peculiar property above all other medicines purges this Humor howbeit but weakly 'T is more safely used in the Winter than the Summer That of Crete is the best Polypodie of the Oak which because it binds when it is old must be used fresh and new gathered That which grows on over old Oaks by its overmuch Humidity subverts the stomach Sena which is used to draw humors out of the Mesentery in the broth of Prunes Reisons and in Whey c. its cods if gathered when ful of juyce before they are fully ripe wil work as the leaves doe but withering upon the stalk they lose al their virtue Among Comporunds are Syrup of polypody and Epthymum Pils of Fumitory Pouder of Sena of Montagnana c. II. The stronger sort are among simples Lapis Armenius which must be so long washed in cordial waters til no more foulness appear Lapis lazuli which must be used after the same manner Black Hellebore which is least dangerous in the decoction 'T is best corrected with the flegm of Vitriol An excellent way and Elegant to give it is to stick an apple with cloves and black Hellebore Roots and roast it in the Embers Among Compounds are Extract of black Hellebore and Syrup of the same in Heurnius IV. Water-purgers are Medicaments which drive waters out of Mans body 1. The more gentle are among simples Soldanella or Sea-Colewort which extreamly delights in the company of Rhubarb and loses not its Vertue by boyling 2. Germane Orice which provokes the Courses and loses its force by boiling The juyce of the Root is put in an Egshel with the yolk of the Egg and so they are boil'd together or roasted til the Egg be soft boyled so as it may be supt Among Compounds are Conserve of Peach Flowers Pouder of Soldanella of Fowentinus c. II. The more vehement sort are Elaterium which slips even without the Veins and draws water away It may be given to strong persons to the quantity of ten grains if wel corrected understand in German Bodies and tough english plough-men or Sadlors 't is corrected with Cinamon Spike c. Cambogia which because it makes the Stomach a little sick it is corrected with Spirit of Salt and Mace The use thereof is hurtful to cholerick natures See thereof Reudenius and Lotichius Hedge-Hyssop which works upwards downwards It is dried and steeped in milk then dried again so as that it may be reduced to pouder Esula whose Milk Seed Leaves are very strong but the Root more mild It must not be used til a month after it has been gathered That is best which is five or 〈◊〉 months old The Bark of the Root is chiefly in use 'T is corrected by Infusing three dais in Vineger Among Compounds are the Magistery of Cambogia Pilulae Freytagii Oyl of Elder-berry Stones V. Purgers of al Humors together which are called Catholica and Panchymagoga are these which follow of simples Sena Hellebore Antimony c. Of the compounds Panchymagogum Crollii Vegitabtle Paracelsi Extractum Catholicum majus minus Electuarium Diacatholicon c. Point 2. Of Vomitories and Diureticks Vomitories are such Medicaments as cast forth bad humors by the Mouth Which they do either because they naturally tend upwards or because they swim upon the Stomach and burthen the same or because they loosen the upper Orifice of the Stomach Of this sort are I. The more gentle simple water Luke-warm water Barley water fat broaths simple Oyl with water Butter Hydromel Root of Orach Garden Cowcomber Melons Daffodillies Asarum Flowers of Peaches of which conserve is made Seeds of Rocket Orach The middle Rind of a Walnut Tree when it is fullest of juyce especially the Cats-tailes thereof Electuary of Asarum of Fernelius II. The stronger sort are white Hellebore The Vomitory of Cunradinus which is given from three drops to ten drops Gilla of Paracelsus White vitriol vomitory Sala his salt of vitriol Flores Mercurii argentei Mercurius Vitae Mercurius dulcis Manna Mercurii Aquila-Flowers of Antimony Oyl and Electuary of Antimony and Crocus Metallorum Aqua benedicta of Quercetanus Pismire water Platerus his Wine Heurneus his Helleborate wine Aqua Benedicta Rulandi II. Diureticks are medicaments which provoke Vrine and by that means evacuate withal the morbifick matter They are twofold 1. Properly so called which easily penetrate into the Veins and therein melt the Humors with their heat and they are Roots of Parsly Smallage Eringos Ruscus Asparagus Pimpernel Herbs Asarum Liver-wort Chervil Scordium Seeds of Gromwel Chervil Saxifrage Fruits bitter Almonds Peach Kernels c. among chymical preparations is spirit of Salt and whatever things are compounded of Tartar II. Improperly so called and they either hot as Maiden-hair Terpentine Ambona Root of which see Zacutus Or moist and which lenifie the passages as Mallow-seeds Marshmallow Lycorice Or cold as Strawberries Barly the four cool seeds Bath-waters Whey of Milk Juice of Lemons Also Peach-Kernel water with Muscadine is commended The whitest slints heated red hot and quenched in rich Wine Oyl of Wax from five drops to six Salt of Amber an half dram in weight Water of Hips Oyl of Juniper Berries c. Point 3. Of Hydroticks and Diaphoreticks Hydroticks are such medicaments as drive out the morbifick matter by the habit of the body in a sensible manner viz. by sweat They are otherwise termed Sudorificks The act by reason of their heat and thinness or subtilty of parts turning the peccant matter into a vapor and they which are cold do act by a propriety of their Substance Now they are I. Either Simples as Angelica Pimpinella Fumitory Tormentil Zedoary China Sarsaparilla Sassafras Lignum Guajacum Cornu Cervi Bezoar stone oriental and occidental 2. Or Compounds as Orenge-Flower Water and Treacle water Spirit of terra sigilata Tartar Carduus de tribus Treacle Mithridate Salt of Scabious Carduus Wormwood Ash Among chymical preparations there is Aurum Diaphoreticum Flowers of Antimony fixed Turpetum minerale diaphoreticum Sulfur Auratum Bezoardicum joviale c. II. Transpirers properly termed Diaphoreticks are such medicaments as drive the morbifickmater through the pores of the Skin invisibly They are al hot turn the Matter in a vaporous steam and open the bodies pores The chief are Melilote Fenugreek Rue Marjerom Of Kin to these are Wind-discussers such as are the Roots of the smaller Galangal Leavs of Bayes Dictamus Penyroial Origanum Rue Marjerom Seeds of Annis Fenel Carway Cumin Carrot Fruits Bay-berries Juniper berries Barks of Citrons Orenges c. Point 4. Of Medicaments which purge the Brain Brain-purgers are such as void the morbifick matter nestling in the Brain by the Nostrils or Pallate The former are called Errhina and Ptarmica the latter Apophlegmatizantia I. Errhina do by their nitrous quality melt and dissolve the flegm which hangs about the Coats of the Brain and draw it out into the Nostrils without any disturbance to the Brain it self The chief are the Roots
be cured from the simples Chap. 2. Of the diseases of Distemper with Matter A Material distemper is the irregularity of the natural temper of Mans Body by the presence of some morbifick matter The Signs wil be known from the following differences The Cause is a preternatural Humor and that is 1. Either collected by little and little either through weakness of the part or fault of the Nutriment 2. Or affluent either by attraction or by reason of transmission either from the whol body or from some certaine parts The Cure is perfected 1. By alteration with Contraries if we consider the disease 2. By evacuation if need be and that by blood-letting if a Plethory be offensive by Purgation if Cacochymia or badness of humors off end by sweat if the matter tend to the skin by vomit if to the upper parts by diureticks if to the Urinary passages III. By opposite diet 'T is divided into so many distempers as the material I. One sort springs from blood or a plethorick Constitution of Body when such humors as are fit to nourish the Body abound c. 'T is knowen by weatiness c. It arises from good Nutriment c. 'T is cured I. By Blood-letting II. By alteration with coolers and moistners especially such as are appropriate to the Liver 'T is divided two manner of waies 1. One sort is from an exquisite plethora to which al the precedent notes agree 2. Another is from a bastard plethora wherein the cure requires purging likewise 3. Another springs from a plethora ad vasa Another from a plethora ad vires of which we spake before II. Another kind springs from excrementitious choler which is hot and dry 'T is hardly cured if it proceed from the yellow choler Never almost if it proceed from leek colored eg-yolk-colored or verdigreise-colored choler c. The Cure is performed 1. By alteration with cooling and moistning medicaments and if it be very thin with thickness if thick by cutters Among the former the cheif are Stalks of Italian Lettices flowers of water lillie Porslain Plantain Tamarinds Jujubees red poppy among the latter the cheif are roots of Cichory Dandilion Sorrel such things as are made of these Spirit of vitriol Salt 2. By evacuation either by bloodletting when cholor is mingled with the blood or by purgation by stool with cholagogues The cheif cholagogues or choler purgers are Rhubarb which is neither to be given alone because it is subject to fume nor to such as are troubled with the strangury tamarinds aloes rosata which is taken only in pils Syrup of the flowers of Acacea of Roses solutive which must not be given to women with child Pils of Ruffi c. By a cooling and moistening diet III. Another is from preternatural flegm which is cold and moist 'T is cured I. By alteration with medicaments hot and dry attenuateing and cutting Where note that we must at first abstain from very hot things lest the matter being dissolved should swel with greater motion and that the thinner parts being consumed the thicker should remain We must avoid strong openers in a woman wth child The strongest of al are Lignum guaiacum China root Sassafras Salsaparilla and Oxymel Scylliticum Hot stomach medicaments are to be interposed because the stomach languishes through overmuch heat II. By evacuation with Phelgm purgers the chief among those indifferently strong are Mechoacanna of which Lozenges are made it works most effectually given in pouder Carthamus seeds and Agarick trochisked Among the stronger are jalap roote given with Cream of Tartar Syrup of Coloquintida and the Pils of Sagapenum of Horstius The Golden spirit of Rulandus III. By blood-letting provided the Heat be not dissipated being expressed with flegm and that there be a plethora IV. By an heating and drying diet let the Aire be hot and dry the meats seasoned with spices let strong wine be used the body being first purged Frequent use of Cappars with wine and raisins IV. Another sort comes from preternatural Melancholly whether thick or dilute or degenerating into black choler 'T is cured I By alteration with heaters and dryers provided it be not black choler The roots of Eryngos Lycorize the Herbes of Ceterach Baume Dodder Flowers of borrage tamarisk Cappars the cordial flowers Syrup of sweet smelling Apples c. Avoid Vinegar and if it must be used give oxymel and a decoction of Citron peels II. By evacuation with Melanagogues or melancholly purgers The cheif are Polipody sena Extract of black hellebore The diet must be heating moistning The Aire must be tempered with a decoction of Mallows and violets let the patients meates be boyled rather than rost Egs soft-boiled flesh of henns calves partriches corants a temperate bath of fresh water c. V. Another Sort comes from Serum or the wheyish humor which is a thin and Salt liquor by its aboundance and quality altering the body of man 'T is cured by evacuation with hydragogues sudorificks Diuriticks c. The cheif Hydragogues are among the indifferently strong the tope of elder when they first shoot forth dried with a gentle heat an emulsion of the stones of elder-berries Orice root Among the strongare Gambogia Jalap Extract of Elatery conserve of Esulâ— pils of Sagapenum The cheif sudorificks are Spirit of dwarfe elder and of elder Salt of Cenâ—ory of worm wood of Ash of Scabious Harts born prepared Antimony diaphoretick bezoardicum jovial Among diucitick are the diuretical liquor and syrup of Rivius in Renodeus his dispensatory Salt of Vrine Amber beanes Spirit of Salt liquor of tarrar Vitriolated half a scruple compounded with half an ounce of Cinnamon water and two ounces of julep of roses VI. Another is compound springing from some of these humors mingled together In the Cure we must so work that we resist cheifly those humors which most of al exercise their efficacy upon the body not neglecting the rest either within or without This wil be done when the veins are free from the obstruction al the passages of the body open the humors not being much distempered and the noble bowels of the Body not diseased Here panchymagoga or al-humor-purgers are to be used and the Imperial pils of Fernelius which may be seen in the London Dispensatory Chap. 3. Of Diseases springing from Hidden qualities DIseases from hidden Qualities are diseases springing from Causes which work by a malignant and venemous force which cannot be judged to spring from the manifest qualities of natural bodies The Signs are when a disease has rare symptoms great ones and such as are not to be seen in other sicknesses no not of the same kind When there has preceeded some suspition either of some great degree of putrifaction arisen in the body or of infected aâ—re or of contagion or of poison either taken in or communicated from without The Cause is various as shal be explained in the differences The Event of the cure is judged of from the
1. By Diet which must yeild very good nourishment 2. By the frequent Evacuation of the prepared Humors 3. By Removing the Contment Cause by Emollients and Discussers either mixed together or used alone one after another interchangably The milder sort in persons tender and soft fleshed and when the Tumor is new The stronger in harder bodies and where the Scirrhus is old Fabricius Hildanus his Plaister of Hemlock mentioned in the 25. Observation of his 3. Century A Cataplasme of Briony Roots Goats-dung and Vrin are very good 4. If it come to suppuration by cleansing away the quittor with the Plaister of Diachylon simplex omitting heaters and section or lancing least it turn to a Cancer It is divided into a true or Legitimate which is void of sense and in which hairs grow upon the part for which there is no Cure and a bastard which is contrarily disposed to the former Article II. Of a Cancer A Cancer is a round Tumor blue or blackish having Veins round about it ful and swelling resembling the feet of a Crab and springing from black Choller The SUBJECT are parts of the Body as wel external as internal especially the moister and upper parts as the Dugs of Women The SIGNS are drawn from the manner of its Rise At first it s hardly so big as a bean in the progress it exceeds a Wal-Nut and an Eg it is hard of a Leaden or livid color or Else blackish with heat pain and pulsation the veins round about swel with black blood and resemble the feet of a Crab. The CAUSE is adust and black Choler hanging in the veins and by its thickness unable to pass along which springs partly from Nutriment affording such an Humor which has not been drawn by the Spleen partly from an hot burning distemper The CURE is difficult in al both because it comes from a stubborne and Malignant Cause and because it lurks in the deep veins It is not to be undertaken if the Cancer be hidden If it be seated in a Cavity of the body in the palate Fundament or womb There is no Cure if it be confirmed and seated in some noble part of the body It is of some Hope if it be smal fresh and stick in the surface of the body How it is to be performed see in the differences As for what concernes the differences 1. One sort is Exulcerated which is easily known and is caused by a matter sharper than ordinary It has the appearance of corrupted flesh with stench filthy matter coming forth an horrid aspect Lips very hard and turned in There is a slow Feaver conjoyned Swowning black or yellow sains or Blood-water running out of blood c. It s Cure is either Palliative by gentle-dryers and coolers or true 1. By Incision to the quick after which the corrupt blood must be pressed forth the Ulcer concocted mundified see Hartmans ponder in his Chapter of a Cancer in the brest or Dug filled with flesh c. 2. By burning either actual or potential if the profounder and greater vessels be thereby occupied Another sort is not Vlcerated which arises from a milder matter Is Cured 1. By Diet Moystening and cooling 2. By Blood-letting 3. By repeated Purgations of the Humor with extract of Hellebore pills of Lapis Lazuli after it has been prepared with Fumitory Hops Juyce of Fragrant Apples c. 4. By Application of External Medicaments in which case gentle Repellers are useful as the compound of Frogs-spawn Discussers which have no biting quality as Pulvis Benedictus of Hartman the Magistery of Crabsshels c. See Agricola also T. 1. Page 145. II. Another springs from Suppression of the Courses Another of the Haemarrhoides The Cure must be applied to those Diseases Chap. 5. Of Tumors springing from Wheyish Salt and Cholerick Humors mingled together Article I. Of Scabbyness TUmors springing fom mixt Humors do arise either from salt Wheyish and Cholerick Humors or from Flegm Melancholy and Choler so that the conjunct cause is no longer an Humor but some other matter bred of Humors Hereunto belong Scabbyness the Grecian Leprosie Phlyctinae Sudamina Sirones Vari Epinyctides Alphus Leuce Impetigo and Gutta rosacea The Scab Is a Tumor arising from corrupted blood vexing the Patient with distemper and Exulceration of the skin The SIGNS are set down in the definition The CAUSE is corrupt blood mixt with black choler and salt Flegm which either comes from suitable Diet especially when the Liver is distempered with Heat or it is corrupted by contagion and being brought unto the skin it sticks therein and causes Exulceration The CURE is accomplished 1. With Diet which requires boyled meates 2. By Contemperation and Evacuation of the Humors and reducing the Liver to its due temper by the Syrup of Coral of Quercetanus It is divided three manner of waies I. One is Symptomatical to which what has been said ought to be applied Another is Critical which breaks forth after acute or long Diseases II. One sort is moist out of which much sains or blood-water Issues It is caused by Salt Flegm T is Cured more easily than the dry Scab and that 1. By Evacuation to which end whey of Goates-Milk and Fumitory are much commeded 2. By provoking Sweat either by half an ounce of Spirit of Dwarf-Elder and two ounces and an half of Fumitory Water or by Spirit of Guaiacum or Antimonium Diaphoreticum if it be more hard to be removed than ordinary 3. By Application of External Medicaments And here bathes of fresh water and brimstone stone bathes are useful Also to apply the Yellow middle bark of Frangula with Vinegar And Sinnertus his Oyntment Book 5. Page 1. Chap. 27. Another Dry in which nothing is voided or a little quantity of thick matter and the Ulcers are Lead colored T is Caused by an adust Humor Cured with difficulty after the same manner as the former having respect to the Causes Another sort is termed Volatica the Running Scab which infects al the skin in one night for the most part In this universal Remedies being premised t is good to wash the Scabs with the blood that comes from a Woman with the after-birth See Agricola T. Pape 280. III. There is another sort termed Malum mortuum which vexes the Patient with a Leaden and black color crusty pustles black Dry without sence or pain cheifly in the Legs It Springs from a Melancholick and Scorbutick Juyce T is Cured after the same manner having respect to the Difference Another sort is the Leprosie of the Greeks which differs only gradually from other Leprosies T is Known hereby because it Eates deeper into the Skin and scales as it were of Fishes fal of whether the Patient scratch or scratch not and the Scabs stink filthily T is Caused by black-Choler oftimes mingled with Salt Flegm Cured by the same kind of things as the Scab but stronger The distmper of the Liver must cheifly be redressed Sweat must be procured with a
of the incision knife For the Differences see further in Aeginâ—la II. The Dilatation of the Pupilla called Mydriasis and Platucoria is when the Pupilla is inlarged above and besides the ordinary course of nature toward the it is or particoloured circie of the eye It is known by this that the sick persons either by reason of too much of the External light breaking in upon the eyes or else in regard that because of the falling of the Sun beames in an oblique manner upon them these oblique wayes being weaker than those that are perpendicular they are not able to see and discerne so clearly and acutly when they would look upon any object they then a little close their eyes and the one of them being shut the pupilla of the other cannot be dilated It ariseth from the Extension and stretching out of the Vvea of which this said Pupilla is the hole or inlet either by reason of external or else internal causes For the Cure hereof it must be sought for in the differences It is divided in a threefould manner I. One is native and such as is contracted from the very birth Another Adventitious and happening accidentally II. Another is from external Causes as a blow or a fal from on high c. whichâ—â—â— it be altogether without any inflamation is easily and soon cured but not so if it be accompanied with a rupture of the Vvea Another from Causes internal which are particularly expressed in the following difference III. Another is from siccity or drynes extending the Vvea like as we see in skins or hides that are perforated and this is not to be cured without some difficulty The best remedy in this case is Goats milk if the eye be wel washed therewith and as it were drenched therein Another from humidity the cure whereof is so much the more easie if it chance not after an extream and Vehement pain of the Head It is performed universal and general Remedies being first premized by the drawing forth of blood out of the Temple Veins and the Veins in the corners of the Eyes and by the applying of Cupping-Glasses in the hinder part of the Head and Leeches behind the Eares and likewise by the Use of Resolving Medicaments among which salted Water is much commended that have in them but little of astriction Another from blasts blowings which happeneth unto Trumpeters these flaculencies or windinesses are to be discussed scattered as aforesaid in affects of the like Nature III. The straightness or narrowness of the Pupilla which they term Myosis is when it is rendered and made narrower than naturally it ought to be It is known by this that al objects whatsoever that the sick persons look upon seem bigger than indeed they are that the visible species being conveied in through a straight and narrow inlet may be and are dilated in that broader space neer unto the Crystaline humor It ariseth from the contraction of the Vvea It is Cured according to the Nature and quality of the differences It is Divided according to the diversity of the Causes One is from overmuch humidity contracting the Vvea from the Circumference towards the Center For the which those Medicaments that are exsiccating and drying such are Rew and Selandine are a very fit and propper Remedy Another is from a defect of the watery humor and then the Patient wil see and discerne better in the room that is obscure and dark because that the visible species are more aptly and speedily Conveyed unto the Crystaline humor In this case an aliment and supply is to be attracted and drawn unto the part by applying of milk and sweet water unto the head Another is from a more scant and spare afflux of the visive spirits unto the said Pupilla Article II. Of a Suffusion A Suffusion otherwise termed Hypochyma is an obstruction of the Pupilla bindering the sight and caused by a humor consisting in the eye and residing in that part thereof The SIGNS are divers according to the quality and Condition of the rise and original of the augmentation and of the perfection or Period thereof and they shal severally and apart be explained in the differences The CAUSE is a humor either sincere and single or else mingled whether it be there collected or transmitted thiâ—her by the veines of the tunicles the Vvea tunicle or the Nerves It is collected most especially in those eyes that are great and sticking out we term them Goggle eyes in regard that the visive virtue when it is diffused in a wide space is the more infirm and weak and the laxity of the waies or passages affordeth a very facile and easie entrance The CURE is difficult if it chiefly happen from a feave or some extraordinary vehement pain of the head if it chance unto yong childeren or old aged people and none at al if the suffusion be black if the sick person discern not the light It is wrought if at al I. By the drawing forth of the obstructing matter by purging Phlegmagogues and especially hiera and the electuary that they cal diacarthamus but before these we may premise and administer preparatives II. By revulsion of the same matter by Cupping-Glasses Vesicatories c. III By a discussion of the said matter by Topicks mingled with Emollints or mollifiers and the clearing and cleansing of the eyes And here for this purpose there is commended the water called aqua Joelis the remmedy of Bovius formed of the gal of a Cock half an ounce the blood of a mouce three drams and a half and so made up like unto a Colliry with the breast-milke of a woman or else water of mans dung known by the name of aqua stercoris humani Elambicata with the gal of a Weasel and likewise of a hare saccharo caudi rosato and margarites prepared IV. By Chirurgical operation of which we are for further satisfaction in this point to consult those Authors that have treated at large uppon this subject The Differences of a Suffusion are Various I. In regard of its Situation 1. One is in the Center of the Pupilla which Representeth the Objects as though they came and passed through the Windows and this ought not by any means to be attempted by the needles point lest that the whol Pupilla be filled with the peccant Humor flowing thereunto 2. Another resideth between the Vvea and the Cornea Tunicle and then the Pupilla is evidently seen to be extreamly obscured and darkned and the Pupilla is of necessity dilated by Reason of the Humor that distendeth it 3. Another resideth betwixt the Vvea and the Crystalline humor and then the opposite unto the former do manifestly appear 4 Another is seated in a deeper place and then the Pupilla is very narrow and much streightned Another is situate in a place less profound and deep and then the said Pupilla is larger and wider II. They differ in regard of the degrees for One
one scruple and an half the Juice of Flowerdeluce clarified which may be given to three drams with syrup of endive six drams Parsly water half an ounce and the pouder of diarrhodon Abbatis one scruple With peach flowers dryed and boyled in wine The stronger as gambugia which is given from six grains to fifteen see Reudenius concerning it Rulandus his extract of esula trochiskes of Alhandal or the same authors Spiritus vite aureus The extract of elaterium most commended by Massaria from one grain to three grains The magistral or Crystal Lunae of Tentzelius given chiefly at the Wain of the Moon from four grains to five Mercurius vitae fixt by longe digestion Crocus Metallorum Absinthiacus of Mynsichtus the same authors Tartarus Emeticus c. All which must be given on even dayes not too often nor the bowels too much corrupted after the use of them we must see whether they bear it wel and the bowels must alwaies be strengthened Concerning a Paracenthesis or tapping see Authors 2. By diureticks which ought to follow purgers of water amongst which beare the palme the pouder of earth worms given one dram weightwth the decoction of asparagus or fennel The salt of ash salinated as Billichius delivers Wine twice or thrice strained through the ashes of bean straw burnt six handfuls the tops of broome Juniper each two handfulls and a halfe woodbine one handful and a half and given six ounces weight 3. By swaeters and dryers as are the Root of swallow wort steept and boyled in Wine Antimony Diaphoretick the decoction of Sassafras wood Treacle in wine the quantity of a smal Walnut with a few drops of Oyl of Sulphur Lapis Serpentis concerning which see Joel Outwardly Mynsichtus his Plaister de Cineribus 2. By strengthning of the parts that the Water be not collected again here are good the Trochiskes of Wormwood Paracelsus his Diacubebae c. 3. by diet which see in Anthors The Differences are taken from the parts by whose default the serum is collected One is by default of the Kidneys that do not attract the serum either because they are Exulcerated and then some matter appears in the urin the piss is much less than in other Causes or because the Vreters are broken and then it ariseth suddainly That comes to pass for the most part in expelling the stone Another is by default of the Spleen which when as it is as it were spungy it ought to draw the water from the stomach by the vas breve that office being delegated to it by Nature which may be carried from hence by the splenick Artery into the Coeliacal by and by from the trunk of the Aorta by the emulgent Arteries to the veins It doth that either too greedily by reason of an inflamation risen in the Veins which is known by a pertinatious flux of the belly which doth neither take away the swelling of the belly nor the pain by reason of a Hectical distemper and either from the weakness of the veins not attracting the nourishment or from the corruption of the same and continual voiding of Cholerick Excrements it afflicts with a heat in the jejunum gut and mesentery Or it neglects it altogether either by reason of the obstruction of the passages tending to it caused by thick humors Or by reason of the dissipation of heat from a schirrous too much emptying the use of hot things the distemper of the neighbouring parts acute Diseases Or by reason of the suffocation of heat by the too much use of cold things from the suppression of the Courses from superfluous Evacuations c. Another is by default of the Liver either for the same causes not attracting the serum or retaining it or by reason of the same inflamation too much attracting and then there is a desire of coughing the Excrements are few and dry by reason the serous Humor is sent into the belly and the rest is burnt up by the heat of the Liver Article V. Of a Tympany and Anasarca A Tympany is a distension of the belly from much wind raised up either by a weak or burning heat contained within its Capacity It is called also a dry dropsie although for the most part 't is joyned with Water The SIGNS are these the Skin appears retcht like the skin of a drum and struck upon gives the sound of a Drum the Navel hangs forth much The puffing up of the belly is greater but the heaviness less Compressing of it doth not leave behinde it so conspicuous a mark but the hollow print is presently filled up belching and Farts often break out noise and rumblings Obmurmurate It must be distinguished from the distension of the breast after wounds which doth possess the breast back Loins Cod Arms Neck nay somtimes the whol habit It proceeds from hence that the Air which ought to pass streit through the mouth to the Lungs and from the Lungs again to be breathed forth through the mouth a way being open between two Muscles or the Muscles and the skin 't is blown from the wound as from a pair of bellows into the space between the skin muscles and hence furthermore it penetrates into the neighbouring parts The CAUSE is wind which if you consider its rise springeth either from a weak heat or from too much and torrefying which resolves into Vapors that which is subtile being violently stirred as is seen in black choler lying under the stomach If the place 't is neither in the stomach because it would be cast forth by belching nor in the Guts because it would be voided by stool but for the most part 't is generated between the coates of the mesentery and Guts For in the dry Dropsie the torments afflict about the Navel greifes and pains of the Loyns but the mesentery forward is united to the smal Guts backward to the vertebres of the Loins from which it springs from whence is this distention yet it is found also in the Cavity of the Guts and it insinuates it self thither through the Orifices of the Mesaraick Veins The CURE requires I. The bringing forth of the matter producing the Wind where takes place Fardinandus his Antipneumatical wine concerning which in the History 38. The Coagulated Spirit of Salt with Wormwood water and spirit of Elder 2. The Discussion of the wind outwardly by a great Cupping-Glass applied to the Belly by frictions with Garlick bruised and boyled in generous wine by a fomentation of a Boyes Vrin and Lapis Prunellae concerning which see Hartman Inwardly by the Decoction of Ebony wood the spirit of Guajcum the Arcanum of Cummin and Carrawais the liquor of the flowers of Mullein c. 3. The correcting of the hot distemper of the Bowels if there be any the strengthning if it be weak II. An Anasarca or Hyposarkidion and Leucophlegmaty is an equal increase of the bulk of the Body preternaturally throughout â—â—e whol body arising from default of the nourishment The SIGNS
hangs forth like a Taile The SIGNS and CAUSES are the same as in a Tentigo only that Women fear Copulation The CURE is also the same if it must be cut off it must be done either with a Horse Hair or a silken thred dipt in sublimate water or by Iron Article II. Of the straitness of the Neck of the womb The straitness of the Neck of the womb is either a stopping of the same or of the Orifice of the womb either by compression or a growing together The SIGNS are the Flux of the Courses denied in them in whom they were wont to flow through the Neck a sense of pain with a weight The CAUSE is either natural when it affects from the birth or accidental of which in the Differences The CURE varies according to the Nature of the Differences The Differences are taken from the Part and the Causes I. One is of the outward Orifice which is called of the Pudendum in which the Courses which flow both by the neck and by the womb are disappointed there can be neither Copulation nor Conception because neither the seed nor the man is received Another of the inward which is called the Orifice of the Womb in which the seed received presently flows forth again conception can in on wise be II. One is by way of Compression which is Caused 1. By a Fat Caule lying on the mouth of the womb 2. By a stradling of the Thighs 3. By a stone in the bladder 4. By a Tumor in the right Gut of which in their place Another is by way of growing which is caused 1. Either from the birth and then either flesh stops it which is red to sight soft to touch or a Membrane which is white to sight hard to the touch In the Cure 1. The Part being moistned with warm Fomentations it must be cut streight up taking Care that the Neck of the Bladder be not hurt 2. The humor must be drawn forth and a tenâ—must be applyed dipt in a suppurating Medicine 3. And astringent pouder must be had in readiness for fear of a Flux of blood 4. The following daies the place must be washt with honey water and we must act with things that Cicatrize 2. Or after the birth cheifly from an Vlcer and then either the sides of the Neck are grown together in which case we must use incision but very warily or there is a Callous substance which first must be cut off with a Pen Knife or a Spongy and Luxuriant flesh in which first of al we must use dryers and discussives as brithwort Frankincense Myrrh Mastick afterwards we must apply corrosives without pain at last we must cut it Article III. Of the pustles Condylomata and Hemorrhoids of the womb Pustles of the womb are little bunchings arising in the neck of the womb which by their Acrimony do Cause itching and pain The SIGNS are Itching Pain a folling down of Scales like flower to which we must add a Speculum Matricis that the affect may be the better discovered The Cause is cholerick sharp adust and thick humors which emptied into moist and loose places do insinuate and immerse themselves in them The CURE respects the causes universals being premised where amongst preparatives prevaile syrup of Fumitory of succory with the decoction of hops topicks discussing and mitigating the humor especially baths and halfe baths which must be followed with washing the part with wine and niter But these must be often repeated They are divided into benigne and malligne or venereal which are stuborn and contagious they ought to be washt with the water made of aloes the quantity of one vetch flower of brass the quantity of half a vetch flower of brass the quantity of half a vetch pouder'd and mixt with white wine one ounce plantane water and of rose heads each one ounce and kept in a wide mouthed glass II. Condylomata are swellings of wrinkles in the necke of the womb with heate and paine There is no need of Signes because they appeare to the eyes oftentimes if there be many they resemble a smal bunch of grapes The wrinkles hang forth like knobbs which appear in the fist clutched But they swel more when the courses flow The CAUSE is Thick and Adust humors The Cure in general respects the taking away of the causes and repercussion and drying As concerning the Differences Some are with an inflamation in which the pain and heat is greater the condylona is hard In the Cure we must act with anodyne half baths and perfusions Others without an inflamation which if they be new we must repel and dry if cold and inveterate we must first mollefie then disgest and dry Here take place the pouder of egg-shels burnt the oyntment of trochisks of steele one dram redeuced into pouder and mixt with oyl of roses and wax adding halfe an ounce of the juice of mulein The oyntment of the mad apple concerning which see a Castro l. 2. c. 25. de Morb. Mulier If the condiloma yeild not to these medecines it must be cut off by an instrument and astringent pouder strewed on III. The hemrods of the wombe are smal swellings like unto the hemrods of the anus raised in the necke of the wombe by an afflux of Feculent Blood The Subject is the neck of the womb for there they are where the veins doe end as in the hemrods of the anus and these are lift up by an afflux The Signs are manifest for they are discovered by the sight if a speculum matricis be applied the women looke pale and are troubled with a weariness The Cause is Feculent blood which when sometimes it flows to these veins not at its due time there stopping it becomes thicker that it cannot penetrate the orifices The Cure is order'd 1. By revulsion by opening a vein in the arme 2. By derivation by opening another in the ankle They are divided twofould I. Some are painful which by the paine it selfe are distinguisht from the courses and are cured by things that mitigate the same especially half baths and the Cataplasme of a Castro l. 2. c. 26. de Morb. Mulier And also with opium which notwithstanding is safer in the hemrods of the anus Other without pains to which what is and shal be said ought to be applied II. Some are open which flow either moderately and then the business ought to be comitted to nature Or too much so that the strength is dejected and there is feare least an evil habit of body be induced and then for revulsion blood must be taken from a vein of the arme at several times For purging myrobalanes tamarinds and rhubarb serve At last we must act with things that stop blood Others are blind from which no blood at al flowes forth The Cure is perfected by emptying of blood by emollition and fomentation of the part with mollefiers and things opening the mouthes of the veins and discussing the matter By artificially opening
either a too plentiful or more continued purgation of them than is convenient arising either from the fault of the blood or of the womb or of the veins There is not much need of signs especially if there follow a want of appitite crudety an evil color of the face a swelling of the feet and the rest of the body an atrophy cachexy c. The cause we have layd on the blood the womb or the veins but whence these are in fault shal be explained in the differences The cure is difficult if it be of long continuance None at al if it happen to a woman growing old It reqiures 1. A restraint of them by revulsion interception thickning of the blood stopping up the vessels by astringent means and other things Yet it must be stopt by degrees if there be a great plenty of blood and it happen by way of crisis the which falls out seldom Here take place Heurnius his pouder of the seed of white henbane white poppy each one dram of the bloodstone red coral each half a dram camphure half a scruple given half a dram weight The pouder of amber sanguis draconis the bloodstone red corral purslane seeds each one dram pomegranate flowers two scruples easterne bole armenick two drams given from one dram in three ounces of plantane water Asses milk with steel Ferdinandus his aqua mirabilis histor 33. The trochisks de carabe the benes of a man strongly calcined Zacutus his pills l. 9. prax histor p. 185. His plaister there The plaister of saxonia made of the sut of a chimney volatil floure c. a pessary made of heggs and asses dung with the juice of plantane and the mucilage of quinse seeds Specificks are inwardly Forestus his pouder of a turtil l. 28. obs 10. The salt of the ashes of the same the thin skin of geese feet dryed and given from one dram to two scrupels Outwardly a girdle of the leaves of bastard black hellebore bruised Of which Renealmus obser 21. The differences are divers which do cheifly respect the causes 1. One is from blood which 1. either is derived from the bottom of the womb in which the blood is blacker and for the most part clotted Or from the neck which is more ruddy and fluid 2. 'T is either plentiful or sharp or serous Of which in the following difference Another from the moistness of the womb of which see formerly Another from the fault of the Veins concerning which consult with the third difference One is from plenty of blood which is known by this that either the vessels are opened or broke in women especially whose courses have stopt a long while and afterwards do breake forth more plentifully There are signs of a plentitude the blood which comes forth doth easily concrete into clots In the Cure we must respect 1. Bleeding which if it be ordered for evacuation it concernes a vein in the arme the liver veine cheifly If the strength be feeble 't is ordered in the salvatella of each hand if it be for revulsion it must be done at several times because being repeated it revells more powerfully 2. Cupping-glasses which for evacuation may be applied to any part if you except the lower as to the back shoulders and that with scarification for revulsion they ought to be set to the breasts without scarification and upon a difficulty of breathing ensuing they must be removed 3. Ligatures frictions of the armes c. Another from sharp blood which is known by this that there is a corrosion of the vessels joyned with it there are signs of choler The blood is detained and corrupted in the womb it slides forth in greater quantity In the Cure let purging be administred by syrup of roses solutive and leaves of senny See things that thicken it above mentioned Another from serous and watery blood which is known by this that either the liver is faulty by its weakness or the kidnies by reason of their weakness do not attract the serum The blood flowes forth in lesse quantity and is not easily clotted that which is flowed forth if it be received on a linnin cloath and dryed in the shade discovers it self by the colour The Cure attends the diseases themselves III. One is from an Anastomosis in the cure of which observe that hot things ought to be mixt with cold least the veins be obstructed the ventilation of heat be prohibited and a feaver induced that pessaries may be applied if the opening be in the vessels of the neck where oake leaves and unguentum Commitissae are good that baths must not be used unless they be somwhat cold or whose astringent power overcomes their heat Another is from a Diapedisâ—s which happens very rare it presently requires astringent topicks Another from a Breaking which happens either from a plenitude or from causes that stir the blood especially from hard labor and premising the opening of a vein if ther be need 't is cured by conglutinating medicines Another from a corrosion which is known from hence that little blood flowes somtimes purulent somtimes serous It ariseth from a sharp and corrupt blood somtimes also from sharp medicines amongst Astringents is commended the root of dropwort or ' its decoction Article VIII Of the Womans flux and gonorrhaea The womans flux which otherwise is exprest by the name of the whites is an inordinate voiding from the womb of an excrementitious humor by its whole nature differing from blood collected by the fault either of the whole or of some part 'T is called the womans because it affects women and truly virgins also when as the causes take place in them and there are examples of it Yet more commonly those of riper age especially if they be indewed with a moist and cold constitution do lead a delicate and idle life and feed upon cold and moist nourishments old women also and that unto death by reason of the plenty of flegm and the weakness of the concocting faculty There is no need to enquire the Signs the affect is made known by the relation of the patient her self It differs from a gonorrhaea because in that the matter of the seed flows forth whiter thicker and at longer intervals and 't is voided in less quantity From a nocturnal polution because this is joyned with a phansie of a venereal business and happens only in the sleep From the discolored courses because they observe their periods though not alwaies exactly they do not happen to women with child and those troubled with the suppression of the courses they shew a red colour From matter out of the ulcers of the womb because then the signs of an ulcer stand forth the matter it self is thicker and whiter It it be sanious 't is besmeared with blood and voided with pain We have laid the Cause upon an Excrementitious Humor which Somtimes is raised by purging Medicines Nature being stirred up by their use to attempt excretions somtimes by Baths Nature casting off
succeed the washing of the Head with Fallopious his lie IV. Pains of the Head in whose cure inwardly takes place Hartmans Diaphoretick Oyl of Mercury outwardly Vigoes Magistral Plaister de ranis and that of Platerus Observat l. 3. V. Pains of the Joynts and especially of the lower parts between the Joynts which at night grow more feirce because then the pores are stopt and they are taken away by fomentations VI. Pustles Efflorescencies Scabs clefts in the palms of the Hands and soles of the Feet the Cure of which see in Hartman VII A running of the Reins in which the same Hartman commends green Mercury precipitate or the Gum of Pockwood which being given Turpentine washt in violet water and dissolved with the yelk of an Egg ought to be administered with the Decoction of Sarsaparilla 'T is distinguished from another by this that it causeth little or no itching nor doth not so soon cast the Patient into a Consumption VIII A tingling of the Ears which is very difficultly cured yet somtimes it vanisheth by the use of the decoction of Pockwood Septalius commends an Asses water distilled in which Pockwood some castor and a bundle of Horse mint have steeped al night and dropt into the Ears or the fume of it received IX Hardnesses or Knobs and Gummosities for the Cure of which Platerus hath afforded excellent Plaisters in the third book of his Observation Hither belong Hartmans Oyntment made of Vnguentum Aureum of the shops and Mercury sublimate X. A Consumption in the Cure of which Septalius tels me l. 7. Of his Animadversions p. 322. That the Decoction of Sarsaparilla made with leane Veal is admirable Read more of this subject in the Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London Dispensatory Al of the last Editions Englished by me Title II. Of Poysons Chap. I. Of Poysons digged out of the Earth POysons considered in special are either digged out of the Earth or Vegetables or Living Creatures The cheife and most common of those digged out of the Earth are the following I. Aqua Fortis whose strength is broke by the Mucilage of Quince Seeds Flea-wort Gum Tragacanth c. II. Antimony whose Antidote is bole-Armenick given with Oyl of Cloves and a little Wine That it hurt not with its Vapors whiles it is wrought in the fire we must Eat butter with Rue or drink Zedoary water III. Lapis Lazuli which if it be taken either ill prepared or in a greater quantity it ought to be cast up by vomit and be tempered with a drauft of warm Milk especially asses Milk IV. Arsnick Auripigmentum Sandarach which somtimes infect by their smel their specificks are Crystal digged out of the Earth poudered and drank one dram weight with new Oyl of sweet Almonds and Oyl of Pine Nuts given three drams weight V. Burnt brass Scales of Brass the flour of Brass the rust of Brass which are weakned by sheeps Fat taken in broth are killed by Bole-Armenick given with Honey and water VI. Refuse of Iron and the rust of Iron whose antidote is thought to be one dram of a Load-stone made into Pils with the juyce of Mercury VII Lead to which are opposed the Kernels of quinces husked bruised and given two drams weight with sweet wine VIII Quick-silver against whose fume received we proceed with a drauft of wine in which some Cephalick things have been boyled Sublimate is resisted by Oyl of Tartar or Salt of Wormwood Chap. 2. Of Vegetable Poysons VEgetable Poysons or those of plants are as follow I. Aconitum or Monkes hood whose antidote is Andromachus Treacle or Terra Lemnia in wine outwardly the swelled body must be anointed with Oyl of St. Johns wort and Scorpions II. Spurge against which a vomit being premised Andromachus Treacle is good with Carduus water III. Mezereon which is resisted with water Germander red Coral Treacle and Terra Lemnia IV. Black Hellebore whose antidote is the pouder of the flowers or Roots of white water Lillie or of Parsnip seed with wine V. Coloquintida whose force Treacle doth infringe VI. Euphorbium whose force is broke with Citron Seed in wine in which Elecampane Roots have boyled VII Green Coriander which causeth a furious raving and hath the Root of swallow wort in wine for its antidote VIII Mandrakes which causeth a heavy sleep its Symptomes are resisted by garden radish taken somtimes with Salt IX Henbane which they that have taken of it do somtimes rangle and dote like drunken men somtimes think that they are beaten with rods by reason of an Itching caused in the whol body its antidotes are Pistachoes castor Rue Nettle Seed X. The Walnut Tree whose shade if any one lie under it it doth hurt and causeth pains of the Head they are taken away with a lie of betony Marjoram Lavender c. XI Nux Vomica whose antidote is Zedoary two drams weight Citron Pill or the Juyce of it Juyce of the Myrtle or quinces XII Opium upon the too much use of which a Heavy sleep seazeth with a Vertigo and itching of the whol body whose antidote is assa Faetida and castor to which add Rue and Origanum XIII Mushrums which if they be taken either in too great quantity or be not wel concocted do cause Suffocation raise the hickops stop the Urin and exulcerate the Guts In the Crue are commended the ashes of prunings of vines with honeyed water Treacle and other things Chap. 3. Of Poysons from live Creatures THe cheife Poysons which are inferred by living creatures are those which are Caused I. By an aspe whose wound is so smal that it can scarce be seen upon its biting there come a heaviness of the Head sleepiness paleness of the Face often gapings c. In the Cure we must provide by ligatures and Scarifications that the Poyson peirce not into the body Treacle with bruised Rue must be laid on the wound Things alexipharmacal must be given inwardly amongst which are commended the leaves of Mullein Avens boyled in Vineger II. By a Viper at whose stroke first the blood comes forth pure which is followed by a bloody and fro thy filth like to the rust of brass with a notable tumor of the part and whol body pustles adust and blackish in the part affected It s antidote is costus given from half a dram to one dram with wormwood wine or the Decoction of wormwood an Hares Runnet Leeks c. III. By a Scorpion at whose stroke do follow pain inflamation a Tumor pustles about the wound like warts 'T is resisted by sage water germander wormwood gentian birth wort up-right vervain wild time c. One hath been freed by frankincense bruised in whom the scorpion had left its print IV. By a Lizard which leaves in the wound for the most part its subtile smal black teeth the teeth must be drawn out with Cupping-Glasses a Cataplasme of the crum of wheaten bread made with the Decoction of
and others IV. The Fermentation of Medicaments is nothing else but their union by mutual Alteration by which meanes the old virtues of each of them do no longer remaine entire It is cheifly to be regarded in Treacle and Methridate V. As for the Division compound artificial Medicaments are Internal or External The former are fluid Solid or middle consistence And the latter are divided into as many sorts Chap. 4. Of Compound artificial Medicnies in Special Article I. Of Internal Medicaments Point I. Of internal fluid Medicaments WE cal those internal Medicaments which are received by the mouth into the Body and those we terme fluid which wil run like water and they are 1. Decoctions 2. Infusions 3. Potions 4. Medicinal Wines 5. Medicinal Beer or Ale 6. Oxymel 7. Barley water 8. Medicinal Vinegar 9. Distilled waters 10. Syrup 11. Juleps 12. Emulsions 13. Essences 14. Spirits 15. Tinctures 16 Oiles I. Decoctions are made of vegetables animals sometimes of mineralls if need be cut bruised or shaven boiled in simple or prepared water over a slow or quick fire in a vessel open or shut to the consumption of a third or fourth part of the liquor the Decoction being afterwards strained aromatized and clarified The most noted decoctions are The greater aperitive decoction of the Physitians of Augsburg with their Decoction of Rubarbe Decoction of Maiden haire Fumitory Carminative Gallinae consummatum of a Capon and the Vulnerary Decoction II. Infusions are made of Vegetables or minnerals purgers or vomitories steeped a certaine time in some liquor and afterwards strained forth The proportion of the Ingredients to the liquor is one and an half or double III. Potions are made when purgeing Electuaries Extracts pouders roules c. are mixed with liquors without boileing IV. Medicinal Wines are prepared when new or clarified Wine is impregnated with the Virtues of simples either suddenly by their oyles spirits and tinctures or by long Infusion either with or without sugar The principal are wine of Barberies Quinces Pomgranates red Corants V. Medicinal beers and Physick Ales are made after the same manner VI. Oxymel is made when vinegar is mingled with Honey and plants are sometime steeped therein The most famous are the Simple that of squils the Helleborate Oxymel of Gesnerus VII Barley water is made when barley is sufficiently boiled in water alone or with raisons anis-feed cinnamon strained and made tart with a drop or two of spirit of Vitriol or of Sulphur VIII Medicinal Vinegar is made when simples or compounds are steeped in vinegar or it is made of their juices It is made of Plants 1. Of their Flowers as vinegar of rosemary-flowers of Marrygolds of Gillyflowers of Lavendar of Poppie of Red-poppie of Roses of elder flowers 2. Of their Leaves as of Mints Rue Scordium 3. Of their Fruits as of Citron peeles Strauberries Rasberries 4. Of their Roots as vinegar of Squils There are also compound vinegar Antidotary Preservatory Bezoardick c. IX Distilled waters either by a Cucurbita in Balneo Mariae of plants for the most part of cold Nature whol or beaten and juiced or in Vesica out of hot plants and such whose force is not easily drawn forth and which must first ferment They are made either with wine as Wormwood water Agrymony Betonie Carduus Cinnamon Liverwort Lavendar Lilly-convally Baume Penny-royal Garden sage Veronica or without wine as are those of Sorrel Wood-sorrel c. Or which see the Dispensatory of Augsburge They are also made of Animals as of Capons Singing birds Kidnies Mans blood dung of Beasts c. X. Syrups are made of decoctions Infusions clarrified juices they are preserved with honey or sugar boiled to the consistence of honey almost and are used both to alter and purge seldom alone frequently mingled with a double quantity of distilled waters Those kept in the Shops are Syrup of wormwood of juice of Citrons of Sorrel wood-Sorrel Vinegar simple of vinegar compound of Maiden haire of sowr grapes of Marsh-mallows of Orenges of Mugwort of Betony Simple of Betony compound of borrage Byzantious so cald simple and compound of Maidenhaire simple of Cichory simple of Cinnamon of Corals of Citron peeles of Quinces of Endive simple and compound Of Eupatoruim of Colts foot of Fumitory Simple and compound of Lycorize of Pomgranates of Jujubees of Hyssop of Lemons of Hops of Baum of Mints the Simple and compound of Myrtiles of waterlillies of Poppies of red poppies of Cowslips of Pionie of Mouse-eare of Apples Simple and Compound of Purslain of Horehound of the five opening roots of Roses Simple of dried roses of Rasberries of Scabious of stechados of Comfrey of Violets XI Juleps are made of distilled waters juyces conserves and sugar either without decoction or with decoction XII Emulsions are made of seeds nut kernels perles corals hearts-horne certaine fruites being beaten with some liquor poured on and then strained forth XIII Essences are made of the juice of green herbes pressed out with spirit of wine and digested in Balneo Mariae where they receive their color separated by inclination and with a little sugar reduced into the forme of a Syrupe XIIII Spirits descend in the distillation both of Simple and compound waters together with the waters themselves and are afterwards separated from them by a Cucurbita vial c. But this must be understood of the more volatil sort The fixer sort are drawen out by a Retort and a stronger fire viz. With sand or the bare fire The cheife drawen from Minerals are of Alum of coral Mercury Sal ammoniack Common Salt Nitre Lead Ambar Sulphur Tartar Vitriol of Vegetables are of Wormwood Wine-vinegar Angelica Anisseed Carduus Centorie black-cherries Scurvy-grass Quinces Elder-berries Fenel Strawberries Guaiacum Juniper-berries Lilly-convally Baume Rosemary Roses Sage Danewort Linden-flowers Fluellen wine c. XV. Tinctures are made of dry Plants for the most part hot beaten steeped in some liquor which is called the Menstruum as spirit of Wine May-dew or some other set in an hot place and the vessel shut so longe as that the liquor wil receive no more colour and then they are filtred through a Paper or purified by digestion The most renowned are 1. Of Minerals Of the Sun Moon Mars Saturne Antimony Sulphur Vitriol Smaragd 2. Of Vigitables and cheifly of flowers of Winter-cherries Safron Black-cherries Strawberries St. Johns wort Peony Red poppie Roses Violets Elder-berries Dwarfe elder c. XVI Oyles are drawen out of gummie rosiny substances either descend with waters in distillation or are separated from them either by a separatory or by thick linnen threds or by brown or otherwise sinking paper in some materials they sink to the bottom the more remarkable are oile of wormwood Dil Angelica Of which see beneath in the first point of the third article Point 2. Of internal solid Medicaments INternal solid Medicaments are 1 Pouders 2. Salts 3. Saffrons 4. Flowers 5. Precipitates 6. Vitra Glass 7. Feculae dregs 8.
Confects 9. Roules 10. Lozenges or bits 11. Trochiscks And 12. Pils I. Pouders consist of one or more medicaments beaten together They are either Subtile which if they consist of meer spices and sugar their proper and peculiar name is Tragemata or Tragee dredge pouders to which Sales Sacer dotales or the Parsons Salts are to be referred which are used with meat or grosser and are termed Trageae grossae and species incisae and are made either of simples and they either confected over with sugar or not sugared or of compounds viz. the aromatick roules or Lozenges of the shops We use them both for Evacuation and Alteration Among the Purging sort are Pulvis sena preparatae Tartari Chrystalini solutivis de Tribus Cholagogus simplex Cholagogus insucoatus Earle of Warwicks pouder or Pulvis Cornachinus Of the Electuary of Benedicta Laxativa Elescoph Hiera picra Diaphenicon de Succe Rosarum Diaturbith cum Rhabarbaro Among the Alterers are the species or pouder of Ariomatica Caryophyllata Dianthos Diacalaminthes Diacinnamomum Diagalanga De Gemmis calida and frigida de Hyacintho Dtaireos Latificans Liberans Diamargaritum calidum frigidum Diamoschu dulcis Diatrion pipereon Diarrhodon Abbatis Rosata novella Diatrion Santalon Diatragacanthum frigidum Diaxylo-Aloes c. Hitherto appertain Alexipharmical powders or Antidotes such as Pulvis Saxonicus Caesaris Gasceignes pouder Viper Pouder Countess of Kents Pouder Of these and other like Medicaments see the London Dispensatory in English II. There is in al things very near a twofold salt Volatile by some called Essential which sustains not the force of fire but flies away and is dissipated in calcination and fixed which is prepared of the ashes of plants and woods of which a lie is made and that is boiled til al the water exhale and then the salt remains 'T is purified either by frequent solution and filtration and recoagulation or if it be dssolved per Deliquium in a moist place let it be filtred and again coagulated The Principal are Salt of Wormwood of Mugwort of Crabs of Carduus Centaury Chervil Harts-horn Volatile of Mans scul Volatil Eyebright Bean-shels and Ham of Strawberry Leaves Fumitory Guajacum volatile Ground Ivy Juniper berries Juniper wood Marjeram Feaverfew Bawm Nitre Onone or rest-harrow Arsmart Pimpernel Rue Sage Mans-blood Scordium of amber Volatil of Tamarisk of Tartar of vitriol vomitive of Urine Nettles Zedoary of Jove Saturn Corals Pearls c. III. Saffrons are subtile pouders or tinctures reduced into the form of pouder of a Saffron color the principal are Crocus Metallorum which is nothing else but Antimony calcined with Nitre and reduced into a pouder of a saffron-color of thin to which is the Sulphur Auratum of Antimony and of Mars which is divers waies prepared of which see the Chymists Terra Vitrioli is not unconveniently referred to the Head IV. Flowers are by Chymists so called being for the most part the more subtil particles of a body separated from the grosser substance by Sublimation The most vulgar are flower of Brimstone Antimony Benzoin to which pertain al other sublimates the chief of which are Mercurius sublimatus simplex and Sublimatus dulcis Arcanum Corrallinum c. V. The name of Precipitate is chiefly attributed to Mercury which having been dissolved in Aquafortis is separated from the Solvent water and settles and receives the name of Mercurius Praecipitatus or Turbith Mineral to which in its praecipitation if a little gold be added 't is called Aurum Vitae Hereto pertains Bezoardicum Minerale Mercurius Vitae and some other things VI. Glass is made of the Calces of things if the Ashes or Calx be melted with an exceeding strong fire and Borax be somtimes added to hasten the Melting or other melting pouders the matter being melted is poured upon an hot bason or some plate Thus is the Glass of Antimony or stibium commonly called and the amber of Antimony made of those Cups Rings and purging moneys may be made Touching the Vitrum Auratum Antimonii and the Regulus Antimonii see the Chymists especially Schroderus in his Pharmacopaea VII Fecula is a mealy pouder like starch and is made of the juice of certain roots pressed forth or extracted with liquor which when placed in a cold place the fecula settles of its own accord which the water swimming on the top being poured off is dried in the shadow The most usual are Fecula Bryoniae Ari Paeoniae Iridis Serpentariae white Lillies Squils VIII Confects are things preserved dry invented for to gratifie the tast and they are made both to alter and evacuate The chief are of sweet almonds of Aniseed laxative of Calamus Aromaticus Cardamoms Carway July-flowers Cichory Cinnamon Coriander Musk Plums Cubebs Fennel Lavender Flowers Pimpernel Roots Pine Kernels Zedoary Ginger Hitherto belong Candied things which are crusted with Sugarcandy as Acorus Orenge peels July-Flowers Cinnamon Citron Peels Nutmegs Muscatel-Pears c. IX Rouls so called from their shape for they are either altering or purging and are prepared with Sugar whose vulgar proportion is octuple in alteratives quadruple in Purgatives more in stillatitious oyls The principle are Rotulae de Berberis Manus Christi simple and perled pectoral rouls Of Sulphur c. X. Morsuli morsels are made almost in in the same maner They are either Alteratives as the Bezoardic Cephalic Cephalicostomachic of the juice and peles of Citrons Pectoral Sugars Rosatum Tabulatum c. Or Purging as Diacarthami Diaphenicon of Mechoacan of Jalap of Diaturbith cum rhabarbaro c. or Nutritive which are made of the pulp of Capons Partridges Cock-stones Flesh of Crabs and Tortoises c. To morsels appertain 1. Pamdeleon so called the Matter and end whereof agrees with Electuaries or Lick-pots and the form with Lozenges save that the Pandaleon is shapeless 2. Turiones as if you would say torrones a torrendo from toasting which are made of sweet almonds Nut Kernels Pine Kernels beaten or toasted and made up with honey 3. Confections restorative as Diamygdaltaum Pineatum Testudinatum Diet bread Naples bisket c. XI Trochisci or Parstilli are solid cohering medicaments consisting of convenient ingredients made up with Liquor in the shape of Lupines or little flat bowls invented to this end that medicaments being poudred might be in this form the better preserved against the Injuries of the Air. They are prepared of al kind of medicaments not only pouders and Species but with addition of thickned juices Conservs Extracts or the like Confections the dose to the Pouders in being a proportion somwhat less then quadruple c. They are either alterative Wormwood of Alipta Moschata with Amber of Mosch or without Bechici albi Nigri Rubri de Berberis de Camphera de Capparibus de Carabe de Carallio Cypheos of Democrates de Lacca de Myrrha de Spodio de Terra sigilata de Vipera c. or Purgers of Agaric of Coloquintida c. XII Pils are medicaments reduced into the form of
little bals that they may be swollowed whole and the unsavoriness of the ingredients not discerned by the Tast They are made of pouders extracted out of the mass of usual pils the simples being made up with some liquor They are either Alterers of Bdellium Bechicae or for the Cough of Castoreum of Cynoglossa Narcotick pils of platerus c. or Purgers of Agarick Agregative Alephangine of Aloes rosata of Amoniacum Arthriticae Assajeret Aureae de Colocynthide de Hermodactilis Mastichinae Panchimagogae c. They are also distinguished into Hypoglotudes and Narcoticae Point III. Of internal medicaments of a middle Consistence Internal Medicaments of a middle consistence between fluid and solid contain under them 1. Extracts 2. Rosins 3. Conservs 4. Conserves 5. Quiddennies 6. Electuaries 7. Lick-pots 8. Soâ—pes and 9. Boles An Extract is drawn as a tincture and is reduced to the Consistence of Honey Pils or pouder The most usual are of wormwood of Acorus of Lignum aloes of Angelica roots of round Birthwort of Carduus of Gilloflowers of Castoreum of Centory of Celondine of Safron of Cubebs of Dictamus of Enula of Galingal of Gentian of Guajacum of Masterwort roots of Baume of Mint of Mace Marjoram of Broad dock of Paeonie of Rue of Savine of Satyrium roots of Scabious of Scordium of Comfrey of Tormentil of Valerian of Zedoary II. Rosm is drawn out of Gummy materials with rose-Rosewater and spirit of wine separate from the feces by inclination precipitated and dryed with a gentle heat III. Conserve is made of flowers somtimes of herbes and soft roots bruised and preserved with a double quantity of sugar The most usual are of the tops of roman-Roman-wormwood Carduus Eye-bright Fumitory Marjorom Penyroial Veronica Of the Leaves of Sorrel Wood-sorrel Scurvy-grass Mints Purslane of flowers of Acacia Betonie Borrage Bugloss Marygolds Cichory Broom White-lillies Lavendar Lilly-convally Mallowes Baume Mints Water-lillies red Poppie Peach-flowers Primrose Prunella white and Red-roses Sage Elder Linden Savory Colts-foot IV. Preserves are made of roots barkes Fruits or harder materials steeped in water or boiled or of softer preserved in sugar or honey to last the better and to be more grateful to the Palate The more usual are these following Of the roots of Calamus aromaticus Borrage Cichory Comfry Elecompane Eryngoes Pimpernel Rhubarbe Satyrium Scorzonera Zedoarie Ginger both that of China and the common sort Of the flowers of Orenges Citrons the fruits of Orenges Barberies Cherries Citrons either whole cut in slices or dried or of the pulpe of Quinces bramble berries or Hips Apricocks Medlars Myrabolans bellirican Chebulan Citrine and Emblican of Wallnuts and Indian nuts of Peaches black-peper in the branch Sloes Prunes Damsins c. Of Peeles of Aurenges Citrons And stalkes of Spanish Lettuce V. Rob or Quiddiny is the thickned juice of fruits sometimes of flowers either with expression or without expression boiled and with a like quantity or somewhat more of sugar added The cheife are of Barberies Cherries Hips red-corants Elder berries Hitherto belong thickned juyces of Wormwood Acacia Agrimony Aloes Carduus kermes berries Elder berries centaury Quinces Elecampane Fumitory Lycorize Hedge-Hyssop St. Johns wort Henbane Hypocistis our blew Orice Licorize Mercury Myrtils of germanie Nicotiana or Tobacco Opium Plantane Red-Roses scrophularia and Solatrum Ad hereunto Mel Ebulinum Sambucinum Juniperinum and Passulatum V. An Electuary is made of Conserves Spices Roules Trochischs a proportion of juice or syrup being added The Cheif are Venice Treacle Mithridate Alkermes Confectio Anacardina Aurea Alexandrina Electuary of Bay-berries de Scoria ferri de Ovo Philonium Mesuae Persicum Romanum Dioscoridum Tryphera magna so named because they give a good color to the whole body and make the breath sweet and are made up of curious ingredients VI. Eclegma or Lohoch or Lick-pot of pouders species conserves juices mixed with some liquor or syrupe used against infirmities of the Lungs and Chest The most usual are de Scilla compositum de Caulibus de Farfara de Papavere Passulatum of the Pine kernels of Purslane of Fox-lungs Lohoch-sanum and expertum and succo Scillae c. VII Saponea is a Lick-pot made of almonds blanched and beaten and with sugar dissolved in a convenient water boiled to the consistence of Honey starch and rosewater being added towards the end VIII Bolus a morsel is made of Electuaries pulpes conserves spices pouders with a little syrupe made into the shape of a little bal given to purge vomit alter or some other purpose Article 2. Of external Medicaments Point 1. Of external fluid Medicaments And so much for compound internal Medicaments the external follow which are either fluid or solid or of a middling nature or indifferent The fluid are 1. Clysters 2. Gargles 3. Mouth-washers 4. Oiles 5. Epithemes 6. Pumpings 7. Lotions I. Clisters are medicaments which by a convenient Instrument are cast through the fundament into the Guts They are made of Roots Barkes Leaves Flowers Fruites boyled in water and strained some other things being added which may serve the Intent of the Physitian Their use is to loosen the belly to clense dispel wind to bind to sodder to allay the paines of the Guts and kidneyes II. Diaclysmata or Mouthwashings are medicaments which are kept in the mouth and are by the tongue moved up and down without swallowing They are cheifly provided for paines of the Teeth and Diseases of the Jawes III. Gargarismes are medicaments with which the throat is washed without swallowing down the humor being forced up and down by the breath They are made of distilled waters or convenient decoctions neither unpleasing in tast nor smel nor haveing any venemousness in them in which some syrupe or Quiddinie is dissolved We use them in repelling discussing ripening abstersion consolidation IV. Oiles are made either by distillation as aforesaid or by expression of the oleaginous juice when the fruits and contused seeds grow warme with the vapour of hot water and being put in a bag are squeezed in a Press or by infusion either when the simple medicaments with simple water or distilled water wine or other convenient liquor are boiled in common oile til the Humor be consumed or when the same simples are macerated in a gentle Heat or in the Sunn or when dryed plants are with oile digested in balneo Mariae the oile being afterwards pressed out and clarified The Oiles pressed out are these Oile of bitter Almonds and of sweet of Hazel-nuts of Hemp seed of Cherry kernels of Citron seeds of Rocket of Henbane of Walnuts of Baies of Mace of Nigella of Nutmeg of Ripe and unripe Olives of Eggs de palma of Poppie of Peach kernels of Pine kernels Pistachios Rape Ricinus sesamus Acorns Oiles by infusion in the Sun and simple are these Oile of Wormwood Southernwood Dil Chamemel Cheiri Quinces Elecampane Euphorbium Pismires Ground-ivy Jasemine Orice Priver of Lillies Lilly convally wormes Mastich Mint Melilote Myrtils Nard white lilly Populeum Frogs
and make them wider that the Vapors may be better transpired They are moderately hot of thin parts and not drying such as are among Herbs Marsh-mallows Mercury Flowers of Chamomel Melilot Elder Seeds of Fenugreek Line Oyl which is old and Butter II. Condensers are such things as contract and straighten the smal pores of the body but are not able to compact the whol part strongly and every where They are of a watry Nature as cold water of Herbs Purslane Housleek Flea-wort Mous-ear Duck-weed green Thistles Prick-madam the greater and the lesser III. Stoppers by their thickness do so stick externally upon the pores of the body that by their coldness and dryness they contract the part There are of this kind Astringents so called Such as are among Simples the Roots of Tormentil Plantane greater Comfry dry water Lillies Sorrel Curmallow Filipendula peony Avens Strawberry Bistort Rhaponticum Rhubarb tosted Leaves of plantane Knotgrass Gnaphalium Loof-strife Solomons Seal Horstail Shepherds-pouch Mous-ear Oak Flowers of Roses pomegranates Ivy. Seeds of plantane purslane Sorrel Roses Fruits Quinces Medlars Barberries Services Cornel-berries Galls Raison-stones Cypress nuts myrtle berries Shels and Rinds of pomegranates Frankincense tree myrobalans mulberries Gums of mastich Dragons blood Juyces of Hypocistis sour Grapes Acacia Minerals Terra sigillata Bole armeniack blood-stone Allum Coral Iron Of Animals Harts-horn prepared Stags pizzle c. Of Compounds are Water of Roses purslane plantane privet Syrup of red Roses Quinces Barberries marmalade of Quinces Diacodium narcoticum Crocus martis astringens pouder of mans bones calcined fresh made Treacle Juyce of pomegranates of Acacia old conserve of Red Roses The stronger sort of these medicaments are Balaustians myrtles Acacia Hypocistis Sumach pomegranate medlar c. IV. Anastomaticks are medicaments which open the mouths of the Vessels and are therefore by the Greeks so named because they ought to penetrate into the inner parts of the body and to attenuate gross humors and therfore they ought to be both hot in the second degree and endued with a more thick substance than ordinary that they may retain heat the longer Bitter things are most convenient Point VII Of Attenuating Aperient and incrassating Medicaments I. Attenuating medicaments are such as dissolve and make thin thick clammy and glewish humors so that either they vanish of their own accord or are easily dissipated by the operation of Drawers They must be of a thin substance hot in the third degree which is nevertheless not alwaies necessary For the juyce of Lemmons Vinegar Oxymel do attenuate and cut though they are cold See the Catalogue among Operatives II. Apperitive medicaments do open inward Obstructions of the Body They ought to be of a thin substance and therefore are reckoned among such things as appear hot and biting to the smel and tast which have a nitrous salt bitter and acid tast but seeing there is variety both of the matter obstructing and the bodies obstructed somtimes such as are of thin parts sometimes such as are not so qualified are given Now they are these Among Simples of Roots the five opening Roots so called viz. of Smallage Fennel Asparagus parsly and Holm of Grass Cicaory Eryngos Gentian Fern madder Rhaponticum Asarum Cappars Tamarisk Ash Herbs Fumitory Wormwood Agrimony maiden-hair Liver-wort ceterach chamepitys chamedrys Dodder Horehound calamint penyroyal scurvy-grass Brooklime Water-cresses Hops white Horehound Wormwood Seeds of Annis Fennel Ameos Agnus castus Vetches Lupines Fruits bitter Almonds Cappars Peach-kernels Apricock-kernels Spices Cinamon Cubebs Gums and juyces Ammoniacum Vinegar Juyce of Lemmons Of compounds are waters of the foresaid simples Oximel simple Scyllitick Syrupe of opening roots Trocbiscks of Rubarb Wormwood Egrimony Lacca-gum Tartar Vitriolated Creame thereof Christals and Tincture of Tartar Tincture of steele pouder aperient crocus and pils thereof III. Incrassaters or thickners do make the thin and liquid juices more thick They are cold or temperate without acrimonie and of thick substance such as Porslane Sorrel Poppy Rice Lentils Quinces Peares Starch Chalybeate milk and juice of Pomegranates Point VIII Of Obstructive And Deobstructive Medicaments I. Emplastick or obstructive medicaments are such as by their substance do daub stop and clam up the passages of the Body and being smeared thereon stick fast thereto being of a Consistence either dry and earthy but without any biting quality or ful of watry and aerie humor They are I. Among simples 1. Roots Of Marshmallowes White-Lillies Seeds Wheate Starch Pine-kernels steeped in water Fenugreek al Mucilages Fruits Figs Raisons Gums Arabick Tragant Dragons blood Earths Terra sigillata Bole-Armeniack Juyces Alum Stones Lapis Calaminaris Blood-stone Potters-clay Minerals litteridge of Gold and Silver Lead Oare of brass Pompholyx Cerus Animals Mumia fresh fats marrowes fresh butter Cheese whites of Eggs Wax II. Compounds of these Unguentum Album Nutritum II. Deobstructers do scoure away clammy glutinous humors which stick unto the body they are hot or cold salt bitter nitrous Such are I. Of Simples 1. Roots of birthwort Orice Gentian Solomons seale Tamarisk Leaves of Smallage Wormwood Centorie Southernwood Hysop Watercresses Horehound Agrimony Ground-Oake Tansey Harts-tongue Pimpernel Seeds of Lime Fenugreek barly Orobus Lupines and their meales Juyces Aloes and Sugar Gums myrrh Rosins Terpentine Mineralls verdigrise Vitriol Animals whey beasts-Gal III. Extergents differ only gradually Of this kind are Oxymel Alume water Unguentum Aegyptiacum c. Point VIII Of Anodynes and Narcoticks Anodyne Medicaments are those which by their moderate heate and soft substance do asswage paine by opening the pores of the body and entering thereinto by the tenuity of their substance and discuss the cause thereof by insensible transpration Such are I. Among Simples the Roots of Marsh-mallowes Lillies Leaves of Mallowes Elder Flowers of Chamemel Melilote Safron Seeds of Lime Fenugreek Animals Fat 's of Hogs Hens Geese Calves Man-fat Marrow of Oxen Calves Milke butter II. Of Compounds oiles of white lillies Chamomel Violets sweet almonds linseed worms and which is most commended sweet oile of Roses of a middle age II. Narcoticks stupifie the part so that it cannot feel that which pains This they do partly by their coldness partly by an hidden Quallity Of this kind are I. Simples the Roots of Mandrake Leaves of Henbane mandrake Seeds of white-poppey Juyces Opium II. Compounds oiles of Mandrake Vnguentum popeleon laudanum ossiatum Fernelius his narcotick lozenges Spirit of Darnel c. Article 2. Of Medicaments which cause motion Medicines which cause motion are either Drawers Repellers or Astringents I. Drawers are such as draw from the deepe parts of the Body into the surface thereof not only thin and wheyish humors but also such as are thick and fast rooted in the Parts of the Body They are either hot in the second degree which draw moderately or in the third degree which draw strongly or in the fourth degree which swel the skin Such are I. Of simple Roots of the two Birthworts Anemony bindweed Tragon Gentian Pellitory Crowfoot
Daffodilly Reeds Cuckow pintle Thapsia Garlick onions Leaves of Wild-Cresses Calamint Purple Anagallis Nex Thlaspi Ivie Seeds of Nettle Navew Water-cresses Gums Euphorbium Ammoniacum Galbanum Sagapenum Rosins Pitch Vulgar Rosin Annimals Dung of Pigeons Hens Cantharides II. Of Compounds Emplastrum Oxycroceum II. I cal them repellers which do either by their cold watryness prohibit the influx of humors into any part or drive back such as are already flowed in but are not fastened They are 1. Among simples the Roots of Plantane Barks of Mandrake roots Leaves of Housleek Purstane Duck-weed Endive Lettuce Nightshade Water-thistle Venus navil Lentisk Sumach Henbane Flowers of red roses Seeds of Fleawort Plantane Of compounds Waters of Roses Nightshade Plantane III. Astringents are such as consist of a thick and earthy substance stop the passages of the part force out the the thinner particles of the humor and consequently do also repel They are either Cold or Hot. Cold are among Simples the Roots of Sloes Cinquefoile bistort tormentil great Comfery Barks of myrobalans Pomegranates Frankincense tree Barbery-tree Leaves of Horse-taile smal daisie mouse-eare Knot-grass Shepards pouch Flowers of Roses balaustians Seeds of Sorrel porslane myrtils White-popy Fruits Services Quinces meddlers myrtle berries unripe mulberries Gums mastich Dragons-blood Earths Terra sigillata bolus Armenia Of compounds are Waters of Roses of Plantane of Privet flowers Syrups of red-roses of Quinces Conserves of dried-roses Quinces New made treacle Juice of Pomegranates trefoile Crabs sower Grapes Pouders Diacorallium Crocus martis Burnt harts horne mans-bones Spodium Ambar Pills de Cynoglossa Hot astringents are Cyperus Wormwood Calamus Aromaticus Schaenanth aloe Thus Myrrh Spike Barks of Frankincense-tree Cypress-nuts Alum Article 3. Of Medicaments which generate somewhat Point 1. Of Ripeners Quittor-breeders and Flesh restorers Medicaments which breed somewhat are in a six-fold difference 1. Ripeners or Quittor-breeders 2. Flesh-breeders 3. Glewers 4. Scarbringers 5. Milke-breeders 6. Seed-encreasers I. Ripeners and Quittor-breeders are such by whose helpe the Natural Heat turnes corrupt blood into Quittor They are moderately hot and moist and like in temperament to the part whereunto they are applied Also by shutting the pores they keep in the heate They are in a twofold difference Some are meerly of a temperate heate and clammy which we use in hot tumors such as are Mucilages of Lin-seed Fenugreek Mallowes Marshmallowes Water and oile Wheate-meale Milke Crum of wheaten breade Hogs-grease fresh-butter Unguentum Dialthea Others are hot which we use in cold tumors and parts such as the Gums Ammoniacum Bdellium Galbanum Rosins Terpentine Pitch Vulgar rosins Teares of Firr Birch and Pine-tree Oiles of Chamomel White-Lillies Ointments of Agrippa Basilicon Majus and minus Emplasters diachylon simple and cum gummi II. Sarcoticks or Flesh-breeders are such things as assist nature to change blood into flesh both by preserving the Heate of the Part and removeing such Excrements as hinder the work They do moderately heat and drie also they clense away filth without any biteing or astriction They are of a Three fold Rank In the first ranke or degree are placed meale of Barly of Fenugreek of beanes Franckincense Manna thuris In the Second Terpentiue rosin Larch-rosin Fir-rosin Clarified Honey hony of Roses Aloes meale of Lupines orobus and Pompholyx In the third degree meale of Orobus raw honey birthwort root orice roote myrrh Vitiol Point 2. Of Sodderers and Scar-bringers I. Glewing or soddering Medicaments are such as bring together the gaping lips of fresh wounds and binder any thing from flowing into or growing between them Of which kind are among Simples the Roots of Tormentil Cinque-foile Bistort Leaves of Mouse-eare plantaine Sr. Johns-wort Bugula Sanicle Pyrola Wal-Sage Rupture-wort Willow Vervaine Gumsz Myrch Frankincense Saccocolla Jucies thickned Aloes Hypocstis Rosins Pitch Terpenrine Of compounds Oyntment of Lituridge of Betony II. Scarbringers are Medicaments which consume both that which flowes to and that humor which is already in the flesh that the flesh may be changed into the similitude of Skin Thick are of thick substance vehemently drying astringent and contracting The cheife are Roots of tormentil Cinquesoil Herbes Comfry Thorough-waxe Horse-taile Plantane Flowers balaustians Juyces concrete Coral Aloes Juyce of dragon Earths Alum Ecle Armeniack Metelline substances Lead Cadmia Litteridg Brass-burnt and washed Antimony III. Hitherto belong Vulnerary Medicaments of which vulnerary potions are made And they are the roots of greate Comfry Bistort Tormentil Leaves of Ladymantile Shephards-pouch Golden-rod Balsaminum Vervaine Fluellin St. Johns-wort Millefoil Sanicle Hors-taile Elme Plantaine Betony Cypress Mouse-eare Flowers of red-roses St. Johns wort Balaustians Fruits Cypress nuts Gums Teares Frankincense Aloe Mastich Teares of the firr Terpentine pine and larch rosins Stone-pitch liquor of Elme-leaves Gum Elemi Gum of Juniper of Ivie of Tragant Tacamahaca caranna Sarcocolla Dragons-Blood c. Point III. Of Milke and Seed-breeders 1. Milk-breeding Medicaments in this place are such as both helpe to make good blood and moderately attenuate the same and bring it to the Duggs such as are these following green Fenel the seed thereof Green Dil Smalladge pouder of Christal Decoction of Colewort Butter taken with milke and fenel Smyrnium Polium Rocket c. II. Seed-breeding Medicaments both those which carrie matter to the spermatick vessels and they which provoke to the expulsion of seed whether they fil it with wind or ad a spir or provocation thereto The cheif are these Roots of Eryngos Satyrion Ginger Seeds of Rocket Mustard Nettles Pepper Fruits Pine-kernels Pistachios Hasel nuts the Pap of the Indian nut Parts of Animals Reins of the Scinci Braines of Sparrowes Stags-Pizzle Cocks-stones Article IV. Of corrupting Medicaments Corruptive Medicaments are 1. Rubisiers 2. Vesicatories 3. Such as induce a Grust 4. Burners 5. Corrosives 6. Putrefiers 7. Psilothra hair-grubbers 8. Milke-wasters 9. Seed-confounders 1. Rubifiers make the skin red and draw Humors from the inner parts of the Body into the skin such as are the Roots of Thapsia Seeds of Water-cresses Nettles Mustard II. Vesicatories raise bladders and by their Ardency draw forth humors The cheife are Roots of Bind-weed Pellitoty Squil Garlick Thapsia Herbs Doves-foot Flammula Crow-foot Seed Of water cresses Mustard Also Euphorbium Leaven Soap Pidgeons-dung Cantharides III. Crust-Creators do not only raise up the scarfe-skin but also burne the skin it self howbeit their operation goes no further IV. Burners or Causticks bring a thiker crust than the former and often work upon the flesh beneathe the cheife are White Hellebore ashes of vine-dregs ashes of the fig-tree Ashe and savine tree Brass-burnt flower of brass quick-lime Vitriol orpment Arfenick mercury sublimate Salt made of Lie of which soap is made V. Corroders take away proude flesh and do by little and little melt the upper surface thereof The milder are Roots of white vine black-hellebore Ashes of the Oake fig-tree Conchylium Aloe Alum burnt lead Ancimony calcined The stronger are Quick-lime Flower of Brass Brass-burnt Vitriol calcined
Quick-silver precipitate Sublimate Oyl of vitriol sulphur c. VI. Putrifiers do melt hard flesh Such are Arsenick Orpment Chrysocolla dryopteris Pityocampe aconitum Sandarach VII Hair-grubbers are such medicines as pluck up by the Roots the Haires of the Body so as to make the part where they are applied bald and smooth such as are strong lie quick-lime ants-egs sandarach arsenick orpment c. VIII Milke-wasters do either incrassate and thicken the blood by overcooleing it or they dry up and digest the same or finally they do by their whole substance destroy the Milke Such are Mints Sage Calamint Coriander Henbane Oyl of unripe Olives Vinigar Camphire IX Seed confounders do either coole thicken or discuss the same or consume it by an hidden property Such are Mint Rue Agnus Castus Dil Seeds of Hempe Fleawort Lettuce Purslaine Champhire c. Article V. Of Medicaments which take somewhat away Point 1. Of Purgeing Medicaments Medicaments which take something from the Body are 1. Purgers 2. Vomiters 3. Diureticks 4. Sweaters 5. Transpirers 6. Braine-purgers 7. Expectorators Purgers are such Medicaments as drive out by stool such humors as preternaturally nestle themselves in mans body And they are 1. Choler-purgers 2. Phlegm-purgers 3. Melancholly-purgers 4. Water-purgers 5. Purgers of all humors together 1. Choller-purgers are medicaments which drive out preternatural choler And they are 1. Mild as among simples Cassia fistularis which because it is hurtful to a moist slippery belly and to the stomach and is windy it is corrected with a graine or two of peper aniseed or Cinamon and is given in a bole commonly from sixe drams to two ounces to children two drams may be given Tamarins or Indian dates convenient for hot Constitutions which because of their coldness are corrected with Cinnamon and Mace and by reason of their lazyness they are quickned with whey of Goates-milk They are given in Pulpe from an ounce to two ounces or three and in the Infusion to five ounces Manna Calabrina which is safe in al cases excepting burning fevers t is quickned with syrup of Roses solutive It is taken in Prune-broath or the Broath of a Cock or Hen to the Quantity of three or four ounces Aloe Soccotrina which taken in too greate a Quantity inflames the Liver because it opens the orifices of the Veines t is not safe for women with child Nor is it good for hot and dry natures 'T is nourished or impredgnated with juice of damaske Roses 'T is corrected with mastich because of its Acrimonie It is given from halfe a dram to a dram more see thereof Solenander sect 3. Counsel 29. Rhubarb the soule of the Liver which must not be given alone because it is apt to fume and easily exhales but with endive water or syrup of Roses solutive it must not be given to such as are troubled with the strangury nor those that are subject to the Hemorrhoides 'T is corrected with Cinnamon Spicknard Schenanth 'T is given from one dram to two drams Damaskroses musked fragrant bitter and detergent Their Virtue is encreased if two ounces of whey be mixed with an ounce of their juyce a little spike and Cinnamon being added Violets which are of like vertue with roses exceeding good in diseases of the Brest and Head-ache Terpentine especially pistick which with pouder of Lycoris and Sugar is made into Boles and given to clense the kidnies Lemnius commends it in a potion Among compounds are Syrup of roses solutive hurtful for women with child because it opens the veines of the wombe from two ounces to four Rose-leaves must be gathered while the morning dew is upon them Their strength lasts hardly beyond six monthes Syrup of the flowers of Acacia de Manna Laxativus Horstius his syrupe of tamarinds with senna Pilulae Angelicae Benedicta Bejeri Hiera mellita from a dram to four drams II. The stronger are amonge simples Asarum which being long boiled loses its strength very wel beaten it moves vomit It is given with whey wine and honey sod together Scammonie which must never be given to such as are inclined to vomit feverish weak persons in the summer in broaths alone because its acrimonie disturbes the body inflames the spirits hurts the principal parts 'T is corrected with juice of Quinces mucilage of Gum Tragant spirit of sulphur or vitriol Being corrected t is called Diagrydium 'T is given from five graines to fifteen Of compounds are Pilulae Rhudji to a scruple Aureae which are most in use Extract of Scamonie The Magisterie thereof which see in Mynsichtus and Grulingius II. Phlegme-purging Medicaments are such as draw excrementitious flegm out of the Body And they are 1. More gentle among simples Myrobalans Chebulan and Emblican which are to be avoided in obstructions of the Gutts or Bowels they are steeped in Chick-broath to an ounce or boiled therein with muscadine Cnicus or Carthamus seeds which purge water and crude flegme and raise wind because they provoke vomit they are corrected with Anise Ginger and Mastich Mechoacan which is of subtile parts mingled with Earthy Of exquisite tertian Agues it makes double ones It works most happily in the forme of a pouder or if it be steeped a night in wine or broath and drunke in the Morning Amonge compounds are spices of Hiera picra simple Lozenges of Mechoacan described by Horstius II. Vehement Flegme-purgers are among simples Agarick which by a peculiar Faculty frees the Lungs from clammy thick and putrid humors 'T is â—afer in the Infusion than in the substance Jalop which is most proper where choler is mixt with flegme The Dose is from a scruple to two scruples with cream of Tartar ... It has in it somwhat of Acrimony Turpetum gummie and white which because it hurts the Stomach provokes Vomit is corrected with Ginger Pepper and Cinnamon By its dryness it brings the bodies of those that over use it into a Consumption It works best in a decoction Coliquintida which purges thick and clammy Humors from the remote parts and because it sticks to the fibres of the stomach it provokes vomiting It must not be corrected by astringents for they detain it being a violent medicine too long in the Body Hermodactyls which purge thick humors from the Joynts and are corrected by atenuaters Euphorbium which is hot and dry in the fourth degree because it inflames the Jaws and Throat vexes the Stomach and Liver raises cold sweat 't is corrected with cordials and Stomach strengtheners but best of al with Oyl of Roses It must not be used inwardy before it be a year old Sagapenum which brings out clammy and thick Humors Of compounds are Pils of Sagapena of Horstius and Camillus Syrup of Coloquintida and Lozenges of Jalap c. III. Melancholy purgers are such as drive excrementitious melancholy out of the Body And they are 1. Gentle Among simples Indian Myrobalans which are principally given in quartan Agues and purge adust choler Epithymum which by a
hair of the Juice of Ivy of Fleuellen of Scabious of Tobacco Oxymel simple of Squils Lohoch of Colts-foot of Fox-lungs Lohoch sanum and Expertum de Passulis de althea Conserves of Bortys Veronica Pulmonaria maculosa Hedera terrestris Electuaries Treacle Mithridate Speices diaireos simple Diatragacanthum frigidum Diapenidium Diathamarum Fecular Aronis Flowers of Brimstone of Benzoin Trochiscks Bechicâ—albi and nigri Diaireos II. External Heaters are I Of the simples al those in a manner which we formerly mustered II. Of compounds Oiles of Orice Rue Costus Cheiri Sweet almonds and bitter Lillies Line Fatts Goose-fat which most penetrates Deer-suer Hens-grease Mucilages of Lin-seed Fenigreek marshmallowes with Safron Ointments of Marsh-mallowes Pectoral ointment and Unguentum Resumptivum Point 2. Of cooling Chest-medicaments Cooling Chest medicatâ—â—â—s are internal or external I. The internal are I. Of simples Roots of Garden Endive Lamb-tongueplantane Polypody Leaves of porslane Water-lillys Colewort Flowers of Violets mallowes Water lillys Bugloss Cichory red poppy roses Seeds the four great and smal cool-seeds seeds of poppy mallowes quinces barly Fruits Hungarian spanish prunes mulberries Jujubes sebestens of water thistle of sweet briar dried Woods red sanders yellow sanders white Sanders Gum tragant Arabick Animals River crabs whey Goates-milk II. Of compounds Waters of a capon simple and compound of veale mallowes Violets water-lillies red popie Distilled oiles of purple violets sweet almonds Emulsions of white poppie porslane cold seeds Decoctions Decoctum pectorale in the London Dispensatory of a Capon Syrups of violets Jujubees Water-lillies Gourds red poppie porslane Dialthâ—ae Fernelij Lohoch de Psyllio of reisins of Cole stalkes of poâ—slane of marsh-mallowes Electuaries Diacodium of the Physitians of Augsburge new Treacle Conserves of roses violets with boile-Armeniack Spanish Lettuce Species Diatragacanthi frigidi Diapenidij Roules of diatragacanthum frigidum Diamargaritum frigidum diapenidium sugar of roses in Lozenges II. External are I. Of simples the Leaves before aleadged Animals fresh may butter not salted barrowes grease Mucilages of Fleawort seeds of Quince seeds of Fenigreek of marsh-mallowes Oiles of violets white lillies Article 4. Of Cardiac or Heart-Medicines Point 1. Of Heating Heart-Medicines Cardiack-medicaments are such as are good for the Heart whether given in or outwardly applied and they are also hot or cold Internal are I. Of simples Roots of Scordium Doronicum Angelica Devils-bit Master-wort Vince-toxicum Scorzonera Dictamnus Contrajerva Tormentil Leaves of Baum scordium sage Tormentil carduus Scabious Fluellen Cardiaca Goates Rue Garden and wild Cresses Flowers of the Gilloflower rosemary scabious Centaury Baum Tormentil Borrage Bugloss Seeds of Citrons Aurenges Carduus Rue Lovage Navew Spices Nutmeg Cassia lignea Safron Cloves Woods Lignum Aloes Gums myrrh Camphire Benzoin Mastich Sea-commodities Amber Ambar-greise Earths and stones Bole-Armeniack Terra sigillata Turcica and stringensis Perles Corals fragments of the five precious stones Animals Bezoar stone Harts-horne Rhinocerots Horn Bone out of the Heart of a Stag. II. Of compounds spirits of Elder and juniper berries baume Elixir of Citrons with spirit of muscadine Distilled waters Of Carduus baum Citron-flowers scabious marigolds scordium Carbuncles Cinnamon with Cordial flowers Bezoardica senerty Distilled oyls of Cinnamon Citron baum Ambar Cloves Nutmegs Tinctures of ambar Elixir proprietatis Extracts of Angelica Carduus Citron peeles Lignum aloes Vince toxicum Zedoary Safron Essences the magistery of Cinnamon Essence of Ambar of Citrons of Perles of Vervaine Juyces of Citrons with their barks of Pomgranates Gelly of Harts horne made with Vinegar of Harts horne and scordium Syrups of Citron peeles with and without musk and Ambar Scordium Carduus Orenges baum Gilloflowers Pomgranates veronica Borrage Bugloss Gallangal Conserves of Baum Citron-flowers Orenges Gillowflowers Marygolds Borrage Bugloss Preserves of Citron peeles Orenge peeles Indian Nut Scorzonera roots elecampane roots Electuaries Treacle Mithridate Confectio Alkermes Diascordium Fracastorij Species and pouders of Diamargartium calidum Diamoschi Diambrae Bezoardicus II. External are I. Of simples those which have been reckoned up before 1. The compounds likewise are the same viz. waters juices distilled oiles Of these Epithemes bags Fomentations and Linements are made Point 2. Of cooleing Heart-medicaments Cooleing Hart-medicaments are either Internal or External I. The Internal are I. Of simples Roots of Dandelyon Sorrel Leaves of Sorrel wood-sorrel Water-lillyes Flowers of violets Cichory Water-lillies Seeds the four cold seeds Fruits of Rasberry red Corants Barberries Citrons Aurenges Pomegranats Sweet briar berries dried Woods the three Sanders Earths and medicines from Animals are those before mentioned II. Of compounds Waters of Sorrel Straw-berries black Cherries Quinces Hart-Stones Juyces of Citrons Pomegranates Rasberries Vinegar of Roses Gelly of Harts-horn made with Elder-flower Vinegar Syrups of juyce of Citrons of Pomegranates of Wood sorrel of juyce of Red Corrants Strawberries Lorrals Violets Conservs of Citron flowers of Aurenges of the pulp of Citrons of Roses of Acacia Preservs of Red and White Corants Barberies Citron Meates Eglancine berries Species and Powders of Diamargaritum frigidum Diatrion santalon Magistery of Perles of Corals Article 5. Of Stomach Medicaments Point 1. Of hot Stomach Medicaments Stomach medicaments are such as heat the stomach or cool it and that either taken inwardly or outwardly applied Internal stomach-heaters are 1. Of simples Roots of Pimpinel Rhaponticum Galangal Zedoary Calamus Aromaticus Caryophyllata Leaves of Roman and common Wormwood red and garden Mint Cardiaca Cichory Agrimony Marjerom Seeds the four greater and lesser cool seeds Coriander prepared Fruits Juniper berries bay-berries Aurenges Indian Nut. Spices Nutmeg Ginger Mace Cloves Cinnamon Galangal Cubebs al sorts of Pepper Cassia Lignea Woods Lignum Aloes Guajacum Citron Peels Orenge Peels Gums of Mastich Sea-medicines Ambar Ambar-greise Of Compounds Spirits of Muscadine of Rhenish Wine of vitriol of Mastich of Wormwood of Rosemary of Cinnamon of bread Distilled Waters of Mints of Betony Sage of Cinnamon with and without Wine Elixir vitae of Baum with Wine of Zedoary with Wine Distilled Oyls of Peper Calamus Aromaticus Cloves Mace Cinnamon Caraway Fennel Wormwood Orenge Peels Tinctures Elixir Proprietatis of Amber of Corals of Sassafras Wood. Extracts of Lignum aloes Wormwood calamus aromaticus Essences of Rosemary Citrons Wormwood Aurenges whereunto belong Salt of Wormwood Juniper Syrups of Cinnamon Mints Wormwood Betony Mastich Oximel sciliticum Syrup of St. Johns-wort flowers Conservs of Wormwood Mints Betony Red Roses vitriolated Preservs of China Ginger true Acorus Galangal Citron Peels Orenge peels Nutmegs Indian Nut Myrobalans Species and Pouders Aromaticum Rosatum Diatrion pipereon Diaxyloaloes Imperial species Stomach-pouder of Brickmannus II. External are 1. Of simples such as have been already reckoned up and of Gums Ladanum Tacamahaca Styrax calamites 2. Of Compounds there are besides the aforesaid the Balsams of Peru Camemel Romane Oyntments Stomach Oyntment Martiatum magnum Emplasters and Cataplasmes Emplastrum Stomachle de Crusta panis de Baccis Lauri de mastiche Point 2. Of Stomach Cooling Midicaments Cooling
Stomach medicines are also internal and external I. Internal I. Of Simples Roots of Cichory Sorrel Asparagus Water-lillies Leavs Endive Sorrel porslane mirtle Flowers of Roses Violets balaustians Seeds the four cool seeds barley Sorrel seeds Rose seeds Fruits Citrons Quinces Orenges Pomegranates myrtle berries medlars Tamarinds Corants melons and cowcombers Woods Sanders Stones Red corals II. Of Compounds waters of Roses Acacia Strawberries plantane porslane Quinces Juyces such as are mentioned among cooling Heart-medicines Syrups of corals Juyce of citrons Juyce of sowr Grapes of Quinces of Acacia of pomegranates Julep of Roses and of Violets Conservs of Roses vitriolated of Acacia Flowers Oak-tops citron-flowers Confects of Cichory Roots Quinces Spanish Lettuce Diacidonium simplex Species and Pouders Diatrion santalon Diarhodon Abbatis Diamargariti frigidi II. Externals are I. Of simples those we mentioned for inward medicaments II. Of compounds Oyl of Roses Violers Quinces Water-lillies unripe Olives Article 6. Of Epatick Medicaments Point 1. Of hot Liver Medicaments Liver medicaments are hot or cold and they are internal or external I. The Internal are 1. Of simples Roots the five opening greater and lesser of Pimpinel wild Radish Squills rhaponticum verum Rhubarb Leaves of Agrimony Eupatorium of Mesuae Kunigund is her herb Mountain Chamaedrys Centaury water-cresses Betony Liver-wort Ground-pine Flowers of Centauty Spike Squinanes Elder Liverwort Hops Seeds of Orenges Citrons Brooklime Seseli Fiuits Aurenges reisons Juniper berries Spices Cinnamon Saffron Acorus Zedoary Indian Spiknard Cassia lignea Woods Legnum aloes Guajacum Santalum citrinum II. Of Compounds Spirits of Elder Guajacum Wormwood Centory Waters of the Herbs aforesaid Oyls of Sage Orenges Wormwood Juniper berries Mace Nutmeges Tinctures Elixir proprietais of Lignum Sassafras Extract of Gentian Carduus Lignum aloes Wormwood Guaiacum Veronica Calamus aromaticus Syrups of Ground-Oak Byzantinus Syrupus so called of Hops of Wormwood Conservs of Chamaedrys Sage Wormwood Fumitory Rosemary Flowers Preservs of Acorus Citron peeâ—s Citrons Pimpinel roots Species and Pouders Diacurcumae Dialaccae Diaxyloasoes Diamargariti calidi II. The external are I. Of Simples those formerly alleadged II. Of Compounds Oyl of Roses Quinces Water lillies unripe Olives Ointments Unguentum Santalinum Refringerans Galeni Rosatum Mesues Plaisters Cerotum Santalinum Diaphaenicon frigidum Emplastrum de succo Ciculae Article 7 Of Splenetick Medicaments Point 1. Of hot Splenetick Medicaments Splenetick Medicaments are hot or cold and both are internal and external I. Internal hot Medicaments are 1. Of Simples the Roots of Fern which is counted an appropriate medicament of Scorzonera of Orice of Florence of Polipody of the Oak of Caryophy llata of wild Radish Leavs of Scolopendrium Harts-tongue Scurvy-grass Tamarisk Dodder Hops Fumitory Brook-â—ime Chervil Galiopfis Ground Oak Flowers of Hops Broom Elder Chamaemel Fumitory Liver-wort Seeds of Ash Ammios Water-cresses Chervil Mustard Nettle wild Parsenip Scurvy-grass Spices Saffron Epithymum Woods of Sassafras Lignum aloes Barks of Cappar Roots middle rind of the Ash Tree of the Elder and Tamarisk Tree Gums of Ammoniacum dissolved in Vinegar of Squils II. Of Compounds Spirits of Wine tartarized of Centory of vitriol of Mars of Tartar simple and compound of Brook-Lime of Scurvy-grass of Guajacum of Juniper berries Waters of Dodder Melissa compound Hops Water-cresses Scurvy-grass Fumitory Tincture of Mars Extracts of the Spleen of Jove Scolopendrium Harts-Tongue Scordium Fumitory polypody Essences of Scurvy-grass of Epythymum of Chamaedrys Fumitory Dodder Cappars Syrups of Scolopendrium Fernelii of Broom Flowers of Epithimum of Scurvy-grass of Apples Forestus his Syrup against the scurvy Conservs of scurvy-grass scolopendria broom-flowers Fumitory Veronica Ground-Oak Pimpinel Species of Dialacca Diacurcuma Dicapparum of Hollerius Tartarus Vitriolatus II. External medicaments are I. Of simples those already reckoned and of Gums Ladanum Tacamahaca styrax II. Of compounds besides the forementioned there are Balsams of Peru of Romane Chamaemel of Mastich Vnguents Unguentum stomachale Martiatum magnum Plaisters and Cataplasmes Emplastrum stomachale de Crusta panis de Baccis Lauri de Mastichae Point 2. Of cooling Stomach-medicaments Also cooling stomach medicaments are either internal or external I. The Internal are I. Of Simples the Roots of Cychory sorrel Asparagus water-lillies Leavs al sorts of Endive sorrel porslane myrtle Flowers of Roses Violets Balaustians Seeds the four greater cool seeds barley sorrel and Rose seeds Fruits Citrons Quinces Orenges Pomegranates myrtils medlars Tamarinds red and white corants melons cucumbers Woods sanders Stones red-coral II. Of compounds waters of Roses Acacia strawberries Plantane porslane Quinces Juyces those which have been mentioned among the cooling Heart Medicaments Syrups of corals Juyce of citrons sour Grapes Quinces Acacia Pomegranates Julep of Roses and Violets Conservs of Roses Vitriolated Flowers of Acacia Tops of Oak citron flowers Preservs of Cichory roots of Quinces of Spanish Lettuce Diacydonium simplex Species and pouders Diatrion santalon Diarrhodon Abbatis Diamargaritum frigidum II. External are I. Of simples those already reckoned among the internal medicaments II. Of compounds oyl of Roses violets Quinces of unripe Olives Article 6. Of Liver-medicaments Point I. Of Heating Liver medicaments Liver medicaments are heating or cooling And the former are internal or external I. The Internal are 1. Of simples Roots The five opening roots greater lesses roots of pimpinel wild-redish squil Rhapontick Rhubarb Leaves of Agrimony of Eupatorium of Mesue of true mountaine groud oake Centory the less Water-Cresses Betony Liver wort ground pine Flowers of Centory the less spicknard Squinanth Elder Liver-wort Hops Seeds of orenges Citrons Brooklime Seâ—eli Fruits Orenges Raysons Juniper berries Spices Cinnamon Safron Acorus Zedoary Indian spike Cassialignia Woods Lignum Aloes Guajacum Santalum citrinum 2. Of compounds the Spirit of Elder berries Guajacum wormwood Centory the less Waters distilled of the foresaid Herbes Oyles of sage Orenge-peels wormwood Juniper Mace Nutmegs Tinctures Elixir proprietatis of Lignum Sassafras Extracts of Gentian Carduus Lignumaloes Wormwood Guajacum Veronica Calamus aromaticus Syrups of Ground oake Byzantinus Hops wormwood Conserves of Ground-oake Sage Wormwood Fumitory Rosemary Flowers Preserves of Acorus Orenge-peeles Citron peeles Citron pap pimpinel rootes Species and poâ—â—ders Diacurcuma Dialacca Diaxuloaloes Diamargaritum calidum II. The Eternal are I. Of simples those before specified of which decoctions Bags and fomentations may be made Ointments are Unguentum Nardinum Martiatum Plasters Diaphaenicon calidum de Baccis Lauri Oxycroceum Point 2. Of Liver-coolers Liver coolers are either internal or external I. The internal are I. Of Simples Roots of Aspragus Grass Water lilies Strawberry Sorrel Cichory Leaves of Sorrel Strawberry Asparagus Sowthistle Garden Endive porslane Lettice Water lillie Flowers of Roses Cichory Bugloss Balaustians Water Lillies Acacia red-poppy Seeds the four great and smal coole seeds barley white popy violets Fruites Pomegranates c. which we have reckoned among stomach-coolers See Gums and precious stones in the same place From Animals shavings of Harts hoâ—ne and Ivory whey of Goates-milk II. Of compounds Spirit of
impostums of the Brain abundance of Yellow Choler c. Or else they exalt the same such as are hot and dry temperaments that cause an inordinate motion of the Animal spiritts Or else lastly They impede and hinder the motion of the Animal spirits and such are a less than is requisite conformity of the head and brain the over great thickness of the same c. The CURE respects the several Causes and may be taken and understood by what hath been already above spoken Those medicaments that are appropriated either for the conservation or restoration of the memory are reputed and accounted to be that they term Tinctura lunae taken in the water of lilies of the vally The pouder of Trithemius of which there is sufficiently spoken in the miracles of Mullerus the Anacardine Confection in weight half a dram thereof exhibited and taken with al possible cautions unless haply an hot and dry temperament hinder it Those things that resist and therfore are good against a cold and moist distemper are that water that Practitioners cal Aqua Magnanimitatis Cunradi The lily of the vallys balm frankinsence in weight half a scruple taken with wine Nutmeg c. Toughing which consult the practitioners in Physick Article II. Delirium or dotage A deliry or dotage is a depravation of the Phantasie and the ratiocination Faculty arising from the bringing and presenting of an absurd and inconvenient Phantasme The SIGNES of a delirium beginning are garrulity or talkativeness in a person of few words and so on the contrary fierceness in a quiet and mild person ribaldry and scurilous speech the quick motion of the eyes in regard that they are associated with the brain Arteries veins and nerves a pulse with perturbation in the Hypocondria But the signs of that that is present are speeches and actions that the patient hath been altogether unaccustomed unto and which in themselves are indeed very absurd and incongruous The CAUSE hereof is an absurd Phantasme having its rise and original from a default in the Animal spirits as wel those that are fixed as those that are movable which ought to be pure clear and transparent temperate and regularly and ordinatly movable For if they swerve from those aforesaid requisites there is then an error and mistake communicable unto the Phantasmes about and upon which the Reason is employed and busied and then those Phantasms are represented unto the intellect or understanding otherwise than they ought to be The CURE is different according to the variety of the differences It is divided into a dotage that we cal primary and that which we cal sympathetical I. The Primary is that when the brain is in its one proper substance and essence that is in it selfe affected and this is either with a feaver of which more in the Chapter following or else without a feaver containing under it as wel that wherein Paraphora and Leron that is to say an error of the mind or a dotage and busying of it about toies and trifles proceeding from the imbycillity of the principal faculty by reason of an immoderate flux of blood or else by reason of long continued watchings as that we term downright folly in the which the principal faculties are not only impared and diminished but likewise extreamly depraved and corrupted II. That which is sympathetical when the Cause is communicated from other parts It is disposed and divided into that which is without a feaver which comprehendeth under it temulency or a kind of drunkeness and distemper brought upon the spirits either by wine or beer or else from hemp darnel henbain the dry sticks of that they cal Levanthe the rinds of mandragoras opium and the like Those things that preserve are the smal strings of wormwood and Rew eaten upon an empty stomach the cabbage or colewort and a morsel of bread eaten after a draught as aforesaid those things that accomplish the cure are vomits and the use of things Acid and sharp c. and into that that is with a feaver which often hapeneth in acute feavers and not otherwise And then the feaver is at hand and presently appeareth if it shew it selfe in the very begining without any apparent signs of concoction it introduceth a Phrensie which is quallified in great part removed by sleep but if it happen to be with concoction and other hopeful signs and tokens then it is Critical and decretory It is cured 1. By revulsion by the opening of a vein in the feet and other such like remedies 2. by tempering and allaying the extraordinary heat of the blood in the head by topical or local medicaments 3. By the application of hypnoticks or medicaments caussing sleep 4. both by the evacuation of the matter which hath already seized the head and this is to be done by openining either the forehead or the tongue vein and likwise by the discussion of the said matter by applying unto the head pidgons dissected and cut in midst and withal the decoction of Camomile c. Or else it happeneth in an inflamation of the parts and especially the diaphragme And then the breathing is unequal the Hypocondria are violently drawn back more inwardly there is likewise Joyned therewith a deliry or dotage together with a Cough and a pain of the side The Cure ought to proceed according to the Nature and condition of the part affected Article III. Of a Phrensie A Phrensie is a perpetual and Continual deliry or dotage arising from the Inflamation of the Membranes of the brain and afflicting the Patient with a continued Feaver The SIGNS are a perpetual doting a continual Feaver incessant watchings and short and frequent drawing of the breathe The CAUSE is an inflamation of the Membranes of the Brain of the which we have already above treated in this very Book The CURE ought to be ordained according to the Disease the Nature of the watchings and the suppression of the Urine In this distemper Venesection or blood-letting is one especial if not the only Remedy But then a plentiful measure or as we say good store of blood is somtimes to be drawn forth at the Nostrils by putting up a Feather made into the fashion of a Star even unto the very Root of them and forcibly turned about therein But touching what we are now upon more may be seen in what hath been already delivered concerning the Inflamation of the brain Neither must we forget by reason of those aforesaid watchings together with repellers to mingle Hypnoticks that cause rest or else they ought to be administred severally and by themselves alone as we see good Three grains of Opiat Laudanum cautelously administred in a convenient liquor least the Phrensie should by any means degenerate into that Disease we cal Veternus that is the Lethargy or drousie distemper are very much commended This said mutation or change is wont to happen either of its own accord or else because the sick persons neglect cannot endure to reply unto
cerote of one part of pure Ladanum with too parts of wax applied an hour before dinner is good 3. By a contrary diet Article IV. Of the tumors of the stomach A tumor of the stomach is when the same is elevated into a bulke or magnitude greater than is due It contains under it three things I. Inflamation which is known both from the general signs and also from the vehement pain heat thirst a most burning feaver vomiting or often going to stool unless when the orifice or pylorus is possest to these are added the symptoms of the principal faculties if the brain be drawn into consent It ariseth from blood preternaturally poured forth by the veins derived from the porta whether it be pure or mixt whether sent thither or attracted T is cured after the manner of other inflamations where observe 1. that emptying by vomiting or stool is not convenient unless where there is an eruption of matter collected 2. Bleeding is rather to be repeated than to take much blood at once 3. Amongst external repellers sugar of saturne with plantaâ—â— or nightshade water adding a little of wormwood or mint is commended internal things ought to be administred with a moderate actual coldness 4. resolvers which ought to be gentle and Emollient must be corrected with astringents by reason of the excellency of the part 5. If suppuration cannot be prevented the heat must be cherisht with things moderately hot moist and clammy both inwardly and outwardly 6. The imposthumation may excellently wel be broken either with the juice of Scabious alone or mixt with honey 'T is divided according to the parts of the stomach One is of the whol stomach in which what posture soever the sick lyeth down in he is ful of pain Another is of part of the stomach 1. Either external in which the pain after the concoction of the meat is encreased by reason of the intension of the transverse fibres the appetite is not very bad nothing of the impostumation is cast up by vomit Or of the internal part in which al things are contrary but 't is better if the matter pass into this than under the peritoneum because there it may easily be purged forth but here not so 2. Either of the upper part in which because 't is endued with exquisite sence there happen most greivous symptomes and the strictness is most of al perceived towards the latter end of swallowing where the attraction is strongest Or of the lower part in which the pain is encreased more in the disgestion of the meat 3. Or of the former part in which the tumor may be perceived by the touch Or of the hinder part in which if the outside be affected the sick can hardly lie down on his back if the inside not easily on his face II. An Oedema and Schirrus of which we meet with nothing remarkable III. An Inflation when the magnitude of the stomach is increased by wind conteined in its capacity 't is knowen by its distension molesting the region of the stomach above the navel by the tumor and by its resisting the touch by belchings with which the malady is eased It ariseth from matter ministring wind of which in its differences T is hardly cut'd if it befal one recovering because it signifies a relapse if it be in acute Feavers because it shews that the natural heat is wasted by the preternatural if it last long because it endeth in a dry dropsy How it may be be cured see in the differences 'T is divided according to the nature of the causes 1. One is from windy nourishment which is knowen by the patients relation 't is cured with good dyet and discussives to wit with balsome of fenel oyl of carawaies inwardly and outwardly applied by baths of warm water in which are boyled danewort roots by baggs by bread hot out of the oven sprinkled with oyl of Rue 2. Another is from a flegmatick matter which causeth wind and is known from the signs of a flegmatick distemper 't is taken away by emptying the matter prepared and discussing the wind a great cupping glass also doth discuss being applyed with much fire without scarification and often repeated and one dram of sows pasterne bones burnt and prepared with Rue water given in a draft of wine Article 5. Of the wounds and ulcers of the Stomach I. The wounds of the Stomach are known from hence that the belly is loose deeper over against the Stomach hickops and vomiting of choler do ensue sometimes the meat and drink is cast up again They are no waies cured if the whol body of the Stomach be perforated or if its upper part about the orifice be wounded very difficultly if only the outer coat and if the bottome of the Stomach which is fleshy and able to endure medicines The cure is accomplisht as in other wounds mastick any waies taken is good The wound that penetrates and is large ought to be sowed up leaving an orifice in the lower part they must abstaine from al sharp things in their dyet II. An ulcer of the Stomach is knowen by the pricking and ulcerous paine by a heat molesting above the navel caused by the receiving in of hot meat by stinking belchings by causes generating ulcers by a slow feaver c. It arises 1. From external things as sharp medicines and poysons and then the relation of the patient which shew it 2. From sharp humors there derived from some other part or generated there and then we must have recourse to the distemper with matter 3. From an impostumation broke after inflamation and then this was precedent 4. From the rupture of a veine and then vomiting of blood proceeds 'T is hardly cured both because detersives cause paine and because being alwaies moistened by the chyle it cannot be dryed Inveterate ulcers cause a lientery In the cure note 1. The humors if there be any ought to be brought forth only with lenitives 2. Vomits are wholly to be shunned lest that which is ulcerated be delacerated more 3. To internal consolidating medicines somwhat moderately abstersive is alwaies to be mixed Chap 2. Of the Symptomes of the Stomach Article 1. Of the pain and heat of the Stomach THe Symptomes of the Stomach are Paine Heat want of appetite too great appetite a vitious appetite too great thirst hurt of concoction hickops belching rumblings nauseousness Vomiting and the Cholerick passion I. The paine in the stomach is a sad sensation of the same arising either from things that distend it or knaw it and so dissolve its continuity There is no need of Signs in this symptom unless the patient be diseased in mind The Cause is explained in the definition and we shal be more large of it in its differences The Cure hath respect unto 1. The symptome it selfe if it be too urgent in rebating of which a bagg made of the roots of marsh mallows camomel flowers red roses wormwood is good Quercetans anodyne water
Aloes Zedoary the Juyce of Rhadish and cresses Cold hearts horne burnt Purslane Water juyce of Endive Grass Water with a little Vinegar and Sugar Of Internal Compositions the Pouder of Dr. Mencelius my wives Granfather excels 't is compounded of the Flowers of Centory the less tansie St. Johns wort each two drams of the flowers of Wormwood Savine Peaches of each one dram and an half of the Roots of white dittander gentian asarabacca of each one dram of red Corals prepared burnt harts born prepared of each two scruples Seeds of Artichoke Purslane citron cummin Seseli Coleworts Coriander prepared Sorrel of each half a dram Choice Rhubarbe one dram Myrrh Saffron of each half a dram Scammony prepared Trochiskes of Alhandal of each two scruples Salt of Wormwood half a scruple Coralline half an ounce Of which you may give from one scruple to one dram in Cows Milk upon an empty Stomach two hours before meat Outwardly is commended the cerote compounded of Myrrb Saffron Liver colord Aloes of each as much as is sufficient with Rose Vineger and an Oxe Gal and applied both to the Mouth of the Stomach and to the back see more amongst Authors II. By things that drive them forth which are melted butter great quantity of Oyl a Bath of sweet Milk fuming hot if the Worms be yet alive Diaturbith with Rhubarb Ruffus Pils and de Tribus Solutivis if they be dead The Difference is taken from their figure I. Some are smooth or round in which the knawing of the Belly is more vehement a dry cough more frequent the hickops nauseousness loathing of meat faintings of the heart troubled dreams with trembling rising up crying out motion of the Jaws c. Clysters are not convenient for these unless they be dead II. Others are broad in which the Excrements are not unlike to gourd Seeds there is an insatiable desire of meat and a quick casting forth of the Body of that which is taken a greater leanness and wasting of the Body a pain somtimes in the right side somtimes in the left Fearn or its water is good against them Walnuts Treacle with Vinegar or the Juyce of Lemons Concerning the broad worm see Tulpius in his observations III. Others are called Ascarides in which there is a continual pain a most troublesome itching about the Fundament as if it were ful of Aunts with a heaviness in the back continual Motions to stool moth-like worms are every where mixt with the Excrements of the Belly which smel very strong c. Article IV. Of the Rupture of the Guts A Rupture of the Guts is a falling down of the Guts out of their place 'T is called by the Greeks Kele by the Latines otherwise Ramix and Ruptura The SIGNS are a Tumor which somtimes encreaseth somtimes decreaseth according as a greater part of it it fals down or is filled with wind or Excrement there is no pain unless by chance the Excrements be fallen thither The Patient being prest down or laid on his back the guts slide back into the belly and that with a murmur c. The CAUSES are those things which can Relax or break the process derived from the Peritonaeurn as shal be said in the Differences The CURE is not to be neglected both because that thin and Nervous Membrane cannot easily be united and because somtimes the Patient his Guts being inflamed is brought into danger of his life and the Guts inflamed do mortefie It respects 1. The Replacing of the Guts which if they be swelled with wind as the rumbling in the Guts and breaking of wind do declare it must be done by discussives if they swel with Excrements hardned then both with Emollient Clysters and Cataplasmes and Fomentations If with Flegmatick matter it must by little and little be emptyed by Clysters and suppositories and be attenuated by internal incisive means if there availe nothing we must flie to Chirurgery concerning which consult with Authors 2. The retaining of them in their place here are proper Horse Tongue which is most excellent the pouder of Mouse-Eare given with meats Through wax Rupture wort The Ashes of a sucking hare given to drink in red Wine The Seed of Flix weed the plant fern pouderd and given each half a dram The Differences are taken from the Causes and places into which they fal 1. One is from a Rupture of the Peritonaeum which is known by this that a Tumor is suddainly raised and also is quickly increased the Gut fals down to the very bottome It ariseth from violent Causes fals straining to cast forth the Child or the Excrements of the Belly holding of the breath straining of the voice wounds of the Peritonaeum c. In the Cure a Ligature being applied shal be given inwardly one spoonful of the essence of the greater comfrey with two drops of the balsome of Sal Gemmae Outwardly must be applyed Villanovanus his Plaister of a Rams Skin Mynsichtus Armam p. 364. And the same Authors Vnguent against a Rupture p. 352. The fat of a Hedg-Hog concerning which see Hartman If these do no good seek for help from Chirurgery of which see Platerus Another is from the Relaxation of the Peritonaeum which is known by this that the Tumor grows by little and little and the Gut doth not descend to the very bottome It ariseth both from the moisture of the Peritonaeum whence Children often fal into a rupture and from those things which break it if by degrees and often they assaile the Peritonaeum though not so violently II. There is another called Oskeocele when the Guts descend into the very God 't is known by seeing Another Bubonocele when they fal down no lower than the groin This somtimes doth very much distend the Skin and is stretched out under it and Causeth a great Tumor Both of them is either Enterocele when the Ileon Gut cheifly fal down or Epiplocele when some part of the Cal. See Geigerus in his Kelegraphy Hither belongs Exomphalos or Omphalocele when the Navel either Relaxt or broke struts forth somtimes the bigness of a nut somtimes of an Apple nay somtimes there is a Tumor raised like a Bag. If it be lately first of al foment it with a Decoction of tree Mosse self Heal made in astringent Wine afterwards lay a Cataplasme of Plantane and Lentils If it be Old after the like Fomentations t is Cured with the Oyntment of Mushrums of Nuts outwardly applied with convenient ligature inwardly with the essence of the greater comfrey with the Arcanum of Sal Gemmae Article V. Of the falling down of the Fundament and of the wounds and Vicers of the Guts 1. The falling down of the Fundament is a hanging forth of the outer part of the right Gut There is no need of SIGNS The CAUSES shall be spoke of in the Differences The CURE requireth I. A putting up of the Fundament fallen down which is performed gently with the Hand premising a Fomentation of emollient and
of Saturn excel But a Vein must be opened also and the Patient Purged 2. In its Acrimony contracted from hot meats Medicines and sharp things which must be opposed 3. In its Commotion whiles seeking a Passage it causeth an itching II. A Priapisme is an erection of the Yard without any desire of Venery arising from a windy Spirit filling up the hollow Nerve of the part That Vaporous spirits ariseth either in the Nerve it self from a cold distemper or in the Yard and Vessels from a thick and crude Humor by an unproportionate heat and here the distilled Oyl of Rue takes place For the most part 't is by Reason of the mouths of the Arteries are too open and dilated pouring forth plenty of Spirits because perhaps the Loyns and Kidneys being heated they grow hot and are filled with much spirits which happens to those that abound with much blood In the Cure universals premised Water Lillies the Seed of the Chaiste Tree and other coolers ought to be applied A Satyriasis is a Palpitation of the Yard following an inflamatory disposition of the spermatick Vessels with a distension It happens rather to young men than to other Ages the Cure must be hastened least they fal into a resoultion or Convulsion of the Seminary Vessels We must have a Care of Purges in it unless Perhaps we can make an aversion by Vomits and from things that move Urin. Article III. Of a running of the Reins A Gonorrhea is a too great and involuntary shedding of the Seed arising from its own fault and the fault of the Spermatick parts The SIGNS are evident the seed is shed a gainst their wils without lust and dreams of lust without any stifness of the Yard with no sense of delight or very little from whence is caused a slenderness of the whol Body about the Loyns especially with a paleness and hollowness of the Eyes The CAUSE and CURE shal be explained in the Differences The Flux is stopt by the magistral of the bone of the fish Sepia given from six grains to half a scruple with old conserve of Roses By fixt Antimony with Plantan Water The Difference is taken from the Causes One is by default of the Spermatick Parts 1. Of a cold and moist distemper which either ariseth from external Causes endewed with such a vertue and weakens their retentive faculty as too much Venery or from an afflux of Humors in which Case emptying and binding with heaters mixt takes place It is the easier Cured so it be new the pouder of Turpentine given with milk for fifteen daies does good 2. by default of their Laxness when their Bladders conteining the seed and the Vessels that carry it are too much enlarged and Relaxt Another is by the fault of the Seed it self which is 1. Plentiful by forbearing from Venery and by using meats that nourish wel and then bleeding Fasting exercises do good 2. Sharp and hot stimulating the expulsive faculty which proceeds from the like blood by reason of the heat of the liver and Kidneys and then a priapism for the most part is joyned with it external Causes went before The Cure must be ordered by emptying of Choler by anointing the back bone and Loyns with cooling Oyntments 3. Crude watrish and thin and that either by reason of the coldness of the stones or of things taken or the like distemper of the Liver and then the Seed comes froth even at the touch of a Woman there are present the signs of crudity In the Cure we must act with driers and strengthners The essence of Turpentine is commended given one dram weight in Syrup of Agrimony Or by reason of the abundance of Vitious Humors in the body which are sent to the spermatick Vessels and then we must act with emptiers and good Diet. 4. Virulent and Malignant as is concracted in the French Pox which is known from hence that at first a white Poyson or somwhat Yellowish fals from the spermatick Vessels insensibly as wel when they wake as sleep which in time putrefies and gets an Acrimony eats and exulcerates the Passage of the Yard from whence ariseth a pain which also when 't is stiff does stretch a string as it were under the Yard and in pissing does goad sharper as it were in a dysury that is somtimes hollowed so deep that it breaks outwardly at the upper Skin of the Yard It ariseth from a weakness of the Spermatick Vessels and stones contracted by that poysonous Evil which causeth that whatsoever is collected in these Vessels turns to a filthy Poyson which by contagion Pollutes any other body As concerning the Cure 't is difficult in old Men in al if it be stopt without reason For there is collected for the most part an impostumation within somtimes about the stones in the Epididymis somtimes in the Perinaeum which the Skin breaking pours forth the matter We must abstain from things astringent least it being retained doth corrode the Parts Dryers and things that resist Putrefaction as are Sorrel Treacle Mithridate and those things which are dedicated to the French Pox do good Titile XI Of the Diseases of the genital parts in Women Chap. 1. Of the Diseases of the Neck of the womb Article 1. Of a Tentigo and Cauda THe Diseases of the Womb are either of the Privities or Neck of the Womb or of the womb it self To those belong Tentigo Cauda Straitness pustles condylomato Hemorrboids and Vlcers I. A Tentigo or great bit and the womans Prick is the growing of the Clitoris into too great a bulk The Subject is the Clitoris or that Nervous flesh hard which in the Neck of the Womb the Joynt wings of the Privities do embrace and at the Top of which that is the which swels in desires of Venery This manifest affect needs no SIGNS somtimes the bulk is so great that it hangs forth through the cleft of the Privity as thick as a goose Neck and resembles a mans Yard they have too great desire of Copulation The CAUSE is too great an Afflux either of an Humor or nourishment by reason of its Laxness which is induced by often touching and 't is wont to cause lust at the least rubbing of the Cloathes The CURE respects 1. The abatement of blood and the bringing forth of other Humors for which ends serve a most slender and cooling Diet and discussives especially the leaves of the lentisk and Olive 2. The taking away of the same Excrescency where first must be applyed the gentler causticks As Alum Vnguentum Aegyptiacum the lie of which Soap is wont to be made boyled with Roman Vitriol adding towards the end a little Opium and make Trochiskes of them with which pouder the flesh must be strowed over at last the flesh must be cut off either by Ligature or Section having a care of an Inflamation II. A Cauda is a certain fleshy substance arising from the Mouth of the Womb which fils up the womens Privity and somtimes
or by other diseases by which also the retentive faculty of the same is wont to be weakned In particular 't is caused cheifly 1. From too much cold and then the pain which ariseth about the Region of the Kidneys descends to the lower part of the Belly and afflicts like to Nephritical pains See a Fomentation in Ludovicus Burgesia p. 1. c. 6. 2. From a sudden fright and then outwardly may be applyed the Fomentation even now mentioned inwardly a little Oxycrate 3. From a Swouning where the Confection of Alkermes and de Hyacintho take place 4. From Anger 5. From a Flux and then drying Meats must be administred the Patient must be kept in Bed we must act with Cordials and Strengtheners III. The Birth coming forth not Naturally where 't is a common admonition that the navel of the infant what way soever it comes forth be thrust back into the womb again If it be difficult and cannot be promoted otherwise 't is happily furthered by giving three grains of Mercurius vite in wine as Billichius witnesseth in his observations IIII. The stay of waters al other things being ready for the birth and then the membranes must not be broken least violence be offered either to the navel or some member a fomentation ought to be ordered with warm water which must be followed with a limiment of fresh butter V. An immature falling down of the waters and then fresh butter is good amongst moistners we must have a care of the outward air VI. Collick pains which are taken away by giving oyl of sweet almonds with cinnamon water or a carminative glyster following VII A weakness of strength by the birth and then may be administred water of Tophies Harts-Horn Confection of Alkermes Cinnamon water VIII The slow comming forth of the secundines either because they are too thick and tenacious and stick close to the sides or because they swel by the long labor of bringing forth or because the Navel is either broke or cut off before the Secundine is come forth There are commended the Secundines Specifick the Eyes of a hair taken in March of which in Hartmans Chymiatry c. See Burgesia l. 1. c. 14. IX The Pains after birth by reason of the too great strainess of the vessels which are prevented by giving of the Queens pouder after the first birth which is compounded of the grearer comfrey one dram Peach Kernels Nutmeg of each two scruples Amber Greese half a scruple and one dram weight is given in broth if there be a Feaver in wine if not X. Too great a flux of blood after the delivery either by reason of its plenty or because she hath used hot things or because of its thinness In the cure take place ligatures a cloth dipt in Oxycrate applyed to the Loyns and al the back bone because there the Vena Cava Runs down Terra Cimolia dissolved in Vinegar applyed to the same XI An insufficient Purgation by reason of the thickness of the blood detained nine Months induced by heart which is known from hence that it was more in the menstruous Flux In the Cure takes place the opening of the Saphena but not before the womb is restored to its place The use of Syrup of Maiden-Hair with Hyssop water Wormwood water Suffumigations Fomentations c. But if her Purgation were not more in the Flux of her Courses nor she did not abound with blood we must act by dyer and meats of good juyce XII A Feaver which is 1. From the generation of milk which is free from danger it must be committed to nature observing a goverment in dyet and sweats must be promoted in which that is wont to end 2. From the suppression of the after purgation in the cure of which note 1. That a vein is most commodiously opened in the ankle if that cannot be done cupping glasses with scarification are wel applyed to the thighs and leggs 2. The time of the flux being over past and a feaver urging a vein in the arm may be opened 3. From the store of vitious humors in which we must diligently consider whether the sick ought to be purged or not the time of the flux being over only gentle ones must be administred Things that alter which stop the flux as cold things sour things must be aavoided Read more of this subject in the Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery Riverius Practice of Physick and his Observations and the London Dispensatory Al of the last Editions Englished by me Title XIII Of the Affect of the Belly A single Chapter Of the Rupture of the Navel and Inflamation of the Muscles of the Belly AMongst the affects of the belly is A Rupture of the Navel and Inflamation of the Muscles of the belly Omphalocele which is a swelling of the Navel from the Guts Caul water wind or a fleshy substance fallen into it or arising there The Signs Cause Cure do vary according to the Nature of the Differences The Differences are taken from the Causes One is Intestine or Enteromphalos when the Guts slide into the Navel which is known by this that the Tumor is not very hard nor soft holding the breath it increases and the Patient lying on his back it sinks the Guts going back into their place with a noise and rumbling It ariseth from blows fals jumping lifting of a heavy weight hard labor riding crying out Mourning Laughing c. In the Cure it requires 1. The putting of the Guts into their place 2. The astriction of the peritonaeum relaxt the consolidation of it if it be broke amongst Medicines are Comfrey Sanicle through-wax Rupture wort Boyled in red wine and given Incision must be admitted at last when no other things do good By Ligature somtimes we provide against this affect Another is of the Caul or Epiplomphalos when the Caul slides into the Navel which is known by this that the Tumor in one paâ—â— is softer broad at the Basis and narrow towards the top that there is no pain present and the same being prest with the Fingers it sinks the Caul returning into its place It ariseth from the same Causes The Cure is the same but in a soft and young body 't is easier Another is watery or Hydrophalos when the Navel is lift up into a Tumor by water which is known by this that the Tumor is lax and if it be prest 't is neither increased nor decreased that 't is joyned with a waving and holding a Candle to it it appears clear and perspicuous It ariseth from water collected between the Peritonaeum and the Skin of the belly proceeding from the Causes mentioned in the Dropsie In the Cure take place things drying and discussive if these succeed not incision made like a half Moon Another is windy when wind distends the Navel which is known by this that the Tumor is soft yeilds to the Finger gives a sound like a drum and let the Patient lie which way he wil it is not changed