which is vlcered made after this forme Recipe Carabis ossis sepiae and drag 6 Salsaeparillae recentis Corticâ— Gaiaci Ligni Rhodij Santali Citrini Ligni Aloes ana drag 2 inedulae 4 seminum maior frigidor sem Carthami an drag 1 Rhubarb drag 2 sem Cinamâ—mi Macis Flor. Cordialium an scr 2 Hidrarg Despumati drag sem Pul. Dianisi Diambrae Ras Eboris cornu cerui non vsti an drag 2. farinae hordei Biscoctae drag 6 terebent q. s fiat Massa Pilular Capiat drag 1 singulis matutinis per 3 horas ante iusculum So hee shall continue to the perfect curation Moreouer for the same purpose he may vse 20 or 30 graines of the powder Arabica taking of it foure times sixe graines euery time As for the topicall remedies we must vse no repercussiue for such cause as you haue heard Vse onely such remedies as haue the vertue to dull the malice of y e humor wherof iniections shall be made as this that followeth Recipe Buglossi Borrag Scabiosae Rosar an M. 1 rasurie medul ligni sancti vnc 1 macerentur per 24 horas in decoct herbar predictar Hidrargiri bene extincti cum theriaca dissoliti drag 2 Distillr in balneo M. vsui seruentur If this causeth paine or heate you may vse in the beginning such things as haue the vertue to obtund the dolor like as these Muscilages that followe Recipe Muscilag sem maluae Lactucae Psillij Cydonior Lini extractae in aquis Bismaluae Rosar vnc 3. If the temperature be cold applie the Emplaister of Vigo cum Mercurio on the Perineum and rub those parts as also the Scrotum with the Rosat Mâ—sues wherewith shall be incorporat a little of Fugitiue The dose shall be according vnto vnc 2 of Fugitiue in the pound of the rest If the temperature be hote and bilious vse Ceratum Sendalinum on those parts to hinder the inflamation But because by communication the kidneyes be somtime inflamed and in that we do annoynt these parts with Oxirhodinum or Ceratum Refrigerans Galeni and also this liniment which followeth Recipe Axungiâ— Galiinae recentis sexies lotae in aquae Rosatij Aquae Violariae vnc 2 vel 3 olei de papauare Muscilag sem Psillij extractae in aqua Lactucae an vnc 1 succi vmbilici veneris semperuini minoris vel maiorit ana vnc sem Camphorae drag sem cere q. s siat linimentum For the same purpose in broad plattine or blade of Lead being rubbed with Quicksiluer applyed to the loines Then after we haue vsed these remedies a certaine space to obtund the vehemencie of the venim we come to iniections detersiues which shall be made of the water aboue written so that you mingle with it a little of syrop of Roses or Hony or Absint vsing alwayes the liniment on the region of the kidneyes and perineum If this iniection doth not cleanse sufficiently you shall add to fiue ounces of it two dragmes of Egiptiack so being mundified you shal passe to remedies desiccatiues Cicatrisents composed of decoction of Plantine Solanum Bursapastoris of each a little and boyle them in Smiths water thereafter straine it throgh a cloth put to it a little of Terrasigil or Vitrioli Albi or Albi Rasis w t a little of syrop of Absint Somtimes the kidneyes are offended the which if so be they remaine so without any curing These be for the most part the simptoms that happen to this disease the which are both maligns cacoethick and difficult to heale Yet the generall sicknes doth not alwayes follow There happeneth oftentimes vehement dolor in the parts affected for the which euacuat the body and vse liniments anodius of Axungia humana Auseris Galline ana vnc 1 ss Hidrarg preparati drag 3 fiat linimentuÌ„ Also a Cataplasme of Medulla Panis Tritici in Lacte cocti and diuers others of lyke vertue after the method composed as yee shall heare more at large in my fore-named Chirurgerie Teatise of Remedies for the same The fift Chapter Of the carnositie or exerescence of flesh that happeneth in the wand or yeard THIS which wee call carnositie is an excrescence of the flesh which groweth in the conduit of vrine or channell of the wand or yeard the which happeneth by reason of some vlcers or excoriation in those parts caused by acrimonie of humor and vrine the which corrodeth and vlcereth the passage of vrine in men the necke of the matrixe in women of the which come most grieuous sicknesses and oftentimes death if that the learned and skilfull Chirurgian giue not the better order for the curation hereof which shall consist in remedies vniuersall and particuler as also medicaments Cathareticks which be most propper for the consumption of the flesh Yet in the applying of the same there must be good iudgement vsed by reason that the parts about it be soft and delicat and so easie to excoriat also very sensible and dolorous For this cause first of all we must well consider if the Caruncle be olde or recent for beeing old oftentimes it happeneth that they be so hard that the medicaments cannot worke effectually Then must the body be prepared by vniuersall remedies as yee haue heard in the former Treatise because the bodie being full of humors the vsing of hote medicaments such as are the Cathereticks make easily new fluxions on the part affected Next we must soften the carnositie inwardly with iniections which haue the vertue to soften as this following Take rootes of Althea leaues of Mallowes wilde Mallowes Parietarie Mercuriall and such like Make a decoction in water or milke of the which make iniections in the yeard Outwardly we make fomentations with the same decoction adding to it fat Figgs sem lini et Fenugreci with a little of Spodium Also in stead of the fomentation make a Semicupium wherein ye shall bathe those parts a certaine space and dry them well afterward Yee shall make an embrocation or linement of Axungia humana Gallinacea Ceruina Vaccina Vitulina cum Gummis Galbani Ammoniaci et Bilelij et olei Lumbriâ—â—â— Camomille et Amygdalar dulcium That beeing done apply the Emplaister of Vigo sine Mercurio in oleo Liliaceo et irino dissolutum or in place of that Ceratum Philippi Philaggrij or Dyalthea so continue with these and such like till such time the carnositie be softened and brought to the quality of the recent the which beeing done you shall haue a wax-candle for the purpose rub it with a little of rosat Mesues or syrrop of dry Roses and minge therewith a little of the powder of Sabine If that the candle may not passe we vse an instrument of Lead made in the same forme which may be put in more rudelie alwaies being rubbed with Quicksiluer cheefely in the part of the carnositie In people that be robust I haue vsed for the consumption of the flesh rosat
it is excellent for dislocations that happen of internall causes it both dryeth and comforteth We read that Charles the fift Emperour being greeued with the Gout was cured by the decoction hereof It is reported by men of credite that in Countries where it groweth it healeth the Spanish sicknes and all the symtoms that follow thereof without vsing any other remedy We see by experience that it far passeth Gaiac It hath vertue to make fat those that are leane as commonly they are who haue been tormented with this sicknesse These vertues and sundry other are sette downe by Garcius Abortus Mediciner to the Vice-roy of the Indies It may bee giuen to all ages and temperatures also in Feuers which may not be doone with Gaiac There is another kind of it brought out of Florida which is not altogether of such vertue as thys The 10. Chapter Of the nature of Quick-siluer and the true preparation thereof IFinde great diuersitie of opinions amongst the Auncients touching Quicksiluer for the most part esteeme it to be cold and humide Auicen in his second canon noteth it to be cold and moyst in the second degree Gulielmus Placentinus Arnaldus de villa nouae and Placarius thinks it to be cold in the fourth degree which may easily be perceiued for it is troth that it repelleth the humor from the circumference to the centre causeth by the great coldnes hereof Palsie and trembling and the members to be inflexible as sayth Plinie Dioscorides and Palmarius Auicen saith that it causeth a stincking breath with dimnes of the sight falling of the teeth which we see to be true in such as haue thys sicknes and haue often been rubbed therewith Some esteeme it to bee hote and dry but few approued Authors are of that opinion There are two kinds of it naturall and artificiall the naturall is found in the vaines and denns of the earth as sayth Plinie and Dioscovides and is called by them Hydargirus It is found also amongst Mettals as reporteth Dioscarides in his first booke The artificiall is made of Minium and scrapings of Marble as writeth Vitruvius in his seauenth booke of his Architecture Some of it is found drawn out of Lead and is easily knowne from the other being of cullor browne and black and of substance thick leauing some rest behind like the excrements of Leade which is not meete forthys purpose That which is cleane white and subtile is good Neuerthelesse hauing chosen the most proper for our vse it must be yet prepared and purified after this sort folowing First you shal take so much of it as you will vse and boyle it 6. or 7. howres in water putting in such things with it as haue the vertue to coroborate comfort the parts netuouse as also to purifie it like as Sage Rosemary Camomell Melilot Tyme with other neruall hearbs That being done straine it through a cloth then after extinguish it according to the maner which you shall heare hereafter and incorporate it with a little Swines greace Being well compounded you must melt it on the fire thē taking it of you shal perceiue the Quicksiluer seperated from the greace the excrement and leaden substance shall remaine in the same greace Hauing so done you shall strayne it through a peece of Leather to the end that it may be very pure then after extinguish it againe to the effect that you may the better incorporate it with other Swines greace or with such medicaments as you shall heare If you will haue your oyntment white and neither blacke nor gray you must make it after thys order insuing Take your Quicksiluer and beate it in a morter with Vinegar and salt then poure out that Vinegar and salt and put in new and so beat it with 3. or 4. sundry shyftings and so your oyntment shall be white But to extinguish the same you must put into the morter with it a little syrop of Roses or oyle of Petroly or iuyce of Lemmons or fasting spittle or a little oyntment wherein Quicksiluer hath beene put for that is the best and will soonest extinguish it Then beate them together till such time as there be not any apparence of the Quicksiluer least that beeing not well extinguished it should returne to the old forme So being well quenched as is requisite you shall make your oyntment hauing likewise prepared the Swines greace in thys manner Melt it on the fire and boyle it with the hearbs before mentioned or with others of like vertue beeing all chopped small then all being boyled together you shall straine it through a cloth and mingle with it a little Iris of Florence which wil take away the sauour of the greace then after compose the oyntment thus Recipe axungiae suilae lib. 1. olei Cammomillae et Anetini an vnc i. Radicum anulae parum cōtrito vnc quat therebentinae venetae vnc ss Argenti viui preparati vnc quat Incorporentur omnia simul spatio viginti quatuor horarum fiat linementum vt decet I vse alwayes in stead of the Swines greace the oyntment called Rosatum meseuis and put to one pound of thys oyntment fiue ounces of Quicksiluer oyle of Bayes and Anniseede of eyther halfe an ounce so with that I gyue euery day one friction or once in two dayes according to the temprature and strength of the Patient the which must be considered by the skilfull Chirurgian The 11. Chapter Of the generall cure of the Spanish sicknes AS for the curing of thys disease it shall be requisite to vse all the 3. parts of Phisicke which are Chirurgery Dyet and Pharmacy first of all we must obserue the dyet which is the forme of life for as Auicen sayth the disordered course of life may corrupt the best complexion being well gouerned may correct the worst Then let vs begin the cure of thys disease by good gouernment of lyfe in the sixe vnnaturall things which are the ayre the meate and drinke and all that wee vse for our sustenance the motion and rest of our body vnder the which is comprehended venerie sleepe and waking the retention and repletion the affections of the minde these thinges must be obserued for without the obseruation of them it will be hard to cure this sicknes The ayre must be cleane pure and temperat The meate ought to bee nourishing and of easie digestion that neither ingenders thicke nor sharpe humors It must be more dry then moyst abstayning from fish salt flesh all kinde of spyces and fruites because these ingender euill humors Abstaine also from all manner of Pulse as Pease and Beanes also from Beefe Swines flesh Goats Hares and Rammes flesh from all sort of Water-foule Onyons Colewoort and all kind of rootes these are hurtfull and breede euill blood Eate onely Mutton Veale Kid Chickins Doue Partridge such like you may also vse the broth of them Your bread must be of Wheate eyther Bisket or at the least well baked Abstaine from Wine
for it is an enemy to thys dysease vse onely the decoction of Gaiac Salsparill or Chine according to the temperature of the diseased Vse a little exercise for rest is hurtfull except there be great payne in the ioynts or in some other part Let not the exercise be violent for it dissolueth the naturall heate sleepe not long because it fills the head with vapors VVe must also obserue the passions of the minde chiefely mellancholy Be alwaies merry for then the naturall heate doth preuaile and so helpeth much to the cure Greefe feare and anger do much hinder the operation of the Medicines We must take heed to the excrements that the vapors ascend not to the head and other principal parts So the Patient must haue often Clysters made after thys manner Recipe maluae Althea violarea et Mercurialis an ma. i. Beulliant ad lib. 1. Addendo olei Violati vnc quat Cassiae vnc i. Salis drag i. fiat Clyster Which you must vse at the least euery three dayes or euery foure dayes foure drams of my confection Next vnder the Pharmacie we shall obserue all kindes of medicins taken inwardlie namely Decoction Syrrops Aposymes Iuleps Purgations Conserues Electuaries Clysters Gargarismes Pessers and Baths which shall be made onely of running water warmwise which we call Balneum aquaedulcis yet ye may copose it according to the diuersity of the accidents and temperature of the diseases as ye shall heare at large in my surgery in the chapter of Baths Yet commonly we make them of water wherein is put Mallowes Violets Pellitory of the wall Fumitory Patience Plantine Cammomell Mellelot dry Roses of each a handfull and it shall be well done to seeth those hearbs a little before you put them in the Bath The Medicins which be applyed outwardly are comprehended vnder the Pharmacy like as oyntments playsters Serots Oyles Kataplasmes Embrocations Fomentations Epythemes Sassats Synapismes and Perfumes the which things must be vsed according to the kind of the sicknes for to take away the euill humor contayned in the body But first the body and humors must be prepared with conuenient remedies as hereafter you shall heare to the end the euacuation may be the easier surer First of all the body shall bee gently purged with Confection Hamet or some such lyke thing the next day open the vaine most apparant a reasonable widenes if there be plenitude Afterward vse the remedies set downe by Ioh. Deuigo cap. de morbo Gallico for the preparation of the humors or this that followeth Recipe Syru de fumo terrae minori vnc 1. de succo Endiuiae drag 6. Aquary Endiuiae capil ven et fumit vnc 1. The Patient shal vse of thys the space of three or foure dayes one ounce euery day two howres before meate Afterward he shall be purged with thys medicine Recip sol senae mund vnc ss sem foenic. dulcis drag 1. Bullian in s q. decocti pectora Et in col dissole diapr sol drag 2. Syr. ros sol ex agar sena vnc 1. fiat potio quam cap. 3. horis ante insculum Afterwarde hee shall bathe himselfe 3. or 4. dayes and sweat a little in the bed when he is come out of the bath These things being done he shall vse thys syrrop the space of fiue or sixe dayes Re. Fumit cicor capil ven Enula Camp Buglossi Endiuiae an m. 1. ss Pollitrei m. ss Polipod passul Sebesten an vnc 1. Prunor. dam. num 25. Pomor acetosori vnum tantum parum conquassatuâ—â— vini Granatori lib. ss Aquam Endiuiae Fumit Buglossi an lib. 1. ss Bulliant omnia secunduÌ„ artem ad consumpt tertiae partis deinde colentur Et col add Zacli q. 5. Cum vnc 2. Succi Fumit et Endiuiae De quo patiens sumet in aurora vnc 1. ss Vel vnc 2. Cum aquis capil ven et Endiuiae atque Fumiterrae The humors being so prepared the body shall bee purged after thys manner Recipe Cathol drag 10. dissol in decoct cicor Agrim Borag in quo bullierint fol. Senae drag 2. Cum sem foenic. dulcis addendo syr Ros Pallidari vnc ss fiat potio sumenda 3. horis insculum The next day hee must bee let blood in the Basilike or median dexter These things beeing well performed are very needfull for the preparation of the humors And these things must alwaies be vsed before the generall cure The Chirurgian which is the thyrd putteth in execution these thinges if hee be learned and wise as hee ought and well furnished with things belonging to his Art knowing not only the Chirurgery but also the principles of Phisick as well in the Theorick as Practick by reason that it is requisite for him to ordaine both dyet and pharmacy otherwise hee is vnperfect Gallen saith in his introduction to Phisick that Pharmacie hath neede of Diet and Chirurgerie in lyke manner Chirurgerie hath need of Diet and Pharmacie There are three other things to be obserued of the Chirurgian to wit the essence the cause and symptoms of the maladie as ye haue heard the diuesitie of the temperatures and the fit remedies for curing hereof for these things beeing vnknowne the true cure hardlie followeth but onely by hazard and not by rules of Arte as the blind man casteth his staffe For these causes wee must not meruaile at the malignitie and crueltie of thys sicknesse nor the sore torments of the sick for there are manie euill disposed persons in all Countries who endanger a great manie Patients by not vsing of fit remedies taking one medicine for all sorts of this disease which is much against reason For according to the temperature and nature of the parties diseased the remedie must bee changed as Gallen hath written at large in his bookes De locis affectis There are also many who professe to knowe secrets and diabolick charmes for curation hereof but all such things are false the Authors there of are worthie to be most greeuously punished for such things cause the sicknes to waxe more rebellious so that hardlie afterwards it obeyeth anie remedie and then the poore Patient dieth most miserably These things happen by not knowing the nature of the maladie and remedies not the varietie of the bodies and the nature of the partie infected VVee must vnderstand that strong people as Labourers Marriners and such as are vsed to sore labour endure more violent remedies stronger euacuations then those which are weaker and more delicate as women sick folks tender children Eunuches and such like for such persons the medicine must be gentler and the euacuations lesse otherwise in vsing of strong remedies ye put them in danger of death Heereby it may easilie appeare that according to the temperature we must diuersifie the remedies for in sanguine and chollerick complexions we must vse other medicins then in the phlegmatick and melancholick So that those which say they haue secrets and drinks for all sorts are rather to be
called deceiuers and Iuglers then true ministers of our Art The twelueth Chapter sheweth how by nine diuers wayes this disease may be cured THere are diuers learned men who of long time haue sought out and put in practise diuers remedies as well generall as particuler for the extirpation of this maladie of the which our ordinarie practisioners vse commonly foure First by decoction of Gaiac secondly by vnctions thirdly by emplasters fourthly by perfumes or suffumigations But because these wayes for the most part are both dangerous and and vncertaine as I haue often prooued beeing also a thing that bringeth infamie to the diseased by reason that this manner of cure yea though it were certaine could not be performed without the knowledge of many Therefore I haue taken paines both by daily practise and obseruation as also by conference with learned men touching this matter to find a way more certaine for the curation and not so dangerous nor painfull for the patient which may be performed without keeping eyther bed or chamber and that without knowledge of any man except it be inueterate And it is performed by Pils and decoction of white wine decoction of Salsparel by electuarie by my Arabick powder which before me haue not beene practised and I may asâ—ure them all to be most certaine for the curation of this disease to haue beene experimented by me in moe than two hundred patients of diuers Nations in curing of whom there happened no accident but perfect health I can by the like meanes and inuention of mine cure Children of two moneths old Now seeing by Gods helpe I haue found out things so profitable for the recouerie of health in an infinite number of people I will not hide it but publish the same so plainly that euery man by his owne industrie may attaine to the knowledge heereof But first I will set downe the common way daylie practised beginning with the first which is the decoction of Gaiac and so proceede with the rest after the same order to the end that all men may knowe both the vulgar and auncient way and also the newe found out and practised by mine onely dilligence The 13 Chap. to cure the Spanish disease by decoction of Gaiac which is the first way AS for this manner of cure that is done onely by decoction you shall heare the forme hereof after the manner that is ordinarilie vsed like as I haue often proued my selfe But that I euer healed any onely by that way I will not say not withstanding that there is no Surgion in Fraunce that hath cured that disease more then I. Neyther coulde I euer learne of any famous Surgion that would affirme it to be a true cure Yet the Spaniards and Italians be of an opinion that it may be done Their reason is that the first Spaniard that was infected there-with in the occidentall Indies in an Ile called S. Dominick hauing an Indian to his seruant who professed to heale this disease onely by that decoction was healed by him who did also heale many others So by his example diuers others doe vse y t way But I answer At that time the sicknes was not so venimous as now neyther gaue they it leasure to inueterat as we doe nor yet was the people of our temperature being for that cause more easie to be healed Among the foure wayes to heale this disease I esteeme this to be the most weake most vncertaine the which opinion is confirmed by all those that haue written and practised in this matter Neuerthelesse by our experience we find it a remedie albeit not altogether sufficient for the exturpation of this sicknes yet a great helpe to it as also to many other diseases where neede is to heate attenuat prouoke sweat and drie moderatlie So that I thinke it should be rather called a preparation to the cure then a perfect or true cure For seeing it is not sufficient for the cure of a simple sicknes as of a defluxion or Catharre this we see by our daylie practise the which is healed by simple remedies then much more it must be weake for the taking away of this sicknes the which is of such nature as sayth Palmanius that often it receiueth no curation notwithstanding the vse of all proper remedies which make a great euacuation as well laxatiue as others Yet I confesse that there is some hidden facultie that helpeth much by reason that it heateth rarifieth and prouoketh both vrine and sweat and is also somwhat propper against the venim consuming a part of the humors that be most subtill so appeaseth the dolor for a certaine time but the primitiue cause doth remaine with the most part of the humors which be deepe thicke and grosse of the which commeth Tophes and Nodosities in diuers parts of the body chiefely in the leggs armes and head accompanied with dolors Alwayes let it be vsed with a good method regime with preparation of the humors as you haue heard in the generall Chaprer So doing the venim is almost withdrawne if the sicknes be recent and the patient of a good temperature Therefore I will briefely set downe the preparation of this decoction the time propper to vse it and the forme how it shall be vsed with the regime that should be obserued in the vsage heereof at all times As touching the preparation after it be put in powder so much as you will vse you must steepe it 24 houres in water for by the long steeping it receaueth more force the water must be warme and vpon one pound of the tree put ten pounds of water eyther Fountaine or Riuer as counselleth Montanus of Hermodact Drag ij That beeing done it may be made in diuers manners but the most part doe seethe it in a weake fire in a pot of earth or Copper well couered so that no ayre auoyde let it seethe till the second or third or fourth part be consumed which shall be done according vnto the indication and temperature of the person Some doe make it by distillation But whatsoeuer fashion you make it of a little before the full concoction add some Licorice small broken to the effect it be more pleasant so retire it from the fire and being refreshed straine it through a cloth and keepe it close in bottels for thine vse the vvhich shall be in the morning at such time as thou wilt sweat Therafter thou shalt make a second decoction to drink in the meales and in other such houres as shall be found to be expedient It shall be made in this forme Put to the grounds at the rest of the other decoction as much water as before and seethe it as the other but let it not consume so much by reason you shall vse long and much of it VVe put to it for the corroboration of the stomack Coriander Anniseed Cinamon such like The time most propper to vse the first decoction is in the morning and after-noone long time
which shall be somtimes rosted and somtimes sodden as it shall be found expedient All things must be of light digestion and of little excrement You shall abstaine from plums for although the decoction hereof be cordiall the plumme it selfe is terrestre and melancolick Also abstaine from meate that ingender grosse humors and vitious like as fish the which is of nature pituitous and full of crudities like as salt meate Spicerie Onyons Mustard and such like which may heate and inflame the blood and lyft vp hote and sharpe vapours to the head and braines The bread must be of wheat well baked for so it remayneth longer in the ventricle It shall be well done to put with it the powder of Anniseede and Coriander for the strengthning of the stomack Some men counsaile to vse onely two or three ounces a day the which wee obserue not in our diets for this our diet is as who would say Proba victus ratio that is good nuriture and such a quantitie as agreeth with the temperature of the bodie with the nature of the sicknes and with the time of the yeere so that no man can set downe definitlie any diet vnknowning both the Patient and the disease Let him eate sodden flesh at dinner and at supper also if he be of a very hote temperature or els hee shall vse rosted at supper in little quantitie or in stead of that some reasonable quantitie of Reisons the which doe corroborate the entrals His ordinary drinke shall be of the second decoction composed as you haue heard drinking as much as he thirsteth If at any time he be weake and accustomed to drink Wine or Ale he may vse a little Wine mingled with the said decoction He must abstaine frō sleepe in the after-noone for it filleth the head with vapours and exhallations augmenteth the dolors and Catarrhs Vse reasonable exercise abstaine from all affections of the minde that troubleth or inflameth the spirits and humors It shall be well done to abstaine altogether frō the act venerian for it is a chiefe cause which hindereth the sensible and insensible transpiration and euacuation of humors vicious but reuokes them to the inward part and weakeneth much the parts neruous After thys forme sometime remaineth intemperature in the liuer which is for the most part hote in that we ordaine such things as haue the vertue to refresh and temper these parts Sometimes it happeneth that through the great sweat and much charging of clothes that the externall parts of the body be verie excrementous and in that wee bathe the Patient to clense him For the same purpose wee vse the decoction of Chine the which hath vertue to prouoke sweat in like manner and dryeth and maketh fat those that be leane In making of this decoction you must cut it in small peeces and take 2. ounces of it and steepe it in 8. pynts of warme water the space of 24 howers then seeth it in an earthen pot till the thyrd part be consumed and keepe it close and warme by the fire Vse 8 or 10 ounces of it in the morning and also in the after-noone obseruing the regime aboue specified make in like maner a second decoction of this as of y e other This is y e way y e I vse to cure by decoction The 14. Chapter sheweth the way to cure by friction which is the second way vsed by our Auncients THis way of cure which was most commonly vsed by our auncients to all men is done by frictions and vnctions the which things are conuenient for some people such things obserued as you haue heard in the generall Chapter and that the Vnguent be well composed after the forme of Ioh. Carpensis who was the first inuenter of vnction with Quicksiluer Yet was it neither thought by himselfe nor by oothers meete to be vsed at all times nor for all sorts of temperatures and dispositions For to some it weakeneth the entrals and solide parts of the body remaining sometimes in the body which causeth leanenes trembling falling of the teeth and diuers other accidents Therefore it must be vsed with great iudgment considering well first if the sick can vse any other maner of medicine and if the sicknes be inueterat ingendred of grosse humors and vitious and adherant to the solide parts the which happeneth most commonly to such as haue been oft cured afore considering also if there be Nodosities in the leggs armes vehemence of dolor in the head ioynts the which accidents render the body and vertues hereof weake by reason of the vehement and continuall dolors When such things doe happen the friction may be vsed to the inferior people that hath no great meanes to gette deerer cure yet alwaies the body and humors must be prepared as ye haue heard in the generall chapter and the frictions vsed with discrerion as ye shall heare and not to rub immoderatly as do many ignorants who doe mischiefe to the people by their vnskilfulnesse thinking to take away those humors that doe molest the body and in the meane tyme doe consume the good humors and radicall humidity of the which appeare greater accidents then before Therfore it shall be well done that no man presume to cure thys way except he know wel the temperature of the person the kinde of sicknes the time most proper the true method to do the same after this forme folowing First of all the way of life must bee ordained as you haue heard after that the Patient must be purged with medicaments proper to the humor that offendeth alwaies vsing such things as are set downe in the generall chapter for the preparation of the humors not forgetting the sections of the vaines with the baths in the which must be put such thinges as are set downe in the generall chapter or els warme water alone in the which you may put 2. or 3. gallons of Milke the which is good to appease the dolors and soften the skin Yee shal enter the first day once afterward twise euery day remaining one houre or so long as ye may wel endure obseruing alwaies before after and in the bath such things as I haue set downe in my Chirurgerie chap. of baths Thus yee shal continue 5. or 6. daies as shall be found needful If the body be dry and hote accompanied with nodosities hardnes in diuers parts retraction of the members as somtime happeneth either being inueterat or oft vnder cure before in cold weather not warmly kept In that case we ad diuers sorts of hearbs which haue vertue to soften namely Mallows Violets Pellitory Patience Fumetory Cammomell and Roses take of each a handful seeth them a little in water before ye put them in the bath afterward being gon out of the bath he shalbe dryed and put in a warme bed afterward annoynt him with such things as haue the vertue to loose and soften the hard parts like as Axungia humana Anatis Anseris
Mesues incorpored with a little of Sublimat of the which I haue founde good successe also thys that followeth Take a little of Orpiment the shells of Eggs burned the shells of Muscles put into very small powder and mingle it with rosat Mesues Cerat Galien or a little of Oyle of sweet Almonds This remedy folowing is very good for tender people Take Pompholix well washed with water of Plantine mingle with the same a little of the powder of Sabine and put on the little waxe-candle If for the vsage of these remedies dolor or inflamation doe happen or if the carnositie be consumed yee shall vse this water following which is most excellent both for the appeasing of all dolors and also for drying Roc. Album onâ—r q. s Agitentur diu deinde excipiatur illa aqua qua remanet posea mitte aquaÌ„ Plantag et ros bis tantum quantum ex ouis Camphora par Viridis eris parum These beeing so incorporat altogether it shall be passed three or foure times through a cloth and then put it vp in Glasses for your vse It is excellent for diuers things but chiefely for the ciâ—atriring of these vlcers which come of carnosities In the end of the cure it shall be requisite to purge the body to the end it may be well clensed of all the venim that may happen So by dealing these waies thou shalt haue good successe In the meane time you may doe well to vse of my consection some sixe or eight dayes for it is most excellent and necessary for thys purpose as I haue often proued The sixt Chapter Of the swelling of the bones which are called Tophes and Nodosities IN thys place I shall speake of certaine tumors which doe occupy the bones commonlie called Tophes or swelling of the bones These swellings for the most part be engendred of an humor petuitous thicke tardiue and viscous soked in not onelie in the parts neere the bones but also in the proper substance of it selfe sometime on the Periost which is the membran that couereth the bone Sometimes the bone dooth rotte and then the cure is more difficult and long Neuerthelesse whether there be corruption or not you shall heare the true cure in few words First and formost if you find tumor without corruption in the bone and done by maladie yee shall cure it after the generall method and by the application of the emplaisters of Iohn de Vigo cum duplici aut triplici Mercurio If it come by deposition and the tumor very great it shall bee cured after this forme following Rec. Radicum Altheae Brioinae Cucumeris agrestis tenuiter inscisar at mundatar an vnc 1 sem Folior maluae bismaluae Pariecarie Mercurialis et Enulae Campanae an m. 1. Flor. et Folior Cammomillae et Meleloti Rosar et Anethi an vnc 2 Seminis Altheae lini et foenugreci an vnc sem fiat omnium decoctio in s q. aquae quae seruitur pro fotu cum spongis vel filtro ad ruberem vsque After the fomentation vse thys that followeth Rec. vnguenti ros Mesues vnc 3. Fugitiui exticti et preparati vt decet drag 6 Agitentur simul et fiat linementum That being done vse the emplaister of Ioh. de Vigo vnc 1 sem Emplastri filij Zacchari vnc 1. Argenti viui drag 3. fiat emplastrum extensum super aluten It shall be well done to mingle with it a little of Ireatum as counsaileth Francantianus Thus by the vsage of these remedies with a iust forme of diet the sicke shall be healed perfectly Nowe if there bee corruption in the bone notwithstanding the vniuersall cure which shall proceede wee must come to another forme of cure particuler whether it be in the legges or armes in the crane in y e nose or in the roofe of the mouth Take good heede to the corruption which happeneth in the nose or mouth by reason that those bones are spongious of themselues by that meanes doth easily corrupt and fall and then the sicke shall feele dolor and speake alwaies in the nose Also that which he taketh by the mouth for the most part doth come forth by the nose specially things that be licquid Then for the curation of these corruptions we must first discouer the bone eyther by Rasor or medicament Caustick Afterward touch it with the Cautere actuall or hote yron or with oyle of Vitrioll or of Sulfur but alwaies the Cautere actuall is the most sure It worketh suddainly corroborateth the part and consumeth the maligne humor and doth in short space prouoke the seperation and falling of the bone putrified therefore for thys purpose wee must haue Cauteres of diuers sorts as some round some incisiues some long some pointed some triangles according to the figure of the bone The first must be incisiue called Culteller the next round or long as ye shall finde expedient and being made red hote yee shall rub the bone till such time as ye perceiue the most part of the humiditie and purrefaction to be consumed This being done you must apply medicaments anodines and such as haue vertue to prouoke the fall of the scarre as things vnctuous like as is Butter yolkes of Egges mingled with oyle of Roses or Violets or some vnguent suppuratiue The scarre beeing fallen it must be mundified with this remedie Recipe Therebint Venetae lotae vnc 4. Farinae hordei Orobi an drag 2. syr de Absitio Mel ros an drag 1 Myrrhe et Ireos Florent an drag 1 misceantur The part being clensed yee shall apply dry medicaments the which dryeth without byting and vse of this powder that followeth the which is of great force Recip Aristol Myrrhe Cerusae Plombini vsti saepiens in Aqua vitae loti an dragme 2. Pul. Ostreor combustor vnc sem Terant tenuissime Thys powder is excellent being put on the sore It causeth to seperate the rotten bones froÌ„ the whole yet is it not the best way to pull the rotten bone by force from the whole like as we doe in those which are rotten because externe but rather let it fall of it selfe notwithstanding forget not sometime to shake the same for by that meanes it will fall away the sooner You shall know when it will seperate by the comming â—ooâ—th of the blood Nature before it doth seperate the corrupted from the whole engendereth a certaine flesh vpon the whole bone to the end that when the corrupted dooth fall the ayre shall not alter the whole the which is a great prouidence of nature If it be long in separating it shall be well done to bore the rotten bone in diuers places till such time as yee see the blood to come forth at â—hose holes Nature doth helpe by the transpiration to engender that flesh which causeth it to seperate the sooner For the generation of that which is lost the foresaid powders be very good if there be mingled with them syrrop of Roses or of Absint and