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A60662	Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...	Salmon, William, 1644-1713.; Khālid ibn Yazīd al-Umawī, 7th cent.; Jābir ibn Ḥayyān.; Artephius. Liber secretus artis occultae. English.; Flamel, Nicolas, d. 1418. Figures hierogliphiques. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Speculum alchemiae. English.; Bacon, Roger, 1214?-1294. Radix mundi. English.; Ripley, George, d. 1490? Medulla alchimiae. English.	1692 (1692)	Wing S434; ESTC R183203	439,154	1,009

posterity whereby he has demonstrated himself to be not only an inspired Divine but also a deep Philosopher obtaining his Wisdom rather from God than from Man 9. As for some of the next Authors there is not much of their History extant Kalid is reported to be a Persian King and Geber an Arabian King without doubt both of them were throughly learned in the Mysteries of Nature but chiefly in this Philosophick Art Artefius was a Jew of whom it is reported he lived a thousand Years how truly I will not say himself affirms it and very wise Men such as Paracelsus Pontanus and others seem to give Credit to it 10. Flammel was a French Man and originally a poor Scrivener yet left so great Monuments behind him as must convince the most incredulous that he knew the Secret and performed such mighty Works at his own proper Costs and Charges as the most opulent Prince in Europe can never do the like I know a Gentleman who went to view these mighty Buildings and their Records The Archives and Governors of those places he told me own the matter of fact but deny the Means saying that Flammel was a very Pious Man and went a Pilgrimage to St. James of Gallicia for a Reward of which Piety the Holy Saint bestowed that vast Treasure upon him by way of Miracle thereby denying the power of Art by which it was effected to establish it in a Miracle for a Confirmation of the Romish Church 11. Roger Bachon or Bacon was born Anno 1215. near Ilchester a great Town in Somerset shire of an Honourably Family He was brought up in the University of Oxford where he made an incredible Progress in the Arts and Sciences He applied himself to Philosophy and the search of Natures Secrets one of his Tutors being Edmund Arch-bishop of Canterbury and became a Franciscan Fryar in a Convent at Oxford 12. He wholly laid himself out in a diligent search of Nature and the knowledge of the Tongues and Arts was intimate with many Great and Learned Men expending some Thousands of Pounds in trying Experiments most of which were supposed to be those of the Philosophers Stone Nor did he bestow his cost or time in vain for 't is believed he attained to the knowledge of the Secret he sought after 13. By this means he did such great things in Nature and such Wonders that not only the Ignorant but also some Learned Men reputed him to be Magician or Conjurer saying He made a Brazen Head which speak by the help of the Devil Such was the Ingratitude of that Age that he was Persecuted by the very Men of his own Order and Religion For being Accused of Magick and Heresie Pope Nicholas IV. who disliked or understood not his Learning cast him into Prison and kept him close Prisoner many Years 14. He wrote many Books upon several Sciences as Grammar Logick Geometry Cosmography Astronomy Astrology Musick Ethicks Physicks Metaphysicks Perspective Opticks Divinity History Physick Chymistry and Alchymy How many Books be wrote is uncertain 't is to be doubted all are not in being and what have out-lived the injury of time many of them are difficult to be procured as yet lying hid in Manuscript As he was an Universal Scholar so he wrote well in all Arts and Sciences and Johannes Balaeus de Scriptoribus Angliae gives us the Titles of above an Hundred Books which he had wrote in all the choilest and most useful Sciences of which these we have here made English are two of them viz. De radicibus Mundi and Speculum Alchymiae 15. He was the greatest Critick of his Age and complained vehemently of the Ignorance and Ingratitude of his Contempories there being many created then Arte ulla Artium Magistri sine Doctrina Doctores Hê spared not the ignorance or ill Lives of the Clergy for which cause without doubt it was that he was so ill treated by them and complained that not a Man in England besides Grosthead and two or three more of his Acquaintance that understood the Hebrew or Greek Tongues 16. For the reason therefore of his Learning it was that he was Accused of Witchcraft and upon Malicious Pretences they took from him his Books and Writings long before Pope Nicholas cast him into Prison for which cause he complained to Pope Clement IV. his Friend saying The Priests and Fryars have kept me starving in close Prison nor would they suffer any one to come at me And some Ignorant fellows that would have been accounted Learned Men when they could not understand his Books condemned them as Books of the Black Art 17. Leland saith He wrote many Books but that it was as easie to gather the scattered Leaves of the Sybils as to Collect but the Titles of them For which and his siding with Grosthead in opposing the Pope and some other Heresies as they called them he was Accused of Witchcraft and by the said Pope Nicholas seized and kept close Prisoner as aforesaid in which Prison some say he died for Grief or with his hard Usage which was in the 78th Year of his Age in the Year of Our Lord 1292. and was Buried in the Franciscans Church in Oxford 18. George Ripley was a Cannon of Bridlington and flourished in the Year of Our Lord 1470. and about the 10th Year of Our Edward the Fourth much about which time he travelled into Italy and many other Foreign Countries and wrote his Medulla Alchymiae and sent it as a Present to the then Arch bishop of York After all he returned home to England and wrote several other Books as 1. his Epistle to King Edward IV. 2. His Twelve Gates 3. His Breviary of Alchymie or Recapitulation with several other things not yet come to our hands 19. He was an Excellent Man profoundly learned in the Art of Alchymie and an absolute Master without doubt of the Secret and it was the Opinion of a Learned Man in this Study that his Writings are for the fulness of them to be prefered before any others that he had ever read or seen I learned says he the Philosophers Magnet from one the Magical Chalybs from another Diana's Doves from a 〈◊〉 the Philosophers Air or Chamelion from a nother the Preparation of their Menstruum from another and the number of Eagles in another But for the true Matter signs of the true Mercury and the Operation I know none saith he like Ripley though Flammel be Eminent He Dyed Anno Dom. 1490. 20. We come now to the matter of the Book As to the first Book we say it is a Practical Discourse upon some principal Diseases deduced from the Fountain of Experience it self wherein we have delivered a new Hypothesis concerning the Generation of Sand Gravel and Stones in Humane Bodies and now brought to light purely by Reason and Mechanical Operations The thing as it is noval it is rational and without doubt is possible to be improved to many singular advantages if a Prudent Man

Use of Limbs I. IN many people here in England there is a loss of the use of their Limbs the most part caused by taking great Colds and sometimes it is the effect of the Palsie the like may happen in the West Indies but though in those hot Countries it is possible to proceed from such a Cause yet it is oftner and more generally known to proeeed from the Belly-Ach and that kind of Belly-Ach which proceed from dryness and Costiveness of Body II. If it proceeds from taking of Cold though Sudorificks are commonly used yet they ought rather to be used after a Legitimate purging and clensing the Body let the Sick first take our-Pilùlae Mirables from a Scruple to a dram And repeat the same for 2. or three times with due Intervalls between each Purging as of two or three days or more as they are in Age and strength III. After sufficient purging and cleansing the Body let the Patient sweat well with new London-treacle for 3. or 4. times or oftner as you see occasion and be very cautious that the Sick takes no Cold again and in the time of sweating Frictions ought to be used to the helpless Limb with course Cloths that as by the Diaphoresis the nervous juice becomes depurated and clean so also by the rubbing the natural Spirits may be called back again IV. After Sweating the weak Limbs are to be bathed alternatim with Powers of Amber and Powers of Juniper and in strong robust Bodies and where the Skin is very thick with Oyl of Amber pure and simple for some few daies and then afterwards with Powers of Amber c. V. If it be caused from a Palsie there ought to be some gentle Purging but with such things as more particularly carry off the cold glutinous and clamy Humour which has devolved upon the Nerves among which our Vinum Catharticum is none of the meanest if it be a strong Man and in the flower of his years you may with caution give the former Pilulae Mirabiles if he complains of a fulness and heaviness in his Stomach give him One Two or Three Doses of our Impetus Mineralis and you shall find a wonder succeed VI. But during all this you must sweat oftentimes and powerfully by giving our Vinum Catharticum inwardly and provoking the Sweat with Spirit of Wine in Hartman's Chair if you have such a one using Frictions withal as before directed VII Outwardly let the paralytick Limbs be well anointed Morning and Evening with this following Oyntment Take Chymical Oyl of Rosemary and Anniseeds of each an ounce Volatile Sal Armoniac in fine Powder half an ounce Palm Oyl half a pound mix them for use Rub it well in before a good Fire VIII Inwardly let the Sick take every morning this Take our new London Treacle Volatile Sal Armoniack ana Five grains mix it with pulp of Figgs and give it an hour after the taking of it give this Take our Spiritus Cosmeticus half an ounce Powers of Rosemary half a drachm Spiritus Antiastmaticus Twenty Drops mix and give it in a Glass of Sack or Ale and give the same at Night continuing this course for a month together IX But when it proceeds from the dry Belly Ach as for the most part it does in the West-Indies this following method is necessary to be pursued First Give the following Clyster R. Chicken Broth a pint Honey or Salt half an ounce Tinctura Aurea One Ounce or instead thereof boil two ounces of the Pulp of the bitter Gourd in the Broth then exhibit the clear Liquor warm if it comes away without any apparent effect repeat it again X. Then purge with our Pilulae Mirabiles two three four or six times as need requires with intervals between each Purge but for poor People who cannot go to the charge of these Pills or if they be not to be had use this Take a large quantity of Peach Leaves bruised viz. about fourty handfuls Pulp of the bitter Gourd Six ounces boil all in a gallon of Water to two Quarts strain and sweeten with Sugar and Honey Dose from half a pint to a pint according to Age and Strength This Purge at due intervals is to be repeated three four five or six times as you see need XI This done the Bowels and all the pained Parts and lamed Limbs are to be bathed with Powers of Amber Morning and Evening or with Oyl of Turpentine two ounces mixed with Hogs-lard Eight Ounces XII Lastly In the loss of the use of Limbs proceeding from what cause soever this following Drink must be constantly used and no other without which a perfect Cure cannot be expected Take Juniper Berries well bruised Seeds and all Four Ounces Fountain Water a Gallon boil all to Three Quarts or Five Pints strain out the clear and put to it of Spirit of Wine Four Ounces sweeten with White Sugar and drink it as your ordinary Drink This Dyet will seldom or never fail the desired end which is to restore the Sick to the perfect use of their Limbs and without which it can scarcely be done Salmon CHAP. XI Of the Cholick or Belly-ach I. To Cure the Belly-ach in a Child Take the best Brandy a Quart Cinnamon Cortex Winteranus ana half an Ounce Annifeeds an Ounce and half Rheubarb very thin sliced or grosly bruised two Ounces mix and in a gentle heat of a Bath make a Tincture Dose from two Spoonfulls to eight alone by it self or sweetned with Sugar but to Children give it sweetned with Sugar and mixed with a little Ale It is a thing not to be 〈◊〉 and which I have proved almost a thousand times Salmon II. Where a continuing and long lasting Belly-ach has been with a 〈◊〉 Flux I have Cured 〈◊〉 by the following Diet Drink Take strong Ale a Gallon choice Brandy a Pint Rheubarb thin sliced four Ounces Anniseeds bruised I Ounce Tie them up in a loose thin Rag with a Stone in it and put them into the Ale and Brandy and let the Sick continually drink of it I have used it in several Cures of Patients and never found it fail Salmon III. For the Cholick accompanied with a Quartane Ague Take Butter of Antimony rectified from Regulus of Mars 'till it is clear You may give of this from two drops to five in our Aqua Bezoartica Salmon IV. For a Pocky Cholick or the Belly-ach in Pocky Habit of Body This is difficult to be remedied and many times not without much trouble and sometimes danger to the Sick this following is of wonderful use Take Crude Antimony Sal Armoniack of each as much as you please reduce them into an Impalpable Powder then sublime so will you have red Flowers Take of these Flowers à Gr. iij. ad vj. Of white Proecipitate well edulcorated à Gr. iij. ad 8. Mix them and with Balsam de Peru a sufficient quantity make a Mass for one Dose of Pills 'T is a wonderful Medicine and not enough to