together according to the rules I have prescrib'd This being perform'd I hope your Bowels being strengthen'd the humours will be amended and the Collection of all the Causes of â—…he before past accidents being cut off nay the fear of a recidiva or relapse which might happen upon closing up the Fistula in the Fundament which though it be a thing to be desir'd yet it is osten full of danger when nature of her own accord seeketh a vent And this is confirm'd by Cardinal Richâ—…leus Arm who possibly might have injoy d a longer liâ—… if the Cure of his Fistula had been prosecuâ—…ed with less diligence In the using of the Steel let necessary Purgations be interposed having a care from henceforth of such as have Aloes in them they irritate and offend the Fundament unless their bitterness be altogether taken away which though it may be perform'd by Art yet in my judgement it signifies little to attempt that thing which hath less utility then Ostentation in it Having taken your Essence of Steel which ought not to procure any loathing to you warm Bathes are to be thought off and the use of Asses Milk and of mineral Waters but the place of these I believe will be supply'd by the Steel I wish I could be by your side to direct you but whether that will be hereafter or no I know not although I heartily wish that I may once again see my Country The Steel sent to you was prepar'd wholly and compleatly with my own hands and by Gods assistance you will receive more advantage from it than from all the rest God give it his blessing c. COUNCEL the Fifth In the same disaffections of the Hypochondries for the same Noble Councellor at Law Sent into France MY last Letters gave you a large account how to make use of the Steel which as I suppose is the chief and apt remedy to recover your health it only remains that I send it to you ready prepar'd which I now do you are to receive seventeen Ounces weight of the Syrup which that it may be temper'd and fitted to be used according to the rule laid down in my former Letters take order to have this following Syrup carefully made Take sweet smelling Apples commonly call'd Queen Apples with short Stalkes as many as you please cut away their rind afterwards draw a water from them in a double Vessel in a boiling Balneo Maria till you have got a sufficient quantity pour the foresaid water upon the rinds which have been first laid upon a Table until they are almost dry add to them new Lemon peels cut small distil this Water again by a Body of Belvee Earth or Tin or so that the Distiller may carefully avoid the breaking of the Vessel in a large glass Alimbeck and head of the same Metal put into the inward part of the spout of the Alimbeck a Nodule or little Bag made with fine Linen and fill'd with half a Dram of Ambargreece and six grains of Mosck put the Vessel into a Kettle of Water filled with Hay or Saw-dust Make the joining of the Body Head and Reciver fast with Lute or Paste made of Meal Quick-lime and the White of an Egg draw a Water from this by distillation in which with a gentle heat dissolve as much white Sugarcandy ground to a fine powder as it can possibly contain to make it of the consistance of a Syrup of which take exactly twenty three Ounces dilute and mix it with that quantity of the prepar'd Steel which I send to you which is sufficient for you to use threescore days which is the time prefix'd by me This Syrup is included in an Earthern Bottle well stopt and sealed with my own Seal which Note least it be chang'd I would willingly have sent you the whole prepar'd but that the price of the carriage would have been insufferable keep this as a Treasure for the recovery of your health which perhaps you will not attain too in the place you now dwell in take it all leaving no remainder of it I wish I were nearer you for my presence would conduce much for the right use of so great a Remedy although you cannot want expert directers when you shall be in that vast City of Paris Give me an account of the success chiefly if the desire of recovering your perfect health shall call you home and hinder you from expecting the Spring which assists the efficacy and operation of Medicines As to the swelling behind your Ear it is a thing of difficulty and for the most part eludeth the force of Medicines I hardly think you are in that condition now that upon the account of that you need my advice since I imagine this grief of yours is already past the declination but if there do remain any stubborn hardness let that be overcome by some Mercurial Remedies which will advance the power of other Medicines and efficaciously overcome the hardness I do often make use of them and I do find if all hope of suppuration be gone yet these do so rarifie the humours that nature is able to dissolve that humour that was congeal'd into the form of perfect Matter This besides other Experiments happen'd in two Pestilential Tumours of which one was under the Arm-pit they retain'd their hardness for six weeks though the Malignity was extinct yet by the help of Mercurial Remedies they were brought to a happy suppuration COUNCEL the Sixth In the same Disease for the same Gentleman IN convenient time as the next Spring a little after the Equinox the general praescripts being before made use of and by them the peccant juices carefully prepar'd and evacuated then exhibit the Chalybeat Medicine Continue the use of it according as it ageees with you for threescore days observing necessary cautions Wherefore let this number of days be so divided that there be exhibited of our Steel Syrup two Drams for six days three Drams for as many days four for xii days five for xii days more six for eight days together seven for eight days eight for eight days let it be given in any grateful Liquor whether it be in Clarified Whey the water of Apples of Fumaterry Burrage Baume or thin Capon Broath Wine small Beer c. or in the Restorative Water of which mention is made in what follows After the taking of the Medicine you must walk or use some other gentle exercise by which the body may be moderately warm'd without procuring sweat but forbear Dinner for four hours which may be sufficiently large according to your Appetite and the disposition of your Stomack easily to concoct meat of good juice But let your Supper be sparing not cramming in Meat before the former Food be digested let your ordinary Drink be Oligophorick Wine that is such as will bear but little water of a Brick colour or a Flesh colour very well diluted with the Decoction of cleansed female Fern roots of Lentisk or Mastick wood and Nephritick
her former state doth easily overcome what remains Let us direct our aim then at this point since in my judgement any other method of Cure though it may appear never so useful will prove ineffectual for the future I do not touch upon your Diet being certain that those to whose care you have committed your health will not pretermit any occasion of either doing what is fit or omitting what is inconvenient let us proceed to remedies of these I think it will be vain for the future to continue in the use of slight ones which are usually prescrib'd more for the comfort of the Physician then the Sick which are really adiaphora or indifferent they are innocent truly but by being so they afford no help This Evil is to be pluck'd up by the Roots otherwise it will be perpetually hatching and producing a new Brood Let Vomits lead on the first and main Battle as well for their efficacious removing the filth of the first regions of the body as also to remove by their specifick efficacy from which only the Triumph and Victory over Melancholly is to be expected future impediments Of these I know none more prevalent nor of less danger than the infusion of Crocus Metallorum made in Canary Wine allowing an Ounce of this to a Pint of the Wine of which if you are easie to Vomit you may take the first time one Ounce adding of simple Oxymel half an Ounce and one Ounce of Cardus Beneditus Water if you are hard to work upon then you may take from the quantity of ten Drams to an Ounce and half of it though I think it safest to begin with a small Dose except the vehemence of the Disease perswade otherwise Vomit three or four times nay more making use of no other Medicine between but if your endeavours to Vomit prove fruitless the Stomack may be easily moved to it by drinking of Barley Water or thin Chicking Breath nay only with warm Water procure this sort of Evacuation at least three times allowing the space of two or three days between after which apply your self to Purgation beginning with Elleborat and Hypochondriack Apozems If by rubbing and pressing hard with your hands the whole Abdomen and the Hypochondries there be found pertinacious obstructions there it will be necessary then to exhibit some preparing Medicine for 7 or 8 days together which being perform'd the Purgation of the humour is to be administer'd again If there be any occasion to open a Vein from which nevertheless I expect little benefit let the Physician that is present take care of that I note this one thing to you that I prefer the opening of an inferiour Vein in the Malleoli or Ancles rather then a superiour in the Arms unless there be somewhat else that hinders it The Body being thus conveniently Evacuated the whole business of the Cure is to be directed to the use of Steel in this Cure the chief Medicine There are three Weeks at least to be imploy'd about the foresaid general praescripts and in the mean time care must be had of that intense dryness of your Tongue which is so troublesome to you which I hope in a small time will be dissipated from which no great danger is threaten'd so that care be took that the Body be cleansed from those hot dry and vitriolick juices of the nature of Canker of Brass which doth enduce this intense and unsatisfy'd thirst in which case there is great relief found in the opening the Veins situate under the Tongue by which the heat of the Lungs and Heart is allay'd and the Brain effectually discharg'd if you find the Brain to be possess'd with this matter and if you find the continual Numbness of the Members to remain together with an imbecility to move apply a great visicatory to the Nuck of the Neck and make two Issues in the topes of the Shoulders The Head being shaved put upon it Fernelius his Cataplasme or some other Epispatick Anointing the whole Back-bone every day with Balsom of Earth-worms or Batts c. And when the Weather is convenient for it go to the Baths of Borbon or Aquense which are not far from your House and use to wash your Body with them and let the whole Spine of your Back be dropt upon by these Waters I do firmly believe your Panick fears will vanish if you devote your self to the use of Steel by the virtue of which I have seen many Melancholly persons deliver'd the weakness of whose Limbs did declare that they were already Paralitick And among these a certain Maid of Honour committed to my â—…re the last year by the Queen of Bohemia who by the force of this Melancholly juice had the motion of all her Limbs took from her whom by Gods assistance I restor'd to the Queen again Merry and enjoying a firm health to the admiration of all those which had her in Cure before me in whose judgement she was afflicted with a Palsie I proceeded altogether another contrary and yet common way by the help of which she attain'd her health For 't is only old Dogs that are the best Hunters But concerning your Fistula I think it is not far from being healed if your Chyrurgion may be credited who is a most expert man to whom which you before desired me to do since I have lately writ there is no need that I take up my pen again that he may be further satisfy'd of my kindness Outward Remedies are needless for the future but lest I should seem to be wanting in my Care and Friendship if there is any thing needful to dry and confirm the Cicatrice use the Balsom of Sulphur of which you have heard me spake often which will supply the place of all other Medicines which are fit for the part affected you may apply Emplastrum Diasulphuris to the part which since it needs some detersion and cleansing upon that account it is convenient to use the solution of Crollius his Lapis Mirabilis or another according to my judgement of equal efficacy consisting of pure Bole-Armenick White Vitriol and Camphor prepar'd according to Art or you may well use the Mercurial Water described by Hartman made of Mercury sublimate freed from its corrosive Spirits by Tynne according to Art When the fear of a Palsie shall be dissipated and the humour bred in the Hypochondries overcome and cut off also when it shall only remain to imploy our endeavours that the Cure of the Fistula be made firm and undoubted And that the birth of the same germinating kind of Ulcers in those lower parts subject to corruption may be prevented then the use of Mercurial Medicines taken inwardly will be seasonable which in convenient time and place shall be prescribed to you with necessary cautions as also certain other exsicating Medicines taken from the Classes of Minerals and these such as promote a Diaphoresin or transpiration at the pores whose power and faculty is to discuss malignant vapours and
Swallows also Rulandus his Aqua Benedicta and for the cutting of Phlegm which produceth the Snorting there may be given one spoonful of Oxymâ—…l of Squils or Sea-Onions with the like quantity of Oil of sweet Almonds Let there be joyn'd to these Medicines an exact rule of living eating of the most wholsome food let the Dinner be larger then Supper which ought to be a good while before going to Bed walking gently after it that the digestion may be the better let her abstain from all hot nourishments Saeces Spices from all sort of Pulse Parsniâ—…-roots Cabbage Garlick Onions Leekâ—… Châ—…s and other flatulent and vapourous Meats and suchas are of difficult digestion As to Drink abstain altogether from pure and good Wine for some time because it is a high incentive of these kind of Diseases in the place of which let her use the Decoction of the Roots of China Paeony and a little Calamus aromaticus and a few Leaves of Bettony Let her avoid the Crepusculum that is the dâ—…wn of the day and Twilight and all external injuries of the Air let her beware of violent exercise Passions of the Mind chiefly Fear and Grief which sâ—… she avoid as much as is possible The Series or course of the designed Medicines â„ž Crocus Metallorum truly prepar'd gr v. White-Wine â„¥ j. ss Cinnamon gr XV. Make an infusion for a Night and afterwardâ—… add â„¥ ss of Sugar Let it be boil'd to the consistance of a thiâ—… Syrup use it as is prescrib'd and sign it 〈◊〉 â„ž Of the roots of Polypody Cichory Scorzonerae Paeony The Bark of Tamarisk an â„¥ ss The Leaves of Bettony Germander Fumaterry an M. ss The Flowers of Lillies of the Valleys Bugloss Sweet Primerose Leaves of Sage Hyssop The Leaves of Spleenwort an P. j. Calamus aromaticus Misselto of the Oak an Ê’ j. Boil them for two hours in a sufficient quantity of Water they having been infused a whole day before afterwards strain them and sweeten it with lb ij of Sugar and clarifie it with the White of an Egg Note it B. â„ž Of clean Senna Leaves Ê’ ij Trochises of Agarick The Bark of black Hellebor an ℈ ij Annis-Seeds Ê’ j. ss Salt of Tartar ℈ j. Spirit of Wine a few drops Infuse it for a Night in lb ss of the former Decoction upon warm Embers dissolve in four â„¥ of the Expression of it King Sabors Syrup of Apples with Senna â„¥ j. Cathol opt Ê’ ij Mark it with the Letter C. If this Purge doth not work sufficiently repeat it the day following adding ℈ iv of Confect Hamach â„ž The Monpelier Powder called puler de Gutteta â„¥ j. Misselto of the Oak Mans Scull rasped an Ê’ ij Mix them and make a Powder of which take half a Dram or ℈ ij with ℈ j. of Sugar and drink upon it one or two spoonfulls of Langius Epileptical Water or Rondeletius Aqua Epilepticae Hirundinum Sign it with the Letter D. Let it be used every Morning two or three hours before Dinner But in the Evening about the time of going to Bed let her take one of the Candied Morsules following or Ê’ ij or â„¥ ss of it â„ž Of the solid Conserve of Roses â„¥ j. ss Candied Citron-peel Bettony flowers an â„¥ ss The aforesaid Powder de Gutteta Monspel Ê’ ij Coral White Amber prepar'd an Ê’ j. Sugar the weight of them all â„ž Aquilae alâ—…e Quercetani that is the white Eagle of Quercetanus which is Mercurius Dulâ—…is six or seven times sublimed gr XV. Rosin of Scamony gr V. Wrap it up with a little pulp of a roasted Apple artificially and so take it Let this Medicine be noted with the Letter E. Let her use these Medicines according to the Rules I have prescribed as also the Peacocks Dung if necessity require it at a proper time which I am to acquaint you of But I had forgot to tell you that for the greater diverting of the diseasie bunâ—…ours after the exhibiting the Purge noted with the Letter C. there is to be let out some ounces of Bloud from those veins about the Ancles of either of her Feet which shall appear most Turged or swelled and this Bloud-setting being perform'd the two Issues are to be made 'T is also very conducive that a good Concoction be procured and that vapours be suppressed and therefore after every meal let her take one spoonfull of the following digestive Powder â„ž Bisket bread â„¥ j. Powder of Coriander-seeds Caraway-seeds an Ê’ iij. Red Roses Red Coral an Ê’ ss Sugar the weight of them all Mix them and make a Powder for the foresaid use The Chymical Medicine consisting of Quercetans Aquila alba and Rosin of Seamouy or its Extract prepar'd with Spirit of Wine according to Schroder is the Calomelanos Turqueti it is to be repeated every month before every New Moon either increasing or lessening the Dose of the Rosin of Scamony or the Aquila alba as it works more or less These things being strictly observed this Noble Virgin was delivered from this grievous Disease ERRATA Correct literal faults as you find them And read p. 88. l. â—…2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS Air. WArm Air beneficial for those in Consumptions p. 9. A Fistula Cured by it p. 14. Apozem To prepare Melancholly p. 31. To prepare Phlegm in the Brain p 132. Balsom Of Batts p. 36. Cordial against the Plague p. 111. Bisket Made of Citron-Peels p. 99. Brain How to free it when it is loaded with Humours p. 27. To strengthen it in a Consumption p. 6. Bran. In the Urine not always a sign of a Scabby Bladder p. 83. Broath Medicinal in the Plague p. 97. Bubo In the Plague the Cure p. 118. Carbuncle In the Plague p. 119. Caruncles vid. Yard Cataplasme Easing pain and ripening p. 58. Cleansing and resisting Putrifaction p. 59. Caâ—…teries In Consumptions where to be apply'd p. 5. 19. In the Shoulders p. 36. China The Decoction in a Consumpâ—…ion p. 16. Conserve Cephalick in the Falling-sickness p. 134. Consumption Hereditary hardly to be Cured p. 12. Curative Indications p. 4. Remedies p. 5 6. Diet p. 7 8. One in a Consumption cured by removing into warm Air p. 9. Strong Purges hurtful p. 18. How to let Blood in it p. 18. Decoction Traumatick p. 60. Diet. Sudorifick useful after consuming the Caruncule in the Yard p. 91. Dung Of Peacocks in the Falling-sickness p. 3 1 135. Epilepsie From the lower Belly the signs p. 128. Indications for the Cure p. 129 130. Specificks for it p. 131 135. Diet against it p. 131. Fistula In the Fundament how to Cicatrice it p. 28 29. Fume To dry the Brain p. 95. Moist Fume in the Plague p. 107. Dry Fume in the Plague p. 108. Fundament The healing of a Fistula there p. 28 29. Pain not always there where the Prostata's are affected p. 85. Gargarisme Which draws Phlegm from the Head p. 95. Gout Gout and Stone Diseases of the same kind and proceed from the same cause p. 73. Gonorraea If that which drops out of the Yard be always Seed p. 84. The use of Spirit of Turpentine p. 86. If mineral Waters be beneficial in it p. 86. If useful in the Gout p. 75. Guajacum Wood. The Decoction good in Consumptions p. 16. Haematites Its virtues against spitting of blood p. 17. Hydromel A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7 15. Hypochondries A Fomentation against its obstructions p. 33. Hypochondriacal Fits What Vein to open in it p. 26. Remedies against it p. 31 32 33 34. Signs p. 121 124 125. Iscuria Remedies against it p. 71 72. Iulep A Cordial one p. 52. Liquor 〈◊〉 in the Plague p. 104. Lungs Ulcerated hard to cure them p. 12. Meath A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7. 15. Medicines Proper in the Plague p. 98 ad 119. Melancholly The signs of it p. 23. It rejects slight Medicines p. 25 ad 45. Milk Cows Milk in a Consumption p. 16. The virtues of Asses Milk ibid. Mouth The cause of dryness of the Mouth p. 23. Nephritick Wood. It s decoction in a Consumption p. 16. Palsie The Cure of a spurious one p. 27 35. Parotis Stubborn ones how to ripen them p. 47. Pastills Bezoartick ones p. 53. Perinaeum The curing of its Ulcers p. 58 ad 〈◊〉 Phlegmon Of the Perinaeum p. 57. Plague It s Cure p. 114 ad 119. If fit to open a vein in it p. 117. Pomeamber In the Plague p. 103. Potions Vulnerary ones useful in Consumptions p. 15. Melanagogal p. 50. Powders Antiepileptick p. 133. Purging in the Epilepsie p. 134. Digestive p. 135. Purgations Drawing away Phlegm and Melancholly froâ—… the Brain p. 130. Malanagogal p. 125. Ptisan Laxative p. 122 123. Scabios It s effiâ—…cy in the Plague p. 118 119. Sleep How to procure it in Consumptions p. 11â—… Sweat How to procure it in the Plague p. 115 11â—… Sulphur The use of its Milk in Consumptions p. 7. Syrup Cordial p. 110 To prepare Melancholly p. 45 49. In a Consumption p. 7 16. Tabellets To hold under the Tongue in the Plagâ—… p. 101. Tobacco The use of it in a Consumption p. 7. Trochises Bezoartick p. 102. To fume the Kings Cloaths in the Plague p. 109 110. Trupentine It s usefulness p. 62. Whether to be washed or not p. 73. Veins To open under the Tongue the usefulness p. 27. Vomits Their use in the Epilepsie p. 129. in Hypochondriack Fits p. 25. The use of Crocus Metallorum p. 25 30 132. Vomiting How to prepare the Stomach for vomiting p. 30. Urine The cause of Branny Urine p. 83. Wine Hurtfull to the Epileptick p. 131. to the Consumptive p. 15. FINIS Cassolet is a perfuming pot with fire under it
which keep running a long time Affix a couple of Pyroticks or Causticks to the superiour angles of the Shoulder Blades with which large Ulcers being made let them be kept continually open with many Pease applying upon them a strong sticking and drawing Plaister Morning and Evening anoint the whole length of the Back-bone with our Balsom of Batts rubbing it very well in with a warmed hand The Balsom of Batts â„ž The greater sort of Serpents or Snakes cut into pieces their Skins being first strip'd off Num. iij. Butts Num. xii Very fat sucking Puppiâ—…s Num. ij Earth-worms wash'd in White Wine lb jâ—… Common Oil lb iij. Malago Sack lb iv The Leaves of Sage Marjarom Bayes Calaminth Origanum Penyroyal an M. ij Boil them adding new Hogs-lard lb ij 〈◊〉 the consuming of the Wine and the falling â—…f pieces and putrilage of the Animals let 〈◊〉 Fat be well pressed out â„ž Of this fatness lb j. Gum. Elemi Tacamahaca an â„¥ j. ss The Marrow of a Stag An Oxes Leg an â„¥ ij Of pâ—… Gum Galbanumâ—… â„¥ j. Liquidambar gut x. Butter of Nutmegs Oil of Bayes an â„¥ ss Mix them and make a Balsom I believe and I hope that the Ulcers which â—…ere caus'd by the incisions about the Fundament are closed and confirm'd by a Cicatrice it happen to be otherwise let them be â—…ashed with the dissolution of the Artificial â—…one which is call'd Lopis Mirabilis or â—…uch the Ulcers with Mercurial water made sublimat delivered from its Corrosive Spirit â—…d deaded by Tin apply Balsom of Sulphur them such as is describ'd by Rulandus 〈◊〉 put upon them a Lead Plaister with â—…alk or Emplastruin Diasulphuris which â—…dicines may be approved of as specificks Ulcers of the Fundament and the circumâ—… parâ—…d 〈◊〉 there be any internal Symptoms continue or bud again these evils are to be remedied by Mineral Medicines such as are madâ—… of Mercury and Antimony rightly prepar'd which shall be prescribed by us in their duâ—… time according to the degree of urgent necessity POSTSCRIPT The use of the aforesaid Remedies AFter your return into your own Country about the beginning of the Monâ—… of September take care to have prepar'd 〈◊〉 you an Emollient and detergent Glyster addiâ—… lenitive Electuary and honey of Dog Nettlâ—… let it be injected in a Morning about thâ—… hours before Dinner The day after take the Purge prescrib'd and if you like the form of a Bolus you 〈◊〉 add a Scruple of Mercurius dulcis truly prepar'd observing to govern your self order in the working The day following begin the use of 〈◊〉 Apozem continuing the use of it for eigâ—… days Which being ended purge your body agaâ—… with the same proportion of the Purge or the Bolus After which if necessity require proceed to the use of Steel observing the Order laid down If nothing do absolutely insinuate the use of this then a good Diet will be sufficient the particulars concerning which you may easily gain the knowledge of Omit not in the mean time the exercising of your Body which is absolutely necessary for you Also by intervals at least once in a Month purge your Body taking the before prescribed Bolus with Mercurius dulcis Let the Infusion be familiar to you or the gentle Decoction remember'd in the second Councel to which you may if you please add half a pound of the filings of Steel to four measures of Fountain or cistern-Cistern-water taking every time two Ounces COUNCEL the Fourth In the same disaffections of the Hypochondries for the same Noble Councellor at Law Written in French WHen the Pâ—…st had-now come three times to us and yet no account was written to me concerning your health Iâ—… was possessed with careful and troublesome thoughts by reason of the great and dreadful Symptoms describ'd in your last Letter upon the account of which I writ and sent you my Advice and Councel But your last Letter hath expell'd all my fears which doth manifest that the troublesome dryness of your Mouth and all those Symptoms which were praeludâ—… and fore-runâ—… of a Palsie did wholly seize upon the unlook'd for arising of an Apostbume in your right Cheek which as well upon the opening of it by Mr. Iuis as also at your Ear did pour out laudable and well digested Pus or Matter As to your Fistula's heretosore so afflictive to you they are shortly to be closed up with a Cicatrice for they are now almost healed by the acurate care and diligence of your Chyrurgion for which both from my self and all experienc'd Artists he worthily deserves praise which I will publickly make known whensoever you require it although I am equally averse to admit or impart adulatory expressions Before your Sores can attain a perfect consolidation the greatest part of the Winter will be past over and the subsequent Spring will be near at hand at which time you will much better pass through that tedious course of Diet and Medicines which are to be made use of then you can do in the height of Winter Wherefore since it is necessary to preserve and repair your life that something be couragiously taken in hand and yet nothing urgeth to begin it now my opinion is that you Elect a proper time in which without interruption you may prosecute the course of your Cure and use your Medicines successively in due ordeâ—… and with advantage which if they be otherwise administred by fits or broken intervals and not with one steady course although they be artificially and properly prescrib'd yet they cannot have the least success I advise to compleat the Cure that as soon as Dr. Guenalt c. shall think fit your Body be emptyed by Purging according to the method I have prescribed from thenceforth you may safely be quiet only studying how to repair your strength as well by aliments of good juice as by gentle Cordials such as the Majestery of Pearls red Corals and Crabs Eyes sometimes given in Broaths sometimes with the Confection of Kermes and Syrup of Queen-Apples procuring gentle Purgations betwixt whiles with Laxative Ptisan compos'd only with Senna or sometimes adding Cassia Tamarinds and Manna Clarifying all of them well sometimes putting to the same quantity of the infusion a double Dose of the Purgers upon the account of cleansing From the going through this course to the time that remains to the Vernal Aquinox I advise you to rest but when that time is come then apply your self to the other course nourishing your body afresh insisting in the method I sent you before according to which having used the general remedies the Prascripts of which you have by you you are to make use of the Essence of Steel which I send to you mix'd and prepar'd with my own hands And in my Opinion this sort of remedy is so powerful and so fitting for you that if it agree with your nature which I suppose it will not be repugnant too I think the use of it is to be continu'd for threescore days
strew some of it upon coals for a Fume If you add Ê’ ij or Ê’ iij. of Amber to the â—…foresaid Powder though it will not be the gratefuller yet it will be the more efficacious Trochises to Fume the Kings Shirts and Cloaths â„ž Damask Roses gathered after the Sun-rising lb ss Benzoin â„¥ ij Mix them and make them into a Paste by â—…ong beating them together in a Mortar of which form Trochises to be dryed in the â—…hade â„ž Of these Trochises reduc'd to a Powder â„¥ j. Musk gr j. Civet gr iij. Caraman Balsom ℈ ss Make Trochises with Rose-water and a little Gum Tragacanth to be dryed and kept in a â—…ox close shut to be used in the mornings II. Trochises â„ž Trochises of Roses â„¥ vi Powder of Benzoin â„¥ ij Musk gr j. Civet gr xvi Rose-water as much as is sufficient Make a mass The III. Perfume â„ž Very fine Powder of Juniper-wood Benzoin an Ê’ vij Musk ℈ j. Rose-water q. s. with the Muscilage of Gum Tragacanth Make a mass It will be convenient to sprinkle his Hankerchief with Aqua Angeli let the settling of this Water be made up into Pastills for to fume the Chamber Shirts and other Vestments Aqua Angeli â„ž Wood of Aloes Storax Calamita an â„¥ ss Benzoin â„¥ iv Nutmegs Yellow Sanders Cloves an Ê’ ij Boil them in Rose-water such a quantity aâ—… may cover them four fingers do this in 〈◊〉 close Vessel with a gentle fire in Sand oâ—… Ashes continue the boiling for a day and 〈◊〉 night then strain it and add to it Of the best Rose-water lb iij. Orange flowers Jessamin flowers Musk an ℈ j. Of the remaining mass being warm make Pastills The Balsom for the Nostrils â„ž Balsom of Peru Ê’ iij. Distill'd Oyl of Angelica or if you have it that which drops from the Stalks being cut Oyl of Citron-peels an Ê’ ij Rosemary Juniper an Ê’ j. Roses distill'd Ê’ ss Orange Butter Jessamin Butter an â„¥ ss Ambergrease ℈ iv Oriental Musk Civet an ℈ ij Mix them all together as they should be and by grinding them upon a Porphiry make a Balsom for the King to anoint with in a morning before he go out of his Chamber Oyl of Amber often rectified with Spirit of Wine is excellent good Mathiolus's Oyl of Scorpions is very efficacious if our Lord the King anoint his Pulses and the region of his Heart with it when he hears a Sermon or admits a crowd of people to come to him Let his Diet be refrigerating and drying let him change the Air and avoid the concourse of people Besides these Prophylactick for the cure of the disease when it is present have these following ready prepar'd Aqua Theriacalis described in the London Pharmacopoea p. 12. Antidotus Saxonica vera Electuar de Ovo Vegetabile ac Minerale Pulvis rubaeus Pannonicus alter Pharmac Aug. p. 114 Pulvis griseus Caesaris ibid. p. 3. Species Liber ibid. p. 137. Diascordium Magistrale Mayernii Diascordium Fracastorii Theriaca Andromachi Londinensis Antidotus p. 91. Mithridatium Damocratis Confectio Alkermes Confectio Hyacinthina Salts of Butter-Burr Meadow-Sweet Elder Rue Scordium Iuniper Pope Leo's Oyl of Scorpions Species for Emulsions composed of Citron Seeds Mustard Seeds â—…actis â—…erlurum or Milk of Pearls Let these Purges be in a readiness Tryphera Persica Mesusi vel Iohannis Damasceni Pharm Aug. p. 56. Pilulâ—… Ruffi Mastichinae Fernel Angelica Seeds with other Cordial Herbs Another Councel or Advice in the Plague Written in French and presented by the Kings Physicians to Lewis the XIII the French King The Curative Part. THese are the signs of the simple Plague when it is alone and it is joyn'd with no other kind of Feaver a small Pulse Lâ—…nguid low unequal decay of strength Fainting Vomitings and Anxieties but nevertheless the heat is so moderate that the Feaver is insensible there is no Thirst no Pain the Urine is like healthy peoples But the sick dye in this gentle state of the Disease contrary to hope and opinion If the Pâ—…st be joyned with a putrid Feaver then there are these Symptoms a most sharp pain of the head drousiness ravings difficulty of breathing with a stinking breath unextinguishable Thirst loss of the Appetite urgent Vomiting burning heat of the inward Bowelâ—… with coldness of the extreme parts turbid confused and flame colour'd Urine the excrementâ—… of the Belly extremely stinking If the Plague be simple let this Composition be made use of â„ž A new lay'd Egg pour out the White and fill it with Saffron rost it under hot Ashes till it be almost hard then the Shell being taken away beat the Egg with these things added to it White Dittany Tormentil Angelica Juniper-Berries an Ê’ ij Camphire gr iij. Mix them all in a Mortar with the weight of all of them of the best Turpentine or Mithridate Let there be taken gr xx in equal parts of Spring-water and White-Wine reiterate this Dose thrice in an hour if it happen that the Stomack cast it up by Vomit but after that hour is elapsed give a simple Glyster to expell the Excrements in which oftentimes the Contagion is lodg'd which being voided presently procure Sweat by giving of the folâ—…owing Water â„ž Of the roots of Sorrel Gentian White Dittany Tormentil an â„¥ ss Juniper-Berries â„¥ ss Seeds of Carduus Benedictus Citron an Ê’ ij Old Mithridate â„¥ j. Shaving of Guajacum-wood â„¥ ij Water of Sorrel Meadow-sweet Carduus Benedictus an lb j. Let there be taken of the foresaid Water two or three Ounces with â„¥ ss of Syrup of Lemons sustaining the sweet for 5 or 6 hours according to the strength of the Patient avoiding Sleep whilst it is breaking forth in the interim giving the Patient slices of Citron to suck infused in cold Water the Berries of ever-green Thorn and wash'd Cherries and the like that he may cool his Mouth The Heart being thus fortify'd the Excrements voided and the Venom expell'd by Hidroticks or procurers of sweat let there bâ—… given to the sick Broaths made with Sorrel Lettice Cichory season his Meat with the juice of Sorrel Oranges Lemons give fooâ—… often but little in quantity lest the stomack be burthen'd Let Drink be allow'd morâ—… freely for Thirst is hurtful Let there bâ—… given Spring-water in which is infused Liquoris and a good many slices of Citron noâ—… omitting to boil it But our opinion is Wiâ—… may be allowed notwithstanding the heat to defend the Heart which is destroy'd by often â—…aintings But let the Wine be small and thin and a little rough according to the height of the Fever if the Patient be desirous of it Let his Sleep be little and every hour to temper the heat of the Mouth Gargule with simple Water or diluted with a little Wine in the mean time make the Patient chearful nourishing the hopes of health in him for nothing is so pernicious in these kind of Diseases as terrour and fear is Also let the sick be in a temperate