Lead the oyl of Quick-silver and Mercury water c. But if the Fistula be in such a place as the eyes or ears c. where you cannot use a Plaister then you must be contented with the Potion and the Oyl neither need you trouble your selves for any other Medicine then what is here set down CHAP. III. IF the Patient complain of an Ulcer which hath a great many deep holes together which at first were small pushes afterwards grew to be big hard lumps then breaks out and at last comes to be large deep holes these holes are dry there comes very little matter out of them Cure We must use such a Medicine for this U cer which can at once both cleanse and fill up these holes but we must not at all meddle with the hard swellings to take them away by ripening Medicines or Corrosive Medicines we must let Nature it self concoct them and dissolve them in the Uâ—cer and then we may apply this Medicine to the Ulcer viz. Take of yolks of eggs three ounces of the oyl of Mercury one dram mix them together apply some of this to the sore once in twelve hours or if you will instead of this you may use the stictick plaister described in the first Chapter This Ulcer may have several shapes and may be in several places of the body viz in the Arms Legs c. yea sometimes it will surround the body like a girdle c. But wheresoever it is or whatsoever shape it hath yet it is to be cured by the foresaid remedy if it was at first hard swellings which afterwards broke out c. CHAP. IV. IF the Patient complain of an Ulcer and say That he never had any pain in that Ulcer Cure For curing this Ulcer you must first cleanse it then fill it up with flesh and lastly close it Cleanse it with this take honey and mix with it some burned Coperas this apply to the Ulcer so often till it hath no stinch or corruption which will be about the sixth day afterwards to fill it up with flesh you must use the stictick plaister but while you do fill it with flesh if it gather corruption then you must use again the former cleansing Medicine till it yields no corruption and then you may proceed again with the stictick plaister till it be fit to be closed up You must close it up with the Crocus of Steel which must be strawed into the sores twice a day But you must wash the sores at the second time when you straw this Crocus upon them with this water viz. Take of Spring-water an ounce of Allum one ounce of common Salt half an ounce which you must dissolve in the water and with this water wash the sores then strow your Crocus upon the sores and so do twice every day until the Ulcer be skinned and throughly whole In the time of the cure the Patient must use a very good diet he must let Blood and he must take the benefit of some good natural Bath CHAP. V. IF the Patient complain that there is abundance of humors gathered together in his legs to a great hard swelling which is full of holes and these holes are soul hallow and eating sores the beginning of them was this A great many small Blisters came out together which grew bigger and then came out into putrid holes Cure In this cure five things are to be done First the Ulcerated part must be kept over the vapour of some Herbs then the swelling must be taken away Thirdly The sores must be cleansed Fourthly They must be filled with flesh And lastly Skinned For the first Take of the Root of Swallow-wort two ounces of Sanicle of Pond-weed and Stone-moss of the Flowers of Elder of each a handful of Camomile Flowers two handfuls of Doves dung three handful of Hens dung half a handful boil them altogether in water and let the Patient keep his leg over the vapour this he must do morning and evening when he renews his Plaister Secondly To take away the swelling Take the flowers of Mullein of St. Johns wort of each two handfuls the Flowers of Elder three handfuls of the Flowers of Camomile two handfuls boyl them in Wine and Vinegar of each alike then pour off the liquor and take the Herbs and lay them warm to the swelling and so keep them at it till the swelling be gone Thirdly To cleanse it Take the unguent of the yolks of Eggs and mix with it some burnt Allum this must be applyed twice a day to the sore till it be well purged from all corruption and filthiness so as the sound flesh appears in the bottom of the sore Fourthly To consolidate the sore or to fill the holes up with flesh Take of the Stictick plaister of Colophony a quarter of a pound of Lithargirium half a pound of clean Rosin an ounce and a half set them over a slow fire and adde to them some Crocus of Steel and so mix them together You may also put to them some burnt Allum this Plaister must be applied to the sores twice a day until they be fill'd up with flesh The Stictick Plaister of Colophony is made thus Take of wax a pound of Colophony and Shoo-makers wax of each a quarter of a pound melt them together and then adde to them gum Ammoniact two ounces of gum Bdelium one ounce of the Load-stone made into a fine powder five ounces of Amber three ounces which being all mixed together make them into plaister with the oyl of eggs and so keep it for your use Fifthly To close it up and skin it Take the burned shells of eggs half an ounce of burnt Allum quenched in vinegar one dram of the Crocus of steel one ounce and a half of Incense Myrrhe Mastick of each half a dram make them into a fine powder and strow this powder upon the sore every day till it be skinned It falls out oft-times that the swelling cannot be taken away by any Medicine if the disease be of continuance and when it is so the Patient must remember to let blood at convenient times CHAP. VI. IF the Patient complain of a swelling in his Leg or Foot with great inflammation stench and corrupt matter which comes from it without eating or consuming the flesh and that formerly he hath had a wound prick or bruise badly cured in this place which may be the cause of this Ulcer Cure First you must cleanse the Ulcer with this following Receipt Take the green fruit of the Fir-tree gathered in May when they are full of moysture thirty of them boil them in water until you have boiled all the Rosin out of them then take them out and the Rosin which is yet in them press it out of them into the water throw them away and take the water with the Rosin and boil it again till the water be consumed then take out the Rosin and make of it an Ointment with the yolks of eggs adding to it
the very moment of her imagination You must also know the cause of her imagination why she touched any part of her body at that time but because it is seldom that the mother can fully enform you of every particular therfore you must have recourse to Astronomy and by it you may have a ful information according to which you must proceed If the mark be in the likenes of a worm then you must take a worm such a one with which the mark agreeth best according to the information and if that worm was alive when the mother saw it then you must lay the worm alive upon the mark and so keep it at the mark till it dieth and no longer But if it was dead before she saw it then you must lay a dead worm upon the mark which you must keep at the mark till it be putrified You must also observe the time when the mothers Imagination was moved by the sight of this worme and in the same time you must binde the worme upon the mark if it was in the Summer c. then you must binde the worme upon the mark in the Summer time If the Mothers Imagination was moved by a strong desire after any thing then her child which hath such a marke must be satiated and filled with the thing desired but if the mothers Imagination was from feare of a worm then the party who hath the mark must be put in fear when the worm is laid to the marke So the marke shall be rooted out howbeit it is not yet quite brought out of the skinne But to doe this you must take Aqua fortis and wash the skin with it and so in the space of eight or fourteene dayes the old skin shall fall off and a new fair skin shall come in its place after the same manner All marks not only of beasts or Vermine but also of fruits or of any thing else in our bodies may be taken away and cured by these things which caused those marks being used in that manner as hath been now said of worms This is a most secret cure which never any revealed before me and I am not ashamed to reveal it for I am the first who by experience have found the truth of it TREATISE VIII Concerning Common Salt and Brimstone their Medicinal Vertues and Preparations CHAP. I. GOD hath created every thing needful for the use of man and it is easily gotten that which is less useful is not so plentiful so God hath appointed Now Medicine is a thing very useful to man which he needs not fetch from beyond seas seeing he may have it at hand Nor yet they who live beyond sea need these medicines which grow here and so I may say of Salt that as it is of great use to man so there is great quantity of it sufficient to all mens uses There be two uses of Salt of which we will here especially take notice viz. it seasoneth meates and cureth diseases That meate which a man eates without Salt is never well and perfectly digested for it is the nature of Salt to correct every thing in the digestion of it it is the true Corrector of all meates usual to be eaten And whatsoever meat is not seasoned by Salt is unwholesome Let your meate bee moderately Salted not too much nor too little this will helpe digestion but when meate is not Salted or slightly Salted it turns to a thin waterish or slimy blood and the flesh which is bred of such meate is subject to corruption and to all diseases those who cannot endure any saltishness in any thing but whatsoever they eat is very fresh most commonly they are weaker then others their complexion is worse and they are easily infected with any disease Our Nature would have nothing but what is corrected and seasoned by Salt and boyled or otherwise prepared by the fire unless we give way to appetire to eat somethings raw and unprepared as onions Rhadishes c. Salt is the earthly balsome of man and of all things else And where no Salt is there is the beginning of putrefaction It is Salt only which preserveth both dead things and living from putrefaction In things living their Salt which is in them preserveth them there is Salt in the blood of every living creature which preserveth them that they doe not putrifie while they are alive There is a Salt not only in living creatures but also in herbs mettals stones and all Vegetables there is not any thing but it hath in it a Salt proper to it as appeares by those several kinds of Salts which are extracted out of several things As Balsome preserveth from putrefaction so doth Salt in this it is like balsome nay it is of a higher Nature and more subtle then balsome Whatsoever wants Salt it cannot continue bu it decayeth and putrifieth man beast and every thing else must have this preserving power of Salt in it we see by experience many things as flesh and fish c. preserved by Salt yea there is not any thing but it may be preserved by Salt which is to be done not by a sprinkling only or mixing of the Salt with the thing to be preserved but the Salt must be prepared and if the Salt be made a breeding or engendring Salt it will preserve any thing a very long time if wood or clay be laid in it they will become hard like stones Whatsoever is sprinkled with this breeding Salt it doth not decay or alter but in time it grows to be of a stony nature This breeding Salt howbeit it drieth and at last decayeth and perisheth yet it so congealeth and becomes so firm and hard that it can endure in the air water or earth alike Moreover Salt is wonderfully good for the preservation of health it is of great worth to us not only in seasoning of meat but it is also a singular remedy for wounds for if wounds be washed with water in which this salt is dissolved they shall thereby be preserved a whole year from corruption so that if a wound in the Summer time especially in the beginning of the dog-dayes incline to corruption the way to hinder it is by this washing this will likewise hinder the breeding of worms in wounds and if there be any worms in the wounds it will bring them out This is a great secret in Chirurgery and let not Surgeons c be ashamed to use such a water They do indeed use other remedies whereby corruption and worms are bred in wounds which they can no way afterwards help and thus by their remedies they oft-times undoe their patients But let the true and faithful Physician use this washing in the cure of wounds for wounds being kept clean by this nature it self will do the rest of the cure This washing cureth wounds after the same manner as a dog by licking cureth his soars or cuts Where Salt is made there is a kind of liquor like oyl so thick that an
of Camphire two drams of the juice of Poppy and the juice of Henbane of each one ounce mix them and lay them to the Ulcer to take away the heat of it Then take of the Apostolorum Plaister and the Diaquilon Plaister of each half an ounce of Mummy three ounces of Cerusse or white Lead two drams of Camphire one dram Mix them over the fire and make them into a Plaister which must be applyed to the soar until the Cure be done LIII For Corns in Feet or Hands Caution You must not cut Corns so deep as to cut the quick flesh and you must not use Corrosive Waters to them for in so doing you may cause a dangerous Ulcer to follow Cure Take the Oyl of Juniper Berries and Agarick of each one dram of Ox Gall two drams mix them and lay them to the Corn until the Corn groweth dry and black and begins to moulder away then apply to it the Plaister Oppodeltoch some four or five weeks until the cure be done Another Take Realgare one scruple of the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs half a dram of slacked Lime half a dram mix them and lay them to the Corn and they will make the Corn black and consume it The Oppodeltoch Plaister Take of Colophony two ounces the powder of Celendine and the powder of Orange skins of each half an ounce of the best Turpentine so much as to make them into a plaister LIV. When in any part of the body there is a hard immovable tumor or Excrescency of flesh growing to the Muscles which groweth still bigger and at last makes the member crooked where it is it also weakens the guts causing great windiness in them Caution You must not use the Chyrurgions Instruments to this nor any such Medicines which are used for Aposthumes Cure You must do no more to such tumors or Excrescencies but to hinder their increasing which is done by this Oyntment Take of the Oyl of Myrtles two ounces of the oyl of Nutmeg half an ounce of the marrow of an Ox two drams of Petroleum two ounces and a half Mix them Herewith you shall annoint those places where the Spermatick vessels lie most outwardly the back and thighs once a moneth LV. When there are spots in the skin of the face or elsewhere of a yellow or clay colour c. If they stay constantly in the place or if sometimes they evanish and return again Cure Take of Turnsole and Germander of each three ounces of the best Manna half an ounce of Parmacity and Bay-berries of each ten drams the water of Baulm the water of Vervain the water of Valerian of each five ounces Put your Herbs into the Waters and let them lie in the waters two or three days and when the spots begin to come out upon the skin take three or four ounces of those Waters at a time Observe That Turnsole is a singular good Herb it wonderfully reneweth the blood and flesh A Treatise concerning long Life CHAP. I. All Medicines divided into three sorts according to the threefold Age of Man shewing that each Age must have its own Medicines proper for it SEeing there are Medicines which can preserve the Body of Man for many Ages from Diseases Corruptions and Superfluities or if there be any infirmity or corruption in the Body they can cure it It ought to be the care of every Physician to know them and to know them throughly for there are very many tedious Diseases and many Maladies incident to the Body of Man which are rooted out by these Medicines which prolong life In this discourse of long Life I will first give you the Theory of it and then the practice that you may fully know all that concerns long Life I would not have any to doubt of this that life may be prolonged for these two Reasons 1. Because it doth not appear that there is any certain day or hour of any mans death 2 Because we have Medicine prepared for us by him who hath created us both to preserve us from Diseases and to drive out Diseases Hence we may conclude that neither Diseases bring Death neither is Death the cause of Diseases nay Death and Diseases agree no better then fire and water A natural Disease hates Death as every part of the living Body hates Death I intend in this discourse to speak to those of my own way who by great skill and daily experience have searched into and do know the propertieâ— and natures of things which are hid and unknown to presumptuous and titular Doctors And I do affirm this as a most certain truth That the Body may be restored changed to the better yea wholly renewed As it is to be plainly seen in Metals which may be so purified that they shall be afterwards free from any rust so likewise dead Bodâ—es if they be embalmed do not putrifie afterwards Some perhaps may dislike my Writings because they are short and because of those Examples which I use but my Writings are not therefore to be slighted seeing I use onely the examples of such things which are or may be done by Nature as in this comparison of Mettals with the Body of Man I know that there is great difference betwixt these two yet they are both preserved one way as experience teacheth If a dead Body can be preserved by Balsom from putrefaction or decay how much more may a living Body be so preserved Now there are three parts of Mans Age viz. yong Age middle Age and old Age and each of these must have such Medicines for prolonging life as are proper and suitable to them therefore there must be also three kindes of Medicines for the conservation of Life according to these three Ages We may likewise say that there are three parts in long life according to those three parts of mans Age for many might die in their Infancy many in their middle age c. if their life were not prolonged by the help of Medicines We cannot have any certainty that an Infant or a strong yong man shall outlive a weak old man No part of mans age hath any certain time of death appointed to it the Infant in the Mothers Womb may have many things befal it which may be the cause of great weakness in the childe or incline the childe to diseases and that Infant which is very weak when it is born the strength of Nature is abated and lessened in it as it is in old age And therefore those Medicines which are the helps of long life must be given to this Infant anointing the Nurses breast therewith which the childe doth suck c. as you shall hear more at large afterwards in the practice of long life For by these Medicines of long life the strength of Nature is increased and life prolonged after the same maner in an Infant as it is in old age Or if a yong man runs into so great excess of Drinking or Venery c. that thereby
Parmacity of each one dram of Bole-armene and Terra-sygillata of each a half dram of the root of Swallow-wort three drams make them into powder and take a dram of this powder at a time in the water of the flowers of Teil-tree this will dissolve congealed blood whether it be inwardly or outwardly But for congealed blood in the joynts you may also use this oyl Take the flowers of Mullen one handful of the flowers of S. Johns-wort three handful of the roots of Swallow-wort half a handful of good new Sallet oyl two pound of Turpentine one pound of good Claret wine two quarts and a pint boyl them all together in the Wine seven hours in a pot close stopt over a slow fire and when they are cooled put them in a glass well stopt and set them in the Sun for some time then take them out and strain them through a cloth and press the liquor well out which keep for your use It is an incomparable liquor for dissolving congealed blood in the joynts you must annoint the place where this congealed blood is with this Liquor morning and evening Observe If this congealed blood within the body be not timously dissolved and brought out it will cause inflâ—mmations putrefactions c. and at last dangerous Ulcers will follow CHAP. VIII The cure of Fractures or broken bones IF the bone is broken without any wound in the flesh then we have no more to do but to set the bone right and to apply such Medicines which will joyn the bone together again but if besides the fracture of the bone there is also a wound in the flesh then we must joyn wound oyls and wound-plaisters before described with fracture Medicines We must be careful to binde up the Fracture twice every day whether it hath a wound joyned with it or not and that the bone be not moved out of its right place for if this be neglected there will follow many evils upon it viz. Inflammation and Putrefaction in the place a Gangrene c. and oft-times death if the fracture be dangerous either in respect of the place where it is or c. And therefore me must not delay the binding up of the fracture to the second â—â— third day as Chyrurgions commonly do If we would prevent these distempers which will cause Fistula's deep and stinking Ulcers howbeit some may be so neglected and yet be cured yet certainly my way is safer and better and by it we prevent many evils which otherwise may follow I likewise advise you not to uâ—e splents which are commonly used by the Chyrurgions in binding up fractures for these Reasons First because we cannot use splents without moving the bone out of its right place Secondly because splents require strong binding which of necessity must cause inflammation in the place Thirdly because oft-times it falls out that a swelling caused by inflammation over night may be lessened before morning so the binding slacks and the Bone turns out of its right place Now to come to the cure If you carefully observe to do as hath been said it will be no hard matter to cure a fracture especially in those who are yong the root of great Comfrey alone bruised and boiled in Wâ—ne and applyed to the fracture will cure it or Birth-wort or Snake-weed c. The herb Flixweed if it be bruised and laid to the fracture or if it be boiled in Wâ—â—e and laid to the fracture it will cure it You may also cure fractures with the wound-oyles Oyntments and Plaisters described before Nature it self doth much having a little help There are two things which must be carefully done in the cure of fractures First If there be any congealed blood within it must be dissolved and brought out Secondly If there be a wound with the fracture then after we have set the bone right we must begin with the cure of the wound and afterwards cure the fracture The swelling inflammation and pain which accompany Fractures if not timously helped may cause putrifaction and Ulcers they may be taken away by the oyl of St. Johns wort or the oyl of the flowers of Mullein or some of the wound-oyles described in the third Chapter But if by the mis-skilfulness or negligence of the Chyrurgion there is a Fistula or some other dangerous Ulcer bred in the place of the Fracture then there is no other way but to cut off the part infected CHAP. IX The cure of those who are bitten by a mad Dog Viper or any other Venemous Creature THose who are bitten by a mad Dog must abstain from all heating things as Wine Spices c. they must drink much cold water so as to cast it up again all their drink must be cooling as Cydar c. and sharp things Let them feed much upon Coleworts and cooling things and eat so much at a time as to cast it up again Let them drink cold Whay in which there is Seny and Roses boiled and put into it some Benedicta Laxativa If they begin to be Feaverish and mad give them in their drink some Rose-vinegar with some of the conserve of Roses dissolved in it and some of the juice of Barberries and a great deal of Sallet-oyl They must be well purged upward and downward by these Medicines which purge cholar as Rheubarb Coloquintida Agarick the juice of the Bark of Elder and Spurge c. and there must be laid to the place bitten some Medicine to take away the pain as the oyl of Mandrake or Sperniolum which is thus Take Frog-Spawn Parmacity Chervil Juniper-berries of each alike put them in a glass and let them stand in the Sun for some time and if this Sperniolum be applyed to the place bitten it will take away the pain and raging of it and when the pain is gone then apply a stictick plaister until the cure be done but if the Patient be so much infected that none of these Medicines will do him good then you must give him Brimstone prepared by Coperas The way of it I have set down in my Treatise of Brimstone For those who are bitten or stung by a Serpent Newt Viper Toad c. you must give them inwardly these Medicins which will defend and strengthen the heart stomack and other principal paâ—ts and you must apply outwardly to the place bitten or stung these Medicines which will bring out the Poyson Inflammation and Pain The Medicine to be taken inwardly Take of Mithridate two ounces of the best Treacle one ounce of red Corals made into powder one ounce and a half give so much of it at a time as necessity requireth If this do no good you must give them Diaphoretick gold or the quintessence of pearls these are infallible remedies The Medicine to be applyed outwardly to the place bitten Take a stictick plaister made of Lethargire and Mummy of each a quarter of a pound of the gums Ammoniacum Bdellium Galbanum Oppopanax of each two ounces make them
The face begins to putrifie and to have a black scurf over it then the Morphew is incurable Cure We must use first one of the Tinctures for cleansing the blood then use one of the cleansing Medicines before described and then some consolidating Medicine of Glandules XI When there are Flesh-kernels within the flesh be they fixed or moveable soft or hard painful or without pain in time they grow so big that they draw to them the strength and substance of the member where they are And at last they putrifie Cure A threed of Plum-allum dipped in the oyl of Gilla applyed to it doth take it away afterwards annoint the place with the Oyl of Gilla and this will consolidate it XII When a blister riseth in any part of the body as big as a Gall-nut like those Blisters which are raised by Caustâ—cks and is of a blew or lead colour hard to the touch At last It putrifieth and if it be near the eye it begets a Fistula it daily groweth more and more deformed and multiplyeth it maketh the Patient hoarse and taketh away the natural colour of the Body and so it comes to be a Leprosie Cure First Nature must be corrected and strengthned by the Liquor or Tincture of Gold then the Blisters must be dryed up with this following oyntment Take of Aqua fortis in which there is some salt Armoniack dissolved one ounce the oyl of Realgare half an ounce the oyl of Euphorbium one ounce mix them and annoint the Blisters with them XIII If the head being rubbed bleedeth and this breedeth a hard crusty scab out of which cometh a yellow water if it be not timously cured it spreadeth over all the head Then there will be daily a bleeding with a sharp and great pain this scab never hath holes in it it continueth with the Patient if he be not cured of it until death Cure There are three kindes of remedies used for this Scab viz. a Pitch plaister a Corrosive or eating Water and the Oyl of Gilia The Pitch Plaister Take of Pitch dr Shoo-makers Wax a pound of Colophony half a pound of prepared Cheese half a pound that is dryed and made into powder mix them First melt the Pitch and Colophony together then put the rest to them when they are cold make them into a plaister some do adde to them a pound of Wax this Plaister will bring off the Scab and Skin together Afterwards annoint the head with the Oyntment of white Lead and this will bring a fair skin upon the head again some take old Cheese which is very blew and they wash off the blewness with water Then they take this blewness which was washed from the Cheese and lyeth in the bottom of the water and they lay it upon the Scab This will cure the scab for the present but it is not a perfect cure for I have seen this scab thus cured return within two or three years after Some do use for this Scab eating corrosive waters and burned Tartare but I do not approve Of this for these Corrosives do eat into the skull and cause madness and oft-times death They who use the Oyl of Gilla for this Scab do thus After they have annointed the Scab with this oyl then they annoint it with Sallet oyl oft-times together because the oyl of Gilla burns exceedingly and is very painful to the Patient and the Sallet oyl doth asswage the pain for it abateth the burning heat of the Gilla They annoint the Scab with this oyl of Gilla nine days together and after the ninth day the Scab cometh off and under the Scab the head is already well skinned XIV When in the Lips of the mouth there is a small excrescency which is at first like a Wart This if it bleed of it self or if it be cut then there grows out thence a spungious flesh which groweth daily bigger And at last it becomes so big that it stops up the mouth that the Patient cannot eat afterwards it causeth madness Cure We must stop the end of the Vein whih bringeth blood to this Excrescency or we must turn the course of the Vein then we must anoint about this Excrescency with this Oyntment Take prepared Realgate and mix it with the juice of Celandine and make a Plaister XV. When there is a continual pain in the Leg with a shining redness over all the Leg this is a Gangrene it continueth thus thirty years before it break out into an Ulcer At last when nature decayeth it turns to an Ulcer a little before death Cure Take the juice of Water-lilies the juice of Night-shade the juice of Darnel of each two ounces Wheat-Poppy three ounces of Opium fifteen ounces of Mandrake three drams the juice of the outward part of the root of Henbane five ounces mix them and make them into an Oyntment with the oyl of Lithargire With this annoint the soar you must also apply the Anodyne or pain-asswaging Medicine which you have described in the cure of the Cancer You may also use that Medicine which I have described for the cure of the Noli me Tangere viz. Of Rosm a pound of Barley meal six ounces of common Frankincense eight ounces make a plaister and to one pound of this plaister adde half an ounce of Scammony for Scammony hath a peculiar vertue very helpful for open burning Soars XVI When at the roots of the nails of the fingers there is a great pain with a swelling and burning heat like the burning of fire and a pain like the gnawing of a Worm this is a Whitflaw which if it be not cured it will at last perish the whole Finger with great and long pain Cure Some do cure it with certain Words and Characters which I do not approve The remedy which I use for to cure it is that Anodyne or Pain-asswaging Medicine described in the cure of the Cancer or that described in the cure of Herysipeles viz. Take Parmacity of Frog-spawn Chervil Juniper-Berries of each alike apply this to the finger and it will take away the pain Or take Hogs dung and boil it in Vinegar and apply to the soar XVII When there is great redness and swelling in the heel or about the ancle which turneth to a broad soar with many holes in it and spreadeth it self upwards towards the knee it doth not go deep but stayeth in the upper part of the flesh it stayeth under the knee it continueth twenty years much after one without any great change Cure First we must apply the pain-asswaging Medicine which we use for the Whitflaw then apply this following Plaister of Myrrhe Take the Oyl of the yolks of Eggs two ounces of Wax half an ounce of Colophony three ounces of red Myrrhe five ounces and a half mix them and make a Plaister XVIII When there are knotty hard tumors in the neck lying within the flesh this is the Kings Evil which continueth with the Patient until death still in the same maner without any
change unless the tumor hath been big and it beginneth to lessen then death approacheth this is a sign of it Cure The cure is twofold viz. Physical Chyrurgical The Physical cure is done with Powders and Potions The Chyrurgical cure is done by actual Cauteries c. XIX This Polypus is superfluous flesh growing out of the Nose which when it is grown big and great abundance of Blood floweth out of the Veins into it then this superfluous flesh breaketh out into an Ulcer it turneth to a Noli me Tangere Cure It must be cured after the same maner as the Alcola an when you have taken away the superfluous flesh then you must apply the Plaister Oppodeltoch XX. The Pyles come out about the Fundament of a red colour but if the Blood come out with the Excrements always when we go to stool and the Excrements come out with great difficulty and trouble to us and we are much pained within then the Haemorrhoids are within If the Haemorrhoides continue twenty years then they commonly turn to a Cancer and if they do not turn to a Cancer but the Piles multiply and grow bigger then they close up the Fundament at last Cure The cure is done by two kindes of Medicine viz. Dung-Medicine and a Sweet-Corrosive The Swet-Corrosive Take of Oleum laterinum or Brick oyl one ounce the oyl of Juniper half an ounce the oyl of Myrrhe two ounces mix them The Dung Medicine Take the Patients own Excrements and mix them with the oyl of the yolks of Eggs first let the Patient press the Piles as much as he can and then apply to them this Excrementitious Medicine XXI There is a dry scab of the Head out of which cometh very little moisture when it is rub'd there falls from it like Scabs it causeth the hair of the head to come out If it continue sixteen or twenty four years then it spreadeth over all the Body At last this scaly Scab falleth off and then followeth a Leprosie Cure Take Succory Germander Maiden-hair of each two ounces of the Pulpe of Cassia half an ounce of the best Manna one ounce and a half put them into a pint and a half of the water of Mugwort let them ly in it a day then set them over a slow fire until you bring it to a pint then strain it and drink it warm XXII If there be a swelling in the Groine near the privities with redness the Patient fainteth and beginneth to lose his strength and is troubled with Aguish fits sometimes with great heat sometimes with chilness By this you may know it to be a Pestilential Aposthume Cure First This Aposthume must be opened with a ripening Medicine proper for it afterwards apply to it the Oppodeltoch Plaister The Ripening Medicine Take of the four Gums viz. Galbanum Ammoniacum Oppoponax Bdelium of each a half ounce of the juice of Marsh-Mallows of each three ounces mix them and make a Plaister The Oppodeltoch Plaister Take of the four incarnative Seeds viz. of Birth-wort Comfrey Adders-Tongue and Sea-marsh Bugloss of each half an ounce Wax and Colophony of each two ounces of Pitch three ounces mix them and make a Plaister XXIII If after the act of Venery there followeth a swelling in the Grine with great heat afterwards this swelling breaks out into foul corrupt holes and with the Urine also corrupt matter is evacuated At last this Ulcer comes to be an eating Ulcer that whereas there were many holes before now they all become one hole and so it eats all the flesh round Cure This Ulcer is cured with these two viz. the Camphorated Oyntment and the Plaister of Mummy The Camphorated Oyntment Take of Camphire two drams of the yolks of Eggs four ounces mix them and set them in some moist place or low Cellar c. and they will turn to an Oyl with this Oyl anoint the Soar The Plaister of Mummy Take of Mummy half an ounce of the best Turpentine washed with Rose-water so much as is requisite to make a Plaister Mix them and make a Plaister XXIV When the Veins of the Legs swell and become as it were knotty having many small hard lumps like small Bullets in them they lose their natural colour and are of blew or lead colour or of a dark green colour the skin of the Leg appears as if it were blowed up with winde yet the flesh under it is firm and sound At last The skin breaks out into a most filthy stinking soar and if then the Patient be troubled with stitches in his side this is a sign of death Cure You must not use any Corrosive Waters or Baths or Purgations or Mercury Oyntments such as are used for the Pox c. but open a Vein first one and then another at another time once a year if the swelling comes but once a year and if the swelling comes twice a year then the Veins must be opened twice a year at the same time when the swelling useth to come and when you open a Vein you must lay to the place the gums of a Hare or the fat of a man the space of three weeks XXV When there is a swelling under the tongue with a blew or Lead-colour and it groweth to be an Imposthume it is deadly in Infants or if do not come to be an Aposthume yet it will cause a great impediment in the speech of the Infant Cure Let blood in these Veins then wash the childes mouth often with the Waters of Agrimony Ladies-Mantle Sanicle or anoint the Veins under the Tongue with the Oyl of St. Johns-wort or the Oyl of the Flowers of Centory If after the cure the swelling cometh again you must do thâ—â—ame as you did before XXVI If a Woman with Childe or after Childe-birth complain of a pain swelling redness and hardness in her Brests which afterwards turns to an Ulcer and Putrifaction Cure Take Gum Oppopanax and Gum Bdelium of each one ounce of gum Serapinam two ounces dissolve them in so much vinegar as being dissolved they may be of the thickness of honey then adde to them one dram of Mummy and of Birth-wort three drams of the Liquor of Chachymia four ounces and a hall mix them and make a plaister XXVII If in a fleshy place there are Risings with a yellow head and a burning heat and a swelling and then suddenly they grow exceeding red and breaks into several holes which after three or four years turn to a blue colour mixed with a black with a vehement burning heat and under the skin it is hollow and so it continueth untill death Cure We must first use an eating Medicine and afterwards a Consolidating or fleshing Medicine The Eating Medicine Take of white Coper as one ounce of Rose-water three ounces of Lithargire half an ounce Mix them with the oyl of Roses in this mixture dip a linnen cloth which you must lay upon the holes The consolidating Medicine Take of Royal Consound half a pound of long Birth
of washed Lithargire one ounce of Frog-spawn an ounce and a half the juice of Housleek and the juice of Water-Lillies of each three ounces mix them and apply them in the night time Another Take of Rose-water two ounces in this dissolve a dram of Camphire and anoint the Soar with it XXXV When the Nose burns exceedingly and being rubbed there comes a hard scurf upon the place which continueth so a year And at last it turns to a Fistula Cure We must not use any of those things for this which are used in the cure of a Fistula But use this Oyntment following Take the juice of Agrimony an ounce the juice of Onyons half an ounce the Oyl of Dill an ounce and a half Mix them and in this mixture dip a linnen cloth which you shall apply to the Soar until the cure be done XXXVI If there be a swelling in the Throat with a pain in the Head it turns to a Squinancy and afterwards to an Ulcer Cure It is cured with the water of Self-heal A Gargarism to wash the Mouth and Throat Take of Pellitory one ounce the juice of Saint Johns-wort two ounces the juice of Ars-smart three ounces of Oximel Scylliticum six ounces mix them Another Take the Liquor of Mmmmy one ounce the juice of Ars-smart two ounces of Vinegar three ounces Mix them and therewith wash your mouth and throat The cure of the Squinancy There are three Medicines which we must use in this Cure viz. a Gargarism a Plaister to be applyed outwardly and a remedy for the pain and heat of the head The Gargarism Take the honey of Roses four ounces round Birth-wort and Winter-green of each half an ounce the water of Prunes and the water of Self-heal of each seven ounces mix them with this wash your mouth letting it fal down to your throat three or four times a day this Gargarism doth good if the Aposthume be broken but not else And if there be a very great swelling then apply outwardly this following Plaister Take the Mucilage of Faenugreek ten ounces white Lead two ounces of Camphire made into powder half an ounce make them into a Plaister this Plaister will take away both the swelling and pain In the mean time you must also use this following remedy for the pain and heat of the head Take red Rose-water the water of Shepherds-purse the water of Nightshade the water of Housleek of each alike mix them in this dip a linnen cloth which you shall lay over all the head XXXVII When any have from the Womb some spot in their body blew or black or clay coloured Cure Take the flowers of Beans half an ounce the burned shels of Eggs two ounces Sal Peregrinorum one pound the water of Comfrey and spirit of Wine of each fifteen ounces distil them and in the water distilled dip a linnen cloth and apply it to the spot Another Take Plum-allum and Roch-allum of each one pound and distil a water from them to which adde Camphire half an ounce Salomons-Seal two ounces distil them again and dip a linnen cloth in the water distilled and apply it to the spot XXXVIII When there are dry clefts or chops in the hands or soles of the feet without Scabs Cure Take the meal of Barley and of wheat of each one ounce of Winter-green Agrimony Centory Self-heal of each half an ounce boil them in water and set your chopped hands or feet over the water to receive the vapor of the decoction this you must do every day four or five times Then purge the blood with this Take Germander and Succory of each alike boil them in wine and drink it this Potion will purge and rectifie the blood Then anoint the chops or clefts with this oyntment Take Petroleum the fat of a wilde Cat Harts grease Hogs grease of each half an ounce set them over the fire and mix them with this anoint the chops morning and evening XXXIX The cure of Warts Take the Oyl of Juniper Berries one once the oyl of Spike two drams Oleum Laterinum or Brick oyl seven drams mix them and with this anoint the Warts You may also drink the decoction of Germander and Succory to cleanse the Blood XL. If there be chops in the entrance of the Fundament or Matrix which burn and are very troublesom to the Patient when the Excrements or Urine are evacuated At last they turn to be a running soar inwardly Cure For the chops of the Womb Take Aloe Succotrine one ounce the root of round Birth-wort three ounces of washed Turpentine so much as is enough to make a Pessary with the Aloe and Birthwort which must be put up into the Womb. Another Take the Mucilage of Flea-wort one ounce the oyl of bitter Almonds three ounces the juice of the Flowers of Vervain six ounces Mix them and dip a linnen cloth in this mixture which you must apply to the place where the chops are every third hour Another Take the juice of Winter-green the juice of Comfrey of each four ounces the flowers of St. Johns-wort of the Flowers of Self-heal and the Flowers of Centory of each one ounce of Betony seven ounces the oyl of Dill four ounces mix them Another For the chops of the Womb and the Haemorrhoides Take of Mummy one ounce of red Lacca half an ounce the powder of Oranges and the powder of Antimony of each two ounces make them into powder and mix them XLI There are some swellings in which are bred small worms like Lice which grow broad and they make a reddish scaly scurf like the scales of Fishes Those who dig salt Mines as Coperas Mines or boil Salt or dig Copper c. are troubled with such Tumors Cure This Tumor requires outward Medicines not inward let it be anointed with this oyntment Take the oyl of Juniper Berries half a pound the oyl of sweet Almonds one pound the oyl of Beach-wood eight ounces mix them and anoint the Tumor therewith Another Oyntment Take of the oyl of Spike half an ounce the oyl of Oak three pound Cats grease a pound mix them over a fire and annoint the Tâ—mor therewith It is a good Preservative to keep us from the hurt of these Mineral Vapors XLII A swelling without pain retaining the natural colour of the skin and being pressed it retaineth a dimple after the pressure At last it putrifieth first inwardly and then breaketh out into a hollow Ulcer A Caution This Tumor must be cured by outward Medicines and not by inward Medicines Cure We must first open the Tumor then cleanse it lastly fill it with flesh A Medicine to open the Tumor Take Realgare one dram Talce three drams of Misselto so much as is sufficient to make the Plaister which you must apply to the Tumor until it be opened The cleansing Medicine Take of Colophony an ounce of Wax four ounces of Turpentine so much as to make the Plaister with this Plaister cleanse the Soar The Consolidating