I commend my Angelus Mineralis or my Piluloe Anglicoe if given according to the Directions in my Phylaxa Medicinoe Lib. 1. cap. 42 53. For they not only stop the Flux of Matter to to the part hinder the generation of new but also dispose the whole habit of the Body and all Humors thereof to a healing temper XXIX If there be an inward Aposteme Nature commonly breaks it yet things proper for the same ought to be given for which purpose some commend Anisated Balsam of Sulphur When it is broken and become an Ulcer it is clearly and fully cured by taking for some time or continuance Antimonium Diaphoreticum or Bezoar Minerale or some other more effectual refined Medicine made of Antimony whose Elixir Magistery Essence or Powers will perform things wonderful although they seem incredible to most not only in curing this Disease which is dangerous and hard to be cured but also other like Distempers which may at any time seize the Viscera XXX Some Men commend the Juice of Water-Cresses as also the Juice of Garden Cresses strained and drank for the speedy breaking of inward Apostemes in the Body This is good Take Mustard-seed grind it well with Water then with a sufficient quantity of Water wash out the Virtue from it which Water sweeten with Honey and drink it XXXI To ripen also an external Tumor you may apply a Cataplasm made of Water cresses and Garden-cresses beaten up with Hogs Lard A Cataplasm also of Goose-dung fresh and hot or of Pidgeons or Hens dung will do the same Or this Take Cresses cut and bruised well Goose dung Hens dung Pidgeons dung ana one handful Goose-grease eight Ounces with Pouder of Aron-Roots make a Cataplasm See my Synopsis Medic. Lib. 3. cap. 24. sect 30. CHAP. XIV Of the THRVSH I. 'T Is certain That every Thrush has its rise from a morbifick Acid and that is the true Reason they are so frequent in Children and in Children rather than in those of riper Age and this is first caused either from ill Milk in the Nurse spoiling the Stomach of the Child or from a natural Weakness of the part and sharpness of Humors there which curdling the Milk breeds or encreases the acid Humor so much 'till it comes to that acidity as to corrode the Skin so that the Mouth and parts adjacent seem as if it was a part scalded and in some as if it was scalded and the Skin rubb'd off II. The first thing therefore to be considered in the Cure is to absorb the acid Humor and that with all the speed that may be For the soreness of the Mouth though it be bad enough yet is not that which indicates the greatest danger inasmuch as the acid Humor may be carried down into the Bowels and do the same thing there at least cause gripings sharp prickings of the Bowels and sometimes a vehement Flux if not a bloody Flux which does not always go alone but are many times attended with dire Symptoms as Convulsions Fevers and the like III. It is also to be noted That where this acid Matter or Spirit extravagantly prevails in little ones by reason of the softness and ductileness of the parts the said acid penetrating and through a thousand Intricacies acscending up to the Brain being volatilized by the infant-heat and subtilty of the Spirits it strikes upon the Ventricles of the Brain and seizing as it were upon the Substance of the Brain contaminating all the animal Spirits with its acidity it forthwith causes an Epilepsie And this is the true ground of this Disease which so often and so much afflicts Children which might easily be preyented in the beginning were but care timely taken to depress the acid and sweeten the juvenile Juices IV. The next thing is to expel the Excrements or Matter contaminated with the acid We must not only correct or absorb the acid Humor but the Matter affected therewith must be expelled for otherwise it will lie both in the Bowels and Vessels and there corrupt or grow sowre again and indeed it easily resumes its former state V. The acid is corrected with Alcalies and such indeed are best which may best and with most ease and the least danger be given to Children Such are impalpable Pouders of Crabs Eyes Pearls Corral Salt of Tartar Lapis Haematitis Antimonium Diaphoreticum Bezoar Minerale Cinnabar of Antimony which last being levigated into subtil Powder is a most absolute thing Out of these things you may make the following Prescriptions or the like VI. Take impalpable Pouder of Crabs Eyes from one Scruple to half an Ounce Syrup of Poppies two Drams mix for a Dose Or this Take Bezoarticum Minerale one Scruple Syrup of Poppies or of Planiane enough to malax it for one Dose Or this Take Antimenium 〈◊〉 ten Grains Cinnabar of Antimony one Scruple All being in fine Pounder let them be given in a little Milk Or this Take Bezoar Minerale Cinnabar of Antimony in impalpable Pounder ana fifteen Grains mix for a Dose And some of these things are to be taken Morning and Night for four or five days These Doses are for elder Persons but if for Children you must diminish the Dose accordingly Ex. Gr. Take Bezoar Minerale four Grains Cinnabar of Antimony eight Grains mix for a Dose Or this Take Salt of Tartar eight Grains Cinnabar of Antimony six Grains mix them VII To carry off the morbifick Matter the vulgar Physicians commonly purge Children with Syrup of Cichory with Rheubarb and it may do indifferent well But Purges which cool the Body are here to be chosen Take Manna half an Ounce Extract of Cassia one Dram mix for a Dose Or the Manna may be made into a Syrup with Water and the Cassia dissolved therein Or two or three Drams of Cassia with two or three drops of Oil of Anniseeds may be given dissolved in Milk Or this Take Sena from half a Dram to a Dram Liquorice bruised half a Dram Anniseeds one Scruple bruised infuse twelve hours in a gentle heat in two Ounces or better of Water strain out and sweeten with Manna Or this Take Sena Liquorice bruised half a Dram Anniseeds Caraways ana ten Grains infuse as before in Water two Ounces for twelve hours strain and dissolve therein Cassia extracted from half a Dram to a Dram and give it for a Dose But if it be to be given to one of riper years you must double treble or quadruple the Dose according to Age and Strength VIII Fat and oily Things take off the edge of the acid but Opiates do it much better For this purpose you may give from ten to fifteen or twenty drops of my Guttae Vitae in any thing the Child drinks at bed-time I have found it very prevalent It not only blunts the points of the acid and dulls the edge of the sharp Homor but gives Nature rest and ease 'till she can recruit her self again as also it puts a present stop
and speedy suffocation if the congregated Matter be from Phlegm which refuses Repercussives And Humours extravasated sticking in the Flesh whilst thick cannot flow therefore they are to be made Fluxile with hot Remedies If one taken with a Quinsey do saith Wallaeus in the beginning of the Disease gargle with Spirit of Wine all Inflammations will cease in about three hours time XXIII There has been a great noise made in the World about the use of a Swallow's Nest but the Virtue truly lies in the Dung which is found in the Nest And because the Dung is full of nitrous Salt 't is possible it may have a specifick Virtue against this Disease and though it is sharp yet it is withal discutient and therefore may be proper where the Disease arises from thick Phlegm The Tincture of it may be made with Wine or Spirit of Wine and Water and a Gargarism made thereof to be used four five or six times a day hot XXIV Scultetus commends this highly in the beginning of any Quinsey whatsoever Take Plantane Water three Ounces sharp Wine-Vinegar one Ounce Sugar two Drams Saffron in Pouder half a Dram mix and make a Gargarism to be often used XXV Platerus commends the Juice of Tree Ivy swallowed slowly from three Drams to half an Ounce for that it both digests and repels Sennertus saith that the Decoction of the inner Rind of the Hazle or of the Barberry-wood is excellent So also a Decoction of Alder flowers and Leaves with Jews-Ears sweetned with Honey of Roses for a Gargarism An Infusion of Mustard-seed in Wine is also an approved thing XXVI Outwardly Things also ought to be applied to induce the ripening such as this Take of our Antidote one Ounce Hens Dung Turpentine Saffron ana one Dram mix them and apply it hot Or this Take a roasted or baked Turnep split in balves moisten it well with Balsam of Amber and apply them on both sides the Jaws warm But the old Remedy you know is Album Graecum dried poudered and mixed with Honey to be applied as a Cataplasm outwardly and to besmear the parts withal inwardly XXVII Some affirm that the Ashes of an Owl burne in an earthen Pot being blown into the Throat are a specifick against a Quinsie softning it to admiration and breaking of it Others commend as a great Secret this Take Nitre half an Ounce Cream of Tartar one Ounce white Sugar two Ounces make each into a fine Pouder and mix them which put upon the Part leisurely to dissolve there or make a Gargarism therewith with this following Water Take Juice of Housleek one Pound Sal Armoniack half an Ounce dissolve and filter through brown Paper XXVIII I commend this following as a thing I have had great Experience of Take Wine half a Pint Tinctura Stomachica a spoonful mix and give it for a draught It dissipates the Inflammation and by its heat it discusses the Tumor at three or four times using provided it be used at the beginning If used afterwards it does good either discussing the swelling or hastning the maturation it is certainly one of the best of Remedies in this kind but at first it seems to set on fire the whole Mouth and Throat afterwards it is more moderate XXIX Among the number of the rest of the Things which I cannot enough commend our Spiritus Anticolicus has place In Extremity the Parts ought to be smeared or moistened with it with a Rag alone or you may mix a spoonful of it with three four five or six spoonfuls of Wine and gargle with it often warm viz. five or six times a day XXX When a Quinsey is in beginning the only thing and truly the best of Remedies is to take about one ounce of our Spiritus Cosmeticus in a Glass of Sack this given two or three times is indeed an admirable Remedy for it not only discusses or dissipates the Tumor but it brings on a most necessary Diaphoresis by which not only the afflux of new Matter is prevented but the Disease and all its Relicks perfectly cast off CHAP. XVI Of Deafness I. YOu ought to consider whether there be a perfect deafness or a difficulty of hearing only If the deafness be perfect so that the Patient can hear nothing no not the very beating of Drums nor the noise of Guns or Cannon the Tympanum or Drum of the Ear may be supposed to be broken and therefore the Disease to be incurable In this case you ought to attempt nothing for you will reap nothing but Disgrace But if with much gaping hollowing or making a noise the Patient can hear you there is hopes and you may hopefully make a trial II. If Deafness is either attended or begun with Pain it is either through a sharp Vapour or Matter offending the Part In this case according to the Rule of Hippocrates Sect. 4. 〈◊〉 48. you ought to evacuate by vomit For Diseases as he saith in another place are to be discharged by the part next to them and to be drawn out by that part that has a passage nearest to them In Libro de Affectibus he advises That if pain arises in the Ears to wash in much hot water and apply a fomentation to the Ears that the Phlegm may be attenuated and the pain eased but if it cease not yet an emetick Potion is then best to be used III. There are many kinds of Vomits prescribed by Physicians as the Vinum Benedictum Vinum Antimoniale Aqua Benedict a Rulands and a great many more of that kind which without doubt may be profitably given But there is no Vomit which I ever met withal has out done nay scarcely equalled my Caetharticum Argenteum which may be given from two Scruples to a Dram in a little Posset-drink or Ale or in place thereof you may give from four to six Grains of our Impetus Mineralis in a little Conserve or Syrup taking a large quantity of warm Broth after it IV. Now this is to be understood when the seat of the Phlegm and cause of the Pain is above but if it lies lower or vomiting does no good cooling things must be dropt in and that actually cold as Juice of Plantane Fumitory and the like and a Potion or Pills must be given that purge downwards Our Vinum Catharticum is here of excellent use if you give a Potion but if the Sick loaths a Potion and you desire to use Pills our Pilulae Mirabiles are admirable given from twenty Grains to half a Dram If any thing can be said to exceed them it is the Pilula Lunaris given to six Grains which I have several times given with success even in this case See these Medicines in my Phylaxa Med. Lib. 2. Cap. 59 61 62. V. You ought also to consider whether the Pain and Deafness proceeds from a hot or cold cause though what proceeds only from those simple Intemperatures seldom lasts long yet you ought to have some respect to them because hot
in this I think Galen was wholly in the wrong I am clearly of the contrary Opinion for the curdy part of Milk is only Nutritive and the greatest part of it dissolves in the Stomach into a chylous Juice God Almighty Himself seeing it the best and most innocent Nourishment even for Infanes as soon as they are Born And who dares to doubt His Wisdom whilst the oily and serous parts of it cool moisten open cleanse and make slippery the Passages XIX Now things are said to open rather in respect to their emollient attenuating and discussive Qualities than to their Diuretick because there are many things-which powerfully open Obstructions that provoke not Urine at all amongst which are most bitter Herbs and Plants which open by a Specifick Virtue as Centory Wormwood Hops Gentian Carduus Camomil and Carminatives which do it by a discussive property such are Angelica Southernwood Parsly Smallage Anniseed Cuminseed all the sorts of Pepper Cloves Nutmegs Fennelseeds Caraways Carotseeds c. And Emollients which do it by their softning and making slippery such are Oil Olive Mallows Marshmallows Lillies Spinage boiled Onions Garlick Leeks c. But the true great and chief of all Openers is Iron and the aperitive Preparations thereof which do that in a Day which none of the others will do in a Month for which purpose I commend my Tinctura Martis as one of the most famous things in the World to which may be added Tinctura ad Chlorosin an approved thing for opening the most obdurate Obstructions XX. The Matter being prepared the next thing is to cleanse the Vessels and Passages of slime filth matter sand or gravel which does or may obstruct the Passages of the Urine and this is properly done with Diureticks of which kind of Medicaments Authors admirably abound We shall not here tell you all that has been said upon that Subject but rather give you an Abstract of the choicest and most approved Experiments of that kind Take of our Tinctura Stomachica two Dra. Juice of Garlick one Dram White or Rhenish-wine six Ounces mix for a Draught I have often proved it with good success Or this Take Juice of Onions two Ounces Juice of Hydropiper half an Ounce White or Rhenish-wine eight Ounces mix for a Draught I gave this to one in extremity a Woman that had not made Water in eight or nine Days it made her make Water and gave her ease in less than an hour Take Onions four Ounces bruise them Anniseeds Caraways ana two Drams bruised Infuse them all Night in White-wine then squeeze forth the Wine and let the Sick drink it it is a singular Experiment XXI Sennertus commends Lignum Nephriticum and Lapis Nephriticus and so does Experience too Take Raspings of Lignum Nephriticum two Ounces Spring water two Pound infuse 'till the Water is blewish for twenty four or forty eight Hours then decant for three Doses Or thus Take Raspings of the Wood two Ounces Spring-water White-wine ana one Pound digest for forty eight Hours then decant or strain out the clear for use for three Doses Or thus Take Raspings of Lignum Nephriticum two Ounces Winter-Cherries bruised one Ounce White or Rhenish wine two Pound mix digest forty eight Hours and strain out for use XXII Or you may draw forth the Tincture with our Spiritus Universalis after this manner Take Raspings of Lignum Nephriticum two Ounces Spiritus Universalis one Pound digest twenty four Hours so will a substantial Tincture he drawn decant and filtre to the filtred Liquor put Alchool of Spirit of Wine one Pound digest twenty four Hours more so will the Sulphur of the Wood be drawn into the Wine which you may decant leaving the Spiritus Universalis at the bottom with which you may perform the like again Dose one Dram to two in any convenient Vehicle as Waters of Onions Parsley or Hydropiper Mead White or Rhenish-wine or the like The Lapis Nephriticus is seldom given inwardly if you do it give the levigated Pouder from one Scruple to half a Dram or two Scruples in Syrup or other fit Liquor But the usual way of using the Stone is to wear it as a Jewel being tied to the Wrist or Arm or hung about the Neck or Hip. I once knew a Lady which experimented the truth of this as long as the Stone was tied to the brawn of her Arm she had ease and voided much Gravel continually upon making Water but as soon as the Stone was removed the Gravel stopt and the pains returned and that she might be sure this was the effect of the Stone she oftentimes laid it by for experiment sake and the stoppage and pains in some few Hours would return upon the taking it off and again upon the putting it on she would have as sensible ease and freedom of passage as before XXIII Trallianus Lib. 3. Cap. 39. saith The Herb Peony in Pouder drunk with honied Wine is an excellent thing against obstruction of Urine caused by a Stone so hard as not to be broken But the Tincture drawn from the Herb with our Spiritus Universalis as above directed and then with Spirit of Wine being drunk with the said honied Wine is much more effectual After the same manner you may make a Tincture of Golden-Rod which will be no less effectual for that the Crude Herb had been proved in this case in innumerable Persons as Carolus Piso saith with happy success XXIV Zacutus Lusitanus Praxis Lib. 2. Observ. 58. saith A Man sixty Years old of a cold Constitution was cured of the Stone by Purgations made of Turpentine which he took divers ways and a daily use of a Decoction of Lignum Nephriticum by which he voided red Gravel and a Stone and was well for two Years together His Disease afterwards coming upon him again Clysters Ointments Fomentations Plasters Phlebotomy Baths were all used in vain his Urine being retained eighteen Days he began to be afflicted with the Falling-Sickness by Fits and the Sick was given over as desperate at length he took Oyl of sweet Almonds with drops of Natural Balsam I suppose he means Balsam of Peru it made him void a clammy Humor by Stool and small Gravel by Urine and continuing the use of the said Remedy he voided with Bloody Urine a Stone of the bigness of a Date-stone of a purple colour long round rough and very hard and now making Water very freely he took a greater quantity of the Oyl of sweet Almonds viz. to three Ounces and the Balsam to the quantity of half an Ounce and in the space of ten days he voided sixty five Stones hard and of the bigness and shape of Vetches And with this Remedy alone he was preserved for the future for he used every Morning to take half an Ounce of the Oyl with six drops of the said Balsam by which he voided gravelly Urine and lived many Years By this Balsam Avenzoar saith he cured a Scrivener who was at
Death's door with the Stone If you cannot get the true Balsam Zacutus advises to use instead thereof Stacte which is the precious droppings of Myrrh and comes out of the East-Indies also from Peru which saith he works rare effects In the same Observation he saith That he had many times driven out great Stones that were firmly fixed in the cavities of the Kidnies by the Water distilled out of Green Tobacco which he gave the Patient to drink XXV Platerus in Lib. 2. of his Observations tells us He cured one of the Stone with this Julep Take Pellitory-water one Ounce Fennel water Bean-flower-water Julep of Roses ana half an Ounce mix them giving the Patient to drink after a decoction of Pease Bean-shales Parsly Roots and Restharrow-Roots Another he cured by giving 1. A Clyster 2. A Narcotick 3. Pellitory and turpentine-Turpentine-water ana half an Ounce by which the Stone got into the Bladder and then into the Yard and there stopt he sate in a Bath and a little after pissed it forth And by the taking of this following Pouder twice a Week a Spoonful at a time a Patient of his voided many Stones and the continued use of it prevented the pain Take Liquorice in Pouder half an Ounce dried Peach-kernels one Ounce Anise and Fennel-seeds ana two Ounces Winter-Cherries one Dram Gromwel-seeds half a Dram Crabs-Eyes two Drams Sugar-Candy one Ounce and a half make a fine Pouder He drank after it a decoction of Pease Parsley and Bean-shales with Butter and a little Salt And in Lib. 3. of his said Observations he commends this Take Turpentine two Ounces Honey one Ounce Yolk of one Egg grind them in a Mortar together 'till they are white then add White Wine pellitory-Pellitory-water bean-flower-Bean-flower-water ana one Ounce and a half Syrup of Limons or Juice of Citrons one Ounce mix them Dose one Ounce and a half The Sick took also these Pills Take Cyprus Turpentine half an ounce Sugar-candy two Drams with Syrup of Limons make Pills Dose one Dram at a time drinking after a decoction of red Pease but while his pain was great he gave him an Opiate and sometimes a cleansing Clyster of Whey Yolks of Eggs Turpentine and Honey Platerus gave this to a Patient thrice which had his Urine stopt Take Turpentine five Drams Yolks of Eggs two Honey one Ounce Wine four Ounces By the use whereof he avoided so many Rags that he wrote to him That a torn Shirt came out of his Bladder Thus was he cured and lived many Years after sound and with the same kind of Potion he cured a French Minister who voided the Stone with the first Dose XXVI I cured a Man after he had been twelve Years troubled with the Stone and Gravel with this mixture Take Venice or Strasburgh Turpentine four Ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds six Ounces Honey two Drams melt and mix them well together it opened the Passages made him presently piss freely and brought away a great quantity of Sand and small Stones He took it Morning and Evening half an Ounce or better at a time for three Months drinking after it Arsmart-water and was perfectly cured so that for many Years after he had not the least Pain or Symptom Another I cured with this Take Strasburgh Turpentine eight Ounces Yolks of four Eggs grind them together in a Mortar 'till they are white then add Oyl of sweet Almonds four Ounces and mix them well by grinding Dose an Ounce Morning and Evening drinking a Glass of Mead after This he continued for eight or ten Weeks it continually brought away Sand and large Gravel and he was perfectly cured Salmon XXVII Bartholinus tells us That he found no ease by any Diuretick except Bean-shale-water which brought away Gravel so that saith he more may be attributed to it in bringing away the Stone than to Millepedes And saith he Egg-shells are given with singular success after the Chickens are Hatched either to break or expel the Stone this Lithontriptick being reckoned among Secrets of this kind For this purpose Ludovicus Mercatus commends the Flower and Seed of Star-Thistle as a thing highly in request for purging and cleansing the Reins and Bladder daily experience saith he still confirming it giving two Ounces of the distilled Water in the Morning Fasting but an Essence of the whole Plant as we have taught in Chap. 5. Sect. 35 and 37 aforegoing is much better XXVIII Augenius in his Medicinal Epistles Lib. 12. Ep. 1 and 2 saith He has cured near six hundred of the Stone by this following Syrup giving three Ounces at a time with six Ounces of the decoction of Eringo for fifteen days together five hours before Dinner Universals being premised Take Saxifrage Knee-holly Eringo Lovage Restharrow Anise Fennel Parsly Grass ana half an Ounce Horse-Radish Roots two Ounces Leaves of Betony Burnet Marsh-Mallows Nettles Penny-royal Rocket Calamint Knot-grass Pellitory of the Wall ana M. qu. Winter-Cherries twenty Sebestens fifteen Seeds of Basil Burdock Parsly Seseli Millet ana three Ounces Bark of the Bay-Tree Root Liquorice ana three Drams Water five Quarts boyl 'till three Quarts only remain strain and with Honey two Pound Sugar four Pound make a Syrup and aromatize it with Cinnamon one Ounce Nutmegs half an Ounce Probably it may do good there is no Argument against Experience yet it looks like a hotch-potch of all together XXIX Crato in Consiliis saith That he prefers Eringo Roots candied or steeped in White-wine and Syrup of the Juice of Speedwel before all though saith he I am not Ignorant that the Roots of Brier and Restharrow do much good when the Stone is manifest And for the pain in the Kidneys caused by the Stone there is nothing saith he better than a Decoction of Speedwel or the Inspissate Juice thereof But an Essence of the Plant crude as we have directed in Chap. 5. Sect. 35 and 37 much transcends them both XXX Fresh Oyl of Hasle-nuts by expression given to three Ounces at a time every day for some time is commended as an excellent thing and a certain Physician attests That by the daily use thereof he has seen several Stones voided The same probably may be done with expressed Oyl of sweet Almonds as also with the expressed Oyl of Wall-nuts but more with the expressed Oyl of Orange Limon or Citron Kernels Outwardly also to anoint with this following Oyl it is of good use Take Oyl of Scorpions four Ounces Oyl of bitter Almonds one Ounce Palm Oyl six Drams Oyl of Juniper-berries half an Ounce mix them and anoint the region of the Loyns therewith Morning and Evening XXXI With this following Remedy I have done almost Miracles in expelling Sand Gravel and Stones out of both Reins and Bladder Take Balsamum Copaybae or as we call it Capivi four Ounces Yolks of Eggs four Oyl of sweet Almonds Honey ana three Ounces Oyl of Juniper berries one Dram Grind all together in a Glass Mortar 'till they are perfectly mixed and
keep the Mixture for use Dose from six Drams to an Ounce every Night going to Bed drinking after it three Ounces of the Essence of Speedwel in a Glass of Rhenish-wine and Sugar Salmon XXXII Beverovicius de Calculo Cap. 12. saith That when the ways are loosned I suppose he means with Oily and Mucilaginous things nothing is more effectual to remove the Stone than one Dram of Sal Prunellae to be given in Rhenish-wine warm by which Medicine alone saith he I have often brought away the Stone of the Bladder from Children Crabs-Eyes are of tenuious Parts and Diuretick they break the Stone and force it away by Urine especially the Liquor of them which prepared after this manner is best Take Crabs-Eyes finely poudred two Ounces Acetum Terebinthinatum four Ounces stop and digest for a Night in hot Ashes the next Day decant what is clear and pour on as much more repeating this work so often 'till all the Pouder is dissolved These Liquors filterate and evaporate to dryness and the Salt will remain at bottom which dissolve in a Cellar into Liquor per deliquium Dose gut ten or twelve in Horse Radish Water or some such like This Liquor is much more efficacious than the Crabs-Eyes in substance XXXIII Quercetan his Nephritick-water is of great account and it is thus made Take Juice of Horse-Radish of Limons ana one Pound and a half Waters of Betony Saxifrage Wild Tansey Vervain ana one Pound Hydromel Malmsey ana two Pound Juniper-berries three Ounces Seeds of Millet great Burdock Nettles Onions Anise Fennel ana one Ounoe and a half of the four greater cold Seeds Marsh-mallows ana six Drams burnt Egg-shells Cinnamon ana three Drams Cloves two Drams digest all four or five days in a gentle Balneo then strain out and distill in Ashes He says this Water does wonders in the Stone and against suppression of Urine Dose from two Drams to an Ounce He adds a Dram of two sorts of Lithontriptick Species to the Composition but the smalness of the proportion to the former large quantity signifies but little I am of Opinion the Juice of Limons alone depurated without that specious preparation or given in Malmsey-wine as Guarinonius advises may be as good it is found by experience effectually to purge and cleanse the Reins and to give help to many and that without any harm to the Stomach especially if sheathed with Honey or Sugar XXXIV Brannerus de Calculo commends the following Syrup as an excellent Remedy leaving no calculous Matter behind in the Kidnies if after Purging two Spoonfuls of it be taken at a time in the Morning Fasting Take Juice of Speedwell one Pound Juice of Ground Ivy six Ounces of Purslane three Ounces mix and make a Syrup with Honey one Pound and a half Both Helmont and Faber commend the Liquor of the Birch-Tree which we call Birch-wine as a Remedy that does not only expel the Stone and Gravel but also prevents the Bleeding thereof XXXV Riverius saith The Ashes of Egg-shells given from half a Dram to one Dram in White-wine powerfully expels the Stone lodged in the passages of the Urine So also the Salt of Bean-Cods and Stalks of which half a Dram in White-wine operates after a wonderful manner Also Tartar Vitriolate given in the same Dose Spirit of Salt is also praised some drops of it being taken in the Morning Fasting in Broth or some other Liquor as Wine Decoction of Eringo c. He commends this Potion not a little Take Strawberry and saxifrage-Saxifrage-waters ana two Ounces White wine six Ounces Oyl of sweet Almonds two Ounces Spirit of Vitriol one Dram mix for three Doses to be given six Hours one after another Take Sal Prunellae Crystals of Tartar Pouder of Ivy-berries and Leaves of Cresses ana partes equales with some proper Syrup make Pills of which take one Dram every Morning Fasting XXXVI AEtius Sextus Platonicus and Guarinonius do all of them commend a Hare baked in an Oven 'till it is dry then poudred but Poterius saith the Ashes of a Hare given from one to two Drams in Wine is profitable to expel the Stone some say to dissolve it as also to prevent its breeding for the future made into Pills with Turpentine it is indeed of good use The Pouder of Deers-blood given to one Dram is commended to expel the Stone as Hoferus affirms Motherwort and the Roots of Vervain in Pouder or the Essence of those Plants prepared as we have taught in Chap. 5. Sect. 35 and 37. and drank with White-wine or Mead a little warmed are incredible Remedies in removing all things that hinder the passage of the Urine as Hofman and Marquardus say XXXVII For Medicines given Clyster-wise Fontanus commends the Decoction of Millet given to half a Pint but without doubt it may be much more effectual if half an Ounce of Turpentine be added to it being first ground with the Yolk of an Egg to open its body XXXVIII Zecchius in his Consultations commends yea says nothing is better to bring away the Stone in the Kidnies than warm Water or Veal or Mutton or Chicken-broth five or six Ounces being drunk pretty warm Morning and Evening before Eating And the great heat of the Reins will be taken away which is the essicient cause of the pains of the Stone returning if boyled Water to the quantity of seven or eight Ounces be drank before Meals twice a day for nothing renders the Kidnies so free from Recrements and so temperate and their fiery heat is at length extinguished with the warm Water so that they can never after breed the Stone If to what our Author here says you add to each Draught half a Dram of Salt of Tartar or pure Nitre it will in my Opinion be much more effectual because those Salts do in some measure direct the Water to the parts afficted If also it be sweetned with Honey the Medicament will be still the better for that it will less disaffect the Stomach which in some People it will be apt to do Salmon XXXIX Saxonia in prescribing some familiar Purge for such as are troubled with the Stone mightily discommends the use of Cassia whether for Prevention or Revulsion Petrus Pigray Lib. 7. Cap. 4. says That Cassia agrees very ill with those that are troubled with the Stone Others say that Cassia has increased the Disease and that the heat of Urine always followed the taking of it Fabritius Hildanus tells us That two Ounces of Cassia being given one in a continual Fever it raised such a Flux of Urine that for three days together he made his Urine so hot every time that he thought a red hot Wire had been drawn through his Yard XL To all this we answer 1 That very famous Physicians no ways inferior to the former have constantly used Cassia with very good success Platerus scarcely gave any thing in the Stone without it and often gave it mixt with Manna And the learned
Compounds you may see in our Phylaxa Medicinae Lib. 1. and 2. Salmon LXI In a hot Cause and Constitution Barbet gives this Take Roots of Al theae one Ounce Liquorice two Drams Mallow-Leaves M. ij Melon-seeds half an Ounce boyl them in Barley-water in a Quart of the Colature dissolve Syrup of Corn Poppies two Ounces raw Crabs-Eyes bruised one Dram mix them Dose two Ounces three or four times a Day Or thus Take rose-Rose-water Strawberry and purslane-Purslane-water ana one Ounce Prophylactick-water Cinnamon water ana half an Ounce raw Crabs Eyes bruised one Scruple Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Fernelius his Syrupus de Altheae one Ounce mix them and let it be given by Spoonfuls LXII In a cold Cause and Constitution Take Roots of Rest harrow white Saxifrage ana one Ounce Liquorice half an Ounce Goats blood six Drams Crabs-Eyes bruised Nutmegs Cinnamon ana one Ounce Saffron three Drams Cloves two Drams Strasburgh Turpentine one Pound Spirit of Malmsey-wine five pound the Ingredients being cut and bruised digest fourteen days then distil in B. M. Dose one Ouuce Fasting and twice or thrice a day besides Barbet also saith That Cochinele being taken in fine Pouder in Rhenish-wine to one Scruple is a pleasant and sweet Medicine and of great efficacy LXIII Deckers advises the following Pouder Take Mustard-seed Tartar Vitriolate ana one Dram and a half Crabs-Eyes Salt of Bean-stalks of Broom of Rest-harrow of Pidgeons Dung ana one Dram mix and make a Pouder Dose from one Scruple to half a Dram in parsly-Parsly-water The Tincture of the Nephritick Stone is also very good but it is no where described but Moebius has this preparation Take Pouder of the Nephritick Stone put upon it rectified Spirit of Salt digest and there will be a green Tincture Dose from six Drops to twelve or twenty in Wine or proper Water Seeds of Violets are very convenient because they purge and expel the Stone especially if they be used in an Emulsion and is called by Schroder the Nephrocathartick Emulsion it is much commended both by Crato and Hartman and is a good thing against suppression of Urine LXIV Spiritus Acetosae Mineralis Take Tartar Vitriolate one Ounce Julep of Roses one Pound Cinnamon-water four Ounces mix them Dose two Ounces 't is an excellent thing Or Take Tartar Vitriolate one Ounce Radish-water one Pound Juice of Limons two Ounces Syrup of Corn-Poppies and de Altheae ana one Ounce Crabs-Eyes two Drams mix them Dose two Ounces Also Spirit of Juniper-berries affused upon Rob of Elder and Juniper and digested becomes of a pleasant red Colour and in Taste like Malmsey-wine and is truly a Medicine of great efficacy So also a Nephritick Liquor made of Nitre and Sal Gem calcin'd and dissolved per deliquium is a Nephritick of singular use LXV The Urinary Laudanum of Michael Take Spanish Juice of Liquorice dissolved in Winter-cherry-water one Ounce and a half Camphire one Dram Saffron four Scruples Winter-cherries half an Ounce Gum Tragacanth Mastick ana one Dram and a half Laudanum Opiatum two Drams mix them It is much commended for a peculiar Quality of provoking Urine opening Obstructions and expelling the same Michael his Nephritick Liquor Take Lynx-stone Jews-stone Nephritick-stone Sponge Crystal Crabs-Eyes ana q. v. dissolve them in rectified Spirit of Salt filtre the Solutions and distil to dryness so have you at bottom a coagulated Nephritick Liquor LXVI 〈◊〉 his Lithontriptick Pouder Take Crabs-Eyes prepared Goats-blood prepared ana one Dram and a half Jews-stone Nephritick-stone ana one Dram Pikes-Eyes Millet-seed ana two Scruples Crystals of Tartar half a Dram Salt of Tartar one Scruple mix and make a Pouder Dose from half a Dram to one Dram in any appropriate Water LXVII Forrestus his Decoction which some say exceeds all other things Take Red Tares three Ounces Barley hull'd two Drams Seeds of Marsh Mallows Mallows ana three Drams of the four greater cold Seeds ana one Dram fat Figgs nine Sebestens seven Liquorice scraped six Drams fair Water one Pound and a half boil 'till half be consumed then strain for an Apozem These Pills also are esteemed Take Pouder of Millepedes Crabs-Eyes Jews-stone ana one Dram Turpentine two Drams mix and make Pills Dose from half a Dram to one Dram every Morning Fasting Deckers his Apozem is yet better Take spring-Spring-water three Pound red Vetches hull'd Barley ana two Drams Liquorice bruised Juniper-berries bruised ana one Ounce Seeds of Daucus Violets white Poppies Nettles Mallows ana half an Ounce fat Figgs nine Sebestens seven boil to a Quart strain and dissolve therein Syrups of Corn Poppies of the five opening Roots of Diacnicu ana one Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniack one Dram mix them Dose six Ounces twice or thrice a Day dropping into it at taking 2 or three Drops of the Juniperated Balsam of Sulphur LXVIII The same Deckers commends this Mixture Take parsly-Parsly-water two Ounces Fennel and Treacle-water ana one Ounce Spirit of Vinegar half an Ounce Crabs-Eyes one Dram Oyl of Juniper-berries six Drops Spirit of Nitre one Scruple Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Syrup of the five Roots or rather Syrup of Corn Poppies one Ounce mix them If the same be great this Emulsion may be given Take Hull'd Barley boil'd 'till it cracks two Ounces sweet Almonds blancht Violet-seeds ana half an Ounce white Poppy-seeds one Ounce with a sufficient quantity of Barley-water make an Emulsion to twenty four Ounces of which add Diacodium Syrup of Corn Poppies ana one Ounce mix them He also commends to all the Spirit of Sal Armoniack given in Rhenish-wine or some Diuretick Spirit or Water as a Specifick Medicine not only to prevent but to cure the Stone if brittle or easie to be broken Universals being given before-hand LXIX Junken Medicus Pars 2. Sect. 1. Cap. 18. prescribes this Take Strawberries fresh gathered a Gallon Winter-cherries half a Pound Horse-Radish Roots scraped two Pound Daucus-seeds half a Pound Juice of Birch or Birch-wine twenty four Pound mix and distil in B. M. Dose frome one Ounce to three with Syrup de Althaea half an Ounce sweet Spirit of Nitre ten or twelve Drops Or thus Take ripe Strawberries four Pound Winter-cherries two Pound Malaga-wine two Pound Juniper-water of Parsly-roots ana two Pound Ground-Ivy white Saxifrage-roots ana one Ounce Peach-kernels two Ounces digest in a Vessel close stopt for a Month then distil Dose from a Spoonful to four in the Morning Fasting it is said both to preserve from and cure the Stone Again Take Crabs-Eyes Sperma Coeti ana half a Scruple Volatile Salt of Amber six Grains mix for a Dose and to be often repeated Or thus Take Wild Bryar Seeds half an Ounce Crabs Eyes pure Nitre ana one Ounce mix them Dose one Dram. Or thus Take Crabs Eyes one Scruple Volatile Salt of Amber six Grains Laudanum Opiatum one Grain or two mix them for a Dose Again Take Malaga-Wine one Quart Opium in pouder Salt
Bowels but even from the Brain it self Salmon VII Alterative Remedies for the same Nothing is better than our Powers of Rosemary Amber and Spir. Antiasthmaticus given as directed in our Phylaxa Salmon CHAP. III. Of AGVES I. A rare Secret to Cure all Agues whatsoever TAke Venice Turpentine half an ounce incorporate it with as much Camphire and Mastick beaten into fine Powder as will make it into a Plaister then take of it and spread it on a piece of Sheeps Leather cut round and lay it on the Stomach and Navel pretty warm a day before the Fit cometh Probat II. Against an Ague Take Posset-drink a pint and half put into it nine heads of Carduus boyl it 'till half be wasted to every quarter of a Pint put in a quarter of a Spoonful of gross Pepper stir it well and take half a Pint an Hour before the Fit cometh and be sure to Sweat him in his Bed upon the taking of it III. A Plaister against an Ague Take a piece of Leather pricked full of Holes spread it over with Venice-Turpent and on that spread all over Rue and Frankincense beaten into Powder of each a like quantity then bind it to the Wrist a little before the Fit cometh and let it lie 'till the Fit be gone IV. Against a Tertian Ague Take at the coming of the cold Fit half a Pint of expressed Juice of Germander for Germander is styled by Physicians the Scourge of a Fever V. Against all burning and pestilential Fevers Take of the Herb Fluellin cut small and infuse it twenty four Hours in White Wine then Distil it and drink of this Distilla ion with three four five or six Drops of Oyl of Vituol in every Draught when Thirsty This hath cured Old and Young that took it VI. An Excellent Process to Cure all Quotidian Tertiane Pestilential and Burning Fevers and Agues Take Aloes three drachms Myrrh one drachm Saffron half a drachm Sugar three drachms beat them well together then infuse them in a pint of White Wine over Night and give it two several Mornings half a pint at a time to purge with And for ordinary Drink when-thirsty use this Take White-Wine-Vinegar half a pint Rose-water Conduit or Fountain Water ana one Pint seeth them together with a Pound of Sugar VII Sleep to procure in an Ague If he want Sleep Take Syrup of white Poppy one ounce distilled Water of Lettice Sal Prunella 15. grains mix them and take it at Night for Sleep cools the Body and prevents motion and Motion is one of the principal Causes of heat VIII An Ague with a sore Mouth to Heal. If the Mouth be sore take of red Sage grosly cut one handful of French Barley beaten Roach Allom ana one ounce Boyl all these together in a pint and a half of Spring-water then duleifie it before it be cold with Honey and therewith wash the Mouth and gargle the Throat IX Against a new Ague Take one drachm of pine Tobacco in the Leaf infuse it all Night in half a pint of White-Wine then strain it and drink it fasting two Hours after it This will purge Phlegm and Choler throughly X. Against a burning Feaver Take Water distilled from Wall-nuts a Week or two before Mid-Summer and give of that Water one ounce and a half at a time an Hour before the Fit It Cures XI An Excellent Julep in all Fevers Take Poppy-water four ounces of prune-Prune-water Juice of Oranges Syrup of Gilly-flowers two ounces a few drops of Spirit of Vitriol mix them and let the Patient drink two or three spoonfuls at a time often XII A Specifick against all manner of Agues Take Quin-quina or Jesuits Bark two Drachms beat it into Powder just about the time of using it Infuse it in a good Draught of Claret or other Generous Wine for the space of two Hours then give the Patient both Liquor and Powder at once as they lye in Bed Some advise to give it as the Fit is coming others as the Fit is going off the latter way is best if the Sick be very weak Salmon XIII Another Remedy for the same If you give my Catharticum Argenteum to forty fifty sixty or one hundred Drops according as the Patient is in Age and strength as I have directed in my Phylaxa Medicinae Lib. 1. Cap. 3. and continue it for five or six times taking it will go near to Cure any Ague whatsoever more especially if after such universal Purging you give either my Guttae Vitae or my Volatile Laudanum in such due Dose as in my said Phylaxa is prescribed about three Hours before the coming of the Fit so as the Sick may be in a good Sweat about the coming of the cold Fit by this means used five or six times the Ague goes off and comes no more I scarce ever fail of Curing an Ague by this method Salmon XIV Agues Cured by another Medicine I have Cured hundreds of Agues exactly by the former method except only that instead of the Catharticum Argenteum I have used either my Tabulae Emeticae or Vomiting Lozenges Or my Vinum Emeticum and sometimes some other proper Emeticks and Catharticks alternately But before either Quin-quina or Opiates be given if you would do like an Artist you ought to premise Universal Cleansers Salmon XV. A violent burning Feaver with Vomiting and Bloody Flux Where the Disease has been long the Patient wasted and brought as it were to Death's door there is nothing in the World better than our Pulvis Antifebriticus mentioned in Phylaxa Medic. Lib. 1. Cap. 45. You may give it to half a drachm or a drachm in any convenient Vehicle an Hour and half before the coming of the Fit Salmon XVI Agues chiefly Quartans Cured by the following Arcanum Rolfinc Lib. 5. Sect. 6. Cap. 12. Take Leaf-gold a drachm dissolve it in Aqua Regis Glass of Antimony a drachm dissolve it in Aqua Fortis Quick-silver six Drachms dissolve it in Aqua Fortis mix these Solutions together and Distil them by an Alembick cohobating twelve times at last to the Powder left in the bottom put Spirit of Wine which abstract from it six times then Calcine it upon a Tile or in a Hascican Crucible in a Circulary Fire so have you one of the best Remedies for an Ague chiefly a Quartane yet commonly known Take of this Powder six Grains Scammony twelve Grains mix for a Dose give it in the Morning the day before the Fit or in the Morning the same day if the Fit falls towards Night Salmon XVII Riverius his Ague Frighter Take Flowers of Antimony thrice sublimed with Sal Armoniack and Dulcified Perlucid Hyacinth Glass of Antimony ana half an Ounce Aqua Fortis made of Nitre and Alum 4 Ounces Praecipitate the said Antimony in the said Water Again Take Quicksilver revived from Cinabar six Ounces Aqua Fortis made of Nitre Alum and Vitriol q. s. in which dissolve and praecipitate the Mercury Take also fine Leaf-Gold one
accompanied with a Feaver in which cases as also in an Inflamation of the Colon this Remedy never fails XXIX This is also to be noted That where there is occasion of using my volatile Laudan Guttoe Vitoe new London Treacle or any other of that kind that they ought to be used while there is yet strength For if they be used when the Forces are wasted and the sick consumed or near death they will not only do hurt but also hasten the Patient's death taking away Life and Sense together Nor ought they to be given by any means if the Pulses be low languid and weak Yet if they be at all used they ought to be applied externally or only used in a Clyster in a proper Vehicle and the Clyster being given the sick to lie on the pained side Salmon XXX They are also most effectual if taken after Universals as proper and fit Emeticks or Catharticks or both such as we have before described And without these Preparatives they ought not indeed to be taken Salmon XXXI Authors say Clysters should first be given as of Oils alone from six Ounces to a Pound which the sick is to keep all night If evacuation of Excrements follow not that then exhibit five Ounces of fat Manna dissolv'd in Broth aromatiz'd with Cinnamon or other Spices for that by its softness moistness and subtilty of parts loosens and penetrates and by softning expels the Excrements If this does not Oil may be given again from six or seven Ounces to a Pound When the Excrements are brought away purge with this Take Sena an Ounce Aniseeds bruised a Dram and half Salt of Tartar one Dram Juice of Liquorice half a Dram spring-Spring-water a Pint make an Infusion over a gentle beat for twelve or sixteen hours and strain it out for four Doses This will effectually cleanse the Bowels and take away all the Excrements or remaining morbifick matter Or instead thereof you may use our Tinctura Aured from half an Ounce to a whole Ounce at a time till the whole Cause is removed Salmon XXXII Should the Disease yet return and the Cholick pains be violent there is a necessity of having recourse to Opiates You may give them from 2 to 4 or 6 grains of our Volatile Laudanum after which give this Take of our Spiritus Cosmeticus a spoonful or spoonful and half choice Canary six spoonfuls to eight mix them to be given immediately after and the whole Region the Abdomen is to be bathed with our Spiritus Anodinus And these things are so much the better if the Constitution be hot But if cold the morbifick matter is made thicker and the Disease becomes yet more stubborn XXXIII When the Bowels or their Tunicles are thus afflicted with a gross tough and cold matter heating things ought to be used whether they be Cathartick or Alterative only In this case you may purge with this Take of our Tinctura Aurea from half an Ounce to an ounce Powers of Anniseeds half an ounce mix them with a Glass of White-wine or Ale for a Dose An Alterative Essence of Garlick is an admirable thing for it exceedingly heats warms discusses Wind profoundly and withal prevents the breeding and increase of the cold flegmatick Humor XXXIV To make the Essentia Allii or Essence of Garlick of so great use in this case Take a large quantity of Garlick beat it well in a Marble Mortar and reduce it to an impalpable Pap as much as you can put it into a long-neck'd Matrass or large Bolt-head which seal up hermetically or otherwise well close it set it to digest in Horse-dung or a Sand-heat of equal strength for forty days Then open the Vessel take out the matter which will most of it be reduced into a slimy Liquor strain out the thinner part by pressing Digest again in a little Sand-heat or rather in B. M. that there may be a residence of the grosser parts The thinner separate by inclination which perfectly purifie by adding to every quart of the Liquor from half an Ounce to a whole Ounce of its own fixt Salt or for want of the same as much Salt of Tartar digest again for forty days then separate the pure from the impure and keep the Essence for use in a Glass close stopt It will keep a long time and be as it were incorruptible Dose from half a spoonful to one or two spoonfuls or more The Essences of Plants made after this manner will be transparent either of an Emrald green or of a red Oriental Granate according to the quality and quantity of Salt Sulphur and Mercury predominating in each Plant. Salmon XXXV To make the Essentia Apii or Essence of Smallage which is a specifick in this Disease Take a great quantity of Smallage when in Flower beat it well as aforesaid digest in a long-neck'd Matrass for forty days close stopt in a Sand-heat strain out the thin by pressing Digest again in a very gentle Sand-heat or B. M. to make a farther separation Separate the thinner by inclination which perfectly purifie by adding to each pint of Liquor from two Drachms to half an Ounce of its own fixt Salt or for want of it as much Salt of Tartar digest again for forty days then separate the purely clear and keep it close stopt for use Dose from a spoonful to two or three spoonfuls or more in a Glass of Wine This is a Medicament not enough to be valued Salmon XXXVI These Essences thus drawn from the whole Plant or its parts are purified and exalted until they arrive to the nature of their first Being which will eminently posses all the central Virtues of their mixt for here Art and Nature in this Preparation have preserved all the seminal Powers with which it was endowed and these Essences contain in themselves all the efficacy and Virtues of the Plants of which they are made The addition of the Salt of the Plant not only adds to its virtue but it also causes to separate all the heterogeneous and slimy matter which did hinder the exaltation and perfection of the Medicine and brings it to the highest clarity and purity imaginable If three or four Ounces of white Sugar be added to every Pint of the Essence it will not only help to its conservation but also be more pleasant to the Patient And withal if you put a little Spirit of Wine or instead of the Sugar five or six Ounces of our Syrupus Volatilis the Preparation will not be the worse for it Note also these Essences may be given in Wine Water Broth or Decoction as the sick best likes They restore decayed strength and bring Nature back again into its old path for the health and preservation of the Body Salmon XXXVII The Essence of Peach-leaves Take Peach-Leaves long before the Fruit is ripe so many as by supposition you may have six Quarts of juice from beat them well as before digest all according to the former method for forty days
to the flux of the Humor to the sore or raw parts Elder Persons may take my Laudanum Volatile from three to six Grains beginning with the smaller Dose first They that cannot swallow a Pill may take ten or twelve Grains of my new London Treacle in any fit Vehicle These things thicken the fluid acid so that it cannot approach with that violence to the diseased parts IX But whereas Opiates strangely disagree with some People my Tinctura ad Catarrhos answers all the Intentions both of sweetening and stopping the flux of the said Humour and it may be given even to Children with a world of safety and security from half a Dram to one or two in any proper Liquor which the Child will take See it in my Phylaxa Medic. Lib. 2. Cap. 9. Sect. 2. c. X. If an Epilepsie or Convulsion be present or feared you may give with it from ten Grains to fifteen or twenty of Cinnabar of Antimony or from six Grains to twelve of the native Cinnabar levigated into a very subtil Pouder purging presently after with some of the things before named XI If the Child be taken with a vomiting withal it certainly shews the foulness and dissaffection of the Stomach and then you must cleanse it with the most innocent Gilla Theophrasti or the Salt of Vitriol given to fifteen or twenty Grains which has this Property in it not only to cleanse the Ventricle of the sharp and acid Humor causing the Thrush but also even to heal the places already raw And in those of ripe years it is a most admirable thing if given from two Scruples to a Dram in Broth or some such-like XII Sylvius de le Boe saith be prefers a metallick or mineral Sulphur fixt above all in comparison of which nothing saith he that I have hitherto tried does so kindly certainly speedily and safely restrain those vicious effervescencies But what those Sulphurs are or how in his sense to be prepared he has no-where told us I am well satisfied that the Sulphur of Antimony if well made is a most admirable thing But then it must be given to Men and not to Infants Truly I cannot tell whether it may safely be given to Children in any Dose whatsoever or no especially as it is now made There is a Sulphur of Antimony that I know which may be so prepared as it may be given to little ones without danger but that is no where to be sold that I can tell of XIII Among the rest of the ordinary Remedies Lac Sulphuris is no mean thing and it may be given to Infants as well as to elder Persons with a very great advantage XIV Topicks must be also used to the mouth throat and afflicted parts among which elder Persons may use this Take white Vitriol Roch Alum one Scruple Plantane or Spring-water four Ounces mix dissolve and sweeten with Sugar for a Gargarism But Children to whom it cannot so easily be used must have the juice of baked Turneps to wash withal or swallow down or the juice of Parsneps baked with Milk These things are Balsams in their kind and besides their healing Property have a faculty of sweetning and taking off the edge of the acid XV. Moreover you may if you please sweeten these Juices with Honey or Syrup of Roses both which still contribute to the healing of the sore and raw mouth And if the Child has discretion enough it ought to hold the same in its mouth for some time And to these things you may add Syrups of Violets Jujubes Liquorice Lettuce juice of Purslane c for that they all blunt as it were the edge of the sharp Humor and withal contribute to healing XVI But that which is more observable and remarkable but only for Persons of ripe years is the use of Spirit of Wine or pure Brandy for that only held in the mouth and sometimes Gargled with for two or three minutes at a time and that four or five times a day and then spit out certainly heals and cures the afflicted parts to a miracle And though it may smart much at first it is vehement but for a while viz. for the first two or three times using of it afterwards it is easier and at length the parts are as it were pleased and refreshed with the use thereof and in the end it perfectly heals them And this it does not do only from its balsamick Property but also as it is an Alcaly and absorbs the acid in the Ulcer XVII Sylvius commends the Yolk of an Egg mixt with a little Rose-water and Sugar for that it draws to it the acid Humour that hurts the Stomach and so by degrees 〈◊〉 the parts affected and promotes the falling of the Thrush you may use it as the Turnep and Parsnep-Juice Concerning both which Juices you are to note this That they correct the evil Ferment both in Stomach and small Guts whereby the acid effervescency is hindred and the Disease the sooner cured XVIII While the Thrush is ripening to wit gradually falling from the afflicted parts a new Cuticle grows under it and covers the place and although this follows of its own accord by the Benefit of the Medicines now commended yet it will be promoted by Syrup of Red Roses Honey of Roses and the like Also Powder of fine Bole Terra Sigillata Crabs Eyes c. mixt with fair Water and Sugar or Honey and held for some time in the mouth promote the healing XIX This is also observable That as in the curing of other Ulcers Driers are used so on the contrary much spitting is good here as if the Patient was in a Flux for then it is cured with the more speed and ease In other Ulcers things that temper the acid Acrimony and then dry are used In this you must use such things as may temper the said Acid but withal moisten XX. AEtius commends Galls beaten and boiled in Water the strained Decoction made into a thick Syrup with Honey being rubbed upon the place it is good Others commend a Decoction of Cinquefoil Roots You may also if you please use the Leaves too A Decoction of Savory in Wine is said to do it in two or three days If it be malignant Hercules Saxonia used Lixivium of Tartar or Vitriol-Water by which he conquered them Joel first washes the part well then lays on this Take Honey of Roses half an Ounce Oil of Vitriol one Dram mix and make a Liniment This he says is a present Remedy whether in old or young XXI Goclenius advises for a Thrush in children this Take Roch Alum Sugar ana half an Ounce boil in Plantane water add Juice of Mulberries a sufficient quantity mix and wash the mouth often with it But Riverius saith that the best and only Remedy is Spirit of Vitriol or Sulphur if there be no Inflammation which in those that are grown may be used alone Dip a little Cotton bound to the end of a stick in it and give
means a great quantity of the acid Humor causing the Pain and coagulating the approximate Juices inducing the Deafness will be taken in a great measure away and that is done many times with one Blister which forty Purges and Vomits would not so well accomplish the Success of which having often tried this means I could not but commend to the Consideration of Artists XVIII Whatever Medicines you put into the Ear be sure they be warm unless some great occasion require the contrary but not very hot because the natural temperature of the Ear is cold and dry And be sure you put no new Medicine in 'till they are cleansed from the filth of the former The Sick ought to lie on the contrary side and the Medicament put in ought not to exceed four or five drops at a time The less unctuous the Medicament is so much the better for when it is gotten into the Labyrinth of the Ear it comes not easily out again Things more subtil and spirituous are much to be preferred in this case because they do their Work and then go away in Vapor XIX Dropping in Things into the Ears may do but syringing is much better provided it be done with a fit Instrument and a skilful Hand You ought not to syringe violently but leisurely lest by such a violence the Tympanum should be broke which would cause an incurable Deafness Moreover you ought to be very careful how you apply Topicks 'till Universals are premised though the afflux of the evil Humors be first abated XX. The passage of the Ear being very sensible you must be careful that you use not sharp Things yet Wallaeus boldly attempted the use of Unguentum 〈◊〉 and he saith that therewith he cured a sore Ear that ran with purulent Matter for the space of eight years And Petrus Johannes Faber saith That Nitre dissolved in strong Vinegar and often dropped into the Ears quickly cures any ringing or noise in them XXI Galen advises Opium dissolved to be put into the Ear and Paulus dissolves it in Milk for that purpose But these may be dangerous If an Opiate be required there is nothing better of that kind than our Guttae Vitae or Spiritus Anodynus for by reason of the heat of the Spirit and other Things joined with the Opium the Optate can do no hurt whereas otherwise it might stupifie and much encrease the Deafness and may destroy the Instruments of Hearing However Opiates of any kind must be given if the Sick be in danger of death by the Pain because the saving of the Life of a Patient is much greater than the Hurt should it be a total and perpetual Deafness XXII If 't is certain there is an Aposteme Authors say You may use Juice of Crowfoot 't is much commended but 't is scarcely safe because 't is very hot and corrosive If the Bone that is covered with the thin Membrane be comes carious after such Suppuration you must often drop into the Ear Spirit of Wine mixt with Honey of Roses Marcellus saith That Cows Milk two Ounces mixt with Honey one Ounce being dropt into the Ear and the Ear stopt presently with Wool or Cotton will wonderfully heal the Ulcer yea though it were cancerous XXIII Crato's Medicine for a Noise and Tingling of the Ears Take bitter Almonds blanched an Ounce White Hellebore Castoreum ana two Drams Costus one Dram and half Rue two Scruples Euphorbium half a Dram boil all in a sufficient quantity of Water for an hour over a gentle Fire then strain and drop of it warm into the Ear three or four times a day XXIV Sennertus advises to this Take Ox-Gall Goats Gall Juice of Onions ana four Ounces Vinegar Twelve Ounces mix and put them over a Chafing-dish of good live Coals and let the boiling Fume be taken up the Ear through a Funnel XXV A Deafness which had been of many years continuance I cured with the Powers of Anniseedss dropping them into the Ear but I purg'd the Patient four times with my Pilulae Mirabiles and drew several Blisters both behind the Ears and on other Places adjacent thereto XXVI A poor Man had lost his Hearing as some thought by the Pox falling into an Empericks hand he cured him by fluxing him with the following Medicine Take Turbith Mineral eight Grains Mithridate one Dram mix for a Dose It raised an effectual Flux which continued twenty four Days after which the Patient heard as well as ever he did in all his life Some may wonder at the Success because that some have wholly lost their Hearing or had it mightily depraved by this kind of Operation But this is not to be wondred at since that in some Bodies such Sulphurs abound as are not only able to fix the Mercury but also to condense or coagulate it which mixt with the Humors as it will be if much of it be used coagulates or thickens all the morbifick Matter contained in the part whereby the Organs or Passages are more firmly obstructed than before and a perpetual Deafness succeeds CHAP. XVII Of BUBOES I. A Bubo is a Swelling of the Glandules whether in the Throat Arm-pits or Groin and they proceed either 1. simply from the afflux of Humours caused by Cold or some other Matter 2. Or are complicate with Poyson and Venom as in the Plague or Pestilence and French Disease II. If it be a simple Bubo and indeed let it arise from what Cause soever whether simple or complicate if there be any hope of its breaking you must wholly desist from Purging and Vomiting for those Operations destroy the End of the Bubo since Nature thrustsout the offending Matter by those Emunctories and the nature of Vomiting and Purging is to draw from the Circumference to the Centre whereby the Bubo is hindred from rising and coming to its perfection In all these Cases Natures End in thrusting forth the Bubo ought to be promoted which is best done by a sudorisick means inwardly given and strong Attractives and Suppuratives mixed outwardly III. In order to this end you may give some few Gr. of our Laudanum Volatile or our Guttae Vitae or if for some particular Reasons Opiates are not to be given the Diaphoresis is to be promoted with Antimonium Diaphoreticum or Bezoar Minerale or with some more powerful Medicine as is Mercurius Sudorificus or our Angelus Mineralis or Angelick Pills or you may compound something after this manner Take of our New London Treacle twelve Grains Bezoar Mineralis sixteen Grains mix for a Dose Or this Take of our Antidote one Scruple Antimonium Diaphoreticum twenty five Grains mix for a Dose giving often one Ounce of our Aqua Bezoartica The Patient is to be covered down warm in his naked Bed and he ought to Sweat as long as he can well endure it or 'till Faintness after which let him cool gradually or by degrees Where Opiates are wholly useless give this Take Bezoarticum Minerale one Scruple Juice of Alkermes
a cachectical Patient who formerly had the Pox but had been well of that Disease some years but fearing there should be yet some Relicks of it desired I should proceed in the Cure as if it had been the Pox nor could I prevail with the Man to admit of any other Cure At length I fumed him with the following Troches Take artificial Cinnabar six Drams Myrrh Amber Mastick Olibanum Cloves Nutmegs ana half an Ounce Mercurius Dulcis two Drams with Spirit of Wine make thirty two Troches for eight Fumigations I fumed him three or four times and took away all his swelling without any sensible fluxing and he became perfectly well But one thing which was very remarkable in this Cure was That an old Pain of the Spleen which he had been troubled withal for twenty two or twenty three years was totally and perfectly removed and much of the Disease went away by Urine XII A confirm'd Cachexy is without danger and may be cured in short time by Sudorificks only the Cause principally proceeding from a Debility of the Blood and noble Parts charged either with too great Acidities or an aqueous Matter which is sent into the Habit of the Body For this purpose a Tincture of the opening Crocus Martis or the Crocus Martis it self is profitably given and Grulingius saith for this purpose it excels all other Remedies because it strengthens so powerfully For internal Sudorificks which may also absorb the Acid we commend Bezoar Mineral from six to sixteen Gr. our Angelus Mineralis from six to twelve Grains Pilulae Angelicae from one to two Scruples or a Decoction of Guaiacum after the usual manner the Patient being in a Stove or Bed XIII Barbet saith that the watery Matter is first gathered in the Face and Limbs and if the tumid Parts be prest with your Finger that they are not so full as in a true Dropsie and that the cause of it is from the lymphatick Vessels being compressed broken or some other way obstructed whereby the natural Motion of the Lympha is himdred and so thrust into the fleshy and skinny Parts But all this we cannot concede unto nor do we believe that ever the Rupture of the lymphatick Vessels were or can be the Cause thereof but this possibly may be sometimes a Cause the two great thinness of the Lympha and the weakness or laxness of the Vessels containing it whereby it has an emission through their Pores and Plicatures into the fleshy Substance of the Body XIV If the Sick be of a cholerick habit of Body if they sweat in a Stove Chair or Bagnio it ought to be with a gentle heat If they be melancholly the heat must be greater but if phlegmatick the heat must be most intense that the Humors may be melted and the preternatural Gelly dissolved without which it can never pass away by sweat And this is of use chiefly in Virgins where the Disease proceeds from Grief drinking cold Water eating unripe Fruit or other hetrogene Things But in hot Constitutions and such as have been used to eat and drink hot Things whereby the Liver is made exceeding hot and dry and much Choler abounds in the first and second Region viz. in the Veins of the Liver Spleen and Mesentery and in the greater Veins and Arteries Baths are much more proper than Stoves and such-like because they moisten whereas a dry sweat irritates the Atribilious Humor XV. Being come out of the Bath you may anoint the Belly Feet Legs and other swoln Parts with the following Unguent Take tops of Elder Dwarf-Elder Doves-foot musked Cranes-bill Mustard Rocket Camomil ana two Ounces Palm-oil one Pound boil well strain out by pressing then add distilled Oils of Amber Anniseeds and Juniper ana three Drams mix them to anoint withal and inwardly give a Dram or two or more of our Aqua Bezoartica or good cinamon-Cinamon-Water XVI Catharticks are adjudged by most to be of evil consequence being given to cachectick Persons because they hurt the Liver and weaken the Ferment of the Viscera This is true it they be often or long given as we noted at Sect. 3. above for they destroy the Patient the 〈◊〉 and weakned Parts being extreamly hurt and more weakened thereby but Lenitives may be given and repeated with Strengthners between and sometimes stronger Purges provided there be pretty long intervals between and many times Corroboraters of the Bowels be given in the interim to support and restore their tone XVII Quercetanus commends this Pouder Take fine Filings of Iron one Dram Feculi Ari one Dram Essence of Coral Pearl Pouder of Amebrgrise ana half a Ounce Amber prepared Cinamon ana four Scruples Sugar q. s. mix and make a Pouder It is a good Thing for pale and depraved Colours Cachexies in Men Women and Maids whether young or old the Body being prepared and purged for some time before hand Schroder commends his Chalybeated Salt for the same purpose See it in my Seplasium Lib. 1. Cap. 16. Sect. 13 14 15. Lib. 2. Cap. 14. Sect. 4 5. XVIII Or this Take Filings of Iron sprinkle them with Waters of Wormwood Ash or Scurvy-Grass wherein their Salts have been dissolved leave them so long till all is converted to Rust or Crocus of which take six Ounces burnt Harts-horn prepared Magisteries of Coral and Pearl ana one Dram and half Cinamon Crystals of Tartar ana one Dram Sugar a sufficient quantity mix and make a Pouder Dose one Dram. XIX Sennertus commends this Wine Take Filings of Iron three Ounces and half White Wine two Quarts infuse them together in a Boltbead a Month in a warm place shaking it three or four times a day Dose five or six Ounces at a time in the Morning fasting and lying two or three hours in Bed after it or otherwise walking and stirring two hours after it As often as you pour out one Glass you must put in another till half the Rust or Crocus seems spent then you are to cease and put in no more Our Tinctura ad Chlorosin is also of experienced Use. XX. If the Patient finds any pain in the Abdomen or Belly you ought to bathe the Part with Powers of Amber twice a day Or with this Take Palm-Oil four Ounces Oil of Anniseeds half an Ounce mix and anoint with it Or this Take Palm-Oil four Ounces Oil of sweet Fennel-seed of Oranges ana two Drams mix and anoint with as before CHAP. XIX Of the STONE in the Reins 1. AS this is a Disease with which many are afflicted so it is of as hard and difficult Cure for which variety of Medicaments are instituted The cause of which is this That those things which do some good and cure them to boot yet do others no good at all and sometimes make them worse for which Reason sake we shall make it it our Business here to examine variety of Authors and hear what they all say II. It is a Disease like the Colick but it is
Medicines that break and expel the Stone they ought not to be used once or twice only but oftner 'till the obstruoted Passages be opened And while they are given the Reins and Bladder ought to be helped with Baths Fomentations Unctions c. that they may operate the better Liquors also that are of thin Parts such as White and Rhenish-Wines must be given now and then with internal Emollients and Laxatives and Things slippery to make the Passages easie and open and qualifie the Acrimony of other Medicines XLVII To a nephritick Person vomiting Blood Maebius durst not prescribe Things to force the Stone lest when the Vessels are unstopt they should open wider and by farther vomiting of Blood Life should be endangered He gave therefore 〈◊〉 Hartshorn for several days in fresh Broth and fomented the Part with Camomil-flowers c. so his vomiting ceased and the Stone fell into the Bladder and afterstuck in the neck of his Bladder Then he gave his Anodyn-salt in Decoction of Mallows fomented his Privities with mucilaginous Things and anointed the Part with Oil of white Line-Tree within six hours he voided a Stone as big as a Bean and was restored to perfect Health XLVIII Spirit of Turpentine is a good Thing against the Stone but before it be used Lenitive Purgers should precede at least before it be continually and daily used It is a great Medicine and has a dispersing Power penetrating deep purifying the Bowels and healing them dissolving coagulated or hardned Tartar and expelling it by Urine Yet in the use of Turpentine it self in substance purging before-hand is not needful because it has in it self a cathartick Virtue especially if mixt with Rheubarb in Pouder as Crato in Scholtzius Cons. 152. advises It helps by its temperate heat whereby it befriends the Parts destin'd to Concoction for which Reason it is good for those that are troubled with the Stone You may see in Amatus Lusitanus Cent. 1. Obser 63. the History of a Monk who every Morning for several Months swallowed a piece of Turpenttne as big as a Nut and so was cured both of Stone and Gout when all other Medicines would do no good XLIX When the Stone is voided though all danger is over yet you ought for two or three days following to use Abstersives and Cleansers and Healers that the Reins may be perfectly cleansed and healed for which purpose nothing can be better than a Bolus of Turpentine made after this manner Take Turpentine one Dram and half Rheubarb Nutmegs Liquorice all in Pouder ana half a Dram mix and make a Bolus After which an Emulsion of sweet Almonds in Barley-water or Broth or Decoction of Pease may be profitably drank L. How great a Medicine Turpentine is is not easie to be declared it being a volatile Alcaly mixt with a small quantity of a volatile Acid but the Alcaly very much over-powering It purifies and sweetens the whole mass of Blood and Humors after a most wonderful and admirable manner and after such a way as 't is possible no other Medicine except of the Family of Turpentine as all natural Balsams are upon Earth can do besides For it momentarily enters into the whose Mass of Blood purifies it sweetens it and dissolves all its Coagulums entring into its Substance with its whole and entire Body where by its resolutive Power it does that which neither Spirit of Wine can do by its subtilty nor Spirit of Nitre Vitriol or Sulphur can do by their Acidity nor other volatile Salts can do by their penetrability being indeed and intruth one of the most absolute Antissorbuticks Antiphthisictiks Antispasmadicks Antiarthriticks Antepilepticks and Antinephriticks yet to this day discovered to the World LI. So that if a Physician knows rightly how to prepare and use that alone Medicine he knows a Thing which will do more than a whole Apothecary's shop beside it It is a Medicament which is a natural piece of Chymistry being only a dissolution of sand rocks or gravelly Bodies by the mighty Power of the plastick Spirit of the Plant which destroys the antecedent petrifactive Spirit of the Matter of which it was made viz. Sand Gravel Stones Rocks c. and by a living Alembeck to wit the Body of the Tree and all its Limbs is digested raised exalted and subtilized purified and made volatile and lastly impregnated with a mighty Spirit in direct antipathy and opposition and vastly superiour to the petrifactive Spirit as being not only able to do but also undo that which the said petrifactive Power can never do or accomplish again LII Nature has done so much already towards the perfection of this Medicine that little remains to be done by Art yet something it wants to be fitted effectually for so universal an use as it is design'd for and without which it will not perfectly answer the desired End of which we may in some other place discourse more at large This we could not even for Piety sake avoid the speaking of here considering that some thousands of times in about twenty six or twenty seven years Practise we have made use of it with admirable success LIII If in the Stone in the Reins the Sick pisses much Blood and often the case is hazardous because two opposite Intentions occur and it is a difficult thing to find a Remedy in Art to perform opposite Intentions or Operations viz. to open and stop dissolve and bind break and consolidate at one and the same time In this case you must set aside all other Remedies and have recourse to vitriolick Bath-waters or Waters running from Iron Mines for that their Virtue is most excellent there being no safer or better Remedy to be thought of for such Waters expel violently and efficaciously and are therefore Lithontriptick and yet as being impregnated with Vitriol they eminently stanch Blood strengthen all the Viscera and cool the Liver Spleen and Reins LIV. But because every one has not the liberty or conveniency of going to the Wells at Tunbridge or other Springs coming off of Iron or vitriolick Mines we shall here shew a Way of making those Waters artificially to perform the same Intention which is thus done 1. Take fair Spring-water six Quarts Salt Vitriol or Crystals of Mars one Dram mix dissolve and filter through brown Paper so have you a Water in Virtue and Effects like that which runs off from the natural Iron-Mines 2. Or thus Take spring-Spring-water a Gallon Sal Armoniack one Dram Scales of Iron one Ounce mix and digest for some days in a gentle Sand-heat 'till the Water begins to colour then filter and keep it for use 3. Or thus Take spring-Spring-water a Gallon Spirit of Wine four Ounces Spirit of Vitriol two Drams or better mix them for use These artificial Waters may be taken from a Pint to two Quarts or more but by degrees and a little warm or made into Posset-drink using moderate exercise and fasting 'till the Water is out of the Body They purge
Salmon XII Another for the same Take Camphire two Ounces Spirit of Wine a pint mix and dissolve there with bathe the parts Afflicted Salmon XIII Another for the same There is nothing better in the World than to bathe the place afflicted two or three times a day which our Guttae Vitae mentioned in one Phalyxa lib. 1. chap. 9. sest 1. Salmon XIV For an Ach in the Shoulder Take Bole Armoniack Chalk ana one Ounce Spanish Oyl one Ounce Vinegar six Drachms Camphir half an Ounce or better Saffron 2 Drachms Mix and apply it hot with Tow twice a day Salmon XV. An Ach from a Vehement hot Cause Take Comfry Roots fresh gathered beat them till they are soft or a perfect Cataplasm then spread upon Leather and apply it 'T is an excellent thing Salmon XVI Another against Aches Take Balsam of Amber and anoint with it twice a day How this Balsam is made see in our Phylaxa lib. 2. now in the Press XVII Another for the same Take Oyl of Earth-worms one Ounce Oyl of Amber one Ounce mix them If this increases the Pain it proceeds from an hot Cause Anoint then with this Receipt Unguentum Populneum two Ounces Oyl of Poppies six Ounces in which dissolve Camphire two Ounces mix them for an Ointment Salmon XVIII For an Ach by a Fall There is nothing better then that you anoint the place hurt with Balsam de Chili twice a day rubbing it well in and keeping warm for that helps to disipate the Congregation of Humours Salmon XIX For an Old Ach. I have scarcely found any thing more effectual than first well to anoint for three or four daies with Balsam de Chili and then afterwards to apply Balsamum Amicum plaister-wise for a month together See them in my Phylaxa Salmon XX. Anothor for this purpose Make a Plaister of Tacamahaca and apply it Salmon XXI Aches from vehement hot Causes Take Oyle of the Yelks of Eggs one Ounce dissolve in it Camphire two Ounces and mix all with Oyl of Earth Worms one Ounce and anoint with it Salmon XXII To heal and strengthen weak Limbs of Children and those which cannot stand nor go Most wonderful and excellent to cure the Rickets Take juices of Sage sweet Marjoram Rosemary Time Chamomil Hysop Feverfew Lavender Balm Mint Wormwood Rue Winter-Savory and Bays of each Three Ounces put it in a double Glass the which stop well and paste it all over with Dough and set it in an Oven with Houshold-Bread and when it is drawn break off all the Paste and if the juice be thick break the Glass and put it into a Gally-Pot and when you use it take the quantity of Two Spoonfulls of it and put to it as much of the Marrow of an Ox Leg melt them together stir them well and add to it a little Brandy and Morning and Evening anoint well before a Fire the Child's Arms Sides Thighs Leggs Knees Feet and Joynts bathing it well in with a warm Hand Then give it some Syrnp of Rheubarb to open the Obstructions of the Liver and mingle it with Two Ounces of Mint-water mix it well and give it the Child fasting This will mightily strengthen the Limbs and make the Child to stand and go Probat XXIII For all Aches or Pains in the Nervous Parts arising from a Cold Cause Contusions c. There is nothing can take away the Preheminence from Balsam de Chili which may always be had at the Author's House at the Blue Balcony by the Ditch-side near Holbourn Bridge London because of its amicable and peculiar Faculty in strengthning the Nerves and dissolving or dissipating any inherent Matter I could give you I believe an Hundred Histories of Cures of this kind performed by this Medicine I have cured with it an Ach in the Hip or the Sciatica Anoint with it twice a day at least Viz. Morning and Evening and apply 〈◊〉 dipt in it over the part in the mean season Salmon CHAP. II. Of the Apoplexy 1. TAke of the best Aqua-vitae well rectified from Phlegm one Pint Oyl of Vitriol one Spoonful mix them and let him drink thereof one Spoonful first in the Morning and another last at Night Then let him Sweat in a Stove twice a Week and every time thereafter bathe him with Balsam de Chili This is Excellent II. For the Joint-ach and Numbness after an Apoplexy Take Six Spoonfuls of Dragon-water dissolve in it one drachm of Mithridate drink the same draught Three Mornings together fasting and sweat Two Hours after it This Cures III. For an Apoplexy or other like Fits Take a large quantity of Earth-worms gathered in the Mornings in May when they Generate put them into a Pail of Water for twenty four Hours that they may perfectly cleanse themselves This done take them out and dry them carefully upon a Marble Tile before a clear Fire being thoroughly dryed keep them in a dry place for use When you have Occasion to use them beat them into Powder in a large Brass or Iron Mortar and of this Powder take a Spoonful at a time Morning and Evening in a Glass of Wine four days before and four days after the Full and Change of the Moon it will perfectly Cure I lately cured one of an Apoplexy therewith and I know several others cured some Years since Salmon IV. An Errhine against an Apoplexy in the Fit I can propose no better than that of Deckers which exceeds all others and it is thus made Take Turbith Mineral one Ounce powder of Liquorice three ounces Flowers of Rosemary one ounce and a half mix into a most subtile Powder Of this Powder you may blow up from six to ten or twelve grains at a time Viz. from three to five or six up each Nostril It brings out of the Fit and used in the Intervals prevents it I have proved it in two or three several Persons Deck ers saith multumque pituitae viscidae educit cum successu praescribitur hic Pulvis in Apo plexia Epilepsia Lethargo Ca pitisquè affectibus soporosus omnibus nec non quibusdam capitis affectibus recentibus inveteratis vertigine gravedine c. Exec. med pag. 20. Salmon V. Strong Purging in an Apoplexy Authors commend purgeing but it must be with very strong Medicines as Troches Alhandal Scammony with Castor or Pil. Cochie one ounce as Rondeletius prescribes But in my Opinion nothing is better than my Pil. Mirabiles taken from a scruple to half a drachm See it in my Philaxa Med. Lib. 2. Now in the Press If Purgatives do nothing the Patient commonly dies Salmon VI. Strong Emeticks to be given Celsus saith Many things ought or may well be done in a dangerous Case which otherwise should be omitted Therefore it is Lawful to give Antimoniates in a large dose as Aqua Benedicta Vinum Antimoniale Infusion of Regulus Sal Emeticum Mynsichti and such like which evacuate great quantities of Phlegm and other Humours not only from the Stomach and
Ounce dissolve it in Aqua Regia All these three Menstruums with their Praecipitates put into a well Luted Retort and with a gradual Fire distil to dryness which repeat by Cohobation twelve times then wash the Powder five times with some Cordial Water and dry it put to it of the best Spirit of Wine a Quart and distil it from it in a well Luted Glass Retort Cohobating six times and the remaining Powder put into a strong Crucible well Luted which place in a Circulary Fire for three Hours remove it from the Fire and being cold burn off the best Spirit of Wine from it Dose à Gr. six ad twenty with Scammony from twelve Gr. to twenty five the day before the Fit or the same morning if the Fit salls towards night Salmon XVIII A most excellent Medicine against all sorts of burning Feavers There is nothing better in the World that I know of than my Febrifuge mentioned in my Phylaxa Lib. 2. now in the Press You may take about twenty Grains to thirty or thirty five Grains in a Glass of fair Water sweetned with Sugar or in Wine well sweetned just at the coming of the Heat and you may give another Dose about an Hour after and if the Heat be vehement you may give a third Dose in like manner 't will take off the Feaver as it were by Inchantment This Course being taken for two three or four returns of the Fit 't will at length certainly vanish If the Fever be Continent you ought to give it every Day 4 or 5 Doses a Day as before directed 'till the Feaver is wholly taken off 'T is one of the best of Antifebriticks I speak experimentally from I veryly Believe a Thousand Proofs the greatest of all which was made upon my own Person in the West-India's when it was supposed there was scarcely an Hour betwixt me and Death Salmon XIX Agues chiefly Quartans cured by our Aurum Vitae Cathartick in Phylaxa Lib. 1. Chap. 41. Sect. 1. Tho' I did always know this Medicine to be a very good Antifebritick yet my late Experience thereof since the Writing of that Book has much more confirmed me in the use of it I have Cured many Quartans with it of long continuance when the hopes of Cure were almost past by a declivity into other more dangerous Diseases Dose is from two Grains to twelve according to Age and Strength Let it be given in a Bolus over Night and a Purge the next Day or it may be given in the Morning Fasting in a simple Extract of Aloes Salmon XX. Another Remedy against all sorts of stubborn Agues Take of our Royal Powder in Phylaxa Lib. 1. Cap. 44. Sect. 1. from fifteen Grains to thirty or thirty five and mix it with the Pap of an Apple or a stew'd Prune or with a little Conserve of Roses or a little Syrup and so let the Sick take it early the Day before the Fit or the same Morning if the Fit comes towards Night Drinking warm Posset Drink or Broth liberally after it it is a good thing and scarely ever fails Salmon XXI A Tedious Quartan and Tertian I have oftentimes Cured Tedious Quartans and Tertians by giving half a Pint of the Crude Juice of Camomil an Hour before the coming of the Fit and repeating the same Dose for four or five Fits Salmon XXII A good Observation If in any Ague whatsoever when any Concoction though not perfect appears in the Urine then give a Purge on the Ague Day so as it may have done Working before the Fit comes viz. four or five Hours before the coming of the Fit you will find the Ague will never return any more after the Fit but will be quite removed as if done by Inchantation It has been often tryed with answerable Success In Tertians do it after the third or fourth Fit In Quotidians you may tarry longer In Quartans scarcely before the thirtieth Day And in this case we may fly to Antimonial and Mercurial Medicines especially if of long continuance For as the Matter lies in several places so chiefly in the Mesentery whence unless it be fetcht the Cure seldom succeeds as it ought to do If the Disease vanish not upon Purging I always give my Volatile Laudanum before the Fit Salmon XXIII Another method in Quartans and long continued Agues Take Water half a Pint Salt of Tartar 2 Drachms Oyl of Sulphur half a Drach Sena three Drachms Jalop in Powder one Drachm Make an Infusion for two Doses the next Day Purge also with this Take Calomelanos Scamony in powder of each alike mix them Dose from half a Drachm to one Drachm Salmon CHAP. IV. Of BLEEDING I. To stop the Bleeding at the Nose TAke Bole Armoniack stamp it finely to powder Ashes of an Old Hat of each alike mix them then blow up some of it with a Quill into the bleeding Nostril of the Patient and it stops presently Salmon II. Against Pissing of Blood Take Sheeps Milk highly praised herein above all Fasting four Ounces mix with it a Drachm of fine Bole Armoniack in Powder and one or two Grains of my Volatile Laudanum dissolved and so give it Salmon III. Against the Bloody-Flux and Pissing of Blood Take Conserve of Roses one Ounce Crocus Martis one Scruple Volatile Laudanum two Grains mix them well then take it on the point of a Knife in a Morning Fasting and do so three several Mornings together Salmon IV. Against spitting of Blood Take Mastick and Olibanum in Powder two Scruples of each Conserve of red Roses 2 Ounces Diascordium half an Ounce Guttae Vitae three Drachms mix them together and make an Electuary then take thereof Morning and Evening on the point of a Knife as much as a Nutmeg at a time Salmon V. A good Remedy against Bleeding at Nose I commend this Powder of Heurnius Take Seeds of white Henbane white Poppy ana one Ounce Blood-stone red Corral ana two Ounces Camphire two Scruples Terra Lemnia two Scruples mix them Dose half a Drachm or two Scruples Morning and Evening with Conserve of red Roses If Opium in fine Powder eight Grains were added 't would be so much the better Salmon VI. Another against Bleeding of a Wound If a Fuss-Ball tough and soft be cut into slices and squeezed hard in a Press those pieces applyed are sufficently able to stop any Bleeding especially if any Stegnotick Powder be strewed on So also the Fungus growing on a Birch Tree the Powder of Agarick being first strewed on the place Salmon VII Another for the same The Powder of Man's Blood is almost an Infallible Remedy strewed upon the place or if it be in the Nostrils blow it up with a Quill or put up in a Nasale the Mouth being held full of cold Water Salmon VIII A most effectual Remedy O I commend as one of the greatest Secrets our Aqua Regulata see it Phylaxa Med. Lib. 1. Cap. 1. Sect. 1. being applyed by washing the Part and then laying
Linnen Cloths often doubled over the place it closes up the extremities of the Vessels and powerfully stops the Bleeding Salmon IX Where the Bleeding is extream and dangerous Dissolve Salt of Vitriol in fair Water and wash the place with it then apply Cloths doubled wet in the Solution or this Powder Take fine Bole Sanguis Draconis Powder of Galls Salt of Vitriol ana make each into a Powder and mix them Salmon X. Another thing for the same purpose I have often stopt Bleeding in most parts of the Body by the use and application of Aqua Styptica especially in Wounds made by a Cut 't is not so useful in a Hemorrhage at the Nose but 't will do the Feat if not Impetuous Salmon XI Another for the same A Tent made of the prest Fungus at Sect. 6. aforegoing and put up the Nostrils to the place that Bleeds will so admirably stop the Bleeding that it will seem as if it was done by Witch-craft or Inchantment Salmon XII A Remedy from Colcothar The Illustrious Prince of Orange was re-called from a Fatal Bleeding only by the use of Colcothar or burnt Vitriol He every Day bled a vast quantity of Blood at a Wound which he had received in his Jugular Veins and it could be stopt by no other Remedy but by a Tent wrapt up in a Digestive and good store of the Powder of Colcothar which was thrust into the Wound By this very means I cured a Youth that had a great Wound and Bleeding in the Calf of his Leg and I stopt the Bleeding in another which had a Bleeding in his Arm. Salmon XIII A Remedy made of Alum After cutting off of Limbs Borellus made little Tents of Alum and thrust them as far as he could up into the Orifice of the Vessels especially the greater and so finished the Business with the application of many Splenia and Astringent Powders And the Bleeding of a Vein in the Arm which could by no means be stopt he did it only by applying Alum XIV Galen's Topick against Bleeding Take Aloes Frankincense Hares Wooll ana all very finely powdred which mix with the white of an Egg with which fill the Wound and then bind it up Salmon XV. Bleeding stopt by Spirit of Vitriol In Scorbutick Bleeding Spirit of Vitriol mixt with any convenient aqueous Vebicle is of admirable use It has also been found excellent to stop a Hemorrhage in Hysterick Persons and such as have been troubled with Quartans and Dropsies and this it does by coagulating a Blood too Fluid and attenuating it when too thick Salmon XVI Bleeding at Nose stopt by touching I have oftentimes stopt a Bleeding at the Nose by pressing outwardly upon the Jugular Carotide Artery and this has done when many other Remedies have failed Salmon XVII A Medicine made of Sheeps Blood Take Sheeps Blood Ox Blood is as good but Man's Blood much better dryed and powdred an Ounce Crocus Martis red Colcothar of each half a Drachm mix them It is a Medicine that exceeds all Credit apply it or strew it upon Wounds If Powder of a dryed Toad 2 Drachms be added 't is much better Salmon XVIII To stop Bleeding caused by Leeches Take a 〈◊〉 slit it in two take away the Skin and lay it on a place where a Leech hath drawn that Bleedeth too much or cannot be easily stopt and it will stop the Bleeding CHAP. V. Fluxes Gripings Wind. I. Against Wind and Gripings in the Belly TAke of the Roots of Kneeholm Elecampane Anniseeds and Fennel-seeds half an Ounce of each make them all into Powder and mix them well together with half an Ounce of Sugar and take every Morning of it as much as will lye on a Shilling in Wine or Posset-Drink II. Against the Griping in the Guts Take Salt of Worm wood half a Drachm Andromachus Treacle 2 Drachms Volatile Laudanum 2 Grains make it into a Bolus to be taken first in the Morning or rather last at Night Salmon III. A vehement Diarrhaea or Flux stopt Riverius saith A Robust and Cholerick Man was taken in the midst of Summer with a Cholerick Diarrhaea very violent with extream Thirst I saith he prescribed him Sal Prunellae in his ordinary drink as also in Juleps of Lettice and Purslane Water to be taken thrice a day and he recovered in 24 Hours Almost in Imitation of this I prescribed Sal Prunellae half a Drachm at a time four times a day in Spring-water well sweetned with double refined Sugar to one that had a Vomiting and vehement Flux and although the Flux had continued 14 Days and the Patient had sometimes twenty or thirty Stools a day yet in the first day 24 Hours the Flux was stopt and after the second Dose the Vomiting and in about four Days time the Patient was well his Weakness only excepted Salmon IV. Another Remedy for a Flux Take Madera or Sherry-wine half a Pint Sal Prunellae half a Drachm mix dissolve and give it three or four times a Day This will do though in a vehement burning Feaver Salmon V. A Flux with sharp matter Take forty or fifty Drops of our Spiritus Anodynus two or three times a day in a Glass of Wine or Burnt Brandy and it will do the Cure in four or five Days See how it is made in my Phylaxa Medicinae Lib. 1. Cap. 13. Sect. 1. Salmon VI. A vehement Flux with Vomiting If the Stomach be so weak that things cannot be easily administred by the Mouth then you must use Clysters Take Posset-drink or Mutton Broth or Decoction of Sage a Pint Spirit of Wine four Ounces Spiritus Anodynus two or three Drachms or half an Ounce mix and let it be exhibited once twice or thrice a day as need requires Salmon VII Another for the same Take Canary four Ounces of our Gutte Vitae four ty fifty or sixty Drops as the Sick is in Age and Strength mix and give it every Night going to Bed And if the Flux be vehement give also this Clyster Take Decoction of Rosemary or Sage a Pint common Spirit of Wine four five or six Ounces mix them and exhibit it warm Salmon VIII Fluxes Cured with our Volatile Laudanum in our Phylaxa Medicinae Lib. I. Cap. 50. Sect. I. Take our Volatile Laudanum every Night going to Bed beginning first with a Grain or two and so increasing the Dose gradually to five six seven or eight Grains and in a few Days it will do the Cure After three or four times taking of this Medicine 't will be good to Purge with our Family Pills such as you have from me not those of Holliers making for they are not made as I make them nor does he know how to prepare the Aloes and some other particulars of them as they ought to be prepared I advise to Purge not first because of weakness but after four or five Doses of the Laudanum because by that means the Sick will gather some Strength to endure the Purging withal and this Purging
is necessary to carry off the offending Matter And then you are to proceed in the use of the Laudanum to a Cure which will succeed to your good liking Salmon IX Fluxes Cured with Volatile Laudanum Take Decoction of Rue Rosemary or Sage ten Ounces common Spirit of Wine four or five Ounces our Volatile Laudanum ten or twelve Grains Dissolve the Laudanum in the Spirit and mix it with the Decoction and exhibit it warm once a day Clyster-wise it will cure in about three or four days Salmon X. Griping of the Guts and vebement Flux Take Rhubarb thin sliced two Ounces Anniseeds bruised one Ounce and half Gentian Cinnamon ana half an Ounce common Spirit of Wine a Quart mix and make a Tincture Dose from five Spoonfuls to eight twice or thrice a Day 'T is a Medicine without an equal and the best thing in the World for Gripings in Nureses Infants and little Children to whom you must proportion the Dose Salmon XI A pleasant Remedy against Fluxes Take Catechu which is choice in fine Powder three or four Ounces common Spirit of Wine a Quart white Sugar Candy in fine Powder three Ounces mix them put not in the Sugar-Candy 'till the Catechu and Spirit has been ten Days in Digestion then mix and dissolve Dose from half a Spoon full to two or three Morning and Night Salmon XII Fluxes not to be stopt rashly Celsus saith To be Loose for a Day is good for Ones Health or for more so there be no Feaver and it stop within seven Days for the Body is Purged and what would have done hurt is beneficially Discharged but continuance is dangerous for sometimes it causes a Griping and Feaver and consumes the Strength If therefore the Strength be not too much weakned in order to stopping of a Flux you ought first to Purge with our Family Pills such as come from my own Hand not those which Hollier sells and then to take my Guttoe Vitoe Spiritus Anodynus or Volatile Laudanum such as come from my Hand and after eight or ten Doses to Purge again with the Family Pills But if the Strength of the Sick be too much weakned you must not Purge first but as we directed at Sect. 8. aforegoing Salmon XIII Stubborn Fluxes Take Angelus Mineralis Grains ten or twelve Pulp of an Apple rosted as much as a Nutmeg mix and give it at Night going to Bed for eight or ten Nights after Purge with an Infusion of Rheubarb See the Angelus in my Phylaxa Lib. I. Cap. 42. Sect. I. It takes away all those Impurities or Precipitates them which often Creates stubborn Fluxes Salmon XIV An Inveterate Flux in a Scorbutick Habit. An Inveterate Diarrhoea or Flux in a Scorbutick Habit ought not to be stopt with Astringents nor is it easily Cured with Antiscorbuticks Salt of Vitriol is a good thing for it makes revulsion and evacuates upwards You may give it from one Drachm to half an Ounce in Posset-Drink in the Morning Fasting Tincture of Antimony given to sixty eighty or one hundred Drops in Claret-wine is good So also our Tinctura Martis well prepared which is preferred before all others Salmon XV. Several other approved Remedies against Fluxes Powder of unripe Mulberries is an approved thing and gratifies the Stomach Powder of Mastick taken in Conserve of Roses or juice of Quinces is an excellent thing Water thickned with Powder of Acorns by Boyling has Cured an Inveterate Flux universalls premised Quiddony of Sloes ripe or un-ripe is an approved Remedy Riverius commends Juices of spotted Arsmart and Housleek ana mixt and boyled away to a third part as a thing that never fails though the Flux be never so Inveterate Bees-wax given in substance is good but its Oyl in a proper Vehicle of admirable use Or this Take Wax boyl it in a Lixivium of Salt of Tartar then take it out melt it and mix it with Chymical Oyl of Nutmegs Dose twenty Grains to half a Drachm every Night Tincture of Oak-bark is a prevalent thing so also Tinctures of Balaustins and Pomegranate Peels Our Pulvis Bezoarticus has cured several who have been given over by many Physicians which it did by absorbing the Acid and Virulent Humour Nor is our Pulvis Antifebriticus any mean Remedy Salmon XVI To Cure an extraordinary Flux of the Blood Take Mastick in Powder one drachm 2 hard Yolks of Eggs temper them with good Rose-Vinegar Or Juice of Quinces and give it to the Patient to eat first in the Morning By this Medicine alone a Man was Cured of this Distemper who had daily 70. Stools a day when all other means failed XVII Against Gripings and Wind in the Guts Take Oyl of Aniseed half a drachm mix it with White Sugar and in a Cup of Wine drink it fasting it doth the Work XVIII A Clyster against Pains and Gripings in the Bowels Dysenteria Take Cows Milk one Pint common Spirit of Wine four ounces Gum-Tragacanth one drachm the Yolks of three Eggs Oyl of Roses two Ounces make it Blood warm to the dissolving of the Gum and so put it up Salmon CHAP. VI. Shortness of Breath I. Against shortness of Breath TAke of Saffron in Powder one Scruple of Musk in Powder one Grain give them in Wine after take Spiritus Antiasthmaticus in Wine II. For the same Take Juniper Berries two Ounces boyl them well in two Quarts of Water and drink of the Decoction first and last and at other times This helps all Diseases of the Chest and will make you breath freely Salmon III. Against shortness of Breath with a Cough Take the Roots of Valerian and boyl them with Liquorice Raisins stoned and Anniseeds and drink of the Decoction often this is singular good against the said Diseases for it openeth the Passages and causeth the Phlegm to be spit out easily IV. Shortness of Breath Physicians commonly say That the strongest Purges are most proper in this Disease if the Matter be highly peccant and inveterate Paulus advises even to Purge with Coloquintida Some despise Aganick tho' a Plegmagoge because of its weakness Elaterium is a good Purge not only in a Dropsey but also in an Asthma and Orthopnaea for that they are caused by gross Matter it may be given of it self in a proper Vehiele to five or six Grains in Composition you may give it thus Take Scammony ten Grains Gambogiae five Grains Elaterium half a Grain all being in fine Powder mix them for a Dose if the Sick be strong Galen also approves of the most violent things Take Mustard-seed one Ounce common Salt half an Ounce Elaterium fifteen Grains grind them together and make Troches Galen saith eight Troches so that in each Troche you will have almost two Grains of Elaterium Or you may give it in Powder with a little Honey or the Pap of an Apple But that the Cure may he safe Emollients Clysters may be given afore-hand and half a Pint of Aqua Mulsa after These Purges may be given every fourth
I immediately bethought of the former Clyster which was presently given and in half an hour came away with many hardned Excrements after which the Sick was discerned to breath I caused the same Clyster to be administred again and all the Region of the Abdomen to be bathed very well with Powrs of Amber and a Flannel moistned with the same to be laid hot over the afflicted Parts The Clyster stayed Two Hours with the Sick and then came away with more hardned Excrements after which she opened her Eyes and seemed to move her self and in about six hours time speak The first Clyster was given about Ten in the Morning the second before Eleven About Eight at Night I prescribed this Take Mutton Broth three quarters of a pint Aqua Benedicta three Ounces Venice Turpentine two Ounces Oyl one Ounce mix and make a Clyster She confessed she had great Ease before this was exhibited but after she had received this last she confess'd she was in perfect Ease it came away from her in about an hour and quarters time After which I first gently purged her with a Dose of my Family Pills then with two Doses of my Pilulae Mirabiles but withal giving her respite to recover Strength after which she constantly took my Spiritus Anticolicus in all her Drink and became perfectly well Salmon XVII A Cholick proceeding from Gravel obstructed in the Reins It was plainly perceived to be an Obstruction of the Reins because the Sick could not make Water I prescribed the last of the afore-going Clysters which was repeated three times once every day and the Patient by this means alone was perfectly cured And this might possibly be performed by the Balsamick and Diuretick Particles of the Turpentine being received into the Lacteal Veins whereby it was mixed with the Lacteal Juice and so entred into the mass of Blood and was circulated with it whereby altering its Crasis it opened the Obstructions of the Passages and so provoked Urine for alwaies after the Clysters the Sick made a very large quantity of Urine This thing I have many times experienced Salmon XVIII In some Patients the best Clysters do little good and by I know not what hidden cause the Pain in a day or two or three returns again as bad as ever or worse these by the following suppositories have not only found present Ease but the Cure has succeeded as if it had been done by Inchantment Take Honey One Ounce boiled to a thickness that it may be wrought with ones Finger then add in Powder Sal Gem two Scruples Troches Alhaudal half an Ounce and with distilled Oyl of Wax ten drops make and form a Suppository which let be put up in the Paroxysm XIX Whether the Cholick comes from Choler or Vitreous Flegm sharp and emollent Clysters are of excellent Use And sometimes Clysters made only of Oyl on of Oyl three parts Turpentine one part have saved the Life of a Patient For since the Cholick is caused by the Colons being obstructed by plenty of Matters above Wind in the middle and a great quantity of hardned Excrements below whereby the Wind can neither get up nor down or get out It is necessary first of all to open the lower Passages and to help the dryness of the Bowels which may be done by Lenitive and Emolient Clysters and if the matter be tough and viscous by sharp inciding and attractive ones such as we have before described which must be so long continued till all the hardned Excrements are taken away Nor must Oyl be omitted because it mollifies and loosens much more than any Aqueous Body and leaves the Bowels in a better temper Salmon XX. Fienus advises to mix Narcoticks or Opiates with Purgers And this may be good where the Constipation is not Great for by this means the sick has present ease the tough flegm or matter is afterwards carried off and the wind descending into the Colon is discussed In this case take this Take Extract of fine Aloes one Scruple Scammony in fine Powder eight Grains of our Volatile Laudanum with Aloes five or six Grains Mix and make a Dose to be given at night Salmon XXI Bartholinus saith that Clysters of Tobacco-Smoak are excellent and a present help There is a Pipe made on purpose for this use but the Smoak may be blown up the Anus by a common Tobacco-pipe which for the most part effectually brings away the hardest Excrements discusses Wind and even cleanses the Intestines of cold glassie Phlegm XXII An Electuary to purge with in a Cholick Take of Dates pulp of Raisins of the Sun of each half an Ounce Scammony in fine Powder twelve Grains Bezoar mineral a Scruple Mix them for one Dose Salmon XXIII If the Excrements be very muchhardened Clysters of pure Oil ought first to be given then such as are more sharp For the Oil first dissolving the Excrements they are the more easily brought away by a sharp Clyster such as this Take Broth Oil Olive of each seven Ounces Elixir proprietatis sine Acido one Ounce and half mix them 'T is a thing beyond Commendation if seasonably used XXIV If the Cholick proceeds of billious humours whereby the Constipation of the 〈◊〉 vehement one of the 〈◊〉 of simple things is Syrup of Peach-blossoms three Ounces given at a time Or this Take Extract of fine Aloes Calomelanos in fine Powder ana one Scruple Scammony seven Grains mix and make Pills for one Dose it seldom fails Or Take pulp of Raisins half an Ounce Calomelanos a quarter of an Ounce mix for a Dose After which drink an Infusion of Sena and Rheubarb sweetned with Manna and Syrup of Roses After the Purge has done working give eight or ten Ounces of Oil of sweet Almonds and let the sick repose himself Salmon XXV Rondeletius tells us he has cured several with a Clyster made of Decoction of Hedge-mustard especially being made with Wine You may sweeten it with Honey XXVI Hercules Saxonia saith I mustingenuously confess I have cured several in one day with this Medicine Take Diaphoenicon half an Ounce 〈◊〉 Hiera three Drams or a Bolus XXVII in some cases especially where Convulsions attend a Cholick it is good to make Revulsions by vomit Some prescribe a Vomit by Leaves of Asarabacca and it is a good one But there is no better Emetick for this purpose than our Pulvis Emeticus or our Cartharticum Argenteum The first may be given from three Grains to six or eight in Broth or Posset drink the second to a Dram or a Dram and half in like manner They are easie and safe Salmon XXVIII Insome Constitutions troubled with a Cholick Wine and strong Liquors are very pernicious and always generate the matter causing those pains In those cases drinking of Water is the only remedy and Fountain-water in which Sal Prunella a Scruple to half a Pint is dissolved and well sweetned with Sugar and this is always certain in a bilious Cholick especially if
another Disease and seems to be only a cold watery Juice shed abroad under the whole Skin and substance of the Flesh arising in part from Obstructions as aforesaid in part from a Discrasie or weakness of the substance of the Blood so declining in its Strength as not to have ability to carry its Serum along with it to the Emulgent Arteries to be evacuated in its ordinary course by Urine III. It is caused either by too frequent and long giving of Hydragogues which by vehement drawing away of the watry Humour so mightily weaken the substance of the Blood that it is left so thick and its grumous parts so compact or congelated that the following generated Serum cannot easily mix with it to make it of one Substance or Consistency whereby in its passage through the Veins and Arteries lying in a separate state from the other parts of the Blood it soaks as it were through the Vessels and makes the habit of the Body cold and watry Or from Obstructions as aforesaid whereby the Blood becomes not only vitiated but also has time to let its se rous parts pass through the Pores and Plicatures of the Vessels to the Flesh and external habit of the Body IV. That there is no Plethory in a Cachexia is certain and nothing is more certain than that there is a Cacochymie and therefore care must be taken not only to open the present Obstructions but also to depurate the Blood and alter the habit of its Substance If it proceeds from taking too great a quantity of Hydragogues you must give Strengthners which are partly Sudorifick that as well as to make the Blood stronger they may so open the Pores of the Body as to cause a transfusion of the superfluous Humidities which infest the Flesh and Skin through them for which purpose this following mixture is of good use Take of our Antidote Bezoar Minerale ana fifteen Grains mix and make a Bolus to be given at Night going to Bed and let the Sick sweat gently upon it This ought to be given every day or every other day for four or five times in which space I have never known it fail to cure V. In the other case the chief business is to open the appendent Obstructions and remove the Discrasie of the Blood Many prescribe Blood-letting in this but in my Opinion that must be very pernicious because it still diminishes the Strength of the Sick which is already too much weakned and exhausts the Spirits now wasted and flagging In this case bitter Herbs by many are prescribed and the bitter Decoction has been found of good use Half a Pint of the Juice of Centory given Morning and Evening for a Week together has cured to a wonder VI. But because the squeamish Stomachs of several cannot be prevailed with to take such bitter and nauseous Doses and because in others the Obstructions are so obdurate that none of those ordinary Remedies nor yet any thing prepared from Vegetables will do any good we must have recourse to Things that are more powerful and of another Nature which shall have power to pierce to the most inward recesses of Nature Of this kind are mineral Waters but such especially as proceed from an Iron Mine of which the Sick ought to drink liberally and for some Weeks because those Waters being repleat with a ferrous Vitriol both powerfully open and also sweeten which is one of the chief Intentions of Cure VII Now because many can neither spare time to go to the Wells or by living remote cannot well compass to get thither we shall here prescribe other Remedies which no Place can fail of affording Take Filings of Iron white Tartar in Pouder ana make them into a Mass with Water which put into an earthen glased Vessel or wooden Bowl put it in a warm place till it is dry Powder it again and moisten with Water and and dry again repeating this five or six times This prepared Iron may be made up into Pills with a little Diacassia Or if the Sick cannot take Pills you may make a Tincture of it with White-Wine by digesting the White-Wine upon it for five or six Weeks And although possibly a Tincture may be made in much lesser time yet the longer the White-Wine stands upon the Matter were it a year or more the better it is Take of the Rust aforesaid eight Ounces White-Wine two Quarts digest five or six Weeks as aforesaid then decant the Tincture and upon the Faeces put more Wine repeating this Work so long till no more Tincture will arise Dose from a spoonful to three or four This Tincture you may if you please boil into a Syrup with Sugar VIII If you be in the Country where Tartar cannot be gotten it may do if you only take Scales of Iron from the Smith's Anvil and put into White-Wine The Wine alone will in time being in a warm digestion extract a most admirable Tincture for the purpose aforesaid and truly neither in appearance nor effects will it be much inferiour to the former Take Scales of Iron four Pound White-Wine a Gallon mix digest warm for two or three Months or more shaking the Glass once a day and keep it for use upon the faeces Dose from one spoonful to three or four in the Morning fasting Now here is to be noted that the Sick ought to lie in their warm Bed two or three hours after taking of it or if up to walk up and down or use some stirring Exercise for two or three hours following IX If the Cachexy be attended with vehement pain in any particular Part or Limb bleeding with Lee ches is of admirable use I remember once more especially I had a cachectick Person in cure who had so vehement Pain in his Shoulder that he could not lift his Hand to his Head I set a dozen Leeches to his Shoulder and he was cured of his Pain at once This method I have pursued several times with good success And sometimes where Leeches could not be gotten I have profitably applied Vesicatories which have abundantly answered expectation Yet this is to be observed That though they often are and may freely enough be applied to the Legs yet it is something dangerous to do it in a Dropsie lest they should bring an afflux of Humors upon the Part so great as to cause a Gangrene which yet a prudent Physician having this Caution may easily avoid X. In a Cachexia in Women where there is a great Obstruction of the Terms you ought not to provoke them 'till you have opened Obstructions of other Parts cleared the passages and prepared the Blood and Humors For Nature discharges not the Blood by the Veins of the Womb 'till the Crudities be in a great measure consumed and the Blood has recovered its inward Heat Life and Vigor And Crudities being 〈◊〉 and the Oeconomy of the Body restored what natural Evacuations were suppressed will return of their own accord XI I once had
from drinking Wine especially new Wine not sufficiently enough freed from its Tartar the which is evident in all those Countries which abound with and drink much Wine in which the Stone and Gout from those tartarous Concretions are very familiar and common XI Now why Wine should by much drinking of it cause those Diseases is apparent from its tartarous or petrefactive quality and why Wine should breed or have such plenty of Tartar is also as clear from the Principle before-named at Sect. 6. deduced from the two foregoing Observations at Sect. 4 5. for that Vines generally delight and grow in sandy Ground and upon the sandy sides of Hills and in many places upon meer Rocks themselves out of whose sole Substance not only the Body of the Wine but also its Leaves and Fruit are wholly made and by the plastick Virtue of the Plant formed so that it is no wonder for a Liquor formed out of the Substance of a Rock or out of Stones and Gravel being resolved to revert into its first Principles again and where it can reside or dwell and have a home to breed that Matter of which it is generated And this your great Claret-Drinkers sufficiently afflicted with Gout or Stone and sometimes with both can by sad Experience tell for that Red or Claret Wine abounds with Tartar much more than other Wine does as the very Vessels containing it sufficiently witness XII You ought to avoid purging in the height of the Paroxysm or till the pain is somewhat asswaged for even a strong Cathartick being given whilst the Pain is violent will many times not purge at all because the Parts only mindful of the Pain feel not the Cathartick force at all or at leastwise they so contract themselves as not anywise to assist the Medicine XIII In remedies for the Stone we are to consider 1. What Things give ease and relief in the Paroxysm 2. What Things open the Passages so as to make way for the Water 3. What Things cleanse the Parts of Sand and Gravel 4. What Things naturally or by accident dissolve sandy and stony Concretions 5. What kinds of Purges are most necessary in this case XIV The first of these is done by Opiates and Things a-kin to them but their Matter and Composition and way and manner of Exhibition remains to be enquired into They are given in Liquids or in a more solid Body As also either by the Mouth or by the Fundament or by the Urinary passage XV. The Matter of which they are made is Opium or Things of like Nature with it as Purslane Lettise Nightshade Stramonium c. As for Preparations made of Opium there are scarcely any better than what we have invented such as are 1. Our Guttae Vitae which may be given from twenty Drops to one hundred and in extremity to two hundred or a full spoonful 2. Our Spiritus Anodynus in like Dose and manner 3. Our Antidotus from one Scruple to two Drams or more 4. Our Theriaca Londinensis from half a Scruple to two Scruples and in extremity of Torture to one Dram. 5. Our Volatile Laudanum from two Grains to six or eight or to ten or twelve or more if gradually given and inextremity I remember once I knew a Gentlewoman which had lain about twenty days in extream Torture and continually crying out for Death making in all that time little or no Water She sent for a Dram of Crude Opium resolving upon a fatal ease She had it and took it unknown to any about her She fell into a Sleep for about twenty four Hours then waked in ease and freely and plentifully made Water nor was she ever after troubled with any more Paroxysms Though this succeeded well yet such bold attempts are not practicable I here only recorded this matter of Fact for the Gentlemen of our Art to contemplate the reason of the thing and to consider how far a man may warrantably goe in extremity or where the case seems desperate XVI We have also other preparations of Opium which we have found extraordinary effecting as 1. Our Tinctura Opii Sulphurata 2. Our Elixir Opiatum 3. And our Eaudanum Volatile cum Aloe The first of these we oftentimes give to those who naturally disaffect Opium and all other kind of Opiates for by reason of the Acid the Opiatick is so corrected that it never disaffects the Stomach nor alters its Tone as the other preparations of it do The Opiated Elixir is a Stomatick and of good use where Vomiting is present And where there is a constipation of the Bowels my Laudanum Volatile with Aloes is of singular use and the effects are more than ordinary for that the Aloes though joyned with the Opiates yet seem not to lose any part of their Cathartick force and in some Constitutions the Medicine works more than if the Aloes were given alone XVII A Tincture drawn out of the Seeds of Stramonium or out of the Leaves carefully dried gives present ease So the inspissate Juice of the Leaves given from ten Grains to one Scruple made up into the form of a Pill or Bolus Crato commends the Juice of Purslane being inspissated and made into Pills and given to the quantity of a Dram he says it does wonders Syrup of the Juice of Lettice is also of good use being given to three or four Spoonfuls it may be thus made Take Juice of Lettice two Pound white Sugar as much mix boyl clarifie and make a Syrup the Syrup being made and cold add thereto Spirit of Wine a Quart It is a thing not to be despised XVIII But if the Torture be tolerable 't will be much better to give such things as have an apperitive Virtue and Power which may gently open or purge or evacuate because by emptying the parts will become more Lax and so the easier submit to the opening Medicine This I commend as a thing familiar for both Intentions Take Juice or Decoction of Speedwell eight Ounces choice Manna two Ounces mix for a Dose It opens and purges gently Asses Milk is likewise commended for People troubled with the Stone for that it exceeds all sorts of Milk in serosity and subtilty If the Sick be Costive let it be sweetned with Manna for Manna has a peculiar property both of opening the Urinary Passages and giving ease whereby the Matter offending is the more fit to be carried off Authors have commended Camels Milk and not without a shew of Reason as being good against the Dropsie because they Feed upon Spurge Widdow-wail Ranunculus and such like strong fiery and cathartick Herbs whereby their Milk acquires a Purgative Faculty and the Serum becomes detersive But some Authors will have all Milk to breed the Stone because it is caseous but this is Error For why should the solid Substance of Milk breed the Stone more than other solid Substances Except there be a real petrifactive property in it which none ever yet could prove And truly
the Gold Take the Gold which you have scraped out of the Retort and pouder it very small in your Glass Mortar with which mingle your Mercury by degrees or by little and little your Mercury will hardly mix with your Gold the reason is the Gold is full of the Praecipiolum and then it is time to separate the Praecipiolum from the Gold and Mercury which is a Womans work when her Cloths are foul she washes them from their foulness The same way you must cleanse or separate the Praecipiolum from the Gold and Mercury as followeth XI When you have the sign that your Mercury will hardly amalgamate or mix with your Gold or that the Gold will not enter into the Mercury then pour on it the fairest Water distilled Water is best three Fingers breadth above the Sol or Luna and Mercury which wash together in the Mortar with a Pestel very well till the Water is blewish black then it is a sign that the Gold le ts fall its Tartar or Praecipiolum into the Water Pour off this Water into a Glass but be careful that not any of the Mercury goes off with it for this Mercury will no more mix with common fair Water than Oil and Water will mix Put more fresh Water upon your Gold and Mercury and wash it again 'till the Water is blew again pour it off as aforesaid Thus continue washing 'till your Water remains white Put this last Water to the other Waters in the Glass and cover the Glass very close that not any foulness may fall into the Glass XII The Praecipiolum being thus washed away the Mercury will again amalgamate with the Gold as Oil will dissolve Wax Take the Amalgama dry it upon warm Ashes very softly with a Sponge or on Paper and by a little heat that the Amalgama may be dry which put again into the Retort and distil it as aforesaid by Sect. 8. 9. so long 'till the Gold will hardly Amalgamate with the Mercury then separate the Praecipiolum as aforesaid by Sect. 10. 11. XIII Now observe I gave you a charge that you should keep your Glass close wherein you put your blewest Water which will be clear and a Pouder at bottom which is some of the Praecipiolum The clear Water pour off without disturbing it as soon as you can into another Glass Now when you see that your Gold will hardly mit with your Mercury or not without great trouble pour the same Water which you poured off from the Praecipiolum upon your Amalgama and wash it again 'till the Water is blewish as aforesaid which pour off and continue so doing 'till the Water is colourless by Sect. 11. XIV Then take the Amalgama again and dry it and repeat the same Work again by Sect. 12. 'till you have the sign which wash again with the aforesaid Water by Sect. 13. and you will find that your Praecipiolum will 〈◊〉 daily This distillation and washing you shall continue 'till the Mercury is freed from the Mercurium coagulatum or Praecipiolum XV. Observe that as the Water grows less you add to it as need requires fresh Water Now the sign when the Mercury has lost all its Sperm or its Tartar or Coagulum or Praecipiolum is That that Mercury will Eternally Amalgamate with the Gold so that they will always mix well together And if you should a thousand times Amalgamate that Gold and Mercury and as often distil the one from the other yet they will still Amalgamate again or mix And if you should wash them a thousand times with fresh Water the Water will be clear and not blewish As long as any Salt or Praecipiolum is in the Mercury you cannot distil two three or four times the Mercury from the Sol but it will be difficult to Amalgamate or mit the one with the other and when you will have it to mix you must wash it and then it will Amalgamate well again But when that the Salt or Praecipiolum is all separated from the Mercury it will Amalgamate or mit after a thousand distillations as aforesaid And if it be wash'd a thousand times the Water will always be clear XVI To prepare the Praecipiolum to a Medicine Pour the clear Waters from the Pouder which lies at the bottom in the Glass that no Water may be left on the Pouder put the Glass on a little warm Ashes that the Pouder may dry which will look blewish Yellow Put this Pouder into a little Cucurbit Glass or Bolt-head and distil off from it the Water of Eggs five or six times or so long 'till the Pouder becomes Red and distil off from it five or six times Spirit of Wine so is it fitted for Medicine Dostwo or almost three Grains XVII To make the Water of Eggs. Take a good quantity of Eggs boyl them very hard take the Whites and cut them very small and distil them in an Alembick per Cineres very softly 'till you have got all the Water from the Whites then take the Egg-shells calcine them put them into a Retort put upon them the former that is their own Water and distil per Arenam with a strong Fire put this Water upon Ashes again and distil it again Thus continue it five or six times so the Water will be fitted for the Praecipiolum XVIII The Philosophers Key which is the Sal Prae cipioli or Salt of the Mercury coagulate You may remember that I gave you Instruction that you should pour off the clear VVater from the Praecipiolum and you should make dry the Praecipiolum and bring it into a Medicinal red Pouder Or you should bring it into its first Matter which shall bring all Mettals principally its own Body into its first Matter which cannot be done without the Sal Praecipioli which is hidden in the VVater you pour off from the Praecipiolum That same VVater filtre through brown Paper and set the VVater to evaporate in a round Glass very softly in Ashes VVhen the VVater is evaporated away you will find at the bottom of the Glass a yellow whitish Salt which is Sal Praecipioli and the Clavis Philosophorum wherewith they do unlock the Lock of the Praecipiolum which brings the same into its first Matter If you know not this Salt you know nothing of the true Chymistry This Salt does decrease in the decrease of the Moon and increase in the full One Grain will purge very safely all Podagra's Struma's venerial and hydropical Humors with two Grains of the Praecipiolum prepared XIX To bring the Praecipiolum into its first Matter or slippery Water Take of the Salt p. 1. of the Praecipiolum p. 2. being dry first dissolve the Salt in warm Water and put it upon the Praecipiolum and evaporate it away very gently in warm Ashes with a very gentle fire then is the Praecipiolum with its own Salt put it into a little Retort nip up the neck of the Retort very close put it into Balneum
Vaporosum and let it stand 〈◊〉 Weeks in digestion or to putrifie and it will become a slimy Water Take the Retort open its neck and lay the Retort in a Sand-furnace and cover it with an earthen Pan fixing to it a Receiver well luted give first a slow fire then a stronger which continue till the Spirits be well resolved into water First the Spirits will come forth in white Clouds or in smoak and at last in red Clouds or smoak give fire so long till all the Spirits are come over in a clear white water and when you have this sign take the Receiver from the Retort stopping the said Receiver very well with Wax that no Spirits may fly away then let the Fire go out XX. The Matter which remains in the Retort take out and put it into a Bolt-head and stop it well and set it in a warm place then rectifie once the Spirits which are in the Receiver and keep them carefully Now observe this you remember that when the Mercury hath lost its Praecipiolum that the same Mercury will be as bright as a Venice Looking-glass Take of this bright Mercury one part of the Spirit aforesaid two parts put them into a Bolt head stop it very close and let it stand in a little warmth and the Mercury will mix with the Spirit then distil all through a Retort in Sand. Take again of the aforesaid Mercury which is clear as a Venice Looking-Glass p. i. of the Spirit p. ij put them into a Bolt-head and set it in a warm place and the Mercury will mix with the Spirit and dissolve then distil again in a Retort in Sand ut supra and it will come over in form of VVater this continue so long 'till all the one half part of the might Mercury is brought to a clear thin VVater which keep very close stopped with VVax Take the Pouder which I ordered to be kept in a Bolt-head and place it very deep in a sand Capel and give a strong Fire for twenty four Hours then let the Fire go out and take the Bolt-head forth and stir the Pouder with a wooden Stick and put it upon the half part of the clear Mercurial Water closing the Glass with Hermes Seal shake it and let it stand in digestion in a warm place for three or four days then pour off this into another Glass and pour upon the remainder of the Pouder the other half of the VVater sealing the Glass again and letting it stand ut supra for three or four days then put it to the former VVater and Seal up the Glass Hermetically letting it stand in Balneo Vaporoso eight Days after distil it through a Retort and if any thing remain in the Retort which will be very little pour upon it the Spirit again and distil it 'till all is come over Now is the Salt with its own Spirit and brought into its first Matter keep it well stopped XXI This is the VVater which the Philosophers have given divers Names to as their Horse-dung Balneum Mariae and Calx Viva and in Sum this is the Philosophers true Fire without which no true work can be done in Chymistry XXII The Philosopher has brought forth this Salamander which will never wast in the Fire the longer the stronger This Water will increase and multiply per Infinitum that is to say if all the Sea were Mercury it would turn the same into its first Matter First you must wash your Mercury with Salt and Vinegar divers times and at last with Water to wash away the Salt Then mix this Mercury with Calx Vive and Calcin'd Tartar and by Sect. 8. aforegoing distil it in a Retort in a sand Furnace and fix to it a Receiver fill'd almost half full of Water that the Mercury may fall into it and coagulate which dry and squeeze eight or ten times through Leather so will your Mercury be well purged and cleansed from all its filth and uncleanness XXIII This is the Mercury which you must use in the multiplying your Spirit or Astrum Mercurij Take of this Mercury p. i. of the Astrum Mercurij p. ij put them into a Bolt-head stop it close and let it stand in a warm place one Night so will the Mercury melt in the Spirit or Astrum Mercurij and turn into Water then distil it through a Retort Thus may you do by repeating the Spirit with fresh Mercury as long as you please XXIV This Water will dissolve Gold and Silver and all sorts of Stones and bring them over with it through a Retort Gold and Silver thus dissolved can never be separated one from another The reason is because they and all other Mettals are of the same Nature and have beginning from the same Water there is nothing in the World but has its beginning from it XXV Medicina Universalis the Universal Medicine Take of your fine Gold in Powder viz. the same which did remain when you made the Praecipiolum one part of your finest Silver two parts in fine Powder put each by it self into a Glass pour upon each the Astrum Mercurij so much as may overtop them a Fingers breadth stop each Glass very close and let them stand in a warm place for eight days and the Gold and Silver will be almost all dissolved into Water pour off this Water each by it self into a Glass and put more Water to the Gold and Silver which yet remains let it stand again eight days in a warm place and then pour off these Waters to the former Waters so will the Gold and Silver be dissolved into Water but there will remain some Foeces XXVI Take of both these Waters a quarter part and put them together into a Bolt-head so as three quarters may be empty seal it Hermetically digest it in an Athanor in a continual warm heat 'till it comes to a fixed red Stone or Pouder Before it becomes a red Pouder there will appear many Colours as Black then Green then Yellow lastly Red When it is very Red and a Pouder take the Bolt head and bury it in a sand Capel very deep and give Fire by degrees and at last a very strong Fire and it will melt like Wax Let it stand one whole Week but the longer the better then take it out and let it cool after break up your Glass and you will find a fird Stone or Pouder and Red as Scarlet XXVII Now you may remember that I bid you keep three parts of your Gold and Silver which were dissolved into Water put both these Waters together into a Retort distil them and both the Gold and Silver will go over with the Water through the Retort with which Water you shall multiply your Medicine Now take of your Medicine p. i. in fine Pouder and put it into a little Bolt head putting upon it twice as much of your Waters as of Gold and Silver Seal it again and digest it in an Athanor 'till it comes to a Red Pouder
is but One and of the Nature thereof I. WHEN it was demanded of Bauzan a Greek Philosopher whether a Stone may be made of a thing which budeth Answered Yea viz. the two first Stones to wit the Stone Aleali and our Stone which is the Workmanship and Life of him who knows and underftands it II. But he that is ignorant of it who has not made nor knows how it is generated supposing it to be no Stone or apprehends not in his own mind all the things which I have spoken of it and yet will attempt to compose it spends away foolishly his precious time and loses his Money III. Except he finds out this precious Treasure he finds indeed nothing there is no second thing or matter that can rise up and take its place or stand it self instead thereof there is no other Natures that can triumph over it IV. Much heat is the nature thereof but with a certain temperature If by this saying you come to know it you will reap profit but if yet you remain ignorant you will lose all your labour V. It has many singular Properties and Virtues in curing the Infirmities of Bodies and their accidental Diseases and preserves sound Substances so that there appears not in them any Heterogenities or Contrarieties No possibility of the dissolution of their Union VI. It is the Sapo or Soap of Bodies yea their Spirit and Soul which when it is incorporate with them dissolves them without any loss VII This is the Life of the Dead and their Resurrection a Medicine preserving Bodies cleansing them and purging away their Superfluities VIII He that understands let him understand and he that is ignorant let him be ignorant still For this Treasure is not to be bought with Money and as it cannot be bought so neither can it be sold. IX Conceive therefore its Virtue and Excellency aright consider its value and Worth and then begin to Work How excellently speaks a Learned Philosopher to this purpose X. God saith he gives thee not this Magistery for thy sole Courage Boldness Strength or Wisdom without any labour but thou must labour that God may give thee success Adore then God Almighty the Creator of all things who is pleased thus to favour thee with so great and so precious a Treasure CHAP. XXXIII The Way and Manner how to make the Stone both White and Red. I. WHen you attempt to do this take this our precious Stone and put it into a Cucurbit covering it with an Alembick which close well with Lutum sapientiae and set it in Horse-dung and fixing a Receiver to it distil the matter into the Receiver till all the water is come over and the moisture dry up and dryness prevail over it II. Then take it out dry reserving the water that is distilled for a future occasion take I say the dry body that remained in the bottom of the Cucurbit and grind it and put it into a Vessel answerable in magnitude to the quantity of the Medicine III. Bury it in as very hot Horse-dung as you can get the Vessel being well luted with Lutum sapientiae And in this manner let it digest But when you perceive the Dung to grow cold get other fresh Dung which is very hot and put your Vessel therein to digest as before IV. Thus shall you do for the space of forty days renewing your Dung so often as the occasion or reason of the Work shall require and the Medicine shall dissolve of it self and become a thick White water V. Which when you shall see you shall weigh it and put thereto half so much by weight of the water which you reserved close and lute your Vessel well with Lutum sapientiae and put it again into hot Horse-dung which is hot and moist to digest not omitting to renew the Dung when it begins to cool till the course of forty days be expired VI. So will your Medicine be congealed in the like number of days as before it was dissolved in VII Again take it weigh it justly and according to its quantity add to it of the reserved water you made before grind the Body and subtilize it and put the water upon it and set it again in hot Horse-dung for a Week and half or ten days then take it out and you shall see that the Body has already drunk up the Water VIII Afterwards grind it again and put thereto the like Quantity of your reserved water as you did before bury it in very hot Horse dung and leave it therefore ten days more take it out again and you shall find that the Body has already drunk up the Water IX Then as before grind it putting thereto of the afore reserved Water the aforesaid quantity and bury it in like manner in hot Horse-dung digesting it 10 days longer then taking it forth and this do the fourth time also X. Which done take it forth and grind it and bury it in Horse-dung till it be dissolved Afterwards take it out and reiterate it once more for then the Birth will be perfect and the Work ended XI Now when this is done and you have brought your matter to this great perfection then take of Lead or Steel 250 Drams melt it and caste thereon 1 Dram of Cinnabar to wit of this our Medicine thus perfected and it shall fix the Lead or Steel that it shall not fly the fire XII It shall make it white 〈◊〉 cleanse it from all its dross and blackness and convert it into a Tincture perpetually abiding XIII Then take a Dram from these 250 Drams and project it upon 250 Drams of Steel or Copper and it shall whiten it and convert it into Silver better than that of the Mine which is the greatest and last Work of the White which it performs XIV To convert the said Stone into Red. And if you desire to convert this Magistry into Sol or Gold take of this Medicine thus perfected at 10. above the weight of one Dram after the manner of the former Example and put it into a Vessel and bury it in Horse-dung for forty days till it be dissolved XV. Then give it the Water of the dissolved Body to drink first as much as amounts to half its weight afterwards bury it in hot Horse-dung digesting it till it is dissolved as aforesaid XVI Then proceed in this Golden Work as before in the Silver and you shall have fine Gold even pure Gold Keep my Son this most secret Book containing the Secret of Secrets reserving it from Ignorant and Profane Hands so shall you obtain your desire Amen CHAP. XXXIV Kalid's Secret of Secrets or Stone of the Philosophers Explicated I. IF you would be so happy as to obtain the Blessing of the Philosphers as God doth live for ever so let this verity live with you Now the Philosophers say it abides in the Shell and contains in it self both White and Red the one is called Masculine the other Feminine and they are
perfect Luna XIII The Regiment of Luna Dissolve and Coagulate it 7 times or at least 4 times and to it dissolved adjoyn the fixed Rubifying Waters which we shall declare and you will find the body aptly solar for it agrees with Sol and remains quietly with it In this Venus admirably well purged and dissolved may be a great help to you because a most clean tinging and fixed Sulphur may be extracted from it And I tell you that Mercury purified and fixed has power to palliate or illustrate the foulness of imperfect Bodies and fixed Sulphur extracted pure from bodies to tinge them with splendor XIV Hence you may gather a great Secret viz. That Mercury and Sulphur may be extracted as well from imperfect Bodies as from perfect For purified Spirits and middle Minerals are an help and very peculiar for deducing the Work to perfection XV. Another Regiment of Luna This is to reduce it to a more noble state Take Luna dissolved 3 Pounds of Venus dissolved 4 Pounds of Ferment dissolved 1 Pound conjoyn the dissolutions decoct them sor 7 days with gentle fire in a sealed glass as in Mars with their whole water then augment the fire leisurely for other 7 days and let it be as a fire of Sublimation For other 7 days give it fire yet stronger that the whole water may be fixed with it This pouder reduce in a small quantity and if it retains with it self part of the Mercury which you will easily perceive if you know how to calcine it is well indeed but if not put it again to be fixed until it is sufficiently fixt This must be reduced with red reducing Medicines so will you find your Luna tinged transmuted and fixed XVI The Ferment of Luna for the White It is made by dissolving Luna in its own Corrosive water and then boiling this water away to a third part it is to be exposed to the Air or set in B. M. or in Dung for certain days so will it be Oyl of Luna and Ferment which keep for the White Work XVII The Ferment of Ferments upon Mercury for the White Take of the Ferment of Luna which is its Oyl add to it twice as much of Arsenick sublimed and dissolved in water Quaer what Water then to both these add of Mercury dissolved as much as of the Arsenick mix the Waters set them over the fire for one day to be incorporated then draw off the water by an Alembick and cohobate fifteen times so incerating it will be fluid as fusible Wax Add to it as much Virgin-Wax melted commix them and project the mixture upon Mercury washed Quaere What is meant by washing here according as you see fit for that resolved is augmented in Virtue and Weight XVIII A Work upon Luna and Mercury Take Litharge Salt of Pot-Ashes mix and make a Cement Put the Cement first into a Crucible an Inch thick upon which put a Ball of the Amalgamation of Mercury and Luna upon which put the remainder of the Cement that the Ball may be in the middle Dry lute and set the Crucible in a gentle fire for half a day leisurely augmenting the fire and so continue its leisurely in crease from the Evening unto the dawning of the day with moderate ignition at last then take it out and prove it by Cineritium and it will be Luna in weight and surdity and much better in fixation XIX Another Work Amalgamate Luna with Mercury to which add as much Saturn as there is Luna put it into such a Crucible that a fourth part of it may be empty Affuse on it Oyl of Sulphur and decoct it unto the consumption of the Oyl Afterwards keep it for two hours in a moderate fire and there will be generated a black Stone with a little Redness This Stone prove by Cineritium and you will find your Luna augmented in Weight Surdity and Fixation XX. Another Work Take Luna amalgamated with Mercury Grind it with twice so much Metaline Arsenick to which a tenfold proportion of amalgamated Venus viz. That the Amalgamation of Venus may be 10 times as much as the whole Amalgama of Luna and Mercury mixed with the duple quantity of Arsenick grind the whole and fix Then reduce it into a Body and you will find a good augmentation XXI Of the Citrination of Luna or tinging its Body yellow Dissolve 〈◊〉 Philosophick Zyniar which is Verdigrise deduced from Venus prepared in the water of the dissolution of Luna Aqua Fortis to which adjoyn half so much as its self is of Mercury rubified by sublimation and in some sort fixed and dissolved to these add as much of Luna dissolved as the Zyniar Verdigrise is from which fermented for one day extract the water by distillation and cohobate 10 times then coagulate and reduce into a body and you will find it a good Work XXII Or thus Dissolve Zyniar 1 Ounce and our Crocus prepared with Mercury sublimate till it wax red 1 Ounce add as much Sal Armoniack and sublime it thrice from that Crocus which dissolve To which add of Luna dissolved 2 Ounces Then do as in the former incerating and reducing and you will find satisfaction XXIII Or thus Take of Crocus and Zyniar dissolved ana add as much Sol dissol ved incerate as before then coagulate to the coagulate add a fourth part of its weight of the Oyl of Salt-peter and project upon so much of Luna and will be a Tincture of a Citrine aspect XXIV Or thus Make a Water of our Zyniar and of our said Crocus and imbibe the Calces of Sol and Luna of each equal parts therewith until they have drunk in their own weight of it Then incerate with the Oyl of Sal Armoniack and Nitre and reduce the Mass into a Noble Body XXV Or thus Sublime Sal Armoniack from our greenness to which add Crocus and Zyniar from which well commixed sublime the Sal Armoniack and repeat it twice or thrice Then dissolve the whole to which add a third part of Gold dissolved incerate as before and congeal then project upon Sol 1 ounce Luna 2 Ounces mixed together and it will be good CHAP. XLVII Of the Alchimie of Sol. I. PErfect Bodies as Sol is need no preparation in relation to their farther perfection but that they may be more subtilized and attenuated we give you this Preparation Take Leaves of fine Sol which lay stratum superstratum with common Salt well prepared in a Vessel of Calcination Set it into a Fornace and calcine well for 3 days until the whole be subtily calcined Then take it grind it well wash it with Vinegar Quaer Whether Spirit of Vinegar or some other acid Spirit and dry it in the Sun Then grind it well with half its weight of prepared or purified Sal Armoniack and set it to be dissolved until the whole by help of the Common Salt and Sal Armoniack is reduced into a most clear water This is the pretious ferment for
of working this Tryal is thus Take sifted Ashes or Calx or Pouder der of the Bones of Animals Calcined or a Commixtion of all or some of them moisten with Water and make the mixture firm and solid with your hands and in the midst of it work it into a round flatish lump make a round and smooth hollowness and upon the bottom of it strew a small quantity of Glass beaten to Pouder which lay to dry XVI When dry Put your Metal into the Hollowness thereof which you would try or prove put Coals of Fire upon it and then blow with Bellows upon the Surface till the Metal flows upon which being in flux cast part after part of Lead and blow with a flame of strong Ignition XVII Whilst you see it agitated with a strong Concusssion it is not pure cast wait till all the Lead be Exhaled when that is gon off and the Motion yet ceases not it is not yet pure cast Lead then again upon it and blow as before until the Lead vanish If it do not yet rest repeat the casting in of more Lead and blowing upon it till it be still or quiet and you see it clean and clear in its Su perfices XVIII This done take away the Coals scatter the Fire and put Water upon the Test for you will find it throughly proved and if while you are blowing this proof you cast in Glass the Bodies will be the better and more perfectly purified because that takes away the Impurities and separates them XIX Or Instead of Glass you may cast in Salt Borax or a little Alum This Examen of the Cineritium or Test may in like manner be made in a Crucible of Earth if the fire round about it be blowed and upon the surface also of the Crucible that the Body to be proved may the sooner flow and be perfected CHAP. LXIII Of Cementation and its Causes I. WE now come to the Examen of Cement And whereas some Bodies are more and others less burned by the Calcination of fire i. e. they which contain a greater quantity of burning Sulphur more but they which contain less less Therefore seeing Sol has a lesser quantity of Sulphur than other Metallick Bodies it is not in the midst of all Mineral Bodies burnt by the force of fire II. And seeing Luna also next to Sol partakes of a less quantity of Sulphur than the other four Bodies yet has more Sulphur than Sol therefore it can less bear the strong Ignition of a violent Fire for a long space of time than Sol can And by consequence less bear things burning by a like nature but Venus less than it because it consists of more Sulphur still and of greater Earthiness than Luna and so can less bear the violent force of Fire III. Jupiter also less than Sol or Luna because it partakes of greater Sulphureity and Earthiness than either of them yet it is less burnt by violence of Fire than Venus but more than Sol or Luna IV. Saturn in its Commixtion by nature holds more of Earthiness and Sulphureity than either of these before named and therefore is more burnt by Inflamation or violence of Fire and is sooner and more easily inflamed than all the said Bodies because it has Sulphureity more nearly conjoyned and more fixed than Jupiter V. Mars is not burnt by it self but by Accident for when it is mixed with Bodies of much humidity it imbibes that Humidity by reason of its own want of the same and therefore being conjoyned it is neither inflamed nor burned if the Bodies with which it is joyned or united be neither Inflamable nor Combustible VI. But if Combustible Bodies be mixed with it it necessarily happens according to the nature of the Combustion that Mars is burnt and inflamed Seeing therefore that Cement is made of Inflamable things the necessary cause of its Invention is manifest viz. that all Combustible things might be burned VII And since there is but one only body incombustible that alone or what is prepared according to the nature of it is kept safe in Cement But which abide more and which less are known with their Causes Luna abides more but Mars less Jupiter yet less and Venus less than Jupiter but Saturn least of all VIII The way of Examination by Cement is thus You must compound it of Infla mable things of which kind are all blackening flying penetrating things viz. Vitriol Sal Armoniack Verdigrise Alum or Plumous Alum and a very small quantity of Sulphur with Humane Urine and other like acute and penetrating things All which are made into a Paste with the Urine aforesaid and spread upon thin plates of that Body which you intend to examine by this way of Probation IX Then the said plates must be laid upon a Grate of Iron included in an Earthen Vessel but so as not to touch one another that the power of the Fire may have free and equal access to them Thus the whole must be kept in Fire in a strong Earthen Vessel for the space of 3 days but with this Caution That the plates may be kept Red Fire hot but not melt X. After the third day you will find the Plates cleansed from all impurity if the Body of them was perfect if not they will be wholly corrupted and burnt in the Calcination XI Some expose Plates of Metal to Calcination without a Composition of Cement and they are purified in like manner if the Body be perfect If not they are totally consumed But in this kind of Examen they must have a longer space of time for that they are purified by the only force of Fire than if they were Examined by the help of Cement XII And for that the nature of Luna differs not much from the nature of Sol therefore of necessity it rests with it in the Tryal by Cement and there is no separation of Bodies one from another in these two kinds of Tryal unless that be caused by reason of the Diversity of the Composition of their substances XIII For from thence results the Diversity of Fusion and Thickness or Thinness or Rarity which are indeed the causes of Separation for that by reason of the strong Composition of some their substance is not corrupted by the substance of the Extraneous Body in as much as a mixtion of them cannot be made through their least parts XIV Therefore in such a commixture they must necessarily be separated each from other without the total corruption of their Essences And the perfecting of imperfect Bodies is discerned when they are by Ingenuity of preparation found to be of the same Fusion Ignition and Solidity CHAP. LXIV The Examen by Ignition I. SInce Bodies of greatest Perfection with determinate Ignition are found to receive the Fire before fusion of them therefore we say if our design is to find out the com pleat alteration of them there is a necessity to bring such Bodies to their Fusion II. And before these
substantiam Argenti vivi fixi etiam augmentat in eo suum nativum colorem pondus substantiam tincturam I. THE whole then of this Antimonial Secret is That we know how by it to extract or draw forth Argent Vive out of the Body of Magnesia not burning and this is Antimony and a Mercurial Sublimate II. That is you must extract a living and incombustible Water and then congeal or coagulate it with the perfect body of Sol i. e. fine Gold without allay which is done by dissolving it into a nature and white Substance of the consistency of Cream and made throughly white III. But first this Sol by putrefaction and resolution in this Water loseth all its light or brightness and will grow dark and black afterwards it will ascend above the Water and by little and little will swim upon it in a substance of a white colour IV. And this is the whitening of Red Laton to sublime it philosophically and to reduce it into its first Matter viz. into a white incombustible Sulphur and into a fixed Argent Vive V. And so the fixed moisture to wit Gold our Body by the reiterating of the Liquifaction or Dissolution in this our dissolving Water is changed and reduced into fixed Sulphur and fixed Argent Vive VI. Thus the perfect body of Sol resumeth Life in this Water it is revived inspired grows and is multiplied in its kind as all other things are VII For in this Water it so happens that the body compounded of two bodies viz. Sol and Luna is puffed up swells putrefies is raised up and does increase by receiving from the Vegetable and animated Nature and Substance VIII Our Water also or Vinegar aforesaid is the Vinegar of the Mountains i. e. of Sol and Luna and therefore it is mixed with Gold and Silver and sticks close to them perpetually and the body receiveth from this Water a white Tincture and shines with an inestimable brightness IX Who so therefore knows how to convert or change the body into a medicinal white Gold may easily by the same white Gold change all imperfect Metals into the best and finest Silver X. And this white Gold is called by the Philosophers Luna alba Philosophorum Argentum vivum album fixum Aurum Alchymiae and fumus albus And therefore without this our Antimonial Vinegar the Aurum album of the Philosophers cannot be made XI And because in our Vinegar there is a double substance of Argentum vivum the one from Antimony the other from Mercury Sublimate it does give a double weight and substance of fixed Argent vive and also augments therein the native colour weight substance and tincture thereof CHAP. V. Of other Operations of our secret Mineral Water and its Tincture I. NOstra igitur Aqua dissolutiva portat magnam Tincturam magnamque fusionem propterea quod quando sentit ignem communem si in ea est conpus perfectum Solis vel Lunae subitò illud fudi facit liquefieri conperti in suam substantiam albam ut ipsa est addit colorem pondus Tincturam corpori II. Est etiam solutiva omnium liquabilium est Aqua ponderosa viscosa praetiosa honoranda resolvens omnia corpora cruda in eorum primam Materiam hoc est in Terram pulverem viscosum id est in Sulphur Argentum vivum III. Si ergo posueris in illa Aqua quodcunque Metallum limatum vel attenuatum demittas per tempus in calore leni dissolvetur totum vertetur in aquam viscosam sive Oleum album ut dictum est IV. Et sic mollificat corpus praeparat ad fusionem liquefactionem imò facit omnia fusibilia id est lapides Metalla postea illis dat Spiritum Vitam V. Dissolvit ergo omnia solutione mirabili convertens corpus perfectum in Medicinam fusibilem fundentem penetrantem magis fixam augens pondus colorem VI. Operare ergo cum ea consequeris quod desideras ab ea Nam est Spiritus anima Solis Lunae Oleum Aqua dissolutiva fons balneum Mariae ignis contra naturam ignis bumidus ignis secretus occultus in visibilis VII Atque acetum acerrimum de quo quidam antiquus Philosophus dicit Rogavi Dominum ostendit mihi 〈◊〉 aquam nitidam quam cognovi esse purum acetum alterans penetrans digerens VIII Acetum inquam penetrativum Instrumentum movens ad putrefaciendum resolvendum reducendum aurum vel argentum in sui primam materiam IX Et est unicum agens in toto mundo in hac arte quod videlicet potest resolvere reincrudare corpora metallica sub conservatione suae speciei X. Est igitur solum medium aptum naturale per quod debemus resolvere corpora perfecta Solis Lunae mirabili solemni solutione sub conservatione suae speciei absque ulla destructione nisi ad novam nobiliorem meliorem formam sive generationem scilicet in lapidem perfectum philosophorum quod est secretum arcanum eorum mirabile XI Est autem aqua illa media quaedam substantia clara ut argentum purum quae debet recipere tincturas Solis Lunae ut congeletur convertatur in terram albam vivam XII Ista enim aqua eget corporibus perfectis ut cum illis post dissolutionem congeletur fixetur coaguletur in terram albam XIII Solutio autem eorum est etiam congelatio eorum Nam unam eandem habent opera tionem quia non solvitur unum quin congeletur alterum nec est alia aqua quae possit dissolvere corpora nisi illa quae permanet cum eis in materia forma XIV Imo permanens esse non potest nisi sit ex alterius natura ut fiant simul unum XV. Cum videris igitur a quam coagulare seipsam cum corporibus in ea solutis ratus esto scientiam methodum operationes tuas esse veras ac philosophicas teque in arte rectè procedere I OUR dissolving Water therefore carries with it a great Tincture and a great melting or dissolving because that when it feels the vulgar Fire if there be in it the pure or fine bodies of Sol or Luna it immediately melts them and converts them into its white Substance such as it self is and gives to the Body colour weight and tincture II. In it also is a power of liquifying or melting all things that can be melted or dissolved it is a Water ponderous viscous precious and worthy to be esteemed resolving all crude Bodies into their prima Materia or first Matter viz. into Earth and a viscous Pouder that is into Sulphur and Argentum vivum III. If therefore you put into this Water Leaves Filings or Calx of any Metal and set it in a gentle Heat for a time the whole will
powder in the bottom of the vessel and the water which is called the black Ashes This is the Corruption of the Body which is called by Philosophers or Wise Men Saturnus AEs Plumbum Philosophorum Pulvis discontinuatus viz. Saturn Latten or Brass the lead of the Philosophers the disguised powder II. And in this putrefaction and resolution of the body three signs appear viz. a black color a discontinuity of parts and a stinking smell not much unlike to the smell of a Vault where dead Bodies are buried III. These Ashes then are those of which the Philosophers have spoken so much which remained in the lower part of the Vessel which we ought not to undervalue or despise IV. In them is the Royal Diadem and the black and unclean Argent Vive which ought to be cleansed from its blackness by a continual digestion in our water till it be elevated above in a white Colour which is called the Gander and the Bird of Hermes V. He therefore that maketh the red Earth black and then renders it white has obtained the Magistery so also he who kills the living and revives the dead VI. Therefore make the black white and the white black and you perfect the Work VII And when you see the true whiteness appear which shineth like a bright Sword or polished Silver know that in that whiteness there is redness hidden VIII But then beware that you take not that whiteness out of the Vessel but only digest it to the end that with heat and dryness it may assume a Citrine colour and a most beatiful redness IX Which when you see with great fear and trembling render Praises and Thanksgiving to the most great and good God who gives Wisdom and Riches to whom soever he pleases And according to the wickedness of a person takes them away and withdraws them for ever again depressing him even to the bottom of Hell To him I say the most Wise and Almighty God be Glory to the Ages of Ages Amen The End of Artephius Longaevus Nicholai Flammel Hieroglyphica The Hieroglyphicks of Nicholas Flammel newly Translated into English and Claused By William Salmon Professor of Physick CHAP. XXIII The beginning of Flammel's Book which is the Peroration of the Whole I. THe Lord God of my Life who exalts the humble in Spirit out of the most abject dust and makes the hearts of such as hope in him to rejoyce be Eternally praised II. Who of his own Grace reveals to the believing Soul the springs of his bounty and subjugates under their foot the Crowns of all Earthly Felicities and Glories III. In him I say let us always put our Confidence in his fear let us place Our happiness and in his mercy the hope and Glory of the restoration of our fallen state IV. And in our Supplications to him let us demonstrate or shew forth a faith unfeigned and stable an assurance that shall not for ever be shaken V. And thou O Lord God Almighty as thou out of thy infinite and most desirable Goodness hast condescended to open the Earth and unlock thy Treasures unto me thy poor and unworthy Servant and hast given into my possession the Fountains and Well-Springs of all the Treasures and Riches of this World VI. So O Lord God out of thine abundant kindness extend thy mercies unto me that when I shall cease to be any longer in the Land of the Living thou maist open unto me the Coelestial Riches the Divine Treasures and give me a part or portion in the Heavenly Inheritance for ever VII Where I may behold thy Divine Glory and the fulness of thy Heavenly Majesty a Pleasure so Ineffable and a Joy so Ravishing which no Mortal Man can express or conceive VIII This I entreat of thee O Lord for our Lord Jesus Christ thy well-beloved Son's sake who in the Unity of the Holy Spirit liveth with thee World without end Amen CHAP. XXIV The Explication of the Hieroglyphick Figures placed by me Nicholas Flammel Scrivener in the Church-yard of the Innocents in the fourth Arch entring by the Great Gate of Dennis-street on the right hand And of the Book of Abraham the Jew I. I Nicholas Flammel Scrivener living in Paris Anno 1399 in the Notarystreet near S. James of the Bouchery though I learned not much Latin because of the poorness and meanness of my Parents who notwithstanding were by them that envie me most accounted honest and good People II. Yet by the Blessing of God I have not wanted an understanding of the Books of the Philosophers but learned them and attained to a certain kind of knowledge even of their hidden Secrets III. For which cause sake there shall not any moment of my life pass wherein remembring this so vast a good I will not upon my bare Knees if the place will permit or otherwise in my heart with all the intireness of my Affections render thanks to this my most Good and Gracious God IV. Who never forsakes the Righteous Generation or suffers the Children of the Just to beg their Bread nor deceives their Expectations but supports them with Blessings who put their whole trust in him V. After the Decease of my Parents I Nicholas Flammel got my living by the Art of Writing Ingrossing Inventories making up Accounts keeping of Books and the like VI. In this course of living there fell by chance into my hands a Guilded Book very old and large which cost me only the Sum of two Florens which was about 6 s. 8 d. formerly now 10 s. English VII It was not made of Paper or Parchment as other Books be but of admirable Rindes as it seemed to me of young Trees The Cover of it was of Brass it was well bound and graven all over with strange kind of Letters which I take to be Greek Characters or some such like VIII This I know that I could not read them nor were they either Latin or French Letters or Words of which I understand something IX But as to the matter which was written within it was engraven as I suppose with an Iron Pencil or Graver upon the said Barke Leaves done admirably well and in fair and neat Latin Letters and curiously coloured X. It contained thrice seven Leaves for so they were numbred in the top of each Folio and every seventh leaf was without any writing but in place thereof there were several Ima ges or Figures painted XI Upon the first seventh Leaf was depicted 1. A Virgin 2. Serpents swallowing her up On the second seventh A Serpent Crucified And on the last seventh A Desart or Wilderness in midst whereof was seen many fair Fountains from whence issued out a number of Serpents here and there XII Upon the first of the Leaves was written in Capital Letters of Gold Abraham the Jew Prince Priest Levite Astrologer and Philosophor to the Nation of the Jews dispersed by the Wrath of God in France wisheth Health XIII After which words it was filled with many
shall the Tincture be made and more plentiful in quantity and the more perfect it is the more it shall transmute IX In the Fourth Distillation then it shall receive such a Virtue and Tincture that one part shall be able to transmute a thousand parts of the cleansed Metal into fine Gold or Silver better than that which is Generated in the Mines X. Therefore saith Rhasis The goodness or excellency of the Multiplication hereof depends only on the Reiteration of the dissolution and fixation of the perfect Medicine XI For so much the oftner the work is Reiterated so much the more fruitful it will be and so much the more augmented XII So much the oftner you sublime it so much the more you increase it for every time it is augmented in Virtue and Power and Tincture one more to be cast upon a thousand at a second time upon ten thousand at the third time upon one hundred thousand at the fourth time upon a Million And thus you way increase its Power by the number of the Reiterations till it is almost infinite XIII Therefore saith Meredes the Philosopher know for certain that the oftner the Matter or Stone is dissolved and congealed the more absolutely and perfectly the Spirit and Soul are conjoyned and retained XIV And for this cause every time the Tincture is Multiplied after a most admirable and unconceiveable manner CHAP. XLVIII Of the Augmentation or Multiplication of Our Medicine by Fermentation I. OUr Medicine is Multiplied by Fermentation and the Ferment for the White is pure Luna the Ferment for the Red is pure fine Sol. II. Now cast one part of the Medicine upon twenty parts of the Ferment and all shall become Medicine Elixir or Tincture Put it on the Fire in a Glass Vessel and seal it so that no Air go in or out dissolve and subtilize it as oft as you please even as you did for making of the first Medicine III. And one part of this second Medicine shall have as much Virtue and Power as Ten parts of the former IV. Therefore saith Rhasis Now have we accomplished our Work by that which is hot and moist and it is become equally temperate and whatsoever is added or put to it shall become of the same temperament and Vertue with it V. You must then Conjoyn it that it may Generate its like yet you must not joyn it with any other that it might convert it to the same but only with that very same kind of whose substance it was in the beginning VI. For in Speculo Terrae Spiritualis it is written that the Elixir is figured in the Body from whence it was taken in the beginning when it was to be dissolved VII That is to say to dispose Marry or Conjoyn that Earth revived and in its Soul purified by commixtion of its first Body from whence it took beginning VIII Also in Libro Gemmae Salutaris it is said that the White work needs a White Ferment which when it is made White is White Ferment also and when it is made Red is the Ferment of Redness IX And so the White Earth is Ferment of Ferment for when it is Conjoyned with Luna or shall be made a Medicine it is to cast upon Mercury and every imperfect Metaline Body to be converted into Luna X. And to the Red ought Sol to be joyned and it will become a Medicine or Tincture to project upon Mercury or upon Luna XI Rhasis also saith You must now mix it with Argent Vive White and Red after their kind and be so chained that it flies not away XII Wherefore we command Argent Vive to be mixed with Argent Vive until one clear water be made of two Argent Vive's Compounded together XIII But you must not make the mixture of them till each of them apart or separately be dissolved into water and in the Conjunction of them put a little of the matter upon much of the Body viz. First upon four and it shall become in a short time a fine Pouder whose Tincture shall be White or Red. XIV This Pouder is the true and perfect Elixir or Tincture and the Elixir or Tincture is truly a simple Pouder XV. Egidius also saith to Solution put Solution and in dissolutionput desiccation viz. make it dry putting all together to the fire XVI Keep entire the sume or vapour and take heed that nothing thereof flie out from it Tarry by the Vessel and behold the wonders how it changes from Colour to Colour in less space than an hours time till such time as it comes to the Signs of Whiteness or Redness XVII For it melts quickly in the Fire and congeals in the Air. When the fume or vapor feels the sorce of the fire the fire will penetrate into the Body and the Spirit will become fixed and the matter made dry becoming a Body fixt and clear or pure and either White or Red. XVIII This Pouder is the compleat and perfect Elixir or Tincture now you may separate or take if from the fire and let it cool XIX And first part of it projected upon 1000. parts of any Metalline Body transmutes it into fine Gold or Silver according as your Elixir or Tincture is for the Red or the White XX. From what has been said it is manifest and Evident that if you do not congeal Argent Vive making it to bear or endure the fire and then conjoyning it with pure Silver you shall never attain to the Whiteness XXI And if you make not Argent ViveRed and so as it may endure the greatest fire and then conjoyn it with pure fine Gold you shall never attain to the Redness XXII And by dissolution viz. by Fermentation your Medicine Elixir or Tincture may be multiplied infinitely XXIII Now you must understand that the Elixir or Tincture gives fusion like Wax for which cause saith Rhasis Our Medicine ought of necessity to be of a subtle substance and most pure cleaving to Mercury of its Nature and of most easie and thin liquifaction fusion or melting after the manner of water XXIV Also in the Book called Omne datumOptimum it is said when the Elixir is well prepared it ought to be made liquid that it may melt as Wax upon a Plate Red-Fire-Hot or upon Coals XXV Now observe what you do in the White the same you must do in the Red for the work is all one The same Operation that is in the one is in the other as well in multiplication as projection CHAP. XLIX Of the Differences of the Medicine and Proportions used in Projection I. GEBER the Arabian Prince Alchymist and Philosopher in lib. 5. cap. 21. saith That there is three orders of Medicines The First Order is of such Medicines which being cast upon imperfect Bodies takes not away their Corruption or Imperfection but only give Tincture which in Examination flies away and vanishes II. The Second Order is of such Medicines which being cast upon Imperfect Bodies tinge
defined V. The Elemental fire is that which does Fix Calcine and Burn and is nourished by Combustible things VI. The fire against Nature which is a violent strong Corrosive destroying the special form of that which is dissolved therein is that which in Power Dissolves Frets Infects and destroys the generative Power of the form of the Stone it does Dissolve the Stone into Water of the Cloud with the loss of its Natural Attractive and special Form and is called Fire against Nature as Raymundus 〈◊〉 from its Operation for that which Nature does make this fire against Nature destroys and brings to Corruption unless there be fire of Nature put to it VII Here as Raymundus saith lies contrary Operations as in the Compounded Water for as the fire against Nature does Dissolve the Spirit of the fixed Body the Volatile Spirit is thereby constrained to retire into a fixed Earth a Congealed Earth as White as Snow VIII For the fire of Nature does Congeal the Dissolved Spirit of the fixed Body into a glorious Earth and the Body of the Volatile being fixed by the same fire against Nature is here again by the fire of Nature resolved into the Water of Philosophers but not into the Water of the Cloud and so by this means the fixed is returned back again into its wonted Nature of Flying and the moist is made dry and the ponderous is made light IX But yet he saith this fire which is against Nature is not the Work of Our Magistery but it is the fire which is purely Natural This he saith because he would shew us thereby the difference between the Mineral Elixir and the Vegetable and the Animal For that these three several Elixirs are made of three several Waters viz. Mineral Vegetable and Animal which serve for the Work divers ways X. And First we will Treat of the Mineral Elixir then of the other in order The Fire against Nature is a Mineral Water viz. the Humour or Tincture drawn out of Body of Venus Dissolved in its Mineral Spirit very strong and Mortal serving only to the Mineral Elixir XI This Mineral Water or Fire against Nature is drawn with fire Elemental from a certain stinking Menstruum as Raymundus saith and is made of four things It is the strongest Water in the World whose only Spirit saith he does wonderfully increase and multiply the Tincture of the Ferment for here Sol or Gold is Tinged with the Mineral Spirit the which Mineral Spirit is the strength of the most simple Sulphur without much Earthiness XII Thin Mineral Water is the dropping of Adrop or Adrup Venus which is the noble Tincture called the natural Roman Vitriol and which for the abundance of its noble Tincture is called Roman Gold XIII This some do call the Spirit of the Green Lyon others the blood of the Green Lyon wherein almost all Err and are deceived for the Green Lyon of the Philosophers is that Lyon by whose Virtue attractive all things are lifted up from the Bowels of the Earth and the Winter-like Caverns making them to Wax green and flourish whose Child for all the Elixirs are to be had from it is to us most acceptable and sufficient XIV The Child of Philosophers is generated of their Green Lyon of which Child is had the strength of Sulphur both White and Red Our two Sulphurs of Nature are the Gold and Silver of the Philosophers and their hidden Treasure XV. Of this Child of the Green Lyon of the Philosophers is drawn the strength of Sulphur White and Red but not Burning as Avicen saith which are the two best things the Alchymist can take to make his Gold and Silver of and this is sufficient to be said for the attaining the knowledge of the Green Lyon which is so called because that when he is dissolved he is streight ways adorned with a green Vesture i. e. When our Sulphur of Nature is dissolved in its own Menstruum which is the Virgins Milk it is clothed with this greenness and therefore called the Green Lyon XVI But of the Green Lyon of Fools this we say that from it with a strong fire is drawn Aquafortis in the which the aforesaid Philosophers Lyon of the Mineral Stone ought to be Elixirated and assumes its Name Raymundus saith it were better or fafer to eat the Eyes of a Basalisk than that Gold which is made with the Fire against Nature XVII And I say also that the things from whence the same Aquafortis is drawn is green Vitriol and Azoth i. e. Vitriol Natural not Artificial viz. the droppings of Copper called also Roman Vitriol Roman Gold by many of the Philosophers from the abundance of its noble Tincture the which Tincture must be Fermented with Common Gold XVIII How great and Secret a Virtue then and of what strength the Fire against Nature is evidently appears in the construction of the Body of the Volatile Spirit being by it vulgarly sublimed in the form of Snowy Whiteness Raymundus in the end of the Epistle of his Abridgment saith feed Argent Vive with this Oyl viz. with the Oyl wherewith the Spirit of the Quintessence is thickened c. XIX For want of such Natural 〈◊〉 the true and natural Principle not Artificial as Vincent saith made of Salts Sulphurs and Alums which cut and gnaw Metals is to be chosen lest in the end of your work you fail of your desire The Philosophers will you to Calcine Sol with Mercury Crude till it be brought into a Calx Red as Blood Here comes in the work of Sol and Mercury together brought into a dry Red Pouder and fixed but whether it is to be done with Mercury or Sulphur the Water of him is doubtful CHAP. LXIV The manner of Elixiration with the Fire against Nature I. TAke the first Sol Calcined with the first Water viz. the Mercurial Spirit very clean and brought into the Color of Blood in the space of 20 days in lesser time it is not to be done This Calcination cannot be so profitable as it would be unless Sol be first Mercurializ'd into such a thinness as it may cleave together to that to which it must be joyned in a 24 fold proportion viz. as 1. to 24. strain ed through a clean Linnen Cloth without any remain ing substance of the Gold II. I my self have seen it so ordered and done and then it may certainly in a strong Bolt Head well Luted on every side except on the Top boyling in a strong Fire for the space of 20 days be precipitated into a Red Pouder like Cinnaber all which I have seen performed Every particle of this Pouder you shall so fix as that if it be put upon a Red-Hot Iron Plate its Spirit shall not fume or fly away III. This Pouder Dissolve with or in our Fire against Nature being Dissolved abstract the Water of the Fire against Nature from it so long till the substance of the Pouder so Dissolved do remain in the Vessel as
thick as an Oyl which Oyl first with a soft fire and after with a stronger fix into dry Pouder IV. This Work is not to be done all at once but by little and little at a time till it goes through with it in the Color of Blood then will it precipitate into a Red Pouder called by the Philosophers Sericon Dissolve it with as much of Our Vegetable Sal Anatron the space of an hour then set it in Balneo in a long Receptory till it be clearly dissolved and becomes as it were a fine Wine which with the very softest heat make it to Evaporate and Congeal so will you have a pure Stone and of subtil parts V. Also if you dissolve this same Red Pouder of Mercury in Water or Spirit of Common Salt prepared as Bachon and Albertus have taught you shall have an Oyl or Salt of Gold which no Fire can destroy which will melt and tinge with a solar Color upon a Plate of Venus This Treasure carry always with you wheresoever you go Who knows not the Secret of this prepared Salt in Our lesser Works knows little of the hidden things of Alchymie VI. Try this fixt Pouder at Sect. 3. above for the fixation reiterate still the Work with the same Fire against Nature upon the same Pouder Ten times and it will be dryed up no more into Pouder but remain in a thick Oyl the which will turn Argent Vive and all Bodies into pure Alchymick Gold sufficiently good for all works of the Goldsmith but not for Medicine for Man's Body VII A Second way Gold is much more wonderfully Elixirated by the said Fire against Nature compounded with the Fire Natural after this manner Let Vitriol of the Fire of Nature made of the most sharp Humidity or moisture of Grapes and Sericon joyned together in a Mass with the Natural Mineral Vitriol called the Gum of Adrop or Vitriol Azoth made somewhat dry and with Sal Nitre be dissolved VIII First Ascends a Fair Weak Flegmatick Water which cast away Then a White Fume making the Vessel appear White like Milk which Fume must be gathered into the receiver so long till it ceases and the Vessel becomes clear of its own Color This water of the White Fume is the stinking Menstruum which is called Our Dragon against Nature This Menstruum if the said Dragon against Nature was absent would be our Fire Natural of which we shall hereafter speak in its proper place IX Raymundus saith this Water is made of four things 1. The Composition of Sal Amarum 2. Menstru um Foetens 3. Argent Vive which is a common substance in every Corruptible Body 4. Mineral Vitriol X. This compounded Water Mineral and Water Vegetable being mixed together and made one Water as aforesaid doth work contrary Operation which is wonderful it Dissolves and Congeals it makes moist and dry it putrifies and purifies it divides asunder and joyns together it destroys and restores it kills and makes alive it wounds and heals again it makes soft and hardens it makes thin and thick it resolves Compounds and Compounds again It begins the Work and makes an end of the same XI These two Mineral Waters Compounded together in one are the two Dragons Fighting and striving to gather one against the other in the Flood of Satalia viz. the White Fume and the Red and one of them shall devour the other And here the Solutory Vessels ought to be Luted but gently or closed with Linnen Cloth or with Mastick or common Wax or Cerecloth XII These two Dragons are Fire and Water within the Vessel and not without and therefore if they feel any exteriour fire they will rise up to the top of the Vessel and if they be yet forced by the violence or strength of the Fire they will break the Vessel and so you will lose all your Work XIII This Compounded Water aforesaid does Congeal as much as it does Dissolve and lists it up into a glorious Crystalline Earth This is our Secret dissolution of the Stone which is always done with the Congelation of its Water The Fire of Nature is here put to the Fire against Nature therefore as much as the Stone has lost of its form by the power and strength of the Water or Fire against Nature so much has it gotten and recovered again of its form by the Virtue of the Water or Fire of Nature But the Fire against Nature by the means of the Fire of Nature cannot be destroyed CHAP. LXV The Practice with the said Compounded Water upon the Calx of the Body Dissolved I. THE Practice with the said Compounded Water upon the Calx of the Body duly dissolved and prepared Take the prepared Body made with a thick Oyl put to it so much of the Compounded Water as may cover the same Calx i. e. Our prepared Calx with Our Vege table Menstruum by the depth of half an Inch. The Water will presently boil over the Calx without external dissolving the Stone and lifting it up into the form of Ice with the drying up also of the said Water II. The said Calx being so dissolved and sublimed into the form of Ice you must take away after this is done the residue of the Calx remaining in the Vessel undissolved shall again be well dryed by the Fire upon which put so much of the said Compounded Water as you did before dissolving subliming and drying till the Calx is wholly dissolved III. The substance thus dissolved subtily separated and brought into a Pouder must be put as thereafter shall be shewed into a good quantity of the Fire of Nature which is a Quintescence the same being first well rectified and the Vessel well stopp'd to the end that the means of the heat outwardly administred unto it procuring the inward heat to work it may be dissolved into an Oyl the which will soon be done by reason of the simplicity of the Water or simple Fire of Nature IV. And therefore when you have brought the said Pouder so dissolved sublimed and prepared with the said Compounded Water into an Oyl 〈◊〉 is our Menstruum Visible unto sight by putting thereto a good quantity of the aforesaid rectified simple Fire of Nature as before declared then abstract or draw away the said Water again from the same Oyl by Distilling the same in a moist Temperate heat so long till there remains in the bottom of the Glass a thin Oyl V. This Oyl the oftner it is dissolved with the said simple rectified Fire of Nature and the said Water Abstracted or Distilled by a Temperate heat so much the more will the said Oyl be made subtil and thin VI. With the said Oyl provided the Calx be the Calx of Sol or Luna you may incere the substances or Calces of other Bodies the said Bodies being first dissolved exalted sublimed and prepared with the said Compounded Water in manner and form of Ice aforesaid till that by the Inceration of the
dissolved and put it into a Vessel which stop well and set it in Balneo for seven days so will the water or fire of Nature become a Citrine Color IV. This water or fire of Nature by its attractive Virtue will draw away the Tincture from the fire against Nature as Raymundus saith in his practical Alphabet And altho' it is somewhat opposite to Nature to dissolve the Bodies with the fire against Nature yet if you know how to comfort the matter with the fire of Nature and by Balneation in 15 days to draw it from the blackness of the water or fire against Nature the which may be done as I have proved in 6 days you shall perfect the work and attain the desired end V. Let the aforesaid Natural Water or fire of Nature so tinged with a Yellow Color be always warily emptied and poured off from the aforesaid dissolved Bodies into another Vessel with a narrow Mouth that may be firmly stopped and then with more of the said fire let there be made in Balnco in the space of time aforesaid another quantity of the said Oyl VI. And so the same water being tinged with Sol or Gold let it be warily emptied and poured off as before and when the water of Nature will be tinged no more then it is a sign that the Tincture is all drawn forth from the dissolved Body by the Fire against Nature VII Put the Tinctures thus decanted off into a Glass Stillatory and with a soft or easie Fire abstract the Water or Fire of Nature from the same so long till you see in the bottom an Oyl to which you must put New Fire of Nature again well rectified and after the Matter has stood in Balneo for the space of 6 days then abstract the said water or fire of Nature by distillation VIII And let the work with the same water be repeated upon and from the said Oyl after the same manner so long till you have brought your Oyl of Gold to be most subtil and pure without any Foeculent grossness wherein let nothing of the water or fire of Nature be left behind but the substance of Gold only turned to Oyl IX This subtil and pure Oyl of Gold being put in Kemia or its proper Vessel and firmly sealed up may by the aforesaid Regiments be changed into the great Elixir as it is shewed before with the other simple Oyl made with the Compounded Water in the former practice at Sect. 8. Chap. 65. aforegoing X. But to proceed sublime Quick-Silver with Roman Vitriol and prepared or Calcined Salt and after that sublime it by it self alone three times from its Foeculent substance This done and the same made into Pouder put this sublimate Pouder into a fixatory Vessel and put thereto a certain quantity of your aforesaid Oyl of Gold but so much only as may scarcely cover the sublimate firmly close the Vessel and set it in a soft Fire till the Natures are perfectly joyned together XI This done grind it upon a Marble and Incerate it again with your said Oyl of Gold and after put it again into its Fixatory Vessel under a Fire of the first Degree as before and let the same Vessel stand twice as long as it did before to the Intent that the Natures may be firmly Compact and United together XII Now this Rule is generally to be Observed that the Vessel with the Matter in it to be fixed ought always to be set over the fire from time to time to be augmented and this Inceration to be continued still upon the Argent Vive sublimed until the same is perfectly fixed with the said Oyl or substance of Gold XIII The which must be proved upon a Plate of Silver Red Hot And if it be found fixed let it have for the greater certainty one Inceration more of the said Oyl which set under a strong fire for the space of three days then grind it with your Oyl upon the same Stone till it be as thick as an Oyntment which make perfectly dry with an easie fire and then let it be Calcined with a strong fire for the space of eight hours XIV Which done then Incerate it and dry it again with a soft or gentle fire oftentimes till it stands in the fire like melted Wax This Medicine will transmute Silver substantially and perfectly into fine and pure Alchymick Gold perfect to all the works of Goldsmiths but not to Medicine for Man CHAP. LXVII Two other Mineral Elixirs or Two other Processes of Mercury I. THere be many other Noble and Profitable Secrets in this Art or Mystery of our Mineral Stone viz. good Elixirs to be made out of Metalline Bodies of which Mineral Elixirs two are more excellent than the rest the first of which we shall handle in this Chapter Here comes in the Process or Practical Operation of Mercury mentioned Chap. 61. Sect. 13. aforegoing II. The first of these Elixirs is only in Mercury The second in Mercury and the White Body for the White Elixir and with the same to the Red too if you so please being prudently pursued and sought after III. The first manner to Elixirate only with Mercury is thus Dissolve Mercury only by it self into a Milky water with the which Mercury so dissolved you may dissolve so much more Mercury and so continually as long as you please IV. Put this into a gentle Fire to be Distilled so shall you have Our Virgins Milk White and Chrystalline wherewith all Bodies may be dissolved into their first Matter Washed and Purged V. This water is of a Silver Colour which if you fix with its Earthy Faeces Calcin'd and after that dissolved again in the quantity of its remaining water and then again Coagulated and Congealed which work is to be done upon a Stone you will have at length the Elixir of Argent Vive which will transmute all Imperfect Bodies to a perfect Whiteness VI. And so of this Mercurial substance is made a water permanent or fixt wherewith the Calces of all Bodies may be so depurated and Whitened as thereby to become the most pure and fine Silver VII And therefore as I have said before in the beginning of this work when Mercury is dissolved then are its Elements separable and after the separation of its Mercurial Liquor and that a competent putrefaction is performed after the same White Liquor there will Distill a Golden moisture or humour to which if you add a small quantity of the Ferment of the Gum of the aforesaid Elixirated White Stone that then the same White Stone with the said Golden humour shall be made the Red Stone which shall transmute Argent Vive and all Metalline Bodies into the finest and most pure Gold VIII Again if you take the aforesaid Red humour of Mercury and Dissolve in it a little of the aforesaid Red Ferment being made as aforesaid of the White Stone and then with the same Red humour of Mercury so Fermented with it self the
be of a ripe or perfect Age. CHAP. XXI Of the Secret Operation of the Water and Spirit upon the Body I. AUdi hoc secretum Custodi corpus in aqua nostra Mercuriali quousque ascendat cum anima alba terreum descendat ad imum quod vocatur terra residua II. Tunc videbis aquam co agulare seipsam cum suo corpore ratus eris scientiam esse veram quia corpus suum coagulat humorem in siccum sicut coagulum agni lac coagulat in caseum III. Et sic spiritus penetrabit corpus commixtio fiet per minima corpus attrahat sibi humorem suum id est animam albam quemadmodum Magnes ferrum propter naturae suae propinquitatem naturam aevidam tunc unum continet alterum IV. Et haec est sublimatio coagulatio nostra omne volatile retinens quae facit fugam perire V. Ergo haec compositio non est manualis operatio sed ut dixi naturarum mutatio earum frigidi cum calido humidi cum sicco admirabilis connexio Calidumenim miscetur frigido siccum humido VI. Hoc etiam modo fit mixtio conjunctio corporis spiritus quae vocatur conversio naturarum contrariarum quia in tali dissolutione sublimatione spiritus convertitur in corpus corpus in spiritum VII Sic etiam mixta in unum redacta se invicem vertunt nam corpus incorporat spiritum spiritus verò corpus vertit in spiritum tinctum album VIII Quare ultima vice inquam decoque in nostra aqua alba id est in Mercurio donec soluatur in nigredinem deinde per deeoctionem continuam privabitur à sua nigredine corpus sic solutum 〈◊〉 ascendit cum anima alba IX Et 〈◊〉 unum alteri 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 se amplecte 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 non potuerunt 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 separari tune 〈◊〉 reali concordantia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cum corpore 〈◊〉 unitm permanens X. Et haec est solutio corpo ris coagulatio spiritus quae unam eandem habent operationem XI Qui ergo noverit ducere praegnantem facere mortificare putrefacere generare species vivificare lumen album inducere mundare Vulturem à nigredine tenebris quousque igne purgetur coloretur à maculis ultimis purificetur adeo majoris dignitatis erit possessor ut Reges eum venerentur I. HEar now this Secret keep the Body in our Mercurial Water till it ascends with the white Soul and the earthy part descends to the bottom which is called the residing Earth II. Then you shall see the Water to coagulate it self with its Body and be assured that the Art is true because the Body coagulates the moisture into dryness like as the Rennet of a Lamb or Calf turns Milk into Cheese III. In the same manner the Spirit penetrates the body and is perfectly commixed with it in its smallest Atoms and the body draws to its self his moisture to wit its white Soul like as the Loadstone draws Iron because of the nearness and likeness of its nature and then the one contains the other IV. And this is our Sublimation and Coagulation which retaineth every volatile thing making it fixt for ever V. This Compositum then is not a mechanical thing or a work of the Hands but as I have said a changing of Natures and a wonderful connection of their cold with hot and the moist with the dry the hot also is mixed with cold and the dry with the moist VI. By this means also is made the mixtion and conjunction of body and spirit which is called a conversion of contrary Natures because by such a dissolution and sublimation the spirit is converted into a body and the body into a spirit VII So that the natures being mingled together and reduced into one do change one another and as the Body corporifies the Spirit or changes it into a Body So also does the Spirit convert the Body into a tinging and white Spirit VIII Wherefore as the last time I say decoct the body in our white water viz. Mercury till it is dissolved into blackness and then by a continual decoction let it be deprived of the same blackness and the body so dissolved will at length ascend or rise with a white Soul IX And then the one will be mixed with the other and so embrace one another that it shall not be possible any more to separate them but the Spirit with a real agreement will be united with the body and make one permanent or fixed substance X. And this is the solution of the Body and coagulation of the Spirit which have one and the same operation XI Whoso therefore knows how to conjoyn the principles or direct the work to impregnate to mortifie to putrifie to generate to quicken the Species to make white to cleanse the Vulture from its blackness and darkness till he is purged by the fire and tinged and purified from all his spots shall be possessor of a treasure so great that even Kings themselves shall venerate him CHAP. XXII Of the Signs of the end of the Work and the perfection thereof I. QUare maneat corpus in aqua donec solvatur in pulverem novum in fundo vasis aquae qui dicitur cinis niger haec est corruptio corporis quae vocatur à sapientibus Saturnus AEs Plumbum philosophorum Pulvis discontinuatus II. Et in tali putrefactione resolutione corporis tria signa apparent scilicet color nigèr discontinuitas partium odor foetidus qui assimilatur odori sepulchrorum III. Est igitur ille cinis de quo philosophi tanta dixêre qui in inferiori parte vasis remansit quem non debemus vili pendere IV. In eo enim est Diadema Regis Argentum vivum nigrum immundum à quo nigredinis debet fieri purgatio decoquendo continuò in nostra aqua donec elevetur sursum in album colorem qui vocatur Anser Pullus Hermogenis V. Quia qui terram rubeam denigrat albam reddit habet magisterium ut etiam ille qui occidit vivum resuscitat mortuum VI. Dealba ergo nigrum rubefac album ut perficias opus VII Et cum videris albedinem apparere veram quae splendet sicut gladius denudatus scias quod rubor in ista albedine est occultus VIII Ex tunc non oportet illam albedinem extrahere sed coquere tantum ut cum siccitate caliditate superveniat citrinitas rubedo fulgentissima IX Quam cum videris cum tremore maximo laudabis Deum optimum maximum qui cui vult sapientiam dat per consequens divitias secundum iniquitates eripit ac in perpetuum subtrahit detrudendo in servitutem inimicorum sui laus gloria in saecula saeculorum Amen I. WHerefore let our body remain in the water till it is dissolved into a subtil