which is vlcered made after this forme Recipe Carabis ossis sepiae and drag 6 Salsaeparillae recentis Corticâ— Gaiaci Ligni Rhodij Santali Citrini Ligni Aloes ana drag 2 inedulae 4 seminum maior frigidor sem Carthami an drag 1 Rhubarb drag 2 sem Cinamâ—mi Macis Flor. Cordialium an scr 2 Hidrarg Despumati drag sem Pul. Dianisi Diambrae Ras Eboris cornu cerui non vsti an drag 2. farinae hordei Biscoctae drag 6 terebent q. s fiat Massa Pilular Capiat drag 1 singulis matutinis per 3 horas ante iusculum So hee shall continue to the perfect curation Moreouer for the same purpose he may vse 20 or 30 graines of the powder Arabica taking of it foure times sixe graines euery time As for the topicall remedies we must vse no repercussiue for such cause as you haue heard Vse onely such remedies as haue the vertue to dull the malice of y e humor wherof iniections shall be made as this that followeth Recipe Buglossi Borrag Scabiosae Rosar an M. 1 rasurie medul ligni sancti vnc 1 macerentur per 24 horas in decoct herbar predictar Hidrargiri bene extincti cum theriaca dissoliti drag 2 Distillr in balneo M. vsui seruentur If this causeth paine or heate you may vse in the beginning such things as haue the vertue to obtund the dolor like as these Muscilages that followe Recipe Muscilag sem maluae Lactucae Psillij Cydonior Lini extractae in aquis Bismaluae Rosar vnc 3. If the temperature be cold applie the Emplaister of Vigo cum Mercurio on the Perineum and rub those parts as also the Scrotum with the Rosat Mâ—sues wherewith shall be incorporat a little of Fugitiue The dose shall be according vnto vnc 2 of Fugitiue in the pound of the rest If the temperature be hote and bilious vse Ceratum Sendalinum on those parts to hinder the inflamation But because by communication the kidneyes be somtime inflamed and in that we do annoynt these parts with Oxirhodinum or Ceratum Refrigerans Galeni and also this liniment which followeth Recipe Axungiâ— Galiinae recentis sexies lotae in aquae Rosatij Aquae Violariae vnc 2 vel 3 olei de papauare Muscilag sem Psillij extractae in aqua Lactucae an vnc 1 succi vmbilici veneris semperuini minoris vel maiorit ana vnc sem Camphorae drag sem cere q. s siat linimentum For the same purpose in broad plattine or blade of Lead being rubbed with Quicksiluer applyed to the loines Then after we haue vsed these remedies a certaine space to obtund the vehemencie of the venim we come to iniections detersiues which shall be made of the water aboue written so that you mingle with it a little of syrop of Roses or Hony or Absint vsing alwayes the liniment on the region of the kidneyes and perineum If this iniection doth not cleanse sufficiently you shall add to fiue ounces of it two dragmes of Egiptiack so being mundified you shal passe to remedies desiccatiues Cicatrisents composed of decoction of Plantine Solanum Bursapastoris of each a little and boyle them in Smiths water thereafter straine it throgh a cloth put to it a little of Terrasigil or Vitrioli Albi or Albi Rasis w t a little of syrop of Absint Somtimes the kidneyes are offended the which if so be they remaine so without any curing These be for the most part the simptoms that happen to this disease the which are both maligns cacoethick and difficult to heale Yet the generall sicknes doth not alwayes follow There happeneth oftentimes vehement dolor in the parts affected for the which euacuat the body and vse liniments anodius of Axungia humana Auseris Galline ana vnc 1 ss Hidrarg preparati drag 3 fiat linimentuÌ„ Also a Cataplasme of Medulla Panis Tritici in Lacte cocti and diuers others of lyke vertue after the method composed as yee shall heare more at large in my fore-named Chirurgerie Teatise of Remedies for the same The fift Chapter Of the carnositie or exerescence of flesh that happeneth in the wand or yeard THIS which wee call carnositie is an excrescence of the flesh which groweth in the conduit of vrine or channell of the wand or yeard the which happeneth by reason of some vlcers or excoriation in those parts caused by acrimonie of humor and vrine the which corrodeth and vlcereth the passage of vrine in men the necke of the matrixe in women of the which come most grieuous sicknesses and oftentimes death if that the learned and skilfull Chirurgian giue not the better order for the curation hereof which shall consist in remedies vniuersall and particuler as also medicaments Cathareticks which be most propper for the consumption of the flesh Yet in the applying of the same there must be good iudgement vsed by reason that the parts about it be soft and delicat and so easie to excoriat also very sensible and dolorous For this cause first of all we must well consider if the Caruncle be olde or recent for beeing old oftentimes it happeneth that they be so hard that the medicaments cannot worke effectually Then must the body be prepared by vniuersall remedies as yee haue heard in the former Treatise because the bodie being full of humors the vsing of hote medicaments such as are the Cathereticks make easily new fluxions on the part affected Next we must soften the carnositie inwardly with iniections which haue the vertue to soften as this following Take rootes of Althea leaues of Mallowes wilde Mallowes Parietarie Mercuriall and such like Make a decoction in water or milke of the which make iniections in the yeard Outwardly we make fomentations with the same decoction adding to it fat Figgs sem lini et Fenugreci with a little of Spodium Also in stead of the fomentation make a Semicupium wherein ye shall bathe those parts a certaine space and dry them well afterward Yee shall make an embrocation or linement of Axungia humana Gallinacea Ceruina Vaccina Vitulina cum Gummis Galbani Ammoniaci et Bilelij et olei Lumbriâ—â—â— Camomille et Amygdalar dulcium That beeing done apply the Emplaister of Vigo sine Mercurio in oleo Liliaceo et irino dissolutum or in place of that Ceratum Philippi Philaggrij or Dyalthea so continue with these and such like till such time the carnositie be softened and brought to the quality of the recent the which beeing done you shall haue a wax-candle for the purpose rub it with a little of rosat Mesues or syrrop of dry Roses and minge therewith a little of the powder of Sabine If that the candle may not passe we vse an instrument of Lead made in the same forme which may be put in more rudelie alwaies being rubbed with Quicksiluer cheefely in the part of the carnositie In people that be robust I haue vsed for the consumption of the flesh rosat
it is excellent for dislocations that happen of internall causes it both dryeth and comforteth We read that Charles the fift Emperour being greeued with the Gout was cured by the decoction hereof It is reported by men of credite that in Countries where it groweth it healeth the Spanish sicknes and all the symtoms that follow thereof without vsing any other remedy We see by experience that it far passeth Gaiac It hath vertue to make fat those that are leane as commonly they are who haue been tormented with this sicknesse These vertues and sundry other are sette downe by Garcius Abortus Mediciner to the Vice-roy of the Indies It may bee giuen to all ages and temperatures also in Feuers which may not be doone with Gaiac There is another kind of it brought out of Florida which is not altogether of such vertue as thys The 10. Chapter Of the nature of Quick-siluer and the true preparation thereof IFinde great diuersitie of opinions amongst the Auncients touching Quicksiluer for the most part esteeme it to be cold and humide Auicen in his second canon noteth it to be cold and moyst in the second degree Gulielmus Placentinus Arnaldus de villa nouae and Placarius thinks it to be cold in the fourth degree which may easily be perceiued for it is troth that it repelleth the humor from the circumference to the centre causeth by the great coldnes hereof Palsie and trembling and the members to be inflexible as sayth Plinie Dioscorides and Palmarius Auicen saith that it causeth a stincking breath with dimnes of the sight falling of the teeth which we see to be true in such as haue thys sicknes and haue often been rubbed therewith Some esteeme it to bee hote and dry but few approued Authors are of that opinion There are two kinds of it naturall and artificiall the naturall is found in the vaines and denns of the earth as sayth Plinie and Dioscovides and is called by them Hydargirus It is found also amongst Mettals as reporteth Dioscarides in his first booke The artificiall is made of Minium and scrapings of Marble as writeth Vitruvius in his seauenth booke of his Architecture Some of it is found drawn out of Lead and is easily knowne from the other being of cullor browne and black and of substance thick leauing some rest behind like the excrements of Leade which is not meete forthys purpose That which is cleane white and subtile is good Neuerthelesse hauing chosen the most proper for our vse it must be yet prepared and purified after this sort folowing First you shal take so much of it as you will vse and boyle it 6. or 7. howres in water putting in such things with it as haue the vertue to coroborate comfort the parts netuouse as also to purifie it like as Sage Rosemary Camomell Melilot Tyme with other neruall hearbs That being done straine it through a cloth then after extinguish it according to the maner which you shall heare hereafter and incorporate it with a little Swines greace Being well compounded you must melt it on the fire thē taking it of you shal perceiue the Quicksiluer seperated from the greace the excrement and leaden substance shall remaine in the same greace Hauing so done you shall strayne it through a peece of Leather to the end that it may be very pure then after extinguish it againe to the effect that you may the better incorporate it with other Swines greace or with such medicaments as you shall heare If you will haue your oyntment white and neither blacke nor gray you must make it after thys order insuing Take your Quicksiluer and beate it in a morter with Vinegar and salt then poure out that Vinegar and salt and put in new and so beat it with 3. or 4. sundry shyftings and so your oyntment shall be white But to extinguish the same you must put into the morter with it a little syrop of Roses or oyle of Petroly or iuyce of Lemmons or fasting spittle or a little oyntment wherein Quicksiluer hath beene put for that is the best and will soonest extinguish it Then beate them together till such time as there be not any apparence of the Quicksiluer least that beeing not well extinguished it should returne to the old forme So being well quenched as is requisite you shall make your oyntment hauing likewise prepared the Swines greace in thys manner Melt it on the fire and boyle it with the hearbs before mentioned or with others of like vertue beeing all chopped small then all being boyled together you shall straine it through a cloth and mingle with it a little Iris of Florence which wil take away the sauour of the greace then after compose the oyntment thus Recipe axungiae suilae lib. 1. olei Cammomillae et Anetini an vnc i. Radicum anulae parum cōtrito vnc quat therebentinae venetae vnc ss Argenti viui preparati vnc quat Incorporentur omnia simul spatio viginti quatuor horarum fiat linementum vt decet I vse alwayes in stead of the Swines greace the oyntment called Rosatum meseuis and put to one pound of thys oyntment fiue ounces of Quicksiluer oyle of Bayes and Anniseede of eyther halfe an ounce so with that I gyue euery day one friction or once in two dayes according to the temprature and strength of the Patient the which must be considered by the skilfull Chirurgian The 11. Chapter Of the generall cure of the Spanish sicknes AS for the curing of thys disease it shall be requisite to vse all the 3. parts of Phisicke which are Chirurgery Dyet and Pharmacy first of all we must obserue the dyet which is the forme of life for as Auicen sayth the disordered course of life may corrupt the best complexion being well gouerned may correct the worst Then let vs begin the cure of thys disease by good gouernment of lyfe in the sixe vnnaturall things which are the ayre the meate and drinke and all that wee vse for our sustenance the motion and rest of our body vnder the which is comprehended venerie sleepe and waking the retention and repletion the affections of the minde these thinges must be obserued for without the obseruation of them it will be hard to cure this sicknes The ayre must be cleane pure and temperat The meate ought to bee nourishing and of easie digestion that neither ingenders thicke nor sharpe humors It must be more dry then moyst abstayning from fish salt flesh all kinde of spyces and fruites because these ingender euill humors Abstaine also from all manner of Pulse as Pease and Beanes also from Beefe Swines flesh Goats Hares and Rammes flesh from all sort of Water-foule Onyons Colewoort and all kind of rootes these are hurtfull and breede euill blood Eate onely Mutton Veale Kid Chickins Doue Partridge such like you may also vse the broth of them Your bread must be of Wheate eyther Bisket or at the least well baked Abstaine from Wine
which shall be somtimes rosted and somtimes sodden as it shall be found expedient All things must be of light digestion and of little excrement You shall abstaine from plums for although the decoction hereof be cordiall the plumme it selfe is terrestre and melancolick Also abstaine from meate that ingender grosse humors and vitious like as fish the which is of nature pituitous and full of crudities like as salt meate Spicerie Onyons Mustard and such like which may heate and inflame the blood and lyft vp hote and sharpe vapours to the head and braines The bread must be of wheat well baked for so it remayneth longer in the ventricle It shall be well done to put with it the powder of Anniseede and Coriander for the strengthning of the stomack Some men counsaile to vse onely two or three ounces a day the which wee obserue not in our diets for this our diet is as who would say Proba victus ratio that is good nuriture and such a quantitie as agreeth with the temperature of the bodie with the nature of the sicknes and with the time of the yeere so that no man can set downe definitlie any diet vnknowning both the Patient and the disease Let him eate sodden flesh at dinner and at supper also if he be of a very hote temperature or els hee shall vse rosted at supper in little quantitie or in stead of that some reasonable quantitie of Reisons the which doe corroborate the entrals His ordinary drinke shall be of the second decoction composed as you haue heard drinking as much as he thirsteth If at any time he be weake and accustomed to drink Wine or Ale he may vse a little Wine mingled with the said decoction He must abstaine frō sleepe in the after-noone for it filleth the head with vapours and exhallations augmenteth the dolors and Catarrhs Vse reasonable exercise abstaine from all affections of the minde that troubleth or inflameth the spirits and humors It shall be well done to abstaine altogether frō the act venerian for it is a chiefe cause which hindereth the sensible and insensible transpiration and euacuation of humors vicious but reuokes them to the inward part and weakeneth much the parts neruous After thys forme sometime remaineth intemperature in the liuer which is for the most part hote in that we ordaine such things as haue the vertue to refresh and temper these parts Sometimes it happeneth that through the great sweat and much charging of clothes that the externall parts of the body be verie excrementous and in that wee bathe the Patient to clense him For the same purpose wee vse the decoction of Chine the which hath vertue to prouoke sweat in like manner and dryeth and maketh fat those that be leane In making of this decoction you must cut it in small peeces and take 2. ounces of it and steepe it in 8. pynts of warme water the space of 24 howers then seeth it in an earthen pot till the thyrd part be consumed and keepe it close and warme by the fire Vse 8 or 10 ounces of it in the morning and also in the after-noone obseruing the regime aboue specified make in like maner a second decoction of this as of y e other This is y e way y e I vse to cure by decoction The 14. Chapter sheweth the way to cure by friction which is the second way vsed by our Auncients THis way of cure which was most commonly vsed by our auncients to all men is done by frictions and vnctions the which things are conuenient for some people such things obserued as you haue heard in the generall Chapter and that the Vnguent be well composed after the forme of Ioh. Carpensis who was the first inuenter of vnction with Quicksiluer Yet was it neither thought by himselfe nor by oothers meete to be vsed at all times nor for all sorts of temperatures and dispositions For to some it weakeneth the entrals and solide parts of the body remaining sometimes in the body which causeth leanenes trembling falling of the teeth and diuers other accidents Therefore it must be vsed with great iudgment considering well first if the sick can vse any other maner of medicine and if the sicknes be inueterat ingendred of grosse humors and vitious and adherant to the solide parts the which happeneth most commonly to such as haue been oft cured afore considering also if there be Nodosities in the leggs armes vehemence of dolor in the head ioynts the which accidents render the body and vertues hereof weake by reason of the vehement and continuall dolors When such things doe happen the friction may be vsed to the inferior people that hath no great meanes to gette deerer cure yet alwaies the body and humors must be prepared as ye haue heard in the generall chapter and the frictions vsed with discrerion as ye shall heare and not to rub immoderatly as do many ignorants who doe mischiefe to the people by their vnskilfulnesse thinking to take away those humors that doe molest the body and in the meane tyme doe consume the good humors and radicall humidity of the which appeare greater accidents then before Therfore it shall be well done that no man presume to cure thys way except he know wel the temperature of the person the kinde of sicknes the time most proper the true method to do the same after this forme folowing First of all the way of life must bee ordained as you haue heard after that the Patient must be purged with medicaments proper to the humor that offendeth alwaies vsing such things as are set downe in the generall chapter for the preparation of the humors not forgetting the sections of the vaines with the baths in the which must be put such thinges as are set downe in the generall chapter or els warme water alone in the which you may put 2. or 3. gallons of Milke the which is good to appease the dolors and soften the skin Yee shal enter the first day once afterward twise euery day remaining one houre or so long as ye may wel endure obseruing alwaies before after and in the bath such things as I haue set downe in my Chirurgerie chap. of baths Thus yee shal continue 5. or 6. daies as shall be found needful If the body be dry and hote accompanied with nodosities hardnes in diuers parts retraction of the members as somtime happeneth either being inueterat or oft vnder cure before in cold weather not warmly kept In that case we ad diuers sorts of hearbs which haue vertue to soften namely Mallows Violets Pellitory Patience Fumetory Cammomell and Roses take of each a handful seeth them a little in water before ye put them in the bath afterward being gon out of the bath he shalbe dryed and put in a warme bed afterward annoynt him with such things as haue the vertue to loose and soften the hard parts like as Axungia humana Anatis Anseris
some the iawes goe together so that afterward they are scarcely able to open their mouth as in Paris a Boy that had beene handled that way his teeth did all fall and his iawes growe together in such sort that nothing could enter into his mouth so was I constrained to make incision through all the gums and so I healed him yet could he not come to the perfection to eate any hard thing Some degenerat in gangrens so that diuers dye miserablie As for the corrosion of the guts which often happeneth you shall vse Clisters remollients as this Recipe maluar Violar an M. 1 fiat decoctio ad lib. 1 dissol vitellor auor duo olei viol vnc 2 butiri recentis vnc 1 ss fiat Clister which shall be vsed 2 or 3 times euery day As for the vlcers of the mouth haue recourse to the propper chap. of vlcers I haue found out an inuention for the vsage of the friction the which is both more pleasant and profitable then that which you haue heard as heere followeth In steed that some put before the fire I put them in a hote stoue being warmed with decoction of things propper to soften and rarifie the poares so by that meanes all the parts are all a like hote the which is not before the fire by reason that one side beeing warme the other is cold besides that there be some who would be ashamed to be seene naked and in the stoue they are not seene Then the patient being there hote with a cloth about his head you shall giue him a little of the vnguent by a hole made for the purpose and let him rub him selfe in such places and after the forme that you haue heard That being done put him in a hot sheete in bed and couer him as before By this means he shall haue the fluxe of the mouth as the other and in a shorter space During the time of the which fluxe the patient must be nourished with things licquid and of good iuice and light digestion like as soft Egs pottage made of yolke of Eggs consumats made of extremities of Calfes or of Fowles French barley Horge Munde of the which you shall vse little and oft washing alwayes the mouth after remembring that neyther before nor in the time of the fluxe must bee vsed any washing or drinke or any cold thing the which things all doe stay the fluxe If the patient be weary of these things you may infuse white bread in wine and mingle with it a little barley water thereafter strayning the bread that the substance remayne in the wine If in this time the patient be constipat vse somtymes Clysters Lenitiues or Suppositories The 16 Chap sheweth the way to cure by Emplasters which is the third way that our Auncients did vse THE Emplasters are thought to haue the same effect that the liniments haue if the body be prepared as you haue heard in the generall Chapter Neuerthelesse the operation is slowe and very vncertaine in many yet for those that doe vse them they must be composed not onely of things written by Iohn de Vigo but also other things mingled with them that haue the vertue to soften resolue and dry according to the nature of the humors which should be euacuated and simptoms if giuing also that there be also some Quicksiluer mingled with it prepared as you haue hearde the which hath vertue against the venim which is cause of the sicknes the Emplasters haue great vertue on the part where-vpon it is applied both by reason of the ingredients as also because they remaine alwayes adherent to the part so their actions are continuall and are ordinarily applied where the humors are grosse and vitius adherent to the part solides like as Tophes and Nodosities they also mittigate the dolors and resolue the hardnes so that they remaine a certaine time for lyke as that venim is rooted for a time in like manner time must be had for the extirpation of the same So in that they be most profitable Neuerthelesse I thinke not the Emplaster or cerot hath force to make euacuations sufficient for the extirpation of the sicknes I haue somtimes proued it and haue cured some that way others I haue beene constrayned to seeke an other way of cure I consesse in all persons being vsed it doth take away a part of the euill so it hideth the sicknes for a time I find them most propper to be vsed when the malady is recent specially in the first second or third kind in young folkes and such as be easie to moue also in shamefast people and such as will not suffer the friction To such I vse this method First preparing the body and humors as you haue heard in the generall Chapter next sweat fiue or sixe daies after that method as is set downe in the Chapter of the decoction thereafter he shall remaine in bed vsing such regime as you haue heard in the last Chapter also before the fluxe of the mouth as in the time of it Your Emplaisters shall be made after this forme Recipe Emplastri Iohannis de vigo lib. 1 de meliloto et oxicroij an lib. ss argenti viui preparati vt dictum est vnc viij olei de spica parum fiat Emplastrum the which shall be put on leather or strong cloth that shall couer the armes from the hands to the shoulders and the shoulders and about the necke on the leggs from the knees to the toes and alwayes must it be more thicke in the articles then in other parts letting them remaine till such time you perceiue nature begin to make eduction of the humors venimous If nature be long in working it shall not be euill done to make little particuler frictions in the bed once or twice to the effect the euacuation be more easie In some persons if the humors be well prepared in good season the Emplasters begin to make eduction of the humor in 3 or 4 dayes most commonly by the mouth the which somtimes is so violent that we are constrained to stay it first by taking away a part of these Emplasters and after that stay the violent fluxe by such meanes as you haue heard in the Chapter of frictions The vlcers that ensue there-vpon shall be cured after the method set downe in the Chapter of vlcers of the mouth If there happeneth prurit or blisters in the part where be the Emplasters they shal be remoued and foment these parts with hote wine in the which Camomell Roses and such like haue beene boyled the which hath the vertue to consume that which is cause of the sayd prurit afterward the place beeing dryed applie the same Emplaster againe Furthermore you shall vnderstand that by the application of these Emplasters nature doth somtimes discharge by flux of belly vrine but I neuer saw it discharge by flux of the belly saue one time neyther is it so certaine as that of the mouth I haue vsed them
to performe this cure by Pills of Mercure the bodie must first be prepared purged and bled with other such like things as ye haue heard in the Chapter precedent also making the sick to sweat 4. or 5. daies either by such a decoction as shall be found to be conuenient for the habitude of the diseased or els by my powder called Puluis indicus set downe in The poore mans guide verie propper for manie other diseases also In the meane time the diet shall be of meates of good digestion sodden at dinner and rosted at supper alwaies obseruing the temperature as yee haue heard His ordinarie drink shall be wine wel mingled with decoction of Chine or Salsparil Hee may drinke somtime of Chine alone alwaies the first drink at meales shal be of wine for the corroboration of the ventricle All these things being dulie performed he shall vse of these Pills the space of 30. or 40. daies taking euerie day one after his first sleepe keeping him alwaies warme that shall prouoke a fluxe of mouth in short space without violence the which shal not be perceiued but as in a man that hath a Catharre Somtime happeneth fluxe of bellie the which for the most part is violent wherefore we vse Clysters wherein hote yron or steele hath been oft extinguished giuing him leaue to rest a day or two vsing one of the first Pills If by this meanes the violence ceaseth not ye shall vse such remedies as ye haue heard in the Chapter of friction or els 4. graines of the confection called Requies Caroli quinti which is most excellent for all flux of the belly Afterward the violence being staied giue the rest of the Pills euerie day one which shall weigh 2. drag Thus ye shall doe if the sicknes be inueterat and the body robust and difficult to be mooued onels it shall be sufficient to vse 20. of the said Pills the which shall be made as followeth Res. Salsparil et Sene mundate an vnc 1. Turbith Hermodict Agarici et Rhubarb electi an vnc sam Colocynth Subtiliter puluerate drag 6. Hydrargyri bene preparati vnc 4. Extinguatur diligentissime cum terebint vnc 1. Addatur theriace vnc 1. sem Syr. Ros lax q. s Ambari grisij drag 1. Misce et fiat massa Cap. drag 2. aut 3. according vnto the forces In like maner ye may vse these that follow to the same effect Rec. Mercurij drag 25. Musci drag 2. Puluis Arab. drag 10. Scammonij drag 3. Cum succo Limonū reducantur ad formam solidam Ex quibus dabitur scru 1. singulis diebus In the meane time it shall be well done to vse this Opiat which is cordiall made after this manner Rec. Cons Nenupharis Violati Buglossi Borage an vnc sem Cori. citri conditi drag 2. Diamar frigidi scru 4. Rasure corni cerui scr 1. Metridatij veteris drag 1. Cum syr Viol. fiat opiata cap. scru 4. Mane et taneundem ante cenam This being done ye shall purge the Patient and afterward cause him to sweat 5. or 6. daies in a dry Stoue taking alwaies a drink of the decoction of Salsparill before he enter in And when he hath remained halfe an howre or three quarters as hee may easilie endure he shal be put in his bed to sweat So by this meanes nothing of the venositie shall remaine Be diligent to excitat the head to sweating and dry it well by reason that oftentimes by the negligence hereof extreame paine of the head followeth and defluxions on the eyes deafnes and such like the which things I attribute to the little sweating of the head I neuer heard any man complaine either of the head or of the articles after thys sort of cure If peraduenture the temperature of the person cannot agree with this kinde of remedie as sometime it happeneth I change my cure according to the temperature of the Patient diseased with this sicknes The 19. Chapter to cure by decoction of White wine which is the second way that I vse THis way of cure is verie expedient for those that are newlie infected if they bee of good habitude and of good constitution but not for all kinds hereof nor for all dispositions nor yet at all times for the sicknes being inueterat composed with grosse humors and vitious adherent to the par◠cold solid which is the bones and other spermatick parts as it happeneth in those that haue been handled often before and haue Nodosities and dolors inueterat of the head articles in such sort that the parts be rendred weake and therefore nature dischargeth vpon them that which is contrarie whereof an euill habitude is engendred in the bodie and the vertue is rendred weake by the continuall and vehement dolor These things I say bening so this way is not sure therfore yee must wisely consider of the Patient and of the sicknes and thereafter the bodie and the humors must be prepared as ye haue heard in the general chapter not forgetting the purgations and sections of the vaines with good regime as is saide in that Chapter Afterwardes you shall vse 5. or 6. dayes a decoction Sudoriffick sweat according vnto the method set downe in the Chapter of Salsparil This being duly performed the rest of the time which will be 15 or 20 dayes you shall vse this decoction that followeth taking a good draught euery morning and a brotle an houre after made of butter and fine hearbs as Succory Sorrell Lettice Purslaine Burrage Buglos and such like The decoction shall be made in this forme Recipe medulle Gaiaci bene pulti lib. 1 chine tessillatim excisae lib. ss Salseparile vnc 5 senne mundante vnc 4 Hermodact vnc 1 macerent omnia preter Hermodact et sennam in 12 pintis Scoticis vini spatio 16 horar. bulliant ad consumpt quarte partis imponendo sennam et Hermodact per dimidiam horam ante quam finiat ea consumptio In fine decoctionis adde aliquid liquiriti Auferat ab igne et coletur If the time be eyther cold or in Winter goe not forth if other wise goe forth and drinke alwayes when you are drie but specially take a good drinke an houre before supper This way is most sure as I haue oft proued chiefely to women and children but then your decoction must be weaker as you shall consider by your good iudgement If you perceiue it to worke much vse it onely in the morning before supper but at meales and other times vse the decoction of Salsparill which shall be composed of two ounces of Salsparill sodden in eight pints of water till the fourth part be consumed and drinke of that when you are dry After the cure you shall purge againe with some medicament proper and drawe blood of the vaine most apparant if there be plenitude Afterward returne to your former dyet by degrees The 20 Chap. to heale the sicknes by the decoction of Salsparill and Chine which