administred in the appropriated water removes and takes away the Falling-sickness though man hath been troubled with it for twenty years The Galenists administer Atomatical medicines and Muscatum Diacastorium Diamoschatum Dulce Elplerisarcaticon Hieralogodion and Oleum Benedictum Phrisius in speculo medicinali and Ruffus in Autidotario commends syrup of Stecados Phrisius in speculo fol. 67. administers Magna Therica and Sage pillulae faetidae The Galenists say that conserves or conduits and also Trochisses and Eclegmata respect and cure the head and other cold distemperatures of the sinews of the head so also the flowrs of Rosemary and of Galingale and of Marigold with Betony and Briony administred in the morning and evening of the quantity of a Walnut Sometime Aromatical powders are mixt with Sugar or appropriated syrup which mixture they call a confection But certainly it is well said of some of more sincere Philosophy that the Galenists flatter and palliate the diseases but they do not cure them which the experience of the cure of the Falling-sickness doth testifie for if crude and imperfect medicaments effect nothing in the curing of the Falling-sickness then the sick are neglected of those false Physicians as if they were incurable for the cure of the Falling-sickness is not in Sage Marigold and Marjorum It is no wonder that they believe not the original of the Falling-sickness when as they cannot see it with their sense The Remedies of the Falling-sickness are twofold Coporal and Spiritual some are good for the younger sort only some for old men some for maids some for old Women some cure by coldness not by that external quality but by the Narcotical and coagulative virtue some cure by their specifical vertue some by their sleeping power and vertue The oil of Amber is good for Infants and the younger sort one drop of it being administred in the water of Fennel unto the Infants so also the water of Selondine is most excellent for the younger sort and Infants being anointed upon their nostrils as the oil of Amberâ—is likewise it is good for them to receive ij drops of the oil of Corals and one drop of Aurum potabile at the first dosis at the second dosis two drops at the third dosis three drops at the fourth dosis four drops it is a most strong thing therefore it is to be given with judgment Let three drops of the oil of Amber be administred in the liquor of the water of the Lillies of the Vallies unto the younger which are about 18. or 19. years of age Let there be taken also yellow oil from the smoak of Oaks and let ij drops be administred to the more aged in the water of the Lillies of the Vallies and they will take away and remove the Falling sickness The remedies of the Falling-sickness are fourfold in The 16. Chap. below dâ— morbis pulmonum regard of the four Elements The most grievous fiery Falling-sickness is cured by the essence of Antimony Paracel in Laboryntho fol. 222. The destroyer of the Microcosm takes unto it Realgar that is the being of poison and threatneth death unto him by infection The conserver of the Microcosm takes unto it the slowrs of Antimony and overcomes the destroyer if so be they be conferred with the internal Balm of mans Nature they are the chief and especial vertues against all the kinds of poison The aiery Falling-sickness is also expelled by the secret of Selondine The aiery Falling-sickness is cured by Theriniâ—tis which is a kind of Manna and there is the same signature of it and the Plantain The essence of crystal and the Misledine of the Oak cure the watery Falling-sickness The Falling-sickness from the stars of the Earth is cured by the seed extracted of Piony Poppy The universal remedies are potable Gold quintessence of Gold the magistery of Pearls the tincture of Corals the magiâ—â—ery of Antimony external Sulphur Reverberated Mercury the oil and plegm of Roman Vitriol called the Hungarian Vitriol and the water of crude Tartar of the oil and plegm of Vitriol in water or wine in the morning or at night for the consuming of the paroxism you may read more in the book de morbis amentium sub cura caduci in Paracel tract 2. cap. 1. The compound Indications â„ž of Camphora the shaving of an Elks hoof of the scul of man of Unicorns horn of all the kinds of Saunders of each of these Ê’ of Corals of Oaks misledine of the grains of peony of each Ê’ij let all be pulverized most small and let them be put into a pound of the secret of Vitriol let them be digested for a moneth and afterward administer them Muffetus in dialog apolog fol. 45. Joannes Crato after many dimications with the Chymists was wont to call native Lead the Loadstone Michael in Apol. fol. 167. natural Cinnaber and not factitious is the chief secret unto the Epileptick The green Spirit of Vitriol which cureth all sorts of Falling-sickness is thus prepared â„ž blue Hungarian Vitriol distill the fleam from it and when the Spirit beginneth to ascend change the Receiver and receive the Spirit by it self if you will or rather distill off only the fleam Then take fresh Vitriol and distill all its fleam as before so do with more fresh Vitriol untill you have store of the fleam â„ž then pure fresh Vitriol and dissolve it in all the said fleam that you distilled and being well dissolved put it in a very high glass with an Alembeck upon it and a receiver well luted unto it then in ashes distill the green Sâ—iâ—it But be sure that your glass be high and tapering a Bolt head is best so that at very end it be so narrow as the smallest head that is made may but go on else the fleam will come over with the spirit and so weaken it and lessen its effect This spirit being carefully distilled will be like a spirit of wine and you may administer of it a spoonful at a time for any Falling-sickness which it cureth with much ease and safety CHAP. VIII Of the Glewish moisture THe glewish matter is a glew of his part from which it proceeds from that part there rises a pain and paroxism the radical matter from which the actions proceed being separated and forsaking the member as the Apoplexy or Paralysis The Apoplexy is when as this glewish moisture forsaketh The Apoplexy is a preternatural affect of the head whereby the whole body is suddenly deprived of sense and motion with the hinderance of breathing a principal member The Paralysis is when it forsaketh the less principal member as sinews muscles eyes ears hands arms sides and feet The glew of the body is a nutriment of his member What the glew is and a conservation of the retentive and motive vertue from the faculties of the digestive vertue This glew hath an attractive retentive and motive vertue for example whatsoever the Reins attract the glew attracteth that
the space of three years and he was cured with this medicament For it was such a salt as did especially consist of the salt of Vitriol and not of all the kinds of Vitriol The Diaphoretick of Tartar much availeth in the Podagra in a convenient liquor The Podagra is cured by the liquor of the Cedar Theophrast in lib. de temperte tract 3. A most excellent remedy against the Podagra is Armoniacum sublimated seven times and made spiritual let it also be dissolved in wine and dip a linnen cloth in it and put it upon the affected place let it also be given inwardly with wine or ale and let the patient sweat Antimony or the mineral Unicorns horn being of a solid substance and of the nature of a confection easeth much and mitigates the pain of the Podagra by reducing and consuming the peccant matter which we have seen in those which have lacked the use of their hands by their taking this Medicine had use of their hands again In the pains of the Arthritis anoint the affected place with the oyl of Juniper and the patient will forthwith be eased The said Armoniacum how to sublime it seven times for the Gout â„ž the Scoria made with Antimony Tartar and Saltpeter when you make Regulus of Antimony per se make a lixivium of it which filter and boyl to the consistency of hony then by degrees of heat bring it to a fixt powder Take that powder and grind it well with pure salarmoniack which hath first been dissolved in distilled water filtred and coagulated and being well ground together put them to sublime first will come over a little spirit then will the Salarmoniac sublime in flowers and this you must do seven times every time with fresh fixt powder of the Scoria so have you the right Armoniack for the Gout and likewise the spirit some of which ascendeth in every sublimation which also is very effectual in the same disease CHAP. XXXIII Of the Plague and the Causes thereof THe Plague is a singular scourge affliction and contagion for the sins of man it is of an invisible spiritual and astral nature proceeding from no The Plague is a burning contagious feaver continually afflicting the patient and brâ—nging death unless it be restrained by nature and art internal humour or liquor of man but immediately from God It is either spiritual as that which comes immediately from God or natural when as God punishing men works by second causes and uses them as his instrument and rod For God when he punisheth men exercises uses anothers works and means The Supernatural plague is from God or else from Satan permissively The supernatural plague is a punishment and scourge sent of God Exod. 9. Levit. 26. Deut. 28. 1 Chronic. 22. The supernatural plague permissively from Satan is when God permits Sathan to punish men for sin This most tyrannous enemy both of God and man is sorry that he cannot overthrow God and man as Job witnesseth in his history Again the plague rises from conjurers Exod. 7 8. of which Christ speaks Acts. 8. Matth. 7. The natural plague is twofold one is generation from the impression of the Stars the other is from the imagination of the Microcosm The plague of impression proceeds from the firmament of Heaven God punishing men by second causes uses the conjunction of Mars and Saturn or the Ecclipses of malevolous Stars as the father which punisheth the son useth the rod. The beams of these stars being of the nature of Arsenick of Sulphur Mars Woolfs milk Woolf bane and Hemlock infect the spiritual and corporal nutriment This is the generation of the plague from the astral influence But men infected with the Haemorrhoids and Plague infect the sound onely with their look But much more many are infected from the look of women which are affected with the menstruum and Plague Again the Plague may come by breath heat sweat smells dwelling in some place and by the clothes of the infected The Plague may rise from Imagination Paracels de occulta Philosophia sets down preservatives in the time of the Plague It is not disconvenient to change the air This changing or mutation must be instituted according to the Astronomical Science otherwise any man endeavours to fly in vain For the preservation in the lague let him take pestilential drink of Paracels prepared truely Spagitically in his bed in the morning and let him sweat This medicine preserves six days from the Plague The second preservative is calcinated Sulphur taken with Mirth and Aloepaticum and Sugar preserves that day from all astrall impression The third preservative the Zenecthon of Paracels hang'd about the neck hinders the attractive virtue of the Microcosm The fourth the herb Celandine gathered in the full moon and carried about is a preservative against the poysonful look of women and men The fift preservative those which are busied about the infected let them hold Francincense in their mouths and let the infected hold the roots of Juniper The sixt the essence of the bloud of the Hart and stork are most excellent preservatives Seventh the most excellent of all is the Alexipharmacum spagiricum taken in the morning about the quantity of the lesser bean with sugar or any other convenient liquor A perfume for to fresh and better the air Take of Sulphur lbs of francincense â„¥ 2. of mirth â„¥ 1 s of laser medicum â„¥ s bruise them and mix them Add unto this powder twice as much of the barks of berries of Laurel half the part of Amber put upon the coals twice or thrice every day Ê’2 of this powder at every time this is the best means to refresh the air the same may be done by the wood and berries of the Juniper The Universal cure of the Plague is made by the spirit of Gold with Diaphoretical ☉ of life the essence of Gemms Hyacinth Smaragdus Saphires Tinctures Corals and of Antimony with Solificatum and Perlatum Laudanum These mysteries of nature if they be given in a convenient dosis they will expell the Plague alltogether The particular Cure As soon as the infected feels the poyson of the Plague let those which are come to years take a spoonful of the abovenamed pestiential potion of Paracels let the younger sort take two spoonful or more or less according unto the conditions of the patient and let him sweat well four or five hours when six hours are past let him take the third dosis especially if the pricking hath left him for by the third dosis God assisting all the poyson is expell'd by sweat let the patient take three days following every morning one dosis of the forenamed drink whereby he may be corroborated and comforted The same is effected by the Spagirical Alexipharmacum of which let those which are come to years take and that thrice in 24. hours let the younger sort take three days following let him every morning take a dosis in wine and
place of the Liver and afterward it is strained for a crass and incocted matter could not do this The Salt of Alume causes a blew colour The Dropsie in the Liver is caused from the Apostem viz. if pricking be felt in the right side not that the air undergoes the Apostem but because the air and circumjacent mass effects the Apostem the Liver is not putrified in death but makes cuttings when it begins to be cut or to have clifts death follows those clifts Lib. 1. param de origine morbor ex tribus substantits and cap. 4. tract 3. cap. 6. The Dropsie is a passion in the Liver caused from an alumish tartar by resolution of the proper nature so also somewhat black and crass Urine in the Dropsie signifies the resolution of the principal members or bowels so that death is eminent or present Thurnens in herbario sol 49. c. First remove the obstruction of the Liver by resolving Cure and consuming the obstructing cause All the obstructions of the Liver are removed by the essence of the common Mercury and Antimony Paracels l. 2. de viribus membrorum cap. 6. So also the spirit of Salt and common Vitriol Besides the opening Remedies give viz. the fat of Yew applyed to the Liver hot in a linen cloth The essence of Time cures all diseases of the Liver Paracels de rebus naturalibus cap. 7. sub titulo sulphuris saith that the obstructions of the Liver are abolished by these Take of the syrup of the roots of cicha in the morning with a fasting stomach but do not take it at night for so the obstructions would be augmented or take the syrup of the roots according to Fernelius Ale with Betony tempered cureth the obstructed Liver The subtilty of Camphora and Sulphur opens the obstruction of the Liver Thurnens in Pisone lib. 4. cap. 7. saith that baths open the obstructions Read Rulandus and Sheuriterus where you may see these hot confections remove the obstructions of the Liver and water betwixt the skin namely Dialacca Diacurcuma and Diacatholicum so also opening and apertive trochiskes viz. made of Rheubarb Liverwort The essence of Schordion is very good for the ill-affected Liver lib. 2. de viribus memb cap. 6. and Myrrh by long continuance the Liver begins to putrifie which putrifaction is cured by the water of the stone Eat-flesh Thurnens lib. 4. cap. 7. The stone cabrates cures the tumours of the Spleen and Liver Barth Anglus lib. 6. cap. 18. Read Galen de arte curativa lib. 2. cap. 6. Phrisius in speculo part 4. lib. 2. tractat 3. cap. 3. There must be a preparation of Silver administred to the debilitated and weakned Liver which Paracelsus delivers tract 5. praeparationum lib. 1. fol 50. Paracels lib. 1. param de curatione hydropis cap. 4. de origine morbor ex tribus principiis teaches that resolved Salt expels and corroborates nature namely that it may separate the pure from the impure as also that the resolved Salt in the body consumes by the vertue of Mercury In the cure of the Dropsie the oil or essence of Iron is very effective for it exsiccates the superfluites of the body and openeth the obstructions and corroborates the bowels Paracels cured the Dropsie by the Diaphoretick or Precipitated Gold of life The oil of common salt is a secret in the Dropsie a few drops being taken of it every morning Black Hellebor otherwise dangerous and to be feared is made very profitable and for good use by the spirit of wine and oil of Anise and may be given safely â—o Children for the Dropsie and all melancholick affâ—cts The Salt of Antimony given in wine is the great secret of the Dropsie so also Mercury being prepared to loosen the essence of Sulphur the Suphur of Gold that is the spirit of Gold the tincture of Corals the liquor of the Cedar the oil of Wormwood Read Theophrastus in his book de tempore The Philosophers stone cures all the kinds of the Dropsie Theophrast de tinctur a physic cap. 6. The oil of Vitriol in the water of Garden Endive the spirit or quintessence of Vitriol from Copper in Aqua vitae are effective The Ascites is cured by water out of the stone called Asâ—ites Eat-flesh so by the water of Vitriol Thurnens in pisone lib. 7. cap. 7. 9. Theophrast Paracelsus lib. 4. parag sub titulo de undimia tractat 5. lib. 1. praeparationum under the title of de Jove seustanno saith take of purged tinn â„¥ and of Antimony â„¥ ij let them be reverberated for the space of 24. hours extract from this matter a tincture and let the dosis be half a spoonful The Tympanites is cured by waters drawn forth of Tympanites Sulphur Pitch and Musk so also by the Barberry-tree the Bay-tree and Diamasonium the field Mint and thamarantha Thurnens in pisone lib. 4. cap. 7. lib. 5. cap. 24. 25. The Anasarca is cured by the essence of Sulphur Anasarca Theophrast as also by the essence of Corals and oil of Antimony let the drink of him that hath the Dropsie be well-water mixt with the spirit of Vitriol this water exsiccates much the water of him that hath the Dropsie The secret of Mercury of life cures all the kinds of the Dropsie being rectified and compounded in Aqua vitae and being administred it expels the peccant matter by sweat Read Alexander Benedict lib. 141. through the whole book So Barthol Anglus lib. 7. cap. 51. where he writes de sublimatione cheiri seu antimonii ex nigredine in albedineâ—â— saith that the sublimation of Antimony taken in wine of life cures all the affects of the Liver by freeing it from putrifaction and corruption so that it Paracels de virilus membror lib. â— cap. 6. may separate the pure from the impure and transmutate the impure chyle and make good bloud from which no disease rises and it renovates and restores the pure bloud by regenerating and transplanting the whole body and by removing all filthiness and Leprie The liquor of Kali or Mercury is a great secret of the Liver and Dropsie lib. 2. de viribus membror cap. 6. Paracelsus Secret Mercurius vitae aforesaid is thus prepared â„ž well purged Quicksilver sublime it from Salt Peter calcind Vitriol and Alume calcind take of what sublimeth only that which lyeth on the Caput mort which will be red as Cinaber sublime that red again by it self then dissolve it in an Aqua Regis made with Vitriol Tartar and Salarmoniac being dissolved distill off the Aqua Regis from it and the Mercury remaining sublime again so will it be white and crystaline and is Mercury Essencificate Take of that Mercury Essencificate and good Mineral Antimony ana grind them well together and distill the fat oil or Butter of Anâ—imony Take all that distilleth put it in a small glass Cucurbite and in Balneo abstract its fleme till the remaining
vinegar of roses and appropriated water When the impostumes burst forth let there be a plaister laid to made of Figs and fruits of Alkeck equally of them being bruised together so forthwith they will burst forth for poyson attracts poyson when the impostums burst and the poyson peirces unto the heart they are not poyson but are made poyson by reason of the Antipathy even as all antipathetical things if they be conjoyned degenerate into poyson The external sign of it is beheld from a line drawn from the centre of the Apostem unto the Heart Let inverted grapes if they be green be bruised if dry then macerate them in wine or distilled Vinegar and let them be put in and taken forth twice or thrice these grapes extract poyson from men and women which are far gon in the Ague and recover them again This secret and specifical virtue of this simple may worthily make us admire in regard of the efficacy of it against the symptoms of the Plague let him use in the constipation of the belly the extract of Rhubarbarum or Lysimachium let the poorer sort drink of the leaves of Lysimachium Those which have a Disentery or diarrhaea joyned with the Plague let them take in the morning noon and night of Crocus Martis in the extract of yellow Galingale untill the perfect cure Those which are exceeding hot let them take a linnen cloth and dip it in the water of Roses Vitriol and juyce of Fengreek and put it to the pulses and as soon as it is dryed up let him dip it in again for it extinguisheth the most vehement heat Quercitanus in his answer to Anbertus fol. 21. there is made a most commendable medicament of the true preparation of the liquor of the Cedar for the affects of the Plague CHAP. XXXIV Of the Leprie and the causes of it PAracels lib. 2. paramir de origine morbor ex tribus substantiis Cap. 4. saith that the Lepry is begot from exalted and sublimated Mercury by vertue of the native heat So in the 5 chap. saith that the The Lepry is an affection of the skin that is a deep and scaly roughness together with Itching caused from melancholy lying under the skin Leprosie and the Lepry and all the kinds of it are caused and generated from Salt Lib. 3. paramir de origine morbor ex tartaro tract 5. saith that the Lepry hath a liquor permixt with tartar whereupon the Paroxisme happeneth Lib. 1. de tartaro tract 4. The Lepry is nothing but a putrefaction from putrefacted seed because they are not loosened though they should eat of Ellebore and this is a principal sign of the Lepry that they are not moved with laxatives and when the urine demonstrates putrefaction by a stink it is a sign of the Lepry But these seem contrary when they are considered more accurately there is no dissention or contrariety for they are derived from one and the same fountain The Lepry is generated from the sublimation of Mercury even as in sublimation Mercury penetrates through all the pores and most narrow clifts of the glass so the liqnor of Mercury or matter of the Lepry penetrates through the superiour and inferiour parts of the body and appears in the skin with scales and filthiness The Lepry is begot of salt viz. the destruction which nature expell's outwardly hath a tartareous liquor commixed for the exulceration of the skin is manifest in the Lepry The Lepry is generated from putrefacted Sperm that is from inbred corrupted balsame from whence there follows the corruption and putrefaction of the whole body There are four Species of the Lepry the Leonina the Elephantasia the Alopecia and the Morphea lib. 2. de vita longa he makes six Species viz. Leonina The Eâ—ephant asis or the Leonâ—â—asis is a filthy and contagious Cachexia corrupting the whole body especially Corroding and Deturpating the face Elephantia Alopecia Thyra Morphaea and the Vndimia lib. 6. paragr he makes four Species of the Lepry according unto the four Elements as also he makes seven Leprys of the seven principal members The divisions and species of the Lepry though they seem to differ somewhat amongst themselves yet they are all grounded and conspire in one root but they differ in signs lib. 6. paragr de cura Leprae he divideth the Lepry into two Species and in the cure of the Lepry he saith there are two species of the Lepry viz. râ—d and white The white Lepry is so called by reason of the white cure the red is so called by reason of the red cure These are the signs of the white Lepry the white colour of the skin the stinking breath of the mouth the hoarsnesse of the voice and the dregs of the excrements are correspondent to the stinking breath of the mouth These are the signs of the red Lepry the ulceration of the skin the Serpigo with an itching and he puâ—tula The cause of the Lepry whether white or red is the destruction of Salt or balsame in the Microcosm The destruction proceeds from the being of poyson from poyson also putrefaction proceeds from whence all the species of the Lepry are The old writers said that The Cure the Lepry was incurable because they knew not the tartar Paracels lib. 3. paramir tract 5. shews the process and means of curing the Lepry and it is twofold 1. is of the preserving from putrefaction the 2. is of the cure of the Lepry Those which pertain unto conservation are the extractions of Antimony the essence of blood which is extracted from the heart vein the liquor of Pearls and Corals the specifical of the grains of Juniper balmmint Succory and Valerian Part. 5. fol. 273. The flowers of Antimony preserve the leprous from putrefaction ℈ s of them being taken once a week Those which pertain unto the cure are the vertues of Gold Minerals and Manna Turpentine and Silver with his kind Lib. 2. de vita longa cap. 3. Every cure of the Lepry is to be made by the regeneration as the transmutation of metals The regeneration of the white Lepry is to be made by the tincture of Silver and the regeneration of the red Lepry is to be effected by Gold as the Spagirians speak In the same chap. we affirm that the red Lepry may be cured by the Mercury of Gold the white may be cured by the Mercury of Silver Lib. 6. Archidox We have seen this in Lead and Antimony which they call the mine of it that they will cure the Lepry Leprosie Alopecia so also all scabs and scars Leonina Elephantia Thyriasis The magistery of Lead doth not effect this Lib. 2. Archidox de renevatione The first being of Antimony effects the same in the regeneration and transmutation of imperfect bodies which the first essence of Gold doth effect Furthermore by pains and industry all desperate and chronical diseases are cured the Lepry and his kinds by philosophical transplantation which in our Philosophy is called