to hinder defluctions These produce different actions according to the divers distemperatures of the receiving parts which Distempers they master and overcome by their particular efficacious impressions But enough for this time and I will only subjoin an orderly description of certain Medicines promised above If you please you may make use of Mr. Favonius the Apothecary who will be very careful in their preparation If your Fistula be healed and Cicatriz'd that it may long remain so it is necessary you go to Geneva c. In the first place prepare the Stomack for the space of two days before that so you may Vomit easily As â„ž Of simple Oxymel â„¥ iij. Oxymel of Squills â„¥ j. Mix them for 4 Doses taking them in a draught of Ptisan at a large distance from Meals Then â„ž Of the infusion of Crocus Metallorum made with Canary Sack proportioning â„¥ j. of the Crocus to â„¥ xvi or a Pint of the Sack take I say of this infusion philter'd through a Papire â„¥ j. Of the water of Carduus Benedictus â„¥ j. Simple Oxymel â„¥ ss Mix them and make a draught to be given in the Morning with observing a due and regular order in the time of its Operation Let this Medicine be repeated Thrice interposing the space of two or three days betwixt each time of taking according to the strength and disposition of the Stomack a regard being had to the Operation of the Medicine If there be occasion those that can bear the Operation well may increase the quantity of the infusion to Ten Drams or an Ounce and half In the days between it will be necessary to soment the Hypochondries and region of the Stomack with an emollient inciding and Opening Decoction by this means the humours which are to be discharg'd by Vomit will be render'd fluid and the Operation will succeed with the less trouble After taking the third Vomit a day or two being allowed for quiet let there be given the following Apozem â„ž Of the Roots of female Fers Cichory Lions Tooth The Middle-Barke of an Ash-tree the Roots of sharp Leav'd Docks an â„¥ j. Marsh-mallows â„¥ ss The Barke of Caper-roots Of Tamariske an Ê’ x. The fresh Roots of Polypody â„¥ iij. Of the Leaves of Fumaterry Germander Ground Pine Agrimony Bettony Of all the sorts of Maiden-hair an M. j. The Flowers of Cowslips St. Iohns wort an P. iij. Water-Lillies P. ij ss The Tops of Rosemary Marjarom an P. j. The Seeds of male Piony Ê’ iij. Of sweet Fennel Of Corryander prepar'd an â„¥ ss Of Carthamum fresh full and such as sink in water â„¥ ij Raisons of the Sun stoned Iujubs an Ê’ iv Sweet smelling Apples cut into bits with their peels on N. iij. Make a decoction of all these in a s. q. of water in which was steeped before for the space of four hours Sparkling Tartar of White Wine Ê’ vi Clean picked Senna Leaves â„¥ ij The small shings of true black Heâ—…or roots Ê’ iv After a sufficient decocting strain it which reduce by gentle Boyling to â„¥ xv in which dissolve Of the solutive Syrup of Damask Roses made with Agarick Of the Syrup of Cichory with a fourfold proportion of Rhubarb anÊ’ j. ss Spirit of Vitriel gut xii mix them and make an Apozem for three days to be taken a Mornings with care and keeping within doors either every day or every other day according to your strength and this to be done three hours before you take any Broath If it seem convenient either between or after these Purgations to open either of the Saphena Veins let that be committed to the pleasure of your Physician which is present with you Afterwards let the peccant juices be prepar'd again and again and the obstructions of the Bowels powerfully recerated by this following Medicine â„ž The Decoction of sweet seuted Apples Nephriteck wood adding a little 〈◊〉 â„ž iij. Small White Wine lb j. Spirit of Salt Vitriol an Ê’ j. Mix them exactly in a flat glass dish then â—…resently drop leisurely into it of Oil of Turâ—…ar made per deliquium q. s. to extinguish â—…ll acidity or sowerness add to thâ—… Syrup of the flowers of red fluelin with the Violet flower Syrup of Cowslips an â„¥ â—…j Clâ—…on water one spoonful Make a perfect mixture of them by long agiâ—…ating them together Take of this Liquor 〈◊〉 v for a Dosâ—… twice in a day at a good â—…stance from Meals do this eight days together which time being elapsed repeat Purging Thus. â„ž Clean pick'd and small cut Senna Leaves Ê’ iv Choice Rhubarb Ê’ ij The stringy fibers of true black Hellebor roots ℈ iv To these being strain'd pour such a quantity of the strain'd Decoction of Tamarynds and Tartar as is sufficient to make the infusion for a whole Night upon warm Ashes adding Of Lavender flowers ℈ j. One blade or flower of Mace In the Morning after a gentle boiling strain it in which reduc'd to a Dose dissolve Syrup of Damask Roses with Agarick Calabrian Manna an â„¥ j. Spirit of Vitriol gut iv Mix them for a Potion to be given in the Morning with a careful governing of yourself This being perform'd your Body is sufficiently fitted for the use of Steel the methoâ—… of taking which was sufficiently describ'â—… to you the first time In the interim Sir while you are at leisure betwixt making uâ—… of the prescriptions and that will take up good space of time but absolutely necessarâ—… to the right preparing of the peccant juice and the Cure of your Body In the mean spâ—… use these things which have a respect to tâ—… dryness of your Tongue As a Syrup made with the white of an Egg and Sugarcandy Trochisch's of Liquoris prepar'd from its Extract mix'd with Sugar of Roses adding a â—…ittle of the Mucalage of Gum Tragacant The distill'd Water of Milke with the Syrup de Mucilaginibus taken by a Spoon or put of a glass Bottle or out of a phyol with a narrow mouth The use of Rock Chrystal truly prepared with Conserve of Violets or Water Lillies is good An injection into the Iawes made with Barley water and Milke warm from the Cow either by it self or adding a little Sal pruâ—…lla Syrup of the Juice of the greater Semperâ—…uive or House-leek boyl'd with Sugar adding 〈◊〉 little of the same Sal prunella see that you â—…se them by turns lest Nature being too much accustomed to one frustrate or reject â—…eir effect I doubt not but those Symptoms which â—…hreaten a Palsie will either be diminished â—…r for the most part removed by the before â—…rescribed Medicines which Symptoms if they â—…ould persevere though but a little that â—…he fearful mind of the Patient may be satisâ—…'d by the advice of the Physicians which â—…re present let there be apply'd to the head being shaved Fernelius his Cataplasme against Catarrhs described in his Councels for divers days together Apply to the hinder part of the Neck a large Visicatory with which excite a Blister
upon you the advice of Celsus whose words are these Nothing is so profitable to the Head as cold water is Therefore he that hath this part infirm he will dâ—… well in the Summer time to hold his head for a good while together every day under a large spout of Water or to cause it to be Pumpeâ—… upon Let your Capp be covered on both side with whited brown Paper and quilted betwix with Tow or Flax it is convenient to sum with some Cephalick Powder in the composition of which there ought to be a largâ—… quantity of yellow Amber I know not iâ—… you ever have used to take Tobacco You may make a powder of Colts-foot the Bark of Pistacho Nuts Rosemary yellow Amber and a twelfth part of Tobacco To which if the Lungs abound with tough Phlegm and there be an Asthma you may add as a powerful help and wonderfully beneficial a little Orpiment for as Dâ—…sconides says it is very useful in these Diseases you cannot be ignorant how it is to be made use of to wit in a Pipe you may use it Morning and Evening passing the smoke through your Nostrils or only blowing it out at your mouth as you shall find it to be most effectual In favour of the Lungs it is particularly advantagious to drink thin Metheglin or Meade not too strong but well fermented or wrought composed with Agrimony Bettony both kinds of Veronica or Fluelling and both sorts of Lungwort Colts-soot and a large quantity of Iulubs This kind of drink if it be made right is not unpleasant to the Tast. Wine is hurtful for you but I doubt whether you can leave off the use of it but if you can abstain from it do A Syrup made with the flesh of Tortoises Snails the Lungs of Animals Froggs and Craw-fish all boyl'd in Scabiose and Colts-foot water adding at last Sugar Candy will prove very useful Lac Sulphuris is a precious Balsom which may be taken in a rere Egge with a few grains of Benzâ—…min and Sugar or it may be made into Tabellets with Sugar and the pulpe of Marsh Mallow Roots These sort of Medicines require to be used long nevertheless forbearing the use of them for some days least Nature being accustomed to them should at last neglect them though they are precious as she useth to do other things The unadulterated Balsom of Peru either black or white if you can procure it taken to the quantity of four or five drops at a time in Oxymell is highly conducive also the Ruby of Sulphur rightly prepar'd with the white Aetherial Oyle of Turpentine S. A. but as this Operation is artificial so the preparation of it should be committed to an expert Artist The before said suffumigation promotes Expectoration If the Phlegm be yet Tough take care to prepare an Oxymell with the Pectoral decoction well clarifi'd Sugarcandy and Honey made sharp with Oyl of Sulphur and this upon urgent necessity may be licked with a Liquorish stick bruised at the end As to what relates to restoration or nutrition persist in the use of Cock-broath made with China Roots and cleansed Barley besides the use of the beforomentioned Syrup of Tortoises but Asses Milk with Sugar of Roses is to be used both Winter and Summer and is very prevalent to this intention I also advise you to change the Aire for the scituation of your House is absolutely unwholsome for you The next Spring go to Delph and find out the House of your Noble Brother nay travel as far as Aurange Lunell Biterras and Mompelier staying in those places some Months or longer I have not time to say any more but this one thing if perchance any of your Relations come about you have a care that they do not contract the same Disease in their Lungs You ought to follow this my advice exactly in every particular which if you do undoubtedly it will prove beneficial to you for preservation God prevent an ill Omen Dated London 1645. The Second COUNCEL For an Illustrious Nobleman Son to the former inclin'd to a Consumption Written in French My Lord APologies are remote from the businesâ—… in hand and are needless for yoâ—… are not guilty of any injury to meâ—… My Friends and your self above the rest 〈◊〉 them ought to esteem me altogether of another mind from the custom of those witâ—… whom Complements and Ceremonies is usuaâ—… amongst their familiar acquaintants whicâ—… can hardly be practic'd by sincere minds 〈◊〉 at any time I admit any one into my intimatâ—… friendship and addict my self to serve hiâ—… which I have long since done to you and devoted my self to your whole Family 〈◊〉 never impeach them for being nice or omitting of officious occasions nor interpret any thing in the worst sense being secur'd of their constancy supposing business doth hinder my friends or that there is some other great occasion that is the cause of the intermitting of their writing to me but if my pains may be useful to them at any time I never deny it to them greedily laying hold of all opportunities to deserve well at their hands whensoever occasion doth offer it self chiefly where I may be assistant by my Art or Profession I have long been afraid lest this Disease which hath threatned you a great while should at last break out into act I was heretofore throughly acquainted with the Nature and Constitution of your Illustrious Father and Grandfather who are to be reverenc'd by me upon many accounts the depraved Constitution of whose Lungs I could not so well alter but that it hasten'd their fate Their infirmities are descended to you by way of Inheritance together with their great Endowments and Virtues If you have done any thing which hath hasten'd this misfortune to fall upon you it is unknown to me and it were necessary that you acquainted me with it for accurate instruction is necessary that you may receive the full advantage and fruit of my advice I particularly wish to be inform'd what kind of Tumour that was on your Breast and what those acrid Medicines were which your Physician writes you have made use of and whether they were Mercurial or no also the quality and quantity of the matter you excluded by Vomiting it were convenient to know whether it were purulent and stinking or not These things being well inquir'd into are of great moment towards the Cure of your Lungs which are the Basis and Original of your Griefs a Consumption is but a fingers breadth off from you and evil is threatned unless you seasonably use your utmost endeavours to extricate your self from the power of it with which to my sorrow I perceive you are already insnar'd I have often observed Aposthumes to break in the Lungs some of them with good success some of them with ill God preserve you from them Ulcers of the Lungs because the Lungs are in perpetual motion and are filled with large Vessels and constantly receiving humours both from the
upper and inferiour parts do difficultly admit of Cure but all our endeavours must be made use of and the success submitted to God expecting from his will a happy event You have already been under the Cure of Experienc'd Men of Art which their own accounts testifie And amongst our rules this is the Chief If all things be done rationally and success do not presently follow the intentions and indications of Cure remaining still the same we are to insist upon the same Medicines without any alteration unless something happen which absolutely compells us to it But to satisfie your desire because you expect my advice I will having begun proceed farther submitting my Councel to the judgement and experience of those Learned men under whose hands you now are I being at so great a distance from you And in the first place I advise as soon as the Weather shall be more temperate That you try the Change of Air experimenting another and more propitious one without delay being carried in a Litter or otherways so that the motion may not hurt you beginning your Journey with the rising of the Sun and getting into your Inn before Sun-set Travel to Volcas Aurange Mompilier Bitteras c. breath dry Air the heat of whieh you may easily temper in the House according to the conveniencies the place allows Galen the Master of Physicians used to send Consumptive Patients to Tabias not that he might be rid of the care of them but to dry up the Ulcer and Defluction by drawing in of a more pure Air indow'd with a drying faculty and a Balsamick power from the Plants which grew there Some years since a Gentleman of these parts call'd Mr. Cotton who was in a confirm'd Consumption spit matter mix'd with blood and was extreamly extenuated being a mere Skeleton cover'd with a dry skin This Gentleman was sent to these parts and upon his return he was absolutely recovered he liveth healthy with his Family and is Father of many Children I have seen that I may discover the Efficacy of the Air in Diseases of the Lungs a Gentleman who having received a deep wound in his Breast he was twice Cured thereof by making an Aperture in the opposite side which necessity compell'd to be made betwixt his Ribs which Aperture became a Fistula He travel'd into Spain where after five years stay the Fistula healed up returning to his own Country which was a cold and moist Climate it open'd again of its own accord and he was healed again by going into Spain for the same number of years as formerly From hence it will plainly appear to you that the Air pervading all the Bronchia or Pipes of the Lungs and passing directly to the Heart is more efficacious in exerting the force of its native or acquir'd qualities and virtues than any other sort of remedy whatsoever The Second head regards Drink If you can forbear Wine altogether you will do very well to do so for whether you drink much or little it doth affect and will afflict your head I hear they make good Beer at Geneva if you can get that which is small and clear or else the Decoction of Barley well fermented and without Hops that may be commodious for you which moreover you may render Medicinal by the addition of China roots or the roots of the greater Canes or Reeds of Narbon and with Troâ—…matick or wound Herbs and Pectorals amongst which the Male Veronica Bugle and self hete are the best If you leave your native Soil and your own House which are not healthy for you to dwell in there may be prescribed a weak Hydromel or Meade or else a thin drink made with Raisons but well fermented and impregnated with the virtue of the foresaid simples and others as Pimpernal the greater Comfory AElurop Plantain Midlin broad leaved Lungwort which is a Moss of an Ash-colour growing upon old Oaks These kind of Drinks rendred familiar and ordinary and pertinaciously continu'd by their constant use work wonders they being endow'd both with a Nutritive and Medicinal Virtue Arcaeus an approved Author a Spaniard doth much commend Guajacum in Ulcers of the Lungs and I know by experience it is very successful nor is the use of it to be feared in lean bodies for its accrimony and heat if you proceed by degrees to use it may be temper'd by adding the larger quantity of Water or it may be boyl'd in Barley Water or else the Roots of China or Reeds are harmless and without heat dry sufficiently moreover do not descend from the necessary advice given you about Diet by your Physicians Cows Milk is useful to condense and nourish well but to refrigerate and cool Asses Milk is more efficacious it detergeth and cleanseth better and carries off the watery Excrements by Urine to which intent also lignum Nephriticum conduces being added to your ordinary drink add to this that it leaves nothing untouched but brings it away with it self if only it pass well And this your own experience will make out to you there being this occasion given to make proof of its effect Follow what your Physicians advise you The force and virtue of the Milk will be augmented if the Beasts feed upon Herbs which are appropriate to your Grief I commend Sugar of Roses with which sweeten your Milk I firmly hold upon this account that a Syrup made with Vulnery Herbs and Wood Tortoises in Narbon call'd Garrige shell Snails the Tayles of Craw-fish green Froggs of which you have plenty will be of great use to you for the future dilating'an Ounce of it with a draught of Milk You may cast in a fourth part of rose-Rose-water into the Decoction of the aforesaid simples being clarefi'd before the Sugar is put to it I would have to be added to the Tabblets of Sugar of Roses which you use some truly prepar'd Blood stone Harts-borne well and Philosophically calcin'd by the vapour of some Pectoral Water and I approve of Crabs Eyes prepar'd after the common way Concerning the Lapis haematitis or Blood stone read what is delivered of its virtues in your Disease by the most experienc'd amongst the Ancient Physicians Alexander Trailianus cap. 1. lib. 7. Practicae under the title of Such things as are convenient for those which spit blood from the defluction of an acrid humour which I also think useful for those which spit blood by reason of an Anastomasis and all sorts of Haemoptysis proceeding from the Breast let the Cause which produces it be what it will A Cough is the most troublesome Symptom of these kind of Diseases for it irritates and shakes the Lungs and will not permit the mouths of the Vessels to close nor grow together Take care therefore to prepare Becâ—…hical or Pectoral Tabblets of an Extract made without the least burning but perform'd with the vapour of water let it be made of the best Liquiris macerated in the waters of Fluellin and Mullin adding to it new made Penidies
together according to the rules I have prescrib'd This being perform'd I hope your Bowels being strengthen'd the humours will be amended and the Collection of all the Causes of â—…he before past accidents being cut off nay the fear of a recidiva or relapse which might happen upon closing up the Fistula in the Fundament which though it be a thing to be desir'd yet it is osten full of danger when nature of her own accord seeketh a vent And this is confirm'd by Cardinal Richâ—…leus Arm who possibly might have injoy d a longer liâ—… if the Cure of his Fistula had been prosecuâ—…ed with less diligence In the using of the Steel let necessary Purgations be interposed having a care from henceforth of such as have Aloes in them they irritate and offend the Fundament unless their bitterness be altogether taken away which though it may be perform'd by Art yet in my judgement it signifies little to attempt that thing which hath less utility then Ostentation in it Having taken your Essence of Steel which ought not to procure any loathing to you warm Bathes are to be thought off and the use of Asses Milk and of mineral Waters but the place of these I believe will be supply'd by the Steel I wish I could be by your side to direct you but whether that will be hereafter or no I know not although I heartily wish that I may once again see my Country The Steel sent to you was prepar'd wholly and compleatly with my own hands and by Gods assistance you will receive more advantage from it than from all the rest God give it his blessing c. COUNCEL the Fifth In the same disaffections of the Hypochondries for the same Noble Councellor at Law Sent into France MY last Letters gave you a large account how to make use of the Steel which as I suppose is the chief and apt remedy to recover your health it only remains that I send it to you ready prepar'd which I now do you are to receive seventeen Ounces weight of the Syrup which that it may be temper'd and fitted to be used according to the rule laid down in my former Letters take order to have this following Syrup carefully made Take sweet smelling Apples commonly call'd Queen Apples with short Stalkes as many as you please cut away their rind afterwards draw a water from them in a double Vessel in a boiling Balneo Maria till you have got a sufficient quantity pour the foresaid water upon the rinds which have been first laid upon a Table until they are almost dry add to them new Lemon peels cut small distil this Water again by a Body of Belvee Earth or Tin or so that the Distiller may carefully avoid the breaking of the Vessel in a large glass Alimbeck and head of the same Metal put into the inward part of the spout of the Alimbeck a Nodule or little Bag made with fine Linen and fill'd with half a Dram of Ambargreece and six grains of Mosck put the Vessel into a Kettle of Water filled with Hay or Saw-dust Make the joining of the Body Head and Reciver fast with Lute or Paste made of Meal Quick-lime and the White of an Egg draw a Water from this by distillation in which with a gentle heat dissolve as much white Sugarcandy ground to a fine powder as it can possibly contain to make it of the consistance of a Syrup of which take exactly twenty three Ounces dilute and mix it with that quantity of the prepar'd Steel which I send to you which is sufficient for you to use threescore days which is the time prefix'd by me This Syrup is included in an Earthern Bottle well stopt and sealed with my own Seal which Note least it be chang'd I would willingly have sent you the whole prepar'd but that the price of the carriage would have been insufferable keep this as a Treasure for the recovery of your health which perhaps you will not attain too in the place you now dwell in take it all leaving no remainder of it I wish I were nearer you for my presence would conduce much for the right use of so great a Remedy although you cannot want expert directers when you shall be in that vast City of Paris Give me an account of the success chiefly if the desire of recovering your perfect health shall call you home and hinder you from expecting the Spring which assists the efficacy and operation of Medicines As to the swelling behind your Ear it is a thing of difficulty and for the most part eludeth the force of Medicines I hardly think you are in that condition now that upon the account of that you need my advice since I imagine this grief of yours is already past the declination but if there do remain any stubborn hardness let that be overcome by some Mercurial Remedies which will advance the power of other Medicines and efficaciously overcome the hardness I do often make use of them and I do find if all hope of suppuration be gone yet these do so rarifie the humours that nature is able to dissolve that humour that was congeal'd into the form of perfect Matter This besides other Experiments happen'd in two Pestilential Tumours of which one was under the Arm-pit they retain'd their hardness for six weeks though the Malignity was extinct yet by the help of Mercurial Remedies they were brought to a happy suppuration COUNCEL the Sixth In the same Disease for the same Gentleman IN convenient time as the next Spring a little after the Equinox the general praescripts being before made use of and by them the peccant juices carefully prepar'd and evacuated then exhibit the Chalybeat Medicine Continue the use of it according as it ageees with you for threescore days observing necessary cautions Wherefore let this number of days be so divided that there be exhibited of our Steel Syrup two Drams for six days three Drams for as many days four for xii days five for xii days more six for eight days together seven for eight days eight for eight days let it be given in any grateful Liquor whether it be in Clarified Whey the water of Apples of Fumaterry Burrage Baume or thin Capon Broath Wine small Beer c. or in the Restorative Water of which mention is made in what follows After the taking of the Medicine you must walk or use some other gentle exercise by which the body may be moderately warm'd without procuring sweat but forbear Dinner for four hours which may be sufficiently large according to your Appetite and the disposition of your Stomack easily to concoct meat of good juice But let your Supper be sparing not cramming in Meat before the former Food be digested let your ordinary Drink be Oligophorick Wine that is such as will bear but little water of a Brick colour or a Flesh colour very well diluted with the Decoction of cleansed female Fern roots of Lentisk or Mastick wood and Nephritick
and dangerously The effect of the Medicine will never prove vain but you may accelerate it by adding of Mercurius praecipitatus but why do I light a Candle to the Sun receive this as a testimony of my kindness if you desire greater and more solid ones know that they shall not be denied you I answer nothing to your Questions if you require my Testimony concerning what you have advis'd or administred heretofore to the Noble Patient whoever calumniates you let them learn to know that Men experienc'd in the Art are to be believed and I do aver that you have done all things according to Art c. Dated London February the 5th An. 1616. COUNCEL the Tenth In a Catarrh For a Noble Person Written in French SIR I Participate in the evils which happen to my Friends and suffer by consent or sympathy with them chiefly if they be such to whose service I have devoted my self my Genius compelling to do so I hear that a troublesome Catarrh afflicts you which by Day gives you some respits but by Night is exasperated and very troublesome The disposition of these sort of disaffections is that they grow worse when the Night approaches at which time Phlegm predominates over the rest of the humours Now since your Body in general is sufficiently purged already it remains particularly to cleanse your Brain and afterward by means of drying Medicines to strengthen it To which intent I advise that in the Mornings two days together and again every other day for some time you use a Gargarisme composed of twelve spoonful of White Wine four spoonfuls of Vinegar three of Hony and two of Mustard distemper'd and as the custom is ground together let this Mixture be warm'd and take of it a spoonful or two Gargarising with it and carefully spitting out whatsoever Phlegm it draws from the Brain Reiterate this Gargarisme five six or seven times until you find your head emptied and made lighter if there remain any heat in your Iaws that will be removed by Garguling with a temperate Oxycrate or mixture of Vinegar and Water Cause to be prepar'd a Powder made of Mastick six Drams Yellow Amber three Drams Benzomin two Drams Red Roses and Coriander Seeds of each two Drams and a half fume those things you cover your Head with in a Morning and at Night going to Bed with this powder or rather a Cap made of Tow or Wool quilted and make a paper Coif to be worn perpetually putting over it the foresaid Cap 'T is absolutely necessary for the Cure of the present sickness and to prevent greater dangers which are ready to fall upon you that you defend your self the whole Winter against the injuries of the Cold In the Mornings use Frictions or rubbings of the upper parts of your Elboes and Arms and the whole length of your Back-bone with moderately warm linen Cloths Apply to your Pole hot Bread newly drawn out of the Oven and cut in the middle or rather a Mornings apply dry Cupping Glasses All these things being observed unless you go to Stool of your self your Belly is to be loosen'd to which purpose Glysters are useful But if you abhor them than at the beginning of your Meal use Prunes stewed with Senna If my advice prove effectual to you I shall be abundantly satisfi'd c. Precautions and Cure Against the Plague cruelly raging The Remedies Prescribed by the common consent and joynt endeavours of the King and Queens Doctors and Physicians in Ordinary in pursuance of their Duty and directed to their Majesties Apothecary July the 6th 1625. Preservatives against the Plague The Medicinal Broath FOr the Kings Break-fast let him sup this Broath Let his Majesty take Broath alter'd with the leaves of Wood-Sorrel threeâ—…eav'd Sorrel Porcelan Borrage Bugloss 〈◊〉 Baume Pimpernel the red flowers of Fluellin the fruit of Barberies shaving of Harts-horn in â„¥ viij of the straining of this â—…et there be dissolved of the sweet Majestery of Coral of Pearl of each ℈ j. Chrystals of Sorâ—…el and of small Oster of each Ê’ j. mix them If the Chrystals be wanting drop in as much Oyl of Sulphur made by a Bell as will render it moderately sower Let the King take this Broath before he come out of his Chamber having first been at Stool let him deferr Dinner for three hours after it If this Broath be troublesome to him and his Stomach require change of Break-fasts then every morning let this following be ready to be given at his Majesties command Gelly of Harts-horn â„ž Of the thin and broad shavings of Harts-horn made of the horns of a Beast newly kill'd â„¥ j. ss Spring-water lb ij boil it till half be consum'd not taking away the Scum then presently strain it through a Tammy cloath to which whilst it is yet warm add as much as you please of Rhenish Wine juice of Limons or Pomecitrons a little Cinnamon-water and a few grains of Ambergrease it may be made of a yellow colour with two grains of Saffron made into a little knob by tying it up in a piece of Tiffany which being moistned with the liquor let it be often squeezed out Let the Gelly yet warm be poured into a Murrhy or a Chinâ—… Dish and suffer it to congeal in a cold place Another Gelly more Cordial â„ž Rasped Harts-horn â„¥ j. ss Flowers of Borrage Bugloss an Pug. iv Celandine Red Veronica or Fluellin an Pug. j. The tops of Baum M. j. Fountain Water lb ij The best Rhenish Wine lb ss Boil it till there remains lb j. to which add Of the Quiddenies of Mulberies Rasberies Currans an â„¥ ij Cinnamon Water one spoonfull Ambergrease gr iv Oriental Musk gr j. All being melted with a gentle heat pour it out and put it into Murrhy or else China Dishes and permit it to cool for use Biskets of Pomecitron-peels â„ž Of fresh Citron peels both the yellow part and the white only removing the soure part take lb j. boil it in Spring-water for the space of one hour and removing the Vessel from the fire suffer it to remain in infusion for xxiv hours in an earthen vessel pour off the water and dry the Peels well with a clean linen cloth beat them in a Stone-morter into a Past and then let there be added a double proportion of Sugar dissolved in Rose Orange and Baume Water boil it to the consistance of a solid Electuary adding Ambargrease ℈ j. Oriental Musk gr v. Majestery of Pearls and red Corals an â„¥ ss of Oriental and Occidental Bezoar-stone subtilly powder'd and ground upon a Porphery with Baume Water an Ê’ j. mix them and make Morsels or little Cakes like the solid Conserve of Roses Let his Majesty take one or two of them in a Morning for his Breakfast Let the King drink upon them a Draught of well wrought clear Beer in which hath been infused Pimpernell and Meadow sweet the flowers of Borrage Bugloss and the Tops of Baume The Cordial Syrup Cut off the
Tops of the Stalks of Augelica cross ways whilst they yet remain fix'd in the ground then fill them up with white Sugar-candy finely powder'd and stop them up with Cotten and cover them on the top of that with Nut-shells and after two or three days pour the Sugar which is dissolv'd into a Syrup into a convenient Vessel and let there be prepared a sufficient quantity of the Syrup this way of which take â„¥ viij Syrup of Mulberries Rasberries and the sower Syrup of Citrons an â„¥ iv Ambargrease gr vj. Mosck tied up in a Cloath gr ij Oil of Sulphur as much as is sufficient to give it a pleasant sharpness keep it in a Viol close stopt for use which is to be taken in a Morning to the quantity of â„¥ ss in the stead of the foresaid Prophylacâ—…icks or Preservatives Let him eat sometimes new Butter spread upon Bread with the Leaves of Sorrel and three leaved Sorrel and a little Salt and let him drink upon it a Draught of Beer with the infusion of the before-named Herbs Tabella Hypoglottides or Tabellets to be put under the Tongue â„ž Of Bole Armenick wash'd in Rose-water â„¥ j. Sealed Lemnian and Strigoninan Earths an â„¥ ss Harts-born burnt white Ê’ x. Sweet Majestery of Pearls Coral Crabs-Eyes an Ê’ vj Bones of a Stags-heart Ê’ iij. Fragments of Iacinths Emrods Chrystals prepar'd an Ê’ ij The Stone call'd Lapis contra Yerva which is prepar'd of the juice of the Herb in the Indies â„¥ ss Oriental and Occidental Bezoar an Ê’ j. ss The roots of Zedoary Tormentil an ℈ v. Candied Citron-peels Ê’ ij ss Ambargrease Ê’ j. The best Mosck ℈ ss Let all of them be finely powder'd and made up into a Past with the Mucilage of Quince-Seeds extracted with rose-Rose-water adding to these a double proportion of Sugar of which make Trochises and keep them for ordinary use drying them with a gentle heat Let them be held in the mouth and swallow'd by degrees and let them be dissolved as often as his Majesty goeth by suspected places Bezahartick Trochises â„ž Of the Chrystals of Wild-Sorrel of three-leav'd Sorrel an â„¥ j. Strigonian Earth Ê’ vj. Harts-horn burnt white The sweet Majestery of Pearls Corals an Ê’ v. Bones of a Stags-heart Ê’ iij. Roots of Contra Yerva Tormentil an â„¥ ss The Hearts and Livers of Vipers taken at a fitting time Ê’ ij Ambargrease Ê’ j. The best Musk ℈ ss White Sugarcandy the weight of them all make of them all a fine Powder which make into a Past with Baume Roses and Orange flower Waters of which form Trochises to be used as before a portion of which may be acuated with a few drops of Oil of Angelica or with that which drops out of the ripe Stalkes without pressing when they are cut The Pomeambar â„ž Of the best Labdanum â„¥ iv Benzoin Gum. Caranna Stirax Calamita Wood of Aloes Angelica roots Zedoary an â„¥ ss Sweet smelling Reed â„¥ j. Rhodium Wood Yellow Sanders Juniper Cedar anÊ’ vj. Lavender flowers Oris flowers Marjarom Citron-Peels Aurange-Peels an Ê’ xij Cloves Ê’ vj. Ambargrease Ê’ iij. Musk Ê’ j. Rub the Rosins and Gums to a fine powder in a hot Mortar bruise and mix them altogether and by adding as much as is sufficient of Balsom of Peru make a Past of which form round Balls to be carried about and smelt to The sweet sented Pestilential Liquor Because the King hateth to smell to Vinegar prepare this sweet sented Water following to infuse the species in â„ž Of Oris flowers lb j. the leaves of Marjarom M. iv Common-Time Wild-Time an M. iij. Basil M. iij. Baume M. v. Sage Rosemary Bayes an M. ij Of the flowers of Elder P. vj. Red Roses Red Fluellin Spanish Broom Pipe-Tree an P. viij Shaving of Cedar-wood â„¥ vj. Cinnamon â„¥ vj. Rose-water lb xviij Let all the simples be very new and fresh and put them in a double Vessel or a Body and Head and having poured upon them the Liquors distil it according to Art in a Balneo with a Refrigeratory Then â„ž Of the roots of Butter-burr Enula Campaine Gentian an â„¥ iv Winters-Barke â„¥ iij. Of the Roots of Angelica the great Valerian Master-wort Carlin Thystil an â„¥ ij Galangal sweet keed Zedoary Wood of Rhodium Juniper an Ê’ x. The leaves of dryed Scordium Baume Lemon Time Sage Marjarom Rosemary an M. j. Rue M. ij Dittary of Crete Malabarâ—…hrum an â„¥ ss Flowers of Elder P. iv Lavender French Lavender both sorts an P. ij Orange-Peels The yellow rind of Citrons â„¥ ij ss Cloves Ê’ xij Nutmegs Mace an Ê’ ij All of them being cut and bruised sprinkle them with Malago Sack afterwards put them in a Stone-Pitcher and pour upon them Of the before described Water lb viij Rose-water Orange-water Water of Jassemy flowers an lb ij Put them to digest in Dung or a Balneo for the space of four days strain some of it immediately for the Kings present use which Liquor may be made stronger sented by adding some grains of Ambargrease and Musk. Our Lord the King may carry about with him a Sponge dipped in this Liquor and put into an Ivory Box full of small holes You may pour Vinegar upon the remaining Mass and make another infusion for the Courtiers adding a greater quantity of Lavender flowers Citron-Peel and Cloves Also add Treacle and Mithridate that it may become an Acetum Theriacale The moist Fume for the Kings Bed-Chamber â„ž Of the Roots of Florentine Oris â„¥ vj. Enula Campaine Angelica an â„¥ iv Winters-Bark Storax Calamita an â„¥ iij. The inward Bark of Cinnamon â„¥ j. Sweet Garden-Reed â„¥ ij Rhodium Wood Juniper Wood an â„¥ j. ss Yellow of Citron-Peel Benzoine an â„¥ v. Zedoary Galangal an â„¥ xij The dryed leaves of Marjaram Sage Rosemary Time an M. ij Lavender-flowers P. vj. Cloves Ê’ x. All being bruised and cut put them in a Stone Vessel and pour upon them of the best Rose-water lb x. of the strongest Vinegar lb ij Let the Vessel be a fourth part empty and put it in a Balneo and let it infuse for three days then take it out again for use whilst it is in infusion let he Vessel be covered with a Bulls Bladder cast of this Liquor upon a hâ—… plate of Iron and thus fume the Kings Bed Chamber three or four times a day every day Or make with this that which they call Cassolets to boil in a Corner of the Kings-Chamber but then you may add stronger sents or perfumes as Benzoin Storax Calamita Ambargrease or you may pour this Liquor into a Spanish Cassolet with silver little Balls and so make it to boil according to Art The dry Fume for the Court-Chambers â„ž The Wood of Rhodium Juniper Cedar Pine an â„¥ iv Mastick Frankincense Sanderack Colophonium an â„¥ iij. Dry Balsom Gum Caranna Storax Calamita an â„¥ iij. ss Benzoin â„¥ x. Red Roses Winters Bark The inward Bark of Cinnamon an â„¥ ij ss Mix them all together and make a gross Powder
is that the presence of the vapours doth suppose heat which stirs them up But to the Cure of this Disease the now prescribed Remedies are to be insisted on afterwards proceeding in the use of the following Let the beginning be with opening a vein unless it have been perform'd already and first strike the Basilica afterwards the Saphena in the intermediate time let there be constantly used Semicups or half Baths in which the Patient sitting let him take the Decoction of Scorzonera with the simple Syrup of Apples not omitting Pimpernel the third or fourth day after the Encathisme or sitting in the Bath this following Purgation is to be made out of hand â„ž The foresaid Decoction lb j. in which infuse Oriental Senna leaves â„¥ j. in the straining dissolve clean Pulp of Cassia Ê’ ix strain it again and make an Apozeme to be taken at three Doses without the Syrups adding to every Dose Syrup of Dodder â„¥ j. and so make an Apozeme to be taken in the Bath After the celebrated use of the Bath let Bloud-Leaches be apply'd to the edge of the Fundiment And after that sit in a Chair with a hole thorow it a Bâ—…son of hot water being placed underneath it that the Haemorrhoides may be excited by the vapours of it which if by Natures assistance you can cause to appear it will be a good Omen And afterwards persist in the use of altering Remedies adding to them Capper roots and Tamarisk wood these things being rightly perform'd send us back word how the Patient finds himself then The Patient was restored a little while after by using the Mineral Waters and Chaâ—…byate Wine Advice in the Epilepsia or Falling Sickness For a Noble Virgin Written in French by a Physician whose Name is not known ALthough the Disease of this Noble Virgin is called the Epilepse and is noted to be fixedly rooted and confirm'd as having eluded and baffled many Medicines yet I hope God the chief Physician of Chronical diseases giving his blessing in progress of time she will be freed from it and by changing her Age and Temperament which happens in Climacterick years to wit on the seventh year by the help of the natural heat grown more and more viget and lively she will overcome that pernicious Diathâ—…sis or indisposition chiefly when Nature at her appointed time shall have cleansed the body of this Maid of its impurities by the coming on of that Flux which is familiar to the Sex And this is the rather to be hoped for that those which have been by and present when the Fits invade her and have noted the signs going before do deny it to be idiopathical but rather assert it to be produced by Sympathy and consent of parts That is its Original is not to be derived from the evil Constitution of the Brain but wholly from the inferiour parts chiefly from the Bowels with whom the Brain consents by affinity from which gross vapours ascend upwards chiefly in the time of sleep which is stirr'd up from their proper Mine by the heat then going to the inward parts And this is manifest from the pain which is perceived in the upper part of the Belly before the assault of the Paroxysme or Fit and the turbulency and want of sleep going before it indicating the Bowels are filled or stuffed with vitious humours to which perhaps may be joyned Werminous or Wormey matter a thing familiar to that Age which first pour sorth vapours which procure those terrifying wants of sleep and afterwards produce the Epileptical Insults by obstructing the passage of the Animal spirits and hence for a time intercepting their action untill those vapours be dissipated or are transmitted to the inferiour parts Now since according to my judgment the antecedent and first cause of this rebellious and troublesome disease is constituted and made by those depraved humours and that vitious Minera we may well hope they will be taken away and their effects removed in time by the Divine assistance and blessing And that the rather because perhaps all things have not been prescribed with a fit and due Method nor Chymical Medicines made use of by the help of which most pertinacious diseases are overcome which sort of Medicines are to be rightly used slighter ones having been first made use of Let the first scope or intention of Cure be to purge the Sink of the Body by the help of the Emetick and Purging Medicine noted A. taking of it presently in a double proportion of Breath walking after it the space of an hour to make it act the better also taking several spoonfuls after it of Broath somewhat more then warm till it begins to nauceate by which the Vomiting will be the casier If perchance the Epileptical Paroxysme shall happen whilst it works that ought to be no cause of fear since it is an effect of the commotion of the humours stirr'd up by it which ceasing the Fit also will cease Let the second intention be to prepare the Morbifick or offending humours with the Decoction prescribed for that purpose and noted B. of which a draught is to be taken six days successively in the morning two hours before Dinner The third thing that occurs is that the humours thus prepar'd be excluded by the pargation in the form of a Potion noted with the Letter C. let her drink that two hours before she take thin Broath Let her be allowed to Dine two hours after that but in the mean time let her keep the House all day Let the fourth scope be to remove thosâ—… vapours wâ—… are the authors of the Epileptical Fits â—…ne other place by making Issuâ—… in a convâ—…ent place to wit in the inwar part of the Legs â—…so procure a constant Evacuation of the Exâ—…rements of the Braiâ—… which otherways bâ—…ng joyn'd to the vapour arising from the lower parts they are thereby melted and prove mischievous for beinâ—… become liquid again and being first expressâ—… or squeez'd out of the Brain they fall dowâ—… upon the Throat and produce that Stertor oâ—… Snorting which is manifestly perceived boâ—… before and after the Fit we may obtain tâ—… delivering of the Brain from these Excremeâ—… titious humours by making of another Issâ—… in the Pole which after full six months mâ—… be permitted to be stopt up making anothâ—… in the Arm if there be occasion The fifth scope regards Specificks design'â—… 〈◊〉 strengthen the Brain and marked with 〈◊〉 â—…ter D. the application of which is 〈◊〉 to the judgement of the Apothecary â—…f the Disease resist these Medicines moâ—… efficacious ones must be made use of viz. Chymical ones which are frequently used by the most excellent Physicians of our times as Dr. Quercetan and Dr. de Mayerne and are marked with the Letter E. As also Peacocks-Dung must be used which I look upon as a Specifick remedy amongst these Medicines If the Paroxysmes do continue or are protected there is to be given a spoonful or two of Rondeletius's Water of
Swallows also Rulandus his Aqua Benedicta and for the cutting of Phlegm which produceth the Snorting there may be given one spoonful of Oxymâ—…l of Squils or Sea-Onions with the like quantity of Oil of sweet Almonds Let there be joyn'd to these Medicines an exact rule of living eating of the most wholsome food let the Dinner be larger then Supper which ought to be a good while before going to Bed walking gently after it that the digestion may be the better let her abstain from all hot nourishments Saeces Spices from all sort of Pulse Parsniâ—…-roots Cabbage Garlick Onions Leekâ—… Châ—…s and other flatulent and vapourous Meats and suchas are of difficult digestion As to Drink abstain altogether from pure and good Wine for some time because it is a high incentive of these kind of Diseases in the place of which let her use the Decoction of the Roots of China Paeony and a little Calamus aromaticus and a few Leaves of Bettony Let her avoid the Crepusculum that is the dâ—…wn of the day and Twilight and all external injuries of the Air let her beware of violent exercise Passions of the Mind chiefly Fear and Grief which sâ—… she avoid as much as is possible The Series or course of the designed Medicines â„ž Crocus Metallorum truly prepar'd gr v. White-Wine â„¥ j. ss Cinnamon gr XV. Make an infusion for a Night and afterwardâ—… add â„¥ ss of Sugar Let it be boil'd to the consistance of a thiâ—… Syrup use it as is prescrib'd and sign it 〈◊〉 â„ž Of the roots of Polypody Cichory Scorzonerae Paeony The Bark of Tamarisk an â„¥ ss The Leaves of Bettony Germander Fumaterry an M. ss The Flowers of Lillies of the Valleys Bugloss Sweet Primerose Leaves of Sage Hyssop The Leaves of Spleenwort an P. j. Calamus aromaticus Misselto of the Oak an Ê’ j. Boil them for two hours in a sufficient quantity of Water they having been infused a whole day before afterwards strain them and sweeten it with lb ij of Sugar and clarifie it with the White of an Egg Note it B. â„ž Of clean Senna Leaves Ê’ ij Trochises of Agarick The Bark of black Hellebor an ℈ ij Annis-Seeds Ê’ j. ss Salt of Tartar ℈ j. Spirit of Wine a few drops Infuse it for a Night in lb ss of the former Decoction upon warm Embers dissolve in four â„¥ of the Expression of it King Sabors Syrup of Apples with Senna â„¥ j. Cathol opt Ê’ ij Mark it with the Letter C. If this Purge doth not work sufficiently repeat it the day following adding ℈ iv of Confect Hamach â„ž The Monpelier Powder called puler de Gutteta â„¥ j. Misselto of the Oak Mans Scull rasped an Ê’ ij Mix them and make a Powder of which take half a Dram or ℈ ij with ℈ j. of Sugar and drink upon it one or two spoonfulls of Langius Epileptical Water or Rondeletius Aqua Epilepticae Hirundinum Sign it with the Letter D. Let it be used every Morning two or three hours before Dinner But in the Evening about the time of going to Bed let her take one of the Candied Morsules following or Ê’ ij or â„¥ ss of it â„ž Of the solid Conserve of Roses â„¥ j. ss Candied Citron-peel Bettony flowers an â„¥ ss The aforesaid Powder de Gutteta Monspel Ê’ ij Coral White Amber prepar'd an Ê’ j. Sugar the weight of them all â„ž Aquilae alâ—…e Quercetani that is the white Eagle of Quercetanus which is Mercurius Dulâ—…is six or seven times sublimed gr XV. Rosin of Scamony gr V. Wrap it up with a little pulp of a roasted Apple artificially and so take it Let this Medicine be noted with the Letter E. Let her use these Medicines according to the Rules I have prescribed as also the Peacocks Dung if necessity require it at a proper time which I am to acquaint you of But I had forgot to tell you that for the greater diverting of the diseasie bunâ—…ours after the exhibiting the Purge noted with the Letter C. there is to be let out some ounces of Bloud from those veins about the Ancles of either of her Feet which shall appear most Turged or swelled and this Bloud-setting being perform'd the two Issues are to be made 'T is also very conducive that a good Concoction be procured and that vapours be suppressed and therefore after every meal let her take one spoonfull of the following digestive Powder â„ž Bisket bread â„¥ j. Powder of Coriander-seeds Caraway-seeds an Ê’ iij. Red Roses Red Coral an Ê’ ss Sugar the weight of them all Mix them and make a Powder for the foresaid use The Chymical Medicine consisting of Quercetans Aquila alba and Rosin of Seamouy or its Extract prepar'd with Spirit of Wine according to Schroder is the Calomelanos Turqueti it is to be repeated every month before every New Moon either increasing or lessening the Dose of the Rosin of Scamony or the Aquila alba as it works more or less These things being strictly observed this Noble Virgin was delivered from this grievous Disease ERRATA Correct literal faults as you find them And read p. 88. l. â—…2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 FINIS A TABLE OF THE CONTENTS Air. WArm Air beneficial for those in Consumptions p. 9. A Fistula Cured by it p. 14. Apozem To prepare Melancholly p. 31. To prepare Phlegm in the Brain p 132. Balsom Of Batts p. 36. Cordial against the Plague p. 111. Bisket Made of Citron-Peels p. 99. Brain How to free it when it is loaded with Humours p. 27. To strengthen it in a Consumption p. 6. Bran. In the Urine not always a sign of a Scabby Bladder p. 83. Broath Medicinal in the Plague p. 97. Bubo In the Plague the Cure p. 118. Carbuncle In the Plague p. 119. Caruncles vid. Yard Cataplasme Easing pain and ripening p. 58. Cleansing and resisting Putrifaction p. 59. Caâ—…teries In Consumptions where to be apply'd p. 5. 19. In the Shoulders p. 36. China The Decoction in a Consumpâ—…ion p. 16. Conserve Cephalick in the Falling-sickness p. 134. Consumption Hereditary hardly to be Cured p. 12. Curative Indications p. 4. Remedies p. 5 6. Diet p. 7 8. One in a Consumption cured by removing into warm Air p. 9. Strong Purges hurtful p. 18. How to let Blood in it p. 18. Decoction Traumatick p. 60. Diet. Sudorifick useful after consuming the Caruncule in the Yard p. 91. Dung Of Peacocks in the Falling-sickness p. 3 1 135. Epilepsie From the lower Belly the signs p. 128. Indications for the Cure p. 129 130. Specificks for it p. 131 135. Diet against it p. 131. Fistula In the Fundament how to Cicatrice it p. 28 29. Fume To dry the Brain p. 95. Moist Fume in the Plague p. 107. Dry Fume in the Plague p. 108. Fundament The healing of a Fistula there p. 28 29. Pain not always there where the Prostata's are affected p. 85. Gargarisme Which draws Phlegm from the Head p. 95. Gout Gout and Stone Diseases of the same kind and proceed from the same cause p. 73. Gonorraea If that which drops out of the Yard be always Seed p. 84. The use of Spirit of Turpentine p. 86. If mineral Waters be beneficial in it p. 86. If useful in the Gout p. 75. Guajacum Wood. The Decoction good in Consumptions p. 16. Haematites Its virtues against spitting of blood p. 17. Hydromel A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7 15. Hypochondries A Fomentation against its obstructions p. 33. Hypochondriacal Fits What Vein to open in it p. 26. Remedies against it p. 31 32 33 34. Signs p. 121 124 125. Iscuria Remedies against it p. 71 72. Iulep A Cordial one p. 52. Liquor 〈◊〉 in the Plague p. 104. Lungs Ulcerated hard to cure them p. 12. Meath A Medicinal one in a Consumption p. 7. 15. Medicines Proper in the Plague p. 98 ad 119. Melancholly The signs of it p. 23. It rejects slight Medicines p. 25 ad 45. Milk Cows Milk in a Consumption p. 16. The virtues of Asses Milk ibid. Mouth The cause of dryness of the Mouth p. 23. Nephritick Wood. It s decoction in a Consumption p. 16. Palsie The Cure of a spurious one p. 27 35. Parotis Stubborn ones how to ripen them p. 47. Pastills Bezoartick ones p. 53. Perinaeum The curing of its Ulcers p. 58 ad 〈◊〉 Phlegmon Of the Perinaeum p. 57. Plague It s Cure p. 114 ad 119. If fit to open a vein in it p. 117. Pomeamber In the Plague p. 103. Potions Vulnerary ones useful in Consumptions p. 15. Melanagogal p. 50. Powders Antiepileptick p. 133. Purging in the Epilepsie p. 134. Digestive p. 135. Purgations Drawing away Phlegm and Melancholly froâ—… the Brain p. 130. Malanagogal p. 125. Ptisan Laxative p. 122 123. Scabios It s effiâ—…cy in the Plague p. 118 119. Sleep How to procure it in Consumptions p. 11â—… Sweat How to procure it in the Plague p. 115 11â—… Sulphur The use of its Milk in Consumptions p. 7. Syrup Cordial p. 110 To prepare Melancholly p. 45 49. In a Consumption p. 7 16. Tabellets To hold under the Tongue in the Plagâ—… p. 101. Tobacco The use of it in a Consumption p. 7. Trochises Bezoartick p. 102. To fume the Kings Cloaths in the Plague p. 109 110. Trupentine It s usefulness p. 62. Whether to be washed or not p. 73. Veins To open under the Tongue the usefulness p. 27. Vomits Their use in the Epilepsie p. 129. in Hypochondriack Fits p. 25. The use of Crocus Metallorum p. 25 30 132. Vomiting How to prepare the Stomach for vomiting p. 30. Urine The cause of Branny Urine p. 83. Wine Hurtfull to the Epileptick p. 131. to the Consumptive p. 15. FINIS Cassolet is a perfuming pot with fire under it