Put them in two gallons of water boyl it to six quarts Or put them in new Ale or new Beer four or five dayes then let the Patient drink of it Another Potion Take of Angelica half an ounce of Mummy one ounce of Parmacity two drams of the kernels of Walnuts two ounces of Orpine two handfuls of Sowbread two ounces of the greater and lesser Sea-marsh Bugloss of each three handfuls Put them in a sufficient quantity of Water or c. and boyl them There is another Way of Preparing Wound-Drinks viz. thus Let your Herbs ly in distilled Water some time then set them to a slow fire in a vessel well stopt six or eight hours then strain it and drink it The Potion Take of the Water of Marsh Bugloss twenty ounces of the greater and lesser Sea-marsh Bugloss one handful of Sanicle half a handful of Periwincle half an handful set them over a very slow fire in a Pot well stopt six or eight hours then strain it and keep it for your use Another Potion Take of Juniper Berries two pounds and bruise them of the greater and lesser Sea-marsh Bugloss of Hony-suckle and the Root of white Sanicle of each half a handful of Adders Tongue a handful and an half of great Comfrey and Birth-wort of each five ounces of Arsmart four ounces put them in a distilling Vessel and distil a Water from them then put into the Water distilled fresh Herbs viz. These already named and fresh Juniper Berries and let them ly in the Water some time or set them over a slow fire in a Pot well stopt four or five hours Observe That Juniper Berries have a singular Secret Vertue for Wounds Another Potion Take the Roots of great Comfre two ounces of Birth-wort three ounces of sweet Flagg one ounce of Flower-de-luce half an ounce of Periwincle four handfuls of white Sanicle half a handful of Myrrh Mastich Frankincense Mummy of each half an ounce of Rheubarb six drams boyl them in Wine or Distilled Water or common Water with some of the juyce of Marsh-Bugloss in that manner as hath been already described How much of these Potions a Patient should take at a time must be considered by the skilful Physician according to the strength of the Patient and nature of the Potion These Wound-Drinks do keep the Body in good temper and do prevent many Evils which use to accompany Wounds They feed and strengthen Nature very much which cannot be done by outward Medicines And there is no way so good as by Wound-Drinks to cure wounds made by thrust Therefore Surgeons should not neglect these wound-potions so much as they do There are many good Herbs with which you may make wound drinks as these viz. white Sanicle wood Sanicle middle Comfrey Parsnep Arsmart both Beets golden Maiden-hair Lilies c. and many others there are But observe that amongst those Herbs mentioned in the Potions and here there are three whose juice being drunk cureth any Wound made by cut or thrust and there are two herbs mentioned which if you take any of them whole and dip it in running water and lay it to the wound take it presently off again from the wound and bury it in some place and as it putrifieth so the wound groweth well There is also one herb named amongst these whose juice or decoction being drunk thrice cureth any wound and all those evils which accompany a Wound But such great secrets of Nature should not be put in print but every one should diligently search after them There are also some herbs amongst these already named which being drunk cure the wounds of the Gout as easily as the Wounds of fleshy parts CHAP. II. Oyntments for Wounds TAke of fresh May butter one pound of Ribwort and the greater and lesser sea-marsh Buglosse and Beers with their roots of each one handfull of Adders tongue three handfull Beat the Herbs with the Roots and mix them with the Butter put them in a glasse and set them in the Sun two or three months then strain them and keep them for your use Another Take of May butter three pounds the Roots of great Comfrey one pound of Adders tongue one pound and a half of Birth-wort a quarter of a pound beat them and mix them with the Butter put them in a glasse and set the glasse in the Sun some time or put it in warm dung a month then strain them through a linnen cloth and what you presse out of them keep it for your use That your Oyntment may keep the better wash it with salt water or put a little salt to it You may also make an Oyntment with one Herb as with Butter and Birth-wort or great Comfrey or with Honey and Adders tongue or the flowers of Saint Johns-wort and such like Many such Oyntments may be made but the two former Oyntments are sufficient to cure any Wound This way of making Oyntments is commonly used and was used by the Ancient Physicians But now I will give you a more excellent way of making Oyntments first found out and used by my self Take Comfrey Birth-wort Adders tongue maâ—sh Buglosse all of them or which of them you will take them green with their Roots then pour so much wine upon them as the wine may be above them then take two pots which are of the same bigness put your Herbs and the wine in the one pot and over this pot set your other pot mouth to mouth lay clay about the mouthes of your pots that no vapour can come out and set them over a slow fire ten hours then take them out strain and presse all the liquor well out of the Herbs to this liquor put some honey or fresh butter and boyl it again to a consistence and then you have an Oyntment which you may trust to in the most difficult Cures There is yet another way to make Oyntments with Rosins thus Take the Rosin of the Larch-tree or Pine Rosin one pound make it into powder and mix it with the whites of twenty eggs and beat them well together then add to them the powder of the roots of great Comfrey half an ounce the powder of round Birth-wort one ounce of barley meal six drams Mix them all well together and then you have a very good Oyntment for any Wound Another Take of the Rosin of the Fir-tree or common Rosin one pound melt it with some of the marrow of a Calf then put to them so much of the powder of the root of Great Comfrey as you shall see fit and mix them wel together in a warm mortar CHAP. III. Oyls and Balsoms for Wounds TAke of Sallet oyl or Turpentine one pound of Camomile red Roses and Self-heal of each one handfull of the flowers of St. Johns wort two handfull of the flowers of Centory and the flowers of Celendine of each half an handfull Mix them well with the Oyle of Turpentine put them in a glasse and set them in the Sun two
to the Ulcer until it be filled up with flesh and when it is fill'd with flesh you shall anoint the place with the former oyl alone ten days This oyl of Tartar is excellent to consume any superfluous moysture and to take away any inflammation or superfluous flesh c. but it is especially good for the putrid and running sores of the feet and legs Whatsoever Ulcers they be albeit they be putrid old swelling or hollow or eating Ulcers c. yet if they be anointed with this oyl it will cure them throughly it is of a wonderful drying faculty A good Plaister Oppodeltoch to fill an Vlcer with flesh especially a Fistula or Cancer or Syrone Take of common Rosin Colophony Turpentine of each a half pound of Virgin Wax a pound and a half of gum Amoniacum and Myrrhe of each two ounces of Realgare fixed three drams mix them and make a Plaister which must be laid to the Ulcer when it is well cleansed twice a day until the cure be done For a Sphacelus to seperate the dead putrified part from the sound part Take of Colophony three pound the oyl of Myrrhe six ounces of the gums Bdelium Ammoniacum Oppopanax Galbanum of each half a pound make a plaister to be applyed to the putrified part and after the dead and putrified part is taken away from the sound part by this plaister then apply to the place this following Receipt Take of the water of the salt of Radish one ounce of the juice of Plaintan eight ounces mix them and anoint the part with them Morning and Evening Then apply this Plaister Take of the oyl of Eggs two drams and a half the oyl of Walnuts five ounces of Wax and Pitch of each five ounces make a Plaister Experiments for Ulcers especially for the Ulcers of the French Pox And the first kinde of Experiments are Baths A good Bath to cure any Scab or Itch especially the Scab of the French Pox. TAke of Allum ten pounds of Coperas one pound of burned Tartar half a pound of Brine or the Liquor of Salt three pounds put them in a good quantity of Scalding hot water in which some hops have been boiled and when they are dissolved in the water let the Patient Bath himself in this water but if it be an old stubborn Scab which will not yield to this Bath then take Quick-silver and make it very hot and quench it in this water do so several times and then it will cure any Scab of the French Pox. Another Take of burned Aâ—lum and of Plum-Allum of each an ounce of burned Tartar and burned Coperas of each four ounces of Roch Allum salt Nitre and Coperas of each one pound and take old blew cheese and wash from it the blew with water take of this blew as much as all the rest and mix it with the rest then set them in some dry place and it will grow hard as horn when you would use it put some of it in hot water and it will dissolve in it then let the Patient Bath himself in this water for any Scab or itch c. Nay some have so highly esteemed of this Receipt that they have endeavored to cure the Leprosie with it If the salt of Feverfew or Snakewood be put into the former composition it will be much better The juice of Nettles and a little of the Liquor of Salt cureth the running sores of the feet if they be anointed therewith Some who got this Receipt from me have foolishly thought it a sufficient cure for all Sores The second kinde of Experiments are Oyntments An Oyntment for those Vlcers of the French Pox which begin to be dry Take of Lethargire and Red-lead of each half an ounce of the oyl of Mirtles three ounces of Aloepatick one ounce and a half the flower of prepared Copper three drams of Turpentine two ounces mix them with this Oyntment I have seen these Ulcers happily cured The chief Ingredients in this and such other Oyntments are Aloepatick and the flower of Coperas Another Oyntment Take of the Oyl of Mummy three ounces of the flower of Copper half a dram of Mastick Myrrhe Frankincense Mummy of each two drams and a half of Aloepatick half an ounce of washed Turpentine three drams and a half Mix them There are some oyntments in which Quick-silver is the chief ingredient which common people do ordinarily use for the Itch Scab and other faults of the skin but you must know that Quick-silver should not be used unless it be rightly prepared If you can bring it to be an oyl with salt Nitre then mix this oyl with any of the oyntments for Ulcers and you have a singular good remedy for all diseases of the skin except the Leprosie for Scabs Ulcers c. If you anoint therewith the lips of an old sore it will cure it speedily but especially if it be an Ulcer of the French Pox then it will be so much the sooner cured by this Oyntment Precipitate Mercury is an excellent remedy for all the hollow Uâ—cers of the French Pox except eating Ulcers It is made thus Put Quick-silver in a pot set it over the fire until it be very hot then quench it in the water which is distilled from Eggs and distil this water oft-times from the Quick-silver until the Quick-silver is turned into a red powder mix this red powder with some of the Oyntments for Ulcers and anoint the Ulcer with it A good Plaister Take of both kindes of Snake-weed of each seven of Consound and bushy rooted Birth-wort of each a half pound bruise them and mix them with washed Turpentine one pound and a half and with Sallet oyl four ounces make them into a plaister and whatsoever sore cannot be cured by this plaister it is hardly cured by any other The oyl of Mummy the oyl of the yolks of Eggs the oyl of Mastick Oleum Laterinum or the oyl of Bricks these oyls are of great vertue to further the cure of any Ulcer or to asswage pain c. but they are not sufficient to perfect the cure alone Another Bâ—uise Snake-weed and put to it a little Petroleum it is a very good remedy for Ulcers Another Take Mummy beat it to powder and mix it with Mans fat it is good for asswaging the pain of Ulcers c. Another Aloepatick made into powder and mixed with honey is good for dry sores and such sores which are near the bone Rosin is good for Syron's to further their cure but it cannot do the cure alone without some of the aforesaid Herbs or c. to be mixed with it Many have endeavored to imitate my Compositions have said that they were mine but with what success they used these compositions they can tel who were their Patients and how could they imagine to do any good with these Compositions when they knew nor the nature of the Ingredients but when they read these my Writings they will see their error and
The face begins to putrifie and to have a black scurf over it then the Morphew is incurable Cure We must use first one of the Tinctures for cleansing the blood then use one of the cleansing Medicines before described and then some consolidating Medicine of Glandules XI When there are Flesh-kernels within the flesh be they fixed or moveable soft or hard painful or without pain in time they grow so big that they draw to them the strength and substance of the member where they are And at last they putrifie Cure A threed of Plum-allum dipped in the oyl of Gilla applyed to it doth take it away afterwards annoint the place with the Oyl of Gilla and this will consolidate it XII When a blister riseth in any part of the body as big as a Gall-nut like those Blisters which are raised by Caustâ—cks and is of a blew or lead colour hard to the touch At last It putrifieth and if it be near the eye it begets a Fistula it daily groweth more and more deformed and multiplyeth it maketh the Patient hoarse and taketh away the natural colour of the Body and so it comes to be a Leprosie Cure First Nature must be corrected and strengthned by the Liquor or Tincture of Gold then the Blisters must be dryed up with this following oyntment Take of Aqua fortis in which there is some salt Armoniack dissolved one ounce the oyl of Realgare half an ounce the oyl of Euphorbium one ounce mix them and annoint the Blisters with them XIII If the head being rubbed bleedeth and this breedeth a hard crusty scab out of which cometh a yellow water if it be not timously cured it spreadeth over all the head Then there will be daily a bleeding with a sharp and great pain this scab never hath holes in it it continueth with the Patient if he be not cured of it until death Cure There are three kindes of remedies used for this Scab viz. a Pitch plaister a Corrosive or eating Water and the Oyl of Gilia The Pitch Plaister Take of Pitch dr Shoo-makers Wax a pound of Colophony half a pound of prepared Cheese half a pound that is dryed and made into powder mix them First melt the Pitch and Colophony together then put the rest to them when they are cold make them into a plaister some do adde to them a pound of Wax this Plaister will bring off the Scab and Skin together Afterwards annoint the head with the Oyntment of white Lead and this will bring a fair skin upon the head again some take old Cheese which is very blew and they wash off the blewness with water Then they take this blewness which was washed from the Cheese and lyeth in the bottom of the water and they lay it upon the Scab This will cure the scab for the present but it is not a perfect cure for I have seen this scab thus cured return within two or three years after Some do use for this Scab eating corrosive waters and burned Tartare but I do not approve Of this for these Corrosives do eat into the skull and cause madness and oft-times death They who use the Oyl of Gilla for this Scab do thus After they have annointed the Scab with this oyl then they annoint it with Sallet oyl oft-times together because the oyl of Gilla burns exceedingly and is very painful to the Patient and the Sallet oyl doth asswage the pain for it abateth the burning heat of the Gilla They annoint the Scab with this oyl of Gilla nine days together and after the ninth day the Scab cometh off and under the Scab the head is already well skinned XIV When in the Lips of the mouth there is a small excrescency which is at first like a Wart This if it bleed of it self or if it be cut then there grows out thence a spungious flesh which groweth daily bigger And at last it becomes so big that it stops up the mouth that the Patient cannot eat afterwards it causeth madness Cure We must stop the end of the Vein whih bringeth blood to this Excrescency or we must turn the course of the Vein then we must anoint about this Excrescency with this Oyntment Take prepared Realgate and mix it with the juice of Celandine and make a Plaister XV. When there is a continual pain in the Leg with a shining redness over all the Leg this is a Gangrene it continueth thus thirty years before it break out into an Ulcer At last when nature decayeth it turns to an Ulcer a little before death Cure Take the juice of Water-lilies the juice of Night-shade the juice of Darnel of each two ounces Wheat-Poppy three ounces of Opium fifteen ounces of Mandrake three drams the juice of the outward part of the root of Henbane five ounces mix them and make them into an Oyntment with the oyl of Lithargire With this annoint the soar you must also apply the Anodyne or pain-asswaging Medicine which you have described in the cure of the Cancer You may also use that Medicine which I have described for the cure of the Noli me Tangere viz. Of Rosm a pound of Barley meal six ounces of common Frankincense eight ounces make a plaister and to one pound of this plaister adde half an ounce of Scammony for Scammony hath a peculiar vertue very helpful for open burning Soars XVI When at the roots of the nails of the fingers there is a great pain with a swelling and burning heat like the burning of fire and a pain like the gnawing of a Worm this is a Whitflaw which if it be not cured it will at last perish the whole Finger with great and long pain Cure Some do cure it with certain Words and Characters which I do not approve The remedy which I use for to cure it is that Anodyne or Pain-asswaging Medicine described in the cure of the Cancer or that described in the cure of Herysipeles viz. Take Parmacity of Frog-spawn Chervil Juniper-Berries of each alike apply this to the finger and it will take away the pain Or take Hogs dung and boil it in Vinegar and apply to the soar XVII When there is great redness and swelling in the heel or about the ancle which turneth to a broad soar with many holes in it and spreadeth it self upwards towards the knee it doth not go deep but stayeth in the upper part of the flesh it stayeth under the knee it continueth twenty years much after one without any great change Cure First we must apply the pain-asswaging Medicine which we use for the Whitflaw then apply this following Plaister of Myrrhe Take the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs two ounces of Wax half an ounce of Colophony three ounces of red Myrrhe five ounces and a half mix them and make a Plaister XVIII When there are knotty hard tumors in the neck lying within the flesh this is the Kings Evil which continueth with the Patient until death still in the same maner without any
wort three ounces of Myrrhe half an ounce of Mummy two ounces make them into a powder and mix them with so much of the oyl of Roses as is sufficient to make them into a Plaister A Caveat You must not apply to this Soar Pitch hot Oyls Birth-wort Viride aris Arsnick salt Armoniack precipitated Mercury Orpment burnt Allum or any drawing herb XXVIII Swelling of the Veins If a Vein be swelled and this Vein breaks into stinking holes with a putrifaction of the skin and flesh this is a hollow Ulcer At last If not cured it turns to a Saint Antonies fire Cure We must not cure this Aposthume in the same maner as hath been said before in the cure of the swelling of a Vein viz. You must open a Vein c. and when you open the Vein apply this following Plaister Take of Lithargire and red Lead of each half a pound of Sallet Oyl one pound of Wax half a pound adde to them these powders viz. of Orange-skins of Celandine round Birth-wort of each three ounces being all mixed together make them into a Plaister A Caveat You must not apply to this Soar any Corrosive Water or Canteries or drawing Medicines made of Gums for if they be used they will change it to a St. Anthonys Fire XXIX If in men there be Pustules betwixt the shoulders or in the breasts of Women which become hard like Warts they come from the stopping of the Haemorrhoides in men and from the stopping of the Monethly courses in women they grow big sometimes within the skin sometimes without the skin accordingly as the humor floweth to them At last they break out into a running soar which draweth to it the substance of the Body and continueth during life-time Cure First If it be in a man you must bring out the Piles if it be in a Woman you must bring down their courses then you must proceed in the rest of the cure the same way as in Noli me Tangere A Medicine to bring down the Monethly courses in women Take the Liquor of Penny-Royal and of Mugwort of each three ounces of the corrected Spirit of Wine seven ounces the liquor of the milt of an Ox one ounce mix them and take half an ounce of them in a draught of Wine or Beer every morning and evening You may adde to this Composition some Saven-water and some of the oyl made of the grains of Saven A Medicine to bring out the Haemorrhoides Take of clean gum Sagapenum half an ounce of Bdelium and Mastick of each one ounce make them into a Plaister which you must apply to the place of the Haemorrhoides XXX When there is in any place a great pain with redness and a burning heat and afterwards a swelling which breaks into holes and about these holes are small yellow risings shining and burning and it continueth so three or six years but when there is a burning heat with yellow risings and afterwards they turn to a blew or lead colour this shews it to be a most vehement inflammation A Caveat Beware of such Medicines which drive the humor inwards and beware of the Guaick-wood and all such Oyntments and Suffumigations which are used for the Pox. Cure I will first shew you how to cure it when it is beginning before it come to be an Ulcer then I will shew you how to cure it when it is an old Soar when it hath continued twenty years For the first cure Take of Frog-spawn half a pound of Camphire three ounces of Myrrhe and Frankincense of each an ounce put them in a Glass close stopt and set them in the Sun until they turn to be a Liquor in this Liquor dip a linnen cloth which you shall apply to the part pained And when the cloth is dry dip it again in the said Liquor and apply it and do thus so often until the pain be gone For the second cure Take of Turpentine two pounds set it over the fire and boil it a little take it off and let it cool and it will be hard and brittle as glass then take of Oppopanax half a pound dissolve it in a quart of Vinegar then strain the vinegar through a cloth and boil it until it be consumed and onely the Oppopanax remains to which you must adde the Turpentine which you have hardened being beat into powder and three ounces of the red powder of burned Coperas then take so much honey as is necessary to make a Plaister boil it and skim it and mix it with the rest of your Ingredients and so make them into a Plaister which you shall apply to an old Saint Anthonies Fire XXXI When below the Brest there is circle round the body of reddish colour which afterward breaks out into yellow risings and these in a long time after turn to holes with redness burning and pain And at last it inflameth the Diaphragma then death followeth A Caveat Abstain from eating Medicines Gums Pitch fat things and those Oyntments which are used for the Pox. Cure First we must cleanse the Diaphragma with Larks-spur and then apply to the Soar this Plaister Take of Colophony one pound the powder of Celandine and the powder of Orange skins of each four ounces of the best Turpentine so much as is sufficient to make the Plaister XXXII When in the hand there breaks out first Pustles which afterwards turn to a crusty substance and then there follows deep clefts in the flesh At last it spreads over all the body thereafter the crusty substance falleth off and then it ceaseth Caution Abstain from Corrosive or eating Medicines Cantharides Purgations Oyntments Fumigations and the Guaick-wood Cure Take of the four Gums viz. Oppopanax Segapenum Galbanum Bdelium of each one ounce of Colophony two ounces of washed Turpentine four drams set them over the fire that they may be mixed then make a Plaister which must be applyed warm to the chopt hands and let it lie at the hands twelve hours then take it off and wash your hands with clean warm water then apply the Plaister unto it again and let it lie other twelve hours then take off and wash your hands and thus you must do so often until the humor be quite dryed up which useth to be in fifteen days or thereabouts for the four Gums have a peculiar and and admirable cleansing and drying vertue XXXIII The Itch and Scab are so commonly known that I need not describe it Cure Take of Roch Allum one pound of Plum Allum half a pound mix them Another Take of Plum Allum and salt Entals of each alike mix them for the Itch. Another Take Coperas and Allum of each alike mix them XXXIV When many Pustules break out together and being rubbed they issue out a yellowish water then there comes on a hard crusty Scab which falls off again and in its stead comes another And at last it turns to an Ulcer Cure You must not use any Medicines but such as are cooling Take
of washed Lithargire one ounce of Frog-spawn an ounce and a half the juice of Housleek and the juice of Water-Lillies of each three ounces mix them and apply them in the night time Another Take of Rose-water two ounces in this dissolve a dram of Camphire and anoint the Soar with it XXXV When the Nose burns exceedingly and being rubbed there comes a hard scurf upon the place which continueth so a year And at last it turns to a Fistula Cure We must not use any of those things for this which are used in the cure of a Fistula But use this Oyntment following Take the juice of Agrimony an ounce the juice of Onyons half an ounce the Oyl of Dill an ounce and a half Mix them and in this mixture dip a linnen cloth which you shall apply to the Soar until the cure be done XXXVI If there be a swelling in the Throat with a pain in the Head it turns to a Squinancy and afterwards to an Ulcer Cure It is cured with the water of Self-heal A Gargarism to wash the Mouth and Throat Take of Pellitory one ounce the juice of Saint Johns-wort two ounces the juice of Ars-smart three ounces of Oximel Scylliticum six ounces mix them Another Take the Liquor of Mmmmy one ounce the juice of Ars-smart two ounces of Vinegar three ounces Mix them and therewith wash your mouth and throat The cure of the Squinancy There are three Medicines which we must use in this Cure viz. a Gargarism a Plaister to be applyed outwardly and a remedy for the pain and heat of the head The Gargarism Take the honey of Roses four ounces round Birth-wort and Winter-green of each half an ounce the water of Prunes and the water of Self-heal of each seven ounces mix them with this wash your mouth letting it fal down to your throat three or four times a day this Gargarism doth good if the Aposthume be broken but not else And if there be a very great swelling then apply outwardly this following Plaister Take the Mucilage of Faenugreek ten ounces white Lead two ounces of Camphire made into powder half an ounce make them into a Plaister this Plaister will take away both the swelling and pain In the mean time you must also use this following remedy for the pain and heat of the head Take red Rose-water the water of Shepherds-purse the water of Nightshade the water of Housleek of each alike mix them in this dip a linnen cloth which you shall lay over all the head XXXVII When any have from the Womb some spot in their body blew or black or clay coloured Cure Take the flowers of Beans half an ounce the burned shels of Eggs two ounces Sal Peregrinorum one pound the water of Comfrey and spirit of Wine of each fifteen ounces distil them and in the water distilled dip a linnen cloth and apply it to the spot Another Take Plum-allum and Roch-allum of each one pound and distil a water from them to which adde Camphire half an ounce Salomons-Seal two ounces distil them again and dip a linnen cloth in the water distilled and apply it to the spot XXXVIII When there are dry clefts or chops in the hands or soles of the feet without Scabs Cure Take the meal of Barley and of wheat of each one ounce of Winter-green Agrimony Centory Self-heal of each half an ounce boil them in water and set your chopped hands or feet over the water to receive the vapor of the decoction this you must do every day four or five times Then purge the blood with this Take Germander and Succory of each alike boil them in wine and drink it this Potion will purge and rectifie the blood Then anoint the chops or clefts with this oyntment Take Petroleum the fat of a wilde Cat Harts grease Hogs grease of each half an ounce set them over the fire and mix them with this anoint the chops morning and evening XXXIX The cure of Warts Take the Oyl of Juniper Berries one once the oyl of Spike two drams Oleum Laterinum or Brick oyl seven drams mix them and with this anoint the Warts You may also drink the decoction of Germander and Succory to cleanse the Blood XL. If there be chops in the entrance of the Fundament or Matrix which burn and are very troublesom to the Patient when the Excrements or Urine are evacuated At last they turn to be a running soar inwardly Cure For the chops of the Womb Take Aloe Succotrine one ounce the root of round Birth-wort three ounces of washed Turpentine so much as is enough to make a Pessary with the Aloe and Birthwort which must be put up into the Womb. Another Take the Mucilage of Flea-wort one ounce the oyl of bitter Almonds three ounces the juice of the Flowers of Vervain six ounces Mix them and dip a linnen cloth in this mixture which you must apply to the place where the chops are every third hour Another Take the juice of Winter-green the juice of Comfrey of each four ounces the flowers of St. Johns-wort of the Flowers of Self-heal and the Flowers of Centory of each one ounce of Betony seven ounces the oyl of Dill four ounces mix them Another For the chops of the Womb and the Haemorrhoides Take of Mummy one ounce of red Lacca half an ounce the powder of Oranges and the powder of Antimony of each two ounces make them into powder and mix them XLI There are some swellings in which are bred small worms like Lice which grow broad and they make a reddish scaly scurf like the scales of Fishes Those who dig salt Mines as Coperas Mines or boil Salt or dig Copper c. are troubled with such Tumors Cure This Tumor requires outward Medicines not inward let it be anointed with this oyntment Take the oyl of Juniper Berries half a pound the oyl of sweet Almonds one pound the oyl of Beach-wood eight ounces mix them and anoint the Tumor therewith Another Oyntment Take of the oyl of Spike half an ounce the oyl of Oak three pound Cats grease a pound mix them over a fire and annoint the Tâ—mor therewith It is a good Preservative to keep us from the hurt of these Mineral Vapors XLII A swelling without pain retaining the natural colour of the skin and being pressed it retaineth a dimple after the pressure At last it putrifieth first inwardly and then breaketh out into a hollow Ulcer A Caution This Tumor must be cured by outward Medicines and not by inward Medicines Cure We must first open the Tumor then cleanse it lastly fill it with flesh A Medicine to open the Tumor Take Realgare one dram Talce three drams of Misselto so much as is sufficient to make the Plaister which you must apply to the Tumor until it be opened The cleansing Medicine Take of Colophony an ounce of Wax four ounces of Turpentine so much as to make the Plaister with this Plaister cleanse the Soar The Consolidating
Oyntments and Pessaries A Potion Take of Agrimony Sanicle Winter-green and both kindes of Periwincle of each one Scruple of round Birth-wort one ounce of Parsnap and of small yellow Rapes one ounce put your Herbs in new Claret wine or new Ale or Beer and let them lie in it four or five days then drink of it every morning a draught You must use this kinde of drink half a year Another Potion Take of Larks-Spurre half a pound of round Birth-wort six ounces Ladies mantle and Sanicle of each ten ounces of small Sea-Buck-horn one pound and a half put them in Beer or Ale or Wine four or five days then take a draught of it every morning Let the patient use this following Salt with her meat Take Frankincense Mummy the Stone Haemmatites of each two ounces Make them into powder and mix them with half a pound of common salt made into fine powder let every thing be seasoned with this salt which the Patient eateth Then she must put up into the Womb this Pessary Take the water of Plantain the water of small Sea-Buck-horn the water of Ars-smart the water of St. Johns wort of each half a pound of Earth-worms six ounces of Iragacanthum one dram of Comfrey the leaves of long Birthwort of each three ounces and mix them with the best white Sugar and make them into Pessaries of that bigness as is fit to be put up into the Womb once a day and there to continue four or five hours at a time Another Take the juice of St. Johns-wort the juice of Ars-smart of each half a pound of prune-Prune-water and cherry-Cherry-water of each one pound of Turpentine washed with rose-Rose-water seven ounces Mix them and make a Pessary to be put up into the Womb twice a day or oftner as necessity requireth Another Pessary Take the Oyl of St. Johns-wort the oyl of Ars smart the oyl of round Birth-wort of each one pound the oyl of Frogs the oyl of Earth-worms of each twelve ounces the oyl of the yolks of Eggs one pound and twelve ounces Mix them and dip a linnen cloth in the mixture which must be put up into the Womb. An Oyntment for the Patients back Take of Mercury purged from its cold substance and eating biting faculty half an ounce of Bolus Scissus three ounces of Harts grease half a pound the oyl of Dill and the oyl of the yolks of Eggs of each six ounces M x them together over the fire and anoint the back therewith twice or thrice in a day or you may put so much Wax to them as to make them into a Plaister to be applyed to the back L. If a Womans belly be big as if she were with childe nevertheless she hath her Monethly Courses and sometimes her Belly is big sometimes it lesseneth but in some women their Belly continueth in the same bigness and hard some women have pain with it and some are without pain This is a false Conception which continueth with a Woman during her life Cure I will first shew you how to drive out a false Conception then I will give you a Preservative to keep you from a false Conception A Medicine to drive out a false Conception Take of Oriental Saffron four ounces of salt Borax half an ounce of Amber half an ounce of Scammony six drams of the Azure stone one dram Oppopanax boiled in Vinegar and the Vinegar boiled away until the Oppopanax be almost dry then take so much of this Oppopanax as is sufficient to make Pessaries with the former Ingredients to be put up into the Womb. Caution But remember this that this Medicine cannot be safely used if the Patient hath carried this false Conception as long as she should have carryed a childe and that it is grown so big that the passage will be too narrow for it to come out for then it would endanger the Patients life A Medicine to preserve a Woman from false Conception Take of Agarick Torchiscate one ounce of Euphorbium half an ounce of Oppopanax an ounce and a half let the Oppopanax be dissolved in Vinegar then strain the Vinegar and boil it away until the Oppopanax be almost dry then mix the Agarick and Euphorbium with it and make them into Pessaries put up one of the Pessaries into the Patients Womb before the false Conception be big and in one night if it make not the swelling fall then she is with childe LI. When there comes out of the nose yellow stinking corrupt matter with pain in the head or without pain or if there comes out of the ears putrid stinking matter or if the Patient spit loathsom stinking matter or if he evacuate corrupt matter with his Urine or if his dung excrement hath changed its natural colour or if his sweat stinketh or if the Monethly courses of Women change their colour without pain in the back or thighs If any of these continue with the Patient four years sometimes ceasing and then returning it is a sign that it will continue with the Patient all his life time Cure For the corrupt Excrements of the Nose Take of Darnel the seed of Gith black Hellebore of each one scruple of Marjoram and Sage of each half a dram of Musk two grains make them into a sneezing powder take a little of this into the Nose every morning For the corrupt Excrements of the ears Take of Scammony one scruple of Bdelium one dram of Wax one scruple and a half make them into a plaister which must be made into long small pieces to be thrust into the ears when the ears begin to purge out this corrupt matter For corrupt Matter voided in the Vrine Take of Oriental Saffron half a dram of the hairs which grow under the tail of a Hare half an ounce five Cantharides Make them into a powder and mix them put them in a little linnen bag which you must lay under the Yard near to the Fundament right under the Bladder and let it lie at the place a day or two until no more corrupt Matter is voided with the Urine A Medicine to rectifie the Dung-Excrement Take of Scammony one scruple of Haermodactils and Turbith of each one dram of Honey so much as to make them into Suppositaries For the stink of the Sweat Take of Treacle two drams of the Spirit of Wine two ounces of Euphorbium seven grains The Patient must go into a Bath when he takes this afterwards let him keep himself warm in his Bed and sweat Thus he must do three or four times or oftner until the stink of the Sweat be quite gone LII If after rubbing of any place there follows a red swelling which afterwards turneth into an Ulcer Cure For the swelling before it be turned into an Ulcer Take the oyl of Roses six ounces of slacked Lime three ounces of Camphire five drams mix them and lay them upon the swelling But if the swelling be changed into an Ulcer then take of Frog spawn one ounce the oyl
change unless the tumor hath been big and it beginneth to lessen then death approacheth this is a sign of it Cure The cure is twofold viz. Physical Chyrurgical The Physical cure is done with Powders and Potions The Chyrurgical cure is done by actual Cauteries c. XIX This Polypus is superfluous flesh growing out of the Nose which when it is grown big and great abundance of Blood floweth out of the Veins into it then this superfluous flesh breaketh out into an Ulcer it turneth to a Noli me Tangere Cure It must be cured after the same maner as the Alcola an when you have taken away the superfluous flesh then you must apply the Plaister Oppodeltoch XX. The Pyles come out about the Fundament of a red colour but if the Blood come out with the Excrements always when we go to stool and the Excrements come out with great difficulty and trouble to us and we are much pained within then the Haemorrhoids are within If the Haemorrhoides continue twenty years then they commonly turn to a Cancer and if they do not turn to a Cancer but the Piles multiply and grow bigger then they close up the Fundament at last Cure The cure is done by two kindes of Medicine viz. Dung-Medicine and a Sweet-Corrosive The Swet-Corrosive Take of Oleum laterinum or Brick oyl one ounce the oyl of Juniper half an ounce the oyl of Myrrhe two ounces mix them The Dung Medicine Take the Patients own Excrements and mix them with the oyl of the yolks of Eggs first let the Patient press the Piles as much as he can and then apply to them this Excrementitious Medicine XXI There is a dry scab of the Head out of which cometh very little moisture when it is rub'd there falls from it like Scabs it causeth the hair of the head to come out If it continue sixteen or twenty four years then it spreadeth over all the Body At last this scaly Scab falleth off and then followeth a Leprosie Cure Take Succory Germander Maiden-hair of each two ounces of the Pulpe of Cassia half an ounce of the best Manna one ounce and a half put them into a pint and a half of the water of Mugwort let them ly in it a day then set them over a slow fire until you bring it to a pint then strain it and drink it warm XXII If there be a swelling in the Groine near the privities with redness the Patient fainteth and beginneth to lose his strength and is troubled with Aguish fits sometimes with great heat sometimes with chilness By this you may know it to be a Pestilential Aposthume Cure First This Aposthume must be opened with a ripening Medicine proper for it afterwards apply to it the Oppodeltoch Plaister The Ripening Medicine Take of the four Gums viz. Galbanum Ammoniacum Oppoponax Bdelium of each a half ounce of the juice of Marsh-Mallows of each three ounces mix them and make a Plaister The Oppodeltoch Plaister Take of the four incarnative Seeds viz. of Birth-wort Comfrey Adders-Tongue and Sea-marsh Bugloss of each half an ounce Wax and Colophony of each two ounces of Pitch three ounces mix them and make a Plaister XXIII If after the act of Venery there followeth a swelling in the Grine with great heat afterwards this swelling breaks out into foul corrupt holes and with the Urine also corrupt matter is evacuated At last this Ulcer comes to be an eating Ulcer that whereas there were many holes before now they all become one hole and so it eats all the flesh round Cure This Ulcer is cured with these two viz. the Camphorated Oyntment and the Plaister of Mummy The Camphorated Oyntment Take of Camphire two drams of the yolks of Eggs four ounces mix them and set them in some moist place or low Cellar c. and they will turn to an Oyl with this Oyl anoint the Soar The Plaister of Mummy Take of Mummy half an ounce of the best Turpentine washed with Rose-water so much as is requisite to make a Plaister Mix them and make a Plaister XXIV When the Veins of the Legs swell and become as it were knotty having many small hard lumps like small Bullets in them they lose their natural colour and are of blew or lead colour or of a dark green colour the skin of the Leg appears as if it were blowed up with winde yet the flesh under it is firm and sound At last The skin breaks out into a most filthy stinking soar and if then the Patient be troubled with stitches in his side this is a sign of death Cure You must not use any Corrosive Waters or Baths or Purgations or Mercury Oyntments such as are used for the Pox c. but open a Vein first one and then another at another time once a year if the swelling comes but once a year and if the swelling comes twice a year then the Veins must be opened twice a year at the same time when the swelling useth to come and when you open a Vein you must lay to the place the gums of a Hare or the fat of a man the space of three weeks XXV When there is a swelling under the tongue with a blew or Lead-colour and it groweth to be an Imposthume it is deadly in Infants or if do not come to be an Aposthume yet it will cause a great impediment in the speech of the Infant Cure Let blood in these Veins then wash the childes mouth often with the Waters of Agrimony Ladies-Mantle Sanicle or anoint the Veins under the Tongue with the Oyl of St. Johns-wort or the Oyl of the Flowers of Centory If after the cure the swelling cometh again you must do thâ—â—ame as you did before XXVI If a Woman with Childe or after Childe-birth complain of a pain swelling redness and hardness in her Brests which afterwards turns to an Ulcer and Putrifaction Cure Take Gum Oppopanax and Gum Bdelium of each one ounce of gum Serapinam two ounces dissolve them in so much vinegar as being dissolved they may be of the thickness of honey then adde to them one dram of Mummy and of Birth-wort three drams of the Liquor of Chachymia four ounces and a hall mix them and make a plaister XXVII If in a fleshy place there are Risings with a yellow head and a burning heat and a swelling and then suddenly they grow exceeding red and breaks into several holes which after three or four years turn to a blue colour mixed with a black with a vehement burning heat and under the skin it is hollow and so it continueth untill death Cure We must first use an eating Medicine and afterwards a Consolidating or fleshing Medicine The Eating Medicine Take of white Coper as one ounce of Rose-water three ounces of Lithargire half an ounce Mix them with the oyl of Roses in this mixture dip a linnen cloth which you must lay upon the holes The consolidating Medicine Take of Royal Consound half a pound of long Birth