the Sick bends towards the well Side the Motion of Nature must be furthered by applying Cataplasms made of emollient Roots and Herbs of the Seeds of Flax and of the Flowers of Camomil to which being boiled bruised and pulped Meals Butter Grease and proper Oyls must be added whereby unless the Abscess break and cleanse it self by Urine the Matter breaks into the Cavity of the Belly upon which account sudden Death or an hectick Feaver follows Sometimes the Tumour swells outwards and then it must be opened by a Potential Cautery or with a Knife It also happens sometimes that the Tumours become Scirrhous the Feaver ceasing but the Pain continuing with a greater Sense of Weight and a Numbness of the neighbouring Parts which are most commonly incurable for the Sick falls into a Cachexy and Dropsie yet the Cure may be attempted by emollient inciding and digestive Medicines CHAP. LXXXIX Of Bloody Vrine BLood may be conveyed from many Parts to the Urinal Passages and be mixed with the Urine and so render it bloody but that rarely happens and we only discourse here of Diseases of the Reins and Bladder and of that bloody Urine which proceeds from the fault of those Parts The Blood flows from the Reins and Bladder as from all other Parts either by opening of the Vessells by a Rupture or a Solution of the Continuum but very rarely by reason of the Thinness of the Veins which carry Blood to these Places The most frequent causes are Fullness and Acrimony of the Blood and a Stone in the Kidneys a Fall or Blow the lifting or carrying of a great Weight violent Motion of the Body or the like When Blood flows from the Bladder it is little in quantity The Cure of this Disease must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes And first If it proceed from a great quantity or Acrimony of the Blood Bleeding must be used frequently but little must be taken away at a time and in this case Cupping glasses Frictions and Ligatures must be used to the upper Parts and Derivation must be made by bleeding in the Foot or by opening the Hemorrhoidal Veins When serous and Cholerick Humours promote this Evacuation they must be purged off by Catharticks used by Intervals Take of Rubarb a little torrified and powdered one dram of Coral prepared half a Scruple of the Whey of Goats-milk or of Plantane-water three ounces make a Potion Take of Cassia fresh drawn half an ounce of the Pulp of Tamarinds six drams of Bole-armonick half a Scruple with Sugar make a Bolus After due Revulsions and Evacuations or whilst they are used if there be occasion such things as restrain the Blood and heal the Veins must be given but they must not be presently used least the Blood should be stopt too soon and being thickned it should coagulate somewhere for this Purpose the Juice of Plantane fresh drawn is much commended four or five ounces of it being taken Morning and Evening which is also very proper in all Hemorrhagies but if it be too cold for the Stomach it may be boiled a little with Sugar Sheeps-milk is also much commended four ounces of it being taken with a dram of Bole-armenick but after takeing it the Sick must not sleep nor exercise himself Decoctions also of Knot-grass Horse-tail Purslain and of the Tops of Brambles sweetned with Syrup of Quinces or to qualifie the Heat of the Blood the following Apozem may be used Take of the Leaves of Lettice Purslain Plantane and Comfrey each one handful of the four greater and lesser cold Seeds each one dram of Jujubes three pair of Liquorish half an ounce of the Flowers of Water-lillies of Violets and of Roses each one Pugil make a Decoction to a Pint and an half in the strained Liquor dissolve of Gum-tragacanth a dram and an half of Syrup of Violets and of dried Roses each one ounce and an half of Sal-prunella half an ounce of the Troches of Alkakengi without Opium half a dram make an Apozem for four Doses To thicken and restrain the Blood more powerfully we may add to it an ounce of Syrup of Poppies If the Disease be lasting an Electuary may be made in the following manner Take of the Conserves of Roses and of the Roots of Comfrey each two ounces of sealed Earth and Bole-Armenick of Dragons-blood red Coral Blood-stone and Troches of Ambar each one dram of Hypocistis grains of Kermes and of the Seeds of Plantane each one scruple with equal Parts of Syrup of Mirtles and of Poppies make an Electuary whereof let him take the quantity of a Walnut Morning and Evening drinking upon it a little plantane-Plantane-water Dr. Gordon's Troches are also reckoned excellent in this Case But because Clots of Blood are wont to be retained in the Bladder and to occasion violent Symptoms for the Dissolution of them it will be convenient to drink warm now and then mallow-Mallow-water mixed with a little Vinegar but the quantity of the Vinegar must be so small that it can scarce be tasted Outwardly Topicks must be applied to the Region of the Loins such as are proper to cool and bind the Reins Take of the Roots of Bristort and of Comfrey each one ounce of the Leaves of Plantane Purslain Shepherds-purse Knot-grass each one handful of the Flowers of Pomegranates half an ounce of the grains of Sumach and Mirtles and of Hypocistis each two drams of the Cups of Acorns and of yellow and red Sanders each one dram of red Roses three Pugils boil them in smith's-Smith's-water with a little Vinegar strain the Liquor and foment the Reins with it warm A Bath may be made of the same Decoction the quantity of it being increased Take of the Juice of Plantane and of Blood-wort each two ounces of Vinegar half an ounce of Omphacine Oyl one ounce boil them to the Consumption of the Juices then add of Dragons-blood Mastich and of Pomegranate-peel each two drams of Champhor half a dram of the Countesses Oynoment four ounces of Wax a sufficient quantity make a Liniment Anoint the Loins with it frequently at the time you use it mix a little Vinegar with it Leaden Plates with many holes in them worn upon the Reins are very proper When the Voiding of Blood proceeds from the Stone the following Method has been found very successful by Dr. Sydenham who was much troubled with the Gout the Stone in the Kidneys and a bloody Urine and I have also found it very successful I drank says he two ounces and a half of Manna dissolved in a quart of Whey swallowing now and then a little of the Juice of Lemmons while I was purging to quicken this Cathartick which used to work slowly and to render it more pleasant to the Stomach It can scarce be said how much Ease I received about the Region of the Reins by the use of this Remedy for though they did not always ach before yet they were affected with a heavy and troublesom Pain and
of the Oak factitious Cinnabar and of Elk's Hoof each half an Ounce Dose half a Scruple or one Scruple Some find benefit by Shaving the Head and by applying to the forepart of it a Plaister Take of the Roots and Seeds of Peony of Castor of Misleto of the Oak and of Man's Skull finely powder'd each one Dram of the Plaister of Bettony two Ounces of Carrana Tacamahaca each two Drams of Balsam Copaiba a sufficient quantity make a Plaister spread on Leather and apply it to the Sutures of the Head Anoint the Temples and Nostrils often with Oyl of Ambar either by it self or mixed with Oyl of Copaiba Sneesing Powders and Apophlegmatisms must be used every Morning Take of white Hellebore one ounce of Castor and Euphorbium each half a dram of sweet Marjoram and the Leaves of Rue each two drams make a Powder which you may dissolve with Mustard in a decoction of Sage or hyssop and with it wash and gargle the Mouth Glysters may be used daily upon occasion 'T is said that six or eight Ounces of the decoction of Gujacum taken twice a day and the second decoction of it used for ordinary drink as is used in the French Pox will Cure this Disease CHAP. V. Of Childrens Convulsions CHildrens Convulsions in Latin Epilepsia puerorum are so frequent that it is almost the only Species of Convulsions They are chiefly subject to them in the first Month and at the time they breed Teeth but they also happen at other times and proceed from other causes in such are disposed to them Sometimes they do not come presently after the Birth but lye hid until the breeding of Teeth or not till a great while after and take their rise from other evident Causes either Internal or External as from an Unhealthy or Big-bellied Nurse from Milk coagulated or corrupted in the Stomach from a Feaverish Disposition from Ulcers or Scabs of the Head or of other Parts suddenly disappearing from changes of the Air or from the Conjunction or opposite Aspects of the Sun and Moon We must endeavour to prevent these Convulsions in Children and Infants or to Cure them when they are come for if the former Children of the same Parents have been subject to Convulsive Fits this Disease ought to be prevented by the early use of Remedies in such as are born after To this end it is customary to give to new-born Babes as soon as they begin to breath some Medicine proper for Convulsions Some upon this occasion give some drops of pure Hony others a Spoonful of Canary-wine sweetned with Sugar or Oyl of Almonds fresh drawn others give a drop of Oyl of Ambar or half a Spoonful of Epileptick water Besides these things used at first which certainly do good some other Remedies ought to be administred for instance give a Spoonful twice a day of the following Liquor Take of the Waters of Black Cherries and Rue each one Ounce and a half of Langius's Antiepilectick Water one Ounce of Syrup of Coral six Drams of prepared Pearl fifteen Grains mingle them in a Viol. The third or fourth day after the Birth make an Issue in the Neck and if the Countenance be florid evacuate by bleeding an Ounce and an half or two Ounces of Blood from the Jugular Veins but take care that too much Blood do not flow out in sleep rub gently the Temples with the following Linement Take of Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two Drams of Balsam of Copaiba three Drams of Ambar one Scruple mix them Hang round the Neck the Roots and Seeds of Male-peony and a little Elks hoof sewed up in a Rag Moreover Medicines proper for Convulsions must be given daily to the Nurse Let her take Morning and Evening a Draught of Whey wherein the Roots of Male-peony or the Seeds of Sweet Fennel have been boiled Take of the Conserves of the flowers of Bettony Male-peony and Rosemary flowers each two Ounces of the Powders of the Roots and Flowers of Male-peony each two Drams of red Coral prepared and white Ambar each one Dram of the Roots of Angelica and Zodoary prepared each half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Peony make an Electuary Let her take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening and be very orderly in her Diet. But if any Infant be actually seized with Convulsions because the Issue does not run well you must apply a Blister to the Neck or behind the Ears and if the Infant be not of a cold Constitution Blood must be drawn from the Jugular Veins by Leeches and Linements must be used to the Temples Nostrils and Neck and to the Soles of the Feet and Glisters which empty the Belly plentifully must be injected Moreover often in a day namely every sixth or eighth hour Specifick Remedies must be given Take of Oyl of Copaiba and of Castor each two Drams of Ambar half a Dram make a Linement Apply to the Soles of the Feet the Plaister with Euphorbium spread on Leather Take of prepared Pearls of the Powder de Gutteta each one Dram mingle them for twelve Papers whereof let him take one Morning and Evening in a Spoonful of the following Julap drinking after it one or two Spoonfuls Take of the Waters of Black Cherries and of Lilly of the Vallies each two Ounces of fennel-Fennel-water and Compound Peony water each two Drams of Syrup of red Poppies six Drams Take of the Powder of the Seeds of Rue of Castor of Assafaetida each a sufficient quantity mingle them and tye it up in a Rag sprinkle it with Vinegar and put it often to the Nostrils Vntzerus commends much the Gall of a Sucking Kitlin all the Juice being taken out of the Bladder and mixed with a little water of Lime-flowers and given to the Child An excellent Physician lately told me that he had known several Children cured with this Remedy When by reason of breeding Teeth difficultly Convulsions happen this Symptom is Secondary and less Dangerous and therefore does not require the first and chief work of Healing for sometimes we are more Solicitous to ease the Pain and take off the Feaverish Disposition And therefore a thin and cooling Diet is ordered for the Eruption of the Teeth either by rubbing or cutting the Gums and things that are anodine are applied to the swelled and pained Parts and here Glisters and Bleeding are often used and we ought to procure Sleep and to qualifie the Fury of the Blood in the mean while Temperate Medicines for Convulsions and such as do the least stir the Humours are to be used and Blisters because they evacuate the Serum too apt to be poured upon the Head do often give relief When Children are seized with Convulsions not presently after the Birth or upon breeding Teeth but from other Occasions and Accidents the cause for the most part of such is either in the Head or in the Bowels when the former is suspected as is wont to be
known by the signs which shew watry Humours heap'd up in the Brain the Medicines above mentioned must be used Moreover for those who bear Purging well a Vomit or gentle Purge must be prescribed Wine and Oxymel of Squills also Mercurius dulcis Rubarb and Rosin of Jalap are of good use when the cause of the Convulsions seems to be lodged in the Bowels or when Worms or sharp Humours in the Belly are the cause For Worms a Purge of Rubarb or of Mercurius dulcis with the Rosin of Jalap must be given and the following Medicines are also of use Take of the Roots of Virginian Snake-weed powdered one Dram of Coral calcined till it is white half a Dram make a Powder The Dose is half a Scruple or a Scruple twice a day for three days following drinking upon it the Decoction of the Roots of Grass Take of Hiera pitra and of Venice-Treacle each one Dram make a Plaister for the Belly If the Convulsions are thought to proceed from sharp Humours disturbing the Bowels or Stomach Purging upward and downward by turns is to be observed to this end a gentle Vomit of Wine of Squills or Salt of Vitriol is to be given Take of Syrup of Peony three Ounces Salt of Vitriol two Scruples of Compound Lavender-water one Dram mingle them give a Spoonful three or four times in an hour till the Child has once Vomited or went to Stool once But if Evacuation downward seem most proper give the Infusion of Rubarb or the Powder of it or Syrup of Succory with Rubarb or Syrup of Roses with Agarick And moreover Glisters are to be used frequently in this case and External Medicines are to be applied to the Belly Take of the leaves of Camomil cut small two handfuls put them into two Bags made of fine Cloth or of Silk which being dip'd in hot Milk and pressed out are to be applied successively to the Belly CHAP. VI. Of the Night-Mare or Incubus IT is commonly supposed by the ordinary sort of People that this Disease is occasioned by the Devil or an Evil Spirit 's lying upon their Stomachs which perhaps may be so sometimes but it also comes from meer Natural Causes as is supposed though what those are or where the Morbisick Matter is placed is not known when it is thought to come from Natural Causes the Cure is to be undertaken in the following manner Bleeding and gentle Purging is first to be used and afterward things proper for the Head as Powders of Ambar Coral Pearls the Roots of Male-peony Dittany of Crete Contra yerva and other things prescribed in the Chapter of the Apoplexy and the like But an orderly Diet is first to be prescribed windy Meats and such as are hard of Digestion are to be avoided and Sleep must not be indulged after Eating or Study and large and late Suppers and lying on the Back must be forbid Infants and Children are often troubled with this Disease the sign whereof is their starting in their Sleep and crying out violently and after they have had these Fits often they fall into Convulsions wherefore a right Method of Cure ought to be administred as soon as they seem to be disordered in their Sleep Inquiry must be made concerning the Milk they Suck whether it be good or not and whether it agrees with their Stomachs after they have Sucked plentifully they must not be suffered to sleep the Nurse must use an orderly Diet and let her take also Morning and Evening a Dose of a Powder or Electuary that is proper for the Head drinking upon it a Draught of Posset-drink wherein the Leaves of Sage or Bettany or the Roots or Seeds of Peony have been boiled Let the Infant take twice a day a Spoonful of black-cherry-Black-Cherry-water let an Issue be made in the Neck and let it lye sometimes on one side sometimes on the other and seldom or never upon the Back And Coral or the Seeds of Male-peony being hanged about the Neck or upon the Pit of the Stomach may do some good When they start violently often in their Sleep apply a Blister to the Neck or behind the Ears Moreover Morning and Evening daily give half a Scruple of the Powder de Gutteta in a Spoonful of Lime-flower-water CHAP. VI. Of Sleepy Diseases Coma Lethargy Carus and Apoplexy THere are four sorts of Preternatural Sleep Coma Lethargy Carus and Apoplexy which because for the most part they proceed from the same Causes and require the same Methods of Cure therefore they shall be treated of together in this Chapter The first and principal cause of these Diseases is a Flegmatick or Watry Humour contained in the Brain contrary to Nature Secondly Sleepy Diseases are wont to be generated by Blood abounding in the Brain and from extravasated Blood stopping or oppressing the Ventricles of the Brain sleepy Disease and especially an Apoplexy is sometimes occasioned Thirdly It is certain that a Comatose Disease proceeds from a Tumor that oppresses the Brain by its weight Fourthly Immoderate Vapors carried to the Head may be the cause of a Sympathetick Coma. Fifthly From the immoderate use of Narcotick Medicines inwardly taken so deep a Sleep is occasioned that many by the imprudent use of Opium have slept their last That Sleepy Diseases are occasioned by Flegmatick Humours stagnating in the Brain is known by a Flegmatick Habit of Body by old Age or Childhood by a cold or moist Season or Country by the Suppression of the Excretion of Flegm by the Mouth and Nostrils and for that the Sick before the coming of this Disease was afflicted with a Dulness of the Head Dimness of Sight and Unaptness for Motion and because in the Disease Flegm flows from the Mouth and Nostrils or falling upon the Throat is frequently swallowed down by the Sick That Blood produces a sleepy Disease is known by a Plethorick Disposition by Redness of the Face and by a Pain in the Head foregoing this Disease That the Sympathetick Disease arises from Vapors elevated to the Brain is known by the absence of those Signs which signifie an Idiopathetick Disease also by the signs of the peculiar disorder of the Parts from whence Vapors are transmitted to the Brain A very thin Diet is to be ordered at the beginning of these Diseases and when the Fit is off the Sick to prevent a Relapse must forbear all strong Liquors and be fed with Barly and Oat-meal Broths or with Chicken Broth and sometimes especially when he Purges with Chickens Lamb and the like When a Physician is first called to a Patient that is seized with a sleepy Disease he must endeavour by all means to rowse him by offering Violence to all his Senses and therefore he must expose his Eyes to the Sun-beams or to a clear Light his Ears must be filled with violent Noises and Clamours and the Sick must be sure to be called aloud by his own name sharp things are to be blown up his Nostrils the Sense of Touching
them beyond Measure especially if there be also a hot and moist Intemperies of the Brain they are retained by reason of an Obstruction of those Parts or too great an Oppression of them as in those that are flat-nosed The Disease of the Nose occasioning such a Stink may be known by its proper Signs But if there be no such Disease in the Nostrils we may conjecture that it arises from a putrid Humour contained in the Brain or Mamillary Processes or in the Os cribrosum The Prognostick of an ill Scent in the Nostrils which is occasioned by an Ulcer Polypus or Sarcoma depends on the Prognostick of them But that ill Scent which proceeds from Corrupt Humours contained in the fore part of the Head if it be lately come may be easily cured if it be inveterate it is incureable especially if it come from an ill Confirmation of the Nostrils as in such as are flat-Nosed The Cure is performed by taking away the Causes and by moderating the Symptoms The Cure of an Ulcer Sarcoma and Polypus are mentioned above but a putrid Humour contained in the Brain Mamillary Processes or in the Os Ethmoides must be carried off by Purging and Cleansing And first universal Evacuations are to be ordered which free the whole Body and the Brain from Flegmatick Excrements and if there be abundance of Humours a Sudorifick Diet-drink must be also ordered afterwards cleansing Errhins must be prescribed to remove the conjunct Matter And first Whitewine wherein Centaury has been infused must be put into the Hand and snuft up Morning and Evening or the Juice of Beet drawn with Marjoraâ— Water may be used but the following is more Powerful Take of the Roots of Florentine-orris half a Dram oâ— white Hellebore and long Pepper each half a Scruple of the Seeds of Anise and of dried Marjoram powdered each one Scruple of the Oyls of Nard Wall-flower and Violets each as much as is sufficient Make a soft Oyntment wherewith anoint the Top of the little Finger and anoint the Nostrils within or a Tent besmeared with the Oyntment may be applied Lastly To palliate the ill Stink sweet-smelling things may be often drawn up the Nostrils as an Infusion of Nutmegs in fragrant Wine Angelica Water and the like CHAP. XL. Of a Coryza COryza is a sort of Catarrh wherein the Fluxion falls on the Nostrils it 's easily known by the abundance of Moisture that is evacuated by the Nostrils 't is commonly call'd a Cold or Stoppage in the Head It requires the same Method of Cure as is used for a Catarrh but in this Case you must not use Errhins least they should draw Humours to the Part affected Masticatories and Apoplegmatisms may be prescribed after general Evacuation and some-things are reckned peculiarly proper for this Disease as the Vapour of a Decoction of Marjoram received into the Nostrils or of Vinegar wherein red Roses have been infused the Venegar being poured upon red hot Iron if it be occasion'd by a very cold Fluxion the Fumes of Frankincense cast upon live Coals corrects the cold Intemperies of the Brain and dries up the Superfluous Moisture CHAP. XLI Of Sneezing THo Sneezing often happens in Health and is generally so small a thing that it scarce deserves the Name of a Symptom yet sometimes 't is so very troublesome that it requires Medicines and the Physicians help and the ancient Custom of saying God bless you upon sneezing shews that some time or other it has proved dangerous some say 't was an Epidemical Disease in the Time of Gregory the Great and that the Sick died sneezing As to the Prognostick 't is of it self without Danger but 't is very injurious at the Beginning of a Catarrh or Coryza and in Feavers when it is frequent it sometimes occasions bleeding at the Nose but most commonly it does good by expelling Superfluities from the Brain When Sneezing is injurious as in a Plurisie Peripneumonia and the like or when it becomes a Disease the Cure must be undertaken by Revulsions and Evacuations and if by Reason of a hot Intemperies of the Brain or of any other Part sharp Vapours are transmitted to the Nostrils Bleeding must be used and proper Purges and to qualifie the Acrimony and to asswage the Irritation of the Nostrils it will be proper to snuff up warm Milk into the Nose or to anoint the Nostrils wlth Oyl of Violets or of sweet Almonds or with fresh Butter CHAP. XLII Of Bleeding at the Nose or Spitting of Blood BLeeding at the Nose comes at any Time of the Year and seises chiefly those that are of a weakly Constitution and have hot Blood and oftner when they are in Years than when they are Young at first there are some Signs of a Feaver which goes off by bleeding at the Nose but a Pain and a Heat in the fore part of the Head remains the Blood flows for some Hours then stops a while and afterwards breaks out again and so it does by turns till at length it is quite stop'd either by the use of Remedies or of its own accord by reason the Quantity is diminished but the Sick is in danger of a Relapse yearly either upon drinking of Spirituous Liquors or from being over-heated upon any other account In order to the Cure I endeavour to qualifie the Head and Ebullition of the Blood upon which account the preternatural Extravasation arises Wherefore I bleed often in the Arm and take away a large Quantity of Blood I order a cooling and thickning Course of Diet as three parts of Fountain Water and one of Milk boil'd together and drank cold roasted Apples Barly-broths and the like forbidding the use oâ— Flesh I also prescribe thickning and cooling Juleps and Emulsions and the like Take of the clarified Juices of Plantane and Nettles each six Ounces of the Aqua Lactis Alexiteria four Ounces of Cinnamon Water hordeated three Ounces of white-Sugar a sufficient Quantity mingle them make a Julep let him take four Ounces in the Morning and at four in the Afternoon and so daily for three Days following Take of the Waters of Plantane and of Cinnamon hordeated each four Ounces of distill'd Vinegar half an Ounce of true Bole and of Dragon's Blood each half a Dram of London Laudanum three grains of Syrup of Myrtles one ounce and an half mix them make a Julep let him take five or six Spoonfuls every Night at Bed-time Take of the Syrup of Juice of Nettles four ounces give half an ounce in his Liquor every time he drinks and he may drink of Tincture of Roses every time he drinks Take of the Seeds of Henbane and of white Poppies each half a dram of Sugar of Roses three drams of Syrup of Comfry a sufficient quantity make an Electuary give the quantity of a small Nutmeg twice a day and let him drink a draught of Tincture of Roses presently after it Or Take of the four greater cold Seeds each one dram and an half of
of Allum and Galls made into a Plaister with Pitch are very effectual Riverius chief Physician to Henry the Great kept the following Plaister as a great Secret Take of Pine-nuts and red Roses of the Seeds of Cresses torrified of Mastich and seal'd Earth each one dram and an half infuse them in Rose Vinegar twenty four Hours afterwards dry them and add of Opium dissolved in Aqua Vitae three ounces of Ship Pitch and Colophony each one Ounce of Yellow Wax melted in the Oyls of Henbane and white Poppies by Expression a sufficient quantity make a Plaister which must be applied to the Arteries and pained Part. Medicines also are put into the Ears for Pain in the Teeth because the Arteries which nourish the Teeth do pass by the Ears upon that account Oyl of bitter Almonds is put into the Ear next to the Tooth affected also a Suffumigation of Vinegar in which Penyroyal or wild Marjoram hath been boiled is often used Vinegar is also dropt into the Ear by which the Fluxion is powerfully stopped and it is most effectual in a hot Fluxion But in a hot Fluxion Juice of Garlick mixed with Venice Treacle and dropt warm into the Ear mitigates the Pain powerfully Also the Root of Garlick the Bark being taken off and made in the form of a Suppository and put into the Ear produces the same Effect Astringents are also applied in the beginning of the Fluxion and they ought to be cold if the Matter be hot but if it be cold hot Medicines mixed with those that are repelling are to be used in whatever Cause if the Pain be violent Anodyns are to be mixed with Discutients To which Purpose the following Medicine may be prescribed Take of the Roots of Cinquefoil Bistort Tormentill each one dram of the Leaves of Vervain Plantain and Mullein each one handful Cypress-nuts Galls and Cups of Acrons each two drams of red Sanders a dram and an half of red Roses and Balaustines each one pugil boil them in astringent Wine and Vinegar fomeriâ— the pained Part with this Decoction frequently This Decoction may be used in the beginning of a hot Fluxion in a cold one you may add the Roots of Cyperus the Bark of Box-wood Ivy-leaves and the like A more Simple Medicine may be prepared of Plantain and Rose Water with a little Vinegar after the manner of an Oxycrat Or the Teeth must be washed with a Decoction of Galls in Vinegar Or Take of cinquefoil-Cinquefoil-roots half an ounce of Willow-leaves half an handful boil them in astringent Wine and wash the Mouth with the Decoction This Decoction stops the Fluxion and eases Pain After that these Remedies have been used which mitigate the Pain and discuss the Cause of it of which there are a great Number proposed by Authors and also by the common People We shall in the next Place propose those that are more effectual of the which such Choice is to be made that these which not only resolve and discuss but also stop the Flux being mixed with astringents in the beginning and increase of the Disease those which only discuss in the Height and Declination Take of the Juice of House-leek and Night-shade each two ounces of Cow or Sheeps-milk eight ounces Oyl of Roses Omphacin one ounce and an half of OpiUm and Saffron each three grains mix them and apply a Rag dipt in the Liquor warm often to the Jaws where the pained Tooth is Or Take of the Pap of sweet Apples boiled two ounces of Braâ— infused in Vinegar three ounces Oyl of Roses Omphacin one Dram Saffron half a scruple of Opium two grains mix them and make a Cataplasm to be applied to the part affected Or Take of wheaten and Bean-flower each three ounces of Oyl of Roses compleat and of sweet Almonds each half an ounce of the Juice of the greater House-leek an ounce and an half of Milk a sufficient quantity make a Cataplasm to be often applied warm to the Part affected Or Take the Whites of two Eggs beat them with Rose-water with Rags whereon two drams of Pepper powdered has been sprinkled apply them over the whole Cheek affected Nevertheless it is carefully to be noted that Astringents be not applied to the Jaws if they be tumified least the Humour be repelled back and should suffocate the Patient Cotton dipt in Oyl of Cloves and put into the Hollow Tooth is frequently used to ease the Pain Oyl of Box also does the same But if the Pain be so violent that it cannot be quelled with the foresaid Remedies we must use Narcoticks which may be applied to the pained Tooth but they most certainly give Ease being taken inwardly you may give three or four grains of the London Laudanum it gives ease and stops the Fluxion Take of Opium Mirrh and Labdanum each one Dram powder them and boil them in Whitewine to the Consistance of a Liniment mix Cotton with it and stop the Hollow Tooth If Worms are in the Teeth they must be killed by bitter things Take of Aloes one Dram of Champhor ten Grains of Aqua Vitae half a dram mingle them and apply them to the Teeth with Cotton It is to be noted that there is seldom a Pain in the Teeth unless they are Hollow and untill they are eaten through to the Nerve wherefore that the Pain may be taken off the Nerve must be burnt either with an actual Cautery or with Aqua fortis or Oyl of vitriol put into the Cavity But if notwithstanding all these means the Pain continues the Tooth must be drawn but care must be taken that the Tooth be not drawn when the Fluxion rushes violently upon it or when the Headach accompanies it or the Gums are swelled and when the Pain is violent and the Tooth-drawer must be admonished that he does not pluck it out violently at once least a concussion of the Brain shou'd follow or the breaking of the Jaw-bone upon which violent Bleeding a Feaver and sometimes Death comes As soon as the Tooth is drawn the Part from whence it is taken must be pressed on every side that it may be restored to its natural State afterwards let the Sick wash his Mouth with warm Oxycrat and let him be careful least he catch cold whereby a new Fluxion may fall upon other Teeth But if Blood flow so much as that it can scarce be stopt which sometimes happens though the Jaw be not broken by reason of a Vein or Artery torn This Flux of Blood is most commonly stopt by applying Lint rolled up hard and pressing it hard down an hour or two with the Fingers But if this does not succeed burnt Vitriol must be applyed and a Rag dipt in Vinegar over it which also must be pressed down with the Finger till it be crusted The last Remedy is an actual Cautery which presently stops the Blood But if any timerous Person cannot bare the drawing of a Tooth but desires to have it extracted by Remedies Those things are to
of this Consumption beginning are Faintness and want of Appetite without any notable Feaver Cough or short Breath though in progress of the Disease when the habit of the Body is wasted some difficulty of Breathing as is usual in all that are Faint may be perceived This Disease is very difficultly cured if the Physician be not made use of at first it ends in an Hydropical and Oedematous Tumour of the Body especially of the lower parts and then the Disease is past all hope The main of the business must be performed by Stomachick Medicines and such as strengthen the Nerves such are Chalybeats Antiscorbuticks and Cephalicks and bitter things of every kind For Instance Let the Sick take if his Body be bound four Ounces of the bitter Decoction with Senna and every fourth night two Ounces of Tinctura Sacra or of the Tinctura of Hiera Picra made in the Waters of Rue Black Cherries Compound Peony In his ordinary Drink hang a Bag of Cephalicks and Antiscorbuticks an hour before Dinner let him take half a Dram of Elixir Proprietatis in a Draught of Whitewine wherein Wormwood has been infused Apply to the Region of the Stomach the Magisterial Stomachick Plaister with a few drops of the Chymical Oyl of Cinnamon and Wormwood or foment the Stomach daily with Aromatick Bags made of the Leaves of Mint and Wormwood Cinnamon Mace Zedoary Galingal Cyperus and Sweet-smelling Flag and boil'd in Claret If it be Summer-time let him drink Chalybeat Waters if Winter Syrup of Steel or the Wine of it made by quenching Filings of Steel in good Whitewine three or four times then by infusing in it Zedoary Galingal Nutmegs sharp Cinnamon Mace Cubebs and Cloves grosly beaten But amongst Chalybeats Mynsichts extract is thought the best which must be given in the form of a Bole or of Pills for the space of twenty or thirty days For Instance Take of the Extract of Mynsicht half a scruple Balsam of Gilead seven drops of Haly's Powder six grains of the Compound Powder of Wake-Robin four grains of the Powder of Liquorish a sufficient quantity make Pills of an ordinary size repeat them every day once Opobalsamum by it self as also Spirit of Harts-horn and Spirit of Sal-armoniack are very effectual in this case because they are agreeable to the Nerves For Instance Let the Sick take eight or ten drops of Opobalsam or of Spirit of Harts-horn in a sufficient quantity of Sugar-candy Let him endeavour to make himself Chearful by Exercise and Company for this Disease most commonly proceeds from Care and Sorrow and let him live in a good and open Air And because the Stomach is chiefly affected in this Disease he must eat a delicate sort of Meat and not be too long accustomed to any one The Consumption that proceeds from Innanition is next to be discoursed of and first Of that which proceeds from an Hemorrhage whither by the Nostrils or from the Lungs by Coughing or from the Jaws by Hawking or from the Stomach by Vomit or from the Reins by Urine or from the Hemorrhoidal or Uterin Vessels in the customary monthly Purgation or from hard Labour or lastly from Wounds when there has been a great and long Flux of Blood In this case the Hemorrhage must be first stopt by thickning Remedies and by binding hard the extream parts and if there be occasion and the Sick have Strength Bleeding must be used frequently but sparingly you must apply if the part will admit of it Galen's Stiptick Plaister the Royal Stiptick Water Oxycrat cold Ink Ashes of Hair a little burnt in a Retort and with Vinegar made up in the form of a Cataplasm true Bole Dragons blood and the like and they must be often renewed Let the Sick take inwardly three or four times a day twenty or thirty drops or more of the Royal Stiptick-water in a Draught of the Milk-water and five or six Spoonfuls of the clarified Juices of Plantane and Nettles or let him take frequently in a Spoon the following Linctus Take of Syrup of Purslain three ounces of true Bole Dragons blood of the Troches of Spodium and of sealed Earth each two scruples of Japan Earth one dram of Gum-Tragacanth a sufficient quantity dissolved in Plantane-water mingle them make a Linctus Or let him take thrice a day the quantity of a Nutmeg of the following Electuary Take of the Conserve of red Roses one ounce of the Troches of Ambar three drams of true Bole and of Dragons blood each half a dram with Syrup of Myrtles make an Electuary Let him take also every night at Bed-time five or six Spoonfuls of the following Julep shaking the Viol when he uses it Take of plantane-Plantane-water six ounces of cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordeated three ounces of distilled Vinegar half an ounce of true Bole and of Dragons blood each half a dram of London Laudanum three grains of Syrup of Myrtles one ounce and an half make a Julep The Flux of Blood being stopt we must endeavour by all means to raise the weak Blood with new and good Chyle and to extinguish the Febrile Flame if it be begun least a Consumption should follow wherefore the Sick must be frequently nourished with good Broths and variety of Meats that are full of Nourishment and of easie Digestion and pleasant to the Stomach but he must be sure to abstain from Wine and from things salted and spiced and because this sort of Sick and all other that are inclining to a Consumption are subject to Anger Sorrow Oppressions of the Hypochonders Hysterick Passions and want of Appetite upon which account they can neither eat plentifully nor digest well They must endeavour to recreate themselves and to take the Benefit of a wholsome and free Air which most commonly does more good than Medicines But if the Sick be Hectick the Peruvian bark given freely is of admirable Vertue and if there be occasion the Sick must use a Milk Diet or Chalybeat Waters but you must by no means Loosen the Body A Consumption also often arises from a simple Gonorrhaea and the Whites also from Imposthumes and large Ulcers and also from giving Suck from a Loosness and Dysentery from a Diabetes from Salivation a Dropsie violent Sweating and the like But a Consumption of the Lungs is the chief The Cause in general of it is an ill Disposition of the whole Mass of Blood and of the Nervous Spirit contracted by degrees by the various Procatarctick Causes whereby the Acrid and Malignant Serum of the Blood separated by the soft and glandulous Paranchyma of the Lungs stuffs and inflames them and at last causes Ulcers which is indeed the containing Cause of this Disease The Procatarctick Causes are first a Suppression of the usual and necessary Evacuations as of the Courses the Lochia of old Ulcers of Issues of Sweat by the Soles of the Feet and other parts of the Body and the like without correcting and removing the Causes on which they depend whereby the Blood
Rise from want of Nourishment the Sick must be refreshed with good Wine and by a Piece of Bread dipt in it and eaten and also by nourishing Broths and the like If by reason of the Thinness of the Humours the Spirits exhale Perfumes and meat of good Juice and Thickning must be prescribed and the Pores of the Skin must be stopt with Oyl of Roses and by the cold Air. If it proceed from an Hysterick Disease Remedies proper for that must be given if from a malignant Quality Cardiacks and Alexipharmicks must be used If from taking Poyson things that evacuate must be used a Vomit must be given and afterwards Treacle must be prescribed and then if a Heat and Erosion of the Stomach be perceived he must take Milk or Butter or fat Broths or cooling Cordial Potions If from Immoderate Evacuation the Sick must be refreshed with Perfumes Meat and Drink Sleep and Rest If from too great a Loss of Blood lay the Sick on a Bed with his Head downward Sprinkle his Face with cold Water give him a little Wine diluted with cold Water If by over-purging give new Treacle or for want of it old Treacle with two grains of Opium or rather with three grains of Laudanum dissolved in Wine Anoint his Belly with the following Oyls Take of Oyl of Mirtles and of Quinces each one ounce and an half of Oyl of Wormwood one ounce of Rose Vinegar a little mingle them anoint his Belly with it often Inject a Glister of Calybeat Milk adding to it the Yolks of three Eggs of Philonium Romanum two drams rub his Arms and upper Parts dip a Piece of Bread in Wine and give it or let him drink Wine it self And lastly Every Evacuation whether of Blood by the Nostrils Womb or other parts or of other Humours by Vomit or Stool is to be restrained by Remedies described in their proper Chapters That Fainting which arises from too great Sweat must be cured by Remedies that restrain Sweat as with cold Water rose-Rose-water alone or with a little Vinegar in it cast upon the Hands and Face the Air also must be cooled with the foresaid Waters and with fanning cold Epithems must be applied to the Heart made of Rose-water Sorrel Borrage and of the Powder of Diamargarit frigid and with a little Wine to make them penetrate Also cooling Juleps of Syrup of Sorrel Violets of Apples or Lemmons with cooling Waters and Sal-prunella are frequently to be given the Pores may be stopt by anointing the Skin with Oyl of Roses Mastich and Myrtles Let the Sick abstain from Wine he must by no means be rubbed let him often change place and be lightly covered let the Bed be sprinkled with the following Powder Take of the flowers of Water-lillies and red Roses each three ounces of pure Labdanum half an ounce of Storax two drams of Myrtles and the Grains of Sumach each two ounces make a Powder If the Fainting arise from Suffocation of the Spirits they must be called back to the Surface of the Body by Frictions Ligatures Cupping-glasses and the like but if the Suffocation arise from Fullness Blood must be drawn plentifully by Intervals if Fainting proceed from a Fright or Fear Blood must be also let least an Obstruction or Inflammation should be occasioned CHAP. LXI Of the Palpitation of the Heart and of the Trembling of it THE Palpitation of the Heart is so violent sometimes that it may not only be manifestly felt but also seen and heard at some distance And some Authors of note say That by the violent Vibration of the Heart the Ribs have been broke or thrust out in young People As to the Cure it must be varied according to the variety of the Causes First therefore when this Disease proceeds from a fault in the Blood the curative Intention will be to exalt the watry Blood and to render it more apt for Fermentation to which purpose Spiritous Medicines also Saline of every sort and Sulphurous especially Chalybeats and also those things which are used for the Green-sickness or Lucophlegmatia and a cold Scurvy do good Take of the Conserves of Roman Wormwood of the yellow Peel of Oranges and Lemons each two ounces of the Winteran bark powdered two drams of the Species Diacurcuma one dram of Steel prepared with Sulphur three drams Salt of Wormwood one dram and an half with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Citron-bark make an Electuary The Dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg in the Morning and at five a Clock in the Afternoon drinking upon it three Ounces of the following Julep and walking after it Take of the Waters of Wake-robin leaves one pint of Penny-royal and Hyssop each four ounces of the water of Worms Snails and Mirabilis each one ounce of Sugar one ounce mingle them make a Julep Take of the Tincture of Antimony one ounce The Dose is twenty or twenty five drops twice a day in the same Julep Moreover Tincture of Steel or the Syrup of it also Elixir Proprietatis are proper Secondly The Palpitation of the Heart is oftner and much more violent from a fault in the Cardiack Arteries which is either an Obstruction or a Convulsion The first is most commonly continual and often incurable especially if it be occasioned by tabid Lungs or by reason the roots of the Arteries are half filled or compressed by a Tubercle or bony Excrescence which Causes when they are and can be perfectly known it is to no purpose to endeavour to remove and then all that can be done is only to give ease by Hypnoticks Moreover It is probable that the passage of the Blood is hindred sometimes by a Polypus growing within the Sinus of the Heart But it is difficultly known and hardly cured when there is a Suspicion of it Saline Medicines seem most proper and of those such as are volatile or acid But they are not to be given together you are to try one sort first and if that does not do you must try the other Take of Compound Spirit of Sal-armoniack viz. distilled with Millepedes or with other anti-asthmaticks three drams The Dose is from fifteen Grains to twenty thrice a day in some proper Julep or distilled Water In the same manner Spirit of Harts-horn of Soot of Blood and of a Scull dug up may be tried Take of Spirit of Sea-salt or of Vitriol distilled with Spirit of Wine impregnated with Pectoral Herbs and often cohobated three drams The Dose is from fifteen to twenty drops Spirit of Tartar of the Wood of Gujacum or of Box may be used to the same purpose Thirdly The Palpitation of the Heart is often Convulsive and proceeds from the same cause as other Hypochondriack or Asthmatick Passions do and must be cured also by Antispasmotick Remedies but respect must be had to the Constitution of the Sick Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniack with Ambar three drams The Dose is from fifteen to twenty drops twice a day in some proper Julep or
Sick cannot take a Vomit he must be purged by stool but the Humour must be first prepared by things that incide and cleanse Afterwards these things that follow are convenient Cupping-glasses must be applied opposite to the Region of the Stomach and to the Stomach The Stomach must be bound with a Swath-band that it may not be so much dilated Ligatures of the Extremities must be used Let him eat Anniseeds which is thought to Cure the Hickops peculiarly Frequently Glisters must be injected to draw away the Noxious Humours from the Stomach Young Animals must be applied to the Stomach Vinegar of Squills may be taken by Spoonfuls Sneezing casts off the Matter impacted in the Coats of the Stomach As the Physician Chrysimacus cured Aristophanes of a Hickop by provoking Sneezing when he could not do it by stopping of the Spirits and Gargling with cold Water Pills made of one dram of Aloes and three grains of London Laudanum are good Platerus in his Observations says That he cured a Boy of ten Years of Age that had the Hickops for eight Days and Nights continually with the Water of green Nuts distilled with Radishes infused first in Vinegar which he gave him to provoke Vomiting and though he did not Vomit at all yet he was cured But to conclude Narcoticks wiil do the Business when nothing else will CHAP. LXVI Of Vomiting of Blood THe conjunct cause is the Quantity or Quality of the Blood exceeding The external causes are Wounds and Bruises and violent Heat or immoderate Cold or unaccustomed Labour and Excercise or Hollowing If the Blood flow from the Stomach there will be almost always a continual Pain and Weight there and the quantity of it will not be much because the Veins of the Stomach are small and Nauseousness will accompany it and 〈◊〉 Blood will be mixed sometimes with Meat sometimes with Choler and sometimes with Flegm If it flow from the Head there will be a Tickling perceived about the Jaws and Pallate and Blood will flow sometimes from the Nostrils mixed with Snot and a Pain or Heaviness of the Head precedes If Vomiting of Blood proceeds from a Suppression of the Courses it will be Periodical As to the Prognostick Vomiting of Blood from what Cause soever it arises is dangerous for if too great a quantity be evacuated there is Danger of Death if it coagulate in the Stomach and corrupt there it occasions Fainting But a Vomiting of Blood from Suppression of Courses is least dangerous They which fall into a Dropsie by Vomiting of Blood die It must be cured by Medicines that cause a Revulsion of the Blood from the Stomach and by such as attemperate it and stop the Apertion of the Veins And First Because an orderly Diet is of great use in this Case the common Diet ought to be astringent and Emplastick and also cooling as Barley Broths Almond and Rice Diet Water-gruel and Jellies and especially Starch boiled in Milk whereunto may be added Pomegranate Juice or a little Rose-vinegar hard Eggs may be also used dipt in Vinegar Also Bread dipt in Water Chicken Broth with Wood-sorrel Purslain and Plantane boiled in it but at the beginning of eating some Astringent thing should be taken as a Quince baked under Ashes Medlars or the like Let the Sick abstain from all acrid salt peppered and fried Meats and also from such things as yield a great deal of Nourishment unless the Weakness of the Sick requires that they should be taken sparingly He must drink but little and when he does he must drink Water wherein Iron has been quenched with a little Juice of Pomegranates in it The Air must be somewhat Cold but he must not expose himself to the Winds nor to the Rays of the Sun or Moon He must sleep moderately and his Body must be kept open and his Mind free from Passion Bleeding must be used sparingly and it must be repeated Frictions and Ligatures must be used and cleansing Glisters must be injected Apply Cupping-glasses to the Buttocks Legs Loins and Hypochondres Let two Spoonfuls of Oxycrat be given if there be a Suspicion of coagulated Blood for by the use of it it may be easily dissolved and driven from the Veins of the Stomach and they will be stopt thereby foment the Region of the Stomach also with it cold and if the Sick does not Vomit the following Mixture may be used to stop the Veins Take the White of one Egg of rose-Rose-water and Vinegar each one dram and an half shake them well and add to them two drams of Starch mix them and let the Sick take it by Spoonfuls Or Take of prepared Coral sealed Earth Bole-armonick Blood-stone Troches of Ambar each one dram of Plantane-water and Syrup of Mirtles each two ounces mingle them let the Sick take it as before Or Let the Sick take Morning and Evening four ounces of the Juice of Plantane cold Galen says That nothing is better than this Juice to stop any Flux of Blood The Juice of Purslain and Knot-grass is also good for the same Purpose Take of the Waters of Plantane and Purslain each one ounce and an half of Syrup of Mirtles half an ounce of Syrup of Poppies one ounce mingle them make a Julep to be repeated often Take of old conserve of Roses and of Comfrey-roots each one ounce of Marmalad of Quinces half an ounce one Mirobalan candied Troches of Ambar and of Lemnian Earth each two drams of Coral prepared and of Saffron of Mars each one dram with Syrup of dried Roses make an Opiat to be used frequently Troches of Ambar do not only bind but also dissolve concreted Blood and therefore are frequently to be used Tincture of Coral made with Juice of Lemons is also very good But when the Blood is evacuated violently and cannot be stopt by the forementioned Medicines Narcoticks must be taken inwardly and injected by Glisters and the Region of the Stomach must be anointed with Oyl of Roses and of Mirtles washed in Vinegar and after you have anointed it sprinkle on Powder of Coral Bole-armonick and sealed Earth or anoint the Stomach with the following Ointment Take of the Juices of Plantane and Knot-grass each one ounce and an half Rose-vinegar one ounce of Omphacin Oyl six ounces boil them to the Consumption of the Juices then add of Dragons-blood Mastich Pomegranate peels and Mirtles each two drams of Camphor one scruple with a sufficient quantity of red Wax make an Ointment Let him drink Water wherein hot Iron hath been quenched with Syrup of Quinces and Spirit of Vitriol in it and let his Broths be made of the same Water Let his Loins and Hypochondres be fomented with a Decoction made of Plantane and Purslain in Oxycrat and let it be used when it is almost cold and let him put his Hands into cold Water Afterwards let the foresaid Parts be anointed with Galen's cooling Ointment washed in Vinegar Bleeding being sufficiently used gentle and frequent Purging must be ordered
Syrup of the five opening Roots make an Electuary Let her take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every third Hour drinking upon it three or four spoonfuls of the following Mixture Take of the Water of Penny Royal and Balm each three ounces of compound Briony-Water two ounces of Syrup of Mugwort three ounces and an half of Saffron two drachms of Castor tied up in a Rag and hanged in the Glass one scruple mingle them If these things are used presently upon the Suppression they generally take it off But if they have been used so long that all the quantity is taken and the Lochia are still stopt in this case we may use Laudanum for once but it is best to mix it with hysterick things For instance Take of liquid Laudanum sixteen drops in a spoonful of compound Briony-water Or Take of solid Laudanum one grain and an half of Assa Fetida one scruple and an half Make two Pills But it must be carefully noted that if upon once taking the Business is not done Opium by no means must be repeated again But having waited a while to see what it will do we must return again to Emmenagoges mix'd with Hystericks and afterwards we must Inject a Glister But what was said before of Opium is also to be taken notice of in respect of Glisters for unless the first bring down the Lochia nothing is to be hoped for from more These things therefore being done it is safest and the duty of a prudent Physician to wait and see what Time will do for every Day the Danger will lessen and if the Sick live over the twentieth Day she will be in a manner out of Danger for then she will be able to bear that Method which is fittest to conquer the Diseases which were occasioned by the Suppression of the Lochia CHAP. CXI Of After-Pains PAins happen so frequently to Women in Childbed that few are free from them but they seldom require the Physicians help because they usually cease in two or three Days But if they are sharp and continue longer they are forced to send for Physicians who before they prescribe ought to enquire into the causes of the Pains The chief Causes therefore of Pains after Labour are a great quantity of Blood the Thickness and Acrimony of it and the Narrowness of the Vessels for when the Veins of the Womb have ceased to evacuate Blood for nine Months and when that is heaped up in a great quantity and also grows thick and acrimonious by it's long stay it occasions Pain while it passes through the narrow Passages which returns by Intervals as often as the Womb endeavours the Evacuation of the Blood And when that is over the Pain ceases till more Blood endeavours to come out These Pains are also sometimes occasioned by Wind or cold received into the Womb but the Pain seldom happens from these Causes This Pain is distinguished from other Pains that are wont to afflict the Belly by the continuance or Intervals which follow the Evacuation of Blood and Women can easily distinguish them themselves The thick Blood easily coagulates but the thin is known by its thinness and fresh colour If the Pain arises from Wind it is more wandring and possesses more parts of the Belly nor does it follow the Intervals of the Evacuation of Blood If cold Air be admitted into the Womb it may be known by those things which have been done about the Woman These Pains are not dangerous but are most commonly very troublesome and therefore are to be taken off or asswaged as soon as may be As to the Cure the Vessels of the Womb must be relaxed and the thickness of the Blood attenuated and its Acrimony qualified all which may be done by the following means And first the Woman's Belly must be gently swathed that it may subside and not move hither and thither as it often happens after Delivery upon so sudden an evacuation and then give of Oil of Almonds fresh drawn three ounces mixed with an ounce and an half of Syrup of Violets And Glisters may be injected made of Milk and Sugar and Yolks of Eggs or they may be prepared of a Decoction of Camomel-flowers and of Mugwort in Chicken-broath adding to them Oil of Lillies and Yolks of Eggs. And the Belly of the Woman must be anointed with Carminitive and Aperitive Oils as with Oil of Dill Rue Jasmin or with the following which is very effectual which may be prepared for this use in due season and kept in the Shops Take of the Roots of round Birth-wort of Orris and Peony each one ounce of Cyprus half an ounce of the dried Leaves of Mugwort Feverfew wild Marjoram Calaminth Pennyroyal Dittany of Creet of Wormwood Savin Rue Bettony and Sage each one handful of the Flowers of Rosemary Stechas Lavender Camomel Dill S. John's Wort Elder each half an handful of the Grains of Lawrel and Juniper each half an ounce of Cummin the Seeds of Rue Peony Daucas of the Chast Tree each three drachms of Cloves Nutmegs Cinnamon and Ginger each two drachms of Storax and Myrrh each one ounce Bruise them and cut them and infuse them in three quarts of old Oil adding a litte White-Wine keep them in an earthen Vessel well stopt for the space of a Week then boil them upon hot Ashes four or five hours then press out the Oil and keep it for use If you have it not ready prepared you may boil the Simples upon occasion with equal parts of Oil and White-Wine to the consumption of the Wine afterwards press out the Oil. A Fomentation may be also made of a Decoction of Mugwort Feverfew Baulm of the Leaves of Bays and Calaminth of the Seeds of Daucas Cummin and Caraways of the Flowers of Wall-flower and Camomel made in Water and White-Wine or in Milk Or the following Cataplasm may be applied Take of Onions boil'd in Water number three or four bruise them in a Mortar and add to them of the Seeds of Cummin and Flax bruised each one handful With a sufficient quantity of the Flowers of Camomel and Barly-meal make a Cataplasm and if there be occasion add a little of the Water wherein the Onions were boil'd Spread it upon a cloath and apply it hot to the Navel It is also proper to cover the Belly with a Sheep's-skin fresh flea'd off and applied hot for the Heat of it is very agreeable it eases the Pain and keeps the Belly from wrinkling And the following things may be taken inwardly Take of the Seeds of Daucas powdered one drachm of White-Wine three ounces Mingle them and give it twice in a day Or Take of Nutmegs Aniseeds and Cinamon each one scruple Mingle them make a Powder give it with White-wine or one scruple of Oil of Nutmegs with Broath Forestus used the Flowers of Camomel in Beer or a Decoction of Camomel and Mugwort in Chicken-Broath with good Success It is good presently after Delivery to give the Broath of an
so much danger when they Flux the Physician should endeavour all he can to hinder their Fluxing by bleeding presently in the Arm if there be the least suspicion of the Flux-pox and by giving a Vomit afterwards and by keeping the sick up till the 6th Day from the first sickness Afterwards he must be put to Bed and keep there to the end of the disease but he must have no more Cloaths on nor a greater fire in his Chamber than he used to have when he was well and he must drink freely of small Beer or other cooling Liquors But because notwithstanding the sick frequently grows hot lightheaded and restless I give an Anodyne every Night but a little earlier than is usual because in this Disease a fit of heat and restlessness comes almost every day towards the evening But which is to be lamented notwithstanding these things and all other Physical Helps the sick is very often seized on the 11th Day or on some other of those Days which we said were most fatal in the various kinds of Flux-pox with a violent Fever difficulty of breathing and restlessness and dies suddenly In this case nothing is more effectual than the taking away of ten or twelve ounces of Blood and in the evening a large Anodine must be given as before and so afterwards morning and evening and sometimes oftener for it is diligently to be noted that in some the fury of the Disease is so high that a very large dosed Anodyne cannot stop its force in 12 hours in which case it is necessary to repeat the Anodyne every 6th or every 8th hour But because it happens often at the latter end of the Disease that the Body is bound up so much that the sick is like to be suffocated and consequenrly is in great danger in this I have given successfully an ounce and an half of Lenitive Electuary dissolved in four ounces of Succory-water or the like which Draught gives some stools before night but if it does not an Anodyne must be given in the evening and sooner notwithstanding the Purge if great Restlessness or some considerable sickness threaten danger If therefore the Purge does not answer the first day it must be repeated the next and then it seldom fails and in this manner Bleeding and Purging may be repeated by Intervals as occasion requires But it is to be noted that the sick must not be purged till the 13th day or after nor then unless Bleeding has gone before For spitting of Blood and a bloody Urine coming upon the small Pox for both these Hemorraghes come sometimes at the beginning of the Disease After bleeding largely once give an Anodyne Take of red Poppy water two ounces of liquid Laudanum 14 drops of distill'd Vinegar three drachms of Diacodium half an ounce make a Draught to be repeated every night at bed time Take of Troches of Lemnian Earth and of Bole-armenick each one drachm of sealed Earth Bloodstone Dragon's-blood and red Coral prepared each half a drachm of Mastich and Gum-arabick each one scruple mingle them make a fine Powder whereof let him take half a drachm every third hour in a spoonful of syrup of Comfry drinking upon it four or five spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Plantain and Oak-buds each three ounces of Cinnamon-water Hordeate two ounces of syrup of dried Roses one ounce make it a little acid with spirit of Vitriol Emulsions also of the four greater cold Seeds with white Popies do a great deal of good But after the Hemorrhage is stopt you must proceed according to the method described in the small Pox. Great care must be taken that the Salivation continue according to the manner of it from the beginning to the 12th or 13th day for if it quite stop before the 11th day the Sick is in great danger It may be much promoted by ordering the Sick to drink freely small Beer or any other Liquor which is neither heating nor provokes sweat In the next place the Loosness in Children must be permitted because it evacuates the morbifick matter At last when the Pustles are crusty and hard I use to anoint the Face often with Oyl of sweet Almonds If in the distinct small Pox the Face does not swell I give an Anodyne presently but if the Patient be light-headed and very sick and makes Water often but little at a time he can be relieved no other way Death being near at hand than by giving Narcoticks freely or by taking away a large quantity of Blood and by exposing the Body to the Air but I would not be so understood here as if in every Phrensy coming upon the small Pox there being no Symptom more frequent that I should advise Bleeding presently but only in that which therefore happens because the Face does not swell in the distinct kind tho' there be a great number of Pustles If in the Flux-Pox the Spitle be so thick and clammy that the Sick is in danger of being suffocated which happens often on the 11th day a Gargarism must necessarly be prescibed and must be ordered to be used often Day and Night It may be made of small Beer or Barly-water with Hony of Roses Or the following may be used Take of the bark of Elm six drachms of Liquorice half a drachm of Raisins of the Sun ston'd number twenty of red Roses two pugils boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a pint and an half In the strained Liquor dissolve of simple Oxymel and of Hony of Roses each two ounces mingle them make a Gargarism But when the sick is in danger to be suffocated every moment and is stupid an ounce and an half of the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum must be given for a less Dose will not work by reason of the stupidity of the sick But this Remedy does not always do the business The Coma may be easily relieved by the help of a moderate Regimen For a Suppression of Urine which sometimes afflicts young and brisk People nothing does so well as taking the Sick out of Bed and after he has walked twice or thrice cross the Room by the assistance of the By-standers he will presently make Water freely and be much relieved thereby But the Symptoms arising from catching cold or by Evacuations unduly used whereby the small Pox are struck in must be removed by Cordials and an agreeable Regimen but they must not be continued after the Symptoms are gone off The chief of these are a flatting of the Pustles and a Loosness in the distinct small Pox for in the Flux a depression of the Pustles is natural nor is a Loosness dangerous in Children In both these cases a Cordial-potion made of distilled Waters Diascordium liquid Laudanum and the like is proper not only to remove these Symptoms but also at any time of the Disease if the Sick complain of a pain at the Heart or of sickness But to speak the truth Symptoms of this kind are
and the Passions of the Mind As to a Gonorrhea the main of the Cure is performed by Purging but because the Disease is accompanied with an Inflammation and cured by Purging Medicines that are hot cooling Diet must be ordered through the whole Course Take of the mass of the Pill Coch. Major three drachms of Extract of Rudius one drachm of rosin of Julap and Diagridium each half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of Opobalsamum make six Pills of every drachm The Sick must take four of them at four or five a Clock in the Morning and sleep upon them for twelve or fourteen days or more till the heat of Urine and the yellow colour of the Matter be much lessened afterwards every other day for a Fortnight and afterwards twice a Week till the Humour quite stop which will not be done till a long time though it be commonly affirmed that that Ichor that is seen especially in a Morning at the top of the Yard being pressed proceeds only from a loosness of the parts by reason of the long continuance of the running Yet the Sick will find it otherwise if he neglect Purging before it is quite gone For upon any small occasion as by immoderate Drinking violent Exercise or the like the Gonorrhea will return But if the Gonorrhea does not yield to such kind of Purging it will be proper instead of Pills especially if the Sick are difficultly Purged to give betwixt whiles some more powerful Medicines as is the following Purge Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of the leaves of Sena two drachms of Rhubarb one drachm and an haâ—f boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water in three ounces of the strained Liquor dissolve of Manna and syrup of Roses solutive each one ounce of syrup of Buckthorn and of Electuary of the juice of Roses each two Drachms mingle them make a Potion If the Cure proceed slowly give eight Grains of Turbith Mineral only twice or thrice and at due distances lest a Flux arises and this Medicine is certainly the best for an obstinate running of the Reâ—ns But sometimes the Sick has such an â—verâ—â—on for Purging often repeated that he cannot so much as see or smell the Medicine and sometimes by a certain Idiosyncrasy there is such an obstinate opposition to Purging that a due quantity of the peccant Humour cannot be evacuated and whilst we waste time to no purpose in endeavouring to purge the Sick the Pox creeps on when the case is so we must use Glisters and on those days the sick does not use them we must give Catharticks by the Mouth I proceed in the following manner I give the foresaid Pills or the like for two or three Mornings following and afterwards I order the following Glister to be injected in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon daily till all the Symptoms cease only once or twice a Week I give a Purge omitting on those days the Glister Take of the Electuary of the juice of Roses six drachms of Venice Turpentine dissolved in the yolk of an Egg an ounce mix them with a pint of Barly-water to the strained liquor add two ounces of Diacatholicon mingle them make a Glister Every night at Bed-time I give twenty five drops of Opobalsamum mixed with Sugar or for want of it Cyprus Turpentine to the quantity of a hazel-Nut I forbid salt Meats and other things of hard digestion as Beef Pork Fish Cheese Roots and Herbs and all Summer Fruits and instead of them I order Veal Mutton Chicken Rabbets and the like and the Sick must eat but sparingly of these He must forbear Wine and all strong and sharp Liquors but he may drink Milk boyled with thrice the quantity of Water and a small quantity of small Beer at Meals and betwixt the Purging he may drink of the following Emulsion frequently to qualifie the heat of Urine and the Inflammation Take of the seeds of Melons and of Pompious each half an ounce of the seeds of white Poppies two drachms of blanched Almonds number eight beat them together in a marble Mortar pouring upon them gently a pint and an half of Barly-water to the strained Liquor add a sufficient quantity of Christaline Sugar and make an Emulsion When the Sick is of a very sanguine Constitution and when the Disease is obstinate after I have Purged him a Month or thereabout I order eight or nine Ounces of Blood to be taken from the Arm. In this disease he that Cleanses well Cures well only Mineral waters must not be used But it is to be noted if the Glans be covered all over with the Prepuce and if by reason of the Inflammation it be swelled hard and callous so that it cannot be drawn back it is in vain to attempt the cure of the Running unless at the same time the Part affected be reduced to its natural State the hardness and swelling being removed therefore the following Medicines must be used Yake of the roots of Marshmallows and of Lillies each one ounce and an half of the leaves of Mallows Mullein Elder and Henbane of the flowers of Camomile and Melilot each one handful of the seeds of Flax and Fenugreek each half an ounce boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water make a Fomentation wherewith foment the part half an hour at a time twice or thrice a day After the fomentation I order that the part affected be anointed with the Oyl of Flax-seeds fresh drawn and that a Plaster of the Mucilages be apply'd to the swell'd lips of the Prepuce but if the Ulcer in the Lips of the Prepuce or on the Glans under it hinders it from being drawn back easily besides the fomentation above mention'd I prescribe also the following Liniment Take of Basilicon six drachms of the Ointment of Tobacco two drachms of red precipitat wash'd in Rose-water and well powder'd half a drachm mingle them make a liniment wherewith make Pledgets and apply them to the Chancres after the use of the fomentation But when the Scrotum is the seat of the Disease after the use of the fomentation if the pain and swelling be not abated apply a Cataplasm of Oxycrate and Bean-flower also at the same time I use inwardly Catharticks and cooling Medicines and order the Diet above-mentioned and bleed at any time of the Disease if the swelling in the Scrotum be great and if the pain be violent If a swelling arises in the Groin apply the follow-Plaster to suppurate it Take of Galbanum and Ammoniacum each two ounces of Opopanax and Sagapenum each one ounce of Mustard-seed and Pellitory of Spain each six drachms of common Soap two ounces of Burgundine Pitch four ounces of Oil of Lillies two ounces of Wax a sufficient quantity make a Plaister For Ulcers in the Pallate and Tonsis Take of all the Throatwort three handfuls of Holm Self-heal and Male Speedwell each one handful of red Roses one pugil of red Sanders and the Wood of Juniper
is to be revived by Frictions Vellications plucking of the Hair Ligatures Squeesing of the Fingers together and the like he must be presently Blooded if he has Strength but his Strength is not to be judged of by the present Circumstances but by such as he was in before the Disease invaded him You must first Bleed in the Arm and then in the Jugular Vein presently after give the following Vomit Take of the Blessed Wine one Ounce and an half of Carduus water one Ounce of Spirit of Juniper-berries two drops make a Vomit Inject two or three sharp Glisters in a day Take of the Carminative Decoction with Bay-berries and Juniper-berries ten Ounces of the Electuary of Bay-berries one Ounce of Vinum Benedictum three Ounces and of brown Sugar three Ounces of Chymical Oyl of Juniper ten drops mingle them make a Glister If the Glister be not rendred in due time provoke the Belly by a Suppository Take of Hiera picra half an Ounce of Sal Gemma one Dram of Hony a sufficient quantity make Suppositories The Spirit of Sal Armoniack must be held to the Nostrils and things of all kinds that cause Revulsion must be used not only Frictions and Ligatures but also Cupping-glasses set on the Back Shoulders Arms and Thighs But in an Apoplexy you must not apply Cupping-glasses to the Back or to the Hypochonders least the Muscles of the Breast and Belly should be contracted and so Respiration more hindred Cupping-glasses applied to the Head are counted very proper apply a Blistering Plaister with Euphorbium to the Neck Some according to the Custom of the Ancients hold a red-hot Frying-pan to the Head at such a distance as it may burn the Hair but not the Skin Take of the Waters of Rue Balm and Black-Cherries each three Ounces of Compound Peony water and of Compound Syrup of Peony each one Ounce and a half of Tincture of Castor one Dram of Spirit of Sal Armoniack half a Dram mingle them make a Julep give four or five Spoonfuls often In the general Cure of these Diseases you must take notice that in those which proceed from Blood Medicines that heat the least are to be used but Bleeding is to be used more freely and afterwards the Vein in the Forehead is to be opened and things that purge Choler are to be mixed with those that purge Flegm If the Brain be very much cooled the Sick after universal Evacuations may use Tablets made in the following manner Take of Amber-grease half a Scruple distilled Oyl of the Seeds of Anise Cinnamon and Nutmegs of each three drops Oyl of Cloves one drop of Sugar dissolved in Orange-flower water four Ounces make Tablets let him take a dram or two drams every Morning The following Powder is also commended and is much in use Take of white Ambar half an Ounce of the Powder called Diarhodon Abbatis two drams of the Roots of Peony one dram and an half make a Powder whereof give a dram in two Spoonfuls of Simple Peony water before the New Moon It is also proper to hold Nutmeg often in the Mouth and to chew it and Perfumes are to be held often to the Nostrils especially Apoplectick Balsam Spices are to be used with Meats and the following Digestive Powder after Meals Take of the Seeds of Coriander sweet Fennel Caraways each fifteen Grains of white Ambar one Dram of the yellow peel of Citrons and flowers of Rosemary each one Dram and an half of Nutmegs half a Dram of white Sugar three Ounces powder them grosly and give half a spoonful after Meals If from too great a quantity of Blood a sleepy Disease is feared the Patient must be sufficiently Blooded and the utmost endeavours must be used to make the Hemorrhoids flow than which nothing can be more advantageous Purging is to be ordered to prevent a Relapse Take of the Pill of Ambar and of the lesser Cochie each two Scruples of the best Castor six Grains of Oyl of Ambar a sufficient quantity mix them and make 12 Pills Take six for a Dose and the other six three days after Or Take of the Pill of Ambar one Scruple of Rosin of Jalap six Grains of Tartar vitriolated eight Grains spirit of Lavender eight drops of Elixir Proprietatis a sufficient quantity make 4 or 5 Pills to be taken in the Morning After Purging prescribe the following Medicines Take of the Conserves of the Flowers of Male peony and of Rosemary each one Ounce of the Bark of Citron Candied six Drams of the Species Diambra and Dianthos each one Dram of Castor powdred two Scruples of Compound Spirit of Lavender half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrups of Gilliflowers and Compound Peony Make an Electuary give the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening daily and let the Sick take four spoonfuls of the following Julep after it Take of the Waters of Black Cherries Rue Pennyroyal each three Ounces of Compound Peony Water and Langius's Epileptick Water each one Ounce of the Syrup of the Flowers of Male Peony one Ounce mingle them Or Take of the Powder e gutteta three Drams of Castor half a Dram of Syrup of the Flowers of Peony a sufficient quantity make forty Pills whereof let him take four every Night at Bed-time drinking upon them two spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of the Flowers of Peony Black Cherries Rue Pennyroal each two Ounces of Compound Peony Water and of Compound Briony Water and Tincture of Castor each one Ounce of Syrup of Male Peony an Ounce and an half mingle them Take of Ambar one Ounce sprinkle the fourth part of it every Night at Bed-time upon the Head CHAP. VIII Catalepsis or Catoche THis Disease is very rare and very wonderful Galen mentions an Observation of one of his Scholars who upon hard Study was seized with a Catalepsis He lay says he like a piece of Wood extended rigid and inflexible his Eyes were always kept open but he could not speak When he recovered he told us he could hear us speak though not plainly he remembred what was done and saw all that were with him but he said he could not speak nor move a Limb And Fernelius mentions two Observations of this kind He says that a person studying very hard was seized with this Disease and that he was so stiff that sitting with his Pen in his Hand and looking earnestly upon his Book he was supposed to be hard at Study till being called and pull'd he was perceived to have no Sense nor Motion Another lay as it were Dead who neither saw nor heard nor felt when he was pricked He breathed well and whatever was put in his Mouth he readily swallowed Being taken out of his Bed he stood alone and being push'd he went forward and in what manner soever his Hand or Arm or Leg was Bent it stood fix'd so that he look'd like a Statue The like Observations are to be found in many other
Sweet Almonds two pair of the Seeds of white Poppies two drams plantane-Plantane-water eight ounces of Red-Poppy-water four ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated one ounce and an half make an Emulsion to which add three drams of pearled Sugar and half an ounce of the Juice of Citron mingle them give four ounces thrice a day I order that the Sick should keep from Bed daily for some time and that a gentle cooling Glister be injected every day and a Paregorick Draught to be taken at Bed-time But because sharp Humours often accompany such Hemorragies besides Cooling and Revulsion I order gentle Purging even when the Disease is at height and when it has done Working I give an Anodyn that is stronger than usual and when the Symptom is quite abated I give another Purge As to External Applications Rags four times doubled and dipt in cold Water wherein Sal Prunella has been dissolved and gently press'd out may be applied often in a day to the Neck and after general Evacuations the following Liquor may be applied Take of Hungarian Vitriol and of Alum each one ounce of the Flegm of Vitriol half a pint boil them till all are dissolved filter the Liquor when it is cold and separate it from the Cristals that sometimes arise to the remaining Liquor add a twelfth part of Oyl of Vitriol dip a Tent in this Liquor and put it up the Nostril from whence the Blood flows and leave it there two days Rags dipt in this Liquor and applied stop Blood in any external part A Spitting of Blood which I shall now treat of seises Weakly People of a hot Constitution whose Lungs are weak it happens chiefly to young People in the Spring or Summer-time It must be cured much the same way as the Bleeding at the Nose only Purging must not be used often for if it be the Sick will quickly fall into a Consumption Take of Lucatellus's Balsam one dram of true Bole one scruple mingle them and give it Morning and Evening with a draught of the Traumatick Decoction Take of plantane-Plantane-water two ounces of cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordeated one ounce of distill'd Vinegar half an ounce of red Coral prepared half a dram of Dragons Blood half a scruple of London Laudanum two grains of Syrup of Myrtles one ounce mingle them give a Spoonful every hour till the Blood stops Or Take of Tincture of Roses one pint of Comfry one ounce and an half mingle them give a draught every fourth hour Or Take of Conserve of red Roses and of Comfry each three drams of Cutle-bone finely powdred two drams of Crabs Eyes one scruple boil them in half a pint of Milk to four ounces let him eat and drink all Or Take of the Lohoch of Purslain one ounce and an half give three drams every fourth hour And lastly Bleeding frequently used a Glister every day injected and Diacodium taken every Night at going to Bed and also a Diet and Medicines that thickens and cools will perfect the Cure Of Diseases of the TONGUE CHAP. XLIII Of an Inflammation of the Tongue and other Tumours of it AS all parts of the Body especially such as are fleshy are wont to be inflamed so also is the Tongue sometimes by reason of Blood flowing into it and as it is Pure Cholerick Flegmatick or Melancholly it occasions either a Flegmon or an Erysipelas an Oedema or a Scirrhus and sometimes it ends in Suppuration whereof Forestus mentions an Observation of a Brewer who had a great Inflammation of the Tongue which Suppurated But most commonly the Swelling of the Tongue is soft and loose and purely Oedematous of which Galen proposes an Example of a Man whose Tongue was so tumified that it could not be contained in his Mouth And sometimes also the Tongue grows excessively big when there is no Oedema no Scirrhus nor any other kind of Tumour and without any kind of Pain and is only an increase proceeding from too great Nourishment of the part The Diagnostick of these Tumours is not difficult for they may be seen but the differences of them may be so distinguish'd if there be an Inflammation Pain and Heat and Redness attend it and the Face is also affected therewith but if the Swelling proceed from Flegm the Tongue is white and much Flegm flows out which tasts sweet and insipid But if it be only an increase of the Tongue there are no signs of other Tumours or ill Humours As to the Prognostick Tumours of the Tongue for the most part do not endanger Life unless they grow so great that Suffocation should be feared from thence or take their rise from some Malignant Humour which may generate a Cancer which is known by Hardness pricking Pain and a livid Colour The Cure of an Inflammation of the Tongue must be begun with such things as cause a Revulsion and with repelling Medicines And then first a loosening Glister must be injected and a large quantity of Blood must be taken away presently after Cupping-glasses with Scarrification must be applied to the Shoulders afterwards cooling and repelling Gargarisms must be used Galen commends the Juice of Lettice wherewith the Tongue must be washed or a Gargarism may be prepared of a Decoction of Plantane Nightshade of Syrup of dried Roses After Bleeding Purging may be prescribed with a Medicine made of Cholagogs and Flegmagogs The Fluxion being stopt by Evacuation Revulsion and Derivation the Derivation of the Humour stuft into the Tongue must be endeavoured to which end the Veins under the Tongue must be opened But if it cannot be done by reason of the bigness of the Tongue a Cupping-glass with Scarification must be applied under the Chin. If the Tumour tends to Suppuration it must be promoted by applying a Fig cut in the middle which must be frequently changed or by a Gargarism made of a Decoction of Barly Mallows Violets Figs Raisins of the Sun of the Seeds of Quinces and Fenugreek adding to them Syrup of Violets and of Jujubs Suppuration being made if the Abscess does not break of it self let it be opened with a Knife and the Ulcer must be presently cleansed with a Decoction of Barly Agrimony and Plantane with Honey of Roses But a soft and loose Tumour arising from Flegm is cured first by Revulsion made by Bleeding if the Sick abound with Blood afterwards some strong Purge must be given as is the Pill Coch minor But if the Sick cannot take Pills a strong Purging Potion must be used After these Evacuations cooling and repelling Medicines must be applied at the beginning The Tongue may be washed with the Juices of Lemons Pomegranates Sorrel of Plantane or with Simple Oxymel to which may be added in the increase of the Disease a little Ginger Sal Gemma or Sal Armoniack Zacutus Lusitanus in a very dangerous case when Suffocation was feared by reason of the bigness of the Tongue applied four Leeches to it and soon after a great quantity of Blood was evacuated and the Tongue asswaged The same
Abdomen are violently moved and a Wheezing accompanies it But an Orthopnoea is the greatest Difficulty of Breathing wherein the Sick can only breath as the Word signifies sitting upright The Cure of an Asthma is twofold one in the Fit and the other out of it in the Fit a Glister being first given Bleeding must be used if Blood seem to abound in any Degree and the Sick must be placed upright in a free Air and Smoak or the Breath of the Standers by must not offend him and his Cloathes or any thing else that covers his Breast must be loosned After Bleeding or it being omitted if it be not thought proper a Phlegmagogue Purge must be given As to Vomits though some dislike them yet are they very proper in this Disease as is evident by Experience and frequently the Fit is taken off by this Remedy alone Sharp Glisters are often to be injected to make a Revulsion nevertheless their Quantity ought to be small Frictions in the inferior Parts are also to be used and many Cupping-glasses are to be applied to them and to the Neck afterwards the gross Humours must be moistned and attenuated and the Wind arising from them must be discussed to which Purpose the following Medicines must be given Take of Gum Ammoniack and Bdellium dissolved in Vinegar of Squills each one dram and an half of Castor and of the Flowers of Sulphur each half a dram of Millepedes prepared one dram of Salt of Ambar one scruple of Elixir Proprietatis half a dram with a sufficient quantity of Oxymel make small Pills Let him take four Morning and Evening drinking upon them three Spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Rue Black-Cherries Lime-flowers each two ounces of compound Peony and compound Briony-waters and of Spirit of Castor each one ounce of Syrup of Staethas and Gilly-flowers each one ounce and an half mingle them and make a Julep Take of the Nerve Plaister half an ounce of Oyl of Amber four Drops of Balsam of Sulphur half a dram mingle them spread a Plaister upon Leather and apply it to the Breast Take of the Cephalick Plaister with Euphorbium a sufficient Quantity make Plaisters for the Soles of the Feet In the mean while things that expectorate the gross Matter must be used Take of the Pectoral Decoction a quart add to it of Spirit of Salt-armoniack half a dram of Oxymel of Squils half an ounce of Tincture of Castor one dram of Ground-ivy Water three ounces mingle them let him take six Spoonfuls every two Hours Or Take of the Seeds of Annise finely powdered and of Powder of Liquorish each three drams of the Flowers of Sulphur one dram and an half mingle them add two ounces and an half of the best Honey dissolved in three ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated make an Electuary add to it of Balsam of Sulphur fifteen drops of Oyl of Annise-seeds ten drops let him take one dram every third or fourth hour drinking upon it five Spoonfuls of the following Decoction Take of the Roots of Elecampane one dram and an half of the Leaves of Ground-ivy half an handful boil them in three pints of the Pectoral Decoction strained add three ounces of Canary-wine Syrup of Maiden-hair two ounces and an half mix them The Breast must be anointed with Oyntments and Liniments that soften and discuss Take of the Oyntment of the Flowers of Oranges and Pomatum each three drams of Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two drams of Oyl of the Berries of Juniper and Annise each half a dram mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the whole Breast Morning and Evening Take of the Oyntment of Marsh-mallows one ounce and an half of Oyl of Annise-seeds thirty drops make an Oyntment If the Fit Continue apply a Blister to the Neck when the Fit is off the Fluxion of the Humour must be hindred and that which has already flowed upon the Lungs must be incided cleansed away and expectorated and to restrain the Force of the Fluxion a clear and pure Air must be chosen and Southerly and rainy Air must be avoided and the Air in the Night Sleeping and Watching must be moderate and the Humour must be purged off by the following Medicines Take of the bitter Decoction made with a triple quantity of Senna three ounces and an half Manna half a ounce mingle them make a Purging Potion Or Take of the Pilulae Ruffi one Dram of the Species Hiera half a dram of Salt of Wormwood half a scruple of Aloes Rosat and of Rhubarb powdered each one scruple of Elixir Proprietatis a sufficient quantity make Ten Pills of a dram let him take four at bed-time Of the Days he does not Purge let him take of the following Medicine Take of the Seeds of Annise finely powdered two drams with a sufficient quantity of Lucarellus's Balsam make Pills of each drams Six let him take three in the Morning and as many at four in the Afternoon drinking upon them four ounces of the bitter Decoction It is to be noted that Purging must be often used in this Disease and the Form of them must be varied least Nature should be too much accustomed to one and the same Remedy CHAP. LV. Of a Pleurisie THis Disease that is as frequent as any other comes at any time but especially about the Spring and Summer for at that Time the Blood being heated by the nearness of the Sun rushes violently into effervescences and inordinate Motions It chiefly seises those that are of a sanguine Temperament and often country People and those that are accustomed to much Labour It most commonly begins with a Shaking and Shivering and then Heat Drouth and Restlessness and other Symptoms of a Feaver follow after a few Hours though sometimes it is much longer before this Symptom comes the Patient is taken with a violent pricking Pain in one of his Sides about the Ribs which sometimes reaches towards the Shoulder-blades sometimes towards the Back-bone and sometimes towards the Breast he coughs frequently which occasions great Pain so that sometimes he holds his Breath to prevent coughing the Matter which is spit up at the beginning is little and thin and often sprinkled with Particles of Blood but in the Process of the Disease 't is more and more concocted and mixt with Blood the Feaver in the mean while keeps the same Pace and is helpt on by those Symptoms that proceed from it and the said Feaver with all its ill Train viz. The Cough the Spitting of Blood the Pain and the like is gradually lessened according to the Degree of the free Expectoration of the Morbisick Matter But the Matter occasioning this Disease does not always in the Process of it attain the Concoction that is due to Expectoration for it often happens that the Matter spit up is yet little and thin as at the beginning of the Disease and consequently the Feaver and other Symptoms do not at all remit till they have destroyed the Sick In the
is vitiated Secondly Great Passions of the Mind especially Fear Sorrow Anger deep Thinking unseasonable and too hard Study and the like Thirdly Eating and Drinking too much and unseasonably especially Drinking too much of Wine and Spirituous Liquors Fourthly Neglect of due Exercise Fifthly Long Watching Sixthly Marshy and gross Air and Smoak of Coals Seventhly An Hereditary Disposition Eighthly An ill Conformation of the Breast Ninthly Contagion Tenthly Stones generated Preternaturally in the Lungs Eleventhly Particular Diseases which corrupt the Blood and Spirits By these and such-like Procatarctick Causes the Body being predisposed for a Consumption the Disease takes its rise immediately from taking Cold. For the Cure of an original Consumption of the Lungs Blood must be drawn from the Arm especially if the Sick be Plethorick or accustomed a long while to Blood-letting and let six seven eight or ten Ounces be taken away Secondly It is requisite after Bleeding especially if the Disease took its rise from a Surfet or is accompanied with Nauseousness or a Disposition to Vomiting to give a gentle Vomit of Honey or of Oxymel of Squills and sometimes of the Vinum Benedictum in a moderate quantity The Vomit especially if the Sick bear it well and if it be necessary may be repeated three or four times at the distance of three or four days betwixt each Vomit It is best to give the Vomit towards the Evening the Sick being blooded the day before and at Bed-time after every Vomit you must give an Anodyn Take of Honey of Squills half an ounce give it in a Draught of Posset-drink and repeat twice or thrice in an hour if the Sick does not Vomit enough This is proper for Children and young People Take of Oxymel of Squills and of Oyl of Sweet-Almonds each one ounce mingle them let the Sick take it in a large Draught of Posset-drink and let it be repeated twice or thrice in an hour if there be occasion Or Take of Vinum Benedictum seven drams Syrup of Violets two drams mix them and make a Potion for Vomiting And if it be needful you may give of Oxymel of Squills and Oyl of Sweet-Almonds each half an ounce in a Draught of Posset-drink twice or thrice in the Operation Salt of Vitriol is not at all convenient in this case because it irritates and pricks continually the Glandulous parts about the Jaws and so promotes the Flux of the Serum and increases the Cough After the Vomit hath done working give the following Opiat or the like Take of the Pectoral Decoction clarified four ounces of Tincture of Saffron two drams of Helmont's liquid Laudanum fifteen drops of Syrup of Violets two drams mingle them make a Draught or you may give ten grains of the Pill of Hounds-tongue or of Storax Thirdly It is convenient to Purge gently by Stool the Humours by Stomachick Purges and the like which the least agitate the Blood For Instance Take of choice Manna and of Oyl of Sweet-Almonds each one ounce and an half or two ounces dissolve them in a Pint of hot Ptisan let the Sick drink half in Bed and the rest half an hour after when he is up Or Take of the best Senna two drams of Cassia with the Canes broke and of Tamarinds each half an ounce of the Seeds of Coriander prepared half a dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain or Barnet water to eight ounces dissolve in it an ounce of Manna and half a dram of Sal-prunella Let the Sick take half in the Morning and the rest half an hour afterwards And every Night after Purging give an Opiate to asswage the Blood and to quiet the Lungs least a new Flux of Humours should fall upon the Lungs by the Agitation of the Blood occasioned by the Purge For the same reason it is proper to mix some Opiate with Stomachick Purges to be taken at Bed Time For Instance Take of Aloes-rosat one scruple or twenty five grains of the Pills of Hounds-tongue half a Scruple mingle them make four Pills to be gilded which are to be repeated every other Night after the Patient hath been blooded These Pills are vulgarly called Pilulae Catarrhales by the Apothecaries for they do not only evacuate the Humours by Stool but also hinder a new Flux of them to the Lungs Or Take of the Stomachick Pills with Gums Aleophagin of Mastich or of Ambar half a dram or two scruples of London Laudanum one grain mingle them make four Pills gild them and let them be taken every third Night for thrice And if the Catarrh be very violent and if a Difficulty of Breathing or a straitness on the Breast does not arise from the Use of Opiates an Opiat must be given every Night for at the beginning of this Disease nothing considerable can be done without them Fourthly In this State of the Disease Diaphorecticks do much Good but you must take notice that they must be never used before Bleeding Vomiting and Purging if they are necessary and they must be always mixed with Opiates and such must be chosen as are least hot Take of venice-treacle half a dram or two scruples of Conserve of old red Roses half a dram mingle them make a Bolus Or Take of Diascordium and conserve of Wood-sorrel each one dram make a Bolus Or Take of Matthew's Pill fifteen grains make two Pills gild them and let them be taken at bed-time Or Take of the Pill of Hounds-tongue twelve grains of Diaphoretick Antimony one scruple of Tincture of Saffron a sufficient quantity mingle them make four Pills These Diaphoreticks must be taken at Bed-time and great Care must be taken that the Sick does not take Cold after the use of them Blisters must also be applyed to the Arms and betwixt the Shoulders and Pectoral Medicines must be used when the Sick does not Purge Take of Oyl of sweet Almonds of Syrup of Maiden-hair of Jujubs Violets or of Marsh-mallows each one ounce and an half of White Sugar-candy one dram and an half mingle them exactly whereof let the Sick take a Spoonful every fourth Hour drinking upon it four ounces of the following Apozem hot Take of the Pectoral Decoction clarified one Pint and an half of Tincture of Saffron extracted with treacle-treacle-water of Syrup of Maiden-hair Scabious or of Jujubs each one ounce mingle them make an Apozem If you desire to have a more thickning Linctus Take of fresh Oyl of sweet Almonds of Syrups of Comfrey of red-poppies of dried Roses each one ounce and an half of Diacodium half an ounce of Sugar of Roses one dram and an half mingle them make a Linctus If you wou'd have a more lubricating Linctus Take of fresh Oyl of Flax extracted without Fire of Syrup of Liquorish and of Honey of Violets one ounce and an half of white Sugar-candy one dram and an half mingle them exactly make a Linctus If there be a Feaver omit the Hissop and Tincture of Saffron if there be a Loosness use the
and by this means many Consumptive People have been recovered Issues are also of use and the Shaving of the Head And if the Hectick heat be but small the Sick ought to drink Calybeat Waters in the Summer-time for by this means many have been relieved Year after Year their Stomack Flesh and Strength recovered and the Hectick Heat and Cough left them and their Breath has been freer But these Waters are not to be used when the Lungs are evidently putrified or when the Flesh is very much wasted by Colloquative Sweats a Loosness or a Dropsie for then they are deadly And when they are proper the Sick must use them the greatest part of the Summer but not so great a quantity at a time as is usual in other Cases two Quarts five Pints or three Quarts may be sufficient at a time and the Sick must take Care that he does not catch Cold and of Errors in Diet Purging is not to be used during the drinking of the Waters in this Case but if the Body be subject to be bound the Purging Mnieral-waters must be taken three or four times at the distance of three or four Days before and after the use of the Calybeat-waters If the Waters do not pass well by Urine or if they cause a Diarrhea you must not continue the use of them long unless these Inconveniences may be remedied by Art to take off or to prevent the Diarrhea I use to prescribe the quantity of a Walnut of the following Electuary to be taken at Bed-time every Night Take of the Pulp of the conserve of old red Roses of the Electuary of Quinces each half an ounce of the Troebes of Ambar three drams of true Bole of Dragons-blood each half a dram of London Laudanum three grains of Syrup of Mirtles a sufficient Quantity mingle them make an Electuary To force the Urine I order that a scruple of the whitest Salt of Ambar well cleansed from the Oyl should be dissolved in the first Draught of Water It is also good during the Course of the Water to medicate the ordinary Drink with a Bag of Pectoral Ingredients But secondly If the Hectick Feaver be considerable it is safer to attemperate the Blood by a Milk-Diet but as to a Milk Diet what followeth must be observed First In the use of this Diet nothing but Milk or things made of Milk Bread only excepted must be allowed of but good Quantities of it must be taken frequently least by reason of the Thinness of it the Parts should be deprived of their due Nourishment Secondly This sort of Diet must be continued for the Space of a Month or two Thirdly Spring time is most seasonable for a Milk Course for then the Herbs and Flowers wherewith the Beasts are fed flourish most Fourthly But if by reason of the Ferment of the Stomach being too acid common Milk as it sometimes happens curdles and so cannot be concocted upon which account Vomiting Grips and a Loosness follow it is better to abstain from the use of it and to endeavour to attemperate the Blood with Asses-milk Concerning the use of which observe the following Directions First Give this Milk in the Morning and let the Sick sleep a little in Bed afterwards let it be given again at five in the Afternoon Secondly Nothing of a contrary Nature whether Diet or Medicine must be taken till the Milk is concocted Thirdly You must give a Pint or half a Pint at a time or thereabout for a great Quantity of this or of common Milk can neither be received nor concocted by the Stomach but is usually cast out presently either by Vomit or Stool to the great Prejudice of the Sick wherefore it is prudently ordered by Physicians that as the Stomach is by degrees accustomed to this sort of Diet so the quantity of it should be daily increased from half a Pint to a Pint. Fourthly If the Sick by reason of the acid Ferment of the Stomach is subject upon taking Asses-milk to a Loosnessâ— which frequently happens the Milk must be sweetned with Sugar of Roses and must be milked upon a Branch or two of Mint and if there be occasion and nothing forbids the Sick may take every Night at Bed-time a grain of London Landanum or a Dose of the beforementioned Astringent Electuary Fifthly The Milk must be drank whilst it is warm for if it should grow cold and be afterwards warmed upon the Fire it would be rendered less pleasing to the Tast and Stomach and the Remedy would not be so effectual by reason of the Spirits being wasted Sixthly During the use of Asses-milk which also ought to be ordered in every Milk-diet the Sick must abstain from all other Medicines except Opiats and Astringents if they are necessary to prevent a Loosness or to quiet the Cough at Nights Seventhly But if the Loosness occasioned by the Milk cannot be taken off by the Laudanum and the Astringents or if after it is taken off Vomiting or at least a continual Sickness or Weight upon the Stomach succeed which are the certain Signs of the Milk curdling in the Stomach Or lastly If there be Signs of a Schirâ—hus and Obstruction of the Liver which are frequent in Scorbutical and Hypocondriack People that have had a Consumption a long while rhey must carefully avoid all sorts of Milk for the use of Milk by increasing the Obstruction of the Liver is wont to bring upon the Consumption a Dropsie and Jaundice whereby the original Disease is rendred deplorable Wherefore Fourthly in these cases it is better to alter the Blood and to blunt its Acrimony by the free use of Fish and of testaceous Medicines and also by Restorative Broths made of the extream parts of Animals and drinking freely of the Compound Waters of Milk Capons and Snails and the like though what we said before of the use of Milk is also true with respect to these Flegmatick Waters viz. That when the Liver is obstructed the Jaundice or Dropsie is wont to follow the free use of these Wherefore in such a case it is better to endeavour to Sweeten the Blood in the following manner Let him eat freely of River and Sea-crabs of Lobsters and generally speaking of all testaceous Fish which sort of Diet eaten plentifully much attemperates the Acidity of the Blood and the sharp Ferment of the Stomach Of these testaceous Fish are also made very pleasant Broths which must be taken plentifully Take of River Crabs number an hundred beat them whilst they are alive and boil them in two quarts of Fountain-water add towards the end of boiling two or three blades of Mace one Nutmeg rasped and of Malago-wine half a pint strain it for use Jellies and restorative Broths may be also used to the same purpose For instance Take of the Shavings of Harts-horn and Ivory each four ounces two blades of Mace one bark of an Orange candied boil them in two quarts of Fountain-water to a quart or a pint and
an half strain it let the Sick take three or four Spoonfuls either by themselves or in some hot Broth. These kind of Jellies may be made more pleasant to the Pallate by adding at the time of use a little of the Syrup of Baulm Gilliflowers Raspberries Oranges or Lemmons though it must be confessed Acid Syrups do not so well agree with Jellies The manner of making a Restorative Broth is as follows Take a Capon drawn and cut in pieces of Sheeps and Calves feet each two pair the shavings of Ivory and Harts-horn each half an ounce two leaves of Mace one Nutmeg cut yellow Sanders three drams or half an ounce boil them all gently in one gallon of Fountain-water till half is consumed add towards the end of boiling a pint of Malago-Sack and of the Flowers of the greater Daisie Coltsfoot Maiden-hair Spotted Lungwort each one handful of fat Dates eight pair of Jujubs twelve pair of Sebestens ten pair of Raisins of the Sun stoned three ounces strain it let the Sick take a large Draught of it twice or thrice a day Prepared Coral Millepedes Pearls Crabs-eyes prepared the Simple Powder of Crabs-claws and other testaceous Medicines taken plentifully and often in a day are good to blunt the Acrimony of the Blood Take of the Aqua lactis Alexiteria of Carduus or of black Cherry-water one pint of Cinnamon-water hordeated half a pint of prepared Pearl half an ounce of white Cristaline Sugar two ounces mingle them make a Julep whereof let the Sick take four ounces shaking the Viol always when it is used three or four times in a day adding if the Stomach require it one or two ounces of Epidemick water Or Take of the Powder of Millepedes of Crabs-eyes prepared of the Simple Powder of Crabs-claws each one dram of the Powder of white Ambar half a dram mingle them divide it into nine Papers whereof let him take one thrice a day in a Spoonful of the Pearl Julep Fifthly If the Sick seem free from an Obstruction of the Liver and has neither the Dropsie nor the Jaundice but the Milk-Diet before described does not agree by reason of a Loosness or the Acid Ferment of the Stomach besides the altering Medicines above described the free use of the compound distilled Waters of Milk Snails a Pig and the like may be ordered with success to attemperate farther the Acrimony of the Humours The Milk-water Take of the leaves of Maiden-hair Coltsfoot spotted Lungwort Speedwell each three handfuls of Hyssop Goats-rue Mint and Wormwood each two handfuls of the Flowers of St. John's Wort and Scabious each two handfuls of English Saffron one dram three Nutmegs sliced Dates and fat Figs each half a pound of Raisins of the Sun stoned one pound cut them and infuse them in three gallons of fresh Cows Milk and three quarts of Malago-Sack distill them in a cold Still and draw off half the Liquor and mix the Distillations and keep them for use If the Consumption be Scorbutical you may add in Distillation the tops of Pine Water-cresses and Brook-lime and Ground-Ivy with other gentle Antiscorbuticks And instead of Malago Sack you may use Brunswick Mum. If you would have this Water also Restorative you must add a Capon or a Pig in the second Distillation For instance Take a Capon or a Pig the Intrails being taken out cut in pieces of the Milk-water above described one gallon distill off three parts of the Liquor Snail-water Take of Garden-Snails cleansed with Salt three hundred of common Milk or rather of the Milk-water above prescribed three gallons distill them in a cold Still with a gentle Fire till the Liquor becomes Acid And the following Magisterial water of Worms is not to be despised for it will keep good a long while Take of fresh Milk two gallons of Mint and Roman Worm-wood each two handfuls distill off one gallon Then take of Garden-Snails first wash'd in common water then in Small-beer half a peck of Earth-worms prepared one Pint of Angelica one handful and an half of Agrimony Bettony and Rue each one handful put the Herbs into a Still and the Snails and Worms upon them and at top shavings of Harts-horn half a pound Cloves one ounce Saffron three drams infuse them in two quarts of Syder and one of Malago-Sack then distill all in a cold Still These Liquors are to be drank freely for the ordinary drink mixed with an equal part of Milk if the Stomach will bear it and if the Sick can quench his Thirst with it If a Julep be more pleasing give it in the following manner Take of the Waters of Pig or Capon before described one pint of white Cristaline Sugar a sufficient quantity boil them to a Syrup Take of Milk or Snail-water one pint and an half of the Syrup just described four ounces mingle them make a Julep whereof let the Sick drink freely Or Take of the Water of Milk or of Magisterial Snail-water a quart of pearled Sugar ten drams or an ounce and an half mingle them make a Julep whereof let him take freely and frequently But if there is not so much a Hectick Feaver as a difficulty of Breathing as it often happens to such as are afflicted with a Scorbutick Consumption a Pectoral Hydromel is better for the ordinary Drink than distilled Waters abounding with Flegm Take of the roots of China sliced six ounces of the roots of Coltsfoot gathered at a Fit-time three ounces of the roots of Burdock and Avens each three ounces of the roots of Elecampane two ounces of the leaves of Lungwort all the Scabious both the Speedwells Meadow-sweet and Monywort each two handfuls of all the Capillaries each one handful of the flowering tops of Bugles and Bettony of the flowers of red Speedwell and of Cowslips each four Pugils of all the Ground Ivy three handfuls of Jujubs Dates Sebestens and Raisins of the Sun cleansed each one ounce and an half of Spanish Liquorish one ounce and an half cut them all and boil them in sixteen quarts of Fountain-water with a gentle Fire till half is consumed strain it and clarifie it and add to it four pound of the best Honey boil it again and take off the Scum strain it again add half an ounce of Cinnamon six drams of Coriander-seed of the Seeds of Annise and Sweet Fennel each three drams put the Liquor into a large Tub and let it ferment which it will the sooner do if the Tub be placed in the Sun for then it will be sufficiently fermented in forty days otherwise it will require a much longer time The Vessel must be always kept open and full Of this let the Sick drink a good Draught twice or thrice a day for many Months When the Consumption comes to its third State the Sick very rarely is cured or lives long unless the Ulcers are very small and benign wherefore though a prudent and honest Physician being called to Consumptive People at this time may endeavour to
it is fit to add Chalk Coral Dragons-blood and other temperating astringent and emplastick Medicines which in some manner fix and mitigate the Ferment of the Blood For Instance Take of the Waters of Tormentil Oak-buds each three ounces cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordiated four ounces of Aqua-mirahilis one ounce of Pearls and Coral prepared and of Chalk each two scruples of true Bole and Dragons-blood each half a dram of Japâ—n Earth a scruple of destilled Vinegar or Spirit of Vitriol as much as is sufficient to make it gratefully acid Syrup of Mirtles an ounce and an half Mingle them make a Julep let the Sick take two or three ounces of it every third or fourth hour shaking the Viol every time it is used The Cloaths on the Bed must be also lessened and the Sick must be removed into a thin warm and free Air let him always sleep in a large Room and as soon as his Strength begins to fail the Sweat must be rubbed off with dry Linnen Cloaths a little warmed and the Patient must be removed to the other Part of the Bed As to the violent Vomiting that seises Consumptive Persons at the latter end there is little Help to be afforded by Art only the Physician ought to assist by his prudent Counsels since he cannot by Medicines First therefore The Sick ought to be ordered to eat little though frequently at a time Secondly He must eat those things that afford good Nourishment and are of easie Digestion Thirdly After eating he must avoid as much as he can Coughing Sleeping and lying down Sometimes it happens after the Putrid Feaver begins especially if the Evacuation of the Colliquative Matter by Stool or by other ways is hindered by Art that Nature indeavours tho in vain the Protrusion of the Enemy by the Salivary Ducts or the glandulous Tunick of the Mouth and Oesophagus by which means a troublesome Spitting arises that continues for many Weeks Secondly by reason of the Acrimony of the Humour evacuated by these Parts an Inflammation not only of the Membrane of the Mouth but also of the Oesophagus and Stomach follows Thirdly By the Inflammation an Ulceration is occasioned and from thence little Ulcers called Aphthâ—â— accompanied with a very troublesom Pain of the Throat And Lastly An Hicop that is very troublesom arises from the Inflammation and Exulceration Which Symptoms as they are troublesome so are they sometimes long and always deadly for the Cause from whence they proceed is incurable yet cleansing softning astringent and Mucilaginous Gargarisms must be injected with a Syringe and to ease the Pain of the Throat a double Flannel worn about the Neck does much Good by defending it from the external Cold. CHAP. LX. Of Swooning or Fainting THe next and immediate Cause of this Disease is a Defect of the Vital Spirits and this Defect of the Spirits chiefly happens four ways Either because there is not a sufficient quantity of them generated or because they are dissipated and evacuated when they are generated or they are preternaturally altered and corrupted Or lastly They are suffocated and overwhelmed They are not generated either by reason of a Fault of the Faculty or of the Matter the Faculty of the generating the Spirits is hurt either by a Peculiar Disorder of the Heart or by Consent The peculiar Diseases of the Heart that are chiefly to to be taken Notice of are great Intemperies overturning the native Temper of it or destroying the Substance of the Parts and of the Native Heat as acute and malignant Feavers Colliquative Pestilential and Hectick Fevers also Organical Diseases as Constriction and too great Dilatation The Faculty of the Heart is hurt by Consent as from the Brain and Liver which have a great Sympathy with it and also often from the Mouth of the Stomach by reason of its nearness and Exquisite Sense upon which account Swooning is divided into Cardiack and Stomachick that is Cardiack which proceeds from the Heart being Primarily affected that is Stomachick which is produced by Consent of the Stomach It also often arises from the Womb by reason of ill Vapours transmitted thence to the Heart The Fault of the Matter is a Defect or Corruption of the Air and Blood from whence the Vital Spirits are generated A Defect of the Air happens from Respiration or Transpiration hurt A Defect of the Blood from a Fault in Nutrition The Corruption of both is occasioned by putting on another Quality so from the infected Air in a Pestilential Constitution Swooning and Fainting frequently happen and some ill Smells occasion the same and sweet Smells in some Women The Blood is also often corrupted by unwholesome Food Too large Evacuations dissipate the Spirits both sensible and insensible sensible Evacuatioins are first of Blood it self by the Mouth Nostrils Womb Belly Hemorrhoids Bleeding and great Wounds Secondly of other Humours which though they are Excrementitious yet being evacuated in a large quantity they dissipate the Spirits and occasion Fainting Such Humours are wâ—nt to be evacuated by Vomit Stool Urine Sweat by opening a large Abscess especially inwardly as of an Empyema and also outwardly as in a Dropsie the Navel being open Insensible Evacuations are made by too great a rarity of the Skin and by reason of Thinness or Acrimony of things contained by immoderate Heat Bathing and excessive Labour They are also dissipated by long Watching long Fastting immoderate Venery Anger or excessive Joy long and acute Sickness violent Pains of the Heart Stomach Bowels Veins Ears Teeth and of all the Nervous Parts The Spirits are altered and corrupted by an ill Disposition of the Bowels and by any thing that has a malignant and an inimical Quality to the Heart as a venomous and pestilential Air drawn in by the Breath or generated in the Body by Putrefaction of Humours Poison taken inwardly does the same and the Biting of Venomous Creatures Lastly A violent Reflux of the Spirits and Blood to the Heart and the like suffocates and overwhelms the Vital Spirits A noble Virgin which was very subject to fainting upon every small occasion died suddenly by reason of a sudden Reflux of the Blood and Spirits to the Heart as she was about to sign a Contract of Marriage with a very handsom and accomplished Gentleman Fainting also sometimes happens from cold and thick Blood heapt up in abundance in the greater Vessels As to the Cure it must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes but from whatever Cause it proceeds that which follows must be observed in the Fit You must lay them on their Back and sprinkle Water in their Faces and provoke Sneezing put some good Wine or Cinnamon-water into their Mouths apply Bread hot out of the Oven to their Nostrils call them aloud shake them pull them by the Nose double their Fingers pull their Hair use Frictions Ligatures and Cupping-glasses But the Cure must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes in the following manner If it takes its
distilled Water Tincture of Tartar of Steel or of Antimony may be also given by turns As to the Cure of the Trembling of the Heart Medicines proper for Convulsions must be given it being meerly Convulsive Wherefore having made sufficient Evacuation the follow Medicines may be given Take of prepared Coral and of Pearls each two drams of both the Bezoars each half a dram of white Ambar two scruples of Ambar-grease one scruple make a Powder The Dose is half a Dram twice or thrice in a day in some proper Julep or distilled Water Take of Compound Powder of Crabs-claws two drams of the Powder of the roots of Male-peony of Mans Skull prepared each one dram of the flowers of Male-peony and of Lillies of the Vallies each half a dram make a Powder to be taken the same way Take of Ivory and red Coral powdered each three drams of the Species Diambra one dram of white Sugar dissolved in a sufficient quantity of Orange-flower-water and boiled to Tablets seven ounces make Tablets each weighing half a dram Let him take one or two often in a day or when he pleases Take of the Conserve of the Flowers of Lillies of the Vallies six ounces of Coral prepared of Pearls Ivory and Crabs-eyes each one dram and an half of Vitriol of Mars one dram with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Coral make an Electuary The Dose is one or two drams twice a day drinking upon it a Draught of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Orange-flowers and of the whole Citron each six ounces of Orange-peels distilled with Wine two ounces of Sugar half an ounce make a Julep Take of Syrup of Steel six ounces The Dose is one Spoonful in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon in two ounces of the Julep above prescribed but you must omit the Sugar Take of the Powder of Ivory and of Coral each two drams and an half of the Species of Diambra one dram of Salt of Steel two drams of Sugar eight ounces of Ambar-grease dissolved half a scruple make Tablets each weighing half a dram The Dose is three or four drams twice a day Taâ—e of fresh Strawberries eight Pints of the outward Peel of twelve Oranges of the fresh Filings of Steel half a pound beat them together and pour upon them four quarts of Wine Let them ferment together in a close Vessel twenty four hours then distill them in a cold Still Take of Spirit of Harts-horn or of Blood or the like three drams The Dose is twenty drops twice a day in some proper Vehicle Take of the Flowers of Sal-armoniack and of Coral prepared each two drams The Dose is one scruple twice a day Take of Sal-prunella two drams of Salt of Ambar one dram of Salt of Harts-horn one Scruple The Dose is from fifteen to twenty grains twice a day in some proper Liquor Note Such of these Medicines as agree with the Constitution of the Patient are to be chosen CHAP. LXII Of Weakness THE Cause of Weakness is a Defect of Native Heat and of Spirits This Defect is occasioned by the Defect of Vital Spirits The Vital Spirits are wanting either when they are not generated in a sufficient quantity or because when they are generated they are dissipated corrupted or suffocated as it happens in Fainting But the difference betwixt Fainting and Weakness is That in Fainting the Causes produce their Effect of a sudden but in Weakness by degrees The Cure of this Disease respects the taking away the Cause and the cherishing the Heart and Vital Spirits The Causes are almost all great Diseases whereby Nature is much weakned therefore the taking off the Causes respects the Cure of almost all Diseases which must be sought for in their proper Chapters But the Strengthning the Heart and the Restoration of the Vital Spirits are to be treated of a part and sometimes to be preferred before the Cure of the Morbifick Causes when there is danger of Death But you must always take care that whilst you endeavour to refresh the Spirits you do not increase the Morbifick Causes and therefore in a hot Disease you must give temperate Cordials in a cold such as are hot And first With Meat you must mix Cordials as Confection of Alkermes or of Hyacinth in Broths also Mutton Broth the Fat and Skin being cut off is good also Gravy of Mutton is frequently used and the Gravy of the Heart is mightily commended The Italians make a Soop of Yolks of Eggs Wine Sugar and Cinnamon which is very restorative Jelly of Harts-horn is also very good Cordial Juleps may be also prepared in the following manner Take of the Waters of Bugloss Roses and the Flowers of Oranges each one ounce of Syrup of Apples and of Lemons each half an ounce Confection of Alkermes half a dram of Cinnamon-water two drams make a Julep To the Stomach may be applied Bags made of Spices and moistned with Wine the private parts may be fomented with Confection of Alkermes dissolved in Wine The Arteries of the Temples the Hands and Feet may be anointed with the same And Apoplectick Balsam may be often held to the Nostrils CHAP. LXIII Of Appetite depraved diminished and abolished THE Cause of an excessive Appetite is a sharp Juice abounding in the Body and especially brought from the Pancreas to the Intestine and sending thence Vapors that are sharper than usual to the Stomach This Acid is increased in the whole Body by sharp Meats and Drinks Cold and Serene Air immoderate Grief continued long violent Motion and long Watching The Appetite is diminished by Fat Choler and by Fat and Viscid Meat by Hot or Rainy Weather by too much Sleep Sloath and great Cares The Causes that diminish Appetite will wholly abolish it if they are extream Depraved Appetite is usual in the Green-sickness and in Women with Child and sometimes but rarely Men are troubled with it It most frequently happens before the Flux of the Courses or when they are suppressed In the Green-sickness they crave for Meats that are improper and unusual or they eat Chalk Ashes Coals Pitch Dirt Leather and many other things Appetite increased is to be cured with such things as temperate the acid Juice as Coral Pearls Crabs-eyes Filings of Steel and the like also Fat and Oily things and Volatile Spirits Take of Coral prepared and Pearls prepared each one scruple of white Chalk half a scruple of white Sugar three drams make a Powder to be divided into six Doses Take two Papers in a day three or four hours after eating in a Spoonful of strong Wine If a Liquid Medicine be more pleasing let him take a Spoonful of the following Mixture now and then Take of the Waters of Mint two ounces and of Scurvy-grass-water and of the Tincture of Cinnamon made by Infusion in rectified Spirit of Wine each half an ounce of Syrup of Wormwood one ounce mingle them Or Take of Oyl of Mace by Distillation and of the Oyl of Juniper-berries
each one scruple mingle them in a Glass Let the Sick take two or three drops of this Oyl in a Spoonful of Malago Sack or in any other generous Wine or in the foregoing mixture and let him eat fat Broths Appetite diminished or abolished must be cured by Medicines that evacuate and correct Flegmatick and Viscid Humours Acids and Spices correct them Coloquintida Turbith Hermodactiles evacuate them Take of Mint-water two ounces of Cinnamon-water half an ounce of Syrup of Fennel one ounce of Spirit of Salt a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly Acid. Or Take of Tartar vitriolated half a dram of Cream of Tartar one dram of white Sugar-candy two drams mingle them make a Powder to be divided into three Doses Let him take one or two in a day in Rhenish-wine or in the preceding mixture and if he please instead of Spirit of Salt he may add half a dram of Elixir proprietatis to be taken by Spoonfuls They that dislike Acids may take the following mixture by Spoonfuls Take of the Waters of Mint and of Fennel each one ounce and an half of Aqua vitae Matthioli six drams of Oyl of Mace by Distillation three drops of Syrup of Mint one ounce They that had rather take a medicated Wine may use the following Take of the Roots of Elecampane and of Acorus each two drams of the leaves of Sage Marjoram Garden-rue each one handful of the Seeds of sweet Fennel two drams of Orange-peel dried one dram being cut and grossly bruised put them into a Bag and hang it in a Glass and pour on it twenty ounces of Whitewine after it has stood a night in a Cellar three four or five ounces may be taken in a Morning Fasting or at Dinner or Supper as every one pleases or as they find it agrees best with them And fresh Wine may be put on as long as the Aromatick Vertue remains in the Ingredients When Purging is necessary Take of the greater Faetid Pills half a dram of Coche one scruple Extractum Catholicon ten grains Oyl of Cloves two drops mix them make fifteen Pills gild them or cover them with Powder of Liquorish or Cinnamon Let the Sick take five of these Pills or more if he be hard to Purge But if you design to add Chymical Medicines in form of Pills you may prescribe in the following manner Take of Gum-ammoniacum or Opoponax or the like cleansed by Vinegar and afterwards thickned half a dram of the Troches Alhandal Mercurius dulcis each one scruple mix them make fifteen Pills and gild them Let the Sick take five or more of them But if the form of an Apozem seem more convenient for the Sick he having no great Aversion to bitter things the following is convenient Take of Liquorish rasped half an ounce of the Roots of Smalage one ounce of the Shavings of Guajacum three ounces of Laurel-berries and Seeds of Annise each two drams of the Pulp of Coloquintida half a dram boil them in a sufficient quantity of Rain-water in thirty ounces of the strained Decoction dissolve of Syrup of Roses solutive with Senna of Diacnicum each one ounce and an half of the Salt of Tartar vitriolated two Scruples Tincture of Cinnamon one ounce mix them Let the Sick take three four or five ounces of this Decoction once or twice a day by which the Flegmatick and viscid Humours are both corrected and evacuated per Epicrasin In the mean time let the Sick abstain from fat and viscid Meats Let him use a clear Air that is hot and dry Let Sleeping be diminished if it be too long Let the Mind be chearful Let the Motion and Exercise of the Body be moderate Evacuation by Stool and Urine daily ought to be proportionable to what is taken in by the Mouth if it can be conveniently Appetite diminished by fat Choler is presently cured by correcting of it if it abound too much it must be evacuated either by Stool or Vomit For correcting of this Choler there is nothing more effectual than Elixir Proprietatis given in Wine or any other convenient Mixture five or six drops at a time especially before Eating Those who do not love Acids may take in place of it sweet Spirit of Salt prepared with rectified Spirit of Wine by several Cohobations The same Choler is corrected by Wormwood and Wormwood-wine in the place of which also other Aromatick Plants may be likewise infused in Wine which may be drank in a small Quantity at Dinner and Supper Such Plants are Mountain-calamint Marjoram Rosemary Garden-rue Hyssop Thym Sage and the like Choler is very conveniently evacuated by Vomit by several Medicines prepared of Antimony as Crocus Metallorum Glass of Antimony and the Sapa Vomitoria that is made of it Oxysarcharum or Oxymel Vomitorium Mercurius Vitae or the like Rhubarb Scammony Tamarinds and the like evacuate Choler by Stool Scammony may be prepared presently and well if a convenient Dose of it twelve or fifteen Grains more or less according to the Age and Constitution of the Sick be powdered in a Mortar and a little Baulm-water Succory-water or the like be poured upon it and rubbed with it till it becomes of a milky Colour pour it off and put more Water on that all the Vertue of the Scammony may be extracted leaving the black Faeces at the Bottom then add to the Liquor of Cinnamon-water or Fennel-water or some other Aromatick-water two drams of Syrup of Roses solutive or the like two or three drams and so you will have a very pleasant Purging Draught and that it may work the easier a Scruple or half a dram of Cream of Tartar may be drank in Broth half an Hour after taking the Purging Draught Pleasant Tablets may be also made of Scammony in the following manner Take of Christals of Tartar one ounce and an half of Diagridium three drams of Oyl of Cinnamon six drops of white Sugar dissolved in rose-Rose-water eight ounces mingle them make Tablets These Tablets may be conveniently prescribed for Infants Children and delicate People the highest Dose of them is from three drams to half an ounce an Infant must take but half a dram or a dram a Youth may take two drams They who are afraid to use Scammony or Medicines made of Scammony though it be a kind safe and powerful Medicine may use Rhubarb in the following manner Take of choice Rhubarb rasped two drams of the best crude Tartar half a dram of Succory-water a sufficient quantity infuse them all Night over ashes or in a Bath to the Liquor strained gently add of Syrup of Roses solutive or of Succory with Rhubarb half an ounce of Cinnamon water two drams and to take off the nauseous Smell of the Rhubarb and to expel Wind add of Oyl of Annise-seeds two or three drops make a Draught To evacuate the over abounding Choler those that had rather use an Electuary may take of the following Take of the Pulp of sharp and sweetish Prunes ten
ounces of Cream of Tartar and the best Scammony each two ounces of choice Rhubarb ten drams of sharp Cinnamon half an ounce of Yellow Sanders two drams of clarified Sugar a Pound mingle them make an Electuary The Dose is from three drams to half an ounce It may also be dissolved in some convenient Water and so you may make a Potion of it The Cure of a depraved Appetite depends on the Purification of the Blood and Humours But Volatile Salts are more successful in this case than any other Medicines a few grains of them being taken twice or thrice in a day in Wine or some other Liquor especially at Dinner or Supper and to evacuate the vicious Humours Purging and Vomiting must be used CHAP. LXIV Of Nauseousness Belching and Vomiting IN perfect Health nothing is wont to be evacuated upwards by the Mouth wherefore whatever comes this way signifies Sickness whether it be Meat Wind or a thick or thin Liquor When Wind comes forth with a Noise it is called Belching when the Meat is ejected it is called Vomiting Nauseousness always precedes Vomiting and sometimes Belching Wind by reason of the Clamminess of its Nature sticks to the Stomach and is difficultly excluded and is often accompanied with an Inflation of the Stomach Belching arises from windy Meats or from other flatulent things taken inwardly as Chesnuts Pease Beans Turneps Redishes and the like or from Flegmatick and viscid Humours sticking to the Stomach and rarified to Wind by taking Aromaticks That the material cause of Wind is a Flegmatick and clammy Humour is evident from the Antecedent Causes as from Meats of a like kind viz. Milk Fish especially Sea-Fish and the Feet of Animals and Gellies and from the Cure which is wholly performed by evacuating and correcting Flegmatick Humours As in Belching only Wind is evacuated so in Vomiting either Meat crude or more or less fermented or various sorts of Humours as Watery serous flegmatick and cholerick and the like thin thick white yellow green Sky coloured or black Humours or the like insipid bitter acid rough sweet stinking or Humours without Taste and sometimes bloody Matter or Excrements All Vomiting is occasioned by the Stomach being Primarily or Secondarily affected The Stomach is Primarily affected when the Cause of Vomiting or of the Peristaltick Motion inverted is in it self It is Secondarily affected by consent from other Parts and it is provoked to the Inversion of its Peristaltick Motion in Part or altogether by the Peristaltick Motion of the Guts which is sometimes occasioned by the violent Agitation of the Diaphragma and of the Muscles of the Belly by a violent Cough The Stomach is primarily disposed to vomit first when it is inflamed excoriated or ulcerated then it is easily excited to any violent Contraction of it self from any sort of Nourishment taken Secondly When the Nourishment by its Quantity and chiefly by its Quality is troublesome to the Stomach Thirdly when sharp Humours from he Head fall upon the Sâ—omach and corrode the lower Orifice and so occasion Vomiting From the total Inversion of the Peristaltick Motion of the Guts Vomiting is occasioned as in the Iliack Passion whereby Glisters are often vomited up From the same Motion inverted in Part Vomiting is occasioned frequently as in the Cholera Morbus and from any other Motion upwards of Humours fermenting in the small Guts and by Reason of the Passage of the Excrements stopped In a violent Cough the Diaphragm being shaken violently Vomiting is occasioned which we think to be caused by a conjunct Compression of all the Bowels contained in the Abdomen made towards the Breast which mightily troubles the Stomach and forces it to the Inversion of the natural Motion Vomiting oecasioned by things taken in at the Mouth is quieted of its own accord so soon as they are vomited up or upon use of a few Aromaticks and Opiats it is stopped and cured For Instance Take of Mint-water two ounces Tincture of Cinnamon two drams London Landanum two grains Syrup of Minâ— half an ounce mingle them let the Sick take a spoonful of this Mixture by short Intervals and the Vomiting will presently cease Sharp Humours flowing from the Head upon the Stomach are to be evacuated by proper Purges mentioned before or corrected by Medicines that alter and temperate the Noxious Acrimony Vomiting of Blood occasioned by the Rupture or Erosion of the Vessels of the Stomach and Intestins is cured by conglutinating them by the following Mixture which is also useful in other Excresions of the Blood Take of plantain-Plantain-water two ounces of Cinnamon two drams distilled Vinegar half an ounce of red Coral prepared half a dram of Dragons-blood ten grains of London Laudanum two grains of Syrup of Mirtles one ounce mingle them A Spoonful of this Mixture being taken often cures most Ruptures of the Vessels and will â—top Fluxes of Blood in a short time beyond Expectation But Blood collected in the Stomach the Flux and the Vomiting of it being stopt will be carried off of its own Accord by Stool but if there is danger of the Blood 's coagulating to the foregoing Mixture may be added half a dram of Crabs-eyes and one scruple of Diaphoretick Antimony Vomiting of Matter chiefly following an Inflammation of the Pancreas or of some neighbouring Part or some notable Ulcer must be cured by curing the Primary Distemper In the mean time you may use the above described Mixture with Crabs-eyes and Antimonium Diaphoreticum It will be also proper to give a drop of Balsam of Sulphur annisated in all the Liquor he takes The belching and generation of Wind will be cured by First avoiding Flegmatick and Windy Meats Secondly By inciding and evacuating clammy Flegm Thirdly By attemperating the Choler if it be acrid Fourthly By discussing the Wind that is already made Acids and Aromaticks and volatile Salts incide clammy Flegm and Flegmagoges purge it off Spirit of Nitre attemperates Choler when it is acrid better than any thing else two or three drops of it being taken in common Beer or in some convenient Mixture Most Spices discuss Wind so do the Oyls of them but especially the Seeds Flowers and Barks but Spirit of Niter is better than all for it corrects Choler and Flegm and hinders the Generation of Wind and discusses that which is generated The following Mixture is also good to expel Wind from the Stomach and Bowels Take of the Waters of Mint and Fennel each two ounces of Spirit of Wine rectified one ounce of the sweet Spirit of Niter twenty drops of London Laudanum three grains of Oyl of Mace by Distillation six drops of Syrup of Mint one ounce and an half mingle them This Mixture must be taken by Spoonfuls often or seldom according to the degree of Pain and Quantity of Wind. Silvius's Carminative Spirit is made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Angelica one dram of Master-wort and Galingal each one dram and an half of the Flowers of Rosemary
and Marjoram Garden-rue and of the Herb called Basilicon and of the Tops of the lesser Centaury each half a handful of Bay-berries three drams of the Seeds of Angelica Lovage and Annise each half an ounce of Ginger Nutmegs and Mace each one dram and an half of Cinnamon six drams of Cloves and the Bark of Oranges each one dram cut them and powder them grosly and pour upon them twenty quarts of Maligo Wine digest them two days in a Bath then distil them till they are dry pour all again upon the Ingredients and distil off three Fourths CHAP. LXV Of the Hickops THe Hickops are a Convulsive Motion of the Stomach The Matter occasioning the Hickops is either collected in the Stomach or communicated to it from the Liver Spleen Bowels or other Parts or from the whole Body so sharp Meats or Medicines sharp Humours or Worms contained in the Stomach may occasion an Idiophathick Hickop But a Sympathick is occasioned by Inflammations of the neighbouring Parts or from Humours or sharp Vapours transferred to the Stomach from Diseases of the whole Body as in acute and malignant Feavers The Signs of the Causes must be thus distinguished If it be Idiopathick it is more continual and Signs of Humours contained in the Stomach appear and then it is cured by Vomiting The Peccant Humour collected in the Stomach may be known by Vomiting Belching a Taste in the Mouth and other Signs If it proceed from a Disease of any other Part the Signs of it must be sought for in the proper Chapters As to the Prognostick that Hickop from any Procatarctick cause as from Meat Drink or Cold is not dangerous and also that which precedes a critical Vomiting If it happen in a Feaver it shews that the Disease is very dangerous A Hickop coming after Vomiting is also dangerous The Cure of this Disease is to be directed to the Causes of it which as is said before produce this Disease Sympathically or Idiopathically the Causes that occasion a Sympathick Hickop are the Diseases of other Parts which being cured the Hickop is also taken off though those Remedies which are proper to remove the Symptom may be used in the mean while An Idiopathick Hickop is occasioned by Flegm Wind Choler or any other acrid or malignant Humour That which is occasioned by a Flegmatick Humour must be cured by Remedies that incide purge and cleanse that Humour and that strengthen the Stomach to which may be added the following Medicines which are peculiarly proper for the Symptom Take of Tincture of Castor one dram of the Juice of Mint four ounces Let the Sick take a spoonful or two at a time and let his Stomach be anointed with it hot twice or thrice a day Vinegar of Squills may be taken frequently to incide and dissolve the Matter impacted into the Tunicks of the Stomach or instead of it Oxymel of Squills Cloves also held frequently in the Mouth do good also Elixir Proprietatis described by Crollius is good Take of the Seeds of Dill two or three drams boil them gently in eight ounces of good Wine Let the Sick takâ— two Spoonfuls Morning and Evening The Seed also tied up in a Rag may be held to the Nostrils frequently when the Disease is obstinate the following Pills are very effectual Take of Castor and Mirrh each three drams of Sal-gemma half an ounce of Diagridium and Mastich each one dram of the fresh Troches of Agarick three drams of choice Aloes the Weight of all mix them with the Juice of Mint and make a Mass Of each dram make six Pills gild them let the Sick take two or three in a Morning two hours before Meat twice a Week Pills also made of the Powder of Hiera with Oxymel are also good whereof a dram may be taken at a time Of the days the Sick does not Purge let him take the following Powder Take of the Seeds of Dill half an ounce of Zedoary and of Woo◠〈◊〉 Aloes of Nutmegs Cloves and of the Powder of Dâ—â—mbra each one dram mix them let him take two scruples with a little good Wine or adding three ounces of common Salt let him use of it with his Meat Let the following Cataplasm be applied to his Stomach Take of the Roots of long Birth-wort of Florentine-orris of Bayberries of the Leaves of Rue and dried Mint each three drams of Castor and Mirrh each two drams of Cloves and Hyposistis each six drams with Honey of Rosemary-flowers make a Cataplasm Lastly when the Disease is very obstinate we must use a Decoction of Guajacum and the Bath-water That which prooceeds from Wind must be cured by Remedies that are proper to expel Wind Let Cupping-glasses be applied to the Region of the Stomach which like a Miracle mitigate and take off suddenly flatulent Diseases of the Lower-belly That which proceeds from an acrid and cholerick Humour must be cured by Bleeding if there be a Plethora and by Vomiting or by Purging every third day Take of choice Rhubarb powdered and moistened with Endive-water half an ounce of the Pulp of Tamarinds two drams of the Seeds of Endive Purslain and Spodium each one dram of Yellow Sanders and of Diagridium each half a dram with Syrup of Lemons make a Mass for Pills of half a dram make four or five Pills to be taken in the Morning Of other Days let him take the Conserve of Roses and Borrage mixed with a little of the Powder of the three Sanders Emulsions of the cold Seeds attemperate powerfully the Acrimony of the Humours Syrup of Apples mixed with Syrup of Quinces is also good hot or cold Water or a Ptisan is also to be drank freely of Foment the Stomach with a Spunge dipt in rose-Rose-vinegar and apply the following Plaister to the Back and Stomach Take of the Ceratum Santalinum and of Ointment of Roses each one ounce of Mastich half an ounce of the Bark of Citron and of the Flesh of Quinces each one dram with the Juice of Housleek and with a little Turpentine make Plaisters If there be a Suspicion of a malignant Quality Treacle or some other Alexipharmick must be prescribed and the Region of the Stomach must be anointed with the Oyl of Scorpions But from whatsoever Cause the Hickops arise the following Medicines are to be used First The Peccant Humour must be evacuated by Vomit if the Sick can bear it and it must be repeated if the Disease be lessened by it but not quite taken away and strong Vomits must be given if the Case so require as Platerus teaches in his Practice whereof he mentions an Observation in these Words A Surgeon was seized with the Hickops and they were so continual Night and Day that he cou'd not sleep nor scarce speak or eat being extreamly weakned by them he earnestly desired we should give him a strong Chimical Vomit which being taken he cast up a vast Quantity of green and black Choler the Vomiting stopt and he recovered But if the
Ulcer That which is generated by Wind must be cured by Remedies that discuss and evacuate that flatulent Matter and also Flegm which breeds Wind. And first An emollient and loosning Glister must be injected and presently after a carminative and discussing Glister made of the Decoction of the Leaves of Wild-marjoram Calaminth Penny-royal Rue and the lesser-centaury the Seeds of Annise Fennel Daucus Cummin and the like wherein may be dissolved Benedictum Laxativum Oyl of Dill Rue and Honey of Rosemary If the Pain continue a Glister must be made of Oyl of Rue or of Nuts and of generous Wine each equal Parts you must add to it two ounces of Aqua-vitae or you may prepare a Glister of Whitewine mixed with eight drops of Oyl of Juniper Cinnamon or of Chymical Oyl of Cloves Afterwards the following Fomentation must be applyed to the Region of the Stomach Take of the Roots of Cyperus Galingal sweet smelling Flag each one ounce of the Leaves of Mint wild-marjoramâ— Marjoram Penny-royal Hyssop and Sage each one handful of the Seeds of Fennel Daucus Caraways Bay-berries each half an ounce of the Flowers of Camomil Melilot Rosemary and Lavinder each one Pugil cut them and beat them and put them into two Bags boil them in generous Wine press them out and â—pply them hot to the Stomach and Belly by turns But when the Matter is not very cold the following Fomentation may be prepared which is much commended by Forestus and he says it will give Ease when other Medicines will do no good Take of the Roots of Marshmallows half an ounce of red Roses the Flowers of Camomil and of the Tops of Centaury each one handful boil them in Fountain and camomil-Camomil-water to a Pint and an half at last add a little good Rhenish-wine rose-Rose-water and Vinegar make a Fomentation After the Fomentation anoint the parts with Oyl of Rue and Dill mixed with Aqua-vitae and a little of the Oyl of Sage or of Cloves Chimically extracted after the Anointing apply the Plaister of Laurel-berries or instead of it a Cataplasm made of Honey and the Seeds of Cummin In the mean time whilst these things are about if the Stomach be nauseous Vomiting may be provoked by some gentle Vomit or a Purge may be given that evacuates Flegm After the Body is purged Oyl of bitter Almonds mixed with White-wine may be taken or Aqua-clareta or Cinnamon-water The following Julep is very effectual to ease Pain discuss Wind to cleanse Flegm and to strengthen the Stomach Take of the Leaves of common Worm-wood of the lesser Centaury and Agrimony each half an handful boil them to five ounces in the Liquor dissolve one ounce of white Sugar Let it be taken for two days in the Morning Amatus Lusitanus greatly commends the distilled Water of Camomil-flowers as a special Remedy to ease Pains of the Bowels and Stomach three ounces of it may be taken warm or in the place of this Water a Decoction of Camomil-flowers may be used which is greatly commended by Forestus who says that he cured a certain Merchant of a violent Pain in the Stomach with only giving this Decoction once he had no sooner drank it than he fell into a Sweat belching up Wind and in a Minute all the Pains went off so that there was no occasion for any other Remedies A Vomit may be prepared of this Decoction made with Seeds of Dill or with Agarick or the Roots of Wake-robin wherein may be dissolved Oxymel Syrup of Sorrel or of Roses solutive which may be given at the beginning of the Disease to mitigate the Pain by evacuation Galen says that a Cupping-glass applied to the Stomach removes the Pain wonderfully but this Caution must be taken notice of viz. That but little or no crude Humour be in the Stomach for if there be it will increase the Pain Bread fresh drawn out of the Oven cut in the middle and applied to the Part does good either by it self or sprinkled with Aromatick Powders But if the Disease be obstinate you must use a Bath made of a Decoction of emollient and healing Herbs which is safest and most effectual for it eases the Pain by discussing the Wind and driving it through rhe Pores of of the Skin But the Buisness will be sooner done if in the Bath the Sick take some discutient Remedy for both concurring the Cure will be effectually performed The Bath ought to be very hot that the Wind may be the easier discussed and that the gross Humours may be melted If Glisters cannot be injected or retained by reason of the violence of the Pain a Purge must be given in the Bath where the Sick must continue half an hour or an hour till the Purge begins to operate But sometimes when there is danger by reason of the violence of the Pain Narcoticks must be given which being prudently administred do often a great deal of good Some mix Narcoticks with Purgers that the Pain may be eased and the peccant Matter evacuated at the same Time Take of Diaphaenicon half an ounce of Philonium Romanum two Scruples with the Water or Decoction of Camomil make a Potion After the Pain is taken off Purging should be repeated once or twice a Month in such as are subject to this Disease that the Cause of Wind may be removed corroborating Medicines must be also used but if the Pain arise from Choler it must be cured by the Evacuation of the peccant Humour as by a gentle Vomit or a Purging Medicine or by injecting Glisters frequently which ought to be emollient not sharp or hot Afterwards the Acrimony of the Humours is to be mitigated by cooling and thickning Juleps by Emulsions of the four greater cold seeds by new Milk Oyl of sweet Almonds newly drawn by Yolks of Eggs and the like Strenghning Medicines must be used and Narcoticks upon occasion and outwardly must be applied a Cataplasm of White-bread Crums boiled in Milk Yolks of Eggs and Saffron being added Or you may apply Bread fresh drawn and cut in the middle and moistened with Vinegar or let the part be fomented with a Decoction of the Flowers of Camomil Violets and of Water-lillies or which is much better let the Sick be bathed with warm Water for this is very effectual for the Cure of this Disease If when the Pain is eased it should chance to return again the Sick must be purged twice a Month and the hot Intemperies must be corrected by a cooling Diet and convenient Remedies But when the Pain proceeds from an Inflammation Abscess or Ulcer it must be cured by Remedies to be proposed in the following Chapter CHAP. LXIX Of an Inflammation Abscess and Vlcer of the Stomach THough in the Stomach as in all other Parts all sorts of Tumours may happen yet here we only treat of an Inflammation or Phlegmon which is most frequent for other Tumours rarely happen and may be cured by the same Method wherewith the Tumours of other inward parts are
frigid one dram make a Julep for three Doses to be taken twice a day To these may be added restorative Opiats Narcoticks and the like all which are to be varied according to the Judgment and Discretion of the Physician Turpentine washed in Wormwood-water taken twice or thrice resolves and ripens Imposthumes of the Stomach The following Fomentation may be applyed outwardly in the beginning Take of the Roots of Sorrel two ounces of the Leaves of Endive Succory and Mallows each one handful of the Seeds of Lettice and of white Poppies each three drams of white and red Sanders each half a dram of the Flowers of Violets and of Water-lillies each one Pugil make a Decoction add to it a little Rose-vinegar foment the Region of the Stomach with it warm After the Fomentation anoint the part with Oyl of Roses and Oyl of Violets mixed Cataplasms are not convenient in the beginning because they oppress the part by their Weight and by retaining the Heat increase the Inflammation If the Disease come to a Declination and if the Tumour should be resolved which is most to be wished for a resolving Fomentation may be applied made in the following manner Take of the Roots of Florentine-orris two ounces of the Leaves of Mint Marjoram Penny-royal and of Roman Wormwood each one Handful of the Seeds of Fâ—enugreek and of Annise each two drams of the grains of Kermes one dram of the Flowers of Staechas Rosemary and Camomil each one Pugil adding towards the the end a little White-wine make a Decoction wherewith foment the Region of the Stomach After the Fomentation anoint the Part with Oyl of Nutmeg Wormwood Nard and the like to which Wax and the Powder of Florentine-orris and of Cinnamon being added an Oyntment may be made but Plaisters and Cataplasms are not convenient because they oppress the Part. But if the Tumour seem to tend to Suppuration foment the part with a Decoction of the Flowers of Camomil and red Roses and afterwards apply the following Cataplasm Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows two ounces of the Leaves of Bears-breech and of Roses each one handful boil them well and then add of the Flower of Barley and of Linseeds and Faenugreek-seeds and of the Powder of Camomil each half an ounce of white and red Sanders each two drams with Oyl of Roses and of Camomil and with a little Hens-grease make a Cataplasm to be renewed often The Abscess being broken cleanse the Ulcer by drinking Hydromel to which must be added sometimes according to Galen's order Manna of Frankincense or Barly-water with Sugar of Roses in the beginning in a hot Constitution When the Ulcer grows old from what cause soever it prooceeds Broths are proper altered with cooling and moderately astringent Herbs Barly-broths sweetned with Sugar of Roses new Milk sweetned with Sugar and a little Honey Steel-waters for the ordinary drink or Water wherein some Bole-armonick or sealed Earth has been infused to which may be added a little red rough Wine if there be but little Heat in the Part afterward the following Apozem may be used Take of whole Barley one Pugil of the Leaves of Scabious Agrimony Burnet and of Maiden-hair each half an handful of the seeds of Melons two drams of red Roses dried one Pugil make a Decoction to one Pint wherein dissolve three ounces of Syrup of dried Roses make an Apozem for four doses to be frequently repeated For internal Ulcers a Decoction of China is also very good when there is no Feaver for being taken for twenty Days or more it gently provokes Sweat and dries the Ulcer by degrees But if there be danger of a Consumption the foresaid Root must be boiled in Chicken-broth with the foresaid Herbs and with cleansed Barley When the Ulcer has continued long Chalybeat or Purging Waters drank for a Month do good and gentle Catharticks as Rubarb and Tamarinds Myrobalans Syrup of Roses are to be used once a Week Lastly The following things are to be used Take of Bole-armenick sealed Earth red Coral Blood-stone well washed in rose-Rose-water each one dram of Dragons-blood Gum-arabick and Tragacanth each half a dram of the Seeds of white Poppies gently bruised and roasted of Hypocistis Sarcoco and Frankincense each one Scruple of Sugar of Roses one ounce make a Powder whereof let him take a dram in Plantane-water or with Conserve of Roses daily Or of the same Powder may be made an Opiat with Conserve of Comfry and Roses and with Syrup of Quinces or of Myrtles or Troches may be made of it with the Mucilages of the Seeds of Psyllium or of Tragacanth of all which the Sick may take by turns least his Stomach turn by taking of one Medicine a long while And outwardly to heal the Ulcer may be applied to the Region of the Stomach a Fomentation made of Wormwood Roses Pomegranate-peel Galls Balaustins Myrtles Frankincense Mastich and the like And afterwards the part must be anointed with some Astringent Oyntment and an Astringent Plaister must be applied over CHAP. LXX Of the Chollick IT takes its name from the Gut Colon which is the part affected which is long and winding and designed by Nature to receive the Excrements of almost all the Body and when those Excrements are retained too long they are wont to occasion Pains of this kind Therefore the Causes of the Chollick is all Excrementitious Matter that occasions a Solution of the Continuum either by distending pricking or corroding and is either Wind or Humours Wlnd generated by Crudities or from a cold Intemperies of the Stomach or Bowels if it cannot be seasonably excluded by reason the Feces are very hard or by reason the Intestines are obstructed it is heap'd up in a great quantity in the great Guts especially in the Colon and occasions violent Pain Thick Cold and Flegmatick Humours stufft into the Tunicks of the Guts may occasion such Pains by corroding them if they are indued with Acrimony or by chilling them which consequently occasions Costiveness and Convulsions as Galen says of himself that he having a violent Chollick evacuated glassy Flegm which was actually cold Wind which is easily elevated by a weak and gentle Heat from gross and clammy Humours may also occasion this Pain Cholerick and Acrid Humours and also Melancholly and Acid may occasion these Pains by vellicating and pricking the Intestines But in the Action of these Causes it may be asked how the Chollick Pain should have Exacerbations and Remissions the same Matter remaining in the Bowels which as long as it is there should always bite and distend them To which I answer that that Matter does sometimes remain quiet and then it occasions little or no Pain but sometimes is moved and excited by various Fermentations that happen to the Humours as is wont to happen to the Falling-sickness Hysterick Fits and in Fits of Feavers But we must take notice that the Wind or Humours do not only reside in the Cavity of the Intestines for then
they would be easily excluded by things that Evacuate and Cleanse and by Carminative Medicines but most commonly they are fixed in the very Tunicks of the Intestines upon which account it is difficult to remove them and so they occasion an obstinate Disease The Gross Flegmatick and Melancholly Humours flow by little and little through the Veins of the Intestines and so do not presently cause Pain till there is a quantity sufficient to irritate Nature for their Expulsion and then being moved cause Pain or Wind occasioned by them and included in the Coats of the Intestines distends them and not easily getting out occasions a lasting Pain also Choler after the same manner poured through the Veins of the Intestines upon their Coats and imbibed by them causes violent Pains which are wont to be long and obstinate because it is difficultly removed from their substance There is another Species of a bilious Chollick which degenerates into a Palsie scarce known unto the Ancients which proceeds from a bilious Humour not poured as the former upon the Colon but upon the Membranes of the Abdomen which is transferred thither either from the Gall-Bladder or from the Mesentery in the Crisis of long Feavers or by reason of violent Anger or some other external Cause when because of Obstructions it cannot be carried to the common Passages but by a Preposterous Motion is put off suddenly upon the foresaid Membranes of the Abdomen And hence great Pain arises like the Chollick which yields neither to Glisters nor Fomentations nor any other Remedy but continues for many Months by which the Body wasts and the Sick is vexed with a sort of intermitting Feaver and often with a slow continual Feaver at length the Pain remitting a Palsie succeeds that Humour leasurely creeping through the Membranes of the Abdomen to the Spine of the Back but this Palsie chiefly possesses the upper parts yet there is most commonly a Pain in the Thighs and Legs and in some few the use of them is wholly taken away and sometimes it breaks in upon the â—raâ— and causes the Falling-sickness from whence Death generally follows There are other causes of the Chollick but less frequent viz. Stones growing in the Guts Worms wound up in a bottom and obstructing the Intestines a Compression of the Guts by a Tumour of the neighbouring parts and the narrowness of them by reason of an Inflammation and other Tumours of the Guts or a twisting of them occasioned by Wind which is next to an Iliack Passion and sometimes the Matter which causes a Chollick is Venomous and Malignant Lastly All hard Bodies by obstructing the Guts or distending them may occasion a Chollick as stones generated in the Guts a great quantity of Cherry-stones hard Cheese and the like As Platerus relates of a certain Governour a long while troubled with the Chollick and Convulsions who after the use of Glisters evacuated a great quantity of hard Cheese by Stool The External Causes are a cold Constitution of the Air pressing and hardning the Belly or a hot Constitution which does likewise harden the Excrements the use of Meat and Drink unfit for the Mans Constitution of crudâ— and harsh Roots and of gross Meats of hard Digestion too much rest immoderate Sleep unseasonable Exercise immoderate Venery and other External Causes which may injure the Concoction of the Stomach The Diagnosticks of this Disease are plain for first the Pain is violent sometimes afflicting grievously this part sometimes that sometimes it possesses the Region of the Spleen sometimes of the Stomach or Liver or of the Reins sometimes it is above sometimes below the Navel and oftentimes it is most violent in the left side the Patient often Vomits the Pain is increased after Eating the Belly is most commonly bound The Signs of the Causes are distinguished in the following manner If the Pain proceed from Flegm it is not violent unless it be accompanied with Wind the Sick is eased by hot things and injured by cold things a course of Diet before apt to increase Flegm preceded If the Chollick is occasioned by Wind there is a stretching Pain and a certain Inflation of the Belly the Sick perceive a great deal of Wind and a rumbling in the Belly they are much eased by breaking Wind a course of Diet fit to breed Wind was used before as unseasonably drinking cold Water the frequent use of Pulse Turneps and Chesnuts Herbs and Fruits and the like and if the the Wind be contained in the Cavity of the Intestins the Pain is wandring and not fixed to one part and is renewed by Intervals But if it be kept in within the Coats of the Guts the Pain is fixed and is continual and obstinate because it cannot find Vent If the Chollick proceeds from an acrid and Cholerick Humour it is most sharp there is a twitching and pricking Heat Drouth and for the most part a Feaver the Disease is increased by hot Medicines and Diet and is mitigated by cold By the following Signs the Chollick and Nephritick Pain may be distinguished if they are accurately examined First The Nephritick Pain is fixed in the Kidney and stretches it self from that to the Testes according to the length of the Ureter but the Chollick is wandring and painfully girds the lower Belly Secondly The Chollick increases after eating by reason of the pressure upon the Gut by a full Stomach but the Nephritick Pain is not at all increased after eating but rather lessened because some of the Nutritious Juice is carried to the Veins which somewhat asswages the Pain Thirdly In the Chollick Vomiting is more severe and the Belly is more bound because the Colon lies near the Bottom of the Stomach and the Intestines being full or violently provoked contract themselves that they may expel the common Enemy but either of the Symptoms is common to either of the Diseases so that the Intention or Remission of them has a difficult Diagnostick For the Nephritick Pain being intense may occasion greater Vomiting and bind the Belly more than a remiss Chollick Fourthly In the Chollick the Patient is more eased by Vomiting and going to Stool than in Nephirtick Pains Fifthly In the Nephritick Pain the Urine is first clear and thin afterwards something settles to the Bottom and at length Sand or Gravel is evacuated buâ— in the Chollick the Urine is thicker from the beginning The Cure of this Disease must be varied according to the Variety of the Causes And first There is the same Way of Cure for a Windy and Flegmatick Chollick you must begin with an emollient Glister and afterwards you must give a Carminative and discutient Glister which must be repeated twice thrice or four times in a day till the Pain be gone but if after the use of one or two Glisters the Sick does not go to Stool as sometimes it happens the Belly must be irritated by a sharp Suppository but it is convenient to add to one of the Glisters four
ounces of the Aqua-benedicta or two or three drams of Coloquintida may be boiled in an emolient and Carminative Glister If Glisters do not give ease you must not obstinately persist in the use of them for it has been observed that when a Sick Person has taken without any Success twenty Glisters another Physician having given only an ounce and an half of Manna with two ounces of Oyl of Almonds in fat Broth has cured the Patient But in that Pain which proceeds from thick Flegm stronger Medicines must be given Afterwards Fomentations Oyntments Baths Plaisters and other Remedies are useful to which must be added some Specificks Boil simple Water and when it is boiling hot add a fourth part of common Oyl and some grains of pepper grosly beaten Let the Sick take three or four Spoonfuls as hot as he can bear it the pain will be gone as it were in a Moment Take of the best Aloes one dram of Laudanum Opiatum grains four mingle them make six Pills gild them let the Sick take them at a convenient time they give ease in an hours Time and afterwards purge off the noxious Humours Instead of the Pills a Potion may be taken made of half an ounce of Diaphaenicon and two Scruples of Philonium Romanum in the Water or Decoction of Camomil Take of the Oyl of Almonds or of some other Oyl for poor People four ounces of generous Wine one ounce of Syrup of Poppies one ounce mingle ehem make a Potion Oyl of sweet Almonds also taken with Manna in fat Broth asswages the Pain and evacuates the Peccant Matter If the Disease is lasting it may be successfully treated with a Decoction of Guajacum continued for many Days purging now and then with Elixir Salutis and injecting Glisters frequently But if the Chollick proceed from Flegm boil the Guajacum with Wine A Bilious Cholick is cured by emolient Glisters and with such things as attemperate the Acrimony of the Humours Give Juleps of the Waters of Erratick Poppy of Lettice and Sorrel with the Syrups of Violets Apples and Lemons If the Pain is very violent we must use Narcoticks the Pain being somewhat mitigated An Infusion of Rubarb in Succory-water is to be given with Syrup of Roses and to be repeated often till the Stock of Matter is evacuated If gentle Purging be not sufficient to eradicate the Disease we must use Mercurius Dulcis which being given sometimes with purging Medicines that have Diagridium in them perfects the Cure They that dislike Diagridium may give Mercurius Dulcis alone made into Pills with Conserve of Roses drinking upon them an Infusion of Rubarb and Senna with Manna and Syrup of Roses added to it Afterwards it will be convenient to use Tunbridge or such like Waters When the Pain is violent you must fly to Laudanum with which Catharticks may be sometimes given but in a large Dose because they are much blunted by Laudanum Bleeding is sometimes proper in this sort of Chollick when there is danger least the Violence of the Heat should occasion a Feaver if there be a Feaver already it is presently to be used When there is a great Drouth cold Water must be given according to Galens Instruction And Amatus Lusitanus says he wonderfully cured of a sudden such a Pain by the use of it and Septalius declares in two Observations that he used it inwardly and outwardly with great Success For the Cure of a Chollick that degenerates into a Pâ—lsie put the Patient into a warm Bath made of a Decoction of emollient things the Belly being loosned with various Glisters and the first Passages opened by Catharticks the Patient must be bathed twice or thrice or four or five times in a day that the Acrimony of the Humours may be attemperated and that the Pores of the Membranes may be opened The next day let the Humour be purged with some proper Cathartick and then the Bath must be repeated and so you must do every other day if the Patient be able to bear it till the Humours being purged off and the pain quieted he is recovered In the mean time you must continue the use of Glisters but those made with Milk are best to asswage the Pain to which may be added Cassia Oyl of Violets and Oyl of Lillies Let the Belly be frequently anointed with Oyl of Camomil of Dill sweet Almonds Lillies and with Butter Lastly Use Whey and Tunbridge-waters or the like and if the Disease continues a long while those things may be used which are proper to cure Hypochondriack Melancholly and Bleeding is to be used at the beginning of the Disease and before Purging and to be often repeated if the Blood seem to be bad or if something of a Rheumatism seems to be joyned wtih it Lastly All those Remedies which are proposed for the Cure of a Bilious Chollick may be used in this Case and if these things do no good some Physicians prescribe the following Potion which though it be loathsome and will not go down with the delicate yet they say it presently mitigates the Pain Take of Horse-dung one ounce crumble it in small Pieces and infuse it in a Pint of Erratick Poppy-water to which add eight or ten drops of Spirit of Wine Strain it gently and divide it into three Doses to be taken when the Pain is most violent But if the Disease degenerates into a Palsie you must use to the Spine of the Back and the paralitick Parts some resolving Balsam and such an one as strengthens the Nerves if there be a Feaver but if there be no Feaver you may apply Wooll dipt in Oyl or Ointment to the Paralitick Parts taking great Care that the Patient does not catch Cold for by that means the Humour will be more fixt upon the parts and the Perspiration of it will be hindred CHAP. LXXI Of the Bilious Chollick of the Years 1670 71 72. IN all these Years the Blood was much inclined to put off upon the Bowels hot and Cholerick Humours upon which Account this Chollick was more frequent than is usual The same Febrile Symptoms preceded this Disease as used to go before the Dysentery that reigned in those times and sometimes this Disease followed the Dysentery when it had a long while afflicted the Patient and was just about to leave him but when it did not follow a long Dysentery it generally took its Rise from a Feaver which after some Hours was wont to end in this Disease it chiefly seised Young People of a hot and Cholerick Constitution especially in the Summer the Pain of the Bowels was extreamly violent and more intollerable than any other that afflicts poor Mortals it sometimes binds as it were the Guts and sometimes being contracted to a Point it bores like an Auger the Pain now and then remits and presently the Fit approaches again which as soon as the Patient perceives he looks sadly and bemoans himself as if it were actually upon him At the beginning of this Disease
Liquor whereby the Spirits exhausted by Exercise may be repaired But when the Disease being unskilfully treated has a long while afflicted the Patient so that the Bowels become weak and infirm and he is in a manner quite wasted I say in this Case we find by experience that the free use of Epidemick Water or of Aqua-mirabilis or any other the Patient likes best relieves him at this Time beyond Expectation Moreover As in the Cure of the Disease so when it is over the thin Diet we have mentioned must be observed for some time for this Disease being more apt to return than any other and seating it self upon the principle parts of Concoction the least error in this kind will presently occasion much Pain Wherefore in this and all other Diseases of the Bowels Meats of hard Digestion are carefully to be avoided and things of easie Digestion must be taken only in such a Quantity as will suffice to sustain Life CHAP. LXXII Of the Hysterick Chollick A Certain kind of Hysterick Disease afflicts some Women very like the Bilious Chollick both as to the Sharpness and Situation of the Pain and also upon the account of the Humours ejected by Vomit of a Yellow and green Colour But least any one should take it for the Bilious Chollick just now mentioned I will treat of it in a Chapter by it Self Those Women that are of a lax and crude Habit of Body are chiefly afflicted with this Disease and they that have lately laboured under some other Hysterick Indisposition or which is very often those that have scarce evaded a difficult and hard Labour in bringing forth a large Child whereby the Mothers Natural Strength has been almost Spent A Pain as violent almost as that of the Chollick or Iliack Passion seises the Region of the Stomach and sometimes it comes a little lower and then violent Vomitings follow and the Matter which is cast up is sometimes yellow and sometimes green And moreover which I have often observed there is a greater Dejection of Spirit and Despiration than in any other Disease whatever After a day or two the Pain goes off and returns again in a few Weeks after as violent as it was before sometimes it is accompanied with the Jaundice which is very visible and which goes off of its own accord in a few days when all the Symptoms are gone off and when the Patient seems very well the Smallest Disorder of Mind whether it be occasioned by Anger or Sorrow to both which in this Case Women are very prone almost recalls the Pain which may be said of walking or any other Exercise used too soon for by these means Vapours are elevated in a Lax and weak Habit of Body when according to the Vulgar Opinion I say Vapours whither they be so or no or whither they are Convulsions of particular parts the Phaenomena may be solved either way These Vapours or Convulsions when they invade this or that Region of the Body produce Symptoms agreeable to the part they invade and though they are one and the same Disease every where yet they cunningly resemble most of the Diseases Mankind is exposed to Bleeding and Purging repeated which were plainly indicated at the beginning of a Bilious Chollick are not to be used here but the whole Business must be done by Anodyns unless a great Quantity of Blood and Humours so resists the operation of the Narcotick that though it be often repeated it cannot quell the Tumult till the Patient is blooded and purged which I have observed in Women of a very sanguine Constitution and in Virago's If the Case is so Bleeding or Purging or perchance both must make Way for the Anodyne for either of these being used a moderate dose of the Narcotick will perform the Business which otherwise would signifie nothing though the largest Dose is given But this seldom happens and these Remedies must not be repeated and when they are used when there is need of them you must proceed in giving Anodynes in that Method which I have proposed in the Bilious Chollick and they must be taken often or seldom according to the degrees of Pain But for as much as this Disease in Hypochondriack as well as in Hysterick People often ends in the Jaundice and as this comes on that goes off we must take notice that in curing this kind of Jaundice all Catharticks are to be wholly omitted or if they are given you must use only Rubarb or some other gentle Purge for there is danger least by purging new Tumults should arise and so all the Symptoms return and therefore in this Case nothing must be done presently seeing the Jaundice taking its Rise on this Account generally lessens of its own accord and wholly vanishes in a short time But if it continues a long while and seems to go off difficultly Remedies must be taken for it I use the following Take of the Roots of Madder and of Turmerick each one ounce of all the greater Celandine and of the Tops of the lesser Centaury each one handful boil them in equal parts of Rhenish-wine and of Fountain Water to a quart in the Liquor strained dissolve two ounces of the Syrup of the five opening Roots mingle them make an Apozem Let the Patient take half a pint Morning and Evening till he is well But if the Jaundice comes of it self the Chollick not going before it is necessary besides the alteratives just mentioned To give Cholagogues that is such things as purge Choler by Stool viz. once or twice before the Patient enters upon the Apozem prescribed and afterwards once a Week as long as he takes it As Take of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses two drams of Rubarb finely powdered half a dram of Cream of Tartar one scruple make a Bolus with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Rubarb with Succory give it early in the Morning let the Patient drink upon it a small draught of Rhenish-wine But if notwithstanding the constant taking of these things a long while the Disease continues obstinate the Patient must drink tunbridge-Tunbridge-waters or such like from the Fountain every Morning till he recovers CHAP. LXXIII Of the Iliack Passion THis dreadful Disease being hitherto almost in the Opinion of all Mortal takes its Rise from the inverted and preposterous Motion of the Intestines to wit the Fibres of the Intestines which ought to be contracted from the Superior toward the Inferior are drawn to the Superior and whatsoever is contained in the Intestines is not protruded to the Belly but towards the Stomach and is violently regurgitated to the Mouth so that Glisters how sharp soever become vomitive and also Catharticks taken by the Mouth are suddenly cast up by Vomit And in my Opinion the exquisite and intollerable Pain coming upon this Disease is only occasioned by the foresaid preposterous Motion of the Intestines for whereas those Folds which the many Circumvolutions of the Intestines make are so formed by Nature that they should
is Lice nine being taken alive in a Morning five or six days following and I have known several that have been cured this way when other Medicines would not do the Business But if notwithstanding all above mentioned the Disease continues obstinate the Sick must use Iron-waters such as are Tunbridge which he must drink at the Fountain till he is well Moreover Those that are afflicted with this Disease are often subject to Pains that are very troublesome and they rage chiefly a Nights And moreover the Sick cannot rest well wherefore Anodynes are to be used Take of Aqua-mirabilis and of the Water of Worms each one ounce of Diacodium six drams of Tincture of Saffron half an ounce mingle them The Dose is one Spoonful or two late at Night when the Sick cannot rest CHAP. LXXXII Of a Dropsie EVery Age and Sex are sometimes troubled with a Dropsie yet Women are more inclined to it than Men it comes upon Men chiefly when they are old and upon Women when they have done breeding but it sometimes seises barren Women when they are young The pitting of the lower part of the Leg by impression of the Finger is not so certain Sign of a Dropsie in Women as in Men for Women that are with Child and such as have a stoppage of the Courses are often subject to the same nor does such a Swelling certainly indicate a Dropsie for when an old Man of a gross Habit of Body having been a long while afflicted with an Asthma is suddenly freed from it in the Winter presently a great Swelling seises the Legs yet notwithstanding generally speaking the Swelling of the Legs is to be accounted a Sign of an approaching Dropsie Three Symptoms accompany this Disease Difficulty of Breathing little Urine and great Thirst There are two sorts of Tumours of the Belly that resemble a Dropsie that are common to Women the first is a preternatural Excrescence of the Flesh in the parts within the Belly which makes the Belly as Bulky as when Water is included in it the other kind arises from Wind which does not only occasion a Tumour but also other Signs of Breeding Widdows are most inclined to this sort or such Women as were not married till they were in Years The true and genuine curative Indications are wholly to be directed either to the Evacuation of the Water contained in the Belly and other Parts or to strengthen the Blood That Purging may be instituted to the Advantage of the Patient we ought to know whether the Sick is easily purged or hardly which can be known no other Way than by Inquiry how purging Remedies used at other times worked A Dropsie above all other Diseases requires the strongest and quickest Purges and the Sick ought to be purged every day unless by reason of the Weakness of the Body or the too violent Operation of the preceding Purge he ought to rest a day or two for you must not leave off purging unless Necessity urge till all the Water is quite carried off For those that are easily purged Syrup of Buck-thorn may be sufficient to carry off the Water But when the Sick is of such a Constitution that gentle Catharticks will not work quickly nor easily stronger must be given for which I have frequently prescribed the following Potion with Success Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of the Leaves of Senna two drams of Rubarb one dram and an half boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to three ounces in the strained Liquor dissolve of Manna and Syrup of Roses solutive each one ounce of Syrup of Buck-thorn half an ounce of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses two drams mingle them make a Potion But this Potion must be given only to strong People it purges when other things will not as I have found by frequent experience Or Take of White-wine four ounces of Jalap finely powdered one dram of Ginger powdered one Scruple of Syrup of Buck-thorn one ounce mingle them make a Potion to to be taken early in the Morning and to be repeated every Day or every other Day according to the Strength But two Medicines remain which in my Opinion are better than all the rest for those that are difficultly purged I mean Elaterium and the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum Elaterium or the Fecula of wild Cucumbers being given in a small quantity purge watery Humours powerfully for two grains of it are a sufficient Dose for most People I used to mix it with a scruple of the Pill ex duobus and to make three small Pills to be taken in the Morning As to the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum an ounce and an half of it or two ounces for those that are difficultly vomited given in a Morning and repeated daily according to the Strength of the Sick though it may seem at first only to evacuate the Water contained in the Stomach yet at length it will free the Belly from the Waters that are in it But if the foresaid Vomit does not sufficiently purge the Belly for it uses to purge at last after the third or fourth Dose of the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum by it self I sometimes though rarely use the following Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus three ounces of the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum one ounce and an half of Syrup of Buck-thorn half an ounce of the Electuary of the Juice of Roses two drams mingle them make a Potion But here it is to be noted that if the Swelling of the Belly be but small the Water is not so easily evacuated by the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum as when the Dropsie is great and a great quantity of Water is heaped up wherefore unless the Belly be much swelled it is best to do all by things that purge downwards But you must take notice that it often happens that Water is cast not only upon the Thighs and Legs but also into the Cavity of the Belly and yet it is not to be evacuated by Purging Medicines For Instance When such a Tumour follows a long Consumption or when it is occasioned by the Putrefaction of some of the Bowels or from the Tone of the Blood spoiled and the Spirits exhausted or by long continuance of Fistula's in Carnous Parts or occasioned by great Weakness and Evacuations by Sweating Fluxing or by violent purging and by a thin Diet in the Cure of the French Pox in these Cases the Patient will be rendered worse by purging wherefore we must endeavour all we can to strengthen the Blood and Bowels And among Remedies to this purpose which are to be mentioned by and by I have found by Experience that the change of the Air and Exercise in a free Air such as the Sick can bear answers this Indication excellently well And when the Sick is of a weakly Constitution or a Woman subject to Vapours neither Purge nor Vomits must be used but you must endeavour to evacuate the Water by Diureticks I order one
pound of the Ashes of Broom to be infused in the cold in three Pints of Rhenish-wine and that a Pugil or two of the Leaves of common Wormwood be added to it let the Sick take four ounces of the Liquor filtrated daily in the Morning at five in the Evening and late at Night till the Swelling goes off with which Remedy alone I have known some Dropsies that were accounted deplorable cured in such whose weak Constitution could not bear Purging But to come to the second Intention half the Business is no more than done when the Water is evacuated wherefore we must endeavour to strengthen the Blood by a long and daily Course of heating and strengthening Medicines to prevent a new Collection of Water and to this end the Sick must drink Wine whilst he is under Cure after the Passages are open for the Water to go out or instead of Wine strong Beer For poor People who could not provide better Medicines I use to order Srong-beer wherein Horse-radish Root the Leaves of common Wormwood Garden Scurvy-grass Sage the lesser Centaury and the Tops of Broom have been infused for their ordinary Drink Rich People may use Canary-wine wherein the same bitter Herbs have been infused whereof a small draught may be taken twice or thrice a day or they may take nine spoonfuls of Wormwood-wine instead of it after two drams of the following Digestive Electuary in the Morning at four in the Afternoon and at Bed-time Take of Conserve of Garden Scurvy-grass one ounce and an half of the Conserve of Roman Wormwood and of the yellow Rind of Oranges each one ounce of candied Angelica and Nutmegs candied each half an ounce of Venice Treacle three drams of the compound Powder of Wake-robin two drams with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Oranges make an Electuary The Sick must be sure to drink sparingly of small Liquors but to take off his Thirst he may often wash his Mouth with cold Water sharpened with Spirit of Vitriol and he may hold Tamarinds in his Mouth now and then or may chew a Lemon but he must swallow neither of them But amongst corroborating things Steel is not the least Garlick is also very good and without any Evacuatious I have known a Dropsie cured by it Take of Syrup of Steel a quart let a spoonful be taken with fifteen grains of Cream of Tartar every Morning in five spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of Aqua-lactis Alexiter one Pint of compound Water of Wormwood and of compound Water of Gentian each three ounces mingle them make a Julep Take of Steel prepared with Sulphur of astringent Saffron of Mars each half an ounce of Crabs-eyes and red Coral prepared and of Salt of Wormwood each one dram of Volatile Salt of Amber one scruple of Extract of Gentian a sufficient quantity mingle them make ten Pills of every dram let him take four every Night at Bed-time 'T is to be noted that that Dropsie which only swells the the Legs or the Belly a little does not presently require to be cured by Vomiting and Purging for it 's often removed by the heating and strengthning Medicines above mentioned but above all 't is to be minded that when we undertake to cure this Disease by Corroboratives or Lixivial Medicines the Patient must by no means be purged Topical or external Remedies as far as I have observed do nothing considerable and Blisters often occasion a Gangrene To conclude though this Disease when it comes to a Dropsie of the Belly has been always accounted desperate yet it will appear that if it be treated according to the Method above described it may be as certainly cured if the Bowels are not corrupted as many other Diseases which are not reckoned so deadly CHAP LXXXIII Of a Timpany A Timpany is a fixt hard and equal Swelling of the Belly that sounds when 't is knock't upon with the Finger it proceeds from a Convulsive Inflation of the Bowels the Animal Spirits being obstructed in the Fibres it generally ends in a Dropsie Medicines do little good in this Disease yet they are not wholly to be rejected the following are prescribed by Dr. Willis Take of Peach-flowers and of Damask-roses each two pugils of the Flowers of Broom Elder and the lesser Centaury each one pugil of the Leaves of Agrimony and of Sea-wormwood each one handful of the best Senna one ounce of Rubarb six drams of the seeds of Bastard-saffron half an ounce of Dwarf-elder two drams of yellow-sanders three drams of the Roots of Galingal two drams cut them and bruise them and put them into a silken Bag and hang them in a Glass-bottle and pour upon them a quart of White-wine and a pint of Saxifrage-water and put into the Bottle a dram and an half of Salt of Tartar let them infuse forty eight Hours and then take four or six ounces every third or fourth Day The following has been used with Success in this Disease in a hot Constitution Take of purging-waters four quarts of Salt of Wormwood two drams evaporate a quart over a gentle Heat and to these I used to add of the Water distilled from Wine with Catharticks four ounces the dose is four or six ounces Or to the Purging-water evaporated to a quart add the Roots of Mecoacan and Tuâ—bith each half an ounce of Rubarb six drams of yellow-sanders two drams of Cloves one dram digest them hot in a close Vessel two hours filter them hot through Paper the dose is three or four ounces Glisters are often used in this Disease because they loosen the Belly without much provoking the Fibres Take of the Infusion of Stone-horse-dung with Camomil-flowers one pint of Mercurial-honey two ounces make a Glister Or Take of Vrine one pint of Sal-prunella one dram of Venice Turpentine dissolved with the Yolk of an Egg one ounce and an half mingle them make a Glister Diureticks also seem proper Take of live Millepedes cleansed three ounces one Nutmeg sliced beat them together and pour upon them a Pint of the following Diuretick-water strain out the Liquor hard the dose is three or four ounces twice a day Take of the green-berries of Juniper and Elder each six pounds of the Tops of Fir four pounds of green Wallnuts two pound of Winteran Bark four ounces of the yellow-Peel of six Oranges and four Lemons of the Seeds of Bishops-weed Rocket and Cresses each one ounce and an half of Dill two ounces cut them and bruise them and pour upon them four quarts of White-wine Posset-drink distill them in a common Still and mingle all the Waters Whilst these things are taken inwardly Topicks must be also applied not such things as are hot and discussing but those things which are indued with Particles of Volatile Salt and Nitre Take of the Flowers of Sal-armoniack one ounce of Sal-prunella two ounces of small Spirit of Wine a quart mingle them and dissolve them in a Bottle Flannels dipt in this are to be applied warm over
the Belly twice a day for the space of half an hour afterwards apply a Cataplasm made of Cows-dung and the powder of Dogs-dung or the following Plaister Take of the Plaister of Sope that is of the red-lead Plaister with a sufficient quantity of Venice Sope spread it thin upon thin Leather and apply it to the Belly and renew it within ten or twelve Days Altering Medicines are also requisite Take of the Filings of Steel finely powdered two drams of the distilled Water above described a quart of the Syrup of the five opening Roots two ounces mingle them in a Glass and let them clarifie by standing The dose is three or four ounces in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon Take of the Powder of the Roots of Wake-robin and of Crabs-eyes each three drams of Sal-Prunella two drams of Vitriol of Mars one dram and an half of Anthosat Sugar two drams mingle them the dose is half a dram in a convenient Vehicle And Medicines are to be prescribed against Fainting Difficulty of Breathing Watching and Drouth Cordials Take of the Waters of Orange-flowers of the Flowers of Marigolds and of Camomil each three ounces of Dr. Stephens's water two ounces of Tincture of Saffron two drams of Sugar one ounce of Pearls one dram make a Julep the Dose is four or five spoonfuls thrice or oftner in a Day Take of the Conserve of Marigold-flowers two ounces of Confection of Atkermes and of Hyacinth each two drams of Pearls powdered one ounce of the Syrup of the Juice of Citron a sufficient quantity make a Confection let him take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening drinking upon it a draught of the Julep Hypnoticks Take of the hysterick-Hysterick-water six drams of Diacodium half an ounce mingle them let it be taken at Bed-time Or Take of Syrup of Cowslips three Spoonfuls of compound Peony-water one spoonful of Laudanum tartarized one dram let a spoonful be taken in the Night if the Sick cannot sleep To quench the Thirst without much drinking which is always very prejudicial let the Sick lick often a small quantity of the following Linctus Take of Conserve of Wood-sorrel pulped three ounces of the Pulp of Tamarinds two ounces of Sal-prunella one dram of the Syrup of the Juice of Wood-sorrel a sufficient quantity make a Linctus CHAP. LXXXIV Of an Anasarca AN Anasarca is a white soft Swelling of the outward parts of the Body or of some of them it yields to the Touch and will pit and is occasioned by watry Humours extravasated As to the Cure there are two things chiefly to be minded First That the Water within the Skin should be evacuated Secondly That Care be taken to prevent the heaping up of new Water to which End we must endeavour the Viscera of Concoction being freed from Obstructions and Filth that good Chyle be made and carried in a due quantity to the Mass of Blood and that it be sufficiently fermented The Vital Indication is of little use in this Disease because there is seldom Fainting or Watching for which Cordials and Hypnoticks are required and also a strengthning diet for Fasting and Abstinence do good in this Case and often perform the greatest part of the Cure for the Vessels being emptied by Fasting absorb the Waters within the Skin or stagnating elsewhere and evacuate them by the Reins or the Pores of the Skin or otherwise The Sick must use purging Medicines prescrib'd for a Dropsie and the same Diureticks A Decoction of the Woods is also very proper Take of the Shavings of Guajacum six ounces of Sassafras two ounces of all the Sanders each six drams of Ivory and Hartshorn rasped each three drams infuse them and boil them in four quarts of Fountain-water till half is consumed adding to it the Roots of Sweet-smelling Flag of the lesser Galingal of Burdock and Butter-bur each one ounce of the Leaves of Sharp-sage and of dried Germander each two handfuls keep the strained Liquor for use the Dose is eight or ten ounces hot twice a Day to every Dose add twenty or five and twenty drops of Spirit of Saâ—armoniack with Amber or of Soot or of the Tincture of Salt of Tartar half a dram or a dram Frictions do often good in an Anasarca wherefore the whole Body may be rubb'd once or twice a day with a course Napkin or with Brushes made for that Purpose Blisters evacuate the Water plentifully but there is Danger of a Gangrene by the use of them But Escharoticks may be more safely used than Blisters an Emperick often evacuated successfully Water from the Members of Dropsical People if they were never so much swelled in the following manner by an Escharotick viz First he fomented their Legs Morning and Evening with a Decoction of Dwarf-elder Wormwood Camomil and other hot Herbs the grounds of Beer or Wine being added to it and betwixt the times of Bathing he applied a Cataplasm made of the Dregs of the Decoction and Bran after these things had been used three days he covered the Legs and Feet with a Plaister made of Burgundine-pitch leaving only upon each Calf a little hole about the bigness of a small Nut in which places he applied an Escarotick Medicine to the naked Skin made of the Ashes of the Bark of the Ash which being taken off after twelve hours a small Eschar remained from the pores whereof the Water first drained gently and daily afterwards it dropt more freely but when the Eschar cast it flowed as from a Fountain till it had emptied the Legs Another Way remains as good as the former but less us'd to drain the Water viz. By pricking with a Needle which also must be used cautiously and leisurely lest the Flux of Waters should be too great provide such a Needle as Tailors use and prick the Place that is most swelled with it so as that the Blood may not come you must prick only six or seven Holes at at a time at the Distance of the Breadth of a Thumb one from the other the Water will break out drop by drop from each Hole continually till all the Swelling about the Parts prick'd disappears and then the next time sometimes after twelve hours sometimes after eighteen and sometimes after twenty four prick again in another part of the same Leg or in the other and so once or twice a day in this or that Member in one or two or more at a time for the Water may be drawn more plentifully and safer this Way than any other and if the Breeding of new Water be prevented by Medicines the Disease will be easily cured Moreover in a deplorable Dropsie the Life may be prolonged this way An old Man of Seventy Years of Age that was dropsical all over kept his Head above Water and lived many Months by this means contrary to Expectation But to strengthen and restore the Blood the following Medicines must be used Take of Conserve of Sea-wormwood of Scurvy-grass and the yellow Peel
mixed with Antiscorbuticks are to be given Therefore the Body being cleansed by Catharticks which are proper in the Scurvy you may proceed with Medicines proper to cure these Diseases after this manner In the beginning of the Cure the Hemorrhoids are to be opened by the Application of Leeches and this ought to be often repeated unless something contraindicate Take of the Roots of Male-peony half an ounce of red Coraâ— prepared two drams of Man's Skull and Elks-hoof each one dram take of fine Sugar dissolved in Peony-water compound or the compound Water of Horse-radish and boiled to Tablets eight ounces of the best Oyl of Ambaâ— rectified half a dram make Tablets A dram and an half or two drams of them may be taken Morning and Night drinking upon them a draught of the following distilled water Take of the Leaves of Scurvy-grass Brook-lime Lillies of the Valley Sage Rosemary Bettony each three handfulâ— of green Wallnuts one pound the Peels of six Oranges and of four Lemmons the Roots of Male-peony green â— Pound and an half after they are bruised and sliced pour upon them of Flegm of Vitriol one pound of Who made with Syder five Pints distil them after the common manner mix all the Liquor together The Dose is three or four ounces Fluxes of Blood often threaten great Danger in the Scurvy therefore these Fluxes whether they be too great or from an inconvenient place ought to be stop for the present and guarded against for the future The common Method of stopping Blood when it flows immoderately is generally known and there is no peculiar thing more to be done on this Occasion than what is usual in other Fluxes of Blood Nevertheless to hinder these Fluxes of blood Remedies must be used which sweeten the Blood and contract the Orifices of the Vessels which are too lax and open Both these Intentions are excellently performed by Steel Medicines Take of the Conserve of red Roses and of Hips each three ounces of the Species Diarrhodon Abbatis of the three Sanders each a dram and an half of Salt of Steel one dram of Saffron of Mars two drams of red Coraâ— prepared one dram and an half with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Steel make an Electuary The Dose is the quantity of a Nutmeg three times a day drinking upon it a Draught of some proper Liquor For the Poor you may prescribe after this manner Take of the Tops of Cypress and of stinging Nettles each four ounces of Brook-lime two ounces beat them in a Mortar with ten ounces of white Sugar afterwards add Filings of Steel finely powdered one ounce of white and red Sanders powdered each two drams with a sufficient quantity of Syrup made of the Juice of Nettles make an Electuary The Dose is the quantity of a Wallnut twice a day When the Scurvy does infect the inward Parts of the Mouth as when the Gums begin to swell and their Flesh grows spungy Medicines are presently to be used that resist Putrefaction Liquors to wash the Mouth and Liniments are of great use both at the beginning and height of this Distemper and as they respect various Intentions so they are to be prepared after divers manners Gargarisms or Waters for the Mouth are of divers kinds which are all made for the most part of the Decoctions of Vegetables or the Infusion of Minerals The Herbs and Roots which are boiled in a proper Liquor viz. Water or Wine are for the most part sharp bitter or stiptick Afterwards these Decoctions are impregnated with a Salt either volatile lixivial vitriolick or chalybeat and aluminous When the Gums are swelled and become spungy a Gargarism may be prescribed after this manner Take of the Bark of Elder and of Elm each half an handful of the leaves of Savory Sage Hedge-mustard and Cresses each one handful of the Roots of Pepper-wort two drams After they are cut and bruised boil them in three pints of Lime-water to the Consumption of the third part make a Gargarism it may be sweetned with two ounces of Honey of Roses Liniments may be also prescribed for the same purpose they are most properly applied at Night The following is greatly commended by Authors Take of the Powder of the Leaves of Columbines of curled Mint Sage Nutmeg Mirrh which is sometimes left out each two drams of Burnt-alum half an ounce of Virgin-honey a sufficient quantity make a Liniment If the Flesh of the Gums be dried and falls off from the Roots of the Teeth light Scarification is often used the Mouth also is to be washed with this Decoction Take of the Tops of Madder Cypress of the Leaves of Sanicle Ladies-smock each one handful boil them in three pints of Water wherein hot Iron hath been quenched to the Consumption of a third part add to the strained Liquor two ounces of Honey of Roses mingle them When the Gums are putrified and corrupted and the Teeth being carious and loose stink stronger Medicines and such as greatly resist Putrefaction are to be used The Infusion of Vitriol camphorated and of Lapis medicamentosus is very effectual in this case If deep and putrid Ulcers afflict the Gums or any other part of the Mouth strong Remedies must be often used also Cotton dipt in Aegyptiacum dissoloved in Spirit or in the Infusion of Lapis Medicamentosus or sublimate must be sometimes applied to the part affected Scorbutick People are also oftentimes afflicted with Pains in the Legs and in other Joints especially in the Night-time for the removing of which Pains which are sometimes very violent besides the general Method of curing the Scurvy Specifick Remedies are to be used Therefore in such a case Purging having been rightly performed and Bleeding if there be occasion for it Medicines both external and internal must be used As to the First Those that evacuate by Sweat and by Urine are oft-times very effectual Testaceous Powders Crabs-eyes the Jaw of a Pike the Spirit and Flowers of Sal-Armoniack Spirit of Blood Tincture of Antimony and of Coral Decoctions of the Roots and Seeds of Burdock Ground-pine and Germander are very proper and such like Remedies may be taken twice or thrice a day â—n distilled antiscorbutick-waters The distilled water of Horse-dung with Scurvy-grass Brook-lime and Ground-â—ine and the like may be conveniently used In the mean time Fomentations Liniments Cataplasms and â—uch like Applications must be applied to ease the Pain For a Scorbutical Gout Henricus Petreus mentions â—wo Remedies which are frequently used in Westâ—halia Take nine Worms beat them in a Mortar with two spoonfuls of Wine press it through a Cloth and add to it half a Measure of Wine let three spoonfuls of it be taken in the Morning at Noon and in the Evening for many days The other is as follows Take of Savin two or three Branches of Virgin-honey two spoonfuls boil them in a measure of Wine till the Wine sink two Fingers let four or five spoonfuls of the strained Liquor be taken thrice
a day Certainly the Magisterial-water of Worms of the London Dispensatory is very beneficial in this Disease so are the Spirit and Salt of Harts-horn Spirit of Blood Flowers of Sal-armoniack which I have often used with good Success Moreover Testaceous Powders as Crabs-eyes Coral Pearls and Vegetables which are counted good for the Gout as the Roots of Birth-wort the Leaves of Ground-pine and Germander and the like mixed with Antiscorbuticks conduce to the Cure of this Disease Oyl of Worms of Frogs and Toads are often useful to ease the Pain I have been told by a worthy Man that the Water drawn from what is contained in the Stomach of an Ox newly killed by Distillation and applied hot with Cloaths gives certainly ease For Convulsive and Paralitick Diseases occasioned by the Scurvy Remedies proper for them must be mixed with Antiscorbuticks For a Consumption and a Feaver ocasioned by the Scurvy gentle Catharticks Digestives and things that corroborate must be used And because they often arise from a scirrhous Tumour in the Stomach or Parts thereabouts things that open Obstructions are to be used as Tunbridge-waters and the like Moreover Fomentations Liniments and Plaisters must be outwardly applyed Asses or Cows-milk diluted with Barly-water or with some proper distilled-water is often good so is Broth made of Snails and Snails boiled in Milk Moreover Distilled waters of Milk or Whey with Snails and Antiscorbutick Herbs do a great deal of Good in this Case And for the Feaver the following Medicines may be used with a thin Diet Take of the Raspings of Harts-horn and Ivory each two drams and an half of Eryngo Roots candied six drams of the Roots of Chervil Dandelyon each half an ounce of the Leaves of Harts-tongue Liverwort each one handful one Apple sliced of Raisins one handful boil them in four Pints of Fountain-water to the Consumption of a third part pour the strained Liquor upon two handfuls of Brook-lime and a dram and an half of Sal-prunella or of Nitre fixed one dram let them infuse for the Space of three Hours four or six ounces of it may be taken three times a day Take of the Leaves of Brook-lime four handfuls of Wood-sorrel of the Herb and Root of Dandelyon each two handfuls of Snails cleansed one pound and an half the Peels of two Oranges After they are bruised and cut pour upon them six Pints of new Milk or Whey made with Syder or of the fresh Juice of Apples distill them after the common Way Three ounces may be taken twice or thrice a day A Scorbutical Rhumatism must be cured by Purging but especially by Bleeding and repeated sometimes according to the Strength of the Patient Diureticks and Diaphoreticks must be also used and four or six ounces of the Infusion of Horse-dung in Wine or Ale may be taken twice or thrice a day on the Days the Sick does not purge Spirit of Harts-horn or of Blood is also very good in this case A Scorbutical Dropsie arising from an evident Cause or occasionally is often cured wherefore if the Sick cannot sleep Opiats must be given and Purging must be repeated at due distances according to the Strength of the Patient and Glisters must be often injected to keep the Body loose Take of Mercurius Dulcis one Scruple of Rosin of Jalap five or ten grains of Cloves half a Scruple mix them and give it in a spoonful of Panado At other Times Diureticks and sometimes Diaphoreticks must be given Take of Tincture of Salt of Tartar impregnated with the Tincture of Millepedes as much as you please Give a Scruple or two Scruples twice a day in some proper Liquor Take of the Spirit of Sal-armoniack what quantity you please The Dose is fifteen drops Take of Mille pedes prepared three drams of Salt of Tartar two drams of Nutmegs one dram mix them make a Powder The Dose is half a dram twice a day with some proper Liquor Or Take of dried Bees powdered two drams of the Seeds of Bishops-weed powdered one dram of Oyl of Juniper one scruple of Turpentine a sufficient quantity for a Mass of Pills The Dose is one scruple or half a dram to be taken twice a day drinking upon it three or four ounces of the following Water Take of the Leaves of both the Scurvy-grasses of Water-cresses of Pepper-wort and Arsmart each three handfuls of the Roots of Wake-robin Briony and Florentine-orris each four ounces of the middle Bark of Elder two handfuls of the Winteran-bark two ounces of the yellow Peel of four Oranges and three Lemmons and of fresh Juniper-berries four ounces cut them and bruise them and pour upon them two quarts of Rhenish-wine and of the Wine made of the Juice of Elder-berries one quart Distill them in a common Still and mix the Waters The Dose is three or four ounces twice a day after a Dose of any of the Medicines above prescribed There remains one Symptom that comes though rarely upon the Scurvy viz. A crackling of the Bones but the Cure of it is not yet known An orderly Diet is of great moment in the Cure of the Scurvy The Sick must only eat Meat of easy Digestion he must avoid thick and clammy Meat and such as are smoaked and Pulse Milk-meats unripe Fruit and things that are sugared for the Scurvy has increased wonderfully of late by the immoderate use of Sugar Their Drink must be middling mild Beer that is clear and medicated with Antiscorbuticks Exercise and Labour are so beneficial in the Scurvy that many have been cured by them alone An Air moderately hot and dry thin and pure should be chosen CHAP. LXXXV Of the Stone in the Kidneys and of the Nephritick Pain THE Nephritick Pain is called that whick afflicts the Reins and Ureters The cause of this Pain is various but the most frequent is a Stone or gross Flegm The less frequent causes are Clods of Blood thrust into the Ureters or thick Matter conveyed from the Reins or other Parts into the Ureters The diagnostick Signs of the Stone The first Sign is a fixed Pain about the Region of the Loins the second is bloody Urine the third thin and little Water at the Beginning of the Fit which is sometimes succeeded by a total Suppression of Urine if both the Ureters be obstructed the fourth is the frequent voiding of Sand and little Stones the fifth is a Numbness of the Legs the Sixth is the drawing up of the Stones the seventh is Nauseousness and Vomiting The Cure of the Nephritick Pain and Stone sticking in the Reins and Ureters is peformed by dilating the Passages by the Explosion of the Stone or any other Matter which causes Pain and also by removing the antecedent Cause and mitigating the Pain to the which Indications the following Remedies answer Take of the carminative Decoction for a Glister ten ounces of the Electuary of Laurel-berries of the Electuary of Juice of Roses each three drams of Venice-turpentine dissolved in the Yolk of
Inflammation of the Reins are a heavy Pain in the Region of the Reins and there is sometimes a pulsation If the place wherein the Arteries are be affected and the Pain is extended to the neighbouring Parts so that the Sick cannot raise himself upright nor stand and but difficultly turn himself to the opposite side neither can he lie upon that side nor upon his Belly and therefore he is forced perpetually to lie upon his Back if his Knees or if his Body be any way moved the Pain is much exasperated there is a Numbness of the same side by reason of a Nerve which goes from thence to the Leg his Urine is hot and in the beginning thin and yellow afterwards red and thick The Sick has a continual and acute Feaver and it is often accompanied with watchings a Delirium Nauseousness and Vomiting But in an Inflammation of the Bladder the Pain is seated upon the Region of the Pubis and Perinaeum in which Parts there is a Heat and sometimes an apparent Redness the Urine is always hot and voided difficultly the Passage being stopt by the Tumour and the right Gut is affected by reason of its Nearness upon which account there is frequent endeavours to go to stool and sometimes the Belly is bound There are also other Symptoms that are common with the Inflammation of the Reins as a Feaver watching and the like The Cure of an Inflammation in the Reins and Bladder is performed by Medicines that cause Revulsion and Derivation and by such as cool and moderately repel by Anodyn resolving and suppurating Medicines And First Bleeding is very necessary twice thrice or oftener acccording to the Strength until the Fluxion is stopped and the Pain abated A large quantity of Blood being taken away from the upper Veins the lower are to be opened also in the Foot to make Derivation The Hemorrhoidal Veins are also to be opened especially if they are swelled and Cupping-glasses with Scarification are to be applied to the upper and lower parts to make Revulsion Frictions and painful Ligatures of the extream parts are also to be used Emollient cooling and moderately loosning Glisters must be injected in a small quantity Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows one ounce of the Leaves of Mallows Violets and Lettice each one handful of sweet Prunes four pair of Barley cleansed and of the Flowers of Violets each one Pugil make a Decoction to eight or ten ounces in the strained Liquor dissolve one ounce of Cassia of Oyl of Violets four ounces of Yolks of Eggs number two make a Glister The Heat of the Blood must be mitigated by Juleps and Emulsions Take of the Waters of Endive Lettice and Purslain each four ounces of Syrup of Pomegranates two ounces of Syrup of Water-lillies one ounce mingle them make a Julep for three Doses to be taken Morning or Evening Or Take of the Roots of Sorrel two ounces of the Leaves of Mallows Plantane Purslain and Endive each one handful of the Tops of white Poppies half an handful of the Seeds of Annise and Lettice each one dram of the Flowers of Borrage Violets and Water-lillies each one pugil boil them to a Pint and an half then add of the Syrup of Pomegranates four ounces Or Take of sweet Almonds blanced one ounce of fresh Pine-nuts half an ounce of the Seeds of Lettice Sorrel Purslain and white Poppies each three drams beat them in a marble Mortar and pour upon them of the Waters of Barley or Lettice or Purslain one Pint and an half in the strained Liquor dissolve one ounce of Sugar of Roses make an Emulsion for three Doses Syrup of Poppies may be conveniently added to this Emulsion to restrain the Fluxion more powerfully Cooling Glisters must be also injected In the Beginning of these Inflammations Purging is not convenient but at the Declination gentle Purges may be used as of Manna Cassia Rubarb Tamarinds and the like But cooling and moderately repelling Medicines must be used outwardly at the beginning as liquid Epithems made of the Waters or Juices of Plantane Sorrel Endive Night-shade and of Roses with a little Vinegar red Sanders and Camphor also Liniments of Oyl of Roses Omphacine and of Violets the white Oyntment or Populeon alone or mixed a little Vinegar being added to them may be applied almost cold to the Parts every hour If the Pain be very violent it will not be improper to add to the Epithem or Liniment a little Opium or Saffron A Cataplasm may be also made of Barley-meal with the Juice of Endive Purslain and Night-shade Oyl of Roses being added to it and Populeum Oyntment but it must be frequently changed before it grows hot But here three things are to be observed First We must not continue too long the use of cooling Medicines least the Expulsion of the conjunct matter by Sweat should be hindred and the Tumours should grow Scirrhous Secondly in an Inflammation of the Bladder things that are but a little cooling and astringent must be used least a Suppression of Urine should happen which is a Symptom that is very frequent of it self in this Disease Thirdly Cataplasms are not so proper in an Inflammation of the Bladder as Liniments and Oyntments because they oppress the part with their Weight Wherefore when cooling Medicines have been used a very little while and after Bleeding repeated the Fluxion being pretty well stopt we must use Emollients and gentle Resolvents as Fomentations made of a Decocton of the Roots of Marsh-mallows of the Leaves of Mallows Violets Pellitory of the Seeds of Flax Fenugreek Mallows and of Cotton of the Flowers of Camomil Melilot Rosemary and Roses and Liniments are to be applied of Oyl of Lillies Roses and with a little Oyl of Camomile The following Pultis is very softning and Anodyne Take of the Crums of white Bread one pound boil them in Goats-milk to the Consistence of a Pultiss then add the Yolks of three Eggs of Oyl of Roses four ounces of Saffron half a dram make a Cataplasm it must be often changed a little Opium and Camphor may be added to it if the Pain be very violent If there be danger of a Gangrene a corroborating Cataplasm must be made of the Meal of Beans Orobus and of Lupins boiled in Wine But when the Inflammation is in a manner taken off then resolving Decoction and Liniments must be used In the whole course of the Disease respect must be always had to the Feaver Pain Watchings Suppressions of Urine and the like And to ease the Pain of the Bladder Anodyne Suppositories or Yolks of Eggs with a little Opium and with the Juice of Henbane or the like must be tied up in a rag and put up the Fundament If the Inflammation of the Reins cannot be discussed but tends to Suppuration which may be known by the Increase of the Feaver of the Pain and of other Symptoms also by shaking and Vomiting and by a greater Weight about the Part especially when
Troches of Alkakengi which are peculiarly proper in this case must be used inwardly Also Emulsions of the cold Seeds of the Seeds of white Poppies adding if there be occasion Syrup of Poppies And lastly The Conserve of the Flowers of Marsh-mallows must be frequently given And the following Fomentation may be used to the Region of the Reins Take of the Roots of Marsh-mallows of the Leaves of Mallows Pellitory and Violets each one handful of the seeds of Flax Fenugreek and Alkakengi each three drams of the Flowers of Camomil Melilot and Water-lillies each one Pugil make a Decoction wherewith foment the Part with Flannels After the Fomentation use the following Liniment Take of Oyl of Violets and of sweet Almonds each one ounce and an half of Oyl of Roses one ounce of the Mucilages of the Seeds of Marshmallows and Fenugreek each two ounces of Suffron one scruple make a Liniment But to ease the Pain new Milk from the Cow with Dr. Gordon's Troches dissolved in it injected is the best Anodyne for it eases the pain and cures the Ulcer CHAP. XCI Of a Diabetes THis Disease was so rare amongst the Ancients that many famous Physicians made no mention of it but in our Age wherein excessive Drinking has been especially of Wine so much used there are many Instances of it As to the Cure The chief intentions of Healing are to prevent fusion of the Blood and to take off that which is so First The Fusion of the Blood is hindred when its gross and watry Parts contain one another and are contained so that they do not too hastily separate which may be effected by thickning Remedies and for this Purpose Rice Starch and Mucilaginous Vegetables also Gums and some resinous things are of use Secondly That the Fusion of the Blood may be taken off such Remedies are indicated as dissolve the Concretions of the Salts I have prescribed in this Disease the Tincture of Antimony with good success and Lime-water with the Seeds of Annise Raisins and Liquorish is much commended by some A Noble-man fell into a desperate Diabetes for besides that he voided a Gallon and an half of clear Urine that was almost as sweet as Honey in the space of a Night and a Day he was also afflicted with great Thirst a Hectick Feaver great Weakness and with a wasting of the whole Body he was cured in a short time by the following Medicines Take of the Tops of Cypress eight handfuls of the Whites of Eggs a quart of Cinnamon half an ounce having cut them small pour upon them four Quarts of new Milk and distill them in a cold Still Have a care of an Empyrema He took six ounces of it thrice a day Take of Gum-Arabick and Tragacanth each six drams of Penediate Sugar one ounce make a Powder give one dram or one dram and an half twice a day with three or four ounces of the distilled Water Take of Rubarb powdered fifteen grains of Cinnamon six grains make a Powder let him take it in the Morning and repeat it six or seven days after Take of Cowslip-water three ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated two drams with half an ounce of Diacodium make a draught to be taken at Bed-time every Night His Diet was altogether in a manner of Milk which he eat sometimes crude sometimes boiled with Bread or Barley sometimes it was diluted with a distilled water or with Barley-water When he had been well a long time he fell into the same Disease again and the same Method and Medicines were ordered again whereby he grew better in a few Days afterwards he took five or six ounces of Lime-water daily thrice in a Day and having used it four days he voided Urine in a moderate quantity well coloured and somewhat salt I cured another of a deplorable Diabetes by the same Method especially with Lime-water CHAP. XCII Of Incontinence of Vrine INcontinence of Urine proceeds from a fault of the retentive Faculty of the Bladder it befalls either People waking and then the cause is great or sleeping and then it is less for at that time the Animal Functions are not so freely exercised and this happens two Ways viz. Either by the Weakness or Laxity of the Sphincter Muscle of the Bladder which sucking Children are subject to old People and some in their middle Age and others by false Imagination for many there are who by reason of excessive Drinking or by reason of the exquisite sense of the Bladder or sharp Urine piss in Bed in some sort willingly for they imagine in their Sleep that they are making Water against the Wall or some other Place and they are so accustomed to this Vice that they do it where there is no Fault either in Bladder or Muscle of it and they are not cured by Medicines but by rectifying their Imagination as in Children by the Rod and in grown People by placing some precious things upon the Places where they think they make water in their Dreams and by shewing such things to them often But a preternatural Disorder occasioning an Incontinence of Urine is seated in the Sphincter Muscle which is either affected Sympathically or Idiopathically it is affected by Sympathy many Ways as when the whole Body is weak and the Natural Heat decayed as when Death approaches or when the whole Body or half of it is seised with the Palsie or those Branches of the Nerves only which arising from the Os sacrum are communicated to the Bladder This Resolution of the Muscles is occasioned sometimes by reason of the Nearness to other Parts affected as in Women with Child in swellings and Pains of the Womb and great Diseases of the right Gut But the Sphincter Muscle is also affected various ways Idiopathically as by Wounds upon it as it happens in cutting for the Stone or by reason of deep Wounds that hinder the Contraction and Shutting of it but the chief and most frequent cause is a cold and moist Intemperies whereby that part is weakned and relaxed This Intemperies is much furthered by a natural cold and moist Constitution by Childhood Age the Feminine Sex by Diseases of the whole Body or of some Parts arising from a cold and moist Intemperies to which may be added external causes proper to produce such an Intemperies The Diagnostick Signs of this Disease either shew a Sympathick Disease which are to be taken from the Effects proper to produce an Incontinence of Urine mentioned above and if they are present we must suppose the Disease proceeds thence but if they are absent we must count it Idiopathick and if it be occasioned by a Wound Ulcer or any other Disorder of the Sphincter it is easily known but if none of these appear we must consider whither there be a cold and moist Intemperies of the part which may be known by the Constitution of the Internal and external Causes and by the Effects of them as softness of the whole Body a pale Colour a Laxity of the
Genus Nervosum and of the genital parts by Childhood Age and a Flegmatick Cachexy and the like As to the Prognostick This Disease is incurable in old Age in a Feaver it is dangerous but it may be cured in Children by increase of Years for in time the superfluous Moisture may be consumed and the lax parts rendered firm and strong The Cure of Involuntary Urine must be directed to the correcting of the cold and moist Intemperies and to the Laxity of the Sphincter Muscle for that which is occasioned by Sympathy from other Parts primarily affected must be referred to the Cure of those Diseases and that which proceeds from a Wound Ulcer and other manifest Diseases depends on the Cure of them wherefore the following Method of Cure must be observed both for Children and grown People but in Children the most gentle Medicines must be used and they must be dosed accoding to their Age. First Bleeding is not of use in this case unless there be a Plethora of the whole Body in Youth but Purges are always necessary in this case they must be made of Phlegmagogue Medicines and astringent things may be mixed with them especially such as purge too as Rubarb Mirobalanes and the like Afterwards Electuaries medicated Wines and the like must be used to dry up the phlegmatick Matter and to constringe the relaxed part Take of the Nuts of Cypress and of Mirtles torrified of the Raspings of Ivory Coriander seeds prepared red Coral Ambar each two drams of Spodium one dram of the Roots of Cyperus and Galingal each half a dram with candied Citrons make an Electuary whereof let him take the quantity of a Chesnut Morning and Evening drinking upon it a little red Wine Take of the Roots of Comfry half an ounce of the Roots of Cyperus and Galingal each one dram of the Leaves of Plantane Horse-tail five leaved Grass with the Roots each one handful of Cypress Nuts and of the Cups of Acorns each four Scruples of the seeds of Rue and of the chast Tree of Frankincense and of the Raspings of Ivory each half a scruple of red Roses one Pugil of red Wine two quarts infuse them twenty four Hours then strain them and add to it half an ounce of Cinnamon and with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make a Claret whereof let him take three or four ounces twice a day Many Specificks are proposed by Authors for the Cure of this Disease as the Brains and Testicles of a Hare burnt also a Cockle in its Shell burnt and drank the Dung of a Hare the Ashes of a Mouse burnt the Hoof of a Boar torrified the Ashes of Date-stones the Powder of Egg-shells but above all the Powder of Agrimony and the inward Coats of the Stomach of a Hen dried which may be given a part or together in red Wine Solinander says he saw excellent Success by the use of a Cocks Throat torrified the Powder was taken before Supper in a little red Wine it was repeated for some Days In grown People Sudorifick Decoctions made of Guajacum and Sassafrass and used for twenty Days are proper to dry the Body So are also Bath-waters applied with Flannels The Sick must drink red rough Wine by it self or diluted with Chalybeat waters and he must drink but little at Supper he must make Water just as he is going into Bed in the middle of the Night and early in the Morning And outwardly Topicks must be applied to the Pubis and Perinaeum such as heat strengthen and dry Take of the Roots of Elecampane sweet-smelling Flag of Acorus and Cyperus each half an ounce of the Leaves of Mint Sage Wild-marjoram Calaminth and Wormwood each half an handful of the Nuts of Cypress Mirtles Galls and Balaustines each one dram of red Roses one Pugil boil them in equal parts of Smiths Water and red Wine to one quart in the strained Liquor dissolve of Salt and Allum each one ounce foment the Region of the Pubis and Perineum Morning and Evening hot Of the same Decoction the quantity of it being increased a bath may be made to be used for many days After the Fomentation or Bath the Parts may be anointed with a Liniment made of Oyl of Foxes rue Orrise Unguentum Martiatum Aregon and with the Powder of Mastich Cyperus and Mirtles or the following Plaister may be applied Take of Labdanum and Mastich each two drams of the Wood of Alces and of Storax calamite of Cinnamon and of Turpentine each one dram of Mirtles and of the Roots of Cyperus each half a dram of the Juice of Mint and Horsâ—-tail extracted with red Wine a sufficient quantity make a Plaister CHAP. XCIII Of a total Suppression of Urine and of the Strangury A Total Suppression of Urine is called by Authors Ischuria but when the voiding of Urine is lessened they term it a Strangury An Ischuria or total Suppression of Urine is twofold viz. true when the Bladder is full and false when the Bladder is empty and nothing comes from the Reins to it The true Ischury depends on three Causes the first whereof is Sense abolished in the Bladder by reason of a Palsie or Obstruction of its Nerve or because the Spirits are diverted another Way as in a Delirium or the like The second cause is a cold Intemperies of the Bladder The third Cause is a narrowness of the Neck of the Bladder and of this three Causes are assigned for the Muscle incompassing the Neck of the Bladder is so swelled that the Passage is stopt or a Caruncle grows in the Neck of the Bladder or a Callus is generated there the Passage is also obstructed by a Stone by a thick Humour a Clot of Blood or by Matter The Passage is also stopt by a Swelling of the neighbouring parts as by a large Child in the Womb by the Excrements hardened in the right Gut and by the Piles much swelled This Suppression also happens sometimes by too great a quantity of Water retained too long that so much distend the whole Body of the Bladder that it cannot be contracted to expel it first when any Person that is well retains his Urine for want of a Convenient Place to void it in or when the Nerves of the Bladder are affected so that the Bladder cannot be sensible of the Weight and Fulness A false ischury is occasioned by reason either the Serum is not put off upon the Reins or not conveighed through the Ureters they being stopt by a Stone or the like A true Ischury is known by a Weight and Tension of the Hypogaster and by a Swelling resembling the Bladder The causes of it are known by things that go before and accompany it for if it proceed from a large quantity of Urine which hinders a Contraction of the Bladder it is perceived by the Relation of the Sick he having omitted to make Water by reason of long travelling or by being in the presence of great Persons and if he never had
three Doses adding to each one ounce of Syrup of Violets and a dram of Sal-prunella if the Pain be very violent some Syrup of Poppies may be added to it and a dram of Gum Arabick powdered Broths may be also prepared in the following manner Take of the Roots of Marshmallows half an ounce of Mallows one handful of Liquorish half an ounce of the Seeds of Quinces one dram boil them with Chicken Broth and let it be taken for several Days together The Whey of Goats Milk is also very good a large draught of it being taken at a time and if there be no Feaver milk it self is more effectual especially Asses Milk If the Disease is inveterate Epsom and Tunbridge-waters are very proper Forestus cured himself of a violent Dysury by only using a Decoction of Mallows sweetned with Syrup of Violets a Conserve of Mallows has also done much good an ounce of it having been taken Morning and Evening and three ounces of Mallow-Water being drank presently after the Conserve of the Flowers of Marshmallows is as good or rather better some Practitioners commend the Troches of Alkakengi a dram of them being taken at a Time in some proper Liquor When the Pain is very violent the dipping the Yard in Milk whilst the Urine is rendring or in a Decoction of Mallows and the Seeds of white Poppies does much good in this case A small decoction of Mallows sweetned with Syrup of Violets or with Conserve of Roses is very proper for the ordinary Drink And to ease the Pain Injections may be made for the Passage of the Bladder of Milk an Emulsion of the cold Seeds of Plantane and Whey whereunto may be added the White of an Egg well beaten and a Scruple of the Troches of Alkakengi External Remedies do also much good to qualifie the Heat of Urine as Baths and Fomentations applied to the Pubis and Perinaeum made of a Decoction of cooling Herbs also Liniments made of Oyls of Roses of white-lillies and of Oyntment of Roses and of the white Oyntment with Camphor CHAP. XCV Of a Chlorosis or the Green-Sickness THe Green-Sickness is a vitious Habit of the Body proceeding from Obstructions it is accompanied most commonly with a Palpitation of the Heart Difficulty of Breathing and a longing for absurd things and with an Unfitness for Motion and other Symptoms The Diagnostick manifestly appears by the following Series of Symptoms First The Face and whole Body is pale and sometimes of a leaden livid and green Colour Secondly An Inflation and as it were a Swelling appears upon the Eye-lids the Legs also swell especially about the Ankles Thirdly There is a Dulness and Unwillingness for Motion Fourthly There is a Difficulty of Breathing especially when they move much or go up Stairs Fifthly There is a Palpitation of the Heart upon Motion Sixthly There is a heavy and often a lasting pain of the Head Seventhly The Pulse is quick Eighthly The Sick are drowsie and incline to Sleep Ninthly There is a great Aversion for wholesome Food Lastly The Disease increasing and the Obstructions being multiplied a Suppression of the Courses at length follows which shews the Disease is confirmed As to the Prognostick This Disease most commonly is noâ— dangerous but if it be neglected too much it occasions great Diseases as a Scirrhus Tumours a Dropsie and other grietvous Diseases which at length kill the Patient When the Disease is small and chiefly arises from Obstructions of the Veins of the Womb it is easily cured by Marriage in Young Virgins Women that have had this Disease a long while are either barren or bring forth Children that are Sickly and short liv'd There is great Hopes of Cure when the Courses keep their exact Periods and flow in a due Quantity and Quality The Cure of this Disease is performed by opening Obstructions by purging off the vitious Humours by Correcting the Intemperies of the Bowels and by Strengthning them First therefore A gentle Purging Medicine must be given that is agreeable to the Constitution that the first Region may be only emptied and if the Belly be bound a Glister must be given first of all Afterwards Bleeding must be ordered unless the Disease is very inveterate and the Maid be inclined to a Cachexy But a Vein in the Arm must be opened though the Courses are stopped for at that Time if you should bleed in the Foot the Obstructions of the Veins and of the Womb would be increased That quantity of Blood being taken away that is necessary proper Purges must be used viz. Take of the Pill Coch Major two Scruples of Castor powdered two grains of Peruvian Balsam four Drops make four Pills let her take them at five in the Morning and let her sleep after them Let these Pills be repeated twice or thrice every Morning or every other Morning according to the Strength of the Sick and their Operation After the purging Pills let her take the following Take of the Filings of Steel grains eight with a sufficient quantity of Extract of Wormwood make two Pills to be taken in the Morning and they must be repeated at five in the Afternoon She must continue this Course for thirty Days drinking presently after the Pills a Draught of Wormwood Wine If a Bolus be more pleasing Take of the Conserve of Roman-Wormwood and of the Conserve of the yellow Peel of Oranges each one ounce of candied Angelica and Nutmegs candied and of Venice Treacle each half an ounce of Ginger candied two drams with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Oranges Make an Electuary Take of this Electuary one dram and an half of the Filings of Steel well powdered eight grains with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Oranges make a Bolus to be taken in the Morning and at five in the afternoon drinking upon it a draught of Wormwood-wine Take of choice Mirrh and of Galbanum each one dram and an half of Castor sixteen grains with a sufficient quantity of Peruvian Balsam make twelve Pills of each dram Let her take three every Night at Bed time drinking upon them three or four Spoonfuls of compound Briony water through the whole Course But if these Pills should purge then the following must be used instead of them Take of Castor one dram of Volatile Salt of Ambar half a dram with a sufficient quantity of Extract of Rue make five and twenty small Pills Let her take three every Night at Bed-time CAHP. XCVI Of the Suppression of the Courses THere is said to be a Suppression of the Courses when in Women of a mature Age that neither give suck nor are with Child the Evacuation of Blood by the Womb which naturally is wont to be monthly seldom or sparingly proceeds or is wholly stopt The Cause of this Suppression is to be referred either to the Womb or to the Vessels of it or to the Blood which flows or ought to flow through them Various Diseases of the Womb may occasion this Suppression namely a
things to draw downwards they bring the Blood also to the Fundament and if you use astringent things to it they by reason of the Nearness of the Parts repel what should be brought to the Womb so that the only Way of Cure is to apply such things to the Womb as may allure the Blood thither after you have used such things as draw the Blood downwards But the most frequent Obstruction of all is that which proceeds from an Obstruction of the Veins of the Womb the Cure whereof is in a manner the same with that of the Green Sickness But the Eruption of them must be helpt by opening a Vein in the Foot about the time they used to flow when the Patient was well as also by Cupping-glasses applied to the Hips and Legs instead of Bleeding with or without Scarification by Frictions of those Parts and by painful Ligatures Take of the Roots of round Birthwort half a dram of the leaves of dried Savin one dram and an half of Dittany of Crete and of Troches of Mirrh without Assa-Faetida each one dram of choice Cinnamon two drams of white Sugar two ounces make a Powder whereof let her take two drams every Morning for some days with the Broth of red Vetches wherein two drams of Cinnamon and half a dram of Saffron have been boiled Take of Roots of Briony of Lillies Cyperus Valerian Angelica Asarabacca Orris and Parsley each one ounce of the Leaves of Mugwort Bays Rue Savin Thym Rosemary Penny-royal Nep Mallows Mercury each one handful of the Flowers of Elder of Wall-flowers and of Camomil each two Pugils of the grains of Juniper two ounces boil them in Water and Whitewine with the strained Liquor foment the Belly and Thighs with a Spunge With the same Decoction the quantity being increased a Bath may be made wherein the Sick may sit up to the Navel and the boiled Herbs being put in a Bag may be applied to her Belly but you must take care that she does not sweat for that rather stops the Courses Take of the Leaves of Mercury bruised one handful of the Powder of Hiera Picra and of Benedictum Laxativum each two drams of the Powder of long Birthwort one dram with a sufficient quantity of Honey or the Juice of Mercury make a Pessary Injections are also wont to be made for the Womb which are called uterine Glisters for they cleanse it from Filth sticking to the Sides and they open the inner Orifices of the Vessels They may be prepared with a Decoction for the Fomentation above described the acrid things being left out or of fat Figs with Mugwort Penny-royal Mercury or only of the Juice of Mercury clarified wherein a little Benedictum Laxativum has been dissolved for you must not use acrid things lest they should occasion an Inflammation And after the use of these things which must be retained only an hour it is convenient to inject a Decoction of Mallows Barley and Violets or a little Hydromel diluted with the Whey of Goats Milk When the Disease is inveterate Issues in the Leg do much good In the use of the forementioned Medicines some things are to be observed First You must never use Remedies to force the Courses unless general Evacuations went before Secondly You must begin with gentle Means and proceed by degrees to stronger Thirdly Medicines that are given to move the Courses must be taken in a large quantity Fourthly Pessaries and uterine Glisters must be prescribed only for married Women But for Virgins Fomentations Baths and the following Fume may be ordered Take of Cloves Cinnamon and Mace each two drams of Juniper-berries half an ounce of the Seeds of Nigella one dram of Storax Calamit two drams make a gross Powder which must be cast upon Coals and the Fume must be received through a Tunnel Lastly In Cholerick and Melancholly Constitution the hottest Medicines must be avoided and only such as are gentle must be used and things that are opening moistening and mollifying must be mixed with them CHAP. XCV Of an immoderate Flux of the Courses AN immoderate flux of the Courses invades either in Child-bed or at other Times As to the first that afflicts Women most on the first Days after a difficult Labour and is accompanied with a long train of Hysterick Symptoms and as it happens only on the first days so usually does not last long for if a thickning Diet be ordered it soon abates The following Drink may be also used Take of Plantain Water and red Wine each one pint boil them till a third part is consumed Sweeten it with a sufficient quantity of white Sugar and let her take half a pint of it twice or thrice a day and in the mean while some gentle Hysterick Julep may be used and the following Nodulus may be often held to the Nostrils Take of Galbanum and Assa Foetida each two drachms of Castor one Drachm and an half of volatile Salt of Amber half a drachm mingle them make a Nodulus Or two drachms of spirit of Sal Armoniack may be often held to the Nose But as to the Flux which happens out of Child-Bed though it befals Women at any Time yet most commonly it invades a little before the Time they leave them viz. when they are about forty five Years of Age if they had them very young and about fifty if it was late before they began to have them And by reason of the great quantity of Blood which is continually evacuated they are almost continually seized with Hysterick Fits and though in this Case Hystericks both inward and outward may be used by the by but you must forbear the strongest lest they should further the Flux yet the Cure must be managed by such things as stop the Flux You must bleed in the Arm and eight Ounces of Blood must be taken away The next Morning the following Purge must be given Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of Sâ—na two drachms of Rhubarb one drachm and an half infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain Water In three ounces of the strained Liquor dissolve of Manna and syrup of Roses solutive each one ounce make a purging Potion which is to be repeated every third day for twice every night at bed-time through the whole course of the Disease let an Anodyn be given of an ounce of Diacodium Take of the conserve of dryed Roses two ounces of the Troches of Lemnian Earth one drachm and an half of Pomgranate peel and of red Coral prepared each two scruples of Blood-stone of Dragon's-blood and of Bole-Armenick each two scruples with a sufficient quantity of simple Syrup of Coral make an Electuary whereof let her take the quantity of a large nutmeg in the morning and at five in the afternoon drinking upon it six spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the waters of Oak-buds and of Plantain each three ounces of Cinnamon-water hordeated and of Syrup of dried Roses each one ounce of Spirit of Vitrial a
the strength of the Patient Take of the Waters of black Cherries Rue and compound Briony each three ounces of Castor tyed up in a Rag and hanged in the Glass half a dram of fine Sugar a sufficient quanity make a Julep whereof let her take four or five Spoonfuls when she is faint dropping into the first Dose if the Fit is violent twenty drops of the Spirit of Harts-horn After the Purging Pills just described are taken let her use the following Take of the filings of Steel eight grains with a sufficient quantity of extract of Wormwood make two Pills let her take them early in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon for thirty days drinking upon them a draught of Wormwood-wine Or if she like a Bolus better Take of conserve of Roman-wormwood and of the conserve of the yellow rind of Oranges each one ounce of candied Angelica and Nutmogs candied and of Venice Treacle each half an ounce of candied Ginger two drachms make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of Syruy of Oranges Take of this Electuary one drachm and an half of the filings of Steel well rubbed eight grains make a Bolus with a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Oranges to be taken in the Morning and at five in the Evening drinking upon it a Glass of Wormood-wine Take of choice Myrrh and Galbanum each one drachm and an half of Castor fifteen grains with a sufficient quantity of Balsam of Peru make twelve Pills of every drachm Let her take three every Night and drink upon them three or four Spoonfuls of compound briony-Briony-water through the whole course of this Process But if the Pills last prescribed move the Belly which sometimes happens in Bodies that are very easily purged by reason of the Gum that is in them the following may be used instead of them Take of Castor one drachm of volatil Salt of Amber half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of extract of Rue make twenty four small Pills Let her take three every Night But here you must take notice That Chalybeats in whatsoever Form or Dose they are taken occasion sometimes in Women great disorders both of Body and Mind and that not only on the first days which is usual almost in every Body but also all the time they are taken in this case the use of Steel must be interrupted at those times but Laudanum must be given every Night for some time in some Hysterick Water that they may better bear it But when the Symptoms are mild and it seems that the business may be done without taking Steel I think it sufficient to bleed and to purge three or four times and then to give the altering Hysterick Pills before-mentioned Morning and Evening for ten days which method seldoms fails when the Disease is not violent yea the Pills alone bleeding and purging being omitted oftentimes do a great deal of good Yet we must take great notice That some Women by a certain Ideosyncrasy so abhor Hysterical Medicines which give ease in most of the Symptoms of this Disease that they don't only not receive benefit but are much injur'd thereby therefore they must not be given to such for Hippocrates says 'T is in vain to do any thing contrary to Natures inclination Which Ideosyncracy is so great and so frequent that if we have not regard to it the Lives of the Sick may be hazarded And so Hysterical Diseases are most commonly cur'd and most Obstructions of Women especially the Green Sickness and also all Suppressions of the Courses But if the Blood is so very feeble and the confusion of the Spirits so great that Steâ—l order'd to be us'd according to the Method prescrib'd is not sufficient to cure the Disease the Patient must drink some mineral Waters impregnated with an Iron Mine such as are Tunbridge and some others lately found out for the Chalybeat Vertue of these is better mingl'd with the Blood by reason of the great quantity that is taken of them and also because they are more agreeable to Nature and they cure Diseases more effectually than Iron how much soever exalted by Art But this is more especially to be observ'd in drinking of them that if any Sickness happens that is to be referr'd to Hysterical Symptoms in this case the Patient must forbear drinking them a day or two till that Symptom that hinder'd their Passage is quite gone and it is to be noted that Purging must be avoided all the time the Patient drinks these Waters But if this Disease by reason of its Obstinacy does not yield to Steel-waters the Sick must go to the Bath and when she has used them inwardly three mornings following the next day let her go into the Bath and the day following let her drink them again and so let her do by turns for two months for in these and in others of what kind soever they are this must be carefully noted That the Patient must persist in the use of them not only till she perceives some benefit but till she is quite well that the Symptoms may not return again in a short time Venice-Treacle alone if it is us'd often and a long while is a great Remedy in this Disease and not only in this but in very many other Diseases that proceed from want of heat or concoction or digestion 't is perhaps the most powerful that has been hitherto known Spanish Wine medicated with Gentian Angelica Wormwood Centory and other Corroboratives infus'd in it does a great deal of good some Spoonfuls of it being taken thrice a day if the Woman be not of a thin and cholerick habit of Body and truly a large Draught of Spanish Wine by it self taken at Bed-time for some Nights by my Advice has been very beneficial to some Women for by it the habit of the whole Body was render'd stronger and they who before were Cachectical became fresh-colour'd and brisk Moreover sometimes we find that the Peruvian Bark wonderfully comforts and invigorates the Blood and Spirits a Scruple of it being taken Morning and Evening for some Weeks but it succeeds best in that kind of Hysterick Diseases wherein VVomen are afflicted with Convulsions But if any of the Remedies above-mentioned don't agree well which often happens in cholerick and thin Constitutions then a Milk-diet may be us'd for some VVomen which one wou'd wonder at at first that have been conflicted a long while with Hysterick Diseases and even such as have frustrated all the endeavours of Physicians yet have recover'd by dieting themselves for some time only with Milk and especially those that labour with that Disease I call an Hysterick Cholick which can't be appeas'd by any thing but Narcoticks to which repeated by Intervals the VVomen are much accustom'd the Pain returning assoon as the Vertue of the Anodyne fades But nothing of all I have hitherto mention'd does so much comfort and strengthen the Blood and Spirits as riding on Horse-back every Day for a long while but though
Powder which may be made into a Bolus with the pap of a roasted Apple or a drachm of the Conserve of Violets let it be taken early in the morning Or Take of Mercurius Dulcis six or ten grains of the Conserve of flowers of Succory half a drachm mix them make a Bolus Let it be taken early in the morning drinking presently upon it a sufficient dose of the purging Infusion or Syrup Chyrurgical Remedies After gentle Purging if the Sick be of a sanguine Constitution Blood-letting is of use Our Empericks use to draw a small quantity of Blood by scarifying the lobe of the Ear which operation they rather perform with a blunt Knife than with a sharp Lancet and they repeat it twice or thrice intermitting about the space of 7 days Altho' Practitioners greatly praise this way by Scarification I do not know but Leeches may be more effectual Neither do I think it is to be fear'd that the sucking of Leeches should cause a greater afflux of Blood to the Head For whatever Blood is drawn to the part by their Sucking is also evacuated by it and as to the greater afflux of Blood by reason of the emptying of the Vessels the same happens in bleeding by the Lancet Issues are also very effectual in this Disease especially an Issue made between the first and second Vertebrae of the Neck The usefulness of Issues consists in that they are very effectual to evacuate the superfluous ferosity of the Brain and also to lessen the irregular form of it and likewise to dry up the too great moisture of the spinal Marrow and consequently to strengthen the Nerves that arise from thence A Seton may be put in the place of an Issue As to Vesicatories it is not to be doubted but that they give ease being applied upon the Vertebres of the Neck or behind the Ears But their Strength is soon gone and the use of them seems to be both troublesom and painful to Children Moreover Cupping-glasses without Scarification apply'd along the Back-bone are very effectual to correct the moist and cold Temperies of the spinal Marrow and to remove the dulness of the Nerves And I think also that they may be applyed upon the upper Vertebres of the Neck with a light Scarification Besides Purging and Chyrurgical Remedies Specifick altering Medicines are to be used to which sometimes Diureticks and Diaphoreticks are to be added of which we shall add some Examples The specifick Remedies that are found most effectual to cure this Distemper are either simple or compound among Simples the following are most approved Wood of Guiacum and its bark Sassafras Lentiskwood Rosemary the knotty parts of Firr the roots of China of Sarsaparilla the three Sanders the roots of Osmund-royal or rather the Cloves of the roots the roots of Sea-fern or rather the buds of them Grass-roots the roots of Asparagus Eryngo Succory Burdock the barks of the roots of Cappers the capillary Herbs and chiefly Trichomanes Ceterach Wall-rue Harts-tongue Liverwort Male-speedwell Agrimony Brook-lime Water-cresses the leaves and flowers of Sage of Rosemary Betony dead Nettle and of Tamarisk also Steel prepared or its Salt or Vitriol Tartar Castor flowers of Sulphur Earthworms Millepides prepared and the like Of which Compositions may be made after this manner Take of the Cloves of the roots of Osmund-royal or the roots of Sea-fern or the Twigs of the roots of it scarcely sprung above Ground onehandful boil them in a pint of Milk or Spring-water to the consumption of a third part Let the strained Liquor sweetened with Sugar be drunk twice or thrice a day Take of the leaves of Tea one drachm of the flowers of Sage Betony each half a drachm put them in a convenient Vessel and pour upon them a pint of boiling Water let them stand close and warm about an hour Sweeten the strained Liquor with Sugar and let it be drunk in the same manner as the former Take of the Cloves of the roots of Osmund-royal of the roots of Burdock Grass succory each one ounce of the herbs Male-speedwel Agrimony Hartstongue Liverwort Maiden-hair each half an handful of the raspings of Ivory and Hartshorn each an ounce of Raisins of the Sun stoned one ounce boil them in two quarts of Fountain-water to the consumption of a third part add of White-wine or Rhenish-wine half a pint strain it presently and then add to it of the leaves of Water-cresses and Brooklime and of the tops of Fir each half an handful of Juniper-berries half an ounce make a warm Infusion in a close Vessel for about two hours keep the strained Liquor in a Glass well stopt and sweeten it at pleasure The dose is two or three ounces at nine in the morning at three in the afternoon and six in the evening Take of Lignum Lentiscinum Rosemary of the roots of Sarsaparilla flowering Fern or of male Fern each three ounces of the herbs Agrimony Maiden-hair Speedwel Hartstongue Sage Bettony each two handfuls of the teps of Fern and Tamarisk each 2 handfuls boil them in four Gallons of Ale till one is consumed when it has done working in the Vessel put into a bag 200 Millepides washed in Whitewine and gently bruised of Juniper-berries two ounces of Nutmegs cut number two hang the bag in the Vessel and put a piece of Steel into it to make it sink If there be any suspicion of the Scurvy you may add of Water-cresses and Brooklime each two handfuls after a fortnight let it be drunk for the ordinary drink But the Medicine which is most approved of in this Disease is ens veneris five or six grains of it may be taken every night at bed time in half a spoonful of syrup of Gillyflowers If the Lungs are stuffed with viscid Humors as happens often and the Mesentery with scropholous Glandules Balsam of Sulphur may be given three or four drops being mixed with Sugar-candy powdered and taken morning and evening Sometimes the use of Steel agrees but it must not be used in Coughs Pleurisies a stoppage of the Lungs and hectick Fever and the like To the foresaid Remedies are sometimes added Diaphoreticks as a decoction of Guaiacum or the like which must be taken in Bed and Sweat must be promoted according to the strength The Bath-water also is very proper and is excellent to take off the swelling of the Belly The following artificial Bath is much commended Place the Sick in a large Vessel and put round him warm Barly fermented which has been a while infused in boiled Water as is usually done for making Beer cover him well and let him abide in it to provoke sweat Of the Symptoms Regard must be had to the Symptoms coming upon this Disease the most frequent whereof is a Loosness for the Cure whereof gentle Catharticks as an infusion of Rhubarb and Tamarinds and of Sanders or a Bolus made of them is of use But sometimes Astringents and gentle Opiats may be used but Purging and sometimes Vomiting
it seizes sometimes in a manner resembling a violent stretching or tearing those Ligaments sometimes the gnawing of a Dog and sometimes a Pressure Moreover the part affected has such a quick and exquisit pain that 't is not able to bear the weight of the Cloaths upon it nor hard walking in the Chamber and the night is not only pass'd over in pain upon this account but also by reason of the restless turning hither and thither till two or three a clock in the morning viz. a night and a day being spent from the first approach of the Fit at which time the Sick has suddenly ease and now being in a breathing sweat he falls asleep when he wakes he finds the pain much abated and the part affected swell'd the next day and perhaps two or three days after if the Matter apt to degenerate the Gout is copious the part affected will be in pain but 't will be eased about the Cock's crowing within a few days the other Foot will be in pain as the former was and if the former has left off aking the weakness which render'd it infirm will presently vanish After it has vext the Feet the Fits that follow are irregular both as to the time of invasion and duration yet the pain always returns in the Evening and is less in the Morning and of a series of these small Fits consists that which is call'd a Fit of the Gout But when the Gout is disturb'd by improper Methods or by the obstinate continuance of the Disease the very substance of the Body being as it were perverted to the nourishment of the Disease and Nature unable to eliminate the same by its wonted method then the Phaenomina are much different for whereas the pain was hitherto only troublesom to the Feet which are the genuine seat of the peccant Matter and if it possesses any other parts 't is most certain that either the method of the Disease has been alter'd or that the vigour of the Body is by little and little diminish'd now it possesses the Hands Wrists the Arms the Knees and other Regions tormenting these as much as it us'd to do the Feet for sometimes distorting one or more of the Fingers it makes them like a bunch of Parships taking away the motion by degrees and at length it generates stony Concretions about the Ligaments of the Joints sometimes the Matter occasioning the Disease thrust upon the Arms causes a whitish swelling almost as big as an Egg which is by degrees inflam'd sometimes falling upon the Thigh it feels as if there were a great weight hanging upon it yet without any considerable pain but passing to the Knee it handles that more severely And whereas the Gout before did not use to invade before the latter end of Winter and was wont to go off after two or three Months now it continues upon the Sick a whole year excepting only two or three of the hot Months The Sick is also afflicted with many other Symptoms as with a pain of the Hemorrhoidal Veins and with unsavory Belchings and upon Yawning especially in the morning the Ligaments of the Bones of the Metatarsus are violently pull'd and sometimes when Yawning does not go before the Sick just dropping asleep suddenly feels a blow as it were of a Club breaking in pieces the Metatarsus Women are very seldom troubled with the Gout and if they are not till they are old or unless they are of a masculine habit of Body As to the Cure Bleeding Purging and Sweating are not indicated but the Intention of curing is to be directed to the helping Concoction Whatsoever therefore assists Nature in duly performing her Offices whether in comforting the Stomach that it may rightly concoct the nourishment or the Blood that it may well assimulate the Chile brought into it or the solid Parts that they may the better convert it to their proper substance the Juices designed for their nourishment and increase Lastly whatever preserves the various Organs of Excretion and the Emunctories of the Body in such a state as that they may be able to discharge duly and orderly the Excrements of each part This and such like conduce to the answering this intention and are properly called Digestives whether they are Medicines or a course of Diet or Exercise or any other of those things which are called the six Non-naturals Medicines of this kind are those in general which moderately heat and are bitter or gently bite the Tongue for they are very agreeable to the Stomach they purify the Blood and comfort all the Parts The Remedy which I use is made in the following manner Take of the roots of Angelica sweet-smelling Flag Master-wort Elecampane leaves of common Wormwood the lesser Centaury white Horehound Germander Groundpine Scordium Calaminth meadow Saxifrage S. John's-wort golden Rod Feverfew Thyme Mint Sage Rue Carduus Benedictus Penny-royal Southern-wood of the flowers of Camomil Tansie Lilly of the Vallies English Saffron of the seeds of Treacle Mustard Garden scurvy-grass Carraways Juniper-berries each a sufficient quantity let the herbs and flowers and roots be gathered when they have most vertue in them let them be dried and kept in Paper-bags till they may be finely powdered To six ounces of each well mixed add a sufficient quantity of purified Hony and Canary-wine to make an Electuary Take two drachms morning and evening Or for want of this use the following Take of conserve of Garden-scurvygrass an ounce and an half of Roman Wormwood and of the yellow rind of Oranges each one ounce of candied Angelica and of Nutmegs candied each half an ounce of Venice Treacle three drachms of compound Powder of Wake robin two drachms make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Oranges let him take two drachms twice a day drinking upon it five or six spoonfuls of the following water Take of the roots of Horse-radish sliced three ounces of Garden-scurvygrass twelve handfuls of Water-cresses Brooklime Sage and Mint each four handfuls the peels of six Oranges two Nutmegs bruised of Brunswick Mum six quarts distil them in a common Still and draw only six pints of Water for use Among the Medicines commonly known Venice-Treacle is the best but because it contains a great many Species that heat too much and besides a great deal of Opium the Electuary above-mentioned may be more commodiously prepared of the chief heating Vegetables but we must take care to chuse such Simples as are pleasant to the taste for the Sick must take it a long while viz. almost as long as he lives Among the Simples the Peruvian-bark is the best for it strengthens the Blood and renders it vigorous if some Grains of it are taken morning and evening A Mediocrity is to be observed in Meat and Drink so that neither more nourishment be taken in than the Stomach can concoct Nor on the contrary must the Parts by too much Abstinence be defrauded of that proportion whereby their Strength and Vigour
but it proceeds from an Ague and must be cur'd as that is There is also another sort of Rheumatism which comes near the Scurvy and requires in a manner the same Cure and therefore I call it a scorbutick Rheumatism the pain seizes sometimes this sometimes that part but seldom swells nor is it accompanied with a Fever nor is it so fixt but is of a more wandering and uncertain disposition and accompanied with irregular Symptoms Sometimes it seizes this or that Member and then presently it affects only the inner Parts and occasions Sickness which goes off again when the pain of the external Parts returns and so afflicts the Patient by turns and continues a long while like those Diseases that are accounted most Chronical it chiefly seizes Women and Men of a weakly nature They who for a long while have us'd the Peruvian-bark are subject to this Disease which by the by is the only inconvenience I â—ver knew follow upon the use of this Remedy but however it be whether the Disease take its rise on this occasion or from any other cause 't is very easily cur'd by the following Remedies which should have been kept secret if I had a greater regard to my private Advantage than to the publick Good for by these alone I have cured many Afflicted after the manner I have described Take of fresh Conserve of Garden scurvy-grass two ounces of Wood-sorrel one ounce of the compound Powder of Wake-robin six drachms make an Electuary with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Oranges The dose is two drachms to be taken thrice a day for a month drinking upon it three ounces of the following Water Take of Garden scurvy-grass eight handfuls of Water-cresses Brook-lime Sage and Mint each four handfuls of the peels of six Oranges of Nutmegs bruised half an ounce infuse them in six quarts of Brunswick-mum and distil them in a common Still and draw off three quarts for use The precise dose of the compound Powder of Wake-robin must be observed or at least it must not be lessened CHAP. CXVII Of the Pestilential Fever and of the Plague of the years 1665 and 1666. THE Plague rarely rages violently in England oftener than once in the space of 30 or 40 years The last dreadful Plague destroyed 8000 in the space of a Week notwithstanding that two thirds at least of the Citizens of London fled into the Country for fear of the Infection Its first approach was always accompanied with shaking and shivering like the Fits of an Ague presently violent Vomitings a pain about the region of the Heart as if it were pressed a burning Fever with the usual concourse of Symptoms perpetually molest the Sick till either Death it self or a happy eruption of a Bubo or Parotis discharges the morbifick Matter and so frees them from that deplorable condition It does indeed now and then happen but it is seldom that it comes without any sense of a Fever before and suddenly destroys Men the Purple-spots which are the Fore-runners of present Death breaking out as they are about their Business It sometimes also happens That Tumors appear when neither a Fever nor any other grievous Symptom went before As to the Cure if a Tumour has not broke out I bleed moderately with respect to the strength and temperament of the Sick and afterwards a Sweat is easily and soon raised whereas otherwise it is not only very difficulty procured but there is also danger lest the Inflammation should be heightned by it and so the Tokens forced out and the benefit of the Sweat immediately following abundantly compensates the loss of Blood which how little soever it be would otherwise be very injurious After Bleeding which must be performed in Bed when all things are in a readiness to promote Sweat without any manner of delay I order the Patient to be covered quite over with Cloaths and that a piece of Flannel be bound to the forepart of his Head and indeed this covering of the Head conduces more to the procuring Sweat than any one would easily imagine afterwards if the Patient does not vomit I give these and the like Sudorificks Take of Venice Treacle two drachms of the Electuary of the Egg one scruple of compound Powder of Crabs Eyes twelve grains of Cochinel eight grains of Saffron four grains with a sufficient quantity of the juice of Kermes make a Bolus which let him take every sixth hour drinking after it six spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of Carduus water compound Scordium water each three ounces of Treacle water two ounces mingle them make a Julep But if the Patient be troubled with Vomiting as he is very frequently in the Plague and other pestilential Fevers I defer the giving of Sudorificks so long as till he begins to Sweat by means of the covering only excepting that sometimes I put part of the Sheet over the Face to collect the Vapors for which is indeed very well worth Observation when the Rays of the morbifick Matter extend themselves to the circumference of the Body the Loosness and Vomiting that were occasioned by their being inwardly reflected and cast upon the Stomach and Bowels cease presently of their own accord so that how great soever the preceding subversion of the Stomach was the Medicines that are taken afterwards are easily retained and procure Sweat as well as can be wished I order That the Sweat should be continued for the space of a natural day by Sage-posset-drink or Mace-ale now and then taken and I strictly forbid That the Patient should be any way cleansed neither indeed do I permit that the Shirt how moist and foul soever it be should be changed within the space of 24 hours from the end of the Sweat which I would have observed with the greatest caution But if the Sweat be circumscribed in a narrower compass of time the violence of the Symptoms soon returns and the health of the Patient is very uncertain which a longer continuance of the Sweat would have put out of danger If any defection be perceived towards the latter end I permit the Sick to take a little Chicken-broath the yolk of an Egg or the like which with Cordials and Draughts commonly used to keep up the Sweat abundantly repair the Strength I admonish that Cold be carefully avoided that their Cloaths dry on their Body of their own accâ—â—d and that all Drinks are taken somewhat hot and that the use of Sage-posset-drink be continued for the space of 24 hours after the Sweat The next morning I give a common Purge viz. of the infusion of Tamarinds of the leaves of Sena of Rhubarb Manna and syrup of Roses solutive and with this method the next year after the Plague I recovered very many that were seized with the Pestilential Fever so that not one died of this Disease that was under my care after I began the use of the same But where the Tumor has been out already I have not hitherto ventured to bleed
them and make a Julep of which take often Take of Gascoin's Powder of oriental and occidental Bezoar-stone of each one scruple one leaf of Gold mix them and make a fine Powder Take to the quantity of twelve grains when there is occasion in the Syrup of the juice of Citron and of Gilliflowers each two drachms drinking upon it a few spoonfuls of the Julep prescribed Take of treacle-Treacle-water four ounces of the Seeds of Citron two drachms beat them together and make an Emulsion add to the strained Liquor a sufficient quantity of Pearl-sugar to make it grateful to the Taste Take two spoonfuls three times in a day But if the Fermentation be neither too high nor too low I leave it in that state and use no Remedies unless I am forced to do something by the importunity of the Sick or his Friends about him that may please them without obstructing my design And now I must tell you that when I was called to a poor Body who was not able to be at the charge of going through a long course of Physick I did nothing else after Bleeding and Purging was over if they were indicated but order them to keep their Beds all the time of their Sickness and to drink Oatmeal and Barly-broath and the like and that they should drink Small-beer warm moderately to quench their Thirst I took care that they should have a Glister of Milk and Sugar every day till the Tenth or Eleventh day and towards the end of the Fever separation being now begun if it were slow I permitted them now and then stronger drink to help it instead of a Cordial And so without any more ado except that I used to give a gentle Purge at the end of the Disease I cured them If the Patient be very weak or if there be not a perfect Despumation so that I cannot boldly give a Purge on the Fifteenth day I defer it to the Seventeenth at which time I give the following or the like according to the strength of the Patient Take of Tamarinds half an ounce of Senna two drachms of Rhubarb one drachm and an half boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to three ounces of the strained Liquor add Syrup of Roses solutive and Manna each one ounce mingle them and make a Potion Purging being over I order the Patient to rise who has been hitherto kept in Bed by my prescription and to return gradually to his accustomed Diet. It happens often especially in old Men that the Patient though the Fever be cured and the Body sufficiently purged is notwithstanding very weak and sometimes expectorats by Cough and sometimes also hauks up a great quantity of clammy Phlegm which Symptom does not only affrighten the Patient but also imposes upon the Physician especially if he be unwary and induces him to believe that this will make way for a Consumption though I have observed that this is not so very dangerous In this case I order the Patient to drink Old Malago or Muskadine with a Toast which takes off this Symptom in the space of a few days as I have often Experienced If the fermentation proceed well there will be a perfect despumation of the morbifick Matter within the time aforesaid but if cooling Remedies or Glisters have been given too late the Fever will continue much longer especially in very ancient Men ill manag'd by the Physician I have been sometimes called to such after they have laboured under a Fever forty days or more and have tryed all things to induce despumation of the Blood but it was so much weakened partly by old Age and partly by Glisters and cooling Medicines that I could not attain my end either by Cordials or any other corroborating Medicines but either their Fever stood its ground or if otherwise it seemed to cease the Patient's strength was very low and in a manner gone But other Remedies being unsuccessfully used I have been often forced to take this course and indeed with very good Success viz. I have applied the brisk heat of young People to the Sick neither is there any reason why any one should much wonder that the Patient is so mightily strengthned and weak Nature relieved by this method though it be unusual as that it can deliver it self from the relicks of the Matter to be eliminated seeing it is easie to conceive a transfusion of a great quantity of vigorous Esâ—luvia from the sound and strong Body into the withered one of the Sick Nor have I ever found that the repeated application of hot Cloaths could at all do that which the now mention'd method has perform'd where both the heat applied is more agreeable to the human Body and gentle moist equal and lasting And though this way of emitting balsamick Spirits into the Body of the Patient may seem absurd yet it has been used by others with happy success Nor truly am I ashamed to mention this Remedy though perhaps some impertinent Men superstitiously contemning all things Vulgar may ridicule me for it for I think the health and good of my Neighbour is very much to be preferred before their vain Opinions He that prudently and with due consideration hath observed â—he method hitherto deliver'd will free the Patient if not from all yet at least from most of these Symptoms which are either wont to accompany this Fever or to come after it But forasmuch as such accidents often happen either because the Sick neglected to call the Phisician in time or by reason of the unskilfulness or carelesness of the Physician I think it not amiss to treat briefly of their particular Cure but will confine my self to those Symptoms that require a different Cure proper to themselves And to begin with a Phrensie if the Sick either upon the account of taking hot Medicines unseasonably or by being naturally of too hot a Constitution becomes Light-headed or which is next to it if he does not sleep at all if he looks and talks fiercely if he rakes Medicines and common drink greedily and as it were snatches it and lastly has a suppression of Urine in this case I say I bleed more freely than before and use Glisters and cooling Medicines oftener especially in the Spring And though this Symptom does not appear in young People and in those whose Blood is brisk they admit of these Remedies without much hazard and by the use of such Remedies I endeavour to keep up the Patient till the Disease has lasted a while and then it is not difficult to free him at once of the Symptom and the Disease too and this may be done by giving some Narcotick Medicine in a large Dose for though when the Fever is at the height those things that are of a narcotick quality do no good nor answer the Physician 's end yet being given seasonably at the declination of the Disease are very beneficial But if the use of a Narcotick be deferred till the 14th day it will do the better
much more effectual Take of Ointment of Roses four ounces of Brimstone half an ounce of the Oil of Tartar per deliquium a sufficient quantity make a Liniment you may perfume it with a scruple of Oil of Rhodium But after all I have found by much Experience that Quick-silver Girdles though they are generally much disliked are most effectual for curing the Itch and as Safe as any other Medicine if they are prepared in the following manner Take of Quick-silver three quarters of an ounce the White of one new laid Egg beat them together in a woodden Dish with a Stick two hours then spread it on a Girdle of new Flannel the breadth of three Fingers you must spread it all by degrees and dry it in the Sun or by a moderate Fire and it must be worn a Month or six Weeks being sewed strait round the Waste the side whereon the Mercury is being turned to the Body The Patient must be Purged once before the use of the Girdle and once after the Itch is cured And by this short and easie Method I have cured whole Families infected with the Itch and never perceived the least Injury though I have used it frequently and several Years The following Water is excellent for taking off Spots and Pimples from the Face and the redness of it and that blackness which looks like Gunpowder in the Face especially about the Nose and Fore-head which is sometimes the black heads of Worms Take of Sublimate one ounce put it into a tin Pot with three pints of Fountain-water let them stand together twenty four hours stir them now and then with a Stick till all the Liquor looks black filter it through Paper and with a Feather or the like dipt in it touch the Face gently once in a day or two FORMS OF MEDICINES Frequently used by the London Physicians Medicines for a Consumption TAKE of the Pill of Hound's Tongue half a scruple of Balsam of Tolu one scruple mix them make six Pills Let two be taken at Bed-time every other night Take of liquid Pitch of Balsam of Tolu each 26 grains of Chios-turpentine 1 scruple make a Mass whereof make middling Pills Let three he taken in the morning and at bed-time drinking upon them four spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Hyssop one pint of Ground-Ivy six ounces of the tincture of the Balsam of Tolu one drachm and an half of White-sugar-candy a sufficient quantity mingle them Take of the pectoral Decoction clarified one quart boil it in an handful of Ground-ivy leaves and of the syrup of Raspberries and of the balsamick Syrup each six drachms mingle them Let a small draught be taken in the morning and at four in the afternoon Take of Conserve of red Roses two ounces of Flowers of Sulphur two drachms of the species of Diatragaâ—â—nth frigid one drachm and an half of Lucatellus's Balsam two drachms of Opobalsam half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of balsamick Syrup make an Electuary whereof let him take the quantity of a Nutmeg in the morning and at four a clock in the afternoon drinking upon it a draught of the following Apozem Take of the roots of China one ounce of Sarsaparilla two ounces of Lentisk wood one ounce of Ivory and Hartshorn rasped each one drachm and an half of the leaves of Hyssop and Coltsfoot each one handful of Figs two pair of Dates number three of Raisins of the Sun an ounce and an half of Liquorice three drachms boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to three pints of the strained Liquor add one ounce of the tincture of Saffron with syrup of Violets and Maiden-hair each one ounce and an half make an Apozem Take of Lemnian-earth half a scruple of Bole-armenick twelve grains of the Pill of Storax one drachm and an half of Jesuit's Powder half an ounce with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Clove Gillyflowers make fourscore Pills Let him take five every sixth hour during the Loosness drinking upon them seven spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Aqua lactis alexiteria twelve ounces of cinnamon-Cinnamon-water hordeated three ounces of Dr. Stephans and Epidemick-water each two ounces of Diacodium three ounces mingle them make a Julep Apozems TAke of burnt Hart's horn of the Roots of Scorzonera and Bread each one ounce boil them in two pints and an half of Barly-water till half is consumed to the strained Liquor add of Christaline sugar and of Cinnamon-water hordeated each one ounce mingle them make an Apozem Give four ounces every third or fourth hour Take of Citron-bark candid one ounce and an half of candid Angelica half an ounce of Hart's horn rasped one ounce and an half of Currans six ounces a Crust of white Bread boil them in a sufficient quantity of thin Barly-water to a pint and an half to the strained Liquor add of the syrup of the juice of Oranges one ounce mingle them make an Apozem Drink of it at pleasure when thirsty Take of the Roots of Scorzonera and Angelica each six drachms of the Leaves and Roots of Wood-sorrel two handfuls of Hart's horn and Ivory rasped each half an ounce of the opening Roots each half an ounce of Liquorice two drachms boil them in a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to a pint and an half to the strained Liquor add of compound Scordium-water and of the cold Cordial-water of Saxony each three ounces of the syrup of Raspberries three ounces mingle them make an Apozem Let him take three or four ounces at pleasure Take of the Peruvian Bark one ounce of Balsam of Tolu three drachms of Cochinel one scruple boil them in a pint of Carduus-water to the strained Liquor add of the syrup of Raspberries and epidemick Water each two ounces Take of the Roots of spanish Scorzonera one ounce and an half of the raspings of Hart's horn 6 drachms of Ivory rasped three drachms of Marigold flowers two pugils of fat Figs cut two pair boil them in Barly-water To a quart of the strained Liquor clarified add of Epidemick-water one ounce and an half sweeten it with white Sugar and make an Apozem whereof let him take a draught at any time when he is thirsty Take of calcined Hart's horn powder'd two ounces of Fountain-water two quarts boil it till half is consumed strain it gently through a linnen Rag and add two it three ounces of syrup of Oranges This is the white Decoction and is an excellent drink for Worms in Children for a Loosness and for Fevers Cordials TAke of the Waters of Wood-sorrel all the Citron and Strawberries each four ounces of syrup of the juice of Citron one ounce of Pearls powdered one drachm mingle them Take of the Waters of black Cherries and Aqua Lactis alexiteria each five ounces of Elder-flowers Cinnamon hordeated and epidemick Water each two ounces syrup of Raspberries two ounces and an half mingle them Take of Confection of Hyacinth one scruple Conserve of Wood
sorrel one drachm of species Liberans half a scruple with a sufficient quantity of the syrup of the juice of Citron make a Cordial Bolus Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws half a scruple of Volatile salt of Hart's horn three grains of confection of Hyacinth a sufficient quantity Take of the Cordial magisterial Powder of compound Powder of Crab's claws each twelve grains of the temperate Cordial Species eight grains mingle them make a Cordial-powder for two Doses Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws and of the Goa-stone each half a drachm mingle them Make a Powder to be divided into three doses Catharticks TAke of Quercetan's pill of Tartar one drachm and an half of the Pil. Coch. major two scruples of chimical Oil of Marjoram three drops mingle them make twelve Pills and let three be taken at Bed-time once in two or three days Take of the fetid Pill and of Troches of Myrrh each one drachm of volatile Salt of sal Armoniack one scruple of peruvian Balsam a sufficient quantity make midling Pills Take of the fetid Pill and of Rudius's extract each half a drachm of salt of VVormwood ten grains of Oil of Cloves two drops with a sufficient quantity of Elixir Proprietatis make twelve Pills Let him take four every third day with Regimen Take of the Pills of Storax ten grains of Aloes Rosat two scruples make eight Pills Let him take them every other night and the next morning an ounce of Manna and a drachm of Cream of Tartar Take of Pil. ex duobus and of Pil. Coch. minor each one scruple of salt of Tartar half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Backthorn and four drops of Juniper berries make twelve Pills Let him take six with Regimen Take of the Pill of Hound's-tongue one scruple of Aloes Rosat and of the Pil. Coch. minor each one drachm of salt of Tartar half a drachm with a sufficient quantity of syrup of Violets make eighteen Pills Give six when the cholick pain is violent and let the sick keep his bed six hours and repeat them upon occasion Take of Manna one ounce and an half dissolve it in two ounces and an half of black Cherry-water add one ounce of the purging syrup of Apples of spirit of Sulphur three drops Let the Child take half of this every other day Take of Gerion's decoction of Sena four ounces of syrup of Buckthorn six drachms of spirit of Sulphur six drops of Aqua mirabilis one drachm mingle them make a Potion to be taken in the morning Take of the Powder of Rhubarb twenty five grains of salt of Wormwood eight grains of syrup of Succory with Rhubarb a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus to which add two drops of chimical Oil of Aniseeds Take of Mercurius dulcis and Diagridium each fifteen grains mingle them make a Powder to be taken in the morning Diaphoreticks TAke of Venice-treacle half a drachm of bezoartick Powder one scruple of syrup of the juice of Citron a sufficient quantity Make a Bolus Take of the Powders of the roots of Contrayerva Virginian snakeweed and Butterbur each one drachm of Cochinele and Saffron each half a drachm mingle them make a Powder The dose is half a drachm Take of the compound Powder of Crab's claws half a drachm of conserve of VVoodsorrel one drachm of Mithridate two scruples and an half mingle them Presently after taking it drink a draught of Posset-drink wherein Camomil or Marigold-flowers have been boil'd Take of Venice-treacle one drachm of Laudanum Opiatum one grain and an half of the pulp of Conserve of Roses half a drachm mingle them make a Bolus to be taken at bed-time drinking upon it the following draught Take of treacle-Treacle-water one ounce of Carduus-water two ounces of syrup of Cowslips three drachme mingle them make a draught Take of Venice-treacle two scruples of volatile Salt of Amber and Bezoartic mineral each half a drachm of Laudanum opiatum three grains mingle them make a Bolus Take of Salt of Hartshorn two grains of the magisterial Cordial-powder six grains of Camphor and Cochinele each four grains of Venice-treacle one scruple of the Aqua Coelestis a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus Let it be taken at a convenient time and let nine ounces of the following Apozem be taken every third hour Take of the roots of Scorzonera two ounces of Butturbur Angelica and Fennel each one ounce of rasped Hartshorn six drachms of Ivory rasped three drachms of Marigold-flowers one pugil of Vetches half a handful boil them in a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to a quart of the Liquor strain'd add half an ounce of tincture of Saffron of Christalline Sugar one ounce mingle them make an Apozem Diureticks TAke of Sal Prunellae two drachms of Sugar candy one drachm make a Powder to be divided into six parts Let one be taken thrice a day Take of Sal Prunella three drachms of Salt of Amber half a drachm make a Powder The dose is half a drachm thrice a day Take of Compound-water of Horse-radish two ounces of Pellitory-water four ounces of spirit of Salt one scruple fifteen grains of salt of Tartar fifteen grains of syrup of Violets half an ounce mingle them make a Potion Take of the Powder of Bees one scruple of the seeds of Lovage half a scruple mingle them make a Powder Take of the Powder of Egg-shells half a drachm or one drachm give it in a draught of Whitewine Take of the Waters of Arsmart and Wake-robin each six ounces of compound Briony-water and compound Radish-water each two ounces of the syrup of the five opening Roots one ounce and an half of spirit of Salt forty drops mingle them make a Julep Let four or five ounces of it be taken twice a day Eye-Waters TAke of the water of Spawn of Frogs of Plantain and of Roses each one ounce of Tutty-stone prepared two scruples of the white Troches of Rhasis half a scruple mingle them make an Eye-water to be used twice or thrice a day cold Take of red Rose water two ounces of Salt of Vitriol finely powder'd five grains mingle them make a Collyrium Take of Crocus metallorum one drachm of Plantain-water three ounces digest them hot for six hours and then filter them Make a Collyrium to be dropt into the Eyes often in a day Emulsions TAke of blanched Almonds number three of the seeds of Melons Lettice and white Poppies each one drachm of the pulp of Barly three drachms beat them and pour on them a sufficient quantity of Barly-water to eight ounces of the strained Liquor add five drachms of Diacodium mingle them make an Emulsion Take of blanched Almonds twelve of the four greater cold Seeds each one drachm and an half of the seeds of Lettice and white Poppies each half a drachm beat them in a marble Mortar and pour on them gently a sufficient quantity of Poppy-water make an Emulsion for 2 doses
to which add an ounce of syrup of Violets and half a drachm of sal Prunella Take of blanched Almonds infused in Rose-water two ounces of the four greater cold seeds and of Plantain and Purslain each one drachm of seeds of Marsh-mallows and white Poppies each one scruple beat them according to Art and pour on them a sufficient quantity of the decoction of Barly and Liquorice make an Emulsion for two doses To each add of syrup of Water-lillies one ounce of sal Prunella half a drachm Gargarisms TAke of the Waters of Plantain and spawn of Frogs each four ounces of syrup of Mulberries and dried Roses each one ounce of spirit of Vitriol a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly acid make a Gargarism Take of the middle bark of the Elm two ounces of Barly-water one pint and an half boil it to a pint Add to the strain'd Liquor when 't is clear of Epidemic-water and syrup of Rasberries each two ounces of spirit of Sulphur half a scruple mingle them make a Gargarism Take of the mucilage of the seeds of Quinces made in Rose-water two ounces of syrup of Rasberries one ounce mingle them Let him take one spoonful often and hold it a little upon his Tongue and swallow it by degrees Take of Plantain-water one pint the whites of two Eggs of Sugar a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Gargarism Take of the roots of Marshmallows one ounce of Liquorish rasped three drachms of the middle bark of the Elm and of common Bramble-bush each three drachms of the leaves of Sage and Columbine each half a handful of fat Figs number five of red Roses half a handful of Balaustines half a drachm of Jew's Ears two drachms of Cochinel one scruple boil them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain-water to one pint strain the Liquor and sweeten it with Hony of Roses strain'd make a Gargarism Take of the Waters of red Roses and Plantain each two ounces of Hony of Roses strain'd and of syrup of Mulberries each three drachms of crude Alom pouder'd ten grains mingle them make a Gargarism Glisters TAke of the carminative Decoction ten ounces of mercurial Hony one ounce of brown Sugar two ounces and a half of the Electuary of Laurel-berries half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of the common Decoction for a Glister one pint of Lenitive Electuary one ounce and a half of Diacatholicon one ounce of Oil of Camomil half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of Cow's milk one pint of yolks of Eggs number two of Venice-treacle half an ounce mingle them make a Glister Take of the carminative Decoction with Lawrel and Juniper-berries ten ounces of the Electuary of Lawrel-berries one ounce of Vinum Benedictum two ounces of brown Sugar three ounces of chimical Oil of Juniper ten drops mingle them make a Glister Take of the common Decoction for a Glister six ounces of the species of Hiera piâ—ra one drachm of Cassia six drachms of mercurial Hony one ounce and a half mingle them make a Glister Take of Cow's Milk with a pugil of red Roses boil'd in it six ounces of Diascordium one drachm mingle them make a Glister Take of the roots of Tormentil of yellow Myrobalans of the seeds of Coriander each three drachms of the Flowers of Camomil half a handful of Balaustines one scruple boil them in a quart of Fountain-water to half a pint of the strain'd Liquor ade one drachm of Mithridate make a Glister Liniments TAke of the red Ophthalmic Ointment of the last Edition save one of the London Dispensatory two drachms of Oil of bitter Almonds twenty drops mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the Eye-lids with a hot Finger Take of pure Sperma ceti two drachms dissolve it in half an ounce of Oil of Almonds fresh drawn add six drachms of Pomatum mingle them make a Liniment for the Face Take of Oils of Scorpions and of sweet Almonds each one drachm of Saffron pouder'd half a scruple mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the region of the Heart with a hot Hand and apply over a Pidgeon cut in the middle and renew it every third hour Take of the Alabastrine Ointment one drachm and a half of Oil of Nutmegs by expression two scruples mingle them anoint the Forehead and Temples and apply over a Rose-cake sprinkled with Vinegar Take of Populneum Ointment half an ounce of Opium one scruple mingle them Take of Ointment of Tobacco one ounce and a half of Flowers of Sulphur half an ounce of Oil of Nutmegs by expression two drachms of sal Armoniac one drachm mingle them Take of the pectoral Ointment and of the Flowers of Oranges each one ounce and a half of the chimical Oil of Camomil-flowers one scruple mingle them make a Liniment wherewith anoint the Breast with a hot Hand Pectorals TAke of Olibanum Spema ceti and of the Powder of Liquorice each one scruple of syrup of Marshmallows a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Bolus Repeat it twice or thrice in a day Take of Storax strain'd Myrrh Balsam of Tolu Juice of Liquorice and Hony each a sufficient quantity make Pills Take a scruple thrice a day upon an empty Stomach drinking upon it two spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of compound gentian-Gentian-water and of strong Cinnamon-water and of Oxymel of Squills each three ounces mingle them Take of syrup of Maiden-hair and of Jujubes each three ounces of Oil of Flax fresh drawn two ounces mingle them make a Lohoch Let him take half a spoonful every other hour and when the Cough is violent Take of Aniseeds finely pouder'd and of Liquorice pouder'd each three drachms of flowers of Sulphur one drachm and a half of the best Hony two ounces and a half dissolved in three spoonfuls of Cinnamon-water hordeated make an Electuary to which add fifteen drops of Balsam of Sulphur of Oil of Aniseeds ten drops Let him take two drachms in the morning and at bed time Take of the Lohoch Sanans half an ounce of syrup of Maiden-hair two ounces of Oil of sweet Almonds half an ounce of syrup of Jujubes half an ounce mingle them make a Linctus to be taken when the Cough is violent Take of the Lohoch Sanans three ounces of syrup of Rasberries one ounce mingle them Make a Linctus Plasters THE Head being shaved and washed with equal parts of Canary and compound spirit of Lavender apply a Plaster made of the Cephalic Plaster and a fourth part of Gum Tacama-haca To the Breast and Region of the Stomach apply the Stomach-Plaster with eight drops of Oil of Wormwood Take of the Plaster ad Herniam and of red Lead each a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Plaster to be apply'd to the Vertebrae of the Loins and the Os Sacrum Take of the Plasters of Hemlock with Ammoniacum of compound Melilote and Cummin each equal parts of sal Armoniac half a drachm mingle them make a Plaster for the region of
the Spleen Take of the best Aloes and of the Ointment de Arthanita each one ounce of Turpentine a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Plaster to be apply'd to the Navel Take of the Cephalic Plaster with Euphorbium three parts of Burgundy-pitch one part make a Plaster for the soles of the Feet Pultisses TAke of white Bread baked the day before two ounces of red Sanders pouder'd one drachm and a half of Camphor pouder'd half a drachm mingle them and with a sufficient quantity of cold Fountain-water beat them make a Pultiss to be apply'd to the Eye shut the quantity of a small Wallnut being used at a time twice a day Take of the seeds of Mustard bruised two drachms of Garlic one ounce of black Soap two ounces mingle them make a Cataplasm to be apply'd to the soles of the Feet Take of an Onion and the tops of Savine each half an ounce of Currants and Sea Salt each half a handful beat them and make a Cataplasm to be apply'd to the Wrists Stomach Medicines TAke of the Stomach Pill with Gums of Aloes Rosat each fifteen grains of London Laudanum one grain mingle them make four Pills to be taken at Bed-time the next morning let him take two quarts of Epsom-waters or the like Let the Pills and the Waters be repeated every third day for four times Take of the Tinctura sacra one pint and a half let him take four spoonfuls every third night at Bed-time and the next morning let two quarts of Epsom-water be boiled and turned with Milk and let him drink it then Take of the bitter Decoction a quart in making it put in but half the quantity of Sena and add a drachm of salt of Wormwood To the strain'd Liquor add four ounces of compound gentian Water made with White wine Let four ounces be taken in the morning fasting three hours before Dinner Take of the bitter Tincture without Sena two ounces of Steel-wine one ounce of spirit of Saffron eight drops take it morning and evening for thirteen days Take of Crab's Eyes prepared Pearl red Coral prepared each two scruples of the best Chalk one scruple mingle them make a Pouder to be divided into eight parts let one be taken in a spoonful of syrup of Mint thrice a day Take of the Waters of black Cherries and Baulm each three ounces of Dr. Stephans's water one ounce and a half of spirit of Mint three drachms of Confection of Alkermes two drachms of syrup of Mint a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Julep Let five spoonfuls be taken at a time Take of the tops of the lesser Centaury of the flowers of Camomil and Agrimony each half a handful of common Wormwood half a pugil of the roots of Gentian sliced half a drachm of Zedaary one drachm of the seeds of Carduus Benedictus and of Citrons each one drachm and a half of Filings of Steel two ounces digest them all over a gentle Fire in two pints and a half of Whitewine for four days filter the Liquor and let nine ounces of it be taken every morning and at four in the afternoon Take of Salt of Wormwood one scruple of syrup of Lemons a sufficient quantity to take off the Ebullition Let it be used upon occasion Suppositories TAke of Hiera piera two drachms of Coloquintida and Agarick each half a drachm of Diagridium one scruple of sal Gemma two drachms of Hony boil'd to a due consistence a sufficient quantity make Suppositories Vomits TAke of salt of Vitriol half a drachm of compound Water of Wallnuts two ounces of compound syrup of Scabious half an ounce mingle them make a Vomit Take of Vinum Benedictum six drachms of the Water of Carduus Benedictus one ounce of Oxymel of Squills half an ounce mingle them make a Vomit Take of Oxymel of Squills three ounces of compound syrup of Scabious one ounce let it be taken in an Evening in a draught of clear Posset-drink and let him drink Posset-drink frequently with a spoonful of Oil of Almonds in each draught Take of Mercurius Vitae four grains give it in the pulp of a roasted Apple Take of Turbith Mineral nine grains of conserve of red Roses a sufficient quantity mingle them make a Vomit ADVERTISEMENT EXcellent Purging Pills prepar'd by the Author are to be sold by Mr. Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard They cure the Scurvy the most reigning Disease of this Kingdom They purge the Head Breast Stomach and Reins and cleanse the Blood and are a very proper Purge for those that cannot confine themselves when they want Purging but are forc'd to go abroad about their Business The Price of each Box is 1 s. 6 d. with Directions for use BOOKS Printed for Henry Bonwicke at the Red Lyon in St. Paul's Church-yard COllections of Acute Diseases in five Parts I. Of the Small Pox and Measles II. Of the Plague and Pestilential Fevers III. Of Continual Fevers IV. Of Agues a Pleurisie Peripneumonia Quinsie and the Cholera Morbus V. and last of the Bloody-Flux Miscariage of Acute Diseases of Women with Child a Rheumatism Bleeding at Nose Apoplexy Lethargy and several other Diseases Collection of Chronical Diseases viz. The Cholick the Bilious Cholick Histerick Diseases the Gout and the Bloody Urine from the Stone in the Kidnies Promptuarium Praxeos Medicae seu Methodus Medendi Praescriptis Celeberrimorum Medicorum Londinensium Concinnata in Ordinem Alphabeticum digesta The Compleat Herbal of Physical Plants Containing all such English and Foreign Herbs Shrubs and Trees as are used in Physick and Surgery and to the Virtues of those that are now in use is added one Receipt or more of some Learned Physitian The Doses or Quantities of such as are prescribed by the London Physitians and others are proportion'd Also Directions for making Compound-waters Syrups Simple Medicines Moreover the Gums Balsams Oyls Juices and the like which are sold by Apothecaries and Druggists are added to this Herbal and their Virtues and Uses are fully described These four by the Author of this Practice of Physick The General History of the Reformation of the Church written in Latin by John Sleidan faithfully Englished To which is added A Continuation to the End of the Council of Trent by E. Bohun Esq in Folio Pains afflicting Human Bodies Their various differences Causes Parts affected Signals of Danger or Safety shewing the Tendency of Chronick and Acute Diseases for a seasonable prevention of fatal Events With a Tract of Issues and Setons by E. Maynwaring M. D. Octavo A New Description of Paris Containing a Particular Account of All the Churches Palaces Monasteries Colledges Hospitals Libraries Cabinets of Rarities Academies of the Virtuosi Paintings Medals Statues and other Sculptures Monuments and Publick Inscriptions With all other remarkable Matters in that Great and Famous City Translated out of French The Second Edition to which is added a Map of Paris Letters of Religion and Virtue to several Gentlemen and Ladies with some short Reflections on divers subjects Pia Desideria Or Divine Addresses in three parts 1. Sighs of the Penitent Soul 2. Desires of the Religious Soul 3. Extasies of the Enamour'd Soul Illustrated with 47 Cuts Written in Latin by Herm. Hugo Englished by Edmund Arwaker Octavo The Art of Catechising or the compleat Catechist in four parts 1. The Church Catechism resolv'd into easy Questions 2. An Exposition of it in a continued full and plain Discourse 3. The Church Catechism resolv'd into Scripture-proofs 4. The Whole Duty of Man reduced into Questions Fitted for the meanest Capacities the weakest Memories the plainest Teachers and the most uninstructed Learners Country Conversations Being an account of some Discourses that happen'd in a Visit to the Country last Summer on divers Subjects chiefly of the modern Comedies of Drinking of translated Verse of Painting and Painters of Poets and Poetry Golden Remains of Sir George Freeman Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath Being choice Discourses on select Subjects The Present State of Persia with a faithful Account of the Manners Religion and Government of that People By Monsieur Sanson a Missionary from the French King Adorn'd with Figures Done into English FINIS