Clammy and Flegmatick whether generated out of the meats or flowing thither from some other part The Cure ought to be fetcht from the Chapter of distemper 3. by a defect and weakness of attraction Either by reason of a cold and moist distemper or by reason of the interception of the passages by the obstruction of the mesaraick and hollow part of the Liver in the Cure of which those parts must be respected 4 By hindrance of Evaporation either when the substance of the body is not emptyed either by reason of the constipation of the pores and thickness of the Skin which a Bath of sweet water wil take away or the weakness of Native heat whether acquired by a cold distemper or idlenss or by reason of the tenacity sixt and firme concretion of the substantifical moisture which doth not easily yeild to the gentle and pleasing heat that feeds upon it There is another from the not perceiving of the sucking which 1. by Diseases of the brain in which either the Nerves of the sixth pair are affected or the Animal spirits are not generated or their influx is hindred or which happens in acute Feavers they do languish or the faculty as in the Phrenitical c. is converted another way The Cure ought to respect those Diseases 2. by Diseases of the Stomach it self whether they be of distemper or of Composition or of solution of unity of which we treated before The appetite is raised by taking away the causes partly by cooling things if a hot Cause did precede partly by heating things if a cold Wormwood Wine is very much commended Article III. Of too great Appetite Too great Appetite is distinguished into two Species viz. A Dog-like Appetite and Bulimus I. A Dog-like Appetite is a continual insatiable desire of Eating arising from a Vehement sense of sucking in the mouth of the stomach afflicting somtimes with vomiting somtimes with a loosness There is no need of SIGNS whereas they are exprest in the definition The CAUSE is a Vehement sense of sucking and pricking in the Orifice of the stomach but whence it comes is explained in the Differences The CURE which is timely to be administred least the sick fal either into a custome of vomiting or into the Caeliacal passion or into a dropsie doth respect 1. The hunger it self which is allayed either with the Use of Fat things or with the Yolks of Egs hardened in Water or what is best with Wine 2. The Causes of which we wil treat in the Differences The Differences are taken from the Causes urging the Suckings I. One is from the too great want of nourishment in the Body or by Reason of worms feeding on the Child which shew themselves by biting and they are cast forth by the use of Hiera Picra or by reason of too great Evacuations both sensible and insensible by the habit of the Body by Reason of too great a heat of the moisture to which conduceth much the tenuity of the Humors and thinness of bodies Laxness of pores c. And then sweats do molest The Cure is to be turned to the Particular Diseases Or by reason of the long use of Detersive Nourishment as Pigs Lobsters c. II. There is another from cold acid and more austere Humors wrinkling the Orifice of the Stomach compressing and pulling it as are acid Flegm and Melancholly poured into the Stomach and then the signs of a cold distemper are present amongst purger Hiera Picra is good as also Zacutus his Wine Lib. Ult. Hist Prax. ca. 2. n. 9. II. Bulimus is a great Appetite Periodical which aftentimes ends in a Nauseousness with Faintings away and loss of strength The Signs are explained in the Definition The Cause is doubted of by Physitians yet most do hold that t is a cold distemper of the Stomach whereupon t is wont often to happen to those that make long Journeys through deep snow There is no Cure if it happen in Chronical Diseases somtimes after Feavers and other Diseases it threatens a relapse It respects 1. The time of the fit when the swouning happens in which we must use frictions and revivers as the smel of Wine Vinegar c. 2. The time out of the fit in which after the sick hath recollected himself meats of good juyces must be ministred bread dipt in Wine c. And by external means the heat must be restored to the Stomach Article IV. Of a Depraved Appetite or Pica Pica which is also Citta and Malacia is so called from the bird Pie which is sick of this disease it is an absurd appetite to a strange substance liquid or solid beside the ature or essence of nourishment from a sad sense of sucking and corrupt judgment not discerning things fit or unfit for eating from a Vitious Excrement imbibed in the coats by a peculiar propriety of substance molesting the mouth of the Stomach The SIGNS are manifest because they desire meats of Vitious qualities there preceded excess indigestion use of meats and drinks of evil qualities a suppression of the Courses c. The CAUSE is a sad sense of sucking Molesting which is Caused by the matter impacted in the Coats of the Stomach either acting by its whol substance or by a manifest quality arising from an evil Course of Diet or sent from some other part as from the womb whereupon t is familiar to Childing Women about the second and third Month but there is wont at the beginning while the Causes do alter to be raised a desire of contrary things but when by long custome there is a familiarity contracted things like are desired The CURE must be haistened left a Cacochymy or Dropsie be caused The peccant matter is most commodiously cast forth by vomit which in Childing Women must be Caused by those which are more gentle The Stomach may be strengthened with water of Cinnamon of Orange Pils magistral of Corals c. Article V. Of too great Thirst Too great thirst or Poludipsia is a greater and oftner desire of accustomary drink by reason of a sad sence of sucking in the Mouth of the stomach arising from the defect of moist nourishment and the alteration of its proper Humidity The SIGNS of the Symptom are manifest of themselves The CAUSE is a sad sense of sucking which the want of moisture and the plenty of heat have raised but whence that proceeds shal be explained in the Differences The CURE doth respect 1. The too urgent Symptom which is mitigated by Crystal or Coral held in the Mouth cold water corrected with a little Vinegar the iuyce of live Crabs with water of violets and Housleek sprinkled with a little Niter a Lohoc compounded of the Mucilage of the Seeds of fleawort and quinces of each half an ounce Sugar Candy of violets pouderd Starch Tragacanth of each one dram Syrup of violets as much as is sufficient With spring Water boyled with Sugar Candy adding a Pome Citron cut in two c. II.
One spoonful of the tincture of orange peels extracted with spirits of wine Sperma ceti with oyl of sweet almonds Outwardly gum taccamahac and Caranna applyed to the Navel The antiapoplectical balsome with one or two grains of Zivet c. IV. One is exquisite of which we have hitherto spoken Another Spurious whose cause sticks either in the peritoneum or in the membranes which are spred over the abdomen and parts of the belly 'T is known by this that the paine is most greivous and very lasting and cannot be mitigated neither by glysters nor medicines nor fomentations nor by those remedies by which the true collick pains are abated and yet it succeeds to long continued feavers and other cholerick diseases whose solution is difficult For nature endeavoring a crisis and the expulsion of the hurtful humor by the stoole when she can no where find a ready and cleare way to empty it doth often cast it out of the veins and bowels into the membranes whence do arise pains more grievous than the former disease 'T is observed by Fernelius that both continuall feavers and tertians and more frequently quartans are terminated with these pains which a long time had their exacerbations at certaine circuits and retained the like order of fits See concerning this Mattheus Martinus on the diseases of the Mesentery V. Another is which tends to a particular palsey which Palmarius was wont to cure with a syrup compounded of white wine six ounces Rose water two ounces pouder of Alarbazi or antimony prepared one dram choice cinnamon one dram and an half infused al night strained by gentle pouring it off adding of Sugar eight ounces The dose is from half an ounce to an ounce after a draft of chicken broath Article 3. Of Costiveness of body Costiveness of body is no casting forth of excrements or very little in proportion to the nourishment received There is no need of signs The causes shal be explained in the differences The cure is not to be neglected for from thence the head is assaulted with vapors the whole body grows heavy the concoction of the stomach is hindred the appetite destroyed the loines grow weak to wit the veines being burthend and a preternatural heat caused in them Sometimes the belly is moved by sneezing and coughing sometimes if the diseased walk on the ground bare sooted c. The difference is taken from the excrements and guts I. One is by default of the excrements which either are not by reason of fasting and the use of meats of good juice Or do not stimulate either by reason they are small in quantity or by reason of the want of choler which either is carried to other parts as in the jaundice or is not produced out of cold meats Or they are hard either by fasting and a hot habit of body or by a continued restraint there by which it comes to pass that they forthwith grow dry and the veins of the mesentery do suck forth somwhat of their juice Or by reason of gross tough astringent meat eaten at first and not moistned by reason of the too great heat of the liver and kidnies and then there must be care taken of those parts we must act by mollefyers Solenanders liniment is approved of if the navil be anointed therewith 't is compounded of new oyle of sweet almonds goose grease May butter dialthea each two drams Coloquintida sixteen grains Salt one scruple and half the pouder of Simple hiera one scruple diagridium four grains II. Another is by fault of the guts which either do not feel either by reason of their long custom or by their stupidity such as is caused by the drowsy disease palsy apoplexy or by reason of flegme adhering to their coats of which in the chollick Or do not cast it forth either by reason of the narrowness of the passages from the obstruction of the guts of which formerly or of some tumor of the mesentery or bowels pressing the guts or from the fault of the muscles of the belly or from the strength of the retentive faculty from the moderate dryness Article 4. Of a Looseness Point 1. Of a Lientery and Coeliaca Fluxes of the belly are A Lientery Coeliaca Diarrhy Dysentery and Hepatick flux A Lientery is too sudden a voiding by the stool the nourishment in that forme in which it was received proceeding from the fault of the retentive and expulsive faculty of the stomach and guts The SIGNES are evident whether you consider the consistence or the colour smel and other qualities of the aliments taken The CAVSE we have laid in the definition on the faults of the retentive and explusive faculty of which hereafter in the differences The CURE must be hastened because this symptome proceeds from a great prostration of the natural heat and a weakness of the tone of the stomach 'T is difficult if it be supervenient to acute and chronical diseases because the strength is impaired It respects 1. The cause which must be taken away 2. The symptome which must be stayed by astringent means and things that stregthen the stomach and guts The Diffence is taken from the causes One is by default of the retentive faculty which is hurt 1. By the refrigeration of the guts which is caused I. By immoderate drinking of cold water especially when the body is hot by a southerne wind over moist and excessive cold especially in bodies of a fine texture c. 2. A cold distemper which ariseth from flegm either generated there or sent from some other part covering over the wrinkles of the guts doth make them laxe and slippery duls their heat and closeth up the mouths of the mesaraick veins In this for the most part a Celiaca was precedent If sour belching which was not before be supervenient to this of long continuance it is a good signe The Cure requires a casting forth of the matter either by vomit or stoole to which end serve Myrobalans Chebul Citrini tamarinds Rbubarb A restraint of the same and strengthening of the stomach by the distilled oyles of masticke wormwood mint c. order of dyet in which wine takes place II. by a laxness from the continuall use of things oyly fat and emollient from whence is too great a mollification of the Mouth of the stomach whether also belongs the resolution of the nerve of the sixth payre that contracts the fibres of the inward coat III. By a strange quality inured and that either from an evil constitution of the aire as happens in a popular lientery or from the unseasonable eating of mushrums melons cowcumbers c. IV. By a thick and smooth scar such as is wont to follow a great disentery and a deep ulceration which by its thickness stopping the Mesaraicks hinders the distribution by its smoothness the Retention This must be rubbed off and wiped away as it were by eating of sharp things attenuating and strong abstersive as musterd Seed Onions Garlicks honey of
the sound and noise that it maketh wil soon discover Chap. 4. Of the Diseases of the Adnata Tunicle Article I. Of the Ophthalmie THe Parts Constituting the Eye either they are the Tunicles Viz. Adnata Cornea Vvea and Aranea or else they are the Humors thereof The Diseases of the Adnata are the Ophthalmy Pterygium Panniculus and Hyposphasma of the which two latter this is common to the Cornea Tunicle that unto the Eye-Lids The Ophthalmy is an inflamation of the Adnata Tunicle arising from a sharp blood distending the smal Veins thereof The SIGNS are redness of the Eyes a flowing forth of tears a pain c. The CAUSE is Blood which either alone or else castigated by other Humors sliding forth unto the part affected either by an afflux or else by congestion is dispersed thorow the Veins and so distendeth them The CURE is Difficult if it arise in cold Regions and in a cold time because then the Members are more than at other times streightened and confined if it infest and annoy little Children because that it continually followeth from a tender and weak Head if the pain presevere and long abide because it argueth a matter either corroding or vehemently distending or suppurating if it be by consent from the Membranes of the Brain and the parts contained within the Skin if there appear in the Eye smal grains of filth because these signifie a slowness of Maturation It is more easie if it be by Consent from the external parts if the tears be more abundant and more smarting because it cometh the sooner to an end if the belly be quick in regard that the loosness of the belly freeth the party from it It is to be accomplished according to the Method of other Inflamations It is to be noted in this that somtimes by Venesection the greatest Opthalmies are wholly taken away within the space of an hour 2. That Vesicatories applied behind the Ears do very wel draw back For this purpose there is much commended by Hartman the meat of the Herb Rocket in a quilted bag 3. Errhines and those not overstrong and violent are to be administred if the sick person hath bin wont to evacuate the excrements of the head by the Nostrils 4. Topicks are to be applied but yet not until the end of three whole days and these are to be actually some that warme without any the least mordacity or Carroding quality wel cleansed and purified and corrected by such repellers as are in their own propriety helpeful neither must they be too cool nor too astringent neither over dry and those may presently be put unto the forehead and the neck and they are to be followed with Anodynes which if there be any fear of a greater afflux are very fitly applied to the eye from the very beginning 2. the womens milk is every hour to be changed lest that after long continuance it contract a certain kind of acrimony from the heat of the eye 3. Opium and opiate medicaments are by no means to be adminiâ—tred without great and urgent necessity 4. Great caution must be had lest that there should be any suppuration in the inward parts 5. In the diet wine and the use of baths in the declination of the disease may very wel and without danger be allowed and permitted unto the sick person A Cataplasme of the Crumbs of wheat bread and a rosted apple with the brest-milk of a woman together with a little saffron and sugar of saturn is exceedingly commended And so likewise is the water that is made of the juicy substance of Craw-fish distilled two pints thereof of Rose water one pint and Crocus metalorum half an ounce infused altogether as also of the waters of the eyebright and Fennel of each alike five ounces with metalorum one dram unto which there may be added a fit proportion of rose-rosewater Among the discussives Sarcocol wel washed and the true Tutty of the Arabians which drieth without any kind of biting obtain their place and use The Differences of the ophthalmy is threfold I. One is that we cal Taraxis or a perturbation which is known by this that the eyes only appear to be hotter with a certain redness in them and without any great abundance of tears It ariseth from external Causes to wit 1. the heat of the Sun or the fire and then the Cataplasme before mentioned may very siâ—ly be applied 2. from a pain of the head contracted from the suns scorching heat and then likewise the aforesaid Cataplasme hath its place unless happly general and Universal remedies ought altogether to preceed and take the the first place 3. from wind smoake and dust and the eyes are to be washed with milk luke warme and fleep to be taken thereupon 4. from a blow or a fal and then blood ought immediatly to be drawn forth by opening a vein 5. from the stinging of a Bee Wasp or Hornet and then Repellers of the white of an Egge the breast milk of a woman c. are to be imposed Another is the true and genuine ophthalmy which proceedeth either from hot or from cold causes and to this al that hath been before spoken doth properly and cheifly belong Another is that we cal Chemosis whenas the eye lids are as it were inverted and â—urned the inside outward neither can they be closed and then there appeareth a swelling of something that is white above the black of the eye and this needeth and requireth the stronger sort of remedies II. Another is Periodical which kepeth its intervals it is familiar unto hot moist heads at length it casteth the eyes into a consumption Another is that that keepeth not its periods Another is Contagious III. Another is Moist 〈◊〉 â—hich we have now most cheifly treated Another dry in the which there is but a very smal flux of tears and in the night-time the Eye-Lids contract an hardness It hath its original from a humor that is not much in quantity but very salt and nitrous And it is either with an itching attending it which if tears gently flow forth it is then called Psorophthalmia but if there be no tears at al and that the eyes are only red without any swelling it is then called Xerophthalmia or else without an itching and with a certain hardness of the Eye-lid and then it is-termed Sclerophthalmia The Cure hereof followeth the method of that before mentioned Article II. Of the Nail or little wing the web and the Hyposphagm of the Eye I. The Nail or little wing as they terme it of the eye or as some cal it the arrow is a little membrane that is nervous sibrous and somwhat white which proceedeth forth from the corners of the eyes the greater of them especially and cleaveth fast unto the Adnata tunicle and is somtimes drawn forth in length even unto the Cornea tunicle and very often if it so much increase covereth and over spreadeth the Pupilla or Bal of the Eye
of the incision knife For the Differences see further in Aeginâ—la II. The Dilatation of the Pupilla called Mydriasis and Platucoria is when the Pupilla is inlarged above and besides the ordinary course of nature toward the it is or particoloured circie of the eye It is known by this that the sick persons either by reason of too much of the External light breaking in upon the eyes or else in regard that because of the falling of the Sun beames in an oblique manner upon them these oblique wayes being weaker than those that are perpendicular they are not able to see and discerne so clearly and acutly when they would look upon any object they then a little close their eyes and the one of them being shut the pupilla of the other cannot be dilated It ariseth from the Extension and stretching out of the Vvea of which this said Pupilla is the hole or inlet either by reason of external or else internal causes For the Cure hereof it must be sought for in the differences It is divided in a threefould manner I. One is native and such as is contracted from the very birth Another Adventitious and happening accidentally II. Another is from external Causes as a blow or a fal from on high c. whichâ—â—â— it be altogether without any inflamation is easily and soon cured but not so if it be accompanied with a rupture of the Vvea Another from Causes internal which are particularly expressed in the following difference III. Another is from siccity or drynes extending the Vvea like as we see in skins or hides that are perforated and this is not to be cured without some difficulty The best remedy in this case is Goats milk if the eye be wel washed therewith and as it were drenched therein Another from humidity the cure whereof is so much the more easie if it chance not after an extream and Vehement pain of the Head It is performed universal and general Remedies being first premized by the drawing forth of blood out of the Temple Veins and the Veins in the corners of the Eyes and by the applying of Cupping-Glasses in the hinder part of the Head and Leeches behind the Eares and likewise by the Use of Resolving Medicaments among which salted Water is much commended that have in them but little of astriction Another from blasts blowings which happeneth unto Trumpeters these flaculencies or windinesses are to be discussed scattered as aforesaid in affects of the like Nature III. The straightness or narrowness of the Pupilla which they term Myosis is when it is rendered and made narrower than naturally it ought to be It is known by this that al objects whatsoever that the sick persons look upon seem bigger than indeed they are that the visible species being conveied in through a straight and narrow inlet may be and are dilated in that broader space neer unto the Crystaline humor It ariseth from the contraction of the Vvea It is Cured according to the Nature and quality of the differences It is Divided according to the diversity of the Causes One is from overmuch humidity contracting the Vvea from the Circumference towards the Center For the which those Medicaments that are exsiccating and drying such are Rew and Selandine are a very fit and propper Remedy Another is from a defect of the watery humor and then the Patient wil see and discerne better in the room that is obscure and dark because that the visible species are more aptly and speedily Conveyed unto the Crystaline humor In this case an aliment and supply is to be attracted and drawn unto the part by applying of milk and sweet water unto the head Another is from a more scant and spare afflux of the visive spirits unto the said Pupilla Article II. Of a Suffusion A Suffusion otherwise termed Hypochyma is an obstruction of the Pupilla bindering the sight and caused by a humor consisting in the eye and residing in that part thereof The SIGNS are divers according to the quality and Condition of the rise and original of the augmentation and of the perfection or Period thereof and they shal severally and apart be explained in the differences The CAUSE is a humor either sincere and single or else mingled whether it be there collected or transmitted thiâ—her by the veines of the tunicles the Vvea tunicle or the Nerves It is collected most especially in those eyes that are great and sticking out we term them Goggle eyes in regard that the visive virtue when it is diffused in a wide space is the more infirm and weak and the laxity of the waies or passages affordeth a very facile and easie entrance The CURE is difficult if it chiefly happen from a feave or some extraordinary vehement pain of the head if it chance unto yong childeren or old aged people and none at al if the suffusion be black if the sick person discern not the light It is wrought if at al I. By the drawing forth of the obstructing matter by purging Phlegmagogues and especially hiera and the electuary that they cal diacarthamus but before these we may premise and administer preparatives II. By revulsion of the same matter by Cupping-Glasses Vesicatories c. III By a discussion of the said matter by Topicks mingled with Emollints or mollifiers and the clearing and cleansing of the eyes And here for this purpose there is commended the water called aqua Joelis the remmedy of Bovius formed of the gal of a Cock half an ounce the blood of a mouce three drams and a half and so made up like unto a Colliry with the breast-milke of a woman or else water of mans dung known by the name of aqua stercoris humani Elambicata with the gal of a Weasel and likewise of a hare saccharo caudi rosato and margarites prepared IV. By Chirurgical operation of which we are for further satisfaction in this point to consult those Authors that have treated at large uppon this subject The Differences of a Suffusion are Various I. In regard of its Situation 1. One is in the Center of the Pupilla which Representeth the Objects as though they came and passed through the Windows and this ought not by any means to be attempted by the needles point lest that the whol Pupilla be filled with the peccant Humor flowing thereunto 2. Another resideth between the Vvea and the Cornea Tunicle and then the Pupilla is evidently seen to be extreamly obscured and darkned and the Pupilla is of necessity dilated by Reason of the Humor that distendeth it 3. Another resideth betwixt the Vvea and the Crystalline humor and then the opposite unto the former do manifestly appear 4 Another is seated in a deeper place and then the Pupilla is very narrow and much streightned Another is situate in a place less profound and deep and then the said Pupilla is larger and wider II. They differ in regard of the degrees for One
the body be Plethorical if it be not directly on the side affected 2. That if the courses or the Hemorrhoids be suddenly suppressed then the evacuation is in the first place to be out of the ancle vein or that of the Ham but if the suppression hath been of long continuance out of the arm vein 3. That in derivation the blood is to be drawn forth so long as until the color of it be changed 4. That fomentations may be administred to moderate the pain in a body that is not Plethorical yea even before Phlebotomy but not so when the Body of the patient is Plethorical And for this end and purpose excellent good is the Unguent made of dialthea or of Marshmallows one ounce thereof and half an ounce of the oyl of sweet Almonds with the pained parts ought to be al over anointed and upon it the fine small pouder of Camomile flowers is to be lightly strewed and then the leaf of a Colwort or Cabbage anoynted with Butter or hogs fat is to be laid upon it very hot and this is to be continually done dureing the whol time of the cure adding likewise a little of the distilled oyl of dil Champhyre 5. That forthwith in the very first beginning a sweat may very fitly and properly be raysed and excited by exhibiting either of the water of the Poppy Roses three ounces there of with one dram of the pouder of Corral red Filberds the Jaws of the Luce-fish or Pike or else of the simple Mixture one dram with the water of Carduus Mariae or of the Spirit of Nitre with the spirit of Wine of each one scruple the spirit of Tarttar half a scruple in the water of Poppy Roses or else the simple water thereof c. 6. That pectoral decoctions together with their appropriates are continually to be administred after the premizing of universals that so the spitting may be facillitated 7. That these following have in them a Specifical propriety of operation to wit the flower of the wild poppy of the dry dock and of the white Eglentine or sweet Brier the seed of Carduus Muriae the Bulls pizzle or the pizzle of the Hart or Stagg the shavings of the Boars tooth c. see Petraeus Al which are to be made into a very fine pouder and then to be put upon bread that hath been wel dipt in Scabious water 8. That the impostume may best be broken with a Cataplasm of the herb kaly the roots of the White lily while they are new and fresh c. applied unto the side that is payned 9. That after al those aforesaid Chalybeated milk unless a Feaver hinder it is the best I. One is as we may term it Legitimate and exquisite unto the which only whatever was sayd before as to this poynt is to be referred and understood thereof which I. ariseth either from blood that is pure in which there is a bloody spittle an extension of the veins about the Temples and the forehead with a sence of heaviness neer about the hollow of the Eyes the fore parts of the head or else from a blood that is Cholerick in which the spittle is yellow and which if it suddenly vanish without any apparent cause the sick person is immediately surprised with dotage It is best and soonest of al cured by opening the salvatella vein or thirdly from a Phlegmatick blood in which the spittle is frothy more slow and as it were sweet the syrup of Zacutus in the Eight Book Chap. 3. of his History is very efficacious in this kind or else lastly from a Melancholy blood which very rarely happeneth by way of afflux II. It affecteth either the interior tunicle and then the sick person doth with the more ease lie and rest upon the grieved side in regard that now the tumor is not immediately under it neither doth it in this case distend the grieved part or else the Exterior about the bones and then the case is quite contrary unto the former or otherwise both of them and then the patient lying upon the back is the freer from pain III. It affecteth either the right or the left side or the superior part extending it self to the throat or else the inferior reaching even unto the Hypochondria II. Another is bastard and spurious which is distinguished according to the quality of the matter and the manner of its situation One is from Windiness in which the pain is not fixed but runneth from place to place it is mitigated and oftentimes wholly dispelled by fomentations there went before causes generating windiness the pouder of Cummin sprinkled and strewed upon a Cabbage leafe anointed or spread over with butter and outwardly applied unto the pained part is very successful in giving ease Another from a distilation which hath with it a sence and feeling of a defluxion or something at certain times falling down it is exasperated by being touched neither doth it any whit yield unto fomentations the cure is to proceed according to that of a thin catarth Another is externally when the blood thorow the branches from the Axillar is ramus is emptied forth into the External Muscles of the Thorax and then the pain waxeth very intolerable upon the pressure thereof lying down upon the grieved side is extreamly troublesome there is in this case nothing cast forth by spitting and the transition or passing over of it into that which above we termed Vera or the true and exquisite Pluresy is very facile and easy Chap. 3. Of Empyema EMpyema is the Constipation of the Cavity of the Thorax or Breast from an abundant purulent matter causing and producing a difficulty of breathing with a Cough and a purulent or rotten spitting The Subject is the Cavity and capacity of the Thorax being that void space betwixt the Thorax and the Lungs albeit the Lungs themselves and the vessells thereof may not here be altogether excluded But now indeed because that the Lungs by the Mediastine is divided into two parts the Pus is collected either in the one or the other part or else in both of them together The Signs are a difficulty of breathing with a spitting and a perpetual purulent Coughing a sense and feeling of a heavy and dul pain in the bottom of the Thorax and especially neer about the diaphragm a redness of the Cheeks and that chiefly about three or four hours after meals c. The Cause is that very purulent filth it self filling up the Thorax the abundance whereof together with its stinking smell and acrimony inflicteth very sad and grievous pain and mischief There is some hope of a cure if upon the opening or burning there flow forth a white Pus or corruption if it be rather on the right side than the left and that the Patient be strong and able No hopes if the whole Thorax be lifted up in the breathing if the whol cavity be possessed if the left side if upon the lancing or burning of it that
distinguished from the paine of the stone in the kidnies because it pricks more possesses a greater space is increased after meat by reason of the compression of the stomach it doth less afflict the back and the thighes 't is wandering and there appeares no Gravil in the urine From that of the womb because this seizeth for the most part upon the stoppage of the courses is communicated only to the hipps and Groins The cure must be hastened because the pain dissolves the strength and spirits and draws the principal parts into consent There is little hope if they vomit often and cannot keep their drink and little or nothing is voided if it be changed into an impostumation of the Collick gut If the matter which was contained in the hypochondries be poured forth and carried to the spina and pass into pains of the back and by a malignity contracted doe produce a falling sickness 'T is performed 1. By taking away of the Causes of which we shal treat in the defference 2. By mittigating of the paine if it be too vehement where note that we act most commodiously with anodine glisters the frequent use of outward applications may be if some evacuation have preceded that narcoticks or stupefying means must not be used neither where the strength is dejected nor in a cold cause That Compounds are more safely used than simples and that the same are more securely cast up into the belly than taken by the mouth That we never be unmindful of things appropriate as are the guts of a wolfe dryed and poudered the stones of a horse Quercetans powder compounded of the inward coate of a hens mawe and the white dunge of the same each half an ounce the pouder of the inward skin which is found in eg-shels two drams and an half of rupture wort cinnamon each four scruples of medlar kernels two drams of an is and fennel seeds each one dram the dose is from half a dram to a dram at the most with white wine c. Crato prescribes for preservation 1. A glister made of one pound of the decoction of speedwel in hen broth adding half a pound of mallego wine and half a dram of mirrh 2. Outwardly oyl of mirrh 3. Three hours after supper one scruple of Zedoary sliced 4. Every month in the morning before meat one scruple of treacle See more in Practitioners The diffences are taken either from the part it self or from the causes I. One is of the whol gut in which the pain is about both the loyns and below the region of the stomach neer to the navel which is very dangerous Another is of part of the Gut in which if the beginning of it be opprest the pain afflicts in the right loyn If the middle of it the paine shows it self in the left If the end of it the region of the navel next to the left is pained There is less danger ariseth because glysters may have access but note that sometimes the loyn is affected with a pain above the navel in the hypochondries II. Another is from diseases as 1. Worms whose signs and cure see in its place 2. An inflamation of the Guts which was formerly described and is increased by meats and drinks that are hot 3. From Stones of the cure of which elsewhere Another is from humors I. Thick and viscous sticking between the coats of the gutts which is known by this that the pain is as if a stake were driven through them by reason of the violent distension of the coats in that place neither is it asswaged by belching or breaking of wind and the gut it selfe is corroded which proceeds from glassy flame They arise cheifly in them who are given to drunkenness and idleness and in whom choler which is the spurre of the expulsive faculty flows not to those places In the Cure observe 1. That strong glisters cast in at first and often repeated do more hurt than good because they stirre the matter but bring it not forth 2. That we use not for attenuation things eminently hot lest the matter being suddainly resolved wind be multiplyed 3. To attenuate and discuss the oyle of Zedoary often given from three grains to one scruple is good White whorebound the decoction of Speedwel the Oyl of Orange pills given four grains with wine 4. If the paine continue we must proceed to dry fomentations by which that which was melted and attenuated may be dryed up and discussed 5. We must abstaine from Agrick for feare of vomiting which at that time is in no wise safe 6. Where gentle purgers do not good the essence of the trochisks of alhandal extracted with distilled mallegoe sack and Rulandus his golden spirit of life must be given from half an ounce to an ounce half at the most 7. we must wholy abstaine from opiates II. From sharp and cholerick humors sticking in the coats and vessels which are knowen by the accute pain thirst bitterness of the mouth watchings though by the first glister some excrements be brought forth yet afterwards nothing almost is emptied There are oftentimes joined with it tertain Feavers double tertians bastard tertians In the Cure note 1. That the collick from those causes is of long continuance and is wont to afflict the patient with many relapses 2. That those humors transmitted to the joints do cause an arthritis to the back pains of the back to the nerves a palsey 3. That they are best of al cast forth with the extract of Rhubarb or Hiera picra mixt with cooling things lest they offend by their heat 4. If the pains continue after evacuation Mallego wine may wel be administred with oyle of sweet almonds 5. That warme milk may also be given in glysters with honey of mercury 6. In dyet the fruit of the guord by a certain natural propiety doth oppose the disease III. Another is from the retention of hard excrements of which formerly and in which we must at the beginning abstaine from giveing any purging medicines by the upward parts lest they move the excrements Another is from wind conteined in the cavity which cannot get passage which is known by the distension of the belly a rumbling murmuring which shew themselves in the bowing of the left side It ariseth cheifly from meats apt to produce a fermentation of the humors as are corruptible-fruits Grapes new wine new and thick drink c. In the Cure observe 1. That the cure must be begun with anodyne and emollient glysters 2. If these profit not Some laxative must be given in fat broth of manna Oyl of sweet almonds and other things 3. Afterwards we must use discussives Inwardly are commended a glister made of Mallego wine and oyl of Nuts each three ounces aqua vitae one ounce the distilled oyles of Juniper and Rue each two drams apply it very hot A mixiture of Spirits of wine and Spirits of niter each half a dram or two scrupels given in common water warme
either by reason of its attraction or reception The Cure is difficult both by reason of the narrowness of the veins in the liver and because more diseases do follow upon this It is performed by things that open obstructions amongst which are commended Riverius his extract of pils of amoniacum made of gum amoniacum dissolved in Vineger of squills three drams the species of biera picra one dram and half crude aloes four scruples Myrrh one scruple Saffron six grains With Syrup of Wormwood Quercetans Pilulae tartareae reformed by Sennertus Tinctura Martis whose description is in Petreus from one ounce to two three and more Deodates pouder compounded of the species of diarrhodon Diatragacanth each two drams Agrimony Madder Roots Ferne poudred Sorrel Purslane seeds each one dram Magistral of pearles Corralls Crocus Martis made without corrosives Crocus Martis prepared by oyl of sulfer each foure scruples with sugar-candy as much as is sufficint given one dram the former tincture being drank after it Pils of steele The decoction of the whitest tartar mundefied and poudered one pound made with foure ounces of crude steel and two gallons of spring water and given two ounces in opening broth Penotus his opening spirit c. In the cure these things come worth observation 1. That universals must be premised before particulars and topicks 2. That medicines ought not to be given to drink but a long while after meat least they carry with them crude humors to the liver 3. Astringents must be added to mollifiers as spicknard burnt Ivory that the tone of the liver may be preserved 4. That things attenuating discussing and resolving ought to be moderate least the thinner parts discussed the thicker doth remaine 5. That we use sweet things not as meats but as sauces 6. The medicines must be given liquid or finely poudered 7. Topicks must never be applied actually cold 8. After the use of steel-medecines the body must be stirred unless black excrements do follow we must abstaine from them The Differences of this obstruction are various I. One is lately which is the easier cleared Another inveterate which causeth putrefaction and a Feaver and produceth a jaundice schirus and dropsie II. One is in the hollow part of the liver which is known from hence that nothing is perceived outwardly by reason that the part lurketh deep the stomach is drawn into consent from whence is loathing of meat nauseousness vomiting thirst liquid excrements It must be cured by things that empty by the stool Another in the gibbous part which is known from hence that the belly prest on that place doth resist the midrif especially because the liver is joyned to it the excrements of the belly appeare bloody by reason of the light change of the chyle into blood The Cure is the easier by reason of the penetration of medicines and the emptying of the obstructing matter by a larger passage we must act chiefly by things that move urine III. One is from Blood either pure which is remedyed only by the opening of the basilica in the right arme or cholerick hot and which is joyned with paine being a long time preternaturally imprisoned in the liver and not timely purged it grows wonderfully thick Or flegmatick viscous and thick which ariseth from gross meats viscous too much by baths or motion forced or carried into the smal veins sometimes it fals from the brain into the stomach by and by passing through by degrees it penetrates with the nourishment into the smal veins of the Liver Another from Winde that is grosse imprisoned under its coate or sticking in the veins which is known from hence that the paine is greater but not continual there is such a great tumor of the right hypochondry that it fils up the whole hypochondry so that the ends of the ribs cannot be perceived yet t is without heaviness and being prest it yeelds it makes no murmuring and gives no suspition of an impostumation lurking there It ariseth either from windy meats from which they must beware or from the weakness of the liver not able to overcome the matter then the matter prepared must be emptied or 't is sent from the neighboring parts and the whole body especially in flegmatick Feavers The Cure in general requires carminatives of which in the dropsie Article III. Of an inflamation of the Liver An inflamation of the liver is a hot tumor of the same arising from blood impacted and putrefying in the substance of the Liver afflicting with a continual feaver a heavy paine and sence of a weight in theright hypochondry The CIGNS are a sence of heaviness in the right hypochondry from the membranes with which the liver is joyned in some to the bastard ribbs A tumor in the same which appeares greater the sick lying on his left side less the body being bowed to the right and the liver sliding under the bastard ribbs A paine reaching from the throat to the bastard ribbs by reason of the heape of matter restrained which puls the membrane that lines the Breast A Feaver whose vehemency follows the greatness of the inflamation and at night is exasperated the inflamation growing hot A dry cough by intervals by reason of the vapors raised up to the lungs and afflicting the midriffe by compression A Difficulty of breathing because the feaver brings a greater necessity of cooling uneasie lying both on the right side because the liver is prest by the stomach and guts and on the left because the liver hanging the membranes are retcht A swift and unequal pulse by reason of the necessity of cooling increased by the hot distemper c. It is distinguished from an inflamation of the muscles of the belly and pleura by the signs mentioned there The CAUSE is blood impacted and putrefied which either is attracted or transmitted or flows thither either by default of its quallity viz. its thinness heat and accrimony or by reason of its quantity and abundance or by the impulse of external causes as while hot medicines are applied to the stomach The CURE is difficult because a principal part is affected and by occasion of it there is iminent the feare of a dropsie or consumption Of little or no hope if the hickops follow because it is a signe that the liver is come to the highest inflamation and so by communion of the nerves the mouth of the stomach is drawn into consent If a loosness follow because this voiding of crude matter proceeds from the weakness of the faculty If a burning and continual feaver accompany it because it signifies that bowel is exceedingly inflamed If it come to Superation which is known by this because that happens after the twentieth day if nature be not weake paines and feavers with other symptomes grow strong yet most by night shakings assail in no order and with no reason which are attended mith an exacerbation of heat because from the impostumation there ariseth a sordid ulcer because t is perpetually
contrary meats made use of amongst these are commended asparagus moderately boy led with Oyl of Vineger and Butter taken at first Course the fruit of Eglantine the stones of the same boy led in broths Chevil Radish Oyl of Olives and sweet Almonds 2. The matter collected must timely be emptyed that it do not concrete By vomits given every month twice or thrice by lenitive Medicines especially Cassia Turpentine and chose that purge water By things that break it if any thing be concreted amongst which are commended the Decoction of the Nephritical wood of Alehoof the Juyce of Speedwel with the Water and other things of which hereafter 3. The Peins must be reduced to their state and hert bleeding prevails if the Liver hath raised hot distemper in them the administration of Strawhetry Purslain Barley Water and anoynting with cold Unguents II. The taking away of the stone generated which is performed 1. By clensing of the first Passages by gentle Evacuaters corrected with things that discuss wind 2. By opening a Vein in the Arm if there be a plenitude in the whol body and the pain be great of the Anckle or Ham if it be fallen upon the affected Part. 3. By Relaxing and making slippery the Passages in wardly with the Syrup of Marsh-mallows Liquorish Violets Outwardly with an Oyntment Compounded of Oyntment of Dialthea two drams Hens Grease new Marrow of a Hart each one dram Oyl of White Lillies one dram of Scorpions two scruples Oyl of Wax distilled and spirits of Turpentine of each one scruple Wax and Saffron a liltle By a Bath of sweet Water in which may be taken Oyl of fresh Almonds two ounces Oyl of Turpentine six drops With a drauft or Warm wine 4. By Removing Breaking and expelling the Stone by Medicines that wil do that the more Excellent of simples are the magistral of Tartar Vitriolate of Crabs Eyes of the mandible of a Pike and the Jewish Stone Lapis Prunella the essence of Crystals the Nephritical Stone the Aqua Vitae of Juniper Horstius T. 1. P. 481. Of compounds Zacutus his Confection or conserve of the Nephritical Stone l. 8. c. 16. Mynsichutus his Nephritical liquor Armament P. 338. The mixture of magistral of Tartar Vitriolate dissolved Crabs Eyes Lapis prunella the volatil Salt of Amber and Vntzerus his Saxafrage Water The generous Wine of the same Author in which a sharp radish with the Rind taken off and cut into thin slices was steeped a whol day given with the magistral of Crabs Eyes and spirit of Salt The mixture of Muffet the English man Cistae Medicae p. 34. Of Libavius of white Saxifrage water with Sugar of Violets and Roses streined with a little Spirits of Vitriol Zuingerus his expeller of the Stone Cist Med. p. 35. 3. The removing of the pain which is performed by the Oyntments formerly prescribed for relaxing of the Passages with a half bath prepared of things anodine Cratoes Cataplasme of pellitory of the Wal Parsly Onions c. 4. The Discussion of wind if there be any See concerning the Stone the excellent most satisfying Treatises of Vntzerus Franciscus Collutius and Beverovicius Article IV. Of an Vlcer and Wound of the Kidneys Concerning an Vlcer of the Kidneys Let it suffice to have observed these things I. That it doth very seldom happen from an Impostumation of a phlegmon by the Acrimony of the matter flowing thither corroding the Kidney by a blow or fal breaking the Veins yet if it do happen the Cure doth require that the falling down of Humors be stopt by Diet by bleeding and purging they already fallen must be temperd with coolers nephritical means must be emptyed with turpentine reduced with the yolk of an Egg into a liquor or with the pouder of liquorish into a Bolus II. That it is alwaies truely Cause by a Stone restraineth within it which either by its weight doth bruise the Kidney or by fretting diminish and corrode it Then the Urin before it begins to be purulent becomes bloody especially after exercise and labor none or an obscure feaver troubles them If at any time the matter be stopt by the obstruction of the Head of the Ureter that by degrees either redounding by the emulgent into the greater veins will defile the blood and habit of the body or heaped up in that place wil distend the Loyns from which the Skin being opened it wilflow much and a long while III. In the Cure the Decoction of Parsly discribed by Doringius in his Mithridatotechina p. 150. Bears the Palm from al others Concerning a Wound of the Kidneys it shal suffice to have noted these things I. That it is known by the Situation suppression of Urin or difficulty of it by its bloodiness by a pain extending to the groins II. That it is divided into that which is in the Superficies and fleshy Part and then much blood flows forth the Urine goes not forth the stronger agglutinatives may presently be administred and into that which Penetrates even to its Cavity and then the blood goes forth with the Water In the Cure the blood must be stopt This stopping things agglutinating must be given inwardly and laid upon it and here is of force unguentum Sanctum of Andreas a Cruce which see in Sennertus c. Chap. 2. Of the Symptomes of the Kidneys COncerning the Symptomes of the Kidneys Viz. The Separation of the serum hurt and Pain few things present themselves I. The separation of the Serum is hurt by the fault of the emulgent Vessels and Kidneys which either labour of a cold distemper and then the Urine is not suddainly supprest Or of a streitness of which formerly In the Cure Diureticks must be given an hour or two before meat II. The Nature of the Pain may be fetcht from the Chapter of inflamation and stone of the Kidneys At the seat of the Kidney 't is fixt and firm on either side unless that somtimes 't is extended either to the Hip or to the Stone of the same side by the Course of the ureter They that are accustomed to it by reason of the dilatation of the ureters are not so easily affected unless perchance the stone be thick and rough but they who are not accustomed to it or have been seldome and gently troubled with nephritick pains are tormented with the least stone c. Title IX Of the Affects of the bladder Chap. 1. Of the Diseases of the Bladder Article 1. Of the Stone of the Bladder THe Diseases of the Bladder are The Stone Inflamation Vlcers to which ought to be added the streitness of the passage for Vrin What the Stone of the Bladder is may be perceived by the definition of the Stone of the Kidneys The SIGNES of it are an Itching and sharp pain in the Neck of the Bladder the Pubes and Perinaeum which by progression and distention of the Bladder torments with great tortures the Patients are wont to scratch their Privities and often to distend
either a too plentiful or more continued purgation of them than is convenient arising either from the fault of the blood or of the womb or of the veins There is not much need of signs especially if there follow a want of appitite crudety an evil color of the face a swelling of the feet and the rest of the body an atrophy cachexy c. The cause we have layd on the blood the womb or the veins but whence these are in fault shal be explained in the differences The cure is difficult if it be of long continuance None at al if it happen to a woman growing old It reqiures 1. A restraint of them by revulsion interception thickning of the blood stopping up the vessels by astringent means and other things Yet it must be stopt by degrees if there be a great plenty of blood and it happen by way of crisis the which falls out seldom Here take place Heurnius his pouder of the seed of white henbane white poppy each one dram of the bloodstone red coral each half a dram camphure half a scruple given half a dram weight The pouder of amber sanguis draconis the bloodstone red corral purslane seeds each one dram pomegranate flowers two scruples easterne bole armenick two drams given from one dram in three ounces of plantane water Asses milk with steel Ferdinandus his aqua mirabilis histor 33. The trochisks de carabe the benes of a man strongly calcined Zacutus his pills l. 9. prax histor p. 185. His plaister there The plaister of saxonia made of the sut of a chimney volatil floure c. a pessary made of heggs and asses dung with the juice of plantane and the mucilage of quinse seeds Specificks are inwardly Forestus his pouder of a turtil l. 28. obs 10. The salt of the ashes of the same the thin skin of geese feet dryed and given from one dram to two scrupels Outwardly a girdle of the leaves of bastard black hellebore bruised Of which Renealmus obser 21. The differences are divers which do cheifly respect the causes 1. One is from blood which 1. either is derived from the bottom of the womb in which the blood is blacker and for the most part clotted Or from the neck which is more ruddy and fluid 2. 'T is either plentiful or sharp or serous Of which in the following difference Another from the moistness of the womb of which see formerly Another from the fault of the Veins concerning which consult with the third difference One is from plenty of blood which is known by this that either the vessels are opened or broke in women especially whose courses have stopt a long while and afterwards do breake forth more plentifully There are signs of a plentitude the blood which comes forth doth easily concrete into clots In the Cure we must respect 1. Bleeding which if it be ordered for evacuation it concernes a vein in the arme the liver veine cheifly If the strength be feeble 't is ordered in the salvatella of each hand if it be for revulsion it must be done at several times because being repeated it revells more powerfully 2. Cupping-glasses which for evacuation may be applied to any part if you except the lower as to the back shoulders and that with scarification for revulsion they ought to be set to the breasts without scarification and upon a difficulty of breathing ensuing they must be removed 3. Ligatures frictions of the armes c. Another from sharp blood which is known by this that there is a corrosion of the vessels joyned with it there are signs of choler The blood is detained and corrupted in the womb it slides forth in greater quantity In the Cure let purging be administred by syrup of roses solutive and leaves of senny See things that thicken it above mentioned Another from serous and watery blood which is known by this that either the liver is faulty by its weakness or the kidnies by reason of their weakness do not attract the serum The blood flowes forth in lesse quantity and is not easily clotted that which is flowed forth if it be received on a linnin cloath and dryed in the shade discovers it self by the colour The Cure attends the diseases themselves III. One is from an Anastomosis in the cure of which observe that hot things ought to be mixt with cold least the veins be obstructed the ventilation of heat be prohibited and a feaver induced that pessaries may be applied if the opening be in the vessels of the neck where oake leaves and unguentum Commitissae are good that baths must not be used unless they be somwhat cold or whose astringent power overcomes their heat Another is from a Diapedisâ—s which happens very rare it presently requires astringent topicks Another from a Breaking which happens either from a plenitude or from causes that stir the blood especially from hard labor and premising the opening of a vein if ther be need 't is cured by conglutinating medicines Another from a corrosion which is known from hence that little blood flowes somtimes purulent somtimes serous It ariseth from a sharp and corrupt blood somtimes also from sharp medicines amongst Astringents is commended the root of dropwort or ' its decoction Article VIII Of the Womans flux and gonorrhaea The womans flux which otherwise is exprest by the name of the whites is an inordinate voiding from the womb of an excrementitious humor by its whole nature differing from blood collected by the fault either of the whole or of some part 'T is called the womans because it affects women and truly virgins also when as the causes take place in them and there are examples of it Yet more commonly those of riper age especially if they be indewed with a moist and cold constitution do lead a delicate and idle life and feed upon cold and moist nourishments old women also and that unto death by reason of the plenty of flegm and the weakness of the concocting faculty There is no need to enquire the Signs the affect is made known by the relation of the patient her self It differs from a gonorrhaea because in that the matter of the seed flows forth whiter thicker and at longer intervals and 't is voided in less quantity From a nocturnal polution because this is joyned with a phansie of a venereal business and happens only in the sleep From the discolored courses because they observe their periods though not alwaies exactly they do not happen to women with child and those troubled with the suppression of the courses they shew a red colour From matter out of the ulcers of the womb because then the signs of an ulcer stand forth the matter it self is thicker and whiter It it be sanious 't is besmeared with blood and voided with pain We have laid the Cause upon an Excrementitious Humor which Somtimes is raised by purging Medicines Nature being stirred up by their use to attempt excretions somtimes by Baths Nature casting off
and others IV. The Fermentation of Medicaments is nothing else but their union by mutual Alteration by which meanes the old virtues of each of them do no longer remaine entire It is cheifly to be regarded in Treacle and Methridate V. As for the Division compound artificial Medicaments are Internal or External The former are fluid Solid or middle consistence And the latter are divided into as many sorts Chap. 4. Of Compound artificial Medicnies in Special Article I. Of Internal Medicaments Point I. Of internal fluid Medicaments WE cal those internal Medicaments which are received by the mouth into the Body and those we terme fluid which wil run like water and they are 1. Decoctions 2. Infusions 3. Potions 4. Medicinal Wines 5. Medicinal Beer or Ale 6. Oxymel 7. Barley water 8. Medicinal Vinegar 9. Distilled waters 10. Syrup 11. Juleps 12. Emulsions 13. Essences 14. Spirits 15. Tinctures 16 Oiles I. Decoctions are made of vegetables animals sometimes of mineralls if need be cut bruised or shaven boiled in simple or prepared water over a slow or quick fire in a vessel open or shut to the consumption of a third or fourth part of the liquor the Decoction being afterwards strained aromatized and clarified The most noted decoctions are The greater aperitive decoction of the Physitians of Augsburg with their Decoction of Rubarbe Decoction of Maiden haire Fumitory Carminative Gallinae consummatum of a Capon and the Vulnerary Decoction II. Infusions are made of Vegetables or minnerals purgers or vomitories steeped a certaine time in some liquor and afterwards strained forth The proportion of the Ingredients to the liquor is one and an half or double III. Potions are made when purgeing Electuaries Extracts pouders roules c. are mixed with liquors without boileing IV. Medicinal Wines are prepared when new or clarified Wine is impregnated with the Virtues of simples either suddenly by their oyles spirits and tinctures or by long Infusion either with or without sugar The principal are wine of Barberies Quinces Pomgranates red Corants V. Medicinal beers and Physick Ales are made after the same manner VI. Oxymel is made when vinegar is mingled with Honey and plants are sometime steeped therein The most famous are the Simple that of squils the Helleborate Oxymel of Gesnerus VII Barley water is made when barley is sufficiently boiled in water alone or with raisons anis-feed cinnamon strained and made tart with a drop or two of spirit of Vitriol or of Sulphur VIII Medicinal Vinegar is made when simples or compounds are steeped in vinegar or it is made of their juices It is made of Plants 1. Of their Flowers as vinegar of rosemary-flowers of Marrygolds of Gillyflowers of Lavendar of Poppie of Red-poppie of Roses of elder flowers 2. Of their Leaves as of Mints Rue Scordium 3. Of their Fruits as of Citron peeles Strauberries Rasberries 4. Of their Roots as vinegar of Squils There are also compound vinegar Antidotary Preservatory Bezoardick c. IX Distilled waters either by a Cucurbita in Balneo Mariae of plants for the most part of cold Nature whol or beaten and juiced or in Vesica out of hot plants and such whose force is not easily drawn forth and which must first ferment They are made either with wine as Wormwood water Agrymony Betonie Carduus Cinnamon Liverwort Lavendar Lilly-convally Baume Penny-royal Garden sage Veronica or without wine as are those of Sorrel Wood-sorrel c. Or which see the Dispensatory of Augsburge They are also made of Animals as of Capons Singing birds Kidnies Mans blood dung of Beasts c. X. Syrups are made of decoctions Infusions clarrified juices they are preserved with honey or sugar boiled to the consistence of honey almost and are used both to alter and purge seldom alone frequently mingled with a double quantity of distilled waters Those kept in the Shops are Syrup of wormwood of juice of Citrons of Sorrel wood-Sorrel Vinegar simple of vinegar compound of Maiden haire of sowr grapes of Marsh-mallows of Orenges of Mugwort of Betony Simple of Betony compound of borrage Byzantious so cald simple and compound of Maidenhaire simple of Cichory simple of Cinnamon of Corals of Citron peeles of Quinces of Endive simple and compound Of Eupatoruim of Colts foot of Fumitory Simple and compound of Lycorize of Pomgranates of Jujubees of Hyssop of Lemons of Hops of Baum of Mints the Simple and compound of Myrtiles of waterlillies of Poppies of red poppies of Cowslips of Pionie of Mouse-eare of Apples Simple and Compound of Purslain of Horehound of the five opening roots of Roses Simple of dried roses of Rasberries of Scabious of stechados of Comfrey of Violets XI Juleps are made of distilled waters juyces conserves and sugar either without decoction or with decoction XII Emulsions are made of seeds nut kernels perles corals hearts-horne certaine fruites being beaten with some liquor poured on and then strained forth XIII Essences are made of the juice of green herbes pressed out with spirit of wine and digested in Balneo Mariae where they receive their color separated by inclination and with a little sugar reduced into the forme of a Syrupe XIIII Spirits descend in the distillation both of Simple and compound waters together with the waters themselves and are afterwards separated from them by a Cucurbita vial c. But this must be understood of the more volatil sort The fixer sort are drawen out by a Retort and a stronger fire viz. With sand or the bare fire The cheife drawen from Minerals are of Alum of coral Mercury Sal ammoniack Common Salt Nitre Lead Ambar Sulphur Tartar Vitriol of Vegetables are of Wormwood Wine-vinegar Angelica Anisseed Carduus Centorie black-cherries Scurvy-grass Quinces Elder-berries Fenel Strawberries Guaiacum Juniper-berries Lilly-convally Baume Rosemary Roses Sage Danewort Linden-flowers Fluellen wine c. XV. Tinctures are made of dry Plants for the most part hot beaten steeped in some liquor which is called the Menstruum as spirit of Wine May-dew or some other set in an hot place and the vessel shut so longe as that the liquor wil receive no more colour and then they are filtred through a Paper or purified by digestion The most renowned are 1. Of Minerals Of the Sun Moon Mars Saturne Antimony Sulphur Vitriol Smaragd 2. Of Vigitables and cheifly of flowers of Winter-cherries Safron Black-cherries Strawberries St. Johns wort Peony Red poppie Roses Violets Elder-berries Dwarfe elder c. XVI Oyles are drawen out of gummie rosiny substances either descend with waters in distillation or are separated from them either by a separatory or by thick linnen threds or by brown or otherwise sinking paper in some materials they sink to the bottom the more remarkable are oile of wormwood Dil Angelica Of which see beneath in the first point of the third article Point 2. Of internal solid Medicaments INternal solid Medicaments are 1 Pouders 2. Salts 3. Saffrons 4. Flowers 5. Precipitates 6. Vitra Glass 7. Feculae dregs 8.
little bals that they may be swollowed whole and the unsavoriness of the ingredients not discerned by the Tast They are made of pouders extracted out of the mass of usual pils the simples being made up with some liquor They are either Alterers of Bdellium Bechicae or for the Cough of Castoreum of Cynoglossa Narcotick pils of platerus c. or Purgers of Agarick Agregative Alephangine of Aloes rosata of Amoniacum Arthriticae Assajeret Aureae de Colocynthide de Hermodactilis Mastichinae Panchimagogae c. They are also distinguished into Hypoglotudes and Narcoticae Point III. Of internal medicaments of a middle Consistence Internal Medicaments of a middle consistence between fluid and solid contain under them 1. Extracts 2. Rosins 3. Conservs 4. Conserves 5. Quiddennies 6. Electuaries 7. Lick-pots 8. Soâ—pes and 9. Boles An Extract is drawn as a tincture and is reduced to the Consistence of Honey Pils or pouder The most usual are of wormwood of Acorus of Lignum aloes of Angelica roots of round Birthwort of Carduus of Gilloflowers of Castoreum of Centory of Celondine of Safron of Cubebs of Dictamus of Enula of Galingal of Gentian of Guajacum of Masterwort roots of Baume of Mint of Mace Marjoram of Broad dock of Paeonie of Rue of Savine of Satyrium roots of Scabious of Scordium of Comfrey of Tormentil of Valerian of Zedoary II. Rosm is drawn out of Gummy materials with rose-Rosewater and spirit of wine separate from the feces by inclination precipitated and dryed with a gentle heat III. Conserve is made of flowers somtimes of herbes and soft roots bruised and preserved with a double quantity of sugar The most usual are of the tops of Roman-wormwood Carduus Eye-bright Fumitory Marjorom Penyroial Veronica Of the Leaves of Sorrel Wood-sorrel Scurvy-grass Mints Purslane of flowers of Acacia Betonie Borrage Bugloss Marygolds Cichory Broom White-lillies Lavendar Lilly-convally Mallowes Baume Mints Water-lillies red Poppie Peach-flowers Primrose Prunella white and Red-roses Sage Elder Linden Savory Colts-foot IV. Preserves are made of roots barkes Fruits or harder materials steeped in water or boiled or of softer preserved in sugar or honey to last the better and to be more grateful to the Palate The more usual are these following Of the roots of Calamus aromaticus Borrage Cichory Comfry Elecompane Eryngoes Pimpernel Rhubarbe Satyrium Scorzonera Zedoarie Ginger both that of China and the common sort Of the flowers of Orenges Citrons the fruits of Orenges Barberies Cherries Citrons either whole cut in slices or dried or of the pulpe of Quinces bramble berries or Hips Apricocks Medlars Myrabolans bellirican Chebulan Citrine and Emblican of Wallnuts and Indian nuts of Peaches black-peper in the branch Sloes Prunes Damsins c. Of Peeles of Aurenges Citrons And stalkes of Spanish Lettuce V. Rob or Quiddiny is the thickned juice of fruits sometimes of flowers either with expression or without expression boiled and with a like quantity or somewhat more of sugar added The cheife are of Barberies Cherries Hips red-corants Elder berries Hitherto belong thickned juyces of Wormwood Acacia Agrimony Aloes Carduus kermes berries Elder berries centaury Quinces Elecampane Fumitory Lycorize Hedge-Hyssop St. Johns wort Henbane Hypocistis our blew Orice Licorize Mercury Myrtils of germanie Nicotiana or Tobacco Opium Plantane Red-Roses scrophularia and Solatrum Ad hereunto Mel Ebulinum Sambucinum Juniperinum and Passulatum V. An Electuary is made of Conserves Spices Roules Trochischs a proportion of juice or syrup being added The Cheif are Venice Treacle Mithridate Alkermes Confectio Anacardina Aurea Alexandrina Electuary of Bay-berries de Scoria ferri de Ovo Philonium Mesuae Persicum Romanum Dioscoridum Tryphera magna so named because they give a good color to the whole body and make the breath sweet and are made up of curious ingredients VI. Eclegma or Lohoch or Lick-pot of pouders species conserves juices mixed with some liquor or syrupe used against infirmities of the Lungs and Chest The most usual are de Scilla compositum de Caulibus de Farfara de Papavere Passulatum of the Pine kernels of Purslane of Fox-lungs Lohoch-sanum and expertum and succo Scillae c. VII Saponea is a Lick-pot made of almonds blanched and beaten and with sugar dissolved in a convenient water boiled to the consistence of Honey starch and rosewater being added towards the end VIII Bolus a morsel is made of Electuaries pulpes conserves spices pouders with a little syrupe made into the shape of a little bal given to purge vomit alter or some other purpose Article 2. Of external Medicaments Point 1. Of external fluid Medicaments And so much for compound internal Medicaments the external follow which are either fluid or solid or of a middling nature or indifferent The fluid are 1. Clysters 2. Gargles 3. Mouth-washers 4. Oiles 5. Epithemes 6. Pumpings 7. Lotions I. Clisters are medicaments which by a convenient Instrument are cast through the fundament into the Guts They are made of Roots Barkes Leaves Flowers Fruites boyled in water and strained some other things being added which may serve the Intent of the Physitian Their use is to loosen the belly to clense dispel wind to bind to sodder to allay the paines of the Guts and kidneyes II. Diaclysmata or Mouthwashings are medicaments which are kept in the mouth and are by the tongue moved up and down without swallowing They are cheifly provided for paines of the Teeth and Diseases of the Jawes III. Gargarismes are medicaments with which the throat is washed without swallowing down the humor being forced up and down by the breath They are made of distilled waters or convenient decoctions neither unpleasing in tast nor smel nor haveing any venemousness in them in which some syrupe or Quiddinie is dissolved We use them in repelling discussing ripening abstersion consolidation IV. Oiles are made either by distillation as aforesaid or by expression of the oleaginous juice when the fruits and contused seeds grow warme with the vapour of hot water and being put in a bag are squeezed in a Press or by infusion either when the simple medicaments with simple water or distilled water wine or other convenient liquor are boiled in common oile til the Humor be consumed or when the same simples are macerated in a gentle Heat or in the Sunn or when dryed plants are with oile digested in balneo Mariae the oile being afterwards pressed out and clarified The Oiles pressed out are these Oile of bitter Almonds and of sweet of Hazel-nuts of Hemp seed of Cherry kernels of Citron seeds of Rocket of Henbane of Walnuts of Baies of Mace of Nigella of Nutmeg of Ripe and unripe Olives of Eggs de palma of Poppie of Peach kernels of Pine kernels Pistachios Rape Ricinus sesamus Acorns Oiles by infusion in the Sun and simple are these Oile of Wormwood Southernwood Dil Chamemel Cheiri Quinces Elecampane Euphorbium Pismires Ground-ivy Jasemine Orice Priver of Lillies Lilly convally wormes Mastich Mint Melilote Myrtils Nard white lilly Populeum Frogs
Quick-silver precipitate Sublimate Oyl of vitriol sulphur c. VI. Putrifiers do melt hard flesh Such are Arsenick Orpment Chrysocolla dryopteris Pityocampe aconitum Sandarach VII Hair-grubbers are such medicines as pluck up by the Roots the Haires of the Body so as to make the part where they are applied bald and smooth such as are strong lie quick-lime ants-egs sandarach arsenick orpment c. VIII Milke-wasters do either incrassate and thicken the blood by overcooleing it or they dry up and digest the same or finally they do by their whole substance destroy the Milke Such are Mints Sage Calamint Coriander Henbane Oyl of unripe Olives Vinigar Camphire IX Seed confounders do either coole thicken or discuss the same or consume it by an hidden property Such are Mint Rue Agnus Castus Dil Seeds of Hempe Fleawort Lettuce Purslaine Champhire c. Article V. Of Medicaments which take somewhat away Point 1. Of Purgeing Medicaments Medicaments which take something from the Body are 1. Purgers 2. Vomiters 3. Diureticks 4. Sweaters 5. Transpirers 6. Braine-purgers 7. Expectorators Purgers are such Medicaments as drive out by stool such humors as preternaturally nestle themselves in mans body And they are 1. Choler-purgers 2. Phlegm-purgers 3. Melancholly-purgers 4. Water-purgers 5. Purgers of all humors together 1. Choller-purgers are medicaments which drive out preternatural choler And they are 1. Mild as among simples Cassia fistularis which because it is hurtful to a moist slippery belly and to the stomach and is windy it is corrected with a graine or two of peper aniseed or Cinamon and is given in a bole commonly from sixe drams to two ounces to children two drams may be given Tamarins or Indian dates convenient for hot Constitutions which because of their coldness are corrected with Cinnamon and Mace and by reason of their lazyness they are quickned with whey of Goates-milk They are given in Pulpe from an ounce to two ounces or three and in the Infusion to five ounces Manna Calabrina which is safe in al cases excepting burning fevers t is quickned with syrup of Roses solutive It is taken in Prune-broath or the Broath of a Cock or Hen to the Quantity of three or four ounces Aloe Soccotrina which taken in too greate a Quantity inflames the Liver because it opens the orifices of the Veines t is not safe for women with child Nor is it good for hot and dry natures 'T is nourished or impredgnated with juice of damaske Roses 'T is corrected with mastich because of its Acrimonie It is given from halfe a dram to a dram more see thereof Solenander sect 3. Counsel 29. Rhubarb the soule of the Liver which must not be given alone because it is apt to fume and easily exhales but with endive water or syrup of Roses solutive it must not be given to such as are troubled with the strangury nor those that are subject to the Hemorrhoides 'T is corrected with Cinnamon Spicknard Schenanth 'T is given from one dram to two drams Damaskroses musked fragrant bitter and detergent Their Virtue is encreased if two ounces of whey be mixed with an ounce of their juyce a little spike and Cinnamon being added Violets which are of like vertue with roses exceeding good in diseases of the Brest and Head-ache Terpentine especially pistick which with pouder of Lycoris and Sugar is made into Boles and given to clense the kidnies Lemnius commends it in a potion Among compounds are Syrup of roses solutive hurtful for women with child because it opens the veines of the wombe from two ounces to four Rose-leaves must be gathered while the morning dew is upon them Their strength lasts hardly beyond six monthes Syrup of the flowers of Acacia de Manna Laxativus Horstius his syrupe of tamarinds with senna Pilulae Angelicae Benedicta Bejeri Hiera mellita from a dram to four drams II. The stronger are amonge simples Asarum which being long boiled loses its strength very wel beaten it moves vomit It is given with whey wine and honey sod together Scammonie which must never be given to such as are inclined to vomit feverish weak persons in the summer in broaths alone because its acrimonie disturbes the body inflames the spirits hurts the principal parts 'T is corrected with juice of Quinces mucilage of Gum Tragant spirit of sulphur or vitriol Being corrected t is called Diagrydium 'T is given from five graines to fifteen Of compounds are Pilulae Rhudji to a scruple Aureae which are most in use Extract of Scamonie The Magisterie thereof which see in Mynsichtus and Grulingius II. Phlegme-purging Medicaments are such as draw excrementitious flegm out of the Body And they are 1. More gentle among simples Myrobalans Chebulan and Emblican which are to be avoided in obstructions of the Gutts or Bowels they are steeped in Chick-broath to an ounce or boiled therein with muscadine Cnicus or Carthamus seeds which purge water and crude flegme and raise wind because they provoke vomit they are corrected with Anise Ginger and Mastich Mechoacan which is of subtile parts mingled with Earthy Of exquisite tertian Agues it makes double ones It works most happily in the forme of a pouder or if it be steeped a night in wine or broath and drunke in the Morning Amonge compounds are spices of Hiera picra simple Lozenges of Mechoacan described by Horstius II. Vehement Flegme-purgers are among simples Agarick which by a peculiar Faculty frees the Lungs from clammy thick and putrid humors 'T is â—afer in the Infusion than in the substance Jalop which is most proper where choler is mixt with flegme The Dose is from a scruple to two scruples with cream of Tartar ... It has in it somwhat of Acrimony Turpetum gummie and white which because it hurts the Stomach provokes Vomit is corrected with Ginger Pepper and Cinnamon By its dryness it brings the bodies of those that over use it into a Consumption It works best in a decoction Coliquintida which purges thick and clammy Humors from the remote parts and because it sticks to the fibres of the stomach it provokes vomiting It must not be corrected by astringents for they detain it being a violent medicine too long in the Body Hermodactyls which purge thick humors from the Joynts and are corrected by atenuaters Euphorbium which is hot and dry in the fourth degree because it inflames the Jaws and Throat vexes the Stomach and Liver raises cold sweat 't is corrected with cordials and Stomach strengtheners but best of al with Oyl of Roses It must not be used inwardy before it be a year old Sagapenum which brings out clammy and thick Humors Of compounds are Pils of Sagapena of Horstius and Camillus Syrup of Coloquintida and Lozenges of Jalap c. III. Melancholy purgers are such as drive excrementitious melancholy out of the Body And they are 1. Gentle Among simples Indian Myrobalans which are principally given in quartan Agues and purge adust choler Epithymum which by a
peculiar property above all other medicines purges this Humor howbeit but weakly 'T is more safely used in the Winter than the Summer That of Crete is the best Polypodie of the Oak which because it binds when it is old must be used fresh and new gathered That which grows on over old Oaks by its overmuch Humidity subverts the stomach Sena which is used to draw humors out of the Mesentery in the broth of Prunes Reisons and in Whey c. its cods if gathered when ful of juyce before they are fully ripe wil work as the leaves doe but withering upon the stalk they lose al their virtue Among Comporunds are Syrup of polypody and Epthymum Pils of Fumitory Pouder of Sena of Montagnana c. II. The stronger sort are among simples Lapis Armenius which must be so long washed in cordial waters til no more foulness appear Lapis lazuli which must be used after the same manner Black Hellebore which is least dangerous in the decoction 'T is best corrected with the flegm of Vitriol An excellent way and Elegant to give it is to stick an apple with cloves and black Hellebore Roots and roast it in the Embers Among Compounds are Extract of black Hellebore and Syrup of the same in Heurnius IV. Water-purgers are Medicaments which drive waters out of Mans body 1. The more gentle are among simples Soldanella or Sea-Colewort which extreamly delights in the company of Rhubarb and loses not its Vertue by boyling 2. Germane Orice which provokes the Courses and loses its force by boiling The juyce of the Root is put in an Egshel with the yolk of the Egg and so they are boil'd together or roasted til the Egg be soft boyled so as it may be supt Among Compounds are Conserve of Peach Flowers Pouder of Soldanella of Fowentinus c. II. The more vehement sort are Elaterium which slips even without the Veins and draws water away It may be given to strong persons to the quantity of ten grains if wel corrected understand in German Bodies and tough english plough-men or Sadlors 't is corrected with Cinamon Spike c. Cambogia which because it makes the Stomach a little sick it is corrected with Spirit of Salt and Mace The use thereof is hurtful to cholerick natures See thereof Reudenius and Lotichius Hedge-Hyssop which works upwards downwards It is dried and steeped in milk then dried again so as that it may be reduced to pouder Esula whose Milk Seed Leaves are very strong but the Root more mild It must not be used til a month after it has been gathered That is best which is five or 〈◊〉 months old The Bark of the Root is chiefly in use 'T is corrected by Infusing three dais in Vineger Among Compounds are the Magistery of Cambogia Pilulae Freytagii Oyl of Elder-berry Stones V. Purgers of al Humors together which are called Catholica and Panchymagoga are these which follow of simples Sena Hellebore Antimony c. Of the compounds Panchymagogum Crollii Vegitabtle Paracelsi Extractum Catholicum majus minus Electuarium Diacatholicon c. Point 2. Of Vomitories and Diureticks Vomitories are such Medicaments as cast forth bad humors by the Mouth Which they do either because they naturally tend upwards or because they swim upon the Stomach and burthen the same or because they loosen the upper Orifice of the Stomach Of this sort are I. The more gentle simple water Luke-warm water Barley water fat broaths simple Oyl with water Butter Hydromel Root of Orach Garden Cowcomber Melons Daffodillies Asarum Flowers of Peaches of which conserve is made Seeds of Rocket Orach The middle Rind of a Walnut Tree when it is fullest of juyce especially the Cats-tailes thereof Electuary of Asarum of Fernelius II. The stronger sort are white Hellebore The Vomitory of Cunradinus which is given from three drops to ten drops Gilla of Paracelsus White vitriol vomitory Sala his salt of vitriol Flores Mercurii argentei Mercurius Vitae Mercurius dulcis Manna Mercurii Aquila-Flowers of Antimony Oyl and Electuary of Antimony and Crocus Metallorum Aqua benedicta of Quercetanus Pismire water Platerus his Wine Heurneus his Helleborate wine Aqua Benedicta Rulandi II. Diureticks are medicaments which provoke Vrine and by that means evacuate withal the morbifick matter They are twofold 1. Properly so called which easily penetrate into the Veins and therein melt the Humors with their heat and they are Roots of Parsly Smallage Eringos Ruscus Asparagus Pimpernel Herbs Asarum Liver-wort Chervil Scordium Seeds of Gromwel Chervil Saxifrage Fruits bitter Almonds Peach Kernels c. among chymical preparations is spirit of Salt and whatever things are compounded of Tartar II. Improperly so called and they either hot as Maiden-hair Terpentine Ambona Root of which see Zacutus Or moist and which lenifie the passages as Mallow-seeds Marshmallow Lycorice Or cold as Strawberries Barly the four cool seeds Bath-waters Whey of Milk Juice of Lemons Also Peach-Kernel water with Muscadine is commended The whitest slints heated red hot and quenched in rich Wine Oyl of Wax from five drops to six Salt of Amber an half dram in weight Water of Hips Oyl of Juniper Berries c. Point 3. Of Hydroticks and Diaphoreticks Hydroticks are such medicaments as drive out the morbifick matter by the habit of the body in a sensible manner viz. by sweat They are otherwise termed Sudorificks The act by reason of their heat and thinness or subtilty of parts turning the peccant matter into a vapor and they which are cold do act by a propriety of their Substance Now they are I. Either Simples as Angelica Pimpinella Fumitory Tormentil Zedoary China Sarsaparilla Sassafras Lignum Guajacum Cornu Cervi Bezoar stone oriental and occidental 2. Or Compounds as Orenge-Flower Water and Treacle water Spirit of terra sigilata Tartar Carduus de tribus Treacle Mithridate Salt of Scabious Carduus Wormwood Ash Among chymical preparations there is Aurum Diaphoreticum Flowers of Antimony fixed Turpetum minerale diaphoreticum Sulfur Auratum Bezoardicum joviale c. II. Transpirers properly termed Diaphoreticks are such medicaments as drive the morbifickmater through the pores of the Skin invisibly They are al hot turn the Matter in a vaporous steam and open the bodies pores The chief are Melilote Fenugreek Rue Marjerom Of Kin to these are Wind-discussers such as are the Roots of the smaller Galangal Leavs of Bayes Dictamus Penyroial Origanum Rue Marjerom Seeds of Annis Fenel Carway Cumin Carrot Fruits Bay-berries Juniper berries Barks of Citrons Orenges c. Point 4. Of Medicaments which purge the Brain Brain-purgers are such as void the morbifick matter nestling in the Brain by the Nostrils or Pallate The former are called Errhina and Ptarmica the latter Apophlegmatizantia I. Errhina do by their nitrous quality melt and dissolve the flegm which hangs about the Coats of the Brain and draw it out into the Nostrils without any disturbance to the Brain it self The chief are the Roots
of Orice Bindweed Leaves of Bete purple Anagallis Marjerom Sage Betony Ivy. Juyces Elaterium which is the strongest and Juyce of Pulsatilla Also they may be made out of the foresaid roots and Leaves II. Ptarmica or Sneezers do by their Acrimony so provoke the Expulsive Faculty of the Brain as to cause it to cast them out and with them such excrements as stick in the Brain it self The cheif are the Roots of Ginger Pellitory Orice white Hellebore Leaves of sneezewort Tobacco Seeds Peper Mustard Staphisacre Nigella Gums Euphorbium whose smel alone is sufficient III. Apophlegmatizers Being either chewed or gargled or smeared upon the Palate bring down the Excrements from the Braine into the Palate and mouth They are made of rootes of Ginger Pellitory of spaine Seeds of peper watercresses Mustard Staphisacre Gum mastick Point V. Of Expectorators Expectorateing Medicaments are those which evacuate humors contained in the chest and Lungs They are made of Roots of Alecampane Birthwort Angelica Orice Cuckow-pintle Squills Lycorice Of the Leaves of Hyssop Maiden-haire Scabious Horehound Colts foot Seeds of Cotton Watercresses Erysimum Seseli Nettles Fruites reisons jujbes sebestens Almonds Figs Pistachios Hither also appertaines Sperma Ceti See more of these in the Chest-medicines Chap. 6. Of Medicaments denominated from the parts of the Body Article 1. Of Cephalik Medicaments Point 1. Of Cephalick Medicaments which are hot ANd so we have done with our Muster of such Medicaments as are denominated from their faculties those follow which receive their denomination from the parts of the Body with which they have an Agreement by reason of their whol substance and specifical properties Now they are these Caphalicks Ophthalmicks Thoracicks Cardiacks Stomachicks Hepaticks Spleneticks Nephriticks and Vterine Medicaments And al these are either Hot or Cold Internal or External I. Internal heating Cephalicks are 1. Of Simples Roots of Paeonie Caryophillata Birthwort Masterwort Calamus Aromaticus Leaves of Primrose Betony Rosemary Marjerom Centory Sage Flowers of the Linden-tree Stachados of Arabia Lilly-convally Peony Primrose Betony Seeds of Amomum Peonie Mountaine withie Coriander Fruits Kermes Berries Anacardia Bay and Juniper berries Spices Cubebs Nutmeg Cardamom Cloves Woods Miseltoe of the Oake and of the Hasel Tears Frankincense Storax Sea-commodities Amber Ambergreise From Animals Mosk Castoreum II Of compounds Water of black cherries of Lilly-convally Peony Linden Gilloflower Primrose Orange-flowers Treacle-water Tinctures Elixit proprietatis of Peony of Sassafras wood Distilled oiles Of Rosemary Marjerom Sage Rue Ambar Spike c. Syrups of stechados Betony Gilloflowers Peony Conserves of Betony Sage Rosemary flowers Lilly-convally Centorie Stechados Preserves Nutmegs preserved Indian Nut preserved Preserved wallnuts Electuaries Confectio Alkermes Treacle Mithridate Diacastoreum Spices of Diambra Dianthos Diamoschum dulce Diacastoreum II. External heateing Cephalicks are I. Among Simples al those wel nere before related Leaves of Rue Running betony upright vervaine are exceedingly commended II. Among compounds are Oyls of Sassafras wood Oyle of Rue Nard Oyle Oyle of Baies of Castorem Balsoms of Roses of Rosemary of Nutmeg Marjerom Sage Ambar Emplasters de Betonica de Mucilagnibus de Baccis Laury Point 2. Of cooleing Cephalick Medicaments Cephalick cooling Medicaments are likewise internal or external I. Internal are 1. Of Simples the Roots of Mandrake the Leaves of Lettuce Perslane Plantane Night-shade Water-lillies Henbane Flowers of Roses white popie Red-poppie purple violets water-lillies Seeds four greater and smaller coole-seeds Fruits of Gourd Cucumbers Woods of Sanders II. Of Compounds Waters of Roses Violets Lettuce Water-lilly Night-shade Juices Opium Vinegar of Roses Syprups of white poppie red popie Roses Water-lillies Conserves of Lettuce and of the flowers aforesaid Electuaries Diacodion simplex and compositum Diaolibanum opiatum Ladanum opiatum Speices Diatrion santalon de gemis frigidum Diacorallium II. External are I. Of Simples Leaves of Willow Vine Venus Navil Mandrake The rest may be taken from the foregoing II. Of compounds Waters of Henbane Lettice Water-lillies Plantaine Nightshade Elders Roses Juyces of the Birch-tree House-leeke c. Oyles of Poppeyes Violets Water-lillies Lettice-seed Mandrakes Frogs Ointments of Roses Alablaster Album camphoratum Refrigerans Galeni Populeum Article 2. Of Ophthalmick Medicaments Ophthamlick or Eye-medicaments are either Heating or Cooleing and they are both external and internal I. Internal Heateing Eye-medicaments are I. Of Simples Roots of valerian Fenel Celondine Navew Rapes Leaves of the greater Celondine Fumitory Eyebright Pimpernel Rosemary Flowers of Eybright Celondine Marygolds Seeds of Anis Rue Siler montanus Turnips Spices Safron Lignum-aloes II. Of Compounds Waters of Vervaine Celondine the greater Fenel Vervaine Rue Centaury the less Syrups of Betony Eye-bright Electuaries Treacle Mithridate Conserves of Eye-bright Rosemary-flowers Betony Sage Gillowflowers Extract of Lignum-Aloes II. External are I. Of simples the Roots of Vervaine Valerian The Leaves of which mention has been often-made Flowers of Hypericon Melilote consolida regalis Seeds of Clarie or Clear-Eie Line Fenugreek II. Of compounds Aqua Saccarata Calendule Mellis Mullein Elder Bread Ointments Pomatum Dialthea III. Internal coolers are I. Of Simples Roots of Cichory Straberry Rapes Leaves of Strawberry Cichory Plantane Flowers of white-roses Violets Water-lillies Seeds of Quinces white-poppie II. Of compounds Waters Of Strawberry Porslane Syrups Conserves Species c. See among the Cephalicks IV. External coolers are I. Among Simples the Leaves of Dandelion Oak c. The Flowers see above Seeds of Beanes Fleawort Quinces Fruits Pulpe of apples A sweet apple with Sugar Earths Bole Armeniack Terra Sigillata Metalline Substances Ceruss Litturidge of Silver Lapis calaminaris Saccharum Saturni Spodium II. Of compounds waters of Blew-bottles Beanes Goose-grease Strawberries Mucilages of fleawort seeds Mallow and Marsh-mallow seeds c. Article 3. Of Chest Medicaments Point 1. Of Heating Brest Medicaments Chest Medicaments are likewise either Heaters or Coolers internal or external Internal Heaters are I. Of simples Roots of Enula campane Squil round Birth-wort Colts-foot Pimpinel Scordium Scabious Dragon Soap-wort Leaves of the five capillary Herbes Horehound Clamint Scabious Fluellen Hedera terrestris Colts-foot Botrys spotted Lungwort Hyssop Scordium Two-penny grass Flowers of Scabious spoted lungwort Hysop colts foot spike sea-grass Seeds of wild rue and Garden rue of mountaine siler sesili or Marselles Chervil Carduus southern-wood Fruites fat-figgs Dates Paisons of the Sun Indian Nut. Spices Saffron Cassia Lignea Cinnamon Woods of Sassafrass Guajacum Orenge peels Earths Gums Bole-armeniack Gum Ammoniac Myrrh Terpentine Choise Frankincense II. Of Compounds Waters of Hysop Horehound Maidenhaire Fluellen Ground Ivie Scabious Carduus Orice Calves-grass Spirit of Turpentine Sulphur Ground Ivy. Distilled Oiles of Anise Fennel Mace Sage Creeping betony Tinctures Elixit proprietatis Tinctura Sulfuris Balsam of the same or with oile of fenel or of sweet almonds Extracts of Saffron Orice Fluellen Calamus Aromaticus Ground Ivy. Decoctions Decoctum pectorale of dried Rapes of an old Cock of Lignum Guajacum Syrups of Hyssop of Horehound of Maiden
Vitriol aâ—â—â— spirit of Sulphur of salt Distilled waters of Cichory Sorrel Water Lillies Strawberries Syrups of the juyce of Cichory Endive Sorrel wood-sorrel juyce of Citrons and the rest reckoned among cooling stomach medicines Conserves Preserves and species see in the same place II. External are I. Of simples the same fore-cited II. Of compounds Oiles of Roses Quinces Water Lillies unripe olive Ointments of Sanders cooling Ointment of Galen Unguentum rosatum of Mesue Emplasters Cerotum santalinum Diaphenicon frigâ—â—◠〈◊〉 plaâ—ster of the juice of Hemlock Article 7. Of Splenetick Medicaments Point 1. Of warming spleen medicaments Spleen medicaments are either heating or cooling each of them internal or external I. The internal Heating are I. Of simples Roots of Ferne which are appropriate of Scorzonera of Florentine orice of polypody of the Oake of Avens of wild radish Leaves of true scolopendrium Harts-tongue Scurvygrass Tamarisk Dodder Hops Fumitory Brooklime Chervil Galiposis ground oake Flowers of Hops Broome Elder Fumitory Liver-wort Seeds of Ash bishops-weed Watercresses Chervil mustard Nettle wild parsnip Scurvy grass Spices Safron Epithymum Woods Sassafrs Xyloaloes Barks of capar roots middle rind of ash-roots Elder roots Tamarisk roots Gum Amoniacum dissolved in Vinegar of squils II. Of compounds Spirits of wine tartarized of Centaury of vitriol of Mars of Tartar simple and compound of watercresses of Scurvy grass of Guajacum of juniper berries Waters of Dodder of barm compound of Hops of Water-cresses of Scurvy-grass of Fumitory Tinctures of Mars Extracts of Joves Spleen Scolopendrium Harts-tongue Scordium Fumitory Polypody Essences of Scurvy-grass Epithymunâ— Ground-oake Fumitory Dodder Capaâ—â—â— Syrupps of Ceterach or Scolopendrium or Fernelus of Epithymum of Scurvy-grass of Apples the Scotbutick Syrup of Forestus Conserves of Scurvy grass of Ceterach of Broom-flowers of Fumitory of Fluellen of Chamaedrys Pimpinel Species of Dialacca Diacurcuma Diacapparum of Hollerius Tartarus Vitriolatus II. External are I. Of simples those before mentioned II. Of compounds Oyls of Capars Orice Cheiri Rue Peach kernels Almonds Scorpions Ointments of dialthea Martiatum de Arthanita de Ammoniaco Spleneticum Emplasters of Melilote diachylum ireatum Emolliens Foresti diasulphuris Rulandi Point 3. Of cooling Spleen-Medicaments Cooling Spleen Medicaments are internal or external I. The internal are I. Of simples Roots Of Cichory-like plants and of which mention is made among liver Medicines Leaves Flowers Fruites Seeds may be also fetcht from thence To these you may ad the barks of willow roots II. Of compounds are the same likewise to which you may ad medicaments prepared of tartar and of steel Trochisks of Sanders spodium Carabe Barberries II. The external are I. Of simples Roots of Mandrake Leaves of white henbane Hemlock Willow Water-lillies II. Of compounds see those reckoned among cooling Liver-Remedies Article 8. Of Nephritick Medicaments Point 1. Of heating Nephriticks or kidny remedies Nephritick Medicaments are either heating or cooling both are internal or external I. Internal heaters are I. Of Simples Roots of restharrow Saxifrage Filipendula Pimpinel Lycoris Marsh-mallow Polypody Lovage Leaves of maiden haire Wal-rue Fluellen Chervil Nettle ground-ivy Pellitory of the wal Feverfew Restharow Flowers of Broome Spike Elder Betony the yellow of violets St. Johns-wort flowers Seeds the four greater and lesser hot seeds persly gromwel Saxifrage Cherry-stone-kernels Peach-stone-kernels Oake of Jeruâ—â—lem Beanes Fruits Juniper berries Ivy-berries winter-cherries bitter Almonds Sweet-briar berries Corants Spices Cassia lignea Spica Indica Safron Woods Lignum Sanctum Nephriticum Tamarisk Gums Terpentine Myrrh Mastich Olibanum Minerals Lapis judaicus Lapis Nephriticus From animals the stones of Perches Crabs-eyes Earth-wormes Eggs-shels Jawes of a Pike II. Of compounds spirit of salt Terpentine Elder berries Strawberries Cherties Vitriol Feverfew Distilled Waters of Rest-harrow saxifrage Persley Hedera terrestris Alkekengy Matricaria Elder flowers Oyls of Orenges Juniper peach-kernels cherries bitter almonds Tinctures Elixir proprietatis of Ambar Extracts of veronica Ground-ivy Lycorice Syrups of Maiden hair of Fernelius Byzanrinus so called of dialthea Oxymel Conserves of Hedera terristris veronica Sweet briar-berry Spices and pounders Lithontripticon Tartarus Vitriolatus Restharrow-Salt salt of Beane ham chervil Nettles II. External are I. Of simples such as were before aleadged II. Of compounds Oiles of scorpions white lillyes Ointments Martiatum Agrippae Aregon dialthea Emplasters diachylon simple Oxycroceum Melilote Point 2. Of cooling Nephriticks Cooling Nephritcks are internal or external I. Internal are I. Of simples Roots of Grass Strawberries Water-Lillies Leaves of Porslane Willow Venus Basin Hearts-ease Lettuce Flowers of Water Lillies Violets Roses Beanes Seeds the fouer cold white poppy seed seed of purple violets Fruits see among the stomach and liver coolers Stones Christal II Of compounds Waters of Strawberries Violets barly porslane Lettuce Juyces of Citrons Strawberries porslane Syrups of Water Lillies Strawberries porslane syrup of the juyce of Cirrons Conâ—erves of Acacia violets porslane II. External are the same to which ad of the compounds Oyls of Roses water lillies sugar of Lead Vnguents The Ointment of Roses of Mesue Galens cooling Ointment Article IX Of Vterine Medicaments Point I. Of heating Vterine or Womb-Medicaments Vterine Medicaments are either Heating or Cooling and they are internal or external I. The internal are I. Of simples Roots of Peony Valerian Laserpitium Angelica Pimpinella Bryony Aristolochia rotunda Leaves of Mugwort Rue round Birthwort Mercury Fever-few Sabine Betony Flowers of Betony Chery Elder St. Johns-wort Stechados spikenard Seeds foure hot mountaine osier red vetched Rosemary peony Fruits Indian Nut Juniper Berries Orenges Spices Cinnamon Cassia lignea Nutmegs Cubebs Graines of Paradise Safron Woods Lignum aloes Ash Guajacum From Animals Castoreum II. Of compounds Waters of Mugwort Hysop Elder Cinnamon Zedoary yellow stock-gillo flowers betony with wine Oyls of Cinnamon Angellica Ambar Cloves Tinctures the Uterine Elixir of Crollius omitting salt of mother of perle Extracts Hystericum majus and minus of Quercetanus of the Liver and Splene of an Oxe of Baume of Lignum Aloes Syrups of Mugwort Feverfew Orenges Baume Cinnamon Conserves of Marjerom Betony Baum Rose-mary Mary golds Preserves of Acorus citron peeles Orenges Nutmegs Zedoary Pouders Diacalamint Diaxyloaloes diacinnamomum II. External are I. Of simples the greatest part of the foresaid to which may be added Gum Olibanum storax bdellium myrrh Ladanum Assafetida Galbanum Opopanax Sagapenum Ambar From Animals Castoreum civet Musk. II. Of compounds Oyls of cheiri Angelica Rue Castoreum Nard oile Scorpions Nutmegs Vnguents of Bay-berries Gum Caranns ceratum matricale or of Galbanum c. Point 2 Of wombe-cooling Medicaments Wombe cooling medicaments are also either internal or external I. The Internal are I. Of simples Roots of bistort comsery Leaves of Strawberry Shepherds-pouch Vinca pervinca Plantane Oake great comfry Porslane Nettles loosestrife Flowers of Roses Quinces Balaustians Water-Lillies Loose-strife St. Johns wort Comfery Willow Seeds of porselane Plantane Henbane white-poppy Fruits of Acacia Pomegranates Medlers Myrtils Woods Sanders Gums Dragons-blood Earths and miniralls Bole Armeniack Red
Serpentary root Centory Fig-Ashes Unguentum Apostolorum Agyptiacum By opening the Fistula which being done the Callus must be taken off with a pen-knife or with a red hot iron the part being guarded with a defensative III. By Consolidation the filth being cleansed away by Centory pimpinel c. As for what concerns the differences 1. Some have divers holes or Cavities and then more quittor flows out than can be contained in one Cavity 2. Others have divers orificies and then if the liquor squirted in by the syring flow back through al and if the humidity be of the same coler t is but one Fistula 3. Another terminates upon flesh then that which we touch with the probe is soft and the quittor that comes forth is white 4. Another reaches to the nerve then pain is felt when we search it 5. Another bottoms at the bone and then that which we touch with the probe is hard 6. Another ends upon a Vein and Arterie and then if they be gnawen asunder blood breaks forth if not a certain matter like lees or dregs comes out Chap. 2. Of Wounds A Wound is the solution of Vnity in a soft part made by somewhat sharp and cuting either by way of a prick or stab or by way of a slash or gash The Subject is a soft part and that either external or internal c. There need no Signs The Cause is expressed in the definition The Cure is none if the Heart be wounded so that the vital spirits be dissipated if there be a vessel in the Lunges out of which blood being shed overwhelms the Heart If some great internal vessel be so hurt that it cannot be shut up whereupon blood being plentifully shed the spirits are dissipated Doubtful if the weapon were poisoned if the wounded person be weak and ful of bad humors if an inflamation happen in the inner more nervous parts and such as have more exquisite sence which is followed by an afflux of humors and sometimes by a Gangreen 'T is difficult if it be joined with a Cachexy and dropsy because overmuch moisture hurts the cure If it be purged out with difficulty If it be complicated with other diseases If it be in a part apt to receive a Conflux of humors If it have in it some extraneous thing which cannot at first be drawen forth If on the Critical daies to which wounds are so far subject inasmuch as they have in them some matter requiring Concoction there is no change to the worse If the wound be oblique or circular If convulsion happen or contusion be also present 'T is performed I. By exemption of superfluous things Where note 1. Clotters of blood must be taken away only at the third binding because by stopping the Orifice of the veins they hinder a flux of blood 2. Those broken bones are only to be taken forth which are perfectly free 3. The weapon must be pulled forth if the patient may live when that is done 4. That the weapon may be taken out either by thrusting them along if the passage be short and neither bone nerve nor veine prohibit or by extraction and both waies are performed either with section or without the same those things which cannot otherwise be removed must be brought out with drawing medicaments nor must they be by any meanes left to Nature II. By conjunction of the Lips of the Wound where respect must be had to the manner of binding up and to which belongs swathing placing of bolsters slipping and the right placing of the part tied up III. By Digestion that the blood which flows out of the smallest veins in the part wounded and sticks in the pores of the part may as soon as possibly be changed into quittor Where observe 1. That in moist bodies vulgar moisteners must warily be used least putrifaction being induced the wound should turne to a sordid ulcer 2. In dryer bodies they are more profitable to correct the dryness 3. That Digestives must be corrected with sarcoticks and that we must not trust to one medicament See the Medicaments which move quittor in the Institutions This is the best Red clear terpentine and Gum Elemi of each one ounce and an half Weathers grease two ounces old Hogs-grease one ounce Melt al over the fire and make a Liniment 4. By Conglutination of the Parts which is performed either by a medium of the same kind in the soft and fleshy parts in which plenty of blood by strong heat is more easily changed into flesh or by a Callus in the bones or by a scar in the skin Which is furnished by sarcotick medicaments of which in another place also by vulnerary potions concerning which observe That they are not to be used at the beginning nor when external medicaments may serve the turn and when there is a fever and Inflammation those things must alwaies be used which are appropriated to the parts Hereunto appertain The Vulnerary Balsom of Hartmannus in his chymiatria the glutinatory pouder of Crabs Balsam of Eare wax and Rulandus his balsam of sulphur 5. By averting the fluction where we are to use 1. Blood-letting if the body be plethorick If the blood did not issue out two much before If the wound be great and there be no inflammation caused by pain 2. Purgation if the body be ful of bad humors if the humors be thin hot and cholerick least they make the blood apt to stir If it be used at the beginning If there be no fever withal The Differences of wounds are sundry 1. One is of the Vessels and that either of a Veine and then the blood Issues more violently and it is thicker blacker and less hot or of an Artery and then the blood is yellow hot and thin the patients strength is much spent by reason of loss of spirits t is hardly cured by reason of the hardness of the Arteries their perpetual motion and the force of the blood in them contained The Cure calls for the stoppage of blood which is performed 1. By joining together the Lips of the wounded vessel either with a mans fingers or a swat he by which means nevertheless the blood wil hardly be stopped By stopping the Orifice of the Vessel either by application of ones finger or by medicaments which stop blood The external medicaments are Crepitus Lupi a kind of puckfist or toadstool so called vitriol poudered and put in a cloath the pouder of Agricola consisting of two drams of Sugar of Lead White franckincense red myrrh one dram of Saffron and Camphire poudered wet with Frogs-spawn water dried at a gentle fire put into the wound Internal medicaments see in the Chapter of bleeding at the nose 3. By Revulsion with blood-letting divers times administred or by Cupping glasses if the patient be weak 4. By Interception with intercepting medicaments which ought to be applied to the vessels by which the blood flows 5. By dissolution of the blood after it is congealed and clottered
where note 1. It must be extended without any pain or as little as may be by one man if the lesser hones by two if the greater be hurt 2. They must be rightly placed in their proper places so as the ends may fitly joyn one to another so that the Eminencies of the Bones may not be forcibly thrust into their Cavities lest they should be broken That if they break out of the Skin they be handled after a peculier manner 3. We must see whether they be rightly placed and framed together which is known by Cessation of pain and that there is no cavity that the broken part feels just as the whol save that it is thicker possibly by reason of afflux of humors 4. They must be duly bound up which is then done when a medicine made of the white of an Egg beaten with astringent pouders is first laid on to prevent Inflamation When the binding is neither too loose nor too strait It is then too loose when the Patient finds that he is lightly pressed and the same night feels himself more strongly bound and the day after a swelling arises in the extremity of the Member if it be too strait the contrary signs follow If it be not loosed before the third day 5. The member must be rightly placed that is to say softly lest it be pained equally that it may not be distorted it must be somwhat raised lest the Humors flow to it III. The Body of the Patient where if need be blood-letting and purging must be used IV. The Callus and then meats of good juyce must be given Medicaments which breed the Callus must be drunk down and applied especially in grown persons one dram of Osteocolla with Comfrey Water See Aquapendent and Hildanus in their observations V. The Symptomes 1. Inflamation whereto respect is to be had presently at the Beginning nor is the part to be bound or at least not so hard 2. A Gangrene which see in its proper Chapter 3. Itch and Excoriation which proceeds from sanies where the Sanies is to be washed off and afterwards unguentum album Camphoratum Rosaceum c. must be used 4. Pain which either springs from the overstraitness of the Swath-bands and then a swelling appears in the extremity of the part and the sick Patient complains that he is extreamly pressed The swath-bands are to be loosed and the binding to be made more easie Or from a pricking bone and then a pain arises from a light handling of the part The Bone is either to be restored to its place or taken out or cut off Or from a Confluence of Humors and then 't is cured like a beginning Inflamation Or from an evil scituation of the Member and then the Patient easily discovers the same the scituation of the Member must be changed 5. The Gracility or leanness of the member and then either an over-thin diet or long binding of the swathes is the cause Nourishment must be drawn to the part The Differences of Fractures are sundry I. One is athwart so as the Extremities do not at al stick together 'T is known by this in that you may feel the ends of the broken bone asunder one from another and in the place of the Fracture a nonnatural Cavity is observed c. 'T is more easily healed especially if it be simple and equal and the broken bones be not removed out of their places II. Another is when a bone is broken into divers parts This is hardly Cured especially if sharp eminences or points do prick the parts adjoyning If they cannot be reduced to their former state and the member is become shorter and unfit for service III. Another is according to the length of the Bone which is called a Clift This is known by the preternatural thickness of the member 'T is easily cured because there is no need of any laborious replacing of Bones but it suffices that the gaping Chinkt or Rift of the bone be closed up IV. Another is Flesh which is easily consolidated V. Another is old which is hardly because Inflamation being added extension is dangerous The extremity of the Bones grow hard Galen saies if the Cure be protracted beyond the seventh day there is danger that the bone wil be blasted VI. Another is alone of which al that has bin hitherto said must be understood VII Another is with conclusion of the flesh and has a wound joyned therewith This is dangerous if the wound be great and in the greater Muscles inflamations easily arise therupon the splints and other things for the better repose thereof cannot so wel be fitted but an hole must be kept open for the Wounds VIII Another which happens in the middle of the Bone and then the division is lighter IX Another which is near the Head above or beneath and then because in the former there are more nerves in the latter more tendons greater pain happens X. Another is near the Joynt and then by ligaments nerves tendons the part broken cannot be conveniently bound up in a bloodless part the Heat is weak the motion of the member is hindered by reason of a Callus or hard substance which binds up the tendons or muscles XI Another is when Two Bones joyn'd together are broken as in the Arm the Radius or Ulna and then the Cure is hard XII Another when One and then the Muscles can be less contracted because they are kept stretched by the whol Bone Title II. Touching Symptoms and their Removal A Symptome is a preternatural Disorder in such things as beside the Constitution of the parts are necessary to action following some other preternatural thing 'T is many waies divided but two waies especially For I. One is of Action hurt whether it be abolished diminished depraved or augmented It comes to pass either through fault of the Faculty when the immediate instrument is ill affected to which the Absence of the Spirits and Influent Heat is referred or by reason of some external Error when those things deceive with which the actions are performed or at least without which they cannot be Another is of Things voided and things retained Another of Qualities changed which depend upon the Hurts of Actions and the Humors depending thereupon II. Others are Symptomes of the natural Faculty viz. the Nutritive Augmentative Generative Retentive Attractive Concoctive Expulsive Others are of the vital Faculty others of the animal Faculty to which belong Symptomes of the external Senses of the internal Sences of the motive Faculty c. The CURE of Symptomes is their Mitigation or asswagement and that must be sudden when they are urgent that is to say do threaten so great danger that we cannot stay to take away the Disease or its Causes upon which they depend but if we should wait danger of death or some great Inconvenience would threaten us Of these we shal Treat in the particulars But because amongst al symptomes the most frequent is pain we shal
the Skin with a spot which is red broad and dispersed up and down The SIGNS are it seazes the patient with shiverings after which a Feaver follows There is a vehement biting and burning so that smal bladders somtimes arise The color is red inclining to yellow not red inclining to brown which being pressed with the finger vanishes and quickly returns A pain which is neither pulsative nor vehement and stretches it self out to the neighbouring parts without tension These signs are not observable in an Inflamation or Phlegmon The CAUSE is Chollerick blood which is bred by an hot Liver whereby it becomes more thin and movable or by nature many times because of a maligne quality it is driven into the outward parts or is moved by external Causes c. The CURE is hard if it follow upon the baring or fracture of bones It if turne from the external to the internal parts It is putrifie or suppurate If it arise on the Head or Face because the Tumor being augmented it causes the squinzy If in the Liver or Womb of Women with Child because it kils the Infant It respects 1. The driving away of the Disease to which end are subservient 1. Blood-letting from the Liver or median Vein in Plethorick and gross bodies 2. Purgation by the cooler sort of choler-purgers 3. Provocation of sweat by Venice Treacle in Elder-flower water c. 4. Application of Topick or external Medicaments which must be liquid and thin and frequently renewed The principal are the Lapis Medicamentosus Crollij Menstrual blood dissolved in Groundsel-Water and Rose-vinegar Balsom of Litturige with Camphire in Frog-spawne-Water Decoction of red Myrrh and Olibanum each one ounce in Wine and vinegar of each four ounces A Linnen bay ful of wheat bran heated The Liniment of Sebize at the end of his Book de Acidis 2. Preservation from this Disease Where Blood-letting is useful twice a year Purgation by Choler-purges Diet enclining to cooling and moistning wearing of stockings wet in Frog-spawn-water The use of that Preservative mentioned by Sinnartus in his second Book of Feavers Chap. 16. It is divided two manner of waies I. One is Exquisite to which the general rules aforesaid agree Another is Bastard and that either Phlegmonodes Oedematodes c. Wherein the Tumor is greater II. One is Simple in which the top of the Skin is colored and tainted and dry scales are raised like bran In this case after general remedies cooling Topicks are to be applied and the discussion must be left to Nature Another is Vlcerous in which after the pustles are broken saines or Blood-Water and quitter come out It quickly breaks froth with an evident Fluxion It has great moist pustles T is quickly come to solution and of its own accord and so t is distinguished from Herpes To this al other things corresponding cooling Topicks or external Medicaments may be applied til the color of the skin be altered See the Cure in Rulandus Article II. Of Herpes or the Shingles Herpes Fermica or the Shingles is a Tumor raised by Yellow choler pure and unmixt with other Humors upon the surface of some part of the body and creeping along to the neighbouring parts The SIGNS are a broad Tumor ruffing the Skin hardness pain sense of burning it makes a Circular kind of progress the middle parts healing while the extream parts break out a fresh The CAUSE is Yellow choler sincere or unmixt and thicker than in St. Anthonies fire proceeding from its causes The CURE respect 1. The whol Body which must be Evacuated 2. The part affected which must be gently cooled Digestion must be used and discussion by dryers if heat permit It s divided into Simple and Eating I. The Simple or Milet fashon'd Herpes roughs the top of the Skin and is quartered only under the Epidermis or Skarfe-skin raising thereupon very smal pupples which have very smal height from the skin like the graines of milet If the pustles are whole cold and dry things must be used if broke cleansers Water of quick-Lime and Sugar of Lead are very good A Decoction of Arse-smart and Resberry leaves in water and Wine c. II. The Eating or devouring Herpes the pustles being broken exulcerates the true Skin spreading it self in depth and breadth and is long in coming forth by little and by little it has dry pustles lasts long and comes unattended by a Feaver Thus it is distinguished from an Vlcerous St. Anthonies fire Stronger Medicaments must be used in these sorts of shingles Chap. 3. Of Tumors springing from Flegm Article I. Of the Tumor cald Oedema OEdema being the only Tumor arising from Flegm is a swelling caused by Flegmatick matter which Nature exples into the parts of the Body The SIGNS are the softness and loosness of the Tumor pain none or very little whiteish color no heat The CAUSE is Flegmatick matter the colder and moister part of the blood which is somtimes expelled by Nature somtimes tends downwards by its own weight and settles in the extream parts It cheifly quarters upon the Hands and feet being Members remote from the Fountain of Heat The CURE is performed 1. By Diet which must not occasion Fleagm and crudities Fish are allowed that swim in stony-bottomd Rivers 2. By Alteration and Digestion where Oxymel and Oxysaccharum are good 3 By Resolving with Discussers but the part ought first to be heated by frictions and fomentations 4. By Suppuration if by pulsation and pain we perceive it tending thereto Whereof see Platerus The Differences are sundry I. One springs from Flegm alone which is more lasting and is for the most part discussed by Resolution that is to say through the pores of the Skin Another comes from it and other Humors mixt therewith which sometimes suppurates especially if it be in an hot part II. One arises of it self which is not dangerous Another sort follows other Diseases as the Consumption cooling of the Liver c. Which is dangerous and threatens death In the Cure regard must be had of the Diseases upon which it depends Chap. 4. Of Tumors proceeding from the Melancholick Humor Article I. Of the Tumor called Scirrhus THe Tumors which arise from the Humor of Melancholick are the Scirrhus and Cancer The Scirrhus is an hard Tumor without pain springing from a Melancholick Humor which is thick clammy and roaping The SIGNS are little or no pain over-great hardness want of feeling when it is pressed The CAUSE is an Humor either Malancholick that is to say the dreggy part of the Blood or the natural Malancholick Excrement or somtimes also Flegmatick which is either thickned by heat dissipating the thinner parts from thence Inflamations St. Anthonies fire c. Follow or it is hardened by an Immoderate Application of repellers astringents and strong Discussives The CURE is None if it have no feeling otherwise some cure may be T is hard by reason of the stubbornness of the matter It is performed
Transpiration has place or from the straitness of the pores of the skin for hot things in an hot place if they have not freedom of aâ—â—e doe suddenly putrifie or from the obstruction of the Vessels and Passages in the Body A Feaver Ephemera especially in hot Natures Heat arising from the Nonnatural things Nearness of putrified humors 2. In the Continuance is the fault of the parts ordained for Concoction Inquination or Defilement remaining after the Paroxysme which inserts the humors herein The Cure for the most part does not oppose the Feaver so as to neglect the Cause especially if the Remedies for the Feaver doe encrease the Cause unless the Feaver be very great Yet sometimes we may resist the Feaver and neglect the Cause namely when it is remiss The safest way is so to direct the Cure to the one as not to neglect the other It is performed 1. By Blood-letting which must be practised 1. For evacuation to put the blood in motion and to cool the same 2. In continual Feavers on the third day in intermitting Feavers after the third day in all having first given a gentle Lenitive if any thing reside in the first waies and when the disease is most remiss 3. When the evil humors are not in the first passages but are mingled with the blood in Vena Cava 4. When there is plenitude It must be repeated the same day if it be done for Evacuation sometime after if for Revulsion II. By Vomiting rightly instituted with Aqua Benedict a Rulandi Asarum Roots c. III. By Purgation then Lenitives ought to precede by reason of the stomachs weakness and plenty of humors in the Mesaraick Veins and stoppage of the Belly at the beginning either by Clisters or Potions Stronger Medicaments ought to follow 1. There having preceded both Coction which must be observed in Feavers especially such as are continual and acute according to the precept of Hippocrates by which Nature assisted with art makes separation of putrid humors mingled with the blood Praeparation which opens the passages and waies by opening Medicaments here Cichories Endives and Sorrels have place and impediments in the humors are removed where syrupe of Vinegar of the Juice of Citrons have place and a dram of Spirit of Tartar compound which must be given with caution in cholerick natures by reason of the Treacle water 2. Which must be omitted if the Humors are not in the first passages but mixed with the blood in the Veins If the Humors are turgent that is either move to some determinate part or are so disposed that they may run violently into some part For the feverish matrer is wont at the beginning though little because like Leven it corrupts the rest of the humors to be moved by nature and either to be thrown out of the body or to be thrust into the more ignoble parts of the body IV. By sweating provoked by Sudorifick medicaments and that not very hot least the Fever be increased yet sufficient least the matter should be only stirred administered after other evacuations least Transpiration should be more hindered Yet is it allowable in the beginning sometimes to give strong sudorificks that the said ferment may be dissipated to dispose the patients body to sweat through the whol disease that the body may freely transpire To repeat it as often as need shal be that the matter may be accustomed to expulsion Salt of Wormwod of Centory of Carduus benedictus Spirit and Rob or quiddinie of dwarf-elder of Elder Magistery of Mother of Perle of Crabs-Eyes Antimonium diaphoreticum c. are commended V. Diet in which are principally considerable 1. Meat which ought to be of good juice easie of digestion of small excrement so that great respect be had to the patients strength the disease and morbifick Cause The times of the disease it self must be observed least the patients strength be overwhelmed The Quantity Quality and manner of the use ought to be weighed Howbeit a more liberal diet may be used the strength of the Patient being diminished by Evacuation A thin when it is weak by suffoeation that plenitude may be diminished and nature the better betake her self to the Concoction of Humors A very nourishing one to preserve the strength Medicamental to drive away the Disease and its cause At any time when the strength is decayed by Evacuation and fasting In the declination or intermission the Patients strength being suffocated by the vehemence of the Disease 2. Drink which ought to be nourishing in the Patients weakness And Medicinal in reference to the Disease and its Cause Such is a Decoction of Barley Oxymel Whey corrected with Annis-seed Fennel-seed and Cumin-seed Cooling Juleps In the first daies of continual Feavers little afterwards more plentifully In Agues when the fit is near none at al least the separation and exclusion of the putrifying Humor should be hindred when sweat is ready to break forth hot to further the same The Wine in Agues must be austere and hard because such Wine moistens further excretions and is more easily distributed into the body in continual Feavers about the beginning of Coction little in quartans before in the Progress of the Disease more In the Declination if there be weakness The feaverish heat be not intense Crudity of the matter prohibit not Head-ach and like disorders be absent Chap. 1. Of Continent putrid Feavers Article I. Of the Synochus Putrida Putrid Feavers specially considered are either Continent as Synochus putrida Causus or Continuae Periodicae or Intermittents Synochus putrida is a feaver arising from blood putrified in the vena cava without any periodical Remission and Intention afflicting alike from the begining to the End It is also termed Pur Fire because of its very great Heat Assodes because it makes the Patient very unrestible Taraxodes because it vexes the Sick with imaginary Apparitions And Pericaes Puretos the burning fever because of the Excess of burning Heat The Pathognomonick or peculiar Signs are extream thirst and burning Heat howbeit the thirst is allaied by coughing which causes an Afflux of humors To these signes are added great tumblings and tossings of the Body by reason of great heat and the acrimony of thin vapours which in every part vex the body The Vrin is little in quantity through plenty of sweat and heat which consume the same somtimes t is crude and troubled which by the settling of the adventitious parts and evaporation of the turbulent spirits doth afterwartd waxe cleare somtimes t is thin very cholorick and flame-colored The stooles unless the dung be scorched and hardened by the feavers Heat are liquid and saffron-colored choler being shed into the belly and making the dung thin The pulse is quick frequent and unequal swifter in the Contraction because the Arteries by suddain compression indeavour to expel those sooty vapours which greiviously afflict the heart Breathing is laboursome and expiration is quicker than drawing-in of the air
impostums of the Brain abundance of Yellow Choler c. Or else they exalt the same such as are hot and dry temperaments that cause an inordinate motion of the Animal spiritts Or else lastly They impede and hinder the motion of the Animal spirits and such are a less than is requisite conformity of the head and brain the over great thickness of the same c. The CURE respects the several Causes and may be taken and understood by what hath been already above spoken Those medicaments that are appropriated either for the conservation or restoration of the memory are reputed and accounted to be that they term Tinctura lunae taken in the water of lilies of the vally The pouder of Trithemius of which there is sufficiently spoken in the miracles of Mullerus the Anacardine Confection in weight half a dram thereof exhibited and taken with al possible cautions unless haply an hot and dry temperament hinder it Those things that resist and therfore are good against a cold and moist distemper are that water that Practitioners cal Aqua Magnanimitatis Cunradi The lily of the vallys balm frankinsence in weight half a scruple taken with wine Nutmeg c. Toughing which consult the practitioners in Physick Article II. Delirium or dotage A deliry or dotage is a depravation of the Phantasie and the ratiocination Faculty arising from the bringing and presenting of an absurd and inconvenient Phantasme The SIGNES of a delirium beginning are garrulity or talkativeness in a person of few words and so on the contrary fierceness in a quiet and mild person ribaldry and scurilous speech the quick motion of the eyes in regard that they are associated with the brain Arteries veins and nerves a pulse with perturbation in the Hypocondria But the signs of that that is present are speeches and actions that the patient hath been altogether unaccustomed unto and which in themselves are indeed very absurd and incongruous The CAUSE hereof is an absurd Phantasme having its rise and original from a default in the Animal spirits as wel those that are fixed as those that are movable which ought to be pure clear and transparent temperate and regularly and ordinatly movable For if they swerve from those aforesaid requisites there is then an error and mistake communicable unto the Phantasmes about and upon which the Reason is employed and busied and then those Phantasms are represented unto the intellect or understanding otherwise than they ought to be The CURE is different according to the variety of the differences It is divided into a dotage that we cal primary and that which we cal sympathetical I. The Primary is that when the brain is in its one proper substance and essence that is in it selfe affected and this is either with a feaver of which more in the Chapter following or else without a feaver containing under it as wel that wherein Paraphora and Leron that is to say an error of the mind or a dotage and busying of it about toies and trifles proceeding from the imbycillity of the principal faculty by reason of an immoderate flux of blood or else by reason of long continued watchings as that we term downright folly in the which the principal faculties are not only impared and diminished but likewise extreamly depraved and corrupted II. That which is sympathetical when the Cause is communicated from other parts It is disposed and divided into that which is without a feaver which comprehendeth under it temulency or a kind of drunkeness and distemper brought upon the spirits either by wine or beer or else from hemp darnel henbain the dry sticks of that they cal Levanthe the rinds of mandragoras opium and the like Those things that preserve are the smal strings of wormwood and Rew eaten upon an empty stomach the cabbage or colewort and a morsel of bread eaten after a draught as aforesaid those things that accomplish the cure are vomits and the use of things Acid and sharp c. and into that that is with a feaver which often hapeneth in acute feavers and not otherwise And then the feaver is at hand and presently appeareth if it shew it selfe in the very begining without any apparent signs of concoction it introduceth a Phrensie which is quallified in great part removed by sleep but if it happen to be with concoction and other hopeful signs and tokens then it is Critical and decretory It is cured 1. By revulsion by the opening of a vein in the feet and other such like remedies 2. by tempering and allaying the extraordinary heat of the blood in the head by topical or local medicaments 3. By the application of hypnoticks or medicaments caussing sleep 4. both by the evacuation of the matter which hath already seized the head and this is to be done by openining either the forehead or the tongue vein and likwise by the discussion of the said matter by applying unto the head pidgons dissected and cut in midst and withal the decoction of Camomile c. Or else it happeneth in an inflamation of the parts and especially the diaphragme And then the breathing is unequal the Hypocondria are violently drawn back more inwardly there is likewise Joyned therewith a deliry or dotage together with a Cough and a pain of the side The Cure ought to proceed according to the Nature and condition of the part affected Article III. Of a Phrensie A Phrensie is a perpetual and Continual deliry or dotage arising from the Inflamation of the Membranes of the brain and afflicting the Patient with a continued Feaver The SIGNS are a perpetual doting a continual Feaver incessant watchings and short and frequent drawing of the breathe The CAUSE is an inflamation of the Membranes of the Brain of the which we have already above treated in this very Book The CURE ought to be ordained according to the Disease the Nature of the watchings and the suppression of the Urine In this distemper Venesection or blood-letting is one especial if not the only Remedy But then a plentiful measure or as we say good store of blood is somtimes to be drawn forth at the Nostrils by putting up a Feather made into the fashion of a Star even unto the very Root of them and forcibly turned about therein But touching what we are now upon more may be seen in what hath been already delivered concerning the Inflamation of the brain Neither must we forget by reason of those aforesaid watchings together with repellers to mingle Hypnoticks that cause rest or else they ought to be administred severally and by themselves alone as we see good Three grains of Opiat Laudanum cautelously administred in a convenient liquor least the Phrensie should by any means degenerate into that Disease we cal Veternus that is the Lethargy or drousie distemper are very much commended This said mutation or change is wont to happen either of its own accord or else because the sick persons neglect cannot endure to reply unto
Shal be thought fit and sufficient the Trochisques of Poppy of Mynsichtus If the humor be salt then Spike is to be added and in those that are Asthmatical al sorts of Odoriferous suffumigacions and perfumes are to be shunned So soon as they awake in the morning that that hath flown down into the Breast is to be Evacuated Another is Suffocative and choking which with great violence floweth to the Lungs and Heart Unto this we must with al possible speed apply a Remedy by Revulsion by Clysters Frictions Applications of Emplasters the hair being first cut short or shaven that have in them a power to suspend and keep off the Catarrh inunctions and often anoyntings of the Nostrils with the balsam of yellow Amber Suffumigations c. In this case likewise there is not known a more present Remedy than a Vomit in regard that it also driveth and casteth forth whatsoever is stuffed and impacted into the Lappets of the Lungs III. Another is from a Matter that is gotten together in the brain through some default of the said brain Another is a certain matter that is communicated unto the brain either from a colder stomach and a Hotter Liver or else from some other Bowels In the Cure of this the parts commanding are especially to be heeded and due provision is to be made for them And those that find themselves subject and liable unto more frequent Catarrhs these ought every month a little before the new of the Moon gently to purge the Body and more especially if their belly be dry and costive The Wine of Pope Adrian which is so extreamly commended against Catarrhs is Composed of the Rinds of al the Myrobalans together with ther Kernels first of al dryed of each two drams and an half Cinnamom one dram Cloves Galangal Cubebs Cardamon's Grains of paradise of each half a scruple Red Roses dry one dram and half the flowers of Rosemary or Anthos and of Lavender of each half a dram wel beaten together and then mingled with seaven measures of Wine Title III. Of the Diseases of the Eyes Chap. 1. Of the Affects of the Eye-Lids WE have thus finished the Affects of the Brain the Diseases of the Eyes either they affect the parts encompassing about the Globe of the Eye or the constituting the same or else they touch and affect the whol globe it self of the eye Those parts that surround and encompass the Eye are the Eye-Lids the Eye-brows and the angular flesh at the corners thereof The Maladies and affects of the Eye-Lids are I. That we cal Trachoma or a certain roughness of the internal part of the Eye-Lids It is known by the redness thereof the itching and as it were the sticking out of Millet grains It ariseth from an adust humors that is Salt sharp and biting and oftentimes likewise from over sharp Collyries It is Cured by the Evacuation of the body by the averting and turning away of the matter by Repercussives by the application of Topical first those that we cal Emollient or mollitying and qualifying the Acrimony of the peccant humor and then by and by such Topicks as cleanse as for instance Aloes dissolved in Rose Water and Myrrh dissolved in a Womans Breast Milk which ought now and then to be intermitted lest that they over forcibly make an impression of their strength upon the Eyes and by rubbing of the Eye-Lid inverted and turned the inside outward with Sugar Candy even until the blood follow It is divided in a two-fold manner I. Into that we cal Dasutes in which the Eye-Lids are only red rough and itching Sycosis in the which there are sticking out as it were the smal grains or seeds of Figgs Tylosis in which the part being exulcerated contracteth to it self a scissure and callosity or an insensible hard and thick Skin and that we term Psorophthalmia or a scab of the Eye which affecteth the whol Eye-Lid and specially toward the corners of the Eyes and this is Cured Universal and general Remedies being first premised by a Liniment of Roses and adding thereto a very little of Tuty prepared II. It is divided into that which hath its original from the blood in which the itching is not so great as in the former from yellow Choler in which there are smal pustules or pushes from Salt Flegm out of which there passeth forth more of the serous or wheyish humor and lastly from black Choler or Melancholy in the which that which cometh forth is discoloured Black and Blewish II. The second Malady and affect of the Eye-Lids is that we cal Emphysema a Tumor or swelling of the Eye-Lids which happeneth either from external Causes to wit the spiders touch the stinging of the wasp the Bee or the Nettle and then a Bee bruised and beaten to pieces is to be imposed upon the place Treacle and the Juyce Of Plantaine are to be spread and the place anoynted therewith Or else from Causes internal to wit a Hot humor where the Ophthalmick of Rhasis hath its place and is of singular use A Waterish and Wheyish humor in Feavers of long continuance watchings and in the Cachexy and here Fomentations of a Decoction that Mollifyeth and scattereth are rightly and fitly administred III. The third Affect is termed Coalitus when either the Eye-lids grow together one to the other or else with the white or the horny or both those Tunicles of the eye It is not to be Cured without much difficulty if the Eye-Lids wholly grow together but seldom or never if they grow together with the Cornea or horney Tunicles but more easily if it stick only unto the eye in the extremity thereof and if it be only as it were agglutinated or glewed together unto the Adnata Tunicle It ariseth either from an Vlcer negligently and unskilfully Cured in the which whatever in the healing thereof might have been drawn forth hath been agglurinated and here in this case opening of the part affected taketh place or else it hath its Original from a Flegmatick and Viscid or clammy matter flowing unto the eye-lids and here we are to make use of Revulsion by Vesicatories and likewise Repulsion or driving back of the aforesaid matter IV. The Cancer whether exulcerated or not of which we have sufficiently spoken before in the second Book V. Inversion which we may likewise cal Ectropium to wit the turning inside outward of the lower Eye-Lid arising 1. from a Resolution or Palsie of which see elsewhere 2. From the Increasing of the flesh in the internal part which is either to be consumed by Medicaments or else wholly to be taken away by section and cutting thereof 3. From the ill curing of the wound or Vlcer where likewise incision hath its fit and proper place Or else it is that which we term Lagophthalmos to wit of the superior eye-Lids proceeding from the undue conformation or ill frame thereof which in regard of its composure wil hardly admit of any Cure 2. From the custom
compounded and made of Crocus Martis beaten into a most smal pouder and Crâ—cus Veneris of each two ounces these wel mingled together with the oyl commonly known by the name of Oleum Vici Pomarum Symplicium the water of the sperm of Frogs with a little Champhyre and sugar of Saturn put round about the neck Argilla furnaceâ— that is to say Clay baked in an Oven and wel mingled together with strong vinegar like unto a pultise and applied after the same manner Asses dung or swines dung dissolved in Rose vinegar and then put up into the nostrils the shavings or Fragments of Fungus Betulinus the mushrom or toad stool of the Beech tree the Root of white Succory dig'd up about St. James tide at noon day when the sun is at ful south and chawed betwixt the teeth As for the Magnetical Curing hereof by Vitriol see further in Beccerus in his Medicus Mycrocosmus in the Chap. of the blood c. The Hemorrhage is divided in a threefold manner from the Causes from the blood and from the places from whence the said proceedeth I. One is from that we cal Anastomosis or an opening of the orifices of the veins which either is caused by the abundance of blood and then the face is red the veins strut and are distended and a ful feeding went before and here venesection hath its place the head is by no means to be washed or so much as wet with cold water lest that the blood being there deteined something that is worse follow upon it neither is there any linen cloth to be wet in cold water and at the first begining of it to be cast about the neck lest that the ways and pasges between the brain and the heart should by this means be shut up or else it is caused by the acrimony of the blood and the thinness thereof and then there ready at hand signs of a Cacochymy and in this case we are to do the work with those things that incrassate and thicken as Bole armonick Dragons blood in the shops termed Sanguis draconis and such like Orelse it is caused by the irritation of the facculty and then the very same things as before are present and ready at hand or else by the weakness of the said faculty and then there is blood issuing forth by intervals but it is not much and some disease weakening the liver went before and therfore the Cure ought likwise to be prosecuted with special regard had unto the same Another is from a diairesis as we term it or a division of the veins by some sharp corroding humor and like by other means and then the blood issueth forth in a far greater abundance or there went before some violent Cause or else lastly there are present certain signs of a Cholerick Cacochymy Another is from that we cal diapedesis or as we may to term it a passing through by leaping and then the blood that issueth forth is but very little c. See more hereof in the first Book II. One is of the Arterial blood which is hot somwhat red subtile leaping forth with a froth and with violence Another is of the vein blood and this is Thicker and Blacker III. One is of blood issuing and passing forth out of the veins of the Brain and then there went before a pain of the head and the flux is not easily stanched Another is of the same blood leaping or starting out of the nostril veins and then the contrary of what was said touching the former happeneth and appeareth Chap. 3. Of the Hindering and Hurting of the Smel Gravedo or Stuffing and Sternutition Or Sneezing THe principal burt of the sence of smelling is the abolition or the diminution thereof which differ only in degrees and in the greatness of their Causes And this is caused 1. Either from a distemper of the brain which either possesseth the fore part thereof and then the Tast likewise by reason of the branches of the third pair of nerves of the brain Forming the tongue is abolished the voice is loud and shril and no way to be found fault with the Cure here is to have an especial regard unto the distemper or else it possesseth and resideth in the process of those nerves that constitute and frame the organ of the smelling and then there is no hurt at al to be perceived in the brain or in the other senses Or else it is caused by the narrowness and streightness and that too either of the Brain and then there is present and sensibly to be felt a heaviness in the head and here we may operate by errhines and yet not toomany of them neither and here likewise sternutatories are exceeding useful and profitable or otherwise of the Processes of the brain or of the nose within and the Ethmoid Bone and then the voice and respiration are vitiated and the wonted excrements restrained and kept in The smelling is somtimes totally abolished if the Phlegm by heat be baked and hardened at the holes and enterances of the aforesaid bone which chanceth unto such as being troubled with the pose or distillation called coriza heedlesly and without any consideration go into baths In these cases that that cheifly deserveth commendation is the Root of Gentian fitly put up into the â—osâ—ils Castoreum wel soaked in vinegar and afterwards sweetned the Oyl of Nightshade the Errhin of Zacutus in his seventh Book 15. Chap. P. 517. c. touching which we have before spoken in the Chapter of Cactarrhs II. Gravedo or Coryza is a defluxion of the Excrements of the Brain being crude and thin like water unto the nostrils which is accompanied and attended with a frequent sternutation or sneezing This Malady is wel enough known and by it self discovered It ariseth from the distemper of the brain either hot or cold concerning which enough above III. Sternutation is a violent and involuntary expulsion by the nostrills of the flatulent windy spirits and sharp vapours offending the Brain It is done with a Loude voice as wel because the Windy spirit breaketh forth altogether at once as by reason that it forceth its passage through the streight narrow holes of the nostrils It ariseth either from external causes and then the nostrils are to be supled and gently stroked with the oyl of roses or milk or else from internal humors and vapours brought thither touching which see further in their proper Chapters but is wont for the most part and too commonly to be neglected by the Physitians unless in Plethorical bodies it happen to be accompanied with a distillation in the very first beginning of the disease The little veins in the greater angle of the eyes and that is nighest unto the nostrils being forcibly pressed together do forthwith stay and stop the frequency thereof Title VII Of the diseases of the Tongue and the Symptoms thereof THe Affects of the Tongue are a Tumor or swelling Ranula a blackness a Palsy a stammering an Aphony
interception of the said humor and for this purpose serveth wel the Emplaster of mastick Gum elemy and Taccamabaka throughly warmed and so applyed to the temples IV. By discussion with the playster of Melilote and other the like V. By the Application of such remedies as act and operate by their own specifical property among which the cheif are the tooth of a dead dog burnt in the furnace mingled with posset drink and so imposed the root of the sharp and sowr sorrel taken up in the spring before it blossom and bud forth wel dryed and so applied unto the pained tooth That we term senect a serpentis boyled in wine or vinegar Gum Hedera put into the teeth VI. By extraction and drawing it forth which wil be much facillitated if the tooth be first touched with the distilled water of Sal Armoniack take notice of this let the Cause be what it wil Take the Fern root and Cinquefoyl of each three drams Bistort two drams the leaves of Rew of Sage of Betony the Flowers of Roses of each half a handful boyl al these in a sufficient quantity of red wine that is most astringent and as much common water as you think fit until a third part be wasted for a Collution to wash the mouth withal The differences are taken from the original place and quality of the Humors I. For their rise and original they somtims flow together from the highest part or crown of the head and then the Revulsion ought to be by the Cephalick vein and likewise those things that we hinted before touching repellers are heedfully to be observed Somtimes they arise from the inferior parts and then the revulsion ought to be made by the Basilick vein II. For the place sometimes they stick and abide in the tooth and then the pain is not altogether so deep but is extended according to the latitude of the tooth For the most part it conteyneth within it a worm by the motion whereof the pain is exasperated Somtimes in the little nerve tending toward and into the roots of the tooth and the nervous membrain thereof and then the pain is the more vehement It extendeth it self in breadth al along the Gums and reacheth even unto the Ear the tooth being taken forth it is much eased in regard that by reason the way is opened the pain may the better be dispersed and blown abroad Somtimes it seateth it self in the very Jaw-bones themselves and then it floweth into the upper Jaw-bone along by the greater Angle of the Eye and into the lower by the Temple Veins We cannot attempt the Cure by Repellers without apparent danger in regard that the matter being brought unto the Jaws inevitably suffocateth and choaketh III. For the Qualities some are hot Serous or Wheysish Salt and Sharp which excite a most violent and intolerable pain but hot withal such as soon hath an end by Reason of the sudden changes It is very rare that they have adjoyned to them as a Concomitant the swelling of the Cheek They are removed and taken away by Repellers among which are Roots of the sour Sorrel boyled in hard and austere Wine and together with Wine held in the Mouth as long as need requireth the Roots of the Wild sloes the outward Rind being taken away and this indeed is one of the cheif Remedies al things else corresponding and answerable thereto Others are Cold and Flegmatick from the which that pain that proceedeth is indeed more remiss and gentle than the former but then it is of longer continuance these most commonly produce a swelling of the Cheeks This pain is to be taken away after that Universal and general Remedies have been made use of with Camphire half a scruple Spirit of Wine two ounces or of the Juniper Gum half an ounce boyled together with eight ounces of Rhenish Wine and for a while kept in the Mouth Or lastly of the Distilled Oyl of Cloves two drops thereof with a smal proportion of Camphire put upon the Tooth being first wrapt up in Cotton Article II. Of Stupor Stridor and Nigredo in the Teeth THe Stupor or if we may so term it the astonishment of the Teeth is Caused I. Somtimes from the Sowrness either of meats or of the Humors or else of the fumes and vapors which frequently befalleth those that are Hypochondriacal II. Somtimes from the imagination at the Noise that is made in filing of hard mettals or the Mastication and Chewing of sharp sowr fruits by one standing neer If the sound be very acute piercing and making a loud crashing then the imagination suffereth a kind of violence the Application of the said noise being made within an extream narrow compass and then next of al the Membrane of the sense of hearing being likewise as it were smitten is offended and thereupon is immediately contracted and together with it certain little Nerves also even unto the Root of the Teeth into which place a new Air suddently falling in and getting entrance causeth a certain kind of horrour about the Teeth It is Cured and taken away by Chewing of Wax hot bread Cloth c. The Stridor Grinding or Crashing noise of the Teeth proceedeth I. From the imbecillity of the Jaw-bone Muscles produced and caused by cold II. From Worms the brain being affected by Consent III. From the multitude of Vapors is in the beginnings of Paroxysmes It is wont to threaten the Apoplexy and likewise in Feavers the Deliry or Dotage in such especially as are not accustomed thereunto in case this doting went not before the Feaver III. Nigredo or blackness proceedeth from divers Causes as wel External as Internal And these external are a Carelessness and neglect in Rubbing and Cleansing them the use of sweet and hot things and the anoynting of the upper parts with Quick-Silver or as they commonly cal it Hydrarge These latter to wit the internal are 1. The Exspiration or breathing forth of Crudities by reason of surcharging the Stomach with meats or Drink 2. A fault of the Humors by reason of the impurity of the Bowels and cheifly of the Spleen left remayning behind after a Quartane Feaver It is taken away by the Dentifrice Compounded of Marsh-Mallow Roots and of the Illirian Flower-de-luce Boyled in Water with Salgem and Alum of each alike and as much as wil suffice and after that throughly dryed in a Furnace beaten together into a very smal powder and mingled wel together with some few grains of Musk. There are other dentifrices that are formed and made of the Jaw-bones of the Lucefish or Pike burned White Coral and Date Stones burned the Bones of the Sepia or Cuttle fish and Egg-shels burnt Harts horn burnt c. Title XII Of the Affects of the Gums THe principal Affects of the Gums are an Excrescence and a Purulis I. The Excrescence is somtimes so great by reason of the Spungy rarity and loosness of the Gums and the abundant afflux of Blood that the Teeth and
Breath proceeding from the pertinacious either obstruction or Compression of the Lappets of the Lungs The SIGNS of the beginning hereof are the heaviness of the Breast difficult breathing in running or going up a steep place hoarsness a Cough and a windiness in the Praecordia c. The Signs of one present are already expressed in the Definition There is present now and then a Feaver as also a certain ratling noise or Wheezing in regard that somtimes the matter sticketh fast in the foldings of the Rough Artery which when it is expelled by the breath there is the aforesaid sound and noyse excited and somtimes without them in the smooth Arteries The drawing in of the Breath is here more difficult than the exspiration or Putting it forth For whenas in taking in the breath neither the Lungs by Reason of the store of matter nor the Thorax by Reason of the imbecillity of its motion can easily be moved Nature interposing endeavoreth as it were by rest and quietness to cherish and repair the weakned and dejected powers but in Exspiration or breathing forth the Organs and instruments of that work fal down and so give way of their own accord The CAUSE is the Obstruction and compression as wel of the Rough Arteries as of the Smooth of which we have spoken above and from what causes it proceedeth we shal declare in that which followeth The CURE hath respect unto the Causes and it is somthing Difficult if the sick persons be aged There is but smal Hopes if the sick person be thereby rendered Gibbous and caused to go stooping with the back bunching out because that in these the Lungs growing and the Spina not growing nor increasing in the streightness of the Breast the heat is stifled and smothered if it be with an acute Feaver in regard that the Cause of the Asthma being dryed up by the Feaverish heat is thereby rendered and made the more unfit and unable to eject and cast forth that which offendeth upon the ceasing of the Cough the difficulty of breathing stil remaineth if the strength be much weakened because then they soon fal into the Syncope or swooning fits The Diffecences are taken partly from Causes obstructing and compressing and partly from the accessions and other the like Causes I. One is from a Viscid or Clammy Humor stuffing up the Lappets which may be known by this that the breathing forth is Difficult and with a sound as it were and a noise together with a Wheezing Cough It is Cured 1. By opening the Basilick Vein if nothing hinder 2. By cutting and dividing the matter by those Medicaments that moderately cut and divide and that have in them humidity to moysten but these ought to be often changed lest that other wise Nature should be too much accustomed thereunto For the purpose aforesaid there is commended the Oyl of Angelica the Syrup of Nicotiana or Tobacco and that Syrup of Theodatus in his Pantheon Hygiasticon the Decoction of Joel of Zedoary Gum Ammoniack the Flower of Brimstone and Saffron the Oyl of Sugar of Grulinguis and Petraeus in his Nosology the Secret of Frytagius in his Aurora Medicorum Oxymel Scillitick with the Syrup of Violets c. 3. By Evacuation with the Asthmatick powder of Rulandus 4. By Exsiccation with Guajacum Sassafras c. The Humor is divided into that that is Collected in the Lungs and the sick person by degrees beginneth to breath with difficulty and much ado and this difficulty is continual and into that which floweth unto it from elsewhere and then it is not wholly continual the Exacerbations thereof are manifest And here all those things that have in them a purging quality are to be shunned and avoided because they are not without danger II. One is from a serous and Wheyish Humor waxing hot in the greater branches of the Vena Cava and rushing altogether and violently through the right ventricle of the Heart into the Lungs and pressing down the Arterie and this is most frequent It proceedeth cheifly from the Liver and hence it is that the Feet of the Asthmatical person do swel by reason of the weakness of the said Liver the humors in the first place rushing unto the Lungs by their falling to the Kidneys excite and Cause a difficulty stoppage of the Urine Ructures or sour belchings and windiness in the Praecordia are accounted to be in the number and among the signs thereof III. Another is from a little Crude or raw Swelling that we term Grando and smal stones and Gravel touching which we have treated above in the streightness of the Lungs IV. One is more light gentle and moderate with a snorting Noise and a violent Cough the Diaphragm and the Intercostal Muscles yea likewise the Muscles of the Abdomen affording the assistance herein Another there is more grievous we cal it Orthopnaea in the which the breathing is very little thick and exceeding swift which is not performed but with the breast and Neck straitly erected the Superior Muscles of the Breast and the shoulders likewise contributing their help and assistance V. One is Not Periodical and that observeth not its Paroxysms Another is Periodical when the Humor either of its own proper Nature extendeth it self and seeketh for more space and room or otherwise is driven and chased up and down by External Causes if it be there collected or else at the certain and wonted time it floweth hither from some other place Those excerbations are wont to be cheifly in the Winter or in Autumn because the matter is Flegmatick and in the Night-time because it is then moved according to the Motion of the Moon and this usually every fourth day This may be greatly Remedied other things not omitted or neglected either with a Scruple of Saffron in Malmsie and given hot or with Brumerus his smal Potion made of a dram of Ammoniacum Hyssop water four ounces and two ounces of Rhenish Wine Read more of this subject in the Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London Dispensatory Al of the last Editions Englished by me Chap. 3. Of the Cough THe Cough is a vehement thick and loud Efflation or Blowing forth of great store of breath together and at once that was first attracted and drawn in by the Lungs Caused by the swift Contraction of the Lungs and the Thorax that so what ever is burthensom and Grievous unto the Organs of breathing may be expelled and shaken forth In a Symptom so evident there need no SIGNS at al. The CAUSE is whatever may affect the Lungs the Rough Artery and that Membrane wherewith is is encompassed and as it were swathed about within whether this be somthing External or else a Humor or a Vapor c. The CURE either respecteth the Cause from whence it ariseth or the Cough it self if it be vehement which is either mitigated by Lenifiers or Anodynes or else is wholly taken away by those
to be grateful to the Stomach rather solid than liquid rather meats that are Medicinal than exact Medecines mixt with astringent things that the Stomach be not Relaxed not sharp Salt corroding lest they offend the mouth of the Stomach if the Medicines be external they must be applied to the sword-like Cartilage towards the Navel and upon the back to the twelfth and thirteenth Vertebrae II. By taking away the Causes both External and Internal III. By Strengthening the Stomach where appropriate Medicines take place as the Magistral of red Coral the inward Coat of a Hens maw c. 'T is divided into a distemper without or with matter of which in the following Articles Article II. Of the Distemper of the Stomach without matter A Distemper of the Stomach without matter is a preternatural disposition of the similar Parts of the Stomach in its qualities produced by external and Internal Causes without the presence of any Humor Its SIGNS and Causes shal be explained in the differences the Cure relies only on alteration and removing the Causes 'T is divided according to the qualities I. One is Hot which is known from the want of appetite to meat indorous Belchings clamminess of Spittle dryness of the jaws and Tongue it ariseth externally from the six non Natural things encreasing its heat internally from internal Diseases burning Feavers Inflamation of the Liver Spleen c. 'T is Cured 1. With cooling things but lightly and not too long applied 2. With cooling Diet where Barley Water takes place and Emulsions of the four greater cold seeds II. Another is cold which it known from the greatness of appetite unless it be too cold by sour belchings if neither much nor cold meats have been eaten nor flegm do abound by wind and two much spitting It ariseth externally from the six non Natural things internally from the parts incumbent as the Liver Spleen and Muscls of the Belly which induce a coldness 'T is Cured 1. By appropriate heaters but not too much inwardly and outwardly moist lest driness be caused 2. By Diet where Wormwood Wine takes place it is distinguished into a positive of which we have now treated and a privative which is conjoined with driness It ariseth from the defect of innate heat which is Caused by things that heat too much as the frequent use of Wine the want of nourishment the heat and driness of the incumbent Parts as of the Liver of the muscles of the Belly and the Cal. III. Another moist which is known by want of thirst by abundance of spittle c. it ariseth from external Causes inducing moisture it is Cured 1. With dryers without eminent heat or cold as are the ashes of Hens Guts of Swallows burnt harts horn red Coral troschiskes of Vipers Galangal burnt Salt 2. By a contrary Diet. IV. Another dry which is known by the extenuation and Contraction of the Region of the Stomach which is accompanied with a slenderness of the whol body It ariseth externally from a drying Diet too much emptying and fumes of mettals internally from the dryness of the incumbent parts The cure is the more difficult because with the Feaverish heat it induceth a consumption if vomiting happen it argues a great want of innate heat the Cure is performed 1. By moistening which is best of al accomplisht by nourishments that are medicinal 2. by Diet where Milk takes place beginning with a smal dose new layed Eggs Almonds Raisons Pine Nuts c. There is another compound the Nature of which may be collected from the simple those that labor of a hot and dry distemper have little blood unfit for nourishment are lean bound in body with Veins eminent subject to the dry Scab Article III. Of the distemper of the stomach with matter A distemper of the stomach with matter is when the stomach fals from its temper by reason of some humor either generated there or falling thither from some other place The Signs and causes are put in the difinition in the differences they shal be more largely Explained The CURE is finisht 1. By the alteration and evacuation of the peccant humor 2. By strengthning of the part by appropriate external meats Looke into the differences The Differences of this Distemper are Divers One is from the matter generated in the stomach then the symptoms appeare continually the whole body and al the members are sound It is cured by emptying of the matter which is comodiously done by medicines of aloes hiera picra mechoacan and by corroborating the part Another is from matter falling from another part then that part which was periodically affected is no longer troubled some accustomary evacuation is supprest or the usual diet hath bin changed or somewhat stops in the whole body or in some particular part The symptomes are more remisse For the cure we must have respect to the parts that send the matter II. Another is from the matter sticking in the cavety of the stomach then there is a waving or nauseousness which is attended with vomitinge or a loosness Another from the matter impacted in the coates of the stomach then there is a nauseousness without vomiting oftentimes with the hickops III. There is another chollerick viz. hot and dry which besides the former signes is discovered by nauseousness bitterness of the mouth with a certain sence of knawing and sometimes by chollerick vomitings It ariseth from choller either sent thither from the bladder of gal or generated there from corrupt meats 'T is cured 1. By dyet wherein chicken broath seasoned with lettice and endive doth excel 2. By emptying of the matter both by vomits made of the pouder of the down or flower of walnuts dryed in the smoak and given a dram weight in honey and water and purgers compounded of hiera picra 3. By alteration and coolers and moisteners amongst which do excel succory and violet water syrup of pomegranates of coral of Quercetan of strawberries currans tincture of roses letâ—â—ce and succory condite c. IV. There is another flegmatick to wit cold moist which is known both by the signs formerly reckoned up and by a sence of heaviness in the stomach especially some hours after meat by a waving sowr belching it proceeds from thin or thick flegm t is cured 1. By emptyers both by vomit to which in thick flegm we ought to premise things incisive given in a solid form amongst which excels diatrion pipereon diacalaminth the essence of balme penny-royal c. and by purging so that the purges be administred either alone or mixt with preparatives The vomiters are viz. of salt of vitriol given in broth oxymel with the decoction of radish Heurnius his vomiter of hellebor 2. By strengtheners amongst which excels inwardly taken the roots of callamus aromaticus and citron pills and of oranges with the phylosophical spirit of vitriol and the Elixir proprietatis outwardly ointments compounded of the distilled oyls of wormwood mint cudmin peneroyal mastick a
cerote of one part of pure Ladanum with too parts of wax applied an hour before dinner is good 3. By a contrary diet Article IV. Of the tumors of the stomach A tumor of the stomach is when the same is elevated into a bulke or magnitude greater than is due It contains under it three things I. Inflamation which is known both from the general signs and also from the vehement pain heat thirst a most burning feaver vomiting or often going to stool unless when the orifice or pylorus is possest to these are added the symptoms of the principal faculties if the brain be drawn into consent It ariseth from blood preternaturally poured forth by the veins derived from the porta whether it be pure or mixt whether sent thither or attracted T is cured after the manner of other inflamations where observe 1. that emptying by vomiting or stool is not convenient unless where there is an eruption of matter collected 2. Bleeding is rather to be repeated than to take much blood at once 3. Amongst external repellers sugar of saturne with plantaâ—â— or nightshade water adding a little of wormwood or mint is commended internal things ought to be administred with a moderate actual coldness 4. resolvers which ought to be gentle and Emollient must be corrected with astringents by reason of the excellency of the part 5. If suppuration cannot be prevented the heat must be cherisht with things moderately hot moist and clammy both inwardly and outwardly 6. The imposthumation may excellently wel be broken either with the juice of Scabious alone or mixt with honey 'T is divided according to the parts of the stomach One is of the whol stomach in which what posture soever the sick lyeth down in he is ful of pain Another is of part of the stomach 1. Either external in which the pain after the concoction of the meat is encreased by reason of the intension of the transverse fibres the appetite is not very bad nothing of the impostumation is cast up by vomit Or of the internal part in which al things are contrary but 't is better if the matter pass into this than under the peritoneum because there it may easily be purged forth but here not so 2. Either of the upper part in which because 't is endued with exquisite sence there happen most greivous symptomes and the strictness is most of al perceived towards the latter end of swallowing where the attraction is strongest Or of the lower part in which the pain is encreased more in the disgestion of the meat 3. Or of the former part in which the tumor may be perceived by the touch Or of the hinder part in which if the outside be affected the sick can hardly lie down on his back if the inside not easily on his face II. An Oedema and Schirrus of which we meet with nothing remarkable III. An Inflation when the magnitude of the stomach is increased by wind conteined in its capacity 't is knowen by its distension molesting the region of the stomach above the navel by the tumor and by its resisting the touch by belchings with which the malady is eased It ariseth from matter ministring wind of which in its differences T is hardly cut'd if it befal one recovering because it signifies a relapse if it be in acute Feavers because it shews that the natural heat is wasted by the preternatural if it last long because it endeth in a dry dropsy How it may be be cured see in the differences 'T is divided according to the nature of the causes 1. One is from windy nourishment which is knowen by the patients relation 't is cured with good dyet and discussives to wit with balsome of fenel oyl of carawaies inwardly and outwardly applied by baths of warm water in which are boyled danewort roots by baggs by bread hot out of the oven sprinkled with oyl of Rue 2. Another is from a flegmatick matter which causeth wind and is known from the signs of a flegmatick distemper 't is taken away by emptying the matter prepared and discussing the wind a great cupping glass also doth discuss being applyed with much fire without scarification and often repeated and one dram of sows pasterne bones burnt and prepared with Rue water given in a draft of wine Article 5. Of the wounds and ulcers of the Stomach I. The wounds of the Stomach are known from hence that the belly is loose deeper over against the Stomach hickops and vomiting of choler do ensue sometimes the meat and drink is cast up again They are no waies cured if the whol body of the Stomach be perforated or if its upper part about the orifice be wounded very difficultly if only the outer coat and if the bottome of the Stomach which is fleshy and able to endure medicines The cure is accomplisht as in other wounds mastick any waies taken is good The wound that penetrates and is large ought to be sowed up leaving an orifice in the lower part they must abstaine from al sharp things in their dyet II. An ulcer of the Stomach is knowen by the pricking and ulcerous paine by a heat molesting above the navel caused by the receiving in of hot meat by stinking belchings by causes generating ulcers by a slow feaver c. It arises 1. From external things as sharp medicines and poysons and then the relation of the patient which shew it 2. From sharp humors there derived from some other part or generated there and then we must have recourse to the distemper with matter 3. From an impostumation broke after inflamation and then this was precedent 4. From the rupture of a veine and then vomiting of blood proceeds 'T is hardly cured both because detersives cause paine and because being alwaies moistened by the chyle it cannot be dryed Inveterate ulcers cause a lientery In the cure note 1. The humors if there be any ought to be brought forth only with lenitives 2. Vomits are wholly to be shunned lest that which is ulcerated be delacerated more 3. To internal consolidating medicines somwhat moderately abstersive is alwaies to be mixed Chap 2. Of the Symptomes of the Stomach Article 1. Of the pain and heat of the Stomach THe Symptomes of the Stomach are Paine Heat want of appetite too great appetite a vitious appetite too great thirst hurt of concoction hickops belching rumblings nauseousness Vomiting and the Cholerick passion I. The paine in the stomach is a sad sensation of the same arising either from things that distend it or knaw it and so dissolve its continuity There is no need of Signs in this symptom unless the patient be diseased in mind The Cause is explained in the definition and we shal be more large of it in its differences The Cure hath respect unto 1. The symptome it selfe if it be too urgent in rebating of which a bagg made of the roots of marsh mallows camomel flowers red roses wormwood is good Quercetans anodyne water
Aloes Zedoary the Juyce of Rhadish and cresses Cold hearts horne burnt Purslane Water juyce of Endive Grass Water with a little Vinegar and Sugar Of Internal Compositions the Pouder of Dr. Mencelius my wives Granfather excels 't is compounded of the Flowers of Centory the less tansie St. Johns wort each two drams of the flowers of Wormwood Savine Peaches of each one dram and an half of the Roots of white dittander gentian asarabacca of each one dram of red Corals prepared burnt harts born prepared of each two scruples Seeds of Artichoke Purslane citron cummin Seseli Coleworts Coriander prepared Sorrel of each half a dram Choice Rhubarbe one dram Myrrh Saffron of each half a dram Scammony prepared Trochiskes of Alhandal of each two scruples Salt of Wormwood half a scruple Coralline half an ounce Of which you may give from one scruple to one dram in Cows Milk upon an empty Stomach two hours before meat Outwardly is commended the cerote compounded of Myrrb Saffron Liver colord Aloes of each as much as is sufficient with Rose Vineger and an Oxe Gal and applied both to the Mouth of the Stomach and to the back see more amongst Authors II. By things that drive them forth which are melted butter great quantity of Oyl a Bath of sweet Milk fuming hot if the Worms be yet alive Diaturbith with Rhubarb Ruffus Pils and de Tribus Solutivis if they be dead The Difference is taken from their figure I. Some are smooth or round in which the knawing of the Belly is more vehement a dry cough more frequent the hickops nauseousness loathing of meat faintings of the heart troubled dreams with trembling rising up crying out motion of the Jaws c. Clysters are not convenient for these unless they be dead II. Others are broad in which the Excrements are not unlike to gourd Seeds there is an insatiable desire of meat and a quick casting forth of the Body of that which is taken a greater leanness and wasting of the Body a pain somtimes in the right side somtimes in the left Fearn or its water is good against them Walnuts Treacle with Vinegar or the Juyce of Lemons Concerning the broad worm see Tulpius in his observations III. Others are called Ascarides in which there is a continual pain a most troublesome itching about the Fundament as if it were ful of Aunts with a heaviness in the back continual Motions to stool moth-like worms are every where mixt with the Excrements of the Belly which smel very strong c. Article IV. Of the Rupture of the Guts A Rupture of the Guts is a falling down of the Guts out of their place 'T is called by the Greeks Kele by the Latines otherwise Ramix and Ruptura The SIGNS are a Tumor which somtimes encreaseth somtimes decreaseth according as a greater part of it it fals down or is filled with wind or Excrement there is no pain unless by chance the Excrements be fallen thither The Patient being prest down or laid on his back the guts slide back into the belly and that with a murmur c. The CAUSES are those things which can Relax or break the process derived from the Peritonaeurn as shal be said in the Differences The CURE is not to be neglected both because that thin and Nervous Membrane cannot easily be united and because somtimes the Patient his Guts being inflamed is brought into danger of his life and the Guts inflamed do mortefie It respects 1. The Replacing of the Guts which if they be swelled with wind as the rumbling in the Guts and breaking of wind do declare it must be done by discussives if they swel with Excrements hardned then both with Emollient Clysters and Cataplasmes and Fomentations If with Flegmatick matter it must by little and little be emptyed by Clysters and suppositories and be attenuated by internal incisive means if there availe nothing we must flie to Chirurgery concerning which consult with Authors 2. The retaining of them in their place here are proper Horse Tongue which is most excellent the pouder of Mouse-Eare given with meats Through wax Rupture wort The Ashes of a sucking hare given to drink in red Wine The Seed of Flix weed the plant fern pouderd and given each half a dram The Differences are taken from the Causes and places into which they fal 1. One is from a Rupture of the Peritonaeum which is known by this that a Tumor is suddainly raised and also is quickly increased the Gut fals down to the very bottome It ariseth from violent Causes fals straining to cast forth the Child or the Excrements of the Belly holding of the breath straining of the voice wounds of the Peritonaeum c. In the Cure a Ligature being applied shal be given inwardly one spoonful of the essence of the greater comfrey with two drops of the balsome of Sal Gemmae Outwardly must be applyed Villanovanus his Plaister of a Rams Skin Mynsichtus Armam p. 364. And the same Authors Vnguent against a Rupture p. 352. The fat of a Hedg-Hog concerning which see Hartman If these do no good seek for help from Chirurgery of which see Platerus Another is from the Relaxation of the Peritonaeum which is known by this that the Tumor grows by little and little and the Gut doth not descend to the very bottome It ariseth both from the moisture of the Peritonaeum whence Children often fal into a rupture and from those things which break it if by degrees and often they assaile the Peritonaeum though not so violently II. There is another called Oskeocele when the Guts descend into the very God 't is known by seeing Another Bubonocele when they fal down no lower than the groin This somtimes doth very much distend the Skin and is stretched out under it and Causeth a great Tumor Both of them is either Enterocele when the Ileon Gut cheifly fal down or Epiplocele when some part of the Cal. See Geigerus in his Kelegraphy Hither belongs Exomphalos or Omphalocele when the Navel either Relaxt or broke struts forth somtimes the bigness of a nut somtimes of an Apple nay somtimes there is a Tumor raised like a Bag. If it be lately first of al foment it with a Decoction of tree Mosse self Heal made in astringent Wine afterwards lay a Cataplasme of Plantane and Lentils If it be Old after the like Fomentations t is Cured with the Oyntment of Mushrums of Nuts outwardly applied with convenient ligature inwardly with the essence of the greater comfrey with the Arcanum of Sal Gemmae Article V. Of the falling down of the Fundament and of the wounds and Vicers of the Guts 1. The falling down of the Fundament is a hanging forth of the outer part of the right Gut There is no need of SIGNS The CAUSES shall be spoke of in the Differences The CURE requireth I. A putting up of the Fundament fallen down which is performed gently with the Hand premising a Fomentation of emollient and
must be emptyed especially with things that purge water 3. To open obstructions is commended the cachectick pouder of steele prepared one part Cassia lignea three parts of the whitest sugar four the pouder of young geese turds 4. Sweats are happily moved with antimony diaphoretick 5. The Cachexy of virgins is driven away by the distilled water of Walnutts fresh cut into thin slices steeped in white wine twenty four hours sweetened with Canary sack and exposed some few days to the sun and taken three ounces weight using exercise after it Article 3. Of the dropsy in general The dropsy is considerd either in General or in special The dropsy considered in general is a tumor of the body or of part of it preternatural arising from a watrish and serous humor or a collection of wind The Signs of it are a swelling and puffing up of the body a heaviness difficulty of breathing an extensive pain in the right or left hypochondry a filthy color of the face betwixt green and whitish or declining to a yellowish or lead color little urine and deep dyed continuall thirst partly from the defect of natural and alimental moisture partly from the ascent of hot salt vapors drying up the mouth of the stomach partly by reason of the little aire drawn in whence the heart and lungs also boyl with thirst But concerning the tumor of the feet we must note 1. That they cheifly swel after excercise of the body and in the eveining because the waterish humor by its own weight tends downwards 2. In the night concoction being finisht the swelling bates by reason of the increase of the heat the heat of the bed helping somwhat too 3. They do often swel in those that are recovering either from acute diseases or of long continuance because the languishing heat cannot concoct so much as the patient receives and the crude and serous part which ariseth from thence flyes to the feet without any eminent danger if it be timely taken care of The Cause is the fault of nutrition proceeding from a cold distemper of the liver which is induced either by the extention of heat either immediatly by the six non natural things or mediately by diseases of the whol or of other parts Or by the dissolution or dissipation of it either from too much heat or from other causes The cure is not difficult if the dropsy be of late Difficult if after another disease it seize upon a body weakned If it be inveterate We must observe in it 1. That we begin with gentle things 2. Because the disease is chronical remedies must be used the longer time 3. Least nature be accustomed to them they must be varied 4. Somtimes for a while we must forbear least nature be opprest See the manner in the species Article 4. Of an Ascites The dropsie considered in Specy is either an Ascites or Tympany or Anasarca An Ascites is a distension of the belly from a watry serous and Salt Humor poured forth into its Capacity by default of the Liver Spleen and Kidneys with a Tumor of the â—eâ—t Thighs and somtimes of the God The SIGNS are a swelling of the Belly which begins from the lower parts as being most distant from the heart the fountaine of heat a slenderness of the upper parts the belly being struck a hoarse sound as from a bladder half ful the sick turning from side to side a â—â—ife like the Murmuring or waving of Water The Disease growing strong there follows a difficulty of breathing by reason of the abundance of water lying on the midriffe A Cough somtimes either from the compression of the midriffe or from the peircing of the Water into the breast from whence suffocation in a short time ensues the impression of the Fingers Leaves behind it a manifest mark in the flesh The CAUSE is a watry and serous Humor whence Dropsie people pisse little they that pisse much after great draufts are not taken with a Dropsie And some by abstinence from drink have been restored to health That humor is collected if you consider the place between the stomach and kidnyes through which otherwise naturally the serum is wont to be emptyed especially in the spleen veine the mesaraick and perhaps in the branches of the spleen artery and the roots of those veins about the hollow parts of the bowels gastrical and epiploical Whence after quartanes and long continued feavers whose cause is in the mesaraick veins a dropsy follows If the cause 't is collected from too much drink and moist meats by the accession of the fault of the bowells which either attract or contein the serum by which it comes to pass that it stays in the belly and afterwards is poured forth into its cavity But it is poured forth into the capacity of the belly or that space which is between the peritoneum the caule and the guts cheifly by the epiploick and gastro epiploick branches yet so as neither the caul which hath veins only from the vena porta and can easily receive the burthen of the mesentary and spleen nor the pancreas which in its middle hath a splenicke veine passing to the spleen with the left branch of the celiacal artery are free from fault The humor poured forth although it be cold yet because it contains many salt parts and borrows heat from the neighboring parts 't is hot also but by continuance of time it putrefies from whence is raised a corruption of the bowels a Feaver thirst whiles the vapors strike the mouth of the stomach The Cure is of better hopes if the patient be young and strong If a slave who is able to endure hunger thirst and other troubles if more moisture be voided by urine than is taken if the water which is in the veins flow to the belly or stool the bowels unhurt Of none almost if it come from an acute disease because the bowels the radical moisture being waisted do contract a cold and hectick distemper which cannot be corrected If the water break forth into the caul and that be corrupted If it happen to the splenetick after a longe dysentery because by the passing of the evil humor the symmetry of the innate heat is perisht in the guts and bowels If a cough come upon it because it shews that the watery moisture is so much increased that it penetrates into the breast and doth already possess the rough arteries If impostumations or spots break forth in the thighs if being eased by remedies 't is wholly renewed again because it signifies the bowels are corrupt and possest either with a schirrus or consumption and hectick distemper If it arise from a colliquation because al the strength is dissolved and the body languisheth 'T is perfected 1. By the emptying of the water poured into the belly premising a preparation of thick humors if they intervene But it is emptyed 1. By the Stool by medicines that purge water the gentler as mechoacan Jallop which may be given to
one scruple and an half the Juice of Flowerdeluce clarified which may be given to three drams with syrup of endive six drams Parsly water half an ounce and the pouder of diarrhodon Abbatis one scruple With peach flowers dryed and boyled in wine The stronger as gambugia which is given from six grains to fifteen see Reudenius concerning it Rulandus his extract of esula trochiskes of Alhandal or the same authors Spiritus vite aureus The extract of elaterium most commended by Massaria from one grain to three grains The magistral or Crystal Lunae of Tentzelius given chiefly at the Wain of the Moon from four grains to five Mercurius vitae fixt by longe digestion Crocus Metallorum Absinthiacus of Mynsichtus the same authors Tartarus Emeticus c. All which must be given on even dayes not too often nor the bowels too much corrupted after the use of them we must see whether they bear it wel and the bowels must alwaies be strengthened Concerning a Paracenthesis or tapping see Authors 2. By diureticks which ought to follow purgers of water amongst which beare the palme the pouder of earth worms given one dram weightwth the decoction of asparagus or fennel The salt of ash salinated as Billichius delivers Wine twice or thrice strained through the ashes of bean straw burnt six handfuls the tops of broome Juniper each two handfulls and a halfe woodbine one handful and a half and given six ounces weight 3. By swaeters and dryers as are the Root of swallow wort steept and boyled in Wine Antimony Diaphoretick the decoction of Sassafras wood Treacle in wine the quantity of a smal Walnut with a few drops of Oyl of Sulphur Lapis Serpentis concerning which see Joel Outwardly Mynsichtus his Plaister de Cineribus 2. By strengthning of the parts that the Water be not collected again here are good the Trochiskes of Wormwood Paracelsus his Diacubebae c. 3. by diet which see in Anthors The Differences are taken from the parts by whose default the serum is collected One is by default of the Kidneys that do not attract the serum either because they are Exulcerated and then some matter appears in the urin the piss is much less than in other Causes or because the Vreters are broken and then it ariseth suddainly That comes to pass for the most part in expelling the stone Another is by default of the Spleen which when as it is as it were spungy it ought to draw the water from the stomach by the vas breve that office being delegated to it by Nature which may be carried from hence by the splenick Artery into the Coeliacal by and by from the trunk of the Aorta by the emulgent Arteries to the veins It doth that either too greedily by reason of an inflamation risen in the Veins which is known by a pertinatious flux of the belly which doth neither take away the swelling of the belly nor the pain by reason of a Hectical distemper and either from the weakness of the veins not attracting the nourishment or from the corruption of the same and continual voiding of Cholerick Excrements it afflicts with a heat in the jejunum gut and mesentery Or it neglects it altogether either by reason of the obstruction of the passages tending to it caused by thick humors Or by reason of the dissipation of heat from a schirrous too much emptying the use of hot things the distemper of the neighbouring parts acute Diseases Or by reason of the suffocation of heat by the too much use of cold things from the suppression of the Courses from superfluous Evacuations c. Another is by default of the Liver either for the same causes not attracting the serum or retaining it or by reason of the same inflamation too much attracting and then there is a desire of coughing the Excrements are few and dry by reason the serous Humor is sent into the belly and the rest is burnt up by the heat of the Liver Article V. Of a Tympany and Anasarca A Tympany is a distension of the belly from much wind raised up either by a weak or burning heat contained within its Capacity It is called also a dry dropsie although for the most part 't is joyned with Water The SIGNS are these the Skin appears retcht like the skin of a drum and struck upon gives the sound of a Drum the Navel hangs forth much The puffing up of the belly is greater but the heaviness less Compressing of it doth not leave behinde it so conspicuous a mark but the hollow print is presently filled up belching and Farts often break out noise and rumblings Obmurmurate It must be distinguished from the distension of the breast after wounds which doth possess the breast back Loins Cod Arms Neck nay somtimes the whol habit It proceeds from hence that the Air which ought to pass streit through the mouth to the Lungs and from the Lungs again to be breathed forth through the mouth a way being open between two Muscles or the Muscles and the skin 't is blown from the wound as from a pair of bellows into the space between the skin muscles and hence furthermore it penetrates into the neighbouring parts The CAUSE is wind which if you consider its rise springeth either from a weak heat or from too much and torrefying which resolves into Vapors that which is subtile being violently stirred as is seen in black choler lying under the stomach If the place 't is neither in the stomach because it would be cast forth by belching nor in the Guts because it would be voided by stool but for the most part 't is generated between the coates of the mesentery and Guts For in the dry Dropsie the torments afflict about the Navel greifes and pains of the Loyns but the mesentery forward is united to the smal Guts backward to the vertebres of the Loins from which it springs from whence is this distention yet it is found also in the Cavity of the Guts and it insinuates it self thither through the Orifices of the Mesaraick Veins The CURE requires I. The bringing forth of the matter producing the Wind where takes place Fardinandus his Antipneumatical wine concerning which in the History 38. The Coagulated Spirit of Salt with Wormwood water and spirit of Elder 2. The Discussion of the wind outwardly by a great Cupping-Glass applied to the Belly by frictions with Garlick bruised and boyled in generous wine by a fomentation of a Boyes Vrin and Lapis Prunellae concerning which see Hartman Inwardly by the Decoction of Ebony wood the spirit of Guajcum the Arcanum of Cummin and Carrawais the liquor of the flowers of Mullein c. 3. The correcting of the hot distemper of the Bowels if there be any the strengthning if it be weak II. An Anasarca or Hyposarkidion and Leucophlegmaty is an equal increase of the bulk of the Body preternaturally throughout â—â—e whol body arising from default of the nourishment The SIGNS
Gut and Womb and purulency of the Kidneys there follows a dropping Upon the falling down of the Womb the Urin comes by drops and is a little biting Another is simple and without pain which is known by a white Watry Urin by the Age Complexion cold course of Diet pregression of a burning Feaver It ariseth either from the refrigeration of the bladder it self and the Muscle shutting its neck and then Diagalanga Mithridate c. are wel taken inwardly Oyl of Rue is wel outwardly applied Or from a Compression of the bladder which is wont to happen in great Bellied Women Article V. Of a Dysury A Dysury is a making of burning Vrin somtimes little somtimes much with pain without interruption arising from Causes both external and internal affecting the Vrinary passage The SIGNS are evident for the pain is easily perceived by the Patient The CAUSES are whatsoever can dissolve the continuity of the Neck of the Bladder or of the urinary Passage or Cause pain in pissing The CURE is Difficult if it fal upon Decreped Old men if a suppression of the Urin happen with it It respects 1. The Cause which must be moved by the aforementioned emptyers which ought to be followed with essence of Turpentine one dram with Parsley water and Syrup of Citrons 2. The Pain which is mitigated with warm Milk cast in by a Catheter by dipping the privities in a Vessel ful of Milk by a Cataplasme of Pellitory of the Wal with Oyl of Scorpions c. The Causes raising the pain do afford us the Differences One is from things external as Cantharides and then milk is good from Poyson and then we must act with things alexipharmacal Another from internal which are 1. The Acrimony of the urin of which formerly The water of bean flowers or its fresh Cods given with Syrup of Liquorish or Poppies six ounces weight before meat is good Also Fallopius his Electuary in Schenkius in Exoter Experim Gent. 4.19 2. An Inflamation whose pain is encreased the bladder being contracted to send forth the Urin and compressed after the emission which oftentimes an exulceration follows 3. A Stone striking against the Neck of the Bladder in pissing 4. The Seed moved in men buâ—sticking in the Passage and by an Acrimony contracted corroding the Passage which is wont to happen in the French Pox. 5. A white and milkie matter which somtimes is sent forth in such abundance that when 't is setteld it fils one half of the Chamber Pot. The which ariseth from a Vitious Conâ—â—ction in which the Salt and Tartarous parts are not separated but are attracted by the Kidneys It is Cured universals premised by the use of Hyppocrist or Mallago Wine Article VI. Of Pissing of blood matter and Hairs Bloody Pissing is a voiding of Blood together with the Vrin arising from the heaping up of the same in the Bldder The SIGNS are that the Urin doth not shine and hath the Color of Water in which the flesh of beasts new killed is washt The CAUSE is explained in the definition and in the Difference more shal be said The CURE must be hastned if the evil be inveterate least it lead to a Consumption or cachexy If it be cast forth in abundance least it stop in the Bladder and putrefie It must be turned against the Cause The Symptoms requires other things being alike things astringent condensing and consolidating amongst which do excel Yarrow with the white flower the Tincture of emralds the Arcanum of agrimony and Cinquefoil Mynsichtus his Decoction c. The Difference is taken from the Parts that pour forth the blood One is from The Kidneys which is known by this that it is plentiful is exquisitely mixt with the whol Urin that being as it were diluted with it 't is thin ruddy liquid and sertles without clotting together It ariseth either from the Anastomosis of some Vessel in them and then 't is made plentiful and high colored or some violence or wound hath went before or there are signs of Fulness or the blood is too thin Or from the corrosion of a Vessel and then the blood is voided in a lesser quantity especially at the beginning Or By a Diapedesis and then the Urin is lightly dyed with a red color The Cure also requires opening a Vein in the Arm which must be followed with the use of astringent means inwardly and outwardly The Trochisks of Gordonius are good Another is from the Liver either weakned or opprest with blood or affected with the same diseases as I said even now and then there are no signs of the Kidneys affected we must consult with the Chapter of the diseases of the Liver Hither belong the suppression of the Hemorrhoids of which in its place a wound of the ureters from stones passing through them from which very little blood flows forth c. Another from the Sphincter muscle of the neck of the bladder and then the Urin is not equally spred over with it the blood setling goes into clots the pain for the most part oppresseth in pissing and burns as it were the Root of the Yard other signs either of an Ulcer or of a Vein broke are present the Cure is the same Another from the inward Passage of the Yard and then it oftentimes comes forth without the Urin that which comes with the Urin clotting together presently sinks II. Purulent Pissing is a voiding of matter with the Vrin heaped up in the Bladder 'T is heaped up 1. By default of the bladder it self either because that is troubled with an Ulcer or because the blood conteined in the bladder is turned into matter and then the matter is voided less mixt with the Urin with branny Scales 2. By Default of the ureters and then a little swims a top like Hairs By default of the Vrinary Passage of the Spermatick Vessels and the parastatae and then in the first place it comes forth sincere 4. By default of the Kidneys Liver breast in as much as those parts do transmit matter through the Veins to the Bladder and then the matter is accurately mixt with the Urin if any thing thicker be a Part it flows forth towards the end III. A Pissing of Hairs or Trichiasis is when with the Vrin a mucous matter is voided somtimes like to Hairs somtimes to thin Leaves Those Hairs somtimes equal the length of one or two hands breadths The Cause of them is a thick and viscous flegm dryed and knit together in the Veins by heat which in its long passage through the narrow Veins of the Kidneys and ureters is extended to so great a length See concerning this Horstius his fifth Section Epistol medica In the Cure Spirits of Turpentine with Syrup of Marsh-mallows is good Read more of this subject in the Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London Dispensatory Al of the last Editions Englished by me Title X. Of the Affects of the Genital
Parts in Men. Chap. 1. Of their Diseases Article I. Of the Diseases of the Stones THe Diseases of the genital Parts in men have under them the Diseases of the stones Cods and Yard The principal Diseases of the Stones are which follow I. A Distemper and that either hot which is known by a proneness to Venery by too much and hot Seed by heat of the stones by swelling of the Veins about them with blood 'T is Cured by a contrary Diet and cooling Medicines of Littice Water Lillies Purslane but especially by those compounded of Sugar of Saturn and sallow Leaves Or Cold which is known by little and Watry seed by casting it forth with little or no Pleasure little desire to Venery cooling Causes went before or immoderate and unseasonable Venery 'T is Cured by a contrary Diet and taking of medicines inwardly Betony Calamint Marjoram Sage Nettles Nutmegs Diamoschum Outwardly Oyl of Costus Spike of Aunts Or moist which is known by this that the Seed is cast forth too soon Or dry which yeilds little and thick They are Cured by their contraries II. A Tumor which either is an Inflamation in whose Cure for of the rest I have nothing to say observe I. That whiles Medicines are applied to them the ligature ought alwaies to tend towards the upper parts that they may not hang down too much and the defluxion may be less 2. To intercept the flux a defensive must be laid on the side of the Pubes where the Veins and Arteries from the belly tend to the stones and Cod. 3. Other things being a like the Decoction of Agrimony with Wine and Vinegar is commended The Root of wild Cowcumber likewise boyled The Herb Paris green bruised and applied c. A Schirrus or another cold and hard Tumor which oftentimes ariseth from an Inflamation ill Cured 'T is taken away with a Cataplasme of Littice Roots boyled in sweet wine with the flowr of Flax Barley Faenugreek Onyons c. Which must be followed with a Liniment of the Balsom of Sulphur and the Plaister Diasulfuris Or an inflation for the Cure of which serve the Leaves of Henbane and a drauft of Juniper water one ounce weight every day with the Rowls of Diacyminum III. Vlcers which because they are in a moist place are dangerous and somtimes turn to a Cancer or Gangreen They ought to be washt with the decoction of Roses Leaves of Speedwel and Plantan they may be mundefied with the Oyntment of the Apostles IV. A Conâ—usion which is joyned with a great pain it corrupts their Oval Figure and oftentimes takes away the power of generation We must timely oppose the pain least a Defluxion be Caused Article II. Of the Diseases of the Cod. The Diseases of the Cod are Inflamation Excoriation Wounds Vlcers and Rupture Of them there is no need to say any thing An Excoriation is often Caused by the Urin the upper Skin being corroded and 't is Cured by sprinkling of Pompholyx or dryed Myrtle finely poudered searced and mixt with Frankincense or Myrrh A Rupture of the Cod is a Tumor of the same arising either from the cause falling down into it or from wind or water collected there or a masse of Flesh generated there The Species of it are four if you consider the Differences I. One is windy or a Pneumatocele which is known from hence that the Cod somtimes also the stones is very much distended without a weight heaviness the wind is felt if the Cod be prest with the hands and is removed from place to place w th a noise It ariseth from winds which are either collected there or transmitted from the neighbouring Guts and Belly and 't is most familiar with Children 'T is Cured premising universals by things discussing outwardly and inwardly applied A Cataplasm of Bay-berries the flower of Beans and Fenugreek with Bran the pouder of Cummin seed ammoniacum turpentine oxymel and oyl of bays mixt together is good II. Another is watry or a hydrocele which is known because there is perceived a waving the cod appeares as it were shining the tumor alwaies continues at the same bigness neither doth it go up into the belly by pressing it It ariseth from water which for the most part flows thither from the belly for those causes which are mentioned in the dropsy It is cured 1. By prohibition that the watery humor be not generated or flow thither of which see the differences 2. By emptying the water fallen thither either insensibly to which end the former cataplasme wil serve or sensibly by opening of the cod of which see Authors 'T is divided diversly 1. One is from water only distending the cod another also from wind joined with it in whose cure we must have regard to both another from flesh growing together about the stone whose cure must be warily handled that it turne not to a cancer 2. One is with a dropsy and then the cure must be directed against the dropsy Another without a Dropsy in which although there is not such great plenty of water that it can raise up the belly into a tumor that there is somwhat of it collected in the cavity of the belly by reason of the weakness of the parts especially an external cause being added as striking c. The tumor either possesses the whol cod or only one side and then the humor sticks in the erythroidal membrane that conteines the stone The right stone never alwaies the left swels Or the fault is in the left kidny through which when the serum cannot descend it fals through the seminal veine proceeding from the emulgent of the left kidny into the erythroidal coate from the cure of which we must either abstaine or the cod must be opened only in the lower part Or it is not and then the cod must be cut in the upper part neer the groin that both the humor may be emptyed and the afflux of more through the skar of the erythroidal coate be hindred See Frabricius his observations 3. One is when the water is conteined between the erythroidal coat and the darton in which the tumor is rounder like an egge the stone is hidden from the sight and touch the cod it self is more white and is distended little or nothing another is when 't is out of that betwixt it and the adjacent skins in which the stone is to be felt the cod is more distended Another when 't is in its proper skin or coate growing over it in which the tumor is every where globical resembles the draft of another stone III. Another is a fleshy rupture or a Sarcocele in which somthing fleshy is bred It is known by a hard tumor increased by little and little afflicting without a tumor of the groine by which it is distinguished from a rupture of the guts 't is for the most part in the right stone because nature doth most comodiously cast off the blood to the stones by the seminal veine issuing
the same concerning which things see the chapter of the hemrods of the anus Article IV. Of the ulcers of the neck of the wombe There is no need to define what the ulcers of the neck of the womb are Their Signs are a pain and perpetual biting in the same place which by little is increased especially if any thing abstersive be cast in a flowing forth of sanious humors and matter by intervals somtimes with blood if the ulcer be great or the courses flow A pissing often and hot if the otifice of the bladder be drawn into consent a paine in the forepart of the head extending it selfe to the roots of the eyes if the head A smal seaver which in process of time growes slowe with often horrors c. The CAUSES are al external and internal things which by their acrimony can dissolve the continuity in that part of which in the differences The CURE is difficult because it is in a place of exquisite sence moist and which hath a consent with many parts 'T is Ordered the same manner was spoke in general in the first book To inhibit the paine Steeled milk cast in doth good For drying baths The Differences are various I. Some are from external causes as medicines hard labor violent copulation And others from internal as are the secundine corrupted the flux of blood retained the flux of the womb a virulent gonorrhaea the french pox Inflamation Humors flowing thither either from the whole or a part or generated there al which must be attended in the cure II. Some are superficial from which little matter flows and medicins may be layed upon them Others profound which are in a contrary way and the medicines ought to be injected III. Some are Milde with little matter thick not stinking in which both the gentler abstersives as honey of roses with barly water whey with sugar or the decoction of lentils and the more benigne astringents take place Others sordid with plenty of matter and flowing forth with paine in which we must act with stronger things The mundifyer of smallage in Castro l. 2. c. 29. is here commended Others are eating with a colored matter green livid stinking flowing forth with paine in which aloes and wormwood amongst mundifers are the cheife IV. Some are called Phagades which are smal and longe ulcers eating the skin of the necke of the womb They are known both by the paine and blood caused in copulation and by sight if the neck be looked into and they are like unto them which in winter time are wont to rise in our hands They arise many waies 1. Externally from a painful labour violent copulation and then we must use an astringent glyster 2. Internally from an inflamation condylomata an afflux of sharpe humors which must first be taken away by purgers before we come to topick medicines There is commended for them the fatt which distils from wooden spoones used to boyl in kitchins if they be a little moved to the fire and burnt and also the oyntment pomada Others which leave behinde them a Fystula which is voide of paine unless it come to a nervous part sometimes it passes to the bladder and right gut and the excrements are cast forth through it If it be ancient it ought to be left to a palliative cure in which at fit seasons the body is purged but the callus which is alwaies joyn'd with it if that be curable after drying of the part being molefied by vulnerary potions must be wasted either by cutting or burning Of a cancer and gangrene I meet with nothing singular That is generated by menstruous blood adust and when scirrous tumors continue long This in this place ariseth from an inflamation cancer and ulcers there il cured For while these parts are moist and abound with excrements they are easily corupted and perish Chap. 2. Of the diseases of the womb Article 1. Of the distemper of the womb The diseases of the womb are distemper straitness of the vessels inflation inflamatition a scirrhus dropsy falling down of the womb wounds and ulcers The distemper of the womb is a swarving of the same from its natural temper to a preternatural distemper arising from external and internal causes 'T is divided twofold I. One is hot which is known by a proness to venery by the scarceness yellowness blackness adustion acrimony of the courses and by their difficult and inordinate flux whence in process of yeares they become hypochondriacal by the early growing of hair in the privities redness of the face and dryness of lips often pains of the head and abundance of cholerick humors in the body It ariseth either from the birth from whence are viragos and barrenness or after the birth from external causes amongst which are the use of hot thing too much venery medicines which do move the heat and blood to the womb 'T is cured 1. By the contrary diet 2. By cooling medicines both internal and external which are applyed to the loins and back but they must be moderate least the heat necessary for conception be weakned the cold substance of the womb because it is membranous be violated the vessels which ought to be open for flux of the courses be condensed and the nerves which are in the loins and back be hurt 3. By emptiers viz. Rhubarb syrup of roses solutive manna c. The flowers of Vitriol of Venus Mars from three grains to six grains given in some syrup is an appropriate purger for the womb Another is cold more frequent than the hot which is known from a less desire to venery and the little pleasure in it by the stopping mucosity flegmatickness of the courses and their inordinate flux by reason of the plenty of the like humors collected in the womb from whence is obstruction by the plenty of wind in the womb by the crudity and watrishness of the seed from whence it flows without any pleasure by the pale color of the face and other things opposite to the former It ariseth also from causes contrary to them 'T is cured 1. By a contrary dyet 2. By hot medicines applyed to the womb amongst which do excel inwardly the Roots of Birthwort avens angelica eringoes the Leaves of Mercury balme dittander of Candy pennyroyal Sage Rosemary mugwort The Flowers of wal Flower Marigold Sage Rosemary burrage Spices Nutmeggs Cubebs Saffron Cinnamon Of Compounds Oyl of Mace Amber Myrrh Cinnamon Fecula bryone Aqua vitae Mulierum The extract of Zedoary Outwardly the same things reduced into their formes Another is moist which for the most part is joined with a cold It is known by the plenty thinness and watrishness of the courses the moisture of the privities by reason of the humidity of the excrements and the passion of the Flux of the womb even when the seed is voided no delight in venery and an aptness to miscarry when the young one grows bigg It ariseth from the same causes as yet which
succeed the washing of the Head with Fallopious his lie IV. Pains of the Head in whose cure inwardly takes place Hartmans Diaphoretick Oyl of Mercury outwardly Vigoes Magistral Plaister de ranis and that of Platerus Observat l. 3. V. Pains of the Joynts and especially of the lower parts between the Joynts which at night grow more feirce because then the pores are stopt and they are taken away by fomentations VI. Pustles Efflorescencies Scabs clefts in the palms of the Hands and soles of the Feet the Cure of which see in Hartman VII A running of the Reins in which the same Hartman commends green Mercury precipitate or the Gum of Pockwood which being given Turpentine washt in violet water and dissolved with the yelk of an Egg ought to be administered with the Decoction of Sarsaparilla 'T is distinguished from another by this that it causeth little or no itching nor doth not so soon cast the Patient into a Consumption VIII A tingling of the Ears which is very difficultly cured yet somtimes it vanisheth by the use of the decoction of Pockwood Septalius commends an Asses water distilled in which Pockwood some castor and a bundle of Horse mint have steeped al night and dropt into the Ears or the fume of it received IX Hardnesses or Knobs and Gummosities for the Cure of which Platerus hath afforded excellent Plaisters in the third book of his Observation Hither belong Hartmans Oyntment made of Vnguentum Aureum of the shops and Mercury sublimate X. A Consumption in the Cure of which Septalius tels me l. 7. Of his Animadversions p. 322. That the Decoction of Sarsaparilla made with leane Veal is admirable Read more of this subject in the Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London Dispensatory Al of the last Editions Englished by me Title II. Of Poysons Chap. I. Of Poysons digged out of the Earth POysons considered in special are either digged out of the Earth or Vegetables or Living Creatures The cheife and most common of those digged out of the Earth are the following I. Aqua Fortis whose strength is broke by the Mucilage of Quince Seeds Flea-wort Gum Tragacanth c. II. Antimony whose Antidote is bole-Armenick given with Oyl of Cloves and a little Wine That it hurt not with its Vapors whiles it is wrought in the fire we must Eat butter with Rue or drink Zedoary water III. Lapis Lazuli which if it be taken either ill prepared or in a greater quantity it ought to be cast up by vomit and be tempered with a drauft of warm Milk especially asses Milk IV. Arsnick Auripigmentum Sandarach which somtimes infect by their smel their specificks are Crystal digged out of the Earth poudered and drank one dram weight with new Oyl of sweet Almonds and Oyl of Pine Nuts given three drams weight V. Burnt brass Scales of Brass the flour of Brass the rust of Brass which are weakned by sheeps Fat taken in broth are killed by Bole-Armenick given with Honey and water VI. Refuse of Iron and the rust of Iron whose antidote is thought to be one dram of a Load-stone made into Pils with the juyce of Mercury VII Lead to which are opposed the Kernels of quinces husked bruised and given two drams weight with sweet wine VIII Quick-silver against whose fume received we proceed with a drauft of wine in which some Cephalick things have been boyled Sublimate is resisted by Oyl of Tartar or Salt of Wormwood Chap. 2. Of Vegetable Poysons VEgetable Poysons or those of plants are as follow I. Aconitum or Monkes hood whose antidote is Andromachus Treacle or Terra Lemnia in wine outwardly the swelled body must be anointed with Oyl of St. Johns wort and Scorpions II. Spurge against which a vomit being premised Andromachus Treacle is good with Carduus water III. Mezereon which is resisted with water Germander red Coral Treacle and Terra Lemnia IV. Black Hellebore whose antidote is the pouder of the flowers or Roots of white water Lillie or of Parsnip seed with wine V. Coloquintida whose force Treacle doth infringe VI. Euphorbium whose force is broke with Citron Seed in wine in which Elecampane Roots have boyled VII Green Coriander which causeth a furious raving and hath the Root of swallow wort in wine for its antidote VIII Mandrakes which causeth a heavy sleep its Symptomes are resisted by garden radish taken somtimes with Salt IX Henbane which they that have taken of it do somtimes rangle and dote like drunken men somtimes think that they are beaten with rods by reason of an Itching caused in the whol body its antidotes are Pistachoes castor Rue Nettle Seed X. The Walnut Tree whose shade if any one lie under it it doth hurt and causeth pains of the Head they are taken away with a lie of betony Marjoram Lavender c. XI Nux Vomica whose antidote is Zedoary two drams weight Citron Pill or the Juyce of it Juyce of the Myrtle or quinces XII Opium upon the too much use of which a Heavy sleep seazeth with a Vertigo and itching of the whol body whose antidote is assa Faetida and castor to which add Rue and Origanum XIII Mushrums which if they be taken either in too great quantity or be not wel concocted do cause Suffocation raise the hickops stop the Urin and exulcerate the Guts In the Crue are commended the ashes of prunings of vines with honeyed water Treacle and other things Chap. 3. Of Poysons from live Creatures THe cheife Poysons which are inferred by living creatures are those which are Caused I. By an aspe whose wound is so smal that it can scarce be seen upon its biting there come a heaviness of the Head sleepiness paleness of the Face often gapings c. In the Cure we must provide by ligatures and Scarifications that the Poyson peirce not into the body Treacle with bruised Rue must be laid on the wound Things alexipharmacal must be given inwardly amongst which are commended the leaves of Mullein Avens boyled in Vineger II. By a Viper at whose stroke first the blood comes forth pure which is followed by a bloody and fro thy filth like to the rust of brass with a notable tumor of the part and whol body pustles adust and blackish in the part affected It s antidote is costus given from half a dram to one dram with wormwood wine or the Decoction of wormwood an Hares Runnet Leeks c. III. By a Scorpion at whose stroke do follow pain inflamation a Tumor pustles about the wound like warts 'T is resisted by sage water germander wormwood gentian birth wort up-right vervain wild time c. One hath been freed by frankincense bruised in whom the scorpion had left its print IV. By a Lizard which leaves in the wound for the most part its subtile smal black teeth the teeth must be drawn out with Cupping-Glasses a Cataplasme of the crum of wheaten bread made with the Decoction of
by the various color of the faceone while red and as soon again pale and wane Now these wounds are Caused in a twofold manner For Somtimes it so chanseth nhat the fleshy substance of tee lungs may be hurt and then in regard that the blood destilled inthe Cavity of the Thorax and that neither a spitting of blood nor any Cough whatsoever urgeth the party the breathing thereupon is not without much difficulty ther appearreth a virlssitude or interchange of heat and cold by reason of the exhalations and fumes from out of the heart Sometimes the veins of the Lungs are affected and then there floweth forth in great abundance a blood somwhat red black and frothy the Cough likewise is perpetual unless perhaps there be present a prostration and decay of the Natural strenghth and vigour or an oppression of the Lungs from the blood They are Cured I. If the profuse flux of blood be stanched and the inflamation unto which the Lungs by this means becometh obnoxious be prevented and hindered by venesetion II. If the blood in him where it was poured forth into the Cavity subsist and abide there III. If when the sayd blood cannot flow forth by reason of the narrowness of the wound the said wound be widened with a penknife Among those Medicaments that stanch and stop the blood there are these viz. The Strawbery bush Betony Scabious the herb Ladies mantle sanicle Comfry c. without these are altogether void of any biting quality viz. Bole armeniack Frankincense c. Read more of this subject in the guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London dispensatory al the last Editions englished by me Chap. 5. Of the Ulcer of the Lungs or Phthisis PHthisis is an Exulceration of the Lungs from a sharp corroding matter with a gentle Fever a Ccough and a spittle that is both bloody and purulent by the which the whol body is sensibly and by little and little consumed and extenuated The Subject of this exulceration is the Lungs together with the parts thereof towit the fleshy substance the lappets the vessells and the Membranes in those especially that have their heads easily and soon filled and where the head sendeth many distillations unto the organs of breathing in those that from their very nativity have their Lungs of a vicious substance that is such as is tender soft and easily wasted as being most subject to corruption And hence it is that such as are descended of a tabid stock that is to say those that issue from parents affected as beforesayd do all of them at the length as it were by a right of inheritance necessarily wast away and consume in the aforesaid manner in those that naturally have a streightness and narrowness of the Chest and likwise a depression of the same a streight neck or narrow throat a lean and spare body and their shoulder blades sticking out behind them like as if they were wings The Signs are a Gentle and moderate Fever proceeding from vapors elevated and arising out of the Lungs and assaulting the heart by their sudeen and violent irruption therunto with which there are also joyned other feavers that are otherwise sometimes Erratick and fleeting and sometimes again invading the patient after the maner of a Tertian whilest that the humors within the veins by that heat as were kindled and set on fire corrupt and putrefy and this the truth is being by its continuance and without any the least intermission turned into the Hectick immediately after meales and in the night time like as do others increaseth and groweth more prevalent 2. A frequent Cough like unto that of foxes without any great pain which cheifly afflicteth and troubleth the party in the night time and it hath its existence from a matter that is sharp by reason of the irritation of the Lungs 3. A bloody and purulent spittle but this is not in al. Some there have been found who after their retching and the spitting up of a liquid and yellow humor being soon after seazed upon by a light and gentle fever have thereupon begun to fal away and wast and after som time have cast forth by retching a certain smal quantity of blood together with a kind of Pus or corrupt matter and many have been by sensible degrees taken away in whom throughout the whol course of their lives there appeared nothing at al of this bloody and purulent spittle But I must tel you that this Phthisis is incident unto those that are young rather than unto aged persons in regard that young persons most commonly abound with blood and consequently are affected with the heat and acrimony thereof with the laxity or loosness of the vessels and likewise the hardness of the same and in regard likewise that these excercise themselves in a more violent manner and have little regard to their diet This hath one thing singular as propperly and peculiarly belonging thereunto towit that it proceed from the very substance of the Lungs it is then frothy and if it be put into the fire it stinketh and is very offensive to the scent 4. The extenuation of the body which is from the aforesaid continual but gentle fever the which by its fiery heat dispersed throughout the whol body dissolving the Arterial blood the mingling whereof together with that of the Veins is altogether necessary unto Nutrition hindereth the Concoction of the Aliment in the whole body and by its preternatural heat wasteth and consumeth that which is Concocted and stored up The CAUSE is a sharp corroding matter fallen down thither of which we shall speak further in the differences The CURE is not to be despaired of no not though it be attended with an Ulcer already appearing For Galen sendeth such to Tabae a City in Cilicia and prescribeth milk for their Diet. Yet notwithstanding it is something Difficult as wel in regard that the filth and purulent matter sticking in that soft and Spungy flesh cannot without a Cough be purged forth by which the Lungs are from day to day more hurt and prejudiced as because that in this dayly motion of respiration or breathing unto which there is moreover added and adjoyned a violent cough there cannot possibly be any Consolidation made and also in the third place because that Medicaments in their ful strength and Virtue cannot penetrate so far and lastly because that Feavers require moistening Remedies which are altogethet hurtful to an Ulcer The Cure hath cheifly respect unto these six things in Particular I. The removal and taking away of the Catarrhe touching which more below in the Difference II. The Cure of the ulcer here there is commended Flores Sulphuris or the flower of Brimstone as we commonly cal it with a soft and rere egg syrup de Erysimo or water Cresses of Lobelius of the Juyce of Ground Ivy with the Flower of Brimstone of Marsh-Mallows of Fernelius of the Juyce of Mouse
Ear Milfoil and Citron Rinds Prepared the Decoction of Pimpernel Walwort Sugar of Roses Old with the Whey of Goats Milk the Secret of Freytagius of which you may see further in the same Author in his tract of Opium China Root Guajacum c. Let the Patient every hour lick in the Lohoch of Walwort with the Conserve of Red roses III. The Correction of the Blood that so that that floweth unto the part affected may be good And therefore in the Diet Milk is accounted wholsom because that by its serosity it clenseth the Ulcer and by its Caseosity if we may so term it or Cheesie part it Consolidates and then lastly by its Aereal and buttery Fatness it Humectates and moisteneth the wasted and extenuated Body And certain it is that Goats Milk ought to be taken at dinner time at least if there be present no great Feaver or pain of the head that so it may not sour in the stomach or Cause unsavory belchings At Supper the Emulsion of white Poppy Seed and of the greater cold Seeds of each one dram of the Milk of sweet Almonds one pint also milk Boyled with Rice If Milk be not thought convenient Barley Hulled and with the broth of a Cook reduced into a Cream Distilled Medicaments are not here approved of because that their Nutritive faculty doth not transcend the Alembick IV. The Removal of the Feaver by those things that cool and moisten V. The Depulsion of the Extenuation by those things that have in them a power restorative And here Pultises of Milk the Yolks of Eggs fresh Butter Sugar and the meal or flour of Barley and Rice have their place Then let a Bath of warm Milk be made for the sick person after which let a Rosted pullet that hath been fattened with Milk succeed and then the distilled liquor of Snails and the Aqua Mirabilis of which we may see more in Zacutus his Eight Book VI. The Nerfion of the whole Nocturnal Colliquation by Sudorificks or Sweats Then in the evening we must administer the Conserve of Red Roses with the Syrup of Poppy of Jujubes and Diacodium The Breast and the Back-bone are to be anoynted and a Liniment Resumptive as Practitioners cal it with the Oyl of Roses and Violets c. The Phthisis is divided in a twofold manner according to the quality and condition of the Causes and its Duration I. One is from Blood which being got forth into the Lungs there clotteth and putrefieth And in this if al things else be answerable Phlebotomy hath its due place in the very beginning thereof Another from a sharp Humor whether it be Serous or Cholerick which is either sent from the Head neither may it be cast forth by Coughing and then the Cure is to be ordered according to the Nature of the Catarrh or else it is poured forth from the Heart into the Lungs or else it regurgitates from the suppressed Courses or Hemorrhoids and then the Cure must be sought for in its own proper place Another but that is very rare from Sweet Flegm if in too great abundance it flow unto the lungs obstruct the lappits therof render the substance thereof over moist and there putrefie by reason of its long abode there and for want of Ventilation Another from Pus or corrupt stinking matter upon the breaking of the impostum of the Quinsie of the Uvula the Pleurisie c. And hence is that of Hippocrates those saith he that after a Pleurisie happen to be impostumated if in forty daies they be not freed thereof they then become Phtysical Another by Contagion from the breath of the Phthisical and hereunto belongeth that of the Sea hare corroding and eating through the Lungs by its specifical Poysonous quality and likewise the breath and stench of Cats and Dogs sent forth especially in the dissecting and opening of them II. One is Recent and but newly begun in which the Symptoms are not so strong and Violent Another such as is confirmed and of a long continuance in which the Cheeks wax black or of a Leaden color with a Paleness in the Face although I grant at somtimes the Cheeks by Reason of Vapors ascending from the Lungs may appear to be of somthing a red color The Breath by reason of the imbecillity of the breathing Faculty or the obstruction of the Bronchia we cal them the Lappets of the Lungs either from store of purulent matter sent thither or else from the many Excrements that in the weakned Lungs are gathered together and heaped up becometh very difficult and is hardly drawn The Pulses are one while languid and slow another while quick and swift one while hard by Reason of the dryness of the Body and another while soft in regard of the Humid matter moystening the Arteries Sweats in great abundance break forth in the time of sleep by reason of the debillity of the natural Faculty And at length the Malady having now gotten the upper hand certain smal parcels and portions of the putrefied lungs are cast forth with an intolerable strength The Hair of the Head sheddeth and falleth off by Reason of the defect and want of Aliment and the Corruption of that that is bred in the Body The Nails become Crooked that Flesh that was wont to be at the Fingers ends being consumed A Smal sort of Lice are generated in regard of the Corruption of the Aliment The Extream parts especially the Feet by reason of the extinction of the Native heat are much swollen And at length the Flux Diarrhoea together with a suppession of the Spittle followeth upon it from the weakness of the retentive Faculty of the Stomack and the Intestines See further in Freytagius touching the Phthisis Title V. Of the Diseases of the Thorax or Breast Chap. I. Of the Inflamation of the Mediastine or the Transverse Muscle and the Tumors of the Diaphragm THe Diseases of the Thorax or Chest are the Inflamation of the Mediastine the Swlling of the Diaphragme the Pleurisie the Empyema or Constipation the Consumption or wasting of the Back and the Worms of the Back I. The Inflamation of the Mediastin that disjoyneth the Lobes of the Lungs is known by the continual Feaver the frequent thick and swift breathing an extream and intense burning in the Breast a smal pain at the stern unto which the Mediastine is tyed and by the spitting and casting forth of that that is at first red and then afterward Yellow But the matter that is thus cast up because that it is gathered together betwixt a double Membrane as it were and is not easily Evacuated unless the said Membrane be eaten through is not in any great abundance It ariseth from the Blood and chiefly the Cholerick It is Cured after the manner of other Inflamations Where take notice that the Repressing Medicaments ought indeed to be cold but no way astringent and that in this Case the Oyl of Violets is cheifly approved of which must be made
are exprest in the definition The CURE which also must be hastened doth respect 1. The bringing forth and discussing that flatulent spirit where Clysters and carminative decoctions take place 2. A Removal of the Cause from which it ariseth of which in the differences As concerning the Differences One is From the fiery heat of the stomach corrupting the meats and converting them into a nidorous matter and sharp vapors in which the cure must be turned against a hot distemper and outwardly the boyling hot hypochondries must be cooled Another is from sharp and windy nourishments as Raddish Rocket Seed fryed Egs and the like and then the matter must be emptyed and give diartion Piperion Another is from Black-choler and other adust and Salt Humors lurking about the Hypochondries and growing hot by the mixture of another Humor as we see Salts and saline spirits being mixt with acrid spirits do yeild a great quantity of spirits Title III. Of the Affects of the Guts Chap. 1. Of the Diseases of the Guts THe Diseases of the Guts are Cheifly Inflamation Straitness Wormes Rupture Wounds Vlcers and the affects of the right Gut Article I. Of the Inflamation of the Guts An inflamation of the Guts is a swelling of them arising from blood out of its vessels falling into them and putrefying The SIGNS are a fixt and distending pain the perceiving of a Tumor that the Guts may be perceived to be rowled up like the strings of an instrument costiveness of body a stoppage of the Urin a Feaver present The CAUSE is explained in the definition In the Autum the blood chiefly flows thither by reason of its thinness because the thin and moveable Humors generated in the Summer by the inequal cold of the Autum are driven to the center of the body The CURE must be ordered according to the rule of other inflamations and that quickly because the evil is acute and oftentimes turnes to a gangrene and mortification The cooling Medicines which are administred for it ought to be without astriction we must wholy abstain from Purgers lest the place affected be exasperated 'T is divided according to the place and Causes I. One is of it self of which we have now treated another from the Navel Rupture of which in its place Another from the Rupture of the guts in which the Guts ought presently to be put back into their place Another from a contusion in which to those things which are applyed for the inflamation must be added somwhat lenifying and concocting II. One is in the smal guts which is most common in which a distention of the stomach straitness of breathing daily vomitings do molest that they are not able to contain their drink the pain and Torture tends most to the upward parts Another in the great Guts in which the pain reaches more to the Hypochondries there is a heaviness in the Loins and vomiting is not so continual Article II. Of the Straitness of the Guts The Straitness of the Guts is known cheifly by this that the Excrements of the Belly are not rightly cast forth by stoole It hath its Differences according to the Nature of the Causes I. One is from External things that are astringent and drying as quinces and other things which is known by the relation of the Patient and standers by In the Cure are required things moistening and mollifying fat things c. II. Another is from the Excrements hardned obstructing them which is known by this that there is no Tumor pain yet the Excrements are not cast forth It ariseth at that place especially where the smal and great Guts end either from too dry matter and drink to much diluted or from the heat of the neighbouring parts sucking up the moisture 'T is Cured by Mollifiers by a bath of sweet Water with emollient Herbs by the Grease of a rosted Goose cast in by a Clyster by blowing up the Guts with a Pair of bellows which must be followed with a strong Clyster with half a dram of Sal gema III. Another is from Inflamation of which we spake in the former Chapter IV. Another from the growing together of the Guts which is incurable V. Another from a Rupture or worms of which shal be spoken hereafter VI. Another from thick Flegm which is known by this that Causes generating that went before crudities flowness of the belly to stoode and much wind abound It ariseth from the fault of the Dier and the feeble heat of the Guts and if it stick there long it grows so thick that it wholly stops up the Guts It is Cured by things that cut flegm and sharp Clysters concerning which consult with the Chapter of the Cholick Article III. Of Worms Worms and smal creatures wholly preternatural generated in the guts out of a thick clammy and viscous Humor having in it the principal of life in its kind by a vivid heat raised up by putrefaction which do hinder the actions of the Guts The common signs are many to wit a stink in the mouth disturbed sleep with skipping trembling noise and gnashing of the Teeth Itching and often rubbing of the nose a pale face somtimes by fits ruddy hollow and dark Eyes the white of which is changed into a Saffron or Pale running of drivel from the Mouth more than usual a distension and puffing up of the belly with murmurs a knawing in the belly that exasperated in the time of hunger somtimes a loosness vomiting falling-sickness If in the morning while Children are fasting cold water be sprinkled on the Mouth of the stomach they wil al gather together and this sign hath most weight with it if the Age of the Child wil bear with it The CAUSE is a viscous and Flegmatick Humor which ariseth from much eating meats that easily corrupt generate a thick juyce as cheese Milk pulse decaying fruits sweet things sugard things honyed things c. It hath somthing analogous to seed endued with a formative faculty and a vivifying discretion which doth dispose the matter to receive this and no other form of worm and being disposed doth Cloath it with that from as we see peculiar worms do proceed out of wormwood Sea Salt a Horse a calfe Mulberry leaves Cheese Honey The CURE which is Difficult if there be many great ones red and of divers colors living if in the beginning of Feavers and acute Diseases as also in the augment by the malignity of the Disease they be Symptomatically voided Is Performed I. By things that kil them those which are bitter acrid Salt or enemies by their whol propriety ought to be given upwards but alwaies mixt with sweet things downwards premising sweet things then when they are in the lowest places or in the right Gut with them Oyl ought to be mixed that they may be stifled in it with cheese butter which they exceedingly fear The chiefe things that kil them are hot as Coralline given in pouder one dram Wormseed centory the less peach flowers Myrrh