two drachms Scordium Sow-thistle Rue of each an ounce and half Wood of Aloes all three sorts of Sanders seeds of Citron of each a drachm Rhubarb Tormentil St. Johns-wort of each half a drachm Mithridate two drachms Guaiacum two ounces the best Muscadel water of Sow-thistle of each one pint and half Let the wood be first steep'd a whole day in the water and wine afterwards boyl it until the third part be wasted then put in the other things and let them be macerated a day after that boyl them until half be consum'd then strain it out Be careful that the vessel wherein your Medicaments boyl be well clos'd It would be best if it were done in B. M. This being done take the Linnen and steep it in the Decoction three dayes then dry it in the shade in a hot place wet it and dry it again do so three times or oftner if you please This Linnen being well dry'd keep it for use wrap'd up in paper or in Linnen I might commend this Remedy much but do you try it your selves shall be witnesses of its virtue But if you are fearful and desire a more potent remedy and begin to feel an Itching in the Genital go home and suffumigate the Praepuce with the ensuing Suffiment Take am carthen pot in which put a live coal or two sprinkle upon the coals this powder and by degrees hold the genital part over the Smoke afterwards take the prepar'd Linnen or clean Cotton and put it upon the glans and the venemous matter will be drawn from the Liver The Powder is this Take powder of red Roses Wormwood red Sanders of each one scruple and a half Benjamin Camphire Frankincense Aloes Myrrh of each two Scruples Cinnabaris one drachm and a half Praecipitate one drachm Mix them and reduce them to a gross powder With this we suffumigate the part and prevent Vlcers in the glans If the Courtizan be so deeply infected that a stronger Remedy is requir'd when you come home you shall take off the Preservative linnen and take an earthen Pot with a live Coal or two then fold a sheet of paper round in form of a Horn and artificially place it over the Pot put a little Powder upon the fire and three or four times suffumigate the Glans and Praepuce having been first cleans'd and dry'd tutissimi eritis The Powder is this Take powder of red Roses Wormwood Sandaracha rubra of each a scruple and half Benjamin Camphire Frankincense of each two scruples Cinnabaris 2 scruples Mix them and reduce them to powder Thus Falloppius CHAP. VII Rudius's Prophylactique Method to prevent the Pox. EVstachius Rudius de morb occ venen lib. 5. cap. 13. proposes this Method It is to be observ'd saies he that when any has lately convers'd with an infected woman though as yet there appear no signs of infection yet before the Venom insinuate too far in the body it ought to be revell'd from that part wherein 't was first receiv'd not by Erictions only but by other Attractives which the part affected can admit and endure Wherefore as in Contagious Diseases by the Bite of Venemous Animals a strict Ligature is apply'd a little above the part affected and then the Venom with apt Remedies is drawn forth So after converse with an infected Woman it is not improper forthwith to take a Linnen Band of the bredth of ones finger and strictly bind the root of the Genital which Band is to be relax'd when the Patient makes water and the part distends it self Then foment the whole part with a new sponge dipt in a Lie made of twigs of Vines or Fig-tree or in Posea wherein has been boyled some Guaiacum or sharp Pickles Brine Sea-water or the like Attractive Medicamem If the band wherewith the root of the genital is bound be spread with a Defensive of Bole Armeny Mastic Sarcocol fine flower and the white of an Egg it will be far more Excellent If after binding the part the whole Genital be involv'd in this following Remedy it will be most powerful to draw the Venom from the inward parts and to secure the Patient Take Guaiac 6 ounces water 4 quarts Boyl them until two third parts of the water be consum'd then add roots of wild Cucumbers roots of Mallows roots of Marsh mallows of each an ounce Iberis Thapsia of each a handful Let the roots be bruis'd and put in and after it has boyl'd a little let it be remov'd from the fire and strain'd Macerate fine linnen in this Decoction and dry it in the shade After Venus having bound the root of the genital apply this defensive linnen to the whole part keep it bound on 2 days or more but the Ligature at the bottom or root after the first day is to be taken off Likewise if before Venus we use those medicines which bind and strengthen the Genital the Venom may be kept out Take yellow Myrobalans and Chebul Myrob of each half an ounce Cypres Nuts 15. Pine Nuts 4. red Rose leaves a small handful Pontic Wormwood a handful Galls Myrtel berries seeds of Sumach of each an ounce Let them all be bruis'd and steep'd in black austere Wine and the water of Pine-nuts and be destill'd in a Bath Let Linnen Rags dipt in this water warm'd be apply'd between the glans and praepuce also herewith let the part be washed For it 's an excellent Antidote and has often been experimentally approv'd Thus Rudius CHAP. VIII Saxonia's Way of Prevention HErcules Saxonia has also set forth a Preservative Method to prevent the Pox cap. 16. De Due Venorea First let them wash the parts with styptic austere Wine wherein has been boyl'd Guaiac Roses Myr tel-berries Balanstia Acacia Hypocistis and after Lotion let 'em take Linnen impregnated with Falloppius's Decoction and dry'd and keep it on the glans Notwithstanding I much esteem Falloppius's Decoction yet perhaps it may be more infirm than the following one Take Gentian round and long Birthwort Calamint Dittany Scandium of Creet Tormentil Angelica Masterwort of each one ounce Scabious Fumitary Betony Wormwood of each a handful Wood of Aloes 2 drachms all three sorts of Sanders Raspings of Ivory Harts-horn burnt of each a drachm and half Acacia Hypocistis Balaustia Roses of each half an handful Guaiacum a pound true Muscadel of Creet two pints waters of Scabious Fumitary and Roses of each a pint Water of Plantain 3 pints the best Praecipitate 2 drachms Infuse the wood in the waters and wine and let it boyl until half be wasted towards the end let the rest of the Ingredients be put in when they have boyl'd a little let them stand in infusion 24 hours then boyl them until the third part be wasted when you have press'd forth the Decoction take Linnen proportion'd to the bigness of the glans or vulva steep them in the Decoction and dry them in the shade do so the second and third time This Linnen apply'd
Charity to the Prostitutes themselves We shall discourse of this Seclusion towards the end of this Treatise But in the first place we will enquire after the Defensives and lay them down in a plain familiar and intelligible Method and also call in a dozen of the learnedst Physicians in Christendom to give their Sentiments in the Case whose Judgments and Prescriptions will farther explicate confirm and enlarge the whole business But first we are to consider three things First what kind of Pocky Women are most dangerous and infectious and when Secondly what men are most apt to receive Infection and Thirdly the Way or Manner how the Pox is imparted to the body 1. What kind of Pockie Women are most dangerous I answer that young Women are more infectious than Ancient so also those who are of a spare thin cholerique Constitution of body and also such as are of a sanguin hot and moist complexion and lastly those who have the Pox complicate with the Scurvy The Reason is manifest for young women are more hot and moist than old and by consequence the Venom in such bodies must needs be more diffusive of it self than 't is in an old dry and cold body The Pox is very malignant in a cholerique hot and dry Constitution because by the great heat of the Body the Venom is calcin'd and advanc'd to a high degree of Malignity In bodies which are sanguin hot and moist the Venom is active spirituous and quick because Heat and Moisture increase Putrefaction and Corruption of Humours and being diffusive qualities soon communicate and spread the Venom And lastly the Scurvy in the judgment of all who have writ of it is a venemous contagious Disease and something of kin to the Pox so according to the Proverb Vis unita fortion a combination of Venoms is most forcible But of all Women she who is dull sluggish and of a phlegmatique gross cold Constitution is the least infectious for such a woman if she have no Gonorrhoea nor Vlcers in the uterin Passage does not very quickly communicate the Pox but many times the first that converses with her receives no dammage at all but the second who comes upon her when her body is heated and the Venom agitated and stirr'd receives the Pox. A Gonorrhoea and Vlcers in the Vterin Passage may be guess'd at by the Lubricity and Moisture of those parts The other part of the Question is When are Pockie Women most infectious Answ When the Venom and Humours are most agitated and heated with Wine Hearing Drinks and burning Lust For all these things heat the body agitate the infectious Humours and diffuse the Venom But above all the most dangerous time to meddle with such women is when they have their Courses For at that time Nature mightily endeavours to discharge all the Venom and impurities of the whole Body that way so that of necessity they must be exceeding pernicious at such times 2. The second Thing to be consider'd is what men are most apt to receive Infection I Answer Young people receive it far sooner than Ancient so also those who are of a sanguin hot and moist constitution of body but especially when they are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 under the greatest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and most rapid Commotion of Lust And lastly those who have the Glans cover'd with the Praepuce Now that this is so is manifest from Observation and it 's also attested and confirmed by that learned Physician Gabriel Falloppius in 's Book dè morbo Gallico cap. 22. who gives this Reason of it viz. the Glans by reason 't is constantly cover'd with the Praepuce is most tender soft and susceptive of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and venemous Impresses of the Pox but on the contrary when that part is bare and uncover'd it becomes more firm compact and hardned and does not so easily admit the Venom Hercules Saxonia dè Lue Venerea cap. 4. grants the thing to be true but he thinks Falloppius mistaken in the cause for he is of opinion that 't is not because the part is more soft and tender but because the Venom does insinuate between the Glans and Praepuce and afterwards impart its malignity to the whole body For my part I believe these learned men are both in the right for without doubt as Fallappius asserts when the Glans is perpetually cover'd the skin must of necessity be more loose thin and warm and much easier admit the Venom than when 't is otherwise So also according to Saxonia the Venom does insinuate between the Glans and Praepuce and more closely attaque the Patient But of this we have discours'd more largely in our Treatise of the Pox. 3. The Way or Manner how the Infection of the Pox is communicated to the Body is thus when a Woman gets the Pox from a Man the Infection is sometimes receiv'd from the Chancres on the Genital but most commonly from his infectious Sperm When a Man receives it from a Woman the Contagion insinuates into the Glans from the Vterin Passage which commonly is full of Pockie Vlcers or besmer'd with the virulent matter of a Gonorrhoea These Vlcers emit a venemous sanies which infects that tender part call'd the glans These impressions of Venom remain some time upon the Glans onely and afterwards if let alone insinuate into the humours and spirits and so infect the whole body You are also to understand that a Woman may in Coition give the Pox to her Gallant notwithstanding she has no Gonorrhoea nor Vlcers in the Vterin Passage This being premis'd we come now to the Defensive Method And here it would be vain and fruitless to think to secure the body by Internal Antidotes only and wholly neglect Topique Applications seeing that the inward parts at first are entire and free and the Venom lies only in the glans We therefore 〈◊〉 this Defensive Method are to propose two things 1. To make the Genital part or member 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 firm and as it were impassible This has been attempted by Falloppius and since by others who to this purpose prescribe Stiptic Lotions and Linnen Raggs impregnated with such decoctions and apply them to the Glans in men and to the Vterin Passage in women both before and after Coition as you shall see in the ensuing Chapters 2. By Lotions Fomentations Attractives Suffiments c. to draw forth the Venom whilst it is in the genital part only before it get to the internal parts For this Venom if compar'd with that of other venemous beasts is somewhat dull and sluggish and for some hours moves not but afterwards if let alone it gets into the bloud and by a continuity of parts soon infects the whole body You are therefore presently after Coition to make water for that cleanses the inward part of the genital Then use Bandage or strict ligature to that part of the Genital next the belly for this Ligature compresses the
Vessels and hinders the circulation of the Blood and Humours and cousequently it hinders the Venom from insinuating with the blood into the inward parts Then foment it with warm Vrine or which is much better with white Wine as hot as can be indur'd Wash all the members but especially the Glans Do so several times in the day for two or three days together Or this Decoction boyl Guaiacum Chamaepitys Germander Horehound Scordium Ash-leaves and Keyes Dictamnus Creticus Gentian c. in white Wine if you add a little Praecipitate 't will be far more efficacious and foment the Glans and whole Part with it often in a day After the first day take off the Ligature The Ligature is to be loosen'd when the Patient makes water or when the Part erects it self and swells After every bathing apply Pigeons or Whelps newly dissected and hot Some commend a Liniment of Mithridate or Venice Treacle For these things have great virtue to draw forth Venom You may also sweat four mornings together with an Apozeme of Guaiacum Here I conjure and charge all persons concern'd not to be wanting to their own good nor to neglect these Remedies or defer the time but immediately after Venus to wash and mundify the parts with the aforesaid Lotions and they may be confident of the Cure But if they defer the time and let the Venom get head and take rooting in the body the fault is their own I have given them fair warning Note also that none is to converse a whole night with an infectious woman for in twelve hours time the venom may do much hurt and insinuate into the inward parts beyond a possibility of Extraction by Topique Applications Mundifie therefore the part and wash off the poysonous matter with warm Vrine presently after the Act then get the aforesaid Remedies Principiis obsta Sometimes after medling with infected Women the Patient will feel an Itching in the Genital In this case I advise you to use Falloppius's Suffiment describ'd in the next Chapter or that of Varandaeus set down in the eleventh Chapter of this Treatise Take a little earthen Pot with some live coals in it and put some of the Powder upon the coals and place an artificial Funnel over it so as you may admit the smoke to the glans or whole Part be sure you do it dexterously that you admit not the cold Air to the part nor the Smoke to the Patients Nose or Mouth and when you have done wrap it in warm Cotton Do so three mornings together This Suffiment is a potent Medicine and to be administer'd with discretion put not too much powder upon the coals neither are you to continue the Operation too long These Suffiments if prudently us'd are of admirable virtue to prevent the Pox. What has been already said is sufficient to prevent the Pox and secure any person whatsoever Yet that our Defensive Method may be compleat and full I shall annex the Prescriptions of a dozen of the greatest Physicians of this and the last Ages CHAP. VI. Falloppius his Defensives to prevent the Pox. Of the Vse and Way of preparing his Medicinal Linnen His two Suffiments of excellent virtue in this case FAlloppius de Morbo Gallico cap. 89. layes down this Defensive Method to preserve the body from Chancres and the Pox. Ego nihil fecisse videor c. I might seem says be to have done just nothing unless also I teach you a way how any person seeing a beautiful Siren and conversing with her although she be infected may yet be secur'd from the Pox. I was always of Opinion that there was some way to be us'd to prevent Chancres and the Pox. But what is this way I told you formerly that these Chancres or Vlcers on the Genital were caus'd by little venemous bodies imparted from the infectious woman and being receiv'd into the porosities of the glans cause an Eruption of Vlcers therefore 't is necessary that after Venus we forthwith cleanse away this venemous matter from the Glans But if it has insinuated into the Pores notwithstanding we wash the parts with Wine Vrine or Water yet we cannot wash off the matter And this frequently falls out in those who have the glans tender and cover'd with the praepuce How therefore must we proceed I ever believ'd that we might lay down some Remedy which has power of its own nature to penetrate the skin and disperse the malignant matter or else to draw it forth or dry it up and overcome it Therefore I have invented this ensuing Remedy But because we must court these Courtizans and win their Affections it is not convenient to carry Oyntments and Salves along with us therefore I have found out the use of a fine linnen Rag imbu'd and impregnated with a Medicinal virtue which may conveniently be carri'd with us As oft therefore as any shall pollute himself with these Strumpets let him if possibly he can wash the Genital part afterwards let him apply the Medicinal Rag being cut and exactly proportion'd to cover the whole glans let him I say after coition apply it to the glans and cover it with the Praepuce If you fear Vlcers in the Vrinary passage put this Praeservative Linnen into that passage I have experimented this Remedy in a thousand and I call the Immortal God to witness that not one was infected Observe also that any clean linnen has a great preservative virtue also new soft Cotton wrapt about the naked glans after you have mundify'd it with detersive Washes wonderfully preserves when the Patient takes off this Lint let him look upon it for he shall see it sanious and discolour'd with a yellowish pale or blackish colour Let the person always wrap this Linnen upon the Glans for four or five hours The way of preparing this defensive Linnen is excellent and is as follows Take Gentian all three sorts of Birthwort of each a drachm white and red Sanders Wood of Aloes of each two Scruples red Coral Spodium of Ivory burnt Harts horn of each half a drachm Scordium Sowthistle Betony Seabious Tormentil of each one handful Rose-leaves a handful and half Guaiacum two ounces Squama Aeris two drachms Praecipitate prepar'd a drachm and of the best Muscadel of Creet one pint and half waters of Sow-thistle and Scabious two pints Take the Wine and the Water and infuse the Guaiacum therein 24 hours then add the other things and let them boyl 'till half be consum'd Then strain forth the Decoction In this Decoction a pure linnen cloth is steep'd all night and afterwards dry'd in the shade this is perform'd three times for we macerate it thrice dry it thrice After that we cut it inpieces of a just proportion to involve the glans they are always to be kept in readines The same Author gives us another Description of this Preservative Linnen and also further prosecutes the business Take round Birthworth Gentian white Dittany of each