℥ 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
cure them this also hath beene oftentimes prooued very excellent If they be anointed with Oleum Tartari faetens it drieth them vp in short time But first it were necessarie to purge the bodie of the melancholike originall of that disease both by vomit and siege Some vse to take them away by applying a caustick vnto them The cure of Ficus in ano ex lue venerea performed by I. P. MAny haue beene sore troubled with warts or blathers in the fundament which haue in verie short time beene cured by anointing them with Balsamum Tartari faetens Among other men there was a strong lustie fellow fiftie yeares old of complexion melancholike which was beastly beraied with the Pockes about whose fundament or Longanon there remained 14 or 12 growing whereof some were so big as a little sigge all of them did runne or yeeld a lothsome yellow sanies or matter This man was cured with Balsamum Tartari foetens without any payne to him and the warts were so dried that they were pulled of with a payre of mullets after which he remained whole This man was healed in Bedfordshire CHAP. XLV The prouoking of menstrues by I. H. BY this composition following many more then it is here requisite to speake of haue had their menstrues prouoked and many other obstructions opened especially if it be giuen with brothes liquors or medicaments appropriate thereunto ℞ extractionem Chamomillae Calendulae Gentianae Briomae Chamepitcos Paeoniae Centaurij Iuniperi Genistae Sabinae Spicaenardi Rutae Melissae Chelidoniae Philipendulae Matricariae anaʒ j. Essentiae Zedoariae Croci anaʒ ss Mirabolanorum Castorei ana ℥ ss mixe them and keepe it close The dose is from ℈ j to ʒ j vpon extremitie either in pilles or conuenient electuaries It must be ministred foure or fiue dayes before the new Moone and as manie after with the infusion of Sena or in sirupe of roses for the intent aboue named To prouoke menstrues in melancholike people W. H. TAke of the extract of Helleborus niger fiue graynes Panchimagogon 15. graynes make it into three small pilles and annoint the pilles with Oleum anisi and thereof take once or twise After that take this composition following Take of the Essence of Gentian Sabinae Angelica ana ʒ j Essencia Croci ℈ j Castorei ℈ ss mixe them and make them vp in forme of pilles and take thereof ech night when you go to bed ℈ j either in pilles or dissolued in some conuenient liquor about the foresaid time of the Moone A verie melancholike maiden was cured in this manner CHAP. XLVI Suffocation and paynes of the Matrix with retention of menstrues cured by I. P. REcipe extract Brioniae ʒ j ss the leaues of Sena ℥ ss ginger ℈ j Cinamon ʒ j suger ℥ j lay them to infuse one night in a pint of warme whay made of goats milke Then strayne it and drinke thereof three mornings warme about the new Moone keeping a warme and drying diet your wine must be infused with rosemarie flowres Another that hath cured the rising of the mother by R. C. REcipe the flowres or buds of a walnut tree in May giue the patients as much thereof to drinke as wil lye on a groat and with two or three doses they shall be cured Also if you giue ℈ j of oleum succinum album in wine it will presently cure the same disease a thing oftentimes proued with good successe CHAP. XLVII To prouoke vrine and to cause the Iaundies to flow W. K. THe powder of earth wormes dronke with white wine pouoketh vrine and cureth the Iaundies and Tertians Also gray sope ℥ ij bay salt finely beaten ℥ j mixe them and therewith annoint the nauell and bellie Also Castile Sope being drunke with warme wine prouoketh Vrine Also if you shall applie quick earth-wormes vpon a whit blow called Panaricium of some Panaricies they will cure the same CHAP. XLVII To prouoke Vrine and to heale other obstructions a most excellent and procued receit by I. H. and many other THis composition of artificiall salts breaketh and after a sort consumeth all tartarous diseases as hath beene verie often and trulie experimented by diuerse and sundrie persons yea it preuaileth much against the Gowte being taken with potions electuaries and sirrups appropriate vnto the particular ministrations ℞ the salt of Radish of Eringus Beane stalkes Broome Alizanders Iuniper Ashe Aniseed Fennell Camomill VVormwood Vrine Tartar Christalline ana mixe them in a warme morter and keepe it close and in a drie place for in the aire and moisture it will quickly resolue The dose heereof is from halfe a scruple to an whole scruple and may be verie safelie administred without perill to any age or sexe vpon good occasions and at times conuenient after that the bodie it prepared for the same purpose The end of the second part of this Collection A SVPPLEMENT OR ADDITION VNTO THE FORMER COLLECTION This Appendix or Addition containeth both Philosophicall discourses of the causes and cures of diuers and sundrie diseases as also many pithie discourses of the vertues and vse of many vegetables animals c. culled and translated out of the Phisickes and Chirurgerie of Sr. Leonardo Fiorauante and left to passe sorth in Print with this Collection CHAP. I. Of payne in the head THe paine in the head is an infirmitie whose cause vntill this time hath not beene sufficiently knowē as by mine owne experiēce I shall proue vnto you All or the most part of Phisicions in the world do hold this position that payne in the head is no other thing then vapors arising from the stomacke and ascend vnto the head which do offend membrana whereupon ensueth payne Herein they speake some part of the truth But in my iudgement they are not yet come perfectly to know all the cause of this infirmitie For I see that in the cures which these Theorickes wold performe it falleth not out according to their expectation and desire for that they know not the whole or the principall cause of the maladie therefore what certaine medecine can they finde out to cure the infirmitie They may perchāce as the blind man hits the crow helpe they know not what which thing I speake not to backbite or iniurie any of thē but to tell them of loue that I beare to them and others the whole and true cause of that whereof heretofore they haue bene ignoraunt The first cause is putrified bloud in Leonichie the second is the vapors that ascend from the stomacke and offend the head the third is the humiditie or moisture betweene the skinne and the flesh So that the causes are three and the remedies as many to dissolue the antecedent causes I haue now shewed thee the originall and roote of the payne in the head about which thou shalt neuer more neede to beate thy head or breake thy braines either in seeking the Aphorismes of Hypocrates the Commentarie of Galene or the authoritie of Auicene for in these foure
kernels but rather the kings euill THe Scrophulae or waxing kernels so called of some which vse to come in the throte or other partes of the bodies of young children do arise and are caused of great quantitie of melancholike humors because that doth for the most part raigne in persons that are weake of complexion For you may easily see that such as are vexed with that infirmitie are not very quicke spirited These Scrophulae are a long time ere they will come to suppuration and before they breake and when they are broken they cause excessiue payne and are hard to be cured For all infirmities that come of melancholie are troublesome to cure or resolue as you may see in the quartaine and such like But here I will shew thee a secret to cure these Scrophulae First you must remoue the cause and then cure the effectes for otherwise it were impossible to cure them with outward medecines This melancholie is purged with our sirupe against melancholie which you must vse eight or ten dayes The dose is about â„¥ 4 cold That done giue them our Aromatico which clenseth the head and stomacke and purifieth the bloud As touching locall medicines to breake it you shall lay thereon our caus◠〈◊〉 24. houres which mortifieth and drieth for it will draâ—… a great deale of moisture After this annoint it with â—… agno licore vntill the escare be fallen out and when it is mundified applie thereon the cerote of Gualtifredo di Medi vse no other medecine for it will incarnate and cicatrise without scare Another cure for Scrophulae A Certaine young boy of 14. yeares of complexion cholericke and melancholicke who had Scrophulae in his throte on both the sides was cured thus The first medecine that he tooke was the infusion of Rhabarb with the trochiskes of Agarick and acetum squilliticum and water of maiden haire mixed together which he vsed by the space of ten dayes Then was laied vpon the Scrophulae a plaister of cerote magistrale with Cantarides which drew forth the malignitie of the vlcer and great store of Same 's being applied for 15. dayes together This done I gaue him the decoction of Salsa parilla with a good diet for twentie dayes together Then I applied vnto the sore a cerote of Gualtifredo di Medi which in a short time cured him that had bene vexed with them foure yeares before Another for the same ANother which was a maide of 13. yeares of age was vexed with Scrophulae in her throte which was also in this manner cured First I gaue her the extract of Elleborus niger with mel rosarum which doth very effectually purge the melancholicke humor That done I gaue her our sirupe against the melancholick humor for eight or ten dayes together and applied vnto the sores an vnguent of Lytarge boiled with the powder of Scrophularia thus was she in short time cured Another against Scrophulae REcipe Verdigreee Pelitorie of Spayne docke roote the iuice of leekes of the herbe Scrophularia ana mixe them and lay on lint and applie it vnto the Scrophulae but take some care thereof CHAP. IIII. Of Panaricium or Panaricies called the whit blow THis greeuous and intollerable maladie as those know well that haue felt them commeth on the end of the finger and is an infirmitie bred in the liuer whereof nature being willing to discharge her selfe sendeth it to the extreme parts of the fingers and most commonly it commeth to the finger next the thombe but seldome in the other The reason or cause whereof is hidden saue that we may coniecture as we haue said before an accident in the liuer which nature sendeth forth vnto those parts to ease her selfe When it commeth to the end of the singer that it can go no further it causeth a sharpe and excessiue payne and the accident comming vnto that place not hauing passage is so hote that in short time it putrifieth the sinewes muscles and cartilages and in the end rotteth both flesh and bone The secret of this griefe is not commonly knowne of the most Surgeons who with all their learning cannot deuise to cure it as it ought to be cured The most part of such as haue that infirmitie lose their finger but if thou wilt quickly helpe them follow this methode First let them bleed on the liuer veyne then let them be well purged Afterward dresse the finger with oleum sulfuris which will cause some paine neuerthelesse to haue some ease you must abide it The next day dresse it with Magno licore vntill it be whole which will be in short time as I haue often proued CHAP. V. Of greeuotu vlcers in womens breasts FIrst they must be touched with oleum sulfuris then make this vnguent Take of the yolkes of egges â„¥ ij turpentine butter barlie flowre honie of roses ana â„¥ ss incorporate them all in a morter and therewith dresse them vntill they be whole But if they come of any kinde or spice of the pocks this vnguent will be to very small purpose But then shall you dresse them with our Vnguento magno which is appropriate vnto the disease and looke that you purge them with our Aromatico CHAP. VI. Of the disease called Asthma and the cure thereof THis disease which is called the Ptisicke is a certaine infirmitie contained in the lungs which doth harden and drie them in such manner that such as are troubled therewith cannot fetch their breath It proceedeth of adustion of the bloud that cannot runne in the veynes and so the lungs lacking sustenance worketh that effect This disease is cured foure manner of wayes First you shall let them bloud vnder the toung cutting those veynes ouerthwart and suck them as much as they can for it euacuateth and openeth the opilation of the bloud and easeth the lungs of all that euill matter which offendeth SecoÌ„dly you shall giue them a dose of Aromatico which euacuateth the stomacke of all euill qualities that offend the lungs The third is to let them eate for a moneth together euery morning â„¥ j of our Electuario de Althea The fourth to annoint the stomacke euery night with Magno licore But euery ten dayes you must take a dose of our Electuario Angelica whereby thou shalt helpe them quickly You must also keepe a sober diet refraining fish porke slimie things spice baked meates cheese and such like which nourish grosly and do infect the bloud CHAP. VII To know the Dropsie confirmed in a man the cure whereof is shewed in the xxxij Chapter of the second part of the Collection THere are three signes or tokens of a confirmed Dropsie First looke whether the toung be white and cold then whether the yard be shronke into the bellie and lastly if there do any veines appeare on the bellie If you perceiue these they are infallible declarations of a confirmed Dropsie CHAP. VIII An excellent remedie against the Wormes YOu shall giue the patient Ê’ ij of our Vnguento