a moderate Draught of good White-Wine considerably strong and let the Patient take it once or twice a day VI. An Experienc'd Medicine for Sore Throats A TAke of Scabious Water six Ounces of Wine Vinegar a small Spoonful of Mustard Seed beaten and of Honey of each a Spoonful stir and shake them very well together and then filter the mixture and keep it for Use VII An often Experienced External Remedy in Apoplectick Fits A FIx a Cupping-Glass without Scarification to the Nape of the Neck and another to each of the Shoulders and let them stick on a competent time VIII An easie but approv'd Medicine for the Cholick B TAke about half a Dram of Mastick and mix it with the Yolk of a new laid Egg and give it the Patient once or twice a day IX To appease the heat of Feavers by an External Remedy C APply to the Soles of the Feet a mixture or thin Cataplasm made of the Leaves of Tobacco fit to be cut to fill a Pipe with beaten up with as much of the freshest Currans you can get as will bring the Tobacco to the Consistence of a Poultis X. The Medicine that is in such Request in Italy against the Worms in Children B INfuse one Dram of clean Quicksilver all Night in about two Ounces of the Water of Goats Rue destil'd the common way in a cold Still And afterwards strain and filter it to sever it from all Dregs that may happen in the making it This quantity is given for one Dose DECAD X. I. A choice Medicine for a Whitloe A TAke Shell Snails and beat the pulpy part of them very well with a convenient quantity of fine chopt Parsly which is to be applyed warm to the affected part and shifted two or three times a day II. A Simple but useful Lime-Water good for the Kings Evil and divers other Cases B TAke half a Pound of good Quick-Lime and put it into one Gallon of Spring Water and infuse it for Twenty four Hours then decant the Liquor and let the Patient Drink a good Draught of it two or three times a day or he may use it for his ordinary Drink this Infusion may be coloured-with Saffron or Red Sanders and if need be to make it stronger add more Lime and warm the Water and keep it well stopt III. An Excellent Medicine for a fresh strain A TAke four Ounces of Bean Flower two Ounces of Wine Vinegar of these make a Cataplasm to be applied a little warm to the part affected but if this should prove something too sharp as in some Cases it may then take two Drams of Litharg and boil it a little in the Vinegar before you put it to the Bean Flower IV. For the Piles A TAke Balsam of Sulphur made with Oil of Turpentine Ointment of Tobacco equal Parts incorporate them well and Anoint the grieved place therewith V. For a Burn. B MIngle Lime-Water with Linseed Oyl by beating them together with a Spoon and with a Feather dress the Burn several times a day VI. For a fresh Strain A BOil Bran in Wine Vinegar to the consistency of a Poultis apply it warm and renew the Poultis once in twelve hours for two or three times VII An Experienced Medicine for the Cholick A TAke good Nitre one Ounce and rub it well in a clean Mortar of Glass or Stone then grind with it half a Scruple or more of fine Saffron and of this mixture give about half a Dram for a Dose in three or four Ounces of Cold Spring Water VIII To make an Issue raw that begins to heal up B TAke of Lapis Infernalis one Ounce of Crown Soap an Ounce and half Chalk finely pouder'd six Drams mix them all together carefully and keep them close stopt except when you mean to use them IX For a Sore Throat A MAke a Plaister of Paracelsus three or four Fingers broad and length enough to reach almost from one Ear to the other and apply it to the part affected so that it may touch the Throat as much as may be X. For heat about the Orifice of the Stomach B MAke a Syrup with the Juice of House Leek and Sugar and give about one Spoonful of it from time to time A Stomachical Tincture A TAke Agrimony two Drams small Centory Tops one Dram Coriander Seeds bruised one Scruple Sassatras Shavings and Bark one Dram Gentian Root half a Dram Zedoary Root ten Grains pour upon these three quarters of a Pint of boiling Spring Water cover it and let it steep twelve hours then Strain it and put it in a Bottle then drop a drop of Oil of Cinnamon upon a lump of Sugar and put it into the Liquor The Dose is three Spoonfuls twice a day an hour or two before Meals The END A CATALOGUE OF THE Philosophical Books and Tracts Written by the Honourable ROBERT BOYLE Esq Together with the ORDER or TIME Wherein each of them hath been Publish'd respectively To which is added A CATALOGUE Of the THEOLOGICAL BOOKS Written by the same Author LONDON Printed for Sam. Smith at the Sign of the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard 1692. Advetisements of the Publisher I. Many Ingenious Persons especially Strangers having pressingly endeavour'd to procure a Catalogue of the Honourable Mr. Boyle's Writings and the Author himself being not at leisure to draw one up 't was thought it might be some Satisfaction to those Inquirers if I publish'd the following List as it was drawn out for his own use of the Philosophical Transactions as well as the Printed Volumes by an Ingenious French Physician studious of the Authors Writings some of which he Translated and Printed in his own Language II. The Letter L affixt in the Margin denotes the Book related to to have been Translated and Publish'd in the Latin Tongue also Several of the rest having likewise been translated into Latin but not yet Publish'd III. Those that have an Asterisk prefix'd to them came forth without the Authors Name tho' 't is not doubted but they are His. IV. Such as have this Mark ☞ prefix'd to them are Sold by Samuel Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Pauls Church-yard V. Divers of those mentioned as drawn out of the Transactions did probably come abroad in Latin some of the Transactions themselves having been publish'd in that Language A Catalogue of the Philosophical Books and Tracts NEw Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring and the Weight of the Air and its Effects made for the most part in a new Pneumatical Engine written by way of Letter to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Viscount of Dungavan Eldest Son to the Earl of Cork by the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq A Defence of the Doctrine touching the Spring and Weight of the Air propos'd by the Author in his New Physico-Mechanical Experiments against the Objections of Franciscus Linus wherewith the Objectors Punicular Hypothesis is also examin'd An Examen of Mr. Hobbes's Dialogus Physicus de Naturâ
White of a New-laid Egg and by beating it reduce it into Water and with this Water mix diligently so much Conserve of Red Roses as will reduce it to a soft Mass Whereof the Patient is to let a little bit at a time melt leisurely in his Mouth V. A choice Medicine for a sore Throat A TAke a piece of greasie Linnen Cloth of such a bigness as that being doubled it may make a Bag in form of a Stay to reach from one side of the Throat to the other and contain as much matter as may make it of the thickness of an Inch or more This Bag being fill'd with common Salt is to be heated throughly and apply'd to the Part affected as warm as the Patient can conveniently indure and within 2 hours after or when it begins to grow too could another like it and well heated is to be substituted in its room and whil'st this is cooling the other may be heated and made ready for use So that the Part affected may be always kept in a considerable degree of warmth for about 48 hours if the Remedy be so long needed VI. An often experienc'd Medicine for the Cholick especially produced by sharp Humors A TAke a Quart of Claret and put into the Vessel about two Ounces of Nettle-seeds stop the Bottle and keep it in Boiling Water till the Water has made three or four walms to assist the Wines Impregnation with the finer part of the Seeds of this Liquor let the Patient take a small Draught once or twice a day VII To appease the Pain of the Haemorrhoids whether Internal or External B TAke two Parts of Flowers of Sulphur and one part of Sugar very finely pouder'd mix them exactly together and make them up with a sufficient Quantity of a Mucilage of Gum Tragacarth into Lozenges of about a Dram apiece Of which you may give one at a time thrice in a Day or if need be 4 or 5 times VIII To make an Excellent Drink for the Scurvy A TAke two handsfuls of Water Trefoil and let it work in about 8 Gallons of Wort in stead of Hops or of Small Ale or Wort made for it And let the Patient use it for all or for a great part of his ordinary Drink IX To make an easie Diuretick C PEel off the Inner Skin of an Egg shell then beat the Shell to a very fine Pouder Give about a Scruple of it at a time in any convenient Vehicle X. A Powerful Application to prevent and check the Apoplexy A MAke an Issue at the Meeting of the Sutures and keep it open for a good while but if the Case will not admit delay clap on a good Cupping-Glass without Scarification or with it as need shall require upon the same Concourse of the Sutures DECAD VIII I. A choice Remedy for a sore Throat A TAke Housleek and having lightly beaten it in a Glass or Stone Mortar press out the Juice hard between two Plates to this Juice put almost an equal Quantity of Virgin Honey mix them well and add to the mixture a little Burnt Allom as much as is requisite to give it a discernable Aluminous Taste Let the Patient take this from time to time with a Liquorish Stick or some such Thing II. An Approv'd Medicine for a Cancer not broken B TAke Dulcify'd Colcothar and with Cream or Whites of Eggs beaten to a Water bring it to the Consistence of a Cataplasm which ought to be made large and spread about the thickness of half a Crown and applyed warm to the part affected shifting it at least once a day III. To make a very good Syrup for thin Rheums A TAke Syrup of Jubibes Syrup of Dryed Roses and Syrup of Corn Poppy Flowers of each a like quantity mix and use them as the necessity of the Sick requires IV. For the Dysentery and Pleurisie B GRrate to fine Pouder the dry'd Pizzel of a Stagg and give of it as much as will lie upon a Shilling or thereabouts once or twice a day in any convenient Vehicle V. To Strengthen the Gums and make the Teeth grow firm B TAke Catechu Terra Japonica or Japonian Earth and dissolve as much as you can of it in a Pint of Claret or Red Wine then Decant the Liquor warily from the subsiding Faeces and let the Patient now and then wash his Mouth with it especially at Bed time VI. For a Hoarsness upon a Cold. B TAke three Ounces of Hyssop Water sweeten it with Sugar-candy then beat well into it the Yolk of one Egg and Drink it at a Draught VII A choice Medicine for the Jaundies in Children B TAke half an Ounce of choice Rhubarb made into Pouder incorporate with it exactly by long beating two Handfulls of well chosen and cleans'd Currans Of this Electuary let the Patient take every Morning about the quantity of a Nutmeg for several days together VIII A rare Medicine to take away Gouty and other Arthritick Pains A TAke highly rectify'd Spirit of Mans Vrine and anoint the Part with it the Cold being just taken off once or twice the first day and no longer unless the Pain continue IX For a Prolapsus Uteri B APply to the Patients Navel a pretty large Cupping-Glass but let it not stay on too long not above a quarter of an hour for fear of injuring the part it covers especially the Navel-String X. To allay Heat in the Eyes proceeding from sharp Humours B BEat the White of an Egg into a Water in which dissolve a pretty quantity of Refined Loaf Sugar and then drop some of it into the Patients Eye DECAD IX I. An Experienc'd Medicine for Strengthning a Weak Sight B TAke of Eye-bright sweet Fennel Seeds and fine Sugar all reduc'd to Pouder of each an Ounce Nutmeg also pulveriz'd one Dram at most mix these very well together and take of the Composition from a Dram to two or more from time to time II. An often try'd Medicine for Tertian Agues B TAke Crude Allum and Nutmeg finely scrap'd of each about half a Dram mix the Pouders well together and with about six Grains of Saffron Give this in two or three Spoonfuls of White-Wine Vinegar at the usual time III. For Stuffings of the Lungs and the Chin Cough B MAke Syrup of Penny Royal or of Ground Ivy moderately Tart with Oil of Vitriol and of this let the Patient take very leisurely about a quarter of a Spoonful from time to time IV. For the Falling Sickness in Children B TAke half a Dram of choice Amber finely pouder'd and give it for six or seven Weeks together once a day when the Stomach is empty in about four Ounces of good White-Wine V. An Approved Medicine to drive the Stone and cure Suppression of Vrine proceeding from it A TAke the Roots of Wild Garlick by some Country People called Crow Garlick wipe them very clean stamp them very well in a Mortar of Stone or Glass and strain out the Juice with which make
especially Tertian B TAke a handfull of Groundsel shred and cut it small put it into a square Paper Bag of about four Inches every way pricking that side that is to be next the Skin full of large holes and cover it with some Sarcenet or fine Linnen that nothing may fall out Let the Patient wear this upon the Pit of his Stomach renewing it two hours before every Fit VI. For Women in Labour to bring away the Child B TAke about one Dram of choice Myrrh and having reduc'd it to fine Pouder let the Patient take it in a Draught of Rhenish-wine or Sack or if you would have the Liquor less active White-wine Posset-drink or some other temperate Vehicle VI. For Strengthning the Bowels B TAke Cloves or Chives not Bulbs of Garlick and let the Patient from time to time swallow one or two without chewing VIII An Amulet against the Cramp A TAke the Root of Mechoacan and having reduc'd it to Powder fill with this Pouder a little square Bag or Sacket of Sarcenet or some such slight Stuff which Bag is to be about three Inches Square and to be hung by a String about the Patient's Neck so as that it may reach to the Pit of the Stomach and immediately touch the Skin IX For Stanching of Blood especially in Wounds A TAke those round Mushrooms that Bonatists call Crepitus Lupi in English Puff-balls when they are full ripe which is in Autumn and breaking them warily save carefully the Pouder that will fly up and the rest that remains in their Cavities And strew this Pouder all over the Part affected binding it on or proceeding further if need be according to Art X. For the Tumours and Pains of the Hemorrhoides not too much inflamed B LET the Patient dip his Finger in Balsam of Sulphur made with Oyl of Turpentine and with his Finger so besmeared anoint the Tumours whether external or internal once or twice a day DECAD III. I. For the Dysentery and other sharp Fluxes A TAke the Stalks and Leaves of the Herb call'd in Latin Coniza Media in English Flea-bane dry it gently till it be reducible to Pouder of this Pouder give about one Dram at a time twice or thrice a day in any convenient Vehicle or else incorporate it in Conserve of Red Roses II. To sweeten the Blood and Cure divers Distempers caused by its Acidity B TAke Coral the clearest and reddest you can get reduce it by exactly grinding it on a Porphory or Marble Stone to an impalpable Pouder Of this Magistery made without Acids give the Patient once or twice a day as need shall require a large dose viz. ordinarily about one dram at a time or from two Scruples to five N. B. Let him long continue the Use of it III. To clear the Eyes even from Filmes A TAke Paracelsus's Zibethum Occidentale viz. human dung of a good Colour and Consistence dry it slowly till it be pulverable Then reduce it into an inpalpable Pouder which is to be blown once twice or thrice a day as occasion shall require into the Patients Eyes IV. For Convulsions in Children A GIve the Patient from 2 3 or 4 to 5 6 or 7 Grains according to the Child's Age of the true Volatile Salt of Amber in any proper Vehicle N. B. 'T is not near so Efficatious in full grown Persons V. To bring away the After-birth B GIve about 30 Drops or any Number between 25 and 35 of good Essential as Chimists call it Oyl of Juniper in a good Draught of any convenient Vehicle VI. To Strengthen the Stomach and help the want of Appetite B MAke the Roots of Gentian sound and not superannuated pulverable with no more waste of their moisture than is necessary Reduce these to Pouder of which let the Patient take from 12 or 15 Grains to double that quantity or more if need be twice or thrice a day N. B. It may be taken on an empty Stomach or if that cannot conveniently be done at Meal-times To correct the Bitterness one may add to it pouder'd Sugar or make it up with some fit Conserve or mix it with a Syrup It is very good not only for want of Appetite but for Obstructions And I R B. have usefully given it in Vertiginous Affections of the Brain and to lessen if not quite take away the Fits of Agues and even Quartans But in this last Case the Dose must be considerably augmented One may also if one pleases instead of the Pouder give the Extract drawn with fair Water and for those that like that form made up into Pills with a sufficient quantity of Pouder'd Tumerick or the like proper Additament to which I have sometimes added some Grains of Salt of Wormwood with good Success in Fluxes that proceeded from Crudities and Indigestion Where the Winter-Season or the Patients cold Constitution invite or the Medicine is to be long kept I chuse rather to make the Extract with Wine moderately strong than with Water VII For Vlcers in the Brest and elsewhere A TAke Millepedes in English by some called Woodlice by others Sows and having wash'd them clean with a little white-White-wine and dry'd them with a Linnen Cloth beat them very well in a Glass or Marble Mortar for they ought not to be touch'd with any thing of Metal and give the first time as much Juice as you can by strong Expression obtain from five or six of them This Juice may be given in small Ale or White-wine in which the next time you may give as much as can be squeez'd out of eight or nine Millepedes and so you may continue increasing the number that you employ of them by two or three at a time till it amount to twenty five or thirty and if need be to forty or more for one taking And note that if upon the Pounding of these Insects you find the Mass they afford too dry as it now and then happens you may dilute it with a little White-wine or Ale to be well agitated with it that being penetrated and so softned with the Liquor the Mass may the better part with its Juice VIII For taking off the Fits of Agues B TAke good common Brimstone not Flores Sulphuris and having reduced them by passing them through a very fine Sieve to the subtillest Pouder you can give of this Pouder one Dram and half or two Drams either made up into a Bolus with a little good Honey or else in any appropriated Vehicle let it be given at the usual times and reiterated once or twice if need be especially if the Fits should return IX For Fluxes especially accompanied with Gripings A TAke of Crude Lapis Caliminaris finely pouder'd two Scruples of white Chalk onâ— Scruple mix them exactly and give them in a Spoonful or two of New Milk twice or if the case be urgent thrice a day X. For the Pains of the Piles B TAke of Myrrh Olibanum and common Frankincense of each a like quantity having
upon one another pour the Mixture into a Filter of Cap-Paper which retaining the Orange-colour'd Precipitate will transmit an indifferently clear Liquor Which is to be in a Glass Viol kept stop'd for its proper Use namely that the Part affected may be therewith wash'd from time to time and if need be kept covered with double Linnen Cloths wetted in the same Liquor IX A Plaister to Discuss Tumours or Ripen them if it cannot Discuss them B TAke of Yellow Wax Franincense and Rosin of each four Ounces or a sufficient quantity melt them together gently and being strain'd make up the Mass into a Roll for Use X. For the Black Jaundice it self A TAke a Spoonfull of Honey boil it gently and scum it till it come to a good Consistence then add of Wheat-flower and Saffron reduced to a Pouder as much of each as you may take up upon the Point of a Knife and having mix'd all well put it over the Coals again until it lose its smell Afterwards you may put it into a little Stone or Earthen Pot and keep it for Use which is that the Patient take the quantity of a Pea and anoint the Navil and fill the Cavity thereof with it repeating the Application for some days together when the Stomach is empty and abstaining from Meat and Drink about two hours after the Medicine is us'd The End of the First Part. Medicinal Experiments OR A COLLECTION OF Choice Remedies FOR The most part Simple and Easily Prepared The latter Five DECADS being A SECOND PART By the Honorable R. BOYLE Fellow of the Royal Society LONDON Printed for Sam. Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1692. DECAD VI. I. A parable Medicine for the Stone B TAke of the Seed of Flixweed and give of it about as much as will lie upon a Shilling either whole or grosly bruis'd in any convenient Vehicle II. For Fits of the Mother B DIssolve store of Sea-Salt in the best Wine Vinegar and in this dip a soft Linnen Cloth which being folded so as to make 3 or 4 Doubles is to be applied somewhat warm to the Soles of the Patient's Feet and kept on till the Fit be over III. A choice Plaister to Strengthen the Joints after the Gout and hasten the going off of the Pain A TAke of Paracelsus and Diapalma ana melt them and incorporate them exactly together and spread the mixture very thin upon fine Leather to be us'd as a Plaister to the Part affected IV. A very good Drink in continual Fevers A MAke a Decoction of the Leaves of Rue in fair Water till the Liquor taste pretty strong of the Plant This being strain'd is to be made somewhat Palatable with Liquorice or a little Sugar or Aromatic Body To half a Pint of this add about 10 Drops of Spirit not Oyl of Vitriol Let the Patient use this for his ordinary Drink V. A good Drink to be frequently used in Fevers especially continual Ones A GIve in half a Pint of some small convenient Drink half an Ounce of Harts-horn burnt to great whiteness which is to be a little boyled in the Liquor and this thus alter'd is to be given from time to time VI. An easie Medicine for a fresh Strain B MAke up the Clay with which the Bungs of Barrels are wont to be stopp'd with as much Vinegar as will bring it to the Consistence of an indifferently stiff Cataplasm Then warm it a little and apply it to the Part affected VII A Remedy much used for Chilblains C TAke a Turnep roast it well under the Embers and beat it to a Poultice then apply it very hot to the Part affected and keep it on if need be for 3 or 4 days in that time shifting it twice or thrice if occasion require VIII A Simple Antimonial Remedy that has often done much Good even in the Leprosie and all continual Fevers A TAke Crude Antimony well chosen and pouder'd of this give about one two or three Scruples Morning and Evening according to the Age of the Patient in a little Syrup of Clove Gilly-Flowers or any such Vehicle or else mix'd with fine Sugar enough to make it somewhat Palatable This may be continued for 4 or 5 Months if need require and if the first Dose prove Beneficial to the Patient in Cases not urgent a Scruple or half a Dram may serve the Turn nor need the Exhibition be continued for so long a time IX For the Cholick and divers other Distempers B TAke four or five Balls of fresh Stone-horse Dung and let them steep for about a quarter of an Hour or less in a Pint of White-wine in a Vessel well stopp'd that the Liquor may be richly impregnated with the more volatile and subtil Parts of the Dung strain this and give of it from a quarter to half a Pint or some Ounces more at a time the Patient having a Care not to take Cold after it X. An often Experimented Antimonial Infusion B TAke one Ounce of pouder'd Antimony tied up in a little Bag of clean Linnen and hang it in a Gallon of Beer or Ale that is brought from the Brew-house and is yet scarce fit to be drawn out much less to be drank Of this Liquor when 't is ripe let the Patient make use for his ordinary Drink only having a Care that if by Age or Accident it be perceived to grow sour that Vessel then be left off for fear least the Acidity of the Liquor corroding the Antimony might make it vomitive DECAD VII I. An easie Medicine to cleanse the Womb especially after Child-bearing B TAke a large white Onion of about four Ounces in weight if you can get so big a one and boyl it in about a Pint of Water with any thing fit to make a very thin Broth till a third part or more of the Liquor be consumed of this Broth which may be made a little palatable with Nutmeg c. the Patient is to take six or eight Ounces twice or thrice a day II. An Experienced Wash that quickly cures the Itch. A TAke strong Quicklime one Pound and put to a Gallon of Spring-Water let them lie together for some hours and then warily pour off the clear filter the rest and take two Ounces of Quick-Silver ty'd up in a Linnen Bag and hang it in the Liquor and boil it for half an hour or more then pour off the clear Liquor once more and wash the Hands only with it twice or at most thrice a day III. A Remedy often us'd with Success in Fluxes and even Dysenteries B TAke fresh Roots of Bistort cut them into thin Slices and moisten them well with fair Water and Wine to make them more soft and Succulent then press out the Juice as strongly as you can And of this give about three or four Spoonfuls mingled with half a Dozen Spoonfuls or somewhat more of Red Wine or some other convenient Liquor IV. A good Medicine for a sore Throat B TAke the