exceed all other Preparations yea the very Rosin of Scammony it self For it dissipates its tough viscous and poisonous malignity and doth correct it and doth certainly purge which doth not always follow from the taking of the Rosin only Magistery of Scammony THE true and Spagyrick Preparation and Correction of Scammony which is used as a Secret by Physicians is this Take a sufficient quantity of select Scammony which dissolve in Philosophical Spirit of Wine after due filtration draw it off again in an Alembick at least to half then pour upon it Rose-water as much as shall seem necessary for precipitation and the pure Rosin of Scammony will be precipitated void of all its poisonous quality and freed from its nauseous smell and taste which when the humidity is separated from it reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth the body of both sorts of Choler and divers other diseases without any offence to the body neither can there be a more mild sweet and noble Cathartick found in the whole bosom of Nature The Dose is from half a scruple to a whole scruple in Conserves or other appropriate Vehicles Magistery of Gum Guttemaw or Gambogia BY the forementioned Method may a Magistery or Flowers be prepared of this Peruvian Gum which is an incomparable Cathartick to purge serous and thick humors let it be prepared carefully and reserved for use The Dose is from ten twelve or fifteen grains to a scruple especially in robust bodies Gum of Peru Rosated Take Gum of Peru or Guttemaw well pulverized an ounce Chicory-water half an ounce Spirit of Vitriol rectified a dram These being well mixed put it into a Glass or a well glazed Vessel and in a warm place but if it be too hot it will grow black and be spoiled let it evaporate and grow dry till it looks of an earthy colour Afterward pulverize this and add to it powder of red Roses an ounce of red Sanders two drams and pour upon it a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine and let it circulate for twenty four hours and when it is grown cold again filter it through a Paper and by degrees let it evaporate till it is dry and so you have a red Extract of valid and excellent efficacy and in aspect fair and lovely though the Gum by it self or the Magistery of it is of an unpleasant yellow colour and doth easily nauseate Hitherto it is revealed and communicated to none but to the ingenious and worthy for which end it was found Virtue Use and Dose It purgeth serous humors without danger and difficulty from all parts of the body for which reason it is used with excellent success in all ill habits of body Dropsie Gouts of all sorts and such kind of diseases also in the Scurvy and Greensickness it is found excellent by Experience The Dose is from fifteen grains to twenty one especially in robust strong bodies Amber Muskified Take of the best pure Amber an ounce of the most odorate Musk a dram Elaeosaccharum of Citrons half a dram Mix them and bring the mass into a most subtile Powder which moisten with Spirit of Roses hot and let it dry again and this labour repeat certain times and afterward let it be again finely powdered and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose It heats and drys It comforts the Brain it roborates and succours it in all its affects it helps the continual pain of the Head it cleanseth the Eyes of white specks and consumes the moist defluxions thereof It wonderfully gives help to old people and to those who are naturally cold it hastens drunkenness being infused in Wine The Dose is from four to six and eight grains at the most in Sack or other proper Vehicle Regal Diacinamon Take of the best Cinamon four ounces three Nutmegs of our Syrup of Cinamon as much as will suffice Make it into an Electuary to which add Confectio Alkermes an ounce Oyl of Cinamon half an ounce Amber Muskified Troches of Pearls of each a dram Leaves of Hungarian Gold thirty one Mix them and so make a Royal magnificent Medicine which reserve for use Virtue Use and Dose It is of a hot quality It comforts the Brain and Heart above measure it discusseth the vitious humors of the Stomach and helps Concoction it helps the Syncope and Palpitation of the Heart it resists the inflation and swelling of the Stomach and dissipates wind It allays the Colick-pains proceeding from a cold Cause and it sweetens the Breath It resists all putrefaction It is very agreeable to old people who are cold and debilitated and in whom the native Balsam and natural heat are lessened and impaired It doth wonderfully recover strength increase Seed and promotes the strength of Procreation it excites to Venery and much sweetens the pleasure thereof and safely increaseth the motion thereunto The Dose in the morning fasting and in the evening at going to bed is the quantity of a Hazel-nut more or less according to the Complexion and Sex of the Patient Pearls Trochiscated TAke white Salt of the Oriental Pearls and free from all its acetosity what quantity you please dissolve it in water made of May-dew gathered from the standing Wheat or in some Cordial liquor to this solution add by drops of Spirit of Vitriol rectified as much as shall seem requisite for precipitation and a white Powder will precipitate to the bottom which the flegm being removed edulcorate and dry it according to art and you have the true Magistery of Pearls Then take of this Magistery an ounce the true Oyl of Roses and Oyl of Cinamon of each a scruple Mix them and with Tragacanth dissolved in equal parts of Rose-water and Cinamon-water let little Troches be made according to art which lay by for use and reserve it like a Treasure Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Comfortative in all affects of the Heart as Pain Sorrow Trembling Pulsation Palpitation defects of the Mind c. Also in pains of the Head Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Palsie Contractures resolution of the Nerves Convulsion Phrensie Melancholy Madness Gout and Gouty pains in the Joynts Consumption Blasting the numbness and decay by Age Stone Dropsie Scurvy French Pox and Feavers c. It purifies the Blood it comforts all the Senses Brain Memory and Heart and preserves the whole body sound It fortifies Nature within also the Child in the Womb it roborates the Spirits repairs the strength and increaseth the humane Seed it amends Milk in Women takes away the spots of the Eyes and consumes Catarrhs c. And these Troches of Pearls thus made by our ordination have been highly approved by many Great and Noble men and by them esteemed as a great Secret and equal in effect to the Aurum Potabile The Dose according to the nature of the infirm and the Judgment of the Physician is from six grains to eight in appropriate Vehicles Elaeosaccharum of Citrons Take of Rose-water sixteen pound the exterior bark
did first prepare it in the Year 1610. and found it strong and powerful in operation Virtue Use and Dose IT is a wonderful Diaphoretick and a most powerful Secret in all Distempers of the Womb and in many other Diseases belonging to Women 'T is very good in the Plague Feavers Seurvy and all Epidemical Diseases 't is a present Remedy against Poyson of any kind that is drunk also in all Falls where Bezoardick and Sudorifick Medicines are useful The Dose from three grains to five and six in Treacle-water or in our water of Harts-horn or in any other convenient Liquor Crocus Metallorum absinthiated TAkeof the best bright crude Antimony Salt of Wormwood of each four ounces Mix them and in a Crucible let them be calcined according to art and you will find the Antimony calcined of a reddish colour and fixt being utterly bereaved of all its Arsenical Sulphur this wash so often till no more acrimony of the Salt of Wormwood be perceived by the taste this Powder so edulcorated and dryed keep for your use as the true and most genuine Crocus Metallorum Virtue Use and Dose THis is an excellent profitable Remedy accommodated to most Diseases pain in the Head Epilepsie of what kind soever in all distempers of the Stomach Feavers Plague Hypocondriack Melancholy Asthma's Pleurisies as well spurious as exquisite Gouts c. in all which it hath most excellent effects In the Dropsie it purgeth without any offence or nauseating and that sometimes by Vomit sometimes by Stool In other Diseases it works by Vomit and Stool together It opens the obstructions of the Liver cures the yellow Jaundice rectifies the Spleen and is an excellent Medicine for the Scurvy The Dose from three grains to four five or six in Conserves or other appropriate Vehicles or what is better let so many grains be infused in two ounces of Rhenish wine and two drams of Cinamon-water all night in the morning strain it throw away the powder and drink the clear Wine warm If you infuse it in Spanish Wine it seldom vomits but works only by stool therefore for Vomiting white or Rhenish is best Tartarus Emeticus or a Vomiting Tartar TAke acid Tartar finely powdered Crocus Metallorum absinthiated of each two ounces mix them well and put them into a Viol and pour upon it two pound of our Aqua Benedicta Serpilli place it in warm Sand for three or four days and keep it close covered or stopt shake it often that the acidity of the Tartar may be perfectly dissolved afterwards while it is warm filter it through Hippocrates sleeve according to art that the Crocus Metallorum being well separated from the solution may remain in it but the solution it self may pass through it clear and void of Feces This done set it in a cool place to crystallize then take these Crystals impregnate with Tartar which being dried and powdered keep them for use Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Vomit in all chronical and stubborn Diseases especially in those men who are of weak Constitutions seeing it is far more gentle and safe than Crocus Metallorum and other Mineral Vomits It is good against all Melancholy Madness a distempered Mind Deliriums continual pains of the Head which arise from other parts of the body by consent the Vertigo Epilepsie Apoplexy Fascination difficulty of Hearing ringing of the Ears Also against nauseating and windiness of the Stomach and Sides yellow Jaundice Dropsie Tertian Quartan and other chronical continual putrid and acute Feavers Love-potions poisonous Draughts cholerick Pleurisies and all Diseases in general that Choler hath a share in It is also good against that poisonous Dysentery that happeneth commonly in the Plague Also against the Hangarian disease it is an excellent divine and safe remedy If any have unadvisedly or unawares taken poisonous Meats or Drinks or swallowed Flies Spiders and such like also little Fish-bones and other such like things sticking in the Throat or from other things which are brought into the Stomach by Inchantments as hairs nails pins yarn or other prodigious things of that kind that are dangerous to life are all removed by the wonderful effects of this Vomit The Dose is from four to five and six grains especially in robust bodies in any appropriate Vehicle taken two or three hours before or after meals or at any time in necessity But this is to be observed That neither this nor any other Vomits may be given to every one without danger but they are to be given to those only who are apt to vomit that have a strong stomach a wide throat and are accustomed to vomit and in whom the peccant humors are naturally carried upwards But cholerick men and those who abhor vomiting or have weak brains or any weakness or imperfection in the Head which doth properly reside there and is not caused by consent from other parts of the body All those who have Phthisicks Asthma's Coughs Colicks spit blood are subject to be feaverish those who have internal Imposthumes or inveterate and confirmed obstructions of the Mesentery Liver and Spleen or have schirrous Tumors in those parts or have any of their principal members hurt Also all those who have their spirits exhausted by burning and pestilential Feavers all those who are troubled with a nauseating at the stomach that they are not able to contain either meat or drink which is not from any inherent matter in the Ventricle that Nature endeavours to cast off by Vomit but it riseth accidentally from the effects of the parts adjacent all these are to abstain from Vomits Lastly as well Women with Child as other Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of their Terms not rising from the impurity of the Bowels but from the obstruction of the Veins only which pass into the Womb these likewise are to forbear Vomits It is to be noted also when any one begins to vomit it is usual to give them Broth made of Pulse or flesh without fat or a draught of warm drink and if it be needful to reiterate the same that so the Vomit may work the easier and the motion of the Medicine may be hastened Tartarus Nitratus or Tartar Nitrified Take Salt of Tartar Nitre prepared of each equal parts Dissolve them in Rose-water warm then filter it and boil it gently over the fire till there appear a crust on the top then put it in a cool place and it will crystallize which Crystals keep for use Virtue Use and Dose 'T is a most excellent Medicine for it hath a singular faculty in cutting and cleansing thick and tartarous humors and in opening obstructions Also in putrid Feavers and hath been experimented both in the Hungarian and malignant and it resisteth putrefaction In the inflammation of the Throat called the Prunella it is a present remedy it brings forth the stone in the Kidneys cleanseth the Bladder of all impurities and provokes Urine The Dose is from one scruple to half a dram
Vitriol calcined a very red Oyl take the Caput mortuum and from thence extract the extreme Salt free from all the taste of Vitriol then mix three parts of this extracted Salt with two parts of the distilled Oyl put upon a fire till it be dry Repeat this labour so often till the Salt is double the weight it was at first then put this Salt into a glass Cucurbit and pour upon it so much Oyl of Vitriol seal it Hermetically and set it to putrifie and afterwards into warm Sand which within a few days you shall find coagulated and so it is prepared Vertue Use and Dose This Arcanum is not only a stomachical Specifick but also a most powerful Remedy against all kind of Diseases which I happily use in general to conserve the Body in health The Dose from three and five grains to six or eight in some appropriate Vehicle Nitre Vitriolated TAke of Nitre prepared one part Spirit of Vitriol rectified two parts Mix them and distil it in a Retort by degrees first with a gentle then with a more strong fire till the Retort wax very hot and when the Spirit will no more ascend let it cool by degrees and in the bottom of the Retort will remain a white Powder almost void of its sharp corrosive and nitrous quality Upon this Powder pour so much fresh Spirit of Vitriol as is sufficient for its dissolution then filter it through a brown Paper and let it half evaporate away and put it then into a cool place to crystallize Take these Crystals and dry them and keep them for use and so you have the true Nitrum vitriolatum which by certain Chymists is called the Coagulated Spirit of Vitriol Virtue Use and Dose It hath the same virtue and operation that the Spirit of Vitriol hath only it refrigerates more and hath a greater diuretick force in colouring any thing it is also the same only it exceeds the Spirit The operation of it chiefly consists in cutting humors in dissipating mundifying drying contracting and resisting putrefaction and by its tartness it restrains thirst Hence it is a most excellent Medicine in all Feavers whether malignant pestilential putrid Hungarian or Epidemical which from a sulphureous astral and poisonous influence are caused and kindled in mens bodies containing in it a Bezoardick property by which it often moves Sweat and Urine and consumes all internal fervid noxious Vapors it also purgeth and comforteth the Stomach by a natural heat and helps it in Concoction it stirs up the Appetite takes away putrefaction and the cause of a stinking Breath it also kills the Worms which are the effects of Putrefaction and Crudity It is also a most profitable Remedy for all Hepatick diseases and for those who have their Faces painted with red Pustles or are subject to a Diarrhoea It is an useful Medicine in the Quincy pestilential Pleurisie Tumors of the Spleen putrid Gonorrhoea the Whites in Women the Scurvy and the like The Dose is from four or six grains to eight or ten in Conserves Electuaries Syrups Juleps or other convenient Liquors In cold distempers it is given mixt with Wine but in Feavers in Barley-water In Diarrhoea's and imperfections of the Liver as also in a Gonorrhoea and Fluxes in Women it is given mixed with Conserve of red Roses that it may become tart and red like blood But all they who are subject to Contraction and Convulsion of the Nerves and those who have dry Brains or lean spare Bodies also those whose Stomachs are small and weak and have the mouth of their Ventricle small and tender also Women and Virgins who are troubled with the obstruction of the Terms must abstain from the use of this Medicine Flowers of Nitre DIssolve Nitre prepared in Rose-water then put the solution into a new Pot not glazed and set it in a cold place for some days till the flowers of the Nitre pass through the Pot and stick to the outside of it then with a Hares foot let them be diligently wiped off and keep them for your use without any other preparation Virtue Use and Dose It is of excellent use in the Hungarian and other malignant burning Feavers It repels and takes off all Inflammations also the roughness of the Jaws and the heat of the parts adjoyning especially when they begin to wax black It is an admirable Remedy to alter and remove the intemperate heat of the Heart Ventricle Lungs Liver Spleen Kidneys and Bladder It brings away the Stone and expels Urine too long retained The Dose is from half a dram to a dram in some appropriate Medicine Spirit of Salt Coagulated TAke crystalline Salt of Wormwood or the common Salt well rectified add to this so much Spirit of Salt as will Spagyrically coagulate and unite these together yet let it be so done that the Spirit of Salt may abound both in favour and strength This so coagulated and justly consistent keep for your use in a glass Vessel for this is much more profitable than the Spirit of Salt it self both to take keep and carry about as need shall require Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Medicine having a Balsamick property by which it renews the whole man and purifies the Blood it comforts the Head Heart and Stomach opens obstructions of the Liver and Spleen it takes away discusses mundifies and resists putrefaction It is also a most powerful Diuretick and therefore a Specifick in Dropsies powerfully expelling by Urine all the watry and flatulent humors and all the tartarous and snivelly matter by which the Stone in the Reins and Bladder is generated It is a present Remedy in the Iliack and Colick passions in the yellow Jaundice in long burning Feavers Dysenteries Palsies Apoplexies Gout Leprosie Worms Rupture the English Sweat the Plague Poisons c. The Dose from six or seven to ten or fifteen grains in specifick and appropriate Vehicles In the Dropsie it is given other Remedies being given before in Wormwood-water mixed with Spirit of the flowers of Elder of each equal parts and this continued daily till the Dropsie or Tympany is cured which will be in few days Spirit of Vitriol Coagulated IN the same manner is Spirit of Vitriol coagulated with Salt of Sorrel and is without doubt of great force in Physick as is witnessed by Experience the Mistress of all things Virtue Use and Dose It is a great Secret in corroborating a weak stomach whose digestion it also helps it is useful in Feavers of the Stomach in Inflammations and Thirst. We also use it in all diseases of the Head suffocation of the Womb Stone Jaundice Plague Epidemical diseases c. for it doth powerfully resist the Enemy of Nature and preserves from putrefaction The Dose the body being first cleansed is so much as will make any thing sharp or tart yet so that it may not offend the Teeth it is given in Mutton or other warm Broth or in any other proper Vehicle yet cholerick men
vitriolated a dram Diacodium crociated half a dram species of Diambra ten grains Extract of Elicampane flowers three grains Mix them and with Rotula's of Diamargariton frigidum make a Bole for one dose Laudanum Minerale or the Mineral Laudanum Take of the Anodyne Sulphur of Vitriol corrected and fixt two drams Magistery of Pearls Extract of Lignum Aloes of each a dram and a half of Saffron a scruple Bezoar stone the Animal Unicorn of each fifteen grains oyls of Cloves and Cinamon of each half a scruple Mix them and with Syrup of the Juyce of wild Poppy flowers make a soft Mass according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Anodyne and most profitable to procure sleep also to stop Catarrhs Defluxions from the Brain upon the Nose or Eyes Coughs and other such kind of affects it helps the Distillations that fall upon the Thorax Lungs c. The Dose is from six grains to eight or ten in any Conserve or convenient Liquor or in the form of a Pill SECT IV. Of the Preparing certain things c. The Calcination and Preparation of Harts-horn Elks hoofs Mans Skull c. Spagyrically or without Fire THis Calcination is effectually performed in a Bladder by continual boiling or digesting in fair water by which vapor the Horn hanging in the neck of the Bladder in which place it may be best wrought and penetrated by a pleasant and wonderful manner is calcined to a perfect whiteness without those violent flames which otherwise consume its virtues as is used to be done in the vulgar Calcination but let the fourth part of the Bladder be empty And if in boiling the water should consume pour on more scalding hot and this do until this fumigatory Calcination for whatsoever is calcined by this method is not undeservedly said to be calcined by Suffumigation be absolutely finished Virtue Use and Dose Harts-horn thus prepared is equal to the Unicorns horn in its Diaphoretick force for it is profitable in all affects of the Heart and wonderfully excellent in all kind of Poison Moreover it is very effectual in the yellow Jaundice Dysenteries pains of the Guts voiding of blood either upwards or downwards pains in the Bladder Fluxes of blood in Women c. The Elks hoof also of the same Preparation is of great efficacy being a noble Cordial in malignant Feavers and a Secret in many other diseases likewise mans Skull wonderfully cures the Epilepsie Apoplexy Vertigo c. The Dose is from ten to twenty or thirty grains in some appropriate Vehicle The true Spagyrical Preparation of Thebane Opium Put Thebane Opium cut into small pieces upon an Iron plate and set it upon hot coals constantly stirring it till all the poisonous and corrosive quality is separated by Evaporation Yet take this caution let not him that tends it receive the Fumes for it is hurtful When this is evaporated the Opium left upon the Plate will have a fragrant smell like Violets which is a true sign that all its malignity is separated then dissolve this Opium thus prepared either in Wine-vinegar distilled or in Juyce of Citrons which being done again draw off the Menstruum and keep it for use The Preparation of Nitre Take of Nitre purified with Flos Sulphuris half a pound dissolve it in Spirit of Wine and Vitriol of each a like quantity then draw off the Spirit until the mass remains crusty what is left in the bottom put into a cool place and the Nitre will shoot into Crystals from which take the humidity and dry the Crystal and reserve them for use The Preparation of Millepedes commonly called Wood-lice Take Millepedes what quantity you please wash them in Spanish Wine and in a Glass close stopped and covered with Paste all over dry them in an Oven again wash them in Spanish Wine and dry them as before and repeat this the third time fourthly infuse them in our Aqua Nephritica vitriolated for two or three days afterwards dry them and pulverize them and keep them for use The Preparation of white Hellebore Take white Hellebore finely pulverized pour upon it often Vinegar left after the dissolution of red Coral being abstracted and vitriolated but first infuse in it the Cordial flowers and grains of Chermes dry it again and so you shall have white Hellebore well and Spagyrically prepared which may safely be given inwardly in many diseases in a certain dose and mixture without any danger The Preparation of Fish-shells Take oblong shells which are found near Fish-ponds and Lakes pour upon them distilled Vinegar and let them lye therein a whole night to extract the filth from them which you shall carefully scrape off and afterwards pulverize them and with Carduus water prepare it upon a Marble for the volatile Powder of them made by Calcination is of no worth nor use in Physick The Calcination and Preparation of River flints Take River-flints white and shining and heat them red-hot in a strong fire then quench them in water in which Sal Armoniack hath been dissolved and repeat this work often till at last the Flints appear white like Snow and may be easily brought to a Powder This Powder edulcorate with Rose water and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This Powder is not only a powerful Dentifricium cleansing the Teeth on a sudden from all their corrosive Tartar and other filth and makes them white but also Iron and Steel and hence it takes away all rust from Arms and Weapons presently and makes them fair and clean especially if the rust be first rubbed with Oleum Templini and then afterward scoured with this Powder By this way Arms that are kept in store may be preserved pure and clean for many years from the filth and damage of rust And indeed it is of great use not only for the Armory of Princes but of Cities and Persons of Honour and though it is but an ordinary thing it ought not to be contemned The Preparation of the Pumice-stone Quench a red-hot Pumice-stone in Cows milk thrice and the fourth time leave it in the Milk until all grow cold then pulverize it and it is prepared for our Farina Virginea The Preparation of the sweet Earth of Vitriol Take of green Vitriol calcined to a perfect redness what quantity you please pulverize it and edulcorate it by often washing it in distilled Rain-water till the red Earth is freed from all its saltness and acrimony then dry this sweet or rather insipid Earth and reserve it for use The Preparation and Calcination of Alum Take of common Salt two parts of the best Alum one part Mix them and in a convenient Vessel reverberate them according to art for twelve hours then take away the reverberated matter and wash it so often with warm water till it is perfectly edulcorated and the Powder is quite freed from all its saltness then pour upon it our Juniper Spirit of Wine that it may swim three or four fingers above it and
keep it for use To the candid Reader THou hast here courteous Reader these Arcana's being Chymical and other Preparations partly private elaborated with my own care and Experience and partly from others yet by a due method produced in this place which for the dispensing our following Compositions are wholly necessary for thee with which few in this place I do satisfie my self I do neither hope for nor expect any other thing than thanks for things found and pardon for those omitted therefore do thou accept of these things such as they are as well with a benevolent as a ready hand and give when need requires thy assistance to those that want it improve all prudently and by these things preserve thy Neighbours health SECT V. Of Species and Powders Species Diasolis or the Compound Species of the Sun TAke Harts-horn and Elks hoof Spagyrically calcined sealed Earth of each a dram and an half Oriental Bezoar a dram Diaphoretick Mineral Iovial Bezoar of each two scruples Magistery of Pearls and-red Corals white Amber prepared of each half a dram the Solar and Animal Unicorn bone of a Stags heart of each a scruple true Gallia moschata eleven grains Oyls of Cinamon and Citrons of each half a scruple Mix them and make of all a most subtil Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is an Arcanum in all Epidemical and Pestilential diseases Erysipelas's poysonous draughts and in the Asthma or most dangerous straitness of the Breast for it defends the Heart from danger of poyson and expels by Sweat all noxious humors from it and doth wonderfully relieve it in all its distempers The Dose is from half a scruple to a scruple in Carduus water Elder flowers or Treacle or any other appropriate Vehicle Pulvis Bezoarticus Imperialis or the Imperial Bezoartick Powder Take of Elks hoofs and Harts horn Spagyrically calcined of each three drams the red Oriental Bole prepared Iovial Bezoar of each two drams Oriental Bezoar stone sealed Earth of each a dram and a half flower of Sulphur compound the Animal Unicorn Magistery of Oriental Pearls red Coral of each half a dram native Cinnabar prepared bone of a Stags heart white Amber prepared of each a scruple Mix them and make of all a most subtil Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is a most excellent Diaphoretick in all peracute diseases in burning malignant and Epidemical Feavers for it wonderfully drives out by Sweat all poisonous and vitious humors from the Heart and other principal Members The Dose is from half a scruple to a scruple in appropriate sudorifick Waters or in Water or Decoction of the shaving of Hartshorn Species Dialunae or compound Species of the Moon Take roots and seeds of Peony gathered in a due time Elks hoofs Spagyrically calcined Magistery of Mans Skull of each half an ounce of the true Soul of the Moon in powder Lunar Bezoar of each four drams native Cinnabar prepared Misleto of the Oak Squills prepared of each two drams the Secundine of a Woman dryed but it must be of her first child and that a son also Peacocks dung prepared of each a dram and a half Salt of Oriental Pearls and red Corals of each a dram true Castor long Pepper Cubebs of each a scruple the best Musk and Ambergriese of each half a scruple Mix them and make of all a most subtil Powder to which add Oyl of Hartshorn rectified Oyl of white Amber Nutmegs and Rue of each half a scruple Mix them again and keep them for use Virtue Use and Dose It doth wonders in Lunatisms Epilepsies or Comitials Vertigo's Lethargies Subeth and in all cold congealed evils of the Brain it doth also relieve those who are troubled with frightful dreams and uncertain fears The Dose in curing is from a scruple to half a dram given in the Fit in our Epileptick or Apoplectick or any other convenient water But in preservation it is given in all Quarters of the Moon and in all moist and unconstant seasons of Air from half a scruple to a scruple in the fore-mentioned Waters Pulvis Epilepticus mirabilis or the wonderful Epileptick Powder Take of the Skull of a man strangled and calcined without fire an ounce Misleto of the Oak counterfeit Cinnabar Elks boofs of each half an ounce Mix them and make a Powder of which give a scruple to Children immediately after the Fit but to full grown persons a scruple let this be repeated and it cures them Pulvis Ophthalmicus or a Powder for the Eyes Take of white Sugar Candy and Tuty prepared of each two drams Pearls prepared and Sarcocol of each half a dram Beans prepared a seruple Mix them and make a most fine Powder for the Eyes Virtue Use and Dose This Powder is a great Secret to me in many affects of the Eyes and first it heals dulness and spots in the Eyes it wipes away the little clouds and specks therein and is a present remedy for watry Eyes It sharpens the Sight and makes it clear and then conserves the Eyes sound and well It being used in time a small part of this Powder is sprinkled into the Eyes morning and evening or it may also be mixed with other Eye-medicines Species Diamartis or the Compound Species of Mars Take Tormentil Nutmegs Galls of each half an ounce Crocus Haematitis Crocus Martis made by calcination of each three drams Zedoary Calamus aromaticus white Amber prepared roots of Cinquefoil and Cloves of each two drams ashes of Spunge Oriental red Bole prepared sealed Earth Acacia of each a dram and a half seeds of Plantane those things corruptly called Rose seeds of each four scruples Harts horn and Mans bones Hermetically calcined of each a dram burnt Alum Soul of Vitriol of each half a dram Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It helps the tenderness of the Stomach also Dysenteries pains in the Guts and spitting of blood and matter the Gonorrhoea Haemorrhoids It helps those that cannot hold their water or have a bloody Urine it stops Womens menstrual Purgations And lastly it stops all Haemorragies of blood from what part soever it proceeds The Dose from a scruple and half a dram to one dram in some convenient Liquor Species Diamercurii or the Compound Powder of Mercury Take seeds of Cina thirteen drams Mercurius dulcis five drams the best Rhubarb Gummi Turbith Corallina of each two drams shavings of Harts horn red Myrrh of each a dram tops of the lesser Centaury Tansie Camphire of each a scruple Oyl of Hazel-wood distilled per descensum Spirit of Vitriol of each half a scruple Mix them and make of all a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is given for the Worms the Moon decreasing from a scruple to a dram according to the age and strength of the Patient it is given in Milk and is an excellent Medicine against all kind of Worms for having killed them it brings them away by stool It is given also in water of Wormwood
a dram and a half in Broth of a Capon Beef Cicers or in Ale Beer or white Wine But it is given to Women in water of Balm or Juniper-berries Species Diamumiae or a compound Powder of Mumy Take Foreign Mumy Magistery of Pearch stones of each two drams Goats blood prepared Cloves Sperma Ceti of each a dram and an half roots of Madder Swallow-wort and Tormentil of each a dram white Amber prepared salt of red Coral Oriental red Bole of each half a dram Mix them and make all into a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose This Powder is excellent in all distempers that happen by Falls for it dissolves blood coagulated It is effectually used in Fractures Contusions and Ruptures falling down and glutinates all internal Wounds and prevents Impostumes that usually happen after Falls from on high The dose is from a scruple to a dram in Chervil water Wine or wine-Vinegar Pulvis Stipticus ejusdem ferè efficaciae or a Stiptick Powder almost of the same force Take Swallow-wort roots an ounce elect Rhubarb and Foreign Mumy of each half an ounce red Lacca Sperma Ceti of each two drams Bole Armoniack prepared sealed Earth of each a dram Mix them and make a Powder for the same use Another Pulvis Stipticus valde efficax or a Stiptick Powder of great force Take Sperma Ceti an ounce sealed Earth half an ounce Bole Armoniack Dragons blood Blood-stone of each two drams Crabs eyes prepared a dram roots of sweet Angelica Pontick Rhubarb elect Rhubarb of each half a dram Mix them and make a Powder The dose of which is half a dram in warm Wine expecting sweat after it by which way it operates and passeth to the Wounds Species Diaolibani or a compound Powder of Olibanum Take the roots of Peony duly gathered and Flower-de-luce of each three drams the best Olibanum a dram and a half Elks claws calcined without fire Magistery of Mans skull Oriental Saffron Misleto of the Oak of each a dram Sugar penids two ounces Mix them and make a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose It is given in the Epilepsie Apoplexy suffocative Catarrhs Cough Cardiack Passions and in every sudden disease and any dangerous accidents in Children and Infants for it comforts the Heart and Brain and throws off the peccant matter from those parts The dose is from half a scruple to a scruple by it self or in Mothers milk or any other convenient liquor Species Diatabaci or a compound Powder of Tabaco Take Indian Tabaco prepared with Oyl of Aniseeds half an ounce roots of white Hellebore of Lily of the valley Pellitory of Spain of each half a dram seeds of male Peony flowers of Lavender Rosemary Marjoram and Origanum of each a scruple long Pepper Peruvian Gum Agarick Troches Gallia Moschata of each ren grains Mix them c. Virtue Use and Dose A little of this Powder snuffed up the Nostrils doth immediately cause Sneezing by which means it purgeth the Brain kindly It is very effectual in all dolors of the Head Catarrhs Vertigo Epilepsie in all Imposthumes and other obstructions of the Nostrils for the Excrements as well thick as putrid it plentifully casts off and also strengthens the Brain The dose is the quantity of a Pease in the morning fasting which is to be snuffed up the Nose Species Diamarjoranae or a compound Powder of Marjoram Take flowers of the Lily of the valley half an ounce Marjoram first moistned with its own Oyl two drams wood of Aloes a dram Cubebs a scruple Ambergriese ten grains Mix them and make a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose We happily use this Powder in all diseases and affects where Sneezing is needful for it purgeth the Head exceedingly from all thick and flegmy humors and wonderfully comforts the Brain and the Organs of Sense also The dose is the quantity of a Pease snuffed up the Nose in a morning Species Diabalaustinae or a Powder compounded with Balaustines Take Balaustines six drams roots of Avens and round Galingale elect Mastich sealed Earth Cloves Sandarack Citron peels Rosemary of each half an ounce Coral prepared white Amber flowers of Pcony and red Roses Olibanum of each three drams Nutmegs seeds of wild Rue Coriander seeds prepared yellow Sanders Sassafras Cubebs of each two drams Mix them and make a Powder to be applied to the Coronal suture Virtue Use and Dose It is applied in Consumptions Hecticks dry Feavers pains in the Head to stop Loosnesses to dry Catarrhs and comfort the Brain let it be sprinkled upon the Coronal suture at night going to bed But in cold and moist distempers of the Brain let the Head be first bathed with Spirit of Wine and after sprinkle the Powder and you shall see a wonderful effect for it hinders the defluxion of the Rheum to the Nose Eyes and other parts Species Diabuglossae or a compound Powder of Bugloss Take the bark of the roots of Bugloss an ounce Elaeosaccharum of Citrons half an ounce red Roses dryed yellow Sanders wood of Aloes of each three drams Magistery of Pearls and red Coral of each a dram bone of a Stags heart Oriental Saffron prepared of each half a dram Gallia Moschata our Aurum Potabile Indian Spicknard of each a scruple Oyl of Roses and Cinamon of each ten grains Manus Christi simple three ounces Mix them and make a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose This is a most excellent Medicine where any one is come as it were to desperation by over-much sorrow The efficacy of this Medicine is such against the affects of Melancholy and Cardiack Passions c. that it quickly restores them to health and is a most friendly Medicine to the Heart It comforts all members whose natural and animal sense is impaired it helps the trembling of the Heart and Syncope it repels evil cogitations relieves the solitary begets good manners abolisheth false imaginations and brings joy The dose is from a scruple to a dram Species Diaplantaginis or a compound Powder of Plantane Take juyce of Liquorish extracted sealed Earth of each an ounce roots of Plantane Dragonwort and Tormentil of each six drams Magistery of Crocus Martis made by reverberation Harts-horn burnt and prepared rind of Pomegranate of each half an ounce Blood-stone Nutmegs Orange peel Cloves of each three drams leaves of Sage Misleto of the Oak Balaustines of each two drams our Magistery of Coral prepared with Barberries feeds of Plantane a Harts pizzle of each a dram and an half the inside skins of Hens gizards prepared Dragons blood Hypocistis of each a dram Mix them and make them into a fine Powder Virtue Use and Dose This Powder helps those that loath their meat that piss or spit blood yea young Women whose Urinary passage is injured after a hard labour In Dysenteries pains in the Guts and superfluous Menstrua's it yields great relief to all Ulcerations in the Guts Reins Bladder and Urinary passage and soon removes all the Symptoms The dose is from half a
habits of body Dropsie pains of the Joynts Scabs or Scald Jaundice obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and also in Quotidian and Tertian Feavers in all which diseases we happily use it as an experienced Medicine The dose is from a scruple to half a dram and two scruples especially in strong bodies Pilulae Terebinthinae or Pills of Turpentine Take Cyprus Turpentine washed in juyce of Lemmons an ounce and a half juyce of Purslain made thick six drams Extract of the roots of Liquorish and Rhubarb Tartar vitriolated of each three drams the spongy brush that grows upon sweet Bryars the stones of Medlars of each a dram and a half Salt of white Amber Nitre prepared of each a dram Magistery of the Peach stone Crabs eyes of each half a dram Mix them and make a mass according to Art from which afterward with rectified Oyl of Citrons make Pills Virtue Use and Dose They are admirably good to break the stone in the Reins and provoke Urine and this chiefly to those of a hot Constitution for they expel the Tartar and Sand even to a miracle They cure the Running of the Reins and such like Fluxes and open the obstructions of the Liver and Spleen The dose is from half a dram to a dram taken a good distance of time before and after meat Pilulae Stipticae or the Stiptick Pills Take Extract of the juyce of Liquorish half an ounce species of Diaplantaginis and Diamartis of each three drams Laudanum Opiate two drams Birch-fungus Runnet of a Hare Camphire of each half a dram Horse hoofs burnt Sandarac Olibanum of each a scruple Mix them and with Juyce of Liquorish dissolved in Pomegranate-wine make a mass from which afterward with Oyls of Nutmegs and Cloves make Pills of the bigness of small Pease and gild them Virtue Use and Dose It stays all Fluxes of the Belly from what cause soever and stops blood flowing from any part of the body it stays the Courses in Women mitigates pain and procures sleep The dose from a scruple to half a dram at bed-time Cicera Tartari Take Cyprus Turpentine washed in Violet water and in the same water boiled to a just consistence two ounces acid Tartar an ounce species of Diaireos simple two drams Nitre prepared a dram Mix them and keep your hands wetted in cold Violet-water and so make Pills the bigness of a Pease Virtue Use and Dose We happily use it in all diseases proceeding from a thick tartarous matter And it is known by Experience that some by the use of this Pill have so cured and prevented the Gout that it hath not returned again for many years or else it returned more slowly but in others it hath been more mild and went off sooner They are also commendable in all obstructions of the Bowels and Veins in the Hemicrania Jaundice Contractures Dropsie Feavers retention of the Terms c. It fortifies the Reins and expels the Stones from the Kidneys and Bladder and doth not only relieve the Ventricle and parts about it but strengthens them also The use of these Pills is excellent in the Asthma Phthisick Cough c. and in all other Pectoral diseases They sometimes work by Sweat and sometimes by Urine according as the sick is propense to this or that The dose in preservation at the Quarters of the Moon is from half a dram to a dram but in curing every morning from a dram to a dram and a half Pilulae de Sandaraca Take of the best Sandarac half an ounce Extract of Polypody white Tartar of each two drams white Amber prepared black Pepper Roch-Alum red Sarcocol of each half a dram Lacca washed Nitre prepared round Birthwort seeds of wild Rue and Parsley of each a scruple Mix them and with the Juyce of the lesser Centaury made thick make a mass according to Art and of every scruple make two Pills and gild them Virtue Use and Dose It extenuates fat and makes people lean and attenuates all preternatural Carnosities in the humane body It is given every morning one Pill gilded Pilulae de Sabina or Pills of Savin Take salt of Savin two parts Oyl stilled from Savin one part They being mixed seal them Hermetically and set them in a Philosophical fire so long till they are hard like a stone afterwards Take of our Pil. Aloephanginae an ounce and a half of this Stone prepared an ounce Venetian Borax three drams Extract of our species Dialauri flowers of the lesser Centaury the herb Savin of each half a dram Oriental Saffron a scruple Mix them and with Oyl of Juniper make a mass from which afterward with Oyl of Cinamon and Mace make Pills Virtue Use and Dose These Pills do so happily open the obstructions of the Womb and so plentifully move the Terms retained that they deservedly claim the first place among Physical Arcana's that move the Courses The dose morning and evening is from a scruple to half a dram Pilulae Uterinae or Pills for the Womb. Take Pilulae Aloephanginae an ounce Faecula Bryoniae a dram salt of English Tin salt of Mother of Pearl salt of red Coral of each half a dram Extracts of Castor and the Callus of Mares of each a scruple Oyl of Angelica ten grains Mix them and make a mass according to Art of which when need requires with Oyl of Amber make Pills and gild them Virtue Use and Dose It is a peculiar and specifick Medicine for the suffocation of the Womb for it happily raiseth women that are as it were suffocated by Hysterical passion The dose is from a scruple to half a dram continued for certain mornings successively SECT VII Of Rotula's or little Rowls or Cakes Rotulae Imperiales TAke Confectio Alkermes half an ounce Troches of Pearls a dram Ambergriese a scruple the best Musk half a scruple white Sugar dissolved in Rose-water eight ounces Mix them and make Rotula's according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It strengthens the Head Brain and Memory to admiration It also roborates the Heart afflicted with cold and trembling and affords great help in all its other affects It gently draws away the continued pains of the Head discusseth the Vertigo sharpens the Sight drys up moist defluxions of the Eyes it prevents baldness and prolongs life shortned by bad diet c. The dose is one two or three at a time often in the day Rotulae Smaragdinae or Rowls of Emerauld Take of Emerauld prepared two drams Elks horn Spagirically calcined a dram and a half seeds of male Peony gathered the Moon decreasing Citron seeds huskt of each a dram roots of white Diptamus grains of Kermes the lesser Galangal Oriental Saffron prepared Cubebs Misleto of the Oak of each half a dram Magistery of Oriental Pearls red Coral Hyacinth prepared of each a scruple Oyl of white Amber rectified Oyl of Nutmegs Mace and Cinamon of each ten grains Oyl of Rosemary and Lavender of each four drops white Sugar dissolved in an equal quantity of our
one of the spongy brushes growing on sweet Bryar Mix them and according to Art make a Bath for the Feet Virtue and Use. This Lotion for the Feet should be used in the evening either before supper or going to bed for so it discusseth lassitudes and sweetly induceth sleep but let not the Feet be wiped after the use of it but wrapped in linen Cloaths SECT XXIX Of Vesicatories Vesicatorium in dolore Capitis Dentium occipiti post aures applicandum Or a Vesicatory to be applied behind the Ears in the pain of the Head and Teeth TAke Venice Treacle two scruples Cantharides their wings and heads cut off Hares fat of each half a dram roots of Pellitory of Spain and Nutmegs of each a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Leaven make a Vesicatory according to Art for the part where the pain is Vesicatorium aliud in Cephalaea c. or another Vesicatory in the Head-ach Take Cantharides macerated in Vinegar a dram white Ginger and long Pepper of each half a dram Marjoram a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of Leaven make it into a good convenient body afterward with half a Nut-shell apply it till the Blister be raised which being cut apply Colewort leaves to it and keep it running Vesicatorium in omni mentis Alienatione Phrenesi Melancholia Mania c. probatum Or an approved Vesicatory for all distempers of the Mind as Phrensie Melancholy Madness Take Cantharides with their heads and wings cut off four scruples Hares fat a dram white Amber prepared and Cubebs of each a scruple fat Figs two and a little Vinegar Mix them with a sufficient quantity of Leaven and a few drops of Spirit of Wine and without fire bring them into the form of a Plaster which apply to the Crown of the Head the hair being shaved off Vesicatorium in Augina expertum or an experienced Vesicatory in the Quinsie Take Leaven half-an ounce roots of Marsh-mallows and Florentine Flower-de-luce of each two drams Cantharides a dram and a half juyce of Liquorish and Oriental Saffron of each a scruple fat Figs two Mix them into the form of a Plaster and lay it on the Breast for it draws the matter thither and is a worthy Experiment SECT XXX Of Pessaries Pessus aperiens contra Menses suppressos or an opening Pessary for the suppressed Terms TAke Roots of red Mugwort white Diptamus Asarum white Hellebore and Madder of each two drams Scammony Marjoram Savin Oriental Saffron of each a dram Bay-berries husked red Myrrh true Castor Sagapen Epatick Aloes of each a scruple seeds of Stavesacre Nigella Water-cresses and Rue of each half a dram Let all these be well incorporated with Juyce of red Mugwort or with Turpentine and make a Pessary the length of the middle finger and the bigness of it also and in making of it up let a third pass along the middle of it coming out at the end a hands breadth to pull it out of the body again or the Powder may be put into a Bag made of a thin Cloth with the addition of a little Cotton make it to the bigness of a large finger and put it into the body Pessus adstringens contra Uteri Haemorrhagiam or an astringent Pessary against a Flux of Blood from the Womb. Take Mill-dust half an ounce roots of Tormentil and Bistort of each two drams Ashes of Frogs Crocus Martis Turkish Galls Dragons blood Bole Armeniack and burnt Harts-horn of each a dram Hypocistis red Roses Balaustines Acacia Olibanum Mastich of each half a dram Mix them and with Plantane water and the White of an Egg make a Pessary according to Art which is to be put into the privy parts of a Woman Pessus contra Suffocationem Praecipitationem Uteri or a Pessary against the Suffocation and Precipitancy of the Womb. Take roots of Florentine Flower-de-luce and red Roses of each three drams Styrax Calamitis and Benjamin Cloves Spicknard and Gallia Moschata of each a scruple Mix them and according to Art make a Pessary in the form of a Suppository which being tyed with a thrid let it be put up into the body at night If the Woman be barren because of fatness or much moisture then the following Pessary is of good use Take Darnel seed which is found growing among Wheat half an ounce Hares Runnet burnt Alum Castor and liquid Styrax of each two drams red Myrrh Opopanax Galbanum Calamint round Pepper of each a dram Musk and Amber of each half a scruple Let all be well incorporated and make two Pessaries of this Composition one of which let the Woman keep in her privy parts from noon till night Annotation 1. If after sharp Pessaries a pain remains in the passage let them immediately put up something dipped in Oyl of Violets or it may be mixed with some Mucilage of Fleabane to prevent Ulceration 2. If the Pessaries are strong they cannot retain them above an hour but if weak a whole night 3. Pessaries are generally put up after Bathing and in like manner so are Pessaries made of soft Cotton or Woollen and dipped in Juyces SECT XXXI Of Suppositories Species ad Suppositoria acuta conficienda or a Species to make sharp Suppositories TAke Seeds of Coloquintida half an ounce roots of white Hellebore the lesser Esâ—la and white Hermodactyls of each an ounce bark of yellow Myrobalans roots of Polypody leaves of Sena Troches of Agarick of each half an ounce Sal Gem and Nitre of each two drams flowers of Chamomil a dram Mix them and make a Powder which keep for use Suppositoria sicca or dry Suppositories Take Wheat flour four ounces common Salt half an ounce Coloquintida seeds an ounce white Hermodactyls white Hellebore the lesser Esula prepared of each half an ounce roots of common Mallows and white Tartar of each two drams Opopanax and Sagapen of each a dram Mix them and with the Yolks of Eggs according to Art make dry Suppositories A Suppository in the Epilepsie Apoplexy Vertigo Subeth Congelation Stupor c. Take Troches of Alhandal Troches of Agarick of each a dram black Hellebore leaves of Sena of each half a dram Sal Gem and Nitre of each a scruple With a sufficient quantity of Honey make two Suppositories thick and long as the manner is Suppositoria Anodyna or an Anodyne Suppository Take seeds of Cummin and Rue of each two drams Foreign Mummy Thebane Opium of each a dram wild Poppy flowers and Oriental Saffron of each half a scruple Styrax Calamitis and true Castor of each a scruple Mix them and make a Powder which mix with Honey for use Suppositoria Stiptica contra Dysenteriam Ventrisque fluxus or a Stiptick Suppository against the Dysentery and Flux of the Belly Take Hypocistis an ounce Turkish Galls and Acacia of each half an ounce Pomegranate rind three drams roots of Marsh-mallows and Liquorish of each a dram Harts-horn burnt Crocus Martis and Dragons blood of each half a
dram oyl of Chamomil Cloves and Sage of each half a dram oyl of Lavender a scruple Mix them and with a sufficient quantity of exprest Oyl of Nutmegs make a Balsam or soft Liniment of a just consistence to which for the Rich you may add Troches of Gallia Moschata a scruple Virtue and Use. This Balsam applied to the Nape of the Neck and Brain as to the Original of all the Nerves also to the paralytick Member doth wonderfully help and relieve the part afflicted with the Palsie because it penetrates and roborates all the Nerves which in this disease is most requisite Balsamum Spasmaticum Take the fat of an Eel an ounce oyl of Galbanum distilled with Spirit of Turpentine half an ounce oyl of Earth-worms and white Lilies of each three drams oyl of white Amber rectified of Rosemary and Angelica of each a dram and a half oyl of Iuniper-berries Chamomil Origanum and Bays of each a dram oyl of Cloves Lavender Sage and Rue of each a scruple Mix them and with Oyl of Nutmegs exprest and white Wax of each a sufficient quantity make it into a Balsam according to Art Virtue and Use. This Balsam challengeth the first place in the Cure of Convulsions which Disease usually proceeds from the repletion of cold humors in the Nerves Universals being premised and the body duly cleansed it cures the Members convulsed and infested with trembling by penetrating the Nerves nay and it stops the convulsive motion also And in the use of it observe That the Unction be not applied to the part affected only but from the Neck down to the last Vertebrae of the Back twice or thrice a day In the mean time let the Patient take care that he takes not cold lest a cold and moist humor should fall upon the part affected Let him or her also shun windy Diet Gluttony Crudity and Lechery Balsamum Stomachicum or a Balsam for the Stomach Take Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two ounces and a half oyl of water-Mints half an ounce oyl of Oranges Cloves and Mace of each a dram oyl of Rosemary Lavender Wormwood Cummin and Dill of each half a dram Mix them to which mixture if you please add to contemperate the heat of it vulgar Oyl of red Roses and white Wax a sufficient quantity to make a Balsam according to Art Virtue and Use. It is good for a cold Stomach when digestion is hurt by wind and flatulencies it also corrects the acid and nauseous belchings of the Stomach It stays flegmatick Vomiting and discusseth the wind that offends the Guts The Stomach is to be anointed therewith twice a day that is morning and evening when digestion is finished Balsamum Aromaticum or an Aromatick Balsam Take common oyls of Wormwood of Nard compound of water-Mints and Mastich of each two ounces oyl of Nutmegs by expression six drams distilled Oyl of Cloves and Calamus aromaticus of each a dram oyls of Rosemary Lavender Oranges Benjamin and Cummin of each a scraple Let them be diligently and faithfully mixed and then add Species Diatrion Pipereon Gum Tacamahacca of each two drams Gallia Moschata ten grains And with a sufficient quantity of the Caput mortuum of the Oyl of Nutmegs by expression make a Balsam according to Art Virtue Use and Dose It warms a cold Stomach helps Digestion dissipates Wind c. The dose at once is the quantity of a Hazel-nut and after unction a double warm Cloth to be laid upon the place Balsamum Absinthiacum or a Balsam with Oyl of Wormwood Take Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two ounces common oyl of Wormwood and compound oyl of Nard of each an ounce oyl of Mastich half an ounce distilled oyl of Wormwood a dram oyl of water-Mints and Thyme of each a dram oyl of Cloves and Mace of each a dram Mix them and make a Balsam of a just consistence Virtue and Use. The Stomach anointed therewith wonderfully helps the coldness of it strengthens digestion and retention and stirs up an Appetite to eat it also dissipates wind It is also very profitably used for the pains in the Guts Stomach Colick bloody Flux It also helps the cold affects of the Brain and Nerves Balsamum Sulphuris Anisatum or a Balsam of Sulphur with Oyl of Aniseeds Take Oyl of Aniseeds six ounces flower of Sulphur à n ounce Mix them and digest them in a Glass so long till the Oyl of Aniseeds hath perfectly extracted the Tincture of the Sulphur then pour off the red Oyl filter it and keep it for use Virtue Use and Dose This is a perfect Balsam heating drying and preserving from putrefaction in which are all the virtues of the natural Balsam and its greatest conservative virtue It is of admirable use in all pectoral Catarrhs Coughs Asthma's Phthisicks Pleurisie Colick Plague Feavers Epidemical diseases Epilepsie French Pox yea in all Imposthumes and Putrefactions of the whole body c. The dose is from three drops to five or six in specifick and appropriate Vehicles Balsamum Zibethae or a Balsam of Civet Take Oyl of Nutmegs by expression an ounce true Civet half an ounce These being well and faithfully mixed add distilled oyl of Sope rectified our Carminative oyl oyl of Wax rectified of each a dram oyl of Cloves and Mace of each half a dram Amber and Musk of each a scruple Again mix them and make a Balsam according to Art Virtue and Use. By anointing the Navel with this Balsam it doth not only allay the intolerable pains of the Colick but also discusseth and resolves the malignant crude Nitrous and vicious humors In Coition also it affords great pleasure to Women if the Glans is but anointed with it Also in the Suffocation of the Womb if the Husband do but anoint himself in the aforesaid manner and cohabit with his Wife it is a most excellent and present Remedy for the Matrix immediately descends It would also be better if at the same time some fetid thing were applied to the Nostrils such as Castor or Assa foetida Balsamum Terebinthinae or a Balsam of Turpentine Take of that bright red Powder made by evaporation from oyl of Turpentine what quantity you please Pulverize it well and extract a Tincture according to Art in the best Spirit of Wine digest the tinged Spirit for fourteen days afterwards again abstract it by the gentle heat of Balneo to the mediety or till the oiliness appears which after due filtration keep for use Virtue Use and Dose It potently expels the stones of the Reins and Bladder mitigates the pains of those parts and cures the Gonorrhoea The dose is from five to seven drops or half a scruple in some convenient Vehicles Also externally used to the Region of the Reins by unction doth wonderfully relieve the Patient troubled with the Stone in the Kidneys Balsamum Medicamentosum or a Medicinal Balsam Take Tincture of Roses extracted with water of Lapis medicamentosus Virgin Honey of each four ounces burnt Alum an ounce the sweet
of Savin ibid. Suffiment of Hypocistis 153 Suffiment of Goats horn ibid. Suffiment of Vitriol 154 Suffiment of Mullein ibid. Species for sharp Suppositories 312 Suppositoria sicca or dry Suppositories ibid. Suppositories in the Epilepsie 313 Suppositories in the Dysentery ibid. Suppositories to procure sleep and ease pain ibid. Suppositories to bring away wind 314 T. TArtar to vomit 17 Fartar Nitrified ibid. Theriaca Mulierum or a Treacle for Women 178 Theriaca Saxonica or the Saxonick Treacle 179 Theriaca Febrilis or an Electuary for Feavers 180 Terebinthina laxativa or laxative Turpentine 194 Terebinthina purgans or purging Turpentine ibid. Turbith Minerale verum or the true Turbith Mineral 21 Tincture of Antimony 48 Tincture of Coral 46 Tincture of Mars 47 Tincture of Sulphur 48 Tincture of Tartar 49 Tincture of Lacca 50 Tinctura Proprietatis 51 Tincture of Iuniper-berries ibid Tincture of wild Poppy 52 Tincture of Cassia lignea ibid. Tincture of St. Iohns-wort 53 Tinctura Vitae 54 Tincture of Guajacum ibid. Tincture of Sassafras 55 Tincture for the Tooth-ach ibid. Tinctura Uterina 56 Tinctura Diaphoretica or a Diaphoretick Tincture ibid. Tinctura Stipica or the Stiptick Tincture 57 Trochisci Vitae or Troches of Life 144 Trochisci de Radice Rhodia or Troches of Rose-root ibid. Trochisci Ophthalmici or Troches for the Eyes 145 Trochisci de Papavere or Troches of Poppy ibid. Troches of Liquorish 146 Trochisci Cordiales or Cordial Troches ibid. Trochisci Ioviales 147 Troches of Alum ibid. Trochisci de Satureia pro Lixivio or Troches of Summer-Savory for a Lixivium ibid. Troches of Nitre 148 V. VEsicatorium in dolore Capitis c. or a Vesicatory for a pain of the Head and Teeth 309 Vesicatorium aliud c. or another Vesicatory for the Head-ach ibid. Vesicatory for distempers of the mind madness c. ibid. Vesicatorium in Angina expertum or an experienced Vesicatory in the Quincy 310 Vinum Antiscorbuticum or an Antiscorbutick Wine 268 Unguentum Paralyticum or an Oyntment for the Palsie 350 Unguentum Ophthalmicum or an Oyntment for the Eyes 351 Unguentum pectorale or a pectâ—ral Oyntment ibid. Unguentum Pleuriticum or an Oyntment for the Pleurise 352 Unguentum Anodynum or an Anodyne Oyntment ibid. Unguentum Spleneticum or an Oyntment for the Spleen 353 Unguentum Spasmaticum or an Oyntment for Convulsions ibid. Unguentum Renale or an oyntment for the Reins 354 Unguentum Nephriticum ibid. Unguentum ad Ambusta or an oyntment for Burns 355 Unguentum de Calce viva or an oyntment of quick Lime ibid. Unguentum de Rapis or an oyntment of Turneps 356 Unguentum Medicamentosum or a medicinal oyntment ibid. Unguentum de Sevo Hircino or an oyntment of Goats Suet 357 Unguentum Mobile 358 Unguentum Carminativum or a Carminative oyntment 359 Unguentum Stipticum or a Stiptick oyntment ibid. Unguentum contra Vermes or an oyntment against the Worms ib. Unguâ—ntum Herniosum or an Unguent for Ruptures 360 Unguentum contra Pediculos or an oyntment to kill Lice ibid. Unguentum ad Livorem faciei or an oyntment for the Bruises of the face 361 Unicornu Minerale or the Mineral Unicorn 1 Unicornu Solare or the Solar Unicorn 5 Z. ZIngiber purgans or purging Ginger 188 Zingiber Rosatum or Ginger prepared with Roses 173 THE THIRD TABLE Of the Diseases mentioned in this Treatise A. ABortion prevents c. 39 199 348 Amends milk in Women 44 Agues 7 17 53 135 158 189 237 240 274 295 317 340 374 Anodyne 83 147 224 234 239 334 336 353 368 369 Appetite 29 65 104 107 117 133 141 162 163 173 181 185 209 217 234 235 239 248 250 345 Apoplexy 7 17 31 43 62 84 94 101 117 122 130 138 144 149 151 155 162 169 171 198 200 209 211 213 222 249 250 262 302 313 319 339 341 Asthma 7 16 20 51 57 59 62 88 94 94 105 107 117 125 127 130 132 135 140 146 163 171 172 191 195 197 201 201 216 217 228 229 231 249 252 262 265 266 281 282 292 346 Arthritick pains 54 See Gout Arteries 135 Amputations 358 After-birth 239 242 288 B. BAldness 51 129 233 Barrenness to cure 99 160 305 311 Belly loosen 178 190 206 292 322 Birth to help 9 99 144 239 242 335 340 Bladder 50 53 See Stone Burning and Scaldings 336 355 369 Bitings of Serpents 52 365 Bleeding to stop 174 178 Blood congealed 20 47 100 239 Bloody flux 17 33 62 126 171 174 345 348 Blood rectifies 44 38 57 105 106 117 185 186 188 191 198 238 251 269 285 293 294 Blasting 44 Breast pains in Women 373 Breast 49 51 94 112 131 132 140 146 157 163 170 178 195 196 201 201 210 214 216 217 217 228 229 231 265 281 282 283 283 335 336 339 352 367 367 Brain strengthens 49 52 54 89 94 101 105 116 117 119 129 133 135 138 150 162 163 198 209 211 222 222 231 239 250 270 291 293 302 339 345 Bowels 91 98 104 110 111 116 117 127 133 135 141 164 165 167 174 178 186 188 198 198 203 207 335 364 Breathing difficult 94 105 125 131 171 193 195 196 217 229 239 262 266 340 Bruises 100 366 Broken bones 366 Breath to sweeten 29 43 53 55 95 121 121 185 188 195 202 268 C. CHaps on the hands c. 357 Choler 292 293 294 Cancers 7 64 115 123 317 347 358 369 Catarrhs 12 44 51 52 55 55 68 83 101 102 103 116 117 125 137 146 152 152 157 193 196 197 199 201 209 210 211 213 216 229 239 268 273 279 280 283 303 339 346 374 Cephalalgia 62 149 249 336 Child dead 239 Child in the Womb 44 199 Chronical diseases 17 59 132 191 253 Carbuncle 9 59 7 Cleanseth the Eyes 42 See Eyes Comforts the Brain 12 42 44 See Brain Comforts the Heart 38 42 44 51 See Heart Concoction See Digestion Consumptions 44 49 93 94 94 102 110 117 130 131 139 141 178 198 201 210 229 230 282 336 Colick 26 31 42 49 50 62 66 69 94 100 118 133 135 149 166 171 183 188 188 191 196 211 218 238 239 263 292 321 322 322 323 323 335 337 340 345 346 346 Contractures or Cramps 43 50 57 59 127 252 337 Convulsions 43 47 52 62 160 204 213 217 319 337 339 343 354 Conception 55 Cough 20 51 52 83 94 94 101 105 117 125 127 130 131 132 135 140 146 163 171 172 178 191 195 195 197 201 201 210 216 217 228 230 249 260 262 265 266 281 282 346 Carnosities 127 295 296 349 See Wens Cardialgia's 164 Corns 367 368 Catalepsie 221 Cholera See Humors cholerick Chast to keep 240 See Venereal Lust to restrain Clysters how to use them 331 Cramp 349 D. DEafness See Hearing Decay by age 44 See Nature restore Distempers of Mind 12 17 43 See Melancholy Deliriums 17 Digestion helps 29 42 44 54 55 67 117 144 147 157 163 172
173 217 273 345 348 363 Diaphragma 56 Defluxions and Destillations See Catarrhs Dropsie 16 17 21 22 23 24 27 31 41 44 47 48 50 57 59 62 64 65 94 123 125 127 142 157 158 160 165 171 175 179 182 189 190 192 208 212 236 237 251 263 264 273 285 291 294 237 364 Diarrhoea 29 57 178 Dysentery 31 33 47 52 57 84 91 98 104 167 178 197 198 203 205 251 260 291 313 326 326 327 365 Dislocations 366 Dropsical swellings 375 E. EYes 90 115 116 122 129 144 145 181 225 226 226 227 228 231 248 250 257 302 351 English sweat 31 59 Epilepsie or Falling sickness 7 12 16 17 20 27 43 46 62 69 84 89 90 94 96 101 102 105 115 117 122 130 138 144 149 151 156 169 171 198 204 209 211 213 221 241 249 250 251 251 261 268 293 302 313 318 335 346 362 Elephantiasis 7 64 115 123 273 291 293 317 339 Erysipelas 35 59 88 114 175 179 256 370 377 Epidemical diseases 14 20 31 35 39 61 107 252 284 346 F. FAce to beautifie 247 256 257 280 Feavers 15 16 26 27 29 31 31 33 35 44 47 50 57 59 62 65 69 89 102 106 109 110 115 116 117 118 122 123 125 127 130 140 148 161 161 164 165 174 179 180 183 183 186 186 188 189 190 197 203 209 212 223 232 235 248 248 249 253 260 260 263 264 284 294 336 340 346 Flux of the Womb 198 305 Flux of blood in Women 84 311 Flux of the Liver 198 Fluxes of the Belly 27 39 52 57 68 98 103 126 155 167 178 183 197 205 206 260 291 294 313 324 324 324 325 359 Flegm to cut 140 166 201 228 282 Fat to make 166 Feet swelled 365 375 Fundament chaps c. 331 G. GAll 182 Giddiness see Vertigo Green-sickness 24 41 48 Gout 7 16 20 22 31 44 50 59 62 65 69 94 97 100 106 107 116 117 122 127 171 187 190 191 192 193 196 253 256 264 268 280 293 295 349 369 370 373 377 Gonorrhoea 24 27 29 39 41 47 91 100 168 171 194 198 240 260 338 347 Gripings 52 54 160 171 203 234 See Bowels Gravel See Stone H. HAir to cleanse 303 Hair to fall off 356 Hands to whiten 114 350 Hands Ulcers there 356 Head-diseases 23 56 96 102 102 103 115 116 117 122 129 130 138 142 144 145 156 157 167 169 170 189 200 213 249 250 353 258 268 273 275 276 293 335 336 368 Haemorrhoids 91 111 205 Haemorrhage 198 291 See flux of Blood Heat of Urine 148 Hearing 17 115 116 215 216 333 334 337 339 Heart pains or distempers 69 89 101 103 105 130 135 140 142 143 163 164 171 188 203 210 233 250 258 Heart strengthens 47 52 54 94 107 110 129 131 133 134 144 146 164 171 173 174 186 198 198 202 202 214 231 232 232 249 250 268 293 Hypochonders easeth 67 106 117 141 201 201 237 239 264 294 335 336 339 367 367 Hypochondriack Melancholy 47 115 335 Hungarian Feaver 18 19 29 29 30 35 59 See Feavers Hemicrania 51 62 127 200 249 Hiccup 69 107 163 171 202 217 239 377 Humors cold and flegmatick 95 97 102 108 116 117 117 119 122 166 187 188 189 191 193 214 234 292 292 293 294 315 316 366 Humors Cholerick 39 40 97 106 110 116 117 122 122 162 174 183 186 186 188 189 190 191 193 203 206 224 264 284 315 326 348 365 Hysterical Passions 128 See Suffocation of the Womb. Hectick see Feavers Hoarsne's 140 195 195 197 I. JAundice black 115 123 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 237 252 264 266 285 294 306 Jaundice yellow 7 16 17 22 24 31 31 50 57 59 65 84 110 125 127 130 142 158 175 179 182 190 192 252 264 285 294 306 Ill habit of Body 24 41 47 57 59 189 208 263 Inflammations of the Throat 19 47 148 Inchantments 7 53 Intermitting Feavers 23 See Feavers Imposthumes 49 59 94 100 102 108 228 296 346 347 Iliack Passions 59 66 171 321 Inflammations 30 31 52 130 134 257 296 320 369 370 373 Joynts distempered 7 44 65 69 106 107 110 116 117 118 125 186 186 187 191 191 254 268 308 339 366 Itch 7 50 123 179 263 289 293 K. KIngs-evil swellings 366 Kidneys 47 50 53 110 118 157 167 171 172 174 178 181 188 191 193 198 214 218 279 335 336 355 359 364 367 L. LEprosie 23 31 47 50 57 59 64 94 97 123 171 179 189 193 250 291 Lientery 57 198 326 348 365 Life prolongs 14 33 54 Liver 31 52 54 59 62 65 105 110 115 116 122 124 125 126 128 133 134 135 142 144 158 165 166 172 174 182 183 186 188 198 214 231 236 237 250 262 263 273 278 278 282 283 291 293 336 339 367 367 Love-potions 17 Lungs 52 110 132 157 163 195 201 201 210 228 229 239 266 283 283 293 339 Lunacy 89 169 Lethargy 89 156 162 221 262 274 313 318 Loosness See Flux Lice 361 Lipothymies 156 See Syncope Loins 167 243 354 M. MAtrix see Womb. Madness 7 13 17 43 53 69 123 145 224 249 275 309 316 317 Malignant Feavers 30 84 See Feavers Mange 64 123 179 Marrow 57 252 Melancholy 7 13 16 17 20 24 43 46 51 53 59 62 65 69 103 105 122 123 130 145 189 191 193 202 210 224 236 251 251 275 293 309 315 317 Menses to stop 91 104 See Terms Mind dulness amends 53 115 144 146 See Spirits and Memory Muscles 57 252 358 358 Morphew 7 Milk increaseth 98 132 198 Members or parts c. 103 115 117 185 254 358 Memory 12 44 105 129 148 198 222 222 232 232 233 249 262 270 302 339 341 Measles 284 286 Mouth sore c. 297 298 299 314 N. NAture restores 43 See Spirits restores Nerves strengthens 52 57 94 116 117 127 138 157 204 222 252 302 335 336 339 345 350 354 368 Nephritick pains 69 Noli me tangere 7 347 369 Numbness of the Limbs 338 O. OBstructions opens 16 24 31 33 47 50 53 59 65 168 168 191 201 201 212 235 237 252 266 282 293 294 Obstructions of the Liver 47 See Liver Obstructions of the Spleen See Spleen P. PAleness of the Face 142 Pains in the Back 107 188 194 337 340 354 Pains in the Sides 193 196 259 262 367 Palpitation of the Heart 42 43 See Trembling Palsie of the Tongue 374 Palsie 31 43 47 50 51 56 62 130 138 151 151 162 198 200 204 211 213 219 222 251 252 262 304 320 320 337 339 343 350 Pain in the Guts 84 See Bowels Pains in the Head 16 17 20 42 65 See Head Plague 13 15 16 20 22 29 31 31 49 52 56 59 61 107 117 137 175 179 180 184 189 190 220 246 248 252 270 272 273 284 346 Pestilential Feavers 29 See Feavers Pimples in the