Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	cold_a	hot_a	humour_n	1,939	5	8.2968	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03123	The pearle of practise, or Practisers pearle, for phisicke and chirurgerie. Found out by I. H. (a spagericke or distiller) amongst the learned obseruations and prooued practises of many expert men in both faculties. Since his death it is garnished and brought into some methode by a welwiller of his	Hester, John, d. 1593.; Fourestier, James.	1594 (1594)	STC 13253; ESTC S118051	51,314	99

℥ j of white Tartar in water or wine and two houres before supper you shall take the like Let your bread be rye also you must weare a trusse fit for that purpose and vse this remedie following Take of the spirite of wine ℥ xij frankincense Olibanum mastiche sarcocolla ana ℥ ss infuse them in the said Aqua vitae and therewith wash the rupture twise a day then presently cast thereon the powder of Bislingua and the herbe Balsamina and lay thereon a cloth wet in the said water and bind on the trusse so hard as he may possiblie abide it and hereby shalt thou heale any great rupture in an hundred dayes but see that you keepe a diet accordingly Another for the same TAke very stiffe and thicke paper well gummed chew it in thy mouth till it be soft then lay it vpon the rupture and weare thereon a trusse fit for the purpose Some vse to steepe the paper in lye and wring the same out till it be drie and applie it to the rupture chaunging it once in 24. houres CHAP. XIIII Of retention of Vrine and the cure thereof THe retention of vrine ariseth of many causes one is grauel that stoppeth the cōduits where it should passe an other is the want or weaknesse of the vertue expulsiue so that nature cannot expell an other is a carnositie which is an alteration caused of corrupt and putrified humors which do so restraine the powres and vrine that it cannot passe There is another and that is viscositie of the reynes so grosse that it hindreth the vrine from passing Another cause which is too too common is the Gonorrhaea when it chaungeth into Stranguria that it is a stopping or choking of the conduites that carrie the veyne to the bladder All these foresaid causes proceede of one originall euen of the distemperature of nature whereof if you aske the reason you shall vnderstand that it ariseth of that filthy beginning the French pocks That which moueth me to beleeue it is the obseruation thereof diuers and sundry times for I haue cured many that were infected with the pockes which were troubled some with Carnosity before spoken of some with grauell some with debilitie of the vertue expulsiue some with Gonorrhaea all which when I had cured of the pockes the other distemperatures were therewith also cured For that disease is the cause of twentie mischiefes and the reason why many Phisitians make a long cure of the former distemperatures is for that they know not the mayne and principall cause of them But now I will shew thee a true and excellent manner of curing the retention of vrine which way soeuer it commeth First giue them a dose of Aromatico then giue vnto them our Syrupo solutiuo eight or ten dayes but in any wise keepe no straight diet but a good gouernement as you do most commonly vse and eate such meate as pleaseth thy stomacke best cause them also to sweate and in short time thou shalt thoroughly cure them CHAP. XV. A most excellent remedie to cure the difficultie of vrine THe difficultie or retentiō of vrine caused diuers wayes as of grauell viscositie exulceration c. is in this sort very well and safely cured Whē the cause of this difficultie of vrine is in the reynes or kidneies so that it be not a stone in the kidneies or some great store of grauell see that thou worke thus ℞ Rognoni of a male hare boile it in good wine when it is well boiled stampe it small and passe it thorough a strainer with the said liquor wherein it was boiled Remember that when you boile it there must not remaine much liquor in the vessell Then take the said matter that you strained and put thereto as much purified honie and boyle it on a soft fire vntill it come to the forme of an Electuarie When it is boiled put thereunto for euerie pound of that Electuarie these things following made into fine powder of Lignum aloes of Cinamon ana ℈ j cloues saffron ana ℈ j muske graines foure Aquae rosarum ℥ j our Quintaessence ℥ i ss Incorporate these well together while it is warme and keepe it in a glasse close stopped And when you will vse it you must first take a dose of our Electuario Angelica and while you vse the Electuarie remember to annoint the reynes with our Aqua faetida when you go to bed Of the Electuarie you must take ℥ j in the morning and fast thereon foure houres and vse some exercise and in short time thou shalt see a maruailous good worke performed For the reynes will be strengthned the viscositie will be resolued the powres will be opened and the vrine will be expelled and clensed all which are effectes necessarie for him to regard that will with honestie and credite helpe the former maladie Another often proued If thou wilt presently helpe one that cannot make water by reason of wind viscositie or other greeuous cause vexing the partie annoint their reynes and all the priuie partes with our Balsamo Artificiato and keepe them verie warme and forthwith they shall make water to their great satisfaction Retention of the Vrine with stitch in the side ONe was in verie short time cured of these infirmities after he had taken our Aromatico and annointed him in manner aboue specified with our Balsamo Artificiato CHAP. XVI The swelling of the legge and foote cured in manner following FIrst the patient tooke one dose of Aromatico then he vsed our Quintaessence solutiue three or foure mornings together in a little broth That done he dronke euerie morning a little of our Quintaessence vegetabile fasting and euerie night he annointed his legge with Oleum Philosophorum nostrum Also now and then he tooke a dose of Pillulae Angelica to keepe the body soluble he kept a reasonable good diet he vsed not much walking so that verie shortly after he was well cured CHAP. XVII Of Chilblaines and their cures YOu shall vnderstand that Chilblaines as we terme them are caused of no other thing then of humors dried and restrained in our bodies For in the winter when it is cold the pores do shut so close together that the humor cannot passe or come forth neither by sweat nor other exhalation or expiration For that cause the humors in a young man who is hote of complexion may not be kept in for then nature which would ease her selfe sendeth that exhalation vnto the extreme parts of the bodie that is vnto the handes and feete where remaining there is caused that alteration and in processe of time the skinne doth open and the humor goeth forth but cannot heale till the spring when warme weather commeth in Howbeit I haue found out a secret to cure them quicklie and with great ease First let them bloud then giue them a dose of our Electuario Angelica after that let them take our Syrupo solutiuo six or seuen dayes together not keeping any straight diet or rule After this annoint them