drams Zedoariae half an ounce Anisi of each one dram and half Sem. Faeniculi dulcis of each one dram and half Pastinacei silvestris of each one dram and half Ocymi of each one dram and half Rad. Angelicae of each two drams Caryophyllatae of each two drams Glyrynhicae of each two drams Calami odorati of each two drams Phu minoris of each two drams Foliorum sclareae of each two drams Thymi of each two drams Calaminthae of each two drams Pulegii of each two drams Menthae of each two drams Serpylli of each two drams Majoranae of each two drams Florum rosar rubrarum of each one dram and half Salviae of each one dram and half Rorismarini of each one dram and half Betonicae of each one dram and half Staechados of each one dram and half Buglossi of each one dram and half Boraginis of each one dram and half Corticum citri three drams Bruise what are to be bruised and macerate them for the space of fifteen dayes in twelve pounds of the best Spirit of wine in a glass vessel well closed then distill them in B. M. according to Art afterwards adde to the distilled water Specierum Diambrae Aromaticum rosat Diamoch dulcis Diarcargarit frigid Diaruhodon Albatis Electuaris de gemmis of each 3 drams Santali citrini contusi two drams Moschi of each 1 scruple Ambrae griseae in tela rara ligatorum of each 1 scruple Julepi rosati clari one pound Shake them all well together that the Julep may incorporate well with the water then stop up the glass with wax and parchment and let it stand untill the water be cleared Doctor Stevens his Water IT is a notable cordial-water comforts the head and heart yea and all the principal faculties of the body both annimal vital and natural if it be truly prepared it helpeth all cold diseases palseys convulsions barrenness tooth-ach It killeth worms cureth the dropsie stone stinking breath and prolongeth life and is made as follloweth â„ž Cinamoni of each one dram Zinziberis of each one dram Galangae of each one dram Caryophillorum of each one dram Nucis moschatae of each one dram Granorum paradisae of each one dram Sem. Anisi of each one dram Faeniculi of each one dram Carni of each one dram Herb. Thymi of each one handful Serpylli of each one handful Menthae of each one handful Salviae of each one handful Pulegi of each one handful Parictariae of each one handful Rorismarini of each one handful Flor. rosar rubrarum of each one handful Chamemeli of each one handful Origani of each one handful Lavendulae of each one handful Infuse them all twelve hours then distill them in a Limbeck and take of the strongest water three pounds The common Lotion IS used in ulcerations of the mouth or gums in griefs of the yard as well within the passage as also between glans and Praeputium there are divers sorts according as occasion offers but that which I mean here is onely made of Sage Rosemary Woodbine and brier tops boyled in water adding honey and allome fortifying it as you see cause with Mercury dulcified put a rag on your finger or on a stick and dip it into the lotion warmed and rub the gums hard therewith and the ulcerated parts untill they bleed or you may make a lotion for the mouth thus â„ž Copperas green white or blue â„¥ ij Water lb j. or thereabouts Honey one spoonful Boyl these to the consumption of one third or half then take of lapis medicamentosus or Salt-peter â„¥ sss and if you have no honey take sugar or juice of liquorice or liquorice boyled therein to make it pleasant in taste or without for a need you may well use it Strong-Lye THis is Capital-lees and is very necessary to mollifie the White-caustick when it groweth dry as also if need be by decoction to make a lapis internalis for to make Issues or break Apostumes The Liquid-caustick is made of unslaked-lime and capital-lees boyled together to the thickness of an unguent and applyed as hereafter shall be shewn Vinegar of Wine VInegar helpeth the unnatural swellings of the belly and also cureth the fluxes of the stomach the parts grieved being fomented therewith It stayeth the inordinate menstrual-fluxes the region of the liver or the bearing parts fomented therewith warm namely with stuphes wet therein It is good against vomiting the stomach outwardly fomented with warm stuphes wet therein It also discusseth and dissipateth violent hot tumors in their beginnings yea even those which are named Pavaritiae or as some tearm them fellons Good wine vinegar excelleth in Cataplasms as also in fomentations where avodine medicines are to be used provided the place be not excoriated as namely in hervia humorali in the falling down of the fundament it is approved good sometimes with wine used warm to foment the part withall as also to be cast on bricks to receive the fume thereof In the hot gout and in all inflammations as the Rose or Ignis sacer or as some call it St. Antonies fire by way of fomentation with wine vinegar it is a precious help also by way of gargarisme it is an approved remedy against Squinantia auginae or any sudden inflammation of the columella or the amygdales of the throat and if you mingle with it Oyle of Roses you make it the better for all the aforesaid uses and the more cordial Vingar of Roses VInegar of Roses is very cordial helps the stomach refresheth nature weakned and is good against the faintings and great weakness of the spirits but if the Artist have not Vinegar of Roses ready he may infuse in Wine-vinegar a little Rose-water and it will do almost as well It is thus made â„ž Red-rose-buds almost blown being fresh and the leaves clean picked from them that are clean withered and naught gathered very dry and then spread abroad in the shade to dry about three or four dayes lb j. Wine-vinegar eight sextaries Set them in the Sun forty dayes then strain the vinegar and put it up but if you will have it more strong of the Roses then make a second infusion of fresh leaves Spirit of Wine SPirit of Wine of all vegetables is the most precious thing it is the truest of all cordials it preserveth the body from putrifaction and in every cold oppression of nature it is a true helper for the cough and all distillations of Rhumes and Fluxes it is a perfect help it comforteth the stomack and provoketh appetite It helpeth those which are thick of hearing one drop dayly put into the eare it preserveth a man in health if every morning and evening he take certaine drops thereof and defendeth the body that taketh it from the oppression of infectious ayre and being sick almost in any disease it may safely be given as a true restorative medicine it is good in wounds Ulcers Fistulaes and Fractures of which another place hereafter will make
mention It is thus made â„ž Of good white Claret Wine or Sack which is not sowre nor musty nor otherwise corrupt that quantity which may serve to fill the vessell wherein you make your distillation to a third part then put on the head furnished with the nose or pipe and so make your distillation first in ashes drawing about a third part from the whole as for example six or eight pintes out of foure and twenty then distill it againe in B. M drawing another third part which is two pintes so that the oftener you distill it the lesse Liquor you have but the more strong some use to rectifie it seven times Of Syrups And first Of Syrup of Wormwood THis Syrup corroborates the stomach helpeth concoction causeth an appetite discusseth wind openeth the veins moves urine and killeth worms and is thus made â„ž Absinthii romani sive pontici half a pound Rosarum rubratum two ounces Spicae Indicae three drams Vini albi antiqui generosi of each two pounds and half succi cydoniorum of each two pounds and half Macerate them in an earthen vessel four and twenty hours then boyl them until half be wasted strain it and put to the straining two pounds of Sugar and boyl it to a syrup Syrup of Lymons THe Syrup of Lymons is cordial and refrigerating it doth please and profit the appetite and comforteth all that are sick of the pestilence or continual and contagious Feavers as also all diseases on which exceeding great heat attendeth it cheareth up the heavy heart and dispelleth sorrow therefrom and against all obstructions of the spleen it is a good help and also well approved in the cure of the Scurvy It is made as followeth â„ž Juice of Lymons purified by going through a wollen strayner without crushing 7 pounds White-sugar five pound Boyl them with a soft fire to a syrup Syrup of Poppies SYrup of White-poppies hath an astringent quality it procureth sleep helpeth the cough hindreth the humors which distill from the head into the throat causing a tickling and is of precious use against the palsey if it be used in the beginning thereof It is made thus â„ž Capitum cum seminibus of each fifty drams papaveris albi nigri of each fifty drams Capillorum veneris fifteen drams Glycyrhicae five drams Jujubarum in number thirty Sem. lactucae forty drams Sem. malvae cydoniorum in linteo raro ligatorum of each one dram and half Boyl them in eight pints of water untill half be wasted strain it and to every three pounds of liquor put of Penidiorum sacchari of each one pound Boyl them to a syrup Syrup of Roses solutine THis Syrup is used as a gentle safe purge both to old young when they are molested either with burning or pestilent Feavers or any ho distemper of the body and is thus made â„ž Of Damask-roses one pound Fair water four pound Infuse them together then strain them and adde as many fresh Roses do this nine times then take of the last infusion six pound Sugar four pound Boyl it according to Art to a syrup Syrup of Violets THis Syrup doth break the acrimonie of melancho y tempereth the heat of the bowels bringeth down the belly by purging it helpeth the diseases of the throat as hoarsness and the dry cough and is a chief aid to the curing inflammations of the breast it helpeth the plurifie and quencheth the thirst in Feavers being put in cooling Juleps and is cordial It is thus made â„ž Violet flowers picked one pound Spring water hot one pound and half Or a sufficient quantity Put them in an earthen vessel glazed and close covered and let them infuse four and twenty hours then strain them hard take of this liquor one pound white-White-sugar two pound Mingle them and dissolve the Sugar with a continual equal heat and put it up for your use Oxymel simple OXymel simple is of great use for the cure of inflammations of the lungs and throat helpeth expectoration and difficult breathing cutteth and attenuateth thick and slimy humors purgeth the entrails without trouble and is good both in cold and hot affections and is made as followeth â„ž Of the best Aromatick-honey dispumed four pound Clear spring-water and of the best vinegar of each two pound Boyl them according to Art untill they come to a liquid syrup but take heed you boyl it not too much lest you spoil the taste Diamoron THis syrup is profitable in gargarismes against the eating ulcers of the mouth it cutteth away phlegme and cleanseth the mouth and throat and by reason of the pleasant taste thereof it is the more comfortable to the diseased It is made after this maner â„ž Succi mororum celsi rubri immaturorum of each one pound and half Mellis two pound Boyl them with an easie fire to the thickness of honey Syrup of Sloes SYrup of Sloes doth refrigerate and comfort the stomach stoppeth Fluxes healeth the excoriations of the intrails and is made with the Pulpe of sloes and sugar Hony of Roses HOny of Roses strengtheneth and cleanseth the stomack purgeth clammy humours helpeth concoction with the temperate heat thereof allayeth and stoppeth hot fluxes the phlegmone of the mouth gums and jaws it is singular good with Oyle of Roses for wounds in the head and putting to them some Aqua vitae makes them good to heal wounds in the joynts where the joynt water gleereth out It is made as followeth â„ž pure white Honey dispumed ten pounds Fresh juice of red Roses one pound Put them into a skillet and when they begin to boyle throw into them of fresh red Rose leaves picked foure pounds and boyle them until the juice be wasted alwayes stirring it then straine it and put it up in an earthen pot Conserves And first of Conserve of red Roses THe Conserve of red Roses is good for the heart and head strengthneth and comforteth both as also the bowels mitigating their heat and stoppeth fluxions and is much the more profitable in any griefe if a few drops of Oyle of Vitrioll be mixed therewith but beware of too much and is thus made â„ž Of red Rose leaves not fully blowed all the withered and corrupt leaves clipped away two pounds White sugar six pounds Put your leaves and halfe your sugar into a stone mortar and beat them til they be almost enough then put in the rest of the sugar and beat it up to a Conserve Conserve of Rosemary flowers OR Conserve of Anthos hath great force in comforting the brain and coroborating the sinnews and it is given with good successe in the falling sicknesse Apoplexy Lethargy dead and shaking palsey and is made as the Conserve of Roses is Conserve of Borage flowers THis Conserve is a great cordiall comforting the heart and all the vitalls it makes a man merry glad and chearfull and chaseth away all heavy sadnesse and dull melancholly and is made of Borage flowers picked and sugar as the former Conserve
put into it of crude ambergreese cut small half an ounce and when it is well melted cast in these following finely powdered Cinamomi electi Ligni aloes optimi Lapidis lazuli usti in crucibulo Then powdered and washed first in fair water then in Rose-water or Burrage-water four or five times letting it dry between every washing untill the water come from it clear of each six drams Margaritarum pellucidarum Praeparatarum three drams Fol. auri Moschi optimi of each one dram Make it up according to Art The electuary of the Egge THis electuary is excellent above all other Antidotes in preventing and curing the plague and all pestilent disease in expelling the infection from the heart and is compounded after this manner â„ž A new laid Egge Draw out the white at a little hole in the top and stuffe the Egge full of the best saffron then cover it close with another Eggeshell then put it into an oven after bread is drawn out and let it lye so long untill the shel begin to look all over black but take heed the saffron burn not for then all that Egg is spoyled then take it out of the shel powder it very small and put to it as much white mustard seed in powder at it weigheth then Pulv. rad dictamni albi sive Fraxinellae Tormentillae of each two drams Myrrhae Cornu Cervini Rad. Petasitae of each one dram Rad. Angelicae Pimpinellae Gravorum Juniperi Zedoariae Camphorae of each one ounce Mingle them altogether in a mortar and adde to them of the best Triacle the weight of all the other and then mingle them well with the Pestle for at least three hours powring in now and then a little syrup of Lymons untill it come to the forme of an Electuary Mithridate MIthridate is in quality and vertue like unto Triacle but more hot and forcible against the poyson of Serpents mad Dogs wild Beasts creeping things being used as a plaister or drunk it cureth all the cold affections of the head helpeth the melancholick or those that are fearfull of waters them also that have the falling sicknesse Megrim pain in the bowels ears tooth-ach and weeping eyes helpeth the evils of the mouth and jaws being plaisterwise layed to the temples by discussion giveth ease to the troubled with the Squinancy Apoplexy Cough spitting of bloud Impostumes or inflammations of the Lungs or any griefs within the body and is good against the bloudy-flux flux of the stomach obstructions of the guts and against wringing and tortions in them being taken with Aqua vitae and the decoction of Baulastians it remedieth Convulsions and Palsey helpeth the Midriffe winde in the hypocondria the pains of the reins and bladder breaketh the stone provoketh Urine and monthly flowers expelleth other vices of the matrix yieldeth a singular benefit for the Gout profiteth not a little in quotidians and quartanes a quantity drunk in wine being first warmed and then taken an hour before the fit it is made as followeth â„ž Myrrhae Arabicae Croci Agarici Ziâ—ziberis Cinamomi Spicae nardi Thuris Sem. Thlaspeos of each ten drams Sescleos Opobalsami seu ol Nucis Moschat per express Junci odorati Staechados Costi veri Galbani Terebinthinae Piperis longi Castorei pontici Succi hypocystydos Styracis optimae Oppoponacis Fol. malabathri recentium vel in ejus defectu Macis of each one ounce Cassiae ligneae verae Polii Piperis albi Scordii Sem. dauci cretici Carpobalsami vel Cubebarum Trochisci Cypheos Bdellii of each 7 drams Nardi celticae purgatae Gummi Arabici Sem. Petroselinae Macedon Opii Cardamomi minoris Sem. Faeniculi Gentianae Fol. Rosar rubrar Dictamni cretensis of each five drams Sem. Anisi Asari Acori seu calami Aromatici Ireos Phu majoris Sagapeni of each three drams Mei Athamantici Acatiae Ventrum Scincorum Summitat Hyperici of each two drams and halfe Vini quantum sufficit ad solutionem gummi succoruÌ„ mellis deinde triplum ad omnia praeter vinuÌ„ Mingle them according to Art as before Diaphaenicon THis Electuary is most used in Clysters in long and sharpe Feavers purging Choler and phlegme it is good in the Cholick belly-ach and griefs of the ventricle that arise from crudities the dose is six drams and is thus made â„ž Pulpae Palmularum mundatarum ex hydromelitae coctae cribro cretae Penudiorum recentium of each hafe a pound Amigdalarum duleime expurgatarum three ounces and a halfe Bruise them and mix them with two pounds of clarified hony and boyle them a little then sprinkle in Zinziberis Piperis Macis Cynamoni Fol. rutae siccorum Sem. Faeniculi Dauci of each two drams Turpeti tenuissime triti foure ounces Diagredii one ounce and halfe Mingle them according to Art Diacatholicon DIacatholicon purgeth gently all humoure it is conveniently used in Clysters in Feavers and other diseases which arise from a certain evill disposition of the Spleene and Liver the dose is as the former the composition is as followeth â„ž Pulpae Cassiae Tamarindorum Fol. Sennae of each two ounces Polipodii Violarum Rhabarbari Sem. Anisi Pejudiorum Sacchari candi of each one ounce Glycirrhicae rasae Sem. Cucurbitae Citruli Cucumeris Melonum of each two drams Pound those that are to be pounded then take Polipodii recentis three ounces Sem. Faeniculi six drams Boyle them in foure pounds of raine water or ordinary water to the wasting of a third part strain them and put to the Liquor two pounds of the best sugar boyle them again with the Pulps and when it is almost enough adde the rest finely powdred and make it into an Electuary Of Opiats Of Diascordium DIascordium is helpfull in Feavers as well contagious as otherwise it is good for the head-ach and for the plague avaylet in fluxes of the belly and tertian Agues and is made after this manner â„ž Cinamomi Cassiae ligneae of each half an ounce Scordu veri of each one ounce Dictamni Cretici Tormentillae Bistortae Galbani Gummi arrabici of each half an ounce Opii one dram and half Styâ—acis calamitae four drams and half Sâ—m acetosae one dram and half Gentianae half an ounce Boli Armeni one ounce and half Terrae sigilatae lemniae half an ounce Piperis longi Zinziberis of each two drams Mellis aibi dispumati two pounds and half Conservae rosaâ—um one pound Vinii canaâ—ini aromatici half a pound Disolve the gums in the wine and then mingle the rest according to Art to the forme of an electuary Laudanum Paracelsi THis worthy Medicine I have often used as it hâ—â—h been commended by the Author himself and â—lso by Osnaldus Crollius and lately by that learned man Mr. John Wooddal who hath set down the vertues thereof at large in his Chyrurgeons Mate whose method I follow in this book as I have before shewed and because the aforsaid Authors are too great a price for every one and in such
their beginning from cold humours The composition follows â„ž Succi Necotianae majoris halfe a pound Succi absinthii pontici majoris three ounces Oleorum hyperici Irini vel sambuci of each one ounce and halfe Foliorum absinthii pontici majoris Prunellae Scrophulariae majoris matthioli of each one handfull Vini albi one ounce and halfe Boil them altogether to the consumption of almost all the wine and juices in a vessel of brasse always stirring it with a wooden spatula then straine it in a presse then melt together these things following Cerae flavae foure ounces Sevi Hircini Terebinthinae of each two ounces Mastices of each one ounce finely powdred Myrrhae of each one ounce finely powdred Thuris of each one ounce finely powdred and put them all together to the other Liquor and boyle them a little then coole it and make it up Sir Philip Paris Emplaister THis Emplaister is excellent for divers things if you lay it upon the stomack it provoketh appetite and taketh away any griefe from the same layd to the belly it easeth the Collick speedily layd to the reignes it stoppeth the bloudy flux running of the reines heat of the kidneys and weaknesse of the back it healeth swellings aches bruises it breaketh fellons and aposthumes and healeth them it draweth out humours without breaking the skin it healeth the diseases of the fundament layd upon the head it helpeth the head-ach uvula and eyes layd to the belly it provoketh the months and apteth the matrice for conception The composition is as followeth â„ž Olei communis two pounds Minii of each one pound beaten small Cerussae of each one pound beaten small Saponis castiliani twelve ounces Incorporate these well together in an earthen pan Well glased before you put them to boyle then put them upon a gentle fire of coales for one houre ever stirring it with a spatula then encrease fire till the red turne grayish continuing your stirring drop a little upon a trencher if it cleave not thereto then it is enough dip linnen cloathes therein and smoth them with a sleekstone the rest make up in rolles it wil last twenty yeares Let the Artist observe a true boyling of all Emplaisters for over much boyling not onely makes the Emplaister too hard but also evaporates the vertues of divers ingredients likewise too little boyling doth not incorporate them neither will they stick upon the place besides the inconvenience of carrying them let all your gummes in any Emplaister be finely powdered dissolved in sacke or Vineger and strained through a canvas and the vineger or sacke evaporated at the fire and then put to the rest where turpentine or saffron are added it must be when the rest are boyled enough giving them but two or three walmes after you have put them in and with those emplaisters which I have heere set downe you need not feare to dresse any wound whether incised or contused or any ulcer of what sort soever Next I shall shew you what oyles and unguents it is needfull to have in readines for store and how â—ou shall make them and they are these Unguentum Aegyptiacum Album camphoratuÌ„ Populeon Mel saporis Dialthaea Arregon Martiatum Agrippa Tutia Spleneticum And first of Aegyptiacum THis unguent doth scoure and mundifie all rotten ulcers and is best used scalding hot for then the usuall paine and corrosion it procureth wil be the sooner past over in like manner it is to be used in any venomous wounds made either with poysoned shot or bitten with mad dogs or any other venomous creature or in great contused wounds wherein for preventing them from the feare of a gangrene it excelleth it serveth also to be used alone or mixed with any lotion for ulcers of the mouth or throat especially in the scurvy This unguent dryeth vehemently and is abstersive of temperament hot and dry and is made as followeth â„ž Eruginis five drams Mellis fourteen drams Aceti fortis seven drams Boyle them altogether to an oyntment thick and red Album Camphoratum THe white oyntment with Campheire is good to coole and heale any hot moyst pustles it cureth excoriation of the skin in any place but chiefly in the yard betwixt glans and praputium it also healeth burnings and scaldings very well and is good to be applyed to any painfull ulcer for it asswageth paine and healeth well it is cold avodine molificative and attractive It is made as followeth â„ž Olei Rosati nine ounces Cerussae bonae in aqua rosarum lotae 3 ounces Cerae albae two ounces Make it into an oyntment according to Art if you will have it with Camphire then adde to this proportion of Camphire two drams Vnguentum Populeon THis Oyntment serveth well to asswage the paines of the Scurvy by annoynting the parts grieved therewith it asswageth paine in any part of the body and it easeth the dolour of a caustick medicine by being applied cold upon a plegent to the place grieved It procures sleepe in Fevers if you annoynt the temples palmes of the hands and soles of the feet therewith it is cold and moyst and is made as followeth â„ž Occulorum populi arboris one pound and halfe Recentium one pound and halfe Axungiae porcinae recentis insulsae three pounds Beat the buds and macerate them in the greace untill such time as you may get these herbs following Foliorum papaveris nigri Mandragorae Cimarum rubri tenerimarum Foliorum hyosciami of each three ounces Solavi of each three ounces Lactucae of each three ounces Vermicularis of each three ounces Sedi seu sempervivi majoris of each three ounces Violarum of each three ounces Umbilici Veneris of each three ounces Burdanae of each three ounces Beat them all and mingle them with the fat and buds and so let them stand ten dayes then powre to them a pint of Rosewater and boyle them with a gentle fire until the water and all the Liquor be consumed coole it a little and strayne it and if need bee boyle it againe untill it come to an ointment In want of Mandrake take a double quantity of Henbane Unguentum Dialthaea THE Unguent of Draschaea or Marshmallows is good against all paines of the breast of a cold cause and against the plurisie it warmeth mollifieth and comforteth all parts of the body which are evill disposed through cold infirmities it is good against stiffenes and paines in the joints in the scurvey It is good for cut nerves paines in the sides and hardnesse of the sinewes and is resolutive and is thus made â„ž Radicum altheae two pounds Sem. Lini Faenugraeci of each one pound Scillae pulpae halfe a pound Olei foure pounds Cerae one pound Terebinthinae of each two ounces Gummi hederae of each two ounces Galbani of each two ounces Colophoniae Of each halfe a pound Resinae Of each halfe a pound Let the Roots be well washed and bruised as also the Fenugreeck seed Linseed and sea Onion and then put them to macerate for three dayes in eight pound of water the
fourth day boyle them and straine out the Muscilage or thick slime and the â„ž of this Muscilage two pounds And boyle it with the Oyle until the juyce be consumed then put in the Wax Rosin and Colophony and when they ate melted adde your Turpentine lastly your Galbanum and Gum of Ivy dissolved in vineger must be put in and so boyle them all a little then take it from the fire and stirre it until it be almost quite cold that all may well be incorporated together Mel saponis THis is made of Hony and Sope mixed together of each equall parts and is applyed for the first medicine to burnings or scaldings to take out the fire and is for that purpose exceeding good Vnguentum Arregon THis Oyntment is called one of the foure hot Oyntments and is generally good against all cold affects of the outward parts of the body it much warmeth and comforteth the sinews it is good against Convulsions and Cramps it is good to annoynt the ridge bone of the back and the Parts neare the kidneys against the pains thereof and also to annoynt the stomack and belly upon any cold griefe it is also good to annoynt the body of them which have the quartane Feaver the falling sicknesse the paines of the joynts and the like cold diseases and is thus made â„ž Rosmarini of each foure ounces and halfe Majoranae of each foure ounces and halfe Serpylli of each foure ounces and halfe Rutae of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. Ari of each foure ounces and halfe Rad. cucumeris agrestis of each foure ounces and halfe Fol. Lauri Of each foure ounces Salviae Of each foure ounces Rad. bryoniae Of each foure ounces Pulicariae Of each foure ounces Laureolae nine ounces Fol. cucumeris asinini Nepetae of each halfe a pound Let all these be gathered in the month of May and wel cleansed and beat them green and macerate them seven dayes in six pound of the best Oyle and one pint of Aqua vitae then boyle them until they be shrunke and the water consumed then straine the Oyle in the which you shal melt these things following Cerae sixteene ounces Adipis Ursini Olei Laurini of each three ounces Olei Moschelini halfe an ounce Petrolci one ounce Butyri foure ounces work these all well together then strow into them these powders following Mastiches of each one ounce Olibani of each one ounce Pyrethri of each one ounce Euphorbii of each one ounce Zinziberis of each one ounce Piperis of each one ounce These being all finely powdred must be sprinkled into the former and so reduced into the forme of an Unguent Vnguent Martiatum THis Unguent as it is composed of many ingredients so it is good for many griefes for it discusseth cold causes in the head sinewes and joints it removeth paine from the breast and stomacke proceecing from cold it prevayleth against convulsions it helpeth the resolution of the sinewes dead palsie and the hip-gout the gout in the hands or feet and other joints of the body it mollifieth hard pustles and tumors in the flesh it asswageth the hard swellings of the liver and spleene easeth the paine in the small gutts and cureth the ach in the reines and is chiefly used in Dropsies and affects of the spleene and is thus made â„ž Fol. Lauri of each eight ounces Rorismarini of each eight ounces Rutae seven ounces fol. tamarisci six ounces Ebuli Esbrii vel Majoranae Sabinae Balsamitae vel menthae aquaticae Salviae Ocymi Polii montani Calaminthae Artimesiae Enulae Betonicae Brancae ursinae Spargulae vel aparines Herbae venti Vel parsetariae Pimpinellae Agrimoniae Absinthii Herbae Paralyseos Herbae sanctae Mariae Cymarum sambuci Crassulae majoris Sempervivi Millefolii Chamedryos Centaurii minoris Quinque nervii i. Plantaginis majoris Fragariae Tetrahit Quinque folii Of each of these foure ounces and halfe Radic Altheae of each three ounces Sem. Cymini of each three ounces Myrrhae of each three ounces Fenugraeci one ounce and halfe Sem. Urticae majoris Violarum Papaveris rubri Mentastri Menthae Satinae Acetosae Pollitrichi Carduncelli Matrisylvae Butyri ten drams Adipis Ursini Of each one ounce Gallinacei Of each one ounce Mastiches Of each one ounce Thuris Of each one ounce Olei Nardini two ounces Cerae two pounds Maturellae Herbae moschatae Alleluiae Linguae Cervinae Crispulae Camphoratae Medullae Cervinae Styracis calamitae Of each half an ounce Your herbs being all fresh shall be shred and infused seven dayes in eight pound of Oyle and odoriferous Wine on the eighth day boyle them to the consumption of the Wine coole it a little and straine it then put in againe your Oyle into the pan and heat it on the fire gently and being pretty warme put into it your butter suet fats oyle and wax next your storax dissolved in Wine and a little Turpentine mingled with it then powder your Mastick Myrrh and Frankinsence and sprinkle them into the rest then mingle and incorporate them all well together with a spatula and put them up Vnguentum Agrippae THis Oyntment is good against the Dropsie affects of the spleene and paine in the belly it doth mollifie attenuate divide and dissipate Oedemata corporis as saith PHILLIP BARROVV it is good in old affects of the sinews easeth paine of the kidneys and by annoynting looseth the belly It is thus made â„ž Rad. Bryoniae two pounds Rad. Cucumeris agrestis one pound Scillae laminarum halfe a pound Rad. Ireos recentis three ounces Rad. filicis maris of each two ounces Ebuli of each two ounces Tribuli aquatici vel Ari of each two ounces Beat them all fresh and steep them in foure pound of white sweet Oyle the space of six or eight dayes then boyle them with a gentle fire untill the roots begin to shrink then straine them and put to your Oyle of white wax â„¥ vx and melt them together to the consistence of an Unguent Vnguentum Tutiae THis Oyntment is a good drier and is used in distillations of the eyes and is astringent cooling stopping and filling up It is thus made â„ž Tutiae praeparatae two ounces Lapidis calaminaris saepius usti in aqua plantaginis extincti one ounce Powder them very fine then take Axungiae porcinae one pound and halfe Wish it in Rose water three or foure times then put into it your powders and worke them well together to an oyntment Instead of hogs grease you may make the oyntment with unguent of Roses and that wil be the best Vuguentum Splenicum IS used in affects of the spleene and very necessary to be in readinesse and is made as followeth â„ž Olei Capparum one ounce Olei Lilliorum of each halfe an ounce Chamomelini of each halfe an ounce Butiri recentis of each halfe an ounce Succi brioniae of each halfe
an ounce Cyclaminis of each halfe an ounce Boyle them to the consumption of the juices and then adde these things following Ammoniaci aceto soluti two drams and halfe Pinguedinis gallinae of each halfe an ounce Medullae cruris vituli of each halfe an ounce Oesypi of each halfe an ounce Corticum rad tamarisci of each one dram capparum of each one dram Ceterach of each one dram Rad. filicis of each one dram Pulv sem Agnicasti of each one scruple Genistae of each one scruple Cerae as much as will serve to make them up in the forme of an Unguent These are all Unguents very necessary for a Surgeon to have continually in store for with these he may be able through his owne practice to dresse any wound from the first to the last Next wee wil looke what Oyles are fitting to be had and those I conceive may be such as follow that is Oyle of Roses THis Oyle is avodine and doth refrigerate and corroborate and therefore is good against hot diseases as Erysepilas c. also with Mel Rosarum it is a good balme for wounds in the head and elsewhere and hath divers other worthy uses in Chyrurgery and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound In the which you shal infuse foure ounces of red Roses gathered blowne and stamped in a mortar in a glasse vessel and set them in the Sun for seven or eight dayes then boyle it a little and straine it and adde as many more Roses and Sunne and straine them as you did the former shaking them every day do thus three severall times but let the last infusion stand forty dayes in the Sunne and then you may either set them up so or straine them out which you will Oyle of Dill IS avoydine and comforting it concocteth crude tumours causeth sleep mitigateth the head-ach refresheth the wearied members strengthneth the sinewes discusseth winde is profitable for Convulsions and asswageth aches easeth paines and hath many other good uses and is thus made â„ž Oyle Olive one pound Flowers and leaves of Dill foure ounces Make three severall infusions as you did your Roses to the last infusion you shall put foure ounces of the juice of Dill and boyle the Oyle gently until the juice be consumed Oyle of Camomile OYle of Camomile resolveth moderately and calefieth by annoynting the parts grieved it is good for the Collick Stone wearinesse and for Aches Feavers and for all other things with the former it is also very convenient in Clysters for all gripings and torsions of the guts and yieldeth grtat comfort to the intrayles by the good odour and warmth thereof It is made by infusion forty dayes with the flowers and oyle olive as before you did your Dill. Oyle of Wormes THis oyle of Earth-wormes helpeth the aches of the joints in any part of the body and doth strengthen and comfort well the sinewes weakned and pained and is good against convulsions and cramps and is also a good balme for wounded sinewes and is made as followeth â„ž Vermium terrestâ—ium halfe a pound wash them well in white wine and then put to them Olei communis two pounds Vini eight ounces Boyle them in a well gâ—afed vessell untill the wine be consumed then strain it and put it up Oyle of Lillies THis oyle doth moderately warme and resolve asswageth paine mollifieth hard tumors doth much mitigate the violence of diseases and is very effectuall against paines of the breast and stomacke and allayeth all the inordinate heat of the reins and bladder and is good with other unctious things to be used to anoint the lower parts of women in travell it is made as your former oyles of Lillie flowers and oyle but the yellow spikes in the middest of the flowers must be throwne away Oyle of Rue IS good for the paine in the knees and greines for the gowt paine of the head and midriffe sprung from a hot and dry cause It warmes and comforts the bladder matrice and sides and helps their griefes and is made of rue bruised and oyle olive as oyle of roses is made Oyle of Pepper OYle of pepper is good in any cold griefe of the nerves as the palsie cramp convulsion trembling and luxation it helpeth the falling sicknesse hip-gowt and paines in the joints it easeth the paines of rhe backe and cholicke opens obstructions and wonderfully helpes the matrice by calefying it and drying up the humidity therof it helpeth the cold griefes of the fundament the diseases of the kidneyes and bladder and breakes the stone and is made as followeth â„ž Piperis longi of each three drammes Nigri of each three drammes Albi of each three drammes Myrobal Chebularum of each five drammes Belliricarum of each five drammes Emblicarum of each five drammes Indarum of each five drammes Rad. Apii of each three drammes and halfe Faeniculi of each three drammes and halfe Sagapeni of each two drammes and halfe Opoponacis of each two drammes and halfe Ammoniaci of each two drammes and halfe Hyosciami of each two drammes and halfe Turpeti two drammes Zinziberis th ee drammes Surculorum Thymi recencium of each one handfull Rutae viridis of each one handfull steepe them according to Art in sufficient quantity of Aquavitae and oyle of walflowers two pound then boyle them to the consumption of the Aqua vitae Oyle of Fox THis Oyle is good for paine in the joints gowt sciatica and cureth the ache of the kidneyes and backe and is compounded after this maner â„ž The fattest Fox you can get of a middle age and well hunted and newly kild and garbish him quickly and fley him and cut him in small pieces and break all his bones well then boyle him in White wine and Spring water six pound Let him boyle thus untill halfe the liquor bee wasted very well scumming it at the first boyling then put into the vessell Olei antiqui dulcissimi four pounds Salis communis three ounces Florum salviae Thymi of each one pound Then boyle it againe untill almost all the water be consumed and then powre into it eight pound of water wherein hath beene well boyled one good handful of Dill and another of Time then boyle them altogether her with an easie fire untill all the water be wasted then straine it and separate the oyle from the moysture and keep it for thy use Oyle of Castoreum THE oyle of Castoreum or Beaver-cod is good in all cold affects of the braine and nerves if you anoint the backe bone with it it will cure the extreame shaking of Agues it avayleth much in the palsie cramp convulsions and all joint ache the composition is as followeth â„ž Castorei Of each three drams Stiracis Calamitae Of each three drams Galbani Of each three drams Euphorbii Of each three drams Cassiae ligneae Of each three drams Croci Of each three drams Opoponacis Of each three drams Carpobalsami sive cubebara Of each three drams Spicae nardi Of each
Myrtle berries bruised and sprinkled with astringent wine lb i. Juice of the leaves lb ss Oyle of unripe Olives lb iij. Steep the Berries in the Oyle for the space of eight dayes then boyle them and straine them and put in more berries do thus three times in a double vessell after the third straining adde the juice and boyle it to the consumption of that juice and put it up Oyle of Origanum THis Oyle of Origanum cureth melancholly helpeth the dropsie and cureth the Cough the quartane Feaver and the tooch-ach and is made as the rest of the Oyles of Vegetables Of Waters And first of Mint Water MInt-Water doth warme and stengthen the Stomack Liver Spleene or Milt helpeth concoction stayeth vomit and is very cordiall and is distilled of speare mintes and white wine adding if you please a Clove or two and a blade of Mace Sassafras Water THis water openeth all obstructions or stoppings of the body namely of Liver Lungs kidneys and Spleen and thereby it is found by many experiences excellent against the Scurvy the French Disease and the Yellow-Jaundise it is an approved remedy against all cold Feavers and the Dropsie or for those that are inclining thereunto for it provoketh Urine and sweat in a very mild and naturall manner and driveth out many diseases by the pores of the skin it hath infinite more vertues ascribed to it for which I refer the Artist to Doctour MONARDUS his Booke and will only set down the making of it according to his description â„ž Of the bows of Sassafras halfe an ounce cut as swall as may be Water twelve pounds Put them into a new earthen pot and let them steep together two houres then seeth it until two parts be consumed and after it is cold let it be strained and kept in a glasse vessel and powre to the wood three pottles more of water and let it seeth untill halfe a pottle be consumed straine it cold and keep it as the former let the best water be taken in the morning fasting halfe a pint hot and then keep your self warme and procure sweat then change your self into hot clothing and rub off the sweat and eate of a Hen roasted and drink of the second Water at dinner and supper and in the day time eat no flesh at night but dry fruits and conserves and thus you may do so long as you find your selfe grieved Water of Cardus benedictus THis water easeth the paine of the head confirmeth the memory cureth a quartane provoketh sweat and comforteth the vitall spirits and is made by distillation Triacle Water Triacle Water is good in the Plague or Pestilentiall Feaver the French disease killeth Wormes helpeth the trembling of the heart and is good to be mingled in Diaphoreticks the manner of making it is as followeth â„ž Succi putaminis viridis nucum juglandium foure pound Succâ—rulae three pounds Succorum Cardui benedictae of each two pounds Calendulae of each two pounds Mellislae of each two pounds Rad. Petassitae recentium one pound and half Rad. Baâ—danae one pound Rad. Angelicae recentium of each six ounces Imperatoriae recentium of each six ounces Fol. Scordii foure handfull Theriacae Andromachi veteris probatae of each eight ounces Mithridatis of each eight ounces Vini canarini generosissimi twelve pounds Aceti vini albi accerrimi six pounds Succi limonum two pounds Digest them two dayes in horse dung or Balneo in a vessell well closed then distill it in sand Water of Damask Roses DAmask Rose water doth refrigerate and comfort the heart is good against swouning and causeth sleep Red Rose Water DOth refrigerate bind and corroborate the vitall and animall faculties benefiteth the head easeth the pained ears and eyes and doth good in inflammations and is profitable in medicines against Disentery White Rose water THe Water of White Roses is good to put in Colliries for the eyes Plantaine Water IS astringent and sanative good for them that are in a Consumption of the Lungs in a Dropsie or that have the bloudy flux good also against the quartane ague it cureth the Ulcers of the veines bladder and excoriations of the passage of the yard and being drunk helpeth against ardent urine or the sharpnesse of the water Balme Water THis water hath a great respect to the heart a great cordiall and of a good smell and tast it is more proper to women then men for it much respecteth the infirmities of the mother and is in the times of their paines very profitable to take a little of it for the safer provoking of a speedy delivery distill it with spirit of wine Angelica Water ANgelica Water may serve instead of Triacle and Mithridate for a preservative against the Plague or any infectious ayre for there is no one thing more commended by ancient and moderne Writers in that kind then angelica is whereof there is good experience it is also very stomachicall and cordiall and being truly made will retain his strength and virtue forty yeares and more it is made as the former Wormwood-water THis water is very grateful in the stomach for it is a balsome thereunto it consumeth and breaketh wind mightily and killeth worms hindreth vomiting provoketh appetite is very good against pains in the head proceeding of a cold cause and is very cordial It is made as the former Anniseed-water IS very excellent against wind in the stomach or elsewhere in the body and against Asthma Ptisick and shortness of breath it also breaketh phlegme and warmeth the stomach and is distilled from Anniseeds well macerated in Spirit of wine Cynamon-water CYnamon water doth comfort and strengthen the stomach the liver the milt the lungs the heart the brain and the sinews sharpneth the sight is good against venome as also the stingings and bitings of venemous beasts helpeth a bad or evill savouring breath is good against loathing of the stomach and where you desire to warm to open to attenuate digest or corroborate in all such cases this precious liquor excelleth and is made as the former Aqua-Coelestis THe Heavenly water is a principal antidote or preservative in all poysons or poysoned and infectious airs whatsoever for that either received into the body or but onely smelled unto it helpeth much against infection and doth very admirably restore again one faln either of the Dead-palsey or Falling-sickness and is also good either in the Collick or any gripings of the guts as also in any the weaknesses of the stomach and against any cold fluxes of the guts or belly two spoonfuls thereof given in a Clyster and hath many more special good uses and vertues It is made as followeth â„ž Cinamoni one ounce Zinziberis half an ounce Santalorum omnium of each six drams Caryophyllorum of each two drams and half Galangae of each two drams and half Nucis Moschatae of each two drams and half Macis cubebarum of each one dram Cardamomi utriusque of each three drams Sem. Melanthii of each three
of Berberries DOth refrigerate and is astringent it quencheth thirst and the heat of the stomack and bowels it causeth appetite removeth the waterish humor of choler cureth the bloudy flux the flux of the Liver the often gnawing and wringing of the guts caused by choler healeth the small pox and resisteth drunkennesse and is made by stewing the fruit picked from the stalks in a pot set in a skillet of water afterwards strained and the pulp set in an earthen and wel glased vessel on the fire that the watrish humidity may gently evaporate stirring it with a woodden spatula then put to it for every six pound of pulp ten pound of sugar according to Art boyle it to a good consistence Conserve of Quinces THe conserve of Quinces doth bind and comfort the stomack is good for choler stoppeth all kinde of bloudy fluxes and helpeth digestion and is thus made Juice of Quinces clarified six pounds Boyle it untill two parts be wasted then put to it Of white sugar two pounds Then boyle them to the thicknesse of Honey Conserve if Wood-sorrell THis Conserve doth recreate and comfort the heart removeth putrid humours refrigerateth and profiteth much in continuall and contagious Feavers being very cordiall and is made of the herb as the Conserve of Roses Conserve of Sloes THe conserve of Sloes is of a stiptick comforting force very profitable to comfort a weak stomack oppressed with crudities it is good against all fluxes of the belly and also good to heale all inflammations or excoriations occasioned by the same either taken on a Knife in forme of a bolus or given in Clysters and is made as Conserve of Berberries Of Electuaries And first of London Triacle THis was first appoynted by the Doctors of the Colledge of London as a thing very requisite for that the price was reasonable for the poorer sort the ingredients thereof being neverthelesse cordiall and yet such as are easie to get it may be used well in place of Mithridate but because the fresh is the best I hold it most convenient for the Artist to keep the species ready and when he hath occasion to use any of it he may put to every ounce three ounces of Hony and warme it upon the fire stirring it well untill it be perfectly incorporated it is thus made ℞ Cornu cervini lima derafi two ounces Sem. citri of each one ounce Oxalytis of each one ounce Paeoniae of each one ounce Ocymi of each one ounce Scordii Corallinae of each six drams Rad. Angelicae Tormentillae Peoniae Foliorum dictamini Baccorum Juniperi Lauri of each halfe an ounce Flor. Calendulae Caryophyllorum seu vetonicae rubrae Anthos Summit Hiperici Nucis moschatae Croci of each three drams Rad. Gentianae Zedoariae Zinziberis Nucis Myrrhae Foliorum scabiosae Succisae Cardui benedicti of each two drams Cariophilorum Opii of each one dram Vini canarini as much as shal suffice to incorporate them Mellis triplum Mingle them on the fire as I shewed you before Triacle Andromache THis Triacle doth the effects of Mithridate Dimocrati and is good against the hoarsnesse of the voyce against the Jaundise Dropsie for wounds in the intestines to bring forth the yong birth dead to expell and take away the Leprosie and Measels to revive every decayed sense to confirme wounds healed to kill all kindes of wormes to dissipate winde to comfort the heart and stomach and to keep the body incorrupt and sound and is thus made ℞ Trochiscorum scilliticorum 48 drams Trochiscorum è viperis of each four and twenty drams Piperis longi of each four and twenty drams Opii Thebacii of each four and twenty drams Magmatis Hedychroi sicci of each four and twenty drams Rosarum siccarum resectis unguibus Iridis illiricae odorae Succi glycyrrhizae Sem. napae dulcis Comarum scordii Opobalsami Cinamoni Agarici of each twelve drams Myrrhae Costi odorati seu zedoariae Croci Cassiae ligneae verae Nardi Indicae Schaenanthi Piperis albi nigri Thuris masculi Dictamni Cretici Rhei Staechados Marrubii Sem. petroseluci macedonici Calaminthes siccae Terebinthinae Rad. pentaphyllae Zinziberis of each six drams Comarum polii cretici Chamaepyteos Nardi celticae Amomi Styracis calamitae Rad. Mei Com. chamaedryos Rad. Phu Pontici Terrae lemniae Foliorum malabathri Chalcitidis assae vel ejus Loco calcanthi romani usti Rad. gentianae Gum. Arabici Succi Hypocistidii Carpobalsami vel nucis moschatae vel cubebarum Sem. anisi fricti Cardamomi Sem. faeniculi Seseleos Acaciae vel ejus loco succi Inspissati prunellorum acerborum Sem. Thlaspeos Succ. Hyperici Sem. Ammeos Sagapeni of each four drams Castorei Rad. Aristolochiae longae Bituminis Judaici Sem. dami Opoponacis Centauri minoris Galbani pinguis of each two drams Vini antiqui canarini as much as shall suffice to dissolve the ingredients Mellis optimi thrice the weight of the dry species Mingle them according to Art Triacle Diatesseron TRiacle Diatesseron or the poor mans triacle is good against poyson drunken and against the bitings of venemous beasts or worms It is also good against all the cold affects of the brain as convulsions resolution of the sinews falling-sickness cramp spasme the inflation of the ventricle or stomach against the defect of concoction therein and against venemous wounds both inwardly drunk and outwardly applied also it openeth the obstructions of the liver and spleen and thereby preserveth the body from the disease called the scurvy It procures sweat very well being taken in sack but is mighty hurtful to women with child as may be easily known by the ingredients which are as follow ℞ Gentianae baccarum lauri of each two ounces Myrrhae of each two ounces Aristolochiae rotundae of each two ounces Husk your Berries and powder and searce them and your gentian and Aristolochie must be slicked and dried in a folded paper and so powdered and searced then dissolve your myrrhe in a little sack and put to it Mellis optimi dispumati two pound And then sprinkle in your powders and incorporate them well on the fire Confection of Alkermes THis Confection is a preservative from Apoplexies arising from cold and melancholy humors doth very much comfort the brain and heart and is sometimes used very profitably for them that languish away by reason of a long sickness and are subject to swounings but beware you give it not to any having a flux of the belly by reason of the azure stone that is in it which is purging It is thus compounded ℞ Succi pomorum fragantium of each one pound and half aqua rosarum odoratissimae of each one pound and half In the which you shall infuse for four and twenty hours Scrici crudi four ounces Then strain it hard and put to the liquor Succi granorum kermes ad nos adjecti puri one pound Sugar two pound Boyl them to the thickness of honey then take it from the fire and
three drams Costi Of each three drams Cyperi Of each two drams and halfe Scaenanthus Of each two drams and halfe Piperis longi Of each two drams and halfe Nigri Of each two drams and halfe Sabinae Of each two drams and halfe Pyrethri Of each two drams and halfe Olei three pounds Vini Hispanici two pounds Dissolve the Galbanum and Oppoponax in the Sack and beat all the rest and put them and the Oyle altogether into the Sack and boyle them in a double vessel then straine them and put to the Liquor the Gummes being dissolved and strained and boyle them againe often stirring them that the Gums may not stick in the bottome let the storax be dissolved in wine by it selfe and then put to it one dram and a halfe of Turpentine and so mingle them altogether Oyle of Euphorbium OYle of Euphorbium is very excellent in all cold griefes of the Nerves and pains in the joynts caused by cold it helpeth the pains of the Liver and spleen and is a good head purge against the megrim Lethargy and swimming in the head and is thus made ℞ Stavidis agriae of each halfe an ounce Struthii vel saponariae of each halfe an ounce Pyrethri six drammes Calaminthes Montani siccae one ounce half Costi ten drammes Castorei five drammes Bruise them and macerate them three daies in three pintes and a halfe of sweet wine then boyle them with one pint and a halfe of the oyle of wall gilly-flowers untill the wine bee almost wasted then sprinkle into it of white fresh Euphórbium finely powdred halfe an ounce Mingle them well together and boyle it to the just consistence Oyle of Amber THis Oyle is made by distillation and is very good for the pain of the head resolution of the sinnewes and falling evil if one drop or two be taken with water of Betony or Lavender or in fair water it preserveth from poyson and mixed with parsley water or malmsey it is a singular remedy in discussing diseases of the Reines and Bladder bringing foorth the stone and opening the passage of the urine it profiteth in the Collick and strangullion four drops put into a little Angelica water and so given to a woman in travel refresheth all the weake faculties of the body confirmeth and openeth the braine and is extolled by CROLLIUS for the admirablest medicine in the Apoplexy and Epilepsie also for the Plague if one drop be rubbed on the nosthrils morning and evening it preserveth the party to one infected it is given from one scruple to two in Cardus water you may also make up little cakes with sugar and some appropriate water as Lavender water betony water water of liv'd flowers and mingle with it some few drops of this oyle and let them be eaten by those that have the palsie apoplexy or falling sicknesse In the fit of any of the aforesayd diseases it is good to anoint the nape of the necke and nosthrils or to cast a drop or two upon the coals and hold the patients head over them if you anoynt a few drops of it upon the breast and nosthrils of women affected with the diseases of the mother it helpeth it and keepeth it in its place and this the aforesayd cakes will doe being eaten it is availeable in fainting or the passion of the heart in agues three drops being taken in Cardus water at the comming of the fit and so sweat upon it and the ague wil be gone it is good to dry a catarrhous rheume it cures the toothache proceeding from cold defluxions if you mingle it with plantain water and gargarise it In the yellow jaundise given with water of endive chicory or selandine in retention of womens months seven or eight drops in balme water helpeth in vomiting of bloud three drops given in colts foot water turmentill water or water of sloes it stayeth it it cures the vertigo in the head the megrim and astonishtnes taken in fennel water it mendeth the sight and it helpeth the stitch in the side and is thus made ℞ Amber powdered twelve drammes Put it into a large glasse or a retort and powre to it as much of the sharpest white wine vineger let them digest in horsedung for eight dayes then put to it twice so much dry sand or stints out of the river beaten to powder and distill it according to Art with your retort in sand increasing your degrees of fire as you see cause This oyle must be rectified out of sand or salt and then washed with raine water Oyle of Nutmegs THis oyl being drunk with wine driveth down womens months and also the quick and dead fruit the same it doth if it bee given in a spoone with a little sugar being taken with wine it takes away all paines of the head comming of cold it comforts the maw and opens the liver milt and kidneyes it is excellent against beating of the heart and faintnesse and swounding if yee drinke thereof and anoint the region of the heart therewith it makes good bloud and expelleth flegmaticke and melancholick humours and makes a man merry being used at night it takes away all fancies and dreames if any had a wound or a broken ribbe by a fall or stroke let him drink this oyl with any wound drinke and it will help marvellously it is good in all filthy sores and for all cold diseases of the joynts and sinewes it makes sweete breath it helpes the spleene if the left side bee anoynted it helps all affects of the bladder if it bee drunke and is thus made ℞ Nucis moschatae contusae five pounds Aquae fontanae fifty pounds Macerate them the space of four and twenty hours then distill them in a large Limbecke with a cooler Oyle of Costus THis oyle warmeth and comforfeth the nerves and sinewes and opens their opilations it also comforts all the nervous parts it is good for the stomack liver and the falling of the hayre hinders baldnesse and makes a good colour and smell of the whole body it is made as followeth ℞ Costi amari two ounces Cassiae ligneae one ounce Summitatum sampsuci eight ounces Bruise them and macerate them two dayes in sufficient wine then boile them in three pounds of oile olive washed with wine in a double vessell untill the wine be wasted Ole of Wax OYle of Bees waxe healeth wounds contused and incised laying a cloth wet therein on the wound being first joyned together by stitching taken one dramme with white wine it stayeth the shedding of the hayre on the head or beard the place being anointed therewith it provokes urine being stopped it helpes stitches and paines in the loynes taking the sayd quantity in white wine it helpeth the cold gowt or sciatica and all other griefes comming of cold and is thus made R. Yellow waxe one pound Melt it and put to it powder of tile shards three pound mingle them and put them in a retort and draw out the oyle with a convenient heat you
languages which divers understand not and my desire being to fit my book as near as I can to the title of Vade mecum I will out of the said Authors and mine own practise set down both the vertues and composition of this truly Laudanum And first in all sharp pains whatsoever hot or cold within or without the body yea even when through extremity of pain the parties are at deaths door or almost mad with the vehemency of the same this precious Medicine giveth ease presently yea and quiet sleep and that safely but much better the body being first soluble either by nature or art I mean by suppository or clyster which is better In the Cholick with Mint-water it easeth the griping pains thereof In the pains and gravel of the Kidnies it giveth present ease and likewise in the Plurisie In pains of the joynts it is very good It is good to stay umes as tooth-ache and other like defluxions in the beginnings as namely in the tooth-ache dissolve four grains thereof in Plantine-water and put it into the ear of the aking side and take three grains into the body and lye to rest it is a sure help In all fluxes of the belly whether they proceed of sharp and slippery humors or whatsoever else offending cause taken with Mastick terra sagillata fine bole or with any other appropriate good medicine it is exceeding sure for it fortifieth the other medicine and doubleth their forces adding his own also thereto In extream watchings and want of rest either inwardly or outwardly taken it is profitable if outwardly you would use it take four or six grains with three drops of oyl of Nutmegs made by expression mix them together and binde them in two little clouts and put it into the nostrils it will marvailously asswage pains in the head and cause quiet rest In the extream bleeding of the nose called haemorragis it is an approved secret that sixteen grains thereof divided into two pills and thrust up into the nostrils into each nostrill one part helpeth the same In all kinde of Feavers it is good to be given with water of Wormwood or pill-wise alone and if the heat remain after six hours you may give it the second time and after that again in like time safely not exceeding the dose yet let your own experience lead you that where you see three grains will not cause rest in the next potion you may give one grain more and so encrease paulatim but encrease not but upon good deliberation In burning Feavers it asswageth thirst and provoketh sleep chiefly in those Feavers in which the party seemeth to have some shew of rest with tedious dreams and slumbers mixed In the disease called Asthma and in the Ptisick if it be used in water of hysop it will preserve the diseased Patient a long time It conserveth the naturall heat strengthneth the spirits repaireth strength lost It is also effectuall to be given to melancholy people which are void of reason and are troubled with the passions of the heart It is likewise used with good effect against vomiting and the hickeck proceeding of wind faintness or debility of the ventricle In the superfluous defluxions of the excremental or menstrual blood it is an excellent remedy with crocus martis or red corral In phrensies and madness both inwardly and outwardly it is good mixed with Aqua vitae and the temples anointed therewith In the falling-sickness with Spirit of Vitriol or the quintessence of Camphire with alo oyl of Almond it is usually taken but beware you use not this medicine to any which are feeble through a great cough being oppressed with tough phlegme and shortness of breath for there it is not good The dose is two three or four grains if there be loosness of the belly as is rehearsed it worketh much better It is best given in any occasion accompanied with waters or other medicines which are most appropriate to the diseases and parts diseased and yet may very well be given alone in a Pill which I willingly do for that the Patient then is least troubled with the taste thereof the composition is as followeth â„ž Opii Thebaici Succi Hyoscyami debito tempore one ounce and half Collecti in sole prius inspissati one ounce and half Spec. diambrae diamoschi fideliter Dispensatorum of each two ounces and half Mummiae transmarinae selectae half an ounce Salis perlarum Corallorum of each three drams Liquoris succini albi per alcohol vini Extracti Ossis de corde cervi of each one dram Lapidis bezoartici Unicorni animalis vel mineralis of each one dram Moschi Ambrae of each one scruple In want want of right potable gold not sophisticated you shall adde these things Oleorum Anisi Carvi Arautiorum Citriorum Muistae Caryophillorum Cinamomi Succini of each twelve drops Make of all these a masse or extract according to Chymistry out of which you may form your pils as hereafter shall be shewn As first â„ž The roots and rinds of the younger hemlock casting away the inward woody part thereof the time of the gathering thereof is in Summer the Moon being in the sign Aries or Libra and before the full of the Moon and if it might be done it were best to be gathered in the very hour the Moon enters into one of the said signs this observed let the juice thereof be pressed out and filtred and coagulated then set in the Sun to harden which done extract the tincture thereof with Spirit of wine the opium must be purged in some distilled water as of hysop or the like as you would wash aloes and then extract the tincture thereof with Spirit of wine as also the tincture of the species of Diambrae must be extracted with Spirit of wine The juyce of henbane with the extract of opium mingled together with the Spirit of wine whereinto they are extract before is to be evaporated from them ere that they be mixed with the rest of the ingredients also the opium and juyce of henbane must be digested in chymical manner for a month at least that thereby their sulphurous venemous and dangerous vapours they have may be well corrected which vapours have a yellowish froth or scum seen in the superficiall parts of them and are very obnoxious and dangerous which I thought not amisse to advise the studious and industrious Chymist of let all the extractions be done in the true spirit of wine well rectified and then the longer the extract remaineth in the digestion the better will by your medicine He that intendeth any part of this composition for women must forbeare the Musk and Ambergreece and use with it rather foure grains of good Casterâ—um I mean in that one dose he intends to give the women the Faeces of the Opium Henbane species of Amber c. after their tinctures are extracted from them are to be calcined and brought into salt namely by infusion in some fitting Liquor after
one in the hand one in the forehead one under the tongue and two in the foot The first in the arm is called the Cephalica or head-veine and lyeth uppermost on the outside the arm and is opened for aff cts of the head and eyes and without danger of touching either nerve or artery The next is the mediana or middle or common vein and lyeth in the middest of the arm and is opened instead of the cephalick or basilick veine when they are difficult to be opened It is cut generally in any affect of the body but beware of going too deep for fear of pricking the nerve or tendon of the two-headed muscle lying under it The third is the basilica epatica or liver-veine and lyeth lowest on the inside of the arm and is opened for to breath the liver and spleen and hath an artery lying under it And because all veines have their original in the liver therefore if the two first will not easily be taken then you shall bleed the median or middle veine or as the general rule amongst Physitians is to take the fairest appearing veine in the arme except some principal occasion alter their minde The fourth veine is betwixt the ring-finger and â—â—e little finger and breatheth the liver spleen and head and may be opened safer in weak bodies then any veine in the arm you shall make a ligatu e about the wrist and put the hand in warm water untill the vein appear chasing it a little to make it rise the fuller and then with your lancet open it aslant and let it bleed in the water The fifth is the vein in the forehead which is opened for pains in the head rhumes distillations of humours and the like but have a care of going too deep for hurting the perioranium and it is opened in good successe in the phrenzie The sixt is the vein under the tongue and is opened in the squinanzy inflammation and swelling of the amigdals or Almonds of the throat Apostumes of the mouth or throat or root of the tongue but if the Artist be not ready in the taking this vein let him open the Cephalica of the side affected The seventh is the Saphana lying under the ancle and is opened in warm water as the vein in the hand is and chiefly to draw down women monthly visits The eight last is the vein on the outside the leg called popletica and is opened in the sciatica and pain in the joynts and is opened in water as the former The Artist having all his instruments thus fitted shall keep them all very clean oyled and rowled up in oily clouts and chose that have edges shall be ever well set and sharp remembring alwayes when he hath used any of them to rub them very clean and dry before he lay them up have also in a readinesse these things following viz. A Clyster-pot Searces of hair and lawn Splints Tape Spunges Rowlets A mortar and pestle Strayners Junckes Tow Clouts Thred and needles to make Rowlers Of Wounds BEcause I will not seem tedious I shall not rehearse the definition of wounds which is so much treated of already in all Authours but shew the Artist what he ought to do when he is called to a wounded Patient First then the Artist must know that all wounds are either externall or internall and penetrating The externall wounds are discerned by sight or handling Those which are internall and penetrating are either in the head breast or lower belly and are discovered also by sight feeling or by searching them with an instrument Now to know what internall parts are wounded by the symptomes you shall observe That if the membranes of the brain be hurt there follows sneezing vomiting bleeding at nose or ears running and the like but if the substance of the brain be hurt those signs are encreased and bilious or sharp vomiting is seen also a Feaver dull understanding with alteration of favour and countenance stupidity also and dumbnesse If the breast be wounded the air commeth out of the wound the Patient feeleth the taste in his mouth of the things applied to the wound If the lungs be hurt the Patient breatheth hardly with a ratling sound and his spittle is frothy pale and raw If the perecranium that is the skin covering the skull be hurt sudden and often sounding sometimes ensues If the heart be wounded there follows a coldnesse of all the members extinction of naturall beat and speedy death If the great veins and arteries in the breast be hurt an immoderate fluxe of blood defection of vertue in all the faculties a cold and unsavoury sweat doth ensue and death within few hours The Diaphragma or midriffe wounded in the sinowy part causeth convulsion hard breathing sharp feaver raving and death but if it be onely in the fleshy part it hath no such symptomes and is capable of remedies If the recurrent nerves be wounded there followeth losse of speech suppression of motion and sense without recovery If the Liver be hurt there followeth vomiting ejections of blood much pain continuall feaver raving resolution of the spirits cold sweat and consequently death The Liver and the Spleen are alike affected when they are wounded onely the symptomes of the Spleen are on the left side the Livers on the right If the Stomack be wounded there follows frequent vomiting swounding fainting and death If the Guts are wounded the excrements will come through the wound unsavoury and putrified If the Reins or Kidnies be hurt there follows suppression of urine with a sore pain in the groin and stones with swelling even to death If the Bladder be hurt the like symptomes happens as in wounds of the Reins unlesse the sinewy parts be grieved for then follows distention of the belly pissing of blood vomiting voiding of urine at the wound suppression of the faculties doting and death when the marrow of the back-bone is hurt there followeth resolution of the sinews which hindreth the function of sense and motion voluntary evacuation of the excrements putrefaction of the intestines and death A vein cut bleeds thick red blood An Artery cut sends forth yellowish subtill blood thin hot beating and flying out by jumps with great violence Wounds dressed THe manner of dressing wounds shall be first to view well the part wounded and to remove such things as may hinder consolidation as hairs broken bones iron lead wood or whatsoever is besides nature with fitting instruments and with as little pain as may be not tearing or breaking any adjacent vessel but clear the wound so as nothing may be left to hinder the good application of medicines to the grief Next you shall reduce the dislocated and dis-joyned parts setting and composing the veins and nerves in their right order and places that the beauty and due office of the member may not be diminished and that it may conglutinate the easier these being thus united must be kept so together by ligature future and such other due