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proper_a medicine_n unto_o they_o if_o the_o liver_n or_o spleen_n be_v trouble_v with_o distemper_n obstruction_n schirrus_n or_o the_o like_a you_o must_v cure_v they_o by_o medicine_n take_v out_o of_o their_o several_a chapter_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o do_v strengthen_v the_o vital_a and_o the_o natural_a part_n will_v always_o agree_v such_o as_o be_v prescribe_v in_o the_o cure_n of_o weakness_n dropsy_n and_o flux_n of_o the_o liver_n chap._n 6._o of_o haemoptysis_n or_o spit_v of_o blood_n although_o usual_o the_o word_n haemoptysis_n do_v signify_v all_o manner_n of_o spit_v of_o blood_n from_o what_o part_n soever_o it_o do_v proceed_v whether_o from_o the_o breast_n lung_n rough_a artery_n or_o from_o the_o jaw_n gum_n palate_n uuula_fw-la brain_n stomach_n liver_n and_o spleen_n yet_o galen_n lib._n 1._o decris_fw-la cap._n 5._o say_v that_o haemoptysis_n proper_o be_v take_v for_o that_o spit_v of_o blood_n which_o come_v from_o the_o vital_a part_n as_o the_o 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laudanum_n which_o be_v better_o and_o let_v the_o belly_n be_v anoint_v all_o over_o with_o this_o follow_a oil_n take_v of_o oil_n of_o myrtle_n and_o quince_n of_o each_o one_o ounce_n and_o a_o half_a oil_n of_o wormwood_n one_o ounce_n with_o a_o little_a rose_n vinegar_n mix_v they_o and_o anoint_v often_o give_v a_o clyster_n of_o steel_a milk_n with_o three_o yolk_n of_o egg_n and_o two_o dram_n of_o philonium_fw-la romanum_fw-la use_v friction_n of_o the_o arm_n and_o upper_a part_n give_v he_o a_o sop_n in_o wine_n or_o wine_n alone_o and_o last_o every_o evacuation_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o blood_n from_o the_o nose_n or_o womb_n or_o other_o part_n or_o of_o humour_n by_o vomit_n or_o stool_n must_v be_v stop_v with_o their_o proper_a medicine_n prescribe_v in_o their_o several_a chapter_n that_o syncope_n which_o come_v from_o too_o much_o sweat_n be_v cure_v by_o medicine_n that_o restrain_v sweat_n as_o with_o cold_a or_o rose_n water_n alone_o or_o with_o a_o little_a 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contrary_a to_o the_o open_v faculty_n which_o they_o desire_v moreover_o there_o be_v another_o wrong_n do_v to_o this_o medicine_n when_o it_o be_v make_v in_o a_o brass_n kettle_n which_o leave_v a_o malignant_a quality_n upon_o the_o medicine_n for_o it_o be_v a_o know_v and_o vulgar_a say_n among_o apothecary_n you_o must_v not_o boil_v sharp_a thing_n in_o brass_n vessel_n because_o they_o easy_o pierce_v and_o attract_v a_o noxious_a tincture_n from_o they_o but_o the_o crystal_n of_o tartar_n be_v most_o sharp_a call_v by_o some_o acidum_fw-la tartari_fw-la or_o the_o sharpness_n of_o tartar_n this_o error_n be_v often_o make_v by_o apothecary_n and_o almost_o all_o they_o who_o make_v this_o crystal_n themselves_o use_v brass_n vessel_n so_o that_o i_o have_v see_v some_o tartar_n look_v skie-colored_n from_o the_o verdugreece_n which_o it_o have_v take_v from_o the_o copper_n therefore_o physician_n shall_v do_v conscientious_o honourable_o and_o for_o the_o good_a of_o 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the_o best_a white_a wine_n six_o pint_n steep_v they_o eight_o day_n in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la or_o behind_o a_o oven_n then_o strain_v they_o through_o a_o hippocras_n bag_n and_o let_v the_o patient_n take_v two_o or_o three_o ounce_n every_o morning_n two_o hour_n before_o meat_n for_o fifteen_o day_n or_o more_o if_o need_v require_v or_o make_v it_o thus_o take_v of_o steel_n prepare_v with_o sulphur_n one_o ounce_n elicampane_z and_o the_o middle_a rind_n of_o tamarisk_n of_o each_o half_n a_o ounce_n senna_n three_o ounce_n epithimum_fw-la one_o ounce_n foecula_fw-la brioniae_fw-la and_o cinnamon_n of_o each_o two_o dram_n powder_n of_o the_o three_o sander_n one_o dram_n and_o a_o half_a agrimony_n water_n and_o white_a wine_n of_o each_o one_o pint_n infuse_v they_o three_o day_n in_o balneo_fw-la mariae_fw-la let_v he_o take_v three_o or_o four_o ounce_n when_o it_o be_v strain_v three_o hour_n before_o meat_n common_o they_o use_v the_o infusion_n of_o steel_n in_o 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in_o the_o reins_o but_o you_o must_v observe_v that_o the_o stoppage_n of_o the_o urine_n do_v make_v a_o increase_n of_o water_n rather_o in_o the_o branch_n of_o the_o hollow_a vein_n then_o of_o the_o gate_n vein_n or_o vena_fw-la porta_n by_o which_o the_o watery_a humour_n chief_o flow_v into_o the_o capacity_n of_o the_o abdomen_fw-la as_o appear_v by_o what_o follow_v therefore_o we_o may_v answer_v this_o question_n by_o say_v that_o the_o water_n get_v into_o the_o hollow_a of_o the_o abdomen_fw-la by_o the_o insensible_a passage_n though_o there_o be_v also_o other_o manifest_a way_n by_o which_o it_o may_v pass_v hypocrates_n aph._n 55._o sect._n 7._o have_v show_v they_o for_o say_v he_o they_o who_o have_v much_o water_n about_o the_o liver_n if_o it_o get_v into_o the_o omentum_fw-la or_o kel_n their_o belly_n will_v be_v fill_v with_o water_n and_o then_o they_o die_v the_o meaning_n of_o which_o aphorism_n be_v though_o galen_n do_v not_o plain_o see_v it_o that_o 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