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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03089	An excellent treatise teaching howe to cure the French-pockes with all other diseases arising and growing thereof, and in a manner all other sicknesses. Dravvne out of the bookes of that learned doctor and prince of phisitians, Theophrastus Paracelsus. Compiled by the learned Phillippus Hermanus, phisition and chirurgion. And now put into English by Iohn Hester in the spagiricall arte, practitioner.	Paracelsus, 1493-1541.; Hermanni, Philippus.; Hester, John, d. 1593.	1590 (1590)	STC 13215; ESTC S108576	44,196	74

Chapters before The same day that hee purgeth he shall neither eate much nor any grosse meate nor drinke much at his meales and at the end of his meale you shall giue him a slice of Diacitron for that dooth comfort the stomacke excellentlie and the next daie you shall giue him this drinke Take of the Wood halfe a pound water sixe pound Cicore and Borage of each a handfull this you shall séeth as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof morning and euening sixe ounces at a time purging him euery ninth day once with the aforesaid Purgation and the same day that he purgeth you shall giue him after his dinner one slice of Diacitrō obseruing this he shall vndoubtedlie be cured For the Phlegmatick and the Mellancholick how he is to be cured FIrst you shall make him this drinke to prepare the matter withall Take Sage Isope Margerome Mints of each a handfull Cardus benedictus Sorrell and Endiue of each a handfull and a halfe Polipodij thrée ounces Rhabarbe halfe an ounce this you must séeth as aforesaid with a pint of Wine and a pint of Water giuing the Patient therof euery morning sixe ounces vntill it be drunk vppe Then giue him this Purgation Electuarij Elescoph halfe an ounce Agarici trociscati Rhabarbari of each a dram and a halfe breake and mingle them in two ounces of wine and two ounces of Betonie water This you shall giue him in the morning at foure of the clocke and at noone after his meate you shall giue him a slice of Diacitron and let him not drinke vpon it afterward you shall giue him this drinke following Take of the Wood twelue ounces Minte and Anis séedes of each a handful water foure pounde wine thrée pounde let it seeth as aforesaid béeing close stopped and giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time purging him once euery day with the aforesaid Purgation and he shall be cured of all diseases of the stomack howe ill soeuer they be Capit. 11. Of diseases of the Liuer as obstruction Aposteme and the Dropsie ALl the diseases of the Liuer as stopping hardnesse apostemation and the Dropsie may all be cured with this excellent Medicine if so be the disease be not ioyned with a hote Ague for then it should not be profitable but verie hurtfull to vse it and therefore in such a case you must vse cooling Medicines vntill the Ague be cleane gone and then you shall giue him this drinke Take Agrimonie Liuerwort Cicorea Endiue Acetosa or Sorrell of each a handfull Lettice one ounce Mellon seede Gowrde seedes of each halfe an ounce Polipodij two ounces Agarici trociscati and Rhabarbari of each thrée drams this you shall séeth in a pynt of water the space of sixe houres in the aforesaid order then take it out and straine it through a cloth putting in so much Suger that it may be very swéet then put in a little good Wine Vineger Héereof you shall giue the Patient to drinke euerie morning sixe ounces vntil it be drunke out You shall not need to giue the Patient any other Purgation for this shall giue him euery day two or thrée stooles and more then that is not good for him by reason of the tendernes of the Liuer and vppon his Liuer you shall lay a cloth made wette in Agrimonie water and Cicorey water taking dilligent heede in keeping the said cloth alike warme and moist least the cold doo encrease the disease for cold is very hurtfull in Apostemations and therefore you must keepe the cloth alwaies warme when hee hath thus continued foureteene daies he shall then take the drink béeing made in this order Take of the Wood eyght ounces of water tenne pound Cicorey Endiue Agrimonie Cuscuta of each a handfull Reupontice Rubarbe of each an ounce this must be sodden as aforesaid close stopped and giue the Patient thereof euery morning and euening sixe ounces at a time continuing the same vntill he be cured But if he chaunce to be so harde bound that hee cannot goe to the stoole then you shall euerie ninth day giue him this Purgation Take Electuarij de succo rosarum halfe an ounce put therto Rhabarbari electi two drams make this in forme of a Potion with Agrimonie water and giue it him in the morning at foure of the clocke to drinke vsing such order therein as I haue prescribed in other Purgations But if his drinke doo purge him then you shall not néede any other Purgation for it dooth purge sufficiently in many Patients All this aforesaid is to be vnderstood of the Chollerick and the Sanguine complexions To cure the diseases of the Liuer in Phlegmatick and Mellancholike Patients FIrst you shall lay vppon the Liuer of the Patient Emplastrum de Melilote spread vpon white Lether which shall continue vpon it the spare of eyght dayes in the meane while he shall vse this drinke Take Maiden hayre Wormwood Betonie Agrimonie Cypres Fumiterre Red Coleworts of each a handfull Cuscuta Camomill flowres of each halfe a handfull Licoris two ounces Polipodij thrée ounces Senne leaues two ounces Agarici trociscati halfe an ounce wine one pound water one pound this must be sodden in a pot stopped very close as a foresaid make it sweet with Suger and giue the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning sixe ounces vntill it be drunke out Then giue him this drinke following taking away the aforesaide Plaister in the place wherof you must lay an Oxicrociū playster which shal there continue vntill such time as you perceiue the Patient to be cured The drinke is this take of the Wood one pound of water fiue pound and of Wine fiue pounde put thereto of Fumiterre Agrimonie Cypris of each one handfull Polipodij Senne leaues of each three ounces Rhabarbari halfe an ounce all this put together must be sodden as aforesaide giuing the Patient thereof to drinke euery morning and euening eyght ounces at a time vntill he be cured the Patient shall not neede any other Purgation for the drink shal purge him sufficientlie his diet shall be young Hennes fleshe and such other things as are light of digestion and doo giue much nourishment and he shall also not eate much but shall be so spare in his diet that he shall rise frō his meales with great hunger which shall helpe greatlie in the curing of thys dysease This foresaid cure obserued in all points as is heere described shall not faile you for I haue had often experience thereof and haue alwaies had good successe but one thing I must warne you of that is if there be great heate in the Dropsie and that the disease doo originally spring of heate that then you take not in hand to cure it with this drinke of Lignum Guaiacum vnlesse he be before sufficientlie cooled because it will rather increase then diminish the disease obseruing the aforesaid order you cannot be deceiued for it is perfect in all the aforenamed diseases of