put into it of crude ambergreese cut small half an ounce and when it is well melted cast in these following finely powdered Cinamomi electi Ligni aloes optimi Lapidis lazuli usti in crucibulo Then powdered and washed first in fair water then in Rose-water or Burrage-water four or five times letting it dry between every washing untill the water come from it clear of each six drams Margaritarum pellucidarum Praeparatarum three drams Fol. auri Moschi optimi of each one dram Make it up according to Art The electuary of the Egge THis electuary is excellent above all other Antidotes in preventing and curing the plague and all pestilent disease in expelling the infection from the heart and is compounded after this manner â„ž A new laid Egge Draw out the white at a little hole in the top and stuffe the Egge full of the best saffron then cover it close with another Eggeshell then put it into an oven after bread is drawn out and let it lye so long untill the shel begin to look all over black but take heed the saffron burn not for then all that Egg is spoyled then take it out of the shel powder it very small and put to it as much white mustard seed in powder at it weigheth then Pulv. rad dictamni albi sive Fraxinellae Tormentillae of each two drams Myrrhae Cornu Cervini Rad. Petasitae of each one dram Rad. Angelicae Pimpinellae Gravorum Juniperi Zedoariae Camphorae of each one ounce Mingle them altogether in a mortar and adde to them of the best Triacle the weight of all the other and then mingle them well with the Pestle for at least three hours powring in now and then a little syrup of Lymons untill it come to the forme of an Electuary Mithridate MIthridate is in quality and vertue like unto Triacle but more hot and forcible against the poyson of Serpents mad Dogs wild Beasts creeping things being used as a plaister or drunk it cureth all the cold affections of the head helpeth the melancholick or those that are fearfull of waters them also that have the falling sicknesse Megrim pain in the bowels ears tooth-ach and weeping eyes helpeth the evils of the mouth and jaws being plaisterwise layed to the temples by discussion giveth ease to the troubled with the Squinancy Apoplexy Cough spitting of bloud Impostumes or inflammations of the Lungs or any griefs within the body and is good against the bloudy-flux flux of the stomach obstructions of the guts and against wringing and tortions in them being taken with Aqua vitae and the decoction of Baulastians it remedieth Convulsions and Palsey helpeth the Midriffe winde in the hypocondria the pains of the reins and bladder breaketh the stone provoketh Urine and monthly flowers expelleth other vices of the matrix yieldeth a singular benefit for the Gout profiteth not a little in quotidians and quartanes a quantity drunk in wine being first warmed and then taken an hour before the fit it is made as followeth â„ž Myrrhae Arabicae Croci Agarici Ziâ—ziberis Cinamomi Spicae nardi Thuris Sem. Thlaspeos of each ten drams Sescleos Opobalsami seu ol Nucis Moschat per express Junci odorati Staechados Costi veri Galbani Terebinthinae Piperis longi Castorei pontici Succi hypocystydos Styracis optimae Oppoponacis Fol. malabathri recentium vel in ejus defectu Macis of each one ounce Cassiae ligneae verae Polii Piperis albi Scordii Sem. dauci cretici Carpobalsami vel Cubebarum Trochisci Cypheos Bdellii of each 7 drams Nardi celticae purgatae Gummi Arabici Sem. Petroselinae Macedon Opii Cardamomi minoris Sem. Faeniculi Gentianae Fol. Rosar rubrar Dictamni cretensis of each five drams Sem. Anisi Asari Acori seu calami Aromatici Ireos Phu majoris Sagapeni of each three drams Mei Athamantici Acatiae Ventrum Scincorum Summitat Hyperici of each two drams and halfe Vini quantum sufficit ad solutionem gummi succoruÌ„ mellis deinde triplum ad omnia praeter vinuÌ„ Mingle them according to Art as before Diaphaenicon THis Electuary is most used in Clysters in long and sharpe Feavers purging Choler and phlegme it is good in the Cholick belly-ach and griefs of the ventricle that arise from crudities the dose is six drams and is thus made â„ž Pulpae Palmularum mundatarum ex hydromelitae coctae cribro cretae Penudiorum recentium of each hafe a pound Amigdalarum duleime expurgatarum three ounces and a halfe Bruise them and mix them with two pounds of clarified hony and boyle them a little then sprinkle in Zinziberis Piperis Macis Cynamoni Fol. rutae siccorum Sem. Faeniculi Dauci of each two drams Turpeti tenuissime triti foure ounces Diagredii one ounce and halfe Mingle them according to Art Diacatholicon DIacatholicon purgeth gently all humoure it is conveniently used in Clysters in Feavers and other diseases which arise from a certain evill disposition of the Spleene and Liver the dose is as the former the composition is as followeth â„ž Pulpae Cassiae Tamarindorum Fol. Sennae of each two ounces Polipodii Violarum Rhabarbari Sem. Anisi Pejudiorum Sacchari candi of each one ounce Glycirrhicae rasae Sem. Cucurbitae Citruli Cucumeris Melonum of each two drams Pound those that are to be pounded then take Polipodii recentis three ounces Sem. Faeniculi six drams Boyle them in foure pounds of raine water or ordinary water to the wasting of a third part strain them and put to the Liquor two pounds of the best sugar boyle them again with the Pulps and when it is almost enough adde the rest finely powdred and make it into an Electuary Of Opiats Of Diascordium DIascordium is helpfull in Feavers as well contagious as otherwise it is good for the head-ach and for the plague avaylet in fluxes of the belly and tertian Agues and is made after this manner â„ž Cinamomi Cassiae ligneae of each half an ounce Scordu veri of each one ounce Dictamni Cretici Tormentillae Bistortae Galbani Gummi arrabici of each half an ounce Opii one dram and half Styâ—acis calamitae four drams and half Sâ—m acetosae one dram and half Gentianae half an ounce Boli Armeni one ounce and half Terrae sigilatae lemniae half an ounce Piperis longi Zinziberis of each two drams Mellis aibi dispumati two pounds and half Conservae rosaâ—um one pound Vinii canaâ—ini aromatici half a pound Disolve the gums in the wine and then mingle the rest according to Art to the forme of an electuary Laudanum Paracelsi THis worthy Medicine I have often used as it hâ—â—h been commended by the Author himself and â—lso by Osnaldus Crollius and lately by that learned man Mr. John Wooddal who hath set down the vertues thereof at large in his Chyrurgeons Mate whose method I follow in this book as I have before shewed and because the aforsaid Authors are too great a price for every one and in such
waters appropriate to the quantity of one dram and it is thus made â„ž Hermodactyllorum Turpeti opt Diagredii Sennae Rasurae cranii humani Sacchari of each of these one ounce powdered Mingle them and keep them close in a glasse Confection Hamech PUrgeth choler melancholy and salt phlegme and is therefore with great benefit used against diseases arising from the same the canker leprosie or dry scarf madness ring-worm itching scabs and the like the dose is six drams in fumaterry-fumaterry-water it is thus made â„ž Cort. myrabolanorum Citrinarum two ounces Myrabol Chebularum jugrarum Violarum Colocynthidos Polypodii quercini of each one ounce and half Absynthii Thymi of each half an ounce Sem. anisi Faeniculi Flor. rosarum rubrarum of each 3 drams Beat them and steep them in two pintes of Whey one day then boyl them to one pinte rub them with your hands and strain them and to the liquor adde Succi fumariae Pulpae prunorum Uvarum passularum of each half a pound Facchari albi Mellis dispumati of each one pound Boyl them to the thickness of honey when it is almost boyled enough sprinkle into it Agarici trochiscati Sennae tritorum of each two ounces Rhabarbari triti one ounce and half Epitymi one ounce Diagredii six drams Cinamoni half an ounce Zinziberis two drams Sem. fumariae Anisi Spicae nardi of each one dram Make them into an electuary s a. Benedicta laxativa BEnedicta laxativa purgeth out slimy humors most especially such as are in the joynts it draws from the head reins bladder and every part it is most used in Clysters the dose six drams it is thus made â„ž Turpeti electi ten drams Diagredii Cort. rad Esulae praep Hermodactyllorum Ros rubrarum of each five drams Cary ophillorum Spicae nardi Zinziberis Croci Saxifragiae verae Piperis longi Amomi vel ejus defectu Calami aromatici Cardamomi minoris Sem. Apii Petroselini Carni Faeniculi Asparagi Rusci Millii solis Salis gemmei Galangae Macis of each one dram Mellis dispumati triplum An electuary s a. It is best to keep the powders well thrust together into a pot and close covered and when you use them put the honey to them Aloe Rosat PUrgeth the head and stomach very well and killeth worms being made up into Pills and so swallowed the dose is one dram it is thus made â„ž Aloes succotrinae lucidae pulv four ounces Succi rosarum damasc depurati one pound Put them together to the Sun or in Balneo untill all the moysture be exhaled then adde more juice and again evaporate it thus do foure times and then put up the made in a pot close covered Simples And first of Aloe IT removeth cold flegmatick and cholerick humours by purging digesting and driving them out it is a Soveraign medicine for the stomach and outwardly applied it stayeth bloud amongst other astringent powders and is incarnative It is the juice of a plant the dose is one dramme or more Joleb THis root powdred fine will purge very well watry humours and opens the Liver is given in the Dropsie Scurvy and the like to the quantity of one dram Rubarb RUbarb is hot in the first degree dry in the second of an astringent nature is good for the stomach and Liver and against the bloudy flux purgeth downwards cholerick humors and therefore very profitably used against hot Feavers inflammations and stoppings of the Liver the dose that binds is halfe a dram with Conserve of Roses to purge take from one dram to halfe an ounce Polipody of the Oake IS dry in the second degree openeth the body and bringeth away black choler and phlegme helpeth the Cholick and griping of the belly and also the obstruction of the Spleen Harts horne rasped THis is a cordiall simple given in want of Unicorns horne and not unfitly it comforteth the heart and is good against poyson provoketh urine openeth obstructions easeth the Chollick disperseth wind killeth wormes in the body is good against pains in the reins or bladder and being taken upon each occasion in Liquors proper to the former griefs it is much the beter in force Harts horne burned and powdred is good against the bloudy or any other flux of the belly Euphorbium IS hot and drye almost in the fourth degree and besides his extreame and notable acrymony it hath a certain faculty of purging whereby tough and cold phlegme with choler and water are taken away Saffron IS hot in the second degree dry in the first is good for the braine quickeneth the sences cheareth the heart causeth digestion helpeth the diseases of the breast lungs and liver it mollifieth all hardnesses and ripeneth all tumours Chyna CHyna roots prevaile much in the cure of the French pox and are good for the giddinesse of the head taketh away the pain of the stomack and obstructions and are profitable for the dropsie Collick and gripings of the belly moveth urine causeth sweat and are helpfull against Convulsions the Palsey and pains of the joynts and a singular remedy against a Consumption Salsaparilla IS of a hot quality causeth sweat specially extinguisheth the heat of venereall poyson and is good for the articular diseases ulcers and phlegmatick humours and principally it is good against the French pox Guiacam DOth exsiccate attenuate open purge move sweat resisteth contagion and infection and doth wonderfully cure the French Pox old ulcers scabs and Ring-worms the best use is by decoction in faire water Licorice IS in all his qualities temperate yet inclining more to heat it is agreeable to the lungs and breast rotteth phlegme moveth expectoration cureth the cough helpeth breathing and is profitable for the reines taking away the sharpnesse of urine dissolveth the stone and healeth the sores of the kidneys and bladder Juice of Licorice IS likewise temperate in all his qualities but exceeding somewhat in heat somewhat it doth lenifie the throat and mitigate the asperities of the Arteries cleanseth the bladder and is good for the cough moveth expectoration and is very profitable against all vices of the Lungs and throat Powder of Licorice IS of the same nature with Licorice it is much used to roll Pils in when they are too soft French-barly IS cold and dry in the first degree digesteth softneth and ripeneth all hard swellings Is good for inflammations excelleth against the soreness of the throat refrigerateth comforteth strengthneth is abstersive and provoketh utine I commonly use it thus Put a heaped spoonful into a pinte of running water boyl it a walm or two pour out that water into a bason and use it when it is cold either for Juleps or emulcions or any other waies Anniseeds ARe hot and dry in the third degree doth discusse the windinesse of the stomack and bowels stoppeth the bloody-flux lask of the belly moveth urine and monthly-visits in women breaketh and bringeth away the stone helpeth obstructions of the liver amendeth the breath and is good for the falling-sickness Fennel-seeds
symptomes appeare he may expect natures worke by which he shall perceive the skull depressed to rise and scale admirably It may also serve many times to take off a scale of a bone after amputation of the fingers or toes Of the stitching Quill and Needles THese are instruments that cannot be missed in your Plaister-box you shall therefore have in your stitching Quill at least three needles of severall sizes or bignesse with square points well set and ready armed with green or red silk oyled your needles alwayes kept oiled and cleane from rust in want of silk at any time upon necessity you may use thread rubbing it with some kinde of emplaister You must also have in your said stiching Quill a Taylors needle or two with thread to sow your rollers make them fast in the rolling of wounds fractures or dislocations Of the Director THe Director is an Instrument to guide and direct the Incision knife in dilation or inlarging a wound when you are neare any vessels They are also used in cutting for the stone Of the Forceps THese are used to take of Emplaisters Pledgets and Tents to take out a spill of a bone to hold up any peice of superfluous flesh or skin thereby the better to cut it with the sizzers or incision knife to take out any thing that may chance into the eare nostrils mouth or throat to take out a bullet lying within reach or any thing that is offensive in a wound and is an Instrument of continuall and very necessary use in Chyrurgery Spatula Linguae THe Spatula linguae or speculū linguae is much like an ordinary spatula at one end only it is perforated and cut through the better to hold the tongue downe without slipping off the other end is made to scrape the tongue that is furred in Feavers Cankers or other affects of the mouth it is used to hold downe the tongue when you inject any liquor into the throat or apply any medicine to the mouth or throat or when you would make inspection into the mouth or throat in any affects of the Uvula or in Quinces Cankers or excoriations of the mouth or gums The Flegme IS an Instrument used to open the gums and separate them from the tooth you intend to pull out compassing the tooth with the round sharpe end thereof close to the tooth piercing deeper by little and little untill you feele it as low as the jaw bone Some use to open a veine with this instrument but for mine owne part I do disalow it as very uncertaine and dangerous for touching the Nerves or greater vessels Next we must look into the Salvatory to see what Vnguents we have there to declare the Composition of them their Vertues and Uses Of first of Basilicon BAsilicon is an Unguent used almost in all kinds of wounds ulcers apostumes either per se or mixed with other unguēts for it hath the vertue to heat humect and mitigate pain it digesteth incarnateth wounds and ulcers and suppurateth apostumes either hot or cold being somewhat thick spread upon cloath or leather and it mitigateth the paine thereof It is likewise very fitly used with Praecipitate Aegyptiacum or any corroding medicine making them work with more case and better mundifies it is also good for burnings and scaldings and is thus made ℞ Cerae flavae Resinae pinguis Picis graecae of each half a pound Olei two pounds four ounces Melt the Rosin and the Pitch in the Oyle then adde the Wax and boyle them to a just consistence Liniment of Arcaeus THis Arcaeus Liniment is a soveraigne balme not to be sufficiently commended in all wounds whatsoever especially in those of the head where it doth meerly of it selfe all the intentions of healing the Flux of bloud being first stayed for it digesteth mundifieth incarnateth and cleatrizeth it defendeth from accidents and is very avodine I have divers times applyed it mixed with other unguents to painfull ulcers and fistula's with good successe it is made as followeth ℞ Gummi elemni Of each 1. ounce and halfe Teribinthinae abietinae Of each 1. ounce and halfe Sevi veruecini antiqui liquefacti 2 ounces Pinguedinis Porcinae antique liquefactae one ounce Dissolve the Gum in Sack and evaporate the Sack then put in the fats and lastly the terebinte and mingle them well together The golden Oyntment THis unguent is used to incarne wounds and ulcers being first mundified and it is a most precious balme to heale them it is a good healer of burnings and scaldings the fire first taken out the composition is as followeth ℞ Cerae flavae one pound Olei two pound and halfe Terebinthinae two ounces Resinae pinae Of each one ounce and halfe Coloplioniae Of each one ounce and halfe Thuris Of each one ounce Mastices Of each one ounce Croci one dramme Dissolve the Mastick in Sack then put in the Oyle Rosin Colophony and Frankinsence and when they are well melted scrape in the Wax melt that and then adde the Turpentine and lastly the Saffron when you take it off Vnguent Apostolorum VVEE commonly use this Unguent to cleanse and scoure foule Ulcers and Fistula's and to make a good ground for healing it abateth spongeous flesh and is of temperature hot and dry and is made as followeth ℞ Terebinthinae Of each fourteen drams Resinae Of each fourteen drams Cerae albae Of each fourteen drams Ammoniaci Of each fourteen drams Rad. Aristolochiae longae of each six drammes Thuris masculi of each six drammes Bdellii of each six drammes Myrrhae Galbani Of each halfe an ounce Oppoponax Floris aeris Of each two drammes Lithargyti Nine drammes Olei If it be Summer two pounds If Winter three pounds Aceti as much as will suffice to dissolve the Ammoniacum Galbanum and Oppoponax Make the Oyntment according to Art Lukatullies Balsome IT is good for burnes inflammations fresh wounds ulcers fistulaes being powred in scalding hot for so I use it to incarne fresh wounds In bruises ulcers of the reines stone in kidneyes or bladder with difficulty of making water I use to give one drachme in Sacke for bruises in white wine for tha stone it is made as followeth Olei one pound and halfe Vini Hispanici one pound Boyle them to the consumption of halfe the Sack then scrape in Cerae albae three ounces Boyle them untill all the wine bee consumed take it from the fire and put in Terebintinae Venetae purae washed in Rose water six ounces Boyle them a little then take them from the fire sprinkle in half an ounce of red sanders in powder and stir it until it be cold lest the Sanders lye in the bottome Vnguent Diapompholigos IS good to heale painfull ulcers in any part of the body especially of the yard or betwixt glans and preputium as also any fretting or painfull ulcers of the legges or elsewhere It is very much used before all other unguents in ulcers of
and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
an ounce Cyclaminis of each halfe an ounce Boyle them to the consumption of the juices and then adde these things following Ammoniaci aceto soluti two drams and halfe Pinguedinis gallinae of each halfe an ounce Medullae cruris vituli of each halfe an ounce Oesypi of each halfe an ounce Corticum rad tamarisci of each one dram capparum of each one dram Ceterach of each one dram Rad. filicis of each one dram Pulv sem Agnicasti of each one scruple Genistae of each one scruple Cerae as much as will serve to make them up in the forme of an Unguent These are all Unguents very necessary for a Surgeon to have continually in store for with these he may be able through his owne practice to dresse any wound from the first to the last Next wee wil looke what Oyles are fitting to be had and those I conceive may be such as follow that is Oyle of Roses THis Oyle is avodine and doth refrigerate and corroborate and therefore is good against hot diseases as Erysepilas c. also with Mel Rosarum it is a good balme for wounds in the head and elsewhere and hath divers other worthy uses in Chyrurgery and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound In the which you shal infuse foure ounces of red Roses gathered blowne and stamped in a mortar in a glasse vessel and set them in the Sun for seven or eight dayes then boyle it a little and straine it and adde as many more Roses and Sunne and straine them as you did the former shaking them every day do thus three severall times but let the last infusion stand forty dayes in the Sunne and then you may either set them up so or straine them out which you will Oyle of Dill IS avoydine and comforting it concocteth crude tumours causeth sleep mitigateth the head-ach refresheth the wearied members strengthneth the sinewes discusseth winde is profitable for Convulsions and asswageth aches easeth paines and hath many other good uses and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound Flowers and leaves of Dill foure ounces Make three severall infusions as you did your Roses to the last infusion you shall put foure ounces of the juice of Dill and boyle the Oyle gently until the juice be consumed Oyle of Camomile OYle of Camomile resolveth moderately and calefieth by annoynting the parts grieved it is good for the Collick Stone wearinesse and for Aches Feavers and for all other things with the former it is also very convenient in Clysters for all gripings and torsions of the guts and yieldeth grtat comfort to the intrayles by the good odour and warmth thereof It is made by infusion forty dayes with the flowers and oyle olive as before you did your Dill. Oyle of Wormes THis oyle of Earth-wormes helpeth the aches of the joints in any part of the body and doth strengthen and comfort well the sinewes weakned and pained and is good against convulsions and cramps and is also a good balme for wounded sinewes and is made as followeth â„ž Vermium terrestâ—ium halfe a pound wash them well in white wine and then put to them Olei communis two pounds Vini eight ounces Boyle them in a well gâ—afed vessell untill the wine be consumed then strain it and put it up Oyle of Lillies THis oyle doth moderately warme and resolve asswageth paine mollifieth hard tumors doth much mitigate the violence of diseases and is very effectuall against paines of the breast and stomacke and allayeth all the inordinate heat of the reins and bladder and is good with other unctious things to be used to anoint the lower parts of women in travell it is made as your former oyles of Lillie flowers and oyle but the yellow spikes in the middest of the flowers must be throwne away Oyle of Rue IS good for the paine in the knees and greines for the gowt paine of the head and midriffe sprung from a hot and dry cause It warmes and comforts the bladder matrice and sides and helps their griefes and is made of rue bruised and oyle olive as oyle of roses is made Oyle of Pepper OYle of pepper is good in any cold griefe of the nerves as the palsie cramp convulsion trembling and luxation it helpeth the falling sicknesse hip-gowt and paines in the joints it easeth the paines of rhe backe and cholicke opens obstructions and wonderfully helpes the matrice by calefying it and drying up the humidity therof it helpeth the cold griefes of the fundament the diseases of the kidneyes and bladder and breakes the stone and is made as followeth â„ž Piperis longi of each three drammes Nigri of each three drammes Albi of each three drammes Myrobal Chebularum of each five drammes Belliricarum of each five drammes Emblicarum of each five drammes Indarum of each five drammes Rad. Apii of each three drammes and halfe Faeniculi of each three drammes and halfe Sagapeni of each two drammes and halfe Opoponacis of each two drammes and halfe Ammoniaci of each two drammes and halfe Hyosciami of each two drammes and halfe Turpeti two drammes Zinziberis th ee drammes Surculorum Thymi recencium of each one handfull Rutae viridis of each one handfull steepe them according to Art in sufficient quantity of Aquavitae and oyle of walflowers two pound then boyle them to the consumption of the Aqua vitae Oyle of Fox THis Oyle is good for paine in the joints gowt sciatica and cureth the ache of the kidneyes and backe and is compounded after this maner â„ž The fattest Fox you can get of a middle age and well hunted and newly kild and garbish him quickly and fley him and cut him in small pieces and break all his bones well then boyle him in White wine and Spring water six pound Let him boyle thus untill halfe the liquor bee wasted very well scumming it at the first boyling then put into the vessell Olei antiqui dulcissimi four pounds Salis communis three ounces Florum salviae Thymi of each one pound Then boyle it againe untill almost all the water be consumed and then powre into it eight pound of water wherein hath beene well boyled one good handful of Dill and another of Time then boyle them altogether her with an easie fire untill all the water be wasted then straine it and separate the oyle from the moysture and keep it for thy use Oyle of Castoreum THE oyle of Castoreum or Beaver-cod is good in all cold affects of the braine and nerves if you anoint the backe bone with it it will cure the extreame shaking of Agues it avayleth much in the palsie cramp convulsions and all joint ache the composition is as followeth â„ž Castorei Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Of each three drams Galbani Of each three drams Euphorbii Of each three drams Cassiae ligneae Of each three drams Croci Of each three drams Opoponacis Of each three drams Carpobalsami sive cubebara Of each three drams Spicae nardi Of each
drams Zedoariae half an ounce Anisi of each one dram and half Sem. Faeniculi dulcis of each one dram and half Pastinacei silvestris of each one dram and half Ocymi of each one dram and half Rad. Angelicae of each two drams Caryophyllatae of each two drams Glyrynhicae of each two drams Calami odorati of each two drams Phu minoris of each two drams Foliorum sclareae of each two drams Thymi of each two drams Calaminthae of each two drams Pulegii of each two drams Menthae of each two drams Serpylli of each two drams Majoranae of each two drams Florum rosar rubrarum of each one dram and half Salviae of each one dram and half Rorismarini of each one dram and half Betonicae of each one dram and half Staechados of each one dram and half Buglossi of each one dram and half Boraginis of each one dram and half Corticum citri three drams Bruise what are to be bruised and macerate them for the space of fifteen dayes in twelve pounds of the best Spirit of wine in a glass vessel well closed then distill them in B. M. according to Art afterwards adde to the distilled water Specierum Diambrae Aromaticum rosat Diamoch dulcis Diarcargarit frigid Diaruhodon Albatis Electuaris de gemmis of each 3 drams Santali citrini contusi two drams Moschi of each 1 scruple Ambrae griseae in tela rara ligatorum of each 1 scruple Julepi rosati clari one pound Shake them all well together that the Julep may incorporate well with the water then stop up the glass with wax and parchment and let it stand untill the water be cleared Doctor Stevens his Water IT is a notable cordial-water comforts the head and heart yea and all the principal faculties of the body both annimal vital and natural if it be truly prepared it helpeth all cold diseases palseys convulsions barrenness tooth-ach It killeth worms cureth the dropsie stone stinking breath and prolongeth life and is made as follloweth â„ž Cinamoni of each one dram Zinziberis of each one dram Galangae of each one dram Caryophillorum of each one dram Nucis moschatae of each one dram Granorum paradisae of each one dram Sem. Anisi of each one dram Faeniculi of each one dram Carni of each one dram Herb. Thymi of each one handful Serpylli of each one handful Menthae of each one handful Salviae of each one handful Pulegi of each one handful Parictariae of each one handful Rorismarini of each one handful Flor. rosar rubrarum of each one handful Chamemeli of each one handful Origani of each one handful Lavendulae of each one handful Infuse them all twelve hours then distill them in a Limbeck and take of the strongest water three pounds The common Lotion IS used in ulcerations of the mouth or gums in griefs of the yard as well within the passage as also between glans and Praeputium there are divers sorts according as occasion offers but that which I mean here is onely made of Sage Rosemary Woodbine and brier tops boyled in water adding honey and allome fortifying it as you see cause with Mercury dulcified put a rag on your finger or on a stick and dip it into the lotion warmed and rub the gums hard therewith and the ulcerated parts untill they bleed or you may make a lotion for the mouth thus â„ž Copperas green white or blue â„¥ ij Water lb j. or thereabouts Honey one spoonful Boyl these to the consumption of one third or half then take of lapis medicamentosus or Salt-peter â„¥ sss and if you have no honey take sugar or juice of liquorice or liquorice boyled therein to make it pleasant in taste or without for a need you may well use it Strong-Lye THis is Capital-lees and is very necessary to mollifie the White-caustick when it groweth dry as also if need be by decoction to make a lapis internalis for to make Issues or break Apostumes The Liquid-caustick is made of unslaked-lime and capital-lees boyled together to the thickness of an unguent and applyed as hereafter shall be shewn Vinegar of Wine VInegar helpeth the unnatural swellings of the belly and also cureth the fluxes of the stomach the parts grieved being fomented therewith It stayeth the inordinate menstrual-fluxes the region of the liver or the bearing parts fomented therewith warm namely with stuphes wet therein It is good against vomiting the stomach outwardly fomented with warm stuphes wet therein It also discusseth and dissipateth violent hot tumors in their beginnings yea even those which are named Pavaritiae or as some tearm them fellons Good wine vinegar excelleth in Cataplasms as also in fomentations where avodine medicines are to be used provided the place be not excoriated as namely in hervia humorali in the falling down of the fundament it is approved good sometimes with wine used warm to foment the part withall as also to be cast on bricks to receive the fume thereof In the hot gout and in all inflammations as the Rose or Ignis sacer or as some call it St. Antonies fire by way of fomentation with wine vinegar it is a precious help also by way of gargarisme it is an approved remedy against Squinantia auginae or any sudden inflammation of the columella or the amygdales of the throat and if you mingle with it Oyle of Roses you make it the better for all the aforesaid uses and the more cordial Vingar of Roses VInegar of Roses is very cordial helps the stomach refresheth nature weakned and is good against the faintings and great weakness of the spirits but if the Artist have not Vinegar of Roses ready he may infuse in Wine-vinegar a little Rose-water and it will do almost as well It is thus made â„ž Red-rose-buds almost blown being fresh and the leaves clean picked from them that are clean withered and naught gathered very dry and then spread abroad in the shade to dry about three or four dayes lb j. Wine-vinegar eight sextaries Set them in the Sun forty dayes then strain the vinegar and put it up but if you will have it more strong of the Roses then make a second infusion of fresh leaves Spirit of Wine SPirit of Wine of all vegetables is the most precious thing it is the truest of all cordials it preserveth the body from putrifaction and in every cold oppression of nature it is a true helper for the cough and all distillations of Rhumes and Fluxes it is a perfect help it comforteth the stomack and provoketh appetite It helpeth those which are thick of hearing one drop dayly put into the eare it preserveth a man in health if every morning and evening he take certaine drops thereof and defendeth the body that taketh it from the oppression of infectious ayre and being sick almost in any disease it may safely be given as a true restorative medicine it is good in wounds Ulcers Fistulaes and Fractures of which another place hereafter will make
mention It is thus made â„ž Of good white Claret Wine or Sack which is not sowre nor musty nor otherwise corrupt that quantity which may serve to fill the vessell wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the nose or pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pintes out of foure and twenty then distill it againe in B. M drawing another third part which is two pintes so that the oftener you distill it the lesse Liquor you have but the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times Of Syrups And first Of Syrup of Wormwood THis Syrup corroborates the stomach helpeth concoction causeth an appetite discusseth wind openeth the veins moves urine and killeth worms and is thus made â„ž Absinthii romani sive pontici half a pound Rosarum rubratum two ounces Spicae Indicae three drams Vini albi antiqui generosi of each two pounds and half succi cydoniorum of each two pounds and half Macerate them in an earthen vessel four and twenty hours then boyl them until half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a syrup Syrup of Lymons THe Syrup of Lymons is cordial and refrigerating it doth please and profit the appetite and comforteth all that are sick of the pestilence or continual and contagious Feavers as also all diseases on which exceeding great heat attendeth it cheareth up the heavy heart and dispelleth sorrow therefrom and against all obstructions of the spleen it is a good help and also well approved in the cure of the Scurvy It is made as followeth â„ž Juice of Lymons purified by going through a wollen strayner without crushing 7 pounds White-sugar five pound Boyl them with a soft fire to a syrup Syrup of Poppies SYrup of White-poppies hath an astringent quality it procureth sleep helpeth the cough hindreth the humors which distill from the head into the throat causing a tickling and is of precious use against the palsey if it be used in the beginning thereof It is made thus â„ž Capitum cum seminibus of each fifty drams papaveris albi nigri of each fifty drams Capillorum veneris fifteen drams Glycyrhicae five drams Jujubarum in number thirty Sem. lactucae forty drams Sem. malvae cydoniorum in linteo raro ligatorum of each one dram and half Boyl them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pounds of liquor put of Penidiorum sacchari of each one pound Boyl them to a syrup Syrup of Roses solutine THis Syrup is used as a gentle safe purge both to old young when they are molested either with burning or pestilent Feavers or any ho distemper of the body and is thus made â„ž Of Damask-roses one pound Fair water four pound Infuse them together then strain them and adde as many fresh Roses do this nine times then take of the last infusion six pound Sugar four pound Boyl it according to Art to a syrup Syrup of Violets THis Syrup doth break the acrimonie of melancho y tempereth the heat of the bowels bringeth down the belly by purging it helpeth the diseases of the throat as hoarsness and the dry cough and is a chief aid to the curing inflammations of the breast it helpeth the plurifie and quencheth the thirst in Feavers being put in cooling Juleps and is cordial It is thus made â„ž Violet flowers picked one pound Spring water hot one pound and half Or a sufficient quantity Put them in an earthen vessel glazed and close covered and let them infuse four and twenty hours then strain them hard take of this liquor one pound White-sugar two pound Mingle them and dissolve the Sugar with a continual equal heat and put it up for your use Oxymel simple OXymel simple is of great use for the cure of inflammations of the lungs and throat helpeth expectoration and difficult breathing cutteth and attenuateth thick and slimy humors purgeth the entrails without trouble and is good both in cold and hot affections and is made as followeth â„ž Of the best Aromatick-honey dispumed four pound Clear spring-water and of the best vinegar of each two pound Boyl them according to Art untill they come to a liquid syrup but take heed you boyl it not too much lest you spoil the taste Diamoron THis syrup is profitable in gargarismes against the eating ulcers of the mouth it cutteth away phlegme and cleanseth the mouth and throat and by reason of the pleasant taste thereof it is the more comfortable to the diseased It is made after this maner â„ž Succi mororum celsi rubri immaturorum of each one pound and half Mellis two pound Boyl them with an easie fire to the thickness of honey Syrup of Sloes SYrup of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the stomach stoppeth Fluxes healeth the excoriations of the intrails and is made with the Pulpe of sloes and sugar Hony of Roses HOny of Roses strengtheneth and cleanseth the stomack purgeth clammy humours helpeth concoction with the temperate heat thereof allayeth and stoppeth hot fluxes the phlegmone of the mouth gums and jaws it is singular good with Oyle of Roses for wounds in the head and putting to them some Aqua vitae makes them good to heal wounds in the joynts where the joynt water gleereth out It is made as followeth â„ž pure white Honey dispumed ten pounds Fresh juice of red Roses one pound Put them into a skillet and when they begin to boyle throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked foure pounds and boyle them until the juice be wasted alwayes stirring it then straine it and put it up in an earthen pot Conserves And first of Conserve of red Roses THe Conserve of red Roses is good for the heart and head strengthneth and comforteth both as also the bowels mitigating their heat and stoppeth fluxions and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few drops of Oyle of Vitrioll be mixed therewith but beware of too much and is thus made â„ž Of red Rose leaves not fully blowed all the withered and corrupt leaves clipped away two pounds White sugar six pounds Put your leaves and halfe your sugar into a stone mortar and beat them til they be almost enough then put in the rest of the sugar and beat it up to a Conserve Conserve of Rosemary flowers OR Conserve of Anthos hath great force in comforting the brain and coroborating the sinnews and it is given with good successe in the falling sicknesse Apoplexy Lethargy dead and shaking palsey and is made as the Conserve of Roses is Conserve of Borage flowers THis Conserve is a great cordiall comforting the heart and all the vitalls it makes a man merry glad and chearfull and chaseth away all heavy sadnesse and dull melancholly and is made of Borage flowers picked and sugar as the former Conserve
ARe hot in the third degree dry in the first corroborateth the stomack openeth the obstructions of the lungs liver and kidnies and causeth abundance of milk in womens breasts These two seeds are used in carminative Cylsters Caraway-seeds CAraway-seeds are of the same nature and vertue with Anniseeds and are used in Clysters to break wind Cummin-seeds ARe hot and dry in the third degree they attenuate digest resolve discusse wind dissipate flegmatick tumours and are good against the collick and tympany Linseed LInseed is hot in the first degree temperate in moisture and drinesse softneth all cold tumors ripeneth and breaketh impostumes draweth out thorns sticking in the body expelleth wind and griping of the belly and cleanseth the flesh from spots Fenugreek IS hot in the second dry in the third degree doth mollifie discusse and mundifie helpeth cold hard swellings impostumes and gout in the feet wasteth and lenifieth the hardnesse of the milt mitigateth heat profitable for the matrix in women and cleanseth the skin from many evills as itch scurffe pimples wheals and the like Sugar SUgar is hot in the first degree looseth the belly is convenient to the stomack doth cleanse digest take away the asperity or roughnesse of the tongue and siccity thirst or drought in Feavers helpeth the reins and bladder and is profitable for eyes dim of sight White-starch IS moderately hot levigateth the parts exasperated it is effectual against defluxions of humors into the eyes against pustles and hollow ulcers it filleth with flesh stoppeth spitting of bloud helpeth the roughnesse and soarnesse of the breast and throat and easeth the cough it is very good in the fluxes of the belly to be given in Cluysters against inflammations and excoriations in the intrails Nutmegs ARe hot and dry in the second degree helpeth the stoppings of the liver milt stomack windinesse of the belly lask weaknesse of the kidnies and stopping of the urine comforteth the heart and aromatizeth the stomack Myrrhe MYrrhe chosen fragile or brittle light splendent of little drops bitter sharp which smelleth sweet full of whitish veins being broken is hot and dry in the second degree it openeth the wombe procureth womens monthly visits bringeth forth speedily the birth and is good for the cough stitch fluxe and bloody fluxe it killeth worms amendeth the breath closeth up wounds confirmeth the teeth loose and slayeth the hair from shedding Mastick MAstick sweet in smell white splendent brittle old and very dry is hot in the second degree it helpeth concoction stoppeth vomiting confirmeth the power of retaining sustenance is abstersive it is profitable also to them that spit blood or that are troubled with a cough it attracteth flegme from the brain and is good for the breath Pitch PItch is hot and dry in the second degree it discusseth conglutinateth mollifieth maturateth suppleth the hardnesse of the matrix and hard tumours cureth ulcers filleth them that are hollow up with good flesh and helpeth cold aches and the gout Rosin ROsin is hot mollifying discussing and cleansing and being taken inwardly is good against the cough mendeth the breast provoketh urine concocteth crude matters looseth the belly expelleth the stone and gravel and is excellent for the cure of green and fresh wounds Turpentine TUrpentine is hot in the second degree it is cleansing mollifying and operative it is good taken inwardly for the shortnesse of breath ptisick stone collick cold and windy affections of the breast it provokes urine and sends forth gravel it avails much in the running of the reins used outwardly it is good in wounds in sinewy places it fils wounds and ulcers with flesh and is used much in Emplaisters and Unguents Waxe yellow and white YEllow waxe doth mollifie and heat moistneth temperately it is good to amend the milk in Nurses breasts coagulated it assawageth pain healeth wounds and ulcers and hath commonly a place in all good Unguents and Emplaisters it is good medicine to be drunk or eaten and so swallowed down for to cure the exulceration of the stomack or intrails in fluxes where inward exulcerations are to be feared white-wax is colder then yellow Harts-suet HEarts-suet is of a hot nature doth asswage aches resolveth and mollifieth hard tumours in any part of the body and by experience is found very good administred in Clysters to heal the excoriations of the right gut for it is avodine and very sanative Hogs-suet IT hath a lenifying and avodine quality and therefore it is not unprofitably used for mitigation of sharp humours asswaging of pain healing of burnings with fire and very fitly mixed with Cataplasmes appointed for that purpose Sperma-ceti IS sowr in taste spungy and white in shew unsavoury in smell and weighty having a sharp quality it is of a cold faculty cleanseth and digesteth it is good against inward bruises taken inwardly and the place contused anointed therewith and a Paracelsus plaister put over it or Greek-pitch it is also good for spots and morphew in the skin Dragons blood IS cold and dry in the first degree it is of an astringent quality it closeth up wounds and confirmeth the weak parts and stayeth the fluxe of blood inward or outward it is used outwardly with other astringent powders Cantharides ARe used outwardly to raise a blister and sometimes inwardly to move urine but not without danger Bole-armeny IS very dry and astringent it is a good medicine in resisting the fluxes of blood helping the Catarrhe dysentery and ulcers of the mouth It is good in the Pestilence and all other like infections Allome Is astringent mendeth putrified ulcers drieth the moist consumeth proud superfluous flesh taketh away the itch and cureth the scab and is very profitable in lotions for ulcerations of the mouth throat or elsewhere Being burnt it is most used to dry up ulcers and induce a cicatrize White Coperas IT is good for Collyriums or lotions for the infirmities of the eyes namely against itchings akings smartings defluxions and opthalmiaes of the eyes Album graecum OR white dogs turd is hot and astringent stayeth the Lask cureth the Squinancy helpeth the Dysentery and driveth away Feavers that come by course and is very good to strew the fundament fallen down withall being powdred and sifted through a Lawn or Sarcenet Trochisks of Red-lead THese trochisks consume proud flesh mundifie sordid ulcers as also callous or hard flesh and wonderfully cures Fistulaes They are thus made â„ž Medullae panis crudl bene fermentati four drams Sublimati electi one dram Minii halfe a dram Aqua Rosarum as much as will suffice to incorporate them into a stiffe paste Make them up into what fashion you please with the Rose water and dry them in an Oven and keep them for your use Praecipitate THis Mercuriall medicine is of the same quality with Mercury and for killing and curing gives way to no other it is good to cleanse and dry old ulcers being mingled with Basilicon it brings new or old sores to digestion and stays bloud
Speculum ani first but most commonly it is easily forced into the fundament of it self being anointed with grease and so put up the spoons end and therewith draw out the hard and over-dried excrements by which means the body will return again to his naturall habit The Diet-Pot IS made either of brasse or earth and serveth for boyling drinks of severall sorts or kinds in Feavers Calentures c. for boyling Lotions and other Decoctions upon severall occasions Weights and Scales THese are things in a manner sleighted by many yet they are the things upon which depends oftentimes the life or death of the Patient let the Artist therefore be stored with two paire of Scales one for ounces the other for grains with two good even beams both them and the pans kept clean scowred now because many having Scales and weights scarce have the true knowledge of them I will therefore set downe what kinde of weights we ordinarily use There are two sorts of weights now used the Troy weight containing twelve ounces and that is it which the Gold-Smiths use and we also divers times The other is Averdupois weight which contains sixteen ounces and is used by the Grocers and others and is indeed generally used amongst the Apothecaries A pound of Avoir dupois weight hath sixteene ounces and is marked thus lb An ounce hath eight drachms and is marked thus ℥ A drammne hath three scruples and is thus marked ʒ A scruple hath twenty graines and is thus known ℈ And a Barly corne Wheat or Pepper come may be used for a graine which is known by this marke gr Two drams is the weight of eighteen pence in money one dram of nine pence And our measures agreeing with our weights most usually are as followeth A wine gallon of water containeth eight pound A pottle foure pound A quart two pound and hath this mark qr A pint one pound and is thus noted pi And of ordinary Salet oyls seven pound and a halfe is accounted a gallon And thus much I thought good to write concerning the weights and measures that there may bee no mistake in the Artist Of the Lancet Next I would advise the Artist to be alwayes provided with a Case of good Lancets which he shall ever carry in his pocket that they may be ready upon any occasion and also the better to keep them from rusting let them be clean and well set not too speare poynted nor too thin for if they have either of those faults they will not make a good orifice When you come to use them you shall after you have taken notice of the veine you intend to open make a ligature about the arme some three fingers bredth above the place you purpose to cut in this manner take a yard of your wosted gartering or a strong List or in want of these a womans Fillet will serve but linnen and silke are apt to slip put your bandage upon the arme and turn the ends both round the arme and meet them together on the outside so that it come twice about the arme and then tye them on a single bow knot which will easily be loosed upon occasion then put a thick staffe in the patients stand to gripe fast and with your hand chafe well the vein that it may rise full if it lye deep and be small you shall foment it with warm water rubbing the place hard with a linnen cloth until the vein appeare make your orifice large not deep for the larger the orifice is so that it be not too large to spend the spirits by tumbling out the bloud too fast the lesse danger there wil be of apostumation when your orifice is too small the place wil presently puffe up with winde alwayes strike the vein in a little cross not just along the vein nor quite overwart but slanting and if you go not deep enough at the first stroake thrust in your Lancet quickly in the same orifice a little deeper but if you chance to strike besides the veine then strike presently a little higher when you have well noted the place you intend to cut you shall lay your thumb gently upon the vein just by that place and with your Lancet between your finger and thumb of the other hand and your little finger leaning upon the arme to rest your whole hand the more steddier gently thrust in your Lancet as far as you shal think wil reach the vein a little stretching up your hand whereby you shall gently enlarge the orifice you may partly feel when the Lancet hath entred the veine then take forth as much bloud as you shall see convenient then pull one end of your ligature and by the slacking of that the bloud will stay then with your fingers crush out the lappered bloud out of the orifice and lay on a pledget of Lint dipped in cold water and a linnen cloth twice double upon that both which ought to be layed in a readinesse before the ligation be made and then with the band bind up the arme going crosse above and below the elbow still making the band to crosse upon the boulder and pin or tye it fast but not too hard but so as the patient may easily endure it neither over the elbow for then the arme cannot be bended and this binding must remain until the next day and with a garter or linnen cloath let the arme be tied to the brest If the patient chance to faint in the bleeding let him put his finger far into his mouth and presse down the root of his tongue and force himself to keck as if he would cast and it will help but it he swound then bow him forward and clap your palm of your hand close upon his mouth stopping his nose between your finger and thumb and he will come to himself again presently Let none blood if he have not had a stool that day or the day before If any come to thee to be let blood do it not without good advice where the Physitian adviseth and thou dost according to his directions whatsoever happens thou shalt go blamelesse Many will upon the least distemper run to a Barber to be blooded which to get twelve pence he refuses not to do against all sense and reason divers times for he neither weighs the age nor considers the disease but fills the Porrengers the patient going away perhaps a little eased for the present perhaps worse but most of them grow to such maladies afterwards that they are scarce able to help themselves You shall have also young females that have been a little too bold with their sweet-hearts will come to you desiring to be blooded in the foot and tell you they want their naturall purgation when indeed just cause they have therefore have a great care in such cases and do it not without advice either from some learned Physitian or thy owne judgement and good consideration The veins usually opened are in number eight three in the arm
the spirits be weak it will not be amisse to give the Patient a cordial made after this manner â„ž French-barley one heaped spoonfull running-Running-water one pound Boyl them a walm or two and pour out that water and when it is cold put to it Syrup violarum two ounces Confect Alkermes one scruple Shake them well together and give him a spoonfull every three or four hours Vlcers VVHen you first see an Ulcer with an intention of undertaking the cure of it you shall observe whether the Ulcer pierce through the joynt whether the ligaments be rotten or the ends of the bones and the like whereby you shall plainly see tokens of incurability if you perceive none of these then in the name of God go forward on this wise following First give him a potion to purge him made thus â„ž Pulv. Arthritici one dram Trochis alhaud four grains Rad. Jalapi praep one cruple Syrup ros sol two ounces Vini albi one ounce and half Shake them well together in a glasse and give it the Patient a little warm if he be strong and his body be soul else you must lessen the quantities of the powders after he is well purged you shall go forward with your dressing and the first thing you shall use shall be basilicon mingled with precipitate and laid upon lint and over it a diacalciteos plaister this will bring it to digestion and thicken the humour when you perceive the Ulcer to be clean then you may use diapompholigos and nutritum or the red desiccative either of which will both incarnate stop the humour and cicatrize but it will not be amisse in the mean time to lay a defensative above the Ulcer round about the member made after this manner â„ž Boli armeni half a pound Aceti Succi plantaginis of each half a pound Ol. rosarum four ounces Mytellorum one ounce Albanien ovi unius Mingle all together in a mortar to an Unguent and lay it upon cap paper pretty thick and apply it Three or four dayes after you have purged your Patient you shall give him a good sweat which you may do with eight grains of Antimony diaphoretick made into a Pill with a little Mithridate It will be convenient likewise to give him a dyet-drink of China sarsaparilla polipodium and the like as you shall finde in the compositions but this you need not do unlesse it be an old foul Ulcer in abody full of grosse humours When you find the Ulcer begin to incarnate you may dresse it three or four dayes with onely dry lint and then three or four dayes with unguent and then to dry lint again keeping still over it either a plaister of Red-lead or diacalciteos If the Ulcer have any cavities it will be the surest way to lay them open by incision and fasten a cupping-glasse upon it to draw out the filthy humours that are gathered to the place Never suffer an Ulcer to be round for that will either hardly or never heal and if you see the edges grow thick like lips then you shall scarifie them with a lancet and let out the grosse bloud which hinders the healing To correct proud and spungious flesh in Ulcers or Fistulaes you have Trochisks of Red-lead But to cleanse and heaâ— Ulcers or Fistulaes that are troublesome I will give you one receit of Feruelius which you will finde to be worthy the taking notice of and it is this â„ž Of the best sublimate twelve grains Plantain water six ounces Boyl them in a well glased vessel close covered untill half be wasted and with this wash the Ulcer or Fistula with a probe armed with line as occasion shall offer I will not much inlarge my self in directions concerning Wounds and Ulcers because I have already in my Compositions shewed you the vertue the quality of medicines fit for the purpose and the Artist must endeavour to know the true way of application of them by his practice onely thus much I thought good to publish out of mine own practice for the benefit of the younger sort of Chyrurgions and so I will proceed to Fractures and Dislocations which I shall touch very briefly The Cure of fractures and dislocations First let the Artist lay the patient in a fitting posture that he may conveniently extend the member then let him appoint one man to take the end of the member in both his hands extending it by degrees not on a sudden and by jumps let him place another to hold the patient that he move as little as may be the Artist standing by the patient shall graspe the fractured part with both his hands and as the other extends the member he shall with his fingers reduce all the fractured bones to their places But before he begins to reduce them he must make ready such things as are needfull and necessary for the worke as first a plaister of Diapalma about six inches broad or so big as will cover something more than the fracture and long enough to compasse the member two cloaths three double of the same length three or foure splints armed with Tow a large cloath lo lay over them and foure or five lengths of broad Tape and lastly a junck of straw to lay the member in and boulsters of cloth and tow to put in the hollow places that the member may lye levell When the Artist hath reduced all the fractured bones then let him lay on the plaister and two men holding the part steddy let him put on his two folded cloathes one a little above the fracture the other a little below so that the edges of them may meet then lay on the splints so near one another as there may be the bredth of a splint betwixt every one let them not be so long as to gaul the next joynts then put under your Tapes and type on the splints gently neither too hard for fear of gangrene nor too slack becaus then the fractured bones may fall asunder next you shall cover all with a large cloath and then put it into a junck and bind it on fast putting boulsters into the hollow places and then lay the member upon a pillow or cushion as strait and levell as may be Lay all the clothes on very smooth without wrinkle or seam and so broad as that the ends of the splints may rest upon them and not on the bare member and so let the Patient rest in his bed at least six dayes unlesse there be pain or any other cause whereby you are forced to open it then you may open it to give it ayr and so binde it up again as before untill fourteen dayes when you may renue your plaister See that the Patient have every day a stool either by Nature or Art and let him have a cord fastned to his bed to raise himself by to ayr his back and hips lest they excoriate with too much lying If the fracture be with a wound you must so order your clouts and splints that
calcination with all due filteration evaporation and coagulation with Cohobs convenient and added to the rest of the Composition And concerning the tinctures mentioned to be extracted in spirit of Wine after one month digestion the spirit of Wine is to be evaporated by Balveum Maria the residence be almost of the thicknesse of hony which done and gathered into one convenient glasse porrenger or the like instrument then adde the salt of Corall and pearles and the Mummie beaten fine and also the Bezâ—ar and Harts Musk and Amber all in fine powder and well mixed the said extracts then adde the aforesayd salts of the recited faeces and also the former recited Oyls all of them first mixed together with Liquor of Amber wel shaken together in a glasse viol with a few drops of spirit of wine for that the said spirit of wine causeth the recited Oyles well to incorporate which done and that they are all mixed in one and added to the former the Laudanum is ready onely if you could forbear your medicine so long that it might afterwards stand in a small Alimbeck of glasse with a blind head one month it would be much the better I have the rather mentioned this medicine in my book because so many dangerous Compositions are dayly sold for currant Laudanum Paracelsi Opiati to the extreame hazard of the lives of very many and to the great prejudice of the Common-wealth and for that the yong Artist be not deceived with the false Compositions though indeed it is impossible to espy some cunning deceits which are in this medicine yet these rules following will instruct the buyer First therefore see the Laudanum be even not having any course greety or grosse thing in it but that it will clearly dissolve as juice of Licorice will that is well made 2. If there be either honey or sugar in it it is false 3. If it be not much after the consistence of juice of Licorice well made it is either false or foolishly compounded and will not keep 4. If it retain the strong loathsome favour of Opium it is not to be trusted 5. If it be not meerly of one colour that you can see none of the ingredients appeare at all it cannot be good This Composition well and truly made must be smooth and well smelling of such indifferent hardnesse that without additions you may roll it into Pills and is not greatly ponderous or heavy but it is of an unpleasant taste and therefore best given in a Pill except necessity urge the contrary or in outward means Philonium Romanum THis Opiate is good in the plurisie Collick and any internall paine or griefe it causeth sleep stayeth flux of bloud in the inward parts and sneesing allayeth the griefs of the belly spleen Liver and Reins caused by cold wind and crude humours and taketh away the hicket the dose is one scruple and is augmented or decreased as years and strength of the patient require It is thus made â„ž Piperis albi Sem. Hyasciami albi of each five drams Opii two drams and halfe Cassiae ligneae one dram and halfe Sem. Apii one dram Sem. Petroselini macedonici veri Feniculi Dauci Cretici of each 2 scruples 5 grains Croci one scruple and halfe Spicae Indicae Pyrethri Zedoariae of each fifteen grains Cinamomi one dram and halfe Euphorbii Myrrhae Castorei of each one dram Mellis dispumati pondus triplum Mingle them and make them into an Electuary Philonium Persicum THis is good against the overmuch flowing of womens naturall visits and the Haemorrhoids and against the flux of the belly against vomiting and spitting of bloud it doth also consolidate Ulcers and veins it is made as followeth â„ž Piperis albi Hyoscami albi of each twenty drams Opii Terrae Lemniae of each ten drams Lapidis Haematit praeparat Croci of each five drams Castorie Spicae Indicae Euphorbii Pyrethri Margaritarum Succini Zedoariae Doronici Trochiscorum Ramich of each one dram Camphorae one scruple Mellis rosati optimi triplum Mingle them and make them into an electuctuary Pilles Pillulae aureae or Golden-pilles THese Pilles are cholagogal attracting choller yea and phlegme too from the superior and inferior venter and therefore purge the head senses and eyes and restore the eye-sight their dose is one dram they are thus made â„ž Aloes Diagredil of each five drams Rosarum rubrarum Sem. apii of each two drams and half Feniculi Anisi of each one dram and half Mastiches Croci Trochiscorum alhaudal of each one dram Powder them and make them up into a stiffe masse with honey of Roses strained Pillullae Cochiae THese purge choler and phlegme from the head the liver and all other parts wherein such humours are contained the ordinary dose is one drachme They are made as followeth â„ž Specierum Hiera Picrae Galeni ten drams Pulpae Colocynthides three drams one scruple Diagredii two drams and half Turpeti Staechados of each five drams Make them up with syrup of stachos into a masse Pilles sine quibus or without which I would not be THey wonderfully purge choler phlegme and melancholy they are most properly good against the cataract and dimness of the eyes preserving the sight and curing the griefs of the ears they also help the pains and griping of the upper guts they are thus made â„ž Aloes lotae fourteen drams Myrabol Citrinarum Myrabol Chaebularum Myrabol Emblicarum Myrabol Indarum Myrabol Bellericarum Rhabarbari Mastiches Absinthii Rosarum rubrarum Violarum Sennae Agaricae Cassuthae of each one dram Diagredii six drams and half Make them into a masse for Pilles with syrup of the juyce of Fennel with honey Pilles of Ruffus THese Pilles are called pestilential because they are usually given in the pestilence or plague rather to prevent infection then cure the infected the body being freed from excrements by the Aloes from putrefaction by the myrrhe and by saffron the vital faculties are quickned they are very stomachical and where any oppression of the stomach doth require gentle purging these Pilles excel their dose is â„¥ j s They are thus made â„ž Aloes optimae two ounces Myrrhae electae Croci of each one ounce Make them up with the syrup of the juyce of Lymons according to Art Pilles of Euphorbium THese are very good against the Dropsie and Scurvy for they calisie the stomach and intrails purge water abundantly prevail also in removing the cause of humors and bring aid for the pains of the loynes and gout proceeding from too much humidity the dose is from ℈ j. to â„¥ s mixed with Pilles of Cochia they are thus made â„ž Euphorbii Colocynthidos Agarici Bdellii Sagapeni of each two drams Aloes five drams Make them up with syrup of the juyce of Leeks Laxatives Pulvis arthreticus THis is a very safe and good general purging medicine It purgeth all podagrical defluxions and generally any humor or reflection of the body downwards being given in