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A69834 Galen's art of physick ... translated into English, and largely commented on : together with convenient medicines for all particular distempers of the parts, a description of the complexions, their conditions, and what diet and exercise is fittest for them / by Nich. Culpeper, Gent. ...; Technē iatrikē. English Galen.; Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654. 1652 (1652) Wing C7517; Wing G159; ESTC R22670 55,815 130

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their Head if you moisten their Heads they avoid excrement the more they are perpetually troubled with pains in their Head when the wind is South the North wind easeth them they cannot keep themselves awake neither can they sleep quietly but are molested with Dreams and troubled with foolish imaginations so that many times they think they see the things they see not and hear the things they hear not especially if the Brain offend more in heat than it doth in moisture only remember the Indications of a simple distemper and so may you with ease find out which quality most abounds for if the heat be much and the moisture little most Signs of heat appear but if the moisture abounds much and the heat be but little peccant most Signs of moisture appear Culpeper Galen could not have made a more lively Description of this evil if he had been in a Mans Head that had it with a Candle and a Lanthorn I shall ad this 1. This Infirmity is alwaies accompanied with wind which somtimes proceeds from the Hypochondria or Region of the Spleen and then the Imaginations are dreadful but no pain nor distention troubles the Head in the day time neither are the Veins of the Temples swollen this usually comes by drinking let them take away the cause and the effect will cease for it is not my Task to speak of the Spleen at this time 2. If the Disease be inherent to the Brain as here Galen describes it bleeding is a very good Remedy if the season of the yeer c. permit also because wind alwaies accompanies it the Roots of Parsley the Roots and Leaves of Fennel Mugwort Plantane Vervain and Willow Leaves are good Medicines they may boyl them in Water and drink the Decoction I have very often known Plantane Roots alone being eaten as People eat Apples help this Infirmity when nothing else would and therefore Gentlewomen might do well to keep some of them candied with Sugar continually in their Houses for their own benefit and their poor Neighbors Chap. 20. Signs of a cold and dry Brain IF a distemper of cold and driness afflict the Brain the Face is cold in feeling livid swarthy and discoloured to the Eye you can see no Veins in their Eyes and their Head is easily offlicted both by cold and cold things the temper of their Brain and Head is very unequal for some times their Heads are light and excrem●nts flow thence moderately somtimes they are exceedingly troubled with heaviness of their Heads and they are troubled with Distillations from the Brain upon every light and slight occasion alwaies remember the former rule given regard the Signs of the Simple dis●●mp●●s so may you know whether coldness or driness most super-abound Culpeper Such whose Brains are cold and dry have admirable Memories and are fantastick in their actions fearful and think every thing they do whether it be Meat or Drink or Exercise of Body doth them harm they sleep very badly c. A Cup of strong Beer with Nutmeg and Sugar is an excellent mornings draught for such People for although I would have such as have their Brains too hot and moist fly from strong Beer and Wine as fast as from a Dragon yet is it exceeding good for these Medicines proper for them are Conserves of Roses of Borrage and Bugloss Confectio Alchermes For Simples Borrage Bugloss Marsh Mallows Mollows Vervain Violet Leaves and Flowers Strawberry Leaves Betony Sage Fumitory Hops c. Chap. 21. Signs of of a cold and moist Brain THe Brain afflicted with cold and moist distempers moves a man to an inexpugnable desire of sleep and when he is awake his Brain is so muddy and his Sences so dull that he can do nothing that will get him honor here nor make him famous another day the excrements that flow from his Brain are abundance he seldom goes without a snotty Nose his Head is full though not of Wit and heavy and is most afflicted in cold and moist weather Culpeper Such people are very subject to Lethargies Coma Carus and other Diseases of the Head that proceed of coldness and moisture For Cure Juniper Berries are excellent to eat ten or twelve of them every morning fasting as also Bettony Chamomel Peony Roots and Seeds Calaminth Fennel sweet Marjoram Penyroyal Mother of Time c. Chap. 22. Of the SENCES MAny have their Sences in Vigor when they are yong and void of all blemish and yet in age they soon decay as you shall see the Sight of some People decay by that time they are twenty or twenty four yeers of age and therefore 't is true enough that the Brain first declares age is coming as usually appears by the Hair of the Head Chap. 23. Of the Eyes THe general mention we shall make of the Eyes is but short When the Eyes being touched are manifestly hot very quick and swift in motion when men whose Eyes are afflicted stare nimbly about and seldom hold their Eyes still when the Veins in the Eyes are large and red the Eyes are afflicted by heat If the distemper of the Eyes arise from cold the Signs are contrary to these When they are offended by moisture they are alwaies full of moisture and the party weeps against his will but if by driness they appear hard and dry in all they must be helped by a moderate use of things contrary to the Humor offending I say moderate because of their tenderness which endures no violent Medicines Culpeper 1. If the Eyes be afflicted by heat 't is no matter whether driness or moisture accompany it as one of them alwaies doth I commend unto you the distilled Water of Loos-strife you may find the Description of it and the place where it grows in my English Physitian to wash your Eyes with 2. If it come of cold Eyebright water is better 3. If Cataracts Pin and Web or the like grow over the Sight do not go about to eat it off with corroding Medicines as the Duncical practice of some Physitians is for take notice that the Film which offendeth is not of a thickness in all places and then your mother wit will teach you that you may eat asunder the Tunicle of the Eye in one place before you have eat away the Film offending in another Therefore in such cases make an Oyntment with Chelondine otherwise called Sullendine and Hogs Grease or an Oyl with the same Herb and Sallet Oyl and anoynt your Diseased Eye with it These special Rules you shall not twice in your Age find to fail therfore esteem them as Jewels Chap. 24. Of the Greatness of the Eyes THe greatness of the Eyes where they are neatly composed and the Sight strong shew abundance of well tempered substance whereby they are formed but if neatness of composure be wanting the substance indeed is much and so there may be of a heap of dung but it is not well tempered and therefore the Sight is weak and the Eye