stood and hang it up if the weather be hot and dry upon a white thorn else in the chimney corner and as fast as that dries the swelling will cease and the pain go away 184. The water wherein Lavender hath been boyled will take away any spot or stain out of any cloth 185. Let the Image of a Lyon be engraven in a plate of Gold Andreas Cordulensis when Sol is in Leo let not the Moone behold the sixt house nor yet the Lord of the Ascendant behold Saturn nor Mars if it be not a Systeam too rare to find neither let the Moon behold them this strengthens the heart being worn against it as also pains in the back being worn against that 186. Also if Trochisks be made with Olibanum Goats blood Idem and sealed with the said plate and afterwards dissolved and drunke in White-wine it breakes the stone in the Reins and Bladder 187. The whitest of Frankincense Razis Mizaldus beaten in powder and drunk in White-wine wonderfully encreaseth the memory and is profitable for the brain and stomack 188. Any part of the bone of a mans arm with the biggest end of a goose-wing being born about one that hath the quartane Ague Mizaldus Geber cures them 189. The powder of earth worms of mice dung and of a Hares tooth put into the holâ— of a rotten tooth it will drop out without any instrument 190. There is a stone to be found in the head of a long Snaile Mizaldus which being beaten into fine powder and blowne into the eye takes away the web spots or other infirmities that anoy it 191. A spoonfull of Aquavitae Lemnius sweetned with sugar and a little grated white-bread put in it that it may not anoy the brain nor harme the liver taken every day preserves folke not onely from Lethargies and Apoplexies but also from all cold diseases 192. Take one part of Gentian and two parts of Centaury bruise them and infuse them five days in a convenient quantity of Wine then distill them This water being drunk preserves the body in health Julius Euonimus resisteth the plague causeth a good colour cureth Imposthumes and Ptisicks stuffings of the stomack and spleen provoketh the terms purgeth choler and corrupt blood healeth inward wounds the biting of venemous beasts and cleers the sight 193. A most excellent remedy for the Plague is this Take Ivy-berries when they are ripe â—lexis and dry them then take halfe a dram of the powder of them in Plantane water and sweat upon it 194. Stamp Chelondine and apply it to any tetter or Ringworm and it will quickly cure it 195. The same hearb by like usage will take away any black spot from any part of the body 196. Let the party that is troubled with the tooth-ach lie on the contrary side and drop two or three drops of the juyce of Rew into his eare on that side his teeth ake and let it remain there an hour or two it will not only take away the pain for the present but he shall never be troubled with it after 197. For womens breasts that are sore beat a handfull of figs well and mix them with a little hogs greace and apply it to the breast as hot as can be suffred if the breast be ready to break it will break it else not 198. Take good saffron in powder and mix it with as much black sope and spread it on the fleshy side of a peice of leather and lay it to the navel of one that cannot make water and in one hour you shall see the effects of it 199. The Roots of Holly-okes Pet. Hisp stamped with hogs greace and applied to the Gout helps it in three dayes 200. Verjuyce sod and put hot into a tin bottle with a narrow mouth and the mouth of the bottle held to the eare that the fume may go up into the head helps the head-ach and noyse in the eares and if any quick thing be gotten into the eare it will quickly bring it out FINIS A TREATISE OF THE PESTILENCE With its PREVISION PROVISION PREVENTION By NICHOLAS CULPEPPER Student in Astrology and Physick Printed in the Year 1655. A TREATISE OF THE PESTILENCE COnsidering the reigning and raging of this Disease in London and divers other Townes and Cities in England and that large experience I have had in it now these ten yeares considering also the terrible horrour and affright that seizeth on most men and women to this day though the disease have beene no stranger to London this twelve yeares if the disease be but within a House or two of them yea some if it be but in the Street as though they were all dead men I thought good to write a small Tractate of the Disease studyed from the grounds of Physick and confirmed by dayly experience to leave behind me for the benefit of Posterity or my Survivers be they who they will which may be as a Present and a more honest helpe to them then running away for hereby their minds being guided by more true charitable and neighbourly principles they may doe good to themselves and others and benefit their owne experience in Physicke as I have done before them Galens three adverbs Citò Longè Tardè And this small treatise for I hate prolixity may stand them in as much and more stead then Galens three adverbs Citò Longè Tardè to runne away quickly and farre and to returne not in a long time which he saith though untruly is worth three Apothecaries shops well furnished Cause threefold The causes of this disease are three yet all subservient the one to the other The first cause is the great conjunctions of the superiour Planets meeting in Signes Cause 1 ruling such and such Countries and Cities or in Signes opposing or squaring such Signes The second is a corrupted and unwholsome Aire Cause 2 which is caused by such meetings of the Planets The third is putrified humours hot blood addust and burned Cause 3 caused by breathing in such corrupt Aire and if the diet before were perverse it addes fuell to the fire and fills the body with superfluous humours A word or two now to satisfie men concerning the common feare of infection which makes many rich men which might and ought to maintaine poore visited people yea many Physicians whose duties it is to administer physick to them to fly away so that in time of great infection you may heare more cry out for lack of bread and meanes necessary then for anguish of the disease Hence also came that unnaturall and inhumane custome of shutting up houses that are visited thereby sadding and dejecting their spirits and thereby making way for the disease as I shall shew anon and taking men from their usuall imployments which is a digester of humours and a preserver of health Nay if the disease be infectious as in their opinions it is it is plaine murder to shut
let him avoid Milk and all other meats of a dilative quality for they send vapors into the head and are hurtfull for him Let his drink be water in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled or in which syrrope of the juyce of Succory or the juyce of Pomgranates or Lemons is put Let him eschew carnal copulation exercises and baths all perturbations of the mind especially anger Directions negative Affirmative Perfumes Vnction If ♂ cause the disease you had better use vervain gathered in the houre of ♀ take this as a generall rule all things that are binding all things that cause stupefaction as crude opium Mandrakes Henbane Poppeys Nightshade those things that bind much though they coole must also be avoyded as juyce of Quinces Medlers c. Let the sick smell to rose water mixed with vineger and often snuffe some of it up into his nose Let also his forehead temples and that part of his head where the paine lies most be anoynted with oyle of fleabane Let the fleabane be gathered in the houre of Mars he being if it be possible in Aries in a good aspect to the Moone So will the infirmity be the easier and more speedily cured Have a speciall care that the Patient go to stoole in good order at the least twice a day Stoole if he do not provoke him first with a Clister then with an ownce of lenitive Electuary every night when he goes to bed for the people most incident to this Infirmity are such as are of a Cholerique constitution though the trouble of this disease be no absolute signe of a Cholericke-man which complexion most commonly causeth astringency 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of cold CHAP. III. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of Cold. BY cold I meane simply cold without any Flux of cold humours ☞ for that causeth Lethargies but onely a cold distemper The cause This paine in the head is caused of outward cold as by tarrying long bareheaded in a cold aire also by suddain applying of any wet and cold or very cold thing to the head The signes of this are contrary to the signes of the other that came of a hot distemper for in this though the paine indeed be vehement yet the head when it is felt is not hot their face and eyes do not look red neither are they hollow nor shrunke but on the contrary their face looketh full and pale and their eyes are full and swarthy also they desire not cold things nor find ease but paine by them Cautions Let them sleepe moderately but no more then usually they use to do Sleepe They must remaine in a warme aire if it be cold remedy it with a good fire Aire Let them forbeare all meates cold in operation Meats all fish water-fowles and milke Let them eat rear eggs hennes chickens partridge and phesants For drinke let them use Wine moderately Drinke and generally for the cure thereof you must use things that are hot in operation but in the cure as well of this as other diseases in the head you must diligently consider the natural temperature of the braine ☜ for it is such a thing as cannot endure either violent heat or violent cold Directions Negative Let not their bodies be costive but let them have every day a stool if not by nature give suppositories Let them avoide sadnesse deepe speculations and thoughts studying and other immoderate affections of the mind Let them use moving of their body Affirmative walking and if strength suffer riding Oyle of Vervaine is medicinall for the disease Motion let it be gathered in the day and houre of Venus she ascending fortunately Also Rew Laurell Unction If ♀ cause the discase use Fleabane an herb of ♂ Orris Dill Chamomel Mother of time Marjoram are Medicinal for the disease For the Oyle anoint the fore-head temples nostrills and holes behind the eares Also to boyle any of these hearbs especially vervaine gathered as beforesaid in water Nasalia and snuffe up the decoction in your nose Also quilt these leaves betweene two caps Cucufa and let the patient weare it upon his head The innermost cap being made of fine silke or Sarsnet Take Laurell Mother of time Marjoram Rosemary flowers of each a handfull Rew halfe so much Penny royall Calaminth two drams Cloves Staechas one-dram beat these into grosse ponder and sew them up in the Cucufa or double cappe before mentioned and having first sprinkled the head with Vineger warme it and apply it Also it is very good for the sick to smell to such a Pomander as this Pomander Take of Storax Calamitis two drams Cloves Mace wood of Aloes of each halfe a Dram Lavender two Drams Gallia mofchata a Dram Muske Amber greece of each two graines beate them into fine pouder searce them and with mussilage made with Gum Tragacanth and Marjoram water make it up into a Pomander 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of driness or moysture CHAP. IV. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of drinesse or moysture BY drinesse here ☞ and moysture also is meant only the baire quality for although of these alone without heate or cold no paine come yet hereby the studious in Physicke may learne and discerne when the Head-ach commeth of heate and driness when of heate and moisture when of cold and drinesse when of cold and moisture The cause Head-ach through drinesse is caused through drinesse of the aire through hunger much watching extreame studying by dry medicines over much exercise excessive use of venery and violent perturbations of the mind Head-ach of moisture is caused through moisture of the aire The fimptomes moist medicines bathes hot waters and other things that moisten over much Drinesse is knowne by these signes there come few or no excrements out of the nose the eyes be hollow the patient cannot sleepe neither before nor in the sicknesse also the skin of the head is dry as though it were scorched dry medicines do not ease the paine but increase it Moistnesse is knowne by the same that lethargies are of which hereafter Those in whome drinesse doth trouble the head let them remaine in a moist aire let them eate meates of good juyce and a moistning nature Diet. as yolks of egges cocks stones and the broth of them phesants partriches and such meates as moisten and nourish much let them drinke wine alwayes with water let them sleepe largely provoke them to it as in the second chapter let them eschew motion of the body and exercise and use quietness and rest let them eschew carnal copulation hunger and thirst and all things that do dry let them use baths of sweet waters that are warme let them be merry and pleasant and avoyd all perturbations of mind For paine comming of moisture See Lethargyes Let such as have head-ach of drinesse use to anoint the
a pultise with bran the which lay between the navils and the privities of one that hath the strangury and it will helpe him 64. If thy nose bleed chew the hearb pervincle in thy mouth and it will cease 65. Vervain boyled and the house sprinkled with the decoction drives flies out of it 66. A suppository made of white sope and put up the fundament is a medicine inferiour to none for one that is costive 67. The roots of flower-deluce bruised and boyled in white wine are an excellent provoker of urine 68. Chamomel and Betony of each an equall quantity boyled in vineger to a pultis and applyed warm to the head helpes the Megrim and the inveterate head-ach called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 69. Rosemary tops boyled in ale in like manner and applied to the temples doth the like 70. If thou be costive 't is a hundred to one if choler be not the cause but if not boyl the hearb Mercury in thy pottage in stead of hearbs and let them be but halfe boyled this pottage so eaten will not only take away the effects by making thy body slippery but also the cause 71. Take of Rew Sage and Cummin seeds bruised of each a handfull beaten pepper halfe an ounce make a strong decoction of them in water the which boyl into a syrrup with honey this syrup will help an inveterate cough by taking one spoonfull of it in the morning and another at evening 72. Three drops of a mans owne water put into his eare every morning warm helps noyse there 73. A strong decoction made with Plantane in White-wine drunk every morning doth the like 74. An oyntment made with Ivy-leaves and hogs-grease is excellent for swelling of the eyes 75. Take three or four great Onnions and having rosted them well in the embers take off the outward pill then bruise them with a few cummin seeds in pouder this applied plaister-wise in a few times using helps the head-ach This I am perswaded the hair being shaven off it is a good remedy for the Lethargy 76. Take wormwood and mallows of each alike quantity boyl them in water till they be soft then by adding-barly meal or malt-flower which is better and a little vineger and sheep suet to them they make an excellent pultis for any swelling whatsoever 77. The liquor wherein neats-feethave been boyl'd is an excellent bath to bath swolle legs in and if you will add chick-weed mallows and smallage to it t will be never the worse 78. Also when you have well bathed your Legs therein you may take out the hearbs and apply them to the soles of your feet 79. The juyce of Vervain or if it be time of year you cannot get it take the decoction of the dryed hearb it mightily encreaseth not barely milke but good milke in Nurses 80. The blood of a Hare dryed and taken inwardly breaks the stone in the bladder 81. The claws of a Goat burnt to powder and a dram of the powder taken in the morning helps such as cannot hold their water 82. To drinke an Allum Posset is a good remedy for overflowing of a Womans Menstruis 83. The juyce of Sorrel mixed with the like quantity of Milke is an excellent remedy being drunke for pissing blood 84. Pigeons dung mixed with Vinegar is excellent to anoint Warts with if you would be rid of them 85. The juyce of Primrose-roots snuffed up into the Nose is an excellent remedy for the Megrim 86. Take an Onion and having cut a round hole in the middle of it fill it full of Oyle then rost it by a gentle fire and having taken off the outward pill stamp it together and apply it warm to the deafe ear to restore hearing 87. An ointment made with Leek-blades and hogs grease is excellent good for burnings 88. A decoction of Earth-worms Sallendine and Ivy-berries in White-wine take equall quantities of each is an excellent remedy for the yellow Jaundice and if towards the latter end of the decoction you adde a little Saffron tyed up in a rag 't will be the better 89. Take the roots of Female Ferne such as in Sussex are called Brakes and having bruised them well mix some raw Cream with them so have you an excellent plaister for a scald He that hath any wit may make an Unguent or plaister of them to keep alwayes by him 90. The powder of burnt Garlicke helps the Hemorrhoids being strewed upon the place 91. The powder of Anniseeds strewed there doth the like 92. A rosted Onion laid to the place workes the same effect 93. An excellent cool ointment for wounds that have inflammations is thus made take of Litharge of Gold very finely powdered as much as you will and with Oyle of Roses and Verjuyce of each equall parts make it into an oinment by stirring it up and downe in a Mortar without the heat of the fire as it cooles so it dries exceedingly 94. For Ach in the Legs or Arms a precious remedy take very stale Ale and with the Gaul of an Oxe boyle it till it be as thicke as Birdlime when it is cold then anoint the grieved member with it by the fire it will be fluid when t is hot as hot as he can endure it and when it is dryed in once or twice spread some of it upon a peice of white leather and apply to it when it is hard take it off and apply to it another the former will wax soft again thus doing three or four dayes will help you 95. For the Megrim put some Assa foetida into the eare on that side the paine lies and the matter causing the disease will come out at the Nose And yet it may by my Authors leave be some question whether the Megrim lie within the scul or without 96. Take Snails Shels and all and burn them in a crucible till the ashes be white halfe a dram of this taken in White-wine is a great provoker of Urine 97. Take a quantity of water-grasse that part of it that grows above the water and having beaten it presse out the juyce this juyce a little of it being dropped into the contrary ear of one that hath the tooth-ach cures him of that paine for ever saith my Author 98. Take a piece of blew cloth wollen cloth the deeper the blew the better burn it to powder a little of this powder snuffed up the nose stops the bleeding of it 99. It is certain and by dayly experience verified that Elder barke if you slip it upward will provoke vomiting if downward it purgeth by stool 100. It s property is to cleanse the body of crudities and indigestion and they cause three quarters of the diseases in man you need but run to an Elder-tree for the cure and you may find one a great deale on this side Arabia if your stomack trouble you slip it upwards but if the disease afflict not the first digestion then slip it downwards 101. Polipodium stamped and plaistered upon
seame of their head or os triquetrum Cure by unction with oyle of fleabane see Chap. 2. mixed with oyle of sweet almonds or alone by it selfe Let their body be kept soluble Also they may bath their head in water in which strawberry leaves Stoole Bath violet leaves and flowers mallowes and other hearbes that have a moistning vertue have beene boyled CHAP V. Of Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of plentitude or blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of blood HItherto I have written of Head-ach comming through alteration of the bare quality only I now come to Head-ach caused of fulnesse and abundance of blood I call fulnesse in this place that which the Greekes call 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is when all the four humours abound and be encreased in their proportion 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or when blood onely abounds The cause This is caused commonly of eating all such things as ingender abundance of humours in the body as meates and drinkes of great nourishment plentifully taken as also the neglecting and omitting exercises bathes sweatings and usuall purgings bleedings and evacuations The signes be these Signes the face and the eyes be ruddy the veines be swoln so that the least and smalest may be easily seene the pulse is great and vehement the urine reddish and thick the veines of the temples beate more hard strong and vehement then those at the wrest the paine of the head is heavinesse Let the sick be in a cold and dry aire if you can get no such place naturall Cure make it so by art Let his diet be spare Aire let him avoyd things that nourish plentifully as egges flesh c. Let his drink be barly water in which cold hearbs have been boyled as endive Meat succory purselane lettuce Drinke or only barly water with a little Cinnamon Let him use meane exercise Exercise rubbing his body often if his body be soluble and no feaver let him bath often In the beginning of the disease let him blood in the cephalica of that arme on which the griefe lies most if that appeare not take the middle veine Bleeding if bleeding in the arme suffice not let them bleed in the forehead If age or weaknesse or both prohibit bleeding use cupping glasses to the shoulders to draw backe the blood Cupping These done use medicines externall that are cold and astringent Vnction wherewith you are furnished in the second Chapter You must in this disease have a special care that the body be kept soluble if necessity require and neither feaver nor weaknesse hinder Purging give a decoctum Sennae with rubarbe and agricke at i. ʒ iv ℥ After this you may apply such medicines to the head Repelling as disperse the disease and dissipate and repell the humours such be mallow seedes fenugreck seeds chamomel flowers melilot flowers either in bathes liniments or oyles as you think fit Also you may bind the lower parts of the body hard Bindings as the things to call or draw back the humours 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Choler CHAP VI. Of the Headach 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 coming of Choler The cause HEad-ach comming of cholericke humours is caused of all such things as heate and drye the head unnaturally as care anger paine labour watching fasting eating of meates that be cholericke as Garlique Onions pickled herrings and other meates extraordinary salt c. The signes be these the pains be like his that hath headach by reason of heat Signes but that only they have a more sharp and pricking pain as though awles or bodkins were thrust into their heads their face is pale and wan their head is moderately hot bitternesse of the tongue drinesse of the eyes nose and tongue this disease chanceth most to young and flourishing yeares to such as are cholericke of complexion to them that take overmuch businesse in hand and the like Let the sicke abide in a cold and moist aire which may be procured by the Art specified in the second Chapter Cure as by sprinkling the Chamber with cold water Aire by strewing the Chamber with cold herbs and moist flowers and branches of trees their mentioned Let his whole diet be moist let him eat meates that be moist and of good juyce Meates give them Endive Succory Lettice Purslaine small fishes that live in gravelly Rivers Let his drinke be water only Drinkes in which a little Cinnamon hath been boyled but let him altogether abstaine from Wine and strong drinke Let him be kept quiet Sleepes and have long sleepes you may provoke sleep by the rules in the second Chapter let him be merry and refraine from all perturbations of mind Purges You must refrain purging there be a feaver In the beginning of the cure you must purge the cholericke humour with medicines fit for the purpose such be Hiera picra Electuary of the juyce of Roses Rubarb Pillulae aureae Alephanginae c. ☞ But if it chance the cholericke humours do rest quietly in any part of the body as many times it doth and so becometh adust and burneth the place where it lyeth and maketh the man uncapable of receiving purging medicines you must use preparatives to alter and concoct the humour till it appear by the urine to be digested the best way of all to do this is to administer a spoonfull of Vineger of Squils every morning fasting and let the party walke a quarter of an houre after it if you find that too hot as you seldome shall administer it in an ounce of Julep of Roses or Syrupus acetosus Also you may give an ounce of pulp of Cassia at night when he goes to sleep or lenitive Electuary Bolus If they be very costive as it is the nature of choler ☜ to procure costivenesse administer clisters of the mollient herbs viz. Mallows Beetes Violets Clisters Pellitory and Mercury of each a handfull boyled in a quart of ☜ water to three quarters of a pint in which being ☜ strained mingle Diacatholicon i. ℥ Mel rosarum i. ℥ species Hierae picrae i. ʒ make it into a clister Also you may use Oyle of Fleabane for unction in the manner and forme prescribed in the second Chapter Vnct on Beware of ♂ If the disease for all these medicines continue still viralent and malignant Boxing you may apply cupping glasses between the shoulders and friction or rubbing of the armes and legs time and care convenient being used 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 comming of Wind. CHAP. VII Of the Headach coming of Windinesse The cause IT is a cause of eating abundance of windy things besides the nature of the body and other things were such as were apt to ingender wind It is known by a distention or stretching within the head Signes and that without heavinesse or beating as also by noise in the ears
either totally or partially But note here that the palsey that followeth the Apoplexie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is properly and particularly called by the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In the palsey sometimes sesne only is lost and not moving sometimes moving and not sense and sometimes both sense and moving yet the Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies properly loss of motion A word to satisfie the curious Quest that may aske why sometimes sense only and sometimes motion only should be lost You must note that the faculty of motion Answ as well as that of sense flowes from the brain as from the fountaine and is derived from thence by the nerves to the instruments of sense and motion and so either sense or motion is lost according as the sinews that convey sense or motion are affected in the disease therefore it being considered that divers members participate in two kinds of sinews the one for sense the other for motion I doe not yet understand this the doubt is easily cleered One sinew may be hurt and motion is lost the other may be hurt and that fare then sense is lost and motion remains both are hurt and then farewell pro tempore sense and motion If members participate but of one sinew as few do perhaps none yet Gallen saith some do and at present I cannot contradict him I rather adhear to this judgment lesse vertue is required for feeling then for motion saith he and so if the sinew be much hurt sense and motion are both lost if it be but little hurt onely motion is lost The matter indeed is scarce worth disputing for or writing of and therefore I proceed The Original of this disease lies sometimes in the Brain Description and sometimes in the marrow of the backe If the disease lie in the back as but seldome it doth then is the face firme and then sometimes halfe sometimes the whole body is paralitick according as the halfe or whole marrow of the backe is vitiated If it come from the Brain it lies only in some particular Pellicles thereof for if the whole Brain be vitiated it is an Apoplexy These things being first duly considered we come to the cause It is caused through vehement and inordinate cold Cause or through grosse and clammy Humours that stop the passages that the animal vertue cannot passe freely from the Centre to the Circumference If it come from the back it is caused through Inflamation or hard swelling without sense called Schirrus hapning at the backe bone or nigh to it or other siinewy part dependant thereon whereby the sinews are pressed together and so stopped that the animal vertue cannot passe It may happen by ablow or wound The Disease is so apparent that it needs no Signs The Palsey is no acute oâ— sharpe Disease Prognostica and for the most part is curable ☞ It chanceth for the most part to ancient people and beginneth commonly in the Winter time If the Palsey come by a cut or wound it is incurable and very difficult if the Paralitique members wane or wan lesse and lesse for then it sheweth the parts to want spirit naturall as well as animal Let his Diet be extenuating and drying Diet. let his Meat be easie of digestion and roasted viz. Birds that frequent dry grounds Almonds Raisons of the Sun Pine Nuts For Pot-herbs Herbs let him use Fennel Pursley Hisop Marjoram Sage and Savory Let him eschew Water-fowl Caution Fish and all other meats that are cold and moist and flegmaticke Let the Aire he abides in be hot and dry Aire if not make it so by Art Let him drinke no Wine but Hippocras Drink and let him use Cinnamon in all his drink or broth It is good for him to indure as much thirst as he can Let his sleeps be but mean Slâ—epe and let him not sleep at all in the day Let him use as much exercise as well he can Exercise Let him be merry and cheerfull Mirth and fly anger vexation and other perturbations of the mind If there be signes of Plenitude Bleeding you may draw out blood moderately for feare of over-cooling of the sound side else forbear If he have not a Stool once a day Clisters provoke him with a Clister Acetum Scilliticum Cure or Vinegar of Squils taken two spoonfuls every morning fasting is a soveraign medicine So is also Castoreum Sneezing If it lie in the Brain sneezing is good which you may provoke with white Hellebore but let it be in the Evening the party in bed and their head wrapped warm for fear of after-claps Unction Also use Unctions to the nape of the necke for their the marrow of the hacke hath its passage to the Brain use first weak ones such as Oyle Chamomel More properly the Brain hath its passage to the spinalis medulla Bath Dill St Johns Wort or Earthworms Then after some dayes such as are stronger as Oyle of Bricks or Tile-stones Castoreum and Euphorbium Wherewith you may anoint all the paralitique members wrapping them up hot afterwards in a Fox skin Also you may make a Bath with St Johns Wort Rosemary Staechas Sage Marjoram and Camomel boyled in Water wherewith you may bath the paralique members before you anoint them Ceratum Also this Cerecloth is excellent to apply to the paralitique members Take of Oyle ii â„¥ Oyle of Pepper i. â„¥ ss Oyle of Euphorbium ii Ê’ Aqua vitae ii â„¥ ss juyce of sage Marjoram or cowslops of each ii â„¥ ss Galanga iii. Ê’ Pellitory of the wall and pepper of each a dram Staechas and Rosemary of each ii Ê’ EuphorbiumÊ’ ss boyle it till the Aqua vitae be consumed then strain it and put wax enough to it to make a Cerecloth Also you may make a quilt for his head with Hysop Cucufa Marjoram St Johns Wort Sage Rew Bay-leaves of each ii Ê’ Spikenard Mastich Castoreum and Staechas of each ii ℈ Cloves Mace Nutmegs of each i. ℈ red-rose-leaves well dryed halfe a handfull make of them a quilt as you are taught Chapter 3. Use these medicines to the head if the disease lie there to the nape of the necke and the back bone if the disease lie there CHAP. XX. Of the Palsey in one Member ALthough any expert man may draw out of what hath beene written before the cure of the resolution of any member the radix being the same yet to satisfie the unskilfull I thought good to write a line or two If any member be paralitique search from what root the sinews come that supply that member and mend it there at the root with the former medicines There is also a kind of Palsey called by the Greeks 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Latin Tortura oris in English wrinesse of the mouth this you may cure also by the aforesaid medicines
or any of these beaten and the juice mingled with oyl of Roses and wool dipped in it and applied to the Stomack mightily allay the heat But have a care by all means that you do not apply this at the beginning of the Feaver for then the heat lies inward ☜ and this will add more violence to it but onely when the heat is come to the externall parts for then it cherisheth the Lungs and provoketh sleep Provoke sleep with Diascordium Sleep if that prevail not use Laudanum But have a care of Opiats at the beginning of the Disease ☜ For Cordials Scorzonera-roots Bezoar Cordials Sirrup of Citron-pils and Syrrup of Balm of Fernelius Confection of Alchermes and de Hiacyntho Electuarium de Ovo any of these may be administred consideratis considerandis CHAP. VII Of a Burning Feaver called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Qad Cause 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek is called in English a Burning Feaver or continuall Tertian It is caused of Choler rotting or putrifying within the Veins together with the Blood Those that have this Disease Signes their Tongue is dry rough black with gnawing of the Stomack immoderate thirst and watching their Dung is liquid and pale Let the place wherein the Sick lies be cool Cure Aire the aire sweet if it be not cool mâ—kâ— it so by art of which you have examples in my Criti a Cephalica vol. 3. lib. 2. Let him drink for his ordinary Drink Drink water wherein Barly Cinamon and such Herbs as cool and ☞ moisten such be Lettice Sorrell Wood-sorrell Purslane c. have been boiled Also Syrup of Violets Violet and Straw-berry-leaves Water-lillies and Verjuice juice of Lemmans and Oranges are medicinal With the other Medicines mentioned in the former Chapter and Bleeding If these Medicines prevail not Blisters but the Humours ☞ flow up and lye heavy on the Head which you may know by their talking idly you must apply Blisters to the in-side of the Wrests and the in-side of the Calves of their Legs If that prevail not but you perceive their case desperate Pidgeons apply Pidgeons to the soles of their Feet But if in a desperate case it oppresse their Stomack or Heart I have known six grains of Mercurius Vitae cure them yet in my opinion Lac Sulphuris had been better CHAP. VIII Of an Intermitting Tertian Feaver commonly called a second dayes Ague OF all Agues this onely is mortall yet the other two ☞ may turn to another Disease that may kill but they kill not themselves And this Ague though sometime it be mortall yet is ☞ of all other most frequent and if rightly handled easiest cured It vexeth young folks most I suppose the reason why this Ague is most frequent to be because Choler by reason of its heat Cause is most apt to stir with violence This Disease is caused of Choler pure sincere and unmixed carried with violence by the sensitive parts of the Body This Disease happeneth usually to persons Cholerick by nature in their flourishing age and in Spring time Signs The signs of this Disease are a vehement Cold rigour and stiffnesse in the beginning of the Fit the Patient thinketh his Body is pricked soreness of the Bones as though they were nipped an exact order and equality of the Pulse for as the Feaver encreaseth the Pulses are raised in strength vehemency and frequency In the vehemency of the Feaver it causeth thirst and burneth up the Patient his Breath is swift and hot as fire and requireth drink immoderately their Urine cholerick subrufe and something yellow The longest fit of a Tertian endureth but twelve hours When these Fits come sooner and sooner the Disease ☜ getteth strength over nature but if later and later the ☜ Disease loseth strength Galen's mistakes Galen saith men labouring of this Disease vomit Choler At the writing hereof and it is the seventh of February 1645 6. I have cured above twenty of this Disease and it is like seen more yet never knew nor saw any vomit at all I have known enough vomit sinee When I was a Boy I had the Disease constantly every Spring though Galen saith it comes onely in the heat of Summer Gal. ad Glauconem yet never to my memory had so much as a pronenesse to vomit The usuall Cure of this Disease Cure is by Vomiting and Sweating But I have found out a more certain and speedy and indeed never missing Cure Let the Air the sick abides in be clear and penetrating Aire Both this and Qâ—otidian Agues I never missed cure by giving onely Cinquefoil gathered in the hour of Jupiter if it be possible he being above the Earth and truly I should think it were the better if the Moon were aspected to him but I never observed it This I have given in Powder both in common Vinegar and Vinegar of Squils I have observed the number of the Leaves I have given viz. one for a Quotidian three for a Tertian c. and I have observed it I have given the Decoction thereof and all of them still did the Cure in three Fits sometimes in two therefore I hold it the most soveraign Medicine for Agues in the world CHAP. IX Of a Quartane Feaver or Ague THis proceedeth of Melancholy putrifying and rotting without the Veins This Feaver doth not invade the Sick with that rigour and stiffnesse that the former doth Cause but the cold is like the cold a man feels in an hard frost Signs as though it would break his Bones and doth not seem to prick him as the other doth Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter Their Urine is white and thin and as it were strained from some grosse matter It commeth commonly about Harvest land stayeth without cure till next Spring and is a stubborn Humour to be dealt withall For many a time and often this Ague by violent Medicines ☜ as Vomits c. is turned to a double Quartane and so the Patient hath two sick dayes and but one well day Saturn the causer of this Ague is a sullen Planet and the Disease takes after him therefore deal gently with it at first you had better please a sullen potent adversary then displease him I never had any Patient of this Disease since I knew the vertues of the Herbe Cinquefoil it is very probable it will cure this as well as other Agues * Since I have done the Cure with it Bleeding I dâ—siâ—e these Hellebores may be let alone in this Disease for old Saturn will not be Vexeâ— Yet if Blood abound you may let blood in this Ague and if it look black draw out good store Also black Hellebore corrected with Cinamon may be given And white Hellebore if it may be given inwardly at all it may in this Disease But let these be given on the well dayes for then they
put into the eye breaks the web there though it be never so strong or of so long continuance 8. The Milke of a Womans breast is excellent for the foregoing infirmity of the eyes only with this Proviso if the party afflicted be a Male let it be the milke of a Woman that bare a Male if a Female the contrary 9. When People have gotten an inflammation in any wound the vulgar say they have gotten the Ague in it as 't is familiar when Womens breasts are inflamed to say they have the Ague in their breasts a speedy way and as cheap as speedy that I may not keepe such a quarter about the name as the Colledge of Physitians did about the Rickers is to take malt flower and make it into the forme of a Caraplasme or Pultis with Vertjuyce and apply it be the place in Arm Leg or Breast or elswhere either with wound or without 10. Hollyhock leaves boyled to a Pultis in milke works the same effect in the same causes 11. A most admirable remedy if not the best of remedies for a Consumption is to goe into the Country in Plowing-time and follow the Plow that so the smell of the earth being newly broke up may be taken in at the nose if this may not be by reason of the season of the year or poverty of the Patient then let it suffice to go out into the field every morning and dig up a fresh turse and smell to it an hour or two together 12. Take five white pease and chew them very well then swallow them downe then hold thy breath as long as thou canst thou shalt find it an excellent remedy against the heart-burning 13. For a Rupture this doe give the Patient two or three spoonfuls of the juyce of comfry every morning I know no reason but that the curious may make it into a syrupe then apply the bruised hearb mixed with its equall quantity of Dazies to the place and let him keepe his bed nine dayes by which time he will be well 14. Take a Jay pull off her feathers and pull out her guts then fill her belly full of Cumminseeds then dry her in an Oven till she be converted into Mummy a dram of her being beaten into powder seeds and all is an excellent remedy for the Falling-sicknesse being taken in any convenient liquor every morning put in Piony water 15. Rew bruised and worne under the fect next the skin is an excellent remedy for a quartan Ague 16. If deafnesse come of stopping in the passages of the eares as usually it doth no better remedy in the World then to inject white Wine into the ear being first a little warmed for the ears abhor cold and if you mix a little spirit of Castoreum with it t will be so much the better 17. The powder of burnt Harts-horn let it be well burnt viz. till it be white and rub your teeth well with it and it will keepe them exceeding white and safe from rotting 18. To eat the liver of a mad dog being first dryed and beaten into powder a dram at a time is sufficient is an excellent yea the best of remedies for the biting of a mad dog 19. If an Earwig be gotten into a mans ear you will say it will kill him but presently or so soon as you can conveniently get a mellow sweet apple and having cut a hole in it lay the hole so cut to the eare then lie down on that side and the Earwig will come out to the apple 20. The leaves of Agrimony bruised and boyled in hony and the head that is open moulded plaistered with it helps the disease 21. The juyce of Rue mixed with vineger and the head washed therewith remedies all superficial evils of the head and strengthens it to boot 22. A draught of the same drunk going to bed helpeth such as speak in their sleepes 23. Rew stamped with hony and salt helpes swellings in the knees 24. For broken bones in the head make an oyntment with Agrimony Betony and Hogs-grease with which anoynt the sore and tent it if need be also let the patient drink the juyce of Betony and Agrimony or a very strong decoction of them a quarter of a pint every morning 25. Take an Owl pull off her feathers and pull out her guts salt her well for a week then put her into a pot and stop it close and put her into an oven that so she may be brought into Mummy which being beate into pouder and mixed with Boares grease is an excellent remedy for the Gout anoyncing the grieved place by the fire I fancy this receit much it standing to good reason that a bird of ☽ should help a disease of ♄ and therefore define a dram of the pouder may be taken inwardly every morning 26. Also take notice that the foregoing way is the best way to convert any thing into Mummy and so the Jay before mentioned is to be used 27. If a man be feaverish and cannot sweat for sweating usually helpes such take brook lime and stamp it and having added a little vineger to it apply it to the soles of his feet and it will quickly rout the feaver and withall provoke sweat 28. For any ach or swelling in the knees bruise Rue and lovage and having boyled them a little in a little honey apply them warme to the griefe 29. The inner rind of Elder or dwarf-elder which is held to be better boyled in like manner in bores grease takes away paines in the feet and thighes I know no reason neither indeed do I beleeve there is any why the former should not take away paines in legs as well as in the knees both of them being under the houses of ♄ viz. ♑ and ♒ 30. If any sweat too much bruise lettice and linseed together and apply them to his stomack 31. Make a strong decoction of Centaury in stale ale then having strained it wel boyle it with two third parts of honey viz. imagine there be a pound of your decoction then take two pound of honey boyl it into a syrup a spoonful of this taken in the morning helps the yellow Jaundice strengthens the heart helps digestion and provokes Appetite 32. A pultis made with linseed and chick-weed bruised and boyled in water a little sheeeps suet being added at the latter end is excellent good for one that hath met with a woman a little two hot for his turn I mean to apply it to his members 33. Make vineger of vervain as you make vineger of Roses only make it of the leaves not of the flowers of vervain and this helps the head-ach the head being bathed with it this recepts I fancy much 34. A most excellent remedy for an imposthume in the head is to apply warm to it a red rose Cake moistned a little either with womans breast milk or else with red rose vineger 35. Also a handfull of Betony leaves and halfe an ounce of Cummim seeds
handfulls of Cummin-seed very well and boyle it in a pottle of white-Wine to a quart and drink a good draught of it morning and evening and in a fortnight it will help him 158. Put the feet of a hen in hot embers till the skales come off Pet. Hisp then rub your warts with those skales and they will be gone 159. Beat a pound or two of Hemp-seed very well then moysten it with a little wine and set it over the fire in an earthen pan well glassed till it be so hot you cannot endure your hand in it then put it into square baggs and presse the oyle out It is a very precious oyle for taken inwardly it makes men pleasant and merry valiant and hardy fierce to fight voyd of fear Outwardly by unction it giveth a comely face 160. A pint of Aqua Composita a Bullocks gall and an ounce of Pepper beaten very small and all boyled to a save cures any Sciatica ach or gout being applyed to it and changed once in twelve hours 161. Both Agrimony and Purslain are such enemies to warts Pet Hisp that they will go away if they be rubbed with the juyce of either of them 162. For Cods that be swolne without any rupture this do Take of Cummin seed in powder barly-meal and honey of each alike quantity fry them together with a little sheep suet and apply it to the Gods 163. For sore and swelled throats first rub your hand upon the bare ground and then presently rub the throat with it do so often times and you shall quickly perceive both sorenesse and swelling will quickly go away 164. Posset and curd is an admirable thing to ripen any boyle carbuncle or felon and when it is ripe there is nothing better to break it then unslaked lime mixed with black sope 165. Fill an Egg-shell newly emptied with juyce of Howseleek set it in the hot embers and take the scum from it then strain it and you have an excellent remedy for hot burning pricking eyes 166. Agrimony Bettony Sage Plantane Ivy-leaves and Rose-parsley boyled in Wine and the decoction drunk is a notable remedy for such as are bruised by falling 167. If you burn Turpentine upon a hot plate of Iron and give two drams of it at a time Em. Ben. Vict. Faventin in powder in Saxifrage water it will break the stone in the bladder also by taking it once or twice a week it keeps such safe from the stone as are subject to breed it 168. Lavender boyled in water and halfe a pint of the decoction drunk morning and evening helps such as have the palsey 169. Take a pint of Aqua Composita and put a handfull of Ivy-leaves into it and stop it close and they will consume in it two or three spoonfuls of it taken at a time is a most excellent remedy for the Strangury 170. Take a pound of black sope a pint of Sallet oyle halfe a pint of Aqua vitae a quarter of a pint of juyce of Rew boyled together till it be thick makes an admirable plaister for the Sciatica remove it not in two or three dayes 171. Take of the wood of Ivy cut it in little peices of Ivy-berries and the gum of Ivy of each a like weight let the wood be dryed then put it in a pot that hath two or three little holes in the bottom Rogeriuâ— Euonimus then set another potup to the brim in the earth and put the bottom of the first pot into the mouth of the last luting it round with past so that the uppermost pot that holds the ingredients may be all above the Earth then make a fire round about it and there will a black oyle distill into the neither Vessell very soveraigne for old aches and pains comming of a cold cause 172. Empty an Egge of all the white and fill up the voyd place of the shell with the juyce of flower-deluce then warme it a little in the hot embers and give it every morning to one that hath the Dropsey and it makes them avoyd the Hydropicall humour downwards 173. An admirable medicine to stop fluxes of blood in any part of the body the menstruis in women Galen any aches impediments in the back and liver it allayes the heat in Feavers and causeth sleep Take Cinnamon Cassia Lignia Opium of each two drams mirrh white and long pepper of each one dram Galbanum one dram all being beaten into powder that can be beaten make it into a masse with clarified honey and let the party diseased as before take two pills of it no bigger then a pease at night going to bed 174. Take the quantity of an Almond of a Buls gall and mix it with two or three spoonfuls of wine Wicker and let a woman that hath a dead child in her body drink it and she shall instantly be delivered 175. An excellent oyle for old wounds sores Issues Vlcers Apsius quoted by George Baker Aches paines in the back Hemorrods Gout c. Take of old white-Wine a quart old oyle three pints Carduus benedictus Valerian sage with the flowers if you can get it of each a quarter of a pound of the leaves and flowers of St Johns wort halfe a pound let the hearbs and flowers be infused in the oyle and wine four and twenty hours then boyle it in an earthen vessell well glassed or a brasse Vessell till the wine be consumed stirring it now and then for feare of burning then take it off and strain it and adde to it a pound and an halfe of Venice turpentine and boyle it again a quarter of an hour then adde to it Olibanum five ounces Myrrh three ounces Sanguis draconis one ounce let it boyle a little till the Myrrh be dissolved then take it off and when it is cold put it in a glasse stop it close and let it stand in the sunne ten dayes before you use it 176. The body of a Birch tree Mathiolus Dioscorides cut down in the spring time and laid in the fire doth yeild great store of water which water being drunke is of wonderfull force to breake the stone in the Reins 177. The smell of Bitumen Rew Mizaldus Monardus or the smoak of it burning is of wonderfull force against the fits of the Mother 178. The leaves and Barke of a Willow tree sod in Wine doth case the gout being bathed with it 179. A Diamond held to the head that akes Hollerius quite takes away the pains thereof 180. Peices of Amber tyed to the nape of the neck Mizaldus helps the watring of the eyes 181. The same hung about the neck helps distillations of the throat Mizaldus 182. Letharge of Silver boyled in Vinegar and the skin washed with it Mizaldus makes it exceeding white 183. If any great Beasts as Horses Kine c. be lame mark where the lame or swelled foot doth stand and cut up a turfe where the foot
15. For Eyes that are swelled Take two spoonfulls of Womans milke one spoonfull of Rosewater the Pap of a roasted Apple and the Yolk of a new said Egge boyl all these in a Pewter vessell over a Chasing dish of coals till it be thick then spread it upon a cloath and lay it to your Eyes luke warm when you goe to bed in the morning wash your Eyes with womans Milk and in twice or thrice it will cure you CHAP. III. For the Eares and their impediments 1. For Deafnesse with noyse in the Eare. TAke a little black Wool and dip it in strong spirit of Wine wring it pretty hard out and stop you Eares with it dip it and wring it out againe once in a day 2. For pain in the Eares Drop a little Oyl of sweet Almonds into the Eare and it easeth the pain instantly and yet Oyl of bitter Almonds is our Doctors common remedy 3. For an Imposthume in the Eare. Boyl some milk and put it into a stone Pot with a narrow mouth and hold the sore eare over the Pot whilst the Milke is very hot that the vapour of the Milk may ascend into the Eare this is an often approved remedy to take away the pain and break the Imposthume 4. To take an Earewig out of the Eare. Take an old Apple and cut it in two pieces and lay one piece to the Eare and lie down upon that side and the Earewig will come out to the Apple it seems they love Apples better than Eares 't is a wonder they are not called Applewigs Another was cured by the first remedy mentioned in this Chapter CHAP. IV. For the Nose and its Infirmities 1. For Polypus or a fleshy substance growing in the Nose TAke the juyce of Ivie and make a Tent with a little Cotten the which dip in the juyce and put it up in the Nostrill 2. For bleeding at Nose Let them that bleed at Nose smell to a Hoggs Turd 3. Another for the same If it be a Man that bleeds wrap a cloath moistned in strong white wine Vinegar about his privities if it be a Woman wrap it about her breasts 4. To cleanse the Nose Snuffe up the juyce of red Beet-roots it will cleanse not onely the Nose but also the Head this is a singular remedy for such as are troubled with a hard congealed stuffe in their Nostrills 5. For bleeding at the Nose Put a piece of hot Hoggs-turd as it comes from the Hogge up the Nose 6. Another Binde the Armes and Legs as hard as you can with a piece of Tape ribbening that perhaps may call back the blood 7. Another Hold a living Toad near the Nose it stops the blood instantly because the blood flies from its enemy 8. Another They say Smallage born about one stops bleeding both by the nose and by wounds 9. For a Canker in the Nose Boyl strong Ale till it be thick if the Canker be in the outside of the Nose spread it as a plaister and apply it if in the inside make a Tent of a Linnen Rag and put it up the nostrill 10. Another for the Polypus The water of Adders tongue snuffed up the Nose is very good but it were better in my opinion to keep a Rag continually moistned with it in the Nose 11. For an Impost hume in the Nose Keep a Rag continually in your Nose moistned with the water of yellow flower-de-luce such as grow by River sides the juyce of Carduus Benedictus will doe the like 12. For bleeding at the Nose Take Amber and bruise into grosse powder put it upon a Chasing dish of coals and receive the smoak up into the Nose with a Funnell 13. Another A certaine man that had bled four and twenty houres was thus cured he took a scaine of black thread and put one end of it in his nostrill and set fire to the other end and so soon as the smoke came to his nosttill the blood presently stopped 14. Another When no other meanes will stop the bleeding at the Nose it hath been known that it hath been stopped by opening a veine in the eare CHAP. V. Of the Mouth and its Diseases 1. A Caution WHosoever would keep their Mouth or Tongue or Nose or Eyes or Ears or Teeth from paine or infirmities let them often use sneezing and such Gargarismes as they were instructed in in the first Chapter for indeed most of the infirmities if not all which infest those parts proceed from Rheum 2. For spitting Blood Drink a spoonfull of juyce of Betony mixed with Milk every morning My Author sayes it must be Goats milk but I know not his reason 3. For a stinking breath Take the juice of Rue and black Mints I think he means Horse-mints and snuffe it up the Nostrils 4. To recover lost speech Take the juyce of Sage and Primroses and hold it in the mouth and it will cause thee to speak presently 5. For extream heat of the mouth Take Rib-wort and boyle it in red Wine and hold the decoction as warm in your mouth as you can endure it 6. For a Canker in the mouth Wash the mouth often with Verjuyce 7. Another Wash the mouth with water of Perwinkle or Lavender or Fumitory or Burnet but in my opinion the decoction of either is better 8. Another If the Canker be very inveterate and eating take old rusty Bacon and Vine roots of each an ounce of Wheat bran a handfull of Brine wherein Flesh hath been salted two or three pints boyl them together and when you take them off from the fire receive the steem up into your mouth with the Funnell afterwards wash your mouth with any of the foregoing waters 9. Of the falling down of the Pallat. There is a mad fantasticall opinion to this day in the brains of the Vulgar that there is such a thing in the Mouth which they call the pallat which will fall downe and be put up againe especially by an old woman which hath no more Teeth in her head than Eyes and all of them naught whereas indeed the truth is the Uvula is a spungy piece of flesh in the mouth and therefore very subject to receive either Inflammations or Humours which any hot thing dissipates from thence came the fashion of putting it up againe with Pepper and Honey 10. Another I adde this onely for the conceits sake it may be true enough though I can give no reason for it it is this Take a handfull of Featherfew rub it well between your hands and lay it to the top of your head and it will draw the Uvula up CHAP. VI. Of the Teeth and their Medicines 1. A Caution IF you will keep your Teeth from rotting or aking wash your mouth continually every morning with juyce of Lemmons and afterwards rub your Teeth either with a Sage leafe or else with a little Nutmeg in powder also wash your mouth with a little faire water after meats for the onely way to keep the
in strong Vinegar till they be soft then beat them in a Morter and make them into a Poltice with a little Mustard-seed and Cloves beaten into pouder spread this upon a cloth and apply it warm to the Region of the Stomach This in three or foure times doing will cure 9. To stay vomiting Take a toast and bake it very well then dip it in Vinegar chew a little of it in your mouth whilst it is hot and hold the rest to your nose and it will close the mouth of your stomach 10. For a weak stomach Take an ounce of Cinamon halfe an ounce of Galanga and as much Ginger beat them into powder and with syrrup of Hysop make them up into an Electuary of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg every morning fasting an houre or two after it if you cannot get syrrup of Hysop put halfe an ounce of Hysop in powder in it and make it up with clarified honey 11. For a stinking breath caused by the stomach Take the tops of Rosemary boyl them in wine and drink a draught of the decoction first at morning and last at night 12. For a watry Stomach Take an Oaken leafe and lay it upon your Tongue with the rough side downward shut your mouth close and it will draw the water from your Stomach CHAP. XIV Of the Liver and its Infirmities 1. A Caution IF the Liver be too hot it usually proceedeth from too much blood and is known by rednesse of Urine the Pulce is swift the Veines great and full his Spittle Mouth and Tongue seem sweeter than they use to be the cure is letting blood in the right Arme. 2. To cause the Liver well to digest Take Oyle of Worm-wood and so much Mastick in powder as will make it into a Poltice lay it warme to your right side 3. For heat of the Liver Take Liver-wort Cinkfoyle Endive Succory Borrage and Buglosse of each equall quantities boyl them in Clarified Whey and drinke no other drinke 4. Another Take of Sow-thistles Dandelion and Ribwort of equall quantities either boyl them in clarified Whey or else in faire water or if you will you may tunne them up in small Beer and drinke no other drinke 5. Stoppages for the Liver Take Ivie-berries Agrimony Harts-tongue Liver-wort and the bark of Ash Tree of all these a like quantity Pollypodium the double quantity of any one of them bruise them well and either tunne them up in small Beer or else make a decoction of them in water then make the decoction into a Syrup with Sugar to be kept for your use 6. A Caution If the Liver be stopped the Face will swell and you shall be as fure to have a paine in your right side as though you had it there already 6. For Stoppage of the Liver Use garden-thime in all your drinks broaths it will prevent stoppages before they come and cure them after they are come 8. For the Liver The Liver of a Hare dried and beaten into powder cures all the Diseases of the Liver of Man 9. Gently to clense and cool the Liver Take of Liver-wort Fumitory and Harts-tongue of each equall quantities clarifie them in Whey and drinke a pinte of it every morning fasting two or three houres after CHAP. XV. Of the sides and their infirmities 1. A Caution IF you have a paine in your side and question whether it be a Plurisie or not take Wormwood and heat it hot against the fire between two Tile-stones and when it is very hot sprinkle it with a little Muskadell then put it in a Linnen cloath and lay it hot to your side if it be only winde it will take it away in two houres but if it be the Plurifie it will increase the pain and then you must seek other remedies 2. For winde in the side Take the leaves of holly and dry them well and beat them to powder take two drachms of it in Wine and it will give thee ease immediately 3. For a Stich in the side Take the Urine of him that is ill and boyl Worm-wood and Cummin seeds bruised very well in it and anoynt the sides going to bed with the Liquor 4. Another Anoynt thy side going to bed with Oyle of Bayes 5. For a Stich in the left side Take a quantity of Cummin seed and bruise them very well infuse them in Malmsey or Muskadell three or four houres then fry them in a pan till they be pretty thick put it in a Linnen bag and lay it to your side CHAP. XVI Of the Heart and its Infirmities 1. For a trembling of the Heart without a Feaver TAke the Maw of an old Cock dry it and beat it into powder and take a drachm of the powder of it in the morning in Wine 1. Another Take red Corrall and beat it into very fine powder and take a scruple of it first in the morning and last at night in Borrage water 3. For fatnesse about the Heart Take the juyce of Fennell and clarifie it and make a Syrup of it with Honey and take an ounce of it morning and evening 4. For knawing about the Heart Take Sage leaves and Yarrow beat them and presse out the juyce clarifie it and drink a spoonfull of it in every draught of Beer you drink 5. A Caution Things which strengthen the Heart are Saffron Rue Borrage Buglosse Harts-horne Mustard red Roses Violets Mace good Wine and Spirit of Wine moderately taken 6. For Heart Qualmes Take halfe a Drachme of Piony roots in powder every morning or a spoonfull of Syrup of Pionyes and to be sure you shall be free from it all that day CHAP. XVII Of the Belly and its Infirmities 1. For a hard Belly without pain TAke Mallows and Mercury and stamp them together the hearb Mercury I mean not Quicksilver and make a Plaister thereof and lay it to the Navill 2. Another Take Rew and presse the juyce out clarifie it driâ—k a spoonfull of it in all the drink you drink 3. For a hard Belly that is sore Beat Penyroyall and mixe a little Ginger with it in powder and apply it Plaister-wise to the Belly 4. For a Bastard Chollick Take Worm-wood Rew Motherwort Lavender-cotton stamp them then mixe the Gall of an Ox with it warmed and apply it plaister wise to the Belly CHAP. XVIII Of the Navill and its Infirmities 1. For the swelling of the Navill TAke Cows dung and dry it to powder Barly flower and Bean flower of each a like quantity a little Cummin-seeds beaten into powder make it up into a Plaister with juyce of Knot-grasse and apply it to the Navill if it happen at such a time of the yeare when juyce of Knot-grasse canot be gotten add the leaves of Knot-grasse in powder in equall proportion to the rest and make it up into a Plaister with Ale boyled to the height 2. Another Take Cows dung and boyl it in the Milk of the same Cow into a Plaister and apply it to the
Navill 3. For a childs Navell that is sore with crying Take a little Bean flower and the ashes of fine clouts burnt temper them with red Wine and Honey and lay it to the sore CHAP. XIX Of the Back and its infirmities 1. For weaknesse of the Back TAke Barly flowre and Bean flowre of each equall quantities make it up into a plaister with the Oyle of Roses and the Yolk of an Egge and apply it to your Back 2. Another Take Rice in fine powder and Wheat flowre of each equall quantities temper it with Claret Wine and Sugar the powder of Clary and Nutmeg make it into a Cake with fresh Butter and bake it and eate no other breakfast but it being baked for some dayes 3. For a pain in the back Take fresh Cow-dung and fry it in Vinegar and apply it Planter-wise to the Back you little think how soon it will give you ease 4. For heat in the Back Boyl the leaves of Willow trees in water till they be as thick as a poltice apply them to the Reines of the Back hot as you can indure it if it be at such a time of the year when Willowes have no leaves use the inner rind of the Tree in like manner and in four or five times dressing it will heal you CHAP. XX. Of the Fundament and its Infirmities 1. For falling out of the Fundament BEware of taking cold in that place be sure keep your Buttocks warme beware of costivenesse sit not upon cold Earth nor Stones 2. For the Figge in the Fundament This impediment is an imposthumation or lump of flesh growing in the right gut proceeding of Melancholly humours descending thither and therefore first of all purge Melancholly either with confection Hamech or Pills of Lapis Lazula 3. Another Take the powder of a Doggs head burnt mix it with juyce of Pimpernell and make long Tents of it and put them up the Fundament 4. For falling out of the Fundament Take Bay-leaves and boyl them well in water put the water in an Earthen pot and sit over it as hot as you can indure that the fume of the water may goe up into your Fundament so may you put it up with your fingers by little and little and when you have gotten it up sit downe with your bare breech upon an Oaken board made as hot with the fire as you can suffer it this will heal you 5. Another Take red Nettles and bruise them very well boyl them well in White wine in an Earthen pot till half the Wine be consumed let him drink this liquor first at morning and last at night and lay hearbs to his Fundament as hot as he can suffer it CHAP. XXI Of the Thighs and their Infirmitits 1. For stiffenesse of the Thighs TAke Brooklime Hoarehound and S. Johns wort Tallow Hoggs grease and Horse-turd boyl them all well together then strain them out and keep the oyntment for your use 2. For aching of the Bones of the Thighs Take a pinte of White wine and the Gall of any Ox boyle them to a plaister with a few crumbs of bread spread it upon a cloath and apply it to the grieved place 3. To knit the Sinews and Veines of the Thighs Take great Earth-wormes and beat them all to mash and adde unto them a little Mastick in powder then boyl them in Oyle till it be thick like a Salve then spread it upon a cloaâ—h and lay it to the grieved place let it lye on nine dayes and by that time all will be well 4. For swelling of the Thighs Take Hens dung or Pidgeons dung Pidgeons dung is the best by farre without any dispute of the Story Sheeps tallow smallage and Chickweed beat them all together then fry them well in Lees of Muskadell if you cannot get the Lees use Muskadell it selfe and apply it being fryed as hot as you can indure it to the place 5. For Sinews that are shrunk in the Thighs or elsewhere Anoynt the place with oyntment of Swallowes it is thus made take young Swallows out of their Nests by number twelve Rosemary tops Bay-leaves Lavender tops and Straberry leavs of each a handfull cut off the long feathers of the Swallowes wings and tailes and put them in a stone Morter and lay the hearbs upon them and beat them all to pieces Guts Feathers Bones and all then mixe them with three pound of hoggs grease set it in the Sun a moneth together then boyl it up strain it and keep oyntment for your use CHAP. XXII Of the Knees and their infirmities 1. For ache or swelling in the Knees TAke Rew and Lovage and stamp them and mixe a litte honey with them and apply it to the knee 2. For an ache coming of an old bruise Take a pottle of running water and a pint of bay-salt boyl them together till half be consumed then make it thick with Bran and lay it to the knee 3. Another Make an oyntment with juyce of Night-shade and May Butter to anoynt your Knee with 4. For the Knees The best remedy in my opinion is this take the bones of Goats Knees and beat them to powder and take a drachm of the powder every morning in Goats milke if you can get it if not in what liquor you please and wrap a part of the skin of the Goat about your Knee CHAP. XXII Of the Leggs and Feet and their Infirmities 1. For swellings of the Leggs TAke Worm-wood Southern-wood and Rew of each equall quantities stamp them together and fry them with honey till they begin to wax dry then apply it as hot as you can indure it either to your swelled Legs or Hands 2. For a Legge that is swelled and will pit after touching Take Chickweed and Pellitory of the Wall of each a handfull Sheeps tallow one pound Tartar beaten two ounces boyl these in milke till they be soft like a Poltice and apply it to the Leg. 3. Another And this pleaseth me much better take a quart of Red wine and boyl it to a Poltice with crumbs of Rye bread and apply it to your Legge as hot as you can indure it in four times dressing this will help you 4. For ach in the Bones in the Legs or Arms. Take a quarter of a pound of Dill seed beat it into powder and boyl it in a quart of good White wine boyl it till half be wasted away then put to it a pint of good Saller Oyl boyl it againe till all the Wine be consumed then strain out the Oyl and keep it as a Soveraign remedy for the premises 5. For a red swelling in the Legge or Arme. Take Oatmeal and boyl it in Milke and wheâ— it hath boyled a good while adde to it a handfull of Mallows and a handfull of Houseleek or Sengreen chopped small together with some Sheep Sewet chopped small boyl it to a Poltice and apply it to the sore place if it be ready to break it will break it if not it will cure it without breaking 6. For a Corn on the Toe Take a black snaile and roast him well in a white wet cloath bruise him and lay him 〈◊〉 to the Corn and it will take it away in a very shorâ— time 7. To make a Naile grow where it is wanting Take Cinkfoyle and bruise it with any fresh grease and apply it to the place where the Naile is wanting and it will make another grow FINIS
regard the Patients strength his naturall temper the time of the yeare age and usuall custome of the sicke and accordingly order your Physick If the natural temper of the body be cholericke you must feed them with meat at the beginning of the fit â—â—â—tioâ— for it is very subject if the body be kept fasting to turn to an acute rotten Feaver See the body be kept laxative Stoole if he go not naturally to stoole provoke him with an emollient Clister Finally Bath so soon as the fit begins to wane bath him in a warm bath made with sweet hearbs boyled in water for that will open the pores and let out the vapours CHAP. IIII. Of Synochus non pistrida being a Feaver which lasteth three or four dayes THis Feaver is caused 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quid either because the small pores of the skin are stopped Cause or because the body it selfe is moderately thickned through cold or after bathing or by sharpe binding medicines heat of the Sun or any other thing that dries the skin It may be thus knowne First by touching Signs for the skin is harder and more compact then it was wont to be Secondly by the heat which at first seemes gentle and easie but after you have held your a hand while you shall feel it sharper Thirdly the Unine is not much altered from its naturall substance and colour for this disease lies in the spirits not in the blood Fourthly the body fals not away but their eyes are swollen and fuller of moisture then usually Fifthly the pulse is equall swift vehement and frequent Cure Bleeding For cure of this disease you may safely draw out so much blood as age strength and the season of the year permit After bleeding use things that clense and scowr Abstergents such are Oximel Hysop Origanum Smallage and observe whether the heat abate by this diet ☜ For if by the third day you find little heat left Bath you may safely bath him with such things as are scouring such be Orris and Aristolochia roots Smallage salt-peeter boyled in water and honey But if the Feaver then increase or on the fourth day then either you were mistaken at first in the disease or else the Feaver is altered and some humour putrified CHAP. V. Of a rotten Feaver called Synochus putrida Synochus putrida quid SYnochus putrida is a Feaver which holds from the beginning to the ending without any great mutation or sensible change and may well be called a constant or stable Feaver Of this are three sorts I described them in the second Chapter This Feaver is caused by the rotting of all the humours equally within the Vessels Cause and especially in the great Vessels about the arm-holes and share and this chanceth when fervent heat is kept in by violent binding and stopping which is within the body for when heat and moist things cannot breath out they putrifie and rot presently Therefore this feaver is seldome ingendred in thin spare folke nor in cold bodies nor old age but in such as abound in blood of grosse fat or fleshy bodies or stuffed with hot excrements This is properly known from Synochus non putrida Signes because there are signes of rottennesse in the Urine and the pulse of a man sicke of this but not so in the former The other signes all agree with the former The Cure of this feaver ‑ must begin with blood-letting Cure Bleeding and that in the beginning of the disease if you can Cold drinke is most perilous in this disease Caution first because it causeth obstructions and hindreth the attenuation of the clammy humours Secondly cold drinkes hurt weake members some by drinking cold drinke in this feaver have gotten such sore throats that they could not swallow in some the Stomacke is hurt that they could not digest in some the Bladder generally that part that is weakest is most subject to hurt and being hurt cannot performe its proper office But blood-letting you may use at any time if strength permit provided it be not upon a full stomacke Such as have this feaver have alwayes loosnesse and sometimes vomit up Choler Let his drinke be barly water Diake sweetned with syrrup of Violets and a little Oyle of Vitrioll to make it tart Let his diet be light of digestion Meat and let him eat it at his usuall times of eating for then it will digest best Also Oranges Lemmons Oxymel and Verjuyce are medicinall for him CHAP. VI. Of continual Feavers called by the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke is a continuall feaver that hath some certaine slacking betweene the fits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yet no absolute intermission till the end of it and by this only it is knowne from Agues or intermitting feavers therefore I shall omit the signes till then Cause This feaver is caused by rotting of one particular humour only within the Vessels I shewed it in the first and second Chapters I remit you to that I shall only treat of that which is called of the Greekes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by it selfe in the next Chapter for that is the most dangerous and wind up the rest together in this A Compendium of the cure of Feavers In the generall cure of feavers of this sort these things must be considered First the Feaver Secondly the rottennesse In the Feaver In the feaver two things must also be considered First How that part which is already kindled and inflamed may be remedied 2 How that which is not kindled may be letted and hindred from inflammation Also two things must be considered touching the rottennesse or putrification In the rottennesse First how the humours already putrified may be healed Secondly how those that are not putrified may be kept from putrefaction Heac qui non animadvertit errabit nimis In the begining of the feaver if strength and age permit Bleeding let blood for that lets out the inflamed blood and cooles the rest Obstructions The body thus cooled you must cure the obstructions and that without heating the Patient lest you increase the feaver and cause more putrefaction This is best done by Clysters Clysters and sweates for Clysters take only the common decoction with Molossus Sweats and Diacatholicon For sweates you may use either Venire treacle Matthiolus his great antidote Serpentary roots Electuarium de ovo Consideratis considerandis To stop and hinder the humours not inflamed from inflaming use cooling juleps made with barly water Harts-horne Ivory Scorzonera roots Zedoary c. Syrupe of Violets c. To prevent putrefaction avoyd all meats I mean flesh and all broths of flesh To bring away humours already putrified boyle a white Lilly roote in White-wine and let him drinke it For outward medicines Vine branches Water Lillies Lecalia Endive Succory Wood-sorrel Sorrel Lettuce Knot-grasse Vinegar these