serous humouâ— to be lock'd up in the body which ought to be excluded A Case A young man of about four or five and twenty years of age was verâ— much swell'd in all the parts of hiâ— body with an Hydropick humour who was thus cured He first took a Vomit of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum after that for six dayes he drank twice every day twenty grains of Sugar of Steel in a draught of White-wine and water mix'd then he sweat twice over-night and the next morning in a Hot-house After his sweating his swelling being somwhat abated he was able to walk a little Then returning to his Sugar of Steel he drank for six dayes more twice every day half that quantity viz. ten grains at a time in Water and Wine mix'd exercising as much as he was able after it and then sweating twice more as formerly In the mean time he kept himself as warm as he could possibly and all his drink was middle Beer wherein was infus'd Sage Broom and Wormwood Another was cured by the onely use of Steel taking ten grains of Sugar of Steel twice every day in Wine and Water for the space of three weeks exercising very well after it and in the mean time keeping himself as warm as he he could possibly CHAP. XXIV Of the use of Steel in the Cure of the Strangury or Pissing by Drops THe word Strangury signifies in its Original nothing else but a Pissing by Drops It is a disease in the Bladder incident to Aged people and Flegmatick persons when the Neck of the Bladder through flegme is so obstructed that the Urine cannot pass It is effectually cured by Steel that great Attenuatour of Flegm and Viscous humours A Case An antient Gentleman of eight and fifty years of age was often troubled with an Impediment in the making of his water who was thus cured At night when he went to bed he took half a dram of Mercurius Dulcis mix'd with a little Conserve of Red Roses from a knifes point The next day he began to take Sugar of Steel whereof he took ten grains at a time in a draught of White-wine and Water mix'd twice every day for fifteen dayes together after that for other fifteen dayes he drank every night so soon as he was in bed a good draught of White-wine Posset-drink warm In the mean time he kept himself to warm Diet which Diet was chiefly Flesh-meat and the Broth of Flesh-meat he abstain'd from Cheese New-bread Stale-beer and all manner of Fish except Shell-fish He kept himself alwayes very warm and would oftentimes eat Raisons and Figgs between his meals CHAP. XXV That Steel doth carry away the Reliques of those Diseases which it doth not Cure ALthough there are some Diseases which Steel doth rather Prevent than Cure yet is it useful also in the perfecting and finishing of the Cure even of such Diseases A Disease cannot truly and properly be said to be perfectly cured until the Reliques of that Disease be quite removed out of the body And for removing of the Reliques of Diseases I know no better way than to provoke Urine and to procure a moderate Transpiration both which are done by the use of Steel I deny not but that purging Physick may and ought to be given to such persons who in the time of their health were naturally soluble for the removing of the Reliques of Diseases But as I shew'd before in the fourth Chapter concerning Excretion Nature doth not primarily intend to separate Excrementitious matter from the Mass of bloud by siege or stool but by Sweat and Urine so that solubility of body is but a shift of Nature when the Ureters and Pores are obstructed as you may see more at large in the 4 Chap. As therefore the way to preserve health is to take care rather that the Pores and Urinatory passages be kept open than that the belly be loose Even so is the same care to be taken for the Restitution of Health and Restauration of Strength when the violence of a Feaver is once over Now as in the time of the violence of a Feaver I speak of a putrid Feaver the Physitian is constrain'd to imitate Nature in her shifts in using Clysters for the Evacuation of that matter which cannot at that time be carried out of the Body by Urine and Sweat so afterwards when that violent act of Putrifying which is Fermentation revers'd is past he is much more to Imitate Nature in that which she doth primarily intend by taking away the Reliques of the Disease after the order and course of Nature by the Pores and Ureters which victorious Nature after the conquest of the Disease hath in some measure opened for that intent and purpose And as for the taking away of the Reliques of Feavours Steel which is good to prevent them is necessary So is it also altogether as useful and necessary for the taking away the Reliques of that Disease wherein it is not at all concern'd either to prevent or cure I mean the French disease For certain tryal and proof hereof I appeal to the Experience of those that have been imperfectly cured of that Disease whether upon some Intemperance or cold taking they are not sensible of some returns of their disease Now seeing that those things which breed other diseases are a means to recruit this disease when it is imperfectly cured it followeth by a necessary consequence that whatsoever doth generally prevent and cure other distempers must carry away the reliques of this Besides there is no disease whatsoever but Nature doth in some measure strive against it and although Nature may not of her self be able to cure it yet when it is almost cured she may be able to perform what remains Now 't is well known that Steel doth very much strengthen Nature in all her Offices in opening the Pores and Uâ—eters and all other obstructed passages in lenifyng sharp humours in atâ—enuating others that are viscous and thick in putting a good consistence upon the Mass of bloud c. all which it doth effectually perform by that one individual Act of Fermentation CHAP. XXVI How Coral may be used for the curing of diseases in young Infants HAving discoursed of the efficacy of Steel for the Cure of diseases in all persons above seven years old I am now to Treat of Red Coral for the distempers of Infants But because the distempers of Infants are not so distinct from each other as that they can receive so many several denominations as the diseases of those that are Adult I cannot be so distinct in my Discourse I shall therefore by one Case onely represent the vertue of Red Coral for the cure of Childrens diseases Certainly Nature is much more industrious in attempting of her self the cure of distempers in young Children than in others because in young Children she seldom suffers the disease to come to that height whereby it can receive any certain denomination except in the Small-Pox Measells Rickets and Convulsions before she is endeavouring to cure it by throwing out the Morbifick-matter by the Inâ—estines when she cannot prevent the disease by throwing the same matter out as it first gathers by the Pores and Ureters Now whereas Coral doth as much conduce to the cure of Childrens diseases as Steel doth to the cure of others although the disease fall under no particular denomination but hath oneâ—y one general appearance from several causes yet may it be sufficient â—o shew the use of Coral in this one Case for all A Case A Child of three years old had upon it every day an Aguish distemper consisting of a cold and hot fit it was also much fallen away in all the parts except in the belly which was very much swell'd it was also very Thirsty and had a great Loosness which was thus cured It drank every morning half an ounce of the Syrup of Red Coral in five or six spoonfuls of spring-Spring-water and as much after the same manner at four in the afternoon for the space of ten dayes In the Night when it call'd for Beer it had given it small-beer wherein was infus'd Rubarb Cream of Tartar and Cinamon A dram of Rubarb sliced half a dram of Cinamon bruised and as much Cream of Tartar finely powdered were tied up together in a little Rag and put into a pint of small beer FINIS An Advertisement BE pleased to take Notice that the True Prepared Coral and Sugar of Steel is to be sold by Mr. Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhil And by Mr. Simon Miller a Stationer at the Star and Bible at the West-end of St. Pauls Church And nowhere else in London
Mensâ—â— let her continue taking the sanâ— quantity at the least twice so longâ— and let a vein be opened in the leâ— foot to the evacuation of eight oâ— nine ounces It is here worth our observatioâ— to take notice how this Sugar oâ— Steel drank in a draught of spring-spring-water twice every day with exercisâ— after it for a fornights space doth beautifie and enliven the countenance not onely of those who have the Green Sickness but of otherâ— also insomuch that there are scarce any who look so well but by taking of it will appear in their countenance much better livelier and clearer then before A thing which may in it self signifie the wholesomness of the Medicament Certainly were many of our Gallants in this City advertised of this â—â—ey would lay by all their Unâ—ents Paints and Washes which â—n at the best afford them but an â—rtificial hue and would betake â—emselves wholly unto this Sugar 〈◊〉 Steel whereby besides the beâ—efit and advantage of health they â—ight gain a clear lively becoâ—ing amiable natural complexiâ—n CHAP. XIV â—ow Steel conduceth to the cure of the Spleen THere are several Distempers arising from the Spleen Know â—herefore for distinctions sake That â—y the disease called the Spleen I â—nderstand both the swelling of the â—pleen which is accompanied with â—iolent pain by reason of the vaâ—ours distending those Nervous Fiâ—res which are in the body of the Milt or Spleen as also those Hypâ—condriack Vapours which are froâ— thence dispersed which fuming 〈◊〉 into the Head disturb and discoâ—pose the Brain which suffocate aâ— almost stop the breath beside eâ—tream pain and some other troublesome and pernicious symptomes A Case A Gentleman of about tweâ—â— eight years of Age having been 〈◊〉 fits for the space of four or five yeaâ— much troubled with violent pain 〈◊〉 his Spleen was thus cured He took ten grains of Sugar Steel in a draught of spring-waâ—â— twice every day for the space of 〈◊〉 dayes walking very easily after for he durst not move violently 〈◊〉 any time for fear of his pain aâ— after ten dayes intermission he toâ— it other ten dayes after the saâ— manner and so he did by courâ— every other ten dayes for the spa◠〈◊〉 half a year In the mean time â—hen he was by fits taken violently â—â—th his pain he had present ease by â—â—inking a draught of raw White-â—ine bloud-warm together with an â—ince of Syrup of Red Poppies â—ut his pain by taking of Steel grew â—ss and less every fit insomuch that 〈◊〉 two months time it was almost â—holly abated so that he needed not â—he White wine and Syrup of Popâ—y at the furthest above ten weeks â—nd that at the latter end not above â—nce in a fortnight although at first â—e was constrain'd to take it once in â—our or five dayes Another Case A Gentle-woman a Widdow of â—hirty seven years of age beinâ— veâ—y much oppress'd with Hypocondriâ—ck vapours was thus cured in the â—pace of ten dayes She drank twice â—very day twenty grains of Sugar of Steel in spring-Spring-water and in that ten dayes she bled twice in the footâ— to the quantity of about nine or teâ— ounces She took also for the first three nights a Bolus consisting of half a dram of Venice-Treacle halâ— a dram of Conserve of Red Roses and a grain of Opium A Boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old was cured of the swelling and pain of his Spleen by onely Sugar of Steel drinking ten grains at a time in a draught of spring-Spring-water twice every day for three weeks together A Maid-servant of twenty three years of age about the fall of the Leaf or Autumn was much troubled with Hypocondriack vapours every afternoon for three weeks or 〈◊〉 month together she was also taken after the same manner the Spring after And having tried many things to no purpose was at length cured by Sugar of Steel drank iâ— spring-Spring-water twelve grains at 〈◊〉 time twice every day for a fortnight â—fterwards fearing the return of â—er distemper and thinking with her â—elf that her cure might be wrought â—s well by means of the water as the Steel applied her self wholly unto â—he drinking of nothing else but water both at her meals and all other times This she continued for a year and half in which time â—he had not the least touch of her distemper But afterwards returning unto her drinking of Beer as formerly she perceived a recidivation of her disease so after that by drinking onely water again was â—cured This I relate to gratifie all those that are inclin'd unto Hypocondriack vapours which distemper may as well as any that I know be called Opprobrium Medicorum the shame of Physitians because so many labouring of this disease have come out of the hands of very able Physitians uncured Yet do I verily perswade my self that it might be cured in any person whatsoever by the onely use of Sugar of Steel and Water by drinking Water continually upon all occasions and Sugar of Steel in it at some times CHAP. XV. How Steel may be used for the cure of the Scurvy THe Scurvey is a disease proceeding from the putrifaction of the bloud which putrefaction hath its original from the defect of Fermentation For those particles in the mass of blood which are not by Fermentation embodied with the rest must needs act their particular parts upon the body they must needs either excoriate obstruct or putrifie c. according to their different qualities From whence it is an easie thing to conceive how a diversity of diseases may be produced in humane bodies from one and â—he same original viz. from an imperfect Fermentation of the mass of bloud The symptomes of that disease which is called the Scurvey are pains in several parts of the body especially in the Calfes of the Leggs and Thighs and sometimes Spots also in several parts especially in the Leggs and Thighs A weariness and loathness to stir An itching in the Gums and looseness of the Teeth Let the Patient drink twenty Grains of Sugar of Steel in the morning fasting in a draught of White-Wine exercising very well after it and as much at Four in the Afternoon after the same manner foâ— the space of Six or Seven Dayes After that let him sweat after this manner following In a Morning fasting after he hath made himself as hot as he can with good store of Cloaths and by putting his Head into the Bed give him the Liquor of Forty small Oysters wherein Twenty Oysters have beeâ— boyled as hot as he shall be able to drink it And so let him Sweat very well after it drinking a draught oâ— clear White-Wine Posset-drink very hot now and then during the time of his sweating After this if occasion be he may repeat his taking of Sugar of Steel after the manner above mentioned and so after that sweat again as formerly CHAP. XVI Of the use of Steel in the Cure of the Jaundise THe Jaundise is a Disease
viscous humors and that which by almost all Physitians is commonly prescribed for the same purpose And again there are many whose bodies seem to abound with viscous and gross humours yet by a secret instinct of Nature resulting from that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or proper temperament they do not only desire but do also very easily digest Cheese and Fish and other such things which most Physitians would strictly forbid them You shall have two persons of the same Temperament as near as any Physitian is able to judge the one shall desire Cheese and very easily digest it the other shall be sick even at the very sight of it The oâ—â— shall abhor Wine and strong Drinâ— who perhaps never drank any thinâ— beside water in all his life-time anâ— the other shall be unsatisfied and siâ—â— at his stomach if he drink not eithâ—â— wine or strong drink at all his mealâ— The one shall abhor Flesh-meat anâ— preserve his health by refusing it and the other though of the samâ— Temperament as far as any Physitian can judge shall much desire it and be very healthful all his life-time by reason of the use of it So that to prescribe a diet is noâ— so much the way and means to prevent as to produce diseases seeing that Nature the wisest of Physitians hath provided for every particular person a different and distinct palate which if not vitiated and corrupted by some accident doth truly distinguish of meats relishing or disgusting them according as they are wholsome or unwholsome for the body 'T is well known in Martial Disciâ—â—ine that he who stands Sentinel â—ath and ought to have full power to examine all particular persons beâ—ore he admit them entrance into the Garison Now suppose that some Deputy-Governour in the Governour 's absence should so far question the discretion of him that stands Sentinel as to take away all his power of Examining and in stead thereof give him in charge to admit without Examination all persons that have black hair and to exclude others This might be a means to exclude some Friends and to admit of some Enemies and so to destroy the Garison Every Physitian is Natures Lieutenant or Deputy Governour the Palate is that Sentinel which stands to examine every thing that is ingested into the body Now if the Physitian Natures Lieutenant should take away the Palates power of examination and in stead thereof give onely some general precepts whâ—â— and what not is to be ingested 〈◊〉 this means he shall by excludiâ—â— friends and admitting enemies râ—ther destroy than preserve 〈◊〉 bodies health and welfare CHAP. IIII. Whether Excretion by siege or stoâ— besides that by sweat and urine necessary to preserve health ANother way and means in uâ— amongst Physicians to preserâ— health and to prevent diseases to provide and take care that the be due excretion that the body 〈◊〉 kept Laxative or Soluble wherebâ— all that excrementitious matteâ— that shall by any accident be coâ—lected in the mass of bloud maâ— conveniently by siege or stool bâ— separated excerned and purged that so the mass of bloud may 〈◊〉 reserv'd sincere and pure in all reâ—â—â—ts fit for the use of nature This I confess seems to be someâ—â—at pregnant with reason yet notâ—â—thstanding experience doth clearly â—onfute it 'T is known by experience that â—any who are most careful by Art â—o preserve their bodies Soluble and â—axative are seldom throughly and â—â—rfectly healthful yet many others â—â—o are continually Costive who go â—ot to stool every day and perhaps â—â—metimes not above once in three â—r four dayes do enjoy their perfect â—ealth for many years together â—lthough it cannot be denyed but â—â—at most persons who are naturally â—axative are also very healthful â—et is it much to be suspected â—hether that Solubility of body â—hich some have beyond others do â—ot proceed rather from a deficienâ—y than perfection of Nature seeâ—ng also that most men are Costive â—â—d they that are Laxative are of the weakest constitutions Through the viscosity of hâ—mours obstructing the urinatoâ— passages through the coldness of tâ— body thickness of the skin 〈◊〉 closeness of the pores whereâ— transpiration is hindred industrioâ— nature being put to her shifts is â—cessitated to vent a great part of thâ— serous humidity by siege or stooâ— which she had rather throw out sweat and urine So that this Sâ—lubility of body may at the best stil'd nothing else than a good effâ— of a bad cause Although it be wâ— to be lik'd that Nature hath length found out a new chanel â—vent her superfluous humidity yâ— had it been much better if she hâ— never been so far put to her shifts to seek it Yet is it the common and geneâ— receiv'd opinion that Solubility body doth proceed from the peâ—fection of Nature and that in 〈◊〉 bodies she doth primarily intend 〈◊〉 how can this be any other than a â—gar errour Whereas those that 〈◊〉 commonly Costive are such as 〈◊〉 eat drink sleep digest exâ—ise and perform all other offices 〈◊〉 Nature perfectly and exactly 〈◊〉 on the other side those that â—on every small occasion are subâ—â—t unto Solubility or looseness 〈◊〉 either aged persons sickly and â—akly young Children Women in â—ilde-bed consumptive persons 〈◊〉 else others that are known by exâ—rience to be of the weakest conâ—tutions And besides that it is â—e intent and scope of Nature to â—parate any excrementitious matâ—â—r that may be collected in the â—ass of bloud by throwing it off toâ—â—ther with the serous part and conâ—ying it through the Ureters and â—res by urine and sweat it may clearly appear by that large quantity of Hypostasis or Sediment that iâ— in the urine of those persons that are â—ecovering from sickness and by their great inclination at that tâ— unto sweating So that whereas solubility of bâ— was never primarily intended 〈◊〉 Nature but onely made use of 〈◊〉 accident to purge the blood 〈◊〉 make such provision that the boâ— be kept soluble must needs be far from preserving health and pâ—venting diseases that it may veâ— well be thought to be a means 〈◊〉 disturbing Nature to destroy healâ— and to cause distempers CHAP. V. Whether it be Necessary for the Presâ—vation of Health to observe Ruâ— concerning sleep ANother means to preserâ— health in use amongst Phyâ—tians is to prescribe rules concerâ—ing sleep that it be not excessiâ— nor deficient but moderate agreâ—able to the Constitution Now wâ— must know that sleep is nothing else us a cessation of the exercise of the â—mal Faculties caused by a deâ—ency of spirits which spirits 〈◊〉 the onely promoters or setters 〈◊〉 work of the exercise of those â—mal Faculties The spirits are nothing else but a â—re Halitus or thin matter breath'd â—n the Mass of blood which as â—y are in a continual production â—ayes arising from the Mass of â—od so are they also in perpetual â—ence drawn out by External â—jects and continually losing themâ—ves in the air Now by the exercise of the animal
resolv'd viz. How is it possible that the same individual Medicament should be efficacious to prevent or cure several diseases oâ—â— â—â—fferent and perhaps of contrary â—â—ndes Which thing is evident and â—ear by what is here supposed It â—here supposed that Fermentation â—f the mass of bloud doth lenifie â—â—arp humours and yet attenuate â—hose that are viscous and gross that 〈◊〉 doth both provoke and yet stop â—he overflowing of the Menses and â—roduce many other such like effects of a contrary nature So that if any â—ne Medicament will but Ferment â—he bloud it may by the same reason produce different yea contrary â—ffects upon the body This is also to be exploded for a â—alse opinion viz. That Steel performs â—ontrary effects opens obstructions yet stops Fluxes by a diversity of parts which it hath in it self Whereas â—t performs these different effects onely by that one individual act of Fermenting the bloud seeing also that all other things as Coral Pearl Corallina c. which have a faculty of Fermenting do produce the same different effects I shall now she the use of these two Medicamenâ— first of the Coral for Children all thâ— are under seven years of age aâ— afterwards of the Steel for all otheâ— Men Women and Children aboâ—â— seven But this is first to be adveâ—tised that it is not here pretendâ—â— how the Coral and Steel do of theâ—selves perform the whole Act 〈◊〉 Fermentation but onely by Feâ—menting a little do put the Livâ— and Spleen upon their Office of Fementation even as exercise dotâ— whereof these are propounded as Succedaneum yet so as that soâ—â— exercise if possible is also to be use with them CHAP. X. â—â—w Childrens diseases may be prevented by the use of Red Coral which Fermenteth the Mass of Bloud â—Or prevention of Diseases in Children under seven years of â—â—e give them either the Magistery 〈◊〉 the Syrup of Coral or else Red â—â—ral prepared twice every day for â—ree dayes together once in a forâ—ight or thereabouts Give a child 〈◊〉 about four or five years old five â—raines of Red Coral prepared â—â—x'd with a little conserve of Barâ—â—ries from a knifes point in a mornâ—â—g fasting and let the child drink 〈◊〉 draught of spring-spring-water either â—â—eetned with sugar or alone imâ—ediately after it if it be in the â—â—mmer-time but if in the Winter â—hen a draught of white-Wine Let him fast at least an hour and if can let him exercise after it him do the like at four in the aftâ—noon and so the next day for thâ— dayes together Or in stead hereof he may tâ— seven grains of Magistery of Coâ— from a knifes point mix'd with 〈◊〉 pap of an Apple after the aforesâ— manner drinking wine or watâ— or both mix'd together accordâ— to the season of the year exerciâ— and fasting after it as aforesaid Or else he may drink half an ouâ— of syrup of Coral at a time in wâ— or water according to the seasâ— twice every day for three dayes â—â—gether as aforesaid Now although this be the wâ— and means to prevent such Diseâ— onely as are apt to breed within 〈◊〉 body yet is it also a great means strengthen Nature to resist those â—ther Pestilential diseases as tâ— Measels and small Pox which coâ— from without as also to enable tâ— body the better to encounter with â—â—se diseases in case they should â—pen For doubtless the onely â—son why when the seeds of those â—stilential diseases are sown in seveâ— bodies some die others languish â—ong time and others speedily reâ—er is this viz. because some â—lies are of a better Crasis or Temâ—ament than others And this also â—n undeniable truth that the Euâ—sie and Dyscrasie of all bodies do â—cessarily depend upon the more â—fect or imperfect Fermentation the mass of Bloud And here that not onely a rational â—t also an experimental satisfaction â—y be given unto all persons whatâ—ver concerning the efficacy of â—ral for prevention of Childrens â—eases I shall propound this folâ—wing Experiment Give of Red Coral twice every â—y six or seven dayes together â—ccording to any of those wayes beâ—â—oe mentioned unto ten several children which have contractâ— some general distemper not sâ— as may bear the denomination of a particular disease but so as it mâ— clearly appear that they are indisâ—sed and not perfectly well as mâ— perhaps appear by their loss of â—â—petite by the more then ordinaâ— Paleness and Wanness of their Coâ—tenance or by other some such-â— infallible signes and tokens tâ—â— have upon them no particular 〈◊〉 ease but onely that which Phyâ—ans call a general Cachexy that an immediate inclination or dispâ—tion unto all manner of diseases 〈◊〉 say give unto ten such Childâ— twice every day for six or seâ— dayes together of this Red Corâ— according to any of those wayes bâ—fore mentioned and you shall â—â—serve except somewhat extraorâ—â—nary prevent it that scarce one these ten shall continue to the spaâ— of those six or seven dayes unrestâ—red unto its perfect health After that make choice of ten â—ore Cachectically distempered â—hildren but give the Coral onely 〈◊〉 five and then after a few dayes 〈◊〉 shall observe the difference and â—t no small difference between â—hose unto whom you gave the Coâ—l and the other I appeal with â—uch confidence unto any mans exâ—ience because I know it already my own experience I know by experience that Red â—oral cures the Cachectical distemâ—rs of children as infallibly as Steel â—res the Green Sickness and I â—annot perswade my self but that â—he effect is performed upon this â—â—count Those Cachectical distemâ—rs proceed from an imperfect Ferâ—entation Coral Ferments whereâ—e by taking away the cause it reâ—oveth the effect also according to â—at old worn yet true Axiome â—blat â causâ tollitur effectus CHAP. XI How the Diseases of those persâ— which are above seven years 〈◊〉 may be prevented by the use of Stâ—â— AS Coral for young Infants Steel for all others above â—ven years old is if rightly made of a great preventer of Diseases 〈◊〉 preserver of health And amoâ—â— those preparations that are as 〈◊〉 extant there is none comparaâ— unto that which goes under the 〈◊〉 nomination of Sacharum Martis Sugar of Steel The use whereof to the Prophylactical or Preservatâ— part of Physick is as followeth Let any healthful person drink grains of Sugar of Steel in a draâ—â—â— of spring-spring-water in the morâ—â— fasting exercising and fasting at 〈◊〉 least an hour after it Let him her do the like also at four in the â—ternoon and so the next day and 〈◊〉 next after that for five or six â—â—yes together And after a months â—ermission the same course is to be â—ated Note this water is to be used in â—â—e Summer-time but in the Winâ—â—r the Sugar of Steel is to be dissolâ— in white-wine in stead of water â—pring time and in Autumn water 〈◊〉 wine may be mingled together â—or a Boy of eight ten or twelve â—â—s old six seaven or eight grains 〈◊〉 be
well known by the Yellowness of the Skin which is commonly first discovered in the Eyes which oftentimes produceth Pain and Dizziness in the Head want of Appetite and Digestion with some other symptomes 〈◊〉 is caused by a thick and viscous huâ—our which obstructeth that passage â—hich is called Meatus choledoâ—us the Chanel or Passage through â—hich the Yellow Choler containâ—d in the Vesicula fellea or Bladder â—f the Gall according to the course â—f Nature is transmitted from â—ence into the Intestines For when â—at passage is obstructed the Yelâ—w Choler is thrown out into the â—ass of bloud by the same way that 〈◊〉 was first conveyed into the Bladâ—er of the Gall even as when the â—ylorus or lower Orifice of the â—tomack is stopt that which was inâ—ested is oftentimes thrown up by â—omiting the contrary way Now â—hen the Yellow Choler is thrown â—p out of the Bladder of the Gall â—to the mass of bloud and Nature â—tending alwayes when she is able â—o purge and cleanse the bloud of its â—xrements by Urine and Sweat â—ence it is that both the Urine â—â—d Skin do receive the yellowness and tincture of the Choleâ— To say nothing how this viscoâ—â— humour proceeds from the want oâ— Fermentation the cure is chiefe perform'd by Steel although peâ—haps sometimes there may be occâ—sion to make use of somewhat else 〈◊〉 subservient unto it There is that which is called thâ— Black as well as the Yellow Jaunâ—clise which proceeds from somâ— matter thrown out from the Spleeâ— into the mass of bloud even as thâ— Yellow doth from some of the matter contained in the Gall. The Black Jaundise is cured bâ— the onely use of Steel in manner foâ—lowing Give the Patient Twenty Grains of Sugaâ— of Steel in a draughâ— of White Wine in the Morning Fasting and as much after the samâ— manner at Four in the Afternoon for ten dayes together Let the like be done also for thâ— Yellow Jaundise except that thâ— White-Wine wherein the Steel is t◠〈◊〉 dissolved is first to be coloured â—th Saffron Or else let the Patient take the â—antity of a Nutmeg of this Electuâ—y following from a Knifes point â—ery Morning Fasting drinking Ten â—rains of Sugar of Steel in a draught 〈◊〉 White Wine after it and as much Four in the Afternoon after the â—me manner for Ten or Twelve â—â—yes together The Electuary Take of Cardamom-seed Longâ—epper and Turmerick all finely â—owdered of each a Dram. Saffron â—owdered half a Dram. Conserve of â—osemary-Flowers two Ounces â—ith as much Syrup of the Five â—pening Râ—â—â—â—s as is sufficient Make â—hereof an Electuary to be taken as â—bove mentioned CHAP. XVII How Steel conduceth to the Cure 〈◊〉 the Mother THe Mother is a distemper peculiar unto Women whosâ— symptomes are hinderance oâ— the exercise of the Animal Faculties by Fits or Paroxysmes as also 〈◊〉 hinderance of Respiration which symptomes are caused by Vapours ascending from the Mother oâ— Wombe The Vapours ascendinâ— to the Brain do hinder the exercisâ— of the Animal Faculties and withalâ— elevating and raising the Matrix oâ— Wombe so that there is a compression made upon the Diaphragma they do also hinder Respiration It is a distemper easilier prevented than cured and easilier cured at the first than afterwards when the â—apours have for some time been â—bituated to ascend For then upâ—â— every small commotion or disturâ—nce of the mind they are apt to â—â—end and cause the Paroxysme â—is is too well known by experience â—hich verifies that Maxime Habiâ—s est qualitas difficulter mobilis Therefore by how much the longer â—e distemper hath continued so â—uch the longer time must the Steel â—e used Give the Patient 15 grains â—f Sugar of Steel in a draught of â—pring-water every morning fasting â—nd as much at four in the afternoon â—â—ter the same manner for twenty â—ayes together she may take it a â—nger time proportionably to the â—ontinuance of the disease or else â—termit twenty dayes and then â—â—ke it other twenty Here we may note that this Mediâ—ament is the most apposite and fit â—r this disease of any that can be â—iven both in respect of the Water â—nd of the Steel Water hath a natural propriety to allay vapouâ— and Steel hath a faculty of procuriâ— that which is called Deorsum tâ—dentia a motion downwards boâ— which are required in the cure 〈◊〉 this disease Hence it is that 〈◊〉 onely water but every thing eâ— that is apt to allay vapours is knoâ—â— by experience to be good for thâ— distemper and on the contrarâ— things apt to raise vapours to bâ— hurtful So are all other things besides Steel which are apt to make motion downward known by eâ—perience to be good as the takiâ—â— Tobacco the burning of Featherâ— the smoak of Assa-Foetida and 〈◊〉 other stinking smells the fume 〈◊〉 Benjamin Storax and Frankiâ—cense receiv'd up into the body aâ— suck-like How the Steel performs this effeâ— of making a motion downward whether it be by its Elementaâ—â— form or some other Specifick quâ—lity and by what means the watâ— â—oth produce its effect of allaying â—pours it is not in this place to â—ntrovert CHAP. XVIII Of the Cure of the Gout by Steel THe Gout is an extream pain in the joynts caused by an huâ—our setling there and sometimes â—ntrefying whereby the Tendons â—hich are exquisitely sensible are â—stended The matter setling and residing in â—e joynts is the Seminifick or Sperâ—atick part of the bloud hence it is â—at Eunuchs Women and those that â—re under Age are seldom or never â—oubled with this disease A Case A Gentleman an Antient Batcheâ—our of about forty years of age was very much and often tormenteâ— with the Gout who after the tryâ— of many things to no purpose wâ— at length thus cured He drank tâ— grains of Sugar of Steel in a draughâ— of spring-Spring-water every morning faâ—ing and as much at four in the aâ—ternoon for a month together anâ— applied to the part affected the puâ— of a roasted Turnep as hot as he waâ— able to bear it After the monâ—â— was expired he left taking the Steeâ— but continued the Water drinkinâ— it constantly at his meals and all otheâ— times this he did for the space 〈◊〉 two years during which time 〈◊〉 had little or no pain in his joynts onely now and then some smaâ— touches which he could cure himselâ— immediately by applying the puâ— of a roasted Turnep mix'd with 〈◊〉 little Saffron to the part affected After the two years he married 〈◊〉 young Gentlewoman in whom bâ— much delighted and then notwithstanding his return unto drinking 〈◊〉 â—â—er and somtimes Wine as formerâ— he continued well Another Gentleman a Batchelor 〈◊〉 about thirty years of Age was â—red onely by drinking Water â—here note that Water hath of it â—f a Specifick faculty of curing the â—out and on the contrary Wine is 〈◊〉 to Exasperate that disease So â—at the Reader is here to be adversed that although for prevention 〈◊〉 Diseases I have
propounded â—gar of Steel to be drank in the â—mmer-time in Water and in the â—inter in White-wine in the Spring â—d Autumn in Water mix'd with â—ine yet for prevention of the â—out those persons who suspect or â—r it must drink it any time of the â—ar in water I counsel them also 〈◊〉 drink Wine very seldome or neâ—r and to use as much exercise as â—ay be CHAP. XIX Of the use of Steel in the Cure of Consumption A Consumption is truly and prâ—perly an Ulcer in the Lungâ— which by putrifying and spreadiâ— doth waste and consume the Lungs although generally it is taken for aâ— kind of Languishing and Consumiâ—â— of the Body It is of all disease considering the time that the Phyâ—tian hath to turn himself in the mâ— difficult to be cured therefore thâ— greater care is to be taken in thâ— cure of this disease that nothing 〈◊〉 omitted which may in any sort coâ—tribute to the benefit of the Pâ—tient It is bred of a putrid and also oâ— sharp humour in the Mass of blouâ— which humours continue such 〈◊〉 want of Fermentation therefoâ—â— â—l things that do add either to Acriâ—ony or Putrefaction must needs be â—urtful Et vice versâ For the cure of this disease there 〈◊〉 first a regard to be had unto those â—hings which are called not natural 〈◊〉 Air Diet Sleep the Passions of â—he Mind Exercise As for Air â—lthough considered in it self in reâ—ect of the Climate it is not easily â—o be distinguished whether it be â—etter or worse for the preservation â—f health seeing that many of all â—onstitutions are very healthful in â—ny manner of Air yet certain it is â—hat the Air may be better'd by Art â—nd corrupted by accident witness â—hat sad accident which many years â—nce happened unto one Mr. Smith â—nd his Family Mr. Smith the â—own-clerk of Grantham together â—ith his Wife Maid-servant and â—wo Children were all in one night â—ereaved of life by reason of the â—r vitiated through vapours arising â—om Charcoal removing unto a new house to dwell having its walâ— new limed and not throughly dried to correct the dampness of the aiâ— they placed a Pan of Charcoal 〈◊〉 the Room and having close shut thâ— Doors they went all to bed and iâ— the morning were found all dead Now seeing that the Air may bâ— accident be so corrupted as in 〈◊〉 short a time to make so great aâ— alteration as from health to death much more may it be so vitiated aâ— in continuance of time in Chronical and Languishing diseases in somâ— measure to increase the disease Thaâ— which either in the Air or ought else is most apt to increase that diseasâ— which is truly and properly called Consumption is either Acrimony or else Putrefaction Acrimoâ—â— cannot subsist in the Air being 〈◊〉 thing much different from its Elâ—mentary form For we are to understand by Acrimony matter consisting of Angular Atoms but 〈◊〉 Air matter consisting of Sphericâ— Atoms It remaines then that whatsoever 〈◊〉 the Air may be hurtful unto this â—sease must needs be Putrefaction â—nd indeed the Air is as much Obâ—oxious unto Putrefaction as any â—ther thing whatsoever Now â—hereas Air may be either more or â—ess putrid it must be either better â—r worse for this disease We are therefore to enquire into â—he quality of the Air in this reâ—pect and consider what Air is more â—r less putrid And this experience â—ath taught that in populous places â—n great Cities which are continually â—equented with a great multitude â—f people the Air is most of all â—utrid 't is probable it becomes so â—y reason of the breaths of many â—eople putrifying or else from that â—utrid matter which is continually â—hrown out of their bodies by Transpiration either sensible or insensible That the Air is most putrid in populous places it can be Demonstrated by no better an experiment than by the corruption of any kinde of flesh The Butchers all know by experience that any kinde of flesh-meat is sooner putrified and corrupted in the City than in theâ— Countrey which must needs be through the putrefaction of the Air. It is therefore expedient for all Consumptive persons who dwell in the City or any close place amongst many people to remove into a more open Air that the cure of their disease be not hindered by reason of the Air. The next thing to be regarded is Diet which is subject not onely to putrefaction but also unto Acrimony or sharpness whereby such a Juice may be conveyed into the mass of bloud as may by fretting and corroding exulcerate the Lungs Wherefore Salt although it resist putrefaction yet because it is apt to corrode is hurtful and so are all things sharp or sowre So is Stale-Beer and Ale if it lye long in the â—omack because by that means it is â—ftentimes made sowre But if Ale â—hich hath as yet contracted no â—wreness be drank very Warm so â—at it may immediately be conveyâ—d into the Veins and Arteries by â—eason of its lenifying quality it must â—eeds be profitable The much use â—f Bread is also very wholesome by â—eason not onely of its lenifying quaâ—ty but also in that it is apt to reâ—st putrefaction Flesh-meat is â—urtful especially in the City beâ—ause there it doth soonest putrefie â—dence it is that the City-Air is to be â—voided not onely in respect of it â—elf but also in regard of the Diet which it is too apt to corrupt As for Sleep it is also in this disease moderately to be procured Not onely because it doth recruit the spirits but also in that it doth â—etund the sharpness of humours and stop the motion of the Catarrhe â—or descent of Rheume upon the Lungs Hence it is that experience also teacheth that those things whicâ— procure sleep if discreetly used anâ— in this disease beneficial as Diacodium and Opium in Pil. è Styracâ— and in Pil. de Cynoglosso And so for the Passions of thâ— minde the Patient is in this diseasâ— to be pleased as much as may be because by inward discontent the putrid matter is lock'd up in the breast which Nature alwaies intends to expel as much as she is able by transpiration For this end is Exercise also if possibly it may moderately to beâ— used Exercise is in it self the best Diaphoretick or incentive to transpiration and certain it is that Nature alwaies intends by transpiration to clear the mass of bloud of its putrefaction Hence it is that the matter breath'd out from many bodies by sensible sweat is so Fetid or stinking Having premised thus much I â—m now to shew the efficacy of Steel â—or the cure of this Disease Herein â— shall consider those two cause of â—his Disease viz. Acrimony and puâ—refaction of the mass of bloud part or severally and first of Acrimony That sharpness of humours fretâ—ing and corroding the Lungs is â—ome cause of this distemper it may sufficiently appear by those things which do cure or at least palliate the
disease things which are Naturally apt to retund lenifie or asswage Acrimony Such are mild Ale New-Milk sweetned with Sugar the Liquor of Snailes made into a Syrup with White-Sugar-Candy and Snailes boyled in Milke Now that Steel is also endued with a faculty of lenifying sharp humours it may appear by this following experiment Put an Ounce or two of the filings of Steel into a Glass-Bottle unto which put a Pint of very sharp Vinegar or Juice of Lemmons let them be together two dayes and now and then shak'd up and in that time the Vinegar oâ— Juice of Lemmons shall have put of all its sowreness and shall become in a manner insipid That some putrid matter in the mass of bloud is a cause of this distemper may also appear by other things resisting putrefaction which palliate the disease as the Powder of Red-Rose Leaves and the Juice of Turneps bak'd c. And that Steel doth resist putrefaction may appear by this in that the Water wherein Sugar of Steel is put will not putrefie To say nothing of the Sanative or healing faculty of Steel as also of its Fermenting power by reason of both which reason will also admit that Steel may be a legitimate Medicament for this disease I appeal unto the experience of those persons that shall rightly use it A Case A Minister in the City of about â—hirty five years of age was thus â—ured He had first an Issue made in â—is lest Arm then went into the Country and for the first ten dayes drank ten grains of Sugar of Steel â—n a draught of spring-Spring-water every morning fasting and as much at â—our in the afternoon exercising very well after it his exercise was onely walking yet by that he heated himself very well being very well cloath'd and put himself into a breathing sweat the place where â—he walked was upon plow'd ground newly broken up After the first â—en dayes leaving his Steel he applied himself to the drinking of new Milk and Sugar morning and evenâ—ng which he continued for the space of a fortnight then he repeated his taking of Steel as before and after that Milk very warm from the Cow as formerly In the meanâ— time he comb'd his head very well every morning with a small tooth'd comb and once in two or three dayes had the ends of his hair cut and provoked himself to neeze every other day with a little white Hellebore grated and snuffed up into his nostrils As for his Diet he would eat good store of Bread with whatsoever else he did eat and oftentimes Bread alone and besides his taking now and then some of the Juice of bak'd Turneps with Sugar he would oftentimes make a meal of butter'd Turneps His drink was small Ale which he alwayes drank very warm both at his meals and other times after all his meals he sat still about half an hour then walk'd at the least an hour upon plow'd ground newly broken up the Chamber where he lay had its Casements open all the day and in the evening before he went into it 〈◊〉 was well warmed with a good fire â—nd perfum'd with Benjamin Storax â—nd Frankincense every night so â—oon as he was in his bed he took â—om a kises point the quantity of a Nutmeg of Conserve of Red Roses By this means he was not onely cuâ—ed of his Consumption but afterwards became more Corpulent and Fat than ever he was before In this case is represented onely the Practical part I shall now by Commenting upon the several particulars shew the Rationality of this Practice And first to say something of the person the Patient was a Minister We must know that of all men in the City Ministers are most Obnoxious unto Consumptions in that their Lungs are most of all strain'd and their bodies least exercised besides the weakning of their Brain by continual study Of which afterwards Orenge and Oyster-women and such-like which cry about the streets although they strain their Lungs yet they have this advantage that they are necessitated to exercise whereby they receive the greater benefit of Transpiration Doubtless the reason why Consumptive persons if they pass the midst of May do commonly scape for that year is onely because they have then the greater benefit of Transpiration For this reason the Patient used exercise and kept himself very warm with cloaths The reason why after ten dayes he left his Steel and drank Milk is this viz. Because although Steel doth both Lenifie sharp humours resist Putrefaction Ferment and Heal yet is it not Nutritive and the reason why after a fortnights use of Milk he left that also to return unto his Steel is this viz. Because although Milk doth both Lenifie sharp humours and also nourish yet doth it in continuance of time Obstruct and so by accident produce Acrimony or sharpness of humours For â—hensoever the Pylorus or lower Orifice of the Stomach is obstructed â—o that the liquid matter contained â—o the Stomach cannot in some conâ—enient time pass away it must â—eeds by the heat of the Ambient â—arts contract an Acidity or sowreâ—ess even as if the mildest Ale be â—lose stop'd in any Vessel and be set â—n some warm place it will in a â—hort time be converted into Aleâ—gar The reason why he smoak'd his Room with Benjamin Storax and Frankincense is upon the same account that he chang'd the City for the Country-air Some skilful Chirurgeons there are who by suming â—int with Benjamin Storax Oâ—ibaâ—um Frankincense Mastick c. can dry up old Ulcers of long continuance It is therefore very rational to impregnate the Air with the sume of such things as are healing and drying for an Ulcer in the Lungs seeing also that Air hath so great an Affinity with the Lungs that Experience hath taught how much it doth conduce to the recovery of Consumptive persons to change the Air. Nor is it without reason thâ—â— when he walked he made choice oâ— ground newly broken up because one cause of his disease was Putrefaction Now Experience teacheth that the Earth doth very much resist Putrefaction or rather prey upon putrid matter especially those foilâ— that are hungry and barren The reason why he had so much regard to the combing of his Head Neezing and cuting off his Hair was for the strengthening of hiâ— Brain For this we must know thaâ— the humours of the Body which are inclin'd to Putrefaction passing through the Brain which they are forc'd to do by the Circulation oâ— the bloud do there soonest putrifie when the Brain through weaknesâ— hath already contracted some Putrefaction It is the nature of all purid matter by corrupting and purefying to convert all it toucheth â—nto its own nature And the Brain â—f all the parts in the body is the â—ost subject unto putrefaction â—dence it is that Nature hath prepaâ—ed for it a fit Emunctory viz. the Nose for the purging of its Excreâ—ents which if stopped so that the â—xcrements of the Brain cannot â—ass
this disâ—â—se by preventing the cold fit â—used by the cessation of Fermenâ—tion And because that in Quartan Aâ—es the habit of Putrefying is not 〈◊〉 soon weakened as in others beâ—â—use it is there seated in a tougher â—umour it will not be amiss to give â—e Patient his Sugar of Steel in Sack â—ther than in water or at the least 〈◊〉 advise him to drink Sack very often For it is known by experience that the much drinking of Sack doth in a great measure help those that labour of Quartan Agues probably because the Sack embodying it self with the humour doth abate its toughness Now suppose there may be some Quartan Ague especially in the Winter-time which notwithstanding these means may yet remain uncured Yet must the Patient needs receive great benefit by the use of Steel in that it opens the pores and provoketh Urine whereby the Morbifick matter generated by the Quartan for other diseases may by Urine and Sweat be carried out of the body CHAP. XXI How Steel may conduce to the Cure of the Stone THe Stone is a disease Obnoxious unto all manner of persons whatsoever both Men Women and Children I my self have taken out of the Bladder of a Boy of â—bout eight or nine years of age a â—tone of the bigness of a Hens Egg. Stones are bred either in the Bladâ—er or the Kidneys of Gravel and â—ough Flegme and gradually augâ—ented oftentimes unto a very great signess especially in the Bladder which are either smooth or else â—gged and sharp according as one â—f those two Materials whereof â—hey are generated viz. Gravel or â—legme is predominant The smooth â—tones in the Bladder are generated â—hiefly of Flegm which oftentimes lying upon the Neck of the Bladder and couching close unto it do injury to the body by stopping the passage of the Urine The ragged and sharp Stones in the Bladder are bred of a greater quantity of Gravel than Flegme which oftentimes by their roughness and sharpness do excoriate and fret the Neck of the Bladder which is most exquisitely sensible whereby the Patient is tortured with extream pain That a Stone of the greatest bigness may possibly be dissolved it is without all controversie for experience hath taught that many who have been much tormented with the Stone after they have had severalâ— pieces of Stone com'd away with their Urine have been perfectly well Besides reason will very well admit that whatsoever by accident is generated in the body may 〈◊〉 well be corrupted and dissolv'd according to that Maxime Quâ—â—oritur moritur This even as all other distempers may be effectually cured if the cause can be removed All effects must necessarily cease when their cause is once taken away If that sharp Urine apt to produce gravel impregnated with a viscous matter can have its acrimony and viscosity abated it will then sooner dissolve than before it did produce a Stone Now it is well known by experience that Steel hath a faculty both to attenuate Flegm and to lenifie sharp humours wherefore it cannot be otherwise but that Steel must needs be a fit Remedy for this Distemper Give the Patient Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel in a Morning Fasting and as much at Four in the Afternoon in a draught of Spring-water for a Moneth together and let him Exercise after it if he be able As for his Diet let him by all means abstrain from New Bread and â—tale Beer Let him abstain also from Cheese and all manner of Fish except Shell-Fish of which let him eat as often as he will To drink New Whay often may be very profitable for him CHAP. XXII Of the stopping of all manner of Fluxes by the use of Steel THe word Flux is a general and comprehensive term whereby is signified any violent and suddain evacuation of humours of what kinde soever as well the overflowing of the Months in Women and the immoderate bleeding at the Nose as those Fluxes of the Belly viz. Lienteria Dysenteria and Tenesmus for all which there is not a more Soveraign Remedy than Steel and that upon a rational account For whether any Flux may proceed from Putrefaction or from sharpness of humours or from both 't is â—ot not material as to any impediment in the Steel to perform the Cure seeing that Steel as you may â—ead above in the Nineteenth Chapâ—er doth both resist Putrefaction and lenifie sharp humours And besides that it doth also very much strengthen the Bowels the weakness whereof is sometimes the cause of some Fluxes of the Belly it may appear by that quick and sharp appeâ—ite which it causeth in all that â—ake it A Case A Boy of thirteen years old had been troubled with a great looseness by Fits a year and half who was thus cured He drank for a Fortnight together Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel in spring-Spring-water twice every day And after that another Fortnight he drank Morning and Evening a draught of New Milk from the Cow and so did he do alternately one Fortnight he drank Milk and another Fortnight Sugar oâ— Steel in Water for a Quarter oâ— a Year A Childe of six Years old was cured of a Looseness by a Gad oâ— Steel quenched in all his Beer he drank A Young Man of Twenty three Years of Age was much subject to bleeding at the Nose who for seven Years together in the Summer-time bled constantly almost every day more or less and after the tryal of several things in vain he was at length cured by the onely use of Steel In the hot Weather when his Bleeding came upon him he drank twice every day Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel in a large draught of spring-Spring-water for Thirty dayes This he did so long in the Summer-time two or three Years together A Woman of Thirty two Years of age troubled with an immoderate Flux of her Months was cured by taking Ten Grains of Sugar of Steel twice every day in Spring-water for a Fortnight Another Woman not recovered out of Childbed much troubled with floudding was cured by taking Eight Grains of Sugar of Steel in a draught of Sack twice every day for six dayes CHAP. XXIII How a Dropsie may be Cured by Steel A Dropsie is a collection of the more serous and watry part of the Mass of bloud from the Veins and Arteries into several parts of the body caused through the want of excretion of that watrish humour by Urine and sweat through the Pores and Ureters When this watrish moisture is extravassated from the Veins and Arteries and diffused throughout the whole body iâ— is called Anasarea when it is collected in the Abdomen it is called Asciâ—es when in the Abdomen and mixt with Flatulency Tympanites But however it is distinguished by several denominations the general cause of all is want of Fermentation For this we are to suppose that iâ— there were a just Fermentation oâ— the Mass of bloud there would noâ— be those obstructions in the Poreâ— and Ureters for that