some the iawes goe together so that afterward they are scarcely able to open their mouth as in Paris a Boy that had beene handled that way his teeth did all fall and his iawes growe together in such sort that nothing could enter into his mouth so was I constrained to make incision through all the gums and so I healed him yet could he not come to the perfection to eate any hard thing Some degenerat in gangrens so that diuers dye miserablie As for the corrosion of the guts which often happeneth you shall vse Clisters remollients as this Recipe maluar Violar an M. 1 fiat decoctio ad lib. 1 dissol vitellor auor duo olei viol vnc 2 butiri recentis vnc 1 ss fiat Clister which shall be vsed 2 or 3 times euery day As for the vlcers of the mouth haue recourse to the propper chap. of vlcers I haue found out an inuention for the vsage of the friction the which is both more pleasant and profitable then that which you haue heard as heere followeth In steed that some put before the fire I put them in a hote stoue being warmed with decoction of things propper to soften and rarifie the poares so by that meanes all the parts are all a like hote the which is not before the fire by reason that one side beeing warme the other is cold besides that there be some who would be ashamed to be seene naked and in the stoue they are not seene Then the patient being there hote with a cloth about his head you shall giue him a little of the vnguent by a hole made for the purpose and let him rub him selfe in such places and after the forme that you haue heard That being done put him in a hot sheete in bed and couer him as before By this means he shall haue the fluxe of the mouth as the other and in a shorter space During the time of the which fluxe the patient must be nourished with things licquid and of good iuice and light digestion like as soft Egs pottage made of yolke of Eggs consumats made of extremities of Calfes or of Fowles French barley Horge Munde of the which you shall vse little and oft washing alwayes the mouth after remembring that neyther before nor in the time of the fluxe must bee vsed any washing or drinke or any cold thing the which things all doe stay the fluxe If the patient be weary of these things you may infuse white bread in wine and mingle with it a little barley water thereafter strayning the bread that the substance remayne in the wine If in this time the patient be constipat vse somtymes Clysters Lenitiues or Suppositories The 16 Chap sheweth the way to cure by Emplasters which is the third way that our Auncients did vse THE Emplasters are thought to haue the same effect that the liniments haue if the body be prepared as you haue heard in the generall Chapter Neuerthelesse the operation is slowe and very vncertaine in many yet for those that doe vse them they must be composed not onely of things written by Iohn de Vigo but also other things mingled with them that haue the vertue to soften resolue and dry according to the nature of the humors which should be euacuated and simptoms if giuing also that there be also some Quicksiluer mingled with it prepared as you haue hearde the which hath vertue against the venim which is cause of the sicknes the Emplasters haue great vertue on the part where-vpon it is applied both by reason of the ingredients as also because they remaine alwayes adherent to the part so their actions are continuall and are ordinarily applied where the humors are grosse and vitius adherent to the part solides like as Tophes and Nodosities they also mittigate the dolors and resolue the hardnes so that they remaine a certaine time for lyke as that venim is rooted for a time in like manner time must be had for the extirpation of the same So in that they be most profitable Neuerthelesse I thinke not the Emplaster or cerot hath force to make euacuations sufficient for the extirpation of the sicknes I haue somtimes proued it and haue cured some that way others I haue beene constrayned to seeke an other way of cure I consesse in all persons being vsed it doth take away a part of the euill so it hideth the sicknes for a time I find them most propper to be vsed when the malady is recent specially in the first second or third kind in young folkes and such as be easie to moue also in shamefast people and such as will not suffer the friction To such I vse this method First preparing the body and humors as you haue heard in the generall Chapter next sweat fiue or sixe daies after that method as is set downe in the Chapter of the decoction thereafter he shall remaine in bed vsing such regime as you haue heard in the last Chapter also before the fluxe of the mouth as in the time of it Your Emplaisters shall be made after this forme Recipe Emplastri Iohannis de vigo lib. 1 de meliloto et oxicroij an lib. ss argenti viui preparati vt dictum est vnc viij olei de spica parum fiat Emplastrum the which shall be put on leather or strong cloth that shall couer the armes from the hands to the shoulders and the shoulders and about the necke on the leggs from the knees to the toes and alwayes must it be more thicke in the articles then in other parts letting them remaine till such time you perceiue nature begin to make eduction of the humors venimous If nature be long in working it shall not be euill done to make little particuler frictions in the bed once or twice to the effect the euacuation be more easie In some persons if the humors be well prepared in good season the Emplasters begin to make eduction of the humor in 3 or 4 dayes most commonly by the mouth the which somtimes is so violent that we are constrained to stay it first by taking away a part of these Emplasters and after that stay the violent fluxe by such meanes as you haue heard in the Chapter of frictions The vlcers that ensue there-vpon shall be cured after the method set downe in the Chapter of vlcers of the mouth If there happeneth prurit or blisters in the part where be the Emplasters they shal be remoued and foment these parts with hote wine in the which Camomell Roses and such like haue beene boyled the which hath the vertue to consume that which is cause of the sayd prurit afterward the place beeing dryed applie the same Emplaster againe Furthermore you shall vnderstand that by the application of these Emplasters nature doth somtimes discharge by flux of belly vrine but I neuer saw it discharge by flux of the belly saue one time neyther is it so certaine as that of the mouth I haue vsed them
to some men and women who had no euacuation notwithstanding all preparations of the humors so was I constrayned to vse other forme of cure By all these things you may cleerly iudge what the vsage of this cure may auaile to the most part of Patients The 17 Chap. to cure by perfumes and suffumigations which is the fourth way vsed by our Auncients PErfumes which were vsed of old and now also by some ignorant people for the curation of this malady the which in no maner are to be approued for that intention being not possible to cure the sicke that way They be most strong and vehement of the which come great accidents and oftentimes death specially to those that are leane and of temperature hote and dry as I haue oft seene In Paris in the time of the troubles there was great companies of Spaniards and Neapolitans amongst the which was a Barber Neapolitan who professed to heale al diseases but chiefely this by the means of his perfumes so that it happened him one time to haue eight vnder cure of the which fiue dyed three lyued and of them three two became paralatick and one deaffe and manie others dyed in his hands I haue seene infinit others dye by the ignorance of such curers who handle men lyke Horses vsing onely one method to all men little and great strong and weake Of this little number that escapeth some become tabid some hidiopick for they are most hurtful to the lungs maketh great resolution of the spirits which haue great conximitie with the braines so that the spirits animall is deprauated and diminished to diuers happeneth contraction of the sinewes paralisie trembling apolexie with diuers other euil accidents of the which if time would permit I should giue many examples For these causes and diuers other I thinke it not meete eyther to shewe the way or the iust dose of their poysonable ingredients like as Orpin Calcant Cinnaber and such like by reason that perhaps some men will be so vnhappy as to vse them Neuerthelesse I doubt not but perfumes such as we vse are a great help for some perticuler affections which remaine after the cure done by any of the three wayes precedent as deafnes payne in the head ioynts leggs and armes falling of haire and such like Wherein I haue knowne them to haue done great good both to tenuat and incise as also to expell out by sweat that which remaineth the which nature eyther deprauated or hindered could not cast forth by reason of the sicknes and tenacitie of the humor and also of the skin and narrownes of the passages So if the vertue to prouoke sweat as also to loose the belly be alwaies moderatly vsed and composed onely with such things and after the maner as ye shal heare the which shall not be strong to the end they may make no resolution of the vertues neyther hinder them nor depriue the action of the parts then they shall be made of the rootes of Dictam Peonie Tormentil Iris florentie Cinamon Francumcens Masticke Oliban Ladanum an drag 2. Turpentine of Venice Calam arematieke Garyefillate Nutmeg Semen citri Ceruse Sandolor species an drag 1. Amber vnc sem Let all these be put in powder and kept for your vse There be diuers others sette downe in many Authors and especially by Fallopius in his Treatise De morbo Gallico To performe thys yee must haue a tubbe with a tent or pauillion or at the least some thing that shall couer it that no ayre enter The tub must be hote before he enter in he must be all naked and sitte on a stoole putting on either side of him an instrument of yron or brasse wherein shall be little cleere coales vpon the which ye shall cast of these powders here named to y e weight of one dragm or two and so shall continue a certaine space or so long as hee may endure to receiue the fume of the same till such time as he sweat If it be possible he shall keep his eyes close and put out somtimes his head If the vapour be ouer-great beware that hee swound not as many doe Therefore as soone as yee see him growe faint retire him and put him in a bed wrapping him in a warme sheete and put hote clothes on his stomacke and belly so he shall sweat easily an howre or two without violence Afterward dry him and vse him in such sort as yee haue heard in the Chapter of decoction as also touching the way of lyfe But thys must be done in the morning as time most propper continuing 3. or 4. dayes as shall be found needfull If peraduenture he be found weake giue him an Egge or a toste in wine an howre before he enter in These Perfumes yee must vse as well perticulerly as generally to any part where anie thing doth remaine as a leg or an arme or the secret parts nothing being discouered sauing the parts affected so of it come great commodities For the same purpose I vse dry stones in stead of the bathing tub with a persume of thys decoction folowing Take of Fountaine water lib 20. white wine lib 4. mingle them with these hearbs folowing Rec. Saluie Eetanice Stecados Sambuci Origani Folior lauri Rorismarini Minthe Flor. Cammomille Meliloti et Anethi Hyprici an m. 3. Seminum anisi Feniculi Radicum cyperi Calamiaromatici Iris florentiae an vnc 1. Omnia frustulatim concisa Seeth all these in the pot and let the vapour passe by the conduit so receiue the vapour so long as you finde it expedient sweat in your bed therafter as before If the paine be particuler in one part you must receiue the vapour onely on that part couering well the rest of the body and this wee vse in diuers other maladies which shall be sette downe at large in my Treatise called The poore mans guide Also I vse the same perfume in the bathing tub like as the first where I haue any suspition that any venim remaineth to the end the parts may be corroborat and comforted the which shall be composed in the same manner adding onelie to them a little Aqua vita the which shall be put on the hote stones in the said bathing tub on each side of the sick so receiue the fume thereof as of the perfume sweating and drying as before and so continue for 3. or 4. dayes the which most commonlie I vse to all solkes in the ende of the cure by the which I haue found great help The 18. Chapter to heale this disease by Pills of Mercure which is the first way that I haue vsed HAuing sufficientlie shewed the foure waies commonlie practised by our ordinarie practisioners for the curation of this disease I will in like manner let you vnderstand in so short tearms as may bee the waies which I haue vsed during these tenne yeeres whereby I haue cured manie and that verie easilie and with small paine as ye shall heare First of all
called deceiuers and Iuglers then true ministers of our Art The twelueth Chapter sheweth how by nine diuers wayes this disease may be cured THere are diuers learned men who of long time haue sought out and put in practise diuers remedies as well generall as particuler for the extirpation of this maladie of the which our ordinarie practisioners vse commonly foure First by decoction of Gaiac secondly by vnctions thirdly by emplasters fourthly by perfumes or suffumigations But because these wayes for the most part are both dangerous and and vncertaine as I haue often prooued beeing also a thing that bringeth infamie to the diseased by reason that this manner of cure yea though it were certaine could not be performed without the knowledge of many Therefore I haue taken paines both by daily practise and obseruation as also by conference with learned men touching this matter to find a way more certaine for the curation and not so dangerous nor painfull for the patient which may be performed without keeping eyther bed or chamber and that without knowledge of any man except it be inueterate And it is performed by Pils and decoction of white wine decoction of Salsparel by electuarie by my Arabick powder which before me haue not beene practised and I may asâ—ure them all to be most certaine for the curation of this disease to haue beene experimented by me in moe than two hundred patients of diuers Nations in curing of whom there happened no accident but perfect health I can by the like meanes and inuention of mine cure Children of two moneths old Now seeing by Gods helpe I haue found out things so profitable for the recouerie of health in an infinite number of people I will not hide it but publish the same so plainly that euery man by his owne industrie may attaine to the knowledge heereof But first I will set downe the common way daylie practised beginning with the first which is the decoction of Gaiac and so proceede with the rest after the same order to the end that all men may knowe both the vulgar and auncient way and also the newe found out and practised by mine onely dilligence The 13 Chap. to cure the Spanish disease by decoction of Gaiac which is the first way AS for this manner of cure that is done onely by decoction you shall heare the forme hereof after the manner that is ordinarilie vsed like as I haue often proued my selfe But that I euer healed any onely by that way I will not say not withstanding that there is no Surgion in Fraunce that hath cured that disease more then I. Neyther coulde I euer learne of any famous Surgion that would affirme it to be a true cure Yet the Spaniards and Italians be of an opinion that it may be done Their reason is that the first Spaniard that was infected there-with in the occidentall Indies in an Ile called S. Dominick hauing an Indian to his seruant who professed to heale this disease onely by that decoction was healed by him who did also heale many others So by his example diuers others doe vse y t way But I answer At that time the sicknes was not so venimous as now neyther gaue they it leasure to inueterat as we doe nor yet was the people of our temperature being for that cause more easie to be healed Among the foure wayes to heale this disease I esteeme this to be the most weake most vncertaine the which opinion is confirmed by all those that haue written and practised in this matter Neuerthelesse by our experience we find it a remedie albeit not altogether sufficient for the exturpation of this sicknes yet a great helpe to it as also to many other diseases where neede is to heate attenuat prouoke sweat and drie moderatlie So that I thinke it should be rather called a preparation to the cure then a perfect or true cure For seeing it is not sufficient for the cure of a simple sicknes as of a defluxion or Catharre this we see by our daylie practise the which is healed by simple remedies then much more it must be weake for the taking away of this sicknes the which is of such nature as sayth Palmanius that often it receiueth no curation notwithstanding the vse of all proper remedies which make a great euacuation as well laxatiue as others Yet I confesse that there is some hidden facultie that helpeth much by reason that it heateth rarifieth and prouoketh both vrine and sweat and is also somwhat propper against the venim consuming a part of the humors that be most subtill so appeaseth the dolor for a certaine time but the primitiue cause doth remaine with the most part of the humors which be deepe thicke and grosse of the which commeth Tophes and Nodosities in diuers parts of the body chiefely in the leggs armes and head accompanied with dolors Alwayes let it be vsed with a good method regime with preparation of the humors as you haue heard in the generall Chaprer So doing the venim is almost withdrawne if the sicknes be recent and the patient of a good temperature Therefore I will briefely set downe the preparation of this decoction the time propper to vse it and the forme how it shall be vsed with the regime that should be obserued in the vsage heereof at all times As touching the preparation after it be put in powder so much as you will vse you must steepe it 24 houres in water for by the long steeping it receaueth more force the water must be warme and vpon one pound of the tree put ten pounds of water eyther Fountaine or Riuer as counselleth Montanus of Hermodact Drag ij That beeing done it may be made in diuers manners but the most part doe seethe it in a weake fire in a pot of earth or Copper well couered so that no ayre auoyde let it seethe till the second or third or fourth part be consumed which shall be done according vnto the indication and temperature of the person Some doe make it by distillation But whatsoeuer fashion you make it of a little before the full concoction add some Licorice small broken to the effect it be more pleasant so retire it from the fire and being refreshed straine it through a cloth and keepe it close in bottels for thine vse the vvhich shall be in the morning at such time as thou wilt sweat Therafter thou shalt make a second decoction to drink in the meales and in other such houres as shall be found to be expedient It shall be made in this forme Put to the grounds at the rest of the other decoction as much water as before and seethe it as the other but let it not consume so much by reason you shall vse long and much of it VVe put to it for the corroboration of the stomack Coriander Anniseed Cinamon such like The time most propper to vse the first decoction is in the morning and after-noone long time
is the third way that I vse THis is a way of cure that I haue oft experimented with good successe chiefely in people of good temperature and the malady not being yet entred into the solide parts Then to performe the cure to such as it is conuenient the body and the humor must first be prepared with purgations letting of blood and sweating as it appeareth in the generall Chapter The regime shall be obserued as is sayd in the Chapter of the decoction of Gaiac Afterward you must vse of this decoction the space of 20 or 30 dayes as you shall find expedient the which shall be composed after this forme Recipe Salsparile vnc 4 que sit tenuitur in cisa Rad. Chine per tessellas excise vnc 2 macerentur spatio 24 borars in 10. pintis Aque fontane Bulliant lento igne ad consumpt mediepartis coletur Of this you shall take a good draught euery morning according vnto the strength of the Patient sweating there-vpon in bed as you haue heard in the Chapter of the decoction of Gaiac doing the like in the after noone and so continuing euery day during the time aboue specified excepting alwayes the 7 or 8 day in the which you shall vse some thing laxatiue or at the least some of the same decoction made laxatiue after this forme To a pint of the decoction add halfe an ounce of Sene 2 dragmes of Hermodact and a little Lycoris after the full ebullition add an ounce of sirop of Roses laxatiue This you shall take in the morning and a broth an houre after made of fine hearbs and butter If this be not conuenient enough you shall take three graines of my pouder called Puluis Tartarianus or else halfe an ounce of mine electuary The preparation of both is set downe in The Poore mans guide The day of the purgation hee must neither sweat nor goe forth The rest of the time he may goe forth if the weather be warme Neuerthelesse he must not rise out of bed till two houres after the sweaâ— be passed To some it shall be enough to sweat once a day and so 18 or 20 dayes shall be sufficient It hath greater vertue then Gaiac and more propper for those that are of hote temperature Of the grounds of the rest of this decoction you may make an other putting to it fiue pints of water and fiue pints of whie wine if the sicke be weake or else all water seeth it till the third part be consumed and drinke of it ordinarily It hath the vertue to restore those that be weake The first decoction is most excellent in many other sicknesses as Catharres that distill from the head obscure Cankers tumors difficult to discusse good for a cold stomack discusseth flatuosities most excellent for old vlcers but best of all for this disease as I haue oft proued to the contentment of many who vsed that remedie The 21 Chap. to heale this disease by my Electuary the which is the fourth way that I vse THis manner of cure which I haue oft vsed to my speciall friends for the taking away of this venim eyther beeing recent or inueterat is done after this manner First purge the body with some light purgation afterward let blood Next prepare the humors as you haue heard in the generall Chapter Afterward purge agayne with thys medicament Recipe decoct pect ad dosim infunâ—â—â—â— cathaliconis duplic drag 10 sir Ros pallidar ex agarigo et senna vnc 1 fiat potio quam 〈…〉 horis ante iusculum Afterward you must let him blood in the other arme 〈…〉 there-vpon to rest a day purging him after that with an ounce of Casse and an ounce of Sirrop of Succory composed with Rubarb Afterward 〈…〉 5 dayes and going out of the bath take a drinke of the decoction of Salsparil 〈…〉 after the forme as you haue heard in the precedent Chapter In the meane time 〈…〉 beginning to the end you shall vse the regime set downe in the Chapter of Salsparil 〈…〉 ordinarie drinke shall be of the second decoction of Salsparill He must neyther drinke wine nor Ale or Beere during the time of the cure which will last 25 or 30 dayes during which time he shall vse euery morning halfe an ounce of my confection the description wherof is clearely and brifelie set downe in the treatise intituled The Poore mans guide with the sorme howe it should be vsed for many diseases that it is approbriat to As for the vsage thereof in this disease there is onely to be obserued that you must neyther eate 3 houres after nor 3 before the taking therof And if the taking of it in the morning doth not sufficiently worke you may take as much in the after-noone Somtime by vsing of it twice a day it worketh too fast wherefore you must well consider and take it but once in one day or once in two dayes according as you find it work and if it worketh as it ought to doe it shall be 5 or 6 times euery day without violence This is a remedy most excellent to be vsed both Sommer and Winter as well to young as to old It healeth perfectly as well the inueterat as the recens albeit the time be somwhat longer being no neede to keepe the lodging nor to alienat the sicke from any affaires the which things are all performed without the knowledge of any man Among other excellent vertues that it hath it is most profitable for the poore people for many reasons VVherefore albeit it be a very precious iewell vnto me yet for the loue that I haue to the common wealth I will not hide it It hath also many and diuers vertues pertayning to the infantment of a woman the which I haue plainely declared in mv treatise of The Infantment the which by Gods help shall be shortly put in print and dedicated to the most vertuous Princesse the Queenes Maiestie of Scotland The 22 Chap. to heale this disease by the Arabick powder which is the fift way that I vse TO performe this manner of cure the body and the humors must be well prepared by sirrops or decoctions purgations and letting of blood Bathes and good regime as you haue heard in the precedent Chapter It shall be expedient that the sicke sweat 5 or 6 dayes vsing the decoction of Salsparill Chine or Gaiac the which shall be diuersified according to the diuersity of the temperature as you haue often heard before Afterward during the time of the câ—re which shall be 20 or 25 dayes he shall vse things of good nuriture and drinke ordinarily decoction of Salsparill abstayning from all cold drinke either actually or potentially These things being performed ye shall vse of this powder euery day once or once in two dayes according as yee shall perceiue the effects thereof the which shall be ministred after this order First take 10. graines of the said powder and mingle it with conserue of Roses or of Nenuphar which shall bee made in