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A39637 The art of preserving and restoring health explaining the nature and causes of the distempers that afflict mankind : also shewing that every man is, or may be his own best physician : to which is added a treatise of the most simple and effectual remedies for the diseases of men and women / written in French by M. Flamand ; and faithfully translated into English. Flamant, M., fl. 1692-1699. 1697 (1697) Wing F1129; ESTC R24327 46,472 140

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Pound of the best Honey you can procure and boil it again softly for half an Hour Then take it off the Fire strain it thro' a Linen Cloth and pour the Liquor into an Earthen Pot. Take a Draught of it two Hours before and two Hours after Meals A Purgative and Laxative Ptisan POur two Quarts of River or Fountain-Water into a close Pot and set it near the Fire put into it half an Ounce of Sena four or five Roots of Wild Succory two little Sticks of Liquorice more or less according to the Palate of the Patient and a Dram of Green Fennel-seed then tye a Dram of the raspings of Ivory and the like quantity of Harts-Horn in a Linen Rag boil 'em a little longer with the rest of the Ingredients in the Pot and afterwards strain out the Liquor Drink a Glass of it every Morning fasting for Eight or Ten Days A Pectoral Ptisan TAke Jujubes Sebesten and Damask Raisins of each one Ounce a Stick of Liquorice beaten and a quarter of a Pound of Honey Boil them softly in two Quarts of River-Water for a quarter of an Hour and afterwards strain out the Liquor thro' a Linen Cloth You may drink a Glass of it every Morning and another at Night when you go to Bed It must neither be too hot nor too cold when you drink it OF SYRUPS And their Vertues THE Syrups that are most frequently us'd are the Syrup of Pale Roses the Syrup of Peach-Flowers compound Syrup of Apples compound Syrup of Succory Syrup of Violets Syrup of Maiden-hair and the Syrup of Corn-Poppies The Syrup of Pale Roses serves to evacuate all sorts of Serosities either Phlegmatic Bilious or Melancholic it strengthens the Stomach and opens Obstructions in the Capillary Vessels of the Liver and of the rest of the Entrals The Syrup of Peach-Flowers is good for those who are Hydropical and is particularly adapted for expelling Serous Humours Compound Syrup of Apples evacuates the Melancholic Humour which infects the Mass of the Blood It is also very good to purge the Spleen Compound Syrup of Succory prepra'd with Rhubarb purges the redundant Bile strengthens the Liver and Stomach and opens Obstructions in other Parts of the Body Syrup of Violets purges Choler cools and promotes Expectoration You may take an Ounce or a Spoonful of it in a Glass of Water but you must have two Glasses and pour it out of one into the other several times to dilute the Syrup Syrup of Maiden-Hair is of excellent use in Diseases of the Breast it frees it from the corrupt Humours that are log'd in it and helps the sick Person to spit Syrup of Corn-Poppies procures Sleep The Dose is from an Ounce to two Ounces at Night FOR THE TOOTH-ACH AFTER Eating you must gargarize your Mouth and wash your Gums with Wine and Water then take the Ashes of the second Bark of the Ash-Tree mix 'em with a Spoonful of Brandy and make a Plaister which must be apply'd to the Temples on that side where you feel the Pain Another PUT a Clove or two upon the aking Tooth then shut your Teeth and hang your Head on that side where the Pain lies this will draw out abundance of Water and by that means give you ease If the Tooth be rotten or carious you must pull it out or else put a Drop of Aqua-Fortis into it OF CLYSTERS A Cooling Clyster MAKE a Clyster of Oxycrate that is mix a Pint of lukewarm Water with six Spoonfuls of Vinegar A Clyster for one who is Costive TAke a quarter of a Pound of Oil of Nuts and the like quantity of common Honey put them into a Pint of Water and if you are troubl'd with Gripes add as much Powder of Anise or Fennel-seed as you can take up between your Fingers and Thumb If not add half a quarter of a Pint of Vinegar and boil it as usually A Clyster to stop a Looseness MAke a Decoction with White Mullein Provence Roses and Plantain of each one handful Lin-seed and Quince-seed of each a Dram half an Ounce of Starch and the Yolk of an Egg. In the beginning of a Looseness you ought not to make use of Astringent Medicines but must let Nature act without disturbance for some Days according to the Age and Strength of the Patient FINIS AN INDEX OF The Principal Matters contain'd in the TREATISE of REMEDIES OF Medicines in general 73 Of Diuretics or Medicines that provoke Urine 75 Of Vomits 76 Of Sudorifics and Diaphoretics or Medicines that procure Sweating and insensible Transpiration 77 Of Sneezing Medicines and Errhina 74 Of Incrassating or Thickening Medicines 79 Of Narcotics or Medicines that procure Sleep 80 Of Styptics or Astringents 81 Of Carminatives or Medicines that dispel Wind Ibid. Of Particular Remedies FOR the Head-Ach 82 For the Apoplexy 83 For the Palsie Ibid. A Remedy for the Rheumatism hard Swellings in the Joynts for all Cold Tumours and to strengthen the Nerves Ibid. To Purge Melanch●ly 84 To Purge Choler Ibid. To Purge Phlegm Ibid. For the Itching of the Eye-Lids 85 For an Inflammation of the Eyes Ibid. For Deafness Ibid. To stop Bleeding at the Nose Ibid. To cure a Red Face and take away Pimples 86 For Shortness of Breath Ibid. For Obstructions of the Lungs Ibid. For the Pleurisie 87 For a Cold Ibid. To stop Vomiting Ibid. To comfort and strengthen the Liver Ibid. For the Spleen 88 For the Jaundice Ibid. For the Dropsie Ibid. For the Nephritical Colic or Stone in the Kidneys 86 For the Bilious Colic Ibid. For the Wind Colic Ibid. Another Ibid. For all sorts of Colics Ibid. For a Looseness 90 For the Dysentery Ibid. For Worms in the Belly 91 For the Worms in little Children Ibid. For the Piles either internal or external whether they void Blood or not Ibid. For a Pain in the Back or Kidneys 92 For a Stoppage or Suppression of Urine Ibid. Remedies for the Diseases of Women TO bring down the Courses 93 To stop the immoderate Flux of Blood which happens to Women in Labour or after they are brought to Bed Ibid. For the Suffocation of the Womb 94 For Fits of the Mother Ibid. For a Woman in Labour to hasten her Delivery Ibid. To expel a dead Child 95 For the Colic or griping Pain of the Belly which frequently assaults Women that are newly deliver'd Ibid. To bring Milk into the Breasts of Women that are newly deliver'd Ibid. For those who have too much Milk Ibid. To dry up Milk in those who are not willing to suckle their Children 96 For an Inflammation of the Breasts Ibid. For the Fits of a Tertian-Ague Ibid. For Intermitting Fevers 97 For a Quartan-Ague Ibid. For a Purple Fever Ibid. For the Plague 98 For Carbuncles or Plague-Sores Ibid. A Remedy for Corns Ibid. To preserve the Face from being mark'd by the Small-Pox 99 To preserve the Sight in the Small-Pox Ibid. Another Ibid. For the Sciatica Ibid. For the Itch or Scab 100 For a Tetter or Ring-Worm Ibid. For a Cut or Wound 101 For Burning Ibid. To open all sorts of Tumours without a Launce Ibid. For all sorts of Inflammations that happen either before or after the Breaking of a Tumour 102 For Bruises Ibid. For all sorts of Wounds Ibid. For all Gun-shot Wounds 103 For all sorts of Ulcers Ibid. For a Gangrene 104 Of Ptisans or Decoctions A Cooling Opening and Pectoral Ptisan 105 A Purging and Loosening Ptisan Ibid. A Pectoral Ptisan 106 OF Syrups and their Vertues Ibid. Syrup of Pale Roses 107 Syrup of Peach-Flowers Ibid. Compound Syrup of Apples Ibid. Compound Syrup of Succory Ibid. Syrup of Violets Ibid. Syrup of Maidenhair Ibid. Syrup of Corn-Poppies Ibid. Remedies for the Tooth-Ach 108 OF Clysters 109 Cooling Clysters Ibid. A Clyster for one that is Costive Ibid. A Clyster to stop a Looseness Ibid. The End of the Table
Bilious Colic TAke Rose-Water and Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire of each two Ounces mix them for a Draught For the Wind Colic TAke a greasie Dishclout and apply it pretty hot to the Belly or where you feel the Pain Renew it often Another DRY a handful of common Salt put it in a Linen Cloth and apply it pretty warm to the place affected For all sorts of Colics TAke a Dram of Walnut-Flowers in Powder in a Glass of White-Wine For a Looseness TAke every three Hours a Pint of Cow's-Milk boil'd with the Yolk of an Egg about half an Ounce of Sugar and as much White-Bread as you think fit You must neither eat nor drink any thing else and besides you must keep your self in Bed or at least in a dry and warm place For a Dysentery TAke two Ounces of Oil of Sweet Almonds drawn without Fire or if that cannot be had take the like quantity of Sweet Oil-Olive two Ounces of Rose-Water and one Spoonful of Sugar Mix them all together for a Draught to be taken in the Morning fasting The Signs of a Dysentery are a Looseness accompany'd with a griping Pain and the voiding of Blood or Excrements mixt with Blood About two Hours after the taking of the above-mention'd Medicine you may drink some Broath and eat a new-laid Egg. You may make your Broath with a Leg of Mutton or a Cock. So long as the Distemper lasts you must take a Clyster every Day made only of the Decoction of Barley and Bran and when you are just ready to take it add the Yolks of two raw Eggs with a little Sugar and beat them well together You must be let Blood once or twice in the Arm and must drink nothing but a Ptisan made of the Decoction of Barley and Liquorice You must not take a purging Medicine till eight or ten Days after the Cure Then you may take half an Ounce of Catholicum dissolv'd in about four Ounces of Rose-Water For the Worms TAke two Spoonfuls of the Juice of Limons or Citrons with the like quantity of Sweet Oil or of White-Wine and mix them for a Draught to be taken in the Morning fasting For the Worms in little Children CHafe the Belly about the Navel with Oil of Bitter Almonds and lay a Plaister of Aloes over it For the Piles either Internal or External whether they void Blood or not TAke small Male Sengreen or Prick-Madam and fresh Butter a sufficient quantity beat 'em together in a Mortar and apply it to the Part renewing it three or four times a Day For the Pain of the Kidneys DIP a Linen Cloth in Oxycrate and apply it to the Part affected Oxycrate is a Mixture of six parts of Water and one of Vinegar For the Stoppage or Suppression of the Vrine INfuse an Ounce of Linseed in a Pound of River or Fountain-Water for twenty four Hours If it be in the Summer you must infuse it in a cool place and if in the Winter in warm Ashes Afterwards strain it off and put it into a Glass Bottle Drink a Glass of it every Morning Noon and Night FOR THE DISEASES OF WOMEN To bring down the Courses BEAT two or three Heads of Garlick and make a Plaister of them which must be apply'd to the lower par● of the Back on the Right-Side To stop the immoderate Flux of Blood which happens to Women in Labour or after they are brought to Bed INject two or three Clysters of Oxycrate every Day For the Suffocation of the Womb. Take an Ounce of Cinamon cut into small Pieces three Ounces of fine Sugar in Powder mix them and add four Ounces of Rose-Water and six Ounces of strong Brandy let them stand twelve Hours in Infusion strain it two or three times thro' a Woollen Cloth and keep the Liquor in a Glass-Vial The Patient may take two or three Spoonfuls of this Liquor to prevent the Return of a Paroxysm and even during the Fit that she may be the sooner delivered from it For Fits of the Mother TAke a handful of the Herb call'd Avens beat it and infuse it for the space of an Hour or two in a Pint of White-Wine and let the Patient drink a little of it when sh● is thirsty For a Woman in Labour to hasten her Delivery TAke the Liver and Gall of the fattest Eel you can procure dry 'em in an Oven after the Bread is drawn out and beat 'em to Powder The Dose is one Dram in three or four Spoonfuls of the best Wine To expel a dead Child GIve the Sick Woman an Ounce of the Juice of Hyssop in half a Glass of warm Water with a Spoonful of Brandy For the Colic or griping Pain of the Belly which frequently assaults Women that are newly deliver'd TAke Orange-Flower-Water and Syrup of Maidenhair of each two Ounces mix and 〈◊〉 a Draught To bring Milk into the Breasts of Women that are newly deliver'd GIve the Woman a Dram of the Powder of Fennel-seed in Cabbage-Broath or in a Glass of White-Wine For those who have too much Milk TAke Rose-Water and Verjuice of each two Ounces mix them together with five or six Grains of Salt heat the Mixture upon a Chafing-Dish then dip a Linen Cloth four or five times doubl'd in the Liquor and apply it warm to the Breast laying over it two pieces of Linen well heated You must renew the Application twice a Day and if the Distemper continue you must apply it also the Day following To dry up the Milk in those who are not willing to suckle their Children TAke a Bitter Orange pierce it in several places with the Point of a Knife or with a Bodkin squeeze out the Juice and put the Orange into a little Earthen-Pot which you must fill with Oil-Olive boil away two thirds of the Oil and then rub the Breasts with it very softly and as warm as it can be endured For the Inflammation of the Breasts TAke the Crum of a White-Loaf boil it in a sufficient quantity of Milk add an Ounce of Oil of Lilies and make a Pultiss which must be apply'd to the Breast For the Fits of a Tertian-Ague IN the beginning of the third and fourth Fit take half a Glass of the Juice of Borage mixt with the like quantity of White-Wine but you must take a Clyster and be let Blood the Night before For an Intermitting Fever TAke a handful of the Leaves of Burnet Infuse them twelve Hours in a Pint of White-Wine then strain out the Wine thro' a Linen Cloth and give the Patient half a Glass of it at the beginning of the cold Fit continuing after the same in the three or four succeeding Fits For a Quartan Ague DIssolve the Yolk of a new-laid Egg in a Glass of Wine and drink it at the beginning of the cold Fit For a Purple Fever TAke the Leaves of Wood-Sorrel Scabious Carduus Benedictus and Queen of the Meadows of each one handful boil them in a sufficient