her former state doth easily overcome what remains Let us direct our aim then at this point since in my judgement any other method of Cure though it may appear never so useful will prove ineffectual for the future I do not touch upon your Diet being certain that those to whose care you have committed your health will not pretermit any occasion of either doing what is fit or omitting what is inconvenient let us proceed to remedies of these I think it will be vain for the future to continue in the use of slight ones which are usually prescrib'd more for the comfort of the Physician then the Sick which are really adiaphora or indifferent they are innocent truly but by being so they afford no help This Evil is to be pluck'd up by the Roots otherwise it will be perpetually hatching and producing a new Brood Let Vomits lead on the first and main Battle as well for their efficacious removing the filth of the first regions of the body as also to remove by their specifick efficacy from which only the Triumph and Victory over Melancholly is to be expected future impediments Of these I know none more prevalent nor of less danger than the infusion of Crocus Metallorum made in Canary Wine allowing an Ounce of this to a Pint of the Wine of which if you are easie to Vomit you may take the first time one Ounce adding of simple Oxymel half an Ounce and one Ounce of Cardus Beneditus Water if you are hard to work upon then you may take from the quantity of ten Drams to an Ounce and half of it though I think it safest to begin with a small Dose except the vehemence of the Disease perswade otherwise Vomit three or four times nay more making use of no other Medicine between but if your endeavours to Vomit prove fruitless the Stomack may be easily moved to it by drinking of Barley Water or thin Chicking Breath nay only with warm Water procure this sort of Evacuation at least three times allowing the space of two or three days between after which apply your self to Purgation beginning with Elleborat and Hypochondriack Apozems If by rubbing and pressing hard with your hands the whole Abdomen and the Hypochondries there be found pertinacious obstructions there it will be necessary then to exhibit some preparing Medicine for 7 or 8 days together which being perform'd the Purgation of the humour is to be administer'd again If there be any occasion to open a Vein from which nevertheless I expect little benefit let the Physician that is present take care of that I note this one thing to you that I prefer the opening of an inferiour Vein in the Malleoli or Ancles rather then a superiour in the Arms unless there be somewhat else that hinders it The Body being thus conveniently Evacuated the whole business of the Cure is to be directed to the use of Steel in this Cure the chief Medicine There are three Weeks at least to be imploy'd about the foresaid general praescripts and in the mean time care must be had of that intense dryness of your Tongue which is so troublesome to you which I hope in a small time will be dissipated from which no great danger is threaten'd so that care be took that the Body be cleansed from those hot dry and vitriolick juices of the nature of Canker of Brass which doth enduce this intense and unsatisfy'd thirst in which case there is great relief found in the opening the Veins situate under the Tongue by which the heat of the Lungs and Heart is allay'd and the Brain effectually discharg'd if you find the Brain to be possess'd with this matter and if you find the continual Numbness of the Members to remain together with an imbecility to move apply a great visicatory to the Nuck of the Neck and make two Issues in the topes of the Shoulders The Head being shaved put upon it Fernelius his Cataplasme or some other Epispatick Anointing the whole Back-bone every day with Balsom of Earth-worms or Batts c. And when the Weather is convenient for it go to the Baths of Borbon or Aquense which are not far from your House and use to wash your Body with them and let the whole Spine of your Back be dropt upon by these Waters I do firmly believe your Panick fears will vanish if you devote your self to the use of Steel by the virtue of which I have seen many Melancholly persons deliver'd the weakness of whose Limbs did declare that they were already Paralitick And among these a certain Maid of Honour committed to my â—…re the last year by the Queen of Bohemia who by the force of this Melancholly juice had the motion of all her Limbs took from her whom by Gods assistance I restor'd to the Queen again Merry and enjoying a firm health to the admiration of all those which had her in Cure before me in whose judgement she was afflicted with a Palsie I proceeded altogether another contrary and yet common way by the help of which she attain'd her health For 't is only old Dogs that are the best Hunters But concerning your Fistula I think it is not far from being healed if your Chyrurgion may be credited who is a most expert man to whom which you before desired me to do since I have lately writ there is no need that I take up my pen again that he may be further satisfy'd of my kindness Outward Remedies are needless for the future but lest I should seem to be wanting in my Care and Friendship if there is any thing needful to dry and confirm the Cicatrice use the Balsom of Sulphur of which you have heard me spake often which will supply the place of all other Medicines which are fit for the part affected you may apply Emplastrum Diasulphuris to the part which since it needs some detersion and cleansing upon that account it is convenient to use the solution of Crollius his Lapis Mirabilis or another according to my judgement of equal efficacy consisting of pure Bole-Armenick White Vitriol and Camphor prepar'd according to Art or you may well use the Mercurial Water described by Hartman made of Mercury sublimate freed from its corrosive Spirits by Tynne according to Art When the fear of a Palsie shall be dissipated and the humour bred in the Hypochondries overcome and cut off also when it shall only remain to imploy our endeavours that the Cure of the Fistula be made firm and undoubted And that the birth of the same germinating kind of Ulcers in those lower parts subject to corruption may be prevented then the use of Mercurial Medicines taken inwardly will be seasonable which in convenient time and place shall be prescribed to you with necessary cautions as also certain other exsicating Medicines taken from the Classes of Minerals and these such as promote a Diaphoresin or transpiration at the pores whose power and faculty is to discuss malignant vapours and
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
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
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
the account of stirring up a destuction But I account it worth while to buy with a small present inconveniency a great benefit arising from thence Let the parts in which the Sandy Bâ—…ost is lodged be fomented with Relaxing Emollient and Diuretical things prepare a Semicupe or half Bath if the decay of the Limbs be not very great adding to it very much Oil. To remove the rubs and obstructions stopping the passages let there be given the before describ'd Tartarus Vitriolatus in Pelletory water white Wine Oil of sweet Almonds c. The Liquor of Raddishes prepar'd with Sugarcandy is excellent nothing is more precious then Lapis Prunella dissolved in common Ptisan or Pellitory Water adding a little Syrup of Marsh-mallows The Conserves of common Mallows-flowers and of Roses prepar'd at a fit time renders the passages slippery to which let there be added a third part of powder of Liquoris Gum Arabick and the pulpe of Pruines mixed in equal proportions and let this Noble Person take the quantity of a Wallnut of it in a Morning for five or six dayes drinking a little white Wine upon it and that before his taking the Monthly Purge and the Dinretick Broath Ease the bitterness of his pain as often as there shall be need by giving of Laudanum I neither will nor ought I to burthen this worthy Person with more Remedies the Omnipotent God grant that these Medicines may remove the cruel tortures with which this stout Commander is afflicted Dated London February the 17th An. 1622. COUNCEL the Ninth In a case of a Caruncle in the Yard For a Noble Person The Description of the Disease THe Noble N. is of an excellent habit of Body strong and now is past the 37 th year of his age and is by Nature of a hot and dry temper When more then xij years ago he had contracted a Gonorrhea by immoderate and too violent Copulation and had been afflicted with it for some time he relateth that a certain Night in the act of carnal Copulation he had a large efflux of pure blood instead of Seed From the beginning and truly for many years since out of modesty he concealed his Disease and almost quite neglected it by degrees there followed upon it a difficulty of Urine which for all that was sometimes more violent at other times more remiss according to his Diet and Exercise But in the mean space for many years this Patient could scarce ever make water without difficulty and heat and in the time of making Urine he felt also pain almost in every part of his Yard and a Branny substance did often appear in his Urine and doth also still appear he voids his Urine not in a strait line but sometime on one hand and sometimes on the other also for many years there hath continually distilled by his Yard a certain purilent matter but without pain and sometimes though not often after the excretion of Urine there hath follow'd a drop or two of Blood Though his pleasure in Copulation be less then it was formerly yet nevertheless he-hath many Children by his Wife Moreover when the last Summer by reason of publick business and that of great moment he rode Post a very great journey on Horseback the disaffected part was so bruised and rubb'd and also the grief was so exasperated that all the Symptoms which I have related were wonderfully increased wherefore about the end of the Month of September at which time I was call'd to him I purg'd him divers times with Cholagogs and the Patient used a Semicupe or half Bath as also I exhibited by 〈◊〉 the Syrup of Violets and Marsh-mallows with the water of the Opening Roots that it might be as it were a vehicle to the Syrup I commanded the Perinaeum to be â—…inted with an anodine liniment and the â—…ins twice every day with a refrigerating Ointment which Medicines were not made use of without advantage his pain abated and he began to make Water with less difficulty when therefore all things were safe for I knew nothing yet of the Caruncles or that it was a Disease inveterate I did hope that I might return to my own Family and what was further to be done I left to the Patient and his Domesticks to perform Not long after my going away when the Disease began to renew it self again there was another Physician call'd in to advise He again purged his Body with Cholagogs and with Syrup of Violets and Marsh-mallows he exhibited also with great success Emulsions made with the greater cold Seeds and sweet Almonds when I was call'd again the pain still continuing the sick person then discover'd to us that it was a Disease of long standing it was agreed upon then by us that I should search with a Probe and a Catheter what was at the bottom of this grief or what was its cause Wherefore the Body being re-purged with Cholagogs composed of the compound Syrup of Roses solutive together with the Electuary of the juice of Roses and the Catheter being put in I found Caruncles in divers places chiefly towards the left side of the Urinary passage which Caruncles do even now so stop up the passage and are so painful that to this very time he could not search farther then the half way of his Yard neither with the Catheter nor with the Syringe or could the Patient Probe or feel any further with wax Candles which instruments and Medicines he hath hitherto applyed to himself with his own hands therefore I could not hitherto make any Medicine reach any farther though I doubt not that a great part of the Distemper nay the root of the Disease is hid in the Prostatas For if the Urinary passage was exulcerated from the long continuance of that Gonorrhea and the Caruncles grew from that occasion how much more reasonably may we suspect the disaffection and exulceration of those Glandules Moreover the pain although obscure which the Noble Patient did feel more then two months since about his Fundament as I shall declare afterwards did denote some kind of Grief to be lodged there for truly as Hippocrates and Experience cause us to believe Ubi dolor ibi morbum esse where there is pain there the Disease is His Urine also the last Autumn did many times flow from him against his will and that whilst he slept without doubt by reason of the Sphincters being hurt which doth immediately adjoin to those Glandules and the great pain which the Patient did suffer heretofore proceeded from the Sympathy that part hath with the Prostatas The Urinary passages being searched and the Caruncles being discovered we applyed two Bags composed of emollient resolving and pain easing Roots Herbs Flowers and Seeds and we anointed the whole Perinâ—…um with an anodinus and Emollient â—…iniment As also we injected an Emollient decoction with a Syringe into the Urinary passage But as I said before the Pipe of the Syringe could never be admitted deep enough by reason of
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
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