Tooth-ach Page 12.21.27.36 Tooth Hollow Page 27.36 Teeth to fasten Page 68 Tumors from sharp Humours Page 8 Tettars to kill Page 44 U URine to provoke Page 25.83 Viper Biting Page 29 Vrine supprest Page 25.30 Vapours of the Spleen Page 31 Vlcers an excellent Medicine Page 34 Vlcers Scrophulous Page 40 Vvula relax'd Page 59.89 Vlcers and Sores Page 49 Vitriolate Eye-water Page 69 W WEakness to help Page 67 Womb-Madness to cure Page 19 Womb to cleanse Page 18 Womb of a Puerpera to cleanse Page 10 Wounds Green to heal Page 39 Whites in Women Page 48.87 These following BOOKS Published by the Honourable Author and Printed for J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1. A Free Inquiry into the vulgarly receiv'd Notion of Nature 2. A Disquisition about the final Causes of natural things with Observations about vitiated Sight 3. The Martyrdom of Theodora and Dydimus 4. The Christian Virtuoso 5. Experimenta Observationes Physicae with a Collection of strange Reports 6. 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The Swordsman's Vade mecum by Sir William Hope Dyer's Works Vanity of the Creature Publick Devotion by Mr. Camfield A Collection of Choice and Safe REMEDIES VOL. III. 1. A good Medicine for a newly taken though violent Cold. TAke about four Ounces of Spring-water and in a convenient Vessel put to it three Leaves of good Tussilago Coltsfoot and a pugil of Maiden-hair and a Stick of Liquorish for bigness and length like the furthest Joynt of the Little-finger make the Water warm and when 't is ready to boil put in the forementioned Ingredients the Liquorish being first slic'd and minc'd cover the Pot well let it boil for a few walmes then take it off the Fire and having presently strain'd it let the Patient drink it hot like Tea he being already in Bed do this three or four Nights consecutively or till there be no more need of the Medicine 2. A good Water for Eyes that are foul and pain'd by sharp Humours TAke prepared Pearl and Coral Ana one scruple Aloes Cabalina finely pouder'd three grains red rose-Rose-water and succory-Succory-water Ana one ounce mix them well and if you would have the mixture stronger put in a very few grains of Trochisci alli Rhasis in very fine Pouder 3. A good Medicine for Pain of the Teeth that comes from Rheum OF the Pouder of white Helebore put into a clean Linen Rag like a Nodule of about the bigness of the largest sort of Peas or somewhat greater and let the Patient hold it between his Teeth with his Head and Face somewhat inclined that the Rheum may run freely out of his Mouth 4. An Experienced Sternutatory to clear the Head LEt the Patient snuff up in the Morning fasting a small Spoonful or less of the clarify'd Juice of Haedera terrestris i.e. Ground-Ivy or of Beets spitting out from time to time as much Liquor as comes into his Mouth 5. An often try'd Remedy for the Dysentery and sharp Fluxes of the Belly GIve from fifteen to twenty grains of carefully made Mercurius Dulcis incorporated with about two ounces of Catholicon or else with about one scruple of toasted or somewhat less of untoasted Rhubarb See Numb 1. 6. A good though uncommon Medicine for the Dropsie TAke Virginian Snake-weed a sufficient quantity and having cut and slic'd it very small infuse it into a competent quantity of good Sack till the Liquor be very strongly impregnated with the Plant. Of this Infusion let the Patient take three four or five Spoonfuls at a time or more if the case be urgent when the Stomach is empty See Numb 2. 7. An often Experienced Medicine for Blood-shot or Inflamed Eyes CUt a new-laid Egg boiled hard into two halfs without taking out the Yelks and apply one of these considerably warm but not too hot to the part affected and keep it on for some hours six or eight if it need so long Note well To the same purpose you may apply with good effect a Poultis made of a rotten Apple the cold being first quite taken off See Numb 3. 8. An Excellent Remedy for a Burn or Scald in the Eye TAke Mucilages of Quince-seed Fleawort Linseed and Fenugreek-seed of each one scruple boil it but very lightly in four ounces of Betony-water filter it and apply it to the Part. 9. A good and innocent Dentrifice TAke Mastich and Dragon's-blood of each a sufficient quantity pouder them and mix them together and let the Patient use them as a Dentrifice See Numb 4. 10. To Correct the Laxity of the Gums and fasten the Teeth TO a Pint of Red or Claret Wine take about two drams of Japan Earth and having dissolv'd so much as you can pour off the clear and let the Patient wash his Mouth therewith from time to time 11. An uncommon but effectual Fomentation for Tumours accompany'd with sharp Humours TO a Gallon of Spring-water put as much dry'd Sage as you judg will afford a Decoction strong enough of the Herb. Into this when it first grows hot cast about two ounces or some drams of Castle-Soap and let it dissolve there till your Decoction be compleated With this and Stuphes foment the part for a good while together 12. A rare Medicine for Hysterical Affections and several Distempers of the Genus Nervosum TAke one ounce or a sufficient quantity of Volatile Salt of Harts-horn which need not be exactly pure and drop on it as much Spirit of Tartar as will serve to satiate it when the conflict is quite ceas'd Digest the mixture for a while that it may acquire a red Colour and keep it carefully stopt for Use and give four or five drops twice a day in any convenient Vehicle 13. An often prov'd Remedy to
Medicinal Experiments OR A COLLECTION OF Choice Remedies Chiefly Simple and easily Prepared Useful in Families and fitted for the Service of Country People By the Honourable R. BOYLE Esq late Fellow of the Royal Society The Third and Last Volume Published from the Author 's Original Manuscripts Whereunto is added Several other Useful Notes explicatory of the same LONDON Printed for J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1694. Licensed Novemb. 24th 1693. Edward Cooke THE PREFACE THE Honourable Robert Boyle Esq Deceased bath gratified the whole Race of Mankind by his Public Labours The World may be divided into the Learned and the Unlearned Part thereof The former he much obliged by his Elaborate Discourses on several Subjects The latter which are far more numerous he hath condescended also to oblige by consulting their Health in the ensuing Receipts For whereas the Ordinary and Inferiour Sort of Men either have not Ability by reason of the Tenuity of their Estates to reward Physicians or by reason of the Remoteness of their Habitations have not Opportunity to Consult them Here they have Remedies provided to their Hands and almost at their own Doors some of which the Learned Collector had Experience of Himself and others were recommended to him by Credible Persons who had Experienced their Benefit in themselves or their Friends And though those ways of Probation might be sufficient to justify their Publication yet such was the scrupulous Care and Zeal of this Author that he would not suffer them to see the Light till they had been first perused by some Eminent Physicians of his Acquaintance to whom he was pleased to commit the Supervisal of his Medicinal Receipts both Galenical and Chymical This Century bears the Name of Parable Receipts because they may be easily procured and prepared by Country People as their respective Diseases do require What comes forth in the Name of Mr. Boyle and is genuinly His needs no farther Recommendation His Ipse Dixit is sufficient and such are these Praescripts as being found among his many other Papers of like Import which in time may be Published also I shall therefore only recommend them and their Success to the Blessing of God the alone Giver Preserver and Restorer of Health J. W. THE INDEX· A AFter-birth to bring away Page 10 Ague to prevent or Cure Page 13.14.81 Agues Tertian Page 14 Ague Page 30.44 Aching of a hollow Tooth Page 36 Apoplectic Fits Page 40 Astmatic Distempers Page 43.86 Aqua Opthalmica Page 62 B BOdy bound to loosen Page 35.83 Biting of a Viper Page 29 Blood-shot Eyes Page 6.80 Blood to stench Page 11.55.57.88 Burns Page 16.55.88 Burns recent Page 20 Breath shortness Page 31 Blood to sweeten Page 33 Bloody Flux Page 4.36.56.56.79 Belly Fluxes Page 53 Blood Cleansing by Troches of Vipers Page 67 Burn or Scald in the Eye Page 7 Bruise of the Eye Page 46.93 C CAtaract beginning Page 74 Cold newly taken a good Medicine Page 1 Corns a try'd Medicine Page 11.54.87 Cholic Page 15 Cholic a simple Remedy Page 18 Costiveness Page 35.83 Convulsive Fits Page 51 Cholic a Medicine Page 66 Cinamon drink for Gripes Page 37 Courses to provoke Page 39 Contusion of the Eye Page 46.69.70 D DRopsy Page 5.80 Dentrifice Innocent Page 7.81 Distempers of the Genus Nervosum Page 9 Dead Child to bring away Page 10 Defluxions of Rheum Page 12 Deafness Page 15 Drink for the Scurvy Page 20 Drink for the Kings Evil Page 24.82 Dysentery Page 4.36.56.56 Dysenteric Fluxes Page 56 Defluxion in the Eyes Page 72 Dry Inflammation Page 76 E EYes that are foul a good Water Page 2.62 Eyes Inflamed Page 6.23.38.42.58.80.85 Eyes Burnt or Scald Page 7 Electuary Purging Page 22 Erysipelas Page 47.86 Eye-Water by a Famous French Man Page 60 Eye-Water a Caution about the Vitriolate Page 69 Eye-Water famous Page 90 Eyes red Page 38.58.77.85.89 Eyes to Strengthen subject to Rheums Page 72.91 Eye-Lids sore Page 74 Eye bruised Page 46.69.70 Eyes dry Page 63 Eyes with hot and sharp humours Page 73 Eyes pained Page 75 F FIlms of the Eyes Page 71.93 Fluxes of the Belly Page 4.37.53.79.84 Fits of a Furor Vterinus Page 19 Fits of the Head ach Page 32 Fluor-Albus in Women Page 48 Fumigation for pains in the Eyes and over-great Driness and when one fears the beginning of a Cataract Page 74 Fits of the Mother Page 9.65 Furor Vterinus to cure Page 19 G GRavel to Expel Page 25.83 Gleetings a good Liquor Page 28 Gripes and Fluxes Page 37.84 Gonorrheaa Page 45 Gums to fasten and help Page 8 Gums Scorbutick Page 68.92 H HEad to clear Page 3 Head-ach Page 17.31 Hiccup in Fevers ibid. Hordeum on the Eye-Lids Page 42 Hysterick Affections Page 9 Humours hot and sharp in the Eyes Page 73 I INflamation of the Eyes Page 23.42.80 Itch a good Medicine Page 33 Inflammation dry Page 75 K KIngs-Evil a useful Drink Page 24.82.94 Kings-Evil an approved Remedy Page 26 L LEprosy a Specifick Page 16 M MEdicine for the Dropsie Page 5 Medicine for Hysterical Affections Page 9 Medicine for Genus Nervosum ibid. Medicine to cleanse the Womb Page 18 Medicine for the Tooth-ach Page 21 Menses suppressed Page 39 Medicine to kill Tetters Page 44 Medicine to prevent Driness and some other Disaffections of the Eyes Page 64 Medicine for the Stone by a Famous Emperie Page 64 Medicine for Fits of the Mother Page 9.65 Medicine for the Cholic Page 66 Medicine for Scorbutic Gums and to fasten the Teeth Page 68.92 Medicine for a Stroke or Contusion of the Eyes Page 69 Another excellent Medicine for a Bruise in the Eye Page 70 O OCulorum Propter gravedinem dolorem Page 75 P PAin of the Teeth from Rheum Page 3.36 Pain in the Eyes Page 75 Plaister preferr'd to the Soap Plaister Page 28 Pericarpium for Agues Page 14 Pleurisie Page 36.56 Piles Page 52 Plaister to strengthen the Eyes and stop Defluxions Page 72 Pouder Styptick Page 11 Purging Electuary for Children Page 22 R RElaxation of the Vvula Page 59 Redness of the Eyes Page 38.58.77.85.89 Remedy for an Ague Page 13.30.44 Rheums a powerful Medicine Page 12.60 Remedy to take off Films and such like things from the Eyes Page 71.93 Remedy for sharp and hot Humours in the Eyes Page 73 Rheumatick pain of the Teeth Page 3 Running of the Reins to cure Page 45 Rheums to stop Page 60 Running of the Eyes Page 72.73.91 S SOap Plaister for the Gout Page 28 Sight to strengthen Page 19 Scurvey beginning Page 20 Stone in the Bladder Page 21 Strains Recent Page 41.85 Sternutatory to clear the Head Page 3 Shortness of Breath Page 31 Scrophulous Vlcers Page 40 Sores and Vlcers Page 49 Scorbutick Gums Page 68.92 Stroke of the Eyes Page 46.93 Sleep wanting Page 50 Stenching of Blood Page 11.55.57.88 Stone a famous Medicine Page 64.91.95 Stoppage of Vrine Page 25.30 T TErms to provoke Page 39 Teeth to fasten Page 8.92 Tumours a Fomentation ibid.
TAke Oil of Wax and with it moisten well a little Cotton and thrust it up into the hollow Tooth letting it lie there till the pain be sufficiently asswag'd 51. An often try'd Medicine for the Bloody-Flux being good also for Pleurisies GIve the weight of an Escu D'or or near one dram of the Seed of Sophia Chirurgorum in English Flax-seed in two or three spoonfuls of any convenient vehicle once or twice a day 52. The Cinamon Drink good in Gripes and Fluxes c. TAke two ounces of calcin'd Hart's-horn pouder it and boil it in three pints of spring-Spring-water till a pint be wasted then take it off the Fire and infuse in it an ounce and half of good Cinamon setting it upon Embers in a cover'd Vessel for about an hour Then sweeten it with Sugar to your Palat and drink about a quarter of a pint at a time If taken for prevention only a fourth part of the Cinamon will serve the turn See Numb 9. 53. An easie but useful Medicine for redness of the Eyes TAke a Blanch'd Almond and about three Grains of Camphire and in a Glass or a Marble Mortar incorporate them by wary grinding and then add to them little by little two or three ounces of red Rose-water still grinding them till the whole be brought to a kind of Emulsion Drop a little of this into the part affected See Numb 10. 54. A most excellent Balsam for any green Wound of what Nature soever OYl of St. John's-wort and Venice-Turpentine of each a like quantity set them over the Fire in a gentle heat half an hour or less that they may incorporate Then put them up and keep it for use as one of the best of Balsams 55. A good Medicine for suppression of the Menses GIve for three Mornings together about the expected time of the Monthly Evacuation a dram or dram and half or thereabouts of the Gauls and Livers of Eels dry'd and made into Pouder 56. An experienced Remedy to prevent Apoplectic Fits MAke at the crossing of the Sutures and Issue with Diapalma and Oil of Vitriol and keep it open the ordinary way 57. To dry up or correct the Humour that makes Scrophulous Ulcers TAke of the Bone of the Cuttle-fish and having reduc'd it to an impalpable Pouder give about one dram of it at a time in any convenient vehicle 58. An effectual Medicine for a recent Strain TAke a handful of Wormwood-Leaves and boil them in strong Ale till the Consumption of about a third that you may reduce them to the Form of a Cataplasm which when you take from the Fire you must strengthen by putting into it two or at most three of Brandy and apply it very warm renewing it if need be in twenty four hours at least See Numb 11. 59. For a slight Inflammation of the Eyes as also a Hordeum growing on the Eye-lid TAke fresh Housleek and having pouder'd it very well to a kind of Cataplasm cover as much as is needful of it for example sake to the thickness of a half-Crown or a Crown-piece in the fold of a Rag or Linen-cloth that may be so apply'd that the Cataplasm may reach the Eye and the rest of the Cloth be fastned about the Patient's Head Let the Medicine lie on all Night and be taken off the next Morning Repeat this Application two or three times in case there be need 60. For most Astmatic Distempers TAke of the Roots of Elecampain thinly slic'd one ounce of the Leaves of Ground-Ivy a good handful Boil these in three pints of Spring-water to a quart then strain the Decoction sweeten it with a little live Honey and let the Patient take it five six or seven spoonfuls at a time Note well Remember the efficacy of Saffron in the same Disease as 't is commended by Mr. Ray in his Catalogue of Plants See Numb 12. 61. For an Ague TAke of the Bone call'd Patella of the Knee of a dead Man and having reduc'd it to fine Pouder give of it as much as will lie upon a Groat or a Six-pence for one Dose in any proper Conserve or fit Vehicle at a convenient time before the cold Fit 62. An experienced Medicine to kill Tetters TAke of Flowers of Brimstone Ginger and Burnt-allum of each alike mingle them well and of this mixture incorporate as much with new unsalted Butter as is requisite to bring it to the consistence of an Unguent With this anoint the part affected as hot as the Patient can well endure it and let it stay on all Night and the next Morning wash it off with Celandine-water But when the Patient goes to Bed he is to take a Dose of some Alexipharmacal Medicine as Gascon's Pouder Treacle c. to keep the Humour from being driven into the Mass of Blood He is also to bathe the part oftentimes in a day with the Celandine-water 63. To make a good Pouder for a Gonorrhaea TAke of choice red Coral and of Mastich equal parts reduce them separately to fine Powder Mingle them very well and of this mixture give about thirty or forty Grains for one Dose 64. A choice Medicine for a slight Stroke or Bruise of the Eye TAke two spoonfuls of Fennel-water or of Betony-water and drop into it three or four drops or five at most of good clarify'd Honey shake them well together and use them twice or thrice a day But you must have a care to make this mixture fresh once in four or at most in five days especially in Summer for if it be longer kept 't will be apt to grow sowr 65. An often try'd external Medicine for an Erysipelas TAke the Blood of a Hare 't is best if kill'd by Hunting in March and if you can have it fresh anoint the part affected with it otherwise apply on it a Linen Rag that has though a good while ago throughly imbib'd the fresh Blood of that Animal and dry'd in the Air. But if the imbued Linen be too hard or stiff it must be softned with a little fair water and then the cold taken off apply'd to and bound upon the part See Numb 13. 66. An Emperics much boasted Remedy for the Fluor Albus or Whites in Women MAke a strong Decoction of the Herb Alchymilla in English Ladies-Mantle and let the Patient drink of it about half a pint every Morning fasting and if the case be urgent make an Injection of the same Plant boil'd till it be very tender and let the Patient make use of it from time to time See Numb 14. 67. An excellent Water for Ulcers and Sores try'd with great Success TO a quart of Spring-water take one dram of Mercury sublimate finely pouder'd and when 't is quite dissolved drop into the Solution either Spirit of Sal Armoniac which is best or Oil of Tartar per Deliquium till you see that no more will manifestly precipitate This done filter the mixture through Cap-paper and reserve the Precipitate for other uses The Liquor
bring away what is or should not be left in the Womb of a Puerpera though it were part of a Dead Child WIth the Juice of Sheeps Sorrel and some of the strong infusion of the same Herb unpress'd in Water and a sufficient quantity of Sugar make a Syrup Of which let the Patient take about a Spoonful a little more or less as need may require twice or thrice a day 14. A try'd Medicine to take away Corns THe parts being made soft with Bathing and scrap'd apply to the Corn a Plaister of Shoe-maker's-wax but if the part be very tender your Plaister may consist of equal parts of Shoe-maker's-wax and Diapalma melted together and spread somewhat thin 15. To make an Excellent Styptic Pouder to stench Blood TAke of White Sugar-Candy Roach-Allom burnt but not too much calcin'd and white Vitriol and pulverize them exceeding well and mix them diligently and having dip'd Plagets of Flax or Lint moistened with the White of an Egg into this Pouder apply them to the Orifices of the Bleeding parts Note well 't will do very well after the dry Ingredients are mix'd to grind them with as much Whites of Eggs beaten to water as will make a Paste which is afterwards to be throughly dry'd in the Air and then again reduc'd to Pouder 16. For a Tooth-ach proceeding from Defluxion or Rheum from the Gums DIssolve one ounce of choice Japan Earth in a Pint at least of good Red or Claret Wine and let the Patient hold in his Mouth often and a good while together 17. To prevent the Fit of an Ague or cure that Disease TAke of the scraping or gratings of the Root of Angelica half a dram and of the Flowers of Antimony mix them well and let the Patient take them at the usual times Note here That the Flowers of Antimony are not to be given inwardly in Substance but only in Infusion for in Substance they will hazard life bringing first strong Convulsions and then Death But you may make the Medicine thus See Numb 5. 18. To make an often try'd Pericarpium for Agues especially Tertians TAke a handful and a half of fresh Rue half a handful of fresh Sage a small spoonful of Bay-salt and a spoonful of good Vinegar Beat all these very well together into an uniform Mass which divide into two parts and make thereof two Wrist Plaisters to be apply'd at the usual times before the Fit and to be renewed if there be Occasion to keep them on till they grow dry and troublesom 19. For the Cholic â„ž ORange Peels dry'd till one may grate them to Pouder and when they are pulveriz'd take about a spoonful of the Pouder at a time mix'd with a little white Sugar to sweeten it in or before some spoonfuls of any convenient Vehicle 20. An approved Remedy for Present Deafness TAke of the Breast Milk of a Woman that has had her first Male Child some time before and drop three or four drops of it warm as it comes from the Nipple into the part affected 21. A choice Medicine for Burns TAke Goose-grease which the Country People call the Leaf of a Goose and having softly melted and a little skim'd it squeeze into it as much freshly exprest Juice of Ground-Ivy-Leaves as by continual stirring will bring it to the consistence of a Green Oyntment With this anoint the part it self affected and afterwards lay on it fine old Rags well dipt in the same Ointment 22. An External Remedy almost Specific for the Leprosie TAke Pomatum one ounce Flower of Sulphur one dram Sal Prunellae half an ounce and having mixt them very well together from time to time anoint the part affected therewith as long as there is need 23. For the Head-ach TAke green Hemlock that is tender and put it in your Socks so that it may lie thinly between them and the Soles of your Feet shift the Herb once a day 24. For the Hiccup even in Fevers GIve two or three preserved Dampsons at a time 25. A Simple Remedy for the Cholic IN a Draught of any convenient Liquor dissolve about one dram of good Salt of Tartar and let the Patient take it for one Dose 26. An Experienced Medicine to cleanse the VVomb TAke a large white Onion cut it into small pieces and boil it in about a pint of Water or less as if it were to be dressed for eating And of this Decoction give seven or eight ounces for a dose mix'd with about half an ounce of fresh Oil of Walnuts 27. To appease the Fits of a Furor Uterinus TAke the Feathers of Partridges it matters not much from what part of the Fowl and burn them for a competent time under the Patient's Nose 28. A very good Syrup to strengthen the Sight TAke about a small Spoonful of a Syrup made of betony-Betony-water and Honey twice thrice or four times a day 29. An easily prepared but useful Drink for a beginning Scurvy TO a quart of Small-Beer of six Shillings per Barrel or Small-Ale put over Night about a handful of Scurvy-grass-Leaves and let the Patient drink this Liquor at Dinner for his ordinary drink for six or eight Weeks together 30. A Parable Remedy for recent Burns APply as speedily as you can to the part affected an Onion or more if the burnt place be large beaten to a Mash 31. For the Tooth-ach APply a Plaister of Caranna to that part that burns between the bottom of the Ear and the Temples on the same side where the Pulsation of the Artery is the most manifestly or strongly felt 32. An Excellent Medicine tho not Curative for those that are tormented with the Stone in the Bladder TAke Pouder of Comfrey-Roots an ounce and half Marsh-mallow-Roots three ounces Liquorice Pouder two drams Seeds of Daucus of Creet two drams Seeds of Purslane of Winter Cherries of each half a dram Nutmegs two drams Saffron one dram the Species Diamargariton frigid six drams Syrup of Marsh-mallows four ounces mix and make a soft Electuary of which let the Sick daily take the quantity of a Walnut It is profitable against the Stone in the Reins and Bladder but chiefly against the latter as also against the Strangury Dysuria c. 33. To make a Purging Electuary especially for Children TAke an Ounce of choice Rhubarb reduc'd to fine Pouder and eight ounces of very good Currans pick'd wash'd and rub'd dry beat these together in a Glass or Marble Mortar for near two hours Of this Electuary let the Patient take about the bigness of a small or a large Chesnut in the Morning fasting and if need be at Bed-time If the case be very urgent the Medicine may be taken thrice in twenty four hours 34. An excellent Remedy for an Inflammation of the Eyes TAke a Pippin or other Apple cut it into two halfs take out all the Core of each of them fill up the Cavities with the tender tops of common Wormwood tie the halfs together and roast the Apple
that passes you must keep close stopt in a Glass-Viol and when you will use it you must dip Linen Rags in it and being throughly wetted apply them to the part affected single or doubled more or less as need requires This Application may be renewed twice or if the case be urgent thrice a day 68. An experienced Medicine for want of Sleep proceeding from great Heats of the Head TAke the palest Carrots you can get and scrape a sufficient quantity of them to afford scrapings enough to make a Cataplasm of about two Fingers or two Inches broad and of the thickness of a Half-crown piece of Silver or thereabouts Let the Patient apply this in a piece of doubled Linen to his Throat so that it may reach to the Jugular Vessels on each side when he goes to Bed and let it lie on all Night for it will not easily grow dry if the first Application do not prevail 't is to be apply'd the following Night and so a third and fourth time if need require 69. A Parable Medicine that has cured very many especially Children and young Boys and Girls of Convulsive Fits TAke of the Pouder whether made by Filing Rasping or otherwise of the sound Skull of a Dead Man and give of it about as much as will lie upon a Groat made up into a Bolus with Conserve of Rosemary-Flowers or any other that is proper to a young Boy or Girl But in Persons more Aged and Strong the Dose of the Pouder must be augmented to double the quantity The Medicine must be given often if necessity requires it If the Patient be a Child 't will be useful to apply to his Throat a kind of Necklace made of the Roots of Vervain cut into Beads 70. An easie and experienc'd Remedy for the Piles IN four ounces of Spring-water dissolve about one dram of Salt of Tartar or as much as will give the Liquor a manifest but not strong Alcalisate taste and apply soft Rags dip'd in luke-warm or somewhat more to the part affected shifting it from time to time 71. A succcssful Medicine for Fluxes of the Belly TAke Rice-Meal and mix with it about a fifth part of finely pouder'd and sifted Chalk boil these in Water or which is better if it agrees with the Patient in Milk and make thereof a hasty Pudding to be moderately season'd with Sugar and pouder'd Cinamon and let the Patient eat it at Meals and if need be at some other times 72. An often try'd Remedy for Corns TAke the Juice of Housleek and mix it up with about equal parts of the thick Balm or Yest that sticks to the Barrel or to the Clay that stops it Of these make a kind of Plaister which being kept upon the Toe for a while and then if need be renew'd will make the Corn very soft and easie to be drawn out and extirpated See Numb 15. 73. A good Medicine for Burns and Stenching of Blood DIssolve in Spring-water or which is better Rain-water as much Sugar as will make it a strong Solution and then with a sufficient quantity of Linseed-Oil or Oil of Olives beat up this Liquor till the Oil on it be brought to the consistence of an Unguent with which anoint the part affected as timely as you can renewing the Application as often as need shall require See Numb 16. 74. An approved Medicine for the Bloody-Flux being good also for Pleurisies GIve two or three scruples of Hare's Blood beaten to Pouder for one Dose to be taken in a spoonful or two or three of Mint-water or any other fit Vehicle 75. A very often though homely experienc'd Remedy for Dysenteric and other Fluxes TAke the fresh Dung of a Hog and if you can whil'st 't is yet warm and boil in a Poringer full of new Milk as much of it as may amount to the bigness of a Wal-nut and also an equal quantity of fine Mutton Suet slic'd very thin When these are well incorporated with the Milk strain them well through a clean Linen cloth and if there be need sweeten them a little with Loaf-Sugar Let the Patient take this warm once or twice a day 76. A powerful Styptic to stench Blood where it can be apply'd TAke the fine Pouder of Lapis Haematites made by grinding it exactly well with an equal or double weight of Sal Armoniac And of this high-colour'd Sublimate put a little upon the Orifice of the Vessel 77. For a slight Redness of the Eyes TAke of French Barley half an ounce and Damask Roses half an handful Boil them but very little in a pint of Spring-water and with this moisten the part affected See Numb 17. 78. For the Relaxation of the Uvula TAke blewish Pease or in want of them white ones and chew them very well so as to reduce them to the consistence of a Poultis Lay this warm upon the Crown of the Head to the breadth and thickness of a Five-shilling-piece of Silver or somewhat larger shifting it in the Morning and at Bed-time See Numb 18. 79. A powerful Medicine to stop sharp Rheums TAke a Dram of Catechu or Japan Earth and make thereof a Decoction in five or six ounces of good White-wine or else of some Distill'd Water or other Liquor appropriated to the Disease Of this give two or three spoonfuls at Night and in the Morning as much also if need require 80. The French-Man's Famous Eye-Water TAke two or three ounces of the Water of Simple Pimpernel distill'd in Balneo and put this into a little Pot or Poringer of Rose-Copper then put into it about the bigness of a Hazel-nut or a Filbert of strong Quick-lime Cover the Pot and let the Ingredients lie in it till the Liquor hath acquired a blewish colour Then very warily pour off tke clear and add to it as much live Honey as will give a little or but little Taste Use it after the wonted manner of such Waters and if you find it too strong dilate it a little with water of the same Plant or good Spring-water which for a need may be used from first to last instead of the Water of Pimpernel See Numb 19. 81. Eye-Water TAke Red Rose-water Plantane-water of each an ounce Tutia prepared half a scruple Lapis Lazuli prepared six grains red Coral prepared five grains mix and make a Collyrium or Eye-water This drop'd into the Eyes being first well shak'd cures Inflammations of the Eyes provided there be no great foulness nor Scrophulous disposition in the Patient It takes off the redness of the Eye-lids if with a Spunge dip'd in it the Eye-lids be often wetted it takes off Films very well 82. A safe and useful Medicine to prevent Driness and some other Disaffections of the Eyes TAke of choice Virgin-Honey two spoonfuls of Succory-water or the distilled Water of each four spoonfuls mix them and in a very clean Vessel over a very gentle Fire let them evaporate taking off from time to time any Scum that may arise
other Fluxes See Pag. 4. TAke Japan Earth Pouder of Rhubarb of each equal parts of which give half a dram at a time every Morning fasting Numb 2. A good Medicine for the Dropsie See p. 5. NOte An Infusion of Mechoacan in White-wine an Ounce and half thin-sliced to a pint being infused 24 hours and drank off every Morning for some days is a most admirable thing and if a little Mustard-seed be infused in it it will be so much the better Numb 3. A Medicine for Blood-shot or inflamed Eyes See p. 6. THere is no better a Remedy for inflamed Eyes than to wash them every day several times with this Take Frog-spawn-water a pint Salt of Tartar a dram mix and dissolve and wash therewith Numb 4. A good and innocent Dentrifice See p. 7. BUt that which exceeds all is a fine Pouder of Red Coral with which you may rub them two or three times a day and then wash them with Water in which Sal Prunellae is dissolved Numb 5. To prevent or cure an Ague See p. 13. TAke gratings of Angelica Root Flowers of Antimony of each half a dram choice Canary three ounces Infuse in a cold place for one or two days and pour off the clear for two Doses It is a singular good Vomit for the cure of Agues of all sorts being given in the Morning fasting 4 or 6 hours before the coming of the Fit and if it be not a Quotidian Ague then on the intermitting day Numb 6. An useful Drink for the Kings-Evil See p. 24. THere is no better thing in the World for the Kings-Evil than to give daily some spoonfuls of this following Liquor Take White-wine a quart Juice of Pellitory of the Wall a pint Spirit of Wine half a pint Sal Prunellae an ounce mix and dissolve then pour off the clear and sweeten with white Sugar Dose 6 spoonfuls Morning and Night Numb 7. An Experienc'd Remedy to expel Gravel and provoke Vrin See p. 25. TAke the Juice of Onions two spoonfuls White-wine half a pint or more mix them for a draught it gives present ease and if repeated for some time in a short season cures Numb 8. An easie Medicine for Costiveness See p. 35. A Turpentine Clyster thus made is admirable to cause Stools in a very great Costiveness Take Strasburgh Turpentine an ounce Yolk of one or two Eggs grind them well together then put thereto a pint of fat Mutton Broth and exhibit it Blood-warm Numb 9. A Remedy for Gripes and Fluxes See p. 37. A Most excellent Remedy for Gripings is a Tincture of Corn Poppy-flowers made with common Spirit of Wine of this you may give from a spoonful to two spoonfuls in Spirit of Opium half an ounce mixt with Black-cherry water four ounces This gives ease upon the spot Numb 10. A Medicine for Redness of the Eyes See p. 38. IF the redness be with a fierce hot Rheum it is from weakness of the Eyes and then the only Remedy is to wash them twice or thrice a day with Brandy there is no danger in it nor will it smart much Numb 11. An effectual Medicine for a Strain See p. 41. TAke Comfrey-Roots beaten to a pulp half a pound Pouder of Japan Earth four ounces Spirit of Wine a sufficient quantity mix and apply it to the part Numb 12. For most Astmatic Distempers See p. 43. TAke Juice of Hyssop choice Honey of each two pound mix boil scum and make a Syrup of which let the Sick take four spoonfuls or more Morning Noon and Night Numb 13. An external Medicine for an Erysipelas See p. 47. THe Blood of almost any living Creature is found by many Experiments to be a Specifick against an Erysipelas being often anointed on the affect or Cloths dip'd in the some being laid moist thereon Numb 14. A Remedy for the Whites in Women See p. 48. THe best of Remedies in this case after due purging is to give two three or four grains of Laudanum and to inject three four or six times a day this water Take Spring-water two quarts white Vitriol Roch Allum of each two ounces being in Pouder mix and dissolve let it settle and use only the clear Numb 15. A try'd Remedy for Corns See p. 54. TAke Ammoniacum strained Emplastrum Diapalma of each an ounce Arcanum Coralinum half an ounce white Precipitate two drams mix them them well together and apply it only over the Corn being first cut as close as it conveniently can be Numb 16. A Medicine for Burns and stenching of Blood See p. 55. BUt for stenching of Blood there are but few Medicines which exceed the Colcothar of Vitriol whether wash'd and free'd from its Salt or not wash'd 't is but a common thing but will do more than a thousand much more enobled Numb 17. For a slight Redness of the Eyes See p. 58. ONe of the best of Remedies against Redness and Inflammation of the Eyes is often to wash them with this Water Take Frog-spawn-Water a pint Common Spirit of Wine four ounces mix them wash herewith five or six times a day and at Bed-time apply over the sore Eyes a Cataplasm of a rotten Apple Numb 18. For the Relaxation of the Vvula See p. 59. THis common Medicine is found very successful The Throat being first gargled with Claret-wine in which a little Roch Allum has been dissolved as hot as it can well be endured then anoint it with this Take Honey one ounce Pouder of Elecampane two drams Pepper in Pouder half a dram mix them and apply it thrice a day with your Finger Numb 19. A famous Eye-Water See p. 61. TAke Red Rose-water a quart Aloes in fine Pouder half an ounce white Vitriol Vitrum Antimonii Crocus Metalorum of each six drams mix and digest warm a Month then use the clear water three or four times a day it has scarcely any equal Numb 20. A Medicine to prevent Running of the Eyes See p. 63. TAke White-wine half a pint dissolve in it white Vitriol two drams filter or strain and therein dissolve choice Honey two ounces with this fill the Eyes two or three times a-day it is good against most Distempers of the Eyes Numb 21. A Medicine for the Stone See p. 64. TAke Strasburgh Turpentine two ounces grind it well with Yolks of Eggs and then mix therewith this following Syrup Take water a pint and half Sal Prunellae an ounce and half mix and dissolve and with Honey a pound boil it into a Syrup which add to the former mixture Dose two or three spoonfuls Morning and Night Numb 22. A Medicine for Scorbutick Gums and to fasten the Teeth See p. 68. THere is nothing fastens the Teeth better than to wash them with this mixture Take Claret-wine a pint Roch Allum half an ounce mix and dissolve and then add thereto six ounces of a strong Tincture of Japan Earth made with common Brandy Numb 23. For a Stroke or Bruise in the Eye See p. 70. TAke Celandine-water three ounces Spirit of Saffron one ounce mix them with which wash the Eyes several times aday and if the Eyes be very sore red or blood-shot after washing anoint them every time with a little pure Virgin Honey Numb 24. An excellent Remedy to take off Films from the Eyes TAke Pouder of Coral levigated one ounce Pouder of Pearls levigated three drams Crabs-Eyes levigated one dram Virgin Honey two ounces mix them and anoint four or five times a day but chiefly Morning and Night Numb 25. A Remedy for the Kings-Evil TAke Roots of Pilewort a sufficient quantity bruise them and boil them in Hog's Lard till they are Crisp after which press them hard out and boil in like manner as many more fresh Roots and press out again doing it the third time then keep the Ointment for use to anoint with Morning and Night Numb 26. A Remedy for the Stone GIve every Morning fasting and every Night going to Bed half a dram of the Pouder of Winter Cherries in a draught Parsly or Arsmart-water or in Glass of White-wine FINIS