to drynke / for this drynke wyl engendre lubrycyte and slypperynesse in the nether partes / and vse also some of those thynges whiche haue vertue to prouoke the byrth / wherof we entreated before ¶ Item certayn pessaries or suppositaries concernynge the same take gumme armoniacke / oppoponacum / helleborus niger / staphisagre / aristolochia longa / colocynthis without his kernelles beate all these thynges to gether / temperyng them with oxe gall and also with the iuyce of fresshe rue / then make a pessarie of wollen / and annoynt and wet the pessarie with the same / conueynge it into the secreate places ¶ Item another make a pessarie of wolleÌ„ of the lengthe thyckenesse of a fynger / and do it in the iuyce of rue in the which is dissolued a quantitie of scammome / and do with that pessarie / as before ¶ Item take aristolochia rotunda / sauyne / garde cresses / of eche lyke muche / beate them to powder / and temper them with oxe gall with this annoynt a pessarie made and ordered as before is spoken of Item yf the woman drynke the mylke of another woman / it wyll steare and expell the byrth ¶ Item take of the iuyce of dyttayne or of the powder of the roote of the same herbe .ij. dramÌ„s / and geue the same to drynke to the woman with wyne / excepte she be in greate heate / for then shall ye geue it her with luke warme water / and this shall expell the dead byrth without any parell of the mother ¶ Item take of myrrhe .iiij. drammes / of cinamome / galbanum / castoriuÌ„ / of eche two drammes of oppoponacum one dramÌ„ all those beaten / and tempered to gether with oxe gall / make pylles of them / wayenge eche of them a dramÌ„ / and with the fume of those perfume the nether partes / by this vapoure the deade byrthe is broughte forthe / inflamation and suffocation of bloude is expelled ¶ Item take of water mynte / sothernwood / muggewort / of eche a handefull / of asphaltum halfe an ounce / of madder two ounces and an halfe / of camomell / barotum / fenegreke / of eche two ounces sethe all these thynges to gether in rayne water in the whyche lette the woman bathe her selfe / then take of hensgrece and duckes grece / of eche .iiij. dramÌ„s to the which adde two ounces of oyle of anues sede / with this oyntmeÌ„t annoynt the womaÌ„s head comminge out of the bath then take datestones beate them to powder a dramÌ„ and a halfe / with a scruple of safrane tempered to gether with whyt wyne the which let her immediatlye drynke after she come forthe of the bathe ¶ Item take oppoponacum / make there of a pessarye the quantitie of a fynger / conueye it into the priuities / this expelieth the dead byrth ¶ Item take of galbanum a dramÌ„ or some what lesse of gotes mylke an ounce and a halfe or two ounces in the which the galbanum beynge dissolued / geue it to the woman to drynke ¶ Item a plaster for the same take galbanum beaten and tempered with the iuyce of motherworte / and of this make a plaster by puttyng to of wexe a certayne quaÌ„tite / than take a lynnen cloth of suche length bredth that it maye couer all the belly vnder the nauel to the priuities froÌ„ one syde to the other / on this cloth spred this plaster of the thyckenesse of a strawe / and laye it to the bellye Item take the tryacle which is called diatessaron and geue of it to the woman for to drynke / and it wyll expell this dead byrth ¶ But yf all these medicines profette not / then muste be vsed more seuere and harde remedyes / with instrumentes / as hokes / tonges / and suche other thynges made for the nonce And fyrst the woman must be layde a longe vpryght / the myddell parte of her bodye lyeng hyer then all the reste / companyed of women assistynge her aboute to comforte her / and to keape her downe / that when the byrthe is plucked oute she ryse not withall Then let the mydwyfe annoynt her left haÌ„d with the oyle of whyte lyllyes or other that may make it sople and smouth and holding out her fyngers shytting to gether her hand let her put it to the matrice to feale and perceaue after what fasshion the dead byrth lyeth in the mothers wombe so that she maye the better putte in hokes and suche other instrumentes to plucke it out with all ¶ Yf it be so that it lye the head forewarde / then fasten a hoke other vpoÌ„ one of the eyes of it / or the rofe of the mouthe / or vnder the chyn / on one of the sholders / whiche of these partes shall seme moste commodious and handsome to take it oute bye / and the hoke fastened to drawe it oute verye tenderlye for hurtynge of the woman ¶ But yf it lye the fete forewarde / then fasten the hoke on the bone aboue the priuye partes / or by some ribbe / or some of the backe bones / or of the breste bones / and when this hoke is thus fastened / the midwyfe may not by and by drawe and plucke at it / but holdynge it in her lefte hande / lette her with her ryghte hande fasten another in some other parte of the byrthe ryght agaynste the fyrste / and then tenderlye let her drawe both to gether / so that the byrth may procede and come forthe on bothe sydes equallye / mouynge it from one syde to another / tyll ye haue gotteÌ„ out alto gether / and nowe and then to helpe it in the comming forth with the fore fynger well annoynted / if it chanse to stycke or to be let any where and as it commeth forthe / alwaye to remoue the hokes farther and farther on the dead byrthe ¶ Agayne yf it chanse that one of the handes onely of the byrth do appeare / that it can not conuenientlye be reduced returned vpwarde agayne / by reason of the narownesse of the place / then byndt it with a lynneÌ„ cloth / that it slyp not vp agayne / and then to plucke it outwarde / vntyll suche tyme that the hole arme be out and then with a sharpe knyfe cut it of from the body / and euen so do yf both handes appeare fyrste at once / or one legge or bothe / yf they can not be returned backe / to be otherwyse taken out conuenient lye / as ye cutte the arme frome the sholders / soo lykewyse cuttinge the legges frome the thyghes / for the which purpose the surgeoÌ„s haue meâ—e instrumentes made for the nonce with the which such legges and armes may sone be cut frome the bodye / these partes beynge once reseâ—te and cutte frome the bodye / then turne the teste / so that it maye easylye procede with as lyttell payne to the mother / as maye be ¶
on hote coles / and let the woman receaue the fume and sauoure of it vndernethe ¶ Another perfume Take yelowe brymstone / myrrhe / mader / galbanum / oppoponacum / of eche lyke much / and temper all these to gether / makynge of them pylles / and with those also ye may make fume to be receaued vnderneth Itē the fume of culuer dunge or of hawkes dunge by puttyng to of oppoponacum / is souerayne for the same All these fumes open the poores benethe / and causeth nature to be the frear in delyueraunce ¶ Also it is very good to dyp wooll in the iuyce of rue / and the same to conuey into the secreates Also the pouder of aristolochia rotūda / or the rote called bothor martis / or malum terre / or the sede of staphisagre any of these wrapped in wooll and conueyed inwarde prouoketh calleth forthe the byrth ¶ Item take heleborus / oppoponacū / and wrap them to gether in wooll / and ministre them inwarde for that wyll brynge forthe prouoke the byrthe / whether it be alyue or dead Also the rynde and barke of cassia fistula beaten to pouder / and tempered with wyne and dronkē / prouoketh well the byrth ¶ Item asa fetida of the bygnes waight of a pese myngled to gether with castorium of the wayght of a dram̄ beaten to gether tempered with wyne myxt with water and so dronkē / is very good to prouoke the byrth Also canell dronke with wine is very good ¶ Item take a scruple of roses / with the water of the sede of fenegreke / cicercula / may denhere / all beaten to gether and soden / and the oyle of blewe flowre de luce a smal quantite tempered there with all and then geue it to the woman that laboreth / and it shall prouoke the byrthe greately Also cassia lignea and asa fetida dronke with wyne / be very good for the same Also holyoke soden in water and dronkē / is souerayn for the same purpose / it is verye good for her to washe her in the water / in the whiche this holyoke is decocte and soden in ¶ Certayne pylles the whiche make the labor easye and withoute payne TAke canell or cinamome and of sauyne of eche a dram̄ / of cassia lignea a dram̄ and a halfe / of myrrhe / aristolochia rotunda / costemary of eche a dram̄ / of storax liquida halfe a dram̄ / and of oppium the wayght of .xij. graynes / bete these all to gether / and forme them into pylles / and geue vnto the woman two dram̄s of these pylles with .ij. ounces of good olde wyne ¶ Item Safrane and Syler Montanum prouoketh the byrth of any lyuynge thynge / yf it be dronckē howe be it to a woman geue neuer passynge a drame at once of Safrane / for greater quantite sholde greately hurte ¶ Item take .v. drames of Sauyne / of rue or herbe grace one dragm̄ an halfe / of iuniper byryes .ij. dram̄s / of asa fetida / amoniacum / madder / of ech .ij. dram̄s of these make pylles / geuen to the womā in labor with water in the whiche is soden sauyne and penyryall / or els with the brothe of cicercula / and the iuyce of rue shall helpe very greately ¶ Item take .ij. dram̄s of sauyne / of asa fetida / armoniacum / madder / of eche halfe a dram̄ / these temper to gether in pilles / and geue her with wyne .ij. dram̄s of the same ¶ Item take of aristolochia longa / pepper and myrrhe / of eche lyke much / confict them to gether with wyne make pylles of them / minister them with an ounce of water of the decoction of lupynes / these pylles be of such efficacy and strength that it alleuiateth and vnpayneth the byrthe / it delyuereth the matrice or mother from all maner of byrth / be it alyue or dead ¶ Item take of whyte bedellium / myrrhe / and sauyne / of eche lyke much temper these with cassia lignea and hony / and make pylles of them of the byggenesse of pesen / of these pylles geue at eche tyme .v. to the laborer / whiche be of the same myght strength with the other pylles spoken of here nexte before ¶ Item take of myrrhe / castorium / and storax / of eche one dram̄ / temper them with hony / and make pylles of it / these for this purpose excell and passe al other / they be of such vertue and strength in operation ¶ A plaster to prouoke the byrthe Take wyld goward / seth it in water / in the same water temper myrrhe / the iuyce of rue / and barlye meale / so muche as shal be sufficient / stampe these thynges to gether / and make it plasterwyse / then laye it to the womans belly betwene the nauel and the nether part this plaster shall helpe meruelouslye ¶ And although many other thinges ther be the which haue vertue and power to prouoke byrth and to help it / yet leuyng all such thynges for breuite and shortenesse we haue set here suche thynges / which are chiefe and most principally conducent for the same purpose ¶ Howe the Secondyne or seconde byrth shall be sorsed to yssue forth yf it come not frelye of his owne kynde ¶ Cap .vi. HEre also somtyme it cometh to passe / that the Secondine / whiche is wonte to come to gether with the byrth / remayne tary behynde and folowe not And that for dyuers causes / one is For because peraduenture the woman hathe ben so sore weakened and feblysshed with trauell / dolour / and payne / of that fyrst byrth / that she hathe no strength remaynynge to helpe herselfe to the expellynge of this seconde byrth / another maye be / that it be entangled / tyed / or let within the matrice / which chāseth many tymes / or that it be destitute of humours / so that the water be flowen frō it soner then it sholde / which shold make the places more slyppery and more easye to passe thorowe / or els that the places ouer weryed with longe sore labor / for payne cōtract or gather together / enclose themselfe agayne / or that the places be swollen for anguysshe and payne / and so let the comminge forth of the seconde byrthe ¶ But to be shorte of what so euer cause it be thus stopped / the mydwyfe in anye wyse must fynde such meanes that it maye be vnloosed and expulsed For otherwyse greate inconuemency sholde chaunse to the partie / and speciallye suffocation chokynge of the matrice / whiche also must so much the more be takē hede to / for because the seconde byrth retayned kept within / wyll sone putrifye rot whereof wyll ensue yll noysom and pestiferous vapours / ascendynge to the harte / the braynes / and the mydryffe / throughe the which meanes the womā
the which is decoct and soden myntes / roses / violettes / and xiloaloes Also to eate of the brothe in the which is soden a henne / with cynamome / maces / and cardamomum / and also the yowlke of an egge Item it is good for her to eate fresshe chese and mylke / and to refrayne frome all maner of greate labor and harde workes Also potage made of beane meale / ryse / and breade made of fyne flowre / tempered with mylke and sugre / putting to it also a quantite of fenell sede or of the â—eues / is very good for her ¶ Item take of anys sede / of syler montanum / of eche .iii. dramÌ„s / of christall beten to powder u. dramÌ„s / as muche of sugre / geue her this to drynke aboute .x. dayes at morning / euening / myddaye IteÌ„ take of fenell sede or the leues / of horehownde of eche .ij. haÌ„ofulles / of ams sede iiij dramÌ„s / of safrane beaten one scruple also of fresshe butter .iij. ounces / sethe all these in sufficient water / makynge hereof a plaster / the same plaster whylst it is hote / laye it to the nourses brest ¶ Item take of comyn sede an ounce an halfe / of clarifyed hony .iij. ounces sethe it in .vi. li. wayght of water alto gether beynge put into a newe pot let it sethe to the thyrd parte / of this decoction geue the nourse theÌ„ ofteÌ„tymes to drynke IteÌ„ take of beetes well wasshed one ounce of coÌ„myn halfe an ounce of hony .vi. ounces of these myngled tempered to gether / make an electuarie / of the which let her take both in the morninge and eueninge at eche tyme a sponefull IteÌ„ take two dramÌ„s of crystal beateÌ„ into fyne pouder deuyde that in foure equall partes / one of these partes geue vnto the nourse the space of .iiij. dayes to drynke / with brothe made other of cicer / or els of peason also all those thinges folowing encrease augmeÌ„t mylke in the brestes annes annes sede / dyll the sede / horehownde / cardomome / fresshe chese / wortes made of olde ehece / cicer / crislal beateÌ„ to powder takeÌ„ with hony lettuse / fenell / wyne in which rosemary or serpilluÌ„ be sodeÌ„ IteÌ„ to abstayne froÌ„ venery or mans coÌ„pany / for yf she vse that / it shall spende consume the mylke make it vnsauery vnholsome nether can the chylde well broke it / but most coÌ„menly shall cast it vp again / because it can not digest it Also it shal be best that the child sucke not of the mothers breste by and by as sone as it is borne but rather of some other womans for a daye or two / for because that the creme as they cal it streit after the byrth the fyrst daye in all women doth thyckeÌ„ and congeyle ¶ Item yf it chaunse that the nourse be ouer sore laxed / or that she be ouer bounde / so that she take anye medycynes to remedye it / then let another geue the chylde sucke / whylst she be recouered agayne And when the chylde is layde in cradell to be rocked rocke not to fast / lest through ouer much rockyng and stearyng the chyldes stomacke torne and the mylke there corrupte for lacke of rest ¶ Auicen auyseth to geue the chyld sucke two yeres / howe be it amonge vs most commenlye they sucke but one yeare And when ye wyll wene them / then not to do it sodenly / but a lyttell and lyttell / and to make for it lyttell pylles of breade sugre to eate accustome it so / tyll it be able to eate all maner of meate this shall suffyce for the education and bryngynge vp of infantes at this tyme / notwithstandinge dyuers other thynges here are lefte vnspoken of / another tyme god willyng we shall declare them at large ¶ Thus endeth the fyrste boke THE SECONDE BOKE ¶ Of dyuers deceases and infirmities whiche chaunse to chyldren lately borne and the remedyes therefore AL thoughe there be in manner infinite deceases which happeÌ„ to infantes / as wryteth Hypocrates / Galenus / Rasis / AmceÌ„na / and diuers other yet for breuite and shortnesse we wyll reherse here only such of them / which moste commenly happen to the same / and that be those Exulceration of the gummes / flyx of the belly or ouer much loosenesse of the same / the belly hardbownd / the crampe / the cough / distillation of the heade / short wynded / bladders on the tounge / exulceration or chyppynge of the mouthe / apostume in the eares / apostume in the brayne / swellynge and bolnynge of the eyes / skum or creme of the eyes / the feuer / knawynge in the bellye / the body swellynge and puffed vp / often sneesynge / whelkes or bladders on the bodye / swellynge of the coddes / swelling of the nauell / vnslepynesse / yexynge / appetyte to perbrake / fearefulnes in the dreames / the mother / yssuyng out of the fondament gut / wormes in the belly / chawfynge / the fallynge syckenesse / the consumsyon / the palsye / trymblynge of the partes of the bodye / the stone / gogell eyes ¶ Howe to cure and to remedye all these / nowe wyll I shewe in order Fyrst in exulceration of the gummes are wonte certayne pusshes and as it were wheles grow on the gummes or in the corners of the iawes / the which put the place to muche greuance and to remedie this it shall be good that ye with your fynger rubbe the infaÌ„tes gummes and the pusshes or whelkes with all and then to annoynt the same gummes with oyntment made of hennes grese / hares brayne / oyle of camomell mixt with honye / other els turpen tyne tempered with hony / then take water / and in it sethe camomell and dyll / the which water beynge hote powre it on the chyldes heade / holdynge it a fote aboue the heade ¶ Of the flyx or ouer muche loosenesse of the bellye For this take the sede of roses / cuÌ„myn / anyse and the sede of smalege beate all those together and make them plaster wyse / and laye it to the chyldes bellye yf it stynte not by this remedye / then take of the coaguluÌ„ of a kyd a halfe peny wayght or a lyttell more / geue it to the chylde to drynke with colde water / and all the same daye let the chylde be kepte frome suckynge / leste the mylke shulde curde in the stomacke of it / but in the meane whyle let it eate of the yowlke of poched egges / or of whyte breade soden in water ¶ And farther yf that it whiche the infant voydeth be of / redde or yelowe colour / then lette drynke of the syrupe of roses / or of crabbes / other elles of pome granates / tempered with a lyttell mynte water ¶ Item another medycyne take leuen and in water breake it
of the eares When that humours and matter yssueth out of the eares which properly commeth of aboundant humours in all the body / most spetially in the head / thē take a pese of wool / and dyppe it in hony mixt with redde wyne / to the which is put also a lyttell quantite of alome beaten to pouder / or of safrane / then make of the same as it ware a tente / and put it in the childes eare / when the wooll hath sucked and drawen to it the humour and fyl thynesse of the eare / then take it out / and put in newe / and if that / the which commeth out of the eare be as matter / then take of soden hony and tempered with water / put of it in to the eares / or elles take the pouder of galles temperynge it with vynegre / and do lyke wyse ¶ But yf the chylde haut greate payne dolor by wyndynesse / ventosyte and the humours in this place / then sethe organnye or myrrhe with oyle olyfe and so beyng warme put of it in to the eares ¶ Of Appostumation in the heade Yf there be any appostume engendred in the heade whiche many tymes chaunseth the whiche causethe the cheekes and eyes to be greatelye payned / and the eye sight to waxe wannysshe or tawnye / then must be applyed suche thynges whiche maye refrigerat and coole the braynes as take of the iuyce of gowardes and the iuyce of solatrum / and the iuyce of purcelayne / and temper them with the oyle of roses / in this dyp a pese of wooll and laye it to the head / and as ofte as it waxeth drye / dippe it agayne / and lykewyse laye it to the heade ¶ Of the swellynge or bolnyng of the eyes Agaynst swellynge bolnynge of the eyes take licium / and temper it with womans mylke / and put of it into the chyldes eye / and bynde it to the place with fyne and softe lynnen clothe / then afterwarde wasshe the eyes with water in whiche camomell and basyll haue ben soden in Yf that in this swellynge the eyes be not redde / neyther the browes swollen / then take myrrhe / aloes / safrane / the leues of roses / and temper all these / and stype them in olde wyne and bynde it to the thyldes eyes with some lynnen clothe / into the childes nose put a quantite of ambre dissolued in womans mylke ¶ Of the scum or whyte of the eye Agaynst the scum or whyte of the eye which for the most parte happeneth to chyldrē thorowe ouer much cryeng wepynge take the iuyce of solatrum / and droppe of the same in to the chyldes eye / and yf by the same chanse the vayne of the eyes wexe reddysshe / or be swollen / then annoynt them with the same iuyce ¶ Agaynst immoderat heate or the feuer Yf the infant be in great vehement heate contrary to nature / the whiche is called a feuer Fyrst it shal be the nources parte to eate and vse suche thynges the whiche coole and moystē Also to geue vnto the infant of these thynges folowynge the iuyce of pome granate / the water of gourdes / sugre / with a lyttell camphere myxed here with all / tempered well to gether Itē it is very good to prouoke it to sweiyng ¶ Itē take of the iuyce of worme wood / of plantayne / malows / syngrene / and temper them all to gether / in the whiche also myxte barly meale / and make a plaster of all these / and laye it to the chyldes breste Itē take the oyle of roses the oyle of poplar / myxte them to gether with this oyntment beyng colde / annoynt the chyldes forehead / the temples / the armes / the hādes about the wrystes pulces / the fete about the ancles Itē take of barlye meale and of dryed roses poudered / temper these with the water of roses the water of endyue / make therof a plaster / the which laye to the chyldes brest ¶ Also as often as the chylde is wasshed / let it be done with water in whiche is soden such thynges whiche coole / as lectuse / purcelayne / endyue / plantane / and such other ¶ Agaynst frettynge or knawynge in the belly Yf the chylde be vexed with frettynge and knawynge in the belly / the which thynge ye shall know by the immoderat cryeng of the chylde / and that it turneth from one syde to another with greate cryenge / then shall you take warme water / oyle olyfe / and a lyttell waxe / temperynge them to gether / and herein dyppe a pese of wooll / and there with soke the chyldes bellye oftentymes ¶ Agaynstc swellynge of the bodye When the chyldes bodye or any parte ther of is swollen and puffed vp / then take the toppes of elder tree / and of walworte and sethe them in white wyne / therein lap the infante / spetially yf it be not takē with ouer greate heate / but yf so be that with swellyng in the heade the bellye be swollen also / then take myrrhe / aloes epaticus / safrane / and beate them all to gether / and temper them with the iuyce of beanes / and laye it to the thyldes heade ¶ Agaynst often sneesynge Sometymes the infantes be sore troubled and vexed with often starnutatiō and sneesynge / which thynge yf it come of the appostume in the head then shal ye minister such thynges to the heade whiche refrigerat and coole / whether it be oyles / oyntmentes / iuyces of herbes or other thynges Yf this come of anye other cause then of appostume / then take basilicum / be it grene or drye / and put of the iuyce or pouder of it into the childes nose but yf this sneesynge come and begyn with heate / that the chyldes eyes seme as they grewe in warde for payne of this sneesynge / then laye to thyldes heade the leaues of pur celayne / or gowarde cut in thynne peces and tempered with the oyle of rooses and barley meale / and also the yowlke of an egge ¶ Of whelkes in the body and the cure These whelkes yf they appeare blacke vppon the body / they sygnify parell of lyfe / and so muche the more the greater quantite that there is of them / but yf they seme whytyshe or reddyshe / it is no parell / maye easelye be cured wherfore take the leues of the red rose the leues of myrtylles of tamariscus / and sethe these in water / and in that water wette a lynnē cloth / soke there with the whelkes Itē like wyse it is good to annoynt the same with the oyle of roses / of myrtylles / tamariscus Yf the whelke be whyte or reddyshe / then let them be rype / before ye minister any thyng to them / when they be open begyn to matterye / then annoynte them with the
and so laye it to the chyldes stomacke ¶ But yf it so be that the perbrakynge of the chylde sauer not after the fashyon of vynegre / but after some other so wre sauour / that it be not whytyshe / but pale grayesshe then geue it the iuyce of quynces / and laye this plaster vnto the chyldes stomacke take barley meale / wylde mulderyes / and psida / beate all these to gether / and temper it with roose water / and laye it to the chyldes stomacke ¶ And farthermore yf the childes stomacke be some what wateryshe and slowe in digestion / then annoynte it with the water of roses / in the which muske hath ben dyssolued / or elles the water of myrtylles and geue it to drynke the iuyce of quynces with a lyttell cloues and sugre / or with a scruple of nuttemegges / there with tempered and myxed ¶ Agaynst fearefull and terrible dreames uers other thinges there be which might be here rehersed / but this shal be suffitient ¶ Consumption or pynynge awaye of the body When the infante falleth awaye / and the flesshe rebateth remaynynge nothynge but as it ware skynne and bone / and thereby the chylde waxeth syckely / then let the infant be often bathed in water / in which hath ben soden the head the fete of a ramme / so longe tyll the flesshe parte frome the bones of his owne accorde / and euery tyme that the chyld commeth forth of the bathe / fyrst let it be wyped and dryed cleane / then annoynt it with this oyntmente take fress he butter / oyle of violettes / or oyle of rooses / of eche .ii. dram̄s / of swynesgrece .vi. dram̄s / of whyte wex .iiij. dram̄s melt all these thynges to gether / and make an oyntment of it / annoyntynge there with the chyldes body ¶ Item take whyte waxe / swenes grece / shepes tallowe / fresshe butter / melt all these thinges to gether / strayne them / making of it an oyntmēt to annoynt the chyld withall ¶ Of lassitude werynesse or heuynesse of the chyldes hodye Sometymes it chaunseth that the chyldes membres of the body be so feable / as though it hath the palsye / so that with that partes of the bodye the chylde can not helpe it selfe / neyther can it lefte vp the handes / armes / ne stande on the fete / yf the chylde haue this dysease whylst it sucketh / then let the nourse be comforted and strengthned with such thinges the whiche haue vertue to heate and to drye Also let the nourse fede onely on rosted or fryed meate / that she forbare frō mylke / fysshe / and harde or salt poudred flesshe ¶ Farthermore let not the nourse vse any watered wyne / or myxed let her bathe the childe euer before that she geue it sucke / after annoyntynge it with the oyle of castorium / or the oyle of costum / let the chylde drynke euerye daye a quantite of this electuarye folowyng Take wyld mynt / cynamome / cummyn / drye roses / masticke / fenugreke / valeriane / ameum / doronicum / zedoarium / cloues / saunders / xiloaloes / of eche a dram̄ / of muske halfe a dram̄ / beate all those to pouder / confycte them with clarifyed wyne / makynge thereof an electuarye / of the whyche euerye daye geue vnto the chylde the iiij parte of a dram̄ to drynke Yf the chylde haue this dysease in euerye parte of his bodye / then take an ounce of wexe / and a dram̄ of euforbium / temper them to gether with oyle olyfe / and make hereof a plaster / and laye it to the raynes of the backe ¶ Of trymblynge of the bodye and the membres of the bodye Yf the chylde happen to be vexed with trymblynge and quakyng of the bodye or the partes thereof / so that ye feare that shryncklyng of the parte / or that the fallynge syckenesse sholde ensue / then remeady it after this meanes take the oyle of rooses / and the oyle of nardus / and temper them to gether / warmynge it / and there with annoyntynge the backe boke or raynes and the other shakyng membres / ye maye also take any other oyle / the whiche hathe vertue to warme and calefye / as the oyle of bays / and suche other Yf thou can not cure it by this meanes / then demaunde farther counceill of the physytyons ¶ Of the stone Yf the chylde be emcombred with the stone or with anye other thynge the whiche maye lette and stoppe the vryne / the whiche maye be knowen by these tokens Fyrst yf he haue the strāgury / yf it be prouoked often to pysse and yet can do but lyttell at once / and that with greate payne and dolour / yf the vryne be thynne and clere / and also beynge a man chylde yf the prycke be euer standynge all which thynges ye shall remedye thus ¶ Fyrst bathe the chylde in water wherin is decocte malous / holyoke / lynsede / and paritorye / then geue it to drynke some suche thinge which hath qualite to prouoke vryne and also when the nourse layeth it to sleape / let her annoynte the pryuie partes with oyle and geue the chylde to drynke the water of mulberyes with mylke / or otherwyse take the bloude of a gote / and the powder of a burnt scorpion / with the oyle of scorpions / or the oyle of whyte lyllyes tempered plasterwyse / and laye it to the chyldes bellye aboue the pryuie membres ¶ Of google eyes or lokynge a squynt Yf the chylde haue google eyes / or that it loke a squynt / then fyrst set the cradel in such a place / that the lyght maye come directelye and ryght in the chyldes face / neyther in the one syde / neyther in the other / neyther aboue the heade / leste it torne the syghte after the lyght Also marke / on whiche syde that the eyes do gogle / and let the lyghte come vnto it on the cōtrary syde / so to retorne the syght And in the nyght season set a candell on the contrarye syde / so that by this meane the goglynge of the eyes maye be retorned to the ryghte place And farther it shall be good to hange clothes of diuers and freshe coloures on the contrary syde / and spetially of the coloure of lyght grene / or yelowe / for the chylde shall haue pleasure to beholde these strange coloures / and in retornynge the eye syghte towarde suche thynges / it shal be occasion to rectifye the syght agayne and this shall be sufficient for this tyme of the dyseases of chyldren / after they be borne makynge here an ende of this seconde boke THE THIRDE BOKE ¶ Of suche thynges the which shal be entreated of in this thyrde boke ¶ Cap .i. IN these two precedente bokes we haue sufficientelye for this tyme declared such thinges the which are wont to happen vnto women before theyr labor / in theyr labor /