others In this Preparation the Antimony is strip'd of its External Acid Sulphur And contains only some Vitriolic Particles which cause an Evacuation by provoking the Fibres of the Stomach to a Contraction and an Internal fix'd Sulphur which Composes the Irregular motions of the Spirits and Corroborates Nature Upon this Account it may justly claim the Privilege of being prefer'd to all other Preparations which rather cause than remove disorders It must be exhibited in infusion with Rhenish Wine or in the form of a Syrup In substance 't is both fallacious and hurtful In adjusting the Doses of the Infusion we must have a particular regard to the quantity of the Wine and not to the Powder infus'd For twenty Grains infus'd in three Ounces of Wine are no stronger than the infusion of five Grains in the like quantity Rhenish Wine is the best for infusing it in by reason of its Acidity and the easy Admission it vouchsafes to the Antimonial Particles The same remarks are to be observ'd in the use of Crocus Metallorum and Mercurius Vitae As for Example Take of Vitrum of Antimony or Crocus Metallorum or Mercurius Vitae four five six or eight Grains infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Rhenish Wine Let them stand in a warm place all Night In the Morning strain the Wine through a Paper and exhibit one Ounce or at most an Ounce and a half for a draught If ye please ye may add two Drams of Cinnamom Water 'T is a pretty enough Contrivance that some have of an Antimonial Cup into which they pour the Wine and let it stand in some warm place for the space of a Day Then strain it off and exhibit as above If a Syrup be more agreeable Take of Crocus Metallorum two Drams and two Scruples Infuse it for three Days in ten Drams of Wine Vinegar Let it stand in some hot place and shake the Vessel frequently Then strain it off and add ten Drams of Loaf Sugar Stop the Glass well and clap it into hot Water and the Sugar will dissolve Some add a Dram of the Essence of Red Poppy Flowers Or Take four or five Drams of Vitrum Antimonii infuse it in pure Wine Vinegar Let them stand in digestion for some Days and shake the Vessel now and then After some time strain it and add an equal quantity of Loaf Sugar Make a Syrup Dose three or four Drams and to those that are very robust six Drams Or thus Take Glass of Antimony in Powder half an Ounce or an Ounce Infuse it in half a Pound or a Pound of juice of Citrons that has stood till it grew in some measure clear Set them in a warm place for digestion and shake the Glass frequently Strain the Liquor and with a sufficient quantity of Sugar boyl it into a Syrup which may be prescrib'd thus Take of Mint Water six Drams or an Ounce Cinnamom Water two Drams This Emetic Syrup half an Ounce Syrup of Tobacco two Drams Mix for a Draught The Dose of the Emetic Syrup must be vary'd according to its Preparation Some exhibit these Antimonial Emetics in the form of a Conserve or Bolus As Take of Vitrum Antimonii in Powder one Ounce infuse it in a Pint of New Wine or Juice of Quinces Let 'em stand for digestion for some Days then strain it nicely through a Linnen Cloth or Paper and set the strained Liquor over a gentle fire to evaporate to the consistence of Honey or a soft Conserve Ye may give about the bigness of a Pease or two These are the safest and most usual Vomits next to them is Emetic Tartar which is an Antimonial Preparation but may safely be given in Powder 'T is true the general Maxim is that all Antimonial Vomits ought to be given in infusion but solid Emetic Tartar is in a manner the same with the infusion of Antimony in Wine For Tartar being the Natural Production of Wine is impregnated with the same Acid that equally rejects the Grosser and Noxious Parts of the Antimony as well in a solid as a liquid form The best Preparation of Emetic Tartar is made from Vitrum Antimonii thus Take Glass of Antimony two Ounces beat it up together with an equal quantity of Cream of Tartar boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Common Water and strain the liquor while 't is hot then expose it to the Cold Air and 't will run into Crystals Thus ye have Emetic Tartar both in a liquid and solid form The common Dose is two or three Grains or five to robuster Persons In Madness and Melancholly distempers we are oblig'd to augment the Dose The common form of Prescription is as follows Take of Emetic Tartar two three four or five Grains Sugar refin'd six or ten Grains Mix and make a Powder Ye may add two drops of distill'd Oyl of Mint Or if ye desire it should move the Belly two or three Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur thus Take two Grains of Emetic Tartar two or three Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur and four or five Grains of white Sugar Mix and make a Powder Which may be taken in a spoonful or two of Chicken Broth. The Sugar is added to give the Medicine a Body lest so small a quantity as two or three Grains should be lost or escape the view of the Patient If a Bolus be more Acceptable Take Conserve of Mint one Dram Emetic Tartar two Grains with a small quantity of Syrup of Cinnamom make a Bolus Or take Rob of Juniper half a Dram Emetic Tartar two Grains Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Orange Peel make a Bolus The Sulphur of Antimony call'd Auratum is likewise an Excellent Vomit if it be well prepar'd as thus Take of Antimony Tartar and Nitre of each equal quantities Melt the Antimony in a Crucible then throw the Tartar and Nitre into it Let the Sulphureous and Mercurial parts be separated by Detonation and afterwards separate the Regular or refined part from the Dross Dissolve the Dross in Common Water and precipitate the Sulphur with a solution of Tartar The Precipitation is best perform'd by Tartar by reason that it Mitigates the Acidity The Dose of this Sulphur is from five to six Grains As Take Cream of Tartar half a Scruple Sulphur of Antimony right prepar'd six Grains prepar'd Scammony two Grains mix and make a Powder These are the safest and mildest Vomits which may suffice for a Thousand Cases But sometimes when we meet with obstinat and inveterat distempers we have recourse to Mercurial Emerâ—â—s Pure Mercury is a Metallin Alcali which is easily fix'd by the addition of Acids and set at liberty by Alkali's But all Acids are not equally capable to fix it The Spirits of Nitre and Vitriol render it very fix'd whereas Spirit of Salt leaves it more Volatil Thus Mercury prepar'd with the former is not so readily sublimated as when joyn'd
given in Pills Dose one two or three Grains Or thus Take of Extract of Aloes thus prepar'd half an Ounce Extract of Gum Ammoniac two Drams The Vitriol of Steel Calcinated till it become white one Dram Troches call'd Alhandal twelve Grains With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Steel make a Mass for Pills Next to Aloe the most usual Purging Medicine is Rhubarb Which if it be Genuine is Imported hither from Sina It enjoys a Volatil sharpness lodg'd in a watry mucilage which causes evacuation but is so subtile that the least heat drives it away And when it is gone the remainder is a fix'd bitter pacific substance which is admirably fitted for removing Loosenesses comforting the Liver and redressing the disorders of the Kidneys If it be given in Infusion prescribe thus Take of the tops of lesser Centory one handful choice Rhubarb two or three Drams Leaves of Senna one Dram. Salt of Tartar half a Scruple Infuse in a sufficient quantity of Wormwood Wine for a Night Strain it in the Morning and exhibit three Ounces For the Jaundice and other disorders of the Liver we commonly prescribe a large infusion for several Doses As Take of Corents beaten from an Ounce to an Ounce and a half choice Rhubarb from half an Ounce to six Drams Cinnamom two Drams Infuse in a Pound and a half of water Let them stand for four and twenty hours in a close Vessel put into hot water 'T is a very Pleasant Potion for several Doses It is also given in Powder as for Dysenteries Bleedings c. Take choice Rhubarb and burnt Hartshorn of each half a Dram Extract of Venice Triacle four Grains or instead of it a Grain and a half of Laudanum Opiatum Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom one or two drops Mix and make a Powder Toasted Rhubarb tho' commonly us'd in this case is a medicine of no efficacy Rhubarb it self in Powder is infinitely better As Take of choice Rhubarb not toasted fifteen Grains Prepar'd Blood Stone half a Scruple Red Coral Prepar'd five Grains Mix and make a Powder The following Electuary is a Sovereign Medicine for the Yellow Jaundice Take of Raisins bruis'd four Ounces choice Rhubarb reduced to fine Powder half an Ounce with a sufficient quantity of solutive Syrup of Roses make an Electuary Of which let the Patient take about the bigness of a Nutmeg Some make an Extract of Rhubarb with Spirit of Wine but 't is good for nothing Some make it with Water which is better than the former tho' not extraordinary Some make Elixyr Proprietatis with Rhubarb and 't is an excellent Medicine The Remaining Purgatives are Scammony and Colequintida which are seldom exhibited alone but added to other Medicines They are very useful where we desire to abridge the quantity of a Purging Medicine As for Example Take of Pills of Hiera with Agaric Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac of each half a Scruple Prepar'd Scammcny two Grains Troches call'd Alhandal one Grain With the Distill'd Oyl of Mace make Pills Or Take of the Mass for Pills of Hiera with Agaric twelve fifteen or twenty Grains Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a Scruple Scammony Prepar'd with Sulphur two Grains Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Wormwood or Sassafras Make a Mass for Pills If ye please ye may add half a Scruple of Extract of Wormwood They are of Universal use as likewise what follows Take of Andernius's Extractum Catholicum and of Crollius 's Extractum Panchymagogum of each half a Scruple Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar twelve Grains Scammony Prepar'd with Sulphur and Extract of Troches Alhandal of each one or two Grains With Elixyr Proprietatis or Tincture of Tartar Make Pills Scammony is us'd likewise in Powder As Take of Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol twelve or fifteen Grains Scammony Prepar'd with Sulphur two or three Grains Troches Alhandal or the Extract made of 'em one or two Grains Oyl of Aniseeds two drops Mix and make a Powder If a Bolus be more acceptable Take of the Powder call'd Hypochondriacus Laxativus one Dram Prepar'd Scammony one or two Grains With a sufficient quantity of solutive Syrup of Roses Make a Bolus Scammony is the Basis of the Powder call'd Cornachini which is sometimes Lenitive and sometimes Emetic 'T is this Take Resin of Scammony half a Scruple Antimony fix'd and reduc'd to an Alcali by the Addition of Nitre eight Grains Cream of Tartar three Grains Mix and make a Powder N. B. that Antimony fix'd by Nitre is more proper than Diaphoretic Antimony Scammony enjoys both a Resinous substance which evacuates and a Gummy substance which alters and melts down the humors 'T is a Medicine that may be safely exhibited to Children if mix'd with Saline Powders As Take of Cream of Tartar fifteen Grains Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol half a Scruple Prepar'd Scammony two Grains Troches Alhandal one Grain Mix and make a Powder Or Take of the Pulp of Raisins a Dram and a half Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol or Sal-armoniac twelve Grains Resin of Jalap six Grains Scammony Prepar'd with Sulphur two Grains With solutive Syrup of Roses Make a Bolus Resin of Scammony is a Medicine that I do not much admire Scammony it self in Powder and right Prepar'd is best I Prepare it with Clarified Juice of Quinces mixing them well together and letting them stand for Digestion This Extracts a Mucilage which I take out and thicken It may be us'd either by way of Powder or Extract If an Emulsion be more Acceptable Take Prepar'd Scammony from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains pour upon it rose-Rose-Water sharpen'd by Oyl of Tartar per Deliquium and make an Emulsion according to Art Ye may add a little cinnamom-Cinnamom-Water and sweeten it with Sugar or Syrup Coliquintida is a harsh Medicine but if well Prepar'd produces many laudable effects The best Preparation is with Salt of Tartar If it stand and digest with Salt of Tartar for any considerable time its sharpness Vanishes and the Bitterness only remains Some use the Extract of it and some tye it in a Bag but I prefer the form of Troches I shall conclude the train of Purging Medicines with sweet Mercury or Mercurius Dulcis 'T is added to other Purges in order to qualify them for Chronical Distempers As Take of Crollius's Extract call'd Panchymagogum or of black Hellebor fifteen Grains Sweet Mercury from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Scammony Prepar'd with Sulphur a Grain or two Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain or a Grain and a half With the Essence of Mint or Sassaffras make Mercurial Pills Or Take of Conserve of Fumitory one Dram. Sweet Mercury from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Prepar'd Scammony five Grains With the Conserve of Rasberries Make a Bolus CHAP. III. Of the Medicines that provoke Vrine THE third sort of evacuating Medicines is Diuretic Some of which are Volatil some fix'd The Volatil are such as these Take of parsley-Parsley-Water
two or three Ounces Restharrow or Winter cherry-Cherry-Water one Ounce Elixyr of Juniper Berries from similitude of taste call'd Malvaticum six Drams or one Ounce or an Ounce and a half Spirit of putrified Earthworms three-Drams Volatil Spirit of Tartar from half an Ounce to six Drams Syrup of Ground Ivy or Syrup of Fennel from three to six Drams Mix and make a Potion Of which exhibit a spoonful at a time Or Take of Ground ivy-Ivy-Water restharrow-Restharrow-Water and parsley-Parsley-Water of each an Ounce Elixyr of Juniper call'd Malvaticum an Ounce and a half Rectify'd Spirit of putrify'd Earthworms three Drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac a Dram and a half Syrup of Ground Ivy one Ounce Mix and make a Potion Dose two three or four Spoonfuls Or add three or four drops of distill'd Oyl of Turpentin or six drops of Oyl of Juniper in the Room of Spirit of Sal-armoniac Or Take of strawberry-Strawberry-Water two Ounces Tincture of Tartar two Drams Syrup of Ground Ivy half an Ounce Mix and make a Potion Ye may add Essential Salt of Tartar or dulcify'd Spirit of Salt or Quintessence of Urine Amelungius's Nephritic Tincture is a Powerful Diuretic 'T is made of Nitre Tartar Hungarian Antimony and a sort of Flint Stones that are speckl'd with yellow spots The Nitre is first dissolv'd in Simple Water then the other Ingredients are added and after Digestion the Liquor is drawn off by Distillation Michael's Carminative Spirit is likewise an excellent Medicine for this purpose which is drawn from Nitre Tartar and Spirit of Wine Tartaris'd But above all Amber with its Volatil Salt and Distill'd Oyl All the Aromatic Herbs but especially fleabane are good Diuretics Camphyr Turpentin Juniper Human Urine Earthworms and their various Preparations are likewise of the same Family The Juice of the Birch-Tree provokes Urine more effectually than any other Medicine It ferments like Wine and becomes sowr like Vinegar and is an incomparable Medicine for Nephritic Pains Next to it is the Infusion of Spanish flies which I prepare thus Take of the Powder of Spanish flies one Scruple Infuse them in three or four Ounces of the best Rhenish Wine Let them stand in a warm place for several Days and Nights Then strain it out through Paper The Dose ten fifteen or twenty drops to be exhibited in a draught of warm Broth. Sometimes this Medicine causes Ulcers in the Bladder and a Pissing of Blood but a large draught of Milk with a little Salt of Tartar will quickly remove these Symptoms For a Diuretic Decoction Prescribe thus Take of the Leaves of Strawberries and Pellitory of the Wall of each a handful and a half Of the five opening Roots ten Drams Winter Cherries and Juniper-Berries of each six Drams The Seeds of the Ash-Tree and Red Vetches of each three Drams Cream of Tartar two Drams Boyl them in Parsley and winter-cherry-Winter-Cherry-Water Strain out a pint and a half in which dissolve Rob of Juniper two Ounces Fernelius's Syrup of Marshmallows one Ounce Spirit of Salt dulcify'd with the Spirit of Straw-Berries as much as sufficeth to give it a grateful sharpness So much for Volatil Diuretics The fix'd Medicines that provoke Urine are all the fix'd Salts of Herbs and the Artificial Compound Salts as Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol and the Salt call'd Digestivum Hypochondriacum Which is the Caput Mortuum remaining after the Destillation of Salarmoniac with Salt of Tartar Gromwell-Seeds Violet-Seeds and the Emulsions Prepar'd from them belong to this Class The forms of Prescription are these Take of Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol a Dram and a half Salts of Bean stalks broom and Pigeons dung of each half a Dram. Mix and make a Powder for several Doses to be taken in Wine Ye may add the Distill'd Oyl of Turpentin or of Juniper Berries As Take of the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum half a Dram. Salt of Broom or Pigeons Dung a Scruple Distil'd Oyl of Juniper Berries or of Turpentin four drops Mix and make a Powder for two Doses Cream of Tartar or Crabs Eyes or Nitre or Vitriol of Steel or Volatil Salt of Amber may be added by turns The Natural Spaw Waters provoke Urine plentifully as also the Spirit of Salt and Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre If the form of a Bolus be desir'd prescribe thus Take Rob of Juniper one Dram. Crabs Eyes Prepar'd fifteen Grains Tartar Prepar'd with Vitriol half a Scruple Mix and make a Bolus Or if an Electuary be more acceptable Take of Conserve of Violets one Ounce Rob of Juniper half an Ounce Crabs Eyes Prepar'd two Drams Arcanum Duplicatum one Dram. With a sufficient quantity of Syrup of Ground Ivy make an Electuary Which sprinkle with a few drops of the Spirit of Salt CHAP. IV. Of the Medicines that procure Sweat THE dissolution of the Blood and its swifter Circulation cause the separation of the serum which is evacuated by the Glandules in the skin The Medicines of this fourth Class are such as produce these effects Some of which are Volatil and others fix'd Of the first sort are the Spirits and Volatil Salts Extracted from Animal and Vegetable Productions such as Spirit of Hartshorn Urine Vipers Human Blood c. And the Spirits Prepar'd from Vegetables by Putrefaction The Distill'd Oyls of Amber Tartar Guajacum and such as are drawn from the Bones and other Parts of Animals All Resinous Aromatic bitter and Attenuating Vegetables and their various Compositions as Venice Triacle Mithridate Diascordium c. They are prescrib'd in these or the like forms Take of Volatil Salarmoniac fifteen Grains Camphyr two Grains Mix and make a Powder Or Take of Fumitory Water one Ounce Spirit of Harts-horn together with its Volatil Salt one Dram. Syrup of Carduus Benedictus two Drams Mix for a Potion Or Take of Elder Flower Water one Ounce Spirit of Elder-Berries one Dram. Spirit of Sal-armoniac from half a Dram to a whole one Camphyr two Grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Make a Potion for one Dose Or Take of Carduus Benedictus Water an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal-armoniac a Dram. Or Volatil Sal-armoniac a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Syrup of Fennel or Orange Peel half an Ounce Mix for a daught Take of Viper Grass Water one Ounce Cinnamom-Wated half a Dram. Spirit of Triacle Prepar'd with Camâ—â—â—â— half a Dram. Volaâ—â—â— Salt of Hartshorn twelve 〈◊〉 Volatil Salt of Amber six Grains Syrup of Scor 〈…〉 Ounce Make a â—oâ—ion As for the fix'd Medicines that procure sweat such are all Lixivial Salts well alkalis'd and the fix'd sulphurs of Metals and Minerals Antimony Steel and Nitre joyn'd together make a Powerful Sudorific or the Sulphur of Antimony and Steel The Bezoar stone is an ineffectual Medicine by reason that there is not one of a Thousand that is Genuin The stone cut out of Human Bodies is infinitely better and a Sovereign Antidot in all Pestilential Diseases We prescribe such Medicines in these or the like forms Take of
Diaphoretic Antimony Hartshorn not burnt and Salt of Carduus Benedictus of each twelve Grains Mix and make a Powder which is to be taken in the Morning fasting in a warm Vehicle Or Take of Simple or Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony one Scruple Salt of Carduus Benedictus half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder for one Dose Or Take of Hartshorn not burnt fifteen Grains Cinnabar of Antimony half a Scruple Of the Golden Antidot call'd Bezoardicum Solare four Grains Mix and use as above Or Take of unburnt Hartshorn Nitre Prepar'd with Antimony of each fifteen Grains Make a Powder as above For a Bolus Take of Conserve of Elder or Conserve of Juniper from a Dram to two Drams Hartshorn not burnt from a Scruple to half a Dram. Diaphoretic Antimony half a Scruple Syrup of Rasberries as much as sufficeth to make a Bolus Or Take of Conserve of Elder one Dram. Diaphoretic Antimony one Scruple Extract of Carduus Benedictus six Grains With a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Fumitory Make a Bolus If the Patient desire Pills Take of Extract of Carduus Benedictus half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Aniseeds or Rectify'd Oyl of Tartar as much as sufficeth to make a Mass for Pills Or Take of Extract of Carduus Benedictus from half a Scruple to a Scruple Extract of Triacle five Grains With a sufficient quantity of the Oyl of Amber make Pills Or thus Take of the Extract of Woods fifteen Grains Extract of Saffron three Grains With stinking Oyl of Tartar rectify'd Make a Mass for Pills So much for the separat Prescription of fix'd Sudorific's But sometimes we joyn both the fix'd and Volatil together As Take of Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony one Scruple Volatil Salt of Vipers five Grains And if the Patient be Restless add a Grain or two of Laudanum Opiatum Mix and make a Powder If a Potion be more acceptable Take of Scabious-Water Elderflower-Water Meadsweet-Water of each an Ounce The Cold Saxon Cordial-Water six Drams Spirit of Triacle Prepar'd with Camphyr three Drams Diaphoretic Antimony a Dram and a half Hartshorn not burnt one Scruple Volatil Salt of Hartshorn half a Scruple Camphyr three Grains Syrup of Scordium one Ounce or an Ounce and a half Mix for a Potion Or Take of elderflower-Elderflower-Water one Ounce Hartshorn not burnt half a Dram. Volatil Salt of Hartshorn five Grains Syrup of Clove-Gilliflowers two Drams Mix for a draught Or Take of elderflower-Elderflower-Water one Ounce Triacle of Andromachus or Fracastorius's Diascordium one Dram. Volatil Salt of Vipers six Grains Camphyr one Grain Syrup of Rasberries half an Ounce Mix for a draught Or Take of Carduus Benedictus Water two Ounces Quintessence of Urine two Drams Fracastorius's Diascordium one Dram. Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Mix and make a draught Thus I have run over the Classes of the Medicines that â—estore the due Fermentation of the Blood and Correct the â—uices of the Body This may suffice for the Vital Faculty SECT IV. Of the Animal Faculty THE Animal Faculty lyes under the influence of the Animal Spirits and Nerves The Nerves are immediately nourish'd and supplyed by the Chyle which if it be Faulty or Acid Communicates a noxious quality to them Their structure consists of delicate fine fibres some of which are distributed into small Branches and some gather'd into a Body as the Brain the Membranes Tendons c. All motion depends upon the due Stretching of these fibres and regular incursions of the Animal Spirits The Spirits are disorder'd by any accident that either impairs their stock or irritates them beyond their wonted pace This may be occasion'd either by an External Cold or a Vicious Acid Reigning within The Oyly Volatil Medicines are at once qualify'd to subdue this prevailing Acid and Retrieve the Spirits Such are the Herbs commonly call'd Cephalic as Rosemary Mint Sage Marjoram Lavender c. Likewise the Sulphurs of Metals Spirits and Distill'd Oyls especially such as are drawn from Amber and the Parts of Animals The Artificial Sal Volatile Oleosum is admirably conducive to the Nerves But Sylvius who first discover'd it was not so generous as to gratify the World with the Secret Tho' after all 't is no difficult matter to Prepare it The best is from Soot 'T is easily drawn from Amber thus Take of Quick Lime and Sal-armoniac of each equal quantities add to them a third Part of Amber Mix them and pour upon 'em a few drops of Tartaris'd Spirit of Wine Distill thro' a Glass Retort in Sand. Separat the Spirit that comes over from the Oyl and Rectify it again 'T is a Noble Medicine for the Indispositions of the Nerves Or ye may make it with other Distill'd Oyls As Take Cinnamom or Cloves and pour upon 'em Tartaris'd Spirit of Wine Let 'em stand for Digestion and the Spirit of Wine becomes Red. Then take the Spirit thus Tinctur'd and Pour it upon equal quantities of Quick Lime and Salarmoniae Distil thro' a Retort as above and iâ— yields a Urinous Spirit ting'd with a Golden or Bloody 〈…〉 The Spirit of Hartshorn succinated is very proper 〈…〉 purpose 't is Prepar'd thus Take Volatil Salt 〈…〉 Volatil Salt of Amber of each equal quantitie 〈…〉 Salt of Amber be depurated by repeated 〈…〉 ter or Extractions with Spirit of Wine Mix those 〈◊〉 Salts with rectify'd Spirit of Hartshorn and in order to procure a stricter Union distil several times If ye be oblig'd to an Extemporary Prescription use the following Take of Mint Fennel and Baum Waters of each one Ounce Essence of Castor three Ounces Succinated Spirit of Hartshorn two Drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac one Dram. Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Syrup of the rindes of Oranges or of Cinnamom six Drams Mix and make a Potion Dose a spoonful at a time In exhibiting Sharp and Volatil Medicines we ought to have a special regard to the delicacy of the Nerves Especially those in the Mouth of the Stomach which lye more open and expos'd to the injuries of a fierce Medicine Therefore we see that Persons Obnoxious to Anxieties Swooning and such like disorders of the Spirits complain most of their Breast or Stomac And Women or Children whose Nerves are more delicate and fine than those of Men are apt to receive more sensible Impressions in the Stomac from an Active Medicine Besides If the Stomac be offended the other Parts will share in the Injury by reason of the sympathy maintain'd among 'em by means of the Nerves Sometimes one and the same Nerve Visits several Parts and Causes a mutual consent as the under Lip and the Mouth of the Stomach Sometimes when two Nerves are Contiguous the one influences t'other as when a Stone in the Bladder provokes the Intestinum Rectum Sometimes the Parts are Connected by Nervous Ligaments and so are render'd sensible of one another's Circumstances
Back under the short Ribs The Vomiting of Atra Bilis is fatal as likewise a Voiding of Blood any way in the Small Pox Measles or other Eruptions If the Piles succeed to Vomiting 't is a good sign as also if it come by Intervals in Splenetic and Chronical Diseases If it be Critical all is well The Cure consists in removing the Causes diverting the Blood from the Stomac fortifying the broken Vessel attenuating and throwing off what is already extravasated Blood-letting in the Arm or Leg or opening the Hemorrhoid Vessels must be premised in Cases of Ploethora's or Suppressions of Blood As for Astringents the Syrup of the Juice of Comfrey Roots and Plantane Leaves not clarify'd mix'd with Sugar is recommended by the Honourable Mr. Boyle and mightily esteem'd in England Water of Nettles mix'd with Spirit of Vitriol is extoll'd by Hartman and several other Authors Or Take of the Conserve of Roses two Ounces Prepared Bloodstone a Dram and an half Adstringent Crocus of Steel that is Vitriol of Steel dissolv'd in Water and precipitated with Oyl of Tartar per deliquium a Dram white Henbane-seeds two Scruples with Syrup of Purslain make an Electuary Take a convenient quantity of the Earth of Vitriol of Steel well calcin'd and dulcify'd dissolve it in Spirit of Salt draw off the Spirit in a Fire of Sand till the residue come to the consistence of Honey Upon which digest Rectify'd Spirit of Wine for some time and strain the Tincture for use Take of Plantane and tormentil-Tormentil-water of each an Ounce innamom-water and Vinegar of each six Drams Prepared Red Coral half a Dram Troches of Amber a Dram seal'd Earch half a Dram Mummy six Grains Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Syrup of Comfrey one Ounce Make a Potion If the Breast be perplex'd the Pulse weak Respiration difficult the Stomac blown up the Face Pale and liable to sudden Flushings and the Person apt to swoon 't is a sign that the Blood is congeal'd in the Stomac In which case Crabs Eyes Coral and Diaphoretic Antimony and especially Sperma Coeti are proper After the stagnating Blood is attenuated the remaining Clots may be carried off by Rhubarb or a Gentle Vomit If the obstruction of the Spleen occasion the recoyling of the Blood in the Vas Breve upon the Stomac Chalybeat and opening Remedies are most convenient Externally apply Treacle with Saffron and Vinegar of Rasberries to the Stomac SECT VII Of Pains of the Stomac SOmetimes the Breast or the whole Cavity reaching from the Mouth of the Stomac to the Midriff Liver Spleen and Sweet-bread is siez'd with a Prodigious Uneasiness and Confus'd Pain causing the afflicted Person to toss up and down the Bed This we call Anxiety If this Pain be particularly fix'd to the Pit of the Breast attended by a seeming Compression with a sense of Biting and Gnawing 't is call'd Cardialgia or Pain in the Stomac The former is wandring arising from the least irritation and is fitly resembled by the Anxiety following the Assumption of a Vomit The latter is fix'd arising from a Convulsive Contraction and is of the same Nature as the Pain we are afflicted with when we swallow any thing too hard or overbulky All Anxieties excepting such as arise from Suffocation or the disturbance of respiration are owing to the Constriction or uneasiness of the upper and more sensible Orifice of the Stomac as appears by their following the assumption of a Vomit attending Hysteric Constitutions and being abated by Belching their Accompanying Agues and Disappearing after Vomiting and their being caus'd by Eating of heavy Suppers The blame is usually cast upon the Heart but very unjustly for the Heart is an indolent muscle and if it be irritated is siez'd with Convulsions or what we call a Palpitation which does not Accompany Anxieties of the Breast The Remote causes are sharp Poysonous things taken into the Stomac Corrupt Food Wind Vicious Humors or Foreign ferments Translated thither Inflammations and such like disorders of its Membrans Convulsions of the Nerves or Adjacent Parts and in a Word whatever provokes the Mouth of the Stomac to Contract it self Anxieties are usually Companions to other Diseases whose peculiar cure must be taken care of In General Aromatic Discussing Ingredients together with Vitriol and Nitrous Medicines are very proper The Pain of the stomac was by the Ancients call'd Cardialgia by reason of the frequent Swoonings Prostration of strength and Cold sweats that attend it tho in the mean while the Heart is not at all afflicted The left Orifice of the Stomac is its seat as being the most sensible tender Part of the whole Body richly stor'd with Nerves that maintains a near Corrâ—spondence with all the Nervous systeme This Pain is caus'd by the Preternatural fermentation of the Bile and other vicious Juices 't is attended by Inflammations sometimes 't is seated in the back of the stomac and sometimes glides along the Gullet to the very shoulders or resembles the Compression or Squeezing of the Throat The remote causes are whatever offends the left Orifice of the stomac or provokes it to Contraction Nephritic Pains Contorsions of the Backbone Depression of the Cartilago Ensiformis Stones in the Gall Bladder or Duodenum Tumors in the Mesentery and Sweetbread Hysteric Passions and Suppression of the terms may occasion it by consent The Boyling of the Juices in the first Passages In Intermitting feavers frequently produces this symptom which is remov'd by Clysters Wind in an empty stomac an Acid viscid matter gnawing and piercing the upper Orifice which generally quickens about an hour or two after Eating Green or Rusty Bile Tinctur'd with a Corrosive acid from the Sweetbread Corruption or Acidity of the Victuals Tumors Stones or Ulcers in the stomac assumption of sublimat Mercury Arsenic Coagulation of Milk or new Cheese in the stomac occasion'd by its mixture with an Acid Worms in the stomac swallowing of Leeches cur'd by salt Water pieces of Glass Pins c. Are frequently the Authors of the same disorder Sometimes it is Periodical according to the successive return of its causes The Symptoms of Anxiety and Pain of the Stomac are an Inexpressible sort of uneasiness about the Pit of the Breast unquietness tossing difficult Respiration and Swooning usher'd in by Giddiness and follow'd by cold Sweats and a pale Chilness in the Outward Parts If the Pain seize the bottom of the Stomac it ought to be carefully distinguish'd from the Cholic by observing if it creeps upwards or descends to the Loyns and Kidnies If it accompanies other Diseases or comes by it self the former are signs of a Pain in the Stomac the latter of the Cholic If Anxiety and Pain of the Stomac proceed from Worms or Wind it is not very dangerous tho the Symptoms may seem dismal To children it prognosticates Epilepsies and to Adult Persons Chronical Diseases If it arise from curdled Milk or a green rusty sharp viscous humour 't is dangerous If it owe its being
Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Make a Potion for one Dose In fine the Common Prescriptions against all sorts of Dysenteries are such as these following Take of the shavings of a Stag's Pizzle half an Ounce Comfrey Roots Tragacanth and Nutmegs of each three Drams seal'd Earth Bole Armenic Burnt Hartshorn and Zedoary of each a Dram and an half Make a Powder You may add Laudanum Opiatum and Oyl of Cinnamom Take of the Extract of Tormentil twenty four Grains Vipers Livers Prepar'd Crabs Eyes of each a Scruple Hysteric Laudanum nine Grains Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom two Drops Mix for two Doses Ye may add Troches of Amber and Prepar'd Crystal Take of Venice Treacle a Dram Prepar'd Blood-stone a Scruple Dead Men's Bones Calcin'd fifteen Grains Sugar of Lead six Grains Make a Bolus Take of the Rob of the Fruit of the Service Tree a Dram and a half Chalybeat-Bezoar fifteen Grains Dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol six Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains make a Bolus Take of Diascordium an Ounce and a half the Shavings of a Whales Pizzle three Drams Troches of Amber a Dram and a half Flowers of Sulphur a Dram. With Juice of Quinces make an Electuary Of which take a Convenient quantity at Morning Noon and Evening Take of Crude Allum half a Dram Cinnamon an Ounce and a half Make a Powder Dose a Scruple to be taken in Red Wine Take of Tormentil Water two or three Ounces cinnamon-Cinnamon-Water Prepar'd with Quinces an Ounce Spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd three Drams Syrup of Comfrey an Ounce Mix for a Vehicle to the above-mention'd Powders Take of Plantan Water three Ounces Cinnamon Water six Drams Vinegar of Roses half an Ounce Diascordium two Drams Troches of Amber or those of Seal'd Earth half a Dram Prepar'd Crabs Eyes two Scruples Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Syrup of Myrtle-berries or of Quinces an Ounce Mix. Sugar of Lead Dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol Extract of Tormentil and Shavings of a Dead Man's Scull may be added or mutually shifted by turns After the Symptoms are mitigated by the use of the foregoing Prescriptions it will not be improper to exhibit some healing things calculated for the Corrosion or Ulceration of the Intestines Such are the Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oyl of Amber or Annis or of Juniper-berries or of Turpentin Balsam of Peru given to half a Scruple with Sugar or with the Yelk of an Egg To which we may add the Vulnerary Decoctions As Take of the Leaves of Ground-Ivy Plantan and Tormentil of each a handful Pomgranat Flowers three little handfuls Shavings of a Whale's Pizzle three Ounces Boyl 'em in black-smiths-Black-Smiths-water To two Pounds of the strain'd Liquor add Syrup of Coral and that of Comfrey of each three Ounces Mix and exhibit a large Draught twice or thrice a day with fifteen Drops of the Balsam of Sulphur As for Clysters we ought to be very cautious of using ' em Anodyn Clysters for allaying the Pain and tempering the sharp Humors are made of Chalybeat Milk with Emollent Ingredients boyl'd in it and mix'd with Laudanum Opiatum Turpentin Venice Treacle Goats Tallow and Yelks of Eggs. Pouders are not convenient for they stick to the Guts and provoke ' em Vulnerary Healing Clysters are prepar'd from Vulnerary Decoctions or the Decoction or Juice of River Crabs mix'd with Balsam of Peru Goats Tallow and Oyl of Linseed Externally apply a Plaister of Venice Treacle to the Belly and take of Express'd Oyl of Nutmegs half an Ounce Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oyl of Anis two Drams Balsam of Peru a Dram. Make a Liniment and anoint the Belly Take of Oak leaves and Bran of each three handfuls Flowers of Chamomil and of Mullein of each two handfuls Make two Quilted Bags to be dipp'd in warm Vinegar one large and round to be applied to the Navel the other long and small for the Breech Some reap benefit by sitting upon the Caput Mortuum of Vitriol when they go to stool others by applying a Cataplasm of Arsemart Leaves bruis'd and beaten up with Chalybeat Wine others by receiving the smoak of Burnt Harts-horn or Vinegar or Ginger thrown upon burning Coals just under their Breech when they go to stool A Tenesmus is a Retainer to Dysenteries being a perpetual but vain desire of going to stool The Immediat Cause is the irritation of the Intestinum Rectum especially that part of it that is surrounded with the Sphincter This Irritation may proceed by Consent or Sympathy from Nephritic Pains a Stone in the Bladder or Distention of the Womb or Essentially from a tenacious Corrosive Acid Humor thrown upon that Gut either by a preceeding Dysentery or sharp Purgatives from Inflammations occasion'd by the suppression of the Piles and the Corrosion of the worms call'd Ascarides An Essential Tenesmus is more dangerous than a Sympathetical one If it continue long it degenerats into Ulcers and Fistula's of the Anus In Women with Child it frequently causes miscarriage As for the Cure Let the Irritation be abated by Opiats If a Tenesmus proceed from a sharp renacious humor Abstergent Clysters and Fomentations are proper If the Intestin be excoriated temperat soft Ingredients are requir'd Take of Mullein flowers two handfuls Seeds of Red Vetches two Ounces Salt of Tartar a Dram Boyl 'em in Water To a Pound of the strain'd Liquor add two Ounces of Goats Tallow and an Ounce of Hony of Roses Mix for two Clysters The Decoction of Worms in Milk is likewise very proper But all Clysters ought to be injected in small quantities at a time Foment the Anus with the Decoction of Mullein flowers in Milk Or apply a bag quilted with Toad flax and Mullein Leaves and the flowers of Mullein and Chamomil and boyl'd in Chalybeat Milk Or let the Anus be fumigated with hot Bricks or Iron thrown into warm Vinegar Or with the Decoction of Savin in Water and Vinegar Or with Myrrh Frankincense Roses c. thrown upon burning Coals If the Intestin be Ulcerated inject Vulnerary Decoctions with the Oyl of Wax Or anoint with a Liniment of the Oyl of Roses and Earthworms mix'd with the Solution of Litharge in Vinegar Or thrust up a suppository of Unguentum Album Camphoratum Diapompholygos and dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol Internally the Oyl of Mastic with Mint Water or the red Oyl of Vitriol with Broth is much approv'd The Hepatic flux is a Painless voiding of Watry Blood from the Internal Hemorrhoid Veins which the Ancients fancy'd to proceed from the Liver It either follows the Excoriation caus'd by a preceeding Dysentery or is occasion'd by the ordinary Causes of Eruption of Blood of which elsewhere Opiats Astringents and gentle Laxatives especially Raisins are the Basis of its Cure Some Persons are troubled with an Itching of the Anus If it be caus'd by the approach of any External sharp thing let it be fomented with warm Milk and Rose Water If it tend to an Ulcer apply a Liniment of Sulphur
Spanish VVine and Oyl of Chamomil For a Flatulent Colic Take of Bay Leaves a handful Chamomil flowers a handful and a half Angelica or Lovage Roots six Drams The four lesser hot Seeds of each two Drams Boyl them in fair Water To ten Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Electuary of Bayberries six Drams Venice Treacle one or two Drams Distill'd Oyls of Angelica Caraways Cumminseed and Bayberries of each three or four drops With the Yelk of one Egg Make two Clysters to be injected at two several times by reason of the wind disturbing the Injection Or Take of the Carminative Decoction six Ounces Man's Urine four Ounces Yest a Dram Common Salt a Scruple Hony of Roses an Ounce Make a Clyster in flatulent Colics In the beginning of the Disease Gentle Emollient Anodyn Clysters are not improper in any Colic As take of Henbane Leaves a handful Boyl them in Milk To ten Ounces of the Decoction add an Ounce of the Honey of Roses Mix for a Clyster Afterwards when we have discover'd that vicious matter or hard Excrements are Lodg'd in the great Guts we may presâ—â— be Emollient Clysters sharpen'd with Sal Gem and if these prove ineffectual add sharp Purgatives as above If the Anus be much retracted and threaten an Iliac let Clysters be sparingly us'd as likewise in all true Convulsive Colics 2. If the Intestines are much Contracted either by foreign Convulsions or vicious matter within proper Purgatires ought to be avoided for they promote the Contraction and Lock up the Excrements closer In this case Whey or an Ounce of the Oyl of sweet Almonds with Spanish Wine and Sperma Caeti are more effectual than the strongest Purgatives If the Guts be inflamed all Laxatives whatsoever are Pernicious If the Colic proceed from a tenacious viscid humor and be attended by a heavy Boring pain Purgatives mix'd with attenuating Ingredients are allowable tho rather after the Fit has made some progress and the Symptoms are a little abated than just in the beginning especially if the Pain be very Violent The safer way is to begin with Emollient Abstergent Prescriptions such as that of the Oyl of Almonds and Wine and Sperma Caeti and then after some time prescribe thus Take of Mint Water an ounce and a half Cinnamon Water half an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a dram Tartar Vitriolated fifteen Grains Scammony Sulphurated and Troches Alhandal of each two Grains Solutive Syrup of Roses or of Apples half an ounce Make a Potion for a Colic proceeding from a tenacious acid humor in the Guts In the Declension of the Fit 't is expedient to exhibit sweet Mercury with the Pills of Hera with Agaric for dissolving and washing off the remains of the viscous Acid. Or if in the beginning of the Fit it be safe or convenient to Purge let Laudanum Opiatum be added As Take of Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a dram Diagrydium six Grains Laudanum Opiatum four or five Grains Mix c. Fulminatory Gold is likewise a proper Ingredient After the Paroxysm is over Sudorifics and Purgatives mix'd together are not improper 3. If the Stomac and upper Guts are stuff'd with peccant matter Vomits are very useful If the pain bear downwards they are very Pernicious 4. Narcotics especially Hysteric Laudanum are very useful in Convulsive Colics and such as proceed from a thin fiery humor They are given in the beginning and during the increase of the fit while the Patient has yet strength sufficient In case of a viscous acid humor they are not so proper till the Guts be cleans'd by Purgatives unless the Violence of Symptoms require ' em The better way is to mix 'em with the Purgatives and exhibit 'em also after Purgation Or to give 'em before Purging so as that they have not finish'd their office till the succeeding Purge joyn ' em 5. The Stomac and Feet ought to be well Arm'd against Cold and all Cold Liquors avoided for sometimes they cause a Colic and in that case a large draught of Juniper Water is a Sovereign Remedy 'T is true there are some Instances of Colics cur'd by drinking Cold Water which perhaps relaxats the contracted Guts But 't is an accidental case and ought not to be look'd upon as a precedent 6. When the Belly is open'd if the Symptoms do not disappear let Aromatic Ingredients be us'd as being admirably fitted for tempering the acid attenuating the viscid matter discussing Wind and fortifying the Nerves against Convulsions Such are Male Speedwell Chamomil its Decoction in Water or its Oyl taken inwardly Clary Orange Peel Zedoary Garlic Gentian Elecampane Wormwood the four large hot-seeds Castor Sulphur Horse Dung and Stones Spirit of Sal-armoniac Spirit of Treacle Camphoris'd Spirit of Tartar Spirit of Hartshorn the Carminative Spirit de tribus c. Some commend the Decoction of Wormwood Elecampane Roots and Orange Peel with mithridat Take of Chamomil and Elder flowers Leaves of Mint and dry'd Rue of each three handfuls fresh Juniper berries two ounces and a half Bay berries Peel'd six drams Cummin Seeds an ounce Anis and Fennel Seed of each half an ounce Aromatic Calamus an ounce and a half The yellow part of Orange Peel three ounces Cinnamon six drams Zedoary three drams Pound them well and sprinkle 'em with six drams of rectify'd Spirit of Wine Infuse them in a sufficient Quantiy of Spirit of Wine not over-rectify'd for the space of twelve hours over a gentle heat of Sand then Distil slowly Dose a spoonful or two Take of the Waters of Anised and Chamomil flowers of each two ounces Cinnamon Water an ounce Spirit of Zedoary half an ounce Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre two drams Distill'd Oyl of Anis six drops Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Syrup of Orange Peel an ounce Make a Potion to be taken by spoonfuls in Bilious Colics Take of the Waters of Chamomil flowers Mint and Penny Royal of each an ounce Essence of Castor two or three drams Spirit of Hartshorn Succinated or Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram and a half Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Syrup of Mugwort an ounce Mix for two or three Doses in Convulsive Colics Take of Chamomil Water two drams Mint Water an ounce Essence of Opium half a dram Jaw bone of a Pike a dram Volatil Salt of Hartshorn fifteen Grains Syrup of Fennel three drams Mix and give a spoonful now and then in Convulsive Colics Take of the flowers of Sulphur two drams Jaw bone of a Pike a dram Distill'd Oyls of Caraways Cummin seed and Fennel seed of each four drops Laudanum Opiatum four Grains Make a Powder for three four or five Doses in the Colics that proceed from humors In Nephritic Colics Pills of Turpentin are very proper If the Gripings are attended by a burning heat the dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre If by a Coldness the fix'd salts and absorbent Powders are useful Take of the shavings of Ivory two scruples Prepar'd red Coral and Crabs Eyes of each
to be given before the Fit If a raging heat succeeding to the cold Fit be attended by a notable prostration of Strength short Breathing a quick frequent and small Pulse Spirit of Sal Armoniac mix'd with Vinegar and Crabs-eyes will readily give relief If attended by Heart-burnings gnawings of the Stomac Unquietness anxiety of the Breast imminent Suffocation as it frequently occurs in Hypocondriac Hysteric and Scorbutic Constitutions the same Spirit of Sal Armoniac is proper to be given after premising Vomits or Clysters according to the Circumstances of the Patient and in the mean while 't is not amiss to apply a Plaister of Tacamahac mix'd with Oil of Amber or Balsam of Peru to the region of the Stomac XXV In Chronical Quartans let the Physician inquire if there be any schirrous Swelling in the Bowels or hardness in the Hypocondria if Wind molest the Guts or scorbutic Symptoms beset the Body for these Symptoms must be particularly accounted for before the Feaver can be cur'd which generally in this case ends in the eruption of the Itch or Scab XXVI In stubborn Quartans the Spaw-waters are convenient provided the Stomac and Bowels be regular and in good order Otherwise Chalybeat Medicines are more proper As Take of the Essence of Wormwood half a Dram solution of Steel in the Juice of Apples a Dram. Mix them to be given before the Fit Steel and its Productions are of excellent use in all Hysteric Hypocondriac splenetic and scorbutic Constitutions It not only removes the obstructing Acid in the Bowels which the Jesuits Powder would six and settle but mitigats the impetuosity of the Fit which Anodyns do only palliat and soment XXVII Tho Chronical Agues may seem to be discuss'd by reason of the disappearance of the Fit yet 't is advisable not to desist for some time from a spare and cautious Diet and the use of the more noted Febrifuga's such as Sal Armoniac Salt of Hartshorn volatil Salt of Amber volatil Salt of Vipers c. for that ofttimes they relapse after the discontinuation of several Weeks If these Remarks be heedfully minded the Cure of Agues will prove easy and safe and many fatal Symptoms which insue an untimely suppression of the Fits or any other disorderly part of Cure will be effectually prevented As for the Scorbutic Feavers that I 've so frequently mention'd 't is to be remark'd that if the Scurvy be not directly taken care of 't will be impossible to compass the Cure of the Feaver For which purpose the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and Mynsicthius's Arcanum Duplicatum are noted specifics they may be mix'd with other Ingredients as follows Take of Quercetanus's Antiscorbutic Water an Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac half a Dram Spirit of Scurvy-grass a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains Forestus's Antiscorbutical Syrup two Drams Mix them to be exhibited before the Fit after the universal Evacuations are premis'd Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus and Elderflowe-water of each two Ounces Spirit of Scurvy-grass two Drams Spirit of Sal Armoniac a Dram Mynsicthius his Arcanum Duplicatum a Scruple prepar'd red Coral fifteen Grains Forestus his Antiscorbutical Syrup an Ounce Mix as above Take of Mint Water Fennel Water Fumitory Water and Carminative Water of each an Ounce Spirit of Scurvy-grass Spirit of Venice Treacle of each a Dram dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre twelve Drops prepar'd Crabs-eyes half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum a Grain and a half Syrup of Orange Peel six Drams Mix and give a spoonful now and then in the very time of the Fit It is of wonderful use in scorbutic Feavers attended by extream heat straitness of the Breast Wind violent pains in the Joints c. Poterius's Antihectic Powder with magistery of Coral prepar'd with Juice of Citrons is a sovereign Medicine in Sâ—â—â—butic Quartans that threaten a Phthisie It may be givâ—â— in a convenient Vehicle both before and in the Fit Whey of Goats-milk impregnated with the virtue of Antiscorbutic Herbs is a proper Liquor both for restaining the heat and conquering the Scurvy or it may be mix'd with gentle Laxatives by reason that Scorbutic Feavers are attended by a constipation of the Belly As Take of Tamarinds half an ounce Boyl them in Whey Then strain the Whey and add of the Tiâ—cture of the flowers of Dazies two drams with Solutive Syrup of Roses Make a Julep to be given during the Violence of the not Fit Take of the Decoction of Corants in clarify'd Whey a pound and half Juice of Scurvy-grass clarify'd by standing three ounces fresh juice of Citrons an ounce Make a Julep as above Milk mix'd with Sugar or Spirit of Sal-armoniac is very proper before and after the Paroxysm From what has been said upon the whole matter we may gather the general method of curing intermitting Feavers into this form First the Stomac must be prepar'd with a Digestive Powder or two then a Vomit must be exhibited before the Fit or a Laxative administred on the intermitting Day Afterwards volatil Alteratives or chalybeat Medicines given during the time of intermission according as the Symptoms require and in the time of the Fit the precipitating Alcali's both volatil and fix'd of which Class are the bitter Herbs partaking something of an aromatic Virtue such as Wormwood lesser Centory Fumitory Carduus Benedictus Chamomil Celandin Gentian Zedoary c. They are us'd by way of Powder Decoction express'd Juice Extract or in the form of a fix'd Salt In Powder some give a Dram of the Flowers of lesser Centory or of Carduus Benedictus c. As for Decoctions those of a few Ingredients are infinitely the best As Take of the Leaves of Carduus Benedictus a handful or two of Asarabecca roots an Ounce infuse them for the space of a Night in four Pints of Water then boil away the third part Let the Patient take three or four Ounces of this Decoction wâ—rm in Bed six Hours before the Fit and 't will procure a plentiful sweat The Juice of Wormwood exhibited in Wormwood-wine some Hours before the Paroxysm is much approv'd The Extracts of these bitter Herbs are likewise frequently given both during the time of intermission and a few Hours before the Fit Or an Essence may be prepar'd thus Take of the tops of lesser Centory and Wormwood of each three handfuls of the Leaves of Mouse-Ear and Asarabecca of each two handfuls of the Herbs Cinquefoil Hore-hound Rue Carduus Benedictus of Water Germander of each a handful tops of St. John's Wort half an Ounce Roots of Celandin Dandelion Angelica Zedoary Gentian Master-wort white Dittany Devil's-bit Fearn and round-rooted Birth-wort of each an Ounce Cloves and Ounce long Pepper six Drams Ginger half an Ounce Extract the Essence with Spirits of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus and lesser Centory Dose forty or fifty drops to be given on the intermitting day But the Vegetable Salts prepar'd from these Herbs together with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac are much beyond any other
Ounce melt it in a Copper Kettle then throw in twenty or thirty living Spiders stir them about with a wooden Spatula 'till the Spiders be cover'd Then add of the Powder of Toad's-flesh dry'd Powder of red Land-Toads dry'd of each an Ounce crude Tartar an Ounce Savin two or six drams With Oyl of Scorpions make a Plaister If we suspect any swelling of the Spleen or Bowels 't is proper to apply to the region thereof the Plaister of Hemlock or of Tobacco or Vigo's Plaister with Mercury mix'd with Gum Ammoniac The thicken'd juice or extract of Tobacco is conducive to this purpose as also Sylvius's Carminative Plaister If the region of the Spleen or Belly be molested with pains apply what follows Take of the Extract of Tobacco prepar'd by decoction three Ounces Opium dissolv'd in Wine and reduc'd to the consistence of an Extract one Ounce Wax half a pound With Turpentine and Oil of Tobacco make a Plaister Having thus dispatch'd the regular cure of Feavers 't will not be improper to propose some method of relief for those who by an unseasonable and unskilful suppression of the Feaver are liable to frequent relapses convulsive pains in the Belly Head-aches Asthma's weariness of the Body c. In this case let the Body be render'd soluble by the Decoction of Raisins and such like laxative and emollient Ingredients Then exhibit some pacific mixture as Take of mint-Mint-water an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal-Armoniac half a Dram Hysteric Laudanum two or three grains Syrup of Orange-peel three or six drams Mix for a Draught and continue the use for some time If any swelling or violent pain continue in the Hypogastria apply the Plaister of Gum-Ammoniac and of Galbanum with Oyl of Bricks After the symptoms are gone 't is advisable to continue for some time the use of Wormwood or such Remedies as partake of it SECT IV. Of continual Feavers ART 1. Of Day-Feavers OFt-times the abuse of the six noâ— natural things disturbs the natural fermentation of the Blood accelerats the Pulse and in some measure disorders the functions which symptoms disappear in a days time either of their own accord or by using some gentle sudorific This Feaver is call'd Continual by reason that it does not intermit from beginning to ending If the Blood be vitiated it is apt to degenerat into a Synoehus or a Fever that lasts above one day In order to prevent which give the following Julep Take of the decoction of Harts-horn with Vipers-grass one pound juice of Citrons juice of Quinces of each half an ounce tincture of Columbine-flowers and of Dazies of each a dram and a half Syrup of Rasberries two Ounces Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth for a grateful acidity Make a Julep or instead of the Julep make a decoction of the like Ingredients together with gentle laxatives If the Belly be swell'd and the Body very hot take of Fennel Water an ounce and a half carminative Water six Drams dulcifi'd Spirit of Nitre three drams Syrup of Orange-peel half an Ounce Mix and make a Julep ART 2. Of the Principal acute Feavers THE continual Feavers that last above one day are either primary or symptomatical The former are a Disease subsisting by it self which if its period be short and its Symptoms grievous is call'd Acute if it be slow-pac'd and advance without any notable disturbance 't is call'd a Slow Feaver Both of which are call'd Compounds or periodical continual Feavers if they admit of any remission or exacerbation in their continued progress But if their vehemence be still the same they are call'd simple Synochus's If Acute Feavers come without the inflammation of any particular part they are call'd Solitary And if dismal Symptoms happen beyond the apparent reach of the Feaver 't is stil'd Malignant But if otherwise Benignity is its Character The primary simple continual solitary hot benign Feavers are caus'd by the prevalency of a volatil oyly bilious Salt in the Mass of Blood that hotly encounters the acid Particles creates a violent motion and Heat accelerates the Pulse tinctures the Urine and while the Victory is undetermin'd renders it thin and crude but when these volatil parts are subdu'd and precipitated by the Acid the Urine deposits a sediment and affords the true signs of Concoction The remote cause for the most part is the depravation of the Chyle occasion'd by the defect of the Choler or a faulty digestion in the Stomac for the stomachic digestion is the Mother and source of all the fermentations of the other Juices in the Body Now the vicious heterogeneous Particles convey'd in the Chyle to the Blood disturb its natural fermentation and provoke its constituent parts to rise up in order to expel the Hostile Intruders Thus we see that those whose Blood is well stock'd with bilious Particles whose Constitution is foul corpulent and plethoric who feed high and drink strong Liquors are most liable to this preternatural fermentation In like manner whatever stops the insensible transpiration accumulats oily Particles in the Blood and exalts the Spirits does prâ—â—â—ispose the Blood for receiving a feaverish impression The Cause of acute compound periodical Feavers is some vicious acid juice proceeding from the Stomac returning by intervals while the volatil oily Ferment continues its course without intermission They are as it were compounded of a Continual Acute Feaver and an Intermitting one which is always a Tertian for Quotidian and Quartan continued periodical Feavers if any such there be are rather slow than acute This Compound sort of Acute Feavers is oft-times attended by a notable heat without any shivering If an insufferable thirst driness of the Tongue Head-aches Deliriums a high tincture and muddiness of Urine attend a continual Feaver 't is call'd a Causus or Burning Feaver The cause of these Symptoms is the hot ingagement of a sharp volatil Acid with the volatil oily Particles Besides the stomachic ferment being vitiated and unqualifi'd for its wonted Office the contents of the Stomac degenerat into an alcalin oily texture which sticks to its Pleats irritats the Membranes of the Gullet and by consent the Tongue it self And moreover when it joins the Blood impregnats the Lymph which waters the Throat and is voided by way of Spittle with a volatil only Salt And if this vicious Saliva stick to the Tongue and Throat it becomes troublesome and inflaming causing in these parts a redness hear and pain known by the name of Prunella Continual Acute Feavers are styl'd Lipyria's when the superficial parts of the Body are molested with a sense of Cold while those within are beset with a violent Heat They proceed for the most part from the inâ—ammation of some very sensible Membranous internal part and upon that account are referable to the symptomatical Class If there be any such thing as a primary Lipyria the sense of external Cold must proceed from the irritation of the nervous membranous parts and that of inward heat
're remov'd the Blisters kept open with the Plaister of Melilot cover'd with the Powder of Cantharides But if the Bladder be inflam'd or the Urine hot if the Patient be very weak or with Child or look for her Terms they are improper 8. Blood-letting is always pernicious 9. In the beginning of the Disease Vomits are very useful They ought to be mix'd with Sudorifics Purgatives and Clysters are not safe 10. If the Patient be molested with a vomiting so that Sudorifics cannot be retain'd in the Stomac let Sweat be forc'd by applying a hot Loaf as above and covering up the Body and Face The Specifics that are us'd in this Disease are Camphyr given in substance or its Oyl mix'd with Oyl of Amber and that of Citron Peel called Heinsius's Oyl Ivy-Berries given to a Dram in Vinegar and Wine Juniper and Elder Berries and the Rob of either given in Vinegar Garlic Heads bruis'd and exhibited in Vinegar the Blood of a Stork or its volatil Salt the Spirit of Harts-horn sharpned with its own volatil Salt and given to a Dram the volatil Salt of Vipers above all sprinkl'd with Oyl of Amber and mix'd with Camphyr Man 's Ordure applied externally to Bubo's and given internally with the Patient 's own Urine Sulphur or its Flowers given to a Dram in an acid Vehicle or rather the fix'd Sulphurs of Antimony which in this case surpasses all other Medicines the Oyl and volatil Salt of Amber and Diascordium given to two drams in Aromatic Vinegar Take of the Flowers of Sulphur half a dram Cinnabar of Antimony fifteen Grains Camphry six Grains Make a Powder The volatil Salt of Vipers or that of Harts-horn or prepar'd Amber may be added by turns Take of the Rob of Juniper three ounces Diascordium and Mithridat of each an ounce and a half Venice Treacle half an ounce Flowers of Sulphur two or three ounces Myrrh three drams Frankincense six drams Camphyr two drams Saffron half a dram Juice of Citrons half an ounce Make an Electuary Dose a dram and a half in a convenient Vehicle Take of the Water Carduus Benedictus an Ounce and a half Vinegar of Wine six drams Diascordium a dram and a half Camphyr six grains Syrup of the Juice of Citrons half an Ounce Make a Potion for one or two Doses Take of hot Verdigrease a Pound sprinkle it with three Ounces of distill'd Vinegar distill through a Retort in Sand with an intense heat then add to the Spirit thus distill'd a double quantity of rectifi'd Spirit of Tartar and half a dram of Camphyr and a little Opium for every Ounce of the compound Spirit and let all stand for digestion This is call'd Elixyr Antiloimicum and is of excellent use Besides the universal Cure of the Plague it is requisite also to have a peculiar regard to its incident Symptoms As for Bubo's or swellings of Glandules they require the application of attracting ripening and cleansing Ingredients If they be black and livid and threaten a Gangrene they ought to be cut up with a Launce without waiting for maturation otherwise 't were proper to endeavour their maturation and attract the Poison by applying roasted Onyons mix'd with Mustard-seeds Or in case of great Pain the Juice of Onyons mix'd with Venice Treacle and Soot Man's Ordure or a Melisot Plaister mix'd with the Powder of dry'd Toads and that of Amber from which Spirit of Wine has been thrice evaporated are much approv'd for the same use But of all Plaisters Sala's Magneticum Arsenicale is the best 'T is prepar'd thus Take of crude Antimony yellow Sulphur and white Arsenic of each two Ounces Set them in hot Sand in a Phiol 'till they melt and become a dusky Mass Then take of this Mass Gum sagapanum Gum Ammoniac and Galbanum of each three Drams Turpentin and Wax of each half an Ounce distill'd Oyl of Amber two Drams dulcifi'd Spirit of Vitriol a Dram. Dissolve the Gums in Vinegar then strain 'em through a Linnen Cloth and thicken 'em again Melt the Turpentin and Wax apart then add the Gums and make a Plaister according to Art This Plaister will raise a malignant Crust which ought to be taken off by applying the Ointment of Basilicon mix'd with Venice Treacle If the Skin be thick and the swelling lie so low that the Plaister cannot reach it let a sharp blistering Plaister be first applied or if that be ineffectual a Cautery of quick Lime and Spanish Soap that so the Plaister may operat more freely If it cause an Inflammation let foft'ning Cataplasms be applied above the Plaister 'till the Crust come off After the swelling is open'd it ought to be cleans'd by the Infusion of Birth-wort Myrrh Aloe and Saffron in Spirit of Wine Tartaris'd Or Balsam of Peru and Balsam of Sulphur mix'd with Treacle and applying emplastrum Album mix'd with Oyl of Tobacco After 't is sufficiently cleans'd apply Rulandus's Plaister Diasulphuris for consolidation In all Compositions relating to pestilent glandulous Swellings Mercury Vinegar Opium and Lead ought to be avoided Carbuncles are the beginning of a Mortification which displays it self with a purple Colour surrounded with a red or livid Circumference incroaching gradually upon the adjacent parts 'till the mortifi'd part fall off In order to prevent their spreading let a Circle be drawn round 'em with an Emerald stone 'till the part become livid then touch the point or top with Butter of Antimony and when the Crust appears apply Sala's Plaister call'd Magneticum Arsenicale Some chuse to open it first with an actual Cautery and then apply either this Plaister or attracting and emollient Cataplasms of Garlic Water Germander Marsh-mallows Meal of Lentils Berries of the Herb Paris Pigeon's Dung Black Soap and Hony or in case of great pain the Plaister of Hounds Tongue But after all be sure to avoid fat things After the Matter is evacuated apply a Cataplasm of Comfrey Roots boil'd or the Ointment of Basilicon with Balsam of Sulphur and Treacle or a Cataplasm of Comfrey Roots boil'd The symptom of Heat is but seldom violent in Malignant Feavers or at least ought not to be much restrain'd for fear of repressing the cuticular eruptions If necessity require that it should be moderated Antimonial Nitre and all nitrous Medicines taken inwardly and applied outwardly with Juice of House-leek and rose-Rose-water to the Wrists Fore-head and Temples will answer the Design Head-aches Watchings and Deliriums are frequently the Companions of pestilential Feavers If they happen in the beginning they require a Cure but if their first appearance be put off 'till towards the time of the Crisis 't is not safe to oppose ' em If the hinder part of the Head be particularly affected it signifies a peculiar disorder of the Head and Animal Spirits independent of the Feaver If the Head-ache seize chiefly the fore part or be attended by anxiety of the Breast and unquietness it proceeds from the Stomac and ought to be prevented by Vomits and sometimes
ought always to be dissolv'd in a watry Vehicle that so its Rosin may be separated Sometimes we mix Laxatives with Specific Alteratives and continue their use for some time And whet 'em if there be occasion with Coloquintida or Troches Alhandal Raisins Prunes Tamarinds and ripe sweet Apples or their express'd Juice are of great efficacy against Costiveness But Sugar and other sweet things ought to be carefully avoided Rhubarb or Cream of Tartar sharpen'd with Powder of Jalap are recommended to such as are of a juicy Constitution As for the forms of Receipts they are as follows Take of Quercetanus's Pills call'd Melanagogae a Dram and a half Extract of Senna Leaves half a Dram Rosin of Jalap a dram and six grains Tartar vitriolated thirteen grains volatil salt of Amber a scruple the Seeds of Mustard Scurvy-grass and Garden Cresses of each half a dram With some Antiscorbutic Water make Pills This is the Composition of Timaeus his Antiscorbutic Pills of which a scruple or half a dram is a Dose Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agaric twelve grains Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a scruple Scammony sulphurated two grains With the Essence of Steel make Pills Take of Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac a scruple sweet Mercury fifteen grains Extract of Troches Alhandal two grains the distill'd Oyl of Caraways two drops With the Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills The Vitriol of Steel calcin'd white and the Extract of Steel prepar'd with Juice of Apples may be added by Turns The Extract of black Hellebor is also a proper Basis for Pills Take of the Aperitive Crocus of Steel a scruple Scammony sulphurated and Salt of Tartar of each five grains Make a Powder Take of the fresh Leaves of Scurvy-grass Garden Cresses and Rose-mary of each a handful fresh Horse Radish Roots an ounce and a half pick'd Senna Leaves an ounce choice Rhubarb half an ounce Crude black Hellebor three drams Juniper Berries six drams Cinnamon and Galangal of each a dram and a half Salt of Tartar three drams Tye 'em in a Bag to be infus'd in Wormwood Wine of which let the Patient take a draught Morning and Evening Take of Wormwood three handfuls lesser Centory two handfuls black Hellebor Roots three ounces Polypody of the Oak an ounce and a half Bark of the Ash-tree and white Tartar of each half an ounce filings of Steel three drams Sprinkle 'em with nine Drops of the dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre and tye 'em in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Take of pick'd Senna Leaves two drams Polypody Roots three drams black Hellebor Roots two scruples Ginger half a scruple Salt of Tartar a scruple infuse 'em for the space of a Day in Whey then boyl 'em gently To three ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of the Spirit of Scurvy-grass a scruple Syrup of Apples three drams Mix for one Dose Take of Corants two ounces Bruise and boyl them in Water adding while the Water is yet hot pickt Senna Leaves three drams Violet Flowers three little handfuls Cream of Tartar a dram Let 'em stand for some time in a hot place then strain the Liquor for use Take of the Pulp of Corants three ounces Arcanum Duplicatum a dram purify'd Sal-Armoniac and the Powder call'd Diatrion Pipereon of each two Scruples With the Syrup of Apples make an Electuary for nine or twelve Doses After Purgatives we subjoyn Emollient abstergent Clysters especially those of Carminative Ingredients boyl'd in Childs Urine against Hypochondriac pains in the Belly those of Milk and Turpentine against Nephritic pains and those of Whey or rather of Milk injected every other Day in a confirm'd Scurvy As Take of Cows Milk nine ounces Lenitive Electuary an ounce Electuary of Bay-Berries half an ounce With the yelk of one Egg make a Clyster to be injected at Bed-time and retain'd all Night Some inject the Decoction of Elder Flowers and Henbane Leaves in Milk against Scorbutical Pains The Patient's Body being thus prepar'd we advance to Alteratives Such are Steel and all fix'd Salts or whatever subdues an Acid. To these we joyn either the Aperients Diuretics and bitter Stomachical Aromatics or the Spirituous volatil Salts Thus the filings of Steel all its Aperitive Crocus's the vitriol of Steel calcin'd the solar Liquor of Steel the natural Spaws consisting of Steel dissolv'd in Sulphur the Tincture of the vitriol of Steel the solution of Steel prepar'd with the juice of sweet Apples and mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony Chalybeat Bezoar the Bezoar Stone c. These I say are all of good use But when the Bowels are stuff'd or threaten'd with hard swellings they are improper Besides while Spaw Waters are drunk 't will be requisite to defend the Stomac by some Stomachical Ointment or Plaister Next to Steel are the bitter Plants dedicated to the Stomac and Spleen such are Fumitory lesser Centory Juniper Barries Wormwood Agrimony Cuckow-pint and Elecampane Their Decoctions Essences and above all their fix'd Salts and the Salt taken from the Caput Mortuum of the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac Mynsichtius's Arcanum Duplicatum is of excellent use especially when the Person is lyable to flushings and sudden Inflammations Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid and mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and that of Sal-Armoniac is also proper The volatil Salt and Spirit of Tartar the Tincture of Tartar mix'd with the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and given to forty Drops the Garminative Spirit prepar'd from Tartar Nitre and Spirit of Wine the Spirit distill'd from a Mixture of Quick-lime Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aromatics the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Antiscorbutic Spirits and espepecially the Liquor of the Terra Foliata of Tartar mix'd with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac are very much approv'd both in the Hypocondriac and Scorbutical Distemper especially when the Person is lyable to Heats and Flushings and apt to be offended by the Oily Aromatic Ingredients In which case purify'd or Antimonial Nitre is also useful Nay some are very diffuse in their Encomium's upon a mixture of Nitre and the Powder Diacumini The forms of Alterative Recipe's are such as these following Take of the Conserve of Fumitory an ounce and a half Confection Alchermes a dram and a half Crude Steel pulveris'd three drams Magistery of Coral prepar'd with the Juice of Citrons a dram With the Syrup of Apples make an Electuary Take of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Oyl of Sassafras two drams Dose fifty drops Take of Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Oyl of Cloves two drams Spirit of Scurvy-grass a dram and a half Dose forty drops thrice a Day Take of Fumitory Water two ounces Borrage and Bugloss Waters of each an ounce Carminative Spirit de tribus two drams prepar'd red Coral a dram Syrup of red Poppies half an ounce Mix and exhibit a spoonful now and then in
Whey sharpen'd with the Juice of Citrons is much approv'd as also Milk mix'd with the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac when the Stomac is able to digest it and the Feaverish Paroxysm is over The Symptom of Thirst is admirably accounted for by exhibiting the Decoction of China-roots and Liquorice XIV In scorbutical Dropsies strong Purgatives are noxious gentle Diuretics mix'd with Antiscorbutics being the Basis of the Cure Such are the Infusion of Wood-lice in Wine the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and Tincture of Tartar mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-Grass XV. St. Antony's Fire happening to scorbutical Persons is cur'd by taking inwardly absorbent diaphoretic Powders mix'd with the Spirit or Syrup of Elder-Flowers and Spirit of Scurvy-grass and applying outwardly the Decoction of Litharge Elder-Flowers Olibanum Myrrh and Mastic in Lime-water and Vinegar with a little Camphyr XVI Ulcers accompanying the Scurvy and threatning a Gangrene ought to be wash'd with Lime-Water or the Decoction of lesser House-leek mix'd with the Spirit of Vitriol and anointed with the Ointment of Tobacco and Sugar of Lead or cover'd with the Powders of Myrrh and Frankincense Crocus of Steel and Sugar of Lead Inwardly let the Essence of Woods Essence of Fumitory and the Antiscorbutical Tincture of Coral be frequently administred As for the hard Swellings that frequently molest the Legs let Cataplasms of Bryony and Comfrey-Roots and Chamomil Flowers be applied to ' em Or let the thicken'd Juices of Comfrey and Brook-lime mix'd with Mynsichtius his Diaphoretic Plaister and the Distill'd Oil of Chamomil be us'd in like manner ART 6. Of breakings-out in the Skin UNder the Head of Deprav'd Nutrition we allot an Article for Cuticular Eruptions and first for the Scab which proceeds from the depravation of the nutritive Juice of the Parts under the Skin occasion'd by a preternatural Acid. This Acid takes its rise from sudden Cold succeeding to Heat and shutting up the steams of the Body within the straiten'd Pores from the contagion of an external Ferment and sometimes but very rarely from internal Causes such as the Scurvy French-Pox c. But for the most part the Blood and Internal Parts are not at all tainted it being only the nutritive Serum about the surface of the Body that is depraved tho' 't is true that by continuance it may at last infect the Blood If the nutritious Juice be very serous and apt to corrupt the Breakings-out run much if the Juice be Balmy and impregnated with a volatil oily Salt they are crusty and dry As for the Cure of a Scab we administer inwardly Purgatives and Sudorifics The Purgatives are the Extract of Black Hellebor or Scammony sulphurated mix'd with sweet Mercury and the purging Mercurius vitae or Turbith Mineral in an inveterat case If the Blood be tainted we administer the Decoctions of bitter and scorbutical Plants and Spices mix'd with purging Ingredients in Wine Whey or Water and continue their use for some time The Sudorifics are the Decoctions of Woods the volatil Salt of Vipers Harts-horn Ivory the fix'd Salts the Sulphur and Cinnabar of Antimony diaphoretick Antimony and the Syrup of Elder Flowers As Take of Elder-Flower Water an ounce the Spirit of Venice Treacle camphoris'd half a Dram Diaphoretic Antimony fifteen Grains the volatil Salt of Vipers half a Scruple Syrup of Orange-peel half an ounce Mix for a Draught Or Take of the Rob of Elder a dram the Powder of Snakes calcin'd a scruple Sal-Armoniac half a scruple With the Syrup of Orange-peel make a Bolus The distill'd Oyl of Turpentin given to six Drops every Morning the Essence of Vipers to forty the Tincture of Antimony or Tincture of Coral given to fifty Drops are also very proper And when all proves ineffectual a Mercurial Salivation may not be amiss Outwardly we apply Ointments of Sulphur Mercury especially that precipitated with the Spirit of Nitre and Sugar of Lead but we ought to take care that the Pores be kept open for fear the Scab should strike in Upon which account let Salt of Tartar be always added As Take of Vnguentum Enulatum and Album Camphoratum of each half an ounce Flowers of Brimstone three drams sweet Mercury a dram Salt of Tartar or Oyl of Tartar per deliquium a dram and a half with the Oyl of Tobacco or of St. John's wort Make an Ointment to which add of the Balsam of Peru half a scâ—â—ple Oyl of Rose-wood six drops Mix and anoint the Limbs especially the Joints at Night going to Bed and in the Morning wash off the Ointment with the Persons own Urine Take of the Decoction of Quick-lime a pound and a half sweet Mercury three drams Spirit of Venice Treacle camphoris'd an ounce Mix and wash the external Parts for taking off the Scab and the red Scars that remain after it The Distill'd Water of Man's Ordure is an admirable Wash and reserv'd by some as a Secret Some use Girdles of Quick-silver others fumigate with Cinnabar but the Body ought to be well cleans'd beforehand and arm'd against Cold. In a critical Scab we ought not to use repellents But Baths of the Decoctions of the sharp pointed Dock Tobacco-Leaves Scabious Elecampane and Briony Roots Brimstone and Quick-lime are allowable After sweating by internal Sudorifics the scabby Person may bath in them and rub down his Body and after bathing anoint with the above-mention'd Ointment The Itch is near ally'd to the Scab and proceeds from the sharp Particles of the Serum repairing to the surface in small quantities 't is cur'd internally by purging and sweating as above and externally by applying the following Ointment Take of the Roots of the sharp pointed Dock and Elecampane of each an ounce Boil them in Vinegar 'till they become soft then beat 'em thro' a Sive and add of the Oyl of Orris three Ounces common Salt an Ounce Myrrh three Drams Litharge an ounce and a half With Wax make a Liniment A Leprosie proceeds from a saline corrosive Acid reigning in the Serum as being a sort of exalted Scurvy It is oft-times the hereditary Infirmity of a Family or follows a bad Dyet Chronical Diseases and the suppression of wonted Evacuations The Signs which accompany it are either internal or external The internal are Acid or musty Belchings Costiveness Thirst a stinking Sweat thick Urine insomuch that the Powder of Lead will swim upon it an extreme propensity to Venery the thickness viscosity and unctuosity of the Blood when drawn forth and little Clotts of Sand sticking to the Cloth thro' which 't is strain'd the frequency and weakness of the Pulse difficult respiration stinking Breath a weariness of the Limbs Chillness stupidity and a hoarse Voice as if it came thro' the Nose The External Symptoms are these The Skin appears Livid Black or Yellow it Wrinkles when expos'd to the Cold it is notably rough and oily insomuch that Water will not stick to it it is cover'd with a Purple or White Dandriff little moveable painless Knots and
a wet one Sometimes critical Loosenesses give the solution of the Distemper As for Epiphora's if they prove inveterat in adult Persons they degenerat to a Fistula Lacrymalis which is oft-times incurable As for the Cure When the Inflammation proceeds from external Causes a few external Medicines may give relief But when the Cause is internal we proceed thus First of all we open a Vein in the Leg then in the Arm and aftewards but not sooner in the Forehead if it can be done without straitening the Neck In desperat cases we open the Jugular Veins and sometimes the Temporal Artery Blistering Plaisters appli'd to the nape of the Neck are of excellent use as occasioning a plentiful Flux of Blood into the outer branch of the Artery of the Neck which must needs drain the inner-branch that visits the Eyes They are best prepar'd of Emplastrum Citrinum mix'd with the Powder of Spanish Flies whout Acids and the Blisters ought to be kept long open with the Plaister of Ceruss mix'd with a small quantity of the Powder of Spanish Flies In Hydropical Persons or such whose Skin does not easily heal Blistering Plaisters may be omitted In difficult Cases we order Issues in the Arm or Leg of the same side with the inflam'd Eye and a Setum in the Neck Instead of a Setum some chuse to make a sort of Issue in the Ear thus Take the Root of Hellebor or Mezereon dry it and slice it into little round pieces which macerat in the solution of Nitre in Water or the Lye of the Ashes of Vine-twigs Then bore a Hole in the Ear and promote its suppuration for three Days with a thread cover'd with Butter and then put in one of these pieces thus prepar'd renewing 'em every day Internally we exhibit Jalap for a Purge and the Decoctions of China-Roots Sassafras Sarsaparilla and Juniper-Wood to which we add the Cephalic Dryers such as Fennel Eye-bright Valerian Betony Rosemary and their Essences If the Inflammation proceed from Mineral Fumes we give Mineral Preparations inwardly In external Applications we ought to avoid Opium and Milk tho' commonly usâ—d The former shuts the Pores and promotes a Gangrene the latter is also charg'd with the same Crime and besides is apt to Curdle and become Acid and by consequence must needs be prejudicial to the Eyes In the beginning of the Distemper while the heat pain redness and sharpness of the Rheum prevail absorbent Powders are proper such as Tutty Ceruss Chalk Flowers of Tin Crabs-Eyes Calaminar-stone c. In general the Water of Frogs-spawn the Water distill'd from bruis'd River-Crabs when they begin to putrifie and distill'd again with the Juice of Celandin the Oyl or Liquor per deliquium of Blew-bottle or Succory flowers they being gather'd in the Morning when wet with the Dew and put into a thick Glass encompass'd with a thick Crust of Dough and so baked in an Oven 'till they melt into Liquor the Phlegm of the Spirit of Vitriol the Oyl of Sugar per Deliquium or Sugar it self ground in a new Tin Platter 'till it become livid the Sugar of Lead Camphyr the mucilages of Flea-wort and Quince-seeds extracted with Celandin Water the Phlegm of Allum Whites of Eggs the strain'd Decoction of the Litharge of Gold in Vinegar the Infusion of Crocus Metallorum or the Glass of Antimony and in the height of the Distemper Collyriums prepar'd with white Vitriol are all approv'd Medicines If the Inflammation proceed from external Causes the above mention'd Mucilages or a piece of raw Beef or Veal applied to the Eye will finish the Cure If the Rheum be very sharp and corrosive we insist much upon fix'd absorbent Powders if it be thick and slimy diluting Medicines and gentle Astringents are convenient These Ingredients are prescrib'd in various Forms As Take of the mucilages of the Seeds of Quinces Clary and Fenugrec extracted with Celandin Water of each half an ounce Sugar of Lead twelve grains With Fennel or Eye-bright-water make a Collyrium Take of Plantan and Eye-bright-water of each an ounce prepar'd Tutty half a Scruple Camphyr five grains Saffron two grains Make a Collyrium to be us'd after the Small-Pox Take of Tormentil or Plantan-Water of each an ounce mix 'em with the White of an Egg and ten grains of Allum And apply it warm to the Eyes Take of the Glass of Antimony in Powder from ten to fifteen grains infuse 'em in three ounces of the Water of Frogs Spawn Let 'em stand all Night in a hot place Strain the Liquor in the Morning and add to it ten grains of the Sugar of Lead in fine Powder and six grains of Camphyr Take an Egg boil it hard and take out the Yelk putting into its place six grains of the Sugar of Lead eight grains of white Vitriol two grains of Camphyr and half an ounce of the Hony of Roses When they 're melted squeeze out the Liquor and drop it into the Eye especially when the Rheum is slimy and apt to make the Eye-lids stick togethet Take of rose-Rose-water and plantan-Plantan-water of each two ounces Night-shade-water an ounce white Vitriol a scruple dissolve and strain then add a scruple of prepar'd Tutty Make a Collyrium in which dip a Clout and apply it warm to the Eyes about the height of the Distemper Take of the Ointment Diapompholigos and that of Tutty of each two drams prepar'd Pearl Coral Crabbs-Eyes Tutty and Sugar of Lead of each a Scruple Camphyr twelve grains Leaves of Gold and Silver of each four Make an Ointment With which anoint the lower part of the Eye-lids and put about the bigness of a Lentil into the corner of the Eye Take of sweet Apples roasted three in number boil them in Eye-bright-water 'till they be soft beat their Pulp thro' a sieve and add of prepar'd Tutty two Drams Camphyr ten grains Saffron four grains Make a Cataplasm for allaying the Pain and Heat Take of fresh Butter half an ounce Sugar of Lead prepar'd Tutty and Calaminar stone of each a scruple Camphyr a grain Make a Liniment for anointing the Eye-lids in a dry Inflammation A serous Inflammation is cur'd by extracting the external Objects that disturb the Eye or correcting the Acrimony of the Lymph or strengthening the Glandules For the first purpose we apply to the Eye a Crabs Eye making its hollow part to touch the apple of the Eye or a Seed of Clary or we make use of Instruments such as Hildanus recommends The Second Indication is accounted for in the Chapter of Catarrhs The Third is compass'd by moderat Astringents outwardly applied such as the Decoction of the Rinds of Pomgranats with Chamomil-Flowers especially after the Small Pox the infusion of Tormentil Roots and Allum in Plantan and rose-Rose-water or of Tutty in fennel-Fennel-water the Powder of Citron Myrobalans infus'd three or four times in rose-Rose-water and dry'd a-fresh every time the Liquor that flows from a Willow cut in the Spring the Decoction of dry'd Rue in
mad or not in order to prevention the manner of the Discovery is this apply and rub upon the Wound Crum of Bread till it is impregnated with the moisture and if a Dog will neither eat nor smell to it or dies if he does 't is a sign the Creature was mad Sometimes this Disease is accompany'd with a Feaver and sometimes not The Signs that attend its beginning are an anxious heaviness of Heart Anger without a manifest Cause complaining of the offensiveness of the Ambient Air heaviness of the Body c. The Signs of a perfect Rabies are Convulsive Distentions of the Members a bloated Face anguish of Heart frothing at Mouth frightful Eyes barking like a Dog or otherwise aping the infecting Animal restlesness perpetual Watching c. but especially an Hydrophobia or shrinking at the sight of any Liquor If taken at the beginning it may be cur'd with proper Remedies but if it is come to perfection and accompany'd with an Hydrophobia it is an acute Distemper which seldom admits of Cure but brings Death the second or third or at most the fourth day from the Invasion of this Symptom In the Cure of this fatal Distemper two Periods of times are to be noted 1. That of receiving the first Hurt or Wound 2. That of the supervening Madness and subsequent Hydrophobia To begin with the latter we must endeavour by all means to explode that venomous Ferment already possessing the Mass of Blood This must be done by internal Antidots as well common as specific such are Roots of Gentian and Swallow-wort Galen's Mad-wort Rue St. John's-wort Pimpernel Carduus Benedictus Fuller's Thistle Sage Betony Myrrh and the like As Take of the Leaves of Rue Sage Plantan Polypody Vervain common Wormwood Mint Mugwort Baum Betony St. John's-wort Lesser Centory of each a convenient quantity beat them into a Pouder to be taken from one to two Drams in hot Broth or a draught of Wine or in half a Dram of Venice Triacle and Syrup of Lemmons for forty days together at least The Waters of Germander Carduus Benedictus Tormentil Triacle white Maiden-hair and the like are convenient Vehicles for such Pouders Moreover seal'd Lemnian and Melitean Earths are good also Venice Triacle Mithridat Electuarium de Ovo c. but above all Theriaca Diatessaron with Opium As Take of the Water of the Flowers of St. John's-wort an Ounce and a half Venice Triacle half an Ounce Bezoardic Tincture a Dram and a half Essence of Crabs-eyes a Dram mix them for one Dose Or Take of Venice Triacle one Dram Salt of Wormwood half a Dram let them be taken in a Draught of sharp Wine The use of these and such like Antidots must be persisted in for two or three Months for oftentimes after it has lain hid for some Months nay sometimes years the Hydrophobia will again show it self so that tho the use of Sudorifics may yet that of Specifics ought not to be discontinu'd As for example Take of prepar'd Crabs-eyes burnt Hartshorn prepar'd and prepar'd Jaw-bone of a Pike of each a Dram. Mix and make a Pouder The River-Crab alone is a Specific against the biting of a mad Dog It must be gathered in the Dog-days and calcin'd alive A Dram or two of the Ashes with a Dram of Pouder of Gentian may be given in a Cup of good Wine the Patient being prepar'd for Sweating But the better way of exhibiting River-Crabs is to distil them being well bruis'd with an Alembic in a Water-bath so you shall have the fam'd Water of Crabs and what remains at bottom may be given inwardly from half a Dram to a whole one in their own distill'd Water adding Pouder of Gentian-root or Pimpernel Or Take of Venice Triacle a Dram River-Crabs thus prepar'd Roots of Pimpernel of each half a Dram. The Root of the wild Rose-tree is commended by the Antients Staeckerus us'd to give a Dram of Pouder of Gentian mix'd with as much Venice Triacle every Morning for three days injoining the Person to fast five or six hours after and make account to sweat having first ty'd on the Wound Garlic Rue and Salt bruis'd and mix'd in the form of a Cataplasm which Method he says never fail'd him Some Remedies are taken from the mad Creature it self such as its Blood pulveriz'd given to a Dram for three days Its Hair Heart or Liver boil'd or pouder'd Some plunge the Patient into cold Water over head and ears suddenly keeping him under Water a small time Purging is sparingly to be us'd and that only when the Hydrophobia is but just a beginning in this Case white and black Hellebor as also Species of Hiera picra are proper Strong Diuretics are not amiss among which Valerian and Cantharides are Specifics As to the Wound by which the Infection is receiv'd so soon as possible the malignant Poison is to be drawn forth lest it diffuse it self through the blood Let the Hair of the mad Creature if it can be had be laid on the Wound or the place being scarify'd and cleans'd with the exactest care apply this Cataplasm Take one of the sharpest Onions five Cloves of Garlic and half of its Root Venice Triacle six Drams with half an Ounce of Yest make a Cataplasm Several other things may be added such as Hony Mustard-seed Germander Gentian c. Some apply the Liver or Flesh of the Creature as also live Pigeons others use Scarification and Cupping-glasses others wash the scarify'd Wound with Wine or its Spirit camphoris'd Brine Salt Water Decoction of Germander or Gentian-root in Water or Wine applying afterwards the following Plaister Take six Ounces of Wax Oil of Olives and Goats Fat of each three Ounces melt them and add of best Frankincense half an Ounce The Wound is to be kept open for some time or even enlarg'd and if it is clos'd up before the compleat Cure of the Disease it must again be open'd But the most safe and withal the most speedy Remedy is burning with a hot Iron or an actual Cautery which utterly destroys all the Poison abolishing its seminal Crasis and so leaves the Patient secure as to the fear of dismal Events This were the proper place to treat of the Delirium Musicum occasion'd by the biting of the Tarantula and cur'd by Music but seeing it is not to be found with us we shall pass it over As for Deliriums proceeding from poisonous things whether taken down by the Mouth or drawn in with the Breath the first is cur'd by a Vomit given at first and the last after universal things are premis'd by Vinegar Castor and Camphyr given together or separately with proper Medicines As for Love-fits they are remov'd partly by rational Perswasions and partly by such Medicines as have been prescrib'd in Melancoly and Melancolic Distempers with this only difference that the milder sort will here prevail AN ABRIDGMENT OF ETMULLERUS HIS Practice of PHYSIC c. BOOK III. Of the Diseases peculiar to the
Chalybeat and absorbent Medicines 3. To strengthen the Womb and its Vessels with Astringent and chiefly Martial Remedies Now with regard to these Indications we must observe 1. That a Flux of any considerable standing must not be stop'd of a sudden 2. The Diet must be well order'd the Patient must be kept warm with rest of Body and Mind her Drink must be warm and she ought to abstain from Wine 3. Mild Purgatives and such as leave some astriction behind them may be used before the Flux when a superfluous Serosity abounds as a Dram of Rhubarb mix'd with Conserve of Roses or Syrup of Quinces also Myrobalans Or Take Pouder of choice Rhubarb a Dram Marmalad of Quinces half an Ounce plantain-Plantain-water an Ounce Mix for a draught 4. Bleeding increases the Disorder and ought not to be us'd but instead of it if the Blood is waterish you may have recourse to Sudorifics and Diuretics 5. Opiats are of singular use in preventing and curing the Paroxism but special regard must be had to the Patient's Strength Remedies therefore in this Disease are either absorbent or allaying in regard of the Blood or astringent with respect to the Womb. The Oil and Spirit of Vitriol given in Plantane-water do's notably allay the ardour of the Blood also prepar'd Nitre Lapis prunellae and mild acid Astringents As for Astringents which thicken the Blood and correct its fluidity These are Plantane Purslain Shepherds Purse Nettles white flower'd Yarrow and chiefly their Juices the Moss of the wild Plum-tree and that of the Oak given to a Dram twice or thrice in a potch'd Egg Loostrife with a purple Flower the greater Comfrey and its Root the Root of Bistort Nutmegs Rinds of bitter Oranges and their Decoction the Bark of the Root of the Mulberry-tree Rinds of Pomegranates and their Flowers Poppv and Henbane-seeds Pears Services Quinces Medlars Mastic and Wood of the Mastic-tree Misletoe of the Oak Steel and Chalybeat Remedies Coral and its Preparations Allum Bole-Armenic seal'd Earth Amber Dragons Blood the Dung of an Ass Goose or Dog the Yelk of an Egg burnt Hartshorn c. Of these and such like many forms may be prescrib'd As Take red Coral prepar'd yellow Amber Bole-Armenic Dragons Blood of each two Drams Plantain-seed calcin'd Borace of each a Dram Laudanum Opiatum six Grains Hartman's Extract of Saffron a Scruple Make a Pouder which is of excellent use when the Disease proceeds from watry Blood Take Conserve of Roses vitriolated an Ounce burnt Hartshorn prepar'd Blood-stone prepar'd of each a Dram Allum prepar'd with Sugar twelve Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Make an Electuary with the Syrup of acid Pomgranates which is excellent in all bleedings of the Womb. Or Take Water of Frogs Spawn and of Oak-leaves of each six Drams prepar'd Bloodstone two Scruples Moses of human Scull a Scruple Syrup of Myrtles three Drams But it is in vain to multiply Prescriptions which any one may vary at his Pleasure Externals may likewise be us'd Some hang a Jasper about the Neck Some a Toad kill'd and dry'd A Pessary may be made of Asses and Hogs Dung with Juice of Plantane and the Mucilage of Quince-seed Injections for the Womb may be made of the Decoctions of simple Astringents or their Juices with addition of Allum If a grievous Pain and sense of burning molest the Vagina Henbane and Poppy-seeds may be added to Astringents Some order a Woman to put on a Shift that has been for eight days worn by a Man and add that by so doing she runs the risque of never having her Terms again Some commend Cataplasms As Take Carpenters Ruddle Bloodstone and dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol with red Bole of each equal parts Mix them into a Cataplasm with Whites of Eggs and Vinegar to be apply'd to the Belly and particularly the Region of the Groin Natural hot Baths are excellent if the Evil is inveterat Some also have found much good by fomenting the Region of the Groin with a Spunge dip'd in the Decoction of Allum either alone or with the addition of Knotgrass Roots of Bistort and the like CHAP. III. Of the Depravation of the Menstrual Flux WE shall cast into this Head several Accidents and Defaults of this Flux of which we treat in the following Articles ART I. Of the difficulty of the Terms TO Women of an impure and Cacochymic Body it often happens that a day or two before their Courses are upon them and sometimes when they begin to flow they are afflicted with Headaches pricking and grievous Pains of the Stomac beating and shooting Pains of the Loins reaching sometimes to the Groin also Pains in the Belly Palpitations of Heart difficulty of Breathing which Symptoms either cease or at least diminish when the Terms come till these being over those also vanish These Pains proceed from the Vessels of the outer Neck of the Womb which either being too small or stop'd up by the foregoing Flux hinder the discharge of the fermenting Blood Moreover in those of an ill habit of Body Wind coming from the vitiated Bile and pancreatic Juice and passing from the Guts to the Mesentery occasions Spasms and Contractions of the Nerves and Membranes whence insue the racking pains resembling those of the Cholic This Distemper if not timely prevented ends in a total Suppression of the Terms sometimes dismal hysteric and other bad Symptoms ensue In order to adjust the Cure we must endeavour to rectify the vitiated Crasis of the Blood by Chalybeat and aromatic volatil Remedies with the addition of gentle Laxatives In the Paroxysm the Fermentation of the Blood should be promoted by volatil Aromatics the Effervescence of the Bile and pancreatic Juice should be restrain'd by Chalybeat Medicines and fix'd Acids In the Paroxysm let gentle loosening Clysters with Turpentine be injected then exhibit the compound Essence of an Ox's Milt either alone or with the liquid Essence of Steel to which may be added Essence of Saffron also Elixir proprietatis compound Tincture of Tartar distill'd Oil of Aniseed or that of Amber Or Take Penyroyal-water two Ounces Water of Mugwort half an Ounce Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac half a Dram distill'd Oil of Aniseed three Drops Syrup of Mugwort six Drams Mix and make a Potion If eight days before the flowing of the Terms an Alterative and laxative Bag be given in Wine the following hysteric Pills will effect the Cure Take of Aloe three Drams best Myrrh a Scruple Extracts of Calamus Aromaticus and Carduus Benedictus of each half a Scruple of Saffron three Grains of Roots of Gentian round-rooted Birthwort and Dittany of each five Grains With Essence of Myrrh make Pills to be given during the time of the Flux from half a Dram to a whole one for some days Sweet things ought to be avoided but the following Potion to be taken by Spoonfuls is of singular efficacy Take Water of Swallows with Castor an Ounce and a
qualities of the morbific matter These you may expect in the separat and particular description of every disease and the method of its Cure SECT III. Of Acid Alcalin Pituitous and Sercus Cacochymies or Corruptions of the Juices in the Body IF the Indisposition be owing to a prevailing Acid it ought to be Corrected by Alcali's These may be divided into the Vegetable Animal and Mineral Classes The Vegetable furnishes us with the Vrinous and Ashy Salts of Wormwood Centaury c. Which destroy the Acid and transform it into another concrete With Spices Aromatic herbs such as Mint Fennel c. And Oyly Sulphureous medicines that take off the edge of the Acid Parts Some of these are prepared by Distillation and some by Expression but the former are more effectual such as Spirit of Wine Water-Cresses Scurvy-Grass c. And the Distill'd Oyls of Mace Cloves c. Camphyr and its Productions belong to this Family In the Animal Class we have the Spirits and Volatil Salts extracted from the parts of Animals Such as the Spirits of Hartshorn Vrine Sal armoniac c. Which are of great use in all Acid Constitutions The hard and friable Parts of Animals are likewise very proper As Crabs Eyes Burnt Hartshorn c. The Mineral Province affords us very Powerful Medicines not Inferior to those of the other two Such as are Diaphoretic Antimony and the fix'd Sulphurs of other Minerals Earths Stones and Mettals as Chalk seal'd Earth and several Metallic Productions Whatever partakes of Gold or Silver is of noted excellency in subduing the inveterat Acids that proceed from Wine and are peculiar to Gouty Constitutions Lead and its Salt call'd Saccharum Saturni have that property of assuming a sweet taste when they meet with Acids and are thereupon Intitled to the Character of Alkali's But above all Steel may justly claim a preference And all remedies that have it for their Basis are certianly the most Sovereign Conquerors of Acids These are the remedies we use for Correcting Acids in General which may be prescrib'd after this or the like manner Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes Red Coral prepar'd burnt Hartshorn of each a scruple Salt of Tartar and Wormwood of each fifteen Grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves and Cumin of each twelve drops and four or five Grains of Laudanum Opiatum Prepar'd by fermentation Mix all together It will make a Powder for six or seven Doses Or Take of Crabs Eyes prepar'd a Dram and a half Vnicorn Mineral Red Coral prepar'd and burnt Hartshorn of each half a Dram. Salt of Wormwood a Dram. Powder of Nutmegs two scruples Mix all and use it as the former Powder Or Take of Prepar'd Crabs Eyes a Dram Cuttle-bone half a Dram red Coral Prepar'd and Chalk of each a scruple Salt of Wormwood two Scruples Nutmegs half a Dram. Make a Powder to be us'd as before Or Take of burnt Hartshorn or prâ—par'd Spodium half a Dram Red Coral Salt Prunel and seal'd Earth or Salt of Wormwood of each half a scruple make a Powder as before These are to be us'd before Evacuation in order to qualify and prepare the peccant Acid. Take Salt of Wormwood and Crabs Eyes prepar'd of each half a Dram. Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Carduus Benedictus and Fennel Water of each an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal armoniac a Dram and a half Crabs Eyes and Red Coral prepar'd of each fifteen Grains Salt of Fumitory twelve Grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves Six drops Syrrup of Mint one Ounce Mix them for a draught These are the common forms of Recipe's against Acids in General but steel is a peculiar specific for subduing an Acid in the first Passages Sometimes we meet with an Austere Hypochondriac or Hysteric Acid which requires Volatil remedies They may be prescrib'd in this or the like form Take Marjoram Water Mint or Rosemary Water of each an Ounce and a half or two Ounces Aquae Vita Matthioli from three to six Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Sal armoniac or instead of it Spirit of Hartshorn with Amber from half a Dram to a Dram Syrup of Fumitory from half an Ounce to six Drams Mix all together and give a spoonful often Sometimes we add fifteen or twenty four Grains of Red Coral and Crabs Eyes or three or six drops of the distill'd Oyl of Cloves An Alcalin Depravation must be cur'd by Acids The vegetable Acids are Vinegar Juice of Citrons Berberis Quenches c. The Acid Spirits are commonly extracted from Minerals as the Spirit of Salt Vitriol and Nitre which last if dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine is of excellent use in a redundancy of Choler It allays the Saline sharpness and fixes that Volatil mobility which occasions preternatural Commotions Mineral and Metalline Sulphurs mix'd with Nitre are very proper on the same occasion Such as are Antimony Diaphoretic and Bezoar Mineral which qualifie the sharp and curb the inflammable Particles They are likewise Pacific and Evacuate the Particles thus fix'd and corrected by the pores of the skin Neither are the Composing Medicines that partake of Opium to be neglected in this case 'T is true their cure is but Palliative but the service they do in Composing the Spirits and Quelling all irregular motions do sufficiently justify their use All Acid remedies augment the quantity of Acids in the Body The Aromatic and Spirituous Liquors the Volatil Salts as well sharp as Oyly and the bitter Ingredients which we generally exhibit in Intermitting Feavers are all effectual restorers of the Volatil Oyly Salt in the blood and consequently of the Choler which it produces If a sharp Volatil and Choleric Salt Reign in the Body it commonly produces Thirst Choleric Loosenesses and such like symptoms that attend burning Feavers The following prescriptions are usual in that case Take of Tartar Vitriolated one Dram the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum half a Dram or two Scruples Bezoar Mineral one Scruple Make a Powder for three Doses Or Take of Nitre Prepar'd with Antimony or Arcanum Duplicatum half a Dram Bezoar Mineral one Scruple Mix them for two Doses Or Take of Nitre Prepar'd with Antimony half a Dram Arcanum Duplicatum Fifteen Crains or one Scruple Mix for a Powder Take Powder of Ivory and Liverwort of each half a Dram. Mix them for two Doses Take Powder of Liverwort two Scruples Crabs Eyes Prepar'd one Scruple Make a Powder to be divided into three Parts These Prescriptions are very useful before Evacuation where an Oyly Volatil Salt prevails Take Sorrel and Rasberry Water of each an Ounce and a half fresh Juice of Citrons or Quinces one Ounce Diaphoretic Antimony from one Scruple to one Dram. Bezoar Mineral from half a Scruple to a whole one Syrup of Rasberries six Drams or one Ounce With a convenient quantity of the Spirit of Nitre dulcified make a Julep Dose two spoonfuls Take of Rasberry Water three Ounces Juice of Rasberries three Drams Diaphoretic Antimony
one Dram. Syrup of Rasberries half an Ounce With the Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth for a grateful sharpness Make a Julep Thus I have hinted at the general Cures of Alcaline and Acid Corruptions Besides these already mention'd there are some Universal Remedies not confin'd to either side but useful in both Cases These are Emulsions extracted from the Milky Seeds the distill'd Oyls of Vegetables Gums Mucilages and the Sulphurous Productions of Minerals which are all of a temperate Nature and equally remov'd from either extreme A Pituitous Cacechymy must be cur'd by Altering Attenuating and Resolving remedies Namely Alcali Salts as well fix'd as Volatil the more penetrating Gums and Generous Aromatics The Morbific matter being viscid and tough must be prepar'd and digested before we attempt any Evacuation The common forms for Digestives are as follows Take of Tartar Vitriolated and the Salt call'd Digestivum Hypochondriacum of each fifteen Grains Salt of Wormwood and of Carduus Benedictus of each half a Scruple Mix for a Powder to be divided into two parts Or Take of Tartar Vitriolated one Dram Salt of Carduus Benedictus half a Dram flowers of Sal armoniac fifteen Grains Mix them together and divide the Powder into three Doses Or Take of Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Crabs Eyes prepar'd one Scruple Salt of Tartar half a Scruple Mix them for two Doses Take Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Salt of Wormwood Crabs Eyes prepar'd of each fourteen Grains Make a Powder to be divided into three or four Doses Take of the Cream of Tartar one Dram Tartar Vitriolated half a Dram Salt of Wormwood and Cichory of each half a Scruple Make a Powder and divide it into three equal parts These Powders must be exhibited a Day or two before Evacuation The following Powder is to be taken twice a Day in the Morning before Dinner and in the Afternoon two or three hours before Supper Take of Sal armoniac depurated a Dram and a half Mastic half a Dram Cinnamom a Scruple Salt of Wormwood six Grains Mix them and use as before directed If Liquid forms are more acceptable they may be prescrib'd thus Take of Mint Water one Ounce the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum one Scruple Crabs Eyes prepar'd half a Scruple Salt of Tartar five Grains Syrup of Hyssop half an Ounce Mix them for a draught Or thus Take of Mint Water two Ounces Cinnamom Water six Drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar one Dram Tartar Vitriolated one Scruple Syrup of Roses one Ounce Mix them for two or three Doses A Serous Cacochymy is remov'd by the use of such remedies as alter the vicious serum and evacuate it These last mention'd are the subject of the ensuing Paragraph SECT IV. Of the Medicines that evacuate the Corrupt Juices of the Body AFter the use of altering Medicines 't is a proper season to exhibit those that evacuate the prepar'd humors They are distributed into five Classes The first contains those which operate by Vomiting The Second those which move the Belly and perform their office by stool Those of the Third pass by Urine The Fourth by the Pores of the Skin And Lastly the Fifth is allotted to the Medicines which evacuate by Salivation This last Class I have taken notice of elsewhere but the other four I shall briefly run over CHAP. I. Of Vomiting Medicines THE Animal Family affords no Vomits that I know of except the Pairings of the Nails of Human Bodies Which we infuse in generous Wine over Night and in the Morning give the strain'd Liquor to Drink 'T is an excellent Vomit Among the Vegetables Asarabacca is the safest and most successful Vomit Dioscorides and the Ancients were not Ignorant of its efficacy It Enjoys a sharp pungent salt resembling that of Ginger and Zedoary which provokes Urine Corrects the causes of Chronical distempers and irritates the Fibres of the Stomach I have known Inveterat Tertian and Quartan feavers cur'd by the use of Asarabecca with white Pepper that would not yield to any other Medicines It may be given by way of Powder Infusion or Decoction If it be exhibited in form of a Powder it ought to be Pounded very fine for the grosser Particles cannot enter into the Pleats of the Stomach and being eluded there procure to themselves a Passage by Stool Its Dose is from half a Dram to a whole Dram. For a gentle Infusion we take Nine or Ten Green Leaves of Asarabecca and chop 'em small and infuse them for the space of a Night in four Ounces of Carduns Benedictus Water and half an Ounce of Mead. In the morning let the strain'd Liquor be exhibited 'T is a gentle Vomit For a stronger Infusion take Nine Green Leaves of Asarabecca Beat them in a Marble or Stone-Mortar pouring simple Mead upon 'em till ye have reduc'd them to a Juice Then take this juice and dilute it with two Ounces of Carduus Benedictus Water 'T is an Admirable Vomit As for Decoction Helmont Zwelfer and the Honourable Mr. Boyle have observ'd that if ye boyl Asarabecca Roots in Water they lose their Vomiting quality and become Diuretic whereas if ye boyl them in Wine 't is an excellent Emetic The Reason of which I take to be this Viz. That their diuretic vertue proceeds from an essential salt not very Volatil the saline Volatil Emetic parts being evaporated in boyling with Water but Wine penetrates into the Texture of its body before these Volatil salts are gone and so partakes of their Vertue If ye boyl Asarabecca Roots in Mead ye have a Noble Pectoral Medicine It Attenuates the slimy humors in the Breast and has no Emetic force There are no other Vegetable Vomits fit to be us'd White Hellebor 't is true was frequently exhibited by the Ancients But they infus'd it in a sweet Wine which qualify'd its sharpness and besides the difference of Climats alters the Vertues of Medicines I have seen very Tragical effects produc'd by white Hellebor and therefore would not advise any to use it except in one case Namely Madness 'T is a specific for that disease and is frequently attended with success where Antimonial Vomits have prov'd ineffectual Let it be us'd thus Take of the Roots of White Hellebor one Dram infuse it in Rhenish Wine or rather macerate it in some hot place for the space of one Night Then boyl it strain off this Wine and throw it away for 't is too sharp And pour fresh Wine upon it only to stand in infusion all Night In the Morning exhibit a Dram and a half or two Drams of the strain'd Liquor to the Mad Person 'T is a Medicine admirably fit for this case and this only In the Mineral Family Antimony and Vitriol are the two noted Emetics But Vitriol is not so Friendly to Nature as the former it weakens the Body and disorders the Stomach whereas Antimony produces no such effects The Vitrum Antimonii alone is of more use and efficacy than a Thousand
squeezing the Miliar Glandules and so provoking them to an evacuation Some Purging Medicines enter into the Blood and dissolve its Mass If there be any corrupt juices Incorporated with it they carry them off If there be none they melt down the laudable Blood into serum and dispose it for secretion We are oppress'd with a Numberless train of Purging Medicines whereas one or two might Answer all our demands Some few indeed besides the evacuating Vertue have a specific Relation to some Diseases as black Hellebor to Melancholly Rhubarb to the disorders of the Kidneys and especially Câ—loquintida to all Acid Enormities But by a modest Computation five or six might be pick'd out that might very well suffice for all the Indications in Physic These are Jalap Senna black Hellebor Aloe and Rhubarb to which ye may add Scammony and Coloquintida for quickning Ingredients Jalap is a Root imported from Mexico It s Purgative Vertue is owing to its resinous Oyly parts which are strongly six'd by an Acid. For if ye extract the Resin out of it by Spirit of Wine the remaining Caput Mortuum is rob'd of its Purging Vertue This discovers the error of many Physicians who order Jalap to be infus'd in Wine or Common Water which are improper Vehicles for a resinous Body It purges gently without throws or gripings The excrements it evacuates are ting'd with a yellow Colour It agrees best with moist Constitutions and is recommended by Borellus as a specific in a Dropsy If it be well Concocted in the first Passages it not only evacuates but attenuates the humors But the Resin of Jalap taken in solid Powder sticks to the pleats of the Stomach and Guts causes a great many disorders and sometimes a super-purgation Whereas if it be dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg in any convenient liquor it is easily concocted and operates without any trouble If Jalap be desir'd in a solid form we prescribe thus Take Cream of Tartar from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Powder of Jalap ten twelve or fifteen Grains and a drop or two of Distill'd Oyl of Annisseeds or Mace Mix and make a Powder If it want to be quicken'd thus Take Powder of Jalap ten fifteen or sixteen Grains Cream of Tartar or Tartar Vitriolated or the Salt call'd Arcanum Duplicatum from twelve to fifteen Grains Prepar'd Scammony one Grain or two Distill'd Oyl of Anisseeds or Mace or Cinnamon two drops Mix and make a Powder as above This is call'd the Purging Vegetable for many uses or Purgans Vegetabile Polychrestum The following prescription purges gently and do's not Gripe Take Powder of Jalap from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Nitre depurated half a Scruple or four Grains of Nitre and the like quantity of Salt of Tartar prepar'd Scammony one Grain or two Distill'd Oyl of Anisseeds or Mace one or two drops Mix and make a Powder Or Take Cream of Tartar one Scruple Resin of Jalap half a Scruple Salt of Tartar seven Grains Distill'd Oyl of Anis-seeds two drops If a Bolus be more acceptable than a Powder Take of Conserve of Clovegilliflowers half a Dram Cream of Tartar fifteen Grains Powder of Jalap half a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Mace two drops With a sufficient quantity of Solutive Syrup of Roses make a Bolus Or Take of the Pulp of Raisins two Drams Powder of Jalap one Scruple Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Fumitory make an Electuary For Pills prescribe thus Take of Extractum Catholicum twelve Grains Resin of Jalap four Grains the extract of Trochisci Alhandal two Grains Mix for Pills For a liquid form thus Take of Spirit of Wine or of any other rectified Spirit one Pint of the Roots of Jalap four Ounces Citron Peel six Drams Saffron five Grains Let them stand in a warm infusion then strain the liquor and reserve it for use 'T is call'd Essentia Citrata and may be given from half an Ounce to six Drams Or Take of Hyssop Water one Ounce Cinnamon Water three Drams Powder of Jalap fifteen Grains Extract of Trochisci Alhandal two Grains Syrup of Cichory with Rhubarb half an Ounce Mix for a Potion Or Take Rosin of Jalap from half a Scruple to twelve Grains Salt of Tartar from six to seven Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Roses make a Syrup The Salt of Tartar Correct the resin and prevents its sticking to the pleats of the Stomach If an Emulsion be more agreeable Take Melonseeds peel'd half a Dram Resin of Jalap six seven eight nine or fourteen Grains Beat them up together pouring in of warm Rose Water or Mint Water or any other convenient Water one Ounce add Cinnamon Water two Drams Make an Emulsion and sweeten it with solutive Syrup of Roses or any other grateful Syrup Ye may add two Grains of Scammony prepar'd with Sulphur or one Grain of the extract of Trochisci Alhandal with eight Grains of Salt of Tartar Hartwigius prepar'd it with the Yelk of an Egg thus Take Resin of Jalap seven eight or ten Grains and for those who are more robust twelve or fifteen Grains beat 'em up with the Yelk of an Egg. Then pour upon them of Fennel or Mint Water half an Ounce or as much as sufficeth to make an Emulsion Afterwards add Cinnamon Water a Dram or two with a small quantity of sugar or Syrup of Cinnamom 'T is an admirable Purge and sometimes evacuates both upwards and downwards Senna was first found out by the Arabians Hippocrates and the Ancient Grecians knew nothing of it It is a mild Purgative more usual in Chronical Distempers than in acute which are generally cur'd by Vomits Three things are diligently to be observ'd in using of it First that the leaves be well separated from the stalks which are apt to Gripe Secondly that they be not infus'd too long lest the thicker mucilage which is troublesom to the Stomac and Guts be also extracted For the Purging Vertue of Senna proceeds from a Volatil mucilage attended by a thicker The former is gentle and easy The latter griping to a high degree Thirdly that it be never exhibited without the addition of Ginger and Tartar which sharpen and attenuate the mucilage It is a proper purge for hot and dry Constitutions We prescribe it in Powder thus Take of Cream of Tartar and Leaves of Pick'd Senna of each two Drams Ginger Anisseeds Cinnamom and Galandal of each half a Scruple Mix and make a Powder Which is a gentle Lenitive and may be taken at Dinner in a spoonful of broth Dose as much as will lie upon the Point of a knife The infusion of Senna is better than the Decoction in which the Volatil mucilage evaporates and the thicker is too much extracted If ye add Cream of Tartar to it it must always be boyl'd else it will not mix with the Cream Therefore in simple infusions we only add Salt of Tartar and for the most part black
Hellebor For Decoction Take of the leaves of Pick'd Senna Fearn of the Oak of each three Drams Cream of Tartar one Dram. Boyl them in a close Vessel with a sufficient quantity of Cinnamom Water Strain out three Ounces of the Liquor and add to it three Drams of Cinnamom Water and half an Ounce of the Syrup of Borrage Mix for a draught For Infusion Take of the leaves of Senna two three or four Drams Ginger or Anisseeds a Scruple Salt of Tartar from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Cinnamom Water or Fumitory or Cichory Water Let them stand warm for a Night In the morning give two or four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor according to the Circumstances of the Patient adding two three or four Drams of solutive Syrup of Roses or Syrup of the Juice of Chermes Berries The Salt of Tartar will render the Potion red but 't is very grateful and operates gently But I prefer the following infusion Take of the leaves of Senna a Dram and a half or two or four Drams at most Black Hellebor Roots from half a Dram to a Dram or Rhubarb from a Dram to two Drams Annisseeds from a Scruple to a Dram or Ginger from a Scruple to half a Dram Salt of Tartar fifteen twenty or thirty Grains Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Betony Fumitory Hyssop or Cichory Water for a Night Add to two three or four Ounces of the strain'd Liquor three or four Drams of Cinnamom Water with half an Ounce of solutive Syrup of Roses or Syrup of Apples or any other sweetening thing If ye design one Infusion for several Doses Take of Corents an Ounce and a half beat them in a Marble Mortar pouring upon them a pint and a half of warm Water Then infuse leaves of Pick'd Senna three Drams Cream of Tartar one Dram Violet Flowers three little handfuls Let them infuse warm in a Glass well stopp'd And when 't is grown cold give three or four Ounces every Morning and Evening or every other Day It is good for dry Hypochondriac Constitutions and such as are subject to a Constipated Belly But it ought not to be kept above eight Days In Chronical Diseases and Inveterat quartan Feavers the following Infusion may be given before the invasion of the Paroxism Take of the leaves of Senna three Drams black Hellebor Roots a Dram and a half Ginger half a Dram Salt of Tartar two Scruples if ye please ye may add some sweet Calamus Roots chop and beat them small and tye them up in a Bag. Whch infuse in a Pint and a half of Water or warm Ale Set it in a warm place and let it grow cold by degrees Let the sick Person take two or three Drams every two or three hours I proceed to black Hellebor 'T is call'd so from its little black Roots tho' it have white Flowers It is endow'd with a Volatil sharpness not unlike that of Antiscorbutic Medicines Upon this Account it is a specific for all Diseases relating to the Nerves It is never given in substance by reason of its extreme sharpness but only in infusion or by way of Extract The Ancients were wont to infuse it in Vinegar but in vain For all Acids are so far from Correcting Vegetable Purging Medicines that they rather Imprison them and elude their Operation The Warry Vehicles are best for Hellebor which we generally infuse together with Senna Salt of Tartar is a proper Correcter for it In a dry Scorbutic Constitution we infuse it in whey thus Take oâ— black Hellebor Roots two Drams Senna leaves one Dram if ye please ye may add Polypody or Water Cresses Infuse in a sufficient quantity of Clarified whey for a Night In the Morning strain out three Ounces and add to it a Dram of Spirit of Scurvy-Grass and two Drams of Cinnamom Water Mix and make a draught for one Dose Oft-times the Hellebor is ty'd up in a Bag. As for the Extract the most compendious way of making it is this Take of black Hellebor Roots slic'd a convenient quantity Infuse them in Rhenish Wine Let them digest till the Wine have assum'd the taste and colour of the Hellebor Then thicken it to the consistence of a Rob. Some add Salt of Tartar Some make this Extract with Spirit of Wine but I should not dare to use it In a Habitual Epilepsy the following Pills are very proper Take of Extract of black Hellebor half a Scruple or fifteen Grains sweet Mercury half a Scruple fifteen Grains or a whole Scruple according to the Circumstances of the Patient Extract of the Troches call'd Alhandal from one to three Grains With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Mint or Sage or Sassafras make Pills For Cachectic Scorbutic Dispositions use the following Pill Take of Quercetanus's Tartar Pills and Extract of black Hellebor of each twelve or fifteen Grains Prepar'd Scammony from one to three Grains With a sufficient quantity of the solution of Steel prepar'd with Salt Make Pills for one Dose For all Chronical Distempers use this Pill viz. Take of Ruffus's Pills dâ— tribus Extract of black Hellebor of each half a Scruple The Vitriol of Steel Calcinated till it become white five Grains prepar'd Scammony one Grain With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Which are of excellent use to Hypochondriac Persons Next to Hellebor comes Aloe It is the Juice of an Indian Plant and was frequently us'd by the Ancients It has some Gummy Parts and some Resinous The former evacuate very gently The latter are endow'd with a baumy astringent bitterness and Entitle Aloe to the Character of an admirable Stomachic These two parts are evidently distinguish'd by washing Aloe in Water where the Gummy part is wash'd away and the Resinous remains Yet some People are so foolish as to prescribe wash'd Aloe for a Purging Medicine 'T is no quick Purgative and therefore scarce so proper for Acute as for Chronical distempers where gradual and slow Purgations are requir'd and where the altering Medicines must keep pace with those which evacuate For a Person subject to the Hypochondriac distemper I 've order'd the following Pills to be swallow'd down once in two or four weeks Take of lucid Aloe two Drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar one Dram Tartar prepar'd with Vitriol half a Dram. With a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac Make a Mass for Pills of which take ten or fifteen two hours before supper and they will purge gently next Day N. B. Gum Ammoniac ought to be dissolv'd not depurated or evaporated lest it sustain a loss of its better part The Extract of Aloe may be made thus Take a convenient quantity of the Juice of Succory or Roses or Violets Infuse lucid Aloe into it Let it stand for Digestion and 't will Extract a mucilage strain this mucilage and thicken it to the consistence of an Extract Which may be
Centory of each half a handful Elecampane and Evans Roots of each half an Ounce Mustard-seeds or Rocket-Seeds one Ounce Cinnamom two Drams Cloves one Dram. Infuse as above If ye desire to make it a little loosening Take of Mint two handfuls tops of Wormwood one handful Roots of Aron Roots of Crude black Hellebor of each half an Ounce Roots of Elecampain and the Leaves of pick'd Senna of each one Ounce Aniseeds Fennel-seeds of each six Drams Galangal Zedoary and Ginger of each two Drams Salt of Tartar three Drams Infuse as above When the Spittle is glutinous and the Mouth tasts bitter the Roots of Horse-Radishes and Elecampane in equal quantities infus'd in Rhenish or Wormwood-wine or Pepper infus'd in like manner or Wheaten-Bread dipp'd in Wine or even a Draught of good generous Wine are approved Remedies or Thonerius's Decoction thus Take of Cichory-Roots of the Herbs Roman Wormwood Carduus Benedictus and Rosemary of each a handful lesser Centory a handful and a half boil them in equal quantities of Wine and Water till a third part be consum'd Dose half a Pint Morning and Evening Or Pachequus his Decoction of Agrimony Wormwood and lesser Centory in Water If ye please ye may add some temperat Acids As Take of mint-Mint-water two Ounces cinnamom-Cinnamom-water from two Drams to six Drams Juice of Quinces from one Ounce to an Ounce and a half Syrup of Quinces either simple or aromatis'd from half an Ounce to six Drams Mix and make a Potion of which the Patient may take at pleasure Take of mint-Mint-water one Ounce Cinnamom-water half a Dram Spirit of Treacle a Dram and a half Laudanum Opiatum prepar'd by fermentation two Grains Syrup of Cinnamom half an Ounce Mix c. The Spirit of Mastic and Spirit of Bread and the Mineral Acid Spirits dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine the dulcify'd Spirit of Vitriol given from twenty to thirty drops in a warm Vehicle about two hours before eating the volatil Salt of Amber c. are proper to this purpose But they ought to be well qualify'd or joyn'd with vegetable Stomachic's as in Elixir proprietatis which is a noble Medicine For Example Take of Elixir proprietatis two Drams Essence of Wormwood and Mint or Aromatic Calamus of each a Dram. Mix c. Or Take of the Conserve of the Pulp of Citrons an Ounce and a half Conserve of Mint Vitriolated one Dram the red Hepatic Powder two Drams Spirit of Salt coagulated two Scruples with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Quinces spic'd make an Electuary Michael's Stomachical Elixir is not improper in this case As Take of Mint four handfuls Roman Wormwood Rosemary of each two handfuls Sage Penny-Royal Baum of each one or two handfuls Acorus-roots fresh three Ounces or dried one Ounce Burnet or Elecampane-roots two Drams round Cypress-roots one Dram Mastic six Drams or an Ounce and a half or two Ounces of the four hot Seeds of each half a Dram Mustard seed six Drams of the Shavings of Sassafras three Drams Zedoary Galangal of each a Dram and a half or two Drams or three Drams of Cubebs Nutmegs Mace Cinnamom Ginger Cloves of each three Drams or half an Ounce Coriander-seed one Dram pour upon 'em Spirit of Salt or Philosophical Spirit of Vitriol which is almost the same as much as sufficeth for a grateful sharpness Extract the Tincture with Spirit of Mint Strain it and add as much of the compound Stomachical Extract as it will bear Dose fifty or sixty Drops For a Scorbutic and Hypochondriac Constitution it may be mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass taking a Dram and a half of the Spirit to three Drams of the Elixir Mynsichtius his Elixir Vitrioli and the Essence of Amber are much commended And likewise Alcali's sharpen'd with other Salts As Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar and Elixir proprietatis prepar'd without the Acid of each three Drams Mix c. Sal-armoniac is a good Stomachic but it ought not to be joyn'd with fix'd Alcali's which drive away the volatil part of the Armoniac and fix the remaining Acid. It succeeds better when joyn'd with Spices As Take of the Flowers of Sal-armoniac or depurated Sal-armoniack one Dram. The Powder call'd Diatrion Pipereon or Powder of Cubebs or any other Aromatic Powder a Scruple or half a Dram. Mix and make a Powder for three or four Doses of which the Patient may take one every Morning Or Take of depurated Sal-armoniac one Dram Ginger and the Powder of Diatrion Pipereon of each a Scruple or fifteen Grains Mix for three Doses Or Take of dried Aron roots one Dram prepar'd Crabs-Eyes Salt of Wormwood of each from a Scruple to half a Dram distill'd Oyl of Cloves three Drops Mix for three Doses Or Take of Aron-roots half a Dram black Pepper a Dram and a half Ginger half a Dram Flowers of Sal-armoniac two Drams distill'd Oyl of Aromatic Calamus a Scruple Make a Powder Or Take of the Conserve of Wormwood-tops Conserve of Elecampane-roots of each two Drams candy'd Ginger six Drams Powder of Diatrion Pipereon three Drams Sal-armoniac one Dram with the Syrup of Quinces make an Electuary Some use Sal-armoniac in Wormwood-wine Tartar also and its various Productions are very proper And the saline Stomachical Powders such as Michael's which is made thus Take of the Powder of dry'd Aron-roots two Pound the Salt call'd Arcanum duplicatum one Pound Salt of Wormwood Arabian Costus and Aromatic Calamus-roots of each two Ounces Cinnamom and Cloves of each an Ounce and a half Mace Long Pepper Ginger Cubebs Cardamoms Grains of Paradise Zedoary and Coriander-seeds of each one Ounce Mix and make a Powder Dose from a Scruple to half a Dram. If a shorter Process be more agreeable Take of the Powder of Aron-roots one Dram Arcanum duplicatum two Scruples distill'd Oyl of Mint six Drops Mix and make a Powder If Inappetency be caus'd by the Animal Spirits or the Nerves take the Essence of Ambergrise and joyn it to other Stomachic's Wine and all Spiritous or Aromatic Liquors especially the Essence of Baum and Penny-Royal with a few Drops of the Distill'd Oyl of Juniper-Berries are very proper on this occasion As also the Balsam of Peru either taken in the Yelk of an Egg or exhibited in Sugar or Wine or in the form of a Tincture extracted with the Tincture of Tartar And Paracelsus his Stomachical Electuary as follows Take of Rob of Juniper six Drams Powder of Ginger half a Dram Aromatic Calamus Mace of each two Drams Cubebs one Dram with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make an Electuary Or Take of Cichory-roots candy'd Vipergrass-roots candy'd of each one Ounce Conserve of curl'd Mint Conserve of Roman Wormwood of each an Ounce and a half Conserve of Cichory-Flowers Conserve of Roses Conserve of Rosemary-Flowers and Powder of Zedoary of each one Ounce of Aromatic Calaâ—â—us Ginger and the sharpest Cinnamom of each a Dram of Mithridat or Venice-Treacle two
not so easily diluted as otherwise This Salt is of an Alcalin nature contrary to that which causes immoderat Hunger The privative cause is the Defect of Saliva whose Office 't is to water those parts and dilute the Salts The remote external Causes are Purging Medicines Pepper Salt Spices Arsenic sublimat Mercury talking loud sleeping with the Mouth open c. The internal remote Causes are the prevalency of a bitter Oyl in the Choler depraving the Lymph an Oyly sharpness in the Saliva occasion'd by Catarrhs extravasation of Serum or Scorbutic glutinous Lymph the Deficiency Glutinosity and Saltish sharpness of the Saliva as in Feavers Phthisicks Hectics c. To which we may add the disorder diversion or paucity of the Spirits which hinder the due secretion of the Spittle as in the Instances of Weakness Fatigue Anger Pain c. The heat of the Blood in the Lungs and dejection of the Appetit in the Stomac have likewise a great hand in causing Thirst Sometimes Thirst is attended by a Feaverish heat at other times it is quite free of it as in Scorbutic Hydropic and Catarrhous cases In general a sudden Thirst without any visible cause prognosticates some Disease or other If the Tongue be dry the Mouth beset with a tough Phlegm and the Body oppress'd with heat and yet the Person be insensible of Thirst 't is an Argument of a Delirium or great disorder among the Animal Spirits or of the stupidity of the Tongue and adjacent parts and is justly look'd upon as a malignant Symtom If in drinking the Liquor makes a noise as it falls into the Stomac it is an Argument of the Disorder of the Stomac In Feavers it disappears together with them But in Chronical Distempers 't is not so easily shaken off As for the method of Cure the irritating Cause must be first remov'd by Medicines vary'd according to its Nature Such are partly austere Acids partly temperat Medicineâ— which correct the sharp or urinous or oyly or saline Particles The Acids are Wood-sorrel Prunes Citrons Quinces Oranges Pomgranates Rasberries Barberries Corants Cherries and all their Juices and especially Tamarinds which not only abate the Thirst but open the Body The Juice of Houseleek Vinegar Strawberry-water Tinctures of Roses of Viclets and of Dasies Cream of Tartar Spirits of Vitriol of Sulphur of Salt or the Spirit distill'd from equal Quantities of Sulphur Antimony and Vitriol drop'd into the ordinary Drink The temperate Remedies are Milk Whey clarify'd with Citrons Emulsions of Seeds Raisins Liquorice e. The second Indication of Cure is to augment the quantity of Serum and Spittle by exhibiting Liquids alter'd with Wine or Cinnamom or mix'd with acid Spirits Simple cold Water tho' commonly us'd is very noxious Besides 't is not convenient to throw in too large quantities of Liquors for fear of loading the Stomac therefore Gargles and Mucilages applied to the Tongue and Throat will not be improper As for the Forms of Recipe's these following will suffice Take of the Decoction of the Leaves and Roots of Wood-sorrel one Pound fresh Juice of Wood-sorrel three Ounces Syrup of Bay-berries and Pomgranats of each six Drams Mix them Take of the Decoction of Barly one Pound Juices of Citrons and of Quinces of each two Ounces Tinctures of the Flowers of Dasies and Roses of each two Drams Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an Ounce and a half Spirit of Salt as much as sufficeth Make a Julep Take of the Flowers of Dasies six Drams sprinkle 'em with Spirit of Sulphur and infuse 'em in two Pound of Barly-water till it extract a Tincture strain the Liquor and add three Ounces of the Syrup of Rasberries Take of Tamarinds two Ounces bruis'd small Raisins an Ounce and a half boil them in Water and infuse in the strain'd Liquor while 't is yet hot an Ounce of fresh Citron-peel When 't is cold strain it out and add half an Ounce of the Tincture of Roses Make a Julep Take of Barly-water a Pound and a half cinnamom-Cinnamom-water an Ounce purify'd Nitre or Nitrum Antimoniatum from a Dram to a Dram and a half Mix them for a Potion This and all Nitrous Potions are proper for such as do not agree with Acids In Scorbutic Phthysical and Hydropic Cases the Saltness of the Lymph and Spittle is admirably corrected by Whey mix'd with Juice of Citrons or with the Juices of Scurvy-grass and Wood-sorrel Spirits of Salt and of Nitre are likewise very proper Emulsions prepar'd from the cooling and milky Seeds and the Decoction of China with Raisins and Liquorice are likewise conducive to the same purpose Acids in this case are improper But Liquorice and Fennel-Seeds boil'd are much approv'd As Take of Barly a handful small Raisins bruis'd an ounce and a half Anniseeds Fennel seeds of each a Dram and a half Liquorice-roots six Drams Boyl them in fair Water till the fourth part be consum'd adding towards the end a Dram and a half of Cinnamon Strain out the Liquor of which the Patient may drink at pleasure Gargles of Water Small-beer or Water impregnated with Nitre or the Juice of Houseleek or Mucilages of Quince-seeds Fleawort-seeds c. extracted with Rose-water or Phlegm of Vitriol and mix'd with the Juice of Houseleek applied to the Tongue and held in the Mouth are very useful especially when the Tongue is black dry and rough Some healthy Persons are molested with Thirst every Morning for whom Wormwood-wine is very proper Others are thirsty thro' Labour Fatigue and Exercise for whom the Spirit of Wine is very convenient SECT III. Of the Diseases relating to the Chewing Faculty HAVING dispatch'd the Disorders of the Appetit which is the first Spring of Nourishment I am now arriv'd at the manner of receiving Food It is first receiv'd by the Mouth Chew'd and impregnated with Spittle which being of a fermentative Nature not unlike that of the ferment in the Stomach predisposes and prepares it for Digestion Now if the Power of Chewing be deficient or disorder'd 't is neither impregnated with Spittle nor cut small so as to be fit for Digestion The Disorders of this Nature are such as respect either the Muscles imploy'd in that Motion the Jaw-bones or the Teeth Of these in order CHAP. I. Of the Contorsion of the Muscles of the Mouth or a Dog Cramp THE Temporal Muscles and those common to the Cheeks and Lips are the Instruments which move the under Jaw-bone in order to joyn it with the upper in the Act of Chewing If they are seiz'd with Convulsions or Cramps the under Jaw-bone is inseparably united to the upper if they be Paralytic it falls down by its own weight and they are not able to fetch it up But these Cramps and Palsies never happen but when the whole Body is equally affected and then they yield to the general Cure If one part or side of these Muscles be seiz'd with Convulsions or Palsy while the other is sound the Mouth stands awry inclining
Calamint and Wormwood of each a handful Elecampane-roots Acorus-Roots of each an Ounce Galangal three Drams Cinnamom three Drams Mace one Dram 't is very oyly and therefore a small Quantity will suffice Anniseeds three or six Drams Cut bruise and tie them in a Bag to be infus'd in Rhenish Wine in a warm place for twelve Hours Let the Patient take a Draught of the Infusion before Eating adding to every Draught fifteen drops of dulcify'd Spirit of Salt The Rob of Juniper-Berries with Ginger Mace and Sugar may be us'd by way of Electuary Sal-armoniac given in Wormwood-wine Arcanum Duplicatum or essential Salt of Tartar mix'd with Aromatic Powders the Infusion of Aron and Elecampane roots in Wine Chocolat and Thea are all of excellent use As for musty Crudities Vomits and gentle Purges of Rhubarb and Tamarinds are proper Then precipitating Earthy Powders follow'd by Acid Juleps As Take of Arcanum Duplicatum two Scruples prepar'd Cuttle-bone a Scruple Powder of Nutmegs six Grains Mix for two or three Doses Take of Mint-water an Ounce and a half cinnamom-Cinnamom-Water two Drams Juice of Quinces six Drams Syrup of the Juice of Quinces half a Dram. Mix for a Potion Dulcify'd Spirit of Salt Spirit of Mastic Elixir Proprietatis Ivory Coral Cream of Tartar Quinces c. are all proper Ingredients Acid Crudities are remov'd by absorbent Powders and volatil Aromatics such as Scurvygrass lesser Centory Wormwood Rhubarb and especially Ginger volatil Spirits of Mint Sage Scurvygrass that of Sal-armoniac mix'd with Vegetable Spirits Spirit of Tartar Hartshorn c. Elixir Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid together with the fixed Salts of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus c. the digestive Hypocondriac Salt Hartshorn Ivory Crabs-Eyes c. Above all River-Crabs together with the Shells are much approv'd All Acids must be avoided and after the Acid is vanquish'd Purgatives administred Besides internal Medicines external Applications are proper for promoting Chylification As Take of the Oyl of Mint prepar'd by Infusion and boyling two Drams express'd Oyl of Nutmegs a Dram distill'd Oyls of Mint of Mace and of Cloves of each half a Scruple Mix and anoint the Region of the Stomach Balsam of Peru is very proper for the same purpose Take of Tacamahac three parts Gum-Caran one part soften 'em with Balsam of Peru or distill'd Oyl of Mint and make a Plaister to be applied to the Stomac A Spunge dip'd in Wine impregnated with the Vehicle of Stomachic Simples and applied hot to the Stomac is also much approv'd CHAP. II. Of Wind in the Stomach and Guts WHEN the Work of Chylification is disturb'd Wind oft times molests and distends the Stomach which if it break upwards with a noise is call'd Belching if it be discharg'd both upwards and downwards 't is call'd a dry Cholera Wind is somewhat different from Vapors and Exhalations either of which is resolv'd by heat and thicken'd by cold whereas it undergoes no such alteration Nay 't is neither heat nor cold that is directly concern'd in giving it a Being 't is only the vicious fermentation of a Preternatural Acid within a thick viscous Body Thus we see that Spirit of Nitre pour'd upon a Metallin soluble Body boyls up into Wind and Noise The like will happen in the distillation of Tartar or the effusion of Vinegar or Juice of Citrons upon Corals or Crabs-Eyes In like manner Bread or new Wine if fermented will rise up with a windy noise but if fermentation be neglected no other process of boyling macerating distilling c. is able to produce that effect And once more if Apples be expos'd to the Sun so as to undergo a fermentation by vertue of the heat their Skin will chop and break to give way to the Wind and no other management whatsoever can compass that end Thus 't is made to appear that Wind is not pre-existent in the Liquors or Humors themselves but newly created by vertue of the imprisonment of acid and urinous Salts within a viscous Body which they endeavour to attenuate and break through when dissolv'd and put into motion by the addition of a ferment Now that the Vehicle is viscid is sufficiently made out by the tenacious gross Humors that are voided upwards by Vomiting The Part affected is the Cavity of the Stomach and its upper Orifice The immediate Cause is already explain'd To which we may add a violent compression which obliges the Wind in pursuit of a larger space to move in to break forth and forsake its narrow Habitation just as Air condensated displays its Elastic force and seeks to enlarge its Bounds driving before it the contiguous interfering Bodies with a notable noise The remote Causes are the eating of viscous Food and retention of acid Crudities Flatulent Meats may be very apt to encourage a Windy noise but without the fermentatation of an inclosed Acid they cannot of themselves produce it Therefore 't is that the same Meats will occasion such disturbances in acid Constitutions that are digested by other Persons without any disorder Some flatulent Distentions are natural produc'd by the oyly Bile and acid Mucus of the Stomac and Guts when their Cavities are Empty and projected by Nature to keep their walls from joyning and continue the openness of their Pores As to the Differences of Belchings some are Acid as in Hypocondriac cases and after long fasting some musty of which above some answerable to the natural quality of Food receiv'd as those caus'd by eating Onyons Radishes c. some quite insipid and lastly tho very rarely some are attended by a prodigious stink Now the cause of flatulent stinks must be fetch'd from the Chymical Experiment of dissolving fat Sulphureous Substances with Alcali's and precipitating with Acids As Antimony calcin'd with Nitre and Tartar in the Preparation of Crocus Metallorum then dissolv'd in Water and precipitated with Vinegar yields a most noysom Smell so the oyly Salts of the Bile first resolv'd and then precipitated by Acids are indow'd with the like Quality The Signs are these If the Wind cannot force its passage the Breast or Belly is distended and perplex'd if touch'd it rebounds as it were the respiration is very difficult especially when the Persons lie on their Backs they are molested with violent Pains and tossing from side to side they perceive a sort of flatulent noise within Just before the Wind breaks forth they complain of a vast Perplexity in their Breasts but when it gains its Passage are benefited by it Sometimes these flatulent Distentions reach the Neck and Back and occasion a Swelling about the Mouth of the Stomac which prevents the breaking of Wind downwards and reaps no advantage by those which pass upwards And Eating augments this Distention As for Prognostics They are usually the Symptoms of a Hypocondriac Illness and if they happen upon the recovery of a Disease portend its relapse If they continue long they threaten Dropsies If they stink horridly they are very malignant and
contagious The Cure is perform'd by attenuating and discharging the viscid Matter discussing the Wind and moderating its force In the first place let Antimonial Emerics be exhibited and next to them the Stomachical Purgatives prescrib'd in the last Chapter After the first Passages are clear'd the oyly volatil salin Simples are equally proper for tempering the Acid and attenuating the viscous Humour As for Example Take of Fennel and Mint-water of each an Ounce and a half carminative-Carminative-water prepar'd with Wine an Ounce Spirit of Anis Essence of Orange-peel of each three Drams distill'd Oyl of Mace five drops Syrup of Orange-peel six Drams Make a Potion to be taken by Spoonfuls Chamomil with the four hot Seeds both larger and lesser boyl'd in Wine or their distill'd Oyls or their Spirits mix'd with that of Sal-armoniac Castor or its Essence prepar'd with Spirit of Sal-armoniac Myrrh Treacle Orange-peel Amber-grise Cinnamom and all Oyly Volat-Salts are proper for the same purpose As for Example Take of Coriander-seeds half an Ounce Anniseeds Fennel-seeds of each two Drams Zedoary Ginger Galangal and Sal-armoniac of each a Dram â—owder of Diatrion Pipereon a Dram and half aromatic Oyl of Sugar two Drams Make a Coarse Powder Balsam of Sulphur is of very good use as likewise the aromatic compound Waters of the above mention'd Simples but above all the Carminative Spirit de Tribus that is the Spirit distill'd from Tartar and Nitre mix'd with Spirit of Wine tartaris'd and rectify'd Take of mint-Mint-water two Ounces Roman Chamomil water an Ounce Zedoary-water half an Ounce Carminative Spirit de Tribus a Dram and a half Essence of Opium a Scruple Syrup of Orange-peel an Ounce Mix for a Draught Take of Elixir proprietatis prepar'd without Acids three Drams Essence of Castor two Drams Essence of Opium a Dram. Mix. Dose forty drops If Wind be accompanied with Flushings in the Face and a notable heat there is nothing comparable to the Spirit of Nitre dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine and impregnated with the vertue of Carminative-Simples after Sylvius's Method Sylvius's extemporary mixture is very serviceable in this case viz. Take of Fennel and mint-Mint-water of each two Ounces rectify'd Spirit of Wine or Matthiolus's Aqua Vitae or Sylvius's Carminative Spirit an Ounce Spirit of Nitre twenty drops distill'd Oyl of Mace six drops Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Syrup of Mint an Ounce and a half Mix. Dose two Spoonfuls As for inveterat acid Belchings five or six Pepper-corns taken every Morning fasting are very useful as likewise absorbent Earthy Powders mix'd with Aromatics Essence or Juice of Wormwood taken at Meals and the Powder of Coral Cuttle-bone and Ostiocolla mix'd with Spirit of Wine impregnated with Juniper If the Wind proceed from a thick stubborn Mucilage exhibit the Asthmatical Syrup mix'd with a double quantity of Michael's Elixir for the Stomac Externally let the place affected be fomented with the Oyls of Chamomil and of the Carminative-seeds or with a mixture of Anis-water Spirit of Wine camphoris'd and Treacle or cover'd with a Plaister of Tacamahac Balsam of Peru and Treacle 'T is also proper to inject Clysters of Man's Urin in which the Carminative Ingredients have been boyl'd SECT VI. Of the Diseases that hinder the Retention of Food in the Stomac CHAP. I. Of Vomiting and Loathing of Meat HAVING thus accompany'd the Food from its first entry into the Mouth till its arrival in the Stomac we are now to view the Causes that disturb its Repose That Sense which with respect to external parts is call'd Pain is Christen'd Irritation among the Internal Membranes as the upper Orifice of the Stomach is said to be irritated when any Object grates upon or displeases it Now the natural result of Irritation is that Crowds of Spirits are summon'd in by the angry part and upon their arrival it contracts it self Thus the Mouth of the Stomac being extremely sensible contracts it self upon the least Irritation the natural consequence of which is a loathing of Meat or denying admission to it when swallow'd or if it happen to force its passage the imprison'd Wind belches out at the new open'd Gate But if this contraction be continu'd to the Pylorus or lower Orifice of the Stomac its Fibres being stronger than those of the upper throw up the Contents with force sufficient to master the Passage and hence insues a direct Vomiting So that Loathing and Vomiting differ in this point That the one is a contraction of the upper the other of the lower Orifice of the Stomac Vomiting is said to be Essential when the Irritating cause is lodg'd within the Stomach Such Causes are a Wound Inflammation Ulcer Gangren or Schirrus of the Stomac or Pylorus sharp Scorbutic Salts convey'd thither in company with the Spittle or deposited by the Arteries the vicious effervescency or recoyling of the Gall and Pancreatic Juice clotted Blood corrupt Matter or any Humor dislodg'd of its proper Habitation and hurry'd into the Stomac the Assumption of sharp Irritating Medicines Vomits Purges Poyson c. or of fat things which relaxat the Fibres of the upper Orifice and struggle with the acid ferment Crudities Worms c. If the Cause be seated elsewhere the Vomiting is caus'd by consent by reason either of the Stomac's being one continu'd piece with the affected part or of their mutual commerce maintain'd by the Nerves Thus the Disorders of the Bowels Guts Midriff Head Kidneys Womb Liver and Spleen are frequently the causes of Vomiting A Schirrus or corruption of the Sweetbread stagnation of the Seminal Juice in Widows and stale Maids and in a word whatever disturbs or inflames the Animal Spirits will produce the same effect Vomiting is usher'd in by Anxiety and Trouble in the Breast Swiming of the Head trembling of the Under-Lip plentiful evacuations of Spittle and Convulsive Motions of the Stomac An Essential Vomiting ought to be carefully distinguish'd from that which is Sympathical If when the Stomac is empty'd by Vomiting there remains still a propensity to Vomit if the Stomac continue heavy and blown up and nauseat Food if acid or musty Belchings insue we take it for an essential Vomiting If it be incorrigible and obstinat usher'd in at first by a pain in the Breast and after a Day or two a Loathing in a word if no fault can be fasten'd on the contain'd Humours it proceeds from a Callosity Schirrus or such like default in the Stomac If it come in a surprizing manner without the precedent Siâ—ns of Trouble in the Breast Loathing weak Stomac c. 'T is a shrewd Argument that it proceeds by consent from the disorder of some other part that is not yet come to light If it be caus'd by a viscid Humor 't is hard to cure it If the Chyle and Food be frequently thrown up with a feaverish heat 't is an ill circumstance Long and continual Vomiting in Malignant Feavers especially if the Matter be livid blackish or fetid is very dangerous In benign Feavers
to a Viscous Pituitous Matter 't is not so violent If follow'd by Convulsions 't is much suspected as also if it accompany Acute Feavers The cure is perform'd by removing the offending cause and abating the Pain If it depend upon another Disease it yeilds to its cure If it be Essential or accompany Feavers there 's nothing equals Antimonial Vomits which prevent an Infinity of dismal circumstances After Vomiting Purges are proper But by reason of their offensiveness to the Stomae let 'em be mix'd with Opiats a useful contrivance fot such as are liable to Gripings or over-purgations or stuff'd with sharp Scorbutic Hypocondriac Humors Take of Tartar vitriolated fifteen Grains Scammony sulphurated two or three Grains Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain Distilled Oyl of Caraways two Drops Make a Pouder Take of Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac twelve Grains Magistery of Jalap five Grains Scammony sulphurated and Laudanum Opiatum of each a Grain with Essence of Castor make Pills Four or five Grains of Fulminatory Gold may be added Take of Aloes half an Ounce Myrrh two Drams Mastic a Dram Oriental Saffron half a Dram Rectify'd Flowers of Antimony a Dram with solutive Syrup of Roses make a Mass Dose from fifteen to twenty four Grains This is the composition of Poterius his Catholic Pills If it be caus'd by Wind or the Steams of the Choler and Pancreatic Juice fermenting in the Duodenum let Carminative Clysters be injected As Take of Leaves of Mint Wild Marjoram and Penny Royal of each a handful Chamomil Flowers half a handful Angelica Roots half an Ounce Bayberries three Drams Seeds of Anis Carrets and Fennel of each a Dram. Boyl them in Water and Man's Urine To Eight or Nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Lenitive Electuary and Electuary of Bayberries four or six Drams Distill'd Oyls of Anniseeds and Fennelseeds of each half a Scruple Yelks of Eggs in number one Make a Clyster to be injected warm 'T is proper to add Salt of Tartar by reason that at once it whets the Clyster and attenuats the viscid humors Blood-letting is inconvenient excepting the case of a Plaethora or some notable suppression of Blood The second Indication is satisfied by Opiats as thus Take of Chamomil water three Ounces Cinnamom-water one Ounce Elixir of Mint or of Citrons or of Oranges six Drams Distill'd Oyl of Chamomil six Drops Laudanum Opiatum from three to six Grains Syrup of Hysop six Drams Syrup of Canel an Ounce Mix them Dose two or three spoonfuls 'T is a Catholic Mixture for all Pains of the Stomac The Spirits of Salarmoniac Anniseeds Hartshorn Tincture of Tartar Carminative Spirit de tribus or if the Pain be attended by a burning heat dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre may be conveniently added The Remaining Specifics are vary'd according to the Causes If Wind be deem'd for the Cause Chamomil is a noted Specific by reason of its Anodyn and Aromatic Vertues It s Water its Essence extracted with a Carminative Spirit of Wine its Decoction its Oyl drunk with Wine or applied outwardly with Oyl of Nutmegs are all of excellent vse Next are the Decoctions of Sassafras Hyssop Dill Rosemary and Mullein Flowers The Tincture and Distill'd Oyl of Orange or Citron Peel Spirit and Distill'd Oyl of Anniseeds Spirit of Salarmoniac Elixir of Mint c. If it be attended by a Notable Heat to these Aromatic Ingredients we may add Acids as the Juices and Syrups of Quinces Citrons and Pomegranats Spirit of Nitre dulcify'd with a triple quantity of the Spirit of Anniseeds If the Anxiety or Pain proceed from Acid sharp Humors or green rusty Choler Absorbent Pouders are proper as Take of Prepar'd Red Coral Cinnabar of Antimony Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony of each Eight Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain Distill'd Oyl of Cloves one Drop Make a Pouder to be exhibited in Chamomil-water mix'd with Essence of Castor If it arise from a Viscous Mucilage Cream of Tartar and Gum Ammoniac are proper Ingredients If it be caus'd by Sublimat Mercury let Milk mix'd with Oyl of Sweet Almonds or Oyl of Tartar per deliquium be exhibited Let Prepar'd Chrystal Venice Treacle and Fresh Butter be dissolv'd in Barley-water and given to drink and the Stomac fomented with the Decoction of Henbane Leaves in Red Wine Some recommend seal'd Earth with Syrup of Comfrey for internal use Pins Pieces of Glass and such like sharp things swallow'd and pricking the Stomac are remov'd by drinking Oyl of Sweet Almonds and Broth or eating a thick Pultise of Rice and Milletseeds If the Pain be occasion'd by Worms give Elixir Proprietatis without the Acid and Spirit of Sal Armoniac or Tartaris'd Essence of Wormwood As for Old Persons who are frequently troubled with a Pain of the Stomac attended by a notable Weakness and Propensity to swoon the following Pills are of wonderful Efficacy Viz. Take of Ambergrise two or three Grains Mosch and Oriental Saffron of each a Grain or two Opium four Grains Make Pills As touching External Applications Ointments are compos'd after this manner Viz. Take of the Distill'd Oyl of Chamomil a Dram Oyls of Mace and of Cloves of each fifteen Drops Balsam of Peru half a Dram. With Expressed Oyl of Nutmegs make a Liniment and anoint the Breast and Stomac applying afterwards a hot Brick Plaisters are very useful especially such as are made of Tacamahac or Gum Caran with Venice Treacle or Balsam of Peru and Distill'd Oyl of Amber The Stomac may be likewise fomented with the Decoction of Wormwood Mint Hyssop Marjoram Chamomil Flowers Fennel seeds and Juniper Berries in Wine or Vinegar and Water or a Bag quilted with the same Ingredients and Spices and sprinkled with the Oyls of Amber and Mint may be applied hot to the Stomac Anodyn Cataplasms are also very useful especially in Scorbutic Cases as Take of the Leaves of Henbane and Mallows roasted under Ashes of each three Ounces Meal of Barly and Vetches reduc'd to a due consistence with the Decoction of Vetches of each two ounces the Mucilages of Tragacanth of Fleawortseeds and of Quinces of each two ounces Make a Cataplasm Womens Pains of the Stomac arising from the Faults of the Matrix are frequently cur'd by the application of Pomatum and Goats Tallow As those which proceed from Wind by applying a Bag of Bran tosted Milletseeds and common Salt The Disease which we call the Heat of the Stomac is near akin to those last describ'd 'T is seated in the Left Orifice of the Stomac and is only a sense of Heat and Sulphureous Fumes passing thro the Gullet caus'd by the Fermentation of an Acid with a Fat Oyly Alkali in the Stomac The Remote Causes are over-acid or over-fat Victuals Choler abounding in the Stomac or forc'd thither by Anger or such like occasions or an Hypocondriac Acidity prevailing in the Stomac The Burning or Heat is frequently accompany'd by bitter and musty Belchings and if it come without
may be useful for strengthning the Fibres of the Guts But to what Purpose should the Irritating and Floating Humors be bound up 'T is better they should take their Course than be thrown upon a Nobler Part. 'T is true Tormentil seal'd Earth Sugar of Lead and such like things are very useful but 't is not upon the account of their Adstringent but Absorbing and Correcting Vertue 7. 'T is the Ridiculous Humor of some to avoid Wine Whereas nothing is more Friendly to the Stomac or more proper against a Looseness Of All the Medicines us'd against Loosenesses Opium is the Head 'T is a Powerful Controuler of all Tumultuous Motions 'T is exhibited in Vinegar Or rather Recent Diascordium may supply its Room being given from a Dram to two Drams Some extoll the use of two Eggs boyl'd very hard sprinkled with Rose-Vinegar and Pouder of Mace and Nutmegs Others recommend a Quince fill'd with Wax and Roasted Goats Tallow melted and mix'd with Flower Extract of Tormentil dissolv'd in Cinnamon or Mint Water together with a Grain or two of Laudanum the Juice of Austere Fruits such as Medlars and Quinces mix'd with the Juice of Arsmart The Rob made from the Juice of unripe sorbe Apples the Conserve of Quinces mix'd with Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamon and Laudanum Opiatum The Decoction of Masticwood or in the Room of it that of Mastic it self with Mace and Cinnamon mix'd with Gelley of Hartshorn for Ordinary Drink or Water impregnated with the fumes of Mastic The Decoction of Juniper-berries or that of Hartshorn and Stag's Pizzle or the Decoction of Gum Arabic and Sugar in Ale The Golden Earth found in Gold Mines dissolv'd with the Spirit of the Vitriol of Steel Whey or Vinegar impregnated with Steel Crocus of Steeâ— Dulcify'd Gaput Mortuum of Vitriol exhibited in an Acid Vehicle Coral Crystal mix'd with Hysteric Laudanum and Chalybeat Bezoar against a Bilious Looseness Blood Stone Sugar of Lead Plantan Purslain Tormentil and Columbin-Waters and the Juices of Quinces and Pomgranats These are all specifics in this Disease Take of Plantan-Water three Ounces Cinnamom-Water an Ounce Fracastorius's Diascordium two Drams Prepar'd Red Coral two Scruples seal'd Earth a Scruple Syrup of Myrtles an Ounce Make a Potion Give a spoonful now and then Vinegar of Wine or of Roses and Diaphoretic Antimony may be added Take of Mint-water two Ounces Cinnamom-water two Drams Extract of Tormentil eight Grains Astringent Crocus of Steel and Hysteric Laudanum of each six Grains Syrup of Quinces half an Ounce Mix for one Dose Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre may be added Or to temper the sharpness of the humors an Emulsion may be made from sweet Almonds and White Poppy Seeds with the Decoction of Hartshorn and mix'd with absorbent Powders Take of Vitriolated Conserve of Mint an Ounce and a half Diascordium half an Ounce Seal'd Earth a Dram Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony and Extract of Tormentil Roots of each half a Dram. With Syrup of Masterwort make an Electuary Dose two Drams twice or thrice aday When a Looseness is attended by Gripings black excrements thirst and inappetency give what follows Take Conserve of Mint and Diascordium of each two Ounces Rhubarb a Dram Red Coral two Scruples With Syrup of Coral make an Electuary Of which let the Patient take a Convenient quantity frequently In malignant Epidemical Loosenesses Alexipharmacal sudorifics ought to be mix'd with proper specifics as Spirit of Venice Treacle with Spirit of Mastic Seal'd Earth and Volatil Salt of Vipers c. Or thus Take of Seal'd Earth and Diaphoretic Antimony of each fifteen Grains Powder of Mace four Grains Volatil Salt of Vipers six Grains Mix for one Dose Take of Mint and Scordium Waters of each an Ounce and a half Cinnamon Water three Drams Vinegar of Wine six Drams Venice Treacle a Dram and a half Mineral Bezoar half a Dram Syrup of Quinces three Drams Mix for a Potion In the mean while let the Stomac be fortify'd by the Juice of Quinces Dulcify'd Spirit of Salt or a Draught of Generous Wine In case of a Tenesmus inject Milk-Clysters frequently If a Looseness be caus'd by Poyson give twelve Grains of Emerald with Conserve of Quinces The External Remedies against Loosenesses are Venice Treacle mix'd with Balsam of Peru and the Distill'd Oyl of Mastic sprinkl'd with the Distill'd Oyl of Mace and Applied to the Belly or the Crust of Tosted Bread soak'd in Vinegar and Cover'd with Cloves and Nutmegs in Powder or a Cataplasm of yest Powder of Mint Leaves Zedoary Cloves Galangal Ginger and Rose Vinegar applied to the Navel Fomentations of the same place with Decoctions of Aromatic Ingredients or Inunctions with Distill'd Aromatic Oyls incorporated with Express'd Oyl of Nutmegs applying after Inunction a hot Brick are also proper If there be a necessity of cleansing the Intestines either in the Beginning or Declension of the Disease give half a Dram of Rhubarb with eight Grains of Nutmegs and three Grains of Hysteric Laudanum Or give the Decoction of Tamarinds But these things are most proper in the Declination of the Disease or if in the beginning it must be when the humours are hurry'd into the Guts from other Parts or the first Passages are very foul as when a Looseness proceeds from Summer Fruits If the Great Intestines are the Seat of the Evil Clysters of Milk are proper as also when the Person goes frequently to stool and voids but little which is a sign of the Acrimony of the humor In that case Emollient Clysters of Chalybeat Milk Yelks of Eggs Turpentin and Hony of Roses are very useful If the Anus be excoriated foment with Milk in which Emollient-Herbs are Boyl'd If a Looseness be occasion'd by over violent Purgation let Laudanum Opiatum Wormwood Rue Essence of Venice Treacle mix'd with Anodyns and Diaphoretic Powders such as Seal'd Earth Sugar of Lead Blood stone Diaphoretic Antimony c. Be exhibited Let Venice Treacle be applied to the Navel or the Belly be fomented with Wine in which Wormwood Mint and Spices are Boyl'd If the Person be Grip'd or Molested with a perpetual Itch of going to stool inject a Clyster of warm Milk in which Venice Treacle is dissolv'd If a Looseness proceed from an Error in the use of External things as Summer Fruits c. It ought not to be stopped unless it overbear or cause an inappetency and weak Concoction in which case we exhibit the absorbent Powders with Opiats in the same method as above If a Looseness proceed from the transferring of the morbific matter to which Catarrhous Persons are obnoxious in the Night-time and which the Ancients fancy'd to flow from the Brain it is cur'd by aversion and derivation by Issues and Blistering Plaisters If a Looseness be caus'd by the spontaneous course of humors 't is cur'd as a common Looseness or by Chalybeat Medicines and Bathing But these last sorts of Loosenesses require no Cure unless they prove exorbitant ART II. Of the
Take of the Leaves of Hyssop and white Horehound of each two handfuls Elecampane Roots two Ounces Fennel seeds half an Ounce Anis seed two drams Terra foliata Tartari three drams Common Water three Pound Scum'd Hony half a Pound Boyl them in a close Vessel Scum the Liquor and add three drams of Cinnamon and a dram of Oriental Saffron Strain it for use Let the Patient take a draught twice or thrice a day Take of Hyssop and Speedwell Water of each an ounce and a half Cinnamon Water an ounce Essence of Zedoary half an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar and a dram and a half Oxymel of Sqills an ounce Mix for two or three Doses Take of Hyssop Poppy flower and Asthmatical Waters an ounce and a half Asthmatical Spirit Prepar'd fâ—om Gum Ammoniac Verdigris and Brimstone an ounce and a half Oxymel of Squills or Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Take of the Tincture of Tartar half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac two drams Mix and take thirty or forty drops in a warm Vehicle Take of the Roots of Fennel of Asarabacca and of Florentin Orris of each three drams Liquorice two drams Boyl them in Water till the third part be consum'd To eight ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Gum Ammoniac a dram Oxymel of Squills an ounce Syrup of Horehound an ounce or two Mix. This is Brunnerus his Potion Note Sugar and Sweet things ought to be Cautiously us'd in this Disease They are offensive to the Stomac and Lungs and favour a Phthisic Take of Rape flower Water four ounces strong Cinnamon Water half an ounce Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Spirit of Sulphur as much as sufficeth for a Grateful Acidity Mix c. A dram of Gum Ammoniac may be added Take of Cinnamon Water two ounces Sperma Caeti two drams Oxymel of Squills an ounce Mix c. Take of the Wine and Infusion of Woodlice eight ounces Extract of Elecampane Roots two drams Extract of Saffron half a dram Syrup of Hyssop and Syrup of white Horehound of each two drams Mix and take a draught twice a day As for the Convulsive dry Asthma's they are cur'd by premising a Vomit excepting the case of Hysterical Symptoms exhibiting Antiepileptic Medicines such as the Volatil Salt of Amber the Spirits of Tartar Amber Harts-horn Sulphur and Sal-armoniac especially the Essence of Castor whose Oyly salt conquers the Acid most effectually the Spirit of Putrify'd Earthworms and the Distill'd Oyls of Amber Anis and Turpentin mix'd with Narcotics Externally we apply the Oyl of sweet Almonds with Saffron to the Breast and Blistering Plaisters to the Shoulder-Blades and Arms. ART II. Of a Hiccough THE Hickets are a Convulsive motion of the Diaphragm bending it downward distending the Belly and provoking it to accelerat and interrupt Inspiration The Ancients refer'd it to the Stomac but its influence over the Belly its necessary dependence upon Inspiration its ready Obedience to the Command of our Will its being cur'd by continu'd Inspiration Sneesing Mirth and Violent Passions argue that 't is Seated in the Middriff 'T is true the Irritating Cause is frequently lodg'd in the upper Orifice of the Stomac from whence it has a short influence upon the Middriff thro' which the Orifice Passes Thus sharp acid Cold Liquors and Victuals or an acid Viscous Phlegm in the Stomac such as Children are Obnoxious to are frequently the Authors of this Disease As also the Convulsive motions of any other Membran that Corresponds with the Middriff Violent Purgatives Disjoynting of the Ribs Inflammations of the Liver Ruptures and whatever injures the Guts or Adjacent Membrans If a Hiccough proceed from the assumption of sharp Liquors or External things 't is not so dangerous as when it follows the Inflammations of the Liver Costiveness Colics or Feavers especially towards their height The Cure consists in abating the Convulsive sense of the Middriff and removing the material cause The former end is compass'd by Narcotics mix'd with Specifics Now the Specifics are Cinnamon Mastic Galangal Ginger Aniseed Burnt Hartshorn or Ivory Spirit of Sal-armoniac and especially Castor Take of Venice Treacle half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Aniseed half a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Mace two drops With the Juice of Quinces Make a Bolus If the Evil be Inveterat 't will be necessary to Vomit Or at least to Purge with Pills of Aloe and Sweet Mercury mix'd with Laudanum After their Operation is over exhibit the following Mixture Take of Wine Impregnated with Quinces and the Tincture of Roses of each an ounce Extract of Zedoary fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Orange Peel four drops Syrup of Quinces half an ounce Mix c. If the Stomac be distended with Wind add the Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre If the Person be molested with Hysterical Symptoms add the Extract of Castor Externally we apply to the Stomac Cataplasms of yest Aromatic Powders and Oyl of Castor Or hot Bread soak'd in Spanish Wine or in Vinegar in which Pepper Castor and Mustard seeds are Boyl'd If a Hiccough proceed from Crudities in the Stomac besides the General method of Vomiting and Purging with Aloe 't will be requisit to exhibit Stomachical Mixtures of the Essence of Zedoary Spirit of Mastic Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd with Spirit of Sal-armoniac Essence of Wormwood c. If it be occasion'd by sharp Corrosive rusty humors 't will be needful to joyn the above mention'd Specifics with Absorbent Powders such as Seal'd Earth Crabs Eyes Coral Solar Earth and especially the Inner skin of a Hen's Breast If it take its Root from Poyson or be Accompany'd by Malignity let Alexipharmacal Ingredients be added In Feavers Antimonial Nitre given to a dram is of Noted Efficacy If sudden Cold or Drinking of Cold Liquors immediatly after heat gave being to the Disease 't will be proper to Bathe in the Decoction of Nervous Plants ART III. Of the Night Mare THE Night-Mare is either Accidental or Habitual The former is occasion'd by the Distention of the Stomac with Wind or Crudities and prevails when Persons are asleep and lye upon their Backs For then the Stomac dilated presses the Middriff and Muscles of the Bread most and so incumbers the descent of the one and dilatation of the other which are necessary for Inspiration Thus the Blood stagnats in the Lungs and the Person is not able to speak or breathe freely but fancies himself press'd by some particular Object The Habitual is occasion'd by some Acid Lymph that disorders the Spirits and Creates a Paralytic or Convulsive Disposition of the Nerves of the Middriff and Muscles of the Breast which by consent Cramp those of the Wind Pipe whose Contraction raises a sense of strangling and abolishes the Power of an Articulat Voice Hypochondiac and Scorbutic Persons are most subject to this habitual sort which is frequently attended by red spots in the skin and seems to be near a-kin to an Epilepsy Sometimes 't is the effect of Worms
Juniper berries in Ale taken in order to sweat For Preservatives against the Influence of the Air we may anoint the Nostrils with the Distill'd Oyls of Anis Amber and Mace and snuff up the Powder of black Hellebor mix'd with Sugar and Oyl of Cloves 2. If an accidental dry Cough by continuance become moist and void slimy matter let a Vomit be first exhibited and then Opiats follow'd by Pectoral Vulnerary Prescriptions if the matter be lodg'd in the Breast and Stomachical Arematics if it lye in the Stomac The Pectoral Ingredients are Ground-Ivy Chervil Speedwell Scabions Elecampane Roots Coltsfoot and Sassafras The Stomachical are Mint Zedoary Elixyr Proprietatis c. 3. A wet Pectoral Cough is formally cur'd by Attenuating and Expectorating Ingredients interlac'd with Vomits or moderat Purges and follow'd by Vulnerary Medicines for healing the corroded parts The Attenuating Ingredients are Cuckowpint Roots the fresh Juice of Radishes given with Sugar the Decoction of Horehound or of Elecampane Gum Ammoniac Ground Ivy Hyssop Ginger Syrup of Tobacco Oxymel of Squills Hedg Mustard Spirit of Sal-armoniac Aniseeds and the Carminative Spirit de tribus given to forty drops thrice a day Take of Hyssop Water two ounces Speedwell Water an ounce Asthmatical Water half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Mix c. The Vulnerary Ingredients are the flowers of Sulphur the Balsam of Sulphur Anisated given to fifteen drops in the yelk of an Egg twice a day Benzoin Poterius's Antihectic Diaphoretic Antimony and the Vulnerary Plants Take of Crabs Eyes and Flowers of Sulphur of each a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum a Grain Distill'd Oyl of Anis a drop make a Powder Take of the Herbs Speedwell Ground Ivy and Scabious of each a handful Chervil a handful and a half Shavings of Sassafras an ounce Boyl them in Water adding at last Bruis'd Corants two ounces Liquorice Roots an ounce And after 't is taken off the fire three drams of Cinnamon hung in a Bag. 4. A wet Stomachical Cough proceeding from a viscid matter in the Stomac is cur'd by exhibiting first Vomits then Purges mix'd with attenuating Ingredients As Take of the Pills of Hiera with Agaric fifteen Grains Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar half a scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal two Grains Distill'd Oyl of Anis two drops With Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Sweet Mercury may also be added After Purgation it will be requisite to prepare the matter for Expectoration by attenuating Compositions and towards the end when the viscid matter is in good measure evacuated we may add the Syrup of Poppies As Take of Ouckowpint Roots a dram and a half Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar Mastic of each a Scruple Tartar Vitriolated half a dram With Sugar dissolv'd in Mint Water make Tablets Take of Hyssop and Mint Water of each an ounce Asthmatical Water six drams Cinnamon and Oxymel of Squills of each an ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar of Squills two drams Dulcify'd Spirit of Salt as much as sufficieth Mix. Dose a spoonful now and then After the use of attenuating Medicines 't will be proper to strengthen the Stomac by Elixyr Proprietatis Essence of Elecampane Decoction of Zedoary Spirit of Sal-armoniac Essence of Saffron and Chocolat which is useful against all Coughs As Sage and Water Germander Leaves Flowers of Sulphur and Laudanum Opiatum mix'd with the Syrup Diacodium in the form of an Electuary are very convenient against all wet Coughs 5. Dry Nocturnal Coughs proceeding from the acidity and saltness of the Lymph are cur'd by Volatil Sudorifics mix'd with Opiats a Vomit being premis'd if it be needful The Volatil sudorifies are the Spirit of Sal-armoniac or the Spirit of Hartshorn succinated mix'd with the Essence of Opium Amber Myrrh Sylvius's Pills of Storax to which we may subjoyn the Incrassating Pectorals such as the Flowers of Sulphur given to a scruple in a Potch'd Egg Benzoin Sperma Ceti the Distill'd Oyl of Anis and Fennel the Syrup of Jujubes the Decoction of Rapes a very successful Medicine the Juice of Liquorice Purg'd from its Adulterating Ingredients by a Dissolution in Hyssop Water Gum Arabic Marshmallow Roots c. For Example Take of the Spirit of Sal-armoniac Succinated Tincture of Sulphur of each a dram Essence of Opium half a dram Mix. Dose forty drops to be taken two hours before Supper Take of prepar'd Amber half a scruple choice Myrrh and Volatil salt of Amber of each five Grains Extract of Saffron two or four Grains Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains With the Essence of Sassafras make Pills to be taken two hours before Supper Take of the flowers of Sulphur Benzoin Prepar'd Amber of each half a dram Frankincense and Gum Arabic of each a scruple Extract of Saffron half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum three Grains With Sugar dissolv'd in Fennel Water make Tablets to be sprinkled with the Distill'd Oyl of Anis Take of Sperma Ceti a dram Flowers of Benzoin a scruple Myrrh and Volatil salt of Amber of each half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum four Grains Make a Powder for four Doses Take of the conserve of red Roses two ounces Poterius's Antihectic a dram and a half the flowers of sulphur and Powder Diaireos of each two scruples With Diacodium Make an Electuary Take of white Henbane seeds white Poppy seeds of each half a dram Frankincense and Myrrh of each a scruple Saffron half a scruple thicken'd Juice of Liquorice a dram Sugar of Marshmallows Prepar'd with the mucilage of Marshmallows half an ounce Gum Tragacanth dissolv'd in Rose Water a dram Laudanum Opiatum a few Grains Make small Tablets to be melted gradually in the mouth Take of the Conserve of Rosemary flowers Conserve of Betony flowers Conserve of Marygold flowers of each three drams Prepar'd Amber two drams Myrrh two scruples Benzoin and Frankincense of each a scruple With sugar dissolv'd in the Water of Wild Thyme Make Tablets and Spinkle 'em with the Distill'd Oyl of Amber Take of the Roots of Florentin Orris two drams Flowers of sulphur a dram Distill'd Oyl of Anis half a dram Distill'd Oyl of Fennel fifteen drops White Sugar three drams Make a Powder of which exhibit a dram twice a day Take of the Extract of sulphur Pulveris'd twelve Grains Extract of Saffron two Grains Choice Myrrh four Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain With the Essence of Amber Make Pills Take of Storax Extract of Liquorice Olibanum Myrrh and Laudanum Opiatum of each half a dram Oriental Saffron a scruple With the Syrup of white Poppies Make Pills This is the Composition of Sylvius's Pills of Storax which are of Excellent use in Nocturnal Coughs The Juice of Liquorice is frequently adulterated and do's more harm then good To prevent this Inconvenience 't will be requisit to prescribe always the Juice of Spanish Liquorice or at least to dissolve the ordinary Juice of Liquorice in Hyssop Water and Strain it before it be thicken'd that so the impure
dregs may be separated Take of the Powder Diaireos a dram flowers of sulphur half a dram Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Make Pills for three Doses If the Nocturnal Feaver be troublesom Take of Scabious Water four ounces Asthmatical Water half a dram Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a dram and a half Diacodium six drams Mix and Exhibit before the Paroxysm in order to sweat Towards the finishing of the cure 't will not be improper to Purge thus Take of Crato's Pills of Amber sixteen Grains Extract of Agarie eight Grains Troches Alhandal and Scammony sulphurated of each two Grains With the Essence of Sassafras Make Pills 6. If a dry Noctural Cough continue so long that it begins to void Corrupt matter and that the Lungs are Ulcerated let a draught of the Decoction of Guajacum and Sassafras or of China and Raisins be exhibited every morning and Opiats at Night And apply an Ointment of Hogs Tallow and Onyon Heads to the Feet in the Evening for three days together 7. The dry Chin Cough arising from the Stomac is cur'd thus First give a Vomit then exhibit twice a day a spoonful of the Decoction of Electampane and Corants in Spanish Wine mix'd with Diacodium The Decoction of Rapes is equally effectual both in this and all other dry Coughs Or Take of the Compound Tincture of Tartar two drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated a dram Essence of Opium half a dram Dose forty drops thrice a day In General All dry Coughs are treated as Catarrhs and the moist sort as wet Asthma's 8. As for the Convulsive Coughs arising by sympathy from the influence of foreign Membrans they are cur'd as Convulsions by Volatil Salts 9. If the Throat and Palat be excoriated 't is customary to give some thickening licking Medicines for defending the Passage This gave occasion to the Vulgar mistake as if such licking Medicines should drop into the Wind Pipe whereas they only keep the throat easy Such are the Syrups of Jujubes Coltsfoot Liquorice and the Oyl of sugar thus Prepar'd Take of the Spirit and Oyl of Juniper berries of each four ounces White sugar two ounces Kindle the Spirit and the Sugar or Oyl will remain Which mix with the Extract of Saffron to be often lick'd of ART IV. Of a Choaking Catarrh THAT which the Ancients call'd a Choaking Catarrh is a Disease causing difficult Respiration and Threatening Suffocation which seems to be Complicated of an Asthma Cough and Hoarseness The Ancients fancy'd that a Catarrh falls from the Head and overflows the Lungs But Anatomy affords no Passage for such a descent and therefore we shall wave their Opinions For the most part Convulsive Asthma's are miscall'd Catarrhs or whatever symptom of this Nature is different from them may be cast into these four Heads 1. A fear of suffocation may insue when the Lungs are stuff'd and provok'd to Contract their fibres by a viscid Heterogeneous Acid as if sulphureous fumes should stick to 'em like foot to a Chimney they 'd provoke the Lungs to contract and squeese out Lymph with which they joyn in the form of a new Concrete till being concocted together they find a vent by Expectoration Upon which the Contraction and Difficulty of Breathing ceases But the Nutritious Juice of the Lungs is so deprav'd that they retain a Propensity to relapse upon the least occasion The acid that prevails in Children renders them also liable to this symptom 'T is cur'd by Opiats and Thickening Medicines 2. When the Head of the Wind Pipe and Epiglottis are provok'd to Contraction as when a bit of Bread falling into it causes a Coughing Hoarseness difficult breathing and voiding of matter The cause in respect of the Larynx is either External or Internal The former is a viscous thick Lymph falling from the hinder Membrana Pituitaria into the Wind Pipe especially in the Night time and when the Patient lies on his back which Irritats and Tickles the Head of the Wind Pipe provokes the Epiglottis to shut and hinder Respiration occasions a hoarseness snoring and spitting of thin matter which in process of time becomes thick and concocted The latter is a sharp Lymph lodg'd within the Wind Pipe and producing the like effects As for cure if it proceed from the cause that is External or Foreign to the Wind Pipe it requires a Vomit and Attenuating Medicines viz. The Juice of Radishes Syrup of Tobacco Gum Ammoniac c. And in a word the same cure with the Inveterat moist Gough As for Example Take of Hyssop Water Mint Water and the Water of Tobacco of each an ounce The Asthmatical Water six drams Oxymel of Squills half an ounce Syrup of Tobacco six drams or an ounce Mix and make a Potion of which give a spoonful now and then Or Take of Hyssop Water and Scabious Water of each an ounce and a half The Asthmatical Water six drams Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a dram Syrup of Scabious an ounce Mix and Exhibit as above To these and such like mixtures we may add opiats now and then The Water of Hedge Mustard with Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar the Roots of Cuckowpint and Michael's Asthmatical Spirit Prepared from Verdigris and Gum Ammoniac are also very proper If this Symptom proceeds from an Internal cause 't is cur'd by sudorifics mix'd with Opiats Vomits being premis'd if there be occasion after the same manner as a dry Nocturnal Cough proceeding from a sharp Lymph Take of Mint Water Scabious Water Water of Mother of Thyme of each an ounce Asthmatical Water six drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated two drams Flowers of sulphur half a dram Syrup of Diacodium an ounce Mix and give a spoonful now and then Or. Take of the Essence against Catarrhs three drams the Spirit of Sal-armoniac Anisated a dram Mix and Exhibit a Convenient quantity frequently Take of Aqua Articularis ad Extra two drams Spirit of black Cherries and of Lilly of the Vally of each a dram Essence of Opium two scruples Mix and apply it with a warm Cloth to the Region of the Larynx especially when the Person is sensible of a tickling or constriction in that part If this Disease return frequently let an Issue be cut in the Arm. Clysters Blood-letting Blistering Plaisters and all the Stratagems of the Ancients Calculated for Defluxions from the Head are of no use 3. The third sort of Suffocation or Catarrhus Suffocativus happens when the Blood stagnats in the Lungs In this Case it is coincident with a Syncope Cardiaca approaches to a Peripneumonia and is attended by the Symptoms of an Apoplexy Nay Apoplectic Persons when Dead have their Lungs stuff'd after the same manner as those who dye of this distemper And therefore Hypocrates Styl'd it a strangling Aph. 13. Sect. 2. The froth that sometimes attends this Paroxysm proceeds from the Imprison'd Blood in the Lungs when Rarify'd by Air Thus if we inject Oyl of Turpentin into a Dogs Veins it congeals the Blood
crouded into the Stomach while its Mouth is stubborn and not easily mov'd to vomiting as in Hypocondriac and the like cases In scorbutic Feavers attended by convulsive Pains of the Belly or Loins those made of Milk Sugar Hony and the Yelk of an Egg are very useful In Hypochondriac and Histeric Fevers the same Clysters are given or mix'd with Turpentin The carminative and gentle Abstersive Clysters are as follows Take of the carminative and emollient Ingredients of each a handful Salt of Pot-ashes two or three Drams Dross of Regulus Antimonii a Dram Boil in a sufficient quantity of Water To eight Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Electuary of Bay-Berries one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a Scruple Or Take of the carminative or emollient Ingredients two handfuls Salt of Tartar a Dram or two Boyl them in Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of Electuary of Bayberries one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Amber half a Scruple and the Yelk of one Egg. Make a Clyster Take of Chamomil Flowers two handfuls Juniper-Berries one Ounce Aniseeds half an Ounce boil them in equal quantities of Water and Human Urine To eight Ounces of the Decoction strain'd add of lenitive Electuary one Ounce distill'd Oyl of Juniper Berries a Scruple Make a Clyster Take of Roman Chamomil one handful Bay-leaves and Elder-Flowers of each half a handful Angelica and Lovage Roots and Aniseeds of each six Drams boil them in Water To nine Ounces of the Decoction strain'd add Electuary of Bay-Berries and lenitive Electuary of each six Drams Antimonial Nitre a Scruple distill'd Oyl of Angelica Oyl of Bayberries and Oyl of Rue of each four grains with the Yelk of one Egg make a Clyster Take of Bay-Leaves and Elder-Flowers of each half a handful Chamomil-Flowers one handful Lovage Roots six drams Fenugrec Seeds half an Ounce Boil them in Water and Humane Urine Strain the Decoction and add to nine Ounces of it Electuary of Hiera with Agaric six Drams Electuary of Bay-berries three Drams distill'd Oyl of Angelica Caraways and Rue of each four drops Make a Clyster Take of the Leaves of Wormwood and Carduus Benedictus of each a handful Roots of Elecampane one Ounce Lovage Roots six Drams Juniper Berries one Ounce Salt of Tartar a Dram boil them in Whey And to eight Ounces of the strain'd Decoction add Electuary of Hiera with Agaric one Ounce Hony of Roses six Drams Sal Gem a Dram and a half Mix for a Clyster Take of Chamomil Flowers two handfuls Mint one handful Juniper Berries an Ounce boil them in Water and Human Urine and inject the warm Decoction In scorbutic Feavers the Clysters must be compos'd of Milk as take of Goats or Cows Milk from nine Ounces to a Pound Hony of Roses Hony of Rue of each an Ounce or an Ounce and a half and two Yelks of Eggs. Make a Clyster for two Injections This and all other Clysters ought always to be injected about an Hour or two before the Paroxysm VI. These general evacuations can never compass the cure unless follow'd by Diaphoretics 'T is true sweating Medicines ought not to be exhibited till after Vomiting c. But the Feaver is not right cur'd if they be totally omitted or Sweats do not insue 'T is true Hot sharp Aromatics are justly avoided but the saline Febrifuga's must not be neglected VII The sick Person must take care to have an empty Stomac when the fit comes VIII Diaphoretic Medicines are not to be given in the Paroxysm but an Hour or two before it in order to promote sweating in the end of the Fit for if that be wanting the Person is seiz'd with the Head-ach But withal 't is an improper way to procure Sweat by a heavy load of Coverings IX The Physician must observe nicely if a Tertian partakes of malignity If the Tongue be rough and black and the Person seiz'd with a sudden Weakness 't is a shroud evidence of a malignant Tertian In this case Emulsions of Citron Seeds with Alexipharmacal Medicines joyn'd to Febrifuga's are proper X. Spirit of Sal-Armoniac is an infallible comforter either in the Cold or Hot Fit In Scorbutic Feavers 't is of soevereign use if mix'd with Spirit of Scurvy-grass It may be given before the Paroxysm or on the intermitting Day Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Essence of Opium fifteen drops Mix for one Dose to be taken immediatly before the Paroxyism Take of Spirit of Sal-armoniac three drams Spirit of Harts-horn succinated a dram dose thirty or forty drops Take Water of Carduus Benedictus an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac half a dram or a dram Laudanum Opiatum two grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an ounce mix for a Potion before the Paroxysm Take of Mint Water one ounce Spirit of Salarmoniac half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves or of Amber two drops Syrup of Orange peel two drams mix as above If the cold Fit be very troublesome add a grain of Laudanum Opiatum In Scorbutic Feavers add Spirit of Scurvy-grass Take of Mint Water two ounces Cinnamom Water two drams Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram Diaphoretic Antimony sixteen grains Syrup of Betony two drams mix as above Take of purify'd Sal-armoniac a scruple Antihectcum Poterii twelve or fifteen grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops make a Powder to be taken before the accession of the Fit Take of Sal-armoniac fifteen grains prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a Scruple Laudamim Opiatum one grain make a Powder and use as above Take of Antiscorbutic Water and Water of Carduus Benedictus of each an ounce and a half Spirit of Scurvy-grass or Spirit of Sal-armoniac a dram prepar'd Crabs Eyes and Strobelbergerus his specific against Feavers of each a scruple Laudanum Opiatum two grains Forestus's Syrup of Scelotyrbium an ounce Mix c. XI When the cold Fit is extreamly violent the use of Spirit of Sal-armoniac may be confin'd to the intermitting Days and the fix'd Alcali Salts exhibited on the Fit Days As Take of Red Coral prepar'd Salt of Wormwood of each fifteen grains Laudanum Opiatum a grain distill'd Oyl of Cloves or of Juniper Berries two drops Make a Powder to be given in a warm Vehicle about an Hour or two before the Paroxysm in order to procure Sweat Or Take of Salt of Wormwood a scruple Volatil Salt of Harts-horn five grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder as above Or Take of Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains Volatil Salt of Harts-horn three grains prepar'd red Coral half a scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder c. Take of Salt of Wormwood two scruples prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony half a scruple Mix for three Doses to be exhibited before a Quartan Paroxysm Take of red Coral prepar'd Salt of Wormwood of each a Scruple Fulminating Gold six Grains Make a Powder Take of Harts horn prepar'd without Fire two Scruples Salt of Carduus Benedictus Salt of
lesser Centory of each eight Grains Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains Diaphoretic Antimony half a Scruple prepar'd red Coral twelve grains distill'd Oyl of Sassafras or of Mace two Drops-Mix c. If the form of Potions be more acceptable take of Water of Carduus Benedictus one Ounce Salt of Wormwood a Scruple Salt of lesser Centory half a Scruple Julep of Roses three Drams Mix for one Dose Take of Water of lesser Centory an Ounce or two Salt of Wormwood fifteen or twenty Grains prepar'd Crabs Eyes ten or fifteen grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus half an Ounce Make a Potion to be given before the Paroxysm adding two Drops of distill'd Oyl of Cloves Take of Parsley Water two Ounces Fennel Water one Ounce Spirit of Venice Triacle a Dram and a half Volatil salt of Amber a scruple Syrup of Carduus Benedictus an Ounce Mix and exhibit a Spoonful now and then Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus two Ounces Triacle Water two Drams Salt of Wormwoood half a Dram Spirit of Sal-armoniac a scruple Syrup of red Poppies three Drams Mix for a Potion XII The fix'd Salts consisting of an Alcali and an Acid such as Arcanum Duplicatum Sal Hypochondriacum digestivum c. are proper to be us'd in the beginning of the Disease before Evacuations and likewise on the intermitting and Fit-Days As Take of Hypochondriac Salt half a scruple Salt of Wormwood five grains Mix for a Powder Take of purify'd Sal-â—rmoniac a Dram Antimoniall Nitie a scruple Make a Powder for two Doses one to be taken in a hot Vehicle in the Morning and the other in a cold Vehicle at Night Take of Arcanum duplicatum fifteen or twenty grains Diaphoretic Antimony half a scruple Mix. Let it be taken before the Invasion of the Fit and twice on the intermitting Day Take of Arcanum duplicatum fifteen grains prepar'd Crabs Eyes twelve grains distill'd Oyl of Juniper Berries two drops Mix and make a Powder to be us'd as above Take of Arcanum duplicatum fifteen grains Salt of Wormwood prepar'd red Coral of each half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum one grain Make a Powder Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes Areanum duplicatum Salt of Wormwood of each half a Dram Volatil Salt of Amber twelve grains Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Make a Powder for three Doses One to be taken immediatly before the Fit and two on the intermitting Day Take Ivory prepar'd without Fire Arcanum duplicatum of each twelve grains fulminatory Gold six Grains Or Take of Cream of Tartar a Dram Tartar vitriolated half a Dram Spirit of Sulphur three or four Drops Make a Powder for two Doses Riverius recommends Crollius's specific Potion to be taken before the Paroxysm viz. Take of Cichory Water one two or three Ounces Spirit of Sulphur or Spirit of Vitriol fifteen or twenty Drops Salt of Wormwood half a Dram. Mix for a Potion XIII When the hot Fit is very violent and the cold one short and inconsiderable nitrous Salts are very proper Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre effectually allays the Feaver after the height of the Paroxysm Antimonial Nitre or Nitre vitriolated is a sovereign Remedy in scorbutic Feavers Take of Antimonial Nitre fifteen grains Sal-armoniac six grains Make a Powder to be administred before the Paroxysm Take of Antimonial Nitre half a scruple Arcanum duplicatum twenty or thirty grains Poterius's Antihectic Powder nine or twelve grains Mix for three Doses Take of Antimonial Nitre two scruples Harts-horn prepar'd without Fire a scruple Diaphoretic Antimony eight grains Mix for two Doses Take of Arcanum duplicatum fifteen or twenty grains volatil Salt of Amber six or ten grains Make a Powder XIV Acids are not very proper in intermitting Feavers If the Feaver approach to a continual or be attended by an immoderat burning Heat insufferable Thirst and a difficulty of sweating they may be exhibited but never before the height of the Fit As Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus two Ounces Mint Water one Ounce Diaphoretic Antimony half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two Syrup of Carduus Benedictus six drams Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre as much as sufficeth to render it grateful Mix and give it by spoonfuls in the declination of the Paroxysm Take of Rasberry Water three ounces Juice of Rasberries three or six drams Diaphoretic Antimony half a dram or a dram Syrup of the Juice of Citrons half an ounce or a whole ounce Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre as much as sufficeth for a grateful acidity mix Take a spoonful now and then It quenches thirst allays the heat and promotes sweating Take of the Water of red Poppy Flowers four ounces Diaphoretic Antimony two or three scruples Syrup of red Poppies half an ounce Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre as much as sufficeth c. Sometimes Crabs Eyes mix'd with Vinegar are useful in the Fit as take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus Cichory Water of each an ounce and a half Wine Vinegar six drams simple Spirit of Triacle three or four drams Powder of Crabs Eyes half a dram Syrup of the five opening Roots an ounce mix and exhibit a spoonful now and then Or Take of Sorrel Water Fumitory Water Mint Water of each an ounce Rasberry or Elder Vinegar six drams simple Spirit of Triacle a dram and a half or two drams prepar'd Crabs Eyes two or three scruples Syrup of Orange Peel three drams Mix and use as above 'T is useful against straitness of the Breast Gripings Wind and Hypochondriac symptoms of the Belly Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus Endive Water and House-leek Water of each an ounce Vinegar six drams Dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre a scruple prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony fifteen grains Syrup of the Juice of Citrons six drams Mix as above Take of Chervil Water four ounces Wine Vinegar six drams prepar'd red Coral prepar'd Crabs Eyes of each a dram Laudanum Opiatum two grains Syrup of Ground Ivy half an ounce Mix c. XV. Opiats are of Extraordinary use But if unseasonbly administred are very pernicious Digestive and Evacuating Medicines must always precede the use of Opium After them it mitigates the cold and shivering and effectually removes such Paroxysms as return more by Custom than the force of the morbific matter It must always be joyn'd to proper specifics As Take of Mynsicthius's Arcanum Duplicatum a scruple Salt of Wormwood half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Make a Powder to be taken in Wormwood Wine before the invasion of the Fir. Take of the Febril Elixyr two drams Essence of Opium half a dram Dose forty or fifty drops XVI If the Paroxysm do's not end in sweating Head-aches follow it For which Sympt in let the Head be fomented with some hot camphoris'd Liquor XVII In Chronical Feavers Blistering Plasters applied to the Wrists or Pit of the Neck are very serviceable Mercurial Salivations somtimes remove inveterat Quartans but the Cure is worse
Vitriol contains in it some metallin Parts that are very offensive In the vegetable Province the clarify'd Juices of Acid Fruits are very proper and much preferable to the Syrpus such are the Juices of Citrons of Quinces of Barberries of red Corants c. The Juices of House-leek Purslain Plantain c. are likewise very useful Tamarinds are much approv'd by reason of their Laxative and Cooling quality As for the forms of Receipts prescribe as follows If there be any suspicion of a latent malignity let forty or sixty drops of the Bezoardic Tincture be exhibited in the beginning of the Disease Then Take of the Decoction of Harts-horn with the roots of Vipers-grass a pound fresh juice of Citrons two ounces Syrup of Water Lilly-flowers Syrup of white Poppies of each six drams dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre as much as sufficeth for a grateful Acidity Make a Julep Or Take of the Decoction of Harts-horn with the roots of Vipers-grass one Pound Juice of Barberries Juice of red Corans of each an ounce and a half Tincture of Roses Tincture of Violets of each a dram Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Spirit of Sulphur as much as sufficeth for a grateful Acidity Mix for a Julep Or Take of Common Water a Convenient Quantity with a little Wine and as much of the Juice of Quinces as sufficeth for a grateful Acidity Mix c. Take of Borrage Water Bugloss Water and Water of Rasberries of each an ounce Cinnamom Water three drams fresh Juice of Citrons six or eight drams Confection Alkermes a dram and a half Syrup of Rasberries half an ounce Mix c. Take of the Conserves of Wood-sorrel of the Pulp of Citrons and of Clove Gilly-flowers of each an ounce Rob of red Corants six drams Confection Alkermes two drams with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of Rasberries Make an Electuary The Decoction of the Roots and Leaves of Wood-sorrel mix'd with the Juice of red Corants and Syrup of Rasberries is a very palatable Liquor for quenching Thirst Extemporary Tinctures may be drawn from the Flowers of Dazies Poppies Roses Clove Gillyflowers Violets Golumbines c. with common Water or the Decoction of Harts-horn and Vipers-grass or red Poppy Water c. The Flowers being first sprinkl'd with Spirit of Sulphur or of Vitriol These Tinctures are of a pleasant red Colour for all blue Flowers when mix'd with an Acid Spirit yield a rutilant Tincture These Tinctures may be sweeten'd with Syrup of Rasberries or of Violets or of Iujubes and are sometimes joyn'd to the dulcify'd Acid Spirits and drop'd into the Patient's ordinary Drink Instead of Juleps or Tinctures some use the Decoction of Tamarinds as take of the Pulp of Tanmarinds from two to three ounces Boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Whey To two pound of the strain'd Liquor add Juice of Citrons six or eight drams Tincture of Dazy Flowers three drams Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Mix and Exhibit for ordinary Drinking Whey is an admirable Drink for Feaverish Persons if purify'd by Juice of Citrons or Pulp of Tamarinds As Take of Whey two pound fresh Juice of Citrons three drams Flowers of Dazies and of red Poppies of each a handful and a half Let 'em boyl in a close Vessel till the Whey be impregnated with the Tincture Strain the Liquor and sweeten it with Syrup of Poppies or of Rasberries Next to the foregoing Medicines is Nitre which is universally approv'd by all Practitioners the preparation of it with Sulphur call'd Sal-Prunellae is of no efficacy but if the Crude Nitre be purified by some sharp Lye it proves an admirable Remedy Nitrum Antimoniatum which is a complication of Nitre with the Sulphur of Antimony may be given to a dram in their ordinary Drink three or four times a Day or in Powder together with Antihecticum Poterii Diaphoretic Antimony Mineral Bezoar or that call'd Joviale or Saturninum together with Harts-horn prepar'd without fire and the above mention'd absorbent Earths are all proper for mitigating the fermentation and promoting a gentle breathing Heat As Take of Rasberry Water two ounces Water of Vipers-grass and fresh Juice of Quinces of each an ounce Bezoardicum Joviale a scruple Syrup of white Poppies an ounce dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre as much as sufficeth Take a spoonful now and then Take of the Water of the Flowers of the Sloe-tree Water of Elder-Flowers and Dandelion Water of each an ounce Gelly of Harts-horn an ounce and a half Harts-horn prepar'd without fire a scruple Poterius's Antihectic and Diaphoretic Antimony of each twelve grains Syrup of Poppies six drams Mix and use as above In a Solid form they are prescrib'd thus Take of purify'd Nitre sixteen grains Poterius Antihectic Powder half a scruple Sugar of Lead five grains If a Delirium be fear'd or Malignity suspected add a grain or two of Camphyr Take of Nitrum Antimoniatum two scruples Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony half a dram Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two Mix for two Doses to betaken at Night in a convenient Vehicle Depurated Nitre or Nitrum Antimoniatum may be dissolv'd in their ordinary Drink after the rate of half an ounce in twenty four Hours Emulsions are next in order They are very proper for tempering the Bilious Salt and qualifying the acrimony of the Blood But they ought not to be too frequently or copiously us'd for that they weaken the Stomac and clog the Appetit Let 'em be mix'd with fix'd Powders Thus Take of sweet Almonds two drams Seeds of white Poppies a dram of the four cold Seeds of each a dram with Water of Wood-sorrel make an Emulsion To which add Diaphoretic Antimony and Mineral Bezoar of each half a dram Sweeten it with pearl'd Sugar and exhibit a spoonful now and then So much for Internal Remedies Externally some are wont to apply Cataplasms to the Palms of the Hands and soles of the Feet as in the case of Watchings Deliriums Pains c. Take of fresh Rue Leaves two or three handfuls Radish Roots slic'd in number two or three Salt a handful of the strongest Yest two ounces with Rue Vinegar make a Cataplasm to be applied as above The Juice of River Crabs may be applied in like manner or by way of Epithema to the fore-head When the Mouth and Head are much affected 't is not improper to open the Vein under the Tongue or the Vein in the Fore-head or to apply Leeches behind the Ears The application of convenient Liquids to the Fore-head and Temples is also not improper As Take of the Water of Dill or of Roses or of Elder Flowers or of Vervain two ounces Apoplectic Water half an ounce Philonium Romanum or Requiâ—s Nicolai or Triacle a dram Mix and apply it warm to the Fore-head and Temples with a Linnen Cloath Take of white Poppy Seeds two or three drams Henbane Seeds half a dram Water of Frogs spawn three ounces House-leek Water Night-shade Water and
the common Hypnotic Water of each an ounce Make an Emulsion To which add six or seven grains of Camphyr and the Juice of River Crabs Mix for an Epitheme to be us'd as above In Deliriums Camphyr is a sovereign Remedy but in the case of watchful Slumbers it ought to be cautiously us'd Take of Betony Water Elder Flower Water and the Water of red Poppy Flowers of each an ounce express'd Juice of River Crabs three ounces Spirit of Wine camphoris'd three drams Mix for the above mentioned use Take of the Oyntment of Alabaster or of Poplar three drams express'd Oyl of Nutmegs half a dram or a dram Camphyr six grains or Philonium Romanum or Venice Triacle half a dram Mix and anoint the Fore-head and Temples If the Head be much oppress'd or if the fore-mention'd Symptoms be occasion'd by the stopping of an external Eruption blistering Plaisters may be applied to the Arms and Thighs and sharp Clysters injected As for the particular Symptoms of a Prunella viz. the redness heat and roughness of the Tongue c. Let the Patienâ— take a convenient Quantity of the following mixture and hold it in the Mouth Take of the Seeds of Quinces of Mallows of Fleawort of each two drams with Water of Frogs spawn Make a Mucilage to which add Sal-armoniac a dram compound House-leek Water two ounces Juice of River Crabs an ounce mix c. Nitre may also be added or mix'd with the Decoctions of cooling Herbs As Take of the Leaves of Self-heal Willows and Strawberries Barley not bruis'd of each a handful Boyl them in Water and add to a pound of the strain'd Liquor one ounce of the Syrup of Mulberries and half a dram of Nitrum Antimoniatum Mix for a Gargle Or Take six River Crabs bruise 'em with Rasberry Vinegar and express the Juice to which add Juice of House-leek three ounces Rob of Nuts one ounce Nitrum Antimoniatum a dram Mix and anoint the Tongue Or Take of House-leek Water a pound and a half Juice of River Crabs four ounces Sal-Armoniac purify'd a dram and a half Mix and make a warm Gargle Sal-Armoniac and Nitre are noted Ingredients in all Gargles of this Nature Water Spirit of Wine and Hony are very useful for the same purpose in malignant Feavers attended by a roughness and Dryness of the Palat without any slimy Crust Fresh Lard or Butter or Juice of Rapes boyl'd to a Syrup are likewise very proper to be laid on the Tongue in such an extremity In continual periodical Feavers regard must be had to the Paroxysms by exhibiting before the hour of their Invasion fix'd Antimonial Powders Coral Crabs Eyes Vitriolated Nitre Salt of Carduus Benedictus Poterius's Antihectic and forming Compositions of the Acid and Earthy Ingredients and varying them according as the Symtoms require Semitertian Feavers ought to be treated in the same Method only we must remember to vary it according as the Symptoms are slow or acute favourable or malign If they are attended by Inflammations of particular parts especially such as are very sensible and of the nobler Character let these be carefully accounted for Absorbent Alcali's are proper for vanquishing the Shivering and Shaking Vomits are convenient in all Cases prevailing heat is abated by such Medicines as render the Body soluble and promote a breathing Sweat Inflammatious are appeas'd by Diaphoretics And when the Feaver moves slowly cleansing and attenuating Salts such as Sal-armoniac Arcanum Duplicatum c. are of peculiar use In a Causus or burning Feaver Nitre dissolv'd in the ordinary Drink and Laudanum Opiatum cautiously administred effectually abate the violence of Heat Lipyria's must be treated after the method of Inflammations of which elsewhere In melting Feavers the sharp humor must be corrected by temperat Medicines or absorbent Powders mix'd with Acids as Diaphoretic Antimony seal'd Earth c. Mix'd with the Juices of Currans Barberries Quinces Citrons Cherries c. Sylvius recommends the dulcify'd Spirit of Salt others the Tincture of Blood-stone some Camphyr others Diascordium mix'd with Juice of Citrons Symptomatical acute Feavers are such as follow other Diseases and disappear upon their removal If they follow Wounds the following mixture is of Catholic use Take of Hyssop Water two ounces Fennel Water an ounce Spirit of Triacle three drams distill'd Vinegar of Wine three or four drams Powder of Crabs Eyes a dram Syrup of Carduus Benedictus three drams Mix them c. Or Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes a scruple Extract of Triacle two grains Mix and exhibit Those occasion'd by Inflammations as Pleurisies Quinsies c. are cur'd by removing the Inflammations of which more elsewhere If they are caus'd by the Extravasation of congeal'd Blood they require such Medicines as resolve clotted Blood viz. Diaphoretic Antimony red Poppies Chervil Flowers of St. John's wort and vulnerary Ingredients CHAP. IV. Of Slow Feavers SLow Feavers are such as do not quickly finish their Course are accompany'd by mild Symptoms and terminat by way of a gradual solution without any notable Crisis They are for most part Benign for malignity is akin to accuteness They are caus'd by the successive mixture of Vicious Lymph with the Blood which is either convey'd immediatly to it by the axillary Vein fromt he Glandules call'd Conglobatae that is gather'd round into a Globe or empty'd into the Conduit of the Breast by the Glandules call'd Conglomeratae that is roll'd into a Heap ART 1. Of Catarrh-Feavers or such as proceed from the Lymph separated in the round Globe-like Glandules IF the Lymph of the Glandules seated about the Head and Breast become sharp and saline it creates a notable alteration of the Blood and Spirits a biting sharp Heat tho' not over vehement or intense and a sense of shooting Pains Weariness and as it were Contusions of the Joynts and being plentifully cast forth about the Brain and Neck occasions a weighty drousie Head-ach Defluxions into the Mouth and Lungs a Hoarseness and Cough the usual Symptoms of a Feaverish Catarrh This Feaver seems to be near ally'd to the continual Quotidian Periodical Feavers of the Antients In the Evening when the Quantity of vicious Lymph is augmented within the Body by the diminution of the insensible transpiration the Symptoms especially the Heat are heighten'd About Midnight they begin to relent and in the Day-time are sometimes follow'd by a gentle Shivering The Pulse is frequent and swift pretty large and vehement The Urine is at first high Colour'd but after two or three Days it thickens becomes muddy and yellowish and deposius a copious Sediment If this Feaver be Epidemical or Malignant and proceed from the Contagion of the Air which seldom happens 't is dangerous and terminats in mortal Convulsions The Indications of Cure divide themselves into three Branches 1. To extinguish the irritation of the solid Parts which provokes the Spirits and occasions the effusion of the Lymph 2. To qualifie the peccant Acrimony of the Lymph 3. When 't is thus qualify'd
correcting the viscidity or sharpness of the Lymph especially the saliva and pancreatic juice evacuating the crude Phlegm and Lymph thus prepar'd and mitigating the Symptoms If the Breast be oppress'd let a gentle Vomit be exhibited or a mild purgative As Take Mynsicht's emetic Tartar two or three grains purifi'd Sal-Armoniac eight grains Or Take of Ruffius's Pills de tribus fifteen grains fulminatory Gold three grains prepar'd Scammony Treches Alhandal of each a grain With compound Tincture of Tartar make Pills In the next place attenuating Diuretic Remedies are proper as dulcifi'd Spirit of Salt of excellent use against a Hectic dulcifi'd Spirit of Nitre essential Salt of Tartar Sal-Armoniac Nitrum Antimoniatum Tartar vitriolated Terra foliata Tartari or its Liquor Tincture of Tartar Essence of Myrrh tartaris'd carminative Spirit Spirit of Sal-Armoniac anisated Poterius's Antihectic c. Take of purifi'd Sal-Armoniac half a dram Poterius's Antihectic a scruple make a Powder for two Doses one in the Morning and the other at Night before the Fit Nitrum Antimoniatum mix'd with an equal quantity of Sal-Armoniac or Arcanum duplicatum mix'd with diaphoretic Antimony or Sal-Armoniac mix'd with Galangal and Ginger are successfully us'd after the same method Take of Mint-Water and Fennel-Water of each an ounce and a half Spirit of Treacle two or three Drams dulcifi'd Spirit of Salt half a dram or a whole dram Poterius's Antihectic a scruple Syrup of Hyssop six or eight drams Mix for two Doses Let the Mouth be gargaris'd with small Beer and Hony of Roses or with Water Vinegar and purifi'd Nitre or the infusion of Holyhoc-flowers in Water with a little Spirit of Salt and a convenient Syrup The Feaver call'd Epiala in which the inward parts are oppress'd with heat while the external are cold is by some referr'd to this Head But 't is only a combination or rencounter of either a Continual and Intermitting or two Intermitting Feavers The Swoonings that sometimes attend both this and other sorts of Feavers are caus'd either by some viscious slime irritating the Mouth of the Stomac or some sharp rusty Humour lodg'd in it In the last case Unicorn's Horn or the Decoction of Tamarinds in Water are much approv'd But if a viscid windy Matter arise to them volatil spiritous Remedies are proper Tho' after all 't is worthy our consideration what Ballonius remarks upon this matter viz. That many Physicians are faulty in giving strong Cordials against swooning where purging were more proper Of Symptomatical slow Feavers These Feavers are frequently occasion'd by a preposterous use of Absorbents in Intermitting and Continual Feavers which fix the heterogeneous Particles and render the Chyle and Lymph viscid or by over-feeding in the declination of other Feavers while the digestive faculty is weak by which means the Chyle is loaded with Crudities They may likewise follow other Diseases proceeding from a viscous Acid. Their Symptoms are the same as above to which we may add that sometimes they are accompanied by a looseness or voiding of liquid pituitous Matter The Cure consists in tempering the saltish Acid attenuating the viscid Matter and procuring to it an egress by vomiting stool urine or sweat They sometimes proceed from Ulcers especially of the internal parts retention of the After-birth a dead Child in the Womb chronical Pains and are cur'd by removing the respective Cause by Medecins alotted to that purpose In general gentle Vomits and Purges are proper and in a word the whole series of Medicins prescrib'd for the independent Slow Feavers Sometimes such Feavers follow an unseasonable use of sudorific Decoctions against the Pox before the Body be evacuated and are cur'd by vomiting and the repeated use of Sal-Armoniac Of Hectic Feavers A Hectic is a Slow Feaver advancing insensibly If it be a principal independent Disease it proceeds from the Corruption of undigested Food in the Stomac immoderate fatigue sorrow watchings want over-liberal evacuations excessive Bathings c. Oft-times 'tis only a symptom of other Diseases and follows the irregular Cure of Continual and Intermitting Feavers Inflamations of the Bowels Lungs Mesentery Womb and Kidneys the French-Pox c. The Part affected is not the habit of the Body as the Ancients fancy'd but the mass of Blood and Lymph Hence the greatest heat is perceiv'd about the Arteries As for the independent Principal sort of Hectics the Stomac and digestive Faculty are the original seat of their cause The immediat cause is the indisposition and unequal texture of the Blood caus'd by the saltish sharpness of the Lymph in the conglobat Glandules and the viscosity of that in the Conglomerat From whence insue a deprav'd and diminish'd fermentation weakness weariness deficiency of Spirits and the whole train of Hectic Symptoms The salin and viscid Blood is render'd unfit for nourishing the parts and after eating when the thin readier part of the fresh Chyle dilutes the Blood and disengages its Salts the Pulse is a little enlarg'd and the Heat augmented and after some time sink again to their ordinary pitch And the coarse remains of the Chyle are frequently voided by Night-Sweats as having receiv'd a vicious Tincture in the Stomac from the Saliva and being upon that Account equally disagreeable to the Blood and solid parts As for the Remote Causes Fatigue and Labour Watchings and Care exhaust the Spirits and watery Vehicle of the Blood Anger exalts the Bilious Salt which joyning with the Acid acquires a saline Acrimony Grief and Sorrow increase the Acid which joyning to the urinous Salt becomes dull and unactive indigested Crudities in the Stomac or the want of Food occasion a stricter union between the Acid and urinous Salts and their mutual degeneracy into a third sharp saline Body Ulcers both internal and external corrupt the Blood by vertue of their salin sharp Matter continual and intermitting Feavers attended by plentiful Sweats exhaust the dewy watry part of the Blood or the unseasonable use of absorbent earthy Powders administred for their Cure destroys the Ferment of the Stomac and increases the Acrimony of the Blood Thus they all conspire to render the Blood and Lymph saltish or viscous There are three Essential Signs of a Hectic Feaver 1. An obscure insensible Heat increasing after eating 2. The successive Consumption of the Body 3. A swift frequent small weak and oft-times a hard Pulse To which we may add in some cases Night-Sweats the falling off of the Hairs an universal Weariness inward Heat and averseness to sleep in the morning If Ashy belchings precede the appearance of these Symptoms they serve for a confirmation In the beginning of the Disease the Urine resembles that of healthy Persons unless the Stomac be much deprav'd in which case 't is white pale and thick afterwards when the Appetit and Digestion are in a manner quite abolish'd it becomes thin transparent and high Colour'd and when 't is form'd into a perfect Consumption a fat oily Crust resembling Cobwebs swims on the Top. But we ought
grains or Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two Syrup of Carduus Benedictus an ounce Mix for two Doses in order to Sweat This is to be given in the beginning or increase of the Disease after the general Premises As likewise these following Take of Rue Water and that of Vipers-grass Roots of each an ounce of the Mixtura Simplex a dram rectify'd Spirit of Soot half a dram Syrup of Water Germander half an ounce Mix for two Doses Take of the Cordial Saxony Water an ounce Cinnamom Water half an ounce Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd two drams volatil Salt of Harts-horn a scruple volatil Salt of Amber half a scruple Syrup of Clove Gilly Flowers half an ounce Mix and give a spoonful frequently when Delirium's are threaten'd Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus Water of Goat Rue and that of Elder Flowers of each six drams Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd a dram and a half volatil Salt of Vipers a scruple Diascordium two drams Syrup of Carduus Benedictus six drams Mix for two Doses Take of the Water of Vipers-grass Roots and that of Water Germander and Vinegar of Wine of each an ounce Venice Triacle two drams Diaphoretic Antimony two scruples Camphyr six grains Syrup of Rasberries an ounce Mix for two or three Doses If the Heat be violent exchange the Triacle for Diascordium Take of the Water of Carduus Benedictus and that of Water Germander of each an ounce and a half fresh Juice of Citrons six drams Venice Triacle a dram and a half mineral Bezoar half a dram Laudanum Opiatum a grain and a half Syrup of Mint dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre a sufficient quantity Mix for two Doses Take of the Conserve of Citrons and Conserve of Roses vitriolated of each an ounce and a half Rob of Juniper half an ounce Diascordium two drams Camphyr a scruple With Syrup of Citrons make an Electuary Take of Venice Triacle a dram Diaphoretic Antimony fifteen grains Salt of Wormwood half a scruple Mix for a Dose or two to be taken in Vinegar of Wine This is to be given in case of great Malignity When the Disease is further advanc'd towards the height volatil Sulphureous Medicines must be cautiously us'd As take of Fumitory Water three ounces Harts-horn prepar'd without Fire two scruples mineral Bezoar a scruple extract of Treacle six grains Syrup of Orange Peel three drams Mix for three Doses Myrrh may also be added Take of the simple Mixture six drams the Spirit de tribus distill'd from Antimony Sulphur and Nitre two drams Flowers of Sulphur a scruple Fumitory Water two drams Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce Make a Potion for one Dose Take of Diaphoretic Antimony Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a scruple volatil Salt of Harts-horn four or five grains volatil Salt of Amber two or three grains Camphyr two grains Make a Powder I have seen the good effects of this Powder in the case of Delirium's and imminent Convulsions Take of Harts-horn prepar'd without Fire a dram mineral Bezoar two scruples seal'd Earth and mineral Unicorn of each fifteen grains laudanum Opiatum prepar'd by fermentation four grains Make a Powder for four Doses Nitrum Antimoniatum Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold solar and Jovial Bezoar volatil Salt of Vipers and Myrrh are proper Ingredients for the same purpose Take of Sennertus's Bezoardic Powder prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each a scruple solar and Jovial Bezoar of each six grains Mix for two Doses Take of the red Powder of Pannonia fifteen grains Nitrum Antimoniatum twelve grains Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold five grains Make a Powder During the use of these or suchlike Alexipharmacal Prescriptions let Acid Mixtures be exhibited for quenching the Thirst and comforting the Spirits after sweating As Take two fresh Citrons slice ' em Add of white Sugar three ounces Vipers-grass Roots two or three drams Spring Water six pound Boyl them till two parts of three be evaporated and strain it for use Take of Mynsicthius his Decoction of Citrons a pound and a half Gelly of Harts-horn an ounce and a half Syrup of Cherries and Syrup of Rasberries of each an ounce with a sufficient quantity of the Juice of Citrons make a Julep Take of the Decoction of Harts-horn with the Roots of Vipers-grass one pound Tincture of Columbine Flowers and that of Piony Flowers of each a dram Syrup of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Syrup of Rasberries six drams with a sufficient quantity of the Spirit of Nitre make a Julep The Syrup of Poppies in case of violent Heat is added with good success Take of the shavings of Sassafras six drams boyl them in Water to a pound and a half of the strain'd Liquor add two ounces of the Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half of the Syrup of Citrons and a sufficient quantity of the Spirit of Nitre to render it grateful Take of the Decoction of Tamarinds with Raisins a Pound Syrup of the Juice of Citrons Syrup of Rasberries of each an ounce with a little of the Spirit of Nitre make a Potion Sometimes the Confection Alkermes or Diascordium or Diaphoretic Antimony is dissolv'd in these acid mixtures During the time of Swearing some apply a little Loaf hot from the Oven the under Crust being par'd off and the Heart excavated and fill'd with Triacle and Wine thus they apply it to the Navel to attract the Malignity If the Patient bleed at Nose which is a fatal Symptom apply a dry Toad to the Arm-pits or take of Vervain Water three ounces Spirit of Wine Comphoris'd an ounce Opium five grains Make an Epithema for the Forehead which is also of use to prevent Head-achs and Delirium's If the Stomac be much disorder'd apply to it a Plaister of Tacamphac Balsam of Peru and Venice Triacle If the Throat and Palat be dry without a slimy Crust make a Gargle of fair Water Spirit of Wine rectify'd and Hony If a Looseness attend a malignant Feaver exhibit two scruples of the red Powder of Pannonia or Venice Triacle mix'd with Opium and fix'd Sudorifics Prepar'd Harts-horn Bole Armenic seal'd Earth mineral Unicorn are also proper to be added to Alexipharmacal Ingredients If a malignant Feaver be attended by Heartburnings and gnawings of the Stomac violent Head-achs Watchings Deliriums and a grievous Prunella 't is call'd the Hungarian or Camp Feaver and is highly Contagious Vomits commence its Cure which ought be follow'd by Acid Juleps and fix'd or meagre Sudorifics The Hungarians are wont to Cure it by rubbing the Body with a Root of Garlic soak'd in Spirit of Wine and bruis'd and then covering up the Person in order to Sweat The Prunella is accounted for by washing the Mouth with a mixture of House-leek Water Juice of House-leek and Sal-Armoniac Some malignant Feavers are accompany'd by Spots in the Skin resembling Flea-bitings These Spots are also compatible to some Tertian and Scorbutic Feavers that are not tinctur'd with Malignity When they attend malign Feavers they
Clysters in the beginning of the Disease However for mitigating these Symptoms let Cataplasms of Rue-leaves Raddish-roots Salt Pigeons Dung and Elder Vinegar be applied to the soles of the Feet and palms of the Hands or the Temples and Forehead fomented with the dissolution of Nitre in some convenient Water or anointed with the Ointment of Alabaster and express'd Oyl of Poppies but so as to have a care of stopping the Pores and hindering transpiration Inwardly exhibit the emulsions of the Cold Seeds Poppy Seeds c. Anâ— add Opium to the other Specifics after the first two or three Days are elaps'd If a Drousiness and inclination to sleep attend the Pest let Opium Treacle and all Compositions partaking of it be avoided let Tincture of Caster and Vinegar be frequently taken inwardly and applied to the Nose or Frankincense Bayberries and Pepper beaten up with the Yelk of an Egg be applied to the Fore-head A symptomatical bleeding at Nose is cur'd by applying a Toad under the Arm-pits washing the Hands and Feet with Vinegar applying to the Forehead Neck and Temples Cataplasms of Chalk and Potters Clay beat up with Vinegar and giving inwardly large quantities of Nitre Spirit of Vitriol Spirit of Salt and Opiats mix'd with astringent Juleps After the Bleeeding is stop'd a gentle laxative may be exhibited if other Circumstances allow of it Thirst is also abated by Nitre especially Nitrum Antimoniatum or clarify'd Whey with Juice of Citrons mix'd with the Spirit of Salt and Gelly of Hartshorn A gnawing at Heart and vomiting is cur'd by the following Electuary Take of the Conserve of Mint vitriolated Conserve of the Pulp of Citrons of each an ounce and a half preserv'd Citron-peel and Diascordium of each six drams Confection Alkermes two drams Salt of Wormwood a dram with the Juice of Quinces Make an Electuary In the mean while foment the Stomac with a mixture of the Spirit of Wine apoplectic-Apoplectic-water Venice Treacle and Camphyr or anoint it with express'd Oil of Nutmegs and the distill'd Oyls of Wormwood and Mace and apply afterwards the Plaister of Caranna or that of Tacamahac mix'd with Venice Treacle and Balsam of Peru. A Looseness or griping of the Guts attending a Plague are accounted for by exhibiting Diascordium Opium absorbent Powders Extract of Treacle or that of Tormentil Camphyr Vinegar and dulcifi'd Spirit of Salt A suppression of Urine happening about the Crisis is a token of critical sweats If it assault the Patient at any other time let the Pubes be anointed with Oyl of Scorpions and Ointment of Marshmallows and all blistering Plaisters omitted Swooning palpitation of the Heart and anxiety proceeding from the Stomac are alleviated by absorbent Powders If they proceed from clotted Blood or the convulsive motion of the Spirits let the Confection Alkermes Castor Spirit of Harts-horn and that of Sal-Armoniac be exhibited externally sprinkle the Face and Temples with cephalic mixtures join'd to Castor and Vinegar of Roses A Prunella or Quinsey is mitigated by applying outwardly to the Neck a Bag quilted with Elder-flowers and Safron sprinkl'd with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac or gargling the Mouth with the Decoction of Germander Self-heal and red Roses in Barley-water mix'd with Nitre and Sal-Armoniac As for the Spots resembling Flea-bitings which frequently appear in the Back Arms and Legs the above mention'd Sudorifics especially Myrrh Castor Camphyr and the volatil Salts are most proper All manner of Cold must be carefully avoided and the Body rub'd all over every Day with a Bag of hot Salt or salt Petre and cupping-glasses frequently applyed to the Back Arms and Legs and frequently taken off SECT XVI Of Disorders relating to the motion of the Blood from the Heart to the Extreme Parts HAving thus dispatch'd the Disorders relating to the Fermentation or intestin motion of the Blood we come now in order to consider those of its circular progress The Blood receiving new Life in the Lungs throws it self with fresh vigour into the left Ventricle of the Heart inlarges its Capacity and distends its Fibres This distention or irritation of the Fibres of the Heart occasions an unwonted crowd of Spirits which repair thither from the Brain contract the whole Heart straiten its Cavity and impetuously squeeze out the Blood into the great Artery In like manner the distention of the Artery caus'd by the eruption of the Blood solicits the Spirits to sally out and contract their offended Fibres and drive the blood forwards 'till it arrive at the Veins thro' which it steers an easie Course to the Heart moving without offence or irritation from narrow Passages into broader Channels so that the Veins whose Tunicles are soft and not over-touchy are in no danger of being provok'd to Contractions by a languid impoverish'd Mass This successive contraction and dilatation of the Heart and Arteries call'd by the Ancients Systole and Diastole the former occasion'd by the Spirits repairing to them and the latter by the violent irruption of Blood are what we call the Pulse This we generally inquire after where the Arteries are most accessible viz. About the Wrists Temples and Ancles in order to discover the state of the Blood And if we find the Artery much dilated by turgid Blood we call it a large Pulse if the if the Blood move forcibly and impetuously we term it strong if the Arteries yield to the touch and do not seem to resist or rebound we stile it a Soft Pulse If the Blood move swiftly the Pulse is Frequent and if the Heart and Arteries be suddenly and much irritated 't is Quick Now Small Weak Hard unfrequent and flow Pulses are the direct reverse of these Circulation is of use to renew the strength of the Blood in the Lungs and supply all the Parts of the Body with Nourishment For 't is the united Mass of Blood and Chyle that furnishes the spermatic parts with Chyle or milky imperfect Blood and those that are sanguin with finish'd Blood according to the natural Demand of the respective Parts CHAP. I. Of the Palpitation and trembling of the Heart WHEN the Blood circulats thro' the Heart it occasions a regular Systole and Diastole But a palpitation of the Heart is a disorderly convulsive unequal vehement Contraction and sometimes scarce perceivable in the Arteries tho' at other times exalted to that pitch that it makes an audible noise A trembling of the Heart is a weak imperfect Contraction Both are equally owing to the irritation of the Heart but with this difference that a palpitation is attended by a violent and resisting strength and a trembling by a yielding weakness This irritation is sometimes the effect of the sharpness or over-bearing quantity of Serum or of Worms in the Heart-purse or of little Wheals or Excrescences within and about the Heart or great Arteries sometimes it proceeds from little Clotts of Blood left by the vicious Mass in the Heart or from a provoking Acid prevailing in the Mass of Blood as it passes along or
preparations from Antimony fix'd with Tin and Steel To these we join other Balmy Ingredients viz. Amber Aloes Myrrh especially when the Phthisic is not far advanc'd nor the Hectic very troublesome Together with the pectoral specifics viz. Tragacanth Elecampane Roots Sperma Ceti given to half a dram in a Potch'd Egg Orris Roots the Conserve of Roses Bole-armenic seal'd Earth Blood-stone and the Mushroom of a Willow given to half a dram in the Conserve of Ground Ivy all which are very useful for tempering the acrimony of the Blood and Chyle But before we commence the use of Specifics a Vomit ought to be exhibited for cleansing the first Passages The Decoctions of Woods especially China and Sassafras together with Elecampane Liquorice Raisins and Vulnerary Ingredients are of singular efficacy in this Case Their Rosinous Sulphureous substance is at once qualify'd for tempering the sharpness of the Humors evacuating the corrupt Matter and cleansing the Ulcer But whoever would reap benefit by these Decoctions must resolve to Drink nothing else Narcotics especially the Pills of Storax are of good use for promoting the Maturation and Concoction of the matter in the Lungs curbing the dry Night Coughs and preventing Night-sweats Phthisical Persons admit of large Doses and persist long in the use of 'em without detriment Towards the height of the Disease when Respiration is difficult and a great deal of Viscous matter lyes ready for expectoration 't is convevient to discontinue their use In regard of the ulcerated Bowel the vulnerary Specifics and the baling Ingredients above-mention'd are calculated for its relief Ground Ivy Chervil Scabious and male Speedwel especially the first or its Juice ought never to be omitted Some commend Indian Cresses and Rosasolis In Scorbutic Cases 't is proper to add Antiscorbutic Ingredients If the Hectic do not Prohibit the use of Balsams we may add the Balsam of Sulphur Balsam of Peru Turpentin dissolv'd with the yelk of an Egg Myrrh c. Some recommend the Decoction of Penny-Royal Others the volatil Salt of Harts-horn and its Spirit tinctur'd with Balsam of Sulphur the Spirit of Ants the Spirit and volatil Salt of Man's Urine and the like but if the Disease be inveterat and the Lungs ulcerated they are very improper Perhaps after chronical Diseases or when the Chyle is not distributed thro' the Body they may be of some use The dry tickling Cough and Night-sweats that usually molest Phthisical Persons are abated by incrassating Medicines mix'd with Opiats But Treacle and hot Compositions ought to be avoided For cleansing the Ulcer in the Lungs and bringing up the viscous Matter the Syrup of Tobacco ought to be mix'd with the other expectorating Ingredients And if the Matter stink or if the Person spit very much let Myrrh and Hony be always added But if a Feaver or melting Looseness accompany a Phthisic let Hony be avoided and absorbent earthy Powders exhibited The Food of Phthisical Persons ought to be such as yields a substantial glutinous Juice such as Eggs Raisins Oysters River Crabs and Milk They ought to avoid drinking much and what they Drink may be impregnated with Fumes of Sulphur Of Wines the sweetest are the best As for Air those that are emaciated and wither'd require a thick Sulphureous Air whereas those that are otherwise find their account in breathing in a clear dry Air. It remains now to subjoin a few Receipts in order to exemplify the complication of the above-mention'd Ingredients Take of Sal-Armoniac and Nitre purify'd of each half an ounce the Powders of the Roots of Liquorice and Florentine Orris of each an ounce Mix and Exhibit as much as will lye upon the point of a Knife Morning and Evening remembring still the Cautions above-mention'd with respect to Acids Take of the Roots of Cuckow-pint four ounces Roots of Florentin Orris three Ounces Flowers of Benzoin an ounce and a half Flowers of Sulphur an ounce Poterius's Antihectic two ounces with a sufficient quantity of Sugar make a Powder to be given to a dram before Supper and at Bed time in the Decoction of China Roots for tempering the Acrimony of the Humors Take of the Kernel of the Pine Apple half an ounce white Poppy Seeds two drams with Scabious and Colts-foot Water make an Emulsion to which add of Ivory prepar'd without fire half a dram prepar'd Crabs Eyes and Mother of Pearls of each a scruple and sweeten it with Pearled Sugar Take of Diaphoretic Antimony a dram and half Flowers of Sulphur half a dram the Powder Diaireos and Diatragacanthon Frigidae and prepar'd white Amber of each a dram extract of Elecampane half a dram Balsam of Sulphur Anisated half a dram Sugar dissolv'd in Fennel Water four Ounces Make Tablets of which take eight thrice a Day follow'd by a Draught of the Decoction of Ground Ivy and Chervil Take of the Conserve of Ground Ivy an ounce Crabs Eyes and Poterius's Antihectic of each half a dram prepar'd Amber two scruples Benzoin a scruple with Willis's Syrup Diasulphuris make an Electuary and add some grains of Laudanum Opiatum if it be Convenient Take of Guajacum Wood three ounces Guajacum Roots and China Roots of each an ounce Elecampane and Burdock Roots of each two ounces Juniper Berries three drams Leaves of Speedwel two handfuls Ground Ivy a handful Infuse 'em for twenty four Hours in twelve pound of fair Water Then Boyl the half away and add towards the end Anis and Fennel Seeds of each an ounce and a half Liquorice Roots an ounce Strain the Liquor and exhibit a Draught every Morning adding twelve drops of the Turpentine Balsam of Sulphur or forty of that prepar'd with Oyl of sweet Almonds Take of Ground Ivy Chervil and Male Speedwel of each a handful Elecampane Roots an ounce and a half Roots of Florentine Orris an ounce Anis-seeds three drams Fennel-seed two drams Figs four in Number Corrants an ounce and a half Liquorice Roots six drams boyl them in Water for a vulnerary Decoction to be sweeten'd with the Syrup of Ground Ivy. And add to every Draught forty drops of Elixyr Proprietatis or half a dram of Sperma Coeti or some drops of the Essence of Gum Ammoniac mix'd with the Tincture of Sulphur Take of Poterius's Antihectic a Scruple Sugar of Lead half a scruple Extract of Saffron four or five grains Laudanum Opiatum two or four grains With Balsam of Peru make Pills for two Doses to be taken at Night to prevent Coughing and Sweating in the Night time Take of prepar'd Amber half a scruple choice Myrrh and valatil Salt of Amber of each five grains Laudanum Opiatum a grain or two With the Essence of Myrrh make Pills Take of the Conserve of Ground Ivy Conserve of Scabious of each an ounce and a half fresh Pine Apples half an ounce Ivory prepar'd without fire a dram Poterius's Antihectic and Flowers of Sulphur of each two scruples With Syrup of Tobacco make an Electuary for attenuating and expectorating Viscid
will not be improper to Bath it with the Spirit of Wine and strong Waters as for astringent Fomentations I doubt they do more harm than good If the Vessels or Organs be broke we may add vulnerary Ingredients to the above mention'd Specifics If the difficulty of breathing be very troublesome 't is usual to give a dram of Sperma Caeti in Spanish Wine after vomiting If Hydropical Persons be extream thirsty we must be very cautious of pleasing them or answering their demands since abstinence from Drink is the better part of the Cure Nitre melted in the Mouth Wine temper'd with Juice of Citrons the dulcifi'd Spirit of Salt Vinegar diluted with Chalybeat Water and the Decoction of Juniper Berries in Whey given for ordinary drinking are of use for mitigating this Symptom In the mean while it will not be improper to inject Clysters of hydropical Purgatives and aromatic Ingredients or of Herrin-Pickle or of a Child's Urine impregnated with carminative Seeds in case of Wind or mix'd with Turpentin and Nitre Nor will it be amiss to apply discussive Aromatics to the soles of the Feet Belly and Cod. Such are the Leaves of Celandin the greater Bags quilted with aromatic Seeds and Bran Man's Ordure Goats Dung boil'd in Mint-Water or mix'd with Man's Urin in the form of a Cataplasm Horse's Dung mix'd after the same method with Meal of Barley and Vinegar Quick-lime-Water mix'd with Spirit of Wine is of excellent use for bathing the Legs Belly and Scrotum especially when a Gangrene is threaten'd by the appearance of Spots Cataplasms made of Cockles bruis'd together with their Shells and mix'd with Goats-Dung are particularly recommended by Thonerus If these Cataplasms prove uneasie they may be shifted for aromatic Oyls such as the Oyl of Scorpions distill'd Oyl of Juniper Oyl of Bays Oyl of Toads mix'd with the Ointments Agrippae Martiatum c. Or an Ointment made of Sulphur Quick-lime and the Extracts of sharp Plants Some commend Bathing but 't is only of use against Anasarca's It remains only to annex a few Recipe's for illustrating the Method of prescribing Take of the Extract of Elaterium fifteen or twenty grains Rosin of Jalap from two to five grains Troches Alhandal one or two grains distill'd Oyl of Juniper two drops With Essence of Wormwood make Pills for a Hydropical Purge To which we may premise the Tincture Spirit or Salt of Tartar as a Digestive Take of the Conserve of Peach-Flowers a dram twelve grains of Mercurius vitae mix'd with fifteen grains of sweet Mercury Extract of Elaterium a grain or two With the Syrup of Buckthorn make a Bolus for one Dose Take of the Rob of Juniper an Ounce and a half Extract of Steel prepar'd with Juice of Apples half an ounce Powder of Rhubarb two or three drams with cinnamon-Cinnamon-Water make an Electuary for corroborating the Stomac Take of Swallow-wort Roots two ounces Leaves of Celandin the greater Hore-hound and Wormwood of each a handful Citron and Orange-peel of each six drams Seeds of the Ash-tree of Cumin Fennel and Annis of each two or three drams Juniper Berries bruis'd an ounce and a half Galangal Cloves Ginger of each a dram Salt of Tartar six drams infuse them in Wine Of which let the Patient take a Draught frequently Take of the Salt of Vine-twigs or that of Pigeons Dung of each a dram Powder of Toads two scruples Make a Powder for two Doses Take of the carminative Spirit de tribus half an ounce Spirit of Sal-Armoniac two drams Mix. Dose half a dram twice a day Take of the Decoction of Camomil Flowers half a Pound Man's Urine three Ounces lenitive Electuary six drams distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a scruple Make a Clyster Take of the carminative Decoction six Ounces Man's Urine three ounces Yest a Dram common Salt a scruple Hony of Roses an ounce Make a Clyster Take of Cockles and their Shells bruis'd a Pound Powder of Caraway-Seeds two ounces Goats Dung an ounce Make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Belly and Cod. Take of the Ointment of Sowbread an Ounce Ointment of Agrippa half an ounce Oyl of Scorpions an Ounce and a half distill'd Oyl of Toads three drams Mix for a Liniment and anoint the Belly frequently ART 3. Of the Yellow Black and White Jaundice A Jaundice is a cachectic disposition of Body attended by a preternatural Colour of the Skin it is caus'd either by the corruption of the Chyle in the Stomac or its vicious fermentation with the Bile and Juice of the Pancreas in the Duodenum or by the immediat putrification of the Mass of Blood The first cause defiles the Mass of Blood and taints it with various Recrements according to the manner of its corruption Hence Milk curdled in the Stomacs of Children Summer-Fruits Cucumbers Fish c. being converted into a musty Crudity will cause a Jaundice by mixing the corrupt Chyle with the Blood which being unfit for nourishment or assimilation is thrown out in a serous Vehicle upon the Glandules of the Skin and sometimes upon internal Glandules The Jaundices which follow Feavers or extreme bleeding which are attended by vomiting of yellow corrupt Matter musty Belchings Heart-burnings and Excrements colour'd as in a healthy state seem to arise from this cause and are accordingly cur'd by Vomits and bitter stomachical Medicines The second Cause takes place when an Acid prevails and the Bile is lazy or unactive and either cannot make good its secretion through the Liver and consequently recoils into the Blood or when separated stagnates in the Gall-Bladder and settles into Stones so as to cause an Obstruction of the Passage Hence sulphureous strong Liquors that exalt the Oyl of the Bile and cramp its active Volatil Salt are frequently charg'd with causing a Jaundice Sometimes the Convulsions of the neighbouring Membranes may contract the Gall-Bladder and so shut up the Passage upon which account Vomiting Colic-pains Hysteric Passions and hard Labour in Child-bearing are observ'd to introduce this Disease The prevalency of an Acid in the Duodenum arising either from the austere Recrements of the Stomac or the degeneracy of the Juice of the Pancreas will also pervert the Chyle and consequently the Mass of Blood So that the greatest part of Jaundices are wholly owing to a preternatural corrupt Acid in the Stomac or Duodenum and the inactivity or imperfect distribution of the Chyle As for the third Cause viz. The immediat putrefication of the Mass of Blood 't is occasion'd by Poyson birings of Vipers or Mad Dogs malignant Ulcers suppression of the Terms the Scurvy c. And when a Jaundice springs from this cause the Stomac Bile and Colour of the Excrements continue in their natural state Now any of these three Causes will occasion a preternatural colour of the Skin which always attends the Jaundice For the Blood being vitiated and tinctur'd with corrupt Recrements precipitats and throws 'em out in a serous Vehicle upon the Skin where the miliar Glandules are
the Hypochondriacal Fit The Specifics that are peculiarly devoted to the Scurvy are of two sorts 1. Such are the volatil sharp Ingredients that amend the indisposition of the Blood 2. Balmy Oily Medicines that repair the losses of the solid and nervous Pasts Of the first sort are Scurvy-grass Marsh Trefoyl Water Cresses Celandin Pilewort the Herb call'd Trinity Arsmart especially its distill'd Water Horse Radishes Mustard-seeds and those of Garden Cresses Rockets Scurvy-grass and Columbines To these we add the Juice of Sorrel Citrons Oranges and such like Acids to temper the volatil sharpness that frequently offends young hot Constitutions Of the latter sort are the Buds and Bark of the Pine or Fir Tree the Pine Apple or Pine Wood Sassafras Guajacum China Roots Juniper Wood Winter Cinnamon the Rinds of the Ash-tree Tamarisk Citrons and Oranges Water Germander Fumitory Wormwood Elecampane Zedoary Galangal Angelica Lovage the Fruit of the Knotberry-bush and its Electuary Cacao Nuts the flowers of Broom St. John's wort Elder and Saffron Earth-worms and Goose Dung given to a dram in Wine The Antiscorbutics of the former sort being volatil wo'nt admit of Decoction Upon which account we choose to infuse 'em in Wine for Cold in Whey for Bilious and in Milk for dry wither'd Constitutions As Take of fresh Scurvy-grass Fumitory and Water-cresses of each a handful Horse Radish Roots three ounces fresh Elecampane Roots an ounce Corants six drams Cut bruise and tye them in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Whey or Milk of which exhibit a draught thrice a Day If they be infus'd in Wine 't will be proper to add half a dram of Crabs-eyes to every draught for preventing the bad effects of the acidity that prevails in Wine Take of fresh Scurvy-grass and Water-cresses of each a handful Elecampane Roots an ounce and a half Acorus Roots an ounce Shavings of Sassafras and Filings of Steel of each two ounces Orange-peel Citron-peel and Galangal of each two drams Tye 'em in a Bag as above If we desire to render 'em Purgative we add Senna Leaves black Hellebor Rhubarb and Salt of Tartar Take of the Juices of Scurvy-grass Water-cresses and Fumitory of each three ounces Ciâ—â—ons and Wood-sorrel of each two ounces clarify'd Goats-whey three pound Let 'em stand till they become clear then strain the Liquor and give five ounces for a Dose twice a Day adding to every Draught a convenient quantity of the Essence of Steel prepar'd with the Juice of Apples Take of the Chalybeat Cachectic Powder two drams Cuckow-pint Roots and Arcanum Duplicatum of each a dram distill'd Oyl of Scurvy-grass eight drops Make a Powder From the above-mentioned Simples we draw Spirits First by Fermentation then by frequent Cohobation upon fresh Ingredients These Spirits digested with the extract of Steel or with the extract and thicken'd juice of the other Ingredients yield noble antiscorbutic Essences that are given from half a dram to a dram To these we frequently joyn the distill'd Oyls of the same Plants and the volatil Spirits of Animals especially the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac and that of Earth-Worms Of the balmy Antiscorbutics that are calculated for the disorder of the Nerves and solid parts Sassafras China Roots the wild Pine-tree and the Pine-apple are the most noted As Take of the Buds of the wild Pine-tree two ounces China Roots sliced an ounce infuse 'em in two pounds of Ale and boyl 'em till the half evaporat Exhibit a draught of the strain'd Liquor warm Morning and Evening in order to sweat Juniper-berries Fir-tops and Raisins are also proper Antiscorbutics The extract of Juniper-berries or the thicken'd decoction of the Pine-apple reduc'd to Essences with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass are admirable for this purpose being given from forty to fifty drops But withal we ought to take notice that all Remedies prepar'd from the Pine-tree are enrich'd with a plentiful volatil Oyl that dejects the Appetit and if too long us'd causes Feavers Pushes or cuticular Eruptions in young People But both the Indications of subduing the scorbutical Acid and relieving the solid parts are admirably accounted for by a Milk diet The time of exhibiting Milk is after the general Evacuations and the use of Steel Goats Milk is accounted the best and for those who are feaverish we choose Whey If the Patient be of a lean dry Constitution and if the scorbutical Acid be fiery and sharp Milk alone is best But otherwise we boyl antiscorbutical Ingredients in the Milk or add their Juices and Spirits As Take of Goat's Whey a quart and boyl it in a close Vessel with a handful of fresh Fumitory leaves Then strain it and add to every draught twenty drops of the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and a little Sugar to prevent its curdling Thus let the Patient continue the use of it for some time interlacing a laxative every fourth day remembring always to walk after taking it in order to promote Urin and abstain from Wine and acid Liquors This method of infusing or boyling antiscorbuticks in Milk ought to be follow'd during the Spring and Summer but in the Autumn Wine is the more proper Vehicle The general Cure of the Scurvy being thus dispatch'd it remains to account for its particular Symptoms These are I. The Laxity Swelling Bleeding Ulceration or Putrifaction of the Gums For removing such Inconveniencies we use Gargarisms Tinctures Powders and Ointments The Gargarisms are made of the juice of Sage and Scurvy-grass or the Decoction of Sage and Scurvy-grass in Milk Whey or Wine Or of Privat-wood Pine-tree tops Cresses and Allum in Milk Whey or Wine To which we add by turns Snake-weed Roots Tormentil Birthwort Myrrh Lac Spirit of Salt c. As Take of Sage-leaves three handfuls Scurvy-grass and Water-cresses of each half a handful Flowers of Mallows two handfuls Polipody Roots six drams Boyl them in two pound of fair Water till the half be consum'd Then strain the Liquor and add of the Hony of Roses an ounce and a half burnt Allum a dram purify'd Nitre three drams seal'd Earth and Florentin Lac of each a dram Mix for a Gargarism If the Gums are putrify'd boyl Lesser Centory Plantan Savin Water Germander Roses Birthwort Roots and Mastic in austere Wine and add to a pound and a half of the strain'd Decoction an ounce and a half of the Ointment Aegyptiacum and a dram and a half of crude Allum Take of Plantan Self-heal and rose-Rose-water of each four Ounces Tincture of Roses Spirit of Scurvy-grass of each two drams Spirit of Salt Spirit of Vitriol of each a scruple Mix and rub the Gums After Gargarising the Mouth 't is proper to rub the Gums with Tinctures especially Mynsichtius his Tincture of Lac which may be improv'd by adding Myrrh and shifting the Phlegm of Allum for that of Vitriol The following Tincture is also very effectual viz. Pour warm Water upon Quick-lime and boyl it then let it stand till it be clear and strain it Draw off this strain'd Lye till a
which Worms are the Head The Spirit of putrifi'd Earth-worms rectifi'd upon Cephalic Plants or the Infusion of bruis'd Worms in Wine Milk or Whey are most effectual Medicaments Some apply living Worms to the Part which die if the Pain be violent and as the Symptoms relent prolong their life Therefore this Application is renew'd till the Worms cease to die When the Paroxysm declines we endeavour to root out the radical Cause by preparations from the Pine-Tree China Roots and Juniper-Berries mix'd with Antiscorbutics The Decoction of Wormwood and lesser Centory Bags of Antiscorbutical Ingredients infus'd in Wine and the carminative Spirit or Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass are all of good use In a Word if the Patient be of a moist Constitution and apt to sweat volatil Ingredients are best if not Milk especially Goats Milk or Whey in which softning and Antiscorbutical Ingredients are boyl'd is preferable Take of Cinnabar of Antimony a scruple Poterius's diaphoretic Gold twelve grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder to be exhibited in the beginning of the Disease Take of the Water of Mother of Thyme Pine-Apples and Scurvy-grass of each an ounce the Essence against Catarrhs three drams the spirit of putrifi'd Earth-Worms a dram the volatil salt of Harts-horn a scruple the volatil salt of Amber half a scruple prepar'd Crabs Eyes half a dram Laudanum Opiatum three grains Syrup of Elecampane Roots an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful in order to sweat Take of the Buds of the wild Pine-Tree three ounces China Roots slic'd an ounce and a half Juniper Berries an ounce Boil them in Water and exhibit four ounces in order to sweat every Morning and as much at Night without sweating Externally we ought to avoid all oily Applications Let the part be forcibly rub'd with a Cloth outwards or toward the Circumference and fumigated with the steams of the Decoction of Earth-worms and Ants. Then apply Cataplasms of Horse-Radish Roots or Briony Roots boil'd with Camomil Flowers and Comfrey Roots in Milk or of Cats Dung and Earth-Worms or of Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine sprinkl'd with the Spirit of Earth-worms and mix'd with Camphyr but 't is worthy our notice that these Cataplasms ought to be always kept warm for if they grow cold upon the Part they wring and straiten its Pores Upon which account some choose rather to foment it with the Spirit of putrifi'd Earth-worms Spirit of Ants the Spirit of Juniper Berries camphoris'd or the Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aromatic Plants and then apply a Plaister of Tacamahac and Mynsichtius's Diaphoretic Plaister VII Scorbutical Head-aches are cur'd by volatil Sudorisics such as the volatil Salt of Amber Spirit of Harts-horn the Cephalic Spirit of Vitriol the Anti-scorbutical Elixir Proprietatis and sometimes Opiats To these we subjoin a Milk Diet which tho' noxious in other Cases is of admirable efficacy in this VIII A scorbutical Palsie is for the most part usher'd in by a sense of a creeping sort of Pain like the motion of Emmets 'T is Cur'd thus administer a Vomit unless the Person be liable to Pains in the Belly Avoid Bleeding unless the Person be Plethorick inject emollient Clysters and exhibit the mildest Laxatives Then order the Decoction of Juniper and Pine-tree-wood or the Pine Apple with Rosemary and cephalic Plants in Milk or Whey The Decoctions of sudorific Woods the Essence of the Pine Apple the Essence of Juniper Berries the volatil Spirit of Tartar or the Carminative Spirit de tribus mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass the volatil Salt of Amber and especially Poterius's diaphoretic Gold or fulminatory Gold are all recommended upon this occasion Externally the same Medicines are requir'd as we order for the wandring Gout especially the Spirit of Juniper Berries Essence of Castor Spirit of Earth-worms Some order the Person to be set up to the Waste in a Heap of Grapes while they ferment either naturally or by the addition of Quicklime Cataplasms of Briony and Comfrey Roots are oft us'd with good success some fumigate the Part with the steams of Goose-fat thrown upon burning Coals and anoint it with the Oil of Scurvy-grass the Oil or Spirit of Earth-worms distill'd Oil of Amber and Balsam of Peru. Some apply Plaisters such as Oxycroceum and Nervinum Vigonis but all oily things are improper by reason that they shut the Pores Of the natural hot Baths those of the meekest force and heat are best IX Scorbutical Convulsions are cur'd by Vomits Purges and Antiscorbutics mix'd with nervous Ingredients Lac Cinnabar of Antimony the volatil Salt of Amber and Camphyr exhibited in the Decoction of Elecampane and Juniper Berries are of excellent use Some recommend Castle-Soap dissolv'd in Milk as also the Essence of the Pine-Apple the Essence of Sassafras carminative Spirit and Spirit of Sal-Armoniac mix'd with the Spirit of Scurvy-grass and Laudanum In the last extremity we must have recourse to the Decoctions of sudorific Woods China Roots and Fennel Externally the Oil distill'd from a mixture of Quick-lime and Oil of Lin-seed is of noted efficacy and likewise all cephalic Spirits and Oils Some recommend Bathing every Day for eight Hours in the Decoctions of Gentian Juniper-Berries Rue and Agrimony X. Asthma's attending the Scurvy are cur'd by the Extract of Saffron spirits of Hart's-horn Castor Amber and Sal-Armoniac Benzoin and Birth-wort-Roots with Antiscorbutical Decoctions If the Asthma's are merely Convulsive Laudanum Hystericum is a sovereign Remedy XI Vomitings require Artificial Vomits gentle Purges and stomachical Medicines mix'd with absorbent Powders and Antiscorbutics Loosenesses are cur'd after the same method rather than by Astringents which frequently occasion Anxieties in the Breast and Swoonings Bleedings at Nose or any other part are best stopp'd by exhibiting inwardly chalybeat Astringents such as Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony Vitriol of Steel the Antiphthisical Tincture c. XII A scorbutical Consumption is generally accounted for by a Milk Diet which is of excellent use when it proceeds from the degeneracy of the Blood But if the disorders of the Stomac and first Passages gave Birth to it Milk is improper and is fitly exchanged for Vomits and stomachical Aromatics In general Elixir Proprietatis without an Acid the spirit of Sal-Armoniae the Antiphthisical Tincture and Raisins eaten after Meals are very proper If the Animal Spirits are flat nervous Remedies will be useful If the milky Vessels or Glandules of the Mesentery and other Parts are charg'd with Obstructions volatil Aperients are necessary XIII Scorbutical Fevers take their Original from the Corrosive sharpness of the Blood and generally pass for Hectics Their Symptoms are an excessive Appetit follow'd by Vomiting or love for salt Victuals Costiveness Sweats smelling like Acids and leaving red Sand in the Bed and livid Spots in the Skin They are cur'd by Antiscorbutics mix'd with Steel and volatil and fix'd Salts especially the Flowers and spirit of Sal-Armoniac the Spirit of Sassafras and Arcanum Duplicatum
Seeds of Dill Rapes Mustard and Cummin Saffron Camphyr Swallow-wort the Dung of Animals the Juice of River-Crabs the Persons own Urine the Spirit of Wine Sal-Armoniac and Juice of House-leek The common Practitioners generally add astringent Ingredients whereas they are very pernicious and augment the Inflammation by hindring the Bloods access to the Veins upon which account we only use attenuating volatil Ingredients as for a Gargarism the Decoction of Rapes mix'd with Sal-Armoniac Or Take of Lovage-Roots six drams Smallage-Roots three drams Elder-flowers a handful and a half Mallows leaves a handful Boil them in Barley-water and add to the strain'd Decoction Hony of Mercury an ounce Spirit of Venice Treacle six drams spirit of Sal-Armoniac a dram Make a Gargarism After the beginning of the Disease Gargarisms are improper as requiring a motion prejudicial and painful to the inflam'd Parts Upon which Account we order the Patient only to let the Liquor lie in the Mouth for some time As for Discussing Cataplasms those of bruis'd Wormwood-leaves mix'd with Hoggs-Fat or of a Swallow's Nest boil'd in Wine apply'd to the Swelling are of excellent use For a Plaister we apply that of Melilot soften'd with distill'd Oyl of Amber For an Ointment the Oyl of sweet Almonds mix'd with Sal-Armoniac as also the following Oyl Take of Brimstone pulveris'd and Salt of Tartar of each a Dram. Melt 'em and let 'em stand 'till they grow cold Then pulverise the Mass and add of the Oyl of sweet Almonds three ounces Oyl of Camphyr half a Dram. Mix and set 'em to digest for three Days 2. If the Tumor be not quickly discuss'd we must set aside all sharp provoking Ingredients and endeavour to bring it to maturity by soft temperat ripening Medicines Such are the Decoctions of the Herbs Mallows and Melilot Marsh-mallows-Roots and Figs in Whey or Milk and sweeten'd with Hony for a Gargarism or the Oyl of sweet Almonds and Ointment of Marshmallows with which we anoint the outward Parts and then apply the following Cataplasm Take a Swallows-nest with the Dung three roasted Onyons and two or three handfuls of Elder-flowers Boil 'em in Milk Beat the Pulp thro' a Sive and add half an Ounce of Album Graecum half a dram of the distill'd Oyl of Chamomil and a sufficient quantity of the Oyl of White Lillies in order to make a Cataplasm 3. The Tumor being thus ripen'd we must endeavour to open it by anointing the Jaws with Hony mix'd with Dog's Dung Or if that be successless by a Gargarism of Mustard-Seed boil'd in Mead or of the Oyl of Vitriol mix'd with White-Wine and ordering the Patient to Cough and Hauk and in the last extremity administring a Vomit or opening the Larynx 4. When the Ulcer is open'd it ought to be cleans'd by the Decoction of Barly or Speedwell mix'd with Hony of Roses or Black-smith's Water for a Gargarism If it prove very sordid we may add the rectifi'd Spirit of Salt or Spirit of Vitriol and in desperate cases touch the Ulcer with Vnguentum Aegyptiacum or Platerus's green Water mix'd with Hony After 't is sufficiently cleans'd touch it with an Ointment of Myrrh Florentin Orris-Roots Burnt-Allum and Hony of Roses and gargle the Mouth with vulnerary astringent mixtures As for the Thrush or excoriation of the Mouth it frequently attends Feavers when the Stomac is stuff'd with green rusty Humours and the Physician neglects to cleanse it and then it reaches from the Stomac to the Tongue In other cases it proceeds from the sharpness of Spittle If the Crust is black livid green flat and continues long dry it portends a tedious Disease The Cure consists in moistening and softening the affected Part. For which end let the Juice of Rapes or mucilage of Quinces with Nitre or fresh Butter and Sugar be applied to the Tongue If it degenerat into Ulcers gargle the Mouth with the Decoction of Speedwell mix'd with Hony or wash the Ulcers with the Phlegm of Vitriol and Plantan-Water In Scorbutical Cases add the spirit of Salt and that of Vitriol and for Venereal cases Platerus's green Water The falling of the Vvula is cur'd by applying to it Sal-Armoniac and Pepper gargling the Mouth with the Decoction of Self-heal mix'd with Sal-Armoniac and crude Allum or the Decoction of Hemp-seed in Vinegar and Water and applying to the Crown of the Head a mixture of Yest Spirit of Wine Mastic and Amber ART 2. Of Inflammations of the Stomac Guts and Fundament THE Causes of an Inflmamation of the Stomac are the same as those of other Inflammations The Symptoms are an Acute Feaver a Tumor a Pain and sense of Heat under the short Ribs an unquenchable Thirst unquietness and Watchings The profundity of the Pain the comparative invisibility of the Tumour and the acuteness of its Symptoms distinguish it from the Inflammation of the Liver or of the Muscles of the Belly Sometimes the Inflammation suppurates and then if the purrulent Matter fall inward upon the Guts there is not so much danger as if it were discharg'd into the external Cavity As for the Cure Purgatives during the increase are improper Bleeding ought to be cautiously manag'd by reason of the Swoonings and Convulsive Symptoms that attend this Disteâ—per Clysters are very convenient But the Sudorifics recommended above for Inflammations in general are the Basis of the Cure Especially Antimonial Nitre or the dulcifi'd spirit of Nitre mix'd with the Decoction of Liquorice for ordinary Drinking The Sugar of Lead mix'd with Poterius's Antihectic Pulp of Tamarinds Mineral Bezoar and Tartar vitriolated Externally foment with the Decoction of Chamomil and red Roses in Wine and apply discussing Cataplasms of Aromatick Plants boil'd in Wine If the Tumor incline to suppurat apply the following Cataplasm Take of Fenugree Seeds three Ounces Pigeon's Dung two Ounces Yest and Hony of each an Ounce Oyl of Chamomil an ounce and a half Mix c. As for internal Administrations In case of Suppuration exhibit Turpentin dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg in Scabious Water or the rectifi'd Spirit of Tartar and the Juice of Syrup of Scabious If the Tumour is open administer the Decoction of Hyssop mix'd with Hony or Chalybeat Milk or the Decoction of China-Roots and Scabious Leaves with absorbent Powders Balsam of Peru Balsam of Sulphur and the Oyl or Extract of the Flowers of St. John's Wort If the Stomac be ulcerated by the corrosion of sharp Liquors administer first a Vomit and then the Mucilages of Fleawort and Quince-seeds mix'd with Tragacanth and Syrup of Roses The Inflammation of the Guts is caus'd by Dysenteries Ruptures Iliac Pains c. The Symptoms are a Tumor Heat and beating Pain a Lipyria Feaver in which the external Parts are cold while the internal are unsufferably hot Costiveness Retraction of the Anus and suppression of Urine If the small Guts are the seat of the Inflammation it appears about the Navel and is attended by a difficulty of Breathing and Vomiting If the
into an Ulcer Clysters indeed are very Convenient when the Belly is Costive 3. Of all Medicines Sudorifics are the best especially for pleurisies In the beginning we exhibit volatil Salts and Opiats notwithstanding the violent Heat of the Disease and towards the height fix'd Diaphoretics especially Diaphoretic Antimony 4. Expectorating Remedies ought not to be administred till towards the height of the Disease when the matter begins to Concoct If they are given sooner they promote Coughing and consequently the frustraneous and painful concussion of the inflam'd Parts not to speak of their attempting to evacuat crude Matter However when their season comes we ought to beware of mixing 'em with Sugar Hony or sweet Acids 5. Opiats are only useful during the increase of the Disease they allay the pain and promote the Concoction of the Matter but in the height when the Matter is already prepar'd they hinder its due evacuation 6. There 's nothing more pernicious than cold Drink It hurts the Lungs increases the Inflammation provokes the Cough hinders Concoction and thwarts evacuation Therefore let their ordinary Drink be always warm and such as the Decoction of Barly and Liquorice mix'd with the Tincture of Poppy Flowers Now as for the Specifics that dissolve stagnating Blood those for a Pleurisie are of the same use in all Inflammations of the Breast Such are red Poppies Carduus Benedictus and Carduus Mariae especially their seeds Chervil-water the Decoction or Powder of Burdoc-roots the Juice of Dandelyon the Soot of Wood-fire given to a dram in Elder Vinegar the Pizzle of a Whale or Hart given in Powder to a dram or by way of Decoction the Powders of Boars-teeth Pike Bones Pearch and Carp-stones given to two scruples the volatil Salt of the Jawbone of a Pike the Blood of a Goat or of a Hare strangled after Hunting dry'd and given in Powder to a dram the Infusion or Juice of Horse or Sheeps Dung the Powder of Pigeons Dung Sperma Ceti given to a dram with Castor the Spirit of Nitre dulcify'd with the Spirit of Wine impregnated by Cohobation with Antipleuritical Ingredients given to two drams the Bezoardic Tincture given to a dram the Flowers of Sulphur or Gunpowder given to a dram and Antimony calcin'd by the heat of the Sun The forms of prescription are as follows Take of the Seeds of Carduus Benedictus and Carduus Mariae of each two drams white Poppy Seeds a dram with Chervil-water make an Emulsion To which add of the Jawbone of a Pike half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple sweeten it for a draught in order to Sweat Take of the Waters of Carduus Benedictus and Chervil of each an ounce and a half of Treacle Water six drams clarify'd Juice of Dandelyon an ounce and a half prepar'd Crabs Eyes a dram and a half Syrup of red Poppies an ounce and a half Mix and exhibit two Spoonfuls every quarter of an Hour Take of the Extracts of red Poppy Flowers Holy-hocks and Misletoe of the Oak of each a dram and a half shavings of Boars-teeth and an Unicorn's Horn of each two drams Jawbone of a Pike a dram and a half the inner Rinds of Filberts a dram Antimonial Nitre half a dram Magistery of Coral a dram and a half with the thicken'd Juice of Scabious make a Mass of which a scruple is a Dose to be given in Poppy Flower Water Take of the Waters of Carduus Mariae Chervil and red Poppies of each an ounce the spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd three drams Diaphoretic Antimony and Jaw-bone of a Pike of each half a dram volatil Salt of the Jawbones of a Pike twelve grains Laudanum Opiatum three grains Syrup of red Poppies an ounce Mix and give a Spoonful now and then Take of the Blood of a Goat a scruple Mineral Bezoar half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum a grain Make a Powder for two Doses Take of the spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd three drams Essence of Saffron a dram Mix. Dose fifty or sixty Drops If these dissolving Medicines cannot discuss the Inflammation by Sweating we must indeavour to promote the Concoction and Evacuation of the Matter by Spitting For this end we first use thickening Ingredients and after Concoction those of an attenuating force Of the former sort are the Decoctions of Barly Liquorice Elecampane Scabious Jujubes Raisins Speedwell red Poppies c. An Apple excavated stuff'd with a dram of Frankincense or Mastic and half a dram of the Flowers of Sulphur and so roasted and â—â—hibited with Carduus Benedictus Water the spirit of Sal-Armoniac the Conserve of Violets the Syrup of Poppies with the Flowers of Benzoin and above all the fresh Oyl of Linseed given to three ounces in a convenient Vehicle or in want of that the express'd Oyl of sweet Almonds As for the latter Indication viz. Attenuating and Expectorating concocted Matter 't is compass'd by adding to the Decoction of these Ingredients in Mead the Syrups of Hissop Hedgmustard or Tobacco and especially the fresh Juice of Radishes and dulcify'd spirit of Nitre As for external Application 't is proper to allay the pain by fomenting the Part with the Decoction of Emollient and Anodyn Ingredients or applying Frogs-spawn with Burdock Roots or an Ointment of the Juice of Coleworts and Powder of Cummin seed or of the Fat of a Country Mouse or Hen's Dung with Oyl of Chamomil Or Thus Take of the Ointment of Marsh-mallows an ounce Oyl of sweet Almonds half an ounce distill'd Oyl of Cummin a scruple Camphyr nine grains Mix and anoint the part every three hours applying afterwards the Plaister of Melilot mix'd with the Plaister call'd Filii Zachariae and soften'd with the Oyl of Mullein Every thing must be applyed hot and the part kept very Warm If the Inflammation can neither be discuss'd nor dissolv'd by Expectoration 't will be needful to promote its suppuration by giving inwardly Preparations from Tobacco Ground Ivy Chervil and Scabious and applying outwardly Cataplasms of Holy-hocks boyl'd in Milk or the Plaister Filii Zachariae After 't is sufficiently Ripe we must provide for opening it by Vomiting Sneezing or administring the Decoction and smoak of Tobacco which is of Excellent use especially when the Imposthume is seated in the Lungs Otherwise we may discover the part where it lyes by the Heat Pain Swelling c. and open a direct Passage into it betwixt two of the Ribs When the Imposthume opens of it self its Matter do's not always run into the Cavity of the Breast as many imagine but is oft-times gather'd within the dilated Membran that surrounds the Pleura in which Case a Paracentesis or opening in the usual place for an Empyema is of no use After opening the Imposthume the next thing is to cleanse it by exhibiting the Decoctions of Chervil or rather the Syrup or Juice of ground Ivy and Syrup of Tobacco with the Balsam of Sulphur Balsam of Peru and the Spirit and Oyl of Turpentin Having dispatch'd the
attended by the signs of Concoction are good Omens Their Cure is the same as that of other Inflammations internally all preparations of Lead mix'd with Diaphoretics and externally the Plaister of Hemlock with the Oyl of Camphyr and the Syrup of Elder with Sugar of Lead are of excellent use ART 6. Of Inflammations and Vlcers of the Kidneys THE Inflammations of the Kidneys may proceed from Riding Falls Jumping Stones in the Kidneys excessive Venery c. Their Symptoms are a heat of Urine and Strangury a sense of heat and pain in the Loyns which by the Correspondence of the Membrans frequently reaches upwards to the short Ribs and along the back so that the Person cannot bow his Body and besides is frequently molested with Vomiting and likewise downwards towards the Ureter Bladder Huckle-bone and Thigh causing a numness in the Legs Sometimes when one Kidney is inflam'd the other is either by Sympathy seiz'd with Spasmodical Contractions or so oppress'd with the Quantity of Blood that 't is unfit for secretion and causes a Dysuria To these Symptoms we add Costiveness and Chilness of external Parts Sometimes a simple Stone in the Kidneys apes the Symptoms of an Inflammation but the continual Duration and Pulsation of the Pain the acute continual Feaver the heat and difficulty in making Water that attend the latter and are strangers to the former will point out the Distinction If an Inflammation of the Reins happen to weak puny Persons or be attended by doating or if it become an Ulcer 't is very dangerous The Flux of the Emrods is a good sign but white purulent Urine with the abatement of the Feaver and extenuation of the Legs and Thighs is a certain forerunner of Death As for the Cure the external Remedies are the same as those prescrib'd for a Quinsey and the internal are the Specifics for a Pleurisie especially Nitre Sugar of Lead and the Juice of River Crabs given with the Decoction of Prunes or the Emulsions of cold Seeds Purgations are noxious unless crudities disturb the Stomac in which Case the gentlest Laxatives are only allowable Emollient Clysters or those of Milk Turpentin and the yelk of Eggs are proper Diuretics in the Beginning increase the Inflammation but when the matter is concocted the more temperat sort of 'em is useful especially Winter Cherries Liquorice Turpentin c. Or Take of the Waters of Winter Cherries Broom and St. John's wort of each an ounce distill'd Vinegar six drams dulcify'd spirit of Nitre half a dram Tartar Vitriolated fifteen grains Syrup of Ground Ivy half an ounce Mix. Dose a spoonful or two Externally we first Blood 'em in the Arm then in the Ancle and apply the juice of House-leek with the juice of River Crabs and Camphyr to which we sometimes add the Oyl of Henbane or express'd Oyl of Poppies Langius recommends an Ointment of Crude Allum mix'd with the whites of Eggs. If by these means the Inflammation cannot be discuss'd we must promote its suppuration inwardly by the Decoction of Liquorice Barly Pellitory of the Wall c. And outwardly by Cataplasms of Emollient Ingredients boyl'd in Milk Ulcers of the Reins are sometimes the effect of Inflammations and sometimes of the Corrosion of a Stone The former are less dangerous and are attended by a whitish Urine which by standing precipitats a white Purulent Sediment whereas in the latter Case the Sediment is Ashy colour'd and the pain in the Loyns more biting and gnawing In either case fetid Stools are a good sign For Cure we first exhibit a Vomit in order to cleanse the Ulcer then Pills of sweet Mercury with Turpentin or Balsam Capivi the Decoction of Woods Parsley Chervil Chicles and Agrimony and above all the Troches of Winter Cherries and the Powder of dry'd river Crabs Or the following Decoction Take of Agrimony and Flowers of St. John's wort of each a handful Mastic-wood an ounce and a half Comfrey Roots half an ounce Seeds of St. John's wort three drams Boyl them in Water c. The Spaw Waters and absorbent Powders are also not improper If the Ulcer be seated in the out-side of the Reins and seize the Muscles of the Back it ought to be laid open ART 7. Of Inflammations and Vlcers of the Bladder THE Bladder having only a few small Blood Vessels is seldom or never inflam'd by internal Causes but mostly by external injuries or the assumption of Spanish Flies or the cutting of the Stone The Symptoms are a Distention Heat Hardness Tumor and unsufferable Pain in the Pubes a suppression of Urine Tenesmus Costiveness acute Feaver and sometimes Doating It is a dangerous Disease as being very apt to degenerat into a Gangreen unless it be seated in the muscular Neck of the Bladder in which Case it oft-times suppurats and becomes a troublesome Ulcer The suppuration is discover'd by the Remission of the Symptoms and when the Ulcer breaks by the evacuation of Purulent Matter with the Urine without it break into the Cavity of the Abdomen and then it frequently gains a Passage by Imposthumes in the Groyn For Cure we treat these Inflammations after the same manner as those of the Kidneys in order to discuss ' em As for Injections of Cooling Liquors they 're altogether useless partly because they do not reach the Part and partly because supposing their entrance into the Bladder they cannot conveniently be voided again The Ulcers of the Bladders ought to be carefully distinguish'd from those of the Urethra which frequently void purulent matter without the Urine and cause a violent pain in making Water which is not found in Ulcers of the Bladder unless they be seated just in its Neck Ulcers are cur'd by dulcifying the humors of the Body and consequently the Urine cleansing and consolidating the Ulcer and mitigating the Pain The Ingredients that are proper for these Purposes are frequently mention'd above The forms of Recipe's are as follows Take of the Herbs Agrimony Plantan and Horse-tail of each half an handful Liquorice Roots two drams Boyl them in Plantan and Betony Water till the third Part be Consum'd To half a pound of the strain'd Liquor add Hony of Roses an ounce and a half Mix and exhibit a Draught twice a day for mitigating the sharp humors for which end the Decoction of Ground-pine in Milk is also very useful Take of Turpentin six drams Hony an ounce with the yelk of one Egg dissolve 'em in four ounces of Spanish Wine Mix. Dose six drams for the abovemention'd use and for cleansing the Ulcer Take of the Shavings of Lignum Sanctum three ounces Roots of Sarsaparilla Liquorice and Eryngo of each an ounce of the Herbs Agrimony Speedwell and Ground Ivy of each half a handful Flowers of Roses and Violets of each three little handfuls Raisins an ounce and a half Boyl them in Water and exhibit a Draught of the strain'd Decoction frequently for consolidating the Ulcer Take of Liquorice Roots two ounces red Vetches a little
Prognostic of Empyema's those of the Brain attended by Vomiting are Mortal nay oft-times the Patient dies before the clotted Blood come to a Head Those of the Abdomen are frequently discharg'd by Imposthumes in the Groyn Those of the Breast if they be not cur'd betimes are apt to cause Phthisics and Consumptions If white smooth Purulent Matter be voided by Stool or Urine or copiously expectorated in an Empyema of the Breast and if the Thirst Inappetency Feaver and difficulty of Breathing relent 't is a good Omen But the reverse of these Circumstances is fatal The Cure consists in dissolving and evacuating the clotted Blood or promoting its suppuration evacuating the Pus and restoring the injur'd part to its due strength As for the evacuating Indication the efforts of Nature must be our Directory as if it incline to void the Matter by Urine Sweat or Stool it must be accordingly assisted If the clotted Blood be lodg'd in the Abdomen we give it Vent by a Paracentesis if in the Breast by opening the interval between the fifth and sixth Ribs reckoning downwards if in the Brain by a Trepanation All these Operations are both proper and safe if they be perform'd betimes and not put off till the Patient's strength be exhausted or the Matter be alter'd and render'd unfit for evacuation If it come by a prick we inlarge the Orifice of the Wound If the Person be Plethoric and the Blood be apt to boyl high or if the Evil was occasion'd by a Fall or Bruise Bleeding will be requisit especially that for Revulsion according to the Circumstances of the part As for internal Medicines The first in order are those which dissolve and disengage clotty Blood Such are the Decoction of Madder in Wine the Tincture of the lesser Dasies the Decoction of the Roots Leaves and Flowers of Arnic in Ale the Juice of the Herb Robert Sperma Ceti given to a dram Castor the Blood of Goats given to a dram Sparrow's Dung dissolv'd in Vinegar Man's fat melted given to half an ounce the Herbs Savin Ground Ivy Hyssop Chervil Wormwood St. John's-wort c. The Roots of Angelica Swallow-wort Birth-wort c. The Seeds of Carduus Benedictus Chervil and St. John's-wort the vulnerary Tinctures Bezoar Stone Diaphoretic Antimony and in a word all absorbent Powders especially Crabs dissolv'd in Vinegar These Ingredients ought always to be mix'd with evacuating Medicines that so the Blood when dissolv'd may be readily voided Thus if it be lodg'd in the Abdomen or if nature incline to void it by Stool we add Rhubarb and Laxatives if in the Breast we add Diuretics and Diaphoretics according to Nature's Motions In general Diuretics are the most proper The forms of Receipts are as follow Take of the Decoction of Ground Ivy a pound while 't is yet warm infuse in it over Night Rhubarb one ounce pick'd Senna Leaves half an ounce Salt of Tartar half a dram In the Morning strain the Liquor and add of the Powder of Crabs Eyes a dram and a half the Powder against Falls prescrib'd in the Ausberg Dispensatory a dram Sweeten it with the Syrup of Ground Ivy and exhibit a Draught now and then Take of the Powder of Crabs Eyes Sperma Ceti and Blood of Goats of each half a dram Mix for two Doses to be taken in Vinegar Note Vinegar renders the Crabs Eyes very Diuretic Take of Chervil Water three ounces Vinegar of Wine an ounce prepar'd Crabs Eyes a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Syrup of Ground Ivy six drams Mix for two Doses If the Head be bruis'd or Convulsions be fear'd add half a dram of the Cinnabar of Antimony Myrrh Laudanum Opiatum Spirit of Sal-Armoniac spirit of Treacle Camphoris'd Poppy-flower-water volatil Salt of Amber Essence of St. John's-wort and the vulnerary Essences may be added by turns Having dispatch'd the Cure of clotty Blood which for the most part degenerats into Empyema's we proceed to that of an Empyema it self which consists in evacuating the Purulent Matter qualifying its sharpness and strengthening the Part. The means for evacuation are either Natural or Artificial the latter are mention'd above The former are either Urine Sweat Stool or Spitting Empyema's of the Breast which may serve for a Pattern for all others as to the Cure for the most part empty themselves by Spitting and Urine tho' the Passages thro' which the Matter reaches either the Mouth or the Reins are yet undiscover'd However 't is a Physician 's part when he descry's Purulent Urine to exhibit Diuretics and when the Matter moves upwards and provokes Coughing to administer expectorating Medicines or rather a Vomit which is of wonderful Efficacy supposing still that there be no danger of a Spitting of Blood for in that case it ought to be omitted and shifted for expectorating Medicines temper'd according as the Matter is sharp or thick As for the sharpness of the Matter 't is admirably accounted for by exhibiting the Flowers and Balsam of Sulphur Balsam of Peru Myrrh and fix'd Antimonial Sulphurs such as Diaphoretic Antimony Poterius's Antihectic c. The injuries done to the solid parts by the purulent Matter are repair'd by Goats Milk and by the Decoctions of Woods Scabious Chervil and especially Ground Ivy. But Vulnerary or Balmy Medicines are not to be exhibited without such as evacuate one way or another nor without a particular regard to the Feaver that accompanies this Distemper As for Example Take of Hyssop and Scabious Water of each an ounce and a half the Flowers of Sulphur half a dram Diaphoretic Antimony a scruple Jovial Bezoar half a scruple Syrup of Tobacco an ounce Make a Potion for two Doses To which if the Feaver be high add a few Drops of the dulcify'd spirit of Nitre Take of the Water of red Poppies three ounces Vinegar of Wine six drams prepar'd Crabs Eyes a dram Diaphoretic Antimony half a dram Syrup of red Poppy Flowers six drams Make a Potion to be given by Spoonfuls Take of the Juice of Ground Ivy four ounces the Juice of Hore-hound two ounces With Sugar make a Syrup to which add of Frankincense and choice Myrrh of each a dram Mix. c. The Decoction of China Roots mix'd with Diaphoretic Antimony or that of Guajacum with the Juice of Ground-Ivy or that of Ox-bones with the Gelly of Hartshorn are also very proper The hot Balsams may be mix'd with Sugar of Lead when heat prevails Take of the Shavings of Gujacum an ounce Sassafras half an Ounce boil them in seven Pound of Common Water 'till a Pound and a half be consum'd Then add Ground-Ivy Flowers of St. John's-wort and the Herb Speedwell of each two handfuls Liquorice-Roots half an ounce Fennel-seed six drams Corants bruis'd three Ounces Boil all 'till a Pound and a half more be consum'd Strain the Decoction and exhibit a Draught thrice a Day CHAP. III. Of Bleeding or the Bursting of the Blood Vessels THE stagnation of the Blood in its own Vessels
Spirit of Vitriol Sugar of Lead the Powder of Blood-stone mix'd with Vinegar or the Juice of Pomgranats the Vitriol of Steel mix'd with Sugar of Lead Hartman's Astringent Extract of Steel given to nine Grains the Spaw-waters or in want of them the solar Liquor of steel and above all the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol prepar'd thus Take of the Native Genuin Vitriol of Steel that 's void of all Copper and dissolve it in Water if the Vitriol be not genuin put the filings of Steel into the Water and 't will precipitat the Copper and then the strain'd Liquor being thicken'd will yield the genuin Vitriol of Steel when the Vitriol is dissolv'd in Water pour into it the Oyl of Tartar per Deliquium or the Lie of the Salt of Tartar and 't will precipitat an Astringent Crocus of Steel which ought to be frequently dulcifi'd with Water and dry'd then dissolv'd in the Spirit of Nitre and after the Spirit of Nitre is drawn off the Caput Mortuum digested with rectin'd Spirit of Wine gives the Tincture which is of admirable use against all Bleedings Its Dose is thirty or forty Drops in a convenient Vehicle The Animal Province affords us burnt Hartshorn Unicorn's-Horn the Powder of green Frogs the Water of Frogs spawn Crollius's Sperniola given to fifteen Grains the Juice of Asses and Hog's Dung mix'd with the Juice of Nettles or with Sugar in the form of a Syrrup or their Powders with the Powder of the Dung of a Dog that 's wont to gnaw Bones and the Powder of the Blood that comes forth in Bleeding it being dry'd and given to a Dram in some proper Vehicle The Forms of Recipe's are as follows Take of the Extract of Flowers viz. of Red Roses Red Poppies and Dasies infus'd in Water in order to be strain'd or thicken'd for an Extract three drams Ivory and Sea-Horse-Teeth of each half a dram prepar'd red Coral a dram prepar'd Blood-stone two scruples with the Syrup of Red Poppies make an Electuary for allaying the Heaâ— and Turgescence of the Blood Take of the Pulp of Raisins three ounces choice Rhubarb and prepar'd Red Coral of each a dram and a half Ivory prepar'd without Fire a dram Sea-Horse-Teeth half a Dram Extract of Steel prepar'd with the Juice of Apples three Drams With the Syrup of Red Roses make an Electuary Of which take the quantity of a Nutmeg Morning and Evening for correcting the serosity of the Blood Take of Plantan Water three Ounces cinnamon-Cinnamon-water three Drams Vinegar of Wine half an Ounce Astringent Crocus of Steel half a dram seal'd Earth a scruple Laudanum Opiatum three grains Syrup of Myrtles three drams Mix and exhibit a spoonful or two frequently for correcting the sharpness of the Blood and Humours For the Bleedings in Malignant Feavers we add Alexipharmacal Ingredients If a Bleeding be causâ—d by Cantharides we exhibit Milk and the Decoctions of Raisins Isinglass and Misletoe of the Oak with Gum Arabic Tragacanth c. Take of the Juice of Fresh-Asses Dung Syrup of Purslain and that of Myrtle-Berries of each half an Ounce Plantan Water an Ounce Mix for a Draught After the Bleeding is thus stopp'd we exhibit such Medicines as dissolve and evacuat clotted Blood especially if it proceeded from an internal part In the mean while we use likewise external Medicins viz. Such as either cement the Vessels by their gluy Vertue as the Whites of Eggs Mastic Aloe Beans and a living Pigeon or Hen cut up and applied to the Part whose Blood curdles upon the orifice of the Vessels and shuts 'em or such as wring the Vessels by their austerity or imbibe the Blood and stick close to the Orifices of the former sort are Vitriol Vinegar c. Of the latter are Bole Armenic seal'd Earth Allum Potters-Clay mix'd with Vinegar c. In general the French Styptic Liquor which is nothing else but the solution of Allum and half its quantity of the Vitriol of Steel in a proper Vehicle and Tulpius's compound Powder of Bole Armenic Quicklime burnt Vitriol burnt Allum Blood-stone Aloes Dragons Blood Lemnian Earth Crocus of Steel Mummy Mastic and â—rankincense these I say are generally approv'd for external use in all Bleedings ART 1. Of Bleeding at the Nose and Gums THE small Arteries inserted into the Membrane of the Nostrils are liable to frequent Bleedings as being relaxated by prevailing moisture The Symptoms and Causes of this Bleeding are related above If it be very copious and unwonted or unseasonable it prognosticates the Disorders of the Spirits in Acute Diseases especially about the height 't is an ill Omen but in the beginning of the small Pox or when it follows a Deafness after the height of a Feaver 't is not ill In the Disorders of the Liver or Spleen if the Nostril of the same side with the Part affâ—cted void Blood 't is well if that of the opposite side 't is a bad Symptom according to Hippocrates In regulating the Method of Cure we must have a particular regard to the various Causes viz. the redundancy turgescence serosity or sharpness of the Blood and single out proper Medicines according to the Directions given for Bleedings in general To which we shall only add this one Observation that in habitual Bleedings at Nose fresh Mint or its Juice taken frequently is of singular use Externally we endeavour to divert and appease the Spirits to curb the turgescence of the Blood and to shut the Orifices of the Vessels For compassing the first Design we use painful Ligatures Frights Caustics appli'd to the remote parts cold things suddenly apply'd to the Scrotum or Breast a dry'd Toad hung under the Armpits or tied to the Forehead or its Powder applied to the Nostrils a Blood-stone or genuin Jasper held in the Hand 'till it become warm Ash-wood applied to the Nostrils c. For the second end we sometimes Bleed by way of Revulsion and Derivation or apply scarifying Cupping-Glasses to the Neck or to the Calf of the Leg those which the Antients order'd for the Liver and Spleen being very dangerous and of no use Cataplasms of Fullers Earth and Vinegar and Epithema's of the Juice of House-leek Vinegar Nitre and Camphyr or of Soot Vinegar and the Whites of Eggs or of Allum Frogs Spawn and Vinegar being applied to the Fore-head Temples Crown of the Head Nape of the Neck Scrotum in Men and the Breasts in Women are of admirable efficacy for appeasing the tumultuous Motions of the Blood As for the third Indication of shutting the Orifices of the Vessels we blow into the Nostrils the Powder of Allum or Vitriol mix'd with Painters Lac or apply it with a Tent dipp'd into the White of an Egg or into the Juice of Hoggs-Dung mix'd with Juice of Plantan The Powder of Hoggs-Dung and that of Toads are very proper for the same use as likewise the Phlegm of Vitriol writing Ink the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol Soot taken from the
communicat their disorder to all the adjacent Parts When its motion in the Kidney first commences the Person is molested with a heavy dull Pain in the Loins inclining to the right or left side and sometimes reaching to the respective side of the Head according as the right or left Kidney is disturb'd When the Stone is advanc'd from the Pelvis to the Vreter then the Pain shoots pricks and raises a sense of distention or tearing and does not cease 'till it either reaches the Bladder or retire to the Kidney Immediately before the invasion of the Paroxysm the Urine is scanty watry and very sharp Sometimes when the Stone is in motion the nutritious Juice of the membranous Parts being deprav'd is voided together with the Urine rendring it thick pale and glutinous especially towards the bottom of the Urinal Sometimes 't is high tinctur'd and thick as being copiously impregnated with dissolv'd Salts sometimes 't is actually mix'd with Blood by reason of the Stone 's offensiveness to the Blood-Vessels Oft-times Sand is also voided but then it falls to the bottom and is hard not friable otherwise if the Sand be friable and reddish it is only a Coagulation of scorbutical Salts sometimes the Urine is totally suppress'd the other Kidney being contracted by the provok'd Nerves During the Paroxysm the Person is unable to stand upright or bow his Body and the Pain glides along the Ureters to the Bladder sometimes it draws up the Testicle and benums the Leg of the same side sometimes it causes vomiting inappetency contractions of the Fingers a tickling pain in the Nut of the Yard and difficult respiration the Midriff being by sympathy affected and girding the Region of the short Ribs with a sense of constriction But above all the most common Symptoms are gripings in the Guts Colick Pains in Men Hysteric Symptoms in Women and in such as are high-belly'd Pains resembling those of Child-birth The Pulse for the most part is hard by reason of the convulsive Contractions of the Fibres of the Arteries All these Symptoms are not always to be met with neither are they peculiar to this Disease but those which are most certain and distinguish this Distemper from the Colick are the benum'dness of the Leg inability to stand upright or to stretch their Back the continuance of the Pain without remission the disorders of the Urine and the absence of the Symptoms peculiar to the Colick A Stone in the Kidneys is a dangerous Disease especially to Women with Child If frequently causes mortal Convulsions Suppressions of Urine Inflammations and Ulcers in the Kidneys c. especially if it be rough and large If the Urine that was at first thin becomes thick and muddy as being laden with Sand and small Stones 't is a good sign But if the Urine be suppress'd for a considerable time and if the external Parts be cold or seiz'd with cold Sweats Death is at hand Sometimes the Pains observe a Tertian or Quartan period If they cause a Lethargy 't is incurable The Cure consists in mitigating the Pain and removing the Contractions of the Ureters and Membranes and expelling the Stone by Diuretics For which end we ought to observe 1. That all violent Diuretics are improper while the Pain is vehement for that they provoke and irritate the Membranes to contract ' emselves more Wherefore while the Pain lasts we give only the most temperate meek Diuretics mix'd with Opiats 2. That oily things such as Emulsions c. are absolutely necessary for allaying the sharpness of the Urine The Ancients indeed recommended 'em for relaxating the Passages but 't was a groundless Fancy To be sure if they had any relaxating virtue they would first display it upon the Stomac 3. That the first Passages ought always to be kept clear lest their impurities should aggravate the Symptoms of the Abdomen Upon this Account emollient and anodyn Clysters are very serviceable especially in the beginning of the Paroxysm Such are those of the Decoction of Speed-well Camomil-flowers Marsh-mallow-roots c. in Milk or of Rape and Lin-seed-Oyl but we ought to take notice that the simplest Decoctions are best that large quantities must not be injected especially in high-belly'd Women for fear of distending the Parts and aggravating the Pain and that if the Belly be very costive we may add Purgative Electuaries and when the Pain is abated Juniper-Berries volatil Salt of Amber and such like Diuretics After the injection of Clysters we order Baths and Fomentations of the Decoctions of soft'ning carminative cephalic and diuretic Ingredients follow'd by emollient relaxating Liniments sharpen'd with distill'd cephalic and diuretic Oyls As Take of Pellitory a handful Mallows and Violets of each half a handful Chamomil and Elder-flowers of each two little handfuls Marsh-mallow-roots six drams boil them in Child's Urine or Whey To eight Ounces of the strain'd Decoction add of Turpentin dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg two drams Oyl of White Lillies half an ounce Oyl of Scorpions a dram Antimonial Nitre two scruples Make a Clyster Take of the emollient Ingredients three handfuls of the four large hot Seeds and Salt of Tartar of each a dram boil them in Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add of the Electuary of Hiera with Agaric an Ounce Distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a dram with the Yelk of an Egg make a Clyster Take of the Herbs Mallows Marsh-mallows Pellitory and Mercury of each two handfuls Chamomil and Elder-Flowers of each two handfuls Juniper-Berries two ounces Lin-seed and Fenugrec-seed of each three ounces make two Bags to be boyl'd in Water for a Bath applying in the time of bathing one Bag to the Loyns and the other to the Navel Take of Sage Mother of Thyme and Chamomil-flowers of each two handfuls Juniper-berries two ounces Seeds of Anis and Dill of each an ounce Tye 'em in a Bag to be boyl'd in Water foment the Loyns and Abdomen with the Decoction and apply the Bags as above Take of the Ointment of Marsh-mallows three drams Oyl of bitter Almonds and Oyl of Scorpions of each a dram and a half Rock Oyl two drams Make a Liniment With which anoint the Loyns Navel and Region of the Ureters Take of the Oyls of bitter Almonds Chamomil white Lillies and Scorpions of each two drams white Rock-Oyl three drams distill'd Oyls of Spike and Juniper-berries of each a dram and a half Make an Ointment as above Take of Rock-oyl three drams express'd Oyl of Poppies a dram and a half express'd Oyl of Henbane half a dram Make an Anodyn Liniment The Essence of Opium is useful for the same purpose The nervous Cephalic Oyls the distill'd Oyls of Turpentin Cummin c. are also very proper But above all the Oyl of Camphyr is an admirable Diuretic for external Compositions The Oyl of Amber is too fierce and apt to aggravat the pain Take of the Plaister call'd Nervinum and Tacamahac of each an ounce Balsam of Peru two drams
Make a square Plaister to be applied to the Loyns Take the expres'd Juice of ten River Crabs boyl'd in Milk and add to it three ounces of the Crum of white Bread three yelks of Eggs an ounce of Butter an ounce of the Oyl of Chamomil and half a scruple of Saffron Mix all for a Cataplasm to be applied to the Loyns for allaying the excessive heat of the Kidneys While these Prescriptions are in use 't will be requisite to look out for internal Med'cines In the beginning gentle Laxatives are useful They ought to be mix'd with the meekest Diuretics As Take of Tartar Vitriolat fifteen grains Salt of Broom three or four grains Scammony prepar'd with the Juice of Roses three grains distill'd Oyl of Turpentin a drop Make a Powder to be exhibited in the beginning of the Paroxysm Or Take of Turpentin a dram Rhubarb in Powder two scruples prepar'd Amber half a dram Cinnamon half a scruple with the Oyl of Turpentin make Pills for a few Doses Note Turpentin is both a Laxative and a Diuretic and upon that account highly useful in this case The Emulsions of Violet-seeds with Speedwell-water mix'd with Crabs Eyes are also very proper for the same purposes The first Passages being clear'd we exhibit such Medicins as mitigat the Pain and allay the sharpness of the Humours with gentle Diuretics Thus the Elixir of Juniper mix'd with the Essence of Opium and exhibited by Spoonfuls The Oyl of sweet Almonds mix'd with Pearch Stones and the Syrup of Mash-mallows And the Emulsions temperat Seeds are very proper In general Narcotics are very serviceable not only by allaying the Pain but by procuring Sleep and so strengthening the Spirits in order to the expulsion of the Stone To these we add the gentle and easie Diuretics As Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes Sperma Ceti of each a scruple volatil Salt of Amber five grains Laudanum Opiatum two grains Make a Powder Sometimes we add Cinnabar of Antimony for preventing or removing the Convulsion of the internal parts Take twelve living Wood-Lice bruise 'em with two drams of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar then strain it and add a scruple of the Essence of Opium Dose thirty or forty drops The Tincture of the Balsam of Peru or that of Capivi are likewise very proper Take of the extract of Acorus sixteen grains Castor four grains Hysteric Laudanum six grains with the Oyl of Turpentin make Pills to be exhibited when a Vomiting and Hiccough attend the Stone in the Kidneys Take of the Water of Strawberries and Winter Cherries of each an ounce and a half cinnamon-Cinnamon-water three drams Crabs Eyes two scruples Egg-shells calcin'd a scruple purify'd Nitre half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two or three grains Syrup of Marsh-mallows half an ounce Make a Potion Take of prepar'd red Coral and Pearch Stones of each fourteen grains Diaphoretic Gold twelve grains Camphyr three grains Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Marshmallows-roots an ounce Liquorice-roots two drams Mallows one handful Violet-seeds half an ounce Boyl them in Barley-water To two pound of the strain'd Decoction add of the Syrup of Poppies two ounces prepar'd Crab's Eyes a dram Mix c. Sometimes we add Juniper-berries Carrot-seeds St. Johns-wort-seed c. Forestus's diuretic Decoction is much approv'd As also the decoction of Chamomil-flowers or that of Water-lillies In every draught of such Decoctions 't is customary to add a few drops of the Spirit of Nitre or of a mixture of the Spirit of Salt with the volatil Salt of Amber When the Symptoms attending the Fit begin to relent we must have recourse to strong sharp Diuretics such are the Juice of Radishes given to two ounces with Spanish Wine the Roots and Leaves of Horse-radishes infus'd in Wine or a Spirit distill'd from Wine in which Roots or Leaves of Horse-Radishes have been infus'd in a Cellar for fourteen Days together the Essence of Restharrow Burdock-seeds the Infusion of Ground-Ivy dry'd and Garlic Heads in the Spirit of Wine or that of Juniper-berries an Electuary of the Rob of Juniper and St. Johns-wort-seeds which when bruis'd smell like Turpentin and consequently must needs be serviceable both for cleansing the Veins and preserving their ferment by its balmy virtue Carrot-seeds infus'd in fermenting Ale The distill'd Oyl and volatil Salt of Ash-tree-seeds or the following Oyl Take of the inner rindes of Ash-tree-roots two pound fresh Juniper-berries three pound Turpentin a pound and a half Mix 'em with the Turpentin and digest all for the space of three Months in twelve pound of Water Then distill an admirable Diuretic Oyl Dose eight or ten drops in white Wine The Juice of the tendrels of the Birch-tree gather'd in March is of excellent use if drank like Spaw-waters As also the Water distill'd from Arsmart and frequently cohobated the Decoctions of the Indian Nephritic Wood the Gum of the Cherry-tree form'd into Pills or dissolv'd in Wine and the Nephritic Essences or Spirits of Winter Cherries Juniper-berries c. Timaeus recommends the Juice of the wild Tansey gather'd in May before the Sun-rising and that of green Rye mixt with red Wine To these we add the volatil Salt of Amber the Salt of Urine Nitre Spirit of Nitre and all nitrous Salts especially that of Pigeons Dung or the infusion of Pigeons Dung in Vinegar mix'd with Hony or the following Salt Take Nitre well fix'd and expose it to the Air. 'T will melt to the consistence of Pap. Then mix it with an equal quantity of the red Oyl of Vitriol When their Ebullition ceases draw off the Liquor with a strong Fire and 't will leave a white Salt of admirable efficacy against the Stone The Mineral and Animal Stones are likewise recommended in this case especially Nephritic Stones Crabs Eyes Pearch or Carp Stones the shells of Eggs especially Estrich Eggs. They are not directly Diuretic but they drink up the Acid that gathers the Stone and if dissolv'd in the compound Spirit of Salt are converted into a third Concrete that proves an admirable Diuretic The Lye of the calcin'd Eggshells the lixivious Salt of Quick-lime calcin'd with Sal-Armoniac are also much approv'd The decoction of Quick-lime in Water being strain'd and congeal'd yields a fix'd Salt which is either us'd in Powder or infus'd in rectify'd Spirits to which it gives a notable red Tincture that 's much commended Helvetius boyl'd Quick-lime in Vinegar and evaporated the decanted Decoction The remaining Salt he made red hot in a Crucible and extracted a notable nephritic Tincture with Spirit of Wine The Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms is also a proper Diuretic or the Powder of Scorpions first wash'd then infus'd alive in Spanish Wine for 24 Hours and then bak'd in an Oven in a Pot cover'd with Sage leaves their Dose is four or five grains in a potch'd Egg. If the Wings Head and Feet of Crickets be lop'd off and its Body be macerated in Parsley-water 't will become a milky Liquor that 's very Diuretic
all Bleedings viz. Either an Anastomosis or Diaeresis The former is caus'd by the laxity of the Pores of the Reins violent Motion Jumping Falls excessive Venery violent Diuretics and a redundancy of Blood in the Body The latter by sharp corrosive Humors as in maligant Feavers the Small Pox and the Scurvy or by the application of Spanish Flies without mixing and tempering them with Acids by the Stone Ulcers c. The bloody Urine is distinguish'd from that which is only tinctur'd by Salts by its thick intransparent Consistence and a red blackish Sediment like clotted Blood at the bottom of the Urinal When the Blood proceeds from the Kidneys or Bladder a heavy or gnawing pain besets those parts When the Blood is plentiful and well mix'd with the Urine and is not curdled but liquid when it falls to the bottom it comes from the Kidneys When the Blood is scarce unequally mix'd voided with Pain and gives a clotty Sediment it takes its rise from the Bladder If the Blood be voided without the Urine or fall to the Bottom immediately upon making of Water it proceeds only from the Vrethra If a sharp Urine be voided with a sharp gnawing biting Pain and if a strangury or difficulty of making Water went before the flux of blood is caus'd by the Corrosion of the Vessels If it proceed from Cantharides the Person is molested with an eternal erection of the Yard If it proceed from the corrosion or ulceration of the Bladder 't is very dangerous but that from the corrosion or weakness of the Reins is yet more such For Cure the Causes must be enquir'd after and remov'd after the same method as in spitting of Blood A redundancy of blood admits of bleeding The sharpness of the Serum prohibits both that and Purgation Rhubarb indeed may be allow'd as being an Alterative and Fortifyer of the Reins as well as a Laxative Sylvius's Mixture of Coral Dragons-blood Laudanum and Syrup of Myrtles with Vinegar and Plantan and Cinnamon-water is a general prescription for all Haemorrhagia's However the Acrimony of the Urine ought always to be accounted for by the Juice of Plantan or Purslain or the Syrup of the Juice of Comfrey and that of Plantan Leaves the Decoction of Ground-Ivy or the following Decoction Take of the Herbs Agrimony and Yarrow the tops of St. John's Wort and the Moss of Bullace-Trees of each a handful Comfrey-Roots two ounces St John's-wort-Seeds two three or four drams boil 'em in Chalybeat Milk or Whey or Black-Smith's Water sweeten the strain'd Decoction with the Syrup of Comfrey and add to every Draught Crabs Eyes dissolv'd in Vinegar The Decoction of Ground-Ivy or Ground-Pine Sheep's Milk exhibited to four ounces with a dram of Bole-Armenic Amber and especially its Troches given to a dram with half a dram of Bole-Armenic and a little Vinegar in plantan-Plantan-water or with Crabbs Eyes and Sugar of Lead the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol the Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd Blood-stone exhibited with Milk especially when the Disease is caus'd by Cantharides and the Emulsions of milky Seeds are all very proper and ought to be frequently interlac'd with Laudanum Opiatum To these we add vulnerary Ingredients especially the Juice or Powder of River-Crabbs and Turpentin either given in Pills with Rhubarb or dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg in some convenient Vehicle The Spirit and Oyl of Turpentin are too sharp If the Bladder be ulcerated we may inject the Troches of Amber mix'd with Plantan Water or the Juice of Plantan with the Powder of Blood-stone When the Pissing of blood is over we ought to dissolve the clotty Blood that may remain in the Bladder with Amber and its Productions CHAP. II. Of Diseases relating to the Expulsion of Vrine from the Bladder ART 1. Of a total suppression of Vrine arising from its stay in the Bladder THE Urine being separated in the Kidneys is convey'd through the Ureters to the Bladder and when its distending quantity or its sharpness provokes the Bladder to Contractions is voided thro' the Vrethra This natural Evacuation is suppress'd either thro' the default of the Bladder or of its Sphincter or of the Vrethra The Bladder is faulty when its Fibres are heedless and stupid as in Malignant Feavers or relaxated and unable to contract it This may be occasion'd by staying long in cold Water by Wounds Blows Bruises in the lower part of the Back or any Injury done to the Nerves of the Part by an excessive quantity of Urine forcibly retain'd in the Bladder by Worms Ulcers Inflammations Tumors c. in the Bladder and adjacent parts and by the remissness of the Muscles of the Abdomen which ought naturally to press its Fibres The Sphincter is faulty when it shuts the Orifice as being constantly contracted 'T is provok'd to such Contractions by Cholic and Nephritic Pains Scorbutical Pains in the Abdomen and the Application of Spanish Flies The Vrethra or Passage which leads from the Bladder is faulty when Inflammations Tumors or Venereal Excrescences beset the Neck of the Bladder Prostratae or Perinaeum or when 't is block'd up by a Stone clotty Blood or viscous glutinous Humours occasion'd by using Diuretics immediately after eating before the Chyle be transform'd or by giving bad Milk to New-born Children who are naturally liable to that Symptom The Symptoms of this Distemper are these When the Bladder is over-distended by a large quantity of Urine the Person is molested with a grievous pain and vain desire of making Water and the suppression is difficult to cure when the Bladder is Paralytic 't is insensible of Pain or of any Provocation to evacuat when the urinary Passage is obstructed a painful Tumor appears in the Pubes and is exasperated by touching If clotty Blood cause the Obstruction 't is discover'd by preceding Falls Bruises pissing of Blood c. If glutinous Humors block up the Way antecedent Causes and Slime voided with the Urine will give us to know it If a suppression of Urine in the Bladder be free of all Pain and attended by a Tenesmus and Hiccough it prognosticates Death That from a Schirrus in the Neck of the Bladder or adjacent parts is not easily cur'd The Cure is vary'd according to the Causes If the Bladder be Paralytic and insensible we give inwardly Cephalic Medicines especially the Elixyr and distill'd Oyls of Juniper the distill'd Oyl of Amber or that of Turpentin the Brains of Magpies c. and inject Clysters first of emollient Ingredients and afterward of Centory Coloquintida c. Or we administer gentle Purgatives and order the Person to keep in his Breath and squeeze the Abdomen If these methods be ineffectual we open the Passage with a Catheter or rather a Wax Candle anointed with Hony and Oyl of sweet Almonds When the Bladder is empty'd we inject the Decoction of Sage Penny-royal wild Marjoram Calamint Rue Castor c. in Wine and foment the External Parts with a Spunge or apply
of Spirits From whence ensues the variety of the animal or sensitive Phaenomena's 2. That the Brain and Spirits have a peculiar dependance upon the Moon and upon that account the Diseases of the Head encrease or diminish in proportion to its Age. The Spirits when disorder'd are more sensible of this Influence than in their natural State 'T is true the Sun has some Ascendant over our Bodies but that properly relates to the vegetable and vital Functions the Animal Province being more peculiarly allotted to the Moon 3. That there is an admirable Sympathy betwixt the Brain and the Bowels especially the Stomac An ungrateful Imagination disturbs the Stomac and Vomiting and Giddiness do equally give rise to one another The Disorders of the Stomac and lower Belly have a visible Influence upon the Fancy as in the case of Hysteric or Hypocondriac Fits and the ridiculous Appetites of Women Helmont was very happy in this Observation and the practical Inferences he deduc'd from it but his Theoretic Conjectures are frivolous The reason why the Spirits and the Stomac do so sensibly affect one another seems to be this That the Mouth of the Stomac is the first part of all the Body that receives any sensible Impression in the Womb for so much as all Alterations in the Embryo must be produc'd by the Nourishment convey'd to the Stomac This establishes an early Correspondence betwixt it and the Spirits and lays the lasting Foundation of their future Intimacy 4. That the Spirits are liable to the same material Alterations with the Blood CHAP. I. Of immoderate Watchings WE are said to wake when the Spirits are distributed through the Organs of Sense and extend their Fibres On the contrary Sleep unbends the Fibres and imprisons the Spirits The Privation of which causes Disorders in the Body The immediate Cause of Watchfulness is a continued or violent Incursion of Spirits into the Organs of Sense The remote Cause barring some external Object must either be the Disorder of the animal Spirits or some defect in the Brain The Spirits are oft-times too nimble and moveable as in young People and such as feed high and drink generous Liquors The Heat of Summer or travelling in a hot Climat eating of Venison immoderat Care Study and the Passions of the Mind the accession of foreign heterogeneous Particles from malignant Distempers or drinking Tee and Cossee are the natural Causes of the Mobility and Disorder of the Spirits and consequently of Watchfulness As for the Brain Watchings will insue upon the Openness of its Pores occasion'd by a Dryness or want of Moisture to fill up the Intervals This may happen through Fasting or eating of sharp volatil Meats immoderat Venery Sweating smoaking Tobacco which tho it be an Opiat exhausts the Moisture of the Brain an unseasonable Use of purging Medicines or a Deficiency in the first Digestion which not only affects the Spirits by Consent but robs the Brain of its wonted Recruits in neglecting the regular distribution of the Chyle This Disease is manifest of it self As for Prognostics It infers a Weakness and Feebleness 'T is more sufferable in Youth than in a State of Manhood and among Men than among the Female Sex It portends ill in acute Distempers But in Chronical Diseases may be longer endur'd tho 't is oft-times follow'd by Phrensies Folly or Stupidity The Cure is perform'd by taking off the remote Causes If it be caus'd by the Inflammation and Impetuosity of the Blood a Vein must be open'd If the Blood be sharp and oppress'd with heterogeneous Particles Purgation and Sweating take place If it spring from the Disorder of the animal Spirits they must be reduc'd to Order by the use of pacific Medicines such as Opium or Laudanum opiatum or their Compounds Bartholetus commends the Essence of Opium prepar'd with Spirit of Vitriol or Spirit of Cockle Ens Veneris which consists of Vitriol and Salt Armoniac and likewise the Anodvn Sulphur of Vitriol are proper in this case But in using Opium we ought to observe these Causions Not to exhibit it when the Watchings are owing to the Efforts of Nature endeavouring a Solution of a Disease or when attended with a straitness in the Breast or difficulty of Breathing or when they proceed from the deficiency and want of Spirits as in old Men c. The mildest Opiats are the safest Let them be given in small Quantities and repeated often As Take of the Conserve of wild Poppy Flowers one Dram Venice Treacle or Diascordium half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Make a Bolus Or Take of native Cinnabar fifteen Grains Saccharum Saturni eight Grains Laudanum Opiatum one or two Grains with the Extract of Saffron make Pills to be taken in the Evening about an hour before Supper The Seed of Thorn Apple is of excellent use in this case As for the Watchings which arise from the Dryness and Openness of the Brain moist and cooling Medicines are most proper such as Emulsions and other oily temperat Compositions Take of the four greater cold Seeds of each half an Ounce Garden Poppy Seeds two Drams sweet Almonds from two Drams to half an Ounce with a sufficient quantity of the Water of Water Lillies make an Emulsion Add of Cinnamom Water half an Ounce and sweeten it with Syrup of Poppies Or the Emulsion may be accommodated to whatever acute Distemper accompanies the Watchings as in a malignant Fever Take of sweet Almonds and Garden Poppy Seeds of each two Drams of the four greater cold Seeds of each a Dram With Viper Grass Water make an Emulsion sweeten it with pearl'd Sugar and add half an Ounce of Ciâ—namom Water and a Scruple of Bezoar Mineral It pacifies the Spirits and obviats the Malignity of the Distemper The Decoction of Barley with Poppies and Liquorice is much applauded And in general all moist nourishing milky chilous Medicines are very conducive in this caseâ— especially the Seed of Thorn Apple of the Fruit we make Pills thus Take of Thorn Apples six Pound bruise and boil them in twelve Pints of Lettice Water to eight Pints express the Decoction and digest it in the Sun sprinkle it with Spirit of Wine and set it to dry To an Ounce of the Juice thus thicken'd and dry'd add half an Ounce of Saffron and two Scruples of the Oil of Citron Peel Make a Mass for Pills Dose a Grain or two It procures Sleep and stops all Fluxes In the Watchings of old Men or such as proceed from a scarcity of Spirits or a frigid Crudity in the Stomac Opiats are inconvenient Comforting and aromatic Medicines are only proper Some give Opiat Clysters or Suppositories to procure Sleep but 't is a dangerous Method unless the Watchings be accompany'd with a Loosness or Pains in the Guts Besides the internal Use of moistening and quieting Medicines some apply them outwardly to the Forehead Temples Feet and Hands They foment and bathe the extreme Parts with the Decoctions of Anodyn and
Emollient Vegetables such as Camomile Night-shade Water-Lillies c. They apply Emulsions to the Forehead and Temples or Liniments made of the emollient Oils Sanctorius affirm'd that all these external Applications were of no use Primerosius was of the same Opinion CHAP. II. Of Excessive Sleep SLeep is accounted preternatural when the Spirits do not repair to the external Organs in their wonted Season but continue lock'd up within the Brain If a scarcity of Spirits and extreme Weakness occasion a shutting of the Eyes 't is not properly Sleep but Swooning As in the case of hysteric Fits and Weakness after Child-birth there first appears as it were a violent Inclination to sleep which presently terminates in Swoonings If the Sleep be so profound that the Person does not wake when jogg'd or call'd upon but remains destitute of all Sense and Motion except Respiration 't is call'd a Carus and if it proceed from any internal Cause is a sort of Apoplexy and requires the same Cure The external Causes are excessive Drinking smoaking Tobacco using Narcotic Medicines the Steams of sulphurous Minerals or fermenting Liquors or new Plaistering upon the Walls of the House and such like When the Person doats in his Sleep and readily answers upon a Call but continues sensless and presently drops asleep again 't is call'd a Sleeping Coma. If the Fancy be awake while the external Senses are shut up by Sleep and attended by frantic Outcries and irregular Motions of the Members of the Body 't is call'd a waking Coma which seldom comes alone but is generally follow'd by Phrensies and Convulsions and disappears upon their Removal Sometimes the strength of Imagination is such that while the Person is asleep he not only speaks and moves but gets up and walks about and attempts many fearful things that when awake he would shrink to think of This is rather a natural Infirmity than a proper Disease It is influenc'd by the Moon and seems to be near akin to Hypocondriac Melancholy If the sick Person be seiz'd with a sleepy Coma and withal a slow Feaver and a forgetfulness of what he does speaks or demands 't is call'd a Lethargy which is the only sleeping Distemper that requires Consideration in this place The immediat Cause is the dulness of the Spirits The remote Causes are 1st A Paucity of Spirits occasion'd by Bleeding Venery Watching Fatigue c. 2dly A watry or pituitous Humour separated from the Blood by the Glandules of the Brain that blocks up the Passages and drowns the Spirits Thus Children Hydropic and Arthritic Persons and those of a Phlegmatic moist Constitution are ofttimes obnoxious to this Distemper The Stone in the Kidneys or any thing that suppresses the evacuation of the Serum will give rise to a Lethargy 3dly Narcotic Medicines and sulphurous Liquors or poisonous Fumes which stupify the Spirits by making such alterations in the Humors of our Body as are apt to produce a Numness Thus the very Humors of our Body turn Narcotic and have the like influence upon the Spirits as new Wine by fermentation acquires a stupifying Quality which formerly it had not 4thly The stagnation of the Blood Contusions or Tumors in the Brain which compress the Spirits and straiten their Passages Sleep distinguishes these Distempers from all others The particular Symptoms that distinguish one sleepy Distemper from another may be gather'd from what is already said As for Prognostics Sleep in general is a bad Omen and is more or less to be suspected according to the degree of sleeping A Coma is very dangerous in the height of an acute Feaver If the Feaver intermit or be accompany'd by evacuations 't is less hazardous except it happen in the beginning A Lethargy generally brings Death in seven days If the sick Person survive the seventh day he recovers If 't is follow'd by evacuations by Stool by the Nostrils the Ears or salivating Glandules 't is a tolerable sign especially if the Feaver and other Symptoms relent If the Symptoms are heighten'd and the Body in the interim oppress'd by other Distempers especially those of the Head together with cold Sweats 't is a desperat Case A Phrensy preceding a Lethargy makes it mortal whereas if it follow after 't is a sign of Recovery If a Trembling succeed it portends ill If it come of its own accord without the impulse of an external Cause 't is mortal In the Method of Cure we must have regard to the remote Causes abovemention'd If a Lethargy proceed from a prevalency of serous or pituitous Humors in the Blood and consequently in the Brain Blood-letting is for the most part necessary both by way of Aversion Derivation and Revulsion It may be repeated according to the former strength of the Patient 'T is better to bleed often and draw forth but little at a time than to take it all at once In the beginning of a Lethargy from this Cause 't is not improper to inject the following Clyster Take of Wormwood lesser Centory and Rue of each a handful Pellitory Roots three Drams Pulp of Coloquyntida ty'd in a Bag from half a Dram to a Dram boil them in common Water To nine Ounces of the strain'd Liquor add Electuary of Hiera with Agaric one Ounce Ox Gall thicken'd a Dram Volatil Salt of Amber half a Dram and the yelk of one Egg or if you design to make it very sharp half a Dram of Sal-gem mix for a Clyster Or Take of Asarabacca or Tobacco Leaves the Herb Rue the Flowers of lesser Centory Flowers of Arabian Stechas of each half a handful Bryony and Gentian Roots of each half an Ounce Pulp of Coloquyntida ty'd in a Bag a Dram and a half boil them in common Water or human Urin in seventeen Ounces of the strain'd Liquor dissolve of Electuary of Hiera and Agaric one Ounce Ox Gall thicken'd a Dram Essence of Castor two Scruples make a Clyster Or Take of the Pouder of Hiera with Agaric a Dram and a half Mice Dung Ox Gall thicken'd of each a Dram with a sufficient quantity of Honey of Rosemary Flowers or Honey of Rue make a Suppository to be anointed with Oil of Myrrh or Coloquyntida If these prove ineffectual 't is proper to apply a blistering Plaister as Take of the Pouder of Spanish Flies from a Scruple to two Scruples Pouder of Euphorbium from half a Scruple to twelve Grains Castor in Pouder from fifteen Grains to a Scruple with half an Ounce or an Ounce of Capital Lees make a blistering Plaister to be appli'd to the pit of the Neck or behind the Ears or to the back of the Head or to the Arms or Legs 'T is a very effectual Medicine in this Case If the Patient reap any Benefit by these prescriptions then 't is time to prescribe Vomits and Purges The Antimonial Vomits are best As for purging Medicines Take of Castor two Scruples and prepar'd Scammony one Scruple mix for two Doses to be exhibited in Oxymel Or Take of Quercetanus's
Extractum Phlegmagogum from half a Scruple to a Scruple Castor half a Scruple Troches Alhandal two Grains Rosin of Jalap one two or five Grains With the Essence of Castor make Pills To which you may add some sweet Mercury Next to evacuating Medicines we exhibit the sharp Volatil Cephalics which dispel the serous Humour and disengage the Spirits such are Spirit of Salt Armoniac Spirit of Mustard Seeds Spirit of the Lilly Convally Salt of Amber and especially Castor The Decoction of Tee is much commended in all sleepy Distempers The sharpest Cephalic Medicines are best As Take of Marjoram and Rue Water of each an Ounce and a half Apoplectic Water six Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Soot two Scruples Syrup of Betony one Ounce Mix c. Or Take of the Spirit of Mother of Thyme Spirit of Citron Peel of each a Dram and a half Spirit of Human Blood one Dram Mix. Or Take of the Conserve of Sage Conserve of Rosemary and Lavender Flowers of each one Ounce the Pouder Dianthos a Dram and a half Pouder of Cubebs a Dram Mustard-seeds and Castor of each two Scruples with the Syrup of Piony Flowers make an Electuary If the Lethargy proceed from a narcotic Virulency that has seiz'd the Spirits then the Volatil Acids are most proper especially the Volatil spirit of Vitriol and the Volatil Spirit of Verdigreese They are given from twenty to thirty Drops in any convenient Vehicle to which Castor always ought to be added it being an admirable specific in these Cases When a Lethargy proceeds from this cause prescribe thus Take of black Cherry Water Mother of Thyme Water of each an Ounce and a half Myasichtus his Hysteric Vinegar or Vinegar of Squills half an Ounce Essence of Castor two Drams Oxymel of Squills six Drams mix c. Or Take of prepar'd Amber a Dram Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram Castor two Scruples make a Pouder for four Doses After the use of these Medicines the Cure may be compleated by the Sudorific decoctions of Woods c. Next succeed the sneezing and chewing Medicines which evacuate by the Mouth and Nose To this purpose are the sharp pointed irritating Medicines which ought always to be mix'd with Volatil Salts that so while the one irritates and provokes to an evacuation the other may penetrate and prepare the Humor As Take of Pouder of Tobacco Pouder of Lilly Convally of each a Dram white Hellebor Roots a Scruple Castor from twelve Grains to a Scruple distill'd Oil of Marjoram six drops make a Pouder to be blown into the Nostrils thro a Quill Or Take of white Hellebor Castor white Pepper of each a Scruple the distill'd Oils of Rue of Marjoram and Sage of each two drops mix and make a Pouder for the same Use This prescription was peculiar to Timaeus Or Take of Treacle of Andromachus two Drams Extract of Castor half a Scruple Pouder of Pellitory Roots one Scruple distill'd Oil of Amber six Drops mix and make a Medicine for cleansing the Palat. To these we add the external Remedies As Take of the distill'd Oil of Sage half a Dram the distill'd Oils of Castor and of Amber of each a Scruple mix and make an Oil with which anoint the Face and Temples Or Take of the distill'd Oils of Rue of Savory and of Mother of Thyme of each a Scruple Castor half a Scruple With a sufficient quantity of some convenient Balsam mix and reserve for Use Or Take of Swallow Water prepar'd with Castor two Ounces the Spirit of the Crystals of Verdigrease two Drams mix and foment the Face and Temples with iâ— Or Take of Vinegar of Rue two Drams Spirit of Verdigreese prepar'd with Sulphur two Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half mix and use as before Or thus Take of the Herbs Savory and Rue of each half a handful Zedoary half an Ounce Juniper-berries six Drams Laurel-berries half an Ounce Mustard Seeds and the Seeds of Water Cresses of each two Drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of Vinegar and foment the Face and Temples The Spirit of Vitriol and Vinegar applied to the Nostrils are of admirable use against feaverish Coma's As for the waking Coma's a Cataplasm of a fresh Horse Radish Root beat up with Rue Vinegar common Salt and a sufficient quantity of Lees may be applied to the Feet If the Lethargy proceed from Mercurial or Sulphurous Fumes c. let a Vomit be exhibited upon the first view then apply Vinegar and Castor to the Nose and likewise give it inwardly Or thus Take of Mint Water of Rue Water of Rue Vinegar of each an Ounce Essence of Castor six-Drams Syrup of Mint or of the Juice of Citrons one Ounce mix and let the Patient take a Spoonful often Where the immoderate Use of Opium causes a Lethargy Vinegar of Rue or of Squills or of Vitriol mix'd with Castor is a sovereign Remedy or if that prove ineffectual add Mustard Seed or Rocket Seeds or inject a Clyster of Spanish Wine If any sleepy Distemper ensue upon hard Drinking let a Vomit be first exhibited then foment the Forehead and Temples with Vinegar mix'd with the Juice of Smallage or apply the juice of Sengreen the greater with Vinegar and Nitre to the Scrotum Spirit of Salt Armoniac or of Soot are very serviceable in this Case Upon the whole the Remedies made use of in a Lethargy must be particularly appropriated to the Cause that produc'd it If it proceed from an external Cause Vomiting and the use of Vinegar with Castor will finish the Cure If it owe its Original to an internal Cause or be preceded by other Distempers the Cure must be vary'd according to the respective Indications There is a near resemblance betwixt these Distempers and what we call a Catalepsis in which the Patient is depriv'd of all Sense and Motion and seiz'd with a stiffness in his Members tho moveable by any external impulse and apt to remain in the posture they 're left in It is an uncommon Distemper and very surprising being accompany'd with a staring of the Eyes and distortion of the Countenance The Cause is the coagulation and fixedness of the Spirits it may remotely proceed from Cold suppression of the Terms Hypocondriac Fits Worms sulphurous Fumes and discontent of the Mind It is a dangerous Disease As for the Cure exhibit Antimonial Vomits and apply sharp Cataplasms or Suppositories Spirit of Wine is us'd in this Case both Internally and Externally SECT II. Of the Disorders of the external Senses EXternal Sense proceeds from the influence of outward objects upon the Organs where the Nerves are inserted The Animal Spirits ought naturally to bend and extend these Nerves so that when the outward Extremities are mov'd the same motion may readily be communicated to the Spirits in the Brain This secondary motion of the Spirits within occasion'd by the impulse from without is the foundation of internal Sense by
virtue of which we form Idea's exactly parallel to the motion of the external Object Thus when the Arm is cut off there ofttimes remains an imaginary pain as if deriv'd from the first Finger These outward Senses are five in number among which that of seeing is justly intitled to the noblest Character CHAP. I. Of the Diseases belonging to the Eyes THE Rays of Light are either convey'd to us in a direct line from a luminous Body or reflected from the surface of a dark solid Substance If this reflecting Body be smooth and polish'd the Rays are return'd in the same condition and manner as they 're receiv'd if it be rough and unequal they suffer various determinations according to the respective Figures and Texture of the Parts from whence ensues the admirable variety of Colours These Rays terminat in the Retina where they form the inverted image of the Object after having suffer'd a Decussation in the Crystallin Humor And the size of this imaginary Picture is augmented or diminish'd according to the proportional largeness of the Angles of Intersection The sense of seeing may be extinguish'd or diminish'd when the Rays of Light have not a free access to the Eye as when the Eyelids are seiz'd with a Palsy which is cur'd by applying a Plaister of Tacamahac and Caran or distill'd Oil of Tartar with Wax or an Ointment of Balsam of Peru and Aqua Vitae Sometimes the Rays are not admitted by reason of a Web or preternatural Tunicle covering the Eye which proceeds from a corrosion of the Glandule in the internal corner of the Eye by the sharpness of the Serum and some disorder of the general Coat call'd Adnata The nutritious juice of this Coat and the Serum separated by the Glandule being thus vitiated congeal into a thicker Substance which encreases by degrees and at length covers the whole Eye If the small blood Vessels adjacent to the Glandule be likewise vitiated some strokes of Blood appear in it which is a sign of Malignity and if it be thick rough and painful withal it approaches to a Cancer and ought not to be meddled with If it be thin clear and white 't is a good Sign If it be inveterat or attended by a suffusion 't is safest not to touch it In curing the Diseases of the Eyes the following Cautions are fit to be taken notice of 1st That all sharp irritating Medicines are improper 2. That they ought to be neither very cold nor very hot but temperat 3. That when the Humors are sharp and apt to inflame the part Wine is not convenient Tho 4. when a cold moisture prevails Wine Fennel Eyebright and especially the Decoction of Sassafras are incomparable internal Remedies 5. That drinking of Spaw-Waters is very conducive in the end tho it seem to offend the Eyes at first 6. That Alcali's are always proper Quercetanus prepar'd an excellent Water thus Take of Childs Urine half a Pound white Vitriol and Tutty of each four Ounces juice of Celandin two Pounds let them stand to digest for some days then distil and reserve the Spirit for use Others thus Take of the Roots of Celandin the greater and of Valerain of each one Pound of the Herbs Rue and Eyebright of each four handfuls Aniseeds Fennel-seeds Lovage-seeds of each two Ounces Marygold-flowers Roses Borrage-flowers and flowers of Comfrey the greater of each four handfuls and fifteen Crabfishes chop 'em all small and pour upon them equal quantities of the weak Spirit of Vitriol and juice of Celandin let them stand to digest for a Month then distil putting a dram of Camphyre into the Alembic reserve one half for use add to the other half two Drams of Crocus Metallorum let it stand for the space of two Hours and then strain it 'T is an admirable Water for the Eyes Hartman's Eye Water was thus prepar'd Take of Fennel Water Anniseed Water of each a Pound Dissolve in them half an Ounce of the purest white Vitriol Then infuse in it the Roots of Elecampane in Pouder Strain the Liquor and reserve it in a Glass Or Take of the Water of the Flowers of Comfrey Royal of Blew-bottle Flowers of Night-shade Flowers of each an Ounce White Vitriol from half a Scruple to twelve Grains To the strain'd Liquor add half a Dram of prepar'd Tutty Let it be dropt into the Corner of the Eye or applied with a warm Cloth The best Method of using these liquid Remedies is that the Patient be laid flat on his Back and the Liquor drop'd into the Eye and then the Eye must be carefully cover'd Blistering Plaisters and Issues are very proper as also a moderate use of sneezing Medicines To return to the Web upon the Eye It ought to be remov'd either by resolving Medicines or by the help of a Needle And afterwards Astringents ought to be applied In order to the former Sugar Candy Honey burnt Harts-horn Egg-shells c. are very proper either by way of Pouder or form'd into an Ointment Quercetanus's Ophthalmic Water is generally us'd 'T is this Take of Eye-bright Water Fennel Water and Water of Celandin the greater of each one Ounce Crocus Metallorum or Glass of Antimony or Buttyr of Antimony a Scruple let it stand warm for the space of two or three Weeks then strain the Liquor and drop it while warm into the Eye for all cold things are hurtful to the Eyes Or Take of the Glass of Antimony pouder'd from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains infuse it in Water of Blew-bottle Flowers Eyebright and Fennel Waters of each one Ounce Let them stand in a warm place over Night In the Morning strain the Liquor and add six Grains of Camphyr Or Take of Sal-gem a Dram dissolve it in rose-Rose-water and fennel-Fennel-water of each one Ounce mix for a Collyrium The Gall of a Pike and several other Fishes also a Water drawn from human Gall or from young Goose Dung are by some reserv'd for Nostrum's The following Water is incomparable and much us'd Take a Vessel of Brass pour into it half a Pound of quick Lime Water prepar'd with Water of Comfrey Royal and add half a Dram of Salt Armoniac Let them stand till the Color alter The Juice of Celandin mix'd with the Dew gather'd from Fennel or Eye-bright Water is a great Specific in this case As for Pouders white Vitriol leads the Van. Sometimes they 're diluted with Waters as Take of White Vitriol a Dram prepar'd Tutty Sugar Candy Collyrium Albi Rhasis of each four Scruples Camphyr six Grains Rose Water Vervain Water and Water of the Flowers of Eye-bright of each four Ounces Mix. 'T is good for removing Inflammations as the following is for taking off the Web. Take of the Bone of a Cuttle one Scruple Sugar Candy one Dram white Vitriol half a Scruple prepar'd Tutty half a Dram Mix for a Pouder Riverius pilfer'd this Prescription out of Poterius and was not so just as to take any notice of its Author If
you please you may dilute it with Celandin and Royal Comfrey Water of each one Ounce Take of Blood-stone half a Scruple white Vitriol fifteen Grains Myrrh and Saffron of each five Grains white Sugar Candy one Scruple make a Pouder or mix it with some convenient Water and apply it to the Web with a Feather If such Medicines prove ineffectual we must have Recourse to sublimat Mercury Plempius's wonderful Arcanum was this Take of sublimat Mercury from five Grains to half a Scruple dissolve in Rose Water Eye-bright Water and Fennel Water of each one or two Ounces Touch the Web with a Drop or two of this Liquor every Morning and Evening The Juice of red Ants express'd and drop'd into the Eye is of wonderful Success Having thus consider'd the first Obstacle to the passing of the Rays of Light the next is when the Horn Coat or White of the Eye is disorder'd This may happen 1. When it is unequally nourish'd or some Parts of it elated while the others are depress'd by reason of the Viscidity of the nutritious Juice 2. When white Scars remain in this Coat after the small Pox or any other Ulcer 3. When by an external Accident the Blood is forc'd out of its Vessels and creates an Inflammation The Signs are these In the first case this Coat appears white and thick In the second we discover as it were a white Spot upon the Eye The third is known by the blue livid Colour that attends it Children are more easily cur'd of these Maladies than adult People If they are of a long standing 't is a difficult matter to remove 'em only the last is generally more tractable As for the Cure The Viscidity of the Chylous Juice and the Scars upon the Coat ought equally to be remov'd by attenuating sharp Medicines which ought to be somewhat sharper in the latter than in the former case The Seeds of Clary applied to the Eye are converted into a Mucilage by the Lymph which waters those Parts and thus prove an incomparable Medicine in this case The Gall of a Pike or of a Partridg and Ox Gall or a Water distill'd from it are much commended they are us'd with the Water of Frogs Spawn If the Scars or Clouds in the Eye succeed the Small Pox exhibit what follows Take of Fennel Water two Ounces of the Gall of an Eel from a Dram to a Dram and a half Sugar Candy in fine Pouder a Dram Mix and let them stand warm for the space of a Night The Spirit of Urine distill'd with Vitriol the Juice of Eye-bright or Fennel new drawn mix'd with a little Balsam of Peru or rather the Juice of Fennel mix'd with Sugar of Lead are very proper to this purpose The Liver of a Lamprey melted into an oily Liquor is accounted a Specific 'T is a sharp Medicine and ought only to be applied to the Eyelids unless the Malady be inveterat The Scar may be gently anointed with Oil of Paper or burnt Rags with a Feather or with the white Water of Honey If the Cloud or Scar be inveterat take the yellow Water of Honey or the following compound Water Take of Honey from the Combs two Pound tops of Elder Flowers Eye-bright and Fennel tops of each half a handful Sugar Candy four Ounces Distil in the Balneunt Mariae with a strong Fire The Juice of Celandin the greater or of Rue or of Brooklime or its Water either drop'd into the Eye alone or mix'd with Honey of Roses are of excellent use As also the Water of quick Lime with Sal Armoniac as above prescrib'd or Platerus's famous Experiment especially if the Serum be sharp or apt to inflame the part viz. Take of the Pulp of four Apples half a Pound chop 'em small and boil them in rose-Rose-water and Fennel-water to the Consistency of a Mucilage Then add two or three Ounces of the Mucilage of Fenugree Seeds and two or three Yelks of Eggs half a Dram or a Dram of prepar'd Blood-stone and two Drams of the Rinds of Pomgranats pouder'd Mix and make a Cataplasm to be applied and continually kept upon the closed Eye and renewed twice a day The Waters distill'd from Cichory Flowers or Blew-bottle Flowers according to Schroder and Hoffman's Method Fennel Water with the Gall of an Eel the Pouder of the Bone of a Cuttle with white Sugar the compound Pouder of Crabs Eyes and the Scales of a Serpent either blown into the Eye or diluted with a convenient Vehicle are all noted Specifics But above all sublimat Mercury is the most effectual Medicine exhibited as above When Children are seiz'd with these Distempers the Nurse or Mother may chew a little Fennel Seed and then breathe upon the Child's Eye or touch it with her Tongue When the Eye is beat black and blew by an external Accident apply Cloths dipt in Chervil-water Hyssop-water or the Water of Blew-bottle Flowers The chewing of Cumin Seed or Fennel-Seed or Cloves and then breathing upon the Eye is a celebrated Remedy Fomentation with Wine in which the tops of Hyssop have been boil'd is very successful but for a forlorn Hope take what follows Take of Comfrey Roots six Ounces the Roots of Solomon's Seal two Ounces Elder Flowers an Ounce and a half Meal of Beans one Ounce mix and use them by way of Decoction or Cataplasm or reduce them with fresh Butter into the form of a Liniment Or Take of the Roots of Comfrey the greater and of the lesser of each half a Pound Chamomile and Melilot Flowers of each two Ounces Meal of Beans four Ounces fresh Butter three Ounces Fenugrec Seeds one Ounce Saffron half an Ounce Boil them and foment with the Decoction which is better than a Cataplasm by reason that all fat oily things offend the Eyes Or Take of Blew-bottle Flowers and Flowers of Comfrey Royal of each a little handful tops of Hyssop half a handful Comfrey Roots three Drams Roots of Solomon's Seal a Dram and a half chop and beat them small and then boil them in a sufficient quantity of Wine Add to two or three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor two or three Drams of Spirit of Wine camphoriz'd If there happen a Collection of Matter under this Coat it must be drawn forth by the hand of a Surgeon Sometimes little Blisters appear upon this and the native Tunicle which are caus'd by the suppression of sharp Humours They are cur'd by applying Hartman's vitriolated Water or a simple Solution of white Vitriol or by blowing the following Pouder into the Eye Take of prepar'd Calaminar Stone half a Dram prepar'd Tutty half a Scruple Sugar of Lead half a Scruple mix c. If the Blisters are open'd the Water of the Whites of Eggs is very proper Having thus dispatch'd the Disorders that may affect the Coats of the Eye let us next consider those of the watry Humor The watry Humor is indispos'd when a viscid Matter is mix'd with it and interrupts the Rays of
The volatil Remedies prepar'd from human Urine and the Parts of Animals are all proper Antidots against a volatil Acid. As for example Take of Aqua Articularis for external use from an Ounce and a half to two Ounces Spirit of Urine or Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime six Drams putrify'd Earthworms or Earthworms mix'd with a volatil Salt two or three Drams Mix and bathe the Part affected Or Take of the Leaves of Tobacco of Sage of Rosemary of each one handful Angelica Roots half an Ounce Roots of Cuckow Pint and Pelsitory of Spain of each two Drams Rosemary Flowers Lavender Flowers and Flowers of Arabian Stechas of each two little handfuls Rocket Seeds six Drams Castor three Drams pour upon them two Pints of Spirit of Wine and one Pint of Spirit of Worms Let them stand warm for some days in a close Vessel And then strain the Liquor to be us'd as above Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine is good for Arthritic Pains In case of a burning Pain it ought to be mix'd with Water of Frogs Spawn or Spirit of Wine with Camphyr and Saffron Camphyr Oil of Frogs and the Oil of the Juice of Dwarf-Elder and all emollient Oils are convenient in Arthritic Pains Paracelsus's Oil prepar'd from Galbanum with Turpentine and Oil of Spike and the Oils distill'd from Aromatic Seeds from the Bones and Fat of Animals or from Wax digested with Spirit of Wine are celebrated Medicines in all Pains arising from an Acid. Or Take of Balsam of Peru one Ounce dissolve it with the Yelk of an Egg and add three Ounces of the Spirit of Juniper Berries or of Elder Flowers Mix for external Unction The Gums and Plaisters prepar'd from 'em are proper in the case of a viscid Acid. And likewise Cataplasms of human Dung or the Dung of Animals with Oil of Roses Among Purgatives in this case sweet Mercury is the best And Sudorifics are the best internal Medicines 2. All Anodyn Pacific Medicines are us'd for Aches As Milk Emulsions Mucilages or Oils of softening Herbs Cataplasms made of white Bread Milk and Saffron Or Take of the Crum of white Bread a sufficient quantity let it soak in Cows Milk Mix it with Yelks of Eggs and fresh Butter and an Ounce and a half of the Oils of Chamomile Dill white Lillies and Earthworms Apply it to the Part affected with a warm Cloth swallow-Swallow-water with Castor Liniments of the Fat of Animals and emollient Oils and all oily softening Liquors or Ointments are all proper for external use 3. Narcotic Medicines stupify the Part and so lessen the Sense of Pain But where a viscid Acid prevails they are inconvenient In case of a sharp Serum they are not amiss As Take of the Hypnotic Ointment two Drams express'd Oil of Nutmegs two Ounces Oil of Henbane Seeds one Ounce mix Or Take of Oil of Dill and express'd Oil of Poppies of each a Dram Oil of Henbane half a Dram mix The Oil of the Seeds of Henbane mix'd with Camphyr Saffron and Spirit of Wine cover'd with fermented Dough and bak'd in an Oven yield an incomparable Liquor for Pains of the Legs ART II. Of the sharp tearing Pains in the Joints THese Pains are frequently met with in Scorbutic Cases They proceed from a subtil Acid fix'd in membranous and musculary Parts And generally rage more by Night than by Day Blood-letting sometimes gives Relief Blistering Plaisters conveniently applied and Issues are oft-times not improper The volatil Sudorifics Decoctions of Woods and all volatil Alcali Salts such as we call Antiscorbutic together with Anodyn Absorbents as Chalybeat and Antimonial Preparations are proper to be given inwardly Take of the Roots of Swallow-wort an Ounce and a half Myrtle Leaves one handful Seeds of St. Johns Wort and choice Rhubarb of each a Dram and a half Boil them in common Water and in six Ounces of the strain'd Liquor dissolve an Ounce and a half of the Syrup of Maidenhair Mix and give it inwardly Or Take of the Shavings of Juniper-wood three Ounces Sprouts of a young Pinetree two handfuls of the Herb Rosemary one handful Infuse them in six Pints of simple Water and let them stand over night in a Balneum Mariae In the Morning boil it to four Pints and give it for a Draught It has a peculiar Virtue in the Obstructions of the Glandules about the Head and Chops External Medicines must be cautiously us'd fat unctuous things are hurtful Take of the Spirit of Lilly of the Valley not much rectify'd four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime two Ounces Essence of Castor half an Ounce Mix for external Use Or Take of Aqua Articularis for external Use an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac six Drams Spirit of putrify'd Earthworms three Drams Mix and apply with a warm Cloth Or Take of the Leaves of Tobacco Leaves of Origanum Flowers of Elder of each one handful Roots of Angelica an Ounce Roots of Cuckow-Pint and of Pellitory of Spain of each two Drams Flowers of Arabian Stechas of Lavender and of Lilly Convally of each two little handfuls Rocket-Seeds six Drams Castor three Drams Infuse them in two Parts of Spirit of Wine and one part of Spirit of Earth-worms Let 'em digest for some days Strain the Liquor for use Venice Soap dissolv'd in Spirit of Wine and volatil Spirit of Tartar Cataplasms of Comfrey Roots and the use of hot Bathes are much commended ART III. Of the Toothach THE Toothach proceeds from an acid Humor that corrodes the Membrane surrounding the Tooth Sometimes the nutritious Juice of the Teeth is vitiated and causes the Pain Sometimes an acid Humor is distill'd from the neighbouring Glandules or collected in the Cavities of the Bones of the upper Jaw under the Eye and gives rise to it This Corruption of the Humor sometimes runs to that height that the Substance of the Teeth is eaten away and little Worms ingendred in ' em The Membrane is the original Seat of the Pain which oft-times seizes the whole side of the Head attended by an Inflammation of the Jaw or a Swelling of the Face For the nervous Fibres being contracted in Sympathy with the Membrane the Passages of the Blood and other Juices are straitened The remote Causes are a Depravation of the Juices of the Body and consequently of the nutritious Juice of the Teeth as in Scorbutic and Venereal Cases the use of acid Liquors Sugar or Honey which ferment and acquire a notable Acid very prejudicial to the Substance of the Teeth The Toothach is not dangerous of it self but may be follow'd by Convulsions Inflammations Tumors and Ulcers If the Tooth be corrupted it must be drawn If it proceed from a Scorbutic Cause Antiscorbutics must be added to the Remedies exhibited If from a venereal Cause the Decoction of Guajacum or its Oil must be us'd As for the common Remedies some use Decoctions of Herbs As Take of the
to the sudorific Decoctions The volatil Salt of Amber Camphyr the diaphoretic Preparations of Antimony and urinous volatil Salts are proper Alteratives in all Pains of the Head The Decoction of Tea in Wine or Water the Essence of Silver the volatil Spirit of Vitriol c. are of the like nature Take of prepar'd Amber from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Cinnabar of Antimony half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum one Grain distill'd Oil of Sassafras one Drop Mix for a Pouder Or Take of native Cinnabar or Cinnabar of Antimony a Scruple Extract of the Wood Aloe fourteen Grains Extract of Castor eight or ten Grains Laudanum Opiatum four or five Grains Make Pills for four Doses Or Take of the Conserves of Sage Flowers Rosemary Flowers and Clove Gillyflowers of each six Drams Amber a Dram native Cinnabar or Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram of the Pouder Diambra and of the Pouder Diamoschus dulcis of each two Scruples with Syrup of Clove Gillyflowers make an Electuary Or Take of black Cherry Water Vervain Water of each one Ounce Water of Lilly Convally prepar'd with Wine six Drams the Spirit of Harts-horn with Amber two Scruples Syrup of Betony three or four Drams Or Take of the Spirit and volatil Salt of Harts-horn three Drams Essence of Opium tartariz'd one Dram Mix. Dose forty or fifty Drops Or Take of the compound Essence of Castor two Drams Essence of Amber and Spirit of Hartshorn with Amber of each a Dram Mix. 'T is profitable in a Catarrhous Headach 9. Among the external Medicines Vervain leads the Van. Next are the Flowers of red Poppies and the Herb Betony As Take of Betony two handfuls Wormwood one handful Cubebs two Drams Boil them in two Pints of Wine and foment the Head with the Decoction The Root of Rhodium may be beat up with Vervain Water and applied to the Head in the form of a Cataplasm Or Take of the Root of Rhodium an Ounce and a half Flowers of red Poppies and of Roses of each half a handful with three Poppy-heads boil them in Water and apply the strain'd Liquor warm to the Forehead and Temples Or Take of Vervain Water Water of Elder Flowers Betony Water of each one Ounce Pouder of Zedoary half an Ounce Use as above Timaeus fomented the Head with the following Mixture Take of Vervain Water an Ounce Betony Water Elder Water of each half an Ounce Pouder of Rhodium Roots two Drams Rose Vinegar six Drams Mix c. Emulsions made from narcotic Seeds and cephalic Waters or Decoctions of cephalic Herbs are sometimes us'd both inwardly and outwardly The following Infusion is mightily esteem'd Take of the Seeds of Henbane one Ounce Rose Vinegar five Ounces put 'em into a Viol well stopp'd and let them digest in Balneum Mariae for five or six hours Apply it to the Head with a Spunge The Ointment of Alabaster is us'd in all Pains of the Head Or Take of express'd Oil of Poppy Seeds a Dram express'd Oil of Peach Seeds two Drams express'd Oil of Henbane and distill'd Oil of Dill of each a Scruple with a sufficient quantity of Wax make a Liniment to be applied to the Temples Take of the Extract or thicken'd Juice of Vervain a Dram express'd Oil of Henbane half a Scruple make a Liniment 'T is excellent in scorbutic cases Take of Extract of Vervain and of Dill of each two Scruples express'd Oil of white Poppies and of Henbane of each half a Scruple distill'd Oil of Dill and of Chamomile of each five Drops In Chronical Aches external Narcotics are of no great use They may be fitly exchang'd for a Plaister of Tacamahac with distill'd Oil of Amber 10. If the Headach be caus'd by the Effervescency of the Blood a Clyster ought to be injected before Blood-letting Absorbent diaphoretic Pouders and gentle acid Juleps are proper outwardly we apply the Juice of Houseleek and Purslain warm to the Forehead Temples and Stones likewise Emulsions and Ointments As Take of Ointment of Alabaster three Drams Triacle of Andromachus or Philonium Romanum half a Dram express'd Oil of Nutmegs half a Scruple Make a Liniment Or Take of the fresh Juice of River Crabs three Ounces Betony Water Water of Chamomile Flowers and Water of Elder Flowers of each one Ounce Pouder of Zedoary two or three Drams Make an Epithema Or Take of the Herb Vervain of Violets of each a handful Of the Flowers of Roses of Elder and of Violets of each half a handful Tie them into a Bag and boil it in sharp Wine If a Plaister be more acceptable Take of the Plaister de Ranis with Mercury a convenient quantity of the Plaister of Betony and of Alabaster of each half as much Make a Plaister If there be any apprehensions of Phrensies or Convulsions Take of the Leaves of Rue a handful and a half Pigeons Dung an Ounce common Salt half an Ounce Capital Lees two Ounces With Elder Flower Vinegar make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Feet 11. If a Headach be caus'd by a redundancy or sharpness of the Serum and the Person be of a Plethoric Constitution first of all let Blood If Bleeding be inconvenient inject a Clyster or exhibit a Laxative then apply blistering Plaisters to the Neck or behind the Ears and in inveterat Pains to the Head In the interim Opiats may be cautiously exhibited and when the Pain relents Purging Sweating and diuretic Medicines may take their turns In order to provoke Sweating and Urine take what follows Take of the Roots of Elecampane of Avens and Sarsaperilla of each six Drams Roots of Florentin Orris and Shavings of Sassafras of each half an Ounce Of the Herbs Rosemary Sage and Chervil of each half a handful Galangal two Drams Fennel-seeds three Drams Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Water and add two Ounces of Syrup of Betony or of red Poppies to a Pint and a half of the strain'd Liquor Dose two or three Ounces twice or thrice a day 12. If the Pain be fix'd and obstinat it arises from a viscid tenacious matter which ought to be remov'd by the sweating Decoctions above mention'd and applying of Balsam or distill'd Oil of Amber and the Plaister de Ranis with Mercury to the Head When the Sutures of the Head open this Plaister is of excellent use in which case sharp Clysters are also proper As Take of the Electuary of Hiera with Agaric four Ounces Electuary of Bay-berries two Ounces Pouder of black Hellebor Roots an Ounce and a half the Gall of a Bull thicken'd three Drams Mix and add two Ounces to the common Decoction for Clysters For a change instead of the Plaister the Head may be fomented with this Decoction Take of the Herbs Rosemary Vervain Betony and Chamomile Flowers of each half a handful Boil them in Wine 13. If the Pain proceed from Cold discussing Medicines are requir'd As Take of Millet Seeds tosted a convenient quantity Common
Antimony volatil Salt of Hartshorn or of Vipers Spirit of Sal Armoniac Volatil Spirit of Tartar and the Decoction of Sudorific Woods Antiscorbutics ought to be mix'd with ' em External Medicines ought not to be applied till the Paroxysm have arrived at its height In a hot Gout attended by Inflammations take Quick Lime and Sal Armoniac pour Spirit of Wine upon 'em and distil adding to the distill'd Spirit a little Camphyr Apply it to the Part. Or Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra two Ounces Spirit of Worms an Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac three Drams mix and use as above Or Take a sufficient quantity of Elder Flowers beaten put 'em into a new earthen Vessel so that the Vessel may be full stop it close and set it under ground till the Flowers be converted into a Liquor to be applied hot with a Cloth Mullen Flowers Henbane Flowers may be boil'd in Milk or the Leaves of Valerian or Burdock may be applied to the Part with good Success Or Take of the Crums of white Bread three Ounces Pouder of Marshmallow Roots one Ounce Flowers of Chamomile Meal of Beans half an Ounce Meal of Linseeds and Fenugrec of each three Drams Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Milk to the Consistency of a Pultise then add of Vnguentum Anodynum an Ounce Balsam of Soap two Drams with the Yelk of one Egg make a Cataplasm The Lean of Beef applied to the Part and chang'd Morning and Evening is much commended Human Dung and Urine are likewise proper Or Take of Ox Dung one Pound rose-Rose-water and Water of Speedwel of each two Ounces the Yelk of an Egg beaten up with a little Allum Saffron a Dram Camphyr a Scruple Mix. The Plaister of Frogs Spawn with a large quantity of Sugar of Lead or Tachenius's Plaister de Alcalibus with Camphyr are proper All oily things ought to be avoided and the Cataplasins or Plaisters frequently renew'd If the Gout be cold Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quicklime and Spirit of Urine may be applied Or Take of Venice Soap an Ounce and a half Camphyr six Drams Castor half a Dram. Dissolve in a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Earth Worms Apply with a Feather to the Parts affected The Oil of Soap or the Roots of black Hellebor boil'd in Rock Oil or Balsam of Peru mix'd with the Yelk of an Egg and Spirit of Worms or Tacamahac mix'd with Oil of Amber or Mysinchtus his Diaphoretic Plaister mix'd with Triacle and stinking Oil of Tartar or Triacle mix'd with Spirit of Salt Armoniac are all much esteem'd in this case Blistering Plaisters ought to be cautiously us'd In a cold Gout perhaps they are not amiss If the Pains are follow'd by Nodes or hard Swellings apply Spirit of Quick Lime or old Cheese with the Decoction of Pork or a thin plate of Lead to the part The Cure of the Sciatica differs in some things from that of other arthritic pains In this Leeches applied to the Hemorrhoid Veins are very useful after which inject sharp Clysters as Take one Coloquintida Apple and divide it into four equal parts Tie one part in a Bag and boil it in Wine and Child's Urine of each a Pint adding a handful of Honey-suckles till two thirds be consumed Inject it for a Clyster Vomits and strong Purges are more allowable in the beginning of a Sciatica than of the other sorts And in the progress of the Disease Troches Alhandal and sweet Mercury are safely given As for external Remedies the following Cerecloth is equall'd by none Take of Pitch four Ounces Turpentine half an Ounce Mastic Amber of each two Drams Brimstone in Pouder half an Ounce make a Cerecloth I cured the Sciatica in a young Gentleman by this Method He being plethoric I first ordered a Vein to be opened then I prescribed thus Take of Diaphoretic Antimony Chalybeat Bezoar of each half a Scruple Diaphoretic Gold five Grains make a Pouder to be frequently repeated Take of the Waters of Mother of Thyme of Mint and Elder Flowers of each one Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac a Dram and a half prepar'd human Bones two Scruples Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum three Grains Syrup of Carduus Benedictus six Drams Mix and give it by Spoonfuls Take of the Spirit of Sal Armoniac Liquor of Hartshorn with Amber of each a Dram and a half Mix and reserve for use Externally I applied the above-mention'd Cerecloth for some days then I order'd the part to be rubb'd and fomented with the following Mixtures Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra an Ounce and a half Spirit of Salt Armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime six Drams Mix c. Take of Aqua Articularis ad extra two Ounces Spirit of Juniper-berries one Ounce Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg three Drams Mix. Cataplasms of Antiscorbutic Herbs boil'd in Wine and bathing in Wine or in the Decoction of Ants in Wine are much commended If after the Paroxysm there remain a Swelling 't is proper to fumigate the part with Wormwood Rocket and Mugwort boil'd in Wine and Water or to apply the Nurimberg Plaister The Decoctions of Aromatic Vegetables in Wine are good for strengthning the Joints If there remain a Weakness in the Joints without any Swelling let Issues be cut in several parts of the Body And indeed an Issue in the Groin is not improper Thus much for what is proper to be done in the Paroxysms It remains now briefly to point out the Method of preventing them The vicious Acid must be carefully rooted out of the Stomac by the use of Mercurial and Antimonial Preparations and a regular Diet. Those who are meagre and can easily digest Milk may confine themselves to a Milk Diet. Vomits are absolutely necessary Turbith Mineral sweet Mercury black Hellebor and Coloquyntida are much used Gentle Purges and such as regard the Stomac are best Sweat ought to be frequently procur'd by the use of Diaphoretic Antimony Antichecticum Poterii Antimonial Sulphurs and urinous Sudorifics Next are Diuretics which are of excellent use in preventing the Gout As Spirit of Sal Armoniac of Worms of Hartshorn c. or the greazy Stagflies or Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes two Scruples prepar'd red Coral a Scruple Volatil Salt of Amber fifteen Grains Mix for three Doses As for Alteratives Aromatic Volatil Medicines are proper As Take of the Roots of Elecampane Pyony and Avens of each six Drams China Roots one Ounce Of the Herbs Sage Baum Germander Ground-pine of each a handful Rosemary tops two handfuls Juniper-berries an Ounce and a half Galangal Ginger Cinnamon of each two Drams Salt of Tartar from three to four Drams Tie them in a Bag to be infus'd in Wine Or Take of the Herbs Germander and Strawberry of each a handful and a half Rest Harrow Flowers of St. John's Wort of each a handful Bryony Roots an Ounce and a half Sarsaperilla one Ounce Nephritic Wood three Ounces
fresh Juniper Berries half a Pound Aromatic Costus three Drams tie them in a Bag to be put into fermenting Ale A Salivation may be attempted before the Disease be confirmed but afterwards 't is dangerous 'T is usual also to make Washes for the Feet As Take of Juniper Berries half a Pound of the Herb Rosemary six handfuls Mother of Thyme and Marjoram or Sage of each two handfuls Boil them in Lees and bathe the Feet at Night going to Bed CHAP. IV. Of the Disorders of the Sense of Tasting THE Nerves of the Tongue terminat in a great many Glandules dispers'd along its Surface which are endow'd with such a peculiar Texture as to be sensible of the various Impressions of the minutest saline Particles according to their respective Circumstances in which consists the sense of Taste This Sense is extinguish'd or render'd dull by the misplacing of the Nerves of the Tongue the relaxation of its Fibres sharp Defluxions or Paralytic and Apoplectic Diseases 'T is sometimes vitiated and counterfeits false Tastes by virtue of the Depravation of the Spittle as in Scorbutic Hypochondriac and Catarrhous Cases or those of a Jaundice or internal Ulcers This Depravation is cur'd by taking a Vomit drinking Whey with Juice of Citrons or mineral Spirits and removing the principal Cause In case of an Abolition or Flatness Aromatic and Cephalic Medicines are proper Horse-Radish Roots chew'd in the mouth or the Juice of Sorrel and Purslain us'd by way of Gargal are of noted virtue for restoring the Taste If the Muscles of the Windpipe or the recurrent Nerves are seiz'd with a Palsy or Convulsions there insues an Aphonia or want of Voice which if attended by a Hick-cough is very dangerous In the Method of curing an Aphonia the remote causes which occasion the relaxation or contraction of the Muscles or Nerves must be taken care of Internally give the Spirit of Sal Armoniac or of Hartshorn with Castor or Amber In an inveterat Palsy the Decoction of Sudorific Woods is very proper Sometimes 't is convenient to procure a Salivation by chewing For external Use apply to the Neck a Bag of aromatic Ingredients sprinkl'd with Spirit of Wine or bathe it with the Essence of Castor Spirit of Worms or of Ants or the distill'd Oils of Amber Lavender Rue Juniper mix'd with Triacle or Balsam of Peru. After a fit of an Apoplexy give what follows Take of the Herbs Sage and Rosemary of each a handful Rocket-seeds two drams boil them in a sufficient quantity of simple Water in a close Vessel To a Pint of the strain'd Liquor add Spirit of Black Cherries six Drams Spirit of Sal armoniack a Dram Hony of Rosemary Flowers one Ounce mix for a Gargal 'T is proper to open a Vein under the Tongue if the Circumstances of the Patient admit of it Sometimes the Muscles of the Windpipe are in good order and the Voice remains but cannot be form'd into an articulat Sound or Speech by reason of the Paralytic or Apoplectic Disorders of the Tongue In this case Take of the Herbs Rosemary Marjoram Sage of each a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain half an Ounce Rocket-seeds or Mustard-seeds two or three Drams Cloves a Dram boil them in a close Vessel in Water To a pint of the strain'd Liquor add Spirit of Juniper Berries or of Black Cherries from six Drams to an Ounce and a half Spirit of Sal-armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime or with Cloves from a Dram to a Dram and a half Hony of Rosemary Flowers from six Drams to an Ounce make a Gargal Or Take of Sage Hyssop Acorus of each a handful boil them in Water Strain the Liquor and add an Ounce of Oxymel of Squills Mix for a Gargal Take of Rocket-seeds Squills Onyons Smallage of each half a Dram Ginger Pepper Cinnamom and Nutmegs of each a Dram Of the Pouders Diambra Diamoschus dulcis and Dianthos of each two Scruples With a sufficient quantity of Aqua Vitae make a Mixture and anoint the Tongue and Palat. The Essence of Castor or Castor it self applied to the bridle of the Tongue is very useful especially for the stuttering of Children The distill'd Oils of Cloves or Aniseeds or Amber the Cephalic Spirit of Vitriol or Spirit of Black Cherries or Spirit of Triacle with Camphyr c. are all very proper As Take of Mithridat three Drams Extract of Castor half a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Amber and Aniseeds of each four drops mix and rub the Tongue Take of Mithridat three ounces candy'd Roots of Acorus an ounce Ginger Nutmegs of each two drams Volatil Salt of Amber a dram Mix all together in a Mortar and add of the Juice of Sage clarify'd an ounce and scum'd Hony as much as sufficeth to make an Electuary which sprinkle with distill'd Oil of Aniseeds or Amber rub the Tongue frequently with it and lay about the bigness of a Nutmeg upon it to be swallow'd down by degrees If old People are seiz'd with a difficulty of Speech exhibit every Morning and Evening an ounce of the Essence of Lavender Flowers infus'd in Spirit of Wine A Cataplasm of Lees with Amber or Oil of Amber and other Cephalic Ingredients may be applied to the top of the Head with good success CHAP. V. Of the Disorders of the sense of Smelling THE Organ of Smelling is the Membrane plac'd near to the sieve-like Bone above the Nostrils which is variously affected by the different Textures of the sulphurous Particles that proceed from external Objects This Sense is abolish'd or impair'd by the Apoplectic Paralytic and Convulsive Disorders of the Spirits by the obstruction of the Passages or Compression of the nervous Filaments that reach to the Nostrils and by the relaxation of the Membrane which may be occasion'd internally by copious Defluxious and externally by the forcible Impressions of odoriferous or sneezing things If it proceed from this last Cause 't is almost incurable As for the Cure The Disorders of the Spirits ought to be redress'd the Defluxions prevented and external offending Objects remov'd betimes The Medicines that are proper for these different purposes are recounted elsewhere Marjoram and Fennel Flowers are two noted Specifics in this case The Extract or Essence of Marjoram mix'd with the Oils or Essences of Penny Royal and Rosemary may be taken inwardly from eight grains to half a scruple Take of the Oils of Fennel-flower and of Orris of each half a dram distill'd Oil of Marjoram half a scruple Apply it to the inner side of the Nostrils 't is admirable in the case of an Obstruction or Catarrh Or Take of Marjoram and Fennel-flower-seeds each two drams sprinkle 'em with some drops of distill'd Oil of Marjoram or of Aniseeds and according to Art make a little Bag for the Nostrils Take of Fennel-flower-seeds infus'd in strong Vinegar and afterwards dried Rue Fumitory and Castor of each a dram reduce them to a fine Pouder and with Child's Urine beat it up into the
form of a Syrup Let the Patient snuff up five or six drops in the Morning fasting leaning his head backwards and holding warm Water in his mouth The Obstruction of the Nostrils may be caus'd by a Polypus or fleshy Excrescency that fills up the space Sometimes it rises from the glandulous Membran at the top of the Nostrils but more frequently from the nervous Filaments in the sieve-like Bone Sometimes it descends to the inside of the Mouth Sometimes it has but one stalk at other times more It s Colour is white or red if it be livid and painful 't is near akin to a Cancer It proceeds from the Corruption and Redundancy of the nutritious Juice and the occasional breach of the Unity of the Part. If it be white soft and painless it is a good sign If 't is deep rooted and reaches to the nervous Filaments 't is dangerous The Cure is chiefly perform'd by external Applications If the Body be disorder'd 't is not improper to prepare it by internal evacuating and altering Medicines The external Remedies must be us'd in the last quarter of the Moon because the Swelling then decreases The milder sort are the juice of Pomegranats Mustard-seeds mix'd with Vinegar the juice of Onopostus a sort of Thistle the Pouder of Turnsole the Juice of Watercresses or the Juice of the roots of Aron all which may be applied with Cotton to the part affected The fiercer Remedies are sublimate Mercury Verdigreese and Lees the Acid mineral Spirits Aqua fortis c. As Take of the Juice of Pomegranats three parts Oil of Vitriol one part mix Or take of the Oil of Vitriol a scruple burnt Alum a dram Plantain Water an ounce mix and sprinkle the Polypus with it Or Take of the Cerecloth of Myrtles an ounce of the Ointment call'd Aegyptiacum two drams mix for a Liniment you may sharpen it with precipitat Mercury frequently wash'd Or Take of the Ointment Aegyptiacum half an Ounce the Rinds of Pomegranats and Galls of each half a dram Oil of Vitriol a scruple Mix and touch the Polypus with it every day In applying these Caustics care must be taken that they touch not the neighbouring parts by using a silver Fistula or Cotton or a Tent. If a Polypus have any tendency to a Cancer it ought not to be meddled with If it be ulcerated apply the Water or Ashes of Frogs Pouder of Crabs Lead melted and dulcify'd the Crocus of Steel and such like If it only hang by one stalk it may be cut off or a thread of Silk well wax'd ty'd about the root After 't is taken off the bleeding must be stopp'd by Astringents and the Pouder of Gentian with the Juice of Figwort applied on a Tent to the Nostrils in order to prevent its return The Smell may be adulterated by an Ulcer in the Nostrils call'd Ozaena which sometimes seizes only the membranous soft parts at other times the Cartilages and Bones It may occasion bleeding at the Nose or a plentiful Evacuation of sordid matter or a Corruption of the adjacent parts or a Polypus The external Causes of an Ozaena are various the internal for the most part is the Pox. It ought to be cautiously handled for fear of a Cancer If it be inveterat and affect the sieve-like Bone 't is not easily cur'd The Ulcer may be cleans'd by snuffing up the Decoction of lesser Centory and Aromatic Calamiâ—s in Wine till the patient be sensible of its falling into the Palat or Marjoram Water with Hony Myrrh Sugar Candy and a little Cinamon Take of the Ointment of Tobacco three drams Balsam of Sulphur for external use a dram mix and apply to the Ulcer The fresh Leaves of Tobacco may be put into the Nose and kept there some months then taken out and anointed with this Balsam If there appear a Crust upon the Ulcer it ought not to be remov'd by force but by applying Oil of Sweet Almonds or Oil of Roses with fresh Butter and then proceed to the cleansing Remedies among which Clary boil'd with Hony of Roses is the most noted The Decoction of Agrimony and Vervain in Hony or Child's Urine or the smoak of a red Wax-candle receiv'd at the Nostrils are proper for the same purpose Or Take of Marjoram and Plantain Water of each an ounce and a half rectify'd Spirit of Wine three drams Hony of Roses six drams mix and inject with a Syringe If it do not yield to these Medicines we must have recourse to Mercurial Preparations As Take of Plantain Water four ounces in which dissolve of Sublimat Mercury twelve grains strain the Liquor and apply it to the Ulcer Sweet Mercury well dulcify'd or precipitat Mercury with Ointment of Roses or the Ointment Aegyptiacum may be applied with a Tent to the Ulcer or Oil of Vitriol drop'd on a little Cotton may be applied twice or thrice and then follow'd by proper Ointments SECT III. Of the Disorders of the Internal Senses and Animal Functions THE Internal Senses depend upon the various Motion and Agitation of the Spirits in the Brain The Organs of External Sense communicate the Impressions they receive from Objects to the Original of the Nerves where a Motion not unlike to their own insues and is called Common Sense This Motion in the Common Sensory is imparted to the Spirits in the Corpus Callosum where the Fancy resides The Spirits thus mov'd roll to and again among the Nerves of the Cerebrum and Cerebellum and their frequent returns thro the same Passages are christen'd The Memory These Faculties are equally compatible to Men and Brutes and are distinguish'd from those of the rational Soul by their unacquaintedness with reflex Knowledg If they are disorder'd all the Functions and Motions of the Body suffer by it The natural and involuntary Motion sof the nervous Fibres that surround the Stomach and Guts depend upon the regular Recruits of Spirits convey'd thro the Nerves from the Cerebellum and those of the Muscles which obey the command of our Wills are owing to the due distribution of the Spirits from the Cerebrum This Motion of the Muscles is perform'd by contraction The Spirits croud into the Cavities of the Fibres and by extending their width abridg their length and in the interim the arterial Blood flows copiously into the middle of the musculary Fibres where it meets with least resistance Thus the bloated Muscle contracts it self and exchanges its Rhomboides Figure for a Rectangular Form CHAP. I. Of a Swimming in the Head or a preternatural Commotion of the Spirits in the Brain THERE are several degrees observable in this Distemper Sometimes there is only an apprehension that all things are carry'd round and toss'd up and down sometimes 't is attended by a dimness of the Eye-sight and a false representation of various Colours and ofttimes the Sight is quite lost and the Person falls down which is mostly follow'd by Convulsions and a tingling in the Ears The part affected is
in the following Mixture Take of Chervil-water three Ounces sage-Sage-water an Ounce and a half cinnamon-Cinnamon-water six Drams Spirit of Lilly Convally and of Sage of each three Drams mix for the use above-mentioned Or Take of Chervil-water three Ounces Spirit of Hartshorn with Amber a Dram mix Amber may be given inwardly and its Oil applied to the Crown of the Head Rock Oil may supply the want of Oil of Boxwood As Take of Conserve of Mint an Ounce Conserve of Rosemary Flowers half an Ounce white Rock Oil a Dram with Syrup of Mint make an Electuary If you please you may add fifteen Grains of Salt of Amber I have cur'd some with a Vomit and this Electuary alone In the last Extremity we have recourse to Laudanum Opiatum mix'd with Amber or volatil Medicines which oft-times proves more effectual than any other thing As Take of sage-Sage-water an Ounce and a half mint-Mint-water an Ounce Spirit of Lilly Convally three Drams Spirit of Sal Armoniac a Dram and a half Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Syrup of Orange Flowers three Drams Mix. Or Take of Black-cherry Water mint-Mint-water and Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine of each an Ounce Spirit of black Cherries three Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Volatil Salt of Hartshorn a Scruple Volatil Salt of Amber half a Scruple Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers half an Ounce Mix and give a spoonful or two in the Fit If the Disease be caus'd by the Disorders of the Womb Take of swallow-Swallow-water an Ounce and a half baum-Baum-water prepar'd with Wine an Ounce Spirit of Lilly Convally Spirit of black Cherries of each a Dram Spirit of Sal Armoniac half a Dram Volatil Salt of Amber fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Syrup of Orange Peel half an Ounce Mix and use as above Essence of Castor Spirit of Sal Armoniac distill'd Oil of Amber and in a word whatever is used in Epileptic Fits may be applied to the Head Temples Nostrils Breast c. CHAP. II. Of the irregular Incursions of the Spirits into the external Parts THE Instruments of all Motion are the Fibres whether gathered into a Muscie or dispers'd in a Membran The Muscles for the most part receive Spirits from the Cerebrum and their regular Motions depend upon the Will The other Fibres are supplied with Spirits from the Cerebellum and perform involuntary Motions If either the musculary or membranous Fibres are preternaturally mov'd the former without the direction of the Will or the latter with Violence and Pain we call them Convulsive Motions If the Part be contracted and remain immovable in the same posture 't is call'd Convulsio tonica and divided into several sorts If the Head be drawn forwards towards the Breast 't is call'd Emprosthotonos Vid. Hipoc Sect. 4. Aph. 35. If backwards Opisthotonos If it be stiff and immovable to either side Tetanos The Convulsions of the Yard in a Priapismus of the Jaws in a Dog Cramp of the Knees Arms c. are all included under this general If the Contraction of the Part cease and return alternatly 't is call'd a Concussion or Convulsio Clonica ART I. Of alternat Convulsions and the Epilepsy or Falling-Sickness THE Epilepsy is an alternat Concussion of several Members of the Body attended for the most part by a Cessation of Sense It admits of three degrees The first is not different from the third degree of a Vertigo of which above The second is when the whole Body is toss'd with convulsive Motions and the Senses both internal and external either remain in their wonted State or become delirious The Person is taken with Laughter Crying Screeking Singing beats his Breast talks ridiculously skips up and down the room and performs a great many antic Actions And when the Fit is over is perfectly ignorant of all that pass'd Melancholy Persons are obnoxious to it and for them the Spirit of Hartshorn prepar'd with Amber is a proper Cure This kind of Epilepsies is very unfrequent But the third sort is very common that is when the Body is thrown upon the Ground all Reason and Sense abolished the Thumbs shut close within the Hands the Feet tremble the Arms toss'd about the Teeth gnash against one another and bite the Tongue and Lips Froth is cast forth at the Mouth and the whole Body is successively lifted up and depressed And when these Symptoms remit the Person slumbers and groans and when he comes to himself complains of a Heaviness of the Head and a Weariness of the Joints but remembers nothing that pass'd The Part immediatly affected is the Fibres If the external musculary Fibres are only affected 't is call'd an external Convulsion If the Internal are seiz'd 't is call'd Internal As in Nephritic Colic Hypochondriac and Hysteric Fits and the Pains of Women after Delivery These Convulsions of the internal Membrans are apt to cause Convulsions in the external Muscles by communicating their Disorder to the Brain and so produce an universal Epilepsy The immediat Cause is the rapid unequal and disorderly Motion of the Spirits for the Spirits are equally the Cause both of natural and preternatural Motions If the Sickness be inveterat or hereditary perhaps the Animal Spirits are degenerat from their natural Constitution and become more elastic and moveable The remote Causes are the Irritation of any sensible part as the puncture of a Nerve the Collection of heterogeneous Particles in the Brain or their mixture with the Spirits as in Wounds of the Head malignant Feavers and the Cessation of any wonted Evacuation of Blood Sometimes the vicious Recrements of the Blood are convey'd to the Brain with the Lympha and infect the Spirits or mix with them and sometimes are lodg'd in other parts These noxious Particles are nitrosulphureous and in some measure Elastic according to Willis and the nature of the Remedies used against them sufficiently proves them to be acid Upon which account 't is that Scorbutic Hypochondriac and Hysteric Persons are most liable to Convulsions for the peccant Acid infinuats it self into the fibrous and tendinous Parts of the Muscles and renders them stiff and unwieldy And besides supposing it did not lodg in the Muscle it affects the Nerves where-ever 't is and depraves the chylous Juice of the Glandules especially those of the Mesentery where it often lurks This Acid is for the most part bred in the Stomac or first ways and frequently produces Convulsions in gouty and arthritic Constitutions If the Brain or what it contains be immediatly affected without the intervening of any other part 't is call'd an essential Convulsion But if another part be first affected 't is Sympathical as when Convulsions are caus'd by Worms by the Disorders of the lower Belly Ulcers or Aches of external Parts by the suppression of the Terms or Piles neglect of Venery causing a Corruption of the seminal Liquor in Women the Indisposition of the Stomac the Disorders of the Kidneys Bladder and
Or Take of the Water of Lime-tree-flowers Sage-water Black-cherry Water of each an Ounce Spirit of Hartshorn with Amber three Drams Spirit of Triacle camphoriz'd or Essence of Castor a Dram Essence of Opium a Scruple Syrup of Piony Flowers an Ounce Mix and give two or three Spoonfuls twice or thrice a day Take of the Water of the new Horns of a Hart two Ounces Spirit of human Brains an Ounce Spirit of human Blood a Dram and a half prepar'd human Skull a Dram volatil Salt of human Skull fifteen Grains volatil Salt of Amber half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum three or five Grains Syrup of Arabian Stechas an Ounce Mix and use as above Take of the Water of Piony Flowers three Ounces Water of human Brains distill'd with Wine six Drams essential Spirit of human Blood a Dram and a half prepar'd Unicorn a Dram Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum a Grain and a half Syrup of Arabian Stechas an Ounce Mix and use as above Take of the Waters of Piony Flowers and of Limtree Flowers of each an Ounce rectify'd cinnamon-Cinnamon-water half an Ounce unburnt Hartshorn a Scruple native Cinnabar Mineral Bezoar of each half a Scruple Hysteric Laudanum five Grains Syrup of Piony Flowers half an Ounce Mix c. Take of the Water of Piony Flowers two Ounces Misselto of Hazel a Scruple native Cinnabar mineral Bezoar of each half a Scruple Hysteric Laudanum six Grains Syrup of Piony Flowers half an Ounce Dose a Spoonful twice or thrice a day Take of fennel-Fennel-water and Water of Lime-tree Flowers of each an Ounce Spirit of Sal Armoniac Spirit of Harts-horn with Amber of each half a Scruple Essence of Castor a Scruple Syrup of Poppies and Syrup of Arabian Stechas of each half an Ounce mix as above Take of the Water of Piony Flowers two Ounces Pennyroyal-water an Ounce Apoplectic Water or Langius's Epileptic Water six Drams volatil Salt of Hartshorn twelve Grains volatil Salt of Amber six Grains Syrup of Piony Flowers three Drams mix and use as above Take of Baum-water two Ounces Sage-water an Ounce Essence of Castor two Drams Spirit of Hartshorn with Oil of Amber a Dram Syrup of Piony Flowers half an Ounce mix c. As for Pouders Take of Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram volatil Salt of Amber twelve Grains Laudanum Opiatum prepar'd by Fermentation two or three Grains make a Pouder for two Doses For a Vehicle Take of sage-Sage-water and Water of Lilly of the Valley of each an Ounce Spirit of Lilly of the Valley and Spirit of Black-cherries of each a Dram and a half mix Take of the Pouder of human Skull prepar'd without Fire a Dram Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram or two Scruples volatil Salt of Hartshorn twelve Grains volatil Salt of Amber six Grains make a Pouder for four Doses Or Take Cinnabar of Antimony fifteen Grains volatil Salt of Hartshorn Volatil Salt of Vipers of each four Grains Camphyr two or three Grains Make a Pouder as above Or Take of Diaphoretic Antimony Native Cinnabar prepar'd Amber of each eight or ten Grains Volatil Salt of Amber three or five Grains Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Make a Pouder as above Take Cinnabar of Antimony prepar'd Amber of each a Scruple Castor twelve Grains Volatil Salt of Amber Volatil Salt of Hartshorn of each half a Scruple Camphyr three Grains make a Pouder for three Doses Take of the Pouder of a human Scull prepar'd without Fire a Dram Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram Castor fifteen Grains Volatil Salt of Hartshorn Volatil Salt of Amber of each half a Scruple make a Pouder for three Doses The common Vehicle for these Pouders may be this following Take of the Water of Lilly Convally Black Cherry Water and Water of Limetree-flowers of each a Dram Essence of Rosemary-flowers or Essence of Castor from two Drams to three Drams Essential Spirit of human Scull a Dram Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers six or eight Drams mix c. As for external Remedies some are wont to apply Amulets of Elder or the Roots of Master-wort slic'd to the Thumbs and Toes or Rings of the Teeth of Sea-horses and the like Cephalic Bags Emplaisters Ointments and the specific Oils above-mentioned may be applied to the Back-bone Crown of the Head and the affected part But a special regard must be had to the peculiar Constitution of the Patâ—â—â—t for some are extremely offended by the approach of â—doriferous Oils Oil of Amber and Oil of Spike or the fat of a wild Cat may be applied to the Belly when the Disease is symptomatical both during the Paroxysm and at other times If the Epilepsy proceed from the Disorders of the Spleen the Emplaister de ranis cum Mercurio is very useful Upon other occasions a Compound-plaister may be prescrib'd thus Take of the Emplaister Diacalcitheos two Ounces Diachylum â—reatum an Ounce and a half Emplaister of Betony two Ounces Mix c. Crato's Plaister is likewise very proper for this purpose Thus far I have consider'd the Method of preserving from or preventing Epileptic Fits My next business is to shew what ought to be done during the time of the Fits If the Person be Plethoric let blood but take care to draw forth but a small quantity Then give a strong Emetic If the temporal Muscles or those of the Gullet are so affected that the Person cannot open his mouth or take down any thing you must open the mouth with a Spoon and throw it in or wet a Feather with the Emetic Syrup and a Grain or two of Mercurius Vitae and thrust it into the Throat If a Vomit cannot conveniently be given inject frequently sharp Clysters adding to them antimonial Infusions and volatil specific Salts Sneezing Pouders ought to be cautiously us'd during the Fit for they cause Convulsions In room of them put Spirit of Sal armoniac or of Urine to the Nostrils or drop it upon the Tongue The smell of Amber thrown upon the Coals is very effectual The external Parts may be rub'd but withal very gently If the Epilepsy proceed from any external Part Ligatures are very proper The Backbone may be anointed with specific Oils or Liniments In the mean while 't is not improper to throw into the mouth two or three spoonfuls of some Epileptic Mixture as above-prescribed If the Tongue be hurt by the Teeth throw upon it the Pouder of Crabs-eyes or anoint it with some vulnerary Extract and Sugar ART II. Of a Cramp or continu'd Contraction WHEN a nervous Part is affected continually and without interruption it becomes rigid and inflexible The Cause of this Irritation may be either manifest or hidden Of the former kind are the pricking of a Nerve immoderat Purging the unseasonable use of Mercurial or Antimonial Medicines external Violence drinking of Aqua fortis or acid Liquors for all Acids have a contracting Virtue as appears by Leather dip'd in an Acid. The hidden Causes are acute or malignant
proper If it proceed from metallin or mercurial Fumes Cinnabar of Antimony and antimonial Sulphurs ought to be mix'd with human Bones and exhibited in order to procure Sweat The Decoction of Elecampane and Fennel Roots in Wine taken Morning and Evening the Person being cover'd in order to sweat is famous for expelling and correcting Mercury in the Body Leaves of Gold or Medicines partaking of Gold are proper in this case to be given inwardly and an Ointment of Gold may be applied outwardly As for external Remedies Forestus recommends rubbing and washing the Part with fresh Urine In room of which you may use what follows Take of Aqua Articularis for external use three or four Ounces Spirit of Earth-worms an Ounce and a half Spirit of Ants six or eight Drams Essence of Castor three or four Drams mix and bathe the part affected Petrus à Castro orders the part to be frequently fomented with distill'd Water of Nettles The Leaves of an Ash infus'd in Lees are commended If the Trembling be inveterat the natural Bathes or artificial Bathes of a Decoction of Ants ty'd in a Bag are incomparably useful CHAP. III. Of the Diseases in which the Animal Spirits cease to move ART I. Of an Apoplexy WHEN Persons are seiz'd with Apoplexies they are like dead People in every respect except the beating of their Pulse Breathing and the color of their faces If the Respiration be much impair'd the Pulse very low and scarce perceptible and the Person snort and froth at the Mouth 't is a violent Fit If the whole Body be equally seiz'd 't is an universal Apoplexy If only one side of the Head and Body or the Trunk of the Body alone or a particular part by it self be affected while the others are at ease 't is call'd a particular Apoplexy 'T is usual among Writers to refer the Apoplexies of particular Parts to Palsies but indeed these Disorders of particular Members proceeding from internal Causes and call'd by them Paralytic were by the Antients accounted slight Apoplexies Vid. Hip. Sect. 2. Aph. 42. The Cause of Apoplexies may be deriv'd from the failure of the motion of the Animal Spirits either in the Cerebrum or Cerebellum If in the latter the Circulation of the Blood and Motion of the Heart are in a manner quite extinguish'd If the Animal Spirits be hindred to visit the Heart by the Convulsion of its Nerves or such other Causes the same effect will follow These Causes are call'd Privative which do not affect the Spirits immediatly but only prevent their Excursions or withdraw the matter of their Generation as all Obstructions of the Brain a Fall c. The positive Causes are such as stupify the Spirits or render 'em unfit for performing their Office as narcotic Medicines c. A privative Apoplexy is occasion'd by stopping the Circulation of the Blood This is caus'd either by an Obstruction in the Brain imprisoning the Spirits or by the Compression tearing or breaking of the Blood-vessels As when external Violence is us'd an Apoplexy may be caus'd by the Ligature or Compression of the Carotid Arteries and consequently the interruption of the Blood in its Passage to the Brain This Hippocrates understood by his Obstructio Venae it being customary among the Antients to signify by Veins the Arteries and Nerves The other privative Apoplexies proceeding from internal Causes are rather owing to the stoppage of the Blood in the Veins and its subsequent Stagnation in or Distention of the Brain for suppose one of the Carotid Arteries were straiten'd by some internal Cause the other Artery communicating with it would supply the Brain with Blood and so no Apoplexy would insue upon that occasion 'T is the hindrance therefore of the Reflux of the Blood and its subsequent Stagnation that in internal cases distends the Brain straitens its Passages extinguishes the motion of the Animal Spirits and so causes the Apoplexy Sometimes the Blood is so thick and congeal'd that of it self it stops in the Vessels within the Brain without any determination to that effect from the Blood Vessels as in Heart-swooning which is a case not only parallel but near a kin to this it stagnates in the Lungs The Antients deriv'd the cause of an Apoplexy from a Collection of Serum in the Ventricles of the Brain but Anatomical Dissections make it appear that the Brains of Apoplectic Persons are not always molested with any such matter and that several People are who were never seiz'd with an Apoplexy in their Lives It remains therefore to be concluded that the immediat Cause of all Apoplexies is the Abolition either of the motion of the animal Spirits or of the Circulation of the Blood The remote Causes with reference to a defective Circulation of the Blood are sudden Cold excessive Heat gormandizing in a sedentary way of Living washing the Head with warm Water and then exposing it to the Cold Swellings in the Scull suppression of wonted Evacuations of Blood using Dragons Blood after violent Purges immoderat Venery especially in old Age Anger and all turbulent Passions of the Mind With reference to the motion of the animal Spirits the remote Causes of Apoplexies are a Contusion or violent Commotion of the Brain by Thunder Cannon shooting c. any sudden and impetuous Force that drives inwards the Lymph which waters the Cortical part of the Brain Impostumes or any vitious matter lodg'd in the Head all which straiten the Passages of the Brain and Original of the Nerves and so cramp the Spirits that they cannot perform their wonted Office Excessive Drinking may occasion a Prevalency or Redundancy of Serum in the Brain that presses down the Walls of the Passages Accordingly we sometimes meet with great quantities of Serum in dissecting the Heads of such as die of Apoplexies The Small-pox or Scab struck inwards and several other Causes may likewise produce the same effect Upon this account I shall not scruple to admit the distinction of privative Apoplexies into such as are Sanguin and those which are Serous tho a nice Theorist might cavil against it The former kind is apt to invade those whose Blood is thick and prone to congeal the latter for most part seizes old decrepit Catarrhous Constitutions Mercurial and subterranean Vapors not only clog the Spirits but thicken the Blood and so cause a privative Apoplexy As for positive Apoplexies caus'd by an immediat Depravation and Fixation of the Spirits I am of Helmont's Opinion that not only external things but an internal Ferment bred in the Stomac oft-times causes ' em This I am induc'd to believe by these Considerations 1. Vomits sharp Clysters and stomachic Medicines are sovereign Remedies against a positive Apoplexy which is a sign that the Stomac is concern'd 2. The Steams of Coals Smoak of Tobacco and eating ungrateful Food cause Apoplexies Now undoubtedly these affect the mouth of the Stomac most immediatly 3. I remember an instance of a Woman that was seiz'd with a
more sensible Parts of the Body frequently twitch'd and pull'd Then let Blood in the right Arm if it be convenient and exhibit a Vomit with all possible Expedition or inject a Clyster of Aromatic Herbs with Pulp of Coloquintida or Infusion of Crocus Metallorum with Sal Gem or Sal Armoniac and other volatil Salts All oily Ingredients must be omitted As Take of the Leaves of Tobacco and Sage Chamomil Flowers of each a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain from half an Ounce to six Drams Pulp of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag a Dram. Boil in a sufficient quantity of Water To nine Ounces of the Liquor strain'd add Honey of Roses or of Rosemary Flowers half an Ounce or six Drams Electuary of Hiera with Agaric from half an Ounce to an Ounce Castor in Pouder from a Scruple to half a Dram Sal Gem from half a Dram to two Scruples mix for a Clyster Or Take of Mother of Thyme Tobacco-leaves tops of lesser Centory of each a handful Lavender Flowers half a handful Roots of Pellitory of Spain Roots of common Flower de-luce of each three Drams Nettle-seeds two Drams Pulp of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag a Dram and a half boil in a sufficient quantity of human Urine In eight Ounces of the Liquor strain'd dissolve of Electuary of Hiera with Agaric an Ounce Extract of Troches Alhandal half a Scruple Essence of Castor a Dram mix for a Clyster Or Take of the Decoction of Rue in which half a Dram of Crocus Metallorum hath been boil'd nine Ounces Bulls Gall thicken'd a Dram and a half Extract of Troches Alhandal half a Scruple Honey of Rosemary-flowers an Ounce and a half mix for a Clyster Or Take of the Decoction of Chamomil Flowers half a Pound Infusion of Crocus Metallorum in Wine two or three Ounces Honey from half an Ounce to an Ounce mix and make a Clyster As for Suppositories Take of the Roots of white Hellebor in Pouder Scammony sulphurated Troches Alhandal of each half a Scruple Castor in Pouder eight Grains Sal Armoniac a Scruple With a sufficient quantity of Honey make a Suppository In the Interim some Apoplectic mixture may be thrown down the Throat As Take of strong Apoplectic Water one Ounce Water of Lilly Convally half an Ounce Matthiolus's Quintessence two Drams Spirit of Hartshorn a Dram Syrup of Clove-gilly-flowers half an Ounce Mix. Spirit of Black-cherries is of extraordinary virtue in this case As Take of Black-cherry Water Mint Water of each an Ounce and a half Spirit of Black-cherries six Drams Spirit of Hartshorn succinated or Spirit of Sal Armoniac or Spirit of human Blood two or three Drams distill'd Oil of Amber four or six Drops Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers half an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful now and then Take of lavender-flower-Lavender-flower-Water sage-Sage-water of each one Ounce Langius his Epileptic Water six Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac one Dram distill'd Oil of Amber eight drops Syrup of French Lavender one Ounce mix c. Take of Apoplectic Water two Ounces Spirit of Mother of Thyme two Drams Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a Dram Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers half an Ounce mix and use as above Take of Apoplectic Water two Ounces Water of Swallows with Castor an Ounce Spirit of Triacle camphoriz'd Spirit of Hartshorn succinated of each three Drams Confection Alkermes half an Ounce mix as above Take of Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine an Ounce and a half Elder-flower Water an Ounce Carminative Water half an Ounce Spirit of Hartshorn succinated a Dram and a half Confection Alkermes a Dram mix as above Take of Black-cherry Water two Ounces Spirit of Black-cherries simple Spirit of Triacle of each half an Ounce Syrup of Clovegilly-flowers six Drams mix Timaeus's Arcanum is of excellent use in a speechless Fit viz. Take of volatil Salt of Amber half a Dram Triacle of Andromachus a Dram and a half Pouder of Castor two Scruples distill'd Oils of Rue and Rosemary of each three Drops make an Electuary Dose as much as will lie upon the point of a Knife to be exhibited in some Apoplectic Vehicle The Palat and Tongue may be rubb'd with this Electuary or distill'd Oils and Apoplectic Spirits As Take of Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine two Ounces Spirit of Juniper-berries an Ounce Essence of Castor three Drams volatil Aromatic Salt half a Dram mix for the above-mentioned use This Method being observ'd if the sick Person do not come to himself in a quarter of an hour blow the following Pouder into the Nostrils viz. Take of the Roots of white Hellebor and Pellitory of Spain Marjoram Leaves Flowers of Lilly of the Valley Castor of each a Scruple make a Pouder and use as above Or Take of the Flowers of Lilly of the Valley a Dram Roots of white Hellebor a Scruple reduce 'em to Pouder and add distill'd Oil of Cloves and Marjoram of each three Drops Spirit of Urine Spirit of Sal Armoniac and Spirit of Hartshorn succinated are fit for the same use or the Fumes of Castor and Amber may be receiv'd at the Nostrils and the Temples and Nose anointed with Apoplectic Balsams or bath'd with the following Mixture Take of Baum Water Lilly Convally Water prepar'd with Wine of each two Ounces Apoplectic Water an Ounce Vinegar of Rue two Drams Mix c. The rectify'd Oil and volatil Salt of Amber mix'd with Apoplectic Waters are given inwardly with wonderful success or with Camphyr or Oil of Camphyr drop'd into the Ear. The Back Neck Temples and Stomac may also be fomented with it or the following Mixture Take of express'd Oil of Mace a Dram and a half distill'd Oil of Rue a Scruple Oil of Spike Oil of Amber of each half a Scruple Or Take of white Rock Oil two Drams distill'd Oil of Amber a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Marjoram and Sage of each a Scruple mix and anoint the above-mentioned parts but withal we must be cautious in not over-doing lest the Head be affected by an indiscreet quantity of odoriferous Oils applied to the Body If the Paroxysm do not yield to these Medicines the Vomits and Clysters must be repeated blistering Plaisters applied to the Neck Arms Thighs Wrists behind the Ears c. the Feet rub'd and chaf'd with Pickle or Vinegar and Salt and the external Parts of the Body prick'd and twitch'd Having thus discuss'd the Fit it remains now to corroborat Nature and prevent future Paroxysms by a preservative Cure For which purpose after Purgation Sudorifics and Stomachics are most proper Sage is much applauded as also Cubebs Cardamom Rocket-seeds and Mustard-seeds As Take of Cardamoms half a Dram Coriander-seed two drams Rocket-seeds half an Ounce make a Pouder for several Doses to be taken when going to Bed 'T is a very good Preservative If an Electuary be more acceptable Take three large Figs and a spoonful of Rocket or Mustard-seed mix them in a Mortar adding a
spoonful of strong Lavender Water and half an Ounce of the Juice of Violets Dose the Bigness of a Walnut to be taken every Morning and after Dinner Let the Person take some drops of Spirit of Sal Armoniac anisated or the Carminative Spirit de tribus Some distil a urinous Spirit from Rocket-seeds and Quick lime which is of admirable use Spirit of Black Cherries is receiv'd by all as a great Specific And likewise the Spirit of Vitriol thus prepar'd Take of Hungarian Vitriol calcined in the Sun a convenient quantity with Spirit of Wine drawn off from Aromatic Plants reduce it to the consistence of a Pultise Let it stand and digest some weeks and then distill with an open fire Take the Spirit thus drawn off and distil it thro an Alembic 't will come off chafer'd when it appears Cloudy change the Receptacle and receive a volatil Spirit of Vitriol Mix all the Spirits and after digestion cohobat ' em Maebius his Apoplectic Spirit is very useful viz. Take of the Flowers of Lilly Convally six pound Cinamom one pound Zedoary half a pound Saffron an Ounce Mace and Cloves of each half an Ounce Let 'em digest in Spanish Wine for a Month and then distil the Spirit in which steep the following Ingredients Take Roots of Valerian Swallowwort and Piony of each two Ounces the Leaves of Baum Oak of Jerusalem and Rosemary of each three handfuls Lime-tree-flowers six handfuls Flowers of Lavender Spike Sage and Thyme of each a handful Macerat them in the Spirit for a month in a close Vessel then add a sufficient quantity of Spanish Wine and distil the Spirit which may afterwards be rectify'd upon-Amber Mosch and Camphyr 'T is a noble Apoplectic Medicine but is not fit to be given in the Paroxysm For such inflammable oily Spirits have a stupifying quality and are very offensive to some People In a sanguin Apoplexy the volatil urinous Spirits and lean volatil Salts are preferable to these sulphurous Medicines Essence of Castor mix'd with vegetable Spirits Spirit of Sal Armoniac camphoris'd the volatil Salts of human Blood human Scull c. are all much approv'd In fine from the infinit variety of Apoplectic Medicines I shall single out the following Recipe's Take of Quintessence of Rosemary two Drams and a half Quintessence of Lavender a Dram and a half mix and give twenty drops every Morning and in the Evening thirty drops of Spirit of Sal Armoniac Or Take of the Essence of Castor a Dram and a half Spirit of Sal Armoniac anisated Spirit of Sal Armoniac succinated of each a Dram. Dose thirty or forty drops twice a Day Take of the Waters of the Flowers of the Lime-tree Lavender and Primroses of each an Ounce Apoplectic Water Spirit of Black Cherries of each a Dram and a half Essence of Primroses three Drams volatil Salt of Amber half a Dram Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers an Ounce and a half Mix. Dose two spoonfuls every three hours Take of Mint Water Lilly Convally Water Black Cherry Water of each an Ounce Spirit of Black Cherries three Drams Essence of Castor a Dram and a half volatil Salt of Hartshorn a Scruple volatil Salt of Amber half a Scruple Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers half an Ounce Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold given with Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers is a famous Specific Likewise the following Pouder Take of prepar'd red Coral a Dram Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram volatil Salt of Amber a Scruple Cubebs half a Dram. Make a Pouder Or Take of the Conserves of Sage-flowers Rosemary-flowers and Clove Gilly-flowers of each half an Ounce Confection Alkermes Mustard-seeds of each three Drams Cardamoms Cubebs and Mace of each half a Dram. With Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary Take of the Conserves of Rosemary and Lavender-flowers Conserve of Baum of each an Ounce candy'd Orange-peel six Drams candy'd Ginger half an Ounce Mustard-seeds Rocket-seeds of each three Drams Cubebs Cinnamon Cardamoms volatil Salt of Amber of each a Dram. With Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary Take of Conserve of Mint two Ounces Conserve of Rosemary-flowers one Ounce Pouder of Mustard-seeds six Drams Cinamom Cloves of each half a Dram volatil Salt of Amber a Dram distill'd Oils of Mint and of Mace of each eight Drops With a sufficient quantity of the Confection Alkermes make an Electuary Take of the Conserves of Rosemary-flowers and of Sage-flowers of each an Ounce and a half Ginger candy'd in the Indies Mustard-seeds of each six Drams prepar'd red Coral a Dram and a half Unicorn Cinnabar of Antimony volatil Salt of Amber of each a Dram distill'd Oil of Amber half a Dram. With the Brodium of Ginger make an Electuary Take of Confection Alkermes or Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers an Ounce and a half Nutmegs candy'd two Drams Rocket-seeds two Drams Cumin-seeds a Dram prepar'd Amber a Dram and a half Cardamoms Cubebs and Cinnamom of each a Scruple Spirit of Black Cherries a Dram. With Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary Take of Conserve of Rosemary-flowers Conserve of Sage-flowers of each half an Ounce Confection Alkermes two Drams Pouder of Castor the Pouder Diambra and Diamoschus dulcis of each a Scruple Cinnabar of Antimony distill'd Oil of Amber of each half a Dram. With Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary Take of the Pouders Diambra and Diamoschus dulcis of each a Dram prepar'd Pearls prepar'd red Coral of each a Scruple prepar'd white Amber four Scruples Confection Alkermes two Drams Extract of the Roots of Elecampane two Scruples Extract of Orris half a Dram Extract of Aromatic Calamus a Scruple Extract of Piony and of the wood Aloe of each half a Scruple the distill'd Oils of Sage Rosemary and Amber of each sixteen Drops distill'd Oil of Lavender twenty Drops the distill'd Oils of Spike Aniseeds Fennel Mace and Nutmegs of each twelve Drops distill'd Oils of Cubebs and Cloves of each eight Drops distill'd Oil of Rue six Drops fine Sugar seven Ounces Mix c. This was Kolbius's Mixture so much celebrated for its Vertue against Apoplexies But it may be rendred more effectual by adding Rocket-seeds and Mustards-seeds All these Prescriptions are proper to be us'd both in and after the Paroxysm Now in pursuance of the preserving Cure let us view the evacuating Medicines fit to be given after or before the Paroxysm Among which Vomits obtain the Precedency as Mercurius Vitae Or Take of Mynsichtius his Emetic Tartar two Grains Sal Armoniac nine Grains Make a Pouder Or Take of Tartar vitriolated six Grains Mynsichtius's Emetic Tartar two Grains Scammony sulphurated one Grain Purgative Medicines are next in order As Take of Crato's Pills of Amber Extract of Wormwood of each half a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain distill'd Oil of Amber two Drops With Essence of Primroses make Pills Take of sweet Mercury a Scruple Scammony sulphurated five Grains With Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers make a Bolus Take of
Ruffus his Pills de tribus half a Scruple Extract of black Hellebor five Grains Tartar vitriolated three Grains With distill'd Oil of Caraways make Pills Take of Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar Bdellium dissolv'd in Vinegar of each half a Dram Vitriol of Steel calcinated till it become white a Scruple Magistery of the Gum of Peru fifteen Grains Scammony prepar'd according to Brendelius's Method a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal six Grains make a Mass for Pills fifteen of which are one Dose The Decoction of sudorific Woods are very proper in the declination of the Paroxysm and ought to be continued for some time If these and such like Remedies do not accomplish the Cure we must have recourse to Setums Cuppingglasses Issues c. If the Person be of a Catarrhous Constitution an Issue in the pit of the Neck is very proper But these external Helps are of no use in positive Apoplexies in the privative indeed where the Blood or Lymph is faulty they frequently afford relief The Plaister de Ranis with Mercury mix'd with Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg may be applied to the Head with good success When the Disease declines a Salivation perhaps may not be improper ART II. Of particular Apoplexies WHEN an Apoplexy seizes a particular part 't is call'd Paraplegia and by most of Writers is referr'd to Palsies but the frequent reciprocal Permutation of general Apoplexies and Paraplegia's vouch for their near alliance Sometimes it is only a retainer to a universal Apoplexy at other times it comes of it self in the form of a principal Disease It admits of three degrees 1. When the Sense of the Part remains and only its motion is lost 2. When 't is depriv'd both of Sense and Motion but retains its natural heat 3. When 't is destitute of Sense Motion and Heat and becomes flaccid and soft Some assign the Obstruction of the Nerves for its Cause but Experience teaches us that it may proceed by consent from other parts from Hysteric Fits Worms in the Guts and the Pastions of the Mind The true cause seems to be the contraction of the nervous Parts about the root of the Spinal Marrow which interrupts the intercourse of the Spirits to the part affected perhaps by the consent of the Nerves as the Stone in the Kidneys is wont to stupify the Leg of the respective side It undergoes a frequent Permutation into Convulsions and Palsies The manner of its succession to privative Apoplexies is accounted for above It succeeds likewise to positive Apoplexies and in that case seems to be tinctur'd with a convulsive Quality The Method of cure is the same as that of an universal Apoplexy Vomits are always proper especially if it follow an universal Apoplexy As Take of Mercurius Vitae two Grains Scammony sulphurated three Grains with Conserve of Bugloss-flowers make a Bolus If Vomiting be very uneasy to the Patient give a strong Purge As Take of Resin of Jalap half a Scruple dissolve it with the yelk of an Egg in Fumitory Water six drams Cinnamom Water a Dram. Mix. When it follows privative Apoplexies Bloodletting is proper otherwise it ought to be avoided except in the case of a Plaethora Issues Blistering Plaisters laid on the Pit of the Neck and scarify'd Cupping-glasses applied between the Shoulders are likewise useful against this privative sort These general Remedies being premis'd Sudorifics come next as the volatil Salts and Spirits of human Scull or human Blood and all Apoplectic or Epileptic Specifics The Decoction of Woods with Juniper and Laurel-berries and Roots of Elecampane is very much us'd for this purpose As Take of Sassafras Wood two Ounces Rosemary-leaves a handful or two fresh juicy Juniper-berries or Laurel-berries an Ounce and a half or two Ounces boil 'em in a Balneum Mariae in Wine and Water of each a pound and a half with an Alembic Mix the strain'd Decoction and the distill'd Liquor and add of Spirit of Juniper-berries four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac three or four Drams Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers three Ounces Mix and give a large draught thrice a day Poterius's Diaphoretic Gold is admirably fitted for this Case He either prepar'd it of Gold calcined by Amalgamation or mix'd Aurum fulminans with a double quantity of flowers of Sulphur and reduc'd it to a Pouder of a purple Colour by putting red hot Coals into the Crucible then digested it for fifteen days in rectify'd Spirit of Wine impregnated with Aniseeds and afterwards separated the Spirit either by distillation or deflagration and reserv'd the Pouder for use 'T is not fit to be given in a liquid form for that it sinks to the bottom but thus Take of Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers a Dram Diaphoretic Gold from fifteen Grains to a Scruple Make a Bolus for two Doses Or Take of prepar'd human Scull prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each fifteen Grains Diaphoretic Gold half a Scruple Mix. Or Take of human Scull prepar'd without fire prepar'd red Coral of each fifteen Grains fulminatory Gold three Grains Mix. Or Take of human Scull prepar'd without fire prepar'd Unicorn's Horn of each twelve Grains fulminatory Gold four Grains volatil Salt of Vipers six Grains Mix. After the first Dose of these Pouders the Person may take a spoonful or two of Spirit of Triacle and then make account to sweat Cinnabar of Antimony is likewise a noble Sudorific As Take of Cinnabar of Antimony fifteen Grains Amber half a Scruple volatil Salt of Amber five Grains make a Pouder Or Take of prepar'd human Scull prepar'd red Coral Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a Scruple distill'd Oils of Cinnamom and of Cloves of each a Drop Make a Pouder to be taken in a convenient Vehicle Or Take of Black Cherry Water Lilly Convally Water Mint Water of each an Ounce Spirit of Black Cherries six Drams Cinnabar of Antimony half a Dram volatil Salt of Hartshorn fifteen Grains Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers an Ounce Mix. For an Apoplexy of the Hands foment the Pit of the Neck with distill'd Oils and spirituous Waters If the Feet be affected apply them to the Loins and neighbouring Parts But fat express'd Oils must be avoided Take of Mustardseeds one part Juniper-berries two parts bruise and infuse them in Spirit of Wine which reserve for Fomentation Take of Spirit of Wine camphoris'd or Spirit of Ants three Ounces Spirit of Earthworms an Ounce and a half Essence of Castor six Drams Spirit of Sal Armoniac with Quicklime three Drams mix and bathe the Back-bone immediatly after sweating applying afterwards a warm Cloth fumigated with Gum Ammoniac or rubbing it with distill'd Oils mix'd with Oil of Tartar or some of the Oils of the fat and hard parts of Animals strip'd of their nauseous stink by frequent Cohobation upon their Caput Mortuum If they are of themselves too sharp or apt to draw Blisters qualify 'em with the Oil of Earthworms by decoction If the part affected be apt to
Tacamahac and Galbanum softn'd in distill'd Oil of Amber and Oil of Bricks may be applied to the Joints If the Ligaments are much unbended and flat apply Crollius's styptic Plaister soften'd with Oil of Bricks and Oil of Earth and in the mean while endeavour to procure Sweat by giving Venice Triacle inwardly Barbette recommends the following Plaister Take of Gum Caran half an Ounce Galbanum an Ounce Oil of Euphorbium a Dram and a half Make a Plaister If the Disease proceed from mercurial Fumes exhibit the Decoction of Elecampane and Fennel and after the Mercury is thrown out by sweating let the Patient drink Whey or Milk In a scorbutic light Palsy the urinous volatil Medicines and Milk are proper The Decoction of Pine-Apple is likewise much commended Or Take of the Tendrels of Fir an Ounce and a half China Roots an Ounce cut them small and boil them in Ale and Water till the half be consum'd Give a draught of the strain'd liquor twice a day These Ingredients may be also boil'd in Milk The Decoction of Betony with Juniper berries or an Essence prepar'd from the Rob of Pine-apples with some Antiscorbutic Spirit and mix'd with Castor are very proper After a regular use of fix'd Absorbents and volatil Medicines Milk or Whey mix'd with Antiscorbutics is a sovereign Remedy but it ought always to follow these Premises Issues and Setums are not improper in this Case If a Palsy proceed from the Colic the Belly must be chiefly taken care of Lenitive Clysters of Turpentin and Milk frequently injected and strong Purgatives carefully avoided The Decoction of Elecampane of Millet-seeds and the four hot Seeds and Sassafras are proper Sudorifics Whey mix'd with Antiscorbutics is much esteem'd Let the Navel and part affected be fomented with Spirit of Tartar or of Sal Armoniac and anointed thrice a day with Paracelsus his Galbanetum So much for the internal Cure of Palsies It remains now to consider the external Forms If the Disease be inveterat and the Part begin to wither temperat fat Oils are proper If the sense of Feeling be not much impair'd and the power of Moving only lost the strong Apoplectic Waters or rectify'd Spirit of Wine in which the Pouders of Mustard-seeds Pepper Rue-seeds Nettle-seeds Aron-roots and Pellitory of Spain have been infus'd and digested are fit for external Fomentation Or Take of fresh Tobacco-leaves a handful or two Leaves of Origanum Flowers of Elder of each a handful Roots of Angelica from an Ounce to two Ounces Roots of Pellitory of Spain Aron-roots of each an Ounce Euphorbium Castor and Myrrh of each from half an Ounce to six Drams white and black Pepper of each three Drams Flowers of Arabian Stechas of Lavender and Lilly Convally of each half an Ounce Rocket-seeds or Mustard-seeds Seeds of Mountain-Siler from six Drams to an Ounce and a half cut and beat them small and pour upon 'em of rectify'd Spirit of Wine two parts of Spirit of Earth-worms one part digest 'em in a Balneum Mariae and draw off the Spirit by distillation With which foment the parts immediatly after sweating Or Take of the Herbs Rosemary Sage Marjoram or Lavender of each a handful Lavender-flowers Lilly Convally-flowers and Rosemary-flowers of each two little handfuls Juniper-berries an Ounce Mustard-seeds from half an Ounce to an Ounce Castor three Drams black Pepper a Dram and a half Infuse them in Spirit of Wine and after digestion reserve the strain'd Liquor for use as above And if the Disease be accompany'd by scorbutic Pains add to it some Spirit of Sal Armoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime Or Take of Aqua Articularis for external use two three or four Ounces Spirit of Sal Armoniac with Quick-lime from an Ounce to two Ounces Spirit of Earth-worms prepar'd by putrefaction half an Ounce Mix and bathe the part thrice a day Or Take of Spirit of Wine camphoris'd three Ounces Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms an Ounce Essence of Castor six Drams Mix and use as above Or Take of Apoplectic Water three Ounces Spirit of putrify'd Earth-worms and Spirit of Sal Armoniac succinated of each half an Ounce Mix c. In a Colic Palsy rectify'd Spirit of Tartar mix'd or cohobated with Spirit of Wine tartaris'd are externally us'd with great success Balsam of Peru dissolv'd with the Yelk of an Egg and mix'd with Essence of Amber extracted by rectify'd Spirit of Wine is much approv'd for external use in all sorts of Palsies Take of common stinging Nettles three handfuls Chamomil one handful Cumin-seeds a Dram Salt three Ounces beat 'em well in a Mortar and boil them in a sufficient quantity of human Urine till the fourth part be consum'd Bathe the part Morning and Evening with this Decoction and wrap it up in a Cloth dip'd in the Liquor and after three or four days anoint it with Oil of Foxes In Apoplectic Palsies pricking with Nettles is a very successful Remedy Bathing in fermenting Wine or such as is reduc'd to a Fermentation by throwing Quick-lime into it is of extraordinary use both against Palsies and Sciatica's for by this means the volatil Tartar of the Wine insinuats it self into the Part. A bag full of Ants thrown into boiling Water yields a Vapor which is conveniently receiv'd upon the part is very serviceable after the Bag has lost its smell it may be boil'd in Water for the Patient to bathe in Take of Brimstone and Bay-berries of each half a pound Roots of Gentian three handfuls Roots of Elecampane and long Birth-wort of each two handfuls boil them in Quick-lime Water for an artificial Bath The last Refuge is the Hot-baths But if a Colic or use of Wine gave rise to the Disease or arthritic and gouty Pains accompany it they are not proper In a word they are more convenient for a Sanguin or Phlegmatic than a Choleric Constitution Take of the Herbs Marjoram and Sage of each a handful Rosemary two handfuls Juniper-berries four Ounces Bay-berries two Ounces Roots of Pellitory of Spain an Ounce Boil them in Water and place the hot Decoction under the Person 's Feet that the Fumes may ascend Take of Galbanum half a pound Oil of Turpentin a pound and a half distil the Oil from them to which add an Ounce of Oil of Lavender and then repeat the distillation which produces an excellent Balsam to be digested and circulated with rectify'd or tartaris'd Spirit of Wine This may be applied to the Navel Back or Part affected as occasion requires Take of white Rock Oil two Drams distill'd Oil of Amber half a Dram distill'd Oils of Lavender Marjoram and Spike of each a Scruple mix and anoint the affected parts As for Plaisters those of Tacamahac are most approv'd especially when the Nerves are overcharg'd with Moisture But if the Person be scorbutic or the Part depriv'd of all manner of Sense temperat oily things are best As Take of human or Goose fat of each three four or six Ounces distill'd Oil of Turpentin
of each a little handful Distil thro an Alembic and receive the Spirit in a large open Body which set into a heap of large black Ants such as resort to resinous Trees When four or five handfuls of Ants have crept into it stir them with a stick till they be all stifled Then set 'em to digest for fourteen days in the Sun and after that draw off the Spirit and infuse into it of the Confection of Anacardium Cinnamom of each an Ounce Saffron half a Dram Mosch twelve Grains Mix digest and strain out the Spirit of which exhibit a spoonful in a Glass of Wine every Morning Take of Tobacco-leaves two handfuls Flowers of Common Basil of Baum of Primroses and of Marjoram of each a handful Bruise 'em and mix with Oil of Olives and fresh Butter of each three Ounces Rhenish or Spanish Wine five Ounces boil for a Liniment to be strain'd and applied to the Temple and top of the Head Montagnana extoll'd the following Prescription for a valuable Arcanum Take of Cubebs Calamint Mastic Nutmegs and Cloves of each a Dram Eastern Ambergrease half a Dram Mosch five Grains With Juice of Marjoram make Pills Let the Patient take down a few at Night and double the quantity next Morning Sebizius recommends the following Pills viz. Take of Aloe an Ounce Rhubarb two Drams Myrrh Saffron and Agaric of each a Dram Gentian and Zedoary Roots of each a Scruple With Venice Triacle make small Pills Dose seven or nine Tea boil'd in Wine is a sovereign Remedy for corroborating the Memory and Judgment Or Take of the Cephalic Water for internal use and Aqua Sophorum of each two Ounces Matthiolus's Quintessence half an Ounce Spirit of black Cherries Spirit of Lilly Convally Spirit of Primroses and Essence of Amber of each a Dram Syrup of Betony an Ounce Mix for internal Use Or Take of Conserves of Rosemary-flowers of Sage-flowers and of Clove Gillyflowers of each half an Ounce Candy'd Nutmegs three Drams of the Pouders Diambra and Diamoschus dulcis and Spirit of Lilly Convally of each a Dram and a half With a sufficient Quantity of Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary Or Take six fat Figs Rocket-seeds six Drams Bastard Saffron a Scruple With Syrup of Clove Gilly-flowers make an Electuary of which take every morning the bigness of a Walnut using after Dinner Spirit of Hartshorn or Spirit of Sal Armoniac succinated Silver dissolv'd in Spirit of Sal Armoniac is likewise commended As for external Applications Let Oil of Myrrh per deliquium be applied to the Temples and hinderpart of the Head When the Head is oppress'd with cold Humours let the Sutures call'd Coronalis and Sagittalis be fomented with Spirit of Wine with Pepper infus'd in it In the like Case Hildesheim recommends the following Essence viz. Take of the Leaves of Betony of Sage of Lavender of Rosemary and flowers of red Roses of each a handful Nutmegs long Pepper Galangal and round rooted Cyperus of each four Scruples Castor two Drams Nutmegs half an Ounce Myrrh and Frankincense of each three Ounces Saffron half a Dram or two Scruples Infuse them in Spirit of Wine digest and strain it for anointing the Nostrils Temples and top of the Head ART II. Of Deliriums in general THE Depravation of the Rational Faculty is call'd a Delirium or Doating which sometimes seizes the Apprehension alone and at other times reaches to all the three Operations of the Intellect together The immediat Cause is the disorder of the Animal Spirits in respect of their Substance and Motion which occasions varions Deliriums according to the Humour and Constitution of the Patient as one and the same Wine fills one Man with Anger and Fury a second with Mirth and Jollity and inspires a third with Love The remote Causes are either external as narcotic Vegetables poisonous or mad Animals c. of which more anon or internal as Feavers Melancoly c. These internal Causes determin the Animal Spirits to such and such particular Motions after the same manner as the Titillation of the Genital Liquor occasions particular Dreams and nocturnal Pollutions ART III. Of Deliriums arising from Internal Causes WHEN a violent Feaver attends a Delirium 't is call'd a Phrensy or if the Delirium be not very high a Paraphrenitis If it be quite free from a Feaver we call it a melancholic Madness Of Phrensies THE immediat Cause is the confus'd and rapid Motion of the Spirits in the Brain especially in the Corpus Callosum The remote Causes are either the Heat and Effervescency or the Stagnation of the Blood in the Brain In the beginning of burning Feavers the former occasions the Agility and Perturbation of the Spirits and consequently the Watchings and light Deliriums that then molest the Patient If these Symptoms happen without a notorious Effervescency 't is a fatal sign of Malignity The latter inflames the Membrans and Cortical Part and so causes a Phrensy properly so call'd This Inflammation is made to appear by diffecting Phrenitic Persons after death and is justly suspected when Pleurisies and Inflammations of the Lungs or any external Inflammations disappear of a sudden and are succeeded by Phrensies The remote Causes are excessive Heat drinking of spirituous Liquors suppression of any usual Evacuation of Blood or of a virulent Gonorrhy Anger and the exalted Passions of the Mind It ought to be remark'd that tho all Phrensies are attended with Feavers they do not always proceed from the Feaver as in malignant Feavers where the Blood do's not boil high Sportive ridiculous Phrensies ought to be carefully distinguish'd from those of a serious angry and eager Character According to Hippocrates the former are of a more benign Stamp than the latter As for the Symptoms An actual Delirium is easily perceiv'd An imminent Delirium is discover'd by a sudden alteration of the Patient's Humour a bold fierce way of talking much unquietness and tossing in Bed the nauseous repetition of one thing or forgetfulness of what was said or done obstinat Watching or the interruption and uneasiness of sleep When the Delirium has actually seiz'd upon 'em they become morose and furious leap out of Bed and talk strangely the Urine is at first thick and in a little time after grows thin and transparent the Head feels hot the Eyes look glittering fiery and very moveable If they appear stiff and staring 't is an infallible sign of a furious Phrensy If in the beginning of an acute Disease the Person complain of a pain of the Eye-balls or an Inflammation of the Eyes or be apt to imagin strange Colors 't is a fatal Presage of Doating and Convulsions A proper Phrensy which proceeds from the Inflammation of the Membrans of the Brain is foreseen from the violent beating of the Arteries in the Neck and Temples It is attended by an unsufferable Pain of the hinder part of the Head a difficult Respiration an invincible Heat and continual Feaver free
from the sense of Thirst a proneness to rub and toss the Head and pull up the Hairs When the Inflammation relents it tends to a Gangrene which occasions Convulsions Lethargies and a total inactivity A true Phrensy proceeding from the Inflammation of the Brain is very dangerous If it increase after sleeping if it be serious and fierce if a clammy cold Sweat drop from the Head while the Body is unconcern'd if it be attended by a difficult Respiration immoderat Watching Headaches notable Weakness a ghastly Countenance an invincible Forgetfulness a Hiccough gnashing of the Teeth trembling of the Tongue and Hands and involuntary voiding of Excrements if the Person he speechless apt to gather up or pick the Bed-cloaths or become lethargic if the Nostrils drop and the Urine be not tinctur'd All these Symptoms portend Death A Paraphrenitis proceeding only from the Heat and Effervescency of the Blood and Spirits is more tolerable A Symptornatical Phrensy is a proper Subject of Cure but a Critical one ought not to be meddled with It is follow'd for the most part by bleeding at the Nose and is distinguish'd by the following Symptoms The Urine affords signs of Concoction the Pulse is unequal but strong and large the Eyes sparkle a murmuring Noise disturbs the Ears the Nostrils itch the Face is red and the lower Belly softly distended Sometimes 't is usher'd in by a sudden Headache or the sick Person is young and apt to bleed at the Nose If these Symptoms are wanting the Phrensy is symptomatical and ought to be cur'd by allaying the Heat and Turgency of the Blood and Spirits or removing the Stagnation In the first place let the Physician take care that he be not impos'd upon by drunken Persons whose Phrensies resemble those of Feavers In the next place if the phrentic Person be molested with Head-aches and immoderat Watchings Narcotic Medicines are very proper but ought to be cautiously administred for fear of exalting the Phrensy or converting it into a Lethargy In order to avoid such Consequences let us take notice of the following Cautions 1. That in acute hot Diseases Opiats ought to be prepar'd with Vinegar 2. That they ought not to be administred in the beginning or height of the Distemper but only during its increase 3. That when the Person is very weak they should be omitted 4. They ought still to be mix'd with Bezoardic Diaphoretic Pouders Blood-letting is always convenient unless the Feaver be very malign and ought to be liberally perform'd and in the following manner 1. Let a Vein in the Hams be first open'd then in the Arm and afterwards in the Forehead Incase of a particular Suppression of Blood in the lower Region let the Vein in the Ancle be first open'd Instead of breathing the Vein in the Forehead some recommend the Application of scarify'd Cupping-glasses to the forepart of the Head 2. Let the Surgeon while the Vein is open lay his hand upon the Patient's Head and mind the beating of the Artery in order to adjust the quantity of Blood to be drawn forth and the strength of the Patient 3. Let the Orifice of the Vein be stop'd and open'd by turns by the Surgeon's Finger Thus the stagnating Blood is evacuated without impairing the strength of the Patient in so great a measure as otherwise As for external Applications all strong smelling things except Camphyr ought to be avoided Vinegar must be added but in small quantities because its sharpness hinders sleep A symptomatical Phrensy disappears upon the removal of the principal Disease Cooling and narcotic Medicines are its proper Cure to which Diaphoretic Febrifuga's are join'd according to the Degree and Circumstances of the Feaver Take of the Waters of Male Pimpernel Purslain and white Water-Lillies of each an Ounce and a half Syrup of Water-Lillies and Syrup of Poppies of each six Drams The Acid Mineral Spirits of Vitriol Salt Sulphur dulcify'd Spirit of Nitre and dulcify'd Spirit of Salt are very useful against Phrensies Camphyr has a peculiar pacific Virtue If it be added to Opiats their Dose ought to be proportionably lessen'd As Take of the Conserve of red Poppy-flowers vitriolated half a Dram Langelot's Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Camphyr two Grains Mix c. Sugar of Lead prepar'd with Spirit of Nitre is a powerful Pacific The Decoction of the Flowers of Male Pimpernel in Water whetted with a little Rhenish Wine is of excellent use Take of the four great Cold-seeds of each a Dram and a half white Poppy-seeds three Drams With purslain-Purslain-water make an Emulsion To which add human Scull prepar'd without Fire half a Dram Bezoar Mineral a Scruple Syrup of Purslain half an Ounce Mix for use In a malignant Phrensy let the following Pouder be exhibited viz. Take of Cinnabar of Antimony twelve or fifteen Grains Lunar Bezoar six or eight Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain Camphyr two Grains Make a Pouder for two Doses to be exhibited in the Emulsion of white Poppy-seeds made with Pimpernel and Purslain Water Or Take of the Cephalic Specific Pouder a Scruple Sugar of Lead six Grains Camphyr two Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain and a half Acid Juleps are likewise very proper and if the Belly be constipated Tamarinds may be boil'd in ' em Externally let Cataplasms of Rue Chamomile Vervain Briony-roots and Soap or of Radishes Salt sharp Vinegar and Yest be applied to the soles of the Feet Or Take of the Juice of Houseleek new drawn six Drams sharp Wine Vinegar an Ounce and a half Nitre two Drams Camphyr half a Dram. Mix and apply to the Stones soles of the Feet and forepart of the Head When the Person sleeps it ought to be taken off the Head A Cataplasm of Houseleek Purslain and Roses may be applied to the Temples and Forehead The Pulp of a Gourd applied to the Head shav'd is commended by Bartholet Some set their Feet into an excavated Gourd and find benefit by it The Juice of live River-Crabs newly express'd is applied to the Forehead with wonderful success Or Take of Rose-water ten Ounces Opium a Dram Saffron half a Scruple Mix them and apply with a doubled Linen Cloth to the Forehead Take of the Water of Frogs Spaun six or eight Ounces fresh Juice of River-Crabs two three or four Ounces Opium dissolv'd in Vinegar half a Dram or two Scruples Camphyr and Saffron of each six eight or ten Grains Mix c. Or Take of the Juice of River-Crabs extracted with the Water of Frogs Spawn six Ounces Vinegar of Roses two Ounces Triacle of Andromachus two Drams Camphyr half a Scruple Saffron six Grains Mix and foment the Head and Temples Let the Liquor be lukewarm or somewhat cold Lindanus attributes much to the antient way of applying live Creatures cut up along the middle as a Dove a Cock c. to the Head shav'd But in the first beginning of a Phrensy they rather enforce it Oftimes the phrentic Persons thro inadvertency neglect to void their
begin with the ordinary one and from thence advance gradually The Flowers of Antimony Aurum Vitae the Infusion of Mercurius Vitae Sylvius's vomitory Soap and Sala's Emetic Syrup are all useful As Take of Fumitory Water one Ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Wine from a Scruple to half a Dram Emetic Syrup a Dram and a half Scammony sulphurated Extract of Troches Alhandal of each one Grain Simple Syrup of Roses two Drams Mix for a Potion The Dose of Purgatives must be likewise augmented or sharpned with Salts As Take of Extract of black Hellebor a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal two Grains Purgative Antimony or Mercurius Vitae five Grains With Essence of Steel or Tincture of Tartar make Pills Or if a Potion be more acceptable with the Waters of Pimpernel or of Flowers of St. John's-wort make a Potion and sweeten it with laxative Syrup of Apples The Troches Alhandal are of incomparable use for subduing the viscid matter that reigns in this and all other Chronical Distempers Take of Extract of black Hellebor sweet Mercury of each a Scruple Magistery of Jalap six Grains with Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar make Pills Take of Mint-water one Ounce Liquid Extract of Steel half a Dram Extract of black Hellebor a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain Syrup of Apples half an Ounce Mix c. Take of mint-Mint-water one Ounce Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar a Scruple or half a Dram Tartar vitriolated half a Scruple Extract of Troches Alhandal one Grain Syrup of Apples half an Ounce Mix c. Take of pick'd Senna two or three Drams Roots of Polypody three or four Drams Roots of black Hellebor one or two Drams Salt of Tartar half a Dram. Infuse them warm in clarify'd Whey over night In the Morning let 'em boil gently and add to three Ounces of the strain'd Liquor a Dram and a half of Cinnamom Water and three four or six Drams of Syrup of Apples Or Take of Corants bruis'd three Ounces pick'd Senna six Drams choice Cinnamom three Drams Cloves a Dram and a half Cream of Tartar three Drams Bruise 'em and tie 'em in a Bag to be infus'd for the space of a night in three Pound of simple Water Take of Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd in Vinegar five Grains Tartar vitriolated three Grains Extract of Gummy Aloe two Grains With Essence of Gum Ammoniac make Pills Next to Hellebor and its Productions are the Infusions of Senna Quercetanus's Pills of Ammoniac or of Tartar of Fumitory c. Absorbent Digestives ought to precede the use of Purgatives such are Cream of Tartar Vitriol of Steel or its Tincture Essence of Steel c. Or Take of prepar'd Crabs half a Dram prepar'd red Coral Alterative Crocus of Steel of each half a Scruple Make a Pouder for two Doses Or Take of Sal Armoniac Salt of Wormwood and prepar'd Crabs eyes of each fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Make a Pouder for two Doses Alteratives in this Disease either correct the Acidity of the Blood or amend its Indisposition and purify it by Urine Of the former kind are Preparations of Steel such as its Infusion and Extract with the Juice of Apples all the Aperitive Crocus's of Mars Mynsicht's Tincture of Steel c. Lead also but especially its Sugar Coral and its Preparations and chiefly its true Tincture in room of which if it be wanting you may take of the Tincture of Coral prepar'd with Spirit of Stag's Heart or that of Roses one Dram Essence of Baum and Saffron of each half a Dram. And mix ' em Of this sort also is the true Tincture of Silver and its Magistery either alone or mix'd with other Anti-acids as Coral and such like Mynsicht's Arcanum Duplicatum is frequently us'd with good success likewise Lapis Lazuli either in Pouder or its Tincture mix'd as follows Take compound Essence of Pimpernel three Drams Tincture of Lapis Lazuli a Dram. Dose from forty to fifty Drops For altering and purifying the Blood by Urine the Vegetable Kingdom affords many excellent Remedies amongst which Tartar and its Preparations excel as Cream of Tartar plain or vitriolated or mix'd with lixivial Salts Spirit and volatil Salt of Tartar Rhefeldius's Diaphoretic Liquor of Tartar with Juices made thus Take of the express'd Juices of Dittander four Ounces Scurvy-grass Sea Radish Water and Garden Cresses of each an Ounce rectify'd Spirit of Tartar one pound Mix and digest and then distil in a Bath over a slow Fire Dose half an Ounce Remedies also are prepar'd of Borrage Bugloss Fumitory Saffron Camphyr which last ought always to be joined with Alteratives in melancolic and maniac Distempers As Take liquid Essence of Steel two Drams compound Essence of Fumitory and that of Saffron of each a Dram Camphyr five Grains Dose thirty or forty Drops Or Take of the Leaves of Harts-tongue two handfuls of Fumitory an handful and a half Flowers of Borrage and Bugloss of each a handful of Clove Gilly-flowers and Violets half a handful Barks of Tamarisk and the Ash-tree of each six Drams Roots of Polypody or Elecampane Filings of Steel of each an Ounce Cinnamom two Drams Cut bruise and tie them up in a Bag. Or Take of the flowers of Rosemary Borrage and Bugloss of each four Ounces of Saffron a Dram Quinces four Ounces best White-Wine two Pound Mix and digest fifteen days and then distil Dose an Ounce to be reiterated Take of Hartman's Cachectick Pouder a Dram red Coral prepar'd half a Dram Camphyr fifteen Grains Mix and divide into three equal parts to be taken in so many Mornings The following Pills may be taken before sleep Take of the Sugar of Lead from five to nine Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Grains distill'd Oil of Camphyr three Grains and make Pills The Spirit of Sal Armoniac is an incomparable Sudorific especially mix'd with an equal quantity of the Carminative Spirit If Pains seize the Head apply to the Forehead this Epithem Take Waters of Elder-flowers and St. John's-wort of each an Ounce and a half Camphyr six Grains Mix ' em This will yet prove more effectual if a Plaister of Tacamahac be applied to the shaved head If the Spleen is faulty beside Preparations of Lead taken inwardly apply the Plaister of Tobacco to the Region thereof Of Madness THE Blood which in Melancoly abounds with a vitious Acidity is oftentimes by an intestin and fermentative Commotion volatilized and so acquiring an Acrimony and furnishing the Brain with Spirits sutable occasions Madness which is Melancoly arrived at the highest degree In Madness we may observe three Circumstances 1. A remarkable Fury and temerarious Boldness hurrying one to attempt any thing tho never so cruel and tragical 2. A prodigious Strength able to break in pieces the strongest things and surpassing that of two or three Men. 3. A wonderful Sufferance of even the extreamest Cold. It is also accompanied with most stubborn Watchings The Disorder of the Stomach
Intestinum Duodenum and Bowels under the short Ribs is the cause of the grossness thickness and vitious Acidity of the Blood which is the immediat material Cause of Madness The formal Cause is the Spirits which degenerating from their seminal and friendly Complexion become of a sharp saline and as it were sulphureous acid Quality and consequently being too too movable and less capable to be check'd in their ordinary Motions and withal penetrating every where by virtue of their pointed parts they become the Cause of Restlesness Watchings Fury extraordinary Strength c. This Disease is more incident to the Young than Old to Men than to Women but especially to melancolic Constitutions If it proceed from internal Causes it is an Evil of long continuance and of difficult Cure which tho it remit for some Months or Years yet it often leaves Melancoly behind which being easily exasperated returns with fresh Rage and accompanies the Patient till Strength failing through Watchings Fastings and almost perpetual Movings it kindly shuts up their miserable Life In curing this Disease we must endeavour 1. To mitigat the Fury that the Patient may be the easier manag'd and Medicines exhibited 2. To remove the Distemper of the Blood and Spirits The first is excellently perform'd by strong Vomits and frequent Bleeding Preparations from Steel and Lead joined with Anodine Medicines correct the Blood and other Humors as Remedies from Camphyr and Musk do recreat and restore the Spirits The Foundation therefore of the Cure must be laid by administring strong and generous Vomits not only in the beginning but progress of the Disease For this purpose the Antients us'd white Hellebor-roots with excellent success But it ought not to be given in substance Take of white Hellebor-roots from half a Dram to a Dram boil them in Wine till it become soft infuse the Root thus prepar'd in fresh Wine all night in a hot place strain the Liquor or squeeze more or less according to the measure of its desired strength Dose a Dram. Some instead of this use Infusions of Antimonial Emetics but they prove too weak Morcurius Vitae is good Aurum Vitae Kegleri is much commended also the Leaves of Asarabacca but all these must be given in a greater Dose than ordinary As Take of the Conserve of the Leaves of Asarabacca a Dram Pouder of its Roots two Scruples Mercurius Vitae one Grain make a Bolus The Infusion of human Nails is also a strong Emetic surpassing those of Antimony If in the beginning of this Disease Purging is required you may use what I have above prescrib'd for Melancoly chiefly black Hellebor and its Extract the Extractum Melanogogum Quercetani c. to which Antimony Purgative or Mercurius Vitae Laxative ought still to be added As Take of the Essence of black Hellebor a Dram and a half of that of Pimpernel half a Dram Emetic Syrup of Angelus Sala half an Ounce After strong Purgation copious and frequent Bleeding is proper first in the Ancle then in the Arm and Forehead some have been cur'd by opening an Artery Cauterizing and trepaning of the Skull have been successfully used as hath also Salivation by Mercury But while these things are a doing such Alteratives are to be given as may restrain the boiling and wild Motion of the Blood and Spirits and together with these Opiats and sulphureous Minerals and fix'd Anodines and that in a strong Dose Such altering Remedies as we prescrib'd for Melancoly may be us'd here Particularly those from Tartar Steel Lead c. But withal Nitre and its Preparations are not to be neglected As Take purify'd Nitre half a Dram Camphyr eight Grains Mix 'em and make a Pouder Or Take purified Nitre two Scruples Laudanum Opiatum two Grains Make a Pouder We may also use appropriated Specifics such as the Arterious Blood of an Ass Pimpernel with the red Flowers St. John's-wort Fumitory Water-Lilly Borrage Baum Spleen-wort the Herb True-love Polypody of the Oak to all which Camphyr may be added As Take a clean Linen Rag of a hands length and breadth dip'd in Asses Blood infuse it in a sufficient quantity of Water of St. John's-wort to two Ounces of the strain'd Infusion add Essence of Pimpernel half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum about a Grain Or Take the Leaves of True-love together with the Berries two handfuls Leaves of red flower'd Pimpernel Flowers of St. John's-wort of each an handful Roots of Polypody of the Oak an Ounce small Raisins bruis'd two Ounces boil these in a sufficient quantity of Whey to three pounds of the strain'd Decoction add Essence of Pimpernel an Ounce and a half Mix them Or Take leaves of Baum cut small an handful infuse 'em in four Ounces of Spirit of Wine add half a Dram of prepar'd Pearls Dose two Spoonfuls to be repeated every day The Epitheme prescrib'd for Melancoly may also be us'd here Or Take of Musk twelve Grains Camphyr a Scruple red-rose-Red-rose-water impregnated with the Tincture of red Saunders fifteen Ounces In this Mixture dip several Folds of Linen Cloth to be apply'd to the shav'd Head and Temples wetting the Cloth as it dries for twenty four hours space or anoint with the following Liniment Take of the Sleep-causing Ointment two Drams distill'd Oil of Camphyr a Scruple Musk half a Scruple Saffron eight Grains Mix ' em Or Take rose-Rose-water or Juice of River-Crabs ten Ounces Opium half a Dram Saffron half a Scruple make an Epitheme for the Forehead and Temples ART IV. Of Deliriums from an external Cause THIS Cause for the most part is the biting of some other Creature enrag'd with Anger or taken with Madness As in the case of a Canina Rabies which is so called because 't is oftenest occasioned by the biting of a mad Dog tho the Infection may be deriv'd from any other Creature For if any Creature chaf'd with Anger bites another 't will cause either Madness or a very malignant and dangerous Wound These things relating to this Disease are most worthy our Observation viz. 1. The manner of Infection which may be by the slightest bite or hurt of the mad Creature or even the least touch of its Spittle 2. A Hydrophobia or the fear of Water and other liquid things accompanies this Distemper 3. The malign Contagion lies hid and as it were asleep in the Body sometimes two three or as some say thirteen or twenty years 4. In the Spittle and Urine of rabid Animals are often seen other small Creatures resembling the Form of the first Authors of their Madness And lastly the infected Creature exactly imitates the Actions and Meen of that which gave the Contagion The Cause of this Disease consists in a certain peculiar Ferment which affecting first the Spirits and then the Blood do's in some sort assimilat 'em to those of the furious Creature This Ferment is carried along with the Saliva into the Wound It is of importance to know whether the Creature by which a Man has been bitten be
Male Sex HAving dispatch'd the Diseases incident to both Sexes I shall now enter into the Consideration of those peculiar to Males SECT I. Of the Diseases which disorder the Genital Liquor in Mens Bodies SOME part of the Chyle accompanying the Blood in the Arteries is convey'd by the Spermatic Vessels to the Stones where 't is in good measure prepar'd by virtue of a particular Ferment for that purpose and afterwards finish'd in the Epididimes which forward it to the seminal Vesicles to be there reserv'd under the Character of the Genital Liquor till the Act of Venery dislodg it 'T is improperly call'd Seed till such time as the Association of the Woman 's Genital Liquor have entitled it to that Character It is enrich'd with a large stock of Spirits especially by the eagerness of the Venereal Encounter and is thereby enabled to reach and impregnat the Womens seminal Eggs. It is likewise cover'd with a soft serous Vehicle prepar'd in the Prostatae that joins it in its Passage and accompanies it thro the Vrethra The manner of its engaging with the seminal Eggs in Women and their Counterpart in the Act of Generation is accounted for elsewhere When the Generation of this Male Genital Liquor is disturb'd it appears in its Deficiency Redundancy or Depravation The two last are referr'd to the Paragraph of Gonorrhaea's the first is the Subject of the following Chapter CHAP. I. Of the Defect or Insufficiency of the Genital Liquor in Men. THE Causes relate either to the Matter it self or the Stones in which 't is prepar'd As touching the former naturally 't is the Chyle or mucilaginous fat milky part of the Blood as appears by its Consistence Color c. Now whatever impairs this must consequently cause a Deficiency of Seed Such are Hunger the Disorders of the digestive Faculty excessive Evacuations Watchings c. Violent Passions of the Mind immoderat Exercise and such like rarify and sharpen the Blood beyond its due pitch and so exhaust the Chyle or seminal Matter Fat and corpulent Persons are liable to the like Inconvenience The milky part of their Blood which should be dispos'd of for seminal Use is diverted and anticipated by its Conversion into Fat. The Causes relating to the Stones proceed either from the defect of the Ferment or the Indisposition of the Stones themselves As for the former questionless 't is a spirituous oily volatil Substance as appears by the notable Changes occasion'd by it in the Mass of the Blood at the time of its Commencement Now whatever fixes the Animal Spirits and strips them of their volatil Capacity must needs weaken the Ferment Such are Spirit of Vitriol Crude Nitre external Cold or exposing the Stones to be wet Application of mercurial things to the Region of the Pubes excessive or unseasonable Venery or an indiscreet abstinence from it Drunkenness Crudities in the Stomac or any Disorder of the first Digestion Dropsies Cachexies c. If the Deficiency of the Ferment be occasion'd by any Cause respecting the Stones themselves it must proceed either from Tumours in 'em or from being gelded 'T is much doubted if there be any natural Eunuchs for many whose Stones are not visible may have 'em hid within the Abdomen and give sufficient proof of their Manhood The Signs are easily distinguish'd If the Ferment be faulty the Person is dull and unactive the venereal Appetit flat and the Seed when cast forth is thin watry and void of heat The Prognostics are more fatal to the Species than to individual Persons If the Person be old or have over-acted in his Youth the Cure is very difficult Sometimes this Deficiency produces not only Effeminacy and Unmanliness but an universal Faintness and Consumption for want of the due Influence of the Ferment upon the Mass of Blood In regulating the Cure a peculiar regard must be had to the Stomac and digestive Faculty for the flatness of this will cause a Deficiency of Seed If the Disease proceed from a Defect in the Stones themselves the following Paragraphs account for its Cure As for the Faults of the Ferment or those respecting the matter of the Genital Liquor the former must be amended by aromatic sharp Incentives such as Ginger Amber Cubebs Cloves Cinnamom Castor Savin-berries Borrace Satyrium Eryngo Mustard-seeds Fennel-seeds Rocket-seeds Pepper Cantharides Spirit of Ants c. The latter by temperat Fat and chylelike Ingredients as Milk the milky Seeds Emulsions Yelks of Eggs with Spanish Wine Oysters Chocolate Dates c. But neither of 'em ought to be us'd separatly but in conjunction with one another As Take of Milk three Ounces Sugar three or four Drams Pepper half a Dram mix for a Draught Take of the Oil of Fistic-nuts one Spoonful the Yelk of one Egg Ambergrise as much as will lie upon the point of a Knife with the triple quantity of Sugar Mix 'em before the Fire and exhibit for one Draught Take of the Water of Magnanimity three Ounces Cinnamom Water prepar'd with Wine Essence of Satyrium of each three Drams Tincture of Coral two Drams Essence of Amber a Dram. Make a Potion Dose a Spoonful now and then Electuaries are very usual in this Case As Take of Indian Chocolat an Ounce and a half Electuary of Satyrium half an Ounce Eryngo-roots candy'd Satyrium-roots candy'd of each six Drams Nutmegs candy'd two Drams candy'd Ginger two or three Drams Shavings of the Pizzle of a Stag kill'd in the act of Venery half an Ounce Cubebs Cardamoms of each a Dram Pouders of Diambra and Diamoschus dulcis of each four Scruples Rocket-seeds Fistic-seeds Nettle-seeds Ash-seeds of each a Dram Ambergrise and Mosch of each ten Grains With Syrup of Canel make an Electuary and when you are about to use it sprinkle it with Spirit of Ants. Dose the bigness of a Walnut Take of the Electuary Diasatyrium a Dram Mynsichtus's provoking Tablets a Scruple Ambergrise Mosch of each two Grains Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Mix for a Bolus Take of the Conserve of Eryngo-roots Conserve of Satyrium of each three Ounces candy'd Citron-peel candy'd Ginger of each half an Ounce Pine-nuts Sweet Almonds and Fistic-nuts of each three or four Drams Pulp of Dates and Nutmegs of each an Ounce Bull 's Pizzle five Drams Rocket-seeds Parsnep-seeds Mustard-seeds of each two Drams Cinnamom Galangal and white Pepper of each a Dram distill'd Oil of Cloves half a Dram With the Brodium of Ginger make an Electuary Some add the Pouder of Cantharides but they are improper for any purpose save that of promoting the Erection of the Yard The Stones of a Cock or the Spirit of a Cock's Blood The Blood or Brains or Pizzle of a Buck or a Bull kill'd in the act of Venery or the shaving of a Bull 's Horn taken at the same time the Tincture of Gold with Oil of Cinnamom the Troches of Vipers or Pullets fed with Vipers Borrace taken in a potch'd Egg c. are all approv'd Remedies for
provoking Venery External Inunctions are not Improper Let the Perinaeum Cod Stones Groyn and Nut of the Yard be anointed with the Apoplectic Balsam or distill'd Oil of Mace with Oil of Cloves Mosch and Civet or with the Spirit or Juice of Ants. But care must be taken that their smell do not reach the Nostrils As for the Causes of the Deficiency of the Seed relating to the Stones if they be hid within the Abdomen we must endevour to bring 'em down by jumping leaping c. by emollient Baths and anointing the place where they are lodg'd with Balsam of Sulphur The swelling of the Stones is occasion'd either 1. By Blood and is call'd an Inflammation Or 2. By Wind call'd Pneumatocele 3. By a Collection of Serum within their Membrans call'd Hydrocele 4. By a schirrous Tumor 5. By a superfluous Flesh call'd Sarcocele 6. By the dilatation of the Spermatic Vessels call'd Hernia Varicosa Of these in order ART I. Of the Inflammation of the Stones THE Stagnation of the Blood causes Inflammations of the Stones or Cod. That may be occasion'd by the suppression of a Gonorrhaea violent Ligatures Contusion Blows Compression by riding c. The Signs are a pricking shooting Pain notable heat and redness besetting the affected Testicle and neighbouring parts accompany'd by a slow Feaver The Pain is exasperated by touching and reaches almost to the Loins If it be not quickly discuss'd it tends to a Gangrene or Impostume especially the Inflammation of the Cod. The Cure consists in discussing the swelling and mitigating the Pain If that cannot be obtain'd it must be ripen'd and open'd For the former purpose Bleeding and the common Evacuations and such gentle Diaphoretics as promote the Circulation of the Blood are the proper internal Remedies Outwardly apply the following Cataplasm Take of the Meal of Beans three or four Ounces Pouder of Cuminseeds two Ounces With Vinegar make a Cataplasm If the Vinegar be too sharp add of Lytharge of Ceruse from one to three Ounces For Lead and its Productions dulcify the sharpness of Vinegar Apply this Cataplasm warm to the part for all sorts of Inflammations Take of Quick-lime-Water a Pound or a Pound and a half Spirit of Wine camphoris'd half an Ounce or an Ounce Ceruse or Sugar of Lead a Dram and a half Make an Epithema to be applied hot And if the pain be violent add of Opium dissolv'd in Vinegar one Scruple For venereal Inflammations let the Part be fomented with the Decoction of China-roots and Elder-flowers in Ale or Wine Rue Agrimony Vervain Chamomile the Herb Paris Elder-flowers c. are also proper Ingredients for Cataplasms or Decoctions If the Pain be violent add to them Leaves of Henbane thus Take of the Leaves of Wormwood Lady's Mantle and lesser Centory the Flowers of the Sloe-tree Chamomile and Mullein and Leaves of Henbane of each a handful Boil them in Wine with a little Water and apply the strain'd Liquor with a warm Cloth to the Part. The Mucilage of Fleawort-seeds extracted with Water of Frog's Spawn may be added to the foregoing Ingredients If the Tumour cannot be discuss'd emollient suppurating things are proper as the Plaister call'd Filii Zachariae soften'd with Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin If the Pain be overbearing let the Leaves of Henbane be rosted under the Ashes bruis'd and applied with Lard in the form of a Cataplasm When the swelling is ripe let it be open'd with a Lance by a skilful Surgeon ART II. Of a Pneumatocele or distention of the Stones by Wind. IT is ofttimes accompany'd by a Hydrocele or Collection of Water The Wind is either deriv'd from the Abdomen or owing to the acid vitious quality of the nutritious Liquor of the Membrans surrounding the Stones The Signs are a swelling and distending pain without any sense of weight If it likewise seize the Cod it moves too and again when press'd by the hand All internal carminative Medicines are proper Externally let Carminative and discussing Cataplasms be applied As Take of the Pouder of Chamomile and Melilot-flowers and Meal of Beans of each six Drams Goats Dung and Bay-berries of each half an Ounce With Wine and Oil of Dill make a Cataplasm Take of Cows Dung two pound Brimstone and Cumin-seed of each an Ounce With Hony or Oil of Dill make a Cataplasm This is more effectual than the former If it be accompany'd by a Hydrocele anoint the part with Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin or Juniper and afterwards apply Rulandus's Plaister Diasulphuris temper'd with Oil of Nutmegs by expression Or Take of Coriander-seeds half an Ounce Cumin-seeds Aniseeds of each two Drams Allum half a Dram Wine common Water of each a pound and foment with the Infusion ART III. Of a Hydrocele or Collection of Water within the Membrans of the Stones THE Cause is the Rupture of the Lymphatic Vessels in the Stones or whatever stops the reflux of the Lymph from thence The Signs are a sense of something floating in the Cod the alteration of the form and bigness of the Stone the lucid and unwrinkled appearance of the Cod before a Candle At first the Swelling is soft and yields to the touch but do's not retire into the Belly by lying down or compression afterwards by continuance it becomes harder but is capable of receiving Pits and the Membrans grow thick and stiff The Cure is perform'd inwardly by Antihydropic Medicines Externally let the Balsam of Sulphur prepar'd with Oil of Turpentin or Schroder's Plaister ad Horniam or the Ausburg Hydropic Plaister be applied Or Take of the Plaister of Bay-berries Goat's Dung of each an Ounce and a half Cumin-seeds Flowers of Sulphur of each two Drams Mix with the Oil of Rue and Chamomile and make a Plaister Take of the Flowers of Chamomile of the Herb Paris of each two handfuls Meal of Beans from half an Ounce to an Ounce Goat's Dung three Ounces Pouder of Cockle-shells two Ounces Boil them in four parts of chamomile-Chamomile-water and one part Vinegar to the Consistence of a Cataplasm Take of Goat's Dung one Pound Chamomile-flowers Elder-flowers of each two handfuls Cumin-seeds an Ounce Boil them in Child's Urine Foment with the strain'd Liquor and make a Cataplasm of the remainder Take of Cockles bruis'd together with the Shells four Ounces Bay-berries Brimstone of each two Ounces Goat's Dung three Ounces With Lees make a Cataplasm If a Hydrocele be inveterat all external Discussives are in vain and only Surgery can afford relief There are two ways by which it performs the Cure 1. By pricking or boring a hole in the Cod and outermost Coat of the Stone under which the Lymph is wont to be lodg'd 'T is a safe Operation in a simple Hydrocele but in hydropic Tumours for the most part it causes a Gangrene 2. By cutting away the affected Stone for ofttimes it relapses after a pricking or the neighbouring parts are in danger of a Gangreen in which
Spirit of Turpentin and Camphyr is extoll'd by Faber Some commend the solution of Coral with Juice of Citrons Emulsions of Hempseeds are of soveraign use in desperat Runnings but they enjoy a narcotic Virtue prejudicial to the Animal Spirits Take of Hempseeds half an Ounce Seeds of the Chast-tree two Drams With the Water of Yarrow make an Emulsion Add of prepar'd Amber and Bone of the Cuttle-fish of each a Dram. Sweeten and reserve it for use Take of the Seeds of the Chast-tree Melon-seeds of each two Drams Hemp-seeds white Poppy-seeds of each a Dram and a half With the Waters of Purslain and Water-Lillies make an Emulsion To which add the Bone of the Cuttle-fish prepar'd a Dram Crollius's Compound Pouder of Sperniola two or three Scruples prepar'd white Amber and Diaphoretic Antimony of each half a Dram mix and sweeten with pearled Sugar This is of noted efficacy especially if the Perinaeum and Loins are girded with heat Some commend the following Decoction Take of the Leaves of white Archangel four handfuls Leaves of white Yarrow two handfuls Seeds of the Chast-tree four or six Drams Boil them in Mint or Rue-water or in Wine and sweeten with Syrup of Water-Lillies Some recommend a Spoonful of the Juice of Ceterach to be taken now and then as a singular Remedy for stopping a Gonorrhaea as also two Drams of the following Pouder to be taken in Chalybeat Wine Take of the Leaves of Mint and Rue Seeds of the Chast-tree and Pouder of Galls of each equal quantities Beat 'em into Pouder for the use above-mention'd Spirit of Turpentin and Sugar of Lead is a delicat Remedy The Juice of Yarrow or of Mallows with sweet Milk is also approv'd Some apply outwardly the Juice of Lettuce with Camphyr to the Testicles As touching the second Indication viz. qualifying the sharpness of the seminal matter the Tincture of Coral with Spirit of Woods or of Sassafras is very useful The Astringent Crocus or Tincture of Steel Sulphur of Vitriol Sugar of Lead and white Amber prepar'd are all very proper Or Take of the Conserve of Red Roses Conserve of Mint of each an Ounce or an Ounce and a half prepar'd Bone of the Cuttle-fish which in this Case is a noted Specific two Drams Calcin'd Borace a Dram Nutmegs half a Dram Syrup of dry'd Roses as much as sufficeth to make an Electuary Of which the Patient may take a convenient quantity twice or thrice a day Crude Borace provokes Lust but when calcin'd it leaves a Styptic Caput Mortuum of contrary use Take of the Bone of a Cuttle-fish prepar'd a Dram prepar'd red Coral two or three Scruples Sugar of Lead half a Scruple Mix for six Doses Take of prepar'd Chrystal Bone of the Cuttle-fish prepar'd Amber of each two Scruples Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Crollius's Sperniola a Scruple Sugar of Lead fifteen Grains Make a Pouder for five or six Doses The Turpentine of Cyprus reduc'd to Pills with prepar'd Amber or Crocus of Steel or Rhubarb is very effectual Of late the Balsam Capivi is mightily esteem'd Sugar of Lead and the Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd with it is of noted efficacy Take of the Waters of Rue and Water-Lillies of each half an Ounce Juice of Lemons six Drams Bole-Armenic a Dram Cuttle-bone and Diaphoretic Antimony with Steel of each two Scruples Syrup of Citrons half an Ounce Mix and give a Spoonful now and then If the Yard be exulcerated by the sharpness of the matter take of Woman's or Cow'd Milk four Ounces prepar'd Tutty two Drams Aloe a Dram Sugar Candy half a Dram. Mix and inject half an Ounce or six Drams at a time As for the third Indication viz. corroborating the relaxated parts and correcting the watriness of the seminal Liquor Mint Wormwood Amber Mastic Astringent Tincture of Steel Tincture of Coral Pouder of Frankincense which if too frequently repeated causes a suppression of the Urine Sugar of Lead Extract of Tormentil-roots seal'd Earth and Bole Armenic us'd with Vinegar Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol c. are all proper Ingredients Take of the Extract of Tormentil-roots two Drams Crollius's Compound Pouder of Sperniola two Scruples Plantain-seeds Seeds of Chast Lamb Roots of Comfrey of each a Scruple Venice Turpentine boil'd Camphyr of each twelve Grains Make Pills I have cur'd a desperat Running with giving thirty or forty Drops of the Tincture of Sulphur of Vitriol in a warm Vehicle every Morning and half a Dram of the Troches de Carabe every Evening without any other Injunctions except that of lying on the sides and a spare Diet. If in the Declination of this Flux a thin watry Humor continue to run as it frequently happens take of Gum Arabic Tragacanth prepar'd white Amber prepar'd Mummy Bole Armenic of each a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum half a Scruple With a sufficient Quantity of the Tincture of Catechu make Pills for five Doses The natural Baths that partake of Allum are proper in an inveterat Case Outwardly the parts may be fomented with the Decoction of the Rindes and Flowers of Pomegranats Roses Comfrey-roots Plantain c. or let the Perinaeum be anointed with the following Mixture Take Oil of Myrtles three Drams distill'd Oil of Mastic a Dram distill'd Oil of Cloves express'd Oil of Nutmegs of each half a Dram. With Wax make a Liniment If the ferment of the Testicles be desicient Milk Rice Eggs and aromatic Ingredients are proper Ofttimes 't is needful to purge both in the beginning and progress of the Disease as thus Take of boil'd Cyprus Turpentin a Scruple Scammony prepar'd with Juice of Roses Rosin of Jalap of each five Grains Make Pills for one Dose I am now arriv'd at the spurious Flux of Seed which is call'd such when the matter voided is of a different nature from the Genital Juice being discolour'd sharp stinking attended sometimes by Pain and other Symptoms but not occasion'd by venereal Actions or partaking of any venereal Virulency It corresponds to the Whites in Women and is call'd by some Gonorrhoea Catarrhalis but there are few Authors that have taken any notice of it The part affected is the Prostratae whose Office 't is to separat a Lymph for a Vehicle to the Seed Now if they are relaxated or exulcerated they separat and void larger quantities as in the like case the Glandules of the Eyes or those in the Throat are wont to do The material Cause is the serous cachectic Disposition of the Blood The remote Causes are the Disorders of the Stomac and digestive Faculty or whatever equips the Blood with crude and watry Particles The formal efficient Cause is the Relaxation of the Prostratae occasion'd by excessive Venery manual Violence Riding a Fall c. Tho this Flux may serve to cleanse the Blood yet if it continue long it degenerates into a Consumption The Cure turns upon corroborating the Stomac correcting the Crudity of the Blood and cleansing and fortifying these Glandules The first of
Ounce of Cinnamom infuse them in Wine whereof take a good draught Morning and Evening before Meals Spaw-waters drunk are very profitable Together with these you must use the volatil bitter Aromatics especially such as are also specific Movers of the Terms as well internal as external such as Rosemary Calamint Chervil Lovage Fever-few Lesser Centory Horehound Savine Wall-flowers Flowers of Marygold and Lavender Seeds abounding with a volatil Salt or of a sharp Aromatic Taste as those of Rocket Cresses Fennel Anise c. Juniper and Bay-beries Roots of Angelica Fennel Sea-holly Briony Madder round-rooted Birthwort Gentian Elecampane c. Also Mugwort Baum Gentian Cinnamom Cassia Lignea Galangal Nutmegs Cardamoms Myrrh and its Essence Elixir Proprietatis compound Tincture of Tartar all Preparations of Myrrh Gums Coloquintida Castor Saffron Milt of an Ox Borace alcalin Salts rather volatil than fix'd Also Mynsicht's Arcanum Duplicatum c. Of which almost an infinity of Prescriptions may be made We shall single out only a few for example sake As Take four Ounces of Nutmegs and mix 'em well with twelve Ounces of fine Sugar and take the bigness of a Walnut Morning and Evening Or Take two Drams of Castor volatil Salt of Amber and Hartshorn of each a Dram infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Spirit of Wine diluted with Cinnamom-water in a warm place in a close Vessel till the Tincture is drawn of which give a Dram. Take Zwelfer's Tincture of Vitriol of Steel or its Solution with Spirit of Wine two Drams Essence of Castor and Saffron of each a Dram. Dose from forty to sixty Drops twice or thrice a day in some hot Liquor But withal let the Patient moderatly exercise her self Take Solution of Steel with Juice of Apples compound Essence of an Ox's Milt and that of Savine of each two Drams Or Take Essence of Castor two Drams Quintessence of Rosemary Spirit of Sal Armoniac with Amber of each one Dram. Or Take Borace a Dram Myrrh half a Dram Saffron fifteen Grains Make a Pouder for three Doses Or Take Mynsicht's Arcanum Duplicatum four Scruples Castor half a Dram Myrrh a Scruple Saffron half a Scruple Make a Pouder for four Doses For a Vehicle to such Pouders take a Spoonful of this Mixture Take mugwort-Mugwort-water two Ounces cinnamom-Cinnamom-water one Ounce Essence of an Ox's Milt three Drams Essence of Castor a Dram Syrup of Canel six Drams If the Suppression of the Terms be from the default of the Womb the obstructed Vessels are to be opened by volatil penetrating Medicines mix'd with Sudorifics Sometimes manual Operation is requir'd If by a sudden Cold or other such Cause the flowing Courses are stopp'd let Blood at the Saphaena and then let volatil oily Aromatics be given which with a soft breathing Sweat will restore the natural Motion of the Blood such are Spirit of Sal Armoniac and the volatil oily Salts Sperma Ceti may be given to a Dram with Castor in hot Ale also some fix'd Salt as that of Wormwood or Savine If a grievous Pain molest the Womb the Decoction of Chamomile with the other foremention'd Ingredients may be given inwardly and what remains after straining may be apply'd to the Groin in form of a Cataplasm But if from a sudden Fear Anger or such like the Flux is restrain'd first open a Vein in the Foot then give the Spirit of Sal Armoniac twice or thrice a day Or Take of the Decoction of Chamomile-flowers three Ounces to which add of simple Oxymel one or two Ounces To these internal Remedies externals may be added such as Fomentations Baths Tumigations c. They are us'd after opening a Vein in the Arm at what time the Courses are expected They are prepared of common emollient or proper Aromatic Ingredients such as Savine Feverfew Mugwort c. As Take Leaves of Mugwort Pennvroal Wild-time of each two handfuls Savine Flowers of Chamomile white Lillies of each a handful Roots of Marshmallows round-rooted Birthwort Madder of each two Ounces Roots of Angelica an Ounce Juniper and Bayberries of each six Drams Salt of Tartar six Ounces Mix them for a Bath Or Take Leaves of Savine half a handful Myrrh two Drams Wood of Aloes a Dram Troches Alhandal a Dram Make a gross Pouder to be thrown on burning Coals that the Smoak may be received by the Womb. The Antients also gave Pessaries among which that made of the Gall of a Bull mix'd with the Juice of Mercury wherein Coloquintida has been boil'd is not unprofitable Garlick also and its heads beaten with the Oil of Spike may be used to this purpose If the Evil is very stubborn we are sometimes forc'd to use Cantharides both inwardly and outwardly CHAP. II. Of the immoderat Flux of the Terms IF the Courses flow oftner or in greater quantities than they ought naturally to do 't is call'd an immoderat Flux of the Terms In those who labour of this Distemper we may observe three things 1. The strength of the Stomach is impaired with dejection of Appetite 2. They feel for the most part a stretching and tearing pain in the Back about the Loyns 3. Those who are scorbutic abounding with a volatil Acid are for the most part subject to it The Causes respect either the Womb or Blood Sometimes the former loses its due firmness or tone and dos not sufficiently strengthen and extend its Vessels sometimes the Orifices of these Vessels are over-dilated or broke open by force as by over-straining ones self in taking up great Weights hard Labour Sneezing Vomiting c. But most frequently the Cause is in the Blood either when it is too waterish or when its Serum dos too much abound with a saltish Acidity or Acrimony or finally when it is too much moved and heated by venereal Rage Exercise Joy Anger use of strong Liquors Aromatics or too hot a Season c. If the evacuated Blood is thin of a florid and brisk Colour or if when receiv'd on a Linen Cloth it discovers a pale Circle the Serosity of the Blood is the Cause but if the Patient perceives a gnawing biting itching Pain twitching as it were the Genitals with a desire of Evacuation then the Acrimony of the Serum offends But if the voided Blood easily clots is of the natural Colour being somewhat obscure and if withal the Cheeks are ruddy Veins swollen the Pulse great quick and frequent then the fault lies in the over-heating or fermentative irritation of the Blood This Evil is dangerous if of long continuance inferring Weakness Indigestion Cachexy swelling of the Feet Dropsy the Whites and if the Patient is in years it is for the most part incurable In the Cure we must indeavour three things 1. Either to diminish the Blood by Fasting Labour or Blood-letting or to alter it with Wormwood Rhubarb c. or allay its Fervour and Fermentation by Plantain Purslain and mild Acids 2. To check its Fluidity with things that thicken and allay its sharp Serosity with
half carminative-Carminative-water an Ounce Water of Pennyroyal half an Ounce Spcrima Ceti a Dram Crabs-eyes prepar'd a Scruple Diaphoretic Antimony half a Scruple volatil Salt of Amber eight Grains Syrup of Cinnamom six Drams Mix them If the Symptoms are grievous we must have recourse to Laudanum Opiatum but always remember to mix it with such Ingredients as provoke the Courses If the Courses are at hand or begin to flow a Vein may be open'd in the foot if they are not look'd for till after some days Blood may be taken from the Arm. Externally such things as are prescrib'd in the convulsive Cholic and hysteric Passion may be us'd Also this Fomentation Take of Bay-leaves Wormwood of each two handfuls Pennyroyal a handful Flowers of Roman Chamomil and Flder of each half a handful Roots of Angelica and Lovage of each two Ounces Bay-berries an Ounce Juniper-berries half an Ounce the four greater cold Seeds of each two Drams cut bruise and boil them with a sufficient quantity of Wine in a close stopp'd Vessel ART II. Of the lesser quantity of the monthly Flux SOmetimes the viscous toughness of the Blood proceeding from a default in Chylification is such that the Terms flow too sparingly upon which insues a Palpitation of the Heart difficulty of Breathing and a beating Pain about the Loins In curing this we must strive to provoke the Courses by all such specific Remedies as were order'd for the cure of their Suppression such as half a Dram of Venetian Borace with some drops of Essence of Saffron given in Pennyroyal or cinamon-Cinamon-water also the Decoction of Savine its Extract and Oil Myrrh Castor volatil Salt of Amber and such like Blood may be drawn forth from the Foot Cupping-glasses with Scarification may be applied to the Legs or Thighs Fomentations of emollient Ingredients mix'd with such as provoke the Terms may be used if need be ART III. Of the Flux of the Terms by drops IF there 's an Acrimony in the Blood with toughness and thickness or if the Passages and Vessels be narrow there follows a dropping Flux of the Terms which is either continual or lasts every Period much longer than it ought ending sometimes in an exulceration of the Womb. If the Blood is gross and thick 't is a stubborn Evil. This is cured in like manner as the immoderat Flux Steel and Chalybeat Medicines are the top Medicines for compassing the Cure also loosning and alterative Bags with hysteric Ingredients may be used with good success If the Vagina is excoriated vulnerary Injections will be convenient ART IV. Of several other defaults of the Courses SOmetimes the Courses have not their due Colour but are either watry-colour'd whitish livid yellowish black or ting'd with divers ugly Colours all which proceed from the ill Disposition of the Blood and Chyle to cure which after a Vomit let Chalybeat Remedies Aloe Myrrh and Saffron or compound Tincture of Tartar be given If the smell of the Menstrual Blood offend by reason of the Putrefaction begun in the Womb-Vessels occasion'd by its sluggish Motion there We must endeavour to restore its usual swiftness Myrrh Saffron Elixir Proprietatis compound Tincture of Tartar Essence of Myrrh Amber and its Essence Balsam of Sulphur with Turpentine Preparations of Aloe with Mercurius dulcis do notably answer this Design If the Courses come sooner or later than ordinary or observe no certain period the default is in the Crasis of the Blood perverted and the Genitals notably infeebled This Distemper is ever a Forerunner of a Cachexy and ends either in a total suppression or a Dropsy Steel and Coral and the noble Medicines prepar'd from them accomplish the Cure But we must continue for some time in the use of them joining such things as either promote or retard the Flux as occasion shall require Of Steel we have its Crocus's and Essences artificial Spaws artificial Vitriol of Mars Poterius's Pills c. From Coral we have its Sublimation with Sal Armoniac and its Precipitat and Tincture To all which we may aâ—d sometimes stimulating Aromatics as Cinnamom Myrrh Saffron c. sometimes retarding Opiats and sometimes Purifyers of the Blood such as Fumitory Germander Monks Rhubarb lesser Centory black Hellebor and such like If the hypogastric Vessels terminating in the outer Neck of the Womb be naturally mishapen or misplac'd or deprav'd by any supervening Obstruction and accordingly deny egress to the fermenting boiling Blood it forces its Passage through other parts of the Body such as the Eyes Mouth Nose Breast Navel c. and that either with or without order of time In curing this Dilsorder regard being had to the sound or cachectic Disposition of Body we must endeavour not to suppress the Flux but bring it to the natural place Internals are of little use in the Paroxysm but out of it volatil Aromatics may be us'd to open the obstructed Vessels When the Flux is at hand the Saphaena may be opened also Cupping-glassies may be apply'd to the Groin to the Calfs of the Legs and insides of the Thighs sometimes with and sometimes without Scarification in order to turn the force of the Blood to the lower Parts bathing of the Feet is also useful To open the Vessels of the Womb external Fomentations may be apply'd to it Fumigations of Coloquintida Pessaries with Hellebor Aloe and such like may be us'd sharp Clysters are likewise not to be omitted Or the Decoction of Pennyroyal Camomil Savine with Coloquintida may be injected into the Womb. And thus much shall suffice for the Disorders of the Terms CHAP. II. Of the white Flux in Women THIS Disease being ally'd to the former shall have place in this Chapter The external Neck or Vagina of the Womb is a glandulous Membran whose confus'd Glandules every where open into its Cavity especially two glandulous Prominences encompassing the Urinary Passage which in time of Coition emit a whitish Liquor somewhat thick and glutinous If the matter of this genital Liquor is too copious spirituous or sharp or if the foresaid Orifices are somewhat loose and flaccid there ensues a Flux of that seminal Liquor that disappears and returns by intervals This Flux is sometimes inoffensive to the Patient as being but little and seldom but if it continue long it must be cured by diminishing or tempering the seminal Liquor or by straitning the over-loose parts Two or three Ounces of the Juice of Citrons or Lemmons may be taken every Morning for a long time to moderat the heat and acrimony of the matter also Turpentine taken in an Egg or with the Yelk of an Egg mix'd with Willow-flower-water but especially the Decoction and Extract of the Flowers of the white flower'd dead Nettle or the Infusion of Clary in Ale Externally we use astringent Baths and Fomentations But if through default of the Blood and Chyle the Liquor separated and collected by these Glandules becomes too sharp and either simply Salt or tinctur'd with acidity and
if withal the Texture of this glandulous Membran is by frequent runnings rendred loose and flaccid in this Case I say there follows a continual and much more copious Flux of a serous Liquor of various Colours as yellow black or green and sometimes of a noisom smell This Flux is accompany'd with Cachexies loss of Appetite swelling of the Feet Belchings Weakness dulness of the venereal Appetite c. and ofttimes occasions Barrenness If it is of long continuance the Cure is hard especially in old Women if the matter is sharp it causes Itchings Burning Exulcerations of the Genitals Gangreens and at length Death In curing this Distemper we must first retrieve the Chylification of the Stomach by vomiting and stomachical Medicines 2. Correct the cachectic Crudity of the Blood partly by Steel and partly by volatil Salts and Aromatics 3. In particular we must resist the Disease with Specifics And 4. Repair the injury done to the solid parts with astringent and nervous Remedies Two Scruples of the Pouder of Asarum-root given after the use of Digestives is the choicest Vomit Purgatives are of no use but Sudorifics as Guaiacum Sassafras Juniper-wood c. and Diuretics as Turpentin c. may fitly supply their room Take Turpentin wash'd in Rose-water half an Ounce Pouders of red Coral and Bole Armenic of each half a Dram. Mix and take it twice a week fasting 't is an excellent Diuretic Rosemary is of noted efficacy to which some add leaves of Mint and Baum also the Roots of Galangal Cyperus Avens Marjoram Clove Gilly-flowers and their distill'd Oils also vulnerary Herbs as Ladies Mantle Agrimony c. Of Steel Medicines the chief are Liquor Martis Solaris Tincture of Steel with Tartar its Solution in Juice of Quinces c. Internal Specifics for this Flux are such as allay the saltish Acid dry up watry Humours and leave some astriction behind such are Misletoe of the Oak in Substance and Decoction the Decoction of the Pine-nut with the Wood of this Misletoe is an admirable Remedy drop Fern Tormentil Solomon's Seal Angelica and the like Garden and wild Clary us'd any way for internal or external Use dead Nettle with the white Flower its Water Conserve or Decoction Walnut-shells white flower'd Millfoil Fern-root Melilot with the white Flower Plantane Horse-tail white Daisy Woods of Mastic Guaiacum and Sassafras Chalybeat Milk mix'd with Bole Armenic shells of hatch'd Eggs either crude or calcin'd given to half a Dram the Bone of the Cuttle-fish Jaw-bone of a Pike River-Crabs Capons head powder'd burnt Cork given to a Dram Amber and its Preparations prepar'd Crystal Pumice-stone crude or calcin'd Diaphoretic Antimony feathered Allum Osteocolla the Pizzle of a Hart or Whale Of these Ingredients various Receipts may be prescrib'd As Take Ostoocolla prepar'd half an Ounce prepar'd Crystal and Jaw of a Pike of each a Dram with the Conserve of Rosemary-flowers make an Electuary to be taken twice or thrice a day Take Walnut-shells two Drams Aniseed a Dram. Mix and make a Pouder for four or five Doses Among external Remedies the Ointment of Clary is famous viz. Take Clary and beat it up with Butter let it stand sometime to putrify then boil and strain it with this anoint from the Navel to the Groin using it also by way of a Pessary Natural Baths are useful as also artificial ones made with Quick-lime Allum Sage Clary Mugwort Feverfew c. or Injections of the Ashes of Walnut-kernels with Wine Some use Fumigations with Mastic Frankincense Nutmeg Amber c. Or convey the Smoak of Sage by a Pipe Issues in the Thighs Legs and Shoulders are of use to divert the Humours SECT II. Of the Disorders of Women relating to the venereal Appetite CHAP. I. Of the loss of Virginity IN the outer Neck of the Womb behind the Urinary Passage there is a transverse Membrane plac'd which if the Lips of the Privity be drawn aside resembles a Crescent with a hole in the upper side but when the Lips fall together it has the appearance of three small fleshy Prominences like Myrtle-berries In the Integrity of this Membrane together with the straitness of the Vagina does Virgin-Innocence consist and Virginity is said to be lost when by the admission of the human Yard the former is violently broken or loosened and distended and the latter widened tho yet in the mean while it may be violated by other means Tho Virginity once lost can never be properly restor'd yet an artificial one aping the true may be obtain'd by straitning the Genitals and retrieving their natural Tone which is effected by Baths and Fomentations prepar'd of Astringents such as the Root of the greater Comfrey Plantane Ladies Mantle Rob of Acacia c. to which Allum must still be added As Take of Oak and Plantane-leaves of each a handful Root of the greater Comfrey three Ounces Galls an Ounce Allum half an Ounce boil them in water This Decoction may be injected by a Syringe or apply'd externally with a Spunge Moreover if we frequently foment the great soft and flagging Breasts of Women that have conceiv'd with the distill'd water of green Pine and wash them with the same at night letting them dry of themselves they will become little round and hard Ladies Mantle Feaverfew and Clary are also of use for this purpose That which provokes Virgins to forfeit their Title to the Angelical Character is Lust which they begin to entertain about the age of fourteen when the menstrual Flux commences CHAP. II. Of the Depravation of the venereal Appetite THE venereal Appetite or Lust is nothing else but a tender sense and tickling of the extended Clitoris caus'd by the influence of seminal matter abounding in the two glandâ—ous Prominences and other Glandules of the Vagina This according to nature ought to be moderat however it is sometimes deficient and sometimes it exceeds The languishing of the venereal Appetite is frequently occasion'd by the paucity of Genital Liquor and its want of Spirits proceeding sometimes from another Disease as the Scurvy Whites c. But if this Appetite is altogether wanting I am of opinion it is a default in the Structure or Conformation of the parts and admits of no cure As to the former it is an Evil of little danger save that it is ordinarily accompanied with barrenness The want of Genital Liquor may be supplied by the use of juicy Food and volatil Aromatics such as Musk Civet and Amber But if it is only the effect of other Causes 't is cur'd by their removal Externally foment with the Infusion of Ants together with their Nest and anoint the Groin and Privities with the Oil of Ants or with Aromatic Oils or Apoplectic Balsam mix'd with Civet and Musk. If the seminal humor contain'd in the glandulous Substance of the Vagina either by too long retention or otherwise become sharp saltish or somewhat acid it excites sometimes in the places through which it passes such an itching as disturbs Sleep
Oil of Savin or a Pouder made of equal Parts of Borace Myrrh Castor and volatil Salt of Amber given to half a Dram in cinnamom-Cinnamom-water twice or thrice a Day for some time the Pouder also and Spirit of an After-birth is much commended Externally also we must use Clysters for irritating the Vagina and internal Orifice of the Womb and moving them to convulsive Motions such are the Decoctions of Pennyroal Fever-few Savine and Pulp of Coloquintida ty'd in a Bag. Pessaries and Fumigations from the same Ingredients are also proper but withal let the Patient use some violent Exercise such as leaping jumping c. to promote the Operation of the Remedies If all these Prescriptions prove successless we must have recourse to a skilful Surgeon who with a Speculum Vterinum must dilate the Vagina and internal Orifice of the Womb and by his Hand or Instruments draw out the whole Mola And if after the Extraction excessive Bleedings and Pains of the Womb insue exhibit the following Electuary Take Conserve of Roses an Ounce Conserve of Quinces without the Species half an Ounce Troches of Amber seal'd Earth and Spodium of each half a Dram Sorrel-seed and burnt Hartshorn prepar'd of each a Scruple With Syrup of Quinces and that of Mint make an Electuary SECT VI. Of the Conduct of Big-belly'd Women WHILE Women are with Child they ought to be very cautious of the use of the six Non-natural things for fear of incurring the dangers that the suppression of their Terms exposes 'em to and provoking the Child to an untimely Egress In their Diet let Custom be their Rule since things unwonted tho of themselves proper are offensive and eâ—contra Summer-fruits violent Aromatics and strong Smells whether sweet or foetid are pernicious Much Wine and acid Liquors are apt to cause Abortion Violent Motion is also dangerous especially during the first Months tho in the latter Months if it be moderate 't is not inconvenient Venery long Watchings Fear Anger and such-like Passions ought to be avoided Costiveness ought to be remov'd by the Pulp of Tamarinds or Oil of sweet Almonds Cream and Salt of Tartar or Rhubarb mix'd with Carminative-seeds Sometimes potch'd Eggs and Sugar are sufficient Proper Purgatives or strong Clysters are very dangerous Sometimes it will not be amiss to strengthen the Child by a moderat Draught of sweet Wine after eating by exhibiting Cinnamom-water impregnated with Borrage and Quinces or the Juice Syrup and Marmalade of Quinces mix'd with Cloves Mace and Nutmegs or at Bedtime to apply to the Belly a Bag quilted with Mint Baum Ginger Cloves Galangal c. sprinkl'd with the Oil of Citrons or that of Orange Peel If a Big-belly'd young and plethoric Woman be seiz'd with an acute Disease Blooding is not improper but 't is better to blood frequently than draw forth much at one time If her Stomach be disorder'd mild Vomits are allowable during the first four Months but Purgatives at least such as in violence surpass the Laxatives above-mention'd are always suspected Narcotics in general threaten the Relaxation of the Fibres of the Womb But in some Cases when the Animal Spirits are much irritated and such other Circumstances seem to demand it we may venture to allow a moderat Dose of Opium All the peculiar Symptoms of Big-belly'd Women are occasion'd by the Influence of the seminal Liquor the Suppression of the Terms and the Sympathy of the Stomac with the distended Womb. The first is Vomiting which in the first Months ought not to be stop'd for it facilitats Delivery In the last months it is dangerous and ought to be curb'd betimes Toward the middle of their Reckoning Blood-letting removes it unless they be Cacochymical in which Cases the absorbent Pouders and stomachical Ingredients are requir'd But Steel is hurtful Externally stomachical Plaisters are likewise useful To this Symptom we may add a Pica loathing of Meat griping of the Guts which we accounted for in the first Book A Looseness in the first Months is dangerous Towards the latter end it is of less consequence unless it exceed bounds upon which account we ought to be very cautious in stopping it If it be accompany'd by a prostration of Strength or signs of Malignity and threaten Miscarriage let astringent Acids and Venice Triacle or Diascordium dissolv'd in acid Vehicles be exhibited and proper Plaisters applied externally but all Purgation is pernicious The Pains of the Loins Hip-bones and Pubes caus'd by the various distention of the Ligaments of the Womb and the annex'd Membrans according as the Child is seated forwards or backwards are remov'd by anointing with the Oil of Earthworms mix'd with distill'd Oil of Juniper or applying the Spirit of Earthworms mix'd with Aqua Articularis The Toothach in Women with Child yields to the common Cure A Palpitation of the Heart happening to a lusty Woman about the middle of her Reckoning is cur'd by Blood-letting or else by the ordinary Method If a Cough molest a Woman with Child we must vary the Cure according to its nature as in the first Book Child-bearing Women are frequently subject to bleedings If the Blood flow from the Vagina of the Womb it runs gradually at set times without Pain and ought not to be stop'd If it proceed from within the Womb it runs continually causing Pains in the Loins and if the Woman or Child be not weak may be gently moderated by Blooding and the common Specifics But if the Child move weakly and the Woman's Appetite and Strength be dejected 't is necessary to promote Miscarriage by external Assistance If the Blood break forth only at other parts of the Body it argues a scorbutic Disposition of the Blood which is cured by Chalybeats A suppression of Urine is caus'd by the low Situation of the Child and its bearing down upon the Bladder and is cur'd by emollient Ingredients us'd both inwardly and outwardly and by heaving up the Belly upon occasion of making water Proper Diuretics are scarce safe A Strangury is cur'd by Laxatives such as the Syrup of Peach-flowers and Emulsions and Decoctions of Marshmallows with Raisins or of Jujubes and Peach-stones The Cramps that Child-bearing Women are subject to are cur'd after the ordinary Method especially by external Inunction and Fomentation The Pain and Chops that molest the skin of the Belly as being caus'd by its distention are remov'd by applying emollient Oils and Mucilages If the Waters break forth from the Womb especially from within the Amnios before the time of Delivery 't is a dangerous Case and their loss ought to be repair'd by anointing the Passage with emollient Oils and Ointments But if the Flux of Water proceed only from the outer Neck of the Womb and is not follow'd by the true Pains of Child-birth 't is of no great consequence Sometimes Cacochymical Big-belly'd Women are troubled with swellings of the Feet which disappear upon Child-birth as being remov'd by the Flux of the Loches If these Swellings be
Mix c. Take of the Crocus of Steel prepar'd by Precipitation two or three Drams Calaminar Stone or seal'd Earth a Dram Lac Lunae a Dram and a half Mace Myrrh Olibanum and Aloes of each a Dram Camphyr half a Dram. Make a Pouder to be sprinkled with the Spirit of Triacle camphoris'd and applied to obstinat Ulcers A cleansing Ointment may be prepar'd of the Juices of Tobacco Wormwood Betony Hony of Roses Aloes Myrrh Flowers of Sulphur and Turpentin If the Ulcers are rotten or the part much corrupted the Ointment Aegyptiacum or Verdigrise with distill'd Vinegar will be proper When the Wound is cleans'd we apply healing Remedies which retrieve the natural balmy Juice of the part cement the Wound and by a gentle astringent Force strengthen the Fibres and prevent the unseasonable Growth of luxuriant Flesh Such are the Balsam of Sulphur express'd Oil of Filberts Balsam of Pern c. mix'd with the dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol for benign and arsenic or precipitat Mercury for Malignant Ulcers But ofttimes oily Ingredients are improper and therefore we shift 'em for Hony and the Juices of vulnerary Plants and in rebellious Cases add Quick-silver from which the Spirit of Nitre is drawn off If the Ulcer be cover'd with luxuriant Flesh touch it with Crocus Metallorum or the Crystal of Silver dissolv'd in Aqua fortis If the Ulcer become suddenly dry apply an Ointment of Turpentin Hony Juice of Smallage and Flower of Beans or Fenugrec In general the following Plaister is of singular use for consolidating Ulcers Take of Mastic an Ounce Turpentin three Ounces yellow Wax four Ounces Mix and make a Plaister according to Art Or Take a convenient quantity of Quick-lime wash'd twice or thrice and dry'd Mix it with the Oil of Linseed and Bole Armenic for a Plaister In the mean while 't will be requisite to administer vulnerary Decoctions and Essences inwardly especially those of River-Crabs Dog's Dung Ground Ivy and Tops of St. John's-wort To which we add the Decoctions of Sudorific-woods the Tinctures of Antimony the Spirit and volatil Salt of Vipers Myrrh Saffron Chalybeat Diaphoretic Antimony and Coral or Crabs-eyes exhibited with Vinegar and interlac'd with Purgatives of Turbith Mineral or Sweet Mercury with the Extract of Black Hellebor In desperat Cases we must have recourse to a Salivation Having dispatch'd the general Cure of Ulcers we shall now descend to a few Particulars as 1. The Ulcers that are attended by a Caries or Rottenness of the Bones which must be particularly accounted for before the Ulcer can be cur'd When a Caries begins the Bone appears fat oily and yellowish and when it is perfectly rotten becomes black uneven and full of little Holes If the Bone be not expos'd to one's view either by the naked Eye or thro a Microscope its roughness and little Pits are discover'd by a Probe If a Caries approach to the Joints or be surrounded by many nervous parts 't is not easily cur'd However the Method of Cure is first to dilate the Ulcer with Tents of the Roots of Gentian or the Heart of Elder then to apply the rectify'd Spirit of Wine and the Pouder of Euphorbium mix'd with the Root of Florentin Orris Birthwort Aloes or Myrrh The distill'd Oil of Guajacum and that of Cloves are also very proper but all Oils by Expression or Infusion are pernicious Injections of warm Plantain-water in which Sweet Mercury is dissolv'd are of excellent use for cleansing the Bone and fetching off its Scales But if they prove ineffectual we must either scrape the Bone with a Knife till it appear white and solid with the Marks of little Blood-Vessels or apply an Actual Caustic the adjacent parts being carefully defended from its Injury After scraping or burning we apply the Spirit of Wine or distill'd Oil of Cloves 2. Fistulas or winding Ulcers with Callous Sides The Figure and number of their Turnings must be carefully trac'd by a small Candle of Wax and Turpentin If the bottom of the Fistula be a Bone it discovers it self to the Probe and if it be painless signifies that the Periostium is broke If it end in a nervous part the exquisit Pain will lead us to the knowledg of it if in a Blood-Vessel the obscure Colour of the matter will give us to know so much Glandulous places are most liable to 'em and unless the hardness can be remov'd they prove incurable Now in order to remove it and to cleanse the Ulcer we first dilate the Orifice which in Callous Ulcers is always narrow with a Tent of Gentian-roots sprinkl'd with burnt Allum then we inject Lime-water with Spirit of Wine or the Juice of River-Crabs with the Juice of Tobacco and Sweet Mercury or a Mixture of the Hony of Roses Spirit of Wine and Precipitat Mercury In inveterat Cases we apply the green Waters or the following Mixture Take of the Ointment Aegyptiacum half an Ounce Sublimat Mercury a Dram Lye four Ounces rose-Rose-water an Ounce Plantain-water four Ounces Arsenic a Scruple Boil them till the third part be consum'd and apply the Remainder with Tents If the Pain be so violent that these Remedies cannot be applied we must lay open the Fistulas and consume the Callus as above For a Fistula in the Corner of the Eye call'd Fistula Lachrymalis the following Mixture is of noted efficacy Take of prepar'd Tutty a Dram fine Pouder of Lead and Crude Antimony of each half a Dram Ceruss and Litharge of each a Scruple With the Cerecloth Diachalcitidos mix c. 3. Sordid or rotten Ulcers In the former the matter is slimy thick livid or black in the latter it stinks horridly Sometimes Ulcers become fordid thro the indiscreet Application of far Oils and viscous Ointments in which Case Cataplasms of the Dung of Animals with Wine are very successful In general for all fordid Ulcers we prescribe strong Cleansers such as the Juice of Tobacco or Savin Spirit of Wine the Ointment Aegyptiacum Quick lime-water with Sweet Mercury or a Precipitat upon which Spirit of Wine has been frequently distill'd 4. The inveterate Ulcers in the Legs call'd Phagedema which generally are somewhat corrosive and apt to inlarge their Dimensions Let 'em be wash'd with distill'd Water of rotten Apples mix'd with the Extract of Birthwort-roots or with rectify'd Spirit of Wine Sweet Mercury and Sugar of Lead or the Decoction of Tobacco in which Allum is dissolv'd or the Solution of Precipitat Mercury or of the Dross of the Regulus of Antimony in Plantain-water or the Solution of Gunpouder in Wine After washing apply the Ointment Diapompholigos and Sugar of Lead or Precipitat Mercury with Tents And anoint the Circumference or Edges of the Ulcer with the rectify'd stinking Oil of Man's Dung. 5. Cancrous Ulcers Their Causes and Symptoms are accounted for in the Chapter of Tumors As for their Cure let the Dung of a Cat fed with River-Crabs or the Pouder of a Toad and a Lizard calcin'd together in a
new close Vessel or mix'd with black Pepper Salt dry Soot and Orpine be sprinkl'd upon the Ulcer after 't is wash'd with Plantane-water If these prove successless apply the Oil of Man's Dung and for the last Refuge Arsenic fix'd with Nitre and mix'd with Scot and Rulandus's Balsam of Sulphur in the form of an Ointment or the Oil per deliquium of the Arsenic thus fix'd it being dulcify'd with Spirit of Wine If the Cancer still continue after these Applications 't will be needful to cut it off and then burn out its Roots with a hot Iron for if the least Particle of the Ferment be left 't will revive again Alliot Physician to the Duke of Lorrain publish'd a Schedule at Paris some years ago in which he pretended to cure an ulcerated Cancer without cutting or burning and that by a certain Alcalin Salt that is so fix'd that it won't dissolve or melt as the other Alcalin Caustics which by so doing exasperate the Cancer This Salt he says makes an Eschara and converts the sharp matter into a laudable Pus 6. Ulcers caus'd by Burning In order to adjust their Method of Cure we ought to distinguish three degrees in Burning 1. When the outer Cuticle alone is hurt and lifted up in little watry Bladders This is the ordinary effect of hot Water burning Straw c. 2. When the inner Skin is also contracted and wrinkl'd This is the effect of hot Oil Wax Pitch c. 3. When the Flesh it self is burnt and the Skin cast into a Crust as by melted Metals c. The Cure consists in subduing the volatil Sulphureous Acid of the Fire which melts down the nutritious Juice of the Part and causes the fiery Bladders For this end we apply for the first degree Quick-lime-water prepar'd with the Decoction of Rapes and mix'd with the Oil of Linseed to the Consistence of a thin Ointment or a Liniment of Quick-lime frequently wash'd and purg'd of its sharp Salt Tutty Whites of Eggs with Vinegar and Oil of Roses or the Juice of Onyons or Garlic mix'd with Salt Castle-Soap and Oil of Roses The Mucilage of bruis'd River-Crabs extracted with the Water of Frog's Spawn or an Ointment of River-Crabs bruis'd and mix'd in a Leaden Mortar with fresh Butter the Solution of Litharge in Vinegar mix'd with the Oil of Rapes Camphyr Mucilage of Quince-seeds and the Whites of Eggs a Liniment of common Oil mix'd with the Whites of Eggs or the Syrup of Elder mix'd with Spirit of Wine are all approv'd in the same case In the second degree we lay open the Bladder without any delay and then apply the above-mention'd Medicines or a Liniment express'd from fresh Hen's Dung fry'd with fresh Butter and Sage and Plantain-leaves or a Mixture of the Pulp of Apples boil'd in the Water of Frog's Spawn with Sugar Camphyr and Saffron In the third degree we lay open the Pushes with all possible speed and apply emollient Liniments for separating the Crust such as Butter mix'd with the Decoction of Mallows or the Mucilage of Quinces extracted with the Water of Frog's Spawn and mix'd with Butter the Oil of Eggs and that of white Lillies If the Crust do not come easily off it must be cut with a Launce for fear the imprison'd matter should create a deep Ulcer After the Crust is remov'd we apply Digestives and Cleansers as in other Cases CHAP. IV. Of Dislocations THE Bones design'd for Motion are receiv'd into Cavities call'd Sinus's and fasten'd to 'em by Ligaments Tendons or Muscles And when the Head of any Bone is justled out of its proper Sinus 't is call'd a Dislocation The Causes are generally external tho sometimes a vicious Acid thickening the nutritious Juice that waters these Cavities may straiten their Capacities and so deny Admission to the Bone as in the Sciatica and Gout and sometimes a sharp saltish Catarrh such as Scorbutical Persons are obnoxious to by relaxating the nervous Ligaments may indirectly promote a Dislocation When a Bone is put out of joint its Figure Situation Length and inability to move will discover it Some Dislocations are call'd perfect when the Bone is quite out of its place others imperfect when it sticks upon the side of its Cavity The former is more difficult to cure than the latter The Dislocation of the Thigh Bone as it dos not easily happen by reason of the extraordinary Strength of its Ligament so 't is hard to cure the Muscles being very thick and the part in a manner inaccessible But that of the small Bones about the Ankle is much more dangerous they being surrounded with many Tendons which when they 're misplac'd are apt to create grievous Pain Inflammations Convulsions c. When a Bone is set let the contracted Muscles be extended to their due Length and the whole Member be conveniently ty'd fast with broad or narrow Swathes as its nature requires remembring still not to tie it too hard nor to apply Astringents as most Surgeons are wont to do lest the Stagnation of the Blood or Serum should occasion Inflammations or Tumors If the part be much inflam'd we must not pretend to extend it or to set the Bone till the Inflammation be abated by the following Decoction Take of the Tops of St. John's-wort a handful and a half of the Herbs Betony Chamomil and Rosemary of each a handful Comfrey-roots three Ounces Roots of round-rooted Birth-wort six Drams the four large hot Seeds of each an Ounce and a half Boil them in Water and add to a Pound and a half of the strain'd Liquor six Ounces of Wine in which Sage has been infus'd Mix and foment the part and after 't is ty'd up wet the Swathes with a Spunge dip'd into it If the Pain be excessive we may add Poppy-Heads to the Decoction In the mean while give internally volatil Alcalies and fix'd Diaphoretics for preventing the Stagnation of the Blood If a white Swelling invade the part either before or after the Bone is set anoint it with the distill'd Oil of Tartar or of Man's Bones rectify'd with burnt Hartshorn However in all Cases let express'd Oils and Astringent Cataplasms be avoided the former shut the Pores and relaxat the Fibres and the latter cause Inflammations and Tumours The common Plea for Astringents is that they strengthen the Fibres Whereas the Fibres are much more benefited by fomenting 'em with Aromatic and nervous Decoctions and applying Cephalic Plaisters of Amber Elemi Balsam of Peru c. If the Dislocation be caus'd by the internal Coagulation of the nutritious Juice of the Joint 't is incurable unless Mercury give relief If it be only threaten'd we endeavour to prevent it by giving inwardly the volatil Preparations of Tartar especially its Spirit prepar'd from Tartar fermented with its own Alcaly to which we may add Sal Armoniac and the Spirit and volatil Salt of Man's Bones Externally we apply the Spirit of Earth-worms mix'd with Spirit of Sal Armoniac and in
with the latter If ye dissolve Quicksilver in Spirit of Nitre the Acid of the Spirit fixes the Mercurial Alcali so that it remains at the bottom when ye draw off the Spirit But if ye throw common salt into it the Mercury precipitates which by separation and sublimation yields a Powerful Corrosive But after all 't is certain that liquid Mercury cannot be Coagulated but by Acids For Alcali's and Urinous salts restore it to its Natural freedom Cinnabar is a mixture of Mercury with an Acid Sulphur that fixes it Now if ye add salt of Tartar Urine or the like it disengages the Mercury and brings it to life again The Common Mercury of the Shops is not this Genuin Alcali that I 've thus describ'd but Adulterated with Sulphur It being liquid is apt to mix with an Acid so that we never find it pure This Acid Sulphur is the hidden cause of Salivation it attenuates and dissolves the viscid stubborn humors and evacuates them by the Salivary Glandules While the Mercurial Alcali absorbs the most fix'd Acids in the Body that wou'd not yield to any other Medicine Crude Mercury is a mild enough Medicine at least its sharpness is so insensible that it seldom procures either Stool or Salivation at first I prescrib'd Crude Mercury to a Woman subject to the Iliac Passions that had been constipated for a long time I order'd her three Ounces to be drunk with her other liquors and continu'd the use of it â—ill she had four and twenty Ounces in her Body It produc'd no sensible effect till the fourth Day that she began to spit and the viscid humors that the Mercury had attenuated were Copiously voided by stool Thus Crude Mercury is inoffensive with regard to the solid parts It does not irritate either the Stomach or Guts to contract themselves and cast out what they contain But only attenuates the viscid humors that block up the Passages and prepares 'em for a spontaneous Evacuation To return to Mercurial Vomits Mercury being of it self uncapable to provoke the Stomach must be mix'd with an Acid in order to become Emetic The more it partakes of the Acid the more fiercely it operates If the Acid Spirit in which 't is dissolv'd be drawn off with a gentle fire and but once 't is a dangerous Medicine and scarce fit to be us'd But if the Acid be sufficiently taken off either by a greater force of fire or reiterated Destillations it becomes milder The mixture of the Acid and the Mercurial Alcali make a Vitriol-like Concrete which provokes Vomiting and moves the Belly for all Cathartic Medicines taste like Vitriol The best Emeric of all the Mercurial Family is Turbith Mineral There are two ways of preparing it The first was invented by Crollius and 't is this Take half a Pound of Mercury and Infuse it in a Pound of Rectify'd Spirit of Sulphur Draw off the Spirit with a strong fire and repeat the Destillation thrice The fourth time add a little fresh Spirit and continue to draw it off till the bottom of the Retort and the Sand become Red hot Then take out the white Mass or Caput Mortuum and infuse it in Rain Water or some Distill'd Water Let it stand and digest till it sweeten that is till all the sharpness of the Water be gone Thus the white precipitat becomes yellow Put this yellow precipitat into a Glass with a long Neck and let it stand for digestion over a fire of Ashes for eight Days that so the resiâ—ue of the Mercury if any there be that is not fix'd by the Acid may be sublimated in the Head of the Glass Then take the Powder that lies at the bottom and kindle fresh Spirit of Wine thrice upon it Here the Spirit of Sulphur is prefer'd to that of Vitriol which generally retains some of its Mineral Particles and by Vertue of their motions if it stand any considerable space of time grows muddy and hot Spirit of Salt and Nitre are two extremes from which that of Sulphur seems to be equally remov'd Therefore Crollius prefer'd it to all other Acids He chose Distill'd Waters for sweetening the Precipitate because Common Water is already Loaden with Salt and therefore unfit to charge it self with Foreign Salts This Turbith Mineral ought not to be given in Powder lest it offend the Gums and Palate Bolus's and Pills are Convenient forms Take of Crollius's Turbith Mineral five Grains Venice Triacle as much as sufficeth to make a Bolus Or Take the same quantity of Turbith Mineral and with Juice of Spanish Liquorice reduce it to the consistence of Pills The other preparation of Turbith Mineral was first Communicated to the World by Mynsichtius 'T is as follows Take Corrosive Sublimat Mercury and dissolve it in Common Water then precipitate with the Oyl of Tartar per deliquium Take this precipitat and sweeten it often with a Distill'd Water or not Common Water and kindle Spirit of Wine upon it several times The Dose is from five Grains to six It is a very Powerful Medicine in all inveterat Distempers arising from an Acid. It absorbs the Acid Particles attenuates and evacuates the viscid humors Salt of Vitriol is a Nauseous Medicine and hurtful to the Stomac It s Emetic Vertue seems to proceed from the oar of Copper of which it partakes The Spirit of Sulphur and Chalybeat Minerals which are its other Ingredients are known to be no Vomits Vomiting ought to be avoided by those who are Subject to a Rupture by Child-bearing Women and such as are troubl'd with a down-falling of the Womb. CHAP. II. Of Purging Medicines THE Humors evacuated by stool are Convey'd to the Guts by the Passage of the Choler or that of the Pancreatic Juice or through the miliar Glandules inserted into the Coats of the Guts The Mesaraic Veins cannot cast forth any serum by reason that all secretion must needs be perform'd by Glandules Our Purging Medicines are all prejudicial to the Stomac except Aloe and Rhubarb They are endow'd with a certain Virulency that offends our Constitutions and do equally assault both the Noxious and Nourishing Juices If they do not meet with Corrupt Humors they make a prey of the good ones Accordingly we see that they weaken the Body disorder the Spirits and sometimes produce very dismal effects Which obliges us to add Correcters to qualify and cicurate their Malignant Qualities The Animal Family produces no Purgatives The Vegetable Boasts of a great many which are all endow'd with a sharp Volatil Salt mix'd with a viscid Oyl Fix'd Salts are the most proper Correcters of Vegetable Purgatives by reason that they open the resinous Textures and remove the offending viscidity Sometimes Fermentation produces the same effect The Mineral Purging Medicines consist of a sharp Vitriolic Sulphur which is admirably Corrected by adding Nitre They all compass their end by twitching and vellicating the Coats of the Guts or the Orifices of the Choleric and Pancreatic Passages or by
vomiting in the beginning or height is good If it follow Wounds or Bruises of the Head 't is frequently mortal The Periodical Vomitings of Hypochondriac Scorbutic and Splenetic Persons are of a good Character If the Matter vomited be a mixture of Choler and Pituita 't is a Friendly Symptom but either of them apart is more noxious The vomiting of Worms Excrements of the Belly Clysters c. is much suspected Before we launch into the method of Cure 't will not be improper to take Notice of the following Cautions 1. That Critical Vomits or those which happen in the beginning of Benign Diseases or those of Women with Child in their first Months ought not to be stopp'd unless they exceed measure 2. That in Scorbutic Cases absorbent mitigating Ingredients are more proper than hot sharp Aromatics 3. That a Vomiting of Blood ought to be curb'd betimes for fear of exhausting the Spirits 4. In case of Worms it ought to be incourag'd and the Body kept soluble 5. That in all Vomitings 't is convenient to keep the belly open by gentle Purges and Clysters But withal the quantity of the Liquor for Clysters must be small lest the Colon being distended it should press or irritate the incumbent bottom of the Stomac 6. By all means let Sleep be promoted 7. All Vomitings occasion'd by assumption of Poyson ought to be encourag'd and continu'd till the Poyson be rooted out For which end fat and tempering Liquors are very Proper for that all Vegetable and Mineral Poysons are endu'd with an excessive Acrimony As touching Animal Poysons indeed the case is alter'd 8. That Inappetency Loathing and such like Infirmities of the Stomac ought to be obviated betimes by Vomits lest delay remove the opportunity The General Indications of Cure are these The Remote Causes must be remov'd the exquisite sense of the Stomac and fierceness of the Spirits abated by Opiats the Stomac gratify'd with agreeable Aromatics and fortify'd by Astringents The first Indication must be satisfied according to the variety of the Causes Gentle Vomits and Purges are convenient if vicious Humors in the Stomach or Poyson are blam'd as the Cause For the second Indication Laudanum Opiatum is an incomparable and universal Remedy Mithridat Venice Treacle and especially Diascordium are entitled to the same Character As for Example Take of Treacle half a Dram Laudanum Opiatum a Grain distill'd Oyl of Mace two Drops with Juice of Quinces make a Bolus The third Indication is answer'd by sweet-scented Aromatic Stomachic Remedies Such as are Quinces Mint Wormwood Baum Zedoary Orange Peel Mastic Camphir Cloves Nutmegs and especially Cinamom their Waters Spirits Essences Extracts and distill'd Oyls The Astringent Ingredients are Quercetanus's Syrup of Coral Syrup of dry Roses Juice of Pomgranats Vinegar with Zedoary infus'd Elixir of Vitriol and especially the Spirit of Vitriol of Steel and Juice of Quinces Seal'd Earth beat into a Pultise with Spirit of Vitriol or of Nitre hardens into a Stone which if powder'd and put into a moist place melts into a Styptic Liquor of admirable use for all Astringent Indications Take of Mint-Water two or three Ounces Cinnamom-Water six Drams Juice of Quinces an Ounce rectify'd Spirit of Vitriol five or six Drops Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom three Drops mix Take a spoonful now and then adding sometimes one two or three Grains of Laudanum Opiatum or if the Person be very weak a Scruple of the Essence of Ambergrise or in a case of Extremity four or five Grains of Allum Venice Treacle mixt with Vinegar or form'd into a Bolus with Spirit of Vitriol is much approv'd In malignant Feavers Salt of Wormwood with Juice of Limons when the Stomach is stuff'd with thick Humors Spirit of Salt or of Nitre with Treacle and when the Stomach is inflam'd or corroded the Muciâ—age of Fleawort and Quince-seeds with solutive Syrup of Roses are very convenient Externally Let Aromatic and Corroborating Ingredients be boyl'd in Vinegar and the warm Decoction applied with a Spunge to the Stomach or let toasted bread soak'd in Vinegar and cover'd with Aromatic Pouders be applied to the Region of the Stomach Spirit of Wine Camphoris'd is very effectual in Fomentations A Bag may be quilted with Mint Nutmegs Cloves Mace and Cinnamom sprinkl'd with Triacl'd Spirit of Wine and Distill'd Oyl of Mint and applied Some commend the application of a bag of Saffron Liniments are compos'd of Venice Treacle Balsam of Peru or Oyls of Mastic Wormwood Quinces c. Or Take of Express'd Oyl of Nutmegs two Drams Distill'd Oyls of Mint Cloves and Mace of each half a Scruple Distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom five Drops make a Liniment and anoint the Stomach and Breast Plaisters may be made of Tacamahac and Gum Caran with Aromatic Oyls after the Example of Crato's Cataplasms are likewise proper as Take of the sharpest Yest four Ounces Pouder of Mint an Ounce of Zedoary six Drams Nutmegs three in number Mace Cloves and Cinnamom of each two Drams Aniseeds Cuminseeds and Fennelseeds of each three Drams With a little vinegar of Roses make a Cataplasm to be applied to the Stomach When the Irritating Cause is transfer'd from other parts to the Stomach Purging Bleeding and such like Diversions are very proper As Women with Child are sometimes cur'd of vomiting by Blood-letting When we are oblig'd to stop an Artificial vomiting 't is convenient to exhibit Milk boyled with Bread or Bread soak'd in Generous Wine Inject Clysters of Milk with Treacle administer Opiats and apply outwardly as above If the Assumption of an harsh Purge dispose one to vomit there 's nothing better than to chew fresh Citron Peel or smell to toasted Bread dipp'd in vinegar and cover it with Pouder of Cloves CHAP. II. Of a Vomiting of Blood THis Symptom may be caus'd by the suppression of the Piles or Terms in Maids or Women with Child Opening of a Vein or Artery as that of the Vas breve thro the Obstruction of the Spleen which emptys its Blood into the Stomac or any of the Pancreatic Veins occasion'd by the sharpness of its Juice which Veins deposit their Blood into the Duodenum and then it is voided both upwards and downwards Sometimes the healing up of a sordid Ulcer may occasion it by reason partly that the Blood was formerly evacuated in the form of corrupt Matter and partly that the Ferment of the Ulcer may have corroded the Vessels in the Lungs It succeeds frequently to Amputations the Blood being then crouded into Fewer Channels The Signs are these Arterious Blood is fluid and reddish If the vomited matter be of an obscure colour and clotted resembling the Liver it comes from the Veins If it incline to a black colour be voided with a biting pain and tended by an austere taste 't is not Blood but an acid corrupt humor or Atra Bilis If it proceed from the rupture of the Vas breve 't is usher'd in by a beating pain in the left side of the
one beyond its natural Capacity while the other retains its wonted bulk apt to be swallowed up by the larger This entrance of one Gut into another may be promoted by Persons unquietness and tossing in the extremity of their Pain Convulsive Contractions of the Guts Coalition of their Sides Corrosion of their Valves and Inflammations caus'd by over-acid Juices and attended by Feavers which if a Gangrene insue become malignant The signs of an approaching Iliac Passion are extreme Gostiveness retraction of the Anus a loathing vomiting and intolerable Pains in the small Guts and if a Hiccough insue it threatens Death If the Anus be much drawn back so that a Clyster-pipe cannot enter it is a sign that the gross Intestines are affected If otherwise the small Guts are only touch'd If the greatest Pain be seated in the Epigastrium the Ilium is most oppress'd A shooting burning Pain in one particular part of the Belly a Lipyria Feaver Thirst and ardor of the Stomac are signs of an Inflammation If the Pain be over and follow'd by cold Sweats difficult Respiration Swoonings and sometimes Convulsions 't is a sign of a Gangrene In fine the common Symptoms of an Iliac Passion are hardness of the Belly suppression of Urine loathing vomiting first of the Contents of the Stomac and next the Excrements a stinking habit of Body frequent Swoonings insufferable griping Pains in the Guts a prodigious anxiety and sometimes vomiting of Clysters Inflammations or Gangrenes are Mortal If the upper Gut descend into the lower 't is a fatal Symptom If the lower ascend into the higher 't is curable If the Disease proceed from a Rupture or harden'd Excrements 't is not desperat If Sleep succeed to the taking of Opiats 't is a hopeful Circumstance The Hiccough Deasness Convulsions or Doatings are bad Consequences If the Eâ—â—rements be vomited and if the Sweat Breath Belchings and Wind voided downwards stink much 't is a dangerous case The Cure consists in removing the Irritation and retrieving the natural peristaltic Motion of the Guts In general the following Rules will direct us 1. If the Excrements be harden'd they must be soften'd with Clysters betimes else we labor in Vain 2. All Purgatives are improper till such time as the Guts and Stomac are appeas'd and restor'd to their natural Motion 3. Tho' the Symptoms disappear we ought not to think our selves secure till large quantities of humors be voided downwards eitheir by a natural or artificial force 4. The weakness and dejection of the Parts which is caus'd by the stink attending this Disease ought be always accounted for by exhibiting Confection Alkermes Spirit of Triacle camphoris'd Cinnamom Water Ambergrise c. 5. In case of a Gangrene Opiats are very noxious as likewise in that of Obstructions till such time as the Belly be well open'd When the Disease proceeds from a violent Irritation and is attended by a furious everlasting Vomiting Opiats may be mix'd with Stomachical Medicines while the Person is yet strong 6. Whatever is us'd whether outwardly or inwardly must be warm as well in the time of Recovery as that of the fit Now as to particular Cases If the small Guts only be inverted emollient Clysters quicken'd if need be with Coloquintida Sal Gem or Antimonial Infusions or those of the Carminative Seeds boyl'd in Childs Urine and Water or of the Decoction of Sheeps Guts and Caul or in case of an Inflammation those of Nitre and Barly-water are proper But if the motion of the gross Intestines be likewise inverted all such Clysters promote the Irritation Wherefore we are obliged in such cases to endeavour the Cure by temperat softening laxative lubrical Potions as the Decoction of emollient Herbs in Broth mix'd with the Oyl of sweet Almonds or the Oyl of sweet Almonds new drawn given to the quantity of three Ounces in Broth with Sperma Gaeti Or Take of the Decoction of Raisins with Tamarinds half a Pound Oyl of sweet Almonds two or three Ounces Syrup of Apples an ounce and a half The Decoction of Rapes or that of Chammomil Flowers with fresh Butter or the juice of rotten Apples is of good use Some apply the Pulp of Apples with Saffron to the Belly In a word the same Method is to be follow'd in curing this Disease as we recommended in the last Article When all other Medicines are ineffectual we have recourse to leaden Bullers and Quicksilver But in case of an Inflammation Rupture Gangrene or descent of the upper Gut into the lower the former are very noxious and even in other Cases they are frequently either insufficient or hurtful Wherefore Quicksilver claims the Preference Before we use it the Body ought to be prepar'd with lubrical things such as Oyl of sweet Almonds or Sperma Caeti Then exhibit three four and sometimes eight ounces of purify'd Quicksilver together with Oyl of sweet Almonds and Mint-water If it do not succeed at first let it be frequently repeated And in the mean while inject emollient Clysters foment the Belly with softening â—â—coctions or set the Person into a Bath If the Mercury after frequent using do not pass make the Clysters sharper anoint the Belly with Ointment of Soubread and Oyl of Coloquintida and apply the Plaister of Hemloc with Gum Ammoniac to soften the Excrements If the Mercury disturb the Mouth Throat and Gums Gargle 'em with Hony of Roses and Syrup of Violets After the Body 's open'd 't is likewise proper to exhibit the lunar Bezoar and diaphoretic Antimony for carrying off the remains of the Mercury Besides the above mention'd Emollient and temperating Potions some commend salt of Wormwood with Juice of Limons or the Spirit of Turpentin or when the Guts are free of Inflammations Venice Triacle dissolv'd in Wine for removing the Irritations or the following Recipe's Take of Mint-water two ounces Cinnamom and Zedoary Waters of each half an ounce Salt of Wormwood half a dram Laudanum Opiatum two or three Grains Syrup of Buckthorn six drams Make a Potion Take of Fennel Mint and carminative Waters of each an ounce Spirit of Salarmoniac anisated a dram and a half Essence of Opium a dram Syrup of Mint six drams mix and exhibit in the beginning of the Disease Take of prepar'd Amber Diaphoretic Antimony Cinnabar of Antimony of each half a Scruple Laudanum Opiatum two grains Camphyr one grain make a Powder Mineral Bezoar and volatil Salt of Hartshorn are likewise proper Ingredients If the Disease be caus'd by an Inflammation let blood both in the Arm and Leg let the Person abstain from eating let Clysters of Nitre Milk and mucilage of Fleawort-seeds be injected and exhibit a Potion of Mint-water Spirit of Venice Treacle camphoriz'd Salt of Wormwood and Syrup of Buckthorn Externally anoint with the Oyntment of Marshmallows six drams Oyl of Chamomil half an ounce distill'd Oyls of Juniper and of Turpentin of each a dram and a half mix'd After anointing lay a hot Brick upon the Belly Sometimes a
those from an internal Cause from others externally occasion'd 2. Notwithstanding the Clamors of some Authors Narcotics are very proper especially in the beginning but they ought to be mixt with convenient Specifics and given in very large Doses for Persons under this Disease can bear Opium wonderfully 3. In malignant Dysenteries laxative Medicines are very nocive but in benign ones they 're approv'd in the beginning if the Constitution of the Patient be Cacochymical or if the Dysentery proceed from Summer Fruits Rhubarb and Whey are fittest for this purpose but Narcotics ought to be mix'd with 'em and likewise exhibited by themselves both the preceding and following Nights 4. Vomits are very dangerous yet if the Chyle be corrupted and the Stomac much oppress'd if the Person vomit easily and have sufficient Strength to undergo the Tryal they may be ventur'd on But withal in a malignant Dysentery they are absolutely noxious unless an over-violent Purge or Poyson have occasion'd it 5. Sudorifics are always proper in Epidemical Dysenteries and ought never to be omitted They are much preferable to Purgatives or any other Medicines whatsoever 6. Astringents are very offensive at first After the use of gentle abstergent Laxatives in benign and that of Alexipharmacal Sudorifics in malignant Dysenteries they may be given in the declension of the Disease but not before 7. Blood-letting is to no purpose in most cases Nay even in the case of a suppression of the Terms it ought to be cautiously attempted if the Dysentery be malignant 8. All Clysters whatsoever tho never so softening irritat the Guts in some measure and promote a Tenesmus upon which account they ought to be very cautiously and sparingly us'd They are most proper in the declination of the Disease when the great Intestines are affected or stuff'd with sharp Humors and when the Dysentery is benign 9. A peculiar regard must be always had to the Stomac whose good or bad Condition alone stamps a hopeful or desperat Character on a Dysentery Warm Wine moderatly us'd is proper for this purpose 10. The Feet and external parts ought to be kept warm for the least Cold or the drinking of any cold Liquor revives and exasperats the Disease 11. There 's nothing so conducive as Rest and Quiet They ought not to stir from their Beds nor move when they are in ' em 12. Venery is oft-times a Sovereign Cure for a Dysentery From what is premis'd we may infer the Indications for Cure viz. To put a stop to the Irritation of the Intestins and repair the loss they 've sustain'd to purify the Blood and separat the preternatural ferment As for the particular Medicines answering these ends we shall first run over the Specifics peculiar to this Disease In which Class the Pizzle of a Whale leads the Van next is a Staggs Pizzle They are never pounded but only shav'd As Take of the shavings of a Stags Pizzle two drams Hysteric Laudanum nine Grains make a Powder for two Doses Take of the Decoction of a Whale's Pizzle a Pound and a half cinnamom-Cinnamom-water an ounce Syrup of Coral two or three ounces Make a Julep of which let the Patient take a Draught over Night They may be mix'd either in Powder or Decoction with other specific and common Ingredients of which more anon The next Specific is Hartshorn Its Decoction with Burnet is commended by Riverius for ordinary drinking It s Gelly may be mix'd with the Gelly of Stags Pizzle and dissolv'd in any Liquor Or thus Take of the Decoction of the shavings of a Stag's Pizzle a Pound Gelly of Hartshorn six drams Cinnamom-water six drams Syrup of Comfrey an ounce Make a Julep Next in order are the shavings of the Scull of a Man that dies a violent death given to a dram the Moss of the Scull given to a scruple the Powder of a Sea-horse Tooth or Unicorn's Horn given to a dram Oak Berries Misselto of the Oak The Powder prepar'd from Elder-berries call'd Tragaea Granorum Actes baken up anew with Hairs-blood and Stag's Pizzle and fresh Juice of the Berries the blood of a Hare kill'd by Dogs given in Powder to a dram or by way of Infusion a Clour soak'd in it being infus'd in Ale or ordinary Drink the Blood of a Lamb Kill'd after frighting us'd after the same method the dry'd Livers of Serpents and Vipers given to a Scruple Crystal the Livers of Green Frogs an Apple excavated and fill'd with Wax and Gum Arabic and so Roasted or rather a Quince with the same Ingredients Roasted the Dung of a Dog fed with Bones given to a Dram in Steeled Goats Milk the Pouder of Horse-hoof given to a Dram Satyrium Roots by way of Infusion the Decoction or Pouder of Cork Wallnut-Catkins given to a Dram in Pouder Tormentil Rob of Sorbe Apples Mineral Unicorn Dulcify'd Earth of Vitriol taken from the Vitriol of Steel Sulphur and its Flowers Ashwood given to a Dram in warm Wine and Allum of which Four or Five Grains are given with Cinnamom very successfully Thus far the most Noted Specifics The Common Ingredients which we usually joyn to them are the Astringent Styptic absorbent and fat Oily Medicines recommended against Vomiting Loosenesses and the Cholera Goats Milk in the beginning of the Disease is a good Abstergent and towards the end Cows Milk Consolidats and Heals Chalybeat Milk with Comfrey and Tormentil Roots or the shavings of Stag's Pizzle or Rice or Yelks of Eggs and Juice of Ivy boyl'd in it is of excellent use The Essence and Syrup of Comfrey the Extract of Venice Treacle or that of Tormentil given with Laudanum Opiatum at Night in Pills The Spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd The Tincture of Coral Prepar'd with Spirit of Sassafras The Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol The Styptic Liquor Prepar'd from Seal'd Earth and Spirit of Nitre call'd Liquor Aureus The Tincture of Blood-stone Myrrh and its Essence Amber and its Troches Sugar of Lead a Noted Specific The Tincture Extracted from the Earth of Gold Mines by Spirit of Salt These I say are all Common Ingredients A few Receipts shall serve for Examples In a Benign Dysentery if it be Convenient either in the Beginning or Declension to Purge of which we must be very cautious Let Laudanum Opiatum be exhibited over Night then in the Morning take of Diascordium a Dram Rhubarb two Scruples Laudanum Opiatum two Grains With Syrup of Quinces make a Bolus to be Reiterated Or Take of Plantan Water an Ounce Powder of Rhubarb a Dram Laudanum Opiatum a Grain With Syrup of Quinces make a Potion In a Malignant Dysentery let Laxatives be omitted and prescribe thus Take of Hartshorn Prepar'd without fire a Scruple Diaphoretic Antimony half a Scruple Volatil Salt of Vipers five Grains Laudanum Opiatum one Grain Mix. Take of Mint Water an Ounce Spirit of Venice Treacle Camphoris'd two Drams Diaphoretic Antimony a Scruple Human Bones calcin'd half a Scruple Extract of Venice Treacle five Grains
a scruple Seal'd Earth twelve Grains the Distill'd Oyl of Orange Peel the Distill'd Oyls of Anis Caraways Fennel and Zedoary of each a drop Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Castor half a scruple Volatil Salt of Amber five Grains Laudanum Opiatum a Grain or two Make a Powder for Convulsive Colics Or Take of the Tincture of Tartar half an ounce Essence of Gum Ammoniac three drams Essence of Myrrh Tartaris'd a dram and a half Mix c. Dose fifty drops Elixyr Proprietatis Essence of Castor or that of Opium may be added by turns Pills of the Extract of Castor and that of Venice Treacle mix'd with some convenient Oyl are very proper The Decoction Essence Powder and Oyl of Orange Peel especially in a strangury and all Preparations from Clary are of Sovereign use in all Colics The flowers of sulphur are of unknown Vertue if mix'd with Myrrh or Distill'd Oyls Spirit of Nitre well rectify'd with Spirit of Wine distill'd from aromatic Ingredients is an incomparable thing in all hot Colics 'T is given with the Decoction of Elecampane Roots for a Vehicle The Oyl or Spirit of Turpentin digested with Juniper Berries and Flowers of St. Johns wort which by the way are possess'd of a rich Oyl is given against the Colics caus'd by humors in the Guts to a scruple with wonderful success The Carminative Spirit made of Nitre Tartar and Spirit of Urine given to half a dram in some warm Vehicle is likewise much applauded The Powder of Horse's Stones given to a dram in Lilly Convally Water with a little Saffron the shavings of a Bull 's Pizzle given to a scruple in Spanish Wine the Powder of Soot mix'd with Vinegar or its Spirit are all approv'd Remedies Sugar of Lead is excellent where acidity prevails As the juice of Horse Dung or that of other Beasts mix'd with warm Ale is inferior to no Medicine in that Case After taking any of these Medicines the Patient ought to be very quiet and make account to sweat If a Colic tend to a Palsy of the Guts let sharp Clysters be injected and Volatil Salts exhibited such as that of Urine Spirit of Hartshorn or of Sal-armoniac and especially the Volatil Spirit of Tartar or which is yet more Volatil the Spirit Distill'd from the Dregs of Wine In a scorbutic Colic let Volatil Salts and Antiscorbutic Ingredients be added In a Colic caus'd by any External error Laxatives mix'd With Absorbents are proper If cold or Drinking occasion it give Pepper and Spirit of Wine As for External Applications against Colicâ— Let the Belly and Navel be well fomented with Liâ—â—â—ents of express'd Oyls mix'd with those that are Distillâ—â— and afterwards cover it with a hot Brick The fot of a Wild Cat and Zivet is much approv'd for this use As also Galbanum melted and mix'd with the Distill'd Oyls of Spike and Amber Plaisters made of Tacamahac Balsam of Peru or that of Bay berries with that of Tobacco Cataplasms of Horse Dung with Oyl of Rue And Quilted Bags of Milletseeds or of Anodyn and Aromatic Ingredients are likewise applied to the belly with good success Take of the Oyls of Bays of Dill and of Chamomil of each half an ounce Galbanum a dram Distill'd Oyl of Amber half a dram Distill'd Oyls of Caraways Cummin and Fennel of each half a scruple Make a Liniment The Oyl of Orange Peel the Distill'd Oyl of Angelica and the Oyl of Castor or Powders of Castor are also proper Ingredients The Oyl of Soap and white Rock Oyl are of excellent use Externally in all Convulsive Colics Take of the tops of Henbane and Elder Flowers of each two handfuls Chamomil flowers three or four handfuls fresh Juniper berries two ounces Make a Quilted Bag to be infus'd in hot Wine or boyl'd in Goats Milk and applied to the Belly and frequently reiterated especially in Scorbutic Colics Take of the Leaves of Bays and Rue of each three handfuls Tops of Dill and lesser Centory flowers of Roman Chamomil Elder flowers of each half a handful Angelica and Lovage Roots of each two ounces Bay berries an ounce Juniper berries half an ounce the four greater hot seeds of each two drams Boyl them in Wine for a Bag. Some choose to apply Bags of Oats Juniper berries and Coriander seeds Others apply a little Puppy to the Belly So much for the cure of a Colic fit After the fit is over let Diuretic and Garminative Medicines be us'd The solution of Steel with the juice of Apples the Spirit of Sal-armoniac and to robust Constitutions the Solar Liquor of Steel are then very useful SECT XII Of the Vicious Postures of the Guts CHAP. I. Of Ruptures THE Caul and Guts are wrap'd into the Peritonaeum If this Membran be relaxated or broke they fall out upon the Infirm Part either separately or both together The Guts which are liable to this Eruption are the Jejunum and Ileum The great Guts are secure from that danger as being more firmly fastned This Relaxation of the Peritonaeum happens for the most part in one of its two Processes the one surrounding the Umbilical the other the Spermatic Vessels The Bursting at the Navel is sometimes caus'd by hard Labour in Child-birth Vomiting Jumping crying aloud carrying of heavy Burthens Coughing Sneezing violent Purgations or whatever divides or stretches the Membran of the Peritonaeum are the General Causes of all Ruptures Children whose Membrans are tender and most expos'd to Violence are very obnoxious to this Disease Sometimes the Infirmity is Hereditary or produc'd by Internal Causes but withal very rarely If the Process of the Peritonaeum surrounding the Spermatic Vessels be dilated either the Caul or the Guts or both fall down either upon the Groyn or into the Cod. If the Membran be quite broke they stop about the Muscles of the Groyn But if it be only dilated they trace its Progress to the Cod. Sometimes but very rarely this bursting falls out upon the sides of the belly or upon the Loyns or thro a Breach in the Womb. And Surgeons ought to be very cautious that they be not impos'd upon by it under the appearance of an Ulcer in those unwonted Places The Stones sometimes are drawn into the Groyn and Resemble a Rupture and are oft times taken either for that or an Imposthume A Rupture therefore is a soft Tumor sometimes decreasing sometimes increasing If it be Recent it disappears when the Patient lies on his Back and returns when he stands upright For the most part 't is Painless and easy to put up unless the Gut be inflam'd or molested with Wind or harden'd Excrements And besides it increases if the Patient cough By these Signs it is distinguish'd from Bubo's or the Testicle sticking in the Passage If the Gut be irritated either externally by Cold Bruises c. Or Internally by Wind hard Excrements c. Iliac or Colic Pains insue and are very fatal as likewise Inflammations or Gangrenes or Suppuration of
Scars following the Corrosion of a Dysentery or Looseness or interrupted by its own viscidity or slime squeez'd into its Vessels from the Guts and afterwards congeal'd of which we have a plain Instance in the Case of drinking cold Liquors after a violent hot Exercise for as much as the heat melts the slime and the motion drives it into the Vessels and the sudden arrival of cold Liquor cuts off its retreat by causing its Coagulation so that it either stagnats or proceeds with the Chyle to the Blood and depraves its Crasis This viscidity or crudity of the Chyle or of the Humor its Companion is the true cause of all Chronical Distempers falsly imputed by the Ancients to Obstructions or contrary Qualities of the Bowels That there are Obstructions I do not deny Some in the Blood Vessels causing Inflammations Others in the Lymphatic or perhaps those of the Chyle causing the rupture of the Vessels and effusion of the Lymph upon the Cavities of the Body And others again in the Bowels appearing in the form of Imposthumes and Schirrus's But these are rather the effect than cause of Chronical Diseases That stagnation of the Liquors in their respective Vessels is occasion'd by their viscidity The viscidity is caus'd by acid Crudities attending the Chyle and debauching the Blood and Lymph Moreover the proneness of Imposthumes to suppurate and that of Schirrus's to become Ganeers are solid proofs of their being caus'd by a viscous acid And as to the Antipathy of the Bowels 't is inconsistent with the Laws of Circulation The Blood and Spirits are equally the cause of heat all over the Body if all the parts be equally 〈◊〉 pos'd for their Reception 'T is true indeed a particâ—â—â—â— Bowel or external part may be occasionally weakâ—â—â— and suffer a Relaxation of its Fibres or by vertue of acid pointed Particles darted into its Bosom like that of a Thorn into the Finger may be disturb'â— with Heat and Inflammation while the others retain their cooler Temperature But it plainly appears that these effects are not owing to any Radical Antipathy in the Qualities of the Bowels but the occasional unequal Distribution of the viscous acid Particles It remains therefore to be concluded upon that the acid Crudity of the Chyle impress'd upon it in the first Passages is the natural and obvious cause of Chronical Distempers and that Obstructions may be effected by the long duration of these Distempers but cannot claim the priviledge of being their Causes This Hypothesis will be set in a clearer light by surveying the Symptoms and the Method of Curing these Chronical Distempers The former are acid Belchings Wind loss of Appetit Gripings and noise in the Guts incident heat and Inflammation Looseness c. the natural Progeny of an acid Crudity And as touching the latter the whole Circle of Specifics is generally made to center in an aperient Vertue Now the Preparations of Steel and Lead do justly lead the Van of this numberless Catalogue And how these astringent Medicines should be intitled to an opening Vertue all the Posse of Writers is at a loss to explain Whereas 't is an obvious Solution that these metallin Particles suck up and incounter the acid Crudity and transform it into a vitriolic Concrete which is afterwards evacuated under the form of black Excrements So that it opens or unlocks the Passages only indirectly by subduing the hostil Intruder Antiscorbutic volatil salin Medicines and Gums are likewise us'd Now they attinuat the viscous Humor precipitat the rank acid fortifie the Stomac the original source of the Evil and whet the Bile And here by the way 't will not be improper to take notice that the Essences commonly prepar'd from volatil Antiscorbutic Herbs as the Essence of Scurvygrass c. fall short of the original vertue of their Herbs as containing only the volatil Salt strip'd of the fix'd Salt which withal is very useful Upon which account I prefer the Quintessences made of the Oyl and both the Spirits one prepar'd by Fermentation and the other by Putrefaction These two being mix'd with the distill'd Oyl by long Digestion and frequent Cohobation And besides all Antiscorbutic Spirits prepared by Fermentation ought to be frequently cohobated in order to extract the fixed Alcalin Salt Tartar also is a great Specific in these Cases But its Cream is too acid Let it be mix'd with half the quantity of Salt of Tartar dissolv'd in warm water after Fermentation filtrated and set to evaporat Thus its Acidity is conquer'd It s volatil Spirit or rather that drawn from the Dregs of Wine or the Carminative Spirit prepar'd from Nitre Tartar and Spirit of Wine and all volatil Preparations of Tartar are of wonderful efficacy in clearing the first Passages correcting the Digestive Ferment and conquering the acid of Wine that we in these Countries are so obnoxious to In the Animal Province Man's Urine given to drink and all urinous Spirits and Salts especially the Spirit of Salarmoniac prepar'd with Quick-lime are noted antiacids in all Chronical Distempers The Spirit of Ants and that of Earth-worms are famous Anti-scorbutics Of the Mineral Family Steel is the Head It ought not to be much impregnated with an acid otherwise it will not dissolve in the Body The best way of giving it is either in crude Powder or by way of extract taken from its Infusion in the Juice of Apples Quinces or of Tamarinds or a Tincture taken from the same with Spirit of Scurvygrass The Tincture of Steel prepar'd with Spirit of Bread is likewise a proper form It s Crocus is best prepar'd by sprinkling it with Juice of Cichory and exposing it to the Sun Next to Steel is Lead especially its Sugar and the Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd from it and vitriol of Steel with Spirit of Wine From these Premises we infer that the Cause of all Chronical Distempers is a viscous acid Crudity either bred in the Stomac or caus'd by the vicious Effervescencies of the Gall and the Juice of the Pancreas in the Guts Upon which Account all Stomachical attenuating anti-acid Medicines are the true Antidote of these Diseases And whoever attempts to cure 'em without a special regard to the Stomac and first Passages shoots short of his Mark The forms of Recipe's shall be inserted in the particular Description of the respective Diseases SECT XIV Of Diseases relating to the Lungs and Organs of Respiration THUS far we have consider'd the Chyle in its separat State It remains now to survey its state of Complication with the Blood The mix'd Mass of Blood and Chyle is carried from the Axillary Vein to the descending Trunc of the Vena Cava from thence 't is convey'd to the right Ventricle of the Heart and before its entry into the left Ventricle is thrown into the Lungs by the Vena Arteriosa The Lungs are a heap of little Bladders joyn'd by a simple Membran endow'd with moving Fibres and require to be dilated before the Blood
can have admission This Dilatation is perform'd by the Air and Muscles The Midriff together with the Subclavian and Intercostal Muscles inlarge the Capacity of the Breast upon which there being no Vacuum the Air crouds into the Lungs and distends 'em to fill up the void space The Lungs being thus distended the blood empties it self into 'em and by vertue of the universal Salt of the Air its Mass is dissolv'd rarify'd volatilis'd and freed of its Steams This Admission of Air or Dilatation of the Lungs is call'd Inspiration And the Expulsion of it or successive compression of the Lungs forwarding the Blood to the left Ventricle of the Breast is stil'd Expiration the complex Action bearing the title of Respiration CHAP. I. Of Inspiration abolish'd or Suffocation SUffocation is a denying of admission to the Air. The Cause may relate either to the Passages thro which the Air is to pass or to the Lungs that are to receive it or to the Muscles that ought to dilate the Breast The Passages are embarassed by external Ligatures which if they be suddenly put on extinguish all manner of Sense in an instant by being fill'd with Water or drowning by Tumors and Inflammations in the Neighborhood of the Wind-pipe by swallowing bulky things that stick in the Gullet and press the Wind-pipe or bear down the Epiglottis by forcing things into the Wind-pipe by laughing or speaking in the time of eating by Hairs c. sticking to the Epiglottis and disturbing its motion or by a large Polypus in the Nose spreading its Branches to the Throat After strangling we endeavour to bring the Person to life by Blood-letting pouring down spirituous Liquors and rubbing the Joynts If the Suffocation is caus'd by being under Water we hang up the Person by the Heels that the Water may run out then apply a Toast soak'd in Spirit of Wine and exhibit Sudorifics or sometimes a gentle Vomit If any bulky thing stick in the Throat give 'em a blow on the Back and exhibit Oyl of sweet Almonds or Cassia If it stick in the Wind-pipe Coughing Sneezing and Vomiting will bring it up If a Bone stick in the Gullet let it be brought up by an Instrument or apply a suppurating Cataplasm or exhibit a Vomit A narrowness of the Passage caus'd by Aqua fortis is cur'd by the Mucilage of Quinces A sudden Suffocation affecting the Lungs immediately is caus'd by Narcotic Sulphurous Steams of New Wine or Ale new Plaistering Coal-Pits and other Mineral Fumes which destroy the Airy Spirit that should ferment the Blood and so cause its Stagnation in the Lungs and extinguish the animal Spirits producing Apoplexies Carus's and many dismal Symptoms For Cure let the Person be carried into free Air the Mouth open'd and Wind Artificially procur'd let a liquid Vomit mix'd with the Essence of Castor or Apoplectic-waters be thrown down the Throat Let Vinegar in which Castor is infus'd be exhibited by Spoonfuls If the Person be Plethoric open a Vein Apply outwardly Epithema's of Vinegar to the Scrotum and Testicles Blow Sneezing Powders into the Nostrils and rub the Temples and Nostrils with little Bags of Marjoram and Fennel-Flower-seeds infus'd in Vinegar Note Tho Vinegar be of admirable Efficacy against the Gas or Steams of Vegetables yet 't is not proper against a Mineral Gas Lastly The Causes of Suffocation relating to the Muscles of the Breast are their Paralytic Apoplectic Condition or Convulsions of the Larynx occasion'd by the Disorder of the Nerves of the Par Vagum and those of the Intercostal Branch as in the case of Hysteric and Hypochondriac fits Poyson or eating a sort of strangling Mushrooms Venery c. The Cure is perform'd by Essence of Castor Volatil Salt of Amber Camphyr Opiats and such Medicines as we use against Hysteric and Epileptic Fits Vomits Oxymel of Squills and Venice Treacle are Specifics against the poysonous Mushrooms CHAP. II. Of Inspiration deprav'd or difficult Breathing ART I. Of Asthma's AN Asthma is a frequent difficult Respiration attended by a perplexity in the Breast and sometimes a Cough and Snoring Sometimes 't is so violent that the Patient cannot breathe unless he stand upright and then 't is call'd Orthopnaeia The general Cause of all Asthma's is the Constriction of the Vesicles of the Lungs The particular Causes are various Some Asthma's are moist proceeding from vicious Matter provoking the Lungs and Wind-pipe to Contractions and frequently attended by coughing spitting and snoring tho not always Others are Dry occasion'd by the Convulsions of the Organs of Respiration or dryness of the Lungs without the influence of any deprav'd humor The Matter that gives rise to the moist sort is frequently lodg'd in the Stomac and first Passages and by distending them presses the Lungs and Diaphragm Hence wind and acid Crudities such as Hypocondriac or Scorbutic Persons are generally lyable to frequently cause a difficult Breathing in a Morning when they lye upon their backs in Bed Or after eating especially at Night or after Drinking Wine Dropsies also distending the Muscles of the Belly and Crouding the Blood with serum may occasion a difficulty of Breathing If the matter lodge in the Lungs 't is either Originally bred within 'em or transfer'd thither from other Parts If it be bred there it proceeds from the Depravation of the Nutritious Juice of the Lungs and Wind Pipe occasion'd by Mineral Steams or Vicious Air or the Viscidity and Sharpness of the Lymph that waters ' em For if their Nutritious Juice be perverted it degenerats into a tartareous hard or otherwise Noxious matter Imposthumes and Ulcers in the Lungs may also be reckon'd as Causes of this Kind of Asthma If the Peccant humor be not bred in the Lungs it proceeds either from serum thrown upon 'em or the Bronchia or Blood stagnating within ' em The former cause takes place sometimes in the Declensions of Feavers or when the Pores of the Body are stop'd The latter in a Redundancy of Blood Suppression of the Terms or Piles in Cachectic Persons whose Blood is Glutinous and Stuff'd with Crudities and consequently requires more time for Rarefaction in the Lungs in the case of sudden fear or Drinking of Cold Water immediatly after the Blood has been rarify'd by a Violent heat Any Acid matter that 's apt to Coagulat the Blood may also produce the same effect As for dry Asthma's They may proceed from a preternatural form of the Back and Breast or from Stones and Schirrus's in the Lungs But the more Notable Cause is the Convulsions of the Organs of Respiration especially the Diaphragm occasion'd by the disorders of the lower Belly as in Hysteric or Hypochondriac Fits the Contorsion of the Backbone Nephritic Arthritic and Gouty Pains Or in General any Acid humor irritating the Nerves whether in the Abdomen or Brain But especially in the Abdomen for the Nerves of the Par Vagum and those of the Inter-Costal Branch furnish both the Belly Breast and Neck
than the Disease Aguish Persons are very apt to salivate by taking but a few grains of sweet Mercury which inconvenience ought to be prevented by Purgation or forcible sweating XVIII Chronical Feavers thicken the Blood and Lymph and are apt to degenerat into slow Hectic Feavers which are best prevented by the use of Sal-armoniac a Vomit being premis'd or the following Powder viz. Take of Arcanum Duplicatum twelve or fifteen grains Ivory prepar'd without fire half a scruple mix and exhibit two hours before the Fit Inappetency succeeding to such Feavers is cur'd by the continued use of Wormwood or lesser Centory XIX Chronical Feavers and such as are cur'd by repeated Doses of absorbent Powders are frequently follow'd by Colics Dropsies swellings of the Feet c. Such Symptoms are obviated or remov'd by the internal use of the Decoction Essence Juice or extract of Wormwood and the external application of Celandin the greater XX. In the Declination of an Intermitting Feaver or after their removal or on the intermitting Days 't is not improper to obviat the Cachectic indispositions that generally follow 'em by the use of the following Vegetable Febrifuga's which sharpen the Bile enervat the Acid and fortify the Stomac Take of Essence of Wormwood or of lesser Centory or of Gentian or of Myrrh half an ounce Spirit of Sal-armoniac two drams Mix. Dose thirty or forty drops twice a Day Take of Michael's Febril Elixyr and Elixyr Proprietatis of each a dram and a half Mix. Dose forty or fifty drops Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams Elixyr Proprietatis prepar'd without an Acid two drams Mix c. Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams Quintessence of Wormwood one dram Mix c. Take of the sharpest Tincture of Tartar three drams of the Carminative Spirit a dram Mix. Dose forty or fifty drops twice a Day XXI During the cold Fit the sick Person must abstain from Eating or Drinking After the height of the Fit when the Sweat begins to breath forth and the Heat is violent he may drink plentifully Warm Wormwood Wine or Wormwood Ale is not improper if there be any apprehension of a scorbutic Feaver the Wine may be Tinctur'd with Antiscorbutics But in Quartan Paroxysms 't is adviseable to drink little or none at all or at least to drop forty drops of Spirit of Sal-armoniac into the Liquor which must always be warm Let the ordinary Drink be Water or small Beer mix'd with Wormwood Wine or clarify'd Whey with a few drops of the juice of Citrons Refrigerating Juleps are improper barring the case of immoderat Heat for which warm Drink with Nitre or Spirit of Vitriol is very proper As Take of the Flowers of red Poppies Flowers of Roses of each half a Handful Infuse them in a Pound and a half of Poppy Flower Water or Clarify'd Whey and sharpen it with Spirit of Sulphur per Campanam Let them stand in a warm place till the Tincture be Extracted Then add of Syrup of Jujubes two ounces Syrup of Violets an ounce Make a Julep Take of the Conserve of Wood Sorrel Conserve of Roses Conserve of Clove Gilly-flowers of each an ounce dissolve 'em in a sufficient Quantity of the decoction of Vipers-grass or Boyl them gently in a close Vessel Strain the Liquor and reserve it for use Take of the Roots of Woodsorrel and Tamarinds of each an ounce Boyl them in Water To four pound of the strain'd Liquor add three Handfuls of red Roses sprinkl'd with dulcify'd Spirit of Vitrol Set them in a warm place till the Tincture be extracted Then strain it and add the Syrup of red Corants and Syrup of Rasberries of each three ounces Mix and reserve for use Take of Spring Water half a pound Cinnamom Water half an ounce fresh Juice of Citrons an ounce and a half Spirit of Vitriol as much as sufficeth for a grateful Acidity Mix c. XXII In Tertians let not Sweat be artificially promoted before the fourth Fit and if it comes naturally in the declensions of the Fits let the Person be lightly Cover'd In Quartans Sudorifics are improper till the signs of Concoction appear but if sweat break forth of its own accord before that time it must not be suppress'd XXIII The chilness shivering shaking c. attending the cold Fits are admirably accounted for by applying Aromatic Oyls to the Stomac Breast Back-bone Loins and Soles of the Feet As Take of Balsam of Peru a dram the distill'd Oyls of Cloves of Mace and of Amber of each half a scruple Mix and Anoint the above mentioned Parts Take of express'd Oyl of Nutmegs a dram distill'd Oyl of Cloves distill'd Oyl of Cinnamom of each fifteen grains Mix c. Take of the distill'd Oyl of Juniper-Berries and Rosemary a scruple distill'd Oyl of Cloves half a scruple Inwardly the same symptoms are mitigated by exhibiting the fixed Salts Aromatic extracts and distill'd Aromatic Oyls But they are peculiarly calculated for such Feavers where the cold Symptoms are more violent than the hot The forms of prescribing are such as these Take of the Salt of Wormwood a scruple prepar'd Oyster-shells and white Pepper in Powder of each six or seven grains Take of Sal-Armoniac fifteen grains Cloves and white Pepper of each five grains Make a Powder for two Doses To be taken before the invasion of the Fit Take of prepar'd Pearl half a scruple Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder Take of the Salt of Wormwood fifteen grains Diaphoretic Antimony half a scruple Laudanum Opiatum one grain distill'd Oyl of Cloves two drops Make a Powder to be taken two or three Hours before the Fit Take of Crollius's specific against Feavers a dram Salts of Wormwood and of lesser Centory of each half a scruple distill'd Oyl of Cloves three drops Make a Powder for two Doses Take of Carduus Benedictus Water an ounce Cinnamom Water a dram extract of Gentian half a dram Spirit of Sal-Armoniac half a dram Syrup of Carduus Benedictus two drams Make a draught to be exhibited two Hours before the Fit In Quartans when the cold Symptoms prevail most the Dose of the Extract may be augmented but in Tertians when the Heat obtains the ascendant the Quantity of the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac ought to be inlarg'd Take of the Extracts of Wormwood Carduus Benedictus lesser Centory and Triacle of each from five to six Grains distill'd Oil of Cloves three Drops Make Pills to be given before the Fit when cold and its Appendants prevail and little or no heat insues For Oil of Cloves is an incomparable Antidote against shivering Laudanum Opiatum and Extract of Troches Alhandal are proper Ingredients for the same purpose XXIV If the heat and its Consequences be more troublesome than the coldness Sal Armoniac or its urinous Spirit is the only proper Medicine As Take of Sal Armoniac a Scruple Poterius's Antihectic Ponder half a Scruple Mix and make a Pouder
exhibit forty or fifty drops a day towards the height of the Disease or when the Pusnes are well advanc'd and the Symptoms mitigateâ— After a sufficient eruption we ought to promote their suppuration and prevent Pits in the Skin by exhibiting a Compound Powder of Crabs-Eyes Harts-horn Myrrh and Salt of Carduus Benedictus Besides the direct indications of the small Pox and Measles we ought likewise to obviat their incident Symptoms as unquietness and inolination to vomit if it be proper to stop it by the Spirit of Harts-horn succinated and Extract of Treacle mix'd with Laudanum Opiatum a looseness towards the height accompany'd with a murmuring noise in the Belly and frothy Excrements by seal'd Earth or Laudanum Opiatum and Diascordium mix'd with other specifics Watchings Deliriums and Convulsions attended with a hardness of the Belly by exhibiting the Cinnabar of Antimony or Spirit of Harts-horn succinated or injecting Clysters anointing the Navel and pit of the Stomac with distill'd Oyl of Amber and in the beginning of the Disease injecting Clysters A bleeding at Nose ought to be promoted if needs be by squeezing or pricking the Nostrils or if it exceed measure restrain'd by applying dry'd Toads to the Arm-pits or mixing Narcotics with Absorbents and avoiding all volatil Ingredients A Cough or any disorder of the Breast ought to be repress'd by Scabious Water mix'd with Spirit of Sal-Armoniac anisated and Laudanum Opiatum adding before the eruption incrassating Syrrups such as those of Colts-foot Jujubes c. and after the eruption attenuating ones such as those of Tobacco Mint Hyssop c. A weakness and prostration of strength ought to be repair'd by exhibiting the Tincture of Coral mix'd with the Spirit of Stag's Heart or a Toast soak'd in Rhenish Wine These Symptoms last mention'd precede the Eruption Those which follow the Eruption are likewise to be accounted for As if the Pox or Measles retire unseasonably and fall upon the nervous System causing Deliriums and Convulsions apply blistering Plaisters to the Soles of the Feet and exhibit the Ashes of Scarlet Cloth in Wine If the sharpness of the Humour threaten Pits in the Face exhibit Crabs Eyes and Myrrh inwardly and apply outwardly with a Feather the Spirit of Wine tinctur'd with Myrrh or Rose-water in which Sugar of Lead is dissolv'd or the Plaister of Frogs Spawn with Sugar of Lead But all external applications before maturation are much suspected for fear of repressing the Matter Lime-water in which Sulphur is boil'd being mix'd with Rose-water or a Cataplasm of the Meal of Beans and that of Lupines and Ox Urine are of use for taking off the Scarrs If a Salivation succeed to the Eruption let the Patient drink plentifully of Barly Water or small Beer and likewise gargle his Mouth with it If the small Pox or Measles threaten Injury to the Eyes either by settling in the Apple of the Eye or distending the Eye-Lid let the Eye be wash'd with the infusion of the Glass of Antimony in Plantan and rose-Rose-Water with Tutty and Sugar of Lead If the Eyes be red and itch apply a piece of raw Beef to the Eye renewing it every quarter of an Hour for some time Or let a healthy Woman chew Garlic and breath upon the Eye or wash the Eye with the juice of Chervil or Rue mix'd with Fennel Water or make a Collyrium of Plantan Night-shade and Rose Water in which Sumac and Plantan Seeds are boil'd or the Rinds of Pomgranats infus'd The mucilage of Marsh-mallows extracted with Fennel Water or the infusion of white Vitriol and Tutty in Eye-bright Water or Plantan-Water mix'd with Frogs Spawn and Sugar of Lead are also very proper Or Take of Plantan-Water an Ounce Eye-bright and Rose Water of each half an ounce prepar'd Emerald twelve grains prepar'd Pearls six grains Camphyr three grains Saffron four grains Mix and drop it into the Eye Some choose to drop into the Eye a drop or two of the Fat of Vipers If the Eye-lids are beset with the Pox and inflam'd notwithstanding all these Precautions apply the Decoction of Line-seed Fenugrec-seed and Mallows or that of Melilot-Flowers and Quince-seeds Some apply Milk but I cannot approve their Practice since 't is apt to become Acid. If after all the Eyes be injur'd and remain so after recovery of the Pox 't is proper to use Rulandus's Opthalmic Water and apply Blistering-Plaisters to the Nape of the Neck and when that Blister ceases to run apply two behind the Ears mixing one part of the Blistering Plaister with five or six parts of the Plaister of Frogs-spawn to keep the Blister open If the Pox injure the Nose or Ears the former is reliev'd by applying Vinegar of Roses impregnated with Camphyr and anointing the Crusts within the Nostrils if there be any such with fresh Butter wash'd in Rose-water The latter viz. The Ears are restor'd by putting into the Ears the Essence of Castor with Cotton or fumigating it with the Decoction of Castor Myrrh Coloquintida Fennel-seed and a little Saffron in Wine and applying Blistering Plaisters behind them The Throat is frequently infested by the small Pox and consequently respiration disturb'd To prevent this inconvenience let the Mouth and Throat be wash'd with Goats Milk and Plantan Water or the Tincture of Poppy-Flowers or with the common Gargles mix'd with Horse's Dung or the Juice of River Crabs and Nitre After the Wheals are open 't will not be improper to add Allum and Honey of Roses Plantan is also a noted Specific both against this Symptom and that of pissing Blood If the Tongue be ulcerated apply Honey of Roses sharpen'd with Spirit of Salt or the following Liniment viz. Take of the Flowers of Holyhocks half an Ounce Pomgranat Flowers two drams choice Myrrh a Dram Allum half a dram with Hony make a Liniment or Electuary If the Lips be much in trouble anoint 'em with the mucilage of the Seeds of Quinces Sometimes the small Pox leave most obstinate Ulcers in the Head Breasts and other parts which elude all common methods and yield only to Mercurial Salivations The Scarlet Feaver is generally referr'd to the Measles It invades for the most part Children and is occasion'd by an Ebullition of the Lymph and attended by the Symptoms of a Catarrh It is in some measure acute and after three or four Days from its beginning breaks out in the Neck Shoulders and Breast either in the form of an equal redness resembling a Rose or that of dispers'd red Spots which fall off about the seventh Day like Scales It is cur'd as the Measles or small Pox but has this peculiar property that 't is follow'd by soft swellings in the Face and Legs that last for eight Days after its disappearance CHAP. VII Of the Plague and Pestilential Feavers THE Plague is an exalted pitch of Malignity compatible with any Disease whatsoever In this place we take it for an epidemical catching and highly malignant Disease proceeding from poisonous Miasma's
handful the Rinds of Beans an ounce Plantan Leaves a handful Boyl them in Water with a little lye adding two ounces of Turpentin dissolv'd in Hony to a pound of the strain'd Decoction and in desperat Cases the Ointment Aegyptiacum Mix and inject it with a Syringe for cleansing the Ulcer Take of Ladies Mantle and Tops of St. John's wort of each a handful Marshmallow-roots half an ounce boil them in Lime-water adding to ten ounces of the strain'd Liquor one ounce of the Syrup of Comfry and three or four drams of the vulnerary Essence Mix for injection in order to consolidat Bathing in hot Baths and drinking Spaw Waters are much approv'd both for Inflammations and Ulcers of the Bladder ART 8. Of a Phrenzy or Inflammation of the Membranes of the Brain THE Inflammation of the Membranes and some part of the substance of the Brain was call'd by the Ancients Sphacelus as that of the Midriff was call'd Phrenitis from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Diaphragma and indeed all derivative Words ending in tis signifi'd the Inflammation of the Part whose Name they 're deriv'd from as Pleuritis Hepatitis Nephritis c. However that we may not depart from the customary manner of speaking we shall treat of the Inflammations of the Brain under the name of Phrenitides or Phrensies Their Symptoms are a visible beating in the Carotid Arteries and an unsufferable tearing Pain in the Head obliging the sick Person to throw toss and as it were beat his Head and furiously pull at the Hair They are attended by doating and are apt to degenerat into fatal Gangrenes at which time Convulsions prostration of Strength and a sort of a Lethargy insue Their Urine is pale crude and white and if their Stools be also white if the Teeth gnash the Nose drop and the Person tremble shake and pick at the Bed-Cloaths 't is a desperate case Sometimes Phrenetic Persons are only molested with frightening Dreams and a timorous inward doating without any noise which is a worse Symptom than open fury loud out-cries and violent tossings of the Limbs A Phrensie is distinguish'd from a simple Delirium by the unrelenting vehemence of the Feaver and Head-ache and a difficulty of breathing Sometimes but very rarely a Phrensie terminates in critical Sweats Bleeding at Nose Loosenesses c. Sometimes it becomes an incurable Imposthume in the Brain A true Phrensie for the most part is incurable however its Cure is attempted by Bleeding Vomits Clysters and Diaphoretics Of which more in the Second Book ART 9. Of the Genuin and Spurious Inflammations of the Eyes A Genuin Inflammation of the Eyes is either Sanguine or Serous The former is call'd Ophthalmia the latter Epiphora or Lippitudo An Ophthalmia is an Inflammation of the Tunicles of the Eye especially the Conjunctive which by reason of their Derivation from and being of a piece with the Membranes of the Brains are apt to communicate their disorder to the Brain as on the contrary the disorders of the Brain are frequently display'd in the Eyes The External Cause is whatever provokes the Fibres to Contraction and consequently obliges the Blood to stagnate in the small Arteries which are very plentiful in the Coats of the Eyes as the sharp effluviums of the Air Dust steams of Metals c. The internal cause is the suppression of any evacuation of Blood or the retention of a sharp Acid in the Body as after the Small Pox or when the running of the Ears customary to Children ceases Sometimes an Inflammation proceeding from the Effluvium's of the Air is epidemical and sometimes catching The Symptoms of an Ophthalmia are the Heat Tumor Redness Pain and watriness of the Eyes In its highest pitch the Eye-lids are likewise inflam'd and unable to shut and the White of the Eye is swell'd up above the adjacent Surface with a sort of Chink betwixt ' em If the stagnating Blood proceed from the outer Vessels we observe a Pain Tumor and beating in the Temples if from the internal Membranes and Vessels the Pain is more vehement and lies deep the Palat and Nostrils itch and the Person is apt to sneese often As for the Epiphora and blear'dness of the Eyes the former is a destillation of a Cold or Hot Rheum from the Glandules in the corners of the Eyes the latter from the Glandules of the Eye-lids in conjunction with those of the Eyes Their Causes are 1. The Laxity of the Glandules as in Old Persons and in malignant Distempers when the Animal Spirits are almost extinguish'd or when the Caruncle that shuts them is Corroded or Cut. In this case the Eyes are apt to be red for that the Blood Vessels swell when the Glandules are so often emptied 2. The irritation of the Eye and its Glandules by sharp effluviums from the Air Pepper Onions Garlic c. This Cause is at the same time apt to cause an Ophthalmia 3. The sharpness and acidity of the Lymph which tickles provokes and corrodes the Glandules The Corrosion is frequently follow'd by a roughness and that by a thickness and intransparency and consequently a total blindness The Remote Causes are whatever is apt to occasion Catarrhs All these Inflammations whether Sanguin or Serous are attended by a warriness or running of a Humour that is either sharp saltish corrosive and apt to gaul the Cheeks or insipid slimy thick and apt to make the Eye-lids stick together The former is call'd a hot Catarrh the latter a cold one The various Condition of this Catarrh presents us with four observable Periods in an Inflammation The First is call'd the Beginning viz. When the Humor is thin and plentiful The Second the Increase when the Pain grows and the Humor thickens The Third the Height when the Humor is concocted and makes the Eye-lids stick together The Fourth The Declension when all the Symptoms relent But withal we ought to remember that this Humor is sometimes the Effect and not the Cause of the Disease as in the case of external irritation for which Astringents are proper tho' noxious in other Cases A spurious Inflammation is distinguish'd from the Genuin by its comparative dryness and admits of three Degrees 1. When the Eyes itch and void a small quantity of a saltish Rheum 2. When the Eyes are red swollen heavy and molested with a gentle Pain and Itching without any flux of Matter 3. When the Eye-lids are hard and rough without itching or running The Inflammations of the Eyes proceeding from the Disorders of the Membranes of the Brain are very dangerous If the Pain continue long 't is an ill sign If the Inflammation be very tedious or apt to relapse it threatens a thickness of the Membranes or Webs Scars and loss of Eye-sight If it tend to suppuration it threatens a Gangrene which if the Eye be not quickly extirpated is apt to invade the Brain the consequence of which is certain Death A dry or spurious Inflammation is tedious but not so dangerous as
bottom of a Kettle and mix'd with the Powder of the Blood that runs from the Nostrils the French Styptic Liquor or a solution of Allum and Vitriol of Steel in Plantan-Water and above all the rectifi'd Spirit of Wine The Gums are also very liable to Bleedings occasion'd by the laxity of their Substance or the Corrosion of sharp scorbutical spittle or the drawing of a Tooth or by the general Causes of other bleedings If their bleeding be periodical customary or critical it ought not to be stop'd If it be caus'd by the drawing of a Tooth apply the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol with Cotton and gargle the Mouth with the Decoction of Tormentil and Snakeweed-roots with Galls and White Poppy-seeds in Water mixing it with Bole-Armenic Allum and a little Vinegar Sometimes the Spirit of Salt mix'd with Water is useful for washing the Mouth But when every other thing proves ineffectual an actual Cautery is the surest Remedy Scorbutical Bleedings are accounted for elsewhere ART 2. Of a spitting of Blood THE Blood that is evacuated by spitting may either proceed from the Stomac of which elsewhere or from the Palat Nostrils and Gums as was related in the last Article or from the Organs of Respiration viz. the Wind-pipe Bronchia or Lungs in which case the Disease is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hemoptysis or a spitting of Blood and is the subject of this Paragraph The general Causes are already accounted for The particular Causes are 1. The Rupture of some Vessel in the Breast occasion'd by a redundancy of Blood suppression of the Terms or Piles violent Crying bearing heavy Burdens Falls Blows vehement Coughing or immoderat Laughter 2. The Corrosion of the Vessels in the Breast especially in the Lungs occasion'd by the Inspiration of Mineral Sulphureous steams or by a sharp Lymph reigning in the Body as in the small Pox or when a sordid Ulcer is unseasonably dry'd To these we may add the accidental swallowing of Leeches and immoderat Bathing A Spitting of Blood is of it self manifest But to trace out the part from whence it proceeds is a piece of Difficulty For this end the Physician ought to weigh the antecedent Causes such as excessive Crying Falls Bruises of the Breast and violent Coughs which generally arraign the Lungs while other Causes are apt to affect other parts Besides the Circumstances attending the Evacuation will give some further light into the Matter as if the Blood be clotty if it be voided without Coughing or much Hauking and that in small quantities then it proceeds from the Palat Gums Throat c. and not from the Breast If it be copiously voided with a Cough that not only accompanies but precedes the evacuation and makes a hollow Noise then it comes from the Wind-pipe or Lungs and if the respiration be difficult if the Blood be florid thin and frothy as being rarify'd by the Air and if a pain beset the lower part of the Breast it certainly takes its rise from the Lungs If the Blood be black clotty and thick and voided with a Cough and hollow Noise it springs from the Veins in the Cavity of the Breast As for the Prognostic A Spitting of Blood from the Lungs is most dangerous and apt to degenerat into a Phthisic or Ulcer of the Lungs especially if it took its rise from the Corrosion of a sharp Humor If it be only a Symptom of another Disease as of a Pleurisie Peripneumonia c. it is not so dangerous as when it stands upon its own Legs If a Spitting of Blood occasion'd by a suppression of wonted evacuations or by the Turgescence of Blood be unseasonably stop'd it degenerats into a Peripneumonia or Consumption The Cure is perform'd in the Paroxysm by removing the cause appeasing and thickening the Blood and repairing the losses of the Vessels out of the Paroxysm the clotty Blood remaining in the Breast ought to be discuss'd and the Lungs strengthen'd Now in order to answer these Indications let 's mind the following Rules 1. When a Spitting of Blood is caus'd by the Corrosion of sharp humors Blood-letting is improper in some other cases it may be serviceable but regard must still be had to the Rules of Revulsion and Aversion as if it proceed from the suppression of the Piles or Terms a Vein must be open'd in the Leg When it arises from the suppression of a customary Bleeding at Nose the vein of the Fore-head or that under the Tongue is the proper place 2. Purgatives are highly pernicious But Diuretics and Diaphoretics are very useful 3. Internal Astringents ought not to be us'd before the Blood be turn'd off for fear of imprisoning the Blood in the Breast and so causing a Suffocation or Peripneumonia 4. All external Astringents and cold things applied to the Breast are more apt to enflame than mitigat the Disease 5. Opiats are always safe and useful but such of 'em as are very hot as Venice Treacle Mithridat c. are not so proper as Laudanum Opiatum and especially Henbane Seeds which are unanimously approv'd both by the ancient and modern Writers Hence an Electuary of Henbane and white Poppy Seeds with Coral Blood-stone and the stale Conserve of Roses is of excellent use However the safest way is to give but a small quantity of Henbane Seeds at a time and repeat the Doses oftner because they are very Narcotic and apt to cause Madness 6. In all Compositions we ought still to have an Eye upon the corrosive sharpness of the Humors for tempering which we use the same Medicines as were recommended against Bleedings in general especially Plantan Purslain and Comfrey their Decoctions Juices and Syrups for their Waters have no astringent force The Decoction Syrup and Conserve of Ground Ivy a noble Pectoral the Juice of Nettles the stale Conserve of red Roses Diascordium the Troches of Amber which at once temper sharp humors dissolve clotty Blood and stop its Flux The Oyl of Linseed given by Spoonfuls the Oyl of Vitriol when there 's no apprehension of a Phthisic the Juice express'd from Quinces boyl'd in Water till they be soft given to two or three Spoonfuls three or four times a Day the Decoction it self being mix'd with that of Barly or Corants for ordinary Drinking Mice Dung given to a dram twice a Day with the Juice of Plantan and Sugar the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol Bloodstone the Antiphthisical Tincture Mynsichtius's Species Diaplantaginis c. 7. When the Paroxysm is over we ought to add dissolving and expectorating Medicines such as Sperma Ceti Diaphoretic Antimony Crabs Eyes with Vinegar Oyl of Amber Oxymel of Squills c. 8. In the last place the Lungs ought to be fortify'd by Vulnerary Balmy Medicines As for external Applications some apply a dry'd Toad under the Arm-pits some trust to the Sympathetic Powder of Vitriol and others choose to wet or wash the Testicles with Rose Vinegar and that with good success Take of the Conserve
The Essence of Wrens is much applauded as likewise the following Pills Take black Beetles gather'd in May without touching 'em with one's Hand Suffocat 'em in Spirit of Wine then dry 'em cut 'em into pieces and in the middle of their Body ye will find a viscous Liquor which mix with their Powder to the consistence of a Balsam Then take of this Balsam adram distill'd Oyl of Anis and that of Cloves of each three drops Make Pills Of which exhibit two grains once or twice in Elder-flower water in the Morning with a fasting Stomac They will cause a Strangury that shall last for thirty Days If Diuretic Med'cines prove ineffectual we ought to discontinue their use for some time lest the Kidneys be overcharg'd with Crudities The strongest of these Diureticks are by some call'd Lithontriptica or dissolvers of the Stone in the Body but I doubt much if any such Med'cines be yet discover'd 'T is certain that Spirit of Nitre will dissolve a Stone out of the Body but the alteration it undergoes in mixing with the various Humours in the Body cramp its virtue within us And therefore whoever pretends to the knowledge of Lithontriptica's must have found out such a Med'cine as is not liable to be chang'd by the Humours of the Body and besides that is neither an Acid nor an Alcali but consists of both as the Stone it self and is peculiarly calculated for its Pores as Aqua fortis is for Silver Some have exploded all Lithontriptica's as being too corrosive and apt to injure the Stomac Guts c. But they ought to consider that all sharp dissolving Menstruum's are not corrosive to the taste as Arsenic Quick-silver Mercurius Vitae c. whic are altogether insipid And besides some Liquors are qualify'd for dissolving hard Concretes that wo'not pick upon softer Objects as Vinegar dissolves the shells of Eggs while their inner Membran is left intire After the Paroxysm is over and the Stone voided we ought to prevent the generation of new ones by proper preservatives as 1. By keeping the first Passages clean with Laxatives and once in three or four Months a Vomit or a stronger Purge 2. By correcting the Acid in the first Passages with absorbent Powders and the fix'd Salts of Diuretic Plants 3. By cleansing the Reins and evacuating the first Rudiments of the Stone with volatil Diuretics the Spirit and volitil Salt of Tartar the Spirit of Urine that of Sal-Armoniac the Spirit of Worms Elixir Proprietatis Turpentin fat Broth Whey c. Some commend Milk but its Curd disswades us from using it However we ought still to remember that the Diuretics must be of the meeker sort and exhibited only once or twice in a Fortnight or three Weeks and that at some distance from the times of eating but not till the first Passages are clear'd 4. By strengthening the Reins retrieving their ferment and preserving the Urine from corruption with balmy Med'cines such as Turpentin the Balsam of Sulphur Juniper St. John's-wort-seeds c. ART 3. Of a Diabetes or excessive Flux of Vrine A Diabetes is either genuin or spurious The former is a voiding of Liquors by Urine without any stay or alteration in the Body The latter is a voiding of a much larger quantity of Urine than that of Liquids receiv'd into the Body The cause of the former is the laxity and openness of the Passages which lead directly from the first Passages to the Reins 'T is true these Passages are not yet discover'd but the quick Passage of some Liquors and their being voided without any alteration in colour taste or consistence according to the Observations of Galen Bartholin Hildanus c. do sufficiently evince their necessity The cause of the latter is a sharp volatil Salt or Ferment bred in the first Passages that dissolves the fat acid in the Blood Chyle and muscular Flesh unlocking their Texture and melting the ferment of the Reins Thus the balmy and nutritious parts of the Blood being melted down and tinctur'd with a sharp acrimony they stimulat the Kidneys and force their passage This volatil Alcali Salt is not unlike that which sometimes causes melting loosenesses or that of Spanish Flies and Beetles and is frequently the follower of violent Diureticks Perhaps it also sucks in the humidity of the Air in the Body by virtue of which it melts and so increases the quantity of Urine which sometimes exceeds that of all the Juices in the Body The Symptoms of the spurious Diabetes are the crudity thinness and sweet taste of the Urine with a fat Scum swimming upon it a notable weakness leanness dryness of the Mouth thirst a heat and pain in the Loyns a slow Feaver and in short all the Symptoms of a Hectic If it follow immoderat Labour Venery or Chronical Feavers 't is uncurable For Cure of a genuin Diabetes we exhibit Astringents and Aromatics such as we generally prescribe for defending and fortifying the Stomac and Bowels in the use of Spaw Waters Thus the astringent crocus of Steel the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol Bole Armenic seal'd Earth Conserve of Roses vitriolated the decoction of Orange-peel and Plantan bol'd in Chalybeat-water are very proper Some recommend as an Arcanum a Cocks-comb calcin'd and exhibited with ones own Urine As for the Cure of a spurious Diabetes we must endeavour to correct the Acrimony of the Volatil Alcali to prevent the colliquation of the Juices by Narcotics and proper Astringents First of all their Diet must be the same as that of Hectic Persons In the next place vomiting is very proper to which we subjoin the Powder of the natural Blood-stone or of the Artificial one made of the Vitriol of Steel and Sugar of Lead The Antiphthisical Tincture prepar'd from the same Ingredients The Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol the astringent Crocus of Steel the Powder or Spirit of Allum Amber and its Troches or those of seal'd Earth taken in an Acid Vehicle the Tincture or Magistery of Coral prepar'd with the Juice of Citrons or their mixture with Vinegar Take of Plantan Water three ounces Distill'd Vinegar six drams red Coral pulveriz'd not prepar'd a dram Laudanum Opiatum two grains Syrup of Purslain an ounce Mix and exhibit a spoonful frequently Quicklime-Water given to four or five ounces thrice a day is of singular use in this Distemper as also Milk especially Chalybeat Milk or that in which hot Irons are frequently extinguish'd Asses or Goats Milk are the Best and next to them Cows Milk The Emulsions of sweet Almonds and white Poppy-seeds are also very proper Externally some apply to the Kidneys the Juice of River-Crabbs or Baggs of Plantan and Oak-Leaves boil'd in Chalybeat Milk ART 4. Of a Pissing of Blood THE Urine is sometimes tinctur'd with Blood and that more or less according to its quantity The Blood springs either from the Kidney Ureters or Yard or from the Contusions of other parts The Causes are the same as those of
Light This is call'd a Suffusion If the Matter harden into a Membran 't is call'd a Cataract It generally sticks close either to the Horn or Grape Tunicle and seems to proceed from a preternatural Extension of its membranous Fibres 'T is always seated in the watry Humor tho it sometimes appears before the Coat call'd Vvea and sometimes behind it If this Membran cover the whole Eye the Sight is quite lost if it cover but the half the Object appears half'd if it exceed not the bigness of a small Point in the middle of the Eye and the Circumference is left open the Objects appear as if holes were made in them This last case is a true Suffusion The Signs are these In the beginning the Patient complains of Flies Smoak Cobwebs Filaments and such like before his Eyes the Color of Objects is alter'd and they appear either multiply'd half'd or cut asunder Thus by degrees the sight is darken'd and the Apple on the Eye grows dusky Some are seiz'd with Cataracts all of a sudden without any preceding Signs If the Colour of the Eye turn perfectly white 't is a compleat Suffusion As for Prognostics a young Suffusion is curable by the use of Medicines but an inveterat one is only to be cur'd by a chirurgical Operation If Light when brought near be quite imperceptible Surgery it self can afford no Relief If the Eye affected be watry and its Apple dilated while the other Eye is compress'd 't is some Incouragement for a manual Operation If not 't is a desperate case If the Cataract be not ripe and come to a sufficient Consistency it ought not to be touch'd with a Needle for fear the division of it should disturb the watry Humor or it reunite and become come more callous than before If it be of a long standing it sticks so close to the Coats of the Eye that it cannot be separated without rending them An ashy colour'd Cataract is generally ripe in five or six Months But if white it requires as many years If blew or green 't is incurable If yellow it must be taken in time else it becomes hard like a Horn. If the Cataract appear perfectly white it is a sign of Ripeness and withal of its remarkable Thickness In old Age a confirm'd Cataract from an internal Cause in one Eye portends the Invasion of another in t'other Eye and if couch'd it generally returns If the Headach either precede or accompany a Cataract 't is an ill Omen In the Method of Cure regard must be had to the degrees of the Suffusion if the Patient be only molested with the appearance of Flies Hairs c. before his Eyes 't is in its first degree When these filaments that cause such appearances are gather'd into a Membran 't is arriv'd at the second degree If the Membran be so thick and confirm'd that there remains no manner of Sight 't is finish'd to the last degree In the first degree Medicines are only proper In the second they may likewise take place but yield to manual Operation Internally we use Hoglice Eyebright Vipers boil'd in Ophthalmic Waters the Decoction of Woods Celandin Vervain Fennel Betony and such like The external Remedies must be very penetrating Antimonials are preferable to all others by reason of an Acid subtil Sulphur couch'd within ' em As Take of Glass of Antimony in Pouder from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains infuse in Water of Elewhottle Flowers Evebright-Water and Fennel-Water of each one Ounce Let them stand warm for the space of a Night in the Morning strain the Liquor and add six Grains of Camphyr-Drop it into the Eye while the Patient is laid on his back Or Take of the Eggs of Ants four Ounces and thirty Galls of Lampreys mix and distil with a slow Fire It yields a muddy Water which ought to be strain'd and applied to the Cataract in the Evening The distill'd Water of human Dung with the Gall of a Lamprey and Sugar-Candy dissolv'd in it is much commended Celandin the Greater and River Crabs half putrified and distill'd yield an Alcalin Water of excellent Use If these Medicines prove ineffectual we must have recourse to Quercetanus his Ophthalmic Water prepar'd from a Child's Urine and Vitriol to which the juice of Celandin may be added The White of an Egg harden'd and fill'd with white Vitriol and Sugar Candy and hung up in a Cellar melts into a Liquor which if diluted with Eyebright Water is of admirable Use in this Case The Spirit of Salarmoniac sharpen'd with Quicklime is the most penetrating Spirit and preferable to Spirit of Wine in which we are wont to dip Rags and apply them to the Eye Blistring Plaisters Issues and Setaces are serviceable in the beginning but are of no use in an inveterat Suffusion In room of them we may use what follows Take the Roots of Mezereon and macerat them in Water in which Nitre has been dissolv'd or in the Lees of Wine-ashes and afterwards dry them Make a little hole in the teap of the Ear with a Needle and put some of this Root thus prepar'd into it after the manner of an Issue It drains a great deal of Matter from the Head and Eyes In an inveterat case 't is probable a Salivation procur'd by Mercury may be serviceable Fonseca Mr. Boyle and Schenkius were of the same Opinion Besides the genuin Suffusion above-mentioned we meet sometimes with a spurious sort which ensues upon Hypochondriac Fits long Fastings and the Paroxisms of intermitting Fevers It generally depends upon the Disorders of the Stomac and oft-times disappears upon eating or at least is cur'd by stomachic Medicines viz. Aloe Mastic and Ginger A Cataract ought likewise to be carefully distinguish'd from what we call a Glaucoma that is when the Chrystallin Humor loses its Perspicuity and assumes a grey dusky Colour Old People are naturally obnoxious to it by reason of their scarcity of Moisture For if we take out the Crystallin Humor and put it betwixt us and Objects it magnifies them but if we dry it or boil it in hot Water it becomes thick and untransparent 'T is in vain to attempt the Cure in old Persons If the Patient be young we foment the Eye with Spirit of Wine or a Cloth dipt in it and apply'd to the Eye over Night Or infuse Borrage or Bugloss Flowers in Spirit of Wine and then use it Some commend a Tincture of Bugloss extracted with weak Alum Water and the distill'd Water of the Whites of Eggs. Thus much for the Obstacles which may embarrass the Passage of the Rays of Light If the Patient be insensible of their Influence when they have a free Admission the fault must lie in the optic Nerve and 't is call'd a Gutta Serena Obstructions or Compressions of the optic Nerve interrupt the Passage of the Spirits to the Eye and so cause the Blindness And a Tumor or Collection of watry Humors in the Brain or a violent Commotion
and Caraway-seeds of each three Drams Bay-berries and Juniper-berries of each half an Ounce the Rinds of Pomgranats six Drams Roots of black Hellebor of round rooted Cyperus of Radishes and Sow-bread of each one Ounce bitter Almonds two Drams with seven pretty large Onions Infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Wine and draw it off from a Balneum Mariae Use as above Sometimes ye may add a small quantity of Opium If the Pain be occasion'd by Worms they ought to be entic'd to come forth by pouring in sweet Milk or applying a sweet Apple rosted to the Ear. If they refuse to come forth they must be kill'd by bitter Oils and Juices As Take of the express'd Oil of Peach-seeds one Dram Quercetanus's Oil of Coloquintida half a Dram sweet Mercury from six Grains to half a Scruple Mix and pour it in by Drops or apply it with Cotton Or Take of Aloe two Drams Myrrh from a Dram to two Drams Coloquintida half a Dram tops of Wormwood half a handful Boil them in a sufficient quantity of Wine or Water and use the strain'd Liquor as above If an Ointment be more acceptable take of Salt of Lead Earwax and express'd Oil of Filberds of each an equal quantity Mix c. Fumigations by the bitter Herbs and Antimonial Ingredients are proper both for the Ear and Mouth If a Flie creep into the Ear put a little Turpentin into it If a Flea put a little Ball of Dogs-hair If a Leech inject the Solution of common Salt or the warm Blood of any Animal ART VI. Of Headachs SOmetimes the whole Head is seiz'd with an universal Pain at other times only a particular part as the hinder part of the Head in Women which generally slows from the Disorders of the Womb the external Membranes surrounding the Scull in venereal Cases and the internal Membran call'd dura Mater from the Indisposition of the Blood which it receives by an infinit number of capillary Veins If the Headach be not originally caus'd by some Disorder in the Head it oft-times proceeds from those of the Stomac the Spleen the Kidneys the Womb c. by reason of the mutual Commerce establish'd betwixt them and the Head by virtue of their Membrans and Nerves If it proceed immediatly from some defailance in the Head it may be caus'd accidentally by external Wounds use of Mercury immoderat Drinking c. and disappears upon their removal If it become habitual and inveterat it proceeds either from an Inflammation of the Blood in the Vessels of the Brain or the Depravation of the Lympha separated by its Glandules or a collection of some heterogeneous Humor which oft-times settles into a viscid Consistency and creates particular Pains confin'd to narrow Bounds as the breadth of an Egg the head of a Nail c. The only use of Signs in this case is to distinguish the Causes If 't is inconstant and apt to relent or be accompany'd by Disorders in the lower Region of the Body without any visible defect in the Head it is owing to the influence of these other affected Parts If it be habitual or observe set Periods in returning and be influenc'd by the Sun and Moon 't is an essential Headach And if it cause a Sense of beating like to that of an Artery and a burning Heat it proceeds from the Blood If it increase after eating or vanish after Sleep it arises from the Depravation of the Chyle If attended by a Drousiness a sense of Weight and a seeming Distention of the Brain it proceeds from some serous or viscid Matter lodg'd in the Head If follow'd by scorbutic or venereal Symptoms they discover the Cause As for Prognostics If in Feavers it suddenly vanish without any Evacuation 't is an ill Omen If attended by grievous Symptoms as Giddiness Convulsions Vomiting c. 't is not easily cur'd If a drouzy Headach seize a Child-bearing Woman it is dangerous If accompany'd by a Coldness of the external Parts it betokens an inward Inflammation 'T is more suspected in acute than in chronical Diseases In order to a regular Cure 't is needful to observe the following Cautions 1. If it arise by consent with other Parts it yields to Vomiting Purging and the Restoration of the disorder'd Part. But if it be essential and inveterat frequent Evacuations are not so proper as corroborating cephalic Medicines 2. Opiats are not very proper in essential Headaches At least they must be given in sinall Doses and if externally us'd must not be applied to the Sutures but to the Temples and Forehead 3. 'T is always conducive excepting the case of a malignant Feaver to keep the Belly open 4. The scorbutic Pains of the Head are the most obstinat The Decoctions of sudorific Woods volatil Salts and Spirits Milk Opiats blistering Plaisters and external Anodyn Applications are proper in such cases 5. In all Headachs the Decoctions of the sudorific Woods ought to succeed to the general Evacuations 6. Chirurgical Operations are of great use If it proceed from the Blood open a Vein in the Arm or the Vein of the Forehead or the Vein betwixt the Thumb and first Finger or apply Leeches to the Temples or open the Artery that runs along the temporal Muscle towards the Forehead which gives present Relief and is a very innocent Operation if cautiously perform'd If it arise from a Depravation of the Serum apply blistering Plaisters behind the Ears or over the whole Head or cut Issues in the Arm Neck or Head it self Trepanations are sometimes but very seldom convenient Cupping Glasses are not amiss But the universal Evacuations ought to precede all chirurgical Attempts 7. If the Headach arises by Consent Vomits are proper But if it be essential Purges are more convenient As Take of the Pills of Mastic a Scruple extract of black Hellebor extract of Castor of each five Grains Troches Alhandal two Grains with a sufficient quantity of Elixir Proprietatis make Pills They are likewise proper against the Disorders of the Stomac and lower Belly which oft-times cause a Head-ach Take of Crollius his Extractum Panchymagogum or extract of black Hellebor fifteen Grains Extract of Vervain seven Grains sweet Mercury from half a Scruple to fifteen Grains Laudanum Opiatum two Drams Scammony Sulphurated two or three Grains with a sufficient quantity of the Essence of Saffron make Pills Or Take of Extract of Agaric half a Scruple Extract of black Hellebor six Grains Aloe prepar'd with Juice of Roses Rosin of Scammony of each three Grains distill'd Oil of Rosemary Flowers or of Origanum one drop Mix and make Pills In a pituitous Headach Take of the Pills Aloephanginae with Diagrydium one Scruple Rosin of Jalap six Grains with Essence of Amber make Pills Or Take of the Conserve of Rosemary Flowers one Dram Cream of Tartar half a Scruple Golden Sulphur of Antimony five Grains Rosin of Jalap four Grains Make a Bolus 8. Rosemary always ought to be added
Salt dry'd upon the Fire a quarter of that quantity Quilt them into a Bag to be fumigated with Gum Animi and applied to the Head Or Take of Millet Seeds tosted a handful common Salt dry'd over a Fire half a handful of Vervain or Betony or Elder Flowers and Chamomile Flowers of each half a handful Pouder of Rhodium Roots half an Ounce Sow them into a quilted Bag 'T is very proper for old Men as likewise blistering Plaisters 14. If the Headach be caus'd by external Accidents apply the following Plaister Take of the Gum Hedera or Elemi three Ounces Rosin half an Ounce Wax and Turpentin of each three Ounces Oil of Roses two Ounces and a half the Gum Animi dissolv'd in Vinegar two Ounces Juice of the Flowers of Ivy four Ounces Meal of Beans as much as sufficeth to make a Plaister The Ointment of Alabaster or Hartman's Bag of Amber with the Essence of Pepper or a Plaister of Tacamahac with Oil of Amber are very useful on this occasion 15. If the Pains of the Head are caus'd by Worms Take of the Pouder of Aloe and of Earthworms of each two Drams the Gall of a Bull a Dram Oil of Wormwood and Wax of each a sufficient quantity for a Plaister to be applied to the Head Then make a Fumigation of the following Pouder to be receiv'd by Mouth and Nose Take of the Pouders of lesser Centory Horehound and Betony of each two Drams Zedoary half a Dram Roots of Angelica two Drams Amber a Dram Crude Antimony an Ounce Millet Seeds or Ginger a Dram and a half Bole Armenic a Dram Roots of round Birthwort two Drams Wormwood two or three Drams Make a Pouder for a Fumigation A sneezing Medicine compos'd of Pepper and Castor and the Fumes of Spirit of Wine Myrrh and Seeds of Fennel Flower convey'd into the Ear are convenient in this case 16. If the Pains proceed from immoderat Drinking Vomits and Purges are first requir'd Then Pepper Cephalic Spirit of Vitriol and Elixir Proprietatis Cold Water with Vinegar may be thrown upon the Head and Stones 17. When one half of the Head only is affected 't is call'd a Hemicrania and is the highest degree of Headachs A Cataplasm of the Root of a wild Cucumber or Bryony with Vervain and Wormwood or a Decoction of them may be applied to the Part affected Or Take of Euphorbium one Ounce sweet Oil a Pound let them boil together then add three Ounces of Wax and make an Ointment to be applied to the Temples Forehead c. 18. If it arise from the Womb apply a Bag of Amber and Essence of Pepper or a Plaister of Tacamahac and Oil of Amber In all these particular cases the general Evacuations must be first taken care of and no external Medicines are sufficient for the Cure without the Assistance of Internals ART VII Of Arthritic Pains THE Parts immediatly affected are the membranous Ligaments surrounding the Joints The Cause is a volatil Acid join'd to the Spirits which gnaws the Membrans and thickens their nutritious Juice This Acid takes its first rise from the Disorders of the Stomac It displays it self in the Foot and is call'd the Gout in the Huckle Bones and is call'd the Sciatica in the Hands and several other Parts of the Body Sometimes 't is hereditary In other cases 't is acquir'd by the use of acid Wine Venery and Passion or any Commotion of the Spirits that increases the Acid in the Body This Acid affects chiefly the solid Parts and serves to depurat the Blood and fluid Humors When it invades a solid Part it leaves some small Particles in it that afterwards revive and make a new Paroxism The Paroxysm is ushered in by a Constipation of the Belly difficulty of Breathing an unsufferable Heat at the Stomac Thirst and loss of Appetite In the Gout the great Toe is first affected in the Sciatica the Huckle Bone where it receives the Bone of the Thigh and all the Membrans from thence downward to the Foot are contracted If the Acid be sharp and fiery these Symptoms are aggravated if it be viscid and what we call cold the Symptoms are weaker and the Fits of a longer Duration In forming Prognostics we may expect the Paroxysm when the wonted Excrements betwixt the Toes disappear and the Belly is constipated The Sciatica is more obstinat than the Gout which if inveterat hereditary or attended by Nodes is incurable in old Men. If the Joints adjacent to the Original of the Nerves be seiz'd it portends Death If any part be put out of Joint by arthritic Pains 't is a hard matter to set it right The frequency of bad Symptoms and the moving of the Pains towards the Throat and upper Parts betokens Death If the Paroxysm do not finish its Course but break off abruptly 't is an ill Omen As for the Cure When we foresee a Paroxysm 't is convenient first to exhibit the Pouder of Crabs Eyes with Salt of Tartar and Osteocolla then a Vomit and afterwards the following Purge Take of Cream of Tartar Salt of Wormwood Arcanum duplicatum of each eight Grains Digrydium three Grains make a Pouder Or Take of the Conserve of Rosemary Conserve of Sage of each six Drams Paracelsus his purging Pouder for the Gout a Dram and a half Rosin of Jalap half a Scruple with Syrup of Buckthorn make an Electuary All purging Medicines ought to be avoided during the increase of the Fit but after it has pass'd the height and the Feaver and other Symptoms have disappear'd give what follows Take of Ruffius his Pills de tribus Extract of black Hellebor of each half a Scruple Turbith Mineral prepar'd with Spirit of Sulphur two or three Grains make Pills Opiats ought never to be us'd but after the universal Evacuations and along with purging and sweating Specifics As Take of the Pills Aloephanginae two Drams Laudanum Opiatum half a Dram make Pills for four Doses to be taken in Wine fasting three or four hours after Take of prepar'd Crabs Eyes Mynsichtus his Arcanum Duplicatum of each twelve Grains Salt of Amber six Grains Hysteric Laudanum three Grains make a Pouder Or Take of Triacle from half a Dram to a Dram Salt of Wormwood a Scruple with Wine make a Draught Or Take of Fennel Water Water of Carduus Benedictus of each an Ounce and a half Spirit of putrified Earthworms a Dram and a half Salt Armoniac Magistery of Corals prepar'd with Juice of Citrons of each half a Dram laudanum Opiatum two Grains Syrup of Orange Peel half an Ounce mix In Arthritic Pains Blood-letting is pernicious But in the Sciatica 't is needful in the beginning of the Paroxysm to open a Vein in the Foot of the same Side with the affected Part. Clysters ought to be injected during the whole Course of the Paroxysm The Specifics that are proper in the Paroxysm are sweating Medicines both fix'd and volatil as red Corals Cinnabar of
it is sometimes accompany'd with a desire of Copulation but oftner not In curing this we must begin if need be with mild Laxatives and Sudorifics and if needful allay the Acrimony of the Humour and finish what remains by external Applications The Internals are the Infusions and Decoctions of Fumitory Succory Scabious Baum Penny-royal Roots of Bryony Black Hellebor Polypody c. Mercurius dulcis and Troches Alhandal answer the purgative end as the Essences of Elder the Tincture of Coral and the Spirit of Woods perform the alterative and diaphoretic Office Of Externals the Preparations of Lead and Mercury are the best such as Vinegar wherein calcin'd Lead is dissolv'd If the Evil proves stubborn anoint the Lips of the Privities with an Ointment made up of one part of Oil of Tobacco and two of the Ointment of Tutty or apply Blistering-plaisters or cut Issues in the Thighs Sometimes the acid Humour retain'd corrodes the Lips of the Privities and occasions Wheals Pushes and in fine Scabs which are of a mild Character but very itching but there are others call'd Epinictides yet different from those little painful ones that spring from foul Embraces However both the one and the other are catching and difficultly cur'd For cure we must begin with such Universals as are used against the Scab or Itch especially laxative Bags of the Root of Briony and Spurge and if they are of the malignant kind we must use Mercurial and other Specifics for the Pox. Externally you may apply Oil of Roses mixt with Yelks of Eggs and discolour'd by beating in a leaden Mortar Or Take of the Decoction of Quick-line one pound Sugar of Lead a Dram. Inject one half and foment with the other If you suspect Infection instead of Saccharum Saturni take a Dram of Mercurius dulcis Or Take of Aloe and Myrrh of each the bigness of a small Pease Verdigrice half as much of white Wine Rose and plantane-Plantane-water of each an Ounce Mix for Injection and external Washing You may also use Vnguentum Album Camphoratum or de Lithargyrio mixt with Oil of Tartar per Deliquium in the mild sort and with Mercurius dulcis in the malignant ones If the venereal Appetit is exalted to the pitch of a Delirium it is then caâ—'d furor Vterinus a Disorder incident as well to Virgins as married Women and Widows Such Persons are talkative and peevish they ramble through the Streets and solicit whoever they meet to Venery and receive a denyal with the highest Indignation sometimes wantonly uncover themselves before Men and interlard their incoherent Discourses with Smut and Bawdry This Distemper at first is easily cur'd but if neglected ends in absolute Madness Wherefore in the beginning 't is proper to exhibit a strong Emetic enjoin a spare Diet and drain the Genital Liquor by extinguishing Specifics such as are the Root of white Water-Lilly Agnus Castus chiefly its Seed Lettuce Rue Purslain Hemlock principally its Seed Willow-leaves the Liquor running from its smaller Branches lopt off in the Spring Hemp and Poppy-seed c. Or Take Hemp-seed two Ounces Seeds of Lettuce and Purslain of each two Drams Make an Emulsion with Purslain-water to be sweetened with Syrup of Water-Lilly If Camphyr or an Opiat be added 't will be more effectual The Effervescence of the Blood and by consequence the Turgescence of the Seminal Liquor must likewise be repress'd by frequent Bleeding and absorbent Acids such as the Juice of Citrons Lemons and Pomegranats Nitre Sugar of Lead Coral c. and also by mild Sudorifics and besides in order to put a stop to the Fury and impetuous Motion of the Animal Spirits 't is convenient to add Poppy-seed Opium and Camphyr Externally we use Cataplasms Baths and Fomentations of Mandrake Nightshade Purslain Rue Hemlock Poppy and such like SECT III. Of the Disorders of the whole Body which are suppos'd to proceed from the Womb. CHAP. I. Of the Green Sickness AS the first arrival of seminal Liquor occasions several notable Alterations in Women so if it is too long retain'd and consequently corrupted and altered it ferments the Mass of Blood Juices and Spirits introducing an Evil disposition of the whole Body called the Green Sickness or white Virgin Feaver in which the Colour of the Skin is pale or somewhat livid and ugly attended by a bluish Circle under the Eyes Anxiety and Sadness without manifest Cause a slow obscure and disorderly Feaver an unequal and inconstant Pulse Vomitings in the day time c. It only invades Virgins and Widows or Women retir'd from Men and is heedfully to be distinguish'd from the Cachexy or evil Disposition of Body that 's common to both Sexes It is difficult to be known however if no error in Diet or the use of the six Nonnaturals no Obstruction of the Courses or other manifest Cause have preceded or if the Patient of a forward brisk Maid is become sad and anxious or is a forlorn Widow who formerly was a healthy Wife we may in such cases conclude this to be the Disease which the older it is has the worst Symptoms following it In curing of it we must endeavour to correct the default of Genital Liquor and remove the vitious Crasis of the Blood and by proper Remedies cure the incident Symptoms For the former Intentions Camphyr is a notable Remedy it not only diminishes the quantity of seminal Liquor and amends its virulency but has a peculiar Virtue of fortifying the Blood and Spirits Amber also Myrrh and its Essence prepar'd with Nitre Castor Spirit of Sal Armoniac and all Remedies prepar'd from them Preparations of Lead and moderat Acids are all proper As Take of the Conserve of Baum an Ounce and a half Conserve of Citron Pulp and of Quinces of each six Drams Essence of Myrrh half an Ounce prepar'd Amber two Drams Crystal Mineral of Lead Pouder of Castor of each a Dram Cloves Mace Zedoary of each a Scruple Camphyr half a Scruple Make an Electuary with Syrup of Pomegranats With these such things as extinguish the Seed may be mâ—x'd as Agnus Castus Willow Hemp and possibly Turpentine may not be amiss Opiats allay the severity of Symptoms and may be mix'd with other Specifics Bleeding and that often repeated is not improper CHAP. II. Of a Cachexy in Women ANother Fountain of Diseases commonly term'd hysteric is the suppression of the Terms from which a numerous train of Evils proceed especially if it happens on a suddeâ— by reason both of the quantity and deprav'd quality of the stagnating Blood for when there is too great a quantity of Blood it s due Circulation and fermentative Turgescence being restrain'd it becomes less spirituous and volatil yea gross and viscid and as it were flat and useless And as touching its quality we ought to remember that tho all the Mass of Blood is originally of the same condition and nature yet that which by the monthly Fermentation is measur'd out to be expell'd undergoes a singular Change
her be plac'd on the Stool and incourag'd to a speedy Delivery If the Mother or Child be weak let her take a Glass of Cinnamom Baum Pennyroyal or the Compound hysteric Water mix'd with the Syrup of Orange-peel or of Mugwort c. When the Pains relent if the Child presents naturally and the Waters are broke and the Orifice of the Womb open'd we may exhibit aromatic and expelling Medicines but not otherwise The Aromatics are Dittany of Candy Sage Mugwort Saffron and especially Cinnamom which ought never to be omitted The expelling Specifics are a Draught of the Husband's Urine or of the Juice of Horse Dung mix'd with Wine Castor Oil of Amber given from ten to thirty drops in Pennyroyal Water with a few drops of the Oil of Cinnamom the volatil Salt of Amber given to fifteen Grains The Oil of Hazelwood given from fifteen to twenty five drops Troches of Myrrh or Pilulae Foetidae given to a Dram Borace given to a Dram the Pouder of the Liver of an Eel dry'd together with the Gall-bladder given to a Dram the Pouder of the Livers of Vipers or of Horses Stones given to a Dram Crude Mercury Fulminatory Gold and above all the Pouder of a dry'd human After-birth given to a Dram or its Spirit drawn from it when it has stood for a Month in a close Vessel in a Balneum Mariae given to forty Drops in the room of which we sometimes make use of the Spirit of Soot If the Pains recur frequently and the Woman be much fatigu'd we may add Laudanum Opiatum Take of the Pouders of an Eel's Liver and a human After-birth of each a Dram Myrrh or Borace two Scruples Make a Pouder for three Doses Take of the Water of white Lillies two Ounces Cinnamom Water half an Ounce Baum and Pennyroal Waters of each an Ounce Pouder of Horse Stones four Scruples Borace two Scruples Essence of Castor and that of Amber of each twenty Drops distill'd Oil of Nutmegs six Drops white Sugar two Drams Mix and give a Spoonful now and then Externally apply a Girdle of Snakes Cast-Coats or anoint the Belly with an Ointment made of them with Earthworms and the Juice of River-Crabs and the fat of a Fox or Hare Or Take of the Oil of Wall-flowers six Drams distill'd Oil of Amber a Dram. Make an Ointment for the same purpose Or Take of the fat of Vipers six Drams Oil of the Balsam-Apple three Drams distill'd Oil of Spike a Dram. Mix and anoint the Belly but be sure to wipe it off after Delivery Or Take of Galbanum dissolv'd in Vinegar an Ounce Myrrh two Drams Saffron half a Dram with Oil of Orris make a Pessary Some choose to apply a Cataplasm of the Decoction of Coloquintida Rue Myrrh and Meal of Barley If all these means prove succesless we must have recourse to sneezing Medicines made of Hellebor Marjoram Tobacco Pepper Castor c. and if these be ineffectual to Mercurius Vitae for a Vomit Sometimes Lusty Women accustom'd to drink Wine or that live in hot Climats are reliev'd by Blood-letting If the Mother be seiz'd by Convulsions or bleeding from within the Womb she ought to be immediately laid by a skilful hand If the Mother be dead and the Child alive in the Womb it ought to be cut out Ofttimes Child-birth is render'd difficult by the Death of the Child in the Womb in which case the same expelling Medicines are to be us'd but in larger Doses Besides the external Applications already injoin'd some recommend a Fumigation of the Womb with the Smoak of rotten Berries thrown into boiling Water or with the Smoak of Troches made of Myrrh Castor Snakes Cast-Coats Pigeon's Dung Madder-roots and Ox Gall thrown upon burning Coals If all the means above-mention'd fall short of expelling the dead Child it must be pull'd out either all in one piece by hooks or cut into several Pieces This Symptom of a dead Child ought to be carefully minded not only about the time of Delivery but during the whole Course of the Woman's being with Child for fear of Mistakes in giving Astringents to prevent miscarrying when 't is actually dead or of indeavouring its Expulsion as being dead while 't is yet alive Now to prevent such Mistakes the following Signs will be of use When the Child is quite dead neither the Mother nor Midwife are sensible of the least Motion The Mother's Share-bone Lips Face and extreme Parts are cold her Breasts that were turgid are now become flaccid and their Milk serous she is seiz'd with a violent Shivering and Yauning Swooning and sometimes a Feaver pain of the Head and Stomac and dismal Convulsions her pains intermit of a sudden the Membran of the Child's Head is flaccid and oft-times the Excrements come forth before the Child In process of time her Breath becomes fetid and Water or corrupt Matter drops from the Womb. If the Child be alive it will move when the Womb is fomented with volatil Liquors when the Mother holds her hand in hot Water for some time when a green Leaf of Marjoram bruis'd or ones hand wet with cold Water or Bread soak'd in Spanish Wine is applied to the Belly and a Vein open'd in the Leg. If it do not you may conclude that 't is dead SECT VIII Of the Management of Women in Childbed AFTER the Woman is laid let her be wrap'd up with a Swathe of Linen about the Ribs and carefully arm'd against Cold Anger Fear and strong Smells Let her abstain from sleep for some hours and take a Glass of warm Wine with a Toste for strengthening quenching Thirst and preventing the Symptoms that ofttimes insue After some hours she may take a potch'd Egg with Cinnamom or Zedoary or some Drops of the Tincture of Coral prepar'd with the Spirit of a Stag's Heart After three or four days if she be very Costive her Belly may be open'd with Balls of Civet or Clysters or Elixir Proprietatis taken inwardly The most material Circumstance relating to a Woman in Childbed is the separation of the Secundine for if any part of it remain it putrifies and produces tragical Effects The Causes of its retention are the Influence of cold Air the Tumour and straitness of the internal Neck of the Womb the Corruption or breaking of the Navel-string by which 't is generally pull'd out and the firm adhesion of the Secundine to the Womb. Sometimes indeed if it be united with the Womb and receive nourishment directly from it without the Foetus it may remain unputrify'd in the Body But for the most part its Nutrition is receiv'd from the Foetus and its Adhesion is occasion'd by the early Egress of the Child or want of due Motion in the Mother or by external Violence The Symptoms that attend it are an acute Feaver Pain and swelling of the Belly Gripings about the Region of the Womb a stinking Breath difficult Respiration and voiding of corrupt matter or Blood from the Womb. If
it continue long it may occasion Ulcers and Gangrens In order to prevent this Inconvenience the Midwife ought to tie the Navel-string to the Woman's Thigh till she be ready to draw forth the Afterbirth And then the Mother ought to be incourag'd to promote its Egress by Sneezing Coughing and in Case of Extremity Vomiting If all prove ineffectual let the expelling Medicines abovemention'd be administred especially the Spirit and Pouder of a human Secundine Myrrh Saffron Amber Castor and Borace If the After-birth be already corrupted in the Womb exhibit Elixir Proprietatis extracted with the Spirit of Venice Triacle camphoris'd In the interim let sharp irritating Clysters be injected and Pessaries of expelling Ingredients put up into the Womb. Glauberus orders a Mixture of Sal Armoniac and Salt of Tartar to be put into a Glass with a long Neck thrust into the Womb. Some anoint the parts with the Oils of Coloquintida Wall-flowers Savine Amber c. and order Fumigations of Myrrh Cinnamom Galbanum Castor Opoponax and Black Hellebor form'd into Troches with Cow's Gall. If these Prescriptions are still successless the Midwife must put her hand into the Womb and draw it out or if that cannot be done its Putrification must be promoted by injecting emollient Decoctions of Marshmallows Pellitory of the Wall Chamomil c. mix'd with Aloes Myrrh Oil of Roses and Vinegar of Wine to which we may add Lime-water Vnguentum Basilicon and a small quantity of that call'd Aegyptiacum After the Expulsion of the After-birth the next step is to regulate the Flux of the Lochia or the Child-bed Purgation If they are deficient we ought to consider if they are not voided some other way as by the Nostrils Stool c. In which Case we ought not to disturb Nature unless grievous Symptoms oblige us Besides if the Woman was wont to void but a small quantity of her monthly Courses or if she suckle the Child we are not to expect so large an Evacuation as otherwise The natural Method of this Flux is such that Blood is voided four days after Delivery from thence a watry Liquor like the washing of Flesh till the seventh day after that a viscous and serous Humour untainted with Blood continues to flow till the fourteenth or twentieth day Now the Causes of the Suppression of this Flux are external Cold drinking cold Liquors Anger Fear Grief Shame and the Collection of clotted Blood or viscid Humours in the Womb. The Symptoms of a Suppression are the Distention Hardness and Pain of the Belly a beating Heat about the Loins and Groin a shivering Feaver Headach difficult Respiration Swooning cold Sweats Doating and frequently Death If the Womb be inflam'd if a Pleurisy Dropsy or spitting of Blood insue 't is a dangerous Case As for the Cure of a Suppression of the Lochia if the Blood and Feaver boil high if Headachs difficult Respiration and such like Symptoms of the upper Region molest the Person let a Vein be open'd in the Arm and after the use of some internal Expellent open the Saphaena or apply Leeches to the Vagina or scarifying Cupping-glasses to the inside of the Thighs The internal Medicines are those of an expelling Virtue recommended above especially Myrrh Saffron Borace Amber Zedoary and Elixir Proprietatis If the Blood be clotted Castor and Sperma Caeti with Crabs-eyes and Wine are proper to which we may add some Grains of Laudanum Opiatum in case of violent Headachs and other Pains Externally let the Abdomen be fomented with the Decoctions of Chamomil Savine and wild Thyme and anointed with a Mixture of the Oil of Wall-flowers and the distill'd Oils of Cumin Juniper-berries and Amber applying afterwards a hot Brick or a Bag either dry or boil'd in Wine of Wormwood Chamomil Fever-few Angelica-roots the four great hot Seeds and Juniper-berries If the Urine be also stop'd apply to the lower Belly a Cataplasm of Chervil Pellitory of the Wall and Oil of Scorpions In the mean while it will not be improper to inject Clysters of the Decoctions of Specifics for the Womb and stimulating Ingredients and to order Fumigations from Coloquintida the Dross of the Regulus of Antimony Troches of Myrrh Bdellium c. Some put into the Vagina a little Bag of black Hellebor In a word this Symptom and that of a Suppression of the Terms require the same Cure Instead of a Suppression of the Lochia sometimes we meet with an immoderat Flux of Blood attended by a Prostration of Strength dimness of Sight tingling of the Ears and Swooning If the Blood be of an obscure and blackish Colour it proceeds from the Veins if its Colour be florid and a yellowish scarlet it comes from the Arteries and portends Danger The Causes are 1. The Redundancy and watry thinness of the Blood 2. It s Turgescence and accelerated Motion occasion'd by the abuse of spirituous Liquors in time of Labour or the administration of expelling Medicines 3. The Wounds of the Womb caus'd by the violent pulling of the After-birth in case of miscarrying or of its firm Adhesion to the Womb. 4. The Irritation of the Womb occasion'd by a Mola or Clots of Blood or pieces of the After-birth remaining The Cure is vary'd according to the respective Cause If the Blood be thin Sudorifics and Incrassating Ingredients are proper If it be overturgid Purslain Plantane Tormentil Loostrife and Acids take place If the Womb be wounded the Decoctions of Chervil and vulnerary Ingredients are recommended If a Mola or Pieces of the After-birth remaining cause an immoderat Flux we must be cautious of using strong Expellents because they promote the Flux But Aromatic Ingredients mix'd with Astringents may be safely administred Such are Tormentil Bistort Marjoram Pennyroyal Mugwort Troches of Amber c. In general all Preparations from Quinces the Pouder of Sea-horse Teeth given to a Dram the Preparations of Steel Blood-stone seal'd Earth burnt Hartshorn the solar Tincture of Steel given to fifteen Drops and the Tincture of the Sulphur of Vitriol given to thirty Conserve of Roses and that of Comfry-roots with Laudanum Opiatum and in case of extremity Allum given to half a Dram These I say are generally approv'd in all Cases Externally apply Cupping-glasses under the Breasts or foment the Breasts and Genitals with a cold Mixture of Vinegar Juice of Housleek Nitre and Water of Frogs Spawn or apply a Cataplasm of Soot Vinegar of Roses and the Whites of Eggs to the Loins Some order Decoctions of astringent Ingredients and Hogs Dung in Smith's Water to be injected into the Womb. Others recommend a Girdle of black Hellebor-leaves ty'd round the Body The Redundancy and Turgescence of the Blood admits of bleeding in the Arm but no other Cause With reference to the Extraction of the After-birth and Regulation of the Child-bed Flux we ought to take notice of the After-pains that ofttimes succeed to Delivery These After-pains are call'd genuin when they 'r seated in the Womb as being only
thro a Sieve and add to it of Horse-dung three Ounces Oil of Chamomil an Ounce and a half rosted Onyons two Ounces Make a Cataplasm Common Soap dissolv'd in hot Milk is also very proper Take of the Mucilages of Marshmallow and Fenugrec-seeds extracted with the Decoction of Figs of each an Ounce Goose Fat six Drams Oil of Chamomil and Oil of white Lillies of each half an Ounce Mix and add of the distill'd Oil of Turpentin a Dram stinking Oil of Tartar a Scruple Make a Liniment Take of the Plaister of Henbane two Ounces Gum Ammoniac dissolv'd with a gentle Heat an Ounce Mix and make a Plaister The discussive Ingredients are endow'd with volatil subtil hot parts for subduing the Acid melting down the thicken'd Humour and opening the Pores Such are the Roots of Fennel Elecampane Flower-de-luce Birth-wort Pellitory of Spain and Ginger the Leaves of Dill Chervil Rosemary Marjoram Calamint wild Marjoram Lavender and Hyssop the Flowers of Roman Chamomil Lavender Rosemary and Saffron Juniper and Bay-berries the Seeds of Cumin Anise and Caraways all the Spices Castor Storax the Spirit of Wine camphoris'd the Essences of Aromatic Plants their distill'd Oils c. The Decoctions of such Ingredients are us'd both for Fomentation and Fumigation Cataplasms Liniments and Plaisters are likewise in use but Care is to be taken that no oily Ingredient stop the Pores of the Skin The ripening Ingredients ought to be 1. Moist and juicy for dissolving the two combatant Salts that promote Suppuration 2. Oily and temperate and 3. Indow'd in some measure with a penetrating Virtue in opposition to the fix'd Acid. Such are Marshmallow-roots white Lillies rosted Onyons and Garlic the Emollient Seeds Flowers Oils Ointments Plaisters c. The general Doctrine of Tumours being thus premis'd we proceed to the Description of particular Swellings which we cast into four Heads 1. Those that proceed from the Stagnation of Blood 2. Such as are Critical 3. Such as arise from the Depravation of the Lymph and 4. Those which relate to the Blood-Vessels 1. Under the first Head we comprehend Inflammations Blood-shot and St. Antony's Fire Inflammations are cur'd thus Inwardly we exhibit the same Medicines as we prescrib'd for a Pleurisy to which we add Nitre by reason of the Feaver that accompanies ' em Externally we first bleed and then endeavour to discuss 'em by applying the Decoction of Sulphur in Urine and the Plaister of Sperma Ceti or the Juice of River-Crabs and Horse-dung or the Spirit of Wine camphoriz'd mix'd with gentle Diaphoretics and the Water of Spirma Cetiâ— or Quick-lâ—me-water with Sugar of Lead or the Lee of the Ashes of Vine-twigs mix'd with Vinegar Nitre and Salt If these do not succeed we must endeavour to bring the Swelling to a head by applying Milk in which Castle-soap is boil'd But if the Inflammation and Heat be great we must avoid oily fat Ingredients If the Inflammation be spurious that is if a pituitous Humour accompany the stagnating Blood we may add Ripeners of the sharper kind Generally the Plaisters of Melilot and Diachylon softer'd with the Oil of Liâ—â—ies or Ointment of sweet Almonds are very proper After the Swelling is open apply the Balsam of Sulphur and Plaister Diasulphuris or an Ointment of Turpentin Hony of Roses and Balsam of Peru dissolv'd in the Yelk of an Egg. If the Ulcers are deep and hollow inject the Decoction of Tobacco and Plantain mix'd with Myrrh and Aloes or temper'd with Lime-water and the Spirit of Venice Triacle Some are wont to apply Astringent Cataplasms and Plaisters in the beginning of an Inflammation in order as they fancy to hinder the irruption of the Blood but the Rules of Circulation have discover'd their Mistake Blood-shot is the effect of Contusions or the Distortion of the Capillary Vessels It s internal Cure is the same as that of a Pleurisy Externally we apply a slice of raw Beef or Venice Triacle mix'd with the Syrup of Elder Sugar of Lead and Salt of Wormwood If these prove successless we must have recourse to Cataplasms of the Roots of Solomon's Seal and Comfry bruis'd and boil'd in Wine or to the Spirit of Wine camphoris'd and the Spirit of Sal Armoniac If a nervous part be affected by the Contusion we exhibit the Oil of Lavender inwardly and anoint the part with the Balsam of Peru mix'd with Spirit of Wine and Oil of Castor If the Symptom do not disappear after these Applications we must endeavour to suppurat and after Suppuration consolidate as above But when the Part quickly becomes black and threatens a Gangrene or when the Contusion is deep and reaches beyond the Cuticle 't is not safe to stay for Maturation therefore we scarify it and then apply Aromatic Decoctions or Lime-water sharpen'd with the Spirit of Wine and sweet Mercury St. Antony's Fire is an Inflammation incident to Scorbutical Persons and seems to proceed from a subtil volatil Acid that ferments with the volatil Salt of the Blood and causes it to stagnat It is usher'd in by shivering and attended by a notable Heat and Feaver It s Colour is very red when touch'd it becomes white but quickly reassumes its redness It spreads over the neighbouring Parts and is apt to degenerat into sordid Ulcers or Gangrenes When it besets the Arms 't is more troublesome than in the Legs If it strike in or seize the Head Face Mouth or Fundament 't is very dangerous It s internal Cure is accomplish'd by the Water Essence and Syrup of Elder-flowers mix'd with the volatil Salt of Hartshorn or that of Amber Camphyr Sugar of Lead Diaphoretic Antimony Cinnabar of Antimony and absorbent Pouders Purgation before the Declension is absolutely pernicious as also bleeding unless the Disease be occasion'd by a Contusion Fracture or Wound Externally cold astringent oily and fat Ingredients are hurtful the more proper Medicines are the Decoctions of Elder-flowers in which Venice Triacle and Castle-soap are dissolv'd the Spirit of Wine impregnated with Camphyr or Saffron the Decoction of Myrrh and Frankincense in Wine mix'd with Camphyr and Saffron the Water of Sperma Ceti and that of Cow's Dung distill'd in May the bruis'd Leaves of Radishes applyed as Cataplasms Clouts dip'd in Hare's Blood or the first Flood of a Virgin 's Terms the Leaves of Arsemart bruis'd and applied the Pouders of Myrrh Frankincense Chalk Sugar of Lead and Camphyr sprinkl'd upon brown Paper dip'd into the Spirit of Wine impregnated with Saffron To all which we may add Laudanum Opiatum as occasion requires The following Ointment is also much approv'd Take of the Pouder of Elder-flowers three Drams Ceruss a Dram and a half With Salt of Wormwood and Venice Triacle make an Ointment The Ointment of Sugar of Lead and Syrup of Elder is likewise of noted Efficacy If notwithstanding these Precautions the Swelling be ulcerated apply the Water of Quick-lime prepar'd with Elder flowers and mix'd with the Juice of Cresses Sugar of Lead and
either design'd for preservation from imminent danger or removing the present Illness Distill'd Vinegar Camphyr and alexipharmacal Ingredients are proper Preservatives As for the proper Cure of Malignant Feavers 't is perform'd by expelling the poysonous ferment and fortifying the Spirits and Humours in order to promote the expulsion To this purpose Sulphur absorbent Antimonial Powders Camphyr Vinegar and Acid Juices precipitating Powders such as the friable parts of Animals mix'd with alexipharmacal Ingredients such as Zedoary Ivy-Berries Juniper and Bay-berries Myrrh Angelica Gentian and Saffron with Opium and Sudorifics are very proper But in order to a regular use of 'em let us mind the following Cautions 1. Vomits especially the Infusion of Vitrum Antimonii are of admirable efficacy in the very beginning of Malignant Feavers especially when they 're attended by Anxieties in the Breast or proceed from an internal corruption of the Humors But the Season of exhibiting them must be nicely weigh'd for if Nature be already endeavouring any other evacuation especially through the Skin they are out of season 2. Sudorifics are justly look'd upon as the basis of the Cure but they ought to be proportion'd to the malignity of the Disease and strength of the Patient If the Malignity be of a moderat Character 't is advisable to begin with absorbents at first Indeed a violent malignity requires powerful Sudorifics but care must be taken that the Patient be not stifl'd with weight of Cloaths And those of the sweating Tribe that are Aromatic and Oily are only proper in the beginning or during the increase Towards the height or when the Heat is violent 't is not amiss to exchange 'em with fix'd Powders or at least to qualifie 'em with Acids such as the Spirits of Nitre the vegetable Acid Juices c. Camphyr is a Sudorific never to be omitted unless it be prohibited by a peculiar Antipathy as in some Women and studious Men. 3. During the time of sweating or immediatly after it let Acid mixtures of the Juice of Citrons and especially Spirit of Nitre c. be exhibited They retrieve the exhausted Spirits and procure a due consistence to the dissolv'd Blood and ought always to be imploy'd for a Vehicle to Venice Treacle and such like hot Compositions 4. Opiats are of admirable use for promoting Sweat which is frequently hinder'd by anxiety and unquietness Let 'em be mix'd both with Sudorifics and with the Acid mixtures exhibited after sweating but their proper Season is during the Increase for towards the Crisis they ought to be avoided 5. The Cure of malignant Feavers varies according to their respective Causes If they proceed from external Contagion fierce Sudorifics are requir'd If from the internal corruption of the Humours they ought to be more temperat and rather absorbent If the Animal Spirits are the principal seat of the Malignity subtil volatil penetrating Ingredients mix'd with Narcotics are proper If the Blood claim that Character they ought to be temper'd with Acid Vehicles The malignity of the Blood is for the most part attended by eruptions of Humours at one part or other that of the Spirits by Deliriums Watchings Convulsions c. and a tolerable Pulse 6. Malignant Feavers are frequently complicated continual Burning ones in which case regard must be had to the boiling heat of the Blood by insisting most on moder at Acids and fix'd absorbents especially those of Antimony and qualifying the volatil oily Specifics 7. The above mention'd Symptoms relating to the Tongue Hands and Tendons ought always to be inquir'd after as also the condition of the Eyes for if they are rutilant and fiery or fierce they threaten Deliriums 8 There is nothing more fatal than a Looseness and all Artificial Purgations are pernicious especially if the Disease came by Contagion or if Nature endeavour Cutaneous Fruptions or if the force of malignity surpass that of the febrile effervescency If the first Passages be stuff'd let temperat Clysters be injected and even those but very cautiously In the Declension of the Disease a gentle Laxative is not amiss 9. Blood-letting is highly Pernicious especially if the Disease came by Contagion or tend to cutaneal Eruptions Sometimes if the malignity be weak and the Blood boyl high in a Plethoric young Person accustom'd to Bleeding it may be allow'd but with a great deal of Caution and Judgment 10. Blistering Plaisters are very useful They 're applied to the Legs and Arms and in case of sleepy Symptoms to the Nap of the Neck If the Animal Spirits are much afflicted or if the Eruptions design'd by nature advance but slowly or retire afterwards they are of singular use Stephanus advises us not to be over hasty in applying 'em till Nature have discover'd her design and then if she be weak to interpose their help The increase or rather beginning of the Height is a proper time to apply ' em 11. The Diet must be thin neither are Victuals to be offer'd unless the appetit require ' em For Drink let Water be boyl'd with a third part of Rhenish Wine and mix'd with the Juice of Citrons and Gelly of Harts-horn Or let Whey be sharpen'd with the Juice of Citrons or Spirit of Nitre Having premis'd these Cautions we shall next touch at the Specifics some of which are volatil some fix'd The volatil are either lean and thin such as the Spirit of Sal-Armoniac the Spirits and volatil Salts of Harts-horn of Vipers of Tartar of Urine of Amber c. Or Oily and Aromatic such as Camphyr Elecampane Birthwort Rue Galangal Mary-gold Orange Peel Germander Castor Vipers Baum Zedoary lesser Centory Rob of Juniper and Elder-berries the distill'd Oyls of Amber Camphyr Harts-horn and Tartar Essence of Triacle Spirit of Triacle Camphoris'd and the Essences of Aromatic Herbs The fix'd are Diaphoretic Antimony Diaphoretic Gold native Cinnabar or that of Antimony above all the fix'd Sulphur of Antimony mineral Bezoar both simple and Compound the Bezoar Stone given to half a dram or in the room of it the Stone cut out of a Man's Bladder seal'd Earth Coral Harts-horn Sulphur and the preparations of Nitre c. Some are of a temperat nature neither properly volatil nor fix'd such are the Gelly of Harts-horn the expelling Seeds viz. Those of Carduus Benedictus Columbines Cresses Citrons c. To which we may add Myrrh which is a baumy Medicine of excellent use for covering the Spirits from the shocks of the malign ferment From these Simples are prepar'd an infinity of compound Medicines such as Venice Triacle or Diascordium which is better Mithridat Species of Hyacinth the Powder call'd Saxonicus c. As for Venice Triacle and such like hot Compositions the best way is to exhibit em in Acid Vehicles and mix 'em with fix'd Specifics Take of Rasberry Water and that of Water Germander of each an ounce and a half Diaphoretic Antimony half a dram Cinnabar of Antimony fifteen grains volatil Salt of Harts-horn twelve grains Camphyr two or three