Emulsio Gorraeus Seminis papaveris albi quatuor seminum frigidorum majorum aut amygdalarum dulcium ana ℥ ss terantur in mortario cum aqua decoctionis liquiritiae quantum sufficit in colatura dissolve syrrupi violati capilli vener is myrtillorum ana ℥ .j. fiat mulsio pro duabus vicibus capiat manè horis quatuor ante prandiolum CHAP. LXVIII VRINAE INCONTINENTIA is an involuntary pissing by reason of the palsie of the bladder 1. Causae The muscle Sphincter being resolved through coldness and moysture or the nerves that spring from os sacrum being ill affected the urine goeth away against the will of the patient Galenus Galen defineth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The way of the humours in the veines 2. Besides imagination which doth chiefly work in us when we are asleep there happeneth also a laxness of the round muscle caused by the abundance of urine and the sharpness thereof do provoke urine as that some persons pisse their bed For the first Curatio a purgation of the infusion of seane and Agarick 1. A bag of primula veris Ina arthretica Sacculus Salvia majorana ex floribus Anthos Stacados and cammomel which may be applyed to the pubes perinaeum and also to the loines also anoynt those places with oyles de castoreo costi Oleum cinnamomi vulpis remember to make that strengthening decoction set down in paralysis Decoctio but make it with wine you may inject the oyls and waters of sage primroses rew Injectio and Stecados promise no short cure for it ever proves long and difficult 2. For the latter some use Pil. de quinque gener Pilulae myrobolanorum or you may infuse two dragmes of rhubarb in the decoction aforesaid or a clyster wherein dissolve Oleum nervale Pulvis some commend Vesica capre suis Tauri being dried in an oven and powdered and ʒ j. or two given in wine or the decoction aforesaid Aetius Aetius commends the lungs of a goat to be rosted and eaten fasting a mornings the testicle of a hare boyled in wine the wine to be drunk and the stones eaten It is a common thing and confirmed by Galen to give Farcimen ex muribus Galenus FINIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 CHAP. I. LIB II. EPHEMERA in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diaria febris in Latin in English one day fever The Patient having but one fit and so for the most part finished in one day of his own nature It is the spirit or breath that is inflamed Galenus Galen calleth it A simple fever A fever properly is an unnaturall heat Definitio febris which taking his beginning at the heart is spread by the arteries and veines into the whole body and doth let and hurt the operation of it Now of simple fevers some reckon three kinds an unnatural heat ingendred in the spirits of breath causeth Ephemera or Diaria as aforesaid whereof be two kinds that is Ephemera Simpliciter or Diaria Secondly Diaria plurium dierum otherwise called Synochus non putrida enduring three or four dayes unnatural heat ingendred in the humours causeth Putrida febris a rotten fever they do not in two places within the vessels and that two wayes for either all the humours do putrifie and rot equally and cause a fever called Synochus putrida or one only humour putrifieth and so causeth a continual fever If there be putrifaction of choller it causeth a continual Tertian or a burning fever If of flegme it causeth a continual Quotidian If of melancholy it causeth a continual Quartan If they rot without the vessels then they cause an intermitting fever for if there be putrefaction of choller it causeth an intermitting Tertian If of flegme that is sweet an intermitting quotidian exquisite and pure If of flegm that is glasen it causeth Epialos Epialos If of melancholy an intermitting fever Quartan The cause of Ephemera is Causa when as the breath is inflamed and heat above nature without any putrefaction or rottennesse also through watchings crudities lack of digestion sadnesse fear vehement care of mind kernels in the throat and such like which heat and inflame the spirits and the whole body 1. The signes are six first Signa the pulse are greater swifter and oftner 2. Secondly their urine is like a haile bodies urine 3. Thirdly their heat is gentle and easie 4. Fourthly the fever endeth on a sudden 5. Fifthly there wants evill symptomes as pain of the head stomach c. 6. Sixthly they are alwayes ingendred of an outward cause 1. If watching be the cause there is heaviness of the eyes swartness of the face 2. If of anger there is rednesse of the face and eyes with a swift pulse 3. If care and sorrow be the cause there is a noughty colour heaviness of the body hollowness of the eyes swartness of the face 4. If of Sun-burning the head is hot and their veines sometimes puffed up 5. If through cold there followes distillations and Rhumes 6. If of wearinesse the skin is dryer 7. If through drunkennesse and hunger it is known by the telling of the sick 8. If through swelling about
immoderate heat and cold in all the parts of his body at the same time Forpart of the humour which is not as yet putrefied being spread by the veines engendreth the rigour or cold But the other rotten part of the humour engendreth the fever so that they are hot outward and cold inward Lipyria is a fever much like Epialos 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 you may have both their cures out of the Chapter of Quotidiana febris which is as followeth First administer this clyster Curatio Clyster â„ž Parietariae mercurialis cammomeli meliloti Rad. enulae campanae Peoniae Gentianae Chamaedrios Chamaepitios flor anthos Staecados ana M. ss Absynthii Hyssopi Thymi origani sem anisi faeniculi calamenthae anaÊ’ ij fiat decoctio in colaturae librae una dissolve sacchari rubri â„¥ j. Diaphaenici aut Hierae aut benedictae laxativaeÊ’ vj. olei cammomeli anethini ana â„¥ i.ss fiat enema Secondly Vomitus a vomit made with the juyce of Asaon and oximel and given before the fit is a sure help To drink oximel simplex with oximel scilliticum or if rest be wanting with syrrup of poppies Haustus is good If you see cause procure a sweat with possetale wherein is boyled Carduus benedict centory and liqueris when the humours are extenuated provoke urine with broath wherein is boyled smalledge parsley and fennel roots The juyce of Horse-radich in whey is excellent for the same purpose stomach pills are good also anoynt his back with oyle of flower-delice or dill Ceratum and use ceratum stomachale with oyle of nutmegs and give him syrrup of wormwood sometimes And it is held for certain that a dragme of old Treakle Diaphoreticus or mithridate the body being purged given in pure white-wine before the fit doth cure the same Lastly if you see cause give him this potion â„ž DiaphaeniconÊ’ ij jalap benedict lax Potio purgans anaÊ’ ss Syrrup de rhab. â„¥ ss decoctio q. s.f potio CHAP. X. HECTICA FEBRIS 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is anunnatural heat kindled not onely in the spirits and humours but also in the sound and fleshly parts The Patient is not sensible of the fever nor of any pain It is caused for the most part of burning fevers continuing long Causa also great evacuations may be the cause A feverous heat invades the dewy or alimentary humour called Cambium and at length consumes the humidity that is contained in the body of the heart melting fevers the Greeks call Marasmos There may be felt heat if you lay your hand on them Their urine is thin cruide white Signas and pale at last oylie a drie cough a slack and hard pulse It is called Hectick by reason of the drie Artery their hands and feet are hotter after meales then before their stomach sticketh almost to the ribs the face is leady at last he is like a ghost his eyes hollow his nose sharp his haires fall his legges swell and lastly a flux of the belly then judge that death is nigh It is called a fever Hectic so long as natural humidity is reserved when that is consumed then is called Marasmos The whole cure consists in cooling and moystning Curatio â—tisanae Victus Ratio let him eat ptisan also flesh of kids feasants birds of mountains cocks stones capons flesh reer-egges lettice endive cichory gourds spinach mallowes cherries strawberries pruines pomegranets melons milk is extreamely commended if it be not compounded with another fever Aq. sperm ranar. is excellent Clyster beware of purging if need be give cooling and moystning clysters adding the marrow of cassia fistula The syrrups of violets purslain water-lillies and poppies are good so are gellies also lambs heads and calves feet boyled in the decoction for clysters Let four young men take a sheet and dip it in cold water in aqua sperm ranarum so I conceive to be farre better and lay the Patient in it and immediately tumble him into another into a third and so into a fourth also to dippe or plunge him into cold water is commended and then to wipe him softly with soft linnen cloathes and to anoynt his body with oyle of roses Galen much extolleth it â„ž Epithema pro corde Aqua violarum nenupharis lactucae ana â„¥ iij. aceti â„¥ ss rosar rub triasant anaÊ’ j pul diamargaris Ê’ ss sem portulacae gr iij. croci ℈ ss fiat epithema pro corde Apply it to the Region of the heart â„ž Epithema Aqua lactucae â„¥ .ij. aceti â„¥ .j. Diarrhodon AbbatisÊ’ i.ss eboris â„¥ ss portulacae ℈ ss fiat Epithema Apply it to the liver Historia Pollio Romulus being above a hundred yeares old Divus Augustus asked him by what means he kept his strength of body and mind he answered Intus mulso foris oleo that is I keep me moyst with mulso within and oyle I anoynt upon my skin Asses milk is good some commend bleeding but not above two or three ounces at a time Lastly Marasmos is not to be cured 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for even as to poure oyle into a lamp where is no week nor match is nothing else but oleum operam perdere so in vain we strive to restore to nature that solid substance being by heat consumed and taken away If you want more look into the Chapter of Ptisis Lastly â„ž Cons ros antiquae â„¥ .j. trochisc de carabe Mixtura Forrestus de terra sigil anaÊ’ i. ss cum syr de portulaca q. s fiat mixtura Forrestus lib. 4. Tom. 1. observa 9. CHAP. XI SEMITERTIANA Febris 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Haemitritaeon in Greek in English Half a tertian It s framed of a continual quotidian and of an intermitting tertian Causa It is caused through putrified flegme that is mixed with rotten choller They altogether tremble and shake daily Signa being often troubled with unquietnesse bitternes watchings thirst of the mouth with lassitude From flegm proceeds the cold from choller a light succession But from both trembling He is farre more grievous than a terrian Hippocrates Hippocrates saith its deadly because it leaveth no time to nature to nourish the body concoct hurtful humours and repaire strength so that they have often syncops when the tertian exceeds the quotidian there is vehement cold in the augmenting of the fit Also more burning yellow choller is sent forth by vomit or stoole If the quotidian exceeds the tertian there is cold in the extreame parts but little shaking and lesse heat If of like force it comes with horror and shaking then it is an exquisite Hemitrice fever The remedies must be mixed against choller Curatio and flegme The stomach strengthened and the liver cooled search the Chapters of Tertiana Quotid and Tertiana notha febris CHAP. XII FEBRIS PESTILENTIA 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Causa is a disease which hapneth unto many Having
some with Hectica febris others their throats eaten with putrefied and cancrous ulcers some are troubled with a filthy flux of blood and the falling sicknesse Sometimes there followeth a disease called Plica being most loathsome and horrible Plica Glissonins and bred by modern luxury and excesse seizing specially on women It is a viscous venemous humour that glues together as it were the haire of the head with a prodigious entanglement sometimes taking the form of a great snake or else of little serpents full of nastinesse vermine and noysome smell so that being pricked with a needle they yeeld bloody drops It began in Germany I mean at the first in Poland Those that cut off their hair either lost their eyes or the humour falling down tortured them very much in their lower parts The cure of this most grievous disease you may pick out of this Chapter yet if you would see farther concerning it Herculsaxonia look into Hercul Saxonia his tenth book De Plica and in it you shall find 67 Chapters of this disease which with the rest aforementioned are oftentimes the offspring of the Lues venerea whose proper Antidote is Argentum vivum Also many become impotent to Venery venereous ulcers on the yard are hard to cure But if being healed they remain hard and callous they are signes of the disease lying hid in the body Mentagra 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A disease called Mentagra that vexed the Romans in the time of Claudius was very like this which oftentimes is transferred from the parents to the children Lastly many perish with a fever that have Lues venerea having continual sorrow and grief This disease being newly taken Curatio Venae sectio admits of an easie cure 1. The first intention must be to open a vein 2. The second is the grosse humours must be attenuated for which purpose The decoction of Radicum foeniculi eringii enulae campanae Oximel lentium uvarum passarum ficum c. also oximel scillitici is good for the same purpose 3. Potio purgans Next purge him with confectio hamech in the decoction of Guiacum which you may make after this manner ℞ Decoctio guaiaci Ligni guaiac ℥ .viij. cortic ejusd ℥ .iv. Sarsaeparill rad chinae lign sassafras ana ℥ ij coq in aq li. 12. sub finem add vini alb li. 4. fiat decoctio But first let the 12 pound of water boyle to 4 pound before you adde the wine Some adde Carduus benedictus sweet fennel-seed Staecadas germander anniseed parsley rew diptane flowres of marygold broom balme and rosemary also zedoary sage betony juniper-berries the three sanders Agrimony and Centory 4. He must drink a quarter of a pinte of the decoction above said at a time evening and morning and between meales make another drink of the same ingredients that he may drink of it at meales Also ℞ Decoct guaiacicum card benedict ℥ v. Haustus Theriac mithridat ana ℈ ij vel ℈ i.ss olei guaiac Gut 8. vel 10. olei vitrioli gr iij. misce fiat Haustus 5. Let the Patient sweat often with this draught an hour at a time his sweat must be wiped off with fine dry cloaths taking heed of cold you may adde centory and liqueris to the aforesaid decoction and it will be the stronger to procure sweat If the Patient be much feverous leave out the Guaiacum and its bark And put in Borrage Bugloss Cichory Violets Polypody Currants c. 6. Also let Sarsaeparilla China and Eringo roots be boyled in his broath made with the knuckles of veale 7. Let his body be often purged and a vein often opened Also this electuary following is good ℞ Conserv cichor rosarum ana ℥ .iij. Electuarium ligni guaiac subtiliss pulverisati sarsaeparill ana ℥ ss spec diarrhod Abdiatrion santal ʒ j. cum syr de cichor fiat Electuarium Let him eat thereof often it will comfort and corroborate 9. If the disease be stubborn you must come to unction ℞ Axung porci li. j. olei cammomeli anethi Linimentū terebinth laurini ana ℥ j. argenti vivi ℥ vj. theriac ven mithridat ana ℥ ss fiat linimentum secund artem First boyle your hogges-grease with sage rosemary thyme marjoram and lavender then kill your Quick-silver and mixe them altogether and beat them for the space of a whole day with this anoynt his joynts wrists the spine of his back his elbowes knees ankles and shoulders in a close room and beware of cold which is most hurtfull in Lues venerea Let your frictions be gentle and you must so long use them with unctions untill the virulent humours be evacuated by spitting and salivation by stoole urine sweat or insensible transpiration which you shall know by the falling away and drying up of the pustules And the ceasing of the paines and other symptomes proper to this disease unction must be used twice aday on strong bodies upon rare and delicate bodies but once upon weak bodies every two or three dayes and then binde up their limbes with gray paper Observe if nature be stirred up and bent to any kind of evacuation either by the mouth pores stool or the like then use frictions every 2 3 4 or 5 dayes Dysenteries caused by unction may be helped by clysters wherein much hogs-grease is dissolved If you should anoynt some to death you cannot bring them to fluxe at the mouth yet through some other evacuation they recover this Emplaster following is much commended for hard tophies ℞ Massae emplast de melil Emplastrū oxycrocei ana li. ss argenti vivi extin ℥ .vj. ol laurini de spicâ reducantur ad formam emplastri 10. Spread of it on leather and apply it as you shall see cause or ℞ Emplastri de meliloto pro splene li. ss argent Ceratum viv ℥ ij olei laurini petrolei terebinthinae ana Q.S. fiat cerotum For the ulcers of the mouth make a decoction of barley marsh mallowes and lettice Also to wash the mouth with cowes milk warme is good 11. If the mouth and jawes become so swelled as a gangreen is to be feared then use restrictive and repelling gargarismes Gargarismus made of barley water plantin night-shade knot-grass sheppards purse quinces lettice water-lillies and wood-binde also Balaustia red roses and myrtills syrrups of dried roses quinces and barberies honey of roses and diamoron His diet in this condition must be reer-egges Victus raetio barley creames cullesses made of the decoction of knuckles of veale and gellies 12. For the ulcers on the prepuce and glans every night anoynt them with ung Argenti vivi so far as they are scorched with inflammation or ulcerated and in the morning wash it with the coction of guaicaum or china or sarsaeparilla so do untill the ulcer be dryed and healed and the inflammation quenched this is a sure help it s called
with washt Venus-turpentine and let him take three over night and four in the morning for a week together 5. Emplastrū Also Emplastrum sticticum is very good to lay to his back spread on leather give him with his meats the seeds of Agnus castus and the leaves of rew Aq. sperm ranarum to eat purslaine and drink spawne-water will be good to extinguish seed Let him lye on his side And lastly he must eschew and exclude all thoughts belonging to carnal copulation and ℞ Succi myrtillorum vel succi foliorum myrti Linimentum Montanus plantaginis ana ℥ .ij. succi sempervivae ℥ .j. unguenti sandalini ℥ .ij. cum modico cerae albae reformetur linimentum pro renibus Montanus de renum vesicae affectionibus Consilium 301. pag. 738. CHAP. XVII CELE in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ramex and Hernia in Latin of the barbarous writers Ruptura there be seven kinds or nine 1. Enterocele or Ramex intestinorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the Peritonaeum do break and the bowels fall down into the Cods 2. Bubonocele or Ramex inguinis 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the bowels do cleave or stay above the privie members 3. Hydrocele or Ramex aquosus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when a watery humour is gathered into any part of the filmes or skin of the Cods 4. Sarcocele 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Ramex carnosus is when there groweth hard flesh within the coats and tunicles of the stones 5. Epiplocele or Ramex omenti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the kall or filme that laps in the bowels do fall down into the Cods 6. Enteroepiplocele or Ramex omenti intestini is when the bowels do slip down with the filme 7. Cirsocele or Ramex varicosus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when the veines which nourish the stones are spread abroad and swollen out of measure on heaps 8. Ramex ventosus Physocele or Hernia ventositatis is when wind is gathered into the skin of the Cods 9. Hyrophysocele or Ramex ventosus aquosus when wind and water is gathered into the filmes of the Cods They are caused by some violent accident Causa as a stroak leaping crying fall or lifting which do break the peritonaeum and so cause Ramex intestinorum or stretch it out more then it ought to be and so cause Ramex inguinis Or the vessels joyned together and increasing in the Cods or the vessels being broak and slidden down sendeth blood thither which being changed into a watery or wheyish substance causeth Ramex aquosus Ramex carnosus is caused through a stripe or blow upon the stone or stones The cause of the other ruptures are evident by their descriptions The signes of the two first is a manifest swelling in the Cods Signa or above the privie members It goeth back slowly but rolleth down quickly also the swelling is very great The signes of a watery humour is a swelling without pain firm and shining like the colour of the humour as dregs of blood or the like If it be on both sides of the Cods it s then a double rupture The signes of Ramex carnosus is hardnesse somtimes like a kernel and thenthere is neither colour sense nor feeling But if the humour be of a wicked nature then pricking pain doth vexe him You must lay the Patient upright Curatio yet so as his head may be lower then his buttocks and separate his legges then put up the bowels by little and little then keep them up by convenient trusses and ligaments But if the place adjoyning to the Cods or privie members be inflamed and very painful so that thereby the bowels are made disobedient to go up then you must use foments and liniments made with mallowes cammomel dill linseed fennegreek Fomentati and nourish the place with wooll dipt in oyle Also take Emplastrum ad Herniam spread some on a piece of lether and apply it Emplastrū let it lye on seven dayes being bound fast with his truss and let him give himself rest for thirty dayes this is an excellent help Also make a decoction with comfry roots plantin myrtill seed pomegranat flowers Decoctio and leaves of laurel boyle them in red wine and water of plantin and then sweeten it with sugar For a watery rupture look into the Chapters of the dropsies as Ascites c. A perfect rupture coming by the breaking of the Peritonaeum in men of full growth seldom admits of cure A certain chyrurgion did use to beat a loadstone into fine powder Historia and give of it to children in a little pap and then he anoynted the groine with honey and then strewed on it the fine filings of Iron this he did for 10 or 12 dayes together keeping up the bowels straight with a truss Thus have you had directions for the curing of the first second third fifth and sixth As for the fourth rupture it s more properly a chirurgious work Paraeus and if you please you may take Parey for your guide so likewise for the seventh As for the eighth and ninth look into the Chapters of the dropsies There is also Hernia Humoralis generated by the confused mixture of many humours in the Cod Hernia humoralis or between the tunicles which involve the testicle And there is Pneumatocele which is a flatulent tumour in the Cod Pneumatocele being round and shining both of them are cured by medicines which dissolve and trusses to keep up the Cods from falling Vnguentū Also clysters And take Helder cammomel fetherfew betony great valerian chickweed sention mercury hemlock smallage gomepheny and cellindine ana M j. chop them small boyle them in p. iij. of May butter and two penny worth of neats-foot oyle bathe the Cod with it or ℞ Fomentatio Forrestus Cumini baccarum lauri seseli rnt ana ℥ .j. fiat decoctio in vino leniter astringente lixivio foveatur pars Forest Tom. 1. lib. 27. obs 25. CHAP. XVIII MENSIVM SVPPRESSIO Causa is either naturally or against nature If naturally the woman is vexed with no grief of the body nor yet of the wombe If against nature it happeneth either through grossnesse or slendernesse of body the former have but little blood the latter no superfluous blood in them Also grosse blood bleeding at the nose c. sweating continual vomiting fluxes of the belly hardnes scars or a peece of flesh ingendred in the mouth of the matrice may be the cause also carelesness fear and sorrow There is heaviness a desire to vomit Signa abhorring of meat paines about the loynes thighes neck eyes and head sometimes fevers and blackish urine made with difficulty 1. A cold distemper is known by dulness a white and leady colour in the face and a watery thin and greenish urine 2. A hot distemper of
fulness is known by vehement paine about the loynes and privie members with swollen veines 1. For a cold distemper turn back to lib. 1. Curatio Sabina chap. 25. pag. 52. for a poor body let the leaves of savine be boyled in wine and drunk or receive the fume of savine it will force them It doth also expell the dead child 2. In a hot cause bleed on the feet Venae sectio coole and moysten and give syrrup of steel And when the distemper is over then observe the former directions for fulness make a purgation with Diaphaenicon Hierapicra and benedicta laxativa Purgatio Amongst simples that provoke the terms are roots of parslay sperage seeds of smallege and fennel Anniseed nettles Also calamint Catalogus simplicium wormwood origan sothernwood mugwort peniroyal hyssop hore-hound rew motherwort Ireos laurel berries madder sage cummin-seed Enula campana root of Aristolochia and Savine of these may be made decoctions into which may be put a little sugar to drink 4. Also Castoreum Storax Galbanum frankincense Fumigatio Bdelium and Benzoine of these may be made suffumigations Also if you turn back to the eighth Chapter of this book Vin. Chaâ— lyb and the ninth page you shall find an excellent thing for this purpose even the steel wine to give the Patient of it evening and morning with the syrrup of the same and exercise This potion following is commended by Montanus in his Treatise Deaffectionibus uteri Montanus Consilium 308. pag. 749. â„ž Potio purgans Agarici praeparatiÊ’ ij RhabarbariÊ’ j infundantur in aqua betonicae per horas 24 fiat expressio fortis â„ž DiacatholiconisÊ’ ij ss Misce fiat potio brevis The same author praiseth Confect diacimini vel Diatrion pipereon vel aromat rosa and lastly Mithridate in white-wine CHAP. XIX MENLIV M fluxus immodici The Menstruis do chance to flow out of measure Causa through great or small vessels opened wide or broken also immoderate purgations and grievous travel in child-birth may be the cause If the greater vessels be broken Signa or open'd the bloodfloweth out gushing on heaps If the lesser it floweth out by little little If through eating or gnawing it floweth with great pain moreover there followeth a filthy colour the feet are puffed up with a light swelling having a weak body wlth their digestion and appetite corrupted First they must give themselves rest Curatio Venae-sectio Catalogus simplicium secondly if nothing forbid open a vein in the arm Amongst restrictives are Balaustia Aypocischis Acatia knot-grass both the consolidaes plantin barberries roses myrtills harts-tongue burnt quinces of these may be made decoctions for juleps in a hot cause they may be boyled in the waters of some of the simples adding thereto in the streining Syrrupus myrthinus and de rosis siccis In a cold cause boyle them in pure red wine The juyce of plantin or knot-grasse injected Injectio Galenus is much commended by Galen This electuary following is good â„ž Conservae ros antiquae â„¥ ss symphiti â„¥ j. Electuarium boli armeniÊ’ ij sanguinis draconis ambrae citrinae corallorum rubrorum ana ℈ j. cum syrrupo myrthino fiat elect Also the powder following is excellent â„ž Cornu cervini usti boli armeni terra sigillata Pulvis diamarfrigidi pul margaritarum lapidis hematitis ana ℈ i. ss misce fiat pulvis detur cum aqua plantaginis If you want more look into the Chapter of Dysenteria and other fluxes of blood as Sputum sanguinis c. Lastly these pills following are to be taken before meat to strengthen the stomach â„ž Aloes optimaeÊ’ x. mastiches chiae Ros Pilulae Fontanus Rubrarum anaÊ’ ij cum syrrupo Absynthites cogantur in Massam Nic. Fontanus lib. institut Phar. Sect. 9. cap. 11. CHAP. XX. FLVXVS MVLIEBRIS aut uteri fluor Causa This flux of the matrice is a continual distillation and flowing out for a long time the body purging its self The humour is red like putrefied blood Signa yet sometimes pure which noteth erosion or gnawing mattery white and sometimes watery the secret part is continually moyst with the humours being of divers colours She is ill coloured abhorreth meat her eyes are swollen and she breatheth difficultâ—y 1. Curatio Venae sectio For the red fluxe open a vein in the arm often drawing a little blood at a time and let her diet be restrictive 2. For the white flux if it have taken her but newly do not stop it If it have continued long let her give her self rest usinga drie diet what else is wanting may be supplyed out of the Chapter of Gonorrhaea 3. If sharp humours have ulcerated those parts look uteri exulceratio and Gonorrhaea virulenta in the Chapter of Lues venerea 4. For a pale and chollerick flux purge with the infusion of Rhubarb If melancholy abound Infusio purgans Potio purgans take Decoctio com â„¥ .vj. Syr. de fumaria epithimo ana â„¥ .j. Cassiae re extracta â„¥ ss fiat potio and let him use restrictive medicines as aforesaid in Chapter 19. c. Lastly â„ž Forestus Cons ros antiq â„¥ .i. ss diacydon sine spec â„¥ ss cons flor cichor â„¥ .j. pul triumsan corall Mixtura rub usti loti an Ê’.i.ss cum syr cotoneor fiat mixtura CHAP. XXI VTERI STRANGVLATIO seu suffocatio 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 otherwise called Hysterica passio It is a drawing of the womb to the upper parts as it were by a convulsive motion It is caused through the defluction either of seed being sometimes corrupted Causae or the flowers which causeth the womb to be swelled and the vessels and ligaments to be distended with fulnesse and pressing the Diaphragma causeth shortnesse of breathing Also the whites or some other humour or a tumour or a rotten impostume or some ill juyce putrefying and resolving into gross vapours may be the cause The womb removeth out of his seat and doth one while fall towards the liver another while towards the milt another while towards the midriffe stomach and downwards towards the bladder sometimes the child is very great that it press the midriff and so cause the fits When the fit is nigh Signa there is heavinesse of mind slowness paleness and sorrowfulness Being present there is a drowsiness also doting and a withholding of the instruments of breathing they wax dumb and draw up their legges and a moyst humour floweth out of the womb 1. If it assaile the guts the bowels make a noyse 2. If it trouble the stomach there is vomiting 3. If it assaile the brest and throat there is choaking 4. If the brain there is madnesse 5. If the heart there is swouning some sleep sound others talk foolishly others they breath so little that they seem dead 1. If you would know whether