wood The knotty parts or tops of the Fir-tree Root of China Sarsaparilla The three sorts of Sanders The Root of Osmond-Royal or rather the Spikes or little Fibres of its Roots The Roots of Male-Fern or rather the Buds just bursting forth out of the Earth Roots of Grass Asparagus Eringo Succory Bur-dock The Capillary Herbs and especially the English black Maiden-hair Spleen-wort Wall Rue or Tent-wort Harts-tongue Liver-wort The Bark of Caper-roots Male Speed-well Agrimony Brook-lime Water-Cresses The Leaves and Flowers of Sage Rosemary Archangel Betony Tamarisk The preparation of Steel as its Salt or Vitriol Tartar Castoreum The Flowers of Brimstone Earth-Worms Hog-lice prepared And the like Whereof Compounds may be formed after this manner A Decoction R. The Spikes of the Roots of Osmond-Royal or the Roots of Male-Fern or the Buds of its Roots scarce yet burst out of the Ground one handful Boyl the same in a Pint of Milk or Spring water to the Consumption of the third part Let the Colature be edulcorated with Sugar and taken twice or thrice in a day Another Take Of the Leaves of Tee one dram of the flowers of Sage and of Betony of each half a dram Whereupon the same being put into a fit Vessel pour of Water which hath boyled a while one pint Infuse them close stop'd and luke-warm for about an hour's space Let the Colature be edulcorated with Sugar and drank as the other A Bochet of the Roots of China Sarsaparilla and Sassafras boyled in Spring water may be made use of A Decoction Take of the fibres or spikes of the Roots of Osmond-Royal roots of Bur-dock Grass-roots and roots of Succory of each one ounce of the Herbs of Male-speedwel Agrimony Harts-tongue Liver-wort Maiden hair of each half a handful Of the shavings of Harts horne and Ivory of each half an ounce stoned Raisons one ounce Boyl them in four pounds of Spring-water to the consumption of the third part add thereto of White-wine or Rhenish half a pound and presently strain it into a fit Vessel to which let there be put of the leaves of Brook-lime Water-cresses and of the Tops of the Fir-tree of each half a handful of Juniper-berries half an ounce make an Infusion Warm and close stopt for about two hours Keep the Colature in Glasses well closed and edulcorate it at your pleasure The Dose is two or three Ounces at medical hours Medicated Ale Take of the Wood of the Lentisk-tree Rosemary Roots of Sarsaparilla of Osmond-royal or of Male-fern of each three ounces Herbs Agrimony Maiden-hair Speedwell Harts tongue Sage Betony of each Mij Tops of the Fir-tree Tamarisk of each Mj. boyl them in four Gallons of Ale to the Consumption of one let the Colature Ferment or Work and then repose it in a small Vessel wherein hang a little bag made of fine Linen and filled with the following things viz. Hog-lice washed in white-wine and lightly bruised No. 200. Juniper berries ℥ ij Nutmegs sliced No. 2 together with a piece of steel or Iron to sink the Bag. If there be any suspition of the Seurvy you likewise may put into the Vessel the leaves of Brooklime and Water-cresses of each Mij Let them remain there about a fortnight and then let the Liquor be taken for ordinary drink An Electuary Take Conserve of the roots of Succory and of the flowers of Betony of each one ounce Conserve of Rosemary-flowers of the flowers of Tamarisk and Rinds of Lemmons of each half an ounce preserved Myrobalanes No. 2 of the compound powder of Crabs-claws one dram Cream of Tartar and flowers of Salt Armoniac of each half a dram of yellow Sanders ℈ j. with Syrup of Coral as much as is sufficient make an Electuary Let the Patient take the quantity of a Nutmeg in the morning and at five a clock in the Afternoon drinking thereupon a draught of some proper Liquor A Powder Take of the Powder of prepar'd Hog-lice two drams of Nutmegs half an ounce of the flowers of salt Armoniac two scruples make a Powder the Dose is from 8 Gr. to 15 in some Apozeme Broth or any other convenient Liquor Pills This same Powder may be reduced into a Pilulary Mass with a sufficient quantity of Capivius's Balsom to be formed into little Pills The Dose is about a Scruple A Powder Take of the Roots of Osmond Royal or of Male-fern one dram and an half of the Roots of Male Peony one dram Wood of Sassafras yellow Sanders Seeds of Water-cresses of each one Scruple candied Orange Peel two drams make a Powder The Dose is from half a Scruple to a Scruple as above Lozenges or Tablets Of the prescribed Powder you may form Lozenges with Seaven times the weight of white Sugar dissolved in black cherry-cherry-water and boyled to a tabulary consistence each of them being in weight one dram Let from half a dram to a dram be taken twice in a day drinking after it some appropriate Liquor A Distilled Water Take of the root of Cuckow pint Male Peony Osmond-royal or Male-fern of each four ounces Leaves of Sage Betony Rosemary water-cresses Brooklime Male-speedwell Liver-wort tops of the Fir-tree of each three handfulls of green Walnuts half a pound washed Hog-lice three ounces cleansed Earth-worms one pound of the best Castoreum one dram To these being cut and bruised pour six pounds viz. three quarts of Posset-drink made with white-wine distill them in a Common Still let the whole Liquor be mingled The Dose is from one ounce to two ounces twice in a day after the taking of some solid Medicine CHAP. XXII Chymical Specifics Also of Sweating and Bathing AMong the Remedies which are approved in this Affect that which was invented by the honorable Boyle called by the name of Ens Veneris is exceeding famous It is composed of Salt Armoniac and edulcorated Colcothar sublimed twice or thrice together The Dose is from three Grains to six in some convenient Liquor at the hour of sleep I suppose the efficacy of that Medicine chiefly ariseth from the Salt Armoniac in as much as by reason of the very great tenuity of its parts it is highly useful to take away the Obstructions that do procure this Malady and it is likewise probable that the Flowers of Salt Armoniac are sublimed together with the Colcothar a certain narcotick Sulphur of the Colcothar of an Earthy or Copper-like nature or Quality doth ascend together with the Salt Armoniac And that kind of Sulphur seemeth not very meet for this Disease A certain Artificial Salt of an Armoniac quality and of notable vertue may be composed after this manner Take of the Volatile Salt of Harts-Horne Blood or Urine a sufficient quantity upon which being put into a long Vial pour rectified Spirit of Salt or of Sulphur rectified per campanam drop by drop untill Ebullition can no longer be excited this Salt being resolved let it be filtered and by a gentle heat reduced to the dryness of a Salt The Dose is three or
of Vitriol and Wine of Squils than of stibiated medicines for that it is not so safe to exhibit them to Infants for fear of Convulsions albeit in some Cases stibiated Medicines may also be made use of A Gentle Vomitory Take of the wine or Oxymel of Squils from half an Ounce to an Ounce which being taken half an hour after let the Patient drink Posset-Ale in great abundance then with a Feather or Finger thrust down the Throat provoke Vomiting and sometimes repeat it Another Take Oxymel of Squil's from half an Ounce to an Ounce If Vomiting succeed not half an hour after give half a Scruple or fifteen Grains of salt of Vitriol in a draught of Posset-Ale If strength will permit stronger Emeticks may be used As this that follows A stronger Vomitory Take of the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum well depurated by settlement from one dram to two according to the Age and strength of the Patient Oxymel of Squills three drams or half an ounce simple-simple-water of Wall-nuts or of the lesser Gentory six drams Mingle them make a Vomitory CHAP. XIX Some Examples of Cathartics or Purging Medicines A gentle Purgation some daies after a Vomitory or else if Vomition be not requisite may be ordained and repeated by Intervals A Gentle Purging Draught Take the Cream of Tartar from ten Grains to fifteen Augustan Syrup or Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb from six drams to one ounce mingle them Let it be taken very early in the morning either by it self or in a draught of Posset-Ale Another Take Calabrian Manna from half an ounce to an ounce Vitriolated Tartar from five Grains to ten mingle them Let the mixture be taken in the morning in Broth or Posset Ale A Purging Syrup R. Of the Roots of Polypody of the Oak sharp-pointed dock each six drams Bark of the Roots of Elder Dwarf-Elder of each half an ounce Roots of Osmond-royal Male-fern Succory of each half an ounce The Herbs Agrimony Liver-wort Speedwell Hart's-tongue Ceterach of each half a handful Boyl them in three Pints of spring-Spring-water to the Consumption of the third part Let the Liquor be strained into a Matrace whereunto put of the Leaves of Senna two ounces Rhubarb one ounce Dodder of Time yellow Sanders of each two drams of Annis-seeds Fennel-seeds of each on dram Salt of Worm wood one dram and a half Infuse them warm and close-stopt 12 hours to the straining cleared by settlement add an equal quantity of Sugar and by the mere dissolution of the Sugar or gentle boyling make a Syrup according to Art The Dose is from 1 to 3 spoon-fulls either by it self or in some appropriate Liquor A Purging Electuary To the above-mentioned Purging InfusioÌ„ add of Cassia and Tamarinds extracted with part of the same Infusion Calabrian Manna strained or purified and of the best Sugar of each I ounce and a half Evaporate them with a gentle Heat to the Consistence of an Electuary The Dose is the Quantity of a Wallnut more or less according to its Operation Purgative Pils R Of the Species of Hiera-Picra simplex one dram of the best Rhubarb powdered half a dram vitriolated Tartar one scruple GuÌ„-Ammoniac dissolved in Vinegar fifteen Grains With a sufficient quantity of Elixir Proprietatis of Paracelsus let a Pilulary Mass be made whereof let from half a scruple to a scruple be formed into Pills and given at the hour of sleep A Bochet of Rhubarb and yellow Sanders made in proper distilled Waters may be made use of If the Patient be affected with Worms or â—â—â—â—mous Swellings or there bâ— any suspition of the Venereal Euil the following Bolus may be exhibited between whiles A Purging Bolus Take Mercurius dulcis from six Grains to ten Conserve of the Flowers of Succory half a dram mix them make a Bolus Let it be given very early in the morning the Patient drinking immediately after it a convenient Dose of the Purging Syrup or Infusion Another R. Mercurius dulcis from six Gr. to ten Rosin of Jalap or Scammony from two Grains to four Chymical Oyl of Juniper berries one drop Make a Powder which reduce into a Bolus with one dram of the Pulp of a coddled or roasted Apple or with Conserve of Violets Let the Patient take it early in the morning CHAP. XX. Chirurgical Remedies AFter gentle Purgation if the Patient be of a Sanguine Temper Phlebotomy or Blood-letting takes place The Empiricks of our Nation are wont to draw Blood in a small quantity by scarifying the hollow part of the Ear which they perform with a bluntish Knife rather than with a sharp Pen-knife and that they repeat twice or thrice interposing the space or interval of about seven daies Tho Practitioners do celebrate much this kind of Scarification yet I cannot tell but that Leeches profit as much or more Neither do I suppose that it is to be feared that Leeches by their sucking would affect a greater Flux of Blood towards the Head For what Blood soever by reason of their suction cometh near to the Part which they are applied to the same is evacuated by the very suction and as to the greater afflux of Blood which is caused by the fulness of the Vessels that also takes place in Phlebotomy Moreover Issues bring very great help in this Affect and especially a Fontinel excited between the first and second Vertebrae of the Neck for so the same being applied to the Origine of the Disease will be of more efficacy The use of Fonticles chiefly cousists in that the same conduce to evacuate the superfluous Serositie of the Brain and thereby to diminish its irregular magnitude and also to dry up the too great humidity of the Spinalis Medulla and consequently to corroborate the Nerves thence descended A Seton may very well supply the place of a Fontinel As for Vesicatories or Blisterplaisters it is not to be doubted but that they will bring help being applied to the Vertebrae of the Neck and behind the Ears But their vertue is soon exerted and the frequent use of them is too troublesome and painful for Children Furthermore Cupping-Glasses without Scarification applied according to the whole length of the Spine seem to be of no small Moment to correct the Cold and moist temper of the Spinalis Medulla and to take away the torpour of the Nerves Yea sometimes also I suppose they may be applied near the uppermost Vertebrae of the Neck with Scarification CHAP. XXI Specific Alterants or Remedies peculiar to this Disease being such as alter and correct the Blood and Humours BEsides Purging and Chirurgical Remedies specific alterant Medicines may also be used to which Diaphoretics and Diuretics are sometimes to be added some Examples whereof we will set down Specific Remedies which are found most effectual to cure this Malady are either Simple or Compound and indeed among the Simple ones these following are most approved Specific Remedies The Wood Guaiacum and its Bark Sassafras Wood of the Lentick tree Rosemary
must be fitted to the Bodies of the Infants so as the Spine be held upright and the prominent Bones repressed Neither must we here omit the Artificial Suspension of the Body by the assistance of a certain pendulous Instrument made after such a manner with Swathing-bands that it crosseth the Breast coming under the Arm-pits and goeth about the Head and under the Chin and then receiveth the Hands with two Handles whereby the weight of the Body is sustained partly by the Child's hands partly by his head and partly by his Arm-pits Now at last let us set down some of those things which are outwardly to be applied A Fomentation of any sort of Wine as also of common Aqua vitae doth avail much to corroborate the Nervous parts apply the same to the debilitated Parts and especially to the Spine and then anoint those parts with proper Oyl or Unguent of which hereafter In lieu of Wine the following DecoctioÌ„ may be made use of as A Fomentation Take of the root of Osmond-royal and Male Fern each three ounces of the Flowers of Betony Sage Rosemary Marjoram Water-Cresses each one handful of the Flowers of Chamomil Melilot and Elder each a small handful Bay-berries Juniper-berries of each half an ounce Boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Spring-water to two pound put thereto of White-wine or common Aqua vitae one pound Keep the straining for use An Oyntment for the debilitated Parts Take of the Leaves of Elder Bay Marjoram Sage Rosemary Betony tops of Lavender each two handfuls Bay-berries Juniper-berries of â—ach one ounce Put these being cut and bruised into a convenient Vesiel with three pound of May-butter or fresh Butter unsalted and half a pint of Aqua vitae boylthem gent lyto the consumption of the Aqua vitae To the expression being yet hot add of Oyl of Nutmegs made by expression half an ounce of Peruvian Balsom one dram mix them make an Unguent Instead of May-butter Beef-marrow or Deer's-suet and Oyl of Earth-worms or Fox-oyl of each one pound and a half may be substituted Apply Unguents pretty warm before a clear fire and rub them on with a hot hand until they be dry that it may penetrate the more mix a little of some proper Liquor with the same in the time of using If the Abdomen be stretch'd out and tumid apply the following Oyntment A Liniment for the Swelling of the Abdomen Take of the Oyls of Capers Wormwood and Elder each one ounce of Vng è succ aperitivis or the Unguent above prescribed one ounce and a half of Gum-Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half an ounce Make a Liniment wherewith a little portion of the following Liquor may be mingled in the time of using it A Decoction to be used with the Liniment Take of the Root of White Briony one ounce of the Leaves of Worm-wood Centory Sage each one handful Flowers of Elder and Melilot of each a small handful of Bay-berries Juniper-berries each two drams Boyl them in three pounds of spring-Spring-water to the wasting of half add thereto of Rhenish-wine half a pint Keep the straining for your use Whilst the Unguents are applied to the Hypochondria let the Nurse handle the Viscera or Bowels as is before directed Emplasters also can in this part bring help A Plaister for the Hypochondria Take of the compound Emplaster of Melilot as much as will suffice spread it on taw'd Leather and apply it to the Hypochondria If there be a Tumour near the Region of the Liver add to one Ounce of the aforesaid Emplaster of yellow Sanders powdered one dram of Oyl of Wormwood and Wax as much as sufficeth to make an Emplaster Another Take the Juice of Brooklime Water-cresses Elder and Worm-wood of each one Ounce Let the clarified Juices be reduced by a gentle heat to the consistence of an Extract to which add of Gum-Ammoniac dissolved in Vinegar and boyled to a thickness two ounces of Venice Turpentine one ounce of Yellow Sanders powder'd 2 drams of Oyl of Capers and Wax as much as is sufficient make a Plaister to be applied as before If the Lungs be affected Anoint the Breast with Vnguent Pectorale or Dialthaea or both mixt together wherewith at the time of inunction you must mix some oyl of Nutmegs made by Expression A Pectoral Vnguent Take of Green Liquorice four ounces of fresh unsalted Butter one pound Bruise them together in a stone Mortar and macerate them in a Bath four hours then strain them repeat this three times with an equal quantity of of fresh Liquorice Let the Oyntment clarified accerding to art be kept for use Where with in the time of using you may mix an equal quantity of Vng Pectorale with a little Oyl of Nutmegs made by expression Forasmuch as this Disease doth arise from the obstruction and debilitie of the Spinalis Medulla corroborating Fomentations and Unguents such as are now already prescribed may be thereto applied wherewith Balsome of Tolu may be mixt in a small quantity such are Emplastrum Nervinum de Betonicâ as also that which follows An Emplaster for the Spine Take of the first prescribed Oyntment two ounces Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar and Burgundy-Pitch of each half an ounce Mastich Frankincense and Caranna of each two drams of Castoreum half a dram of prepar'd Earth-Worms one dram and a half of Salt Armoniac two drams Wax enough to make an Emplaster spread a sufficient quantity of this upon taw'd-Leather whose Form may be varied for as the superiour or inferiour Parts are infirm the Plaister is to be applied to the upper or lower part of the Spine and sometimes according to the whole length of it And so much for the Method of Curing the RICKETS FINIS AN APPENDIX TOUCHING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Us'd in the Composition of Medicines and in the Exhibition of Medicinal Doses BY W.S. Gradibus venit Incrementum OXFORD Printed by Leon. Lichfield Printer to the University for Tho. Fickus Bookseller 1684. An Appendix touching Medical Weights and Measures I. Of MEDICAL WEIGHTS THE Aestimation or Value of all things is deduc'd from Number Weight or Measure Now as for Number there is the same Reason and Accompt universally dispers'd throughout all the Regions of the World But as to Weight or Measure it is not so for there is a vast Variety every Government vindicating it's proper Weight and it 's proper Measure which beareth the Name or Title of it's peculiar Country And whereas above all things whatsoever is instituted for Medicinal use it ought to be confin'd to sure and common Rules certainly then Weights should be establish'd certain and common to all men that by a General Law and Custom there may be a General Consent and Agreement among all Nations it being a Matter of no small moment if we rightly consider the Scope we aim at in the use of them For upon these oftentimes depends the Life or Death of the Patient Therefore that a true Knowledge thereof may